Contention

The temperature in Beijing at this time is lower than that in Oucheng, and there are strong winds blowing on the streets from time to time, like sharp knives, and the skin of dry people is almost chapped.

On the second day after being admitted to the hospital, the expert team came up with a plan. He Ying needed to have surgery as soon as possible. It was important to control the cancer cells first.

The operation is scheduled for the fifth day. These days are mainly for careful examination of the body and formulation of the operation plan.

After coming to Beijing, He Ying has been very quiet and rarely speaks.

Lu Yuexi knew her temperament well, she was already meek, once she was in a strange environment, it would take a long time to adapt.

In particular, Lu Yuexi arranged for her a single room, and no enthusiastic aunt came to chat with her. For a while, she was a little idle, often staring at the white sky outside the window in a daze.

Lu Yue regretted seeing her like this, and was a little worried that she was depressed, so he went to the street and bought some books and came back.

She also felt that it would be easier for people to feel melancholy if they read profound literary works by Bernard Shaw, Pushkin and Dostoevsky, so she simply took only two famous works, and the rest were romance novels.

He Ying looked at the thick pack of books, a little dumbfounded: "Why did you buy so many?"

"I'll show you." Lu Yuexi took it for granted, "If you don't play with your phone and don't want to talk, then read a book."

He Ying smiled slightly, took those books and counted them one by one, and murmured:

"Buying so many, I guess I won't be able to wait until the day I read it."

Lu Yuexi frowned when she heard her words, but she didn't say anything, just watched her quietly looking down and flipping through the book.

Now she seems to have no desires or desires, and even life and death have been looked down upon. When she first came, her attending physician deliberately said some nice things to her, hoping to encourage her.

He Ying smiled softly, and opened her mouth:

"Just tell me, how long do I have to live?"

When she asked, the doctor and Lu Yuexi were embarrassed.

He Ying's attitude couldn't be said to be pessimistic or open-minded, although she was calm and even smiled when talking with the doctor.

However, only Lu Yuexi knew that He Ying's pillow was always wet at night.

She would cry secretly when she was in pain, and would curl up in the quilt and tremble non-stop, but she didn't say a word, and just endured it silently.

The thin and flexible soul is vulnerable in the face of death, and can only wait for the moment of collapse in the endless night.

Perhaps, I should inform Ye Huai.

Lu Yuexi thought so.

If Ye Huai was around, He Ying would probably feel much more relieved, and would be able to hide in her lover's arms when the pain was unbearable, pretending that it was a good medicine.

But when she took out her phone, she still hesitated.

It had nothing to do with jealousy or resentment, she just felt that it would be better if Ye Huai didn't see He Ying like this.

When Lu Yue was free, he searched the survival rate of He Ying's disease.The data is naturally bleak, the number of patients whose predicted life expectancy reaches five years does not exceed 5.00%, and most people only have three to six months left.

There are also suggestions for hanging life with traditional Chinese medicine, but after clicking in, there are a lot of advertisements.

Lu Yuexi felt his head hurt and turned off the phone quickly.

The day before the operation, it is reasonable to say that you cannot eat and need to clear your abdomen.

It was rare for Lu Yue to show his kindness so he didn't continue to brag about eating takeaway in the ward. Instead, he asked the two nurses he invited to take care of He Ying, and went out to eat out by himself.

The north wind is bleak on the road, and there are occasional dust and dust when passing the entrance of the alley.Recently, the temperature has dropped so much that the ground is covered with thin frost, and it makes a "creaking" sound when you step on it.

As Lu Yuexi was walking, he suddenly felt that there was something wrong with his brain?Traveling all the way here to suffer the cold for a rival in love?

Thinking of He Ying's getting thinner and thinner, she felt depressed again, and found a place to take shelter, and prepared to smoke a cigarette with a gloomy expression.

As soon as she lit it, she suddenly noticed a pet shop selling cats and dogs across the street.

Lu Yuexi's eyes lit up.It's not that she wants to buy a cat and dog to take back to the hospital, after all, the hospital doesn't provide them.

But some trouble-free pets are okay, right?Like goldfish or something.

Lu Yuexi pinched her cigarette, and then took a taxi to the nearby flower and bird market. After running around for a long time, she returned to the hospital with a box of goldfish and a round fish tank.

She also ate something on the way, and the warm mutton soup made her feel much better, but it's a pity that He Ying can't eat now, or she would pack it back for her to taste.

At that time, it was almost nightfall in the evening, and it was getting dark quickly in winter, there was no one in the corridor, and the lights were dazzling white.

Before Lu Yuexi reached He Ying's ward, she stopped in surprise:

"What are you doing at the door?"

The two nurses standing blankly at the door looked at each other.

"Where's Miss He? What's wrong with her?"

One of the nurses sighed and said, "She is in a bad mood, so she asked us to go out for a while."

"not in a good mood?"

"Well, it was just a phone call, and we don't know what happened, but she seems to be crying inside now."

Lu Yuexi frowned, rubbed the center of his brows, walked over and tentatively shook the doorknob.

The door was unlocked.She pushed it away, and the room was completely dark, only the instrument next to the bed was on.

He Ying didn't cry under the quilt as expected, she just sat on the bed silently in a daze, which looked weird at first glance.

Lu Yuexi was silent for a moment, closed the door, and walked slowly towards the bed with very light steps.

When I approached and took a look under the light of the instrument, I found that the woman's face was full of tears.

"What's the matter?" She put the things in her hands on the bedside table, leaned slightly to look at her, "Does your stomach hurt again?"

"..."

"He Ying, talk."

He Ying's pupils finally gained some focus. She looked back at the other party, rolled her eyeballs twice, and replied in a hoarse voice:

"I broke up with Ye Huai."

Lu Yuexi was stunned, speechless for a moment.

"She called and asked me why I didn't go back and wanted to come to me, so I told her..." He Ying's voice was hoarse, but her tone was very calm, like a glass of boring water, neither salty nor light, "say During my business trip, I slept with my male colleague."

"..."

"I said I was not drunk, I was sober and voluntary." When she said this, she coughed and became more and more tired. I never wanted to go back."

Lu Yuexi was silent for a long time, and asked, "What did Ye Huai say?"

"She didn't say anything." He Ying lowered her head, her eyes were messy, "I said break up, and she asked me if it was true, and I said it was true, let her not disturb me, she said yes, and then there was no more, I also blocked all her contact information."

"...You really don't want her anymore?" Lu Yuexi should be happy, but for some reason, she felt annoyed, "What if your illness is cured? In fact, you don't have to be so desperate, you don't have to." You can leave some leeway, don't you need to be blacklisted?"

"You don't understand, Ye Huai won't believe it if you don't do it." He Ying said flatly, this is the first time Lu Yuexi saw such a cruel expression on her face, indifferent and decisive, "If you don't do this, Tomorrow, she will go to the place where I am on a business trip to find me, and will contact all my colleagues, as well as my parents to find out."

"But……"

But He Ying smiled: "Of course she will be sad, but compared to the hopelessness between life and death, the pain of betrayal is easier for people to relieve? Tomorrow's surgery, I have a great risk of dying on the operating table. Don't say it now. When are you waiting to say?"

"There is no such possibility."

"You don't need to persuade me, I know my body." He Ying was still smiling. Although her eyelashes were long, they were sparse. When she lowered her eyes slightly, with her bloodless face, she always gave people a kind of weakness "Even if I can survive on the operating table, how long can I stay? Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. That's the reason. I can't let her regret for the rest of her life. Even, she may still be with me..."

When she said this, she suddenly paused, instinctively rejecting this possibility, and didn't want to say any more.

"...If you think so, then do it." Lu Yuexi said in a deep voice, even if she knew it in her heart, the shadows brought by the two would be remembered by Ye Huai all her life.

It's so strange, she was the one who advised He Ying and Ye Huai to break up at the beginning, lest Ye Huai miss a dead person for the rest of his life, but when He Ying really did this, she felt subtly intolerable.

After the operation, He Ying's condition finally stabilized for the time being, and it was not so dangerous anymore.

However, she was very weak after the operation, and she could not even take off the oxygen mask, so she lay down all day long.

Lu Yuexi put the goldfish he bought into a fish tank and placed it on the bedside table. He Ying could see it when he looked up. There were also colored stones and fish algae in it. When the sun shines, it is colorful and lively.

It was Chinese New Year this time, and although firecrackers and fireworks were banned, the festive atmosphere was unstoppable. Every time the TV was broadcast, there were advertisements to celebrate the New Year, and hospital staff came to express their condolences and give gifts.

Lu Yuexi's mobile phone was almost overwhelmed with all kinds of information on New Year's Eve.

Apart from the New Year greetings from her subordinates and friends, most of them are the news that her father and second uncle urged her to go home for the New Year. They also called from time to time to ask her what she was doing.

Lu Min finally returned to China two days ago, and naturally his little boyfriend Yun Yi was by his side.

This name was chosen by Lu Min. The boy immigrated here with his mother when he was very young. After taking a foreign name, he even forgot his original Chinese name.

Lu Heng secretly sent a photo of the boy, complaining:

"He has a pretty face. Your uncle insists he is good-looking. I see a calculating, mean face. He is sickly. I think he looks so small."

Lu Yuexi was a little funny, but she still advised her father to hold back, don't talk about it, and don't show it if you don't like it, lest it will make Lu Min angry.

She really wanted to go back and meet her uncle, as well as Zou Feiniao.The child didn't know what was going on, and he didn't take the initiative to contact her during this time.

Lu Yuexi was waiting outside the operating room for He Ying's surgery. She had nothing to do, so she called Zou Feiniao, but she was turned down.

She was a little angry, and sent a message to ask what the other party was doing, but she waited for an hour for a cold "busy".

After seeing her reply to the message, Lu Yuexi gradually lost her anger and calmed down.

Presumably, she has been busy with He Ying's business these days and left the little girl in the cold, so she is making trouble now and doesn't want to talk to herself very much.

Zou Feiniao seldom had an awkward fight with herself, let alone for so long, she finally made a call, but the other party hung up.

However, Lu Yuexi still couldn't find the time to go back, so he could only try to call again to coax the other party.

Called again, was rejected again.

Lu Yuexi gave a "tsk", continued to call, but still refused to answer.

She looked at the phone number on her phone and sighed faintly.

After pondering for a while, I still think that we can wait for Zou Feiniao to call himself back after two days.After all, she might still be sulking now. According to her personality, it's not so coaxable.

Although he comforted himself in this way, the desire to go back became stronger.

Especially on the New Year's day on the first day of the first lunar month, Lu Yuexi was staring at his phone all morning without even raising his head.

He Ying noticed that the other party was absent-minded, so she persuaded:

"Why don't you go back to Ou City first."

"Ok?"

"I'm fine. There are still nurses here. Didn't your dad call yesterday to urge you to go back?"

Lu Yuexi looked at the woman who was still wearing an oxygen mask on the hospital bed, and hesitated:

"then you……"

"It's really fine, thank you for taking care of me so much these days." He Ying sighed, "But you don't want to go home after the Chinese New Year, I will feel very guilty."

Lu Yuexi pondered for a moment, thinking it was the same.Anyway, there are doctors and nurses here, so she can't really do much by staying here.

If you only stay home for two days, nothing unexpected will happen.

However, it was not easy to book air tickets during this period of time. In desperation, Lu Yuexi had no choice but to call someone from Oucheng to pick him up in a car.

After going back and forth, the driver arrived at noon the next day, and the driver sent by Lu Heng took Lu Yuexi directly to Lu's house. Although the first day of junior high school had already passed, the reunion dinner of the second junior high school was still in time.

However, Lu Yuexi had no intention of staying. Once she entered the boundary of Ou City, she always felt anxious.

So when they arrived at Lu's house, Lu Yuexi simply greeted Lu Heng and the others. Even when Lu Min was out having fun with her boyfriend and didn't come back, she couldn't wait to see her again, so she went back to her villa.

On the way, she called Zou Feiniao, but she still refused to answer.

She was not angry either, and sent a voice message, saying:

"Fei Niao, I'm at home now, can you come over? I miss you."

After waiting in the community, Lu Yuexi waited for the other party's reply:

【Um. 】

Although the attitude is cold, but there is always time to coax you back, isn't it?

Lu Yuexi thought so, turned on the heater after entering the house, and called for takeaway.

Zou Feiniao arrived later than the delivery.

This time, she didn't directly take out the key to open the door, but rang the doorbell.

Lu Yuexi had just put the dishes he had ordered into the basin when he heard the doorbell ring.

She raised her eyebrows, and went to open the door, just about to ask her for the key, when the words came to her lips, she suddenly swallowed them back.

The girl was much thinner than she thought, and it was cold, so she no longer wrapped herself up like a penguin, with a single shirt inside and a long down jacket outside, without a scarf.

She wore a high ponytail, her hair was slightly disheveled, her eyes were slightly black and blue, and she looked cold and gloomy, which made Lu Yuexi unable to react for a while.

"What's the matter?" After a moment of silence, Lu Yuexi smiled, "Isn't it cold if you wear so little?"

Zou Feiniao said softly, "I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter?" Lu Yuexi was in a bad mood, and he was still joking, "Why are you so serious? It scared me. Is it a good thing or a bad thing?"

Zou Feiniao pursed his lower lip, walked past her into the house, and walked straight upstairs.

Lu Yuexi's smile froze slightly, and after a sigh, he followed.

Zou Feiniao walked quickly, without any intention of waiting for her, he opened the door of the master bedroom after going up the stairs.

"Why? What do you want?" Lu Yuexi stopped smiling, and stood at the door looking at her seriously, "What's the matter with you?"

Zou Feiniao didn't answer, stopped at the cabinet opposite the bed, reached out and opened the drawer with the key in it, and took out a photo album from it.

Lu Yuexi was stunned, watching the girl in front of her holding the photo album and looking back at her sullenly, the two looked at each other for a long time, Zou Feiniao finally lost the indifference just now, his dark eyes were gloomy, and his lips were almost trembling.

After a long time, she gritted her teeth and asked expressionlessly:

"I look a lot like her, don't I?"

Lu Yuexi glanced at the photo album, but said nothing.

Zou Feiniao's tone was very calm, as if he was dissecting with a knife:

"You take me for her?"

"..."

After a long silence, Lu Yuexi suddenly smiled:

"of course not."

She reached into her pocket for a cigarette, and lighted it faintly:

"Yehuai is irreplaceable."

Zou Feiniao was dumb, and looked at her quietly for a long time, then suddenly showed a smile like weeping.

Indeed, even if she put on that dress, even if her facial features and temperament were exactly the same, she would not be the Ye Huai who accompanied Lu Yuexi throughout her high school years, and made her miss and fall in love with him for more than ten years.

What to compare?There is no way to compare, let alone make a substitute.