453. Don't Give Up Hope (4,000 Words)
The first snow of early winter fell on the cold streets at midnight, and the towering buildings beside the road were still lit up.
Chen Jie walked in lightly, picked up the coat on the side and draped it over the man who was asleep in the chair.
The mobile phone he put on the table suddenly lit up, and the other party only rang once and hung up, and the place of belonging is not in City A, combined with the current time, it should be a phone trap.
With the screen lit up, Chen Jie saw the photo that had been used as the background by him, the woman in the photo was standing under the flaming red lantern in Chinatown, her beautiful peach cheeks were glowing with a moving red glow, she smiled at the camera, as if she was smiling at her, such a beautiful woman, even her soul was full of a gorgeous and peerless temperament, even she felt that she couldn't take her eyes off at this time.
This is the woman he has been thinking about for so long, because since he started as his secretary, it has been more than half a year, and she has never seen him change this photo, and there is no woman around him, except for the necessary business contact, not no one admires him, like him, a talented, handsome and golden single Wang Lao Wu, has now been listed as a rare protected animal.
She has seen too many women hug him, and more advanced is to secretly launch a woman's pursuit offensive, but he turns a blind eye and is unmoved, and his daily life is a hospital in addition to the company and home.
Chen Jie gently put the phone back in place, as soon as she turned around, the man behind her woke up, and the man who had just woken up had a lazy breath, "What time is it?"
Chen Jie replied: "A little." β
"I've slept for so long. Lin Ziheng picked up the mobile phone on the table and saw that there was a missed call.
"It's a phone trap, Mr. Lin doesn't have to care. β
"Hmm. He actually knew that it was a boring harassing phone call, but his eyes were still greedily on the screen, on the familiar face, perhaps, he wanted to take this opportunity to look at her a few more times, even if it was through the photo.
"Mr. Lin, go home, I can't stand it every day. β
"Why didn't you leave?"
Chen Jie smiled, she was a faithful secretary, the boss didn't get off work, how could she leave by herself.
"You don't have to accompany me in the future, it's not safe for girls to go back so late. β
"Zhilu said, it's cold outside, you put on a coat first, and I'll drive the car downstairs. β
"Good work. β
The car drove slowly on the road late at night, and the shops on both sides of the street had long since closed, except for some food stalls for supper that were still brightly lit in front of them.
Lin Ziheng looked out the window, and occasionally the shadow of a pedestrian was thrown out of sight.
"Mr. Lin, tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning, I will pick you up, and the manager of the investment bank has made an appointment to meet you. β
"Hmm. Lin Ziheng replied casually, still looking out the window, and suddenly, he said, "Stop." β
Chen Jie immediately stepped on the brakes, turned around, and watched Lin Ziheng open the car door and walk out of the car inexplicably, she thought he had seen someone, but there was no one outside, just an ordinary street.
She had never walked this road before, and she would only take a detour because of the construction section.
Lin Ziheng stood on the pavement paved with colored bricks, his black windbreaker showed that his body was even more slender and straight, he was standing in the cold wind like that, standing in the snow, the snow was not thick, only the soles of his shoes, and he was staring blankly at a garbage can, yes, an ordinary garbage can.
This is where they first met, when his phone was robbed, and it was she who chased him back, because she was chasing the thief, her shoes broke and she threw them next to this garbage can.
He was crazy to pick up the shoes from here and asked the most famous designer to reinvent them, and she wore them to his birthday party.
Chen Jie sat in the car and watched the man's gaze gradually soften, as if snowflakes had rubbed into his eyes, and a layer of mist had floated.
The night wind swept across his face like a knife, but he was painless and unconscious, just focused on a spot in the air, his mind flying like a flurry of snowflakes.
He was thinking of someone, from the heart, with irrepressible pain and helpless thoughts.
Chen Jie suddenly took pity on this man.
But she was only a secretary, and she could do nothing but pity and sympathy.
After getting into the car, he said, "Don't arrange things tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to the hospital to see Xiao Zheng." β
Zhilu said. β
"By the way, what's wrong with Miss Zong's work arrangement?
"Here, very nice little girl, I have already notified her to participate in the retest, by the way, she doesn't know that this is arranged by you for the time being, and she doesn't know that it is your company. β
"Hmm. Lin Ziheng leaned back in his chair, looking very tired, "Don't tell her." β
"It's good. β
When Lin Ziheng came to the hospital the next day, he saw Zong Wenjun unexpectedly, holding a book in her hand and whispering something in front of the bed.
The boy on the bed still had his eyes closed, without any consciousness, he had been lying like this for half a year, relying only on the supply of nutritional injections, he had obviously lost a lot of weight, and his face was getting paler and paler.
Lin Ziheng stood there and didn't go in, he didn't disturb Zong Wenjun, and after reading a long story, she stopped to rest, only to find him leaning against the door, "Brother Lin, have you been here for a long time?"
Wen Jun hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Lin Zheng seems to be able to hear what I'm saying, and I feel like he's been responding to me all the time." β
"Thank you, Jun. Lin Ziheng walked over and looked at the latest data on the table, his reaction was mediocre and there was no progress, but he couldn't bear to break Wen Jun's hope, sat down and asked, "After graduation, what are your plans?"
"I went to interview a company a few days ago, and they seemed to have a good impression of me, and they called me today to ask me to take a retest, but ......" Zong Wenjun glanced at Lin Zheng worriedly, "If I worked, I wouldn't have so much time to accompany Lin Zheng." β
But if you don't work, it's a difficult thing for Wenjun, who has an ordinary family.
"It doesn't matter, I still have time off work, as well as weekends and holidays, and I will always be there for him. Wen Jun's eyes quickly ignited hope again, and he reached out to brush the hair on Lin Zheng's forehead, "Brother Lin, he must be very lonely, in fact, he knows everything, but he can't speak, and he can't wake up." β
"How can you be lonely, haven't you been with him all the time?"
Wen Jun smiled and nodded, "I won't give up, Lin Zheng, I know that you can hear me, your brother and I are waiting for you to wake up, so, don't be lazy, open your eyes quickly, the basketball star you admire is coming to China, you have to get better early to see him." β
Lin Ziheng looked at Wen Jun's expectant appearance, and sighed in his heart that Lin Zheng had made such a good friend, these days, if it weren't for Wen Jun's optimism that has been motivating him, he was afraid that he would gradually collapse with the accumulation of time.
Lin Ziheng noticed a small lady's handbag on the table, and he suddenly became nervous, "That bag is?"
"It's Teacher Luo's, she left her bag here when she came to see Lin Zheng today, she has already called, saying that she will come back to pick it up. β
"When will it come?"
"Soon. β
Lin Ziheng got up, "Then I'll go back first, if there is something, call me, or give it to the two special guards." β
"...... so soon" Zong Wenjun kept sending him to the door of the ward, and when she saw that there was no one around, she asked in a low voice: "Brother Lin, you have been hiding from Teacher Luo like this, how long will you hide?"
Lin Ziheng didn't expect that he was so obvious, even a little girl could see it, he smiled, "Why do you say that?"
"You brothers are all the same, you like to be stubborn, Lin Zheng has always liked Teacher Luo, maybe...... I still like it. When Zong Wenjun said this, a trace of loneliness slipped through his eyes, "Brother Lin also likes Teacher Luo, so I avoid her every time, but can I really solve the problem by hiding like this? I'm still young, and I don't really understand the deep love between you, but I just hope that every time I see Brother Lin, you are happy, if you are not happy, Lin Zheng will also be unhappy, in this way, how can he have the motivation to wake up." β
Lin Ziheng listened to this girl who was still regarded as a child talking eloquently, most of the time, the bystanders always saw it more clearly than the authorities, and his mind had been seen through by a child.
He admits that he had been avoiding Roshi, and that he thought he could only stop reading it if he didn't see it.
was going to go back, but after separating from Zong Wenjun, he met Lin Zheng's attending doctor, and the two chatted for a while, and the doctor said that although his condition had not improved, the girl had to talk to him every day, and he seemed to be responding, if this continued, maybe there would really be a miracle.
Lin Ziheng has always been rational and doesn't believe in miracles, but now, he is looking forward to this miracle day and night to appear on Lin Zheng's body, he has slept for too long, and it is time to wake up.
Just out of the building of the inpatient department, a familiar figure came into view, they stood face to face, the snow had not stopped, a thick layer was covered, she was wearing black boots, an off-white trench coat, looking even more slender.
He didn't even know what to say for a while, and he even forgot to say hello, just looked at her stupidly.
"Let's go over there. Luo Xi took the lead in taking the lead, Lin Ziheng thought for a while, and then followed closely.
The small garden under the hospital was already covered with snow, and there was cute white everywhere, and they stepped on the snow and made a clattering sound.
Roshi was wearing gloves, her face was red under the scarf, and she glanced at him, "You always avoid me like this, do you want to show that you are from a special forces?"
Lin Ziheng smiled awkwardly, "What's the matter, it's just that I've been a little busy lately......"
Roshi interrupted him, "So busy that you're going to slip away as soon as you hear I'm coming?"
Lin Ziheng knew that she must be talking to Zong Wenjun on the phone, so she could only twitch the corners of her mouth and laugh twice.
Luo Xi held a handful of snow in his hand, "Ziheng, do we have to be like this?
"You know I didn't mean that. β
"Then why do you have to avoid me?"
"I'm afraid...... I can't control myself, I don't want to ruin your life, and I don't want to embarrass Lu Sheng. β
"Can't just be friends?"
"Roshi, I can do it, but ...... It's too painful, and it's like taking a drug, and if you don't quit, you'll only get deeper and deeper. β
Roshi sighed, " If this is what you want, I can't convince you, but, no matter what you do, I will still treat you as a friend, I will not forget, when I need help the most, you have always been by my side, if it weren't for you, I don't know if Lu Dao can go so far, Ziheng, I am really grateful to you, but it is not because I am grateful that I am unwilling to give up this friendship, and you, there is no need to torture yourself like this, I don't know what else Lu Dao should tell you, anyway, my heart is here, if you still want to continue to avoid me, then you continueγ β
Roshi tightened the scarf around his neck and stared at him with beautiful eyes, "I'll go first." β
Seeing that the shadow was getting farther and farther away from him, Lin Ziheng suddenly chased after her and grabbed her arm, "Okay, to be honest, after seeing you, I feel much more comfortable, I may be really wrong, the more I think about it, the more I want to get closer, it's better to just go with the flow." β
Roshi smiled, a smile blooming in the snow, "You want to open it?"
Lin Ziheng shook his head, "No." β
"No?"
"If it was so easy to think about it, I wouldn't have bothered myself for so long, and I wouldn't have avoided you for more than half a year, but now, I found that seeing you, it's like having a serious illness and suddenly taking some good medicine, my whole body is relaxed, I don't want to die now, so, I need good medicine." β
The snow kept falling, fluttering, Luo Xi looked at his delicate eyebrows through the snowflakes, as calm and calm when he first met, "Ziheng, you must be happy." β
She couldn't give him the happiness he wanted, but she still hypocritically hoped that he could meet his destiny.
"I'll try to be happy for you. β
He had used all his thoughts and blood for that person, just like a covered river, which had long since flowed and could not be recovered.
He may be happy, but it is only for her sake of happiness, and he doesn't want her to feel guilty, so he must be happy and let her watch him be happy.
The snow was still falling, and Roshi had been gone for a long time, and he was still standing under the green pine in the garden, with a thin layer of snowflakes on his shoulders and hair, as if he were a handsome statue.
Through a window is Lin Zheng's hospital room, where Zong Wenjun is quietly reading today's newspaper to him.
Under the white futon, his hand was slender and thin, and in the palm of his hand was the basketball badge she had stuffed into, and with her soft and soothing voice, the knuckle of his index finger suddenly bent and the badge fell.
Everything can be lost in the world but not hope, and everything can be lost in the world but not faith.
Maybe when the snow falls early next year, it's a different story.
I'm waiting for you in the red dust, and you're late.
Lin Ziheng finished the fan, and the next article was extra, Ye Hanxuan VS Xia Yue*************