love you like a song

The first ringtone gradually stopped.

The moment the ringtone completely disappeared, Gu Nan's lips moved, and he let out an inaudible sigh, but before Mu Zi'an raised the topic again, the ringtone of "Dingling, Lingling" was stubborn again. It rang.

Gu Nan's complexion became even more stiff. She lowered her head and took out her phone to take a look. This time she stared at the screen of the phone for a few seconds, as if hesitating whether to connect, but in the end she kept the phone intact. The phone was back in his pocket.

Mu Zi'an's mind was spinning quickly, but no matter how carefully she recalled the memories she received from the future, she couldn't find out what it was that required the always tough Gu Nan to hesitate.

The second ringtone also gradually disappeared.

"Or harassing phone calls?" Mu Zian stared deeply at Gu Nan's pocket, forced his lips together, and asked.

Gu Nan took a deep and shallow breath first, then said with a smile.

"Don't talk about me, Doudou, before you..."

Before the words fell, the extremely antique sound of "Dingling, ringing, ringing" filled the ward again.

After one, two, but three, Gu Nan finally couldn't sit still this time.

Mu Zi'an's expression also turned cold, and she took the initiative to start the conversation: "Why don't you go out and answer the phone first?" Then, she glanced at the thermos bucket on the table.

"I just ate my breakfast, Nannan, don't worry about me."

"I……"

The non-stop ringing of the phone was like a reminder to die, and when the third ringtone was about to disappear automatically, Gu Nan clenched the phone tightly with an ugly expression. When she looked at Mu Zi'an, there were more voices in her throat Somewhat tired and hoarse.

"Doudou, you have breakfast first. It's your favorite porridge with red dates and lotus seeds. I'll go out and answer the phone and come back."

Mu Zi'an nodded silently, and opened the lid of the thermos bucket. The white, tender and plump rice grains were as crystal-clear as fine emeralds, and the hot and fragrant scent came over his face, whetting his appetite a hundred times.

She poured a bowl full, Chong Gu Nan waved her hand.

Gu Nan finally froze her fingers, pressed the switch, and said in a low voice. "Hey, Sister Liu, I just didn't have my phone with me..." While speaking, she walked out of the ward quickly and closed the door gently.

Mu Zi'an sat patiently on the bed for a while with a blank expression, and then quietly poured half of the full porridge into the bucket, as if he had already eaten it.

Then, she got out of bed, walked lightly to the door, and opened the door a little.

Gu Nan didn't go far, and stood in the right corridor outside the ward, only a few meters away from the ward.

Mu Zi'an pricked up her ears. Gu Nan's voice was very low. Fortunately, the corridors in the hospital echoed very loudly, and it was early in the morning when there were few people, so she could hear a little intermittently.

"...Now I only rely on Shi Qing in my team. It's really not good. Sister Liu, I'm serious. See if you can cancel our country's quota. Forget it."

"...Really, I'm not joking. If it can't be cancelled, let's see if we can reduce the number of Chinese who know about this game... After all, this face is not something I can't afford to lose, and it's a habit to lose it. The main reason is that I don’t want to weaken my prestige any more.”

"After all, it's weak enough now, and I really don't want to give the public the impression that 'our country's chemistry is so weak and hopelessly weak'..."

"You mean Li Yan? That kid has some talent... He originally agreed, but as soon as he heard that the first match was against the German team, he..."

"I'll discuss it again..."

Gu Nan held the phone and didn't make a sound for a long time.

Suddenly, as if he couldn't bear it any longer, Gu Nan's expression became extremely ferocious in an instant as he dug out the long-rotted wound. "...Sister Liu!"

She growled and said, "You have to know, this is not an individual competition!" But then she realized that she was in the hospital now, he closed his eyes anxiously, inhaled repeatedly, suppressed the irritability again, and continued Said in a low voice.

"Sister Liu, you also know that Shi Qing is the only one in the team now, but he is only 11 years old, we can't put all the pressure on him...Give me some time, I will find a way..."

"...The ones from Germany are just a group of underage children. You have the nerve to ask me to find a group of people who have participated in international competitions for many years, and everyone is at least in their 20s to compare with this group of children?"

I don't know what was said there, Gu Nan was silent for a long time, leaning his head against the cold wall wearily, as if his blood was cold.

"I didn't give up... Sister Liu, after so many years, when did I give up chemistry? I tried my best to train more outstanding students, tried to expand the influence of chemistry in China, and aroused everyone's interest in chemistry... ..."

"...But, there are really too few people like us...too few."

This... What is this all talking about?

Mu Zian, who was standing behind the door and eavesdropping, was completely stunned.

Although Gu Nan once told Mu Zi'an that "China's chemistry is very bad, and this road is not easy" and forced her to study mathematics, she never thought that the situation of chemistry would be even more vulnerable than she imagined... …

Mu Zi'an held the doorknob tightly and looked outside.

As long as you ask me, as long as you ask, I will participate...

Nan Nan, speak up quickly...

In the corridor, Gu Nan's right hand rested on her forehead, her back leaned against the wall, and she slowly slid to the ground. Her elbows rested on her knees, her head was buried in her knees, and her voice became more slurred.

Very decadent.

Seeing Gu Nan like this, Mu Zi'an's heart subconsciously shrank, and her whole body was as stiff as a log, standing in front of the door... She couldn't help moving her Adam's apple, and even felt a faint sound coming from her ears. Already—Gu Nan's uncontrollable sobs.

"Sister Liu, I'm fine, I'm really fine..." Gu Nan said with her eyes closed.

"Sister Liu, we all understand that reality is such a cruel thing. Any kind of discipline is aimed at chasing championships. Mathematics, biology, physics... These widely watched sports, which one of the Chinese teams won't win? Been to the world championship?"

"But chemistry..."

Yes, chemistry.

Obviously China has such a large population, how many people take on important responsibilities like Qian Xuesen...

Exam-oriented education, everyone is stupid...

Gu Nan chewed these words with self-mockery, and she even became a little incoherent.

Since more than three months ago, she has been heartbroken because of the match against Germany. In addition, Mu Zi'an had a car accident and was even judged to be in a vegetable state. Sleep, body and spirit have already reached the limit.

Now, she finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Sister Liu's sharp voice in the microphone gradually faded away, Gu Nan's eyes were flushed, and those conversations echoed in her mind extremely painfully, and in an instant she had the heart to bow her head and go home to ask for help.

They were all in their 20s, and it was too ugly to cry in the corridor of the hospital. Gu Nan suppressed the astringency in his eyes, coughed his throat, and said to the other end of the phone.

"Sister Liu, chemistry is an unpopular subject that doesn't receive much attention, and chemistry in our country is so weak. Sometimes I really think that if our country is weak in mathematics, it will definitely not be so unpopular. After all..."

I don't know what was said on the other end, but Gu Nan made fun of him again.

"...Forget it, don't scold Li Yan for being cowardly. After all, his family is rich now, and his psychological endurance is a bit fragile, so I can understand..."

"Anyway, don't worry about this matter. I'll think of a way, and I'll take some time to talk to that kid and enlighten him... First, see if you can cancel the game peacefully. If you can't cancel it, try to minimize the impact shrink to a minimum..."

"It would be great if these children had the same talent as Shi Qing... Those stereotyped news reports of "China Chemical Youth Team Fail Again" also had a great impact on them..."

"Me? I'm currently accompanying my adopted daughter in the hospital. I received a message from her math teacher when it was almost midnight yesterday, saying that she woke up..."

"Heh." Hearing the heartfelt congratulations from the opposite side, the fatigue in Gu Nan's eyes subsided a lot like the ebb of the sea, "Yes, that's the kid who won the first place in the chemistry competition in Shanghai two years ago... "

"...No, Doudou cannot participate."

"Correct."

"She is also very talented in mathematics!"

"Definitely not, Miss Liu."

"I decided at the beginning, now, I must not destroy Doudou."

"Well, thank you for your concern, she's fine..."

Hearing this, Mu Zi'an's whole body trembled.

Pressing her trembling fingers, she gently closed the door, returned to the hospital bed, picked up the bowl of porridge that had been poured out halfway, and sipped it in small sips, with an unpredictable look in her eyes.

At the same time, more and more clear voices and footsteps came from outside the door.

"...Okay, then I'll call you back later...Well, okay, don't worry about Grandma Ma, that's it, goodbye..."

The author has something to say:

I just finished the holidays, and I went to class all day, and I didn't miss it at night. I was exhausted... ε(┬┬﹏┬┬)3