Flower Room

Chapter 39 Awakening
The itinerary to Los Angeles has been arranged, Chang Shaohui has booked a flight for the weekend, and Manzhi still has four days to prepare.

Chang Shaohui told her that she didn't need to bring too many things. The security checks for flying to the United States are extremely strict now, and many things can be bought there to save trouble at the airport.

Whatever he said, she obediently nodded and agreed. In this brand new journey, he is the real leader.

In the last four days, they met less often. Science and Technology’s new product development is in full swing. Although Chang Shaohui can also provide remote guidance after returning to the United States, it is not as convenient and thorough as face-to-face communication. To keep him for a longer period of time, but he firmly refused.

He was anxious to take Manzhi away, and the longer it was delayed, the easier things would change. For this reason, he would rather work overtime to help.

Chang Shaohui didn't mention Manzhi's leaving without saying goodbye at the Konjac restaurant that day, but she knew that he was actually waiting for an explanation from herself, and there was a trace of worry and strangeness in the eyes he occasionally glanced at her , Manzhi's heart suddenly tightened.

But she didn't know how to tell him, or what to say.

That night, she lay in Shao Yun's arms in that strange neighborhood and cried for an unknown amount of time. The more she cried, the more confused she became, and her mental fragility reached the extreme. Later, Shao Yun also panicked and tried to persuade her. Dare to force her to give himself an answer.He understood that it would be useless to act too hastily, what she needed was time for buffering and thinking, not excessive pressure.

In the next few days, Manzhi began to become very anxious and sensitive. Sometimes when she sat in the store, she would be startled by the occasional disturbance, thinking that it was Shao Yun who had come.

She was afraid of seeing him again, afraid of being forced by him to make such a decision... afraid that she would soften her heart, afraid that she would eventually become a deserter!

Such days made her live like years, with anxiety, but fortunately, it was finally coming to an end.

The day before her departure, she got up early and spent the whole morning packing out her luggage. No matter how carefully she selected, she still packed two big boxes. She wanted to take away too many memories, knowing that it was irrational to do so.

She just felt that she was becoming more and more fragile recently, and she was no longer the Su Manzhi who said one is one and two is two a few years ago, that woman who was as strong as iron had disappeared at some point.

She also carefully put away the things that she couldn't take away. The house has not been rented out. In private, she always thinks that she will come back one day.

Her assets in Shao's have also been transferred to a lawyer by a lawyer. As soon as she leaves, the lawyer will contact Shao Yun to handle the transfer.

One family of the flower shop was transferred to Li Qian, and the other family was handed over to Haifeng and his sister-in-law. Whether the future will be good or bad, she can no longer worry about it.

She buried one suspense after another with her own hands, only to solve the answers one by one after she left.As for the consequences, it is beyond her control, anyway, she will already be in a foreign land by then.

America, when she gets to America, she will be safe...

Hastily ordered some noodles to eat, right for lunch.

She rested on the sofa for a while, and soon found that she couldn't sit idle like this, her mind was too messy, and when she stopped, all kinds of thoughts began to run rampant.

She considered whether to see Mengmeng again.In fact, I just went to see her at school yesterday. Mengmeng was surprised and happy to see Manzhi, and took her hand to ask questions, but she just wanted to cry.

She eventually gave up on the idea because she didn't want to make things difficult for herself.

I still took the handbag and went out, decided to go to the flower shop, chat with my brother, and stop by Haifeng’s house for dinner to meet my old father. Chang Shaohui told her early in the morning that he had to work overtime tonight. Come and go to the airport with her.

Manzhi thought that he would not go this way from the hotel, and would have to make a big detour. Anyway, he would take a taxi. In the end, the two of them met directly at the airport after discussing it.

Her car had already been given to Haifeng, so she could only take a taxi to the flower shop. Along the way, she looked at the scenery along the street almost greedily, as if she wanted to keep every image firmly in her mind.However, that boundless unreliable feeling is still wrapping around...

The car turned a corner and got on Shenning Road. The flower shop was already in sight, but the Shenning Road section was seriously blocked.

It is close to the outskirts, so there is usually not much traffic. Although it is close to the airport expressway, there are several branch roads coming down from the expressway. The congestion like today is simply unprecedented.

Manzhi was not in a hurry, so he was not in a hurry. The driver got out of the car muttering, went around in front, and brought back the news that there was a car accident at the junction of Shenning Road and the airport expressway. bumped into each other. "Hey, it was a terrible crash! The man in the car heard that his face was covered in blood when he was lifted out, and he had only breathed out but not breathed in!"

Manzhi had no interest in the bloody scene, so he interrupted his relished description, "Master, let's turn back. According to this posture, it may take a long time to be blocked."

The driver agreed to get into the car, started the car, and was about to turn around, and several cars picked up one after another, and he had a lot of effort to get out of the original road.

"Where are we going?" He asked Manzhi who was sitting in the back.

Manzhi thought for a while, since she couldn't go to the flower shop, she should go home and visit her father.

At noon, the road was empty, the car was driving fast, and even the scenery in front of me was a little bit drifting, Manzhi just stared out the window in a daze, and lost her mind again.

The phone rang suddenly, and she guessed it might be Chang Shaohui's, and maybe she wanted to tell her something to pay attention to, so she slowly unbuttoned her handbag and turned it out to answer it.

Never thought that Shao Lei would call her at this time.

His voice sounded a little strange, different from usual, as if he was frightened, "Sister-in-law, are you at the flower shop on Shenning Road?"

Manzhi gave a vague "hmm". She hadn't told anyone in the Shao family about her itinerary, and it was inconvenient to expose it at this time, but she still asked in surprise, "What's the matter?" His voice made her feel uneasy.

Shao Lei seemed to have breathed a sigh of relief before he said tremblingly: "Sister-in-law, my brother... had an accident, got off the expressway from the airport and hit a car with someone, and is now in Fu'an Hospital..."

Manzhi suddenly couldn't hear what he was saying behind him, only those few key words echoed in his ears, "Something went wrong... a car crash... Fu'an Hospital..."

Her eyes suddenly went dark, the phone fell from the palm of her hand, hit her leg heavily, and then fell to the bottom of the car...

She is not far from Shenning Road, and Fu'an Hospital is nearby. It only took seven or eight minutes for the car to drive there, but Manzhi still felt slow. When she finally got off the car at the gate of the hospital, she found that she couldn't walk. .

The driver leaned forward to return the mobile phone she dropped in the car to her. She took it and opened her mouth. She couldn't say the simple word "thank you" for a long time.

She walked towards the emergency room unconsciously, at a loss as to which direction to look.Surrounded by a steady stream of people, coming and going.

From a distance, she saw a group of people moving towards the emergency room around a cart, everyone's faces were full of anxiety, and they were still yelling loudly, but she seemed to be separated from them by a layer of glass. , no sound is heard.

Fear became more and more intense in her heart, she heard her own strong heartbeat, overshadowing all the noise, it was about to come out, lingering in her ears, rapid and unsteady; her teeth also began to chatter, there was a kind of force She was very persistent in wanting to dismantle her whole body, causing her to collapse. She resisted desperately, not letting herself fall apart, and ordered herself to keep moving forward.

She wanted to see clearly, she wanted to confirm whether the person lying on that cart was really "him"!
Every time she took a step closer, her heart tightened. What if it was him?
What would she do if he died? ...She found that even if it was just a hypothesis, she couldn't bear it!

The sky is gray, and everyone's faces are also gray, and she suddenly finds that she can no longer see color, if... If he is really dead!

The heartache was as if being stabbed fiercely by a sharp awl. It was already dripping with blood and riddled with holes.The world collapsed in an instant, and she had to hold onto the corner of the wall to calm herself down.

Yes, Shao Yun was right, she hated him!However, after hating for so many years, this kind of hatred has become a habit, mixed into her blood, circulating around her body, and becoming a part of her life!An indispensable part!

To this day, she can no longer tell whether she loves him more or hates him more...

She suddenly hated herself, why she was so stubborn, why she didn't see clearly until she lost it, why she refused to admit it all this time——she still loves him!
But after walking a few steps, sweat was already dripping on her forehead, she gritted her teeth and said silently in her heart, as long as she lives, he will be alive...

She finally caught up with the anxious crowd, tried her best to get up while moving, and hurriedly looked at the frail face under the white sheet, and then... stopped, and let out a long, long breath.

She didn't know that poor man!
The breath that was so hard to hold on could no longer be held at this time, and escaped from her body. Her feet were weak, and she fell into a nearby chair, unable to stand up for a long time.

However, not long after, consciousness began to recover again, and a heart suddenly rose to the throat—that person is not him, but it does not mean that he is fine!

She tensed up again, jumped up from the chair, and started searching the hospital. She wanted to see him, no matter what his situation was, she had to see him first!

The strength came from the soles of her feet, she ran fast, if there was no one on the first floor, she went to the second floor, went to every department to have a look, knocked on every closed door, she didn't care about others or weirdness, Or a look of disgust, as long as she can find him!
She turned around on every floor of the hospital, running out of breath, but found nothing. She knew she was stupid, and she couldn't even find someone, but she really tried her best, because her brain and heart had lost their direction... …

The arm was suddenly grabbed firmly by someone, and a voice full of surprise and dissatisfaction shouted: "Su Manzhi, what are you running around here?!"

This familiar voice made her body shake involuntarily, all the frantically jumping cells settled down in an instant, and the world returned to normal and calm - just because of this voice!
At the same time as the nerves were relaxed, tears also poured down like a gate.

She was stunned for a while, then slowly turned her head, and it was indeed him, standing in front of him unscathed, his handsome eyebrows furrowed and staring at herself.

Shao Yun watched her run wildly in the corridor, like crazy, he called her from behind, but she couldn't hear him, he was entangled in a lot of things, just turned around, she disappeared, causing He is easy to find.

I was about to interrogate her a few more times, but was stunned by the tears on her face. I saw a pair of hazy tearful eyes staring at my face, and the panic and pain hadn't completely disappeared, and the hasty joy seemed extraordinarily sad. .

Shao Yun immediately understood what was going on, his heart seemed to be hit violently by something, and there was a heat wave about to burst out of his body. After a while, he said hoarsely: "You...don't cry, I'm not fine."

He still held her arm in his hand and refused to let it go, so she let him hold her, but her heart gradually filled with sadness. He was close at hand, but after today, he would be far away.

He felt so distressed seeing her like this, and was about to pull her into his arms, when someone behind him couldn't help but grab him and leave, yelling, "Ah Yun, come with me to the ICU, that guy woke up !"

Shao Yun was forced to let go of Manzhi, staggered a few steps and stopped hurriedly, growling, "Wait a minute!"

Only then did Lao Yang, who was pulling him, notice Manzhi, a little tongue-tied.

Manzhi didn't want others to see her embarrassment, so she quickly turned her face away, raised her hand and secretly wiped away the tears on her cheeks, her relief overwhelmed all her parting sorrows, after all, it was just a false alarm!
Shao Lei hurried over from the other end of the corridor, and when he saw her, he changed his tone of joy, "Sister-in-law, you came so fast!" His eyes rolled around her red and swollen eyes.

Manzhi was so eager to avoid his probing eyes that she forgot to question him about the phone call that almost caused her to collapse.

Shao Yun wanted to go to La Manzhi again, but she broke free lightly. She forced a smile at him and said, "Go and do your work, I... still have something to do, so I have to go first."

As she spoke, she turned around and walked away quickly before he could speak, and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

Shao Yun stared at her back, a little melancholy, but also a little inexplicably joyful, stunned for a few seconds, then pulled Shao Lei over abruptly, and shouted: "Who told you to tell her?! Are you sick? "

Grinning his teeth, Shao Lei yelled: "She rushed over before I finished speaking, can it be my fault!" Gu Gu's brother's face was still very green, and then he said with a grin: "If I don't make this call, How do you know if sister-in-law still loves you? You should thank me very much!"

Shao Yun was speechless towards this ignorant younger brother, and Lao Yang, who had been waiting impatiently, patted him on the shoulder again, "Ah Yun, what is sticky, why don't you hurry up!"

As Shao Yun walked, he still didn't forget to turn around and point at Shao Lei angrily: "I'll settle the score with you later!"

Shao Lei didn't take it seriously at all, and leaned against the wall winking at him, making Shao Yun dumbfounded.

Walking all the way, Lao Yang's face was tense. He didn't care about this matter, but Shao Yun was implicated, so he had to come over and stare.

There were two policemen standing at the entrance of the ICU, with serious eyes, Lao Yang asked, "How are you?"

A thinner young policeman said: "It's not working anymore, I'm receiving oxygen... I can't ask anything when I wake up, it's all crashed like that."

After hearing this, Shao Yun said with a sullen face, "You don't need to ask, Feng Tao ordered it."

Lao Yang turned his head and shouted at him angrily, "Stop saying a few words!"

Shao Yun had no choice but to keep silent, and Lao Yang couldn't say anything in front of outsiders. The two looked at the "perpetrator" on the bed in the inner room through the glass. The ECG monitor fluctuated fairly steadily. Outside, nothing can be seen.

Lao Yang led Shao Yun to an open common ward next door. Both beds were empty. This hospital is located in a remote place and the scale is small, so the outpatient department is more lively and there are not many people in the hospital. .

It happened suddenly today, and Fu'an Hospital is the only public hospital close to the airport expressway. After the accident, the traffic criminal police brigade decisively made a plan to deal with it nearby, and urgently dispatched several experts from the city-level hospital to come for consultation.

Two vehicles collided, resulting in one death and three serious injuries. The airport expressway was also closed for more than two hours, and several nearby roads were congested one after another. This can be regarded as a relatively serious vicious traffic accident.

Lao Yang's heart was particularly heavy, and he couldn't help scolding Shao Yun before he finished taking two puffs of the cigarette, "You are getting more and more courageous, and you dare to escort people back from abroad without permission! Let me ask you, you want to find Li Jiang, Why didn't you call the police, why didn't you know me?"

Shao Yun flicked the cigarette in his hand, dusted off some ashes, and said in a low voice: "He is in Switzerland, how can you arrest him and find Interpol? I can't wait!"

Lao Yang was furious, "Who do you think you are? James Bond? 007? If you weren't lucky this time, maybe you have to get involved."

Shao Yun chuckled, "Hey, Uncle Yang still knows about 007!"

Lao Yang said angrily: "You don't have to laugh with me!"

Only then did Shao Yun frowned and said, "Don't be angry, even if I call the police and you arrest Li Jiang, Feng Tao will still find someone to kill him, and me, there's no escape from this matter!"

Lao Yang was smoking a cigarette dully and had nothing to say.

Shao Yun sighed, "How much should I pay for this accident, I can figure it out."

The one who died and the other two seriously injured were innocent bystanders.

Lao Yang snorted, "You pretend to be generous, and I can't make the decision. Let's see how the higher-ups deal with it. In short, don't hide what you have to say, and don't force it. I won't worry about it."

Shao Yun nodded at him and did not argue again.

"Also, when Li Jiang is released from the hospital, I have to transfer him to the Economic Cases Division. How to try him is their business. You just need to cooperate."

In fact, Li Jiang was fine. His knee hit the back of the front seat when the car made a sharp turn, and his left leg was moderately fractured.

This time Shao Yun was straightforward, "Okay, the person has been found anyway, and I will follow your instructions for the next thing!"

A little nurse passed by here, and she poked her head in to have a look. The room was filled with gray smoke, her eyebrows frowned immediately, and she said in a sharp voice, "Smoking is not allowed here, you have to go outside!"

The two had no choice but to put out their cigarette butts and come out. The little nurse locked the door behind them sullenly.

Lao Yang touched Shao Yun's elbow, "Hey, isn't that your original daughter-in-law who was crying just now?"

Shao Yun smiled, thinking of Manzhi's distraught face, he was both terrified and warm at the same time.

"Which song are you singing, uh, reconciled?"

Shao Yun was silent for a while, then chuckled, "Soon."

Lao Yang burst out laughing unconsciously, "You boy, you have never learned well, have you encountered an evil star this time? Hey, it's time for someone to take care of you."

Shao Yun let him talk, just laughed.

Lao Yang suddenly thought of something, and said to him seriously: "Did Zhang Kun call you again?"

Shao Yun shook his head, "No, I'll call and turn off the phone."

Lao Yang slammed his fist on the wall, "Damn it! Xiao Wang called me just now, and none of these three bastards were caught. They slipped faster than a loach, and the bureau has to be busy again." He squinted at Shao Yun snorted coldly and said, "They are all the brothers you used to worship, right? You are not very loyal, why are you biting you so hard now, like a mad dog!"

Shao Yun was speechless, paused for a moment, and said sincerely: "Uncle Yang, you can do whatever you want with the other two, but for Zhang Kun... can you be lenient? Before the accident, if there was no phone call from him, now I'm the one lying on the bed!"

Thinking of the thrilling scene on the highway, Shao Yun was so fearless, it was a little scary to think about it at this moment, Feng Tao found a pure desperado.

Lao Yang was also silent, and said after a while: "I will try my best, but it may not be effective, after all, he also participated. Also, in case he calls you again, ask him to surrender as soon as possible, so that maybe we can still save he."

"I understand... I will hire the best lawyer for him!" Shao Yun said seriously.

One afternoon, he couldn't be idle at all, so he was accompanied by Lao Yang to the traffic police brigade, and the Public Security Bureau made notes respectively.When he finally boarded the car and headed for Shao's, it was already past six o'clock.

On the way, he had time to call Manzhi, but he didn't expect that her mobile phone was busy, and when he tried again after a while, the busy signal was still there. He was puzzled and stared at the screen of the mobile phone for a while, she never talked on the phone.

But his own phone calls came in one after another, and he was overwhelmed.

Shao Lei, Vice President Shi, Zhao Yongfu and others came back directly from the hospital, and they were all nestled in Vice President Shi's office nervously waiting for him to come back.

Shao Yun got the news early in the morning that Li Jiang's flight arrived at City F at ten o'clock in the morning. He couldn't wait to go to the airport in person. Li Jiang seemed to be a different person, not to mention black and thin, and his nerves were obviously on the verge of collapse. The days of fleeing It's not easy.

Along the way, he ate Ai Ai and confessed to Shao Yun. How was Feng Tao, Gu Chao and Zhang Kun set up a trap and got hold of it? swallowing money...

After hearing this, Vice President Shi couldn't help sighing, "I just said that Li Jiang is not such a bold person, so it turns out..." He glanced at Shao Yun's livid face, and didn't dare to say anything. The person is still Shao Yun himself.

Feng Tao and others have been wanted, and Shao Yun is also very upset.

Everyone was still discussing how to deal with the follow-up matters, but when the vice president received a call, without saying a word, he covered the receiver and said to Shao Yun: "Mr. Shao, do you want to answer the call from Ms. Kong?"

Shao Yun was a little surprised, but still nodded.

"Lingyi, haven't you left yet?" He asked gently.

"Well, the flight tomorrow morning." Kong Lingyi felt relieved when he heard his usual voice, "I just watched the news, there was a car accident scene at the airport expressway today, and I saw your car inside... ...so call and ask."

How could Shao Yun not understand her feelings, and while being moved, his voice was soft, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry."

It would be impossible for him to leave her without a trace of reluctance. However, he would fail her in the end, and what good would it do to keep her by his side in vain?

He briefly revealed the whole story to her, although he knew she was not a talkative person, and he didn't want to talk too much, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "When is your flight tomorrow, I'll arrange someone to see you off."

Kong Lingyi smiled freely and said: "Don't bother, I can go by myself."

She was used to being alone, and she didn't feel the desolation of being inseparable from each other. What's more, his kindness was not even a drop in the bucket to her.

About to hang up, she blurted out, "I forgot to tell you, tomorrow... I am on the same flight as Chang Shaohui."

After hearing this, Shao Yun felt even more relaxed, and Chang Shaohui finally had to leave.

He smiled and was about to tease a few words, but Kong Lingyi's words instantly froze his smile on his face.

"And... Su Manzhi."

After she finished speaking softly, she let out a long breath, as if she had lifted a burden that had been on her heart for a long time.

Perhaps, everyone is selfish. She hopes that Shao Yun and Su Manzhi can have a result, not because of how great she is, but just hopes that there will be a break. Only in this way can she cut off all her thoughts and let herself give up completely. .

She didn't want to leave, and still miss him, and didn't want to still miss every bit of him across the Pacific Ocean, and be fettered by any news about him.

(End of this chapter)