Lin Li looked at Ji Yunchong in disbelief.

The two stared at each other.

After a long silence, he explained in a calm tone: "I had suffered a serious injury to my right knee in a car accident and should have been recuperating, but at that time I learned of my father's death, and despite the doctor's dissuasion, I hurriedly flew to the Munich branch of Dongsheng to obtain a recording of the call between my father and the three shareholders. ”

"I didn't expect my knee to develop a functional lesion so soon that I had to undergo a high tibial osteotomy in Munich and a knee replacement after the surgery failed."

"Maybe it was bad luck, the rejection symptoms were very obvious, the doctor took out the displacer, and it took more than a year to debride, vacate, and renovate."

"I was going to come to see you at the end of last year, but my knee was re-infected and I had an ulcerative sinus tract on the outside of my knee, and I had difficulty even walking, so I had to spend time in the hospital."

When Ji Yunchong said this, he smiled bitterly: "Before I came to see you, the doctor told me that purulent fluid appeared again in the sinus tract on the outside of the knee, and the middle and lower part of the right limb was amputated. Of course, I refused, I really couldn't imagine myself being crippled. ”

After hearing this, Lin Li was extremely surprised.

The knee joint is the largest and most complex joint in the human body. When the doctor performs the replacement surgery, he must cut the skin and tendons layer by layer, peel off the ligaments, flip the kneecap, and then insert the femur, tibia and patella into the three parts of the prosthesis, and finally amputate the real bone according to the size of the prosthesis.

Ji Yunchong's risks during the operation, as well as the pain she took after the operation, she couldn't bear to think about it. And amputation is a destructive operation, which has a great psychological impact on patients, Mo said that Ji Yunchong disagreed, and she was also a little unacceptable.

She flexed her fingers and carefully pressed the middle and upper part of his right knee: "Does it hurt?" ”

Even such a slight pressure made Ji Yunchong feel pain. He inhaled silently and spat out a monophonic word: "No." ”

Because of the prosthetic infection, a large amount of purulent and fibrous discharge has long appeared in the joint cavity. Now that the knee flexion is limited, and there is a terrible pathological swelling on the outside of the knee – how can he not be in pain?

Lin Li's chest was uncomfortably blocked: "I can now understand your original intention of flying to Munich in a hurry at that time, but why did you hide your illness from me and cancel the wedding and propose to break up?" ”

"I got the recording of the call at the time, and just when I suspected that the car accident was also deliberately planned and investigated, my mother was kidnapped. I had to exchange the call recording for my mother, and in the end the evidence was gone, and my mother went crazy. ”

At this moment, there are no words to describe the extreme shock in Lin Li's heart.

Ji Yunchong raised the corners of his mouth, smiled a little desolately, and his tone carried endless distress and helplessness: "In that darkest time, the first thing I thought of when I opened my eyes every day was how to protect you. Keeping you around? Or send you abroad? None seem to be reliable. Every time I hear you crying on the phone and saying that you love me, I also want to tell you the truth. But what about after suing you? Will you become like a mother? ”

"I'm scared, looking ahead, I want to advance and retreat with you, and then I think that you are the person I love the most, how can I bear to let you be hurt?"

"So I can only tell you to get out. The farther you roll, the safer it is comparatively. ”

At this time, Ji Yunchong's eyes were slightly wet, and his voice became low and hoarse: "Mumu, you must not know how worrying you are, obviously so wronged and so painful, but you bless me with a choked voice." I have never seen anyone more stupid than you, and I have never seen someone more lovely than you, you have waited for me with ten years of youth, why don't I love you alone in the most precious years? The days of losing you, I am like being trapped in a bleak and lonely city, and what my eyes see is darkness except darkness. ”

In the face of such a sincere confession, Lin Li couldn't control his sadness, and tears burst out of his eyes.

"I'm back now openly, I have the ability to protect you, and I won't be separated from you lightly." Ji Yunchong picked up her face, wiped away the tears with her fingers, and muttered, "Mumu, I love you." Do you love me? ”

Her tears grew louder and louder.

He stared at her, his affectionate and focused gaze lingering between her eyebrows, and suddenly lowered his head, his slightly cool lips leaned in, and kissed her forehead, eyelashes, and the bridge of her nose.

Every kiss was so light that he was afraid that he would shatter the dreamlike reunion with a single force.

"Mumu ...... Mu Mu ......" called her over and over again in a deep voice, with a strange charm that made people intoxicated.

Her affection seemed to be infected, and she responded softly: "Hmm." ”

His lips pressed against her delicate and tender cheeks, lingering, tossing and turning.

The tips of each other's noses will not touch, and their breaths will almost intertwin.

The gentle kiss, like the spring rain of apricot blossoms, and like the soft water of the warm mountains, seems to continue the relationship that has been interrupted for more than two years. Her body temperature passed through the fabric, like golden sunlight shining on his cold empty city, banishing all heavy sorrow. This feeling is so good, so long, he can't help but ask for more.

He wrapped his arms around her waist, little by little closer to the soft flap of her lips—and the moment they pressed together, she turned her face away.

Ji Yunchong's heart was full of surprise, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Lin Li's face with a complicated look, as if he was struggling with something, and as if he was deciding something.

He asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”

"I ...... There's something to tell you. ”

"Huh?"

"I have someone I like."

There was still a moist touch between his lips and tongue, and his heart sank suddenly, and his expression froze instantly.

Lin Li felt that Ji Yunchong was angry, but she was wrong.

Ji Yunchong didn't accuse her indignantly, let alone aggressively ask the other party's name, identity, and background, he only pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and covered up his sad feelings in a tone of forbearance and restraint: "The person you like, is he better than me in all aspects, so that you can be tempted?" ”

Lin Li's tears that he had just held back flowed out again: "I'm sorry, I didn't know that you had gone through so many ups and downs and tribulations. If I knew, if I knew ......"

Ji Yunchong is her first love, and it would definitely be a lie if she didn't have the slightest mercy for him now after learning the truth.

A strong sense of guilt tormented her, and she almost rushed out that she was willing to start over with him, but such a thought flashed through her mind, and Xiao Huai's face appeared in front of her eyes, and she couldn't say a word.

Her heart, as if it had been slashed a few times by a knife, hurt a lot.

Ji Yunchong saw her expression tangled, and couldn't help asking, "How long have you known that man?" ”

“…… Two months. ”

Ten years of relationship lost to two months of getting along, is she a little ruthless?

Ji Yunchong was silent for a long time, and when he spoke again, he sighed deeply: "Mumu, can you let go of your feelings for that person and think about the bits and pieces we have experienced over the years?" You have loved me for ten years, and I have never liked any other woman, we finally got together again, and we should cherish each other even more. ”

Lin Li bit his lip: "I ......"

"I'll give you time, you think slowly, think clearly before answering. But I have a reluctant request, can you take the time to accompany me to Munich? Whether or not I decide to undergo the amputation, I will face surgery again. ”

The word amputation touched Lin Li's nerves deeply, and she made a promise without thinking: "I understand, I will accompany you." ”

"Dongsheng is about to carry out a heavy asset restructuring, and my physical condition cannot be known to the outside world, otherwise it will be detrimental to the group. Can you keep it a secret for me? ”

She was stunned and nodded.

Ji Yunchong stretched out his hand and rubbed her cheek very reluctantly for a while: "Good girl." ”

With that, he raised his lips and smiled.

When he smiles, he usually raises his eyebrows up, and his eyes are dyed with a warm smile. The left and right cheeks are then sunken in, forming two shallow dimples, which look sunny and childish.

Lin Li, who was a girl, was hooked astray by such a smile and fell in love.

Now that he saw the familiar smile again, and heard these words again, Lin Li's tears flowed out again, remembering the past.

At that time, he was young and cheerful, not arrogant or impatient, gave up the family's Mercedes-Benz car, bowed his head and was willing to be her bicycle driver, and sent her back to the old house after school every day.

On that journey home, the flowers in spring, the cool breeze in summer, the sunset in autumn, and the mist in winter sent her and him one trip after another, becoming the first testimony of their love.

Back then, he asked her: "Classmate Lin, this bicycle is two wheels less than Daben, is it a butt when you sit?" ”

"Well, sort of."

"Are you okay with me as my girlfriend? Let's sit together on the real Daben. And winter is coming, and the cold wind has frozen your little face, and I feel distressed. ”

"Not good. I'm not afraid of the cold. ”

"I'm afraid of the cold, don't you feel distressed?"

"I don't feel distressed."

"Good boy. Really not distressed? ”

“…… Well, okay then. ”

Time flies, and ten years of cold and heat are fleeting.

Now that winter has gone to spring, he is covered in bruises, but she has another person in her heart.

His love for her, silently, is gone.

*

Later, Ji Yunchong sent Lin Li home. When the car arrived downstairs at the apartment, she opened the door and he grabbed her arm.

She looked back at him.

Ji Yunchong said: "Why do you live here? ”

"I sold my old bungalow and temporarily borrowed my best friend's house to live in for a few days." Lin Li thought that she had planned to decorate the bungalow into a small villa for him and her, and added, "After my parents died, it was really uncomfortable for me to live in it alone, so I sold it." ”

Ji Yunchong didn't say anything and let go of his hand.

Lin Li was slightly embarrassed and got out of the car.

Entering the door of the apartment building and walking to the third floor, she did not continue to go up, but moved to the glass window in the hallway and looked down.

Sure enough, the car remained in place.

She called softly, "Hey—"

The car window was lowered, revealing Ji Yunchong's face. He looked at her deeply: "Mumu." ”

She made a goodbye gesture: "Go home and sleep." ”

His home was where she was. Ji Yunchong's chest melted into unspeakable love, but he bent his lips and smiled: "Okay, you can rest early." ”

The lights came on on the fifth floor, and the car started and drove away from the apartment.

The night was silent and the moonlight was hazy. Ji Yunchong quietly looked at the scenery outside the car window for a while, and dialed the assistant's phone.

He habitually raised his eyebrows and spoke softly and slowly.

"Help me look up someone."

*

When Lin Li returned home, he washed his face with cold water. In the mirror, her face was poor, her eyes were still bloodshot after crying, and she looked listless and depressed.

She sat in front of the TV for a long time, and remembered that Xiao Huai did not reply to the message, so she took out her mobile phone from her bag and glanced at it.

The five missed calls were all from Xiao Huai.

She didn't look at the time of the call, thinking it had just happened. Dialing back, the phone was connected after only one ring, and Xiao Huai's voice appeared in her ears, and her name was opened to open her mouth: "Lin Li." ”

She raised her hand and pinched her eyebrows, and spoke with a strong spirit, completely lacking the happy tone of the video chat on weekdays: "I set my phone to silent mode, and I forgot to change it back, I'm sorry." ”

"Hmm."

He only answered one word, and she was slow to react, and they both fell silent for a few seconds.

On her side, the movie channel is screening the comedy "Three Fools in Bollywood", and the cheers and laughter of the characters in the play are one after another, and the atmosphere is quite joyful.

The place he was in was so quiet that he couldn't hear anything.

She inhaled silently, trying to make her tone sound less stiff: "Xiao Huai, where are you?" ”