Repaying Evil with Good

Mi Cai drove at 100 km/h for twenty minutes to bring me here, which meant I was at least thirty kilometers away from my residence. I wanted to die. How did I get involved in all these unbelievable things recently?

I picked up my slippers from the ground, tucked my clothes in, and looked up. Fortunately, the Big Dipper was still shining. I found the brightest star, the Epsilon. After confirming the direction, I walked towards the blurry lights in the distance, like a lonely refugee.

After a full half an hour, I finally saw a road with cars coming and going. When I took a closer look, I really wanted to strangle that vicious woman. In front of me was the Shanghai-Nanjing highway at the junction of Suzhou City and Wuxi City.

...

It was almost dawn when a kind passerby drove me to the city. I took a taxi to my place. In the end, because I didn't bring my wallet, I didn't even pay the fare. I threw the half-finished pack of cigarettes to the driver and ran away.

After entering the residential area, my anger started to burn. I wanted to talk to Mi Cai. I didn't want to talk about life or ideals. I wanted to talk about why she treated me like this.

After returning to the house, I placed the guitar on the table in the living room and went to Mi Cai's door. I raised my hand and knocked on it as if I was venting my anger, "Is it fun to play me? Do you know that I still have work tomorrow?" I looked at the sky outside the window, which was already a little bright and corrected, "No, it's today. You've been torturing me for the entire night. How am I supposed to go to work? If my boss is unhappy and fires me, will you support me?"

I rambled on, but there was no response from the room.

"If you want me to scold you even more harshly, then continue to pretend you didn't hear me." I knocked on the door again.

There was still no response from the room.

"Had she not returned?" I twisted the door handle in confusion but found it was locked from the inside.

Anyway, in Mi Cai's eyes, I was a scumbag. I didn't mind breaking into her room at night. I found the key to her room from a bunch of keys and opened the door. Whether she was asleep or not, I had to talk to her.

I turned on the light and finally saw Mi Cai lying sideways on the bed. She was covered with a blanket and her back was facing me, still silent.

"You slept so soundly. Have you ever thought about what I've suffered? The wind along the way made my nose all runny… Achoo..." I sneezed and rubbed my nose. I said angrily, "Let me tell you, I've lived for more than twenty years, and I've never seen people do things like this. You're so sly and unkind!"

No matter how much I scold her, she is as calm as Mount Tai!

Just as I was about to pull her up from the bed and argue with her face-to-face, she suddenly coughed violently.

According to common sense, if my sneeze just now was a cold, then her cough was definitely a fever. She must have caught a cold last night.

...

I was stunned for a moment, then cursed, "God has opened his eyes! You've been punished!"

Mi Cai coughed again, but she didn't say anything to me. I don't know if she was too lazy to pay attention to me, or if she was too weak to tangle with me because of the discomfort from her fever.

"Get out." After a while, Mi Cai coldly said to me.

"I don't need you to remind me. I like to leave people in the lurch. I'll let you cough you to death! Serves you right, it's your retribution…" I said as I walked out of Mi Cai's room.

I was about to take a hot shower and take a nap when I heard intermittent coughing coming from Mi Cai's room.

I stopped walking to the bathroom. Suddenly, I inexplicably fell into a struggle. I felt that other than her, there was only me in this house. Do I really have to just sit and watch as she coughed so miserably?

"Forget it. After being a scumbag for so long, I'll do a good deed. Consider it as accumulating some virtue." I told myself.

...

I placed the towel in my hand on the sofa and walked to the kitchen. I found a piece of ginger and a bag of brown sugar. I lit the gas stove and started to boil the ginger brown sugar soup.

I was already so sleepy I couldn't open my eyes. I lit a cigarette to wake myself up and then looked at the brown sugar ginger soup in the pot numbly.

The morning sun had already left a small gap in the easternmost part of the sky. The wind gently brushed past the spider plant hanging on the balcony. A new day was emitting vitality and freshness that had been in the air for hundreds of millions of years. I was a little entranced. The world at this time was fascinating, and it seemed to belong to me alone… Perhaps compared to this rare morning, I don't really like the lights and wine at night.

Mi Cai's coughing woke me up from my daze. Only then did I realize that the ginger soup had been boiled in the pot for a while. I turned off the gas stove and scooped a bowl of it before walking to Mi Cai's room.

...

"I boiled a bowl of ginger soup," I said to Mi Cai as I stood by her bed.

"I don't need your kindness."

"Who's being kind to you? I'm just afraid your constant coughing will affect my sleep!" I said unhappily.

"If you move out, you won't be able to hear it," Mi Cai said unappreciatively.

"If I move now, no one will know if you cough to death at home… Stop talking nonsense and quickly drink the ginger soup!" I said as I put down the bowl and straightened Mi Cai's pillow. Then, I helped her sit up roughly.

I touched her forehead. It was indeed hot. I picked up the bowl on the bedside table and handed it to her, "Drink the ginger soup first."

Mi Cai didn't struggle anymore. She took the ginger soup from my hand and drank it. Although she still didn't say anything, her expression wasn't as cold as before.

"After you're done, sleep under the blanket. Leave the bowl there. I'll come back to take it later. You have a low fever."

...

I was afraid my cold would get worse, so I put on a thick coat before going out. I rarely fell sick and had no daily medication at home, so I had to go to the pharmacy to buy some fever and cough medicine for Mi Cai.

It was still too early, and the pharmacy was not open for business. After running for a few stops, I found an open clinic. After buying the medicine, I immediately took a taxi back. After a while, it was already 7:30.

When I returned to my residence and went to Mi Cai's room, she was already asleep. Looking at her calm expression and even breathing, I didn't wake her up.

I found her phone in her bag and dialed my number. Then I left a note on her bedside table, "Remember to take the fever and cough medicine when you wake up. If there's anything you can't handle, call me. I've already saved the number in your phone… The scumbag in your eyes, the angel in my own eyes, Zhao Yang!"

I gently tucked her in and left her room.

...

After taking a hot shower, I didn't have time to eat breakfast. I took the bus to the company and started my day's work in low spirits.

I was so sleepy I yawned again and again. In the end, I simply supported my chin with one hand and fell asleep in a very technical position. If one didn't come closer, they definitely wouldn't notice I was sleeping.

As Fang Yuan was about to get married, he was busy. He only arrived at the company at almost ten o'clock and raised his hand to wake me up, "Did you go to the nightclub again last night?"

I was furious when I thought about what happened last night, but there was no need to vent my anger on Fang Yuan. I yawned again and replied, "I didn't sleep well."

Fang Yuan twisted my meaning and said, "Kid, you have to pay attention to your kidneys. Although you're still young, you can't stop yourself from fooling around with women without restraint!"

"We're all cultured people. Can you be more reserved?"

Fang Yuan smiled helplessly before asking me, "Did you help me settle the Gucci counter's proposal yesterday?"

"It's done. I've saved it in the file on the D drive for you."

Fang Yuan nodded and handed me a note, "Zhao Yang, I'll help you apply for leave with the manager later. Accompany Yan Yan to the mall and buy everything we need according to the list on this note."

"Are you getting married or am I getting married? You want me to go shopping with Yan Yan!" I asked, amused.

Fang Yuan sighed, "I have no choice. There are so many things to buy, and Yan Yan can't carry them all by herself. I have to bring the proposal to Shanghai with the people from the Investment Department later to discuss with Gucci about setting up a counter in our mall. I can't let my personal matters affect the company's investment plan that has been prepared for a few months, right?"

"Alright then." I yawned in response to the noise, I walked the road in the middle of the night, and I didn't sleep for a night. How can I not be sleepy!?

Fang Yuan patted my shoulder, "It's been hard on you. I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

I waved at Fang Yuan, "Go do your thing. I'll take a nap!"

"Stop napping. Yan Yan is waiting for you downstairs!" Fang Yuan paused for a moment, then suddenly lowered his tone and whispered into my ear, "Oh right... Jian Wei replied to the email. On the day of my wedding with Yan Yan, there is an eighty percent chance she will rush back from the United States!"

I stared at her with widened eyes. My sleepiness was gone. I suddenly felt like I was traveling between ice and fire. It had been three years. Was she finally coming back?