My uncle put his hands behind his back and went to the living room.
My aunt and uncle held her reading glasses in one hand and a watering can in the other, and continued to water the flowers that were about to bloom on the windowsill.
There is an ancient cabinet in the living room, with red paint and large peony patterns, and every green leaf is very lifelike.
Take off the cabinet cover.
There is a stack of newspapers on the left side of the cabinet. My uncle has the habit of collecting old newspapers.
On top of the newspaper, there is a thick photo album.
My uncle took out the photo album, flipped through a few pages, and finally found the photo in his memory.
There are four people in the photo, one is my uncle when he was young, and the other three are girls in their twenties.
In this group photo, Zhang Yali is standing in the middle, wearing red trousers that were very popular in that era. The expression on her face is not as happy as the other two girls.
On the left side of Zhang Yali is her young aunt and uncle.
On Zhang Yali's right, standing was her best friend, Zhou Qing when she was young, wearing a white skirt and two exquisite black braids.
Although this photo was taken twenty-eight years ago, my uncle felt that he was not old enough to remember that face incorrectly.
After watching it for a long time, my uncle suddenly felt that he had thought too much.
The woman who works as a secretary for her boss must be just a child from an ordinary family.
My uncle was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't notice the old woman entering the house after watering the flowers.
When my aunt and uncle saw the four people in the photo, her face immediately turned bad. She pointed at Zhou Qing and said to her old man: "Can looking at other people's photos secretly relieve your lovesickness?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" My uncle angrily put away the photos and stuffed the old photo album into the cabinet.
"Don't you dare admit it if you look at someone else's photo? Zhang Yide, don't say I didn't remind you, Zhou Qing is the wife of the Provincial Party Committee Secretary! People looked down on you back then, and you are really capable. You were thirty-seven or eighty years old.
You are too old to have a crush on a girl twenty years younger than you." My aunt was very jealous.
Thinking that the old man had liked other women when he was young, he became very angry.
My uncle didn't argue, turned around and left the living room.
I'm a lot older and it's no fun to worry about these things.
Zhou Qing is Zhang Yali's best friend. They grew up together. As Zhang Yali's brother, her uncle fell in love with her sister's best friend and couldn't help but love her. However, his uncle never felt jealous or regretful.
Zhou Qing married an outstanding soldier and lived a happy life. Now Zhou Qing's husband has become the provincial party committee secretary.
Zhang Yide just feels sorry for his sister. Compared with the girls who grew up around him, his sister's relationship and life are much more difficult.
…
The first hospital.
Mu Shaoling sent Ruan Bai over.
Ruan Bai got out of the car, closed the door, turned around and said to him: "Drive slowly."
Mu Shaoling didn't say anything. He looked at her delicate figure entering the hospital. He looked away, picked up his cell phone and made a call. He said, "You should contact Director Zheng of the First Hospital immediately. There is a lung cancer patient named Ruan."
, give me special care."
Ruan Bai entered the hospital feeling a little uneasy.
When she was eighteen years old, her father had liver cancer, but when she found out, her father was already in the hospital for treatment, and she did not participate in handling any issues related to the procedures.
The First Hospital is very large, and it took a long time to walk up the steps to get in. It is an old building left over from the Anti-Japanese War, and the exterior walls are very thick and solid at first glance.
When Ruan Bai went to ask the doctor, the doctor asked him: "Hello, is your father's surname Ruan?"
Ruan Bai was surprised and nodded: "Yes."
"Please follow me." The guiding lady was very polite and showed her the way.
Ruan Bai followed him in cautiously and registered to see the expert.
You don't need to think about it to know that this is probably Mu Shaoling's handiwork...
Li Ni also came to the hospital. When she saw Ruan Bai, she asked, "Isn't uncle here yet?"
Ruan Bai shook his head.
Ruan Likang said he would definitely come back and there was no need for her to pick him up.
Ruan Bai knew that her father was afraid that she would conflict with Li Huizhen and her daughter.
"Don't be too sad. I feel sorry for you. No matter what happens to you in this life, you can't change your destiny." Li Ni didn't know how to enlighten Ruan Bai.
Five years ago, Ruan Bai was tortured by his father's liver cancer. Now, for Ruan Bai, lung cancer has only made matters worse, and has gone from cold to even colder.
This blow will not directly freeze Ruan Bai to death.
Ruan Bai has experience in how to keep warm and survive.
At around ten o'clock, Ruan Likang called.
"Xiao Bai, Dad can't go to the hospital until one o'clock in the afternoon. You go back to your company to work first?"
Ruan Bai was worried that his father would not come, so he said, "I will wait at the hospital. If you don't come, I won't leave."
Ruan Likang said, "I must go, and I'll go as soon as I finish what I'm doing."
Li Ni listened with her ears close to the side and when Ruan Bai hung up, she said: "Let's go outside to have something to drink first and wait slowly. The air in the hospital is too bad."
"Yeah." Ruan Bai went downstairs with her.
The hospital elevator is always crowded with people, so Ruan Bai and Li Ni can only go down the stairs.
When he reached the corner of the stairs on the third floor, Ruan Bai saw two people standing in front of the window, one was Ruan Meimei with a sad face, and the other was Wang Na with a nervous face.
"Mom? Why are you here?"
Li Ni was surprised.
Ruan Meimei saw Ruan Bai and walked to the obstetrics and gynecology department without saying anything.
Wang Na glared at her daughter and Ruan Bai, who were in the way. She turned around and grabbed Ruan Meimei's arm, pleading: "Meimei, you can't hit this child. He is the flesh and blood of our Li family... Just be kind..."
When Li Ni heard this, her eyes became sharp and she said to Ruan Bai, "Wait for me out front."
Ruan Bai nodded. Since the breakup, the Li family's affairs have nothing to do with her anymore.
She didn't want to get involved, so she had to wait for Li Ni in front.
Ruan Meimei said to Wang Na with tears in her eyes: "Auntie, it's not that I don't want to have this child, it's that Li Zong doesn't dare to recognize this child. He feels that if he recognizes this child, he will be sorry for others."
This "other person" obviously refers to Ruan Bai.
Ruan Bai felt like a black pot fell from the sky and fell on him.
At the same time, when Ruan Meimei said the last sentence, her sad eyes looked pointedly at Ruan Bai, who was waiting for Li Ni ahead.
Wang Na understood instantly, straightened her face and said: "Meimei, that son of mine is just too stupid and was deceived by a woman with an innocent appearance. He is also a pathetic person. You are all good children and pathetic people!"
"Auntie, let me make the decision for you. Isn't there a law for you? My son recognized his own flesh and blood, so he is sorry for others? She is a shameless dead woman who gave my son so many cuckolds, how can she still live well? She is shameless
It’s not you, it’s her!”
Ruan Bai heard it, after all Wang Na scolded so loudly.
Many people queuing up in the hospital stood at the stairs, talking and talking.
Li Ni looked at her old and confused biological mother and Ruan Meimei, who was playing the role of White Lotus. She slapped Ruan Meimei hard on the left side of her face with her right hand.
