Yunling's temperature began to drop in November, and Rongbang's IPO also entered the final stage, and Zhou Wei had been running back and forth between the United States and Yunling for a while.

In mid-December, he suddenly received a call from Liu Shulan, saying that the old man had entered the hospital.

He bought a ticket to rush back on the same day, and the flight landed at six or seven o'clock in the evening local time in Yunling, and Zhou Wei took a car directly from the airport to the hospital.

In the hospital under the army, when he arrived, the old man had just moved from the emergency department and lived in the cadre ward.

At that time, the old man was already asleep, and the nurse and Liu Shulan were guarding inside.

"How's Grandpa?" asked Zhou Wei.

Liu Shulan pulled him into the corridor before saying, "I have a slight stroke, there is no problem for the time being." ”

Zhou Wei: "What do you mean temporary?"

Liu Shulan: "It is to recuperate, keep a good mood, and not be stimulated anymore, in addition..."

Zhou Wei: "What else?"

Liu Shulan sighed, "I may not be able to take care of myself in the future, and I need to have someone to serve me." ”

Zhou Wei paused, his expression gloomy.

Liu Shulan also knew that their grandfather and grandson had always had a good relationship, so she enlightened him, "But don't worry too much, the doctor said that it may not be as convenient as before, but it is not paralyzed, and your grandfather has reached this age after all, and it is normal for some minor illnesses to occur." ”

Zhou Wei knows this truth, if you want to say it, Zhou Fushan is very healthy among the elderly of the same age.

He sat down on the sofa, and the room was very quiet.

Liu Shulan saw that his face was obviously tired, and she was a little distressed, and asked, "Came directly from the airport?"

Zhou Wei: "Hmm. ”

Liu Shulan asked again, "Have you eaten dinner?"

Zhou Wei: "I ate a little on the plane. ”

Liu Shulan: "I don't see that your face is not very good, why don't you go back and rest first?" There's nothing wrong here, I and the nurse are here." ”

Zhou Wei glanced at the old man who was asleep on the bed, and pinched his eyebrows with his fingertips, "No, just wait." ”

The wait was an hour, and the old man never woke up.

Liu Shulan persuaded Zhou Wei to go back first at first, but when she saw that he didn't move, she didn't persuade him, and began to take the opportunity to "brainwash" him.

"Ah Yan, I know that you are busy with work, and I basically haven't seen you once a month in the past two years, but work belongs to work, career belongs to career, and you must also pay attention to your health. ”

“… Now there are too many diseases caused by exertion, and you can't make enough money, and you don't want to move back to live, and you don't even have a person to ask for warmth when you live outside. ”

"Your father and I are both old, and your grandfather is not as good as day by day, what are we trying to do at this age? It's nothing more than a happy family, full of children and grandchildren, and you know your sister, her temperament is still uncertain, and she doesn't know what to do outside all day long, ......what are you doing here?"

Liu Shulan wanted to speak and stopped, as if she was deliberately tempting.

To be honest, Zhou Wei has been really busy in the past two years, and his career has been on one step after another, but his life is really a mess.

Liu Shulan usually doesn't have a chance to see him, but today is a rare opportunity.

The mother and son sat together, and the nurse also went out.

She secretly glanced at Zhou Wei's expression, and saw that he didn't seem to be too disgusted except for his darker face, so she continued: "Your grandfather was still talking at home a few days ago, and he has no regrets about living to this age, but I haven't seen you get married and have children." ”

Zhou Wei's eyes froze, and he turned to stare at Liu Shulan.

Liu Shulan immediately played a round game, "Yes, I know you have feelings for Xiao An, but people have been gone for so long, is it possible that you have been so single for the rest of your life?

Liu Shulan said that her eyes were going to be red.

Zhou Wei's eyes slowly moved from her face to the ground.

Chang An has just been gone for the first year, and no one around him has mentioned to him about remarrying, but since last year, not only Liu Shulan, but even Zhou Shiqing and even Lao Deng have tactfully persuaded him several times.

The so-called starting a family and starting a business must first have a family before you can have a business.

Home is the backing, is it possible that he will be a lonely person for the rest of his life?

He understands the truth, but he can't take a step.

Liu Shulan saw that Zhou Mian didn't squeak, thinking that she had a chance, so she hurriedly stepped up her efforts again.

"Mom also knows that you have a high vision, and you can indeed choose this condition slowly, but sometimes marriage also has to talk about fate. After a pause, he asked again: "Uncle Tian, do you remember, your father's colleague in the past, he has a daughter who just came back from Spain, I made an appointment with his wife for tea a few days ago, I saw the girl, quiet and beautiful, and her manners and conversations are very cultured, it should be the type you like, why don't you meet alone these days?"

The more I listened, the more outrageous it became.

Zhou Wei sighed, "I don't think about personal issues for the time being. ”

Liu Shulan was not in a hurry when she heard this, "It's decided if I don't let you meet, you can take a look first, if you don't like it, treat it as a friend, didn't you and Xiao An slowly develop a relationship like this back then!"

Liu Shulan planned to take a roundabout mode, but Zhou Wei stood up from the sofa in a moment.

"My company still has something to do, so I'll go first. With that, he left the ward.

The change is too fast, Liu Shulan is inexplicable, it's good not to talk just now!

The next day, Zhou Yan took time to go to the hospital again in the afternoon, and before he entered the ward, he heard the sound of talking and laughing inside.

Pushing the door in, Liu Shulan called out when she saw him: "Ah, Cao Cao Cao will arrive, Ah Yan, you came just in time." ”

Liu Shulan pulled Zhou Wei to the center of the room.

Only then did Zhou Wei see that there were two strangers in the house, an old man, a young man and two women.

The older ones are in their forties and are very well maintained.

The younger one is in his early twenties, with long straight hair, wearing a small floral dress, and standing next to the middle-aged woman with low eyebrows.

"Come, let me introduce, this is Ah Yan, Ah Yan, this is Mrs. Tian and Jiaqi that I mentioned to you before, and the two of them came to see your grandfather today. ”

Liu Shulan introduced in the middle with a smile.

The woman opposite also answered politely, "Jiaqi, come, call someone." ”

The girl was pushed in front of Zhou Xian, looked up at him, and quickly lowered her head again.

seemed to be smiling, his face was flushed, and he squeezed out a voice for a long time: "Brother Zhou." ”

Zhou Wei: "......"

Zhou Fushan, who had been silent on the bed, suddenly began to cough.

Zhou Wei walked around the girl to the bed, "Grandpa!"

Zhou Fushan squeezed his eyes at him, and then straightened his voice: "Coming?"

"Just finished busy, how are you feeling today?"

"You can't die, you just lie stuffy in bed. ”

Zhou Wei looked at the surrounding environment, there were three women and two men in a room, and he helped the old man up from the bed, "Why don't you take you downstairs?"

"Okay?"

The nurse behind him hurried over after hearing this, "No, the doctor said that you must stay in bed for a few days." ”

The old man immediately glared, and the nurse shut up.

Liu Shulan: "If you have a wheelchair, it shouldn't be okay to push it around downstairs twice, Jiaqi, will you go down with Ah Yan?"

Before the latter could react, the old man was already wearing shoes and was helped up by Zhou Wei.

"Okay, it's cold outside, don't let this girl follow, Ah Yan will accompany me around and come up. ”

The hospital is in a good environment, and even though it's December, the downstairs garden is still full of greenery.

Zhou Wei pushed Zhou Fushan to walk on the trail.

"Do you understand what your mother meant? She wants to introduce Director Tian's daughter to you, and she also came to ask me about this some time ago. ”

"What do I mean?" the old man sighed, "I'm at this age, the loess is buried up to my neck, and I don't want to make decisions for you." I called you down today to find a chance to talk to you, what do you think in your heart?"

Zhou Wei stopped.

There happened to be a bench next to him, and he helped Zhou Fushan to sit down.

Zhou Fushan's right leg was no longer conscious, and after sitting down, he knocked his hand on his knee, and after waiting for a while, Zhou Wei still didn't speak, and he sighed again.

"I understand what your mother means, although she is in a hurry, and it is too obvious to bring people to the hospital, but her starting point is for your good, and besides, things have come to this point, and people have to learn to look forward. ”

Zhou Wei looked up and looked ahead.

Ahead is a man-made lake, and the setting sun shines on the surface of the lake.

"Grandpa, do you think I should find another person?"

"No, this is your own life event, it needs to be decided by yourself, I said this just to let you recognize the facts, the facts are ......" the old man breathed a sigh of relief, "everyone is moving forward, even if you stay there for another hundred years, you still can't change anything, this is useless." ”

Zhou Wei was silent.

In fact, he understands the truth, but when it is his turn, he feels that it is difficult to move, and then he heard the old man say: "I also learned about the girl, the university she studied abroad seems to be also in the art aspect, she speaks and does things relatively steadily, and she is quiet, but she is a little younger, and I heard that she has just graduated." ”

"But it's not a problem to be young, when Xiao An got married, she wasn't as old as her, and the rest is up to you, but grandpa has something to tell you clearly, you make your own decisions, don't force it, and don't embarrass yourself, after all, this is a matter of decades after two people. ”

Zhou Fushan reasoned and reasoned, did not persecute or induce, but just made things clear to Zhou Wei, including some situations.

Zhou Wei looked down at the shadow on the ground.

"Got it. ”

Zhou Fushan smiled bitterly: "Just one sentence you know?

Zhou Wei: "......"

Zhou Fushan: "Okay, your personality is really similar to me, I think your grandmother left early, and I have come here alone for so many years, in fact, I want to wear it, it's all the same." After saying that, he knocked his knee again, "Let's go, it's windy!"

It was already half an hour later for Zhou Wei to push Zhou Fushan back to the ward.

The mother and daughter of the Tian family haven't left yet, they sat there to chat with Liu Shulan, and they didn't know what they were talking about, Liu Shulan praised the little girl for being sensible.

Zhou Yi happened to have a party in the evening, so he explained to the nurse and said hello to leave.

"Eh, wait!" Liu Shulan stopped him halfway, "It just so happens that Jiaqi is also going back to the city, can you give her a ride?"

Zhou Wei: "......"

Tian Jiaqi glanced at Zhou Wei and asked, "Is it convenient?"

Liu Shulan patted her arm, "What's inconvenient, by the way." ”

Mrs. Tian next to her also smiled and agreed, "Then let's go together, and I'll talk to your Aunt Liu again." ”

Zhou Yan took the coat on the sofa, "Let's go." ”

Tian Jiaqi paused, took his bag and hurried to follow.

Walking in front all the way, with long legs and big steps, Tian Jiaqi almost trotted later to avoid being thrown away, followed all the way to the parking lot, got in the car and sat in the co-pilot before daring to take a breath.

The car drove smoothly out of the hospital, through a suburb, and there was not much traffic on the road.

Tian Jiaqi peeked at the man next to him with her spare eyes, her fingers tugged on the strap of the bag, and the deer on her chest collided.

There's no way, a little girl in her early twenties is really hard to resist a man of this age, her temperament is just right, her experience is just right, her skin is not wasted, and her wealth and career are close to her, she looks very charming from every angle.

"It's Rong'an Square in front, right?" Tian Jiaqi suddenly pointed to a certain place and asked.

Zhou Xun glanced at a construction site, surrounded by a fence, but the roar of machinery inside indicated that workers were in full swing construction.

"Hmm. ”

cherishing words like gold, Tian Jiaqi secretly checked his face and stopped talking.

After that, there was no communication all the way, but Zhou Wei answered two phone calls in the middle, both of which were work-related matters.

Taking advantage of the time when he answered the phone, Tian Jiaqi couldn't help but secretly look at him again.

In recent years, the scale of Rongbang has expanded rapidly, and the "Top 100 Enterprises in Brand Value of the Year" just announced some time ago, Rong'an has been on its list, and Zhou Wei's image is good, and it is really a leader in a group of bigwigs and entrepreneurs, and it is naturally very strong.

Tian Jiaqi watched from the side, the more she watched it, the more she liked it, and the more she watched it, the more she liked it.

More than half an hour later, the car arrived at the city, and the lights were already on.

Zhou Wei put Tian Jiaqi on the side of the road, Tian Jiaqi stood outside the car and said goodbye to him, Zhou Wei answered, turned the steering wheel and drove back onto the right road, until the black body disappeared into the traffic, Tian Jiaqi turned around and walked towards the mall.

She had just returned from abroad and had been partying a lot lately.

Today's students who used to study in the Academy of Fine Arts in China, four or five girls, made an appointment to eat seafood together, but because they didn't locate in advance, they needed to take the number and queue up.

Tian Jiaqi arrived a little late, and everyone sat on the queuing chairs at the door of the restaurant and waited.

She blindly pushed that this point was not good for taxis, but it was exposed by another classmate.

"Jiaqi, did you take a taxi?"

She replied, "yes, the new car won't be available until next month." ”

The classmate joked again, "Who asked you this, just say that the world is very strange now, have Bentleys come out to run taxis?"

"Bentley?" everyone was stunned, and one of the female classmates with a fast brain immediately reacted, "Oh, Jiaqi, you have a situation!"

All of a sudden, a small flame of gossip was lit by everyone.

Tian Jiaqi was still covering up at first, but later she was annoyed by the question, so she simply admitted: "My mother introduced me to a partner." ”

"Huh, you've only been back for a few days, and your mother will introduce you to someone!"

"Who, who, and what are the conditions?"

Tian Jiaqi had a silhouette of Zhou Wei driving in his mind, and said with a smile: "The conditions are very good!"

"Wow it's so direct, it seems that the conditions are really good, otherwise how can you get into the eyes of your eldest lady, tell me quickly, do we recognize each other?"

"You guys?" Tian Jiaqi spun around, "Maybe you know?"

"Who, former school classmate?"

"It's not!"

"Who the hell is that?"

"Don't sell it, okay?"

Tian Jiaqi brushed the tassel ornament on the phone case, "Does Rongbang know?"

"You know, developer, what's wrong?"

"It was Rongbang's boss who sent me over just now. ”

"Ah, really?"

"I heard that the boss of Rongbang is quite young, in his early thirties?"

"What's it called? I've seen it in a magazine before, and my last name... The surname is Zhou, right?"

There was a sudden "click" on the opposite side, and a box of paint fell to the ground, and the whole plate was buckled on the marble floor.

The slightly pungent smell of acrylic came over, and several girls who had been chatting enthusiastically covered their noses with their hands.

Tian Jiaqi fanned the wind with her mobile phone, and looked up to see a shop under renovation diagonally opposite, with a large white wall at the door, and a person in navy blue overalls was painting something on the wall.

"Why is there still someone painting the wall when the meal is ordered?"

"What a wall painting, it's obviously a wall painting!"

The two classmates next to him discussed, Tian Jiaqi didn't put his mind on it, only to see the little worker who was standing on the ladder suddenly climbed down, squatted and wiped the marble floor stained with paint with newspaper, and soon the other party came over with a dirty newspaper stained with paint.

Next to the seafood restaurant is the bathroom, and the man should be going to throw the newspaper, but the two glanced at each other when they passed by Tian Jiaqi.

Tian Jiaqi was stunned, although the other party was wearing a hat and a mask, the eyes that were exposed were dark and translucent.

Is it a woman?

Tian Jiaqi was very surprised by this discovery, but unfortunately the person had already turned in the direction of the bathroom, and she chased a few meters with her eyes without thinking much about it.

The waiter at the restaurant here has come out to call their numbers.

"Let's go, let's go in!"

"Hurry up, I'm starving to death after waiting so long. ”

A group of girls chattered with the waiter into the restaurant.

A few minutes later, someone came out of the bathroom, shook off the water from his hands, put on his mask again, and climbed the ladder......

Tian Jiaqi ate until late, and when she came out of the restaurant, the white wall opposite was already covered with patterns.

"It's a pretty good drawing. ”

"The penmanship is very delicate. ”

The line is all graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, and out of professional instinct, I can't help but comment when I see this.

Tian Jiaqi thought of the back she saw just now, "Eh, it's a woman who just painted here." ”

"Female?"

Others were also surprised, because after all, few women do this business, and everyone saw the back just now, wearing a hat and mask, wearing dirty overalls, which were covered with paint, and they didn't look like women.

But this is only a small episode, and no one will delve into whether it is a woman or a man.

The group went downstairs, and a classmate in the elevator asked Tian Jiaqi: "We go to Sunflower on the weekend, do you want to go together?"

Tian Jiaqi was puzzled and asked, "What sunflower?"

"Oh, as soon as the orphans are taken in, a few of us signed up for volunteers there to teach the children to draw. ”

Tian Jiaqi thought for a while, "Okay, I don't have anything to do on the weekend anyway." ”

Another classmate quipped again, "It's really okay or it's okay, didn't you just meet Gao Fushuai, don't you have to go on a date?"

"you!"

Tian Jiaqi slapped the man unceremoniously, and several girls went out together in a playful manner.

At the door, everyone dispersed.

Tian Jiaqi had just returned to China, and the new car had not yet arrived home, so she stood on the side of the road to take a taxi, and the bus stop happened to be opposite, and when she looked up, she saw the blue.

The woman had already taken off her mask and hat, and was supposed to be standing there waiting for the bus, with a large light box behind her, and the light served as her backdrop.

Because she was separated by a road, Tian Jiaqi couldn't see her facial features clearly, but she could confirm that she had short hair, her skin was quite white, and she pinched something in her hand.

Bus No. 26 arrives.

The woman snuffed out her cigarette and threw it in the trash, and got into the car with a tool kit at her feet.

……

Zhou Wei worked overtime in the evening, and when he returned to Jardine, he was already close to ten o'clock, and he didn't eat dinner, so he casually ordered a bowl of quick-frozen dumplings in the kitchen, and received a call from Liu Shulan before he could eat a bite.

“… Ah, how was your conversation with Jiaqi today?"

"Mom didn't lie to you, it's a very good girl, and Mrs. Tian also called just now, saying that Jiaqi has a good impression of you, it's rare that you have this fate, why don't you make an appointment to have a meal together on the weekend?"

Zhou Wei hung up the phone in Liu Shulan's broken thoughts.

As soon as the dumplings were swallowed in my mouth, WeChat rang again, this time it was changed to Zhou Xin, voice.

"Brother, I heard that you went on a blind date today? Another little girl in her early twenties? What do you think our mother thinks, she actually asked you to destroy the flowers of the motherland!"

“… But I think there may be a drama this time, do you know why my mother is so anxious? Because she went to the temple a while ago to ask for a sign for you, and the old monk said that you will have a marriage next year at the latest!"

Zhou Wei listened to the voice one by one, turned off the interface, and continued to eat dumplings.

Dead.

After taking a shower and finishing his work, he stood alone in front of the window.

Xu Nan called, "Mr. Zhou, Miss Fang wants to see you, she called me a lot, you see..."

There is still a pot of jasper rings on the windowsill, still withered buds, dead roots, Zhou Wei holds a shower in one hand and a mobile phone in the other.

The shower was dripping, and he poured it carefully, but his eyes were cold.

"No, let her have this time with you, it's better to find a lawyer!"

……

Zhou Fushan stayed in the hospital for several days, and Zhou Wei just took the opportunity to ask the doctor to give him a full body physical examination.

Two days later, Zhou called to inquire about the results of the physical examination, and the doctor asked to talk to him in person.

Zhou went to the doctor's office that afternoon.

"Isn't it bad?"

The doctor sighed and spread a few pieces of paper in front of him.

"High blood pressure, coronary heart disease, mild brain atrophy, and kidney failure..."

There are a lot of bad items listed on the list.

Zhou Wei's heart sank, but the doctor was obviously more optimistic than him.

"But these are chronic diseases, and they are inevitable at the old man's age. ”

"Is there a cure?"

"No, at most, I can only hold it off and control it a little bit by taking medicine, but the old man's age..."

The doctor said it vaguely, but Zhou Wei could understand the meaning.

He buried his head and let out a heavy sigh.

"Can you not disclose the results of this physical examination to him? ”

"Yes, I agree, there is no medicine that works better than being in a happy mood now, what you have to do as a family member is to spend as much time as possible, and if the old man still has unfulfilled wishes, try to do it. ”

Zhou Wei came out of the office, didn't go directly to the ward, found a chair and sat for a while.

The corridor was full of people, he supported his elbows on his knees, looked down in thought, and the thick stack of medical examination reports was thrown by him on the plastic chair next to him.

It just so happened that Liu Shulan's call came in again.

Mrs. Tian came to the side and asked again, what do you say, if you really don't like me, I'll reply for you. ”

This time there was no beating around the bush, it was so straightforward that Zhou Wei was annoyed, but he still swallowed and replied: "Saturday, I'll take some time at noon on Saturday and see you first." ”