Chapter 22: The Past
Huo Jianan always got up early. Just today...... It was earlier than expected, and when he opened his eyes, it was still dark. At this time, it was only five o'clock.
He sat up from the bed and straightened his hair, which was somewhat messy. Even if he didn't look in the mirror, Huo Jianan knew that his eyes must be bloodshot.
In the Huo family, everyone's bedroom has a separate bathroom. He walked to the bathroom, washed up, and changed into a sportswear. He then walked out of the room, intending to go for a morning run.
At this time, there was silence in the villa. But he knew that by this time the cook should have gotten up and prepared breakfast in the kitchen.
Today...... I'm afraid that there will inevitably be a storm at home.
Huo Jianan asked himself, in terms of personality, he was biased towards ostriches. Many times, he would rather run away than face it.
Huo Jianan has never liked to fight for anything, and he has never thought of becoming a doctor. However, his father asked him to become a surgeon, and he said that as soon as he was admitted to a medical university and obtained a doctor's license, he would be arranged to work in a private hospital under the name of the Huo family consortium in the future.
He still remembers his father's extremely disappointed eyes when he failed to be admitted to medical university.
Do you have to be a doctor to get ahead?
For the sake of my father...... He could only attend medical university for another year. But when I took the exam in the second year, there was another incident with my sister Jialan. After graduating from high school, Jialan gave up college and got married, and at that time Jianan was also an opponent of this marriage. He didn't want his sister to marry a scumbag who could easily see different thoughts, let alone give up college because of marriage. However, my sister didn't know why she was so resolute. Ultimately...... He himself still didn't play well, and he was not admitted to medical school again.
He walked down the dimly lit corridor to the door of the villa.
Huo Jianan suddenly felt that the house was really depressed, and after opening the door, he felt that the air outside was much fresher.
He put on his sneakers at the door, rushed out of the door, closed the door, and went for a morning jog.
Running is one of his ways to relieve stress, and there's another ...... It's football. At that time, he wanted to join the school football team, and even wanted to go to a training camp in the city with the school people, but his father objected to him participating in the training camp on the grounds that sports affected his studies.
"Don't you know how bad football is in our country? What's the use of playing your best? Can it be compared to being a doctor? ”
Huo Jianan had to give up his favorite sport...... He used to play as a striker on the varsity soccer team and contributed goals many times, but later he ...... also deserted. Later, he could only watch the World Cup and the broadcast of the Bundesliga in the Premier League, but he could no longer participate in it. He can recite countless of the most classic goals and players from dozens of World Cups, and everything related to football can make him fanatical...... But medicine couldn't make him feel that way.
About ten years ago, the father finally realized that it was impossible for the second son to put on the white coat of a surgeon and pick up a scalpel like the eldest son. Therefore, he began to let him go freely. And Huo Jianan, like his sister, finally gave up college, and his current career is ...... It became a translator. In order to study medicine well, he also studied English quite hard, because his father said that English is indispensable for writing papers and reading foreign medical journals in the future. He couldn't learn anything else, but he was quite talented in language learning, and in the end he finally learned English well. So he now takes on foreign translation jobs at home, and he can do his work with just a laptop. It's just that because he didn't become a doctor as his father wanted, he can see that over the years, his father's attitude towards him has always been extremely cold, and the same is true for the third sister Jialan, who has been staying at home since she got married.
He was running on a forest trail, and at this time, he could hardly feel the tiredness of running, and even he wished he was more tired.
It didn't take long for people to start populating, and he was now running through the streets of Blue Bay Town. At this time, some breakfast stalls have begun to be set up, but most people are still asleep, so the surroundings are quite quiet.
"Huo Jianan?"
At this time, Jianan heard a familiar voice behind him, and he immediately looked back.
The person who came behind was Charlene, who had been a classmate for a year when he applied for medical school for the second time.
"Summer ...... Charlene? ”
"It's rare...... You're actually coming for a morning jog? Xia Lin, like Huo Jianan, is also wearing sportswear for a morning jog, but the difference is that she is running while holding a bottle of mineral water in her hand.
"Hmm." Charlene slowed down and ran in parallel with him: "For a long time...... I don't see it. ”
Back then, when he applied for a medical university for the second time, he was in the same class as Charlene, who also volunteered to be admitted to a medical university. And her younger sister Jialan was not given the will to become a doctor by her father at that time, she planned to study liberal arts at that time. Even so, the relationship between Charlene and Jialan is still quite good. With this relationship, Charlene will often help Jialan make up for her classes, after all, her father is a surgeon, she has been exposed to it since she was a child, and because her mother died of illness, the idea of studying medicine is stronger. At that time, Huo Jianan really admired Charlene, those medical terms that seemed to him like a book in heaven were simply easy for Charlene. He often told Charlene that if she was his father's daughter, he would probably wake up laughing.
After graduating from high school, Charlene was admitted to the medical university she wanted, but when she was admitted to her medical license, she returned to the small town of Blue Bay to work in her father's clinic. After Huo Jianan heard about this, she thought that she was just planning to intern in her own clinic, but she didn't expect that this would be done for so many years. Over the years, he and Charlene have rarely seen each other, after all, her relationship with Jialan has almost broken up. However, when I see it, I will say hello.
After running for a while, both of them were tired.
"Have you had breakfast? If not...... I'll ask you. Huo Jianan saw that there happened to be a snack bar nearby, and said, "I have something I want to tell you." ”
Today is Sunday and the clinic is closed. So Charlene was also happy, she bought cat food early in the morning, put it on a plate and put it on the floor, this cat food was enough for the cat to eat. My father usually woke up late on Sundays, and she had planned to wait until she had finished eating.
Although she and Huo Jianan were classmates back then, they hardly interacted much in recent years, and they always felt a little embarrassed to eat together. Originally, she used to have the identity of a best friend's brother, but now she and Huo Jialan have almost broken off their relationship. Let alone...... Zhang Rong came back last night, and she felt a little uncomfortable when she remembered what Jialan had done back then.
"Forget it...... I ......"
"I have something very important to tell you." Huo Jianan thought for a while and said, "Anyway, you can listen to me." ”
In fact...... Even if I told Charlene, it didn't seem to change anything. However, Huo Jianan is really upset now. He was in need of a confidant. Back then, Charlene and Zhang Rong and Jialan were all good friends. So, he really needs her opinion.
Xia Lin noticed that Huo Jianan's expression was a little haggard, and realized that he was afraid that he didn't just want to have a meal.
"AA system." Charlene doesn't like to owe favors to others casually.
In the snack bar, after the two sat down to order, Charlene was sitting precariously and asked, "What do you want to say...... What the? ”
Huo Jianan then told Charlene everything that happened after the eldest brother's return last night.
Suddenly, Charlene closed her mouth in shock. She could hardly believe Huo Jianan's words!
"It's not...... Right? ”
"No matter what happened to my eldest brother in the past, he would not easily contradict my father. Even if he had any emotions for my mom, there was still a semblance of respect...... But this time, he really seemed to be a different person. ”
"Zhang Rong came to me yesterday...... She made me feel very different from before. Your eldest brother and Zhang Rong, do they really want to get married? This, in this way, Jialan ...... her"
"Our house is in complete chaos right now. Today, the eldest brother will take Zhang Rong to his home, and he said that they will settle in GX after they get married. However, the father was adamantly opposed. ”
For a moment, the snack bar became silent.
"So many people and things...... It's all changed...... Huo Jianan said this sentence after a long time: "When I was in high school, the days when you helped me make up for classes seemed like just yesterday......"