Addicted: Book One - The Inquietude of Youth

Chapter 139: The GOLDEN CHRYSANTHEMUM

     "There's no need to!" retorted Gu Hai in a very firm tone of voice, "I'm not sick at all."

     "If you're not sick, then why are you just laying there like that?" asked Gu Wei Ting, as if he was interrogating his one of his officers.

     With a calm and collected expression, Gu Hai replied back, "My body just feels a bit uncomfortable. Can't I just rest for awhile?"

     Gu Wei Ting gave Sun Jingwei a signal with a slight nod of his head, instructing him to go about with his task according to his previous command and to ignore Gu Hai's words.

     Sun Jingwei took the cellphone, faced the door and made his way outside.

     Bai Luo was resolved to fight it out with him at all cost as he anxiously took several large strides forward. And, with each step that he made, he held in the pain that repeatedly struck him. Finally, with much difficulty, he caught up with Sun Jingwei.

     "Uncle!"

     Just as Sun Jingwei turned his head and saw Bai Luo Yin's figure approaching him, a light smile immediately squirmed its way onto the corner of his lips. His eyes couldn't help but to expose a ray of warm light. He had heard Gu Wei Ting mentioned Bai Luo Yin before, and he also knew the relationship between the two. So, it was only natural for him to be a bit more respectful toward the young boy.

     "There's nothing wrong with Gu Hai. You really don't need to let the doctor come over," said Bai Luo Yin with a rather firm and sincere demeanor.  

      Sun Jingwei seized Bai Luo Yin's hand with his own and shook it up and down several times. This courteous action of his, indirectly caused Bai Luo Yin to feel as if he had lost more than a few brain cells.

     "It's been hard on you," said Sun Jingwei; those genuinely heartfelt words sung a tune of joy and warmth in the air as it dissolved into the open space above their heads, "I watched as Xiao Hai grew up so I am fully aware of his temperament. Since you are able to share the same bed as him, be kind to him in every possible way and watched over him with so much care, then, on behalf of the General, I would like to express my gratitude."

     Suddenly, for a long while, Bai Luo Yin could feel the beating of his heart on the temple of his head.

     Can I honestly tell you that, in reality, I was the one who actually tortured him until he became like this?

     "However, if he's sick, he must be seen by a doctor. Even a body as strong as iron can not be repeatedly tortured and burdened with ailment. You already know, your body and health is your most valuable asset. Young people nowadays are too delicate. It's already rare to come by healthy kids like you two, therefore, you must protect your own body and health by all means. Remember, in the future, the burden and responsibility of defending this nation will fall unto his and your hands."

     Bai Luo Yin became hazy, uncertainty rained hard on him. How did this conversation become even more distant, the more he pulled at it and the more he goes about preventing it, the bigger it gets?

     "Okay."

     Sun Jingwei finally released Bai Luo Yin's hand, hinting to him that he needed to make this phone call as soon as possible.

     Bai Luo Yin was still too late to prevent it before he heard the roaring sound of Gu Hai's voice thundering throughout the room. For the time being, he could only abort his current mission and quickly return to the room and see how Gu Hai was doing.

     At that moment, Gu Wei Ting used his hand to lift one of Gu Hai's leg, then he bent it at the knee and tried to pushed it toward the pit of Gu Hai's stomach before slowly pressing it down against the boy's chest. He wanted to use this process to determine Gu Hai's level of pain and, in turn, ascertain how badly his bones have been damaged.