Marrying an old-fashioned scientific researcher

Qi Bai thinks that Jiang Jianzhi and Yu Qinchuan have been friends for many years, and Jiang Jianzhi is so smart, even if they don't communicate often, they must know a lot about Yu Qinchuan.

He stared at Jiang Jianzhi closely, not wanting to miss any subtle expression on his face.

Jiang Jianzhi frowned, didn't answer Qi Bai's question, but asked him why he suddenly cared about Yu Qinchuan.

Qi Baixin said that if it wasn't for Jiang Yi, who would care about the unfamiliarity of Yu Qinchuan, but he said:

"Don't worry about it, you answer my question first."

"..." Professor Jiang looked at Qi Bai, his jaw line tensed and he stopped talking.

Seeing that his expression was wrong, Qi Bai was inexplicable: "Ask you, Yu Qinchuan, why are you staring at me like this?"

Jiang Jianzhi: "You are looking for me today because of Yu Qinchuan."

Qi Bai: "Otherwise?"

Jiang Yi hadn't come up with any results yet, and he was afraid that Jiang Jianzhi would communicate with Yu Qinchuan in advance, so he couldn't ask directly, so he could only make sidelines.

Jiang Jianzhi: "..."

When the door in front of him closed again, Qi Bai couldn't figure out why Jiang Jianzhi suddenly turned cold.

Guilty?

Qi Bai hadn't seen the indifferent and alienated expression on Jiang Jianzhi's face for a long time. It reminded him of the first time the two met, and the other party also looked like he was ignoring anyone and unwilling to say a word.

Qi Bai returned without success.

Across the door, Jiang Jianzhi heard Qi Bai's footsteps gradually drifting away.

Two minutes later, after adding friends some time ago, Yu Qinchuan received a message from Jiang Jianzhi for the first time. He was surprised, so he clicked on it:

【J】: When will you and Jiang Yi get married?

[Yu Qinchuan]:? ? ?

【Yu Qinchuan】: Why do you suddenly ask this?

[J]: You have been together for a long time.

[Yu Qinchuan]: I know what to do, wait until the matter here is finished.

Yu Qinchuan is strange and fresh: Why do you suddenly care about the matter between me and Ah Yi?What did Qi Bai tell you?

[J]: Nothing.

[Yu Qinchuan]:? ? ?

***

In the next few days, there was no news from Jiang Yi. Qi Bai asked him twice, but Jiang Yi said he was fine.

Thinking that the misunderstanding between the two had been resolved, a big client happened to come to him and was willing to buy three paintings of his same series at a high price. Qi Bai forgot about it as soon as he got busy.

The price of the painting was preliminarily determined, and Qi Bai received a call from Chen Shaojiao from Xiacheng.

Chen Shaojiao pulled him to chat, it sounded nothing serious, Qi Bai bent down to wash the brush, and said lazily:

"Are you free? Call me early in the morning to talk about the junior high school female deskmate. If there is nothing else, I will hang up first."

It was so long ago that Qi Bai couldn't even remember whether his junior high school deskmate was a boy or a girl, and he didn't know why Chen Shaojiao had such a good memory.

"Oh, wait a minute." Chen Shaojiao hurriedly called him: "What...are you free recently?"

"I have something to talk about." Qi Bai was most annoyed that he hesitated and hawed for a long time and couldn't get to the point.

Chen Shaojiao paused, and his tone suddenly became solemn: "If you are free, come back and have a look in a few days."

After wiping the water off the paintbrush on the towel, Qi Bai sneered and didn't care:

"What are you looking at? Qi Ruishan finally can't bear it anymore and is leaving?"

Chen Shaojiao on the other end of the phone fell silent, Qi Bai sensed something was wrong, raised his eyebrows:

"Is he really dying?"

"It's not uncle." Chen Shaojiao said with difficulty: "It's... Auntie."

Qi Bai's hand suddenly paused, and the fine brush was blown due to improper force.

Qi Bai was stunned for a long time before he found his own voice: "...what...what?"

Chen Shaojiao outside the ward glanced at the closed ward door and sighed:

"Aunt Bai has breast cancer and is currently hospitalized in Xiacheng No. [-] Hospital."

Strictly speaking, Chen Shaojiao and Qi Bai are still distant relatives - their mothers are cousins.

But Qi Bai's grandfather and Chen Shaojiao's grandfather had a conflict when they were young, and the two families were not close, so the relationship between their mothers was just like that.

Qi Bai and Chen Shaojiao didn't know that they had such a relationship with each other until they became classmates and became good friends.

Qi Bai's mother's name is Bai Sang. Bai Sang left Xiacheng after divorcing Qi Ruishan, and lost contact with Qi's family, including Qi Bai.

In the marriage between Bai Sang and Qi Ruishan, Qi Ruishan was at fault. Whether it was the law or the wish of Qi Bai, who had just graduated from junior high school, he wanted to live with his mother.

But Bai Sang gave up the custody right without hesitation, and left without hesitation taking the property she got after the divorce when Qi Bai was in school.

Since then, there has been no news for many years.

Qi Bai did not expect to hear about Bai Sang from Chen Shaojiao.

Still such a message.

After being stunned for a long time, Qi Bai finally found his own voice:

"Breast cancer?"

Chen Shaojiao let out an 'hmm', and his voice lost the lightness of the hippie smile in the past, and it was a little low:

"In the late stage... it was found out last month. Aunt Bai didn't want me to tell you, saying that she didn't want to disturb your current life, but..."

He felt that Qi Bai had the right to know.

In the end, Chen Shaojiao lost his voice. In fact, he has never seen Aunt Bai a few times since he grew up, but people are always sad when they face birth, old age, sickness and death.

What's more, this is his good friend's mother.

With such a serious illness as cancer, his mother put aside the grievances of the older generation and came to the hospital to visit him when she found out. Chen Shaojiao naturally had to come and see.

Bai Sang is almost 50 years old. Since the diagnosis of cancer, the situation has not been very optimistic. Once checked, it is in the advanced stage. The spread of cancer cells has been irresistible. The doctor said that the ideal state is to last for another six months.

If the situation is not good, a week, half a month, a month...

No one can tell.

These years, Qi Bai didn't say anything, but Chen Shaojiao knew that since his parents divorced, Bai Sang had become a scar in his heart, and it would never heal if he couldn't touch it.

When I was young, I had deep feelings. After the divorce, my biological mother, whom I hadn't seen for more than ten years, got cancer...

There is no need to put yourself in another place, Chen Shaojiao understands that Qi Bai must be feeling bad right now.

Chen Shaojiao felt that fate was too fucking unfair, and Qi Bai would be responsible for all the bad things.

Chen Shaojiao was fucked in his heart, and he slowed down his voice and said to Qi Bai: "If you want to come back...tell me, I will pick you up."

Later, Chen Shaojiao said a few more words, Qi Bai couldn't remember clearly, and he didn't even remember how he hung up the phone.

Qi Bai hadn't heard from Bai Sang for too long.

In the first two years, he would go around to inquire about the other party's news, but after the divorce, Bai Sang changed his mobile phone number, and his grandfather's family refused to disclose any news.

Qi Bai, who was in junior high school, realized later—oh, I am also from the Qi family.

She is avoiding me.

Mom is going to start a new life, and I will only trip her up.

From then on, Qi Bai never asked about Bai Sang again.

These years, the only one who would mention Bai Sang in front of Qi Bai was Qi Ruishan, and the following sentence:

Your mother didn't want you back then, but I worked so hard to raise you, so you just repay me like this?

Qi Bai stared at the unfinished painting in front of him, and sat motionless for a long time.

He always thought that he would never hear from Bai Sang again in this life...

***

At Xiacheng high-speed railway station, Chen Shaojiao picked up Qi Bai.

After getting in the car, Chen Shaojiao kept looking at him cautiously, wanting to say something but didn't know how to say it.

Qi Bai was wearing sunglasses, seeing his hesitant appearance, he frowned:

"Don't look at me with such disgusting eyes, those who don't know think you have a crush on me."

Chen Shaojiao who was just worried about Qi Bai's state at this time: "..."

Chen Shaojiao laughed angrily: "Who the hell is in love with you secretly, I'm straight!"

Seeing that Qi Bai could still joke with him, Chen Shaojiao was slightly relieved.

Qi Bai twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

When the car drove out of the crowded high-speed railway station, Chen Shaojiao glanced at Qi Bai again, trying to keep his tone as calm as usual:

"Go to my house first or...?"

Qi Bai said quietly: "I have booked a hotel, let's go to the hotel first."

Knowing that Qi Bai didn't want to disturb him, Chen Shaojiao sighed in his heart and said yes.

On the way to the hotel, Qi Bai didn't ask a word about Bai Sang's current situation, and Chen Shaojiao didn't know how to speak, the atmosphere in the car was a bit dignified and silent.

When Qi Bai left his luggage at the hotel, Chen Shaojiao asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital now, and he could deliver it himself.

Qi Bai tidied up his things without raising his head:

"You go back first, I will go by myself later."

Knowing that Qi Bai was not ready to meet Bai Sang, Chen Shaojiao did not force him, and sent the ward number and bed number to his mobile phone:

"Then I'll go back today and see Aunt Bai tomorrow."

Qi Bai gave a low voice 'hmm'.

After Chen Shaojiao left silently and closed the door, Qi Bai stopped tidying up his things.

The hotel room was carpeted, Qi Bai sat on the floor, watching the news from Chen Shaojiao for a while.

It took almost no time to make up his mind to come to Xiacheng, but when he got here, Qi Bai doubted whether he was right to come this time.

After all, that person... doesn't want to see himself.

His existence will always remind Bai Sang of that failed marriage and the last hysterical days of marriage.

Feeling timid due to the close proximity to his hometown, Chen Shaojiao was right in thinking that Qi Bai was indeed not yet mentally prepared to meet Bai Sang.

He didn't even know what Bai Sang, who was nearly fifty years old, looked like.

The appearance of Bai Sang when he was young has not been remembered for a long time in his heart, and the face in his memory has been vaguely blurred.

Qi Bai tried to bring out Bai Sang from his memory, and added a few wrinkles to the corners of her eyes and face, but failed.

He couldn't imagine it.

***

Qi Bai stayed in the hotel for more than an hour before going out to take a taxi to the hospital.

There are flowers and fruit baskets for visiting patients at the entrance of the hospital. Qi Bai lingered on the beautifully packaged bouquets of lilies and carnations for a couple of seconds before paying the bill with the fruit baskets.

People come and go in the inpatient department, which smells like disinfectant water. In the garden on the first floor, patients wearing hospital gowns can be seen walking for air and accompanied by their family nurses.

The spring sun is just right, and the garden is full of birds and flowers. Even if there are heavy worries in my heart, it seems that I can relax for a while at this moment.

There are many patients in Xiacheng No. [-] Hospital, and the number of beds is not enough all year round. Additional beds are added in the corridor on the first floor of the inpatient building, and there are some people who are sitting on transfusions and hanging water.

The advanced stage of cancer is a severe patient, Bai Sang lives on the thirteenth floor, and the ward is a three-person room.

Chen Shaojiao said that Bai Sang's bed was in ward 1310, near the window. Qi Bai went upstairs and stood in ward 1310. There was a patient information board in front of the door, with a familiar name at the bottom:

Bai Sang, 48 years old, female.

Qi Bai withdrew his gaze from the information board, didn't knock on the door immediately and went in, but looked in through the glass on the door.

In order to protect the privacy of the patients, each bed is covered by a bed curtain, and the bed near the window is tightly covered by a dark blue curtain.

The curtains on the two outer beds were not drawn, and Qi Bai could see the empty water glasses and fruits on the cabinet in the middle of the beds.

The other two hospital beds have family members, Qi Bai stood outside the door for a while, but did not see the slightest movement in Bai Sang's bed.

I don't know if the person is asleep or not.

Qi Bai pursed his lips, gently pushed the door open and entered.

The patient on the bed next to the toilet was getting an infusion, and when he heard the small sound of the door opening, he thought it was a nurse coming to change his dressing, but when he turned around, he saw a strange handsome guy.

Everyone was taken aback, wondering who he was looking for.

Qi Bai ignored the curious eyes cast by several people in the ward, and walked straight to the innermost bed.

As the distance narrowed, Qi Bai's hand holding the fruit basket became more and more vigorous.

Half a meter away, Qi Bai stopped, looked at the tightly blocked bed, and for a moment didn't know whether to speak out first or lift the bed curtain.

Just when Qi Bai was hesitating and other people in the ward looked at him more and more strangely, following the sound of the door, a voice came from behind Qi Bai:

"Qi Bai?"

The familiar yet unfamiliar voice made Qi Bai freeze suddenly.

Bai Sang who came out of the bathroom was not sure if the young man with his back to her was Qi Bai. No one told her that Qi Bai would come, but Chen Shaojiao showed her a photo of Qi Bai a few days ago.

Although I can't see the face of the man in front of me clearly, but this long hair...

Taking a deep breath, Qi Bai turned around, and a thin figure bumped into his eyes.

Bai Sang at this time was completely different from the one he remembered.

Not only is she old, but the pale Baisang is thinner than he imagined, and the hospital gown looks empty on her body, and the exposed wrist bones are protruding, as if there is only a layer of skin left...

The illness made Bai Sang look like a 60-year-old man, except that his eyes were the same as before, and he could hardly see his youthful appearance.

Seeing Bai Sang like this unexpectedly, Qi Bai was stunned for a long time even if he was mentally prepared.

Compared with Qi Bai, Bai Sang is obviously much calmer, she raised her hand to wipe the water on her clothes, her attitude was neither hot nor cold:

"Why are you here? Shaojiao told you?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Qi Bai to answer, Bai Sang pointed to the chair in the corner that could be stretched into a bed, and asked him to sit on it.

Bai Sang opened the bed curtain and lay down on the bed, looked at Qi Bai who was standing still at the end of the bed, and said quietly:

"I can't die for a while, so just go after reading it, please run this trip."

Qi Bai looked at Bai Sang and suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

He still remembered how aggressively the woman in front of him insisted on a divorce with a kitchen knife after Qi Ruishan's cheating was revealed.

Such a good spirit seems to be able to skin off the husband who has failed her on the spot.

But now, the woman was lying on the bed, the quilt bulged smaller than everyone else.

Before the two divorced, Bai Sang was very kind to Qi Bai, his son. He wanted the stars and the moon in the sky, so Bai Sang had to look up at the sky and think about the feasibility.

He accidentally broke his knee while playing with his friends, Bai Sang felt like facing an enemy, and sat in the living room at night to secretly wipe away tears.

And now...

The two hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, and there was only a plain and polite sentence, "Please take this trip."

Bai Sang was too kind to Qi Bai in the past, and he couldn't figure it out all these years——

How do you say that if you don't want him, you don't want him?

Before coming, Qi Bai had already thought about it, he must ask Bai Sang why he didn't want him back then, but now he couldn't ask any more words.

The mother and son looked at each other for a long time, Qi Bai put the packaged fruit basket on the bedside table, and left the ward without saying a word.

Bai Sang watched Qi Bai leave without saying a single word to persuade him to stay.

The visiting person had a sullen face, put down his things and left without saying a word. His posture was not like visiting a sick person, but more like finding fault.

Others in the ward were at a loss.

The patient in the middle bed also has breast cancer, but the situation is better than that of Bai Sang. It is in the middle stage. The eldest sister is optimistic and cheerful, laughing all day long, and usually chats with Bai Sang when she has nothing to do. She couldn't help asking:

"Sister, who is that you? You are so good-looking, why did you leave so soon?"

Bai Sang looked away and smiled, "My son."

Others in the ward were obviously taken aback, but the eldest sister was very surprised: "Your son?"

Bai Sang was the first patient in their ward. Compared with the other two patients, the number of people who came to visit Bai Sang was pitifully small, and no one accompanied her to bed at night.

The people who came to see Bai Sang on a regular basis were his cousin who was not very close, and the other was his nephew.

Bai Sang doesn't talk much, and basically doesn't tell everyone in the ward about her family's situation. Most of the time, she closes the bed curtains and does her own thing.

However, after such a serious illness, she never saw her husband or her children and grandchildren visit her, and there was no phone call. Everyone guessed whether she was alone and unmarried.

Kind of bleak.

She didn't expect that she would have such a big son, so she was surprised for a while.

Bai Sang nodded: "His father and I divorced very early. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. We don't have a good relationship."

Everyone was stunned, and the eldest sister sighed: "No wonder..."

Someone comforted him: "I haven't contacted you for so long and my son came to see you. He still has you in his heart."

The others echoed: "Yes, yes, after all, it's the meat that fell from your body."

Bai Sang smiled and didn't answer.

If possible, she would prefer to leave quietly without disturbing anyone. As for whether Qi Bai has her in his heart...

When she threw down the boy who hugged her waist and cried more than ten years ago, she had already anticipated the current result.

She frankly and calmly accepted any attitude Qi Bai had towards her.

With limited energy after being ill, Bai Sang glanced at the fruit basket on the bedside, listened to the whispers in the next bed, and fell asleep drowsily.

……

The cancer made Bai Sang not sleep well, she could still feel pain all over her body when she fell asleep, but this time she was not awakened by the pain, but by a rustling sound.

She heard someone pouring water in her ear.

Bai Sang managed to open her eyes, and saw someone standing by the bed, studying the pile of medicines she put on the bed.

Seeing that person's appearance clearly, Bai Sang was stunned for a rare moment, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"Why are you back again?"

Seeing Bai Sang woke up, Qi Bai put down the medicine box in his hand, did not answer her words, and said:

"It's just right when you wake up. The nurse just brought you the medicine you need to take today."

Bai Sang's current situation is not suitable for chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and those treatments are no longer useful to her.

In the doctor's words, chemotherapy is a waste of money, and we can only take conservative treatment, and it can be delayed for a day.

Conservative treatment made Bai Sang take various pills as a meal every day. The pain was unbearable, so the doctor prescribed painkilling injections for her.

This is the first sentence Qi Bai said to Bai Sang since the reunion.

Qi Bai prepared the medicine and water for Bai Sang, and shook the bed for her to eat.

Bai Sang looked at Qi Bai who was expressionless, blinked and did not move.

Qi Bai looked at her: "I can't eat it?"

Bai Sang shook his head, picked up the water glass and took the medicine.

There were so many pills in her fleshless palms that she could barely hold them with one hand, and she ate them without blinking.

When Chen Shaojiao said that Bai Sang was sick, Qi Bai didn't really feel real. When he saw the bony Bai Sang, he was still a little dazed, but now watching Bai Sang taking medicine, he suddenly felt sad.

Taking medicine, injections and infusions is already commonplace for Bai Sang, but Qi Bai still remembers that she could vomit after taking two capsules when she had a cold.

Everyone has something to hate and resist, but Bai Sang used to hate taking medicine the most, no matter it is physical or psychological.

It was almost time for dinner, after seeing Bai Sang finished taking the medicine, Qi Bai went out again, and when he came back, he was carrying an insulated box in his hand.

Qi Bai raised the small table on the hospital bed, and said without emotion:

"Chen Shaojiao said that you can't eat many things now, so I bought you porridge."

The eldest sister in the next bed was also eating, so she smiled and said to Bai Sang:

"Sister, you also said that your son is not close to you, look at how filial you are."

Others also agreed, saying that it would be good if the son came back, and he would have someone to take care of him.

Everyone knows about Bai Sang's illness, and it is impossible for the left and right to survive this year. It is better to have a son in front of him to take care of the elderly and die, than to die quietly by himself.

Qi Bai made a barely noticeable pause, and immediately pretended he didn't hear it.

It's been a long time since we saw each other, and Bai Sang doesn't know what his well-behaved and sensible son looks like now, only Chen Shaojiao mentioned that he is very good now and he is doing well.

Bai Sang looked at his son who made him feel strange, sat up and held the ceramic white spoon, and asked:

"have you eaten?"

Qi Bai replied that he had eaten, and then sat aside and played with his mobile phone.

Bai Sang stopped talking and ate lunch quietly.

Qi Bai looked down at the phone, but his mind was not on the screen. He noticed Bai Sang's brows subconsciously frowned when he stood up, and then quickly relaxed.

He asked the doctor, and the doctor's conclusion was consistent with what Chen Shaojiao told him.

It can be as long as half a year, or as short as a week or two.

The doctor also told him that since knowing the test results last month, Bai Sang has never had an emotional breakdown. No one even saw her cry, and she accepted the reality calmly.

In other words, Bai Sang's desire to survive is not strong.

The doctor complained that Qi Bai, a son, didn't care about his mother, and it took him so long to arrive at the hospital, and asked him to enlighten Bai Sang, be more optimistic, and strive for the longest time...

His mind was full of what the doctor said to him, and Qi Bai couldn't calm down. At this moment, his cell phone rang.

[Old Old Man]: Not at home?

Qi Bai remembered that he and Jiang Jianzhi made an appointment to cook on the [-]th floor today——

Jiang's mother and Jiang's father sent another box of food. I heard that it was a special product from their hometown given by their colleagues.

He left in a hurry, and he hadn't told Jiang Jianzhi that he was coming to Xiacheng.

[Qi Baishi divides it into white]: There is something wrong. I haven't been in Nanfeng City recently. Mr. Jiang, you can deal with the things in the refrigerator.

Since Jiang Jianzhi often ate upstairs, Qi Bai gave Jiang Jianzhi a spare key, fearing that one day he would lock the key at home again and be unable to enter.

Anyway, he also knew the password of Jiang Jian's house.

Jiang Jianzhi frowned slightly when he received Qi Bai's message, and asked when he would be back.

[Qi Baishi divides white]: Not necessarily.

Qi Bai Hotel has been booked for half a month, and he has no idea when to go back.

[Old Old Man]: Have you returned to Xia City?

[Qi Baishi divides white]:? ? ?

Unexpectedly, how could Jiang Jianzhi know that he was in Xiacheng with just a guess, but the other party could pinch him once or twice, Qi Bai was not in the mood to ask, and replied 'um'.

When it comes to Xiacheng, it's hard not to think of Qi Ruishan, who is a "little beast" with a poor quality. Professor Jiang's brows are unconsciously tightened.

[Old Old-fashioned]: What's going on at home?

Qi Bai glanced at Bai Sang who was sipping porridge, and was not sure if they were still family members now.

……

Bai Sang has a bad appetite, she can't eat the porridge after drinking half a bowl, and the side dishes are basically untouched.

Before Bai Sang started to clean up the table, Qi Bai put down his phone and silently took away the bowls and chopsticks.

Bai Sang, who had nothing to do, just stared at him.

Knowing that Bai Sang's son was coming, and he was quite handsome, a little nurse brought a thin quilt and said that he could cover the bed with him at night.

Qi Bai didn't reach out to pick it up, and the nurse put him in a cabinet corresponding to the bed.

The mother and son didn't talk much until dinner at night, seeing Qi Bai sitting on the escort chair and playing with his mobile phone, showing no signs of leaving, Bai Sang said:

"Go back and rest."

Qi Bai ignored her.

After waiting for two seconds, Bai Sang sighed and shouted in a low voice:

"Speak."

Qi Bai froze, maintaining his posture of playing with his mobile phone, and told Bai Sang not to call him that in a muffled voice.

'Yanyan' is Qi Bai's nickname. He spoke early when he was a child, and he wanted to speak before he had two deciduous teeth. He would learn every sentence Bai Sang taught him. He was like a chatterbox, so Bai Sang called him Yanyan.

Since Bai Sang left, no one called him that anymore.

Bai Sang changed his words according to his words and let him go back.

The escort chair didn't have much space when it was unfolded, it was narrow, short and hard, Qi Bai had long hands and long legs, he really slept all night and woke up tomorrow feeling uncomfortable all over.

Qi Bai didn't move, as if he didn't hear.

Seeing Qi Bai like this, Bai Sang felt a little helpless.

She used to revolve around her husband and son all day long, but when her husband betrayed her, she couldn't live her life any longer.

More than ten years ago, when she left with many holes, she didn't let Qi Bai send her off, and now she left, she didn't want him to see her either.

There is a mirror in the bathroom of the ward, and she watches her hair fall out one by one every day, and she is aging rapidly.

How can the person in the mirror be so ugly?

Bai Sang thought so in her heart.

Even worse than when I left more than ten years ago.

***

"I said that I was drunk at the time and didn't know anything. If you insist on getting a divorce? Okay, just leave. I'll see how I live without you!"

"Son? His surname is Qi, he is my seed, how could he go with you?"

"You have been married and have been supported by me for so many years. What else can you do besides doing some housework? Is your son starving to death with you?"

"Bai Sang, can you stop making trouble? You were not like this before."

"..."

It has been a long time since Bai Sang dreamed about the past.

That time was a nightmare for her, the darkest time in her life. The husband who lived with her day and night tore off his mask, and he was obviously at fault, but he blushed and yelled at her thickly, saying that she was messing around and disregarding the overall situation.

The original warm and happy home suddenly changed, becoming strange, disgusting, sticky and suffocating.

When Bai Sang woke up from the dream, the uncle next door was snoring like thunder.

She was a little tired, so she struggled to stand up with pain, and saw Qi Bai at the end of the bed curled up on the escort chair and fell asleep, half of the quilt fell on the ground.

With the light coming in from the corridor, Bai Sang could see Qi Bai's frown, which showed that the other party was not sleeping soundly.

Gently got off the bed, Bai Sang bent down to pick up the quilt that fell on the ground, and gently covered Qi Bai.

Bai Sang didn't make the slightest movement, stared at Qi Bai's sleeping face for a long time, and then slowly moved back to the bed.

When Bai Sang fell back to sleep, Qi Bai's eyelids trembled slightly with his eyes closed, and then returned to calm.

The snoring in the ward kept coming and going, as if they wanted to compete in this dark night. In this environment, without silent headphones, it was really difficult to fall asleep.

Four times, Qi Bai silently calculated in his heart.

She doesn't want herself, but she can endure the pain in her body, and she gets up four times a night to cover herself with a quilt.

Qi Bai felt sore in his heart and couldn't tell what it was like.

After all, it is uncomfortable.

……

In the early morning, a doctor brought a large group of people to round the ward and asked the patient how he was doing today. When it was Bai Sang's turn, she said everything was fine.

The doctor checked briefly and asked, "Good? Didn't the nurse tell me that you were in so much pain that you couldn't sleep yesterday?"

Bai Sang glanced at Qi Bai, who went out with a lunch box expressionless.

When Qi Bai walked away, Bai Sang slowly opened his mouth:

"Chest hurts, I can't exert myself, I have insomnia..."

The doctor remembered them one by one, and said that if the pain is unbearable, he will give another injection of pain relief today.

Doctor: "How's your appetite?"

In the case of white mulberry, he had to infuse nutrient solution even if he did not eat enough.

Bai Sang smiled and said it was okay.

After the doctor left for a while, Qi Bai came back with breakfast. He wanted Bai Sang to take the medicine first, but before he reminded, Bai Sang had already finished the medicine.

Qi Bai bought breakfast for Bai Sang according to the doctor's advice, and sat drinking soy milk and eating eggs by himself.

The poached egg was white and tender after peeling, before Qi Bai could eat it, Bai Sang who was sitting on the hospital bed said:

"You can give me the egg yolk."

The movements of Qi Bai's hands paused, he glanced at the bowl that Bai Sang pushed over, and his voice was a bit cold:

"I don't hate eating egg yolks anymore."

When Qi Bai was a child, he felt that the yolk tasted fishy, ​​so he only ate the egg white, and the yolk was solved with the help of white mulberry.

But just like Bai Sang is used to taking medicine, Qi Bai, who has no one to help share the egg yolk these years, has long since stopped hating the fishy smell of the egg yolk.

Bai Sang was stunned for a moment, then pulled back her own bowl.

Compared with the other two hospital beds, Qi Bai and Bai Sang were too quiet.

When Chen Shaojiao came to visit, he saw Qi Bai and Bai Sang lying down and sitting together, staring at each other and neither of them spoke.

He was silent, walked in with a smile on his face: "Aunt Bai, Qi Bai."

When Chen Shaojiao came, the stagnant atmosphere in the ward eased a lot, and he even exchanged a few words with the bed next door.

Seeing the bloodshot eyes in Qi Bai's eyes, Chen Shaojiao asked him if he didn't sleep well last night:

"I'm fine in my shop today, go back to the hotel and have a rest."

Staying in bed is hard work, and the rest are usually taken care of by several family members in turn.

Qi Bai looked at Bai Sang, Chen Shaojiao raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder:

"Don't worry, Aunt Bai has me here."

Finally, Qi Bai nodded to Chen Shaojiao, took his own things and went back to the hotel first.

When going out, Qi Bai looked back, Chen Shaojiao poured Bai Sang a glass of water, sat on the edge of the bed and asked her if she slept well last night.

After arriving at the hotel, Qi Bai took a shower and changed his clothes. The person who didn't sleep much all night lay on the soft bed but didn't feel sleepy.

He stared at the crystal chandelier in a daze, and his mind was empty.

It has not been 24 hours since he received Chen Shaojiao's call, but Qi Bai's mind is full of things, as if many things happened in one day.

Taking the phone, Jiang Jianzhi sent him a message half an hour ago, asking if there was anything he could do for help.

Looking at the news, Qi Bai thought, Bai Sang is sick and he can't help him in the hospital, and he doesn't have to pay for the other party's medical expenses, let alone Jiang Jianzhi?

Yesterday, Qi Bai learned from Chen Shaojiao that Bai Sang has been living alone since her divorce. She has actually been living in a small town in Xiacheng for these years.

Bai Sang never left this city, but he didn't know it.

In Nanfeng City, Jiang Jianzhi looked at the chat box that hadn't been answered for a long time, feeling a little worried.

Yesterday Qi Bai didn't tell him the specific reason for returning to Xia City, but if it wasn't a major event, the return date would not be fixed...

Just when Qi Bai was hesitating whether to reply to Jiang Jian, the phone in his hand vibrated.

'Old Old Man' pats you.

[Old Old Man]: Qi Bai, I see your 'typing'.

Qi Bai is a little funny, a person who has only been exposed to WeChat for a short time, unexpectedly knows what "typing" means.

[Old Old Man]: Can't you tell me what happened?

Qi Bai paused, and asked Jiang Jianzhi:

Mr. Jiang, is love something that is easy to give up and pick up again?