Yuzhou No. 4 Middle School, Grade 3 Class 8, third period in the afternoon, self-study class.
In the classroom, there are piles of books and test papers on the desks. The classmates are immersed in the sea of books. The second hand of the clock hanging on the wall is spinning rapidly, and the blackboard at the back indicates a reminder of 32 days until the college entrance examination.
Four consecutive seats.
A dark-skinned, somewhat handsome boy raised his arm and lightly elbowed Jiang Ning on the left. There was a hint of embarrassment in his smile: "Brother Ning, do you have money? Lend me fifty."
Jiang Ning looked away from the phone screen and asked curiously: "Brother Nan, are you online?"
Ma Shicheng next to him said: "Brother Ning, don't borrow it. If he gets caught in Mao's net, it will definitely be wasted."
Guo Kunnan argued: "I chase my elementary school girl, how can I call it a waste of time?"
Jiang Ning asked: "Is there any difference?"
Guo Kunnan: "What the hell!"
Ma Shicheng: "Brother Ning has been tough since he stopped pursuing Shen Qing'e."
Jiang Ning's face flashed abnormally. Shen Qing'e now had a new love. He had already lost his spirit under the repeated blows.
Ma Shicheng noticed Jiang Ning's subtle expression. He realized that he had said the wrong thing and simply patted Jiang Ning on the shoulder: "It doesn't matter, the next one will be better."
Guo Kunnan sighed and found something to say: "Hey, do you know that Xue Yuantong, our former Class 8 student, has not come to school since the accident that day."
After hearing this, Ma Shicheng's face showed something strange: "I heard that the students in Class 1 at that time thought she was sleeping and slept all night studying. It was not until the teacher called her after school that she realized she had fainted."
Guo Kunnan lowered his voice: "It is said that a student from Class 1 visited her in the hospital and said she had acute leukemia."
When Jiang Ning heard this, two pictures emerged in her mind. One was a short, childish-faced little girl who often held a cup of boiling water and ate big biscuits.
The other one is the current Xue Yuantong, who is surrounded by the aura of being number one in the city. He has a slim figure, is charming and pure, and is admirable.
Jiang Ning had heard the name of leukemia for a long time, and he subconsciously said: "Do I need a marrow transplant?"
Ma Shicheng shook his head: "We don't know. There are many types of leukemia, and each treatment plan is different."
Jiang Ning: "It would be great if Chen Qian was still here and could understand a little bit."
After being divided into classes, Chen Qian has entered the experimental class.
While he was talking, monitor Huang Zhongfei walked into the class and stood still on the podium.
Big-mouthed Yu Wen asked: "Squad leader, how are you doing?"
Huang Zhongfei frowned and faced the whole class: "The situation is not very good."
In the afternoon, he and Teacher Shan went to the hospital to visit classmate Xue Yuantong. Xue Yuantong looked normal, but after asking the doctor for details, Shan Qingrong ran to the corner of the hospital and smoked a cigarette silently.
Before leaving, Shan Qingrong stuffed him with three thousand yuan, and Huang Zhongfei also released three thousand yuan.
Geng Lu said: "The conditions of Xue Yuantong's family should be average. Do we want to donate a little? A few dollars will do."
Before other students responded, Zhang Chi, who was in the last row, said dissatisfiedly: "Why should I donate?"
Geng Lu had a hot temper, and she replied unceremoniously: "You don't have to donate if you don't want to. No one has asked you to donate. And I just said that as long as you want to donate, a few dollars is fine. Besides, I'll ask again."
One sentence, Zhang Chi, have you ever copied someone else's homework? Do you dare to swear?"
Facing Geng Lu's series of attacks, Zhang Chi looked depressed and was speechless in reply. He finally said: "Whoever wants to donate can donate, but I won't donate anyway!"
Shan Kaiquan scolded: "You are such a fucking scumbag!"
Zhang Chi raised his eyes and met everyone's disgusted eyes. He braced himself: "I just placed 50 bets on the one-yuan treasure hunt, and the prize is an iPhone 6s. I swear I won't win this time, in exchange for Xue Yuantong's physical recovery!"
"
Wang Longlong: "You are confused, Chizi! You can't win in the first place."
Huang Zhongfei originally wanted to ask his classmates to help, but unexpectedly, some people resisted at the beginning.
Moreover, the bloodline of Class 8 is no longer pure, and many students transferred in later, so he gave up in the end.
As the bell rang, many students stood up and left. Jiang Ning shouted: "Yuzhu, do you want to go out to eat?"
Huang Yuzhu looked embarrassed. Thinking of his useless brother, he declined: "Not today, I have something to do at home."
Jiang Ning: "Okay."
At this time, a female classmate walked up to Jiang Ning's desk, tapped the piled textbooks with her fingers, and said condescendingly: "You are going out to eat, and you can bring me a cake and a cup of lemon tea."
Jiang Ning's gaze extended, and he saw a pair of white and tender hands. There was a gold ring on the middle finger, which made the fingers more delicate. This was a ring given by Shen Qing'e's "good friend of the opposite sex". It was a gift that Jiang Ning could not afford to give.
He raised his head and met Shen Qing'e's beautiful face.
Jiang Ning felt inexplicably depressed. This familiar face seemed to be telling him, repeatedly emphasizing that he was a boy with ordinary looks, average grades, no special skills, and could not be more mediocre.
People like him are simply not worthy of each other.
Jiang Ning's lips moved: "The screen of my mobile phone is broken. I have to repair it after school, and I don't have time to bring food."
Shen Qing'e narrowed her eyes, slowly withdrew her cold gaze, and nodded: "Okay."
Immediately, she ridiculed: "The screen of your mobile phone is broken. The teacher caught you while you were playing games in class, and you were so scared that you dropped it on the ground, right?"
Jiang Ning was silent for a few seconds: "It has nothing to do with you."
Shen Qing'e looked at his cowardly look, and she felt an evil fire in her life: "There is only one month left before the college entrance examination, and you are still playing games? No wonder you are criticized every day."
Jiang Ning suddenly thought of her aunt. The so-called saying that he played games was just a way of suppressing her.
"It has nothing to do with you." Jiang Ning said.
Shen Qing'e: "And to be honest, your gaming skills are pretty bad. Last time I played against him, he led me to seven consecutive victories."
After finishing speaking, Shen Qing'e turned and left.
Jiang Ning picked up the broken cell phone and turned around and left the classroom without saying a word.
Shen Qing'e walked back to her original seat, planning to call someone to bring her dinner.
While she was searching, Geng Lu stood up with a smile on her face: "Qing'e, I just went out, please help you bring food."
Shen Qing'e was pleasantly surprised: "Ah, is that okay?"
Although they are classmates, her circle is Yu Wen and Jiang Yanan, and she does not have much interaction with the art student Geng Lu.
Geng Lu: "On the way."
Shen Qing'e smiled happily: "Okay, thank you."
After she gave the money, she said with a little emotion: "How ironic. I asked Jiang Ning to bring food, and I made excuses, but you actually took the initiative to help me."
Geng Lu took the smile and said with a playful smile: "It's really ironic. He has helped you bring food for two years, but he didn't bring it for you today, and I just brought it for you along the way."
"Keke~" Geng Lu covered her mouth and laughed.
Shen Qing'e realized that she had been tricked, her face turned green and red, and she shouted: "Give me the money back."
Geng Lu raised her lips: "I am collecting some interest for others, can't I?"
Shen Qing'e stared at Geng Lu. Her expression gradually recovered. She suddenly smiled and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Geng Lu, you don't like Jiang Ning, do you?"
"Anyway, I don't want it. If you like it, I can give it to you. By the way, I also have the essay he sent me. Can I send you the screenshot?"
Shen Qing'e was full of ridicule and disdain.
Geng Lu stared at her: "So, do you think this is ridiculous?"
…
Yuzhou First People's Hospital.
Orthopedics, department.
The cold girl, holding a lunch box in hand, stood in front of the door and knocked gently.
"Please come in."
Xue Chuchu opened the door: "Doctor Feng, I cooked at home."
She put down her lunch box and found a girl about her age standing next to Dr. Feng.
Doctor Feng looked at Xue Chuchu, feeling sympathetic to the other person's experience.
She first thanked: "I love eating the food you cooked most, Chuchu."
Xue Chuchu said: "Sister, if you like it, I will bring it to you every day from now on."
After her mother fell ill and was hospitalized, the high cost of treatment emptied her family's small savings. Fortunately, Dr. Feng was the vice president of an association. After learning about her family's situation, he helped her contact many donations.
people, and the cost of treatment was solved.
Dr. Feng introduced: "My daughter, Bai Yuxia."
Bai Yuxia was looking at the girl in front of her at this moment. She was so beautiful, her facial features were almost perfect, especially her alienated temperament. She rarely envied other people's looks so much.
Doctor Feng warned: "Chu Chu, I am helping you raise the cost of your friend's treatment. She has very good grades. Now that something has happened, she has a great influence. Many people in the city are willing to help."
Xue Chuchu: "Well, thank you Dr. Feng."
Dr. Feng mentioned: "That boss Li, please ignore him. If he dares to come to the hospital again, I will sew his mouth shut."
Bai Yuxia joked: "My mother is the best stitch doctor in Yuzhou."
Xue Chuchu wanted to laugh, but there was a hint of sadness in her smile: "Yeah, he came to my door the day before yesterday to look for me, and was bitten by the neighbor's dog. He will never come back again."
Seeing her pitiful look, Dr. Feng couldn't help but remind her: "No matter what, you must not go astray. Your mother definitely doesn't want to see it."
"I know." Although Xue Chuchu tried her best to avoid it, with her appearance, she still encountered endless temptations. She never wavered or believed.
Dr. Feng was satisfied, and she picked up the milk tea at hand: "Chu Chu, drink it."
Bai Yuxia saw this: "Mom, don't you remind others every day that drinking milk tea is not good?"
Doctor Feng leaned back on the chair, his charming face still showing a bit of laziness: "As long as it tastes good, besides, I'm so tired from work, why don't I have some fun?"
…
After Xue Chuchu said goodbye to her benefactor, Dr. Feng, she went to the hematology department of the inpatient department.
As soon as she stepped into the corridor of her department, the cold lights shone, and Xue Chuchu felt cold all over. She kept moving forward, and through the windows of the wards on both sides, she saw skinny patients, either roaring and complaining in a low voice, or with expressionless faces.
of numbness.
When Xue Chuchu thought that one day Tongtong would become like this, she was extremely frightened.
Her breathing was suppressed and heavy, and she walked faster. Finally, she walked to the ward where Tongtong belonged, opened the door of the ward, and Tongtong closed her eyes tightly and slept quietly.
Her skin was pale, and even if she fell asleep, her brows would still frown slightly occasionally.
Xue Chuchu didn't bother, she put the lunch box away and stood by the bed quietly.
Half an hour later, Tongtong opened her eyes, feeling bone pain all over her body, which made her frown deepen.
When she saw Chu Chu, her eyes were still shining and her voice was soft: "Chu Chu, you are here!"
Xue Chuchu: "Yeah, yeah, I cooked yellow catfish for you, and your favorite shredded pork with green pepper, potatoes and potatoes."
Xue Yuantong: "Chu Chu, you are the best."
"Wow, there is actually milk tea, did you buy it?" Tongtong coughed lightly.
"Dr. Feng gave it to me."
"Can I drink?"
"No, the doctor said frankly... that drinking milk tea is not good." Xue Chuchu smiled forcefully.
"Then let me just take a sip, okay? Just a sip, please Chu Chu."
Xue Chuchu always couldn't resist her begging. She hesitated for a while: "Then you can only take a small sip. When you are discharged from the hospital, I will treat you to a huge cup!"
Xue Yuantong's little face burst into a bright smile: "Okay."
She put her mouth on the straw, and Chu Chu next to her stared at her closely.
Xue Yuantong grinned: "Chu Chu, do you still remember when you were a child? You bought a pack of soda, and I said I would only take a small sip."
She was extremely proud: "In the end, I drank half the pack at once. Isn't it awesome?"
"Yeah, awesome." Xue Chuchu.
"And if you buy spicy strips, I'll just scream..."
"Chu Chu, what's wrong with you..." Xue Yuantong found that Chu Chu suddenly shed tears.
She hurriedly looked for a tissue to wipe it with Chu Chu, but when she lowered her head, she found bright red blood dripping on the sheets, and then dripped like broken pearls.
It's her own blood.
Xue Chuchu grabbed the tissue bag and wiped Tongtong's nose while ringing the call bell. The bloody toilet paper fell all over the floor.
After a long time, the nurse left.
Xue Yuantong was lying weakly on the hospital bed. She turned her face and looked at the horizon.
The afterglow of the setting sun reflects the red sky in the west, and the sunset glow fills the sky, making it dazzling.
"It's so beautiful." Tongtong said softly, and the boundless fields of freedom appeared in front of her eyes. She said nostalgically: "Chu Chu, in fact, I was happiest when I was a child. The two of us stole watermelons in the fields. You were timid. Every time
Run faster than me."
"Hey, I actually don't want to grow up at all, and I don't want to come to a big city at all. I want to be a rustic little village girl, herding sheep in the countryside every day, waiting for you to be glamorous in the future..."
Xue Chuchu grabbed Tongtong's hand, which was as cold as an ice cube. She said, "When you get better, how about we go home and herd sheep together? I will also accompany you to steal watermelons."
"Like we did when we were kids, okay?"
Xue Chuchu imitated her childhood voice and responded softly: "Don't worry, I'll go play with you after dinner~"
For a moment, it seemed like I was back to my carefree childhood again.
At that time, Xue Yuantong would finish his meal first every day and run to the next door to call Chu Chu, who would always respond to her in this way.
Xue Yuantong's face became even paler. She reached out and touched Chu Chu's hair, with a curved mouth: "Hehe, no need Chu Chu, you can eat slowly in the future, don't be in a hurry, so you won't burn your tongue..."
In an instant, Xue Chuchu's nose felt sore and her eyes were burning.
She didn't hide anything from Tongtong.
Why has it never been successful?
…
After putting Tongtong to sleep, Xue Chuchu walked out of the ward. She stood in the corridor outside, wiping away her tears and preparing to go to the neurology department to visit her mother.
Walking to the middle of the corridor, she met Aunt Gu, who was holding a report sheet in her hand. Her weather-beaten face was earth-colored.
"Auntie, Tongtong's illness...what did the doctor say?" Xue Chuchu asked quickly.
Aunt Gu said with difficulty: "Three weeks at most. If the situation is bad, it may be less than two weeks."
Xue Chuchu felt like she was struck by lightning. She was stunned on the spot. Then, she grabbed Aunt Gu's hand in a panic: "Where's the bone marrow transplant? Can't it? Where's the chemotherapy? Where's the transfer? If it can't be cured in Yuzhou, let's go to the provincial hospital."
Aunt Gu still had a pale face and a hoarse voice: "The bone marrow has been found, but if you want to transplant the bone marrow, you must survive the first stage."
Xue Chuchu leaned against the wall blankly, unable to bear it.
Aunt Gu calmed down and said, "Chu Chu, your mother is still waiting for you."
Xue Chuchu walked away in despair.
Aunt Gu placed the report sheet at the nurse's station and then walked into the ward.
Aunt Gu walked to the bedside, and Tongtong, who was sleeping, immediately opened her eyes: "Mom, you are back."
"Mom, I'm hungry." Tongtong said.
Aunt Gu: "I'll heat up some food for you."
She picked up her lunch box and heated it in the microwave in the corridor outside. Soon, she returned to the ward.
Aunt Gu sat by the bed, picked up a spoon and scooped out the rice, blowing it gently with each mouthful, and fed her daughter one bite at a time. However, Tongtong, who was usually greedy, only took two bites today and could not eat any more.
"Tongtong?" Aunt Gu asked.
"My throat hurts." Tongtong said.
"Okay, wait until the pain stops before eating." Aunt Gu put away the lunch box.
"No, I still want to eat."
Aunt Gu continued to feed her. Xue Yuantong took two bites and then said she wanted to play with her mobile phone. Aunt Gu put the mobile phone in front of her.
Xue Yuantong scratched a few times and suddenly blinked: "Mom, my vision suddenly becomes blurry?"
She turned her face and looked out the window. She vaguely saw that the sky was getting dark, and the red should be the sunset. It was getting redder and redder. Gradually, everything became nothing.
She stretched out her hand, trying to grab something, but she couldn't grab anything, only the boundless coldness.
She said: "Mom, I can't see."
Aunt Gu leaned closer and found that Tongtong's bright eyes in the past had become cloudy, with fine blood streaks forming a network.
Aunt Gu remembered the doctor's advice and suddenly realized something. Her daughter could not see anything.
She stayed there for a long time, and her gentle face for many years showed a rare complaint: "How many times have I told you not to stay up late playing on your phone, why don't you always listen?"
Xue Yuantong opened his eyes and groped his mother's face with his little hands: "Mom, I'm fine."
Aunt Gu shed tears and continued to blame her: "You never listen to me. Every time I tell you that you are not allowed to eat snacks, why do you always eat them secretly?"
"Mom! What's wrong with you?" Tongtong called blankly. She rubbed her mother's face in panic, her fingertips filled with hot tears.
Aunt Gu kept complaining and scolding her daughter for her faults.
Tongtong cried: "Mom, I was wrong. I will be obedient in the future. Please don't blame me, okay?"
Aunt Gu finally cried out, with deep resentment towards God: "Why, why wasn't I the one who got sick?"
…
Night, 11 o'clock.
Urban area, Jiang Qitian's home.
Jiang Ning stayed in the small room, with the desk lamp shining a warm yellow light.
He wrote the math test paper seriously. He had obviously solved this problem once, but when he encountered it again, he still had no clue.
Inexplicable irritation filled his heart. He took out his mobile phone, opened QQ, found Xue Yuantong in the list, and clicked into her QQ space.
What comes into view are full of photos about learning, essay writing points, and problem-solving ideas for each subject. They are all taken by Xue Yuantong and posted on QQ space.
Jiang Ning found the solution to the problem in the mathematics collection and successfully solved the problem.
When he exited Xue Yuantong's space, he suddenly realized that she had not updated her status for a week.
Jiang Ning was silent for a while.
He indirectly received Xue Yuantong's kindness, but never repaid him.
There was a sudden knock on the door. Jiang Ning was about to get up and open the door, but she heard her eldest aunt scolding him with hatred: "Longlong, you want him to play games again? You play games all day long. I'm really afraid that you will follow suit."
bad!"
Jiang Junlong defended: "I'm not playing games."
"Go back to the house!" the eldest aunt scolded sternly.
Jiang Junlong was helpless: "Brother Ning, I'm going back first."
Jiang Ning listened to everything outside the door. From beginning to end, he didn't say a word.
In the past three years, he has experienced similar things too many times, and he no longer wants to defend himself. Anyway, it will be over in the last month.
The next second, the screen of his Redmi 2a phone lit up.
Shen Qing'e: "I don't understand, why do you always play games with Junlong? What are their grades and yours? No wonder my aunt hates you."
Jiang Ning: "Auntie likes you, okay."
Shen Qing'e: "Haha, it is indeed better for me."
Jiang Ning: "Well, everyone is kind to you, including me before."
Shen Qing'e: "Yes, it's not like you. No one loves you."
Jiang Ning turned off the phone screen, opened the door and walked out of the cabin.
The aunt who was watching TV in the living room raised her head and glanced at him. Jiang Ning also said nothing and pushed open the door.
The aunt's voice floated over: "We'll go to bed later. No one will open the door for you when you come back."
Uncle Jiang Qitian frowned: "What are you talking about?"
Jiang Ning was no longer listening.
Late at night in May, the temperature was cool and comfortable. Jiang Ning walked on the street aimlessly and kept walking.
He saw the traffic on the road, the lights of residential buildings, the customers toasting and drinking in front of the barbecue stall, and the neon-lit KTV. The city was so prosperous and wonderful, but it was a pity that it had nothing to do with him. He did not belong here.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that no one in the world cares about him or cares about him.
He seems to have been lonely.
A gust of wind blew by, making Jiang Ning feel cold.
He accidentally discovered ICBC's self-service teller machine, which was shining brightly in the corner.
Jiang Ning stepped forward unknowingly, reached out and pushed open the glass door. He stood in front of the cash machine, inserted his bank card, and withdrew the entire balance of 500 yuan, which was all his wealth.
He grabbed the money and strode towards Yuzhou No. 4 Middle School, his steps extremely urgent.
Twenty minutes later, Jiang Ning looked at the wall of the playground to the east of the school. He took a breath, took a deep breath, then took a running start, grabbed the wall, and climbed over in embarrassment.
The playground was extremely dark, there was not a single human figure, and all the lights in the teaching building were turned off.
Jiang Ning crossed the playground, broke into the No. 3 teaching building, and climbed to the second floor.
He pulled open the window of Class 1, Grade 3, and climbed into the classroom in the dark.
I found Xue Yuantong's seat, checked it again, and then put all the 500 yuan I just took out into the table hole.
In the dark classroom, Jiang Ning murmured: "Get better."
