Chapter 26.1 - The Twenty-Sixth Sentence Part 1

Translator: tarararawr

The Twenty-Sixth Sentence Part 1

During Pu Tao’s four days in Shan City, she could only summarize it with the words “extremely extravagant with no shame”.

She and Cheng Su stuck together all the time. They tore off any pretenses of being reserved, and Pu Tao enjoyed all their interactions as lovers. She became Cheng Su’s pendant, like the kind that was sewed to him. With every minute and every second, she was less than half a meter away from him.

On the afternoon of the 8th day, Pu Tao’s vacation came to an end. She had to bid farewell to this Roman holiday and make her way home.

Cheng Su planned on driving her back. However, when Pu Tao considered how it would take four hours on the highway, she bought a high-speed rail ticket. She even refused to let him see her off and told him to stay at home.

But the man insisted on taking her to the station, so Pu Tao could only agree to it.

The reason why she didn’t want Cheng Su to send her was because Pu Tao hated watching someone leave. She could tell that she would cry, and her dignity and coolness would disappear. She would become an immature baby instead.

As she had expected, she started crying when she was waiting for the security check.

Cheng Su was amused by the red circles under her eyes and the tip of her nose. He was also a little worried, so he held her little face and wiped the tears away with his thumb. “Why are you crying?”

“I can’t help it…” Pu Tao pouted. She sounded like a mosquito. She spoke more clearly to say her thoughts. “I do not want to leave you.”

Yes, before she even left him, she had already begun to miss him. She missed him so much that she was in sorrow. Tears fell out of her eyes like fragile beads that broke.

The more she cried, the more she could not stop. She sobbed until she was gasping for air.

Cheng Su watched her for a while. His heart was held on by a thin thread. It was so painful and tense. He hugged her tight, as if he was trying to relieve it a little.

The first time they said goodbye was clearly not like this.

In just a few days, they became enamored and deeply in love, and overwhelmed by this sweetness.

Love could easily transform a person. It striked deep in their bones, and they had to figure out what their safety boundaries were.

After getting on the train, Pu Tao’s tears finally stopped. She lightly sniffled and lowered her head to send a message to Cheng Su: “I got on the train.”

Cheng Su replied quickly: “Good, keep an eye on your things.”

Pu Tao tucked her bag into her arm: “Have you gone back yet?”

Cheng Su said: “I’m about to.”

He also insisted: “If you want to see me, tell me. Don’t secretly cry.”

Pu Tao rubbed her left eye dry, and typed back: “I want to see you now.”

Cheng Su: “I’ll drive to Rong City later.”

Afraid that he would really do it, Pu Tao quickly exclaimed: “No! I’m kidding! I just miss you so much! You must not come! You have work, and I have work! I’m not pretending to be a hypocrite!”

She emphasized her words with exclamation points to prove that these were not lies.

Cheng Su: “Okay.”

Pu Tao dragged the suitcase onto the platform alone. Pu Tao’s heart was dark, like a room without lights on.

People could only have one life, and only one bright life. If they did not, then they would feel like nothing would ever change and the past would always be dark.

Pu Tao’s energy was drained. She lowered her head to tell Cheng Su that she was safe: “I have arrived in Rong City.”

The speed of Cheng Su’s reply improved her mood: “What’s the weather like?”

Pu Tao: “Not bad, but it’s cloudy in my heart.”

Cheng Su: “What a coincidence. It’s cloudy over here, too.”

Pu Tao’s eyes had wrinkles from smiling: “Nonsense, when I got on the train, the sky was clear.”

Cheng Su: “Maybe it’s because the sun left.”

Pu Tao laughed, and she felt better. In just a few words, she was surrounded by sunshine.

As she held her cell phone, she avoided pedestrians with her peripheral vision. “I miss you so much.”

She doesn’t quite understand why she kept repeating this simple sentence, but this was what she thought of expressing the most.

Cheng Su: “Me too.”

Pu Tao felt sad and sweet: “Have you gone home yet?”

Cheng Su: “I’m at the store.”

Pu Tao: “Why didn’t you go home?”

Cheng Su: “I’m afraid I will miss you more.”

Pu Tao’s mood bounced back and she called for a taxi. “I left something for you.”

Cheng Su: “What is it?”

Pu Tao: “It’s under your pillow. You’ll see when you get back.”

Cheng Su was planning on staying in the store until the evening. However, he went home early because of this sentence.

After entering the door, he went straight to the master bedroom and grabbed the pillow. There really was something there: a small brown paper envelope, carefully stamped with a wax seal.

He sat on the bed and opened it carefully.

Inside was a photo. It was the only time they took a picture together from the past few days. She was smiling a lot, and he had a slight smile. He didn’t know when she had printed it out.

He turned to the back. There were a few doodles from her that were very similar to the front photos, but the drawing was cuter.

It read: “Cheng Su and Pu Tao forever!!! ♥♥”

Cheng Su laughed. He looked at the front, then the back again with fondness. He finally took a picture and sent it to Pu Tao. He deliberately asked: “Is this it?”

Pu Tao was still in the taxi: “Is this it????”

Cheng Su: “When was it printed?”

Pu Tao: “When we went to the supermarket. I said I wanted to go to the bathroom and asked you to wait for me inside. I came up with this idea when I saw a print shop nearby.”

Cheng Su: “You have a lot of clever ideas.”

Pu Tao: “No, it obviously needs to be put next to your bed. You need a picture frame for it.”

Cheng Su: “I’ll find a picture frame.”

Pu Tao: “Good ones.”

Cheng Su: “How good?”

Pu Tao grinned and shamelessly requested: “Good enough to where it won’t oxidize and fade for the rest of your life.”

Cheng Su: “I’ll look for one seriously.”

Pu Tao was happy and asked, “Do you like my little gift?”

Cheng Su put the photo back into the envelope. A small piece of bright and warm light left by the sun should be stored properly.

He could not answer her question. Saying that he liked it seemed too shallow when he loved everything about her.

And he was not a satisfied person. This shortcoming could be hidden, but it was exposed by the nostalgia of the past few days. When he looked around the empty room, he felt that it was hard to adjust to it.

Cheng Su gave up on finding the perfect way of avoiding it. He didn’t realize that he was embarrassing her when he said: “Why don’t you leave yourself behind? I would like that better.”

He rephrased: “Just stay with me.”

Pu Tao sensed the pressure: “I wish.”

She said: “But I have to work, and your bookstore is in Shan City. We’re in a long-distance relationship and there’s no helping it.”

She typed super fast, and somehow, she felt harshness from Cheng Su’s reply for no reason, which made her overwhelming grief come out.

Then, there was that sulking feeling. She couldn’t control herself and said some hard words: “Take this opportunity to think about it. If you can’t accept a long-distance relationship, you should let me know soon. After all, we haven’t been together for long.”

Pu Tao did not know what was going on with her. She was sensitive like fragile shell membranes. She was shaky inside and could release a flood of tears at any time. *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ 𝕤𝕦𝕡𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕤𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕠𝕟 𝕗𝕠𝕩𝕒𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕔.𝕔𝕠𝕞 ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

She clicked send and the taxi had arrived.

Pu Tao turned off her cell phone. She opened the door to get her luggage.

She obviously missed him a lot. She cried as if her heart had been pulled out of the salty sea when he started begging her to stay.