His shadow was stretched out in the blazing white lights of the hospital.

It was early in the morning, and Zhou He's face was tired. She didn't have an appetite at all, and she didn't pick up the thermos box in his hand, and said, "No, I'm not hungry." It's not early, you go back and rest. After a slight pause, she continued, "You don't have to come over, I'm fine, thank you." ”

She lowered her head slightly, and didn't look at Cheng Wei after speaking, and hurriedly crossed him to the bathroom.

Afraid that Cheng Wei was still waiting in place, she rubbed in the bathroom for a while before coming out. When he came out of the corridor, it was empty, and Cheng Wei had already left.

He didn't take the thermos box with him, he put it on the window.

Zhou He stood for a while and went over to take the insulated box. It was still warm shredded chicken porridge, and she had no appetite for it, and she didn't plan to take it back to the ward. In the end, it was sent to the nurse's station and given to the nurse on duty.

Li Peiyuan woke up earlier than Zhou He expected, and as soon as she fell asleep in a daze, she felt the quilt move slightly. She was alert and immediately opened her eyes.

Li Peiyuan had already opened his eyes and was about to sit up by himself. Seeing that Zhou He woke up and stopped moving, he asked in a dumb voice, "Why did you come here?"

His voice was choppy, hoarse and inaudible.

Zhou He was in a hurry, called the doctor, and then said, "Uncle, don't move yet, the doctor will come over immediately." ”

There were two big dark circles under her eyes, Li Peiyuan slowed down slightly, tried to make her words clearer, and said, "I'm fine." ”

The doctor soon arrived, and the room was soon bustling with activity. Li Peiyuan was very tolerant, and he actually sat up. The doctor didn't stop him, he just told him to be careful not to open the wound.

He had more than one wound on his body, and his leg was also broken. But as long as you wake up, it's fine. The doctor examined and left shortly after. The room was quiet again.

Because he never woke up, the few who stayed behind also went to the hotel to rest. Now only Zhou He is left.

Li Peiyuan's face was pale from excessive blood loss, he didn't ask where the others were, he slowed down for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice: "Call your uncle and tell him I'm awake." ”

When he woke up, he asked Li Ruifeng to inform him, presumably he had something to say.

Zhou He responded with a hello and took out his mobile phone to call her uncle.

Her eldest uncle came very quickly and came alone. After he came, he found an excuse to send Zhou He out. The door to the ward was also closed.

After tossing for half a night, the sky outside is already faint. Zhou He stood in the corridor for a while, looked at the door of the closed ward, and knew that he would not be able to finish the conversation for a while, so he went downstairs to buy breakfast.

She hadn't eaten since yesterday, and her stomach ached. There wasn't anything good to eat near the hospital, so she looked at the foggy streets in the early morning, looked at the time, and walked to the alley next to the hospital.

There was a porridge shop and a steamed bun shop at the far end of the alley, and she ordered one porridge to eat herself, and asked the boss to pack two servings, planning to take them home.

It took half an hour to come and go. She had expected that the conversation would be over for so long, but it didn't. When I returned, the door to the ward was still closed. She didn't knock on the door, but sat down on a chair in the hallway.

I don't know what the two of them talked about, but they talked for two hours, and it wasn't until the doctor came to check the ward that the door to the ward opened. Zhou He's eldest uncle didn't stay, and left after briefly inquiring about Li Peiyuan's condition.

After he left, Li Peiyuan closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, not knowing what he was thinking. Zhou He asked him if he wanted to eat, and he opened his eyes.

He didn't eat much, only a small half bowl of porridge. It was past nine o'clock, and no one came.

Li Peiyuan seemed to know what Zhou He was thinking, and said, "Come here and stay, I'll let them all go back." His tone was understatement, and he didn't care.

Zhou He nodded and said, "I asked for leave, uncle, if you feel unwell, just tell me, and I'll go to the doctor." ”

Li Peiyuan replied that he was fine, and said: "There will be a nurse coming over later, you haven't rested all night, go back and rest." I'm in the hospital, there is a doctor for everything, nothing will happen. ”

Zhou He hurriedly came over, and he didn't even have a change of clothes. She didn't insist, and nodded in response. I'm going to go back to the house to wash up and change clothes, and make some soup and bring it over. Along the way, I also bought some daily necessities.

The nurse came at ten o'clock, a very young man. As soon as he spoke, he was full of smiles, and he was serious and quick in his work.

Zhou He was not very relieved, but now he was relieved, explained the matters that need attention, and hurriedly went to the vegetable market near the hospital to buy things that had been boiled in soup, and then took a taxi back to the house.

The house is still clean, but no one has lived in it for too long. Zhou He cleaned up casually, made porridge and went to wash.

She didn't feel sleepy, and it was only two o'clock when she returned to the hospital. Li Peiyuan had already fallen asleep, leaving only the nurse by the bedside.

Zhou He walked over lightly with his things and asked the nurse to rest. Said she would be here tonight, and he could go back if he had something.

The nurse didn't leave, and honestly said that he would always be outside, so that Zhou He needed to tell him.

Zhou He nodded in response.

Li Peiyuan's body is very good, and he has no fever or infection. Obviously, it would take half a month to be discharged from the hospital with such an injury, but on the third day, he actually asked the nurse to go through the discharge procedures.

Zhou He went to the house, and when he came back, the nurse was already packing his things.

She didn't agree with the fact that she would be discharged from the hospital in a short time, but she knew that Li Peiyuan had always been measured, and there must be a reason for him to be discharged, so she didn't ask anything.

His wounds were not healed, and he could not live alone. Coupled with a broken leg, Zhou He thought about it for a while and let him go back to the house with her. At least it's easier to get in and out. Li Peiyuan did not object.

His injuries will not heal in a short time, and Zhou He doesn't have to do everything now. I called Meng Shan again and worked at home while taking care of him.

Zhou He's eldest uncle has not come back since he left the hospital that day, and the Li family has not come over. And Li Peiyuan's colleagues have never been to the hospital.

Although Zhou He took care of Li Peiyuan, he never mentioned his injury. He didn't seem to think anything about the fact that no one came to see him.

Although Zhou He didn't ask anything, he vaguely felt that something was going to happen.

She has barely been out since she returned to the house. On the first day I went out to buy vegetables, I saw that there were already vegetables at the door. Don't think about it, she also knows that the dishes were sent by Cheng Wei.

In the following time, people would bring food and fruits every morning, and there was almost no need to go out to buy them.

She called Cheng Wei and asked him not to send anything here. Cheng Wei was noncommittal, and simply asked Li Peiyuan about his injury, but the matter of delivering food never stopped.

Zhou He knew that he couldn't stop it, so in the end, he simply let her go.

During the time she stayed in Yucheng, the sky in Kyoto changed faintly. Xu Yuanning's father, Zhishi, has no successor to the Xu family, and it is faintly withdrawing.

As for Li Peiyuan's injury, although the Li family is secretive. But the gossip got out. He said that he abused his power for personal gain and colluded with a criminal gang. He has now been suspended. The door of the Li family was closed for a while, and everyone was speculating that several of Zhou He's uncles would be implicated by Li Peiyuan. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Li family to recover in the future.

Zhou He didn't know about Kyoto, but she saw something about Li Peiyuan from the newspaper. She had already sensed that this time the matter was not simple, she believed Li Peiyuan, and did not ask him, but put away the newspaper, and hardly even read the TV news.

Although Li Peiyuan was recuperating from his injuries, the phone calls were constant. Often, people would call him, and he didn't know what to say, and he never said it in front of Zhou He.

Zhou He was cleaning the yard at noon that day, and when he heard the doorbell, he put down his broom and went to open the door. Standing outside the door was Cheng Wei, whom he hadn't seen for more than a week, carrying a number of gifts.

She didn't expect him to come over at all, and she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Cheng Wei's face was pale, and when he saw Zhou He standing still, he raised his eyebrows and said, "What, you don't know me?"

Zhou He looked at the things he was carrying, pursed his lips slightly, and said, "Is there something wrong?" There are patients at home, and it is not convenient to meet guests. ”

He knew that Li Pei was far away, and he didn't know what he was doing here.

Cheng Wei's face remained unchanged, and he said, "I went back to Kyoto a few days ago, and now I have time to come over to visit your little uncle." ”

He was carrying so many things, and it smelled like he was in the house.

Zhou He was a little sullen, and in her memory, she didn't remember that Cheng Wei and Li Peiyuan had any intersection. But since the person said that she was here to visit Li Peiyuan, it was obviously not good for her not to let people in, so she let them aside.

Not only did she not expect Cheng Wei to come over, but even Li Peiyuan did not expect it. He was reading a book in the living room, and when he saw Cheng Wei, he put the book aside casually and called Mr. Cheng politely.

Both of them are sophisticated and sleek, and although they have little to do with each other, they are not cold at all.

After Cheng Wei sat down, he had no intention of leaving, and when people came to visit patients, they couldn't just let people go back. Zhou He put down the cleaning on the other side of the yard and began to make lunch.

Cheng Wei has lived here for a while and is familiar with this side. Li Peiyuan's movement was inconvenient, and he even got up to make him tea. It's as if he's the master here.

Cheng Wei had a lot of things to do, and he left after lunch. Zhou He sent him to the door, looked down at the stones on the ground, and said, "I don't need to let people send things over in the future, I will go out to buy them myself." ”

Cheng Wei didn't speak, took out a cigarette and lit it, and glanced at her.

Zhou He paused slightly, and then said, "What happened last time won't happen again." She was referring to her crossing the road.

Speaking of that, Cheng Wei's face turned cold. Without looking at her, he opened the door and got into the car, and the car quickly disappeared into the alley.

He didn't have to think about it like this to know that he was rejecting Zhou He's proposal, Zhou He was a little discouraged, but he dared not speak angrily, stood outside for a while, and regained his energy and went back to the house.

Li Peiyuan didn't know what he was thinking, and was looking at the lush creeper outside the window. His wound was changed every day and is much better now. Outside, the sky was overcast, and it looked like it was going to rain. The room was a little cold and gloomy. Zhou He walked over, took a thin blanket for him, and said, "Uncle, do you want to go out to breathe?"

Li Peiyuan came back to his senses, nodded and said yes. Zhou He was afraid that he would ask Cheng Wei about it, but he didn't ask anything.

Although Zhou He didn't want Cheng Wei to come over, he came over from time to time. Sometimes they bring a box of coffee, sometimes they bring some fruit.

But he didn't stay long, sometimes he would eat a meal and leave, and sometimes he would sit for a few minutes and leave.

On this day, Zhou He needed to go out to buy something, and after saying hello to Li Peiyuan, he went out.

She had to go shopping for daily necessities, and went to the supermarket for more than an hour before she hurriedly took a taxi back. When she left, Li Peiyuan was trimming flowers and plants in the yard. His flowers and plants had not yet been trimmed, and the scissors were placed on the ground, but the man was no longer in the yard.

He still has injuries on his body, and Zhou He is worried about what will happen to him alone. Carrying his things, he hurried into the house. As he walked, he called his uncle.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw Cheng Wei walking out. She hadn't noticed that his car was parked outside, and she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Cheng Wei didn't stay long, simply said that there was a meeting, and said that he had sent some hairy crabs over and put them in the kitchen. Before Zhou He could react, he left in a hurry.

When Zhou He came back to his senses and carried his things into the house, he saw Li Peiyuan rolling out of the study in a wheelchair.

Cheng Wei is here, he won't stay alone in the study. Zhou He's heart was a little puzzled, and asked, "When did he come over?"

The expression on Li Peiyuan's face was faint, and he said, "I just came over, and I said that I sent crabs over." ”

He didn't dwell on the subject, and after that, he rolled his wheelchair out of the yard to continue trimming the flowers.

Zhou He's heart was a little weird, and he quickly put down his things and went to the kitchen to see the hairy crabs sent by Cheng Wei.

The crabs are still alive and larger than those bought in the market. Zhou He took it out and looked at it, and went out to ask Li Peiyuan how he planned to eat crabs.

Li Peiyuan has never been a picky eater, but steaming it is the easiest. He knew that Zhou He had been busy with work, so he let it be steamed.

In addition to sending crabs, Cheng Wei also sent rice wine. In the evening, Zhou He steamed the crab and warmed the rice wine. This was the first time she had touched alcohol since Li Peiyuan was injured.

Li Peiyuan was injured on his body, and he drank very little, most of which she drank. She was quiet, put away the dishes and chopsticks, went upstairs, and then lay quietly on the bed.

There was a sound of the wind blowing the leaves in the yard, she closed her eyes and listened quietly,

Li Peiyuan's injuries are slowly healing, and he has no plans to return to Kyoto in the short term. He was not at ease when he stayed alone, and he continued to stay in Yucheng.

Cheng Wei didn't know if he was on a business trip or what, but one day when Zhou He saw a chef in a food column introduce how to eat hairy crabs, he remembered that he hadn't been here for a while.

During this time, he was unusually quiet, and he didn't even make a phone call except for continuing to let people deliver vegetables and fruits.

It's quite puzzling to be like this suddenly, and when the food delivery person came over the next day, Zhou He specially waited outside the door, pretending to casually ask Cheng Wei if he had been busy recently.

The man didn't know Cheng Wei's whereabouts, but said that he seemed to be on a business trip.

At the end of September, Li Ruifeng came to the small courtyard to see Li Peiyuan. He brought a lot of things over, all of which were for Li Peiyuan's body.

Zhou He originally thought that he came over, and it was Li Peiyuan's matter that something had progressed. After seeing the pile of supplements, he knew that he might not be able to return to work for the time being.

This time it was still the same as last time, the two closed the door and talked in the study for more than two hours. After Li Ruifeng came out, he left in a hurry without eating.

Li Peiyuan had been staying in the study, Zhou He couldn't rest assured of him, and waited outside for a while and didn't see him come out, so he poured a cup of tea.

Li Peiyuan was smoking a cigarette in the study, looking out the window and not knowing what he was thinking. Zhou He put the tea on the desk next to him, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Little uncle, what is the big uncle doing here?"

She cares about his work, and she believes in him. But nothing seems to have progressed so far, no one has come to investigate him, but no one has come to see him either.

Li Peiyuan came back to his senses and said, "I didn't do anything. After a slight pause, he looked at Zhou He, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Don't go back to Kyoto for the time being." It's a bit messy over there now, and the situation at home is not as good as before. ”

He now revealed the current situation of the Li family.

Zhou He's heart sank, and he wanted to ask something, but in the end he didn't ask, just nodded.

Li Pei didn't say anything more, took out a cigarette from the side, lit it, and smoked slowly.

Zhou He stood silently on the side, and after a long time, he still asked, "Then what do you do......

Li Peiyuan took a puff of cigarette, raised his head and smiled at Zhou He, and said, "I'm afraid I will have to be raised by Xiao Ahe for the time being." ”

That said, he will most likely not be reinstated. This was not a good thing, but Zhou He could see relief on his face. She was slightly stunned and said seriously that it was no problem.

Li Peiyuan smiled slightly, reached out and patted her head.

Working from home can be a bit more troublesome. Li Peiyuan no longer needed to be taken care of, and Zhou He began to get busy. There are a lot of phone calls every day, and there will also be video conferences. Sometimes I can't get busy, so I order takeout outside.

Li Peiyuan didn't seem to have any unaccustomed leisure after his suspension, he would go to the city library on crutches to read books, and sometimes stay for half a day.

In the afternoon, I either waited for the flowers and plants in the yard, or I read a book in the yard. It's very pleasant.

Zhou He was originally worried about him, but now he slowly became relieved.

In mid-October, Shu Hua gave birth to a big fat boy in the hospital. Senior Brother Qiu was very excited, and immediately sent a group text message to notify all relatives and friends after the child was taken out of the delivery room.

Because Zhou He was busy, he only went to see Shu's painting once. When she was about to give birth, she went to the hospital and didn't call Zhou He, she called Senior Brother Qiu after seeing the text message, asked which hospital again, and hurriedly took a taxi over.

When she passed, Shu Hua had already come out of the delivery room, and although she had a smile on her face, she was tired. Senior Brother Qiu felt sorry for her hard work, so he didn't say a word to Zhou He and let him rest, and took Zhou He out of the ward, saying that he was going to take her to see the children.

The child is taking a bath at this moment, and only the whole body can be seen through the glass. Senior Brother Qiu excitedly said that he would follow him wherever he wanted, but Zhou He didn't see it at all.

Senior Brother Qiu talked excitedly for a long time before he asked about Zhou He's recent situation. Zhou He summed up the past in a very good sentence. asked Senior Brother Qiu how his company was doing.

When it came to the company, Senior Brother Qiu's worries climbed into his brows. It is said that the recent market is not good, and I heard from people familiar with the matter that it will continue for a while.

Zhou He comforted him a few words, Senior Brother Qiu was quite optimistic. said that if the company really couldn't survive, he would be deregistered. Go to the flower shop that runs Shu Painting. Although his company is in a recession, the business of the flower shop has always been good.

Zhou He talked with him for a while, and knew that Shu Hua needed a good rest for the past few days, so he said goodbye and left. said come back in a few days, and asked Senior Brother Qiu to call her if she was too busy.

Senior Brother Qiu nodded in response. Both of them tacitly did not mention Xu Yuanning.

After seeing the child, Zhou He's heart didn't know why he was a little depressed. I was a little absent-minded when I went downstairs.

Walking to the lobby of the hospital, she took out her mobile phone to check the time, and was about to go out, when she saw Lao Cao hurriedly walking towards the hospital.

Zhou He was stunned for a moment, followed over, and called Uncle Cao.

Lao Cao was very surprised to see her, looked her up and down, and asked, "Miss Zhou, why are you here?"

Zhou He said that he was here to visit others.

Lao Cao nodded, saying that an employee was sick and had surgery, and he came to take a look. Leave your phone in the room and go back and get it now. asked Zhou He if he was leaving, and asked her to wait for him, and he went to get her mobile phone and send her back.

He said without waiting for Zhou He's answer, told her to wait and hurriedly went to the ward to get her mobile phone.

Zhou He had to stay now.

He didn't come back long and took Zhou He to the place where he parked.

Zhou He didn't have anything to say, but he asked her about her work. After a few years, he looked much older, with some gray hair between his temples.

The two of them didn't know how to mention Cheng Weilai, and Lao Cao said that the company's headquarters had been relocated.

Zhou He couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "Where did you move to?"

The relocation of the headquarters is not a trivial matter, but she has never heard Cheng Wei say it.

Lao Cao said that he had moved to Kyoto, and he moved some time ago. Now the people who should have passed have passed, and they should have stabilized.

Yucheng will only be a branch in the future.