Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Julian stood up and said to Mrs. Caron, “Auntie, let me go upstairs and talk to Kiera. I will tell Kiera without reservation about my
illness.”
Mrs. Caron: “Oh, okay, you guys have a nice chat, and I’ll ask you to come downstairs for dinner later.”
Julian walked upstairs.
Mrs. Caron looked at his back and murmured in a low voice, “I can’t tell that he is sick. What is wrong with him? Is it because he
is sick that he is unmarried at such an old age?
Is there something wrong with older young people not getting married? Well, what if...My daughter still doesn’t know when she
will find a boyfriend. We really like Julian.”
Mrs. Caron regarded Julian as her son-in-law.
Kiera heard Julian say that he was sick and heard him say that he wanted to go upstairs. She turned around and went back to
her room, pretending not to know that Julian was chatting with her mother downstairs.
Soon, Julian arrived at the door of Kiera’s room. He raised his hand and knocked on the door.
“The door is unlocked. Come in.” Kiera responded.
Julian twisted the doorknob and actually opened the door. He pushed the door open and entered without closing the door again.
“Kiera.”
Kiera sat on the sofa and watched him push the door open. She wanted to act surprised, but she couldn’t act because she didn’t
know how to act. In the end, she just watched him walk over in silence.
Julian sat down next to her. He said, “Kiera, I want to talk to you.”
“Drink water?” Kiera asked him.
After thinking for a while, Julian replied, “Give me a glass of warm water.”
He’s afraid that if he talks too much later, his mouth will become dry.

Kiera stood up and poured him a glass of warm water, then sat down again, looked at him, pursed her lips, and asked
proactively, “Julian, I heard what you said to my mom downstairs. Yes, you said you were sick. What is it? Is it serious? Tell us
what problem you have, and we will introduce you to an expert doctor in that area.”
Julian replied, “I have seen a doctor, and the doctor said that medical science is helpless with me. They have no way to cure me.
They can only wait and see if God wants me to live a normal life.”
Hearing this, Kiera looked worried and nervous.
Kiera said, “What problem is so serious that doctors can’t do anything about it? You have to go to several hospitals. Sometimes,
the test results from one hospital will be wrong.”
Julian: “I have seen many doctors, and the results are all the same. There is no mistake. In fact, I am still single because of this
disease.”
Kiera: “You haven’t said the reason yet.”
After Julian was silent for a moment, he stared at her and said in a low voice, “Apathy.”
Kiera was stunned. What kind of disease is this?
She had never heard of the disease.
Julian explained it to her.
Kiera stared at him blankly for a long time, then she asked him: “You mean, in your situation, only when you meet a girl who can
make you attracted and responsive can you become a normal man, and have you only reacted to that girl in this life and not to
other women?”