Tentative

Qu Xiaoyu sings well, so Jiang Yuzhao can naturally keep her to sing.Shen Yizhuo really asked someone to send her over every day, and then picked her up on time. He was very concerned about her safety, and would call from time to time to inquire about what was going on.

But Qu Xiaoyu felt that it was too much trouble for him—or trouble his subordinates, and said that there was no need to pick him up several times, but Shen Yizhuo was still stubborn.Normally, he would gladly accept whatever Qu Xiaoyu said, but when it came to her safety, he was terribly stubborn.And in M8, some guests drank too much, and they would hand over drinks when Qu Xiaoyu was singing. The waiters in M8 must have been notified one by one, and they would reject the guests as soon as this happened. "Good intentions", on the contrary, she really only sings here, two songs a day, and doesn't have to do anything else.The two songs will not be lined up together, there is about an hour between them, and Qu Xiaoyu will sit in the back office to rest during this hour.

Jiang Yuzhao also came to the Chengnan store frequently during this time, almost only when Qu Xiaoyu was around, and occasionally chatted with her in the office.

"How did you know Shen Yizhuo?" Jiang Yuzhao asked casually.

Qu Xiaoyu was looking at the phone when he heard him speak and raised his head: "Ah? I just met him for no reason..." With her index finger resting on her chin, she looked at the ceiling and thought for a while, "One time when I went out to play, I accidentally met , I got acquainted."

"He treats you very well." Jiang Yuzhao continued.But what he said was not a question, but a statement.Qu Xiaoyu nodded: "Yes, he treats me very well, very well, very well."

Jiang Yuzhao picked up the apple on the table and handed it to Qu Xiaoyu: "Then...how long have you been dating?"

Qu Xiaoyu took the apple, and couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Haha, we're not dating anymore... Yizhuo treats me like a younger sister, and I sometimes call him brother."

These words were obviously beyond Jiang Yuzhao's expectation, the surprise on his face was not concealed at all, and Qu Xiaoyu saw it all.The girl laughed even louder: "Do you think we are dating..."

"Well," Jiang Yuzhao did not deny, "It looks like it."

"No, not in a relationship. He doesn't seem to be interested in dating at all... Then how did you meet?"

"We..." Jiang Yuzhao paused, "We are classmates."

"Oh, so, then you are also from S University?" Qu Xiaoyu took it for granted that the two were college classmates, Jiang Yuzhao did not deny it, just nodded, just in time for Manager Luo to come in, ending the conversation between the two.

"Xiaoyu, it's your turn to go on stage!"

"it is good--"

Today was the same as usual, Qu Xiaoyu chose a song, went on stage and gave the accompaniment to the DJ, and then took the microphone to start singing.The overhead light above also matched the soothing prelude, no longer flickering so violently.Qu Xiaoyu is not the only resident singer here. She prefers soothing songs, and Jiang Yuzhao doesn't interfere. She just made a request to another singer in private, saying that only hot songs are allowed.

Regular customers who come to report almost every day, have remembered Qu Xiaoyu this month, and many guests booed when they saw her on stage.Qu Xiaoyu was not bored either, he smiled sweetly at them, and whistles came from below immediately.

The song was only halfway through, and during the interlude, she suddenly felt chest tightness and shortness of breath, as if she was a little out of breath, her head was dizzy, and her whole body felt uncomfortable like lack of oxygen.But she noticed it right away, as if she smelled the smoke in the hands of the guests next to the stage, she felt stuffy.

She often deals with different people, and the group of smokers who play music in school is no longer a minority. She has long since stopped feeling bad about second-hand smoke.Today is strange, smelling this faint smell of smoke actually makes me feel sick.The interlude lasted only twenty seconds, and Qu Xiaoyu didn't have time to think too much, so he could only move away and walk to the other side of the stage to continue singing.

When the song was over, the music in M8 started to be noisy again, she hurriedly handed the microphone back to the DJ, stepped on high heels and almost trotted off the stage, and went straight to the office.

Jiang Yuzhao did not know what to do, there was no one in the office.She leaned on the table and gasped for breath, patting her chest lightly, and it took her a long time to get the breath out.

The physical discomfort lasted for several days, basically starting without warning and ending without warning.During the period, Yu Xilian came to the bar to find her, and specially brought her her favorite strawberry cake.After chatting with her for a few words, Qu Xiaoyu went home happily with the strawberry cake, but after opening the box and taking a sip, the taste of the strawberry cake became very strange, especially when the cream melted in his mouth. She was so sweet that she was so bored that she panicked.

In the end, after the strawberry cake stayed in the refrigerator for a day, Qu Xiaoyu threw it away.

Not long after the payday, although the previous salary was quite high, she paid off all the owed part of the credit software as soon as she got the money, and paid the rent for another quarter, leaving only bitter haha Hundreds of dollars.Even so, Qu Xiaoyu still feels at ease, the feeling of being in debt is really uncomfortable.

But so far, Qu Xiaoyu didn't think about it in any particular direction, and only vaguely felt that it might be due to physical discomfort that caused the taste in his mouth to fail.She changed her appetite all of a sudden, and she lost interest in the food she used to love, so she just ate some fruit every day.It wasn't until she realized that her period was almost two months late that she finally realized that things seemed to be going in the worst direction.

She deliberately picked a weekday afternoon and went to a nearby public hospital wearing a mask.It was the end of May when the heat started, and she was wearing a black mask. When registering at the window, the reception nurse looked at her twice, secretly guessing whether it might be some big star.

Qu Xiaoyu ignored it, she kept her head down—although the chances were very small, she was still afraid of meeting someone she knew, and even more afraid of being recognized.

When she was sitting at the door of the consulting room, she was very restless, looking back and forth on her mobile phone and swiping Weibo.But in fact, there was no new content on Weibo, and she didn't read it anymore, but if she didn't do something at this time, she would be even more nervous.

"Next, Qu Xiaoyu!"

When the nurse called his name, Qu Xiaoyu froze for a moment as if his whole body had been electrified, then stood up again, put the phone back in his pocket, and walked into the consulting room.

The doctor who consulted was about 40 years old, wearing a white coat, wearing glasses, and was writing something with his head down.When Qu Xiaoyu walked in, she didn't even look up, she just said, "Sit."

"oh oh……"

She had never been so nervous when she forgot her words on stage.

"What's wrong?" the doctor asked.

"I...I don't have much appetite recently, and then..." Qu Xiaoyu stammered, and finally, as if he had made up his mind, he said in a ridiculously low voice: "...my period is almost a month late."

But the doctor seems to have gotten used to it—she is in the department of gynecology, and nine out of ten girls who come to see her are unplanned pregnancies.She finally finished writing the thing in her hand, raised her head and pushed her glasses and said, "Do you come regularly?"

"... not very regular."

"Have you tested it yourself?"

"No……"

The doctor seemed to have figured it out, pulled the sheet next to him and began to write: "Age?"

"22..."

"Go downstairs to pay the fee, first do a B-ultrasound, and come to me with the bill." The doctor said, "Next!"

The nurse outside shouted, "Next, Huang Shuting!"

Qu Xiaoyu looked blankly at the receipt in her hand, wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it, when a patient came in from behind, she had no choice but to back out and went to the payment office on the first floor.

I thought there would be fewer people in the hospital on weekdays, but there were still a lot of people. She waited in line for more than ten minutes at the payment office.With so many people around, she had an illusion in a trance, as if everyone knew what happened to her, knew that she might be pregnant, and were secretly laughing at her.Anxiety continued to rise, and she wanted someone to comfort her. Several names appeared in her mind and disappeared immediately, and finally stopped at the word "Quzhe".

if……

If Qu Zhe was here at this time, would she be able to speak?If Qu Zhe was here, would he accompany her to comfort her?Qu Xiaoyu couldn't control himself not to think about these things, but when he was helpless, he became more vulnerable when he thought of his loved ones.

But the answer to the question is very clear, if Qu Zhe is here, he will definitely be by her side, because my brother was like this in the past, as long as she needs, Qu Zhe will always be there.

While waiting at the door of the B-ultrasound room with the payment slip, Qu Xiaoyu repeatedly thought of the sunset when she was a child. Qu Zhe, who was only one year older than her, held her hand and walked home quietly.

"Next, Qu Xiaoyu!"

"Here!" The nurse's voice grabbed her out of her memories, and she hurried into the B-ultrasound room, just in time to see the last patient wearing pants, her face turned red instantly, and she always felt extremely ashamed.But before she could adjust her mood, the doctor said, "Untie your pants and lie down."

"..."

She silently unbuttoned and zippered her jeans and lay down.The doctor frowned, and said impatiently, "Pull it down a bit!"

"Oh……"

Some kind of viscous liquid was smeared on her lower abdomen, and the instrument was pressed gently and slowly slid on it.

"The embryo is quite big, do you want this or not?" the doctor said casually.

There is no need for further explanations, a simple sentence has already explained her situation.Qu Xiaoyu's voice trembled, hesitantly said: "...don't."

"Then you have to do the surgery as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very troublesome." The doctor said, loosened the instrument, and pulled a lot of tissues for her, "Wait outside for a while, come out in 15 minutes."

"thanks……"

Fifteen minutes later, Qu Xiaoyu returned to the gynecology clinic with the B-ultrasound sheet.The doctor looked at the list, wrote "15 days" on the paper, and asked the same question as the previous one: "Do you want this or not?"

"...No." She shook her head helplessly.

"Don't worry, it's not easy for you to have an abortion. It's a bit big." The doctor said, "After [-] days, you can only induce labor, which will hurt your health. Why don't you do it this afternoon."

Qu Xiaoyu thought for a while: "How much is the surgery fee?"

"The operation fee is not expensive, it depends on what kind of operation you have." The doctor said, and showed her the price list, "but I suggest to do a slightly better one, too good is not necessary, miscellaneous expenses Add up to more than 2000."

"..." She looked at the price list and was silent for a while.

Not to mention the slightly better ones, they are the cheapest ones, probably more than 1000 plus miscellaneous fees.She began to regret why she was in a hurry to pay back all the money. If she had stayed a little before, the matter could be settled today.

"How about it, do you want to do it today?"

Qu Xiaoyu still shook his head: "I'll come back tomorrow, I have to work later."

"That's fine, I can make an appointment for you first." The doctor said, "It's not scaremongering, you really need to hurry up, otherwise it will cause too much harm to your body."

"Okay, thank you doctor."

All kinds of documents were stuffed in Qu Xiaoyu's bag, and she walked out of the hospital and went straight home.It seemed that she was just a passerby in a hurry, until she took off her mask after entering the house, and finally couldn't help crying.

This is probably the worst thing.

For a moment, she wanted to go to Tang Sheng and let him be responsible, at least responsible for paying the operation fee.But she really didn't want to see that face again in this life.