Rebirth in a Book: The Road to Breakthrough

Feng De and Hou Bao took turns riding their bikes as they did the day before, but this time they were not in a hurry. When they arrived at the hospital, they were still relatively relaxed.

After they found the ward, they discovered that Su Ting had woken up. Feeling bored, Yuan Zhe went to the nurse to borrow an old newspaper for Su Ting to pass the time, and then went to the doctor to ask about his condition.

"Su Zhiqing, you're awake." Feng De looked surprised.

Su Ting looked at Feng De's genuine surprise, and her empty heart suddenly felt a little warm. The fate of being together since they met by chance, and the care of strangers who had been together in this strange place for less than a month, made her originally pale life seem not so pale anymore.

She thought of Yuan Zhe's care from childhood to adulthood. Although grandpa was usually cold and emotionless, his white hair turned from gray to pure white after his family members met with accidents one by one. Her brother became more and more silent, and the family population was getting smaller and smaller. The originally spacious three-story old house became more and more desolate, and the once lively and noisy suddenly became silent. There are only three people left in her family now, but why didn't God let them go? Her brother and grandfather were imprisoned all of a sudden, and Uncle Yuan took great pains to send her and Yuan Zhe here. I thought I could find my aunt, but now...

Su Ting's tears flowed out of his eyes involuntarily, and became more and more violent.

Feng De and Hou Bao looked at each other, totally confused as to what had happened? Why did she start crying as soon as they came to visit her?

"Su Zhiqing, what's wrong with you?" Feng De was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, running around in circles, not knowing what to do.

"Su Zhiqing, what's wrong with you? Don't cry. Is it hurting somewhere?" Hou Bao was more stable than Feng De. He first looked at Su Ting's face and saw that he was pale and bloodless, so he guessed that he might be in pain somewhere.

The patients in the same ward sighed when they heard Su Ting crying. They made random guesses and consoled him: "Comrade, do you have an incurable disease?"

"Comrade, don't be sad. This will happen to everyone in their life. It's just a matter of time."

"Yes, be happy while you are alive, so you won't have any regrets when you die."

"Ah, it's just that you are too young, which is a pity."

"Don't be too pessimistic. Go find a big city, a big hospital. Maybe you can get better."

The patients' families in the ward were all trying to persuade them, and some soft-hearted ladies also started wiping away their tears.

Yuan Zhe returned to the ward and left for a while. How could Tingting be dying?

He struggled to push away the people surrounding Su Ting's bed.

"Tingting, what's wrong with you?" Yuan Zhe asked anxiously.

Su Ting raised her tearful eyes, and after seeing Yuan Zhe, she could no longer suppress the sadness and grievance in her heart, and threw herself into Yuan Zhe's arms and burst into tears. She vented the injustice of the world, vented her complaints against God, and vented her unwillingness to her fate.

"Yuan Zhe, why, why? What did our Su family do wrong? Why do you treat us like this?" Su Ting asked while crying.

"Tingting will be fine. Grandpa Su and Brother Heng will be fine. As long as you are alive, you will have each other's support and will be able to hold on." Yuan Zhe whispered in Su Ting's ear to comfort him.

"Yuan Zhiqing, we didn't do anything." Feng De and Hou Bao also rushed over, both of them were sweating profusely, and no matter how they tried to persuade Su Ting, he would not listen.

"I know."

After listening to Su Ting's question, Yuan Zhe knew that Su Ting needed to vent, to vent the grievances that had accumulated over the past twenty years.

"Thank you for coming to see her." Yuan Zhe felt that Tingting must have felt the warmth from a stranger for the first time, which triggered the grievances that she had suppressed for a long time.

Yuan Zhe gently patted Su Ting's back and soothed her softly. Su Ting's crying gradually slowed down and finally stopped. She slowly withdrew from Yuan Zhe's arms and wanted to lie down. Yuan Zhe hurriedly supported Su Ting and let her lie down safely.

"Well, I'm glad it's not our fault." Feng De wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Yuan Zhe, is Su Zhiqing okay?" Hou Bao was distracted by the aunties in the ward and was worried whether Su Ting would not be able to recover.

"It's okay, she'll be fine once she cries, it's good for her condition." Yuan Zhe looked at Hou Bao and a rare smile appeared on his face.

Seeing that Su Ting was fine, Hou Bao said to the ladies around him gratefully: "Thank you for your concern, my friend is fine. It was just a false alarm, you can go and do your work!"

Everyone was talking at once, and then left one after another.

"Feng De, Hou Bao, how did you get here?" Yuan Zhe changed the subject and asked.

"We borrowed Comrade Zhang's bicycle."

"Oh, are you going back today?"

"When we get back, Comrade Zhang has to check and deliver goods every day. The bicycle is used every day. Today, Comrade Yu and I will share one. Comrade Yu left the bicycle empty for us. We can't always delay others."

"Well, you better be careful."

"Well, don't worry, it's okay. Let's leave early today and not go out in the dark. How is Su Zhiqing's condition?"

"The doctor said it was nothing serious, and the main thing was to let her vent her emotions."

"Thank you for coming. It helped a lot. It allowed her to vent her emotions."

Yuan Zhe expressed his gratitude sincerely.

"Nothing, as long as I can help and not cause any trouble. We are all educated youth, unfamiliar with the place. It is fate that we can go to the countryside together, and it is our duty to help each other. Don't be so polite." Hou Bao responded sincerely. Although they both came from Shanghai, they did not know each other. It was fate that they could meet in a foreign land.

"Okay, then I won't thank you for your kindness. I won't bother you twice. I'm afraid we will have to trouble you again when we are discharged from the hospital." Yuan Zhe thought that when he was discharged from the hospital, there might not be a car to go to town, so it would be better to say hello first.

"Okay, I heard that the village has also bought bicycles. If Comrade Yu has a holiday, he can borrow three bicycles. We will ask Bai Hua to come and pick you up." Feng De shared the news happily.

"Yuan Zhe, can Su Zhiqing ride a bicycle given his wounds?" Hou Bao was concerned about whether the patient, who had just undergone surgery, could ride a bicycle.

"I'll go ask the doctor. You guys stay here and chat with Tingting." Yuan Zhe then realized the problem and hurried to find a doctor.

"Su Zhiqing, are you feeling better?" Feng De asked tentatively.

"I'm much better now. Thank you for your help these days." Su Ting whispered. After crying, her voice was a little hoarse.

"We didn't help much. It's mainly because you scared Yuan Zhe." Hou Baowei said for Yuan Zhe.

"Yeah, you don't know that when you were sick, his air pressure was as low as an ice cave in summer. I didn't even dare to breathe next to him in the hot summer." Feng De complained.

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