CH 15

Shen Kanyu really did end up finding the exact same crystal ornament at a mall, and when he was boxing it, he felt like he had once again hit the jackpot.

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He stood frozen in place. His brain shutting down, he only managed to snap out of it and give chase after they walked out of the store.

They had already walked out of eyesight. A light drizzle had also started outside some time ago. After asking a few passersby, Shen Kanyu finally found them on a quiet and small street.

Watching the backs of two figures snuggled against each other under an umbrella, Shen Kanyu felt as if someone had dug his heart out, his chest was so cold and empty that his lips couldn’t stop trembling when he called out Su Tong’s name. 

Su Tong stopped and turned when he heard someone call him. Once he recognized that it was Shen Kanyu, it took him a moment to rouse himself from his stupor then he curved his lips into a gentle smile. “It’s you?”

His smile hadn’t changed from back then: still bright as the moon, and gentle like snow. Just one look would make a person feel like their entire body had sunken into a bed of warm, soft feathers, lulling them to never awaken again.

He was still as good as before.

But does Su Tong, who is still so good, no longer need Gu Yansheng?

Shen Kanyu stood still and silently looked at Su Tong. As if he sensed something, Su Tong turned toward the man beside him. “Chen Shen, he’s an old friend, there’s something I want to say to him alone, shelter yourself from the rain under that pavilion over there, alright?”

Chen Shen was clearly displeased. Although he complied with Su Tong’s request, he stared at Shen Kanyu with a cold and vigilant gaze as he walked off. 

Su Tong walked over and sheltered Shen Kanyu beneath his umbrella. “You look terrible, did you get sick?”

Shen Kanyu promptly shook his head, wiping the rain on his face, he grinned foolishly at Su Tong. His voice was extremely soft as he said, “A-Tong, shift the umbrella over a little, your shoulder is getting wet, you don’t have to cover me.” 

Smiling still, Su Tong’s eyes were clear. “Kanyu, if you have something to say, just be frank.”

Shen Kanyu lowered his lashes, catching his breath, “That person…”

***

“Chen Shen, don’t hurt him!” Su Tong shouted as he held Chen Shen’s arm. “It’s fine, let’s go home.”

Chen Shen held onto Su Tong too, icily looking at Shen Kanyu who was on the ground, and the umbrella next to him. “Do you not want your umbrella anymore?”

Su Tong turned around, not looking at Shen Kanyu any longer. “Let’s leave it for him, don’t we have another one?”

Chen Shen sneered. “You’re still so good to him. Aren’t you afraid that he’ll thrust a knife into you again once he recovers?”

***

Shen Kanyu kneeled on the ground with his head dropped. Amidst the noise sounding beside his ears, he heard the faint ringing of his phone. He took his phone out and picked the call up directly because he couldn’t see the caller clearly.  “Hello?”

“Shen Kanyu?”

The moment he heard this voice, Shen Kanyu thought his ears were playing tricks on him. He was taken aback for a moment, and then he questioned with uncertainty, “Mom?”

“Mn.”

The person on the phone really was his mom, Li Qing!

Shen Kanyu instantly became excited. Clutching onto the phone as if it were a treasure, he croaked out “mom” again and again, afraid that the other might’ve dialed his number by accident and would hang up soon, he seized the moment to spit out a bunch of things. “Mom, can you hear me? Why are you looking for me? I can’t hear you well because it’s a little noisy over here. You could’ve just sent me a text message.”

After a period of silence, she slowly said, “Your dad’s cirrhosis1 is getting worse. If you have time, come to the hospital to get a matching test done.”

[T/N: 1Chronic liver illness]

“Oh… okay! I’ll go do it tomorrow. Mom, text me the hospital’s address and anything else later.” Though well aware that Li Qing couldn’t see him, Shen Kanyu still nodded with all his might, while he was promising his mother, “You watch dad, don’t let him be so reckless anymore! Smoking and drinking all day long…right, Mom, is gege well recently? It’s been a long time since he last contacted me. Is he not feeling well again?”

“Shen Kanyu, what are you saying?!” As if what he said was something treasonous, Li Qing suddenly lashed out, “Are you wishing ill on your older brother? He even tried stopping us from asking you to get a matching test done, yet you’re hoping something happens to him?”

“No, that’s not what I meant, I…” Shen Kanyu’s face paled as he tried to explain but didn’t know how to. In the end, he could only apologize over and over. “Sorry Mom, I said the wrong thing, don’t be angry.”

He was just worried about gege, but he didn’t dare to bother him.

He just wanted to ask, does he also need to get a matching test done for gege. He doesn’t need anything, whatever they need, if he has it he will give it, as long as they’re willing to accept it.

But this heart of his doesn’t seem that healthy anymore. He shouldn’t be able to give it to gege, it’ll harm him.

The only thing he could do was hope that he still had a healthy liver he could give to dad, so he could be safe and healthy from now on, no longer suffering from illness. 

Shen Kanyu’s apology somewhat pacified Li Qing. She realized that she was too quick-tempered just now and hence eased her tone a lot. “Nevermind, your dad’s condition has been bad recently, I’m feeling a little agitated.”

Translator: Hi, I’m sorry for the extremely infrequent updates. This is the last chapter I would be translating of Unspeakable, thank you for reading and enjoying this novel with me so far.