Chapter 10 This is not our destiny 2
The next day, although Lin Tong's eyes were still covered with gauze, he had regained consciousness.
"Yuanwan, after my eyes have fully recovered, can we play in New York for a while before returning home?" Lin Tong thought happily as he opened his mouth and ate the apple I handed him.
"Okay." I agreed.
"Lin Tong, I have hired a professional caregiver to take care of you." At this time, Zeng Chen's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
Then he walked into the ward with a middle-aged woman in uniform.
"Yuanwan needs to go out with me now." After saying that, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me out the door without saying a word.
"Where are you taking me?"
"Where are you taking Yuan Wan?"
"Hello! Hello!"
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Zeng Chen didn't answer any of Lin Tong's questions, until he stuffed me into a black SUV. Then he spoke, "We've been with Lin Tong for the past few days since we came to the United States. We've been stuck in the hospital and didn't have time to take a good look."
"Now that Lin Tong has successfully completed the operation, it's time for us to relax." He turned his head slightly to look at me, revealing a faint smile.
"But Lin Tong..." I was still very nervous leaving him alone in the hospital.
"We have professional caregivers taking care of him, so what are you worried about?" Zeng Chen pursed his lips, a little helpless.
Along the way, although there were lyrical folk songs playing in the car, the atmosphere was particularly awkward due to the silence between the two of us. I stared at the scenery passing by quickly outside the window in a daze.
This trip may very well be the last time Zeng Chen and I spend alone together.
Since I have chosen to stay with Lin Tong forever, I must find a suitable time to completely break up with Zeng Chen about his ambiguous relationship with me.
But I know it won't be today. Even if it is destined to have no result, I also want to leave some beautiful moments between us before we completely separate. In fact, I have always been very clear about how much I like Zeng Chen, but let this trip be our end.
I withdrew my gaze and it unconsciously fell on Zeng Chen. At this moment, he had a faint smile on his face and his eyes were full of anticipation.
I guess he has arranged some special program for me today. When I thought that I can only find him in my memories in the future, my nose suddenly felt sore and my eyes were hot.
"Are you in a bad mood today?" Zeng Chen suddenly turned to look at me, "Why do you look so sad?"
In order to prevent him from noticing my red nose, I quickly raised my hand and deliberately rubbed my nose.
"No." I forced a smile, "It's fine."
The car drove along the wide highway and stopped at Longwood Gardens in eastern New York. Zeng Chen opened the door for me and led me into the garden. The first thing that caught my eye was a fountain, and behind the fountain was a medieval-style palace. Looking inside the glass wall of the palace, there was a large green lawn. Before I got close, I could imagine the "forest of flowers and plants" hidden inside.
I turned around and couldn't help but praise: "This garden is so beautiful, like a princess's manor in a fairy tale world."
"I knew you would like this place." Zeng Chen raised a smug smile, "Come here quickly."
He waved at me, and I followed him to the other side of the fountain. After walking about 1,000 meters along the path, a dreamy dandelion field like an oil painting unfolded before my eyes. There were clusters of giant dandelions, each bigger than my fist, furry and very cute.
I pulled Zeng Chen over to the dandelion field and put the phone in his hand: "Let's take a picture."
Zeng Chen looked at me puzzledly at first, then teased, "Why didn't I realize that you like taking selfies so much before?"
“Just keep it as a souvenir!” I posed for the camera without thinking, “After all, I can take out the photos and look at them when I miss them later.”
After realizing that I had said something wrong, I quickly shut my mouth.
"What did you say? The wind was too strong just now and I couldn't hear you clearly." Zeng Chen frowned. Fortunately, he didn't hear you clearly.
"Nothing." I shook my head awkwardly, "Take a few more pictures."
The beautiful Changmu Garden is probably a dating place for couples. You can see couples walking sweetly everywhere, and we are just like one of them. I don't know when Zeng Chen held my hand. I didn't resist, and he didn't mean to let go. We walked and stopped in this fairy tale world. Although there were no adventures that would happen in a fairy tale world, the plainness made people feel unsatisfied.
How wonderful it would be if time could stop on this day forever.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
When we returned to the starting point, a faint Milky Way was already flowing across the sky.
"Wait for me here." Zeng Chen "left" me in front of the central fountain and ran away.
At 8 o'clock in the evening, when the fountain chimed on the hour, the background music was the classic Fly me to the moon. The colorful lights shone on the water columns that danced to the beat, and the light was dazzling .
"You are all I long for, all I worship and adore. In other words, please be true. In other words, I love you..."
After the fountain show ended, low singing could still be heard.
As I looked around for the source of the sound, I saw Zeng Chen walking towards me slowly from the other side of the fountain, singing a song with a ukulele in his hand. As he sang, his eyes were fixed on me, as if the lyrics represented what he wanted to say to me. The foreigners watching also sang along with him, clapping their hands to keep the rhythm.
"I'm sorry if I didn't make my meaning clear to you last time." Zeng Chen came to me and put down the ukulele. "This time, I must make it clear to you..."
He paused for a moment, pursed his lips, and the blush on his face was particularly obvious under the light.
"Yuan Wan, I like you." When he said this, he looked at me with a very determined look, which shocked my heart. "Please accept me and be my girlfriend, okay?"
After that, he took out the ring that he had hidden in the ukulele. However, just when he was about to put the ring on my hand, I made up my mind and pulled my hand back.
"I can't be your girlfriend." I looked at him expressionlessly.
When I said this, my throat felt like I had swallowed a needle and it was extremely painful.
I admit that I was still deeply moved when I saw him make careful arrangements again, but for Lin Tong, I must not waver in my determination.
"I think I was the one who didn't express myself clearly all this time." I clenched my teeth tightly, trying not to let my voice tremble. "I used to think I liked you, but ever since Lin Tong risked everything to save my father, I realized that the person I really liked was him."
When I decided to say goodbye to him, I had to tell some lies; I had no choice.
When Zeng Chen heard what I said, his eyes suddenly dimmed, and they seemed like bottomless black holes, and there was no longer a glimmer of hope.
