Chapter 698: Ostrich ntality
Looking at Mahos’ crestfallen face, Li Wei couldn’t help but tease him, “Not even once?”
Mahos suddenly looked up, staring at Li Wei with a sense of despair.
Li Wei didn’t mind, instead, he showed a smile, “Have you ever thought that it’s precisely because there was never a ‘once,’ that when the text ca, you couldn’t help but hesitate?”
Mahos was startled; he didn’t understand, feeling as though he had been led into a maze.
Li Wei had no choice but to explain, “It’s like how people often hesitate before getting married because it’s a major life decision. Even though you can divorce after marriage, wouldn’t it be better to grow old together if you could marry just once? So, when facing major decisions, we tend to overthink.”
“It’s the sa for you.”
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“You’re committed to Brittany without a second thought; but precisely because of this, you haven’t explored other possibilities or appreciated different sceneries, so when temptation cos, you waver.”
“It’s not that you really hesitated, you just couldn’t help but take a longer look.”
“So.”
“You need to tell Brittany the truth because indeed nothing happened, and you weren’t planning to hide anything.”
The words hung there.
But Mahos seed to need so ti to digest everything and couldn’t snap back to reality right away.
In Li Wei’s mory, this was the first ti Mahos and Brittany had a serious argunt in the two years he had known Mahos.
It was not surprising that Mahos needed more ti to process the complex information.
From another perspective, relationships that have never faced argunts are often more fragile, because conflicts are like icebergs hidden under the sea—they’re not visible, but that doesn’t an they don’t exist. The seemingly calm surface can be brewing a crisis that’s beyond saving. A tily argunt can trigger the crisis earlier, allowing issues to be resolved bit by bit.
Sighing deeply, Mahos still couldn’t sort out his thoughts, “Rookie, can you talk to Brittany for ? Tell her that you spend every day with , that you know I haven’t done anything to stray from the path.”
“Of course, no problem,” Li Wei readily agreed.
“But.”
“Sherlock, in Brittany’s eyes, am I a good friend or a bad friend? Will she believe ? Or does she think I led you astray?”
Mahos: Uh…
Li Wei shrugged lightly, “If she needs, I’m always ready to vouch for you. In fact, our whole team respects and cherishes your commitnt to love, and we are looking forward to you being the representative who clears the reputation that all professional athletes are philanderers.”
“Not everyone is like Travis.”
Kelsey: ??? Where did this unwarranted accusation co from?
After pondering for a while, Mahos still felt like his brain was a tangled ss, and it was hard to co up with an explanation, “Rookie, can I stay at your place for a few days?”
“Brittany… I’m not sure how many days she will stay here.”
Li Wei showed a smile, “Sherlock, you should be glad that Brittany is willing to stay. That ans she doesn’t want to leave amidst the conflict.”
“Because she knows that once she leaves Kansas City now, it will be harder to continue communicating. She’s a smart girl.”
“So, this is a good thing.”
“You’ll sleep in my guest room, that will make playing out a scene of Roo and Juliet a bit easier. The sheets and duvet covers should be in the guest room closet, all washed, dried, and tidied up by my mom the last ti. Do you need help finding them?”
Mahos waved his hands repeatedly, “No, no need, I’ll manage.”
Imrsed in his own thoughts, Mahos didn’t quite catch the sound of Li Wei’s footsteps as he walked to his own bathroom, facing a soul-searching question:
How on earth did things get to this point?
When Li Wei ca out of the shower, changed, Mahos had already unpacked his carry-on and settled into the guest room.
Li Wei looked at the absent-minded Mahos and thought for a mont, “I’m planning to visit a friend in the hospital, do you want to co along?”
“Speaking of friends, you know him, it’s Felix Gray, the boy whose bone cancer ca back. Seventeen years old?”
“After the ga finished yesterday, he invited to visit his friends at the hospital, a group of fans who are fighting against cancer.”
“I called Travis to et up at the hospital.”
“I wasn’t planning to invite you originally, thinking today is a day off and you could enjoy so quality ti with Brittany. But now…”
“Are you going to stew over things and then talk to Brittany when you go back; or…”
Before Li Wei could finish, Mahos had already stepped ahead and interrupted, answering with actions, “The hospital? Which hospital? I’ll drive.”
Ostrich ntality.
Li Wei could understand, although deep down he knew what he should do, it’s easier said than done. The tendency to evade was still inevitable.
Maybe, this was a better solution.
After all, Mahos had just left his ho, and now both of them were emotionally charged. Giving so ti and space before they say things they would regret later might help them to cool down a bit.
…
Kelsey arrived at the hospital earlier than planned.
He knew Li Wei’s schedule, unchangeable as thunder, and if he didn’t pay attention, he might be late; even though today’s visit didn’t have dia presence and was purely a personal visit, not a public relations event coordinated by the team, being late was still undesirable, at the very least, it was about showing the right attitude.
So he set the alarm, scheduled the ti, and Kelsey arrived early.
Indeed, as he parked the car in the parking lot and was contemplating how to greet Li Wei with a superior posture and tease him for being late, Li Wei had already arrived.
Kelsey hurriedly braced his left hand on the car roof, with his right leg as his pivot point and his left leg in front, tiptoeing on the ground, ready to greet Li Wei in Bugs Bunny’s signature pose; but the words that ca out were surprisingly different.
“How did he co along?”
Kelsey’s focus shifted completely and he did not bother with teasing anymore.
Mahos was sowhat constrained, unsure of how to explain.
Fortunately, Li Wei helped out, “He ca specially to steal your thunder.”
Kelsey didn’t mind at all, “Haha, for that he might need to be reborn. With my handso face and outstanding charm, all you can do is envy.”
“Hey, don’t envy, to envy is to lose.”
Li Wei’s voice ca quietly, “Ignore him and he’ll turn into a fool.”
Pfft.
Mahos couldn’t hold back.
Kelsey watched as Li Wei and Mahos bypassed him and no longer cared about putting on airs; he quickly took large strides to catch up, “No need to envy, don’t worry, I will tone down the shine a bit to prevent you guys from being overlooked.”
“Thank you.” Li Wei actually responded with a full-faced smile.
Mahos suddenly saw Kelsey’s stiff expression—
Laughter erupted like thunder.
The three of them left the parking lot laughing and chattering, taking the elevator upstairs.
Upon entering the hospital, the atmosphere made them quiet down; whiteness filled their view everywhere, making even their steps soften.
In a blink, they were getting closer to the oncology departnt, it seed as if they could feel the shadow of the Grim Reaper looming, making the world seem more sacred, yet also more cold and forbidding.
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