The high-speed rail arrived at the east of the city, the driver drove in the direction of the city, Jiang Ruo and Cheng Shu settled lunch in a Cantonese restaurant, and went to buy some health products, and then prepared to visit Mingyu's mother.

Jiang Ruo hadn't been back to her hometown for many years, and soon after she was picked up by Jiang Qiying, the Cheng family also moved to Donglin City.

Cheng Dong has been up and down for many years during his lifetime, and relatives have long ceased to communicate with each other, but every year around the Qingming Festival, he will still bring his wife and children back to worship his ancestors, although Jiang Ruo is no longer surnamed Cheng, but his biological mother and adoptive mother are all members of the Qiao family, and he should return to Qiao's house with Qiao Hui during the New Year's holidays, but Qiao Hui is afraid that she will be discussed by relatives, so he simply does not take her back.

For many years, Jiang Ruo looked out the car window and looked at the situation of speeding by the roadside, the suburbs of the city that had lagged behind in the past have newly erected high-rise buildings, the roads have become smoother and spacious, and the hospital has also moved to a new location, and there is a new scene everywhere.

Jiang Ruo saw that there was a fruit store outside the hospital, and went to buy a fruit basket, the driver parked the car, Jiang Ruo asked Cheng Shu to wait in the car, and Cheng Shu said to go up with her.

Jiang Ruo declined: "I have something to say to the patient, it may not be convenient." ”

Cheng Shu insisted: "I can stay outside the door." ”

Jiang Ruo looked at her for a long time, Cheng Shu's eyes looked at her firmly, and Jiang Ruo took the lead in defeat, "Okay." ”

Jiang Ruo followed the floor that Ming Yu had told her in advance.

Mingyu's mother was in the ordinary ward of the three-person room, Mingyu wanted to transfer her to a single room, but when she left, the money was paid, but her mother did not want to live.

When he arrived at the door, Cheng Shu consciously sat on the bench next to the ward.

When Jiang Ruo entered, one bed was empty, and the patient in the other bed was chatting with Mingyu's mother.

Jiang Ruo smiled and greeted warmly: "Aunt Xiao." ”

Xiao Lu couldn't hide his surprise, propped up the bed and sat up, "This...... Why are you so free?"

The bed next to Xiao Lu was an elderly man, with a tube inserted, his cloudy eyes were glued to Jiang Ruo's body, his dark lips were slightly open, his body was getting heavier and heavier, and it was difficult to move, only his head slowly moved in the direction of Jiang Ruo.

Without exception, the sick person has a haggard complexion, the body seems to be drained of energy, and the eyes are full of powerlessness against the increasing wear and tear of the body.

The old man's speech was no longer very clear, and she asked Xiao Lu weakly: "Is this your daughter?"

She was only admitted to the hospital two days ago, and she didn't know about the situation between Xiao Lu and Mingyu.

Xiao Lu sneered and replied: "It's my daughter's friend and my student, I watched grow up, I've been so old for a while, I haven't seen it for many years, and it's so beautiful that I almost can't recognize it." ”

The other party smiled and agreed: "The eighteen changes of the female university." ”

Xiao Lu said: "Yes, but she looked good when she was a child, and now she is much more mature, and she is not the same as good-looking." ”

Jiang Ruo put the things he brought on the bedside table, the space in the ward is limited, there is a storage cabinet and a bedside table per person, in addition to daily necessities and gifts brought by other people's visits, the cabinet can't be placed, so it can only be put on the shelf under the bed.

Jiang Ruo sat on the chair next to the hospital bed, learned about Xiao Lu's condition during the chat, and talked about her previous school days, but they all avoided Ming Yu and did not mention it.

But there is always a time when the topic ends, Jiang Ruo wants to give the card to Xiao Lu, but this kind of relatively private and sensitive topic is not easy to say in front of outsiders, and Xiao Lu will definitely refuse.

Xiao Lu seemed to see Jiang Ruo's difficulty, and asked the old lady on the next bed: "You're going to do an MRI later, right?"

The other party nodded: "Three o'clock, wait for the doctor to come." ”

Jiang Ruo understood what she meant, Xiao Lu wanted her to wait a little longer, and wait for the next bed to go for an examination, so that there would be room to talk alone.

After a while, the medical staff came early, and the nurse and the old man's children worked together to lift the person onto the hospital bed and push him out.

Jiang Ruo picked up a fragrant pear and peeled it, and asked the old man what his illness was.

Xiao Lu sighed: "Geriatric disease, when you are old, many problems in your body have broken out all at once. I heard her son say that he changed many departments, thinking that he had cancer, but he turned around, and he couldn't find any fatal problems, only that he said that there was a problem with the digestive system, and he had high blood pressure and hemiplegia, as well as inflammation, and he could control it when he took the medicine, but once he stopped the medicine, he began to have a high fever again and again a few hours later, and sometimes his mind was not very clear. ”

She said and shook her head, "It's too hard, the doctor said it was difficult to survive this winter, and the children still insisted on wanting to be treated again." The right bed was the same before, she was in a coma all day long, and yesterday the family took her back. ”

"And how do you spend your time here?"

"I either read books or go online to watch dramas. Xiao Lu is a junior high school Chinese teacher, his favorite is Li Yu, he is also keen on studying the history of the Song Dynasty, and he is a gentle person, he is an out-and-out romantic and idealist, but his life experience is different from ordinary people's cruelty.

"That's good. Jiang Ruo raised his eyes and smiled at her, and handed her the peeled pear.

"Thank you," Xiao Lu took it and glanced at Jiang Ruo's face twice, "Ruo, you came to me, do you have anything to say?"

From the moment Jiang Ruo appeared in the ward, Xiao Lu had actually guessed her purpose.

The neighbor who has been disconnected for many years is not in the same place, so why bother to come here so much? If it weren't for Ming Yu, Jiang Ruo would not have known about her hospitalization this time.

Jiang Ruo wiped his hands with wet wipes, thinking about how to speak, and then said while taking out the card bag from his bag: "Auntie, in fact, I came this time to hand over something to you for Mingyu." ”

Jiang Ruo handed over the card.

When Xiao Lu heard the word "Mingyu", the expression on his face fluctuated suddenly, and when he saw the bank card, his face turned cold, as if he was angry and had a bad attack on the spot, so he turned his head to the side.

No one took the things, Jiang Ruo's hand froze in mid-air, and as expected, she withdrew her hand.

"Auntie, there is a sum of money in this, which Mingyu has saved over the years, she ......"

Jiang Ruo was halfway through her words, Xiao Lu interrupted her, and said solemnly: "Jiang Ruo, Auntie thought that it was Mingyu who asked you to come to see me, but I didn't think that it was she who asked you to run errands and send money." She won't accept this money from me, and if you pass it on to me, I won't accept it either. Since you will have this trip, you must also know why I don't want to see her, you should understand Auntie's thoughts. ”

After Xiao Lu finished speaking, there seemed to be a big stone pressing her heart, and she couldn't relieve it by spitting out a mouthful of turbidity, she threw the pear core into the trash, and Jiang Ruo took out a tissue to wipe her hands.

Jiang Ruo knew that Xiao Lu was not an unkind person, not to mention that it was her daughter, and it was also her daughter who subverted the moral concepts she had insisted on for a long time.

Xiao Lu laughed at herself: "As the old saying goes, a tree lives a layer of skin, and a person lives a face, just because of her! My face and dignity were stripped off layer by layer in front of so many old colleagues and neighbors," she poked her heart and looked pained, "Her father left our mother and daughter without saying a word, I worked hard to raise her and send her to college while paying off her husband's debts, she chose an unpopular language major with a worrying future, I relied on her, I just hope she can live a free and glorious life, but what did she do?" If you don't love yourself or respect yourself, you don't know what your surname is when you leave the house!"

Jiang Ruo couldn't agree, but he could understand, and if he wanted to persuade her, he could only move with affection and reason.

She said: "Then haven't you thought about what you would do if you didn't have that money? Mingyu was only a college student at the time, and she was already wearing many hats at that time, but could you wait? And the money was not enough, I'm afraid she would fall first." ”

Xiao Lu stubbornly said: "Then she shouldn't do ...... either"

"Aunt Xiao, you may have been misled by Xu Siying," Jiang Ruo patiently explained word by word: "When Mingyu and Jiang Ji were together, the man was unmarried and the woman were unmarried, and Xu Siying didn't know where she was. At most, the problem is that Jiang Jin and Ming Yu cannot be equal in terms of economic ability, which leads to unequal status in the relationship; in fact, what was wrong with Jiang Ji as a boyfriend helping his girlfriend in distress at that time? At that time, Ming Yu did not know that he was entrusting no one, which would cause today's situation. ”

Xiao Lu pursed his lips and didn't answer, turned his face away and blinked his eyes a few times.

Jiang Ruo lowered his eyes: "You only know that Ming Yu has made you ashamed in front of people, but you don't know how much she has sacrificed." ”

She stared at the card in her hand, and then put it next to Xiao Lu's pillow, "This money was originally a way back for herself, but she was afraid that you would have an urgent need here, so she entrusted me to give it to you." ”

Xiao Lu didn't look at her, his face was on the side, but he actually listened to every word.

"Auntie, it's not too early, Mingyu's request for me has been done, I'll go back first," Jiang Ruo picked up his bag and got up, before leaving, he was afraid that Xiao Lu would still not take the money Ming Yu gave her seriously, and thought about it: "Mingyu, she hasn't been doing well lately, and you are her only thought." ”

Xiao Lu looked at Jiang Ruo with a smile, and his eyes couldn't help showing a trace of anxiety, "What's wrong with her?"

Jiang Ruo: "When you are willing to contact her, wouldn't it be nice to ask her in person?"

Jiang Ruo thought, maybe the last sentence could make Xiao Lu see clearly whether he really didn't care about that daughter.

Walking out of the ward, Jiang Ruo felt bad in her heart, and after staying in it for too long, the disinfectant water in the air and the patient's body odor were mixed together, which made her chest feel stuffy.

turned his head and saw Cheng Shu sitting there. She sat here all the time, never leaving except to go to the bathroom.

Jiang Ruo told her that she had worked hard.

Cheng Shu turned off the game interface on his phone, "Are you going back now?"

Jiang Ruo nodded, saying very little, not as if he came.

The high-speed rail ticket that Jiang Ru bought at five o'clock in the afternoon is still too late to pass slowly.

Because of the difference between the departure station and the arrival station on the return trip, it only took an hour and a half in total, Jiang Ruo received a call from Lu Huaishen halfway, he just got off the plane, and said that he would come directly to the high-speed rail station to pick her up in a while.

After about half an hour, Lu Huaishen's call came in again, he had something to do to go to Guangzhou temporarily, and he couldn't come.

At that time, he had just left the airport, and he turned around and went back to buy the latest flight to Guangzhou.

Jiang Ruo was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "It's okay, I can go back by myself, you are busy with yours." ”

"If things go well, be able to come back tomorrow night. ”

On the other end of the phone was the voice of the airport radio announcing the flight delay, and Lu Huai's deep voice was low and clear, and he could hear that he was a little tired. Jiang Ruo knew that he had high requirements for the sleeping environment, especially on the plane, and would rather work than sleep.

Jiang Ruo looked at the scenes that passed quickly outside the window of the bullet train, and he didn't know where he went, in short, it was not in the city, the sky was like ink, and there were faint lights on the ground.

She asked, "What if it doesn't go well?"