CH 31.2

Yisheng received a call from her father, he asked them when they were free to take leave from work and return to take their wedding photos. Yisheng was fine, but Song Anchen had three surgeries lined up, and he was currently doing some preparation, thus, he was unable to return for the time being.

There were many variations on the rumor about Yisheng and Song Anchen getting married. The one that made Yisheng the most speechless was the one that said that the two of them were childhood sweethearts and knew from a young age that they liked each other. At that time, when Song Anchen was in university, he remained very loyal, but she had started to like someone else and ran off with Doctor Yan. It caused Song Anchen to lose confidence in women and start to like guys. However, due to Ye Yisheng’s persistence, Song Anchen once again had hope for women and started to like girls again.

When Yisheng heard the rumors that Zhao Jixiang had heard, she did not know whether to laugh or to cry.

“Yisheng, you’ve become famous again,” Zhao Jixiang adjusted the strands of hair by Yisheng’s ear, “You managed to capture the cold Prince that had been single forever. It is a matter that really makes one angry.”

Yisheng looked at her from the corner of her eye, ignoring her complaints. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jixiang said, “Did you know? When Luo Luoshi heard the news about how you and Song Anchen were getting married, she got agitated and since she was pregnant, she fainted. Haha, I laughed so hard.”

“What are you being happy for?”

“Who asked her to be so arrogant in the past. She said in front of the whole school that only she had the qualifications to chase Song Anchen, no one was allowed to snatch him from her. At that time, when I saw her acting as if she would definitely succeed, I felt angry. Isn’t she just slightly prettier and slightly better at studying? Hmph.”

Yisheng had not expected Song Anchen to have such an enthusiastic suitor, though it was true that she was a little domineering.

“Haha, at that time, Song Anchen’s reply was even better,” Zhao Jixiang suddenly imitated, Song Anchen’s cold face, “I don’t want to date, I don’t like women.”

“Pft,” Yisheng could not help but laugh, his words were easy for women to misinterpret, no wonder people thought he was gay!

“So…” Zhao Jixiang shrugged, “This is a big tragedy, a proud woman is unable to get what she wants and can only watch as the man she wants gets snatched away, to this kind of woman, it’s like a life-threatening injury.”

Yisheng smiled, “Then is it an honor for someone like me, who has low self-esteem?”

She had never thought that she would be able to stand by Song Anchen’s side one day and that her name would be written in Song Anchen’s registry book. In her memory, Song Anchen was always standing at the top, she could only look up at him. He got first in the country in Math Olympics in primary school, and the moment he stood on stage and accepted the award, Yisheng felt that he was flying, getting further and further away from her. After they grew up, he became more and more outstanding and she felt like he was flying higher and higher. It seemed like if she raised her hand, she would be able to touch him, but when she truly reached out a hand to touch him, she suddenly realized that the distance between him and her seemed short but was also very long.

“Yisheng, why do you have low self-esteem?” Zhao Jixiang did not understand.

Yisheng simply smiled but did not answer. In the past, she did have low self-esteem. Her dad had been sent to prison, and she felt even more ashamed. At that time, the person she was most afraid of seeing was Song Anchen. She was scared that if she saw him, she would feel that the distance between them had never been further apart, feeling low self-esteem that was a result from feeling like he was extremely blessed by the Heavens while she was like an ant on the ground.

She did not dare to believe even now that she was already his wife.

At that moment, Song Anchen walked over from the doorway and passed them the files of the patients, instructing them, the patient on bed 432 needs to start his drip at nine every day, but before you start it, ask him if he’s eaten his medicine. This drip will irritate his stomach.”

The nurses that were on duty nodded and Song Anchen showed everyone a charming smile, which affected everyone in the duty room.

“Sigh, Doctor Song’s charm…” Zhao Jixiang whispered.

Yisheng smiled awkwardly. Song Anchen turned to look at Yisheng, “Ye Yisheng, see you in the canteen in the afternoon.”

“Oh.”

After Song Anchen left, Zhao Jixiang imitated Song Anchen sourly, “Ye Yisheng, see you in the canteen in the afternoon. Yuck! You two are disgusting,” Zhao Jixiang retched a few times, indicating that her stomach was feeling unwell.

Yisheng rolled her eyes at Zhao Jixiang, “Is there something wrong with you recently? Why aren’t you going to find your Xiao Zhuozi?”

“Don’t talk about him,” Zhao Jixiang suddenly wilted, “I haven’t seen him for a few days, who knows what he’s doing.”

“He didn’t come to work?”

“To be more accurate, he didn’t come for his internship. He took two weeks off, I really don’t know what he went off to do.”

Yisheng pursed her lips, “He didn’t tell you where he was going?”

“He hasn’t even given me a call, of course, he hasn’t told me anything!”

“Let me help you ask Song Anchen about this.”

During lunch, Area C of the hospital canteen was once again a place where many nurses and doctors gathered at. Because she did not have an afternoon shift, Zhao Jixiang had directly returned to her condo to eat. Yisheng had arrived quite early and chose a window seat to sit down at.

But just when her butt touched the seat, Luo Luoshi came over, her stomach very large, holding a mug in both hands. Yisheng stared at this woman, stunned, not knowing what she was there for.

Luo Luoshi smiled and asked, “Can I sit here for a while?”

“I’m waiting for someone,” Yisheng said, feeling slightly awkward.

“I won’t take up too much of your time,” Luo Luoshi sat down, “I heard that you are going to get married, congratulations.”

“Thank you,” Yisheng responded politely.

However, Luo Luoshi suddenly seemed sad, “It’s so sad that I need congratulate my rival in love.”

“…”

“Song Anchen is really not bad. His devotedness throughout these years has finally shown results,” Luo Luoshi held her mug and suddenly became sad, “Do you know that his stomach isn’t good?”

“…”

“In Year One, when he first came, no one could tell that he was a top student. He smoked, drank, and played pool. He always skipped lessons, and when the professor took attendance, it was always someone else helping him teak attendance,” Luo Luoshi became sadder and sadder, “But this sort of person got first place in exams.”

Yisheng suddenly felt a ripple in her heart.

“When I was in university, I was already with the man I’m with now. My family is not rich, but I was prideful. Everyone came from good family background, and to compete with others in terms of wealth, I followed a rich man. I thought that I had everything until the night I returned to school late. In the corner of the school gate, I met Song Anchen, who was squatting by the wall and suffering from stomach pain. He was delirious, and when I went to check up on him, he suddenly yelled at me, “Ye Yisheng, where the hell did you go? I can’t find you.” After that, he fainted. At that time, I suddenly realized what I was missing. It was not material goods, it was a certain persistence. It was the first time I saw someone faint in front of me, and in that instant, I was flustered, I found his phone, and perhaps because I was nervous, I saw that his empty multimedia folder had two pictures. Both were photos with the same woman. The remark on the first photo was: I love you, Yisheng. The second photo had the remark: You are my Yisheng.”

(T/N: ‘I love you, Yisheng’, could also mean I’ll love you for my whole life (Because of Yisheng’s name, ‘You are my Yisheng’, could mean ‘You are my life’. It’s a bit vague, but basically, he’s implying that she’s his everything? Something like that. It’s a little hard to TL this).

Yisheng pressed her lips together tightly, not knowing what to say. She could only ask, “Why are you telling me these things?”

“There’s no particular reason, I simply felt that it is indeed difficult for someone to persist for so many years,” Her stomach was very large, and the mug in her hands had steam coming out from it, “I truly liked this man.” A trace of loneliness crossed the bottom of Luo Luoshi’s eyes, and she sighed as she left.

Yisheng, who was left sitting there, was stunned. Not long after, Song Anchen appeared at the entrance and directly walked to Yisheng’s table, “What do you want to eat?”

“Just order anything…” Yisheng suddenly really wanted to find out if this was true. She paused before she said, “Did you bring your phone? I left my phone in the duty room and forgot to bring it over. But I forgot that dad asked me to give him a call in the afternoon.”

Song Anchen rolled his eyes at her before passing her his phone reluctantly. Then, he grabbed a tray and went to order food.

Although Yisheng was not sure if this phone would have the two photos with the remarks, she wanted to know if it was true. This was the first time that Yisheng had touched Song Anchen’s phone. She carefully opened the multimedia folder and realized that there were photos with remarks. It happened that there were only two photos. The first one showed the present she had received, the Teenie Weenie light blue dress. She had hurried to wear it and hugged Song Anchen, wanting to take a photo together. The name of the photo was called memory, and the remark was, I love you, Yisheng.

But when she saw the second photo, she was completely stunned. This was the first time she had seen Song Anchen’s shy smile. It was a sunny morning, and it was on the bed that they had their first time on. Song Anchen had a shy smile, and he was covered by the blanket. He smiled and pursed his lips, kissing her while she was in deep sleep. The name of the photo was baby, the remark was, you are my Yisheng.

Yisheng did not know why, but she felt like there was a hot stone in her heart, pressing on her chest, making her feel both hot and stuffy.

It turned out that what her childhood sweetheart said that day was true, ever since he knew about love, he had loved her. However, she had foolishly thought that her childhood sweetheart was standing above the clouds, at a place that she could not reach.

“What are you looking at? Why are you so focused?” Song Anchen carried the tray, on it were all kinds of dishes and it looked very delicious. However, Song Anchen’s focus was on looking strangely at Yisheng, who was feeling a little emotional.

On the other hand, Yisheng looked at Song Anchen with teary eyes, her watery eyes were so moist she looked like she was about to cry, “So hateful, you’re too horrible.”