The family members of the patients who came and went in the corridor, Lu Huainian sat on the chair on the side of the corridor, staring at the floor with his eyebrows lowered and not saying a word.

Passers-by saw his arm and occasionally whispered to someone next to him. Even so, Lu Huainian didn't even lift his eyelids.

He seemed to be thinking something, and he had no way of knowing.

Shi Baijie settled Zhao Qi before he came out of the ward, and when he saw him sitting there in silence, he stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, "Lu Huainian, she is asleep, do you want to go in and have a look?" Xia Yuan called just now and said that he would be there soon. ”

Lu Huainian raised his eyes and glanced at Shi Baijie, then got up and walked towards Zhao Qi's ward. His steps were a little hurried, and even the cuffs of his sweater were swaying slightly back and forth with his steps.

Xia Yuan took Zhao Qi's mother from the corridor opposite the operating room, and as soon as Zhao Min heard that his daughter was injured and was undergoing surgery, he didn't even bother to ask who Xia Yuan was, so he followed him directly to the hospital.

This is the first time Lu Huainian has seen Zhao Qi's mother, and when he meets in such a way, Lu Huainian doesn't know what to say to Zhao Min in the first sentence. "Auntie Zhao Qi's operation went well, I should be able to wake up in a while, I'm sorry I didn't protect him."

Zhao Min's hostility towards him had already overflowed from his eyes, and there was no need to say at all, "What happened to her has something to do with you?" ”

"Yes" Lu Huainian did not refute, after all, Zhou Zhou's parents were recommended by him, and the report was also written by Zhao Qi because of this, Lu Huainian regretted introducing Zhou Zhou's parents to Zhao Qi, so she didn't have to bear everything that followed.

Don't know what's going on though? But when Zhao Min heard him say that it was related to him, he still slapped Lu Huainian in the face, as a mother, she did not allow anyone to hurt her daughter, whether directly or indirectly.

When Shi Baijie pushed the door in, he happened to see this scene, and stepped forward to stop, "I said, how can you slap indiscriminately?" If it weren't for Lu Huainian and Zhao Qi, ...... now"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Huainian's look. "Shi Baijie, you go out first."

Shi Baijie glanced at Lu Huainian, pouted helplessly and opened the door and went out, Lu Huainian broke his teeth and swallowed in his stomach, begging for hardship.

Zhao Min was full of anger When he saw Lu Huainian's arm, the words in his mouth were all blocked in his throat at once, and the anger in his heart disappeared in an instant.

He doesn't even have a forearm? Zhao Min approached, and with a full question, he reached out and grabbed the sleeves of the sweater that Lu Huainian's forearm was hanging on, both sides were the same, they were empty.

No matter how unreasonable she was, how could she expect a disabled person who didn't even have two forearms to protect Zhao Qi? "...... your arm?"

In just one minute, Zhao Min's fickle facial expressions were all captured in Lu Huainian's eyes. "Auntie, I will find out about Zhao Qi's affairs, I have to go out in advance."

After Zhao Min said "yes" vaguely, Lu Huainian went out. Zhao Min sat on the sofa, wiping her tears helplessly, why did this matter fall on her daughter.

Zhao Qi lay on his stomach with his face sideways and slowly opened his eyes.

She had never fallen asleep from beginning to end, the effect of the anesthetic was fading little by little, and the pain of the wound on Zhao Qi's back was becoming more and more obvious.

She didn't want to talk, she didn't want to see anyone, she just wanted to be alone now.

When that slap landed on Lu Huainian's face, Zhao Qi's tears crossed the bridge of his nose and fell on the sheet.

In fact, when he was just pushed out of the operating room, Zhao Qi turned his face sideways and saw Lu Huainian sitting on the bench in the corridor with his unstable body, hanging his head and looking lonely.

Although it was only two seconds, I don't know why, Zhao Qi felt that he was blaming himself.

Zhao Qi listened to her mother's sobs, and she slowly closed her eyes again.

She didn't want to quarrel with Zhao Min, she had opposed this profession from the beginning, and now that she had an accident, Zhao Qi knew that she probably wanted her to resign directly.

If you can avoid it, you can avoid it for a while.

Guan Xi didn't catch up with that person, and when he went back, there was no one in Lu Huainian's residence, but the pool of blood stains in front of the courtyard made Guan Yi worry.

Who was hurt? He called Zhao Qi more than a dozen times, but none of them were answered.

Guan Xi panicked, could it be that Zhao Qi was injured? He asked the editor-in-chief for Lu Huainian's phone number, but he couldn't get through, and Guan Xi could only report back to the company and wait for news.

Xia Yuan came in from outside the door and saw Zhao Qi and Zhao Min's mother and daughter, one north and one south, and the two did not communicate at all. "Auntie, I still have to eat dinner, I'll take you to eat something, and I'll bring some to Zhao Qi by the way."

Seeing that Xia Yuan had been busy with Zhao Qi's affairs since she came, Zhao Min was a little apologetic, "Thank you Xiao Xia for keeping you busy for so long." Unlike Lu Huainian, Zhao Min was more polite to Xia Yuan. Zhao Min knew that she wouldn't say anything if she asked Zhao Qi, because she didn't even want to make any eye contact with herself from the time she opened her eyes until now.

Soon after Zhao Min and Xia Yuan went out, Lu Huainian returned. Probably because of the people coming and going in the hospital, Zhao Qi saw that he had a camel-colored coat draped over his shoulders, and the black turtleneck sweater was still the one inside.

Lu Huainian approached and stopped beside her bed, "Awake?" ”

"I didn't sleep," Zhao Qi didn't sleep from beginning to end. "I'm sorry about my mother's business."

Lu Huainian pursed his lips and didn't speak, his eyes all fell on the hospital gown behind Zhao Qi. Because she was lying on her stomach, a slight corner of the right side of her dress was raised, revealing a little bloodstained gauze.

"Does the wound hurt?" He heard from the doctor that the wound was about 10 centimeters long, and even if he recovered later, it would still have a scar.

Zhao Qi clenched his fist under his chin "a little"

Lu Huainian squatted down, his eyes were level with her, and his eyes looked at her gently.

When Lu Huainian raised his arm, the coat draped over his shoulders fell to the ground.

He actually patted Zhao Qi's head gently with the big arm of his right hand.

Zhao Qi's whole person was petrified all of a sudden, because it was not a hand, but Lu Huainian's arm. Zhao Qi's heartbeat was a little fast at the moment, and he inexplicably felt a nervous feeling.

What was completely different from the temperature of his eyes was the words he spoke, he said, "Zhao Qi, don't investigate Zhou Zhou's matter anymore, I have already made a record just now, and I will hand over the rest to the police." ”

Immersed in Lu Huainian's sudden gentleness, Zhao Qi nodded.

Soon, Lu Huainian got up, "Wait a minute, Xia Yuan will bring you back, you eat, I'll go out first" Zhao Qi's mother didn't like him, counting the time, they should be almost there.

Zhao Qi knew that he was deliberately avoiding her mother.

When Lu Huainian turned around, the sleeve of his sweater was grabbed by Zhao Qi, "Lu Huainian, I have something to tell you." "Zhao Qi really has something to say to Lu Huainian.

Lu Huainian glanced at the cuffs held by Zhao Qi and turned back to his body, but Zhao Qi still didn't let go.

"Say it."

"I'll just ask you one question," Zhao Qi's hand clutching his cuff tightened, "No matter what the reason, have you ever hurt someone or killed someone like that man today?" I want to hear the truth. Before asking this question, Zhao Qi had struggled to confess whether she was deliberately approaching him, and then Zhao Qi gave up.

If you confess one, there will be countless ones waiting for her one after another, and it will take time for Zhao Qi to do something.

Lu Huainian stared at her eyes, as if he wanted to answer something.

Zhao Qi didn't avoid his eyes, but chose to look directly, because this answer was important and important to her.

His expression was serious, and there was no hint of dodging in his eyes. "Nope."

When she heard him deny it, Zhao Qi silently breathed a sigh of relief in her heart for some reason, which was obviously the result of deviating from her original intention.