Hospital. Ward.

Liu Fang held a bowl of hot chicken soup and said softly: "Xiaoying, drink some chicken soup and eat something, if you don't eat, how can your body be well-nourished?" Listen to Mom! ”

Cao Ying's left leg was fractured with a steel plate, and there was also a slight bone crack in her right ankle, so her two feet and two legs were immobile. But her mental state was obviously not bad, her head was still wrapped in white gauze, her eyes were shining, and she slowly shook her head.

"Mom, I don't want to eat, I want to lie down quietly and alone for a while, okay?"

Liu Fang reluctantly put the soup bowl in her hand on the bedside table and sighed softly. She knew very well in her heart what her daughter was looking forward to and waiting for - but Liu Fang was really not sure whether Peng Yuanzheng would come again today.

In fact, the Cao family has no qualifications and rights to ask Peng Yuanzheng to pay more for his daughter.

The hallway was silent, with the occasional cough or two of a patient and the movement of a nurse. After a while, Cao Ying suddenly opened her eyes and laughed happily: "Mom, the expedition is coming!" It's him, it must be him! I could hear his footsteps! ”

Liu Fang's heart was gloomy, and she said in her heart: "Child, the current Peng Yuanzheng is not the Peng Yuanzheng that you remember, people have already changed guns and fish to jump into Longmen, not only become the children of wealthy families, but also occupy high positions and have great power - for you, everything that appears in front of you is a disguise and an illusion!

This is a play, a beautiful and illusory dream. When you wake up, you'll be in even more pain, my child!

Liu Fang's heart was sour and depressed. I almost burst into tears. She looked away, but heard the door of the ward really being pushed open, and Peng Yuanzheng walked in with a bag of things with light steps.

"Expedition!" Cao Ying was struggling to prop herself up on the bed, intending to get up.

Peng Yuanzheng was startled, hurriedly walked over a few steps, stopped her, and said with a smile: "You lie down quickly." You have an injury on your body, and you have to lie in bed for a few months. ”

Cao Ying looked at Peng Yuanzheng with satisfaction. He frowned and pouted, "It's taken so long?" Mom, did you help me go to school and ask for leave? ”

"I've taken a leave of absence for you...... It's been invited early......" Liu Fang got up and nodded and smiled gratefully at Peng Yuanzheng, "The expedition is here." You sit. I'm going to buy Xiaoying a canned fruit. By the way, Expedition, you can help me persuade this child, she won't eat, let her eat something......"

For fear of stimulating Cao Ying, an accident occurred. Cao Ying's colleagues and leaders in the Education Bureau wanted to visit the hospital, but they were all rejected by Cao Dapeng and his wife.

"I bought her two canned fruits, Xiaoying, and your favorite plum." Peng Yuanzheng took out the things he was holding one by one. Placed on the bedside table, Liu Fang hurriedly politely said twice, Cao Ying grinned: "Mom, why don't you go home and go to sleep, and come back at night?" Now. Let the expedition accompany me. ”

Liu Fang was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and saw Peng Yuanzheng nodding, so he simply packed up his things and left the ward to go home to rest for a while.

As soon as her mother left, Cao Ying immediately stared sideways at Peng Yuanzheng. His eyes were complicated, and he said softly: "Expedition, did something happen?" I always felt that something wasn't quite right - my dad and my mom had very different attitudes towards you than they used to, and I thought it was strange - but just thinking about it made my head hurt......"

"Can you tell me why this is happening?"

Peng Yuanzheng was shocked when he heard this, knowing that his daughter's family was as careful as a hair, and Cao Ying had already guessed and suspected something from various clues.

He smiled steadily, "What's so strange about this?" It's normal for your parents to change their mindset for a car accident and not die - what could be more important than your daughter's health and happiness? Well? ”…,

Cao Ying sighed and immediately laughed with relief.

"Expedition, it's like I'm dreaming, my parents are no longer against us......" Speaking of this, Cao Ying's pretty face turned crimson, and she lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Expedition, when I'm ready, we'll ...... We ......"

Peng Yuanzheng's heart trembled, and he smiled reluctantly, "Don't think about anything now, take care of your body, and when you recover, everything will be fine!" ”

Cao Ying was immersed in sweet imagination of the future, and she didn't notice the strangeness of Peng Yuanzheng. After a long time, she suddenly raised her head again and smiled: "Aunt Meng is okay?" ”

"My mother is out of town, I haven't had time to tell her about your car accident......" Peng Yuanzheng smiled bitterly and told a white lie, but he felt that he was becoming more and more cruel in his heart, and by mistake, he was asked by Cao Dapeng's wife and doctor to weave such an illusory dream for Cao Ying, once Cao Ying recovers her memory in the future, how can she bear the heart-breaking pain of the dream becoming empty?

"Drink some chicken soup and eat something-" Peng Yuanzheng picked up the soup bowl and took the initiative to divert the topic.

Cao Ying tilted her head mischievously and said, "I want you to feed me!" ”

The attending doctor, Zhang Peng, stood quietly outside the door of the ward, looking through the small window on the door, Peng Yuanzheng fed Cao Ying chicken soup spoonful by spoonful, and his face was slightly complicated. The female nurse Xiaohu came over, stopped and looked at it for a while, and then said softly: "Director Zhang, will it go on like this...... Once the patient realizes that all this is fake, will it suddenly stimulate the nerves in her brain, which will cause more damage? ”

"It's a dream, but it's a more potion than a potion, and as long as she moisturizes her damaged brain nerves, the future will be painful at best, and it shouldn't be life-threatening."

Zhang Peng sighed lightly, "According to the patient's condition, gradually reduce the injection of sedatives, mainly nutritional drugs." ”

Nurse Xiaohu nodded, "Okay, Director Zhang." ”

"Let's go, don't bother them. We have done everything we need to do, and whether we can fully recover in the next step depends on the patients themselves. After all, we are healthcare workers, not God Almighty. ”

Zhang Peng strode away. The nurse shook her head and walked away.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Peng Yuanzheng left the hospital. Cao Ying has already fallen asleep, because of drugs and various physical factors, she sleeps for more than 12 hours a day, but intermittently.

As Liu Fang worried, whether it was for work reasons or personal reasons, he could not and could not accompany Cao Ying every day, so he could only try to come to the hospital to cooperate with the hospital's treatment on the premise of having time.

……

The next day.

Li Huoran rushed to Xin'an from Zelin City and went directly to the city government. Zhou Xishun was about to attend a meeting at that time, and when he heard the secretary's report that Li Huoran, an old comrade-in-arms from Zelin City, was coming, he instructed the secretary to tell Li Huoran that he would wait for him for an hour, and he would come to see him after the meeting.

But Li Huoran waited for two hours, from 9 o'clock in the morning to 11 o'clock, and he didn't see Zhou Xishun's footprints. Next, someone from the city government office came to inform him, saying that Mayor Zhou had gone to a neighboring county to inspect the construction of the project, and there was no time to see him today.

Li Huoran left a little depressed and disappointed, feeling that Zhou Xishun's shelf had become so big, and he didn't miss the old love.

In fact, Zhou Xishun originally wanted to see him, but then suddenly changed his mind. Because of the interval between the meetings, Peng Yuanzheng, who participated in the meeting, approached him to report on the construction of two projects in neighboring counties. Although Peng Yuanzheng's words were very tactful and "artistic", how could Zhou Xishun not hear the "twists and turns" in it after being an official for decades, and he was immediately a little annoyed.

He thought a little bit of the old feelings, and knew that his old comrade-in-arms Li Huoran wanted to start a business and develop in Xin'an, and he did not reject giving him some care in his heart. But there is a limit to this nostalgia after all, and excessive is not enough. …,

As the mayor of Xin'an City, it is impossible for him to ignore his principles because of some old feelings back then. Moreover, there is no entanglement of interests between him and Li Huoran's Guangming Urban Construction Group - Li Huoran wants to pull his banner as a tiger skin, which directly arouses Zhou Xishun's strong disgust.

Zhou Xishun's invisible attitude, Peng Yuanzheng saw it in his eyes, and immediately made a decision. On the one hand, he invited Mayor Zhou to inspect the construction of the project in a neighboring county, and on the other hand, he instructed the Economic and Trade Commission to make preparations, first ventilate with another enterprise that had been abandoned before, terminate the cooperation with the Guangming Urban Construction Company at any time, and determine another partner.

Zhou Xishun temporarily decided to go to the neighboring county to inspect the engineering project, and set off directly from the venue, without bringing an attaché, only with the secretary on duty, and went straight to the neighboring county. Peng Yuanzheng took Zhou Xishun's car and went together.

In the car, Peng Yuanzheng hesitated, then suddenly turned his head and smiled: "Mayor Zhou, you see it's time to eat at noon, today is the weekend, I want to ask the leaders to go to Phoenix Mountain to eat some game, is it okay?" ”

Zhou Xishun glanced at Peng Yuanzheng and said with a faint smile: "Xiao Peng, do you invite me to eat wild meat, do you pay out of your own pocket or public funds?" If it is public funds, it will be exempted. ”

Peng Yuanzheng saw that Zhou Xishun had a lively mouth in his words, and said with a smile: "Mayor Zhou, I personally have a treat!" Just a few of us, eating some wild vegetables and lamb, it doesn't cost a few dollars. The leader gives face, right? ”

"Yes, Mayor Zhou, it's just spring that is blooming, all kinds of wild vegetables are coming down, the leader has been too busy with work recently, and it's good to go to the mountains to breathe." Zhou Xishun's secretary Renault also looked back from the co-pilot seat and smiled.

"Okay, okay, since you want to go, then go, let Comrade Xiao Peng break the bill once, and invite a few of us to eat something from the mountains." Zhou Xishun agreed, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that Peng Yuanzheng earnestly invited him to go to a neighboring county this time, and the inspection project was just a starting point, and the real purpose was to go into the mountains to eat this meal and further harmonize the relationship.

However, he did not rule out getting closer to Peng Yuanzheng and had some private contacts. For a young cadre like Peng Yuanzheng who can do things, he still needs to rely on and cultivate him. Speaking of which, if he wants to gain a foothold in Xin'an, he still has to cultivate people belonging to his own faction.

Undoubtedly, Peng Yuanzheng met his various requirements.

"Mayor Zhou, I took the leaders to eat an authentic farmhouse meal, which definitely tasted unusual." Peng Yuanzheng laughed, and asked tentatively, "Leader, I heard that Sister Chang has no classes to rest at home today, do you want to call Sister Chang together?" (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )