Chapter 10 This is not our destiny 3
"I don't believe it." He suddenly held my hands and chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Why did you deliberately tell me this?"
I frowned, deliberately showing a disgusted expression, and fiercely shook his hand away: "Where do you get the confidence to think that I am devoted to you? Did I tell you in person that I like you?"
He suddenly lowered his head and was unable to answer for a long time.
"If I had been sure of my feelings for you, I should have agreed to you when you confessed to me last time, right?" While he couldn't see my expression, I quickly raised my hand to wipe away the tears that were welling up in my eyes.
"Last time, it was because something happened to your father that you didn't have time..."
"Zeng Chen, stop comforting yourself." I interrupted him, "It's really not what you imagined. I can only say that my behavior caused you to misunderstand."
"Is it because I'm not good enough to you?" He looked like an eggplant hit by frost, with his shoulders drooping and no spirit at all. "Tell me what I did wrong, and I can change it."
His voice was terribly hoarse and every word he said sounded like a plea to me.
"You're very good, but feelings can't be forced." I tilted my head back and forced the tears back into my eyes.
Zeng Chen fell silent. His eyes looked like they were rusted and could no longer move. His eyes were red and tears were like mist in his eyes. His silence at this moment turned into a sharp blade, piercing my heart.
"That's it." I was suddenly afraid to see his empty eyes. I lowered my head and tears poured down. "Let me go and forget me."
After saying that, I turned and left.
"Yuan Wan."
Zeng Chen's voice was filled with tears.
I pretended not to hear and walked forward without looking back. Our story had come to an end. It was as if in an instant, the whole garden was covered with a layer of thick ink that could not be dissolved.
Soon, a month passed.
The gauze that had been covering Lin Tong's eyes was finally going to be removed today. After the blond-haired and blue-eyed doctor fiddled with Lin Tong for a while, he slowly removed the gauze.
Lin Tong's long eyelashes trembled, his eyes were still tightly closed, his breathing was very heavy, and he kept moistening his lips with his tongue. His hands were also clenched tightly, and he seemed a little nervous. Looking at his reaction at this time, my heart seemed to be tightened, and I dared not relax at all.
The doctor gave Lin Tong a thumbs up, and after a while of mumbling, the translator said, "The doctor said that Lin Tong's eyes have recovered very well."
"Lin Tong, did you hear that?" I immediately held Lin Tong's hand happily.
"Yeah." Lin Tong responded, and I felt the coldness of his fingers.
"Try to open your eyes slowly." The translator relayed the doctor's request to him.
Lin Tong nodded and took a deep breath. His eyelids trembled as if they were glued shut. After struggling for a while, he finally opened his eyes completely. His black and white eyes flashed the same light as that of an ordinary person.
Perhaps he was not used to the light yet, so he raised his hands and built a small sunshade in front of his eyes.
"Did you see it?" I waved my five fingers in front of his eyes and asked tentatively, "What is this?"
Lin Tong answered without hesitation: "3."
My heart skipped a beat when I heard his wrong answer.
"What number is this?" I changed my gesture and asked again in disbelief.
"8."
Lin Tong’s continuous mistakes left me stunned for a moment. My legs went weak and I sat down on the hospital bed.
The situation is not good!
“Hahaha, I’m just kidding!” Just when my mind went blank, Lin Tong suddenly pointed at me and laughed, “I saw it, I saw everything, and I saw it very clearly!”
"You scared me!" I punched him hard on the shoulder, and he covered his shoulder and screamed in pain.
"Ah, the bright world is so wonderful! I can see our Yuan Wan again!" Lin Tong took my hand and shook it. Seeing the bright smile on his face, my originally depressed mood instantly became cheerful.
However, the light in his eyes was most likely only temporary. When I thought about the conversation between the doctors that I had secretly overheard before, the corners of my mouth that were raised immediately drooped again.
"What's wrong?" Lin Tong put his index finger next to the corner of my mouth and pushed it upwards. "It was fine just now, why is it like there are two pieces of iron hanging from the corner of your mouth now? Did you encounter anything unhappy today?"
"No." I shook my head and grinned, but my smile was a little forced.
"No, you must have something wrong." Lin Tong nodded self-assuredly, and then began to sigh, "It seems that you don't regard me as a good friend with whom you can talk about anything. When you encounter something, you would rather keep it in your heart than share it with me, alas."
"That's not true." Under Lin Tong's pressure, I had to tell the truth, "In fact, not long ago, I overheard the doctors' conversation. They said that because you have missed the best time for surgery, even though you have successfully replaced your cornea this time, there is still an 80% chance that you will go blind in the future."
"No way!" Lin Tong's eyes widened. "Translator, please ask the doctor what's going on?"
The translator who received the instruction immediately took action, but after a while of communication, the doctor and the translator burst into laughter. Lin Tong and I looked at each other in confusion.
"This is a big mistake!" The translator explained to us with a smile, "There is a Chinese girl in the next ward who just had a cornea replacement surgery. What's more, her name is also 'Lin Tong'. What Yuan Wan heard last time was the doctors' discussion about the girl's condition. So, this 'Lin Tong' is not that 'Lin Tong'!"
"Huh... I see." Lin Tong stroked his chest and let out a long sigh.
However, after hearing the news, I had two extreme emotions. On the one hand, I was extremely happy that Lin Tong was able to recover, and on the other hand, I felt extremely regretful that I had pushed Zeng Chen away from me with my own hands.
Oh my God , I suddenly felt that I was so impulsive. I was stupid enough not to verify the news I "overheard" and just made a conclusion in my heart.
The day Zeng Chen and I parted ways, his sad expression, lonely back, weak voice... The scenes at that time kept replaying in front of my eyes like a revolving lantern. The rolling memories were mixed with sharp blades, twisting my heart again and again, and everything in front of me became blurred. I felt hot drops of water falling from my eyes, and when I raised the back of my hand to wipe it, I realized belatedly that my cheeks were already wet.
"Yuan Wan, why are you crying?" Lin Tong hurriedly pulled out a few tissues.
"Wow, wow, wow..." When he asked me that, I couldn't control myself anymore and started crying loudly, "Lin Tong, I did something stupid that I will regret for the rest of my life."
I told him vaguely what happened between Zeng Chen and I.
After listening to my crying, Lin Tong leaned my head on his shoulder and comforted me softly: "Silly, even if I really go blind in the future, I will not let you stay with me for the rest of my life."
"I admit that I like you, but precisely because I like you, I hope that you can be happy and live a happy life. This way I will feel very comfortable in my heart." His voice at this moment was like a warm hot spring, flowing into my heart.
"I know that the person you really like is Zeng Chen. Although I always like to argue with him, I understand that he is a good person and the right one for you. In fact, I am already satisfied that you can accompany me and not let me come to the United States alone for surgery." Lin Tong encouraged me, "Go and get him back after you return home. I support you."
His words were like a pair of healing hands that smoothed out the wrinkles in my heart, and my tears stopped without me noticing. I opened my arms and gave Lin Tong a big hug.
"Lin Tong, thank you."
The hug at this moment has nothing to do with love, but it is more intimate than the hug between lovers.
