Forced to become his stand-in wife

Xia Yang's hands trembled, looking at the various indexes above, he did not study medicine, but he could also see how bad his body is now.

The doctor pointed to the pictures and explained them to Xia Yang in detail one by one. Xia Yang listened to half of them and missed the other half, and concluded eloquently that he would not live long.

He knows better than anyone how long he can live with this disease, because his mother also suffered from this disease, and then died in the hospital for two years.

Xia Yang didn't ask any more questions. Even if this disease could be cured, he wouldn't be able to cure it. He couldn't afford the exorbitant medical expenses.

Xia Yang licked the corners of his dry lips, held the inspection report in his palm, and stood up.

"Thank you, Doctor."

"Mr. Xia, don't you plan to be hospitalized?"

Xia Yang replied: "It's dead."

When he came out of the hospital, the temperature was high, Xia Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and tried his best to smile.

He had to keep smiling, so that Ling Qiu couldn't find out.

I'm afraid he won't be able to go to work on the construction site after today, so he has to talk to Brother Li about resigning.

After that, in the remaining time, he will use the shortest time to earn the most money for Ling Qiu.

Xia Yang took one last look at the medical certificate, then crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can.

After Ling Qiu recuperated his body, he reopened the pedicure shop, with a dozen or so people coming in every day, earning a maximum of three hundred a day.

Xia Yang came back just as he was trimming his feet.

Ling Qiu was quite surprised, he didn't expect Xia Yang to come back so early today.

"Yang Yang, have you eaten yet?"

Xia Yang nodded, pulled himself together and smiled: "Eat."

Ling Qiu's thoughts were delicate, and he clearly felt that Xia Yang's eyes were dodging a little, and his face seemed paler than before he went.

Ling Qiu asked with concern: "You went for a physical examination today, how was the result?"

Xia Yang's heart skipped a beat in an instant, he smiled hurriedly, pretended to be normal, and said in a relaxed tone: "You are in good health! You are doing great! Ling Qiu was doing a pedicure, so he didn't ask any more questions.

Xia Yang took a deep look at Ling Qiu, then turned around and entered the tent to sit on the ground.

His nose is sore and his eyes are swollen and painful. He has never been very strong. He used to drink and cry when he encountered some shit.

Xia Yang took several sips of cold water to suppress his emotions.

Ling Qiu was doing pedicures for guests outside, while Xia Yang was guarding the children inside.

For a six-month-old child, the facial features have grown slightly, the skin is white and rosy, and the facial features have become more refined.

Xia Yang stretched out his index finger and touched the child's small face, "Qiqi, I don't know if I can watch you grow up, uncle."

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon after Ling Qiu finished his work, and his income was good today, so he thought about whether to take Xia Yang to the restaurant to celebrate his promotion.

"Yang Yang, let's go out to eat today, what do you want to eat?"

Xia Yang paused, and after half the salary he replied: "I don't want to go out to eat."

"If you don't want to go out to eat, what can I cook for you?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Yang replied, "I want to eat egg noodles with tomatoes."

Back then when I came to City C, I didn’t have enough money, so I bought vegetables at the cheap ones. At that time, it happened that tomatoes were being reduced in price, so Ling Qiu bought a lot in one go. The first meal Ling Xia Yang made was a bowl of egg noodles with tomatoes .

A very simple bowl of noodles is the best Xia Yang has ever eaten.

Seeing Xia Yang's appearance, he really wanted to eat it, Ling Qiu nodded and agreed, just as there were leftover eggs and tomatoes at home.

—The bowl of noodles was ready in less than 10 minutes, Ling Qiu specially fried two eggs and put them in Xia Yang's bowl.

Xia Yang turned his head to look at the two pieces of golden fried eggs in the bowl, his eyes became sore again.

He blinked his dry eyes, and took the chopsticks that Ling Qiu handed over.

The noodles were delicious, Xia Yang deliberately inhaled loudly to cover up his choked nasal voice.

After eating the noodles with soup, Xia Yang put down the bowl in his hand and said hoarsely, "I really want to eat such a bowl of noodles every day."

Ling Qiu said with a smile: "Then your requirements are too low."

Xia Yang also smiled. In fact, it doesn't matter what you eat every day, what matters is who you eat with and who cooks the food.

When I went to work the next day, the contractor asked Xia Yang about the inspection results. Xia Yang faltered and lied, saying that he had something to do temporarily.

The contractor asked him to hand over the medical examination report before the end of the month, but he didn't expect Xia Yang to hand in a resignation letter at the end of the month.

The contractor looked at him in a daze. He knew better than anyone how desperate Xia Yang was. While moving bricks and studying for certification, he just wanted to get promoted and raise his salary.

Seeing that he was about to be promoted, why did he suddenly think about resigning?The more the contractor thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he called him aside and asked, "Did something happen at home, or did someone bully you because you didn't do well on the construction site?"

Xia Yang didn't want to answer.

The contractor threatened him, "If you don't tell me, I'll go under the bridge and look for the person who went to the hospital last time."

Xia Yang panicked when he heard this, and knelt down on the spot begging, "Brother Li, I beg you not to tell him that I'm not at work."

"Then tell me why you resigned suddenly!"

Xia Yang lowered his head and shook his head, tears streaming down the corners of his eyes, crying silently.

The contractor was impatient. Seeing Xia Yang crying like this, he immediately lost his mind. He patted his head: "Forget it, don't say it if you don't want to, I won't make things difficult for you."

"Thank you, Brother Li."

The contractor also looked away, after all, men always have something in their hearts that they can't talk about.

Just because he didn't ask, doesn't mean he let Xia Yang ignore him. After all, this kid was his half-disciple, honest, hardworking and smart.

"Then where are you going from now on?"

"It's already been decided." He wants to return to his old job and go to nightclubs to sell songs and wine, which will always make a lot of money.

"Brother Li, can you do me a favor?"

"Go ahead."

"If my family members ask about me, you can just say that I have been transferred to other construction sites recently, and I am outsourcing food and accommodation. It is difficult to go back once."

The contractor: "If you are really worried about your family, you should tell him well, instead of hiding it from him like this."

Although the contractor said so, he still agreed to Xia Yang and made up this lie with him.

Xia Yang wants to leave Ling Qiu as soon as possible, his health is getting worse and worse, the worse the disease is, the more painful the body will be.

Living with Ling Qiu, he will sooner or later discover the clues, Ling Qiu's burden is already heavy enough, he can't add burden to him, make him sad.

After returning, Xia Yang told Ling Qiu the lie he made up.

After hearing this, Ling Qiu stared blankly, "Will you come back once in a long time?"

His voice trembled a little, Xia Yang slowly shifted his gaze from Ling Qiu's eyes to his hands.

He didn't dare to look at Ling Qiu like this, his heart hurts as if someone had dug a piece out of him.

"Yang Yang, I can't bear you." The two of them depended on each other in a strange city, and once Xia Yang left, he was the only one left.

Xia Yang's eye circles turned red instantly, he didn't expect that the world would develop like this, obviously he was the one who begged Ling Qiu not to drive him away, but he didn't expect that he was the one who proposed to leave in the end.

"Hey... I can't bear you either, but this job is hard to come by and can make a lot of money. Let's move to a decent home when we earn money."

After Ling Qiu learned that Xia Yang was leaving for just two days, he thought about getting Qiqi's household registration.

His ID card is fake and can only be issued under Xia Yang's name.

In this way, Xia Yang's thin household registration book has an extra sheet.

Ling Qiu: "From now on, Qiqi will be your goddaughter."

On the day Xia Yang left, it rained heavily, and Ling Qiu saw him off with an umbrella, until he got in the car and left, he still stood there watching.

A sense of uneasiness rose in his heart, as if Xia Yang would never come back after going out this trip.

The days are so ordinary, he and Xia Yang will spend time in contact every day.

The two of them talked most about habitat and work.

Xia Yang said to Ling Qiu on the phone: "Qiuqiu, I have a salary of [-] yuan this month, you can use the money to rent a house."

"There are so many?"

Xia Yang's lazy laughter came from the phone: "There will be more in the future."

"As for the house, let's go and see it together when you come back."

"No, I may not come back until the Chinese New Year. You go to find it first. After I find it, I will go home directly for the Chinese New Year... our two people's home... then we can watch the fireworks at home... watch the Spring Festival Gala... Look..." Xia Yang gradually fell silent.

"Hello? Yang Yang?" Ling Qiu called him a few times.

Ling Qiu looked at the phone, it was still on the phone, but why was there no sound?Could it be that the signal is bad?

After that, the other party hung up the call suddenly, and Ling Qiu called again and the phone was already turned off.

On Xia Yang's side, maybe the phone was out of battery and turned off, or maybe he was too tired and took a rest.

Every time Xia Yang called him, he said he was tired, and he turned off the phone without talking.

Ling Qiu couldn't help thinking about it, every time he thought about something bad, the more he thought about it, the more afraid he became.

The next day, a transfer of [-] yuan was received in the bank card.

Xia Yang sent him a message.

Tell him that last night he was too tired and accidentally fell asleep, and the phone turned off automatically at some point.

The explanation was far-fetched, but Ling Qiu could only believe it.

Looking at the transfer record on the text message, the deposit is now [-], and it is time to rent a house.

He has been looking at the house, and recently he chose one. Although the address is a bit remote, the environment is quite clean.

The owner is a widow with a son, and she lives by collecting rent.

Seeing that Ling Qiu was alone with a child, he rented it to him at a cheaper price.

—Two thousand a month, one-time payment for three months, plus a deposit, totaling nine thousand.

After negotiating the contract, Ling Qiu handed over the money.

—A two-unit house with a bathroom, a kitchen, and a small balcony.

A total of less than fifty square meters, it seems a bit crowded.

But it's better than living in a tent under a bridge.

The widow is very nice, when she saw that Ling Qiu was going to tidy up the house, she took the initiative to help him take care of her daughter.

My daughter, Qiqi, is very good. The nine-month-old child can speak a little bit. When she sees people hugging her, she opens her mouth and smiles, and then calls her auntie in a childish voice.

Ling Qiu rented a car and brought the luggage from the tent, and it was very quick to pack up a few things.

It took me an entire afternoon to clean, and the whole room looked brand new without even a speck of dust.

It has been a year and four months since I came to C City, more than 400 days, and I finally found a home.

Now we just need to wait for Xia Yang to come back.