dinner for three

Thinking about myself, I will really be thirty in a while. Although I don’t care about my age like a woman, and I don’t feel unacceptable after staring at the calendar for a year, but 30 years old is also a milestone in life up.Although it is no longer the daunting loneliness of the past, just reminiscing about my own life, it will inevitably be more sad.

The word birthday is always full of blessings for others, but for Gu Miao, there are some unpleasant memories.I remember that two years ago, in that same summer, his life was re-bundled with the only person he had liked for so many years. No matter what the coincidence was, it looked like a dream from any angle.On his birthday, Meng woke up without any warning. At that time, he realized that he was about to be given up. Happiness, which requires mutual consent, lost his partner.

The feeling at that time was that I found the life I wanted at the age of 28, and it suddenly became that there was probably no hope for my future life.There is no hysterical questioning and heart-wrenching hatred, only knowing that the two men have the possibility of a future rounded up to zero, but still unavoidably sad and slightly sour.It was really not easy to let go of Xu Linfeng completely.

After more than a year of life, it was no different from the abyss. I thought that I was forced to suffer these shameful tossings when I was old, and I thought that the bed thing I had tasted sweetness had now become someone else's invasion and ravage. However, even though he was struggling in the mud, he was still unwilling to criticize Xu Linfeng as hell, and still remembered him humblely as hell.

If I hadn't met Xu Linfeng with my own eyes, would I still miss him so much now?

If it wasn't for the man in front of him, where would he be enduring the torture now?People who can't even see tomorrow will never imagine what kind of cake and candles they will have on their 30th birthday.Thinking of this, some warm but different feelings of gratitude welled up in my heart. I didn't want to sit on the stool safely, but approached and hung on Xu Yifan's body from behind.

Anyway, he has plenty of strength, so following him carefully will not affect him hanging the quilt.

Xu Yifan didn't look back, although he could only see the back of his head, Gu Miao knew he must be smiling.

Probably because the 30-year-old man acted coquettishly for no reason, and it turned out to be a bit cute.

Living a comfortable life like this, the two of them tacitly felt tired.No matter what posture you fall asleep in, your hands will always be firmly clasped together in the depths of the quilt, just like those young people who are in love, they no longer know what the principle is.In the middle of the night, Gu Miao was awakened by the sound of her mobile phone vibrating, and raised her head sullenly from the pillow.I saw Xu Yifan, who was also woken up, took the phone over, and originally wanted to hang up first, so as not to wake up Gu Miao.Seeing Gu Miao get up in a daze, she still handed it to him, but when Gu Miao saw the phone on it clearly, she suddenly lost all sleepiness.

The first reaction was to prevaricate and press it down and continue to go back to the bed to have a sweet dream. Just looking at Xu Yifan's side face, he immediately dismissed this idea. Although there was a brief hesitation, Gu Miao still picked up this in the middle of the night. Telephone.

The person on the other end of the phone was Xu Linfeng. His tone sounded a bit heavy, and he didn't know that there was someone else beside Gu Miao.

Gu Miao, who had listened to his speech with a hanging heart, became more and more serious from the blank at the beginning.At the end, every time he said a word, Gu Miao frowned a little more, and finally said "I know", and hung up the phone sullenly.

Xu Yifan didn't pay attention to who was calling, he only knew that Gu Miao had finished calling, so he reached out to help him put the phone back.

——That, just now, was Xu Linfeng's call.

Hearing Xu Linfeng's name, the squinting man's expression stiffened, but he couldn't tell what emotion it was.

--Um?

——He said, my mother's illness—has a chance to be cured...

— Well, you say.

——The risk of surgery is still not small, but the disease can't continue to drag on, so, so he asked me if I want to go to accompany her for surgery, and, my mother...has been talking about me recently, the doctor said that she might feel that she time is running out...

--I go with you.

Xu Yifan turned off the light, the name Xu Linfeng had become a thorn in his heart.After all, he is his number one rival in love, not to mention how much weight he had in Gu Miao's heart, the fact that he still remembers Gu Miao is enough to make Xu Yifan tremble with fear.It's just that Gu Miao's mother is with him, and he has no way to prevent Gu Miao from going.

This is like a bet, if Gu Miao can come back once, he should also believe that he can still come back to him next time.

Gu Miao didn't hide from him, maybe this alone can show that Gu Miao is letting go of his guard.

Xu Linfeng called over the next few days, but what was reassuring was that all he talked about was about Gu Miao's mother's condition, and he didn't say anything that disturbed the tranquility.It took a few days to arrange his general work for the next week, and Gu Miao also waited for the summer vacation.The two prepared their luggage, but another accident occurred the day before departure.

Originally full of confidence, he wanted to see himself by Gu Miao's side. Xu Linfeng saw it with his own eyes. No matter how thick-skinned he should give up, he didn't expect that he would also receive a call from his family, saying that his father had met him. It was a small car accident, no serious injuries but a slight fracture of the calf.Having said that, between the lines of my mother's words is to let myself go back and take a look.

Thinking about his father who had been going smoothly for decades, Xu Yifan couldn't imagine what it would be like to be injured for the first time in his life.But it was an emergency, and he couldn't hide his worries about his family. Although Gu Miao regretted that Xu Yifan couldn't go with him, he immediately urged Xu Yifan to change the flight ticket back home, comforting his father and believing that he would feel much better after seeing him.

——I will rush over to find you after I get home and have a look. Wait for me.

The two arrived at the airport at the same time, but took different flights.The feeling of leaving was a little heavy, and Gu Miao was a little annoyed. She didn't expect that her dependence on Xu Yifan had become so serious in a short period of time, and she was already a little uncomfortable when she left.There is a group photo of the two of them in the carry-on box, as well as Gu Miao's salary card, which contains his few salary savings.

Although he knew that he owed Xu Linfeng more and more, it was probably so much that it was difficult to repay it in detail.Gu Miao still stubbornly wants to do his best to repay the part. After all, although he is not outstanding, he still has some dignity.

The most important thing is that if you return the invitation on your own strength, there will be really no relationship between the two of you.

☆, No.40 six episodes

Gu Miao, who rushed to the hospital again, saw Xu Linfeng immediately.I haven't seen him for a few months, and he doesn't seem to have changed much, but the expression between his brows and eyes is much colder, and those indifferences have almost melted away when Gu Miao appeared in his field of vision.Due to the plan to receive treatment, the mother whose condition has recently become recurrent and unstable was placed in a more advanced isolation ward.Considering that it will not affect the patient's emotions, the glass is designed to transmit light on one side, which also means that Gu Miao no longer has to worry about being seen.

——Before this afternoon, she insisted on refusing the operation. You know that if the client is unwilling, no one can help her make a decision.

I have been receiving medical help from unknown strangers for a long time, and without any warning, I help myself bear the high medical expenses that ordinary people cannot afford.Every day in the cold hospital, I receive high-level treatment, but I still feel that my life is passing uncontrollably.The weaker he became, the more he missed his son who was forced away by his beastly ex-husband, and thought of the sore pain in his internal organs in the dead of night, but there was no cure for this kind of heart disease.

The illusion that he was back was only fleeting, and the cold reality of waking up made this already late woman lose confidence in life.Gradually, I felt that my sickly body that had dragged on for these years was really worthless. Although the kind-hearted person I had never met proposed a diagnosis and treatment method that would give me a chance to survive, I didn't want to waste that medical resource.After all, for a person like her, life and death are already irrelevant, and the only thing she wants to live is to see Gu Miao.

Her stubbornness caused headaches for the medical staff, and she finally got her wish to see the man who had been sparing no effort to treat her. He looked about the same age as her own child, with familiar features but couldn't remember where she had seen her.The man stood by his bed, looked at him with a sad expression, and was silent for a while before putting forward his conditions.

——Auntie, if... If you undergo surgery, I promise you that you will see Gu Miao.

The pale woman with a tired expression, but when she heard Gu Miao's name, her eyes lit up, and her eye circles turned red uncontrollably. She couldn't believe it, but she wanted to confirm with this man that what he said was true. Safe and sound after the satisfactory answer.The mother, who had endured it for a long time, could no longer hold back her tears, and tremblingly signed her name on the consent form.

Before the operation, Gu Miao couldn't show her face. Although she missed her so much, she could only look at her from a distance, fearing that it would affect her emotions.He was even more afraid that with his mother's obstinate personality, she would refuse treatment because she saw that Gu Miao's wish had been fulfilled.For so many years, the fact that being an incompetent mother to her son was even a burden made her feel extremely tormented.

After the operation officially started, Gu Miao received a message from Xu Yifan saying that his father's injury was more serious than imagined, and he had to stay for a few more days.The tone of the words was full of guilt, Gu Miao was trembling slightly from the moment his mother was pushed into the operation, and the disinfectant water from the hospital always sent him some uneasy breath through his pores.He pretended to be calm and asked Xu Yifan not to worry about himself, saying that there was nothing wrong with him alone.It's just that when I hung up the phone, the temperature of my fingers was still unbelievably cold.

He didn't sleep all night, just paced back and forth anxiously at the door of the operating room. His mother was his only relative. To him, losing her might be even more unacceptable than losing his own life.The poor mother and son who have supported them for so many years and survived so many difficult days can only pray for the mercy of fate at this moment.Of course, he was not alone at the door of the ward, and Xu Linfeng was also sitting not far from him, just looking at Gu Miao from time to time, and it lasted overnight.

Near the morning, the door of the operating room finally opened once, and the nurse who came out said that there was no major problem at present, and the operation should be successful if there were no accidents.Although what he heard was good news, Gu Miao still didn't dare to take it lightly. He sat on the seat opposite Xu Linfeng, calmed down a little, and didn't have the heart to look at the bitterness of the man opposite him.

All the waiting was worth it. At dawn, the lights in the operating room finally went out.Thanks to Xu Linfeng's efforts to contact the best medical team and the long-term care of the patient, the operation achieved a satisfactory result.Looking at the face of her mother who was still under anesthesia, Gu Miao wept with joy as if she was relieved.

The long-term high mental tension and the long-term lack of sleep in the body made Gu Miao urgently need to rest.I was finally able to sleep peacefully in the hotel for a few hours, but the first thing I did when I woke up was to find my mother in a hurry.This made Xu Linfeng, who was sitting by his bedside to endure exhaustion and looked after him for several hours, feel complicated. After washing his face, he took him to the nearby hospital.

The anesthesia hadn't passed yet, and her mother slept more deeply than herself. Seeing her mother after being treated, Gu Miao's heart softened, and she was filled with a feeling that if the operation failed, she would never see herself again. Scared.Fortunately, they still had a chance. Gu Miao, who felt more deeply how important she was to her mother, couldn't bear to hide like this anymore.It's just that he still needs to make up some excuses. After all, his experiences are really cruel to his mother.

When Xu Yifan came in two days, what should he do to explain the relationship between the two.

Waking up from the operation is a long and difficult thing. I don’t know how long I have dreamed about Gu Miao’s figure since she was a child. She finally got out of the dream and came to reality. She recognized that the excited man in front of her was the child she had been thinking about all along.Stretching out the hand that was still connected to the infusion tube to touch his face was different from the scene in the dream where any attempt to touch would shatter.

They are each other, the only relatives whose blood is thicker than water.

Mother's tears are like a meandering river, which makes her so sad but beautiful. The two, immersed in the joy of reunion, seem to have forgotten everything around them.Until the mother looked over Gu Miao's shoulders and landed on the handsome man standing behind him, the way he looked at Gu Miao looked very gentle, but it gave the mother a clear sense of crisis.

After the mother and son embraced with tears and joy, everyone present left spontaneously because they were moved, leaving the ward to the two, and Xu Linfeng walked out and knocked the door behind him.Mom still looked at Gu Miao as if she couldn't get enough of it, and touched the hands and shoulders of the 30-year-old boy in front of her. Seeing that he was fine, she was relieved a lot.

——Miao Miao, I really can't believe it, I'm afraid I'll never see you again, it's great that you're fine.

——I've been worrying about you all this time, you haven't been wronged, have you?How did you find out here?

With the limited imagination of the mother, the fact must be a big shock to her.Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Gu Miao pretended to be relaxed and told him that he was sold to a closed factory in a remote place to work as a coolie. When the friend found it, he tried to get himself out of there.

I don't know if she believed it or not, but she just kept saying "it's fine" and "God bless" silently, which made Gu Miao's heart hurt as if she was being pulled.After the mood finally calmed down, my mother seemed to have something unspeakable to say.

——Your friend, did you tell you about your father...

The word father, before Gu Miao was an adult, was a vague word like nothing, but now, it is an existence that makes his back shivers.Xu Linfeng never mentioned his father's matter to him, that man, could it be...

—he died in the moat.

Although shocked, it seemed like the ending that man should have.I heard from my mother that this news was also investigated by this friend of Gu Miao's. At that time, Gu Miao's mother was just flipping through the newspaper a few days ago, completely unaware that the unrecognizable sudden death man on the page was the one she had been pestering for most of her life. Ex-husband, his mood at that time was as calm as stagnant water.

If you die, you can die. After all, to Gu Miao, the gambler who brought them suffering is not a family member.

Gu Miao's facial features are also similar to that person's, but his personality is completely different. This child is gentle in nature and has a difficult life, so people can't help but feel pity for him.Thinking of the man who just left, the mother's expression suddenly became worried:

——Miao Miao, I just remembered, that classmate of yours...

— the one you kept at home in high school, right?