Zining has no sound

"Mr. Du, are you going to have dinner with Teacher Shi? She's gone out." Seeing Du Siyuan push the door out of Shixia's office with a confused expression, Xiao Rong said something casually.

"Going out?" Du Siyuan looked even more strange, "Why did you run out while eating?"

"I don't know either. I saw that she changed her clothes after answering the phone call, but judging by her expression, it's not something to worry about." Xiao Rong honestly shared her information.

Du Siyuan curled his lips: "I'm not loyal, I don't know to tell me in advance."

"Ah--" Shi Xia turned sideways and sneezed. She took out a tissue and pressed it on her nose, and said to the person opposite, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay." Gui Zijin smiled nonchalantly.Ever since Tokia sat down, she hadn't stopped looking at her. After all, if you didn't count the accidental and hasty encounter in the mall, this was only their first official meeting.Of course, this is definitely not the first time she heard Shixia's name, although since her sister returned to China this time, these two words have gradually become a secret, but when Gui Zipei was still in high school, "Shixia" was definitely The most frequently mentioned name when the two sisters communicate.

Gui Zijin didn't find anything wrong at first, and even had a happy attitude towards this situation. She could no longer understand Gui Zipei's introversion and shyness back then. It was really rare to make such a good friend. Of course, if she really It's just the words of a good friend.She attributed her negligence to the distance. She was still in college in the United States, and it was really difficult for her to understand the girl's enthusiasm and love just from those text messages. So on the first day back home, when she saw When the two people walked out of the school gate playfully, she understood everything. At that time, Gui Zijin didn't know whether she should be grateful for her sensitivity.

"I probably knew about your relationship back then." Gui Zijin didn't beat around the bush, and said straight to the point, not in the questioning tone Shixia imagined, on the contrary, she looked quite peaceful.

Shixia was a little overwhelmed by her attitude, she turned the cup in her hand, and replied vaguely: "Yes."

Seeing her cramped, Gui Zijin smiled: "But don't think too much, I don't do that kind of drama of beating mandarin ducks, and I wasn't the one who forced Zipei to go abroad." She didn't wait for Shixia's reaction , and continued on his own, "The family decided to let her go abroad when she was not in high school. At that time, my vacation was very tight, but I still flew back to China often, just to give her a reference. Later, various preparations and exams It took a long time, and I didn't see her say no when I submitted the application."

But Gui Zijin really felt her struggle. During that time, Gui Zipei lost weight quickly. Her parents thought it was because of the various affairs of the application and the heavy schoolwork of the third year of high school. Only her heart was like a mirror, but she didn't say a word. Gui Zipei has always been delicate, maybe she glimpsed the fact that she has been exposed from her sister's attitude, but she also stubbornly did not confess a word, and abandoned her love with a kind of determination to feed a tiger with her body.

It's just what she thought were the two faces in the confrontation, but the other side had indifferent eyes, watching her indulgently walking towards the inevitable road.

"I know." Shi Xia lowered his eyelids, covering the emotions in his eyes.

This surprised Gui Zijin a little, she raised her eyebrows, and said with a hint of sarcasm in her tone: "Then it's really not easy for you to be together now."

Tokia bent her lips in a self-deprecating manner, did not answer her words, and said, "You may feel offended when I say this, but I really think so. You put a lot of pressure on her back then. She, because of this, It's pretty humbling."

"Because of me?" Gui Zijin never thought that the weakness in her sister's character was actually caused by herself.

Shixia looked at her squarely: "You are excellent. You had already graduated when I was in high school, but I still occasionally hear teachers or senior students talking about you. You are doing well in your studies, and you have been re-elected as the president of the student union, and your ability to organize activities is also very good. Especially strong, let alone applied to a top prestigious school in the end. In this comparison, although Zipei is already very good, but if she only has outstanding grades, she will inevitably look inferior. "Compared with her sister, she is still a little worse." For an unrelated person like me, I have heard others say such things more than once, let alone herself, and according to her character, it is impossible not to care."

"I... never found out."

"I have no position to judge you, but I just hope you don't feel that she is to blame for everything."

Gui Zijin froze for a moment, not because she was moved by Shixia's protection of her sister, on the contrary, she thought of Gui Zipei's behavior at home a few days ago, and felt a little sympathy for the woman sitting opposite her .

After the two were called back because of their mother's illness, Gui Zipei lived in Gui Zijin's house in Y City. This was a rare time for the two of them to be alone since they left the country. The memories of their youth gradually softened. One night, when Gui Zijin came back from dealing with things, he found that there was only one night light on in the living room, but Gui Zipei was leisurely, bought a beer, and sat on the carpet to drink slowly.

"What are you thinking about?" Gui Zijin put down his bag, walked up to her and kicked her.

Gui Zipei laughed twice, opened another can of beer and handed it to his sister: "Together?"

"I'll have a headache tomorrow morning after drinking too much." She still took the drink as she said so, "Did you accompany mom to the hospital today? How's it going?"

"It's an old problem." Gui Zipei said, "Sometimes when you think about it, time flies so fast, and your parents are getting old. When you go to the hospital for an examination, every data will clearly tell you that your body's functions have declined. But you just can't help it."

Gui Zijin took a sip of beer and didn't look at her: "Mom is still with Dad, how about you, when will you find one?"

As if surprised by such a temptation, Gui Zipei turned to look at her, and said, "Let's talk."

Looking at her right hand propped on the ground, Gui Zijin asked casually, "Where's your ring?"

"Ring?" Gui Zipei sat up straight, raised his hand in front of his eyes and said, "It's right here."

"I remember you wore two when you came home." Gui Zijin looked at the one on her middle finger and said.

I don't know if it's because I'm a little drunk, or if I've already seen Gui Zijin's knowledge, Gui Zipei said nonchalantly: "The one on the middle finger can be said to be worn for fun, but the one on the other finger is worn. It’s not easy to explain.”

"So when are you going to tell your parents?" Gui Zijin asked, no longer pretending to be stupid.

But he was answered lightly: "I don't know..."

Gui Zijin thought that this topic would just pass by, but the night before she left, Gui Zipei suddenly knocked on her door and asked nervously, "Sister, have you seen my ring? "

Gui Zijin shook her head, although she was not optimistic about this relationship, she was not so low-minded as to hide the ring: "Have you searched everywhere?"

I don't know if she listened or not, but when watching her sister go downstairs, Gui Zijin could only hear her talking to herself, "think of other ways" or something like that.

Gui Zijin didn't know what the so-called other methods were, but she took out a small box from her bag and said, "Zipei left this at home, you can bring it to her by the way."

This is the ring that Gui Zipei took off on her own initiative. If I have to attribute the difference back then to her low self-esteem, then after so many years, my influence has been negligible. Let's take a look this time, my sister , how would you choose.

When walking back to the hospital with the box in hand, all kinds of chaotic thoughts rushed out of Tokia's mind, and the circle of cold metal became full of presence, passing through the box to her palm, and then spreading all over her body.Of course she would not regard Gui Zijin's coming as a provocation, she could even read the pity in the man's eyes, for her upcoming fate of being abandoned again, but she was surprised and didn't take it seriously .

No matter what the reason was, Gui Zipei chose to temporarily take off the ring and lost it accidentally. Tokia was still a little annoyed about this matter, but it was only because of her carelessness. She asked herself, if Lao Xu was still alive, she would definitely be timid and unable to be honest.But for Gui Zipei who bought an identical ring without telling her, to pretend that nothing happened, she has a strange sweet feeling, although Shixia herself thinks this kind of thinking is very distorted.

Before that, Gui Zipei must have never taken off the ring for a moment, so she didn't even know the engraving on the inner circle, and Shixia deliberately picked a limited edition at that time, knowing how hard it was to buy, but she found exactly the same ring. style.

Forget it, Shixia thought, stop thinking about proving something through "love", love is only related to love.

So Zipei, you love me, that is already something to be grateful for.

As soon as he entered the office, Shi Xia was grabbed by Du Siyuan: "A Xia, I knew something would go wrong!"

"What's the matter, you look so excited." With the ring in his pocket, Shi Xia was in a peaceful state of mind.

"The family members are not happy about the operation you performed on Lao Liu before, and they are making a fuss."

"Not done well?" Shi Xia frowned when he heard this, "It shouldn't be, I remember nothing difficult, Lao Liu should be more than enough."

"Then how do you know? It's probably a normal side effect of the surgery, but you're right, rich people are not easy to serve, so they won't let them go if they don't." Du Siyuan felt sympathetic.

"No, I have to go and have a look." Shi Xia put on a white coat and was about to go out, but was stopped by Du Siyuan.

"What are you looking at? Is it your patient? Let me tell you, this matter is good for you. If it's really the operation performed by Vice President Chen, he will have a good fruit for you in the end."

Shi Xia was in a hurry: "Why is he not my patient anymore? Didn't I follow you all the time in the early stage? Hey, don't stop me."

Du Siyuan was pushed by her, and shouted angrily: "You are so kind as a donkey's liver and lungs!"

When I arrived in front of Lao Liu's office, the scene in front of me was beyond Shixia's expectation. There was no scene of crying and grabbing the ground. There was only a woman sitting with her back to the door. Well, the aura is also strong.

"Mr. Shi, you are here." A little nurse greeted her in a low voice.

"This is?" Tokia also lowered his voice.

"The patient's mother, it is said that she has been on a business trip before, and she just came back today, and this happened to her."

Shi Xia nodded, she straightened her clothes, and walked forward: "Hello, I am the doctor who was in charge of this case before Dr. Liu, and my surname is Shi."

"Shi?" For some reason, the woman seemed to be attracted by this surname. She raised her head, and the moment her eyes touched Shi Xia's facial features, her complexion turned pale, "Your surname is Shi?"

Shixia didn't know why, but he still replied: "Yes."

tbc.

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probably two more chapters