The next day, Chang An received a call from Director Jiang, saying that Tian Jiaqi and several of her classmates from the Academy of Fine Arts had raised some money together, the amount was not much, but there were nearly 40,000 yuan, of which Tian Jiaqi contributed 20,000 yuan alone, and the remaining more than 10,000 yuan was made up by several of her classmates.

The money has been sent to Director Jiang.

Chang An didn't expect Tian Jiaqi to have this heart, and after thinking about it, he decided to call her.

The answer over there was very fast, and he always had an active tone: "Hey, Miss Zheng, is there something wrong with me?"

Chang An also doesn't like to go around corners, so he gets straight to the point: "I heard that you raised a sum of money for Xiaozhi, I want to thank you on her behalf." ”

"Hey, that's it, there's nothing to thank for, and besides, there's not much money, so it may not be able to help. ”

"I can help, at least there is more hope for surgery. ”

"Okay, then you really want to thank me, why don't you invite me to dinner?"

"Huh?" Chang An was stunned.

"Just kidding, I know you've been raising money lately, and I won't let you break the bank. ”

“……”

"But seriously, is there still a big gap in terms of surgery fees? I heard Director Jiang say that you have been contacting public welfare organizations recently, but it doesn't seem to be of much use, why don't you see how much is still missing, and I will find a way to see if I can make up more?"

Tian Jiaqi is also a fast talker, but Chang An knows that what is lacking is not a little.

She had already gone to the hospital for consultation before, and the normal operation cost was about 100,000 yuan, plus preliminary examination, laboratory tests, hospitalization fees, nutrition expenses, and post-treatment, it was conservatively estimated to be at least nearly 200,000 yuan, and Chang An originally wanted to find a better doctor, after all, the chief surgeon is very important.

Xiaozhi is still young and doesn't want to leave any sequelae because of the operation, so moving around, plus giving red envelopes to doctors and anesthesiologists, this is not a small amount.

Xiaozhi also does not have any medical insurance, which means that all expenses must be paid for by herself.

Chang An has calculated, at least 200,000 yuan in his hand before he dares to contact the operation schedule.

200,000, even if you add Tian Jiaqi's side, there is still a difference of about 120,000.

"No bother, already thankful. ”

Chang An felt that Tian Jiaqi had already done her best to take 20,000 yuan out alone, and she had no way to ask the other party again.

In the next few days, Chang An ran two public welfare funds in the city, but the harvest was quite small, and in the end, it was probably because of her diligence and pity, and humanitarianly allocated her a few thousand yuan.

A few thousand dollars, a drop in the bucket.

As for the help posts made at night, they were either lost in the sea or deleted as scammers.

Probably in the information age, tragic stories spread too much and too fast, everyone is numb, and it is difficult to be pitied, not to mention that Xiaozhi does not have a story of great grief and pain that is too dramatic, it is nothing more than an orphan who is seriously ill and needs money for surgery.

However, it was not for nothing during that time, at least Chang'an's account was reopened.

Originally, she thought it would take a lot of trouble, but after a few trips to the police station, she called her to come over to get the materials, which went much smoother than she imagined.

It was only when I arrived at the police station Chang An that I knew the reason.

She was received by the same small policeman who came back to make a statement on the scene, but this time there was another man sitting next to her.

Chang An explained his identity and intentions, but the small police officer first elbowed the top to the side.

"Team Xu, the people have arrived!"

The man rested his butt on the chair, twisted twice and rolled in front of Chang An, and looked her up and down.

"You're Mrs. Zhou?"

“……”

Chang An was stunned, and he didn't seem to know this person.

"I'm sorry, but you're...?"

"Oh, you don't know me, but I know you, you were kidnapped back then, and I followed the case. ”

Chang An's mouth sank suddenly.

Xu Shilong probably saw the other party's discomfort, but he was quick to talk and didn't think too much about it, and then said: "A few days ago, I called here and told me that you came to apply for an identity certificate, and I was shocked, thinking how could it be, TV doesn't show like this, so I came here today to take a look." ”

“……”

Chang An was speechless, or he didn't know how to pick up his stubble, and because of his inner rejection, he was mentioned in public about the kidnapping.

For her, that experience was a nightmare, and it was that experience that caused her to live and die all these years.

"I'm sorry, I'll come over and get the materials. Chang An directly ignored Xu Shilong and turned to another police officer.

The cop finally realizes that he still has work to do, and not just gossip or explore privacy.

"Oh yes, there are a few documents that you need to sign. ”

The film policeman took out a stack of papers, and Chang An signed them one by one as requested.

"Is that okay?"

"Even if the materials are completed, but the procedures will take a few days, and you will be notified of the results when the time comes. ”

"Thank you. ”

Chang An didn't stay long, leaving the office hall, and before he left the gate of the police station, someone shouted behind him.

"Wait, Mrs. Zhou!"

Chang An turned around and saw that it was the criminal policeman who had just accosted her.

She was repulsed in her heart, but her basic self-cultivation told her that she couldn't just walk away.

Here, Xu Shilong had already trotted to her.

Chang An frowned, seeing that the other party gasped twice.

"Mind a few words?"

Chang An refused from the bottom of his heart: "I'm sorry, I still have something." ”

"Just a few minutes to delay you. ”

“……”

The words have already been said about this, and Chang An seems to be a little ignorant of the rules if he wants to twist it again.

"Say it. ”

"Oh, don't use honorifics, just say a few words to you, or let's change places?"

Chang An looked around, at the door of the police station, people came and went, it was really not suitable to speak, but she also felt embarrassed to let her sit down and chat with a strange policeman.

"No, let's just say it here.

Xu Shilong saw that she had a tough attitude, and scooped his neck, "Okay, just say it here, you ......"

"Huh?"

Xu Shilong stared at Chang An for two seconds, and suddenly laughed again.

Chang An: "......"

Xu Shilong: "It's not that this is amazing, you don't know, I've never encountered a situation like you in so many years, Xiao Zhou said you were still alive back then......"

Chang An: "Xiao Zhou?"

Xu Shilong: "Boss Zhou, your husband... He had to say that you were still alive, and he didn't let the salvage team withdraw, so he hired someone to find him, he stayed on the island for nearly three months, the wind and the sun were blowing, and people were about to lose weight, and he spent money to hire more than 20 salvage boats, and the entire Tonghai was almost turned over by him, and we all felt that he had a problem with his brain at the time, and he also told me that he thought you would come back one day, and I thought this person was ...... at that time."

Xu Shilong wanted to speak and stopped, thinking that it was probably not a good word, so he stopped it in time.

Chang An listened to his babbling, which satisfied his desire to talk to the greatest extent, but there was no expression on his face.

Xu Shilong probably also saw that something was wrong, "What, you can be counted as back, you husband and wife..."

Chang An silently condensed, "I'm sorry, I really have something to do." ”

She almost turned around as if she were running away.

Xu Shilong scooped the back of his head again, feeling a little unable to understand what this woman was.

Chang An walked to the bus stop in one breath.

She knew that Zhou Tao had been sending people to look for her during that time, but she didn't know the details of finding people, and it was the first time someone had described it to her.

She didn't expect Zhou Wei to have a long relationship.

After three years and no news, she felt it was enough to make him forget about himself.

There happened to be a newsstand next to the bus stop, and there were a few magazines on the shelves at the door, and the cover of a financial magazine on the top was eye-catching, although it was an extremely ordinary white shirt and black pants, but wearing it on him could give birth to another noble and calm taste.

Chang An involuntarily walked over, picked up the magazine, and looked at the facial features more clearly, sword eyebrows, starry eyes, and heroic silhouettes, with a row of bold titles on it - "Rongbang Real Estate IPO is progressing smoothly, and it is expected to be listed in the United States at the end of the year."

Three years made her unrecognizable, but it also made him more eye-catching.

"Miss, do you want this?" asked the old man in the newsstand, poking his head out.

Chang An's thoughts were interrupted, and he hurriedly put the magazine back again.

"No thanks!"

……

When Zhou received a call from Xu Shilong, he had just finished a video conference, and the IPO plan was in the final stage, and if it went well, I am afraid that this Spring Festival will be spent in the United States.

"Hey..."

"Brother, busy?"

Perhaps Xu Shilong saw his most devastating side back then, so although there is no intersection in work and life, the two will still talk on the phone from time to time in recent years, or go out for a drink together.

Zhou Wei leaned back in his chair and pinched his eyebrows.

"Okay, okay?"

"I can't look for you if I'm fine?"

The man leaning back in his chair smiled.

"Okay, I won't talk to you about the bald donkey, I know that your nobles are busy, so I will ask you one thing. Xu Shilong said quickly, "Your wife is back?"

Zhou Wei's hand in the center of his eyebrows tightened, and after a while, his expression returned to normal.

"Hmm. ”

"What do you mean? You should have met, right?"

"I've seen it..."

"You didn't even tell me about such a big deal?"

"Say what!"

Xu Shilong listened to the bottom of his heart, "No, listen to your tone... What, something else?"

Zhou Yan rubbed his fingers apart and covered his eye sockets.

Chang An was very emotionally tense when he first "left", but he was only self-isolated, and he was almost not overly sad in the eyes of outsiders.

Only Xu Shilong, Xu Shilong witnessed the whole process, so Zhou Wei was quite honest in front of him.

It's just that at this time, he doesn't know what went wrong.

"It's hard to put into words. ”

"What do you mean by being indescribable?"

"She didn't want to come back, she didn't even want to see me. ”

"It doesn't make sense, you didn't ask why?"

"She won't say it, and you don't know her personality..."Zhou Wei wiped his eye sockets and laughed to himself, "Actually, it's quite tough, I'm afraid that she will do something again." ”

Xu Shilong thought of the woman he saw just now, with short hair, a thin figure, and a cool expression when she spoke.

"Yes, I've seen it, and it's really choking. ”

Zhou Wei smiled bitterly again, and then asked, "Where did you see it?"

"At the sub-district police station, she went through the household registration procedures again. ”

After hearing this, Zhou Wei felt even more helpless.

"So she's been in the dark for so many years, and in fact, she just wants to avoid me. ”

The answer is self-evident.

After the people "left", the Chang family held a funeral for her, and she should have gone to the police station to go through the procedures for canceling the account, so Chang An didn't even have a normal identity for so many years, like an abandoned wild cat, wandering around all the dark corners of the city, but once her traces were exposed in front of Zhou Wei, she probably felt that there was nothing to hide, so she went to the police station to re-register as soon as possible.

Zhou Wei's heart once again passed the familiar dull pain, and after a while, he asked, "Is it difficult to handle similar procedures?"

"A little, especially since she still has a British green card, although she didn't have a death certificate before, but what are the three years that disappeared in the middle?

Zhou Wei straightened up from the chair again, lowered his head and took a breath.

"Got it, I'll call Song Ju in a moment. ”

"Song Bureau?" Xu Shilong smiled, "It's so complicated for you, Xingshi will mobilize the people for the last account, or I'll say hello to the division here." ”

"It's for the best. Zhou Wei pinched his eyebrows again, "To be honest, I don't want too many people to know for the time being." ”

"And you're going to put it off like this?"

"No, I know. ”

"Okay, I'll tell you when I get an answer. ”

……

In the blink of an eye, the year is coming to an end, the temperature in Yunling plummets, and it snows heavily.

Chang An went to the police station for the last time, and finally got the identity certificate, took a photo again, and entered the house, until she saw the words "Chang An" on her passport and ID card, she almost burst into tears.

For three years, she has allowed herself to hide in the darkest corner of the city, with no identity, no documents, no normal work, and even borrowing someone else's ID when she goes to the business hall to apply for a phone card.

She was like an island abandoned by the world and completely closed, she used to think it was good to be an island, at least no one would track her where she came from, who she was, and what kind of experience she had, but now it's different.

She was lying alone in bed during her illness, and she also thought through some things.

Since she didn't die back then, since her fate made her stay in this world, she always had to look forward, even if the road ahead was full of thorns, swords and fires, but she had no second way to go.

……

The first thing Chang An did after getting his identity was to go to the bank to open an account, get a card, and deposit all the money raised for Xiaozhi on the card, plus the 3,000 yuan donated by Director Jiang Yuan, a total of 80,000 yuan.

80,000, this is almost all of Chang'an's current net worth, of course, excluding the small villa in London.

She has already made plans that if Xiaozhi's illness can be cured smoothly, she will take the child to the UK with her.

Leave everything behind, including all sweet or painful experiences, and start over in the UK.

It is not an exaggeration for Chang An to pray for a rebirth, or rebirth, but in this "rebirth" plan, there is no Chen Haodong, no Wei Suying, no Chang Jiahui, no people she knew before, and of course, no Zhou.

She hopes that she will walk clean and create a new life.

But a plan is a plan, and a plan is always ideal, but reality often slaps people in the face.

In mid-January, Xiaozhi suddenly began to have a fever, first a high fever of nearly 40 degrees, and stayed in the hospital for two days, the temperature finally dropped, and then continued to have a low-grade fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and intermittent dull pain and swelling pain in the liver, and at the same time the lower limbs began to be edema.

In just one week, the person lost weight at a visible rate, but the little girl was so strong that even the ward nurse praised her for being sensible.

was born with such a serious illness and suffered such a serious sin, but he never said a word.

Chang An didn't say anything, he was so distressed behind his back that he couldn't do anything, but he couldn't do anything about it.

She didn't take any work during that time, and spent half her time in the ward, half of her time traveling to all the institutions that could raise money.

Making phone calls, visiting doors, filling out paperwork, queuing, anxiously waiting, but there is no hope at all.

A week later, Xiao Zhi's liver capsule showed irritation and began to have acute severe abdominal pain, which the doctor told him was a symptom of ruptured cancer nodules, which meant that the condition was aggravated again.

“… Persistent abdominal pain will cause subcapsular hemorrhage or rupture to the abdominal cavity, now it is stabilized with drugs, but conservative treatment will soon not work, I mind or consider surgery as soon as possible, besides, like her, her own constitution is weak, her age is young, and the condition is aggravated once the best time for surgery is missed, and there may be no surgery in the later stage. ”

The attending doctor was also helpful, probably thinking that Chang An was a single mother, and the orphans and widows were really pitiful, so he gave his opinion very honestly.

Chang An didn't hide it and told him the actual situation.

Say a thousand things and ten thousand, but there is no money.

She even pleaded with the doctor on the spot if she could waive some of the surgery or treatment fees, or owe money in advance.

“… I can make an IOU, and it's no problem to calculate the interest!" she was not afraid of being embarrassed, and asked for it directly in the doctor's office.

The attending doctor was very sympathetic, but sympathy was useless.

"I'm sorry Ms. Chang, it's hard for me to do this..."

"But you said that the operation can't be delayed any longer, and I really can't get together so much money for the time being, so I should save her life?"

Another elderly doctor next to him came to persuade him.

"That's what I said, but what kind of place are we, the tumor hospital, none of the people who come in are minor diseases, and you are not alone in the treatment of those who have no money, it's not that you don't help, it's really... No way to help. ”

Yes, this is a hospital, not a citang.

Chang An has tasted the warmth and coldness of humanity for so many years, and the doctor has already done her benevolence without coaxing her out directly.

"Thanks, then I'll think about it. ”

She walked out of the office, the snow had not yet melted, and the floor-to-ceiling windows in the hallway were shining in the sun.

For the first time in nearly 30 years of her life, she truly realized that the benefits of money outweighed all the difficulties she had faced before, even the most depressed and unbearable period.

And in addition to the cost of surgery, she also needs to face another problem.

Xiaozhi has been hospitalized for half a month, and the treatment and hospitalization fees have been charged to 30,000 yuan, which means that even if she doesn't have surgery, Cari's little money can't support it for long, and once the money on the card runs out, she needs to watch the child leave.

Chang An returned to the ward.

Liver cancer patients are more likely to feel fatigue than other cancer patients, because liver cells are damaged, liver function declines, resulting in metabolic disorders and digestive absorption disorders, so severe weight loss and fatigue are one of the most common symptoms of liver cancer patients.

When Chang An went in, the little guy was still plugged in with an oxygen tube and leaning on the bed to draw.

"Xiao Zhi, what are you drawing?" Chang An tried to adjust his expression and walked over with a smile.

The already thin hands struggled to lift the paper in their hands.

"I'm drawing my dad..."

Chang An'an twitched, "Why did you suddenly remember to draw Dad today?"

"Because I dreamed about him just now, and he said he was going to take me to pizza. ”

Chang An felt that his heart was being pinched tightly, so he rubbed his eyes with his face.

"Xiao Zhi wants to eat pizza, then you have to cooperate with the nurse to give the injection, and when you are well, An An's mother will take you to eat the best pizza in the world." ”

"Really?"

"Of course, but the premise is that you have to be obedient, so now let's stop drawing, put away the pen and paper, close your eyes and sleep for a while, and the nurse will come and give you an injection later." ”

"Good. ”

The little girl smiled and returned the pen and paper to Chang An.

Chang An put away the small table, helped her lie down, and asked the aunt on the next bed to help watch for a while, and took the scarf out by himself.

It was already evening, and the road was full of pedestrians.

Chang An sat on the bus stop and smoked a cigarette, and dialed the number that he had already known by heart but hadn't called for three years.

Zhou Wei was on his way to a dinner party at the time, and sat in the back seat of the car to close his eyes for a short time, so he didn't look at the phone when it came in, and directly crossed over as if by inertia.

"Hey..."

It was empty for two seconds.

"It's me!"

At that time, the lights outside the window were on, the car shadow was flowing, and Zhou Wei sat in the back seat without opening his eyes, so the other party's voice hit the eardrum and then flowed to the heart like an electric current.

He rolled his throat, unprepared, or a little at a loss, and paused for a long time before asking, "You actually took the initiative to call me?"

There was a brief silence on the other side, and then he asked, "Do you have time?"

"Yes!"

"Can we meet?"

"Okay, now?"

"As long as it's convenient for you, the sooner the better. ”

Zhou Wei finally popped his eyelids, the car was already on the outer ring elevated, he gently suppressed his breath, "Convenient, where are you? I'll pick you up." ”

Chang An replied: "No, I'll go to you, you give me an address." ”

Zhou Wei thought about it for a while, and almost didn't hesitate, "Go home." ”

After waiting for a few more seconds, the other side finally replied, "Okay!"

When the phone hung up, Zhou Wei knew how hard his heart was beating, and he pressed his heart a few times with his fist.

"Xiao Zhao..."

"Mr. Zhou, you said. ”

"Go down at the front exit, give me the car, and you can take a taxi yourself." ”

"Huh?"

"In addition, I called Xu Nan and said that I couldn't go for a while, and asked him to ask Lao Deng to accompany him. ”

Xiao Zhao couldn't help but peek at the boss from the rearview mirror, feeling that he was a bit abnormal, and it was probably rare to see him change his plan temporarily.

But what the boss says is what it is.

"Oh, good!"

Except for Xu Nan and Deng Shunlin, the people around Zhou Yan didn't know about Chang'an's affairs.

He also deliberately explained to Xu Nan and Deng Shunlin, asking them to hide it for the time being and not talk nonsense, so that he didn't want Xiao Zhao to send him.

Zhou Tao selfishly thought that on this way home, he would drive himself and go back by himself.