withered lover

Du Zhinian finished the handover work all morning, and went home to accompany Shen Guiwan in the afternoon.

He had saved up a lot of annual leave in the past few years, and originally wanted to take it all at once, but recently the hospital was short of staff, and the director finally only approved five days for Du Zhinian.

The five-day annual holiday is not long, but it is enough for Du Zhinian to stay by Shen Guiwan's side and live a life of prostitution in the daytime.

It's just that the temperature fluctuates in spring, and Shen Guiwan's appetite also changes with the temperature. He often can't eat in the morning and can only drink some water with taste.

Du Zhinian was worried about Shen Guiwan's stomach problems, and tried to kidnap him to the hospital several times, but Shen Guiwan was very resistant to going to the hospital, and had to give up after several attempts to persuade him to no avail.

He didn't dare to toss too much in bed, he only did it once every time, and even ran back to the hospital to find a doctor in the gastroenterology department to prescribe stomach medicine in the middle of the annual vacation.

Shen Gui ate late for a few days, although he still had no appetite, but the symptoms of stomach distension and nausea seemed to have eased a lot.

Du Zhinian carefully observed that Shen Guiwan did not have any particularly serious symptoms again, so he barely returned to the original place, and did not mention the matter of going to the hospital for an examination.

On the first day back to work after the annual leave, Du Zhinian turned to the dean to cancel the default quota of further studies.

He still does his own job as usual, and when he doesn’t need to stay up late on duty and undergoes surgery, he will go home on time from get off work, accompany Shen Guiwan to finish dinner, take a shower and watch a German movie together under the covers.

The two finally decided to go to Germany, but they haven't decided which city to go to yet.

Whether to go to Berlin or settle in Munich, Shen Guiwan hesitated for several days and couldn't make a decision.

He went to see everything he wanted, and Du Zhinian followed his wishes and did not rush to make a decision.

The two of them don't spend much time together on weekdays, and on weekends and rest days, Du Zhinian will follow Shen Guiwan to learn the most basic pronunciation of German.

He studied hard, but the first word he learned was the most authentic German swear word, and the first sentence he could say fluently and completely was a yellow accent.

Shen Guiwan listened to the extremely naive and vulgar speech of his lover who was a few years older than him, silently put down the tablet, and refused to teach Du Zhinian any knowledge.

However, his protest only lasted for a very short time, and was quickly dismissed forcefully by Du Zhinian on the desk in the study.

Shen Guiwan struggled to push Du Zhinian's chest, "Du Zhinian, you said you would change!"

"except this."

Du Zhinian kissed the corners of Shen Guiwan's reddened eyes, lightly poked a certain point on his waist, and successfully heard the person in his arms utter a trembling and short cry.

The table in the study room is not like a large piece of soft carpet on the floor, the surface is cold and hard, Shen Guiwan's waist knocked against the edge of the table during the struggle, and a big piece was bruised the next day.

He didn't like to talk to Du Zhinian when he was sad, and this time he was injured because of Du Zhinian's nonsense, and he sulked under the covers all morning.

Du Zhinian was so guilty that he didn't dare to dislike Shen Guiwan's bad temper, so he rubbed the medicine wine on him for several days, coaxed him to heal with a good voice, and bought a bunch of them from the Internet after the bruises were completely gone. Oddly shaped small pillows were thrown on the bay window of the bedroom.

Shen Guiwan didn't know what it was for at first, and leaned against it a few times while reading a book and basking in the sun by the bay window, Du Zhinian saw it, and asked him maliciously if it was comfortable.

The pillow is soft and elastic. It is made of silky flannel on the outside. It feels very good to the touch. The strange shape just supports the waist. It is much more comfortable than the original soft pillow.

Shen Guiwan was dizzy from the sun, and he didn't think much about being asked by Du Zhinian, and nodded honestly.

As a result, Shen Guiwan was lying on the pile of pillows that night, and Du Zhinian pinched his waist and worked hard behind him. Only then did he understand the real purpose of the pile of pillows when he was dull.

The sweat from the two of them rubbed against the flannel on the surface of the pillow, and the piles of fluff stuck together, which felt terrible to the touch.

Du Zhinian dawdled until midnight before finishing the work, as usual he prepared to have a tender moment with Shen Guiwan, but when he reached out to hug Shen Guiwan, the wet Shen Guiwan picked up a cushion under his body the pillow, and smashed it hard on his face.

The pillow brushed against the tip of his nose, Du Zhinian took the pillow with a smile, hugged Shen Guiwan's waist and picked him up from the bed.

"Aren't you tired tonight?"

Du Zhinian leaned forward again, Shen Guiwan kicked his legs twice in a panic, his nails scratched a few light red marks on Du Zhinian's back.

He struggled weakly in Du Zhinian's arms, and the small complaints in his throat were crushed in the lingering kiss, turning into sticky whispers.

Time passed quickly after the warm spring, and it was April again in a blink of an eye.

On the day of Qingming, it was drizzling again, so Du Zhinian specially transferred half a day shift to accompany Shen Guiwan to the cemetery to visit He Muchen's grave.

Shen Guiwan bought some paper money and incense candles at the incense candle shop next to the cemetery, went to the flower shop to choose a bunch of white chrysanthemums, and took Du Zhinian's hand to his mother's grave.

Du Zhinian came to see Shen Guiwan's mother for the first time, and he didn't volunteer to help, but just held an umbrella to cover Shen Guiwan from the rain.

Shen Guiwan half-kneeled in front of the tomb and wiped the tombstone clean little by little, then put Bai Ju in front of the tombstone.

Du Zhinian looked at the black and white portrait on the tombstone, and then looked down at Shen Guiwan who was half kneeling on the ground.

Shen Guiwan's appearance resembles his mother, but the way they smile is completely different. In the photo, He Muchen smiles forcedly, with fatigue lingering in his brows and eyes, while Shen Guiwan seldom smiles at others.

Standing behind Shen Guiwan, Du Zhinian let out a long, silent sigh.

Shen Guiwan whispered to his mother about their relationship, and finally raised his head and asked Du Zhinian: "Can I take my mother to Germany?"

"I'm afraid that no one will come to see her, and she will be lonely if she stays here alone."

Du Zhinian didn't speak, the raindrops slipped from the eaves of the umbrella and hit the bluestone bricks in the cemetery, and the splashed water droplets landed on the leather shoes.

He half knelt down with Shen Guiwan, tilted the umbrella to Shen Guiwan's side, the pitch-black umbrella completely covered Shen Guiwan's head, not letting a single drop of rain fall on him.

Du Zhinian raised his hand to wipe off the rainwater that splashed on Shen Guiwan's face, "Maybe you need to go through a formality, I'll ask you about it tomorrow."

Shen Guiwan nodded, then reached for the umbrella in Du Zhinian's hand, "Then say hello to her."

The ribs of the umbrella were very heavy, Du Zhinian didn't let Shen Guiwan open the umbrella, he held the umbrella and said hello to the elders on the portrait in a low voice.

Shen Guiwan stayed in front of the cemetery for more than an hour, and after burning the paper money, he was led slowly out of the cemetery by Du Zhinian.

The ground of the cemetery was completely wet by the rain. Shen Guiwan knelt for too long, his knees couldn't support him, and he staggered before taking two steps.

Du Zhinian was afraid that Shen Guiwan would accidentally fall and get hurt, so he hugged him tightly on the way to the parking lot, and he didn't take back his hand until he sat in the co-pilot.

Shen Guiwan looked down at his hands, and heard Du Zhinian start the car, the wheels ran over the gravel in the parking lot, and slowly drove towards the main road.

In the season of continuous showers, even the air is dull and humid. He didn't get caught in the rain, but he always felt a sticky discomfort in his body and stomach.

He leaned back in the chair listlessly, and Du Zhinian also drove quietly without talking to him, but just sent him home.

Du Zhinian made a cup of ginger tea for Shen Guiwan, and changed out of his rain-soaked clothes, "I'll go to the hospital first, today's surgery will take about five or six hours to finish."

In the morning, he found someone to transfer shifts to see the doctor, so he couldn't trouble others for the operation in the afternoon.

It's just that Shen Guiwan just came back from the cemetery and was in a bad mood, Du Zhinian was not at ease to let him stay at home alone.

Shen Guiwan hadn't calmed down yet, her reaction was a bit slow, but she still said: "I'm fine, you can go."

Du Zhinian rubbed the center of his brows, "Okay, I can't answer the phone during the operation, send me a message if you have anything to do, and I'll get back to you when I'm done."

After he finished speaking, he left in a hurry, Shen Guiwan only saw a figure leaving in a hurry, and didn't even have time to say "be careful on the road".

It was raining outside the house, and the raindrops were beating on the glass windows lightly.

Shen Guiwan drank ginger tea to suppress the discomfort in his stomach, and was about to take off his wet clothes to take a shower when the phone in his pocket vibrated again.

He thought it was Du Zhinian, but just as his hand touched the phone, his heart beat violently a few times, and a burst of unexplained tension instantly wrapped him up.

Shen Guiwan stiffly picked up the phone, and an unfamiliar phone number was displayed on the screen.

Before he had time to think, he pressed the answer button with his fingers, and then Jiang Run's voice came from the phone——

"Mr. Shen, we are ready to do it."