On the other side of the phone, the occasional horn of the vehicle came, and Xu Mingze, who was on the other side, took out a pen and paper and was writing something.

Zhou He hesitated slightly, and just wanted to say that he could take a taxi back, Xu Mingze handed over the small post-it note that had just been written.

His fingers were slender and calloused, and the words on the paper were strong and powerful, and they read: Let the family pick it up, it's not safe for you to go back alone at night.

She knew that if Zhou He refused, she was probably afraid that he would be inconvenient.

Zhou He looked at the words on the note and subconsciously looked up at him. Xu Mingze smiled slightly on his face, and pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, which was quite a bit of a gentle gentleman.

Zhou He quickly retracted his gaze, answered the hello, and reported the address. He asked Li Peiyuan if he had eaten.

Li Peiyuan said that he had already eaten, probably because he was afraid that she would be inconvenient, so she didn't have to worry, he would wait for her in the parking lot.

That being said, both of them had eaten about the same amount. Xu Mingze was very gentlemanly and accompanied Zhou He out to wait. It was originally Zhou He who invited the guests, but he went to settle the bill early. smiled and said that he would go out to play, and it would not be too late to invite Zhou He.

Li Peiyuan was still in the future, so the two waited on the side of the road. The summer night wind brought some heat, Xu Mingze went to the small supermarket next to him to buy two bottles of water, handed one to Zhou He, and said, "The drink is not very healthy." ”

Zhou Heben rarely drank drinks, and nodded with a slight smile.

It was already past nine o'clock, and the streets were gradually deserted. Zhou He couldn't find anything to say, so he asked about Xu Mingze's work.

Although she didn't understand anything, Xu Mingze didn't perfunctory her. Taking the little one's illness as a case, he explained to her the various situations encountered during the operation and recovery. There are sorrows and joys.

He originally thought that Zhou Hehui would find it boring, but it wasn't. The expression on Zhou He's face was very serious, and he would ask a few words from time to time. Xu Mingze is even more patient this time.

Li Peiyuan's car drove over more than ten minutes later, and Zhou He called his uncle when he saw him. Then the two were introduced.

Xu Mingze was polite and polite, and called Mr. Li. stretched out his hand and shook hands with Li Peiyuan.

The two simply said hello, knowing that Xu Mingze was here on a business trip and did not drive, Li Peiyuan offered to take him back to the hotel.

This is not far from the hotel, Xu Mingze politely refused. Said that he walked back to eat just in time. After getting to the side of the car, the gentleman pulled the door for Zhou He. After saying goodbye to the two, he stood aside.

The car drove away quickly, and when he arrived at the intersection in front of him and waited for the red light to look in the rearview mirror, he found that Xu Mingze was still standing in place, holding a mobile phone in his hand and making a call.

She quickly retracted her gaze, and the red light soon turned into a green light, Li Peiyuan looked ahead, drove past the intersection, and then asked, "Is Dr. Xu also in D City?"

Just now, he just said a few polite words, he only knew that Xu Mingze was a doctor and came here on a business trip.

Zhou He nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Li Peiyuan looked at the road ahead, paused for a moment, and said, "If Doctor Xu is done, invite him to come to the house for dinner." ”

Zhou He couldn't help but be stunned at this moment, she quickly reacted and understood what Li Peiyuan meant, and explained helplessly: "Uncle, you misunderstood, Doctor Xu and I are just friends, very ordinary friends. ”

Li Peiyuan smiled slightly and said, "Who said that ordinary friends can't be invited to the house for dinner? It's just a light meal, and an aunt will cook it. Just ask someone to come over. After he finished speaking, he paused, and then continued: "You are too far over there, and I can't help with anything. I just took this opportunity to ask the doctor to take care of it. ”

Zhou He muttered at this time, I am not a child. But he still compromised, and invited him over for dinner when Xu Mingze was done.

The topic was originally on Xu Mingze, and in the following time, Li Peiyuan casually asked how Zhou He and Xu Mingze met.

Zhou Ji didn't hide it from him, and told him about sending the child to the hospital for surgery. and said that Xu Mingze sent them back, and later went over to deliver medicine and check the children's health.

Li Peiyuan didn't know what he was thinking, he didn't speak, he just nodded.

After Zhou He finished speaking, he said: "If there is anything bad in the school after I go back, call me to let me know." I'll see if I can fix it. ”

Zhou He was also polite and thanked him.

When I got home, it was already past ten o'clock, and Zhou He didn't feel sleepy at all, and he didn't rush to wash. The air conditioner in the house was too cold, and she felt a little uncomfortable, so she filled a bowl of sour plum soup made by her aunt and went to the courtyard outside to blow a cool breeze.

The air was still a little stuffy when it first got dark, but now the air is getting cooler. The breeze blows on the bare arms with a soft coolness.

The yard is so dense with plants that you can hear crickets and insects chirping in the corners. Under the dim yellow light, the surroundings were extremely quiet.

Zhou He didn't know what he was thinking, she was looking at the dim yellow light when Li Peiyuan went out. Probably hearing his footsteps, she turned around and called out to her little uncle.

Li Peiyuan quickly sat down on the stone bench on the side, looked at the time, and asked, "Can't you sleep?"

Zhou He nodded, smiled, and said, "I don't want to sleep yet." She knew that Li Peiyuan would have to go to work tomorrow, and after speaking, she said, "Little uncle, go and rest, I'll go to sleep in a while." ”

Li Peiyuan was noncommittal, looked around, thought for a while, and asked, "Do you want to drink some wine?"

Without waiting for Zhou He to speak, he got up and went to the house. It didn't take long for a few cans of beer to come out. opened a can and handed it to Zhou He, saying, "It's okay to drink occasionally, but you can't drink too much." ”

Ever since Zhou He's surgery, he has kept these things in mind.

Zhou He nodded, took the beer and took a sip.

The beer is chilled, and it runs down the throat as if to soothe the restlessness in the body. Zhou He's inexplicable anxiety just now gradually calmed down.

"What were you thinking just now, I'm very engrossed. Li Peiyuan also took a sip of beer, looked sideways at Zhou He, and asked.

Zhou He smiled and said, "I didn't think about anything." She hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I don't know when my uncle and their side will be free, I want to go over and see them." ”

It's rare for her to come back once, so naturally she can't just be here in the old mansion.

Li Peiyuan sighed, put down the beer can, took out a cigarette to light it, and said, "He shouldn't have been busy lately, let me ask, let's go over on the weekend." ”

His tone was light.

Zhou He nodded and said yes. At this time, she remembered the marriage that ended a year ago because Li Peiyuan was blind and diseased. She sat stunned for a while, but still asked, "Uncle, aren't you going to get married?"

will ask him if he is married, and it is not just Zhou Yiren. Li Peiyuan was not surprised, picked up the beer and took a sip, sighed, but did not answer. After a long while, he smiled slightly and said, "Why are you the same as Li Tian, every time you meet, you have to ask this question." ”

In the entire Li family, except for Zhou He, only Li Tian can talk to him in a few words.

Zhou He said seriously: "That's because you really should get married, uncle." ”

Li Peiyuan smoked a cigarette and did not speak again.

The courtyard was quiet for a while. Zhou He was silent for a long time before asking, "Uncle, you have always refused to get married because of ......"

She wanted to ask if it was because of the girl when she was studying abroad.

But before he finished speaking, Li Peiyuan reached out and patted her head, and said with a slight smile: "What are you thinking about, just because you haven't met the right person." ”

Speaking of the latter part, his tone was understated.

He sighed after speaking, and then said, "Don't think nonsense, I have my own business. After he finished speaking, he paused slightly, and then continued: "Ahe, that Doctor Xu is very good. I should have met him last year when I was in City Y, his father, who was the Minister of Health in City D. The family background is innocent. ”

Zhou He didn't expect him to bring the topic to Xu Mingze, he was somewhat helpless, and said seriously: "Uncle, Doctor Xu and I are really just ordinary friends. ”

Li Peiyuan sighed, but did not continue on the topic. After taking two puffs, he extinguished the cigarette butt and suddenly said, "Ahe, your mother will be back at the end of this month." ”

Zhou He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and didn't speak for a while.

Li Peiyuan paused and continued: "Her health is not very good, and she plans to come back to recuperate for a while. She...... I'm worried about you. ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhou He.

Zhou He lowered his head slightly, unable to see the expression on his face. After a long while, she picked up her beer and drank it, asking, "What's wrong with her?"

"I don't know the specifics, I haven't found anything abroad. He usually doesn't have much contact with Li Ying, and he didn't tell him in detail, just told him that he would come back at the end of the month.

Zhou He was silent and didn't speak.

Li Peiyuan did not speak again.

Zhou He obviously didn't want to continue on this topic, and quickly finished a can of beer. He threw the can into the trash can on the side, stood up, and pretended to be relaxed: "I'm going to rest, little uncle, you should rest early." ”

Li Peiyuan responded with a hello.

Zhou He's figure disappeared at the door after a while, but he sat still and didn't move. After drinking all the beers he had been born, he closed the door and went upstairs with the light.

Zhou He couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning all night, and when he closed his eyes, what Li Peiyuan said came to mind. Her heart sank.

Li Ying's illness, I don't know if it was found out abroad, or because Li Peiyuan was not told.

Zhou He's mind was a mess, and he didn't have any clue at all, forcing himself not to think about anything.

She still couldn't do anything and didn't think about it until about three o'clock in the morning, when she fell asleep in a daze.

When she woke up the next morning, her mind was groggy. I sat on the bed for a while, and then I washed up and went downstairs. She didn't have much to do for the day, but she had to see what to see nearby. Write a copy to Xu Mingze and see where he is going.

It's rare for him to come here, and of course he can't recommend it casually. Should go to places worth visiting.

Although she didn't get up late, Li Peiyuan had already gone to work. The aunt was busy in the kitchen. When she saw Zhou He, she greeted her with a smile, saying that she would make her xiaolongbao, which the old lady loved to eat when she was there, and she still needed to steam it for a while, so let her wait.

Zhou He said that he was not hungry and asked his aunt if there was anything she needed help with.

Li Peiyuan didn't eat breakfast, and now only the two of them are left in the house. It's just a breakfast, where she needs help, so the aunt said no, let her go and sit outside.

Zhou He's head was a little stuffy, and he didn't sit in the living room. Instead, he walked outside and blew the cool morning breeze.

Not long after I arrived outside, I heard the phone ring inside. She didn't know much about what was going on here, and she didn't care if she knew that her aunt would pick it up, and continued to stand outside.

As she had thought, the aunt quickly got out of the kitchen and picked up the phone.

Zhou He didn't care about this anymore, and looked out intently. Who knew that less than a minute later, the aunt came out in a hurry and said, "Miss Zhou, your phone number said that it was looking for you." ”

Zhou He couldn't help but be stunned at this moment, and couldn't think of anyone who would call her here.

She entered the living room full of doubts, picked up the phone, and fed her.

can call her here, she thought it would be Xu Yuanning. But it's not. A slightly hoarse voice soon came from the other end of the phone, "It's me." ”

Although the voice is a little hoarse, it is not difficult to hear who it is. Zhou He's face changed, his whole person stiffened, and he asked, "What's the matter?"

Cheng Wei on the other end of the phone didn't speak for a while, and when Zhou He was about to hang up the phone directly, he said, "I have made an appointment with Dr. Lu, and he will wait for you in the consultation room at noon." ”

Although she left quietly early at that time, it was easy for Cheng Wei to check her whereabouts.

His tone was calm, without any waves.

Zhou He's hand subconsciously squeezed tightly, she was afraid that her aunt would hear it, her voice was low, and she said, "I'm not going." ”

If she doesn't want to, she vetoes it. The sound was a little annoying.

If Cheng Wei is there, you can see her face flushed in an instant.

She was about to hang up the phone as soon as she finished speaking, and Cheng Wei on the other side of the phone seemed to know what she was going to do, and said lightly before she hung up the phone: "If you want your little uncle to know, you can choose not to go." ”

He was a naked threat.

Zhou He's face turned even redder, and the fingers holding the microphone turned white. didn't talk to Cheng Wei anymore, and hung up the phone directly.

The aunt was curious that someone called her to find her, and came out with porridge just to see Zhou He hanging up the phone. She didn't look good when she saw her. The action paused and asked, "What's wrong with Miss Zhou?"

Zhou He turned around, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Not much." If she usually wouldn't explain, now I'm afraid that my aunt will suspect something, so she added: "My friend let me go out, I didn't bring my mobile phone downstairs, and he called here before I got through." ”

Auntie didn't suspect anything, and nodded. asked Zhou He if he was in a hurry, saying that the driver would come back in a while, and where to go for the driver to send her.

Zhou He was absent-minded, squeezed out a smile and said that he would just go out, and then followed his aunt into the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks.

She didn't plan to go to Dr. Lu's side, but she had already told her aunt to go out. After breakfast, she had to go out.

She didn't know where she was going, so she took a taxi to the city center and walked aimlessly. Finally, he stopped in front of a bookstore, paused in his steps, and walked in.

used to read books to pass the time, but now she can't see anything. Holding the book, the morning phone call unconsciously came to mind.

She had no doubt that if she didn't go to Dr. Lu's side, Cheng Wei would tell Li Peiyuan about it. She pursed her lips and subconsciously pulled down her clothes, covering those scars tightly.

She was in a trance, and she couldn't read the book anymore. She put the book back on the shelf and walked out of the bookstore.

She knew that if Cheng Wei really told Li Peiyuan about this, she would not be able to go back to D City. Zhou He's heart became agitated, and at twelve o'clock, he stopped at the door of Dr. Lu's clinic.

However, in just one year, Dr. Lui's clinic has more than doubled in size. Dr. Lui was also much busier than then, she went to the consultation desk to ask about Dr. Lui, and the nurse said that Dr. Lui's number had been lined up for two weeks.

Finally, I heard that she had made an appointment, and asked her what time it was. Zhou Ji didn't know what time Cheng Wei made an appointment, so he had to vaguely say that Dr. Lu knew, and if Dr. Lu was not available, he asked her to tell him and tell him that she had come.

The nurse then remembered that Dr. Lu had said in the morning that if anyone came to him, he would take him to his office immediately, and she didn't dare to let Zhou He leave just like that, so she asked her to follow her to Dr. Lui's office.

There were people in Dr. Lu's office, and the nurse waited outside with Zhou He for about 20 minutes, and a middle-aged woman came out of the office. The nurse hurriedly took Zhou He into the office.

Although the last time we met was a long time ago, Dr. Lui still recognized Zhou Helai at a glance. He didn't invite her to sit down, but after nodding and saying hello, he took off the white coat on his body, and said with a smile: "It's just time to eat, Miss Zhou shouldn't have eaten yet, right?"

Zhou Hegang was a little nervous, but seeing that he didn't ask anything, he subconsciously relaxed a little and nodded.

Dr. Lu asked the nurse to hand over the appointment to the other doctors, and said to Zhou He, "There is a new store nearby, I heard that they are good." Miss Zhou, if you don't dislike it, let's try it together?"

Zhou He is more willing to go out than stay here. She nodded almost without thinking.

Dr. Lu smiled on his face, and as he walked out, he said, "I heard that Miss Zhou is a teacher in a small township, which is amazing. ”

These things must have been told to him by Cheng Wei, but it was not annoying to say it from his mouth.

Zhou He smiled faintly and said, "It's nothing remarkable, I'm not the only one." ”

Dr. Lu put away the smile on his face and said seriously: "For us, people like Miss Zhou are amazing, at least, many people can't make such a decision. ”

The conditions over there are difficult, and it's okay to go for a short time, but if it's a long time, many people can't hold on.

Zhou Ji was reluctant to continue on this topic, just smiled faintly and did not speak.

Naturally, Dr. Lui knew that she didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't say any more. Instead, I asked about the customs and customs of D City.

When you stay with people, you have to find topics. It is not difficult to continue this topic, Zhou He naturally will not fail to answer, and seriously say it better. Occasionally, I will insert some interesting things in life.

Doctor Lu nodded when he heard this, he didn't look like he was coming to see a doctor. It's like you're here to get together with old friends.

But Zhou He knew that this was just the surface, and did not let his guard down. Sometimes you have to think about it several times before you say it.

Dr. Lui was talking about a place near his clinic, and Zhou He originally thought it would be a big restaurant, but it wasn't, it was just a small storefront.

The decoration of the shop is also very simple, but it is clean. It's not like the greasy smell of an ordinary shop.

Dr. Lu seemed to have come to eat, and after sitting down, he ordered the restaurant's signature braised pork and cold dishes, and then pushed the menu to Zhou He.

Zhou Ji didn't waste anything, and after ordering a dish and a soup, he asked Dr. Lu if he had enough to eat, and then gave the menu to the waiter in the store.

The topic just now was broken, and Zhou He couldn't find anything to say, so he lowered his head and drank tea.

Her defense was still strong, and after asking a few words, Dr. Lu saw that she remained silent is the golden principle, and was somewhat helpless, and said, "Miss Zhou, you don't have to be so defensive of me. You know, if you don't want to say it, I won't force it, and I won't change the law to trick you. ”

Zhou He didn't say a word now.

Dr. Lu did exactly what he said, and in the rest of the day, he didn't ask Zhou He any more questions. It's just ordinary words.

It didn't take long for the meal to be finished, and Dr. Lu thought for a moment and said, "Miss Zhou, is she going home or going to sit with me?"

Zhou Ji didn't know what Cheng Wei said to him, hesitated slightly, and still asked, "Did he say how long I should stay here?"

Naturally, Dr. Lu knew who she was asking, and he didn't hide anything, and said, "I have made an appointment for this afternoon. ”

Zhou He pursed his lips and remained silent.

Dr. Lu raised his wrist to look at the time, knowing that she had her concerns about not leaving, he groaned slightly and said, "If you don't want to go home, you can go to my office and sit down." In the afternoon, there were a lot of patients at the clinic, so I had to sit in for a consultation. But there's a lounge over there where you can rest. ”

What he meant by this was to cooperate with Zhou He's perfunctory Cheng Wei's side. It's the best of both worlds.

Zhou He made a quick decision in his heart, but still hesitated and asked, "This won't bother you, right?"