[The Present]

"What's wrong with you!"

Cole Wu feels bad on seeing Tye Zhang in pain!

He wants to help him sit down, but in his mind, he doesn't want to show any care for this man. However, he just can't control himself.

"Perhaps I'm going to suffer from the recurrence of my illness." Tye Zhang grasps his chest. The pain is almost driving him crazy!

He takes out a medicine bottle from his pocket with shivering hands and swallows two pills. He looks pale.

Cole Wu is struggling miserably. At last, he follows his heart and helps Tye Zhang sit down. Then he pours some water for him and lets him drink.

"...Are you feeling better now?" asks him.

What his illness is exactly?

Hasn't he recovered?

It has been five years...He should be recovered while being treated abroad.

Why is he acting like this now?

Tye Zhang remains silent with his eyes closed for quite a while. Then he says, "I haven't had the onset for a long time. This is the first time since I was discharged from hospital...Perhaps I got stimulated by something."

"..." Cole Wu is surprised!

Is it because of him?

His illness recurred because he saw him?

If this is true, he has become the person who does harm to him. How...sarcastic! How ridiculous!

"Which book do you want? Pick one quickly and go. I won't be able to explain it clearly if you die here."

Cole Wu surely hates Tye Zhang.

The hatred has been haunting him for five years!

It can't be destroyed by "amnesia".

His child has died!

His love has died together with his child!

Tye Zhang is surprised on hearing those harsh words said by Cole Wu.

He takes two deep breaths. His heartache has been relieved. He smiles bitterly and says, "Have I done something to offend you, sir? You are being so mean."

"...Are you OK now? Just go!" says Cole Wu impatiently.

Tye Zhang signs. He shakes his head and says, "Not yet. I can't stand up now. Sorry, but I have to stay here for a little longer."

Cole Wu sits far away from Tye Zhang as if he would be infected with pestilence if he gets close to him.

Tye Zhang has been resting there for 30 minutes. And his eyes have been fixed on Cole Wu during these 30 minutes.

He stares at Cole Wu when he is giving instructions to customers.

He also stares at Cole Wu when he is tidying up the bookshelves.

"..." Stop looking at me! Why is he still here?!

Cole Wu feels uncomfortable being stared by Tye Zhang all the time.

He turns around suddenly, but he gets terrified by Tye Zhang, who has come close to him. He steps back, but falls down to sit on the comic books on the lower rack.

Tye Zhang stares at Cole Wu. He gets even closer to him and places his hands on his hips. His face is closer to Cole Wu's face as well.

"Slap!"

"What are you doing!"

Cole Wu slaps Tye Zhang on his face and kicks him on his body. He is freaked out with Tye Zhang's sudden approach.

"...Why are you hitting me!" Tye Zhang frowns. He gets even closer and grabs Cole Wu's hands.

He smells his hands and says to Cole Wu, "I smell a milky scent...It seems to be coming from you?"

"...Bullshit! Go away! Let go of me!" Cole Wu's face goes red. He is not a weak woman who can be bullied by Tye Zhang as he wishes. He starts to struggle. He pushes Tye Zhang to the bookshelf behind him. Tye Zhang gets hit!

"Are you here to make trouble on purpose! Buy a book for your girlfriend? I don't believe it!" Cole Wu stands up and runs away from Tye Zhang instinctively.

"Well. You are right to not believe me. I did lie." says Tye Zhang. His back just got hit by the bookshelf and it hurts.

"...Who cares! Go out if you are not here to buy books! Don't bother my business!" says Cole Wu in a cold but shivering voice.

"Don't you want to know my real purpose?"

Tye Zhang giggles. He walks closer. For him, it's quite interesting to see Cole Wu's nervousness and antipathy towards him.

They know each other before, right?

Otherwise his attitude towards a "stranger" like him would be too strange and thought-provoking.

"I don't know you! What's the point knowing too much? Just go!" Cole Wu wishes that he could drive Tye Zhang away with a flyswatter.

His heart aches on seeing him!

He feels suffocated on hearing his voice!

He wants to die when he gets close to him!

Tye Zhang doesn't move closer. He stares at Cole Wu, who is overreacting, and says lightly, "You really don't know me before?"

Cole Wu suddenly becomes speechless. He is silent!

"...No. I don't know you."

It's not easy to lie.

Not everyone has this gift.

After a while, Tye Zhang suddenly laughs. He says, "Hello. I was just testing. You are suitable for participating in variety shows. It'll be interesting and full of highlights. So, now I'm gonna tell you my real purpose..."

Cole Wu lifts up his head with astonishment. He suddenly feels humiliated on seeing Tye Zhang, who is relaxed and at leisure!

"You lied to me? You were not having the recurrence? You were actually pretending to have it?" questions Cole Wu.

"Not entirely." Tye Zhang takes out his business card and gives it to Cole Wu.

"I'm Tye Zhang, director of the "Wildfire" studio. Recently, we are preparing for a variety show in which ordinary people are invited to be guests together with stars. I'd like to invite you and your son to join in our show."

Cole Wu doesn't take the business card. He pulls a long face and rejects, "We are not in!"

Amnesia is not an excuse!

He can't be pardoned because of amnesia!

Stop daydreaming!

He will never forgive him! The child he killed won't be alive again even if he died a hundred times!

"I know I've left a bad impression on you. It doesn't matter. I'll come to visit frequently in the future." Tye Zhang has expected that this won't be easy. He puts the business card on the table. When he passes by Cole Wu, he stops.

He turns aside his face and smells him. Suddenly, he says, "I wasn't lying by saying that I smelled milky scent. You have such a strong milky smell on your body! Do you shower with milk? How come this smell is so strong..."

"You?!"

Cole Wu is so angry that his face goes red. He pushes Tye Zhang away. He feels uncomfortable with Tye Zhang approaching him.

Tye Zhang nods his head and leaves the bookstore politely.

Cole Wu has got wet all over his back!

He falls down to sit on the chair, feeling scared.

"Milky smell...Is it because of my breasts...They begin to secrete milk again?"

He is embarrassed. He forces himself to stand up and goes to the toilet. Then he unbuttons his clothes...He blushes on seeing what's in front of his eyes!

There're traces of milk on his nipples.

He has been having this sequela after giving birth.

At first, it was not serious. But in recent years, it has deteriorated!

He is a man, so he feels too embarrassed to see a doctor.

"Does he have a dog's nose? I've covered my breasts with so many layers of clothes. How could he smell it?"