Red Balloon, Chapter 10: Happy life [THE END]

Red Balloon 《紅色氣球》 Hong Se Qi Qiu

Red Balloon, Chapter 10: Happy life

                           

Life after that day for Xia Zhi Chen became like a stagnant pool of water. There will be no more fluctuation in the heart of the lake.

As everyone expected, he successfully enrolled in the law department of a famous university. After graduation, he joined hands with others to open a law firm. With his excellent professional quality, the firm made a lot of sound, and the only trouble was his father.

He got a call from the police almost once a week. Due to his father's dementia, he often goes out and gets lost. Fortunately, he put his business card on his father shirt, so every time the police he is found they can inform him as soon as possible and ask him to pick up his father and go home.

Xia Father's condition was sometimes good, then sometimes bad. Sometimes even he can't remember who he is or that his wife has passed away. He often asked for his wife where she has gone.

Xia Zhi Chen thought it would be like this, but one day, he found that as long as his father was worried about that things, he would not live a peaceful life.

One morning, his father stopped him before he left for work

"Dad, what's up?"

"Are you still in touch with that man?"

Xia Zhi Chen's heart was thumping. Unexpectedly, his father with Alzheimer's disease remembered this part all the time.

"No, Dad. I've told you many times. I haven't contacted him for many years." Xia Zhi Chen is telling the truth. He didn't want to disturb Li Xiang Wan.

"Can you save some face for me? You are in your twenties. If you don't think about that man, why don't you find a girlfriend? I tell you, I won't accept this kind of thing. How can I explain it to my brothers and friends? To even think that people will say that my son is gay, I feel disgraced," Xia Father suddenly knelt down, “Please, you can marry a woman and act normal, even if you are pretending, acting is good."

Xia Zhi Chen went away and prepared to go to work. When Xia Father saw that his son saw him kneeling down and was still indifferent. He couldn't help but take out the gun from the drawer and rush to point it at Xia Zhi Chen's head,

"Dad, what are you doing?" Xia Zhi Chen was frightened by his father's action of holding a gun. However, he had an idea in his mind and hoped his father will fire the gun. Maybe he will taste relief then.

"It's better to shoot you than to lose face outside." Xia Zhi Chen wanted to grab the gun, but he didn't expect Xia Father would still not have the heart to shoot him and aimed the gun at himself. "I'll just die, so you'll be happier."

"Dad! I'll get married." In desperation, Xia Zhi Chen shouted this sentence, if his father killed himself, he would never forgive himself in his life.

Hearing this, Xia Father finally stopped the action on his hand. Xia Zhi Chen rushed to him and slowly pressed his hand down with a gun. "I'll get married right away. I'll get married for you."

At the age of 28, Xia Zhi Chen buried himself and lived the life his father wanted. He chose Fang Shi Lan, partner at a law firm, as his marriage partner, and she was the most suitable person.

Seeing his and Fang Shi Lan on the wedding invitation, Xia Zhi Chen once thought that he really wanted to say goodbye to his old self and live a new life.

That memory may be the silliness of childhood, the feelings can always be forgotten, but when his father swallowed the last breath and die, he found that love cannot be pretended. Although the buried part of Xia Zhi Chen was only hidden, it did not die, and it could not die.

A few days after Xia Zhi Chen’s divorce, Li Xiang Wan rode the motorcycle yingzi to the door of Xia Zhi Chen's house, and Xia Zhi Chen, who got ready early, went out to meet him, and he saw two red balloons tied to the motorcycle, which made him feel very warm.

Xia Zhi Chen walked to Li Xiang Wan step by step, feeling that time seemed to be still.

"So smart?" Li Xiang Wan raised his eyebrows,

"Come on, you came to me specifically," Xia Zhi Chen seemed to see through everything.

"So you can guess?" Li Xiang Wan touched his nose and made fun of him.

"As if I know you for the first time." Xia Zhi Chen was a little complacent and a little grouchy. "I just thought you would come earlier."

Li Xiang Wan was a little shy, "I just wanted to make sure that I won't get involved in other people's marriage."

Xia Zhi Chen shrugged. “You can rest assured."

Li Xiang Wan looked down at his watch and raised his head again. "So you want to invite me to dinner? Lawyer Xia, I can give you a lift. "

Xia Zhi Chen took over a helmet from Li Xiang Wan's hand and put it on. He sat in the back of the motorcycle. This time, he naturally wanted to grasp Li Xiang Wan's waist tighter. 

                                Happy life started from this moment.

After the divorce, Xia Zhi Chen will visit her daughter regularly, and get along more harmoniously with Fang Shi Lan like she had become a friend.

"How do you feel when you are free?" Fang Shi Lan took a sip of coffee and looked at Xia Zhi Chen.

"I always think of you. After all, it's my selfishness that ended this relationship. If you don't have a good life, I will blame myself." Xia Zhi Chen felt that he was in debt, which delayed her youth after all.

“There were things I could barely do for a while, and I met a nice man recently." Fang Shi Lan, said with a quiet face, she felt she should have a good life.

"Oh, are you going to get married? I want a big red packet." Xia Zhi Chen joked.

"Not for the moment," joked Fang Shi Lan. "I want to make sure whether he likes men or women."

“You're boring..."

"Ha ha ha ha ha..."

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This is one of those short stories that are just so amazing and even though they are not 900 chapters they are still complete... Stay strong 💖💖💖