The food on the baking tray in front of me was roasting loudly, and there were various noises in the restaurant, but I felt that everything around Huang Li and me was quiet, and I seemed to be unable to hear any sounds.
After a very long silence, I finally said to Huang Li: "Wait until I come back from Antarctica, and we will be together when I come back."
"What?!" Huang Li looked at me in surprise and said in disbelief, "You want to go to Antarctica?"
I nodded heavily and said, "I thought about it a long time ago."
"Why go to a place where birds don't poop?"
"I'm not doing anything, I just want to go."
"People will die in that place."
"It's not as serious as you said. Now Antarctica has become a tourist attraction."
Huang Li sneered and said: "Don't think I don't know what kind of place Antarctica is! The temperature there is minus 20 to 30 degrees all year round, and if you are planning to go alone, you are going to die."
"I'm not necessarily looking for death. I have strong outdoor survival experience. I can come back alive."
"Okay! Then I'll go with you."
"no."
"why not."
"If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. I just want to go alone. You will become a burden to me."
"Then you are not allowed to go, otherwise I will follow you wherever you go, and I won't care whether you live or die."
I looked at her speechlessly and said, "Why are you like this?"
"That's it for me. You know my temper. I dare to do what I say. If you don't believe me, just give it a try."
I sighed softly and said, "Can you please stop doing this? It makes me very embarrassed."
"Don't be embarrassed. I, Huang Li, have never been afraid of death since I was a child. Since you said there is no danger in that place, why can't I go?"
I didn't want to keep arguing with her, so I took out the chopsticks and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's eat."
After that, we didn’t talk about going to Antarctica anymore, and we only talked about trivial things.
I have to go to Antarctica. My life needs a baptism and I need to get to know myself again.
Huang Li and I spent nearly two hours eating this meal. Because we ordered too many dishes, adhering to the principle of not wasting, we had to finish them all.
In the end, we were all exhausted and our walking speed obviously slowed down a lot.
After we came out of the restaurant, we walked slowly to digest our food.
At this moment, my cell phone suddenly rang. I took it out and saw that it was Xiao Wei calling.
I hesitated for a while and finally answered her call: "Is something wrong?"
"Chen Feng, my mother will have surgery tomorrow morning, can you come to the hospital?"
I paused and replied: "When will it be tomorrow morning?"
"The doctor said it's half past nine in the morning, and no later than ten o'clock."
I took a long breath and said, "Okay, I'll try to come before nine o'clock."
After hanging up the phone, Huang Li looked at me with her eyes raised and said, "Which sister is it again?"
"What sister! My ex-wife."
Huang Li was startled for a moment, then stopped, turned to look at me and said, "Why are you still in contact with your ex-wife?"
"It doesn't count as contact. Her mother suffered from gastric cancer and recently came to Chengdu for treatment. I have no reason to ignore her!"
Huang Li snorted coldly and said, "If it were me, I wouldn't care. You don't want to think about how she harmed you in the first place."
"Now I feel like she has changed a lot."
Huang Li snorted coldly and said: "What is invisible to a woman's heart is just superficial. I advise you to think more clearly."
"It's not that serious. Their family is already in great difficulty now."
Huang Li still sneered and said: "There are many families in trouble than them, why don't you take care of them too?"
"Aren't you being arrogant?"
"I'm just telling you the truth. Although I haven't met your ex-wife now, there is a problem if she comes to you for no reason. Don't be deceived again."
"I know."
"Don't just pretend that you know. If you get cheated again, don't blame me for not warning you."
I don't think so. I believe that Xiao Wei should have become sensible after experiencing so many changes. At least from my contact with her these days, she has indeed changed a lot.
But Huang Li is right, I still have to be careful about her.
We continued walking for more than ten minutes, then I drove her back to her residence and then drove home alone.
Before leaving, Huang Li discussed with me and asked me to go to her store to find her after get off work tomorrow, and reminded me not to forget.
The next morning, I got up early, ran downstairs for five kilometers, bought some breakfast, went home, changed my clothes, and drove directly to West China Hospital.
After getting in touch with Xiao Wei, she told me that I had not entered the operating room yet, so I went to the ward.
In the ward, Xiao Wei's mother was ready to go into the operating room, and Xiao Wei was still lying in front of the hospital bed to comfort her mother.
After I entered, Xiao Wei raised her head to look at me and smiled reluctantly at me.
After nodding, I walked to the hospital bed and looked at Xiao Wei's mother on the hospital bed.
Before I could say anything, Xiao Wei's mother took the lead and said to me: "Xiao Feng, are you here?"
"Well, mom, don't worry. West China Hospital has very strong medical technology. You will be out in a while."
"I'm glad you can come, but I'm just asking you to make a trip." Xiao Wei's mother's tone was still a little weak.
"No trouble, Mom, don't think so much, just relax and just sleep."
Xiao Wei's mother nodded, and the doctor and nurse came in and said it was time to go to the operating room.
So Xiao Wei and I followed the nurse to push the bed to the surgery center, and watched as the nurse sent Xiao Wei's mother into the operating room.
We were isolated outside the operating room. The doctor told us that the operation would last at least two hours and asked us to be patient.
Xiao Wei and I sat on the waiting chair outside the operating room. There were many family members outside, and everyone who could sit here had a more or less sad expression on their face.
I didn’t like to stay in such an atmosphere all the time, so I said to Xiao Wei: “There is a Luckin Coffee downstairs from the hospital, why don’t we go there and sit for a while?”
"Okay." After Xiao Wei nodded in agreement, we went to the coffee shop together.
It's relatively quiet here. I timed it just right. It's now 9:47 a.m., so it won't be too late for us to go in around 11:30 a.m.
After ordering two drinks, Xiao Wei and I found a place to sit opposite each other.
She said to me: "It's really troublesome for you to come here to accompany me during working hours."
"Stop talking about this. Anyway, I haven't been particularly busy these two days. It's not too late to go to the company in the afternoon."
Xiao Wei bit her lower lip, as if she was thinking about something, and I didn't bother her.
After a while, she asked me: "Am I really not allowed to go to your company?"
I shook my head and replied: "Xiao Wei, it's not that I won't help you with this matter. There is indeed no shortage of front desk and back-office positions in the company, and we only need experienced people for other positions. So I'm sorry!
"
Xiao Wei was a little disappointed and said: "It's okay, don't feel embarrassed."
"Well, and your mother should be almost done after her surgery today. You guys are going back to Chongqing. You don't need to look for a job here."