Cuiliu took a comb and scissors and trimmed Ruojun's short hair, but the messy short hair, no matter how it was repaired, was not as good as the waterfall-like long hair, Ruojun put down the mirror in frustration, and didn't want to look at himself anymore.

"Sister Ruojun, it's okay, don't be sad, your hair, comb it more and it will grow." Cuiliu comforted her.

Ruojun shook her head and pointed to the hat on the table, and Cuiliu took it and put it on her.

"I see that Shu Zhi is coming soon, I'll go back and cook something delicious later, and bring it to you in the evening, always eat the food in this hospital, where is the taste, I'll stew a chicken soup for you."

There was a knock on the door, Shu Zhi pushed the door in, followed by the beautiful Xu Mengru, who held a fruit basket and a bouquet of flowers in her hand, and followed in with a delicate smile.

"Sister, Mengru must come to see you." Shu Zhi said.

Ruojun looked at Mengru's face carefully, she didn't remember this good-looking face, Mengru was very beautiful, with curved eyebrows and a pair of shining eyes, as well as her long black hair, two long braids, hanging down on her chest, with two small bows tied with powder blue ribbons.

Ruojun smiled at her, Mengru sat on the edge of the bed, asked her about her condition, she said very slowly, her voice was very good, and the water chestnut-like mouth opened and closed beautifully, Ruojun reached out and stroked her black braids, with a look of envy, and pulled down the hat on her head with inferiority, and curled up.

Shu Zhi pulled away Mengru, sat down by himself, took off his hat, revealed his bare head, and said, "Sister, look at how ugly I am, I have no hair." As he spoke, he took Ruojun's hand and put it on his head.

Ruojun looked at his face, although Shu Zhi, who had no hair, was still beautiful, but he always looked a little weird, Ruojun touched his bald head, and smiled like a child, he held her hand tightly, and said softly: "I promise, in half a year, you will have very beautiful hair." And you can also walk, you can talk. ”

She looked at his eyes, she felt very peaceful and stable in her heart, she believed him, blinked her eyes, smiled, her smile made him intoxicated and distressed, and smiled: "Don't worry, the doctor just told me, we will start rehabilitation tomorrow, your leg bones have healed, I asked the publishing house for a few days off, can I accompany you?" ”

Ruojun looked at his face, and a fragmented image suddenly appeared in front of him, and he pulled her to dance in the leafy grove...... Is that him? She seemed to see him hugging and kissing himself in the woods, she looked at him with a blurred look in her eyes, vaguely, how could he kiss herself? Isn't he his own brother? Ruojun's head was confused.

"Ruojun, you ...... Did you remember something? His heart suddenly lifted, and he held her face, and his eyes sparkled.

Ruojun frowned and shook her head, her head was dizzy, aching, and her heart was also confused, how could she kiss her brother together? Did you remember it wrong, or did you ...... Still is......

Before she could figure it out, Xu Mengru on the side was already suspicious, pulled Meng Shuzhi up, stepped forward and said, "Sister, I have discussed with Shu Zhi and will get married next spring." As he spoke, he wrapped his arms around Shu Zhi's arm affectionately, and tilted his head slightly towards him: "So, sister, you must recover as soon as possible and attend our wedding." My dad wants to meet you, too. ”

He turned his head and said to Shu Zhi, "Why are you asking for leave?" I have more time, I can come and accompany my sister, you better go back to work. ”

"No, you need someone to support you for rehabilitation, and you don't have the strength." He pulled his arm out of her hand and said a little angrily, "My matter with you hasn't been decided yet, what are you talking nonsense." She doesn't understand what you're saying right now. ”

Ruojun looked at the two of them suspiciously, she really didn't know what *Ru was talking about, but she vaguely understood the relationship between Shu Zhi and Mengru, nodded and smiled.

Cuiliu, who was on the side, couldn't stand it anymore, and came up and said, "Okay, okay, Shu Zhi, your sister is also tired, you can send Miss Xu out first." ”

Shu Zhi pulled Xu Mengru and walked out, with a calm face along the way, Xu Mengru was also unhappy.

"Is she your own sister?" She couldn't help but ask.

"No, what's wrong?"

Xu Mengru stopped and looked at him seriously: "No wonder your surname is Meng, her surname is Mei, are you two aunts or aunts?" ”

"Neither. I'm not related to her. Is there a problem? ”

"What do you say? You are not related at all? Xu Mengru was stunned like an electric shock, she had always ignored this problem, because she had never thought that there would be other possibilities between Shu Zhi and Ruojun. But just now, in the ward, the way he looked at each other made her sensitive girl's heart ache, sour, and numb as if she had been pricked by the thorns of roses.

"What are you going to say?" Shu Zhi frowned and sent her to the door of the hospital.

She bit her lip and said unhappily: "If you are not brothers and sisters and are not related by blood, I think it is best for you to keep your distance......

Shu Zhi's face was even more ugly, and said: "Since I was nine years old, she has been taking care of me, although we are not related by blood, but we are closer than brothers and sisters, what do you know?" Who are you? Why should I keep my distance from Ruojun? He didn't want to say anything more ugly, after all, it was on the street, pointed to the bus stop across the street, and said indifferently: "You go back by yourself, if you can't accept Sister Ruojun, we'll end here." Good bye! ”

As soon as he raised his hand, he turned around and walked towards the hospital, and the angry Xu Mengru was crying and stomping his feet in the back, but he was helpless.

Back in the ward, Ruojun was already asleep, and Cuiliu looked at Shu Zhi with a complaint.

"Sister Cuiliu, go back first, I'm here." Shu Zhi avoided her scrutinizing gaze.

Cuiliu shook her head and said, "I think you have time to read the letter of the second young master to Sister Ruojun." Let her quickly remember the second young master, and everyone will be relieved. ”

"But when I think of her, I shout at her......"

"Yelling because she hasn't remembered yet, and when she does, it's nothing to do with you!" Cuiliu gave him a blank look.

"Sister Cuiliu, what are you talking about? I don't understand. ”

"Whether you understand it or not, in short, I hope that Sister Ruojun can have a good home. Don't be tortured by you men anymore. ”

Shu Zhi was about to speak, but Cuiliu was already annoyed, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go back to the store to help first, I see, it's better to close the store, don't come in the future, it's better for me to take care of it here." ”

"Why?"

"Why? I think your posture is to marry this Miss Xu, do you still have time to care about Sister Ruojun in the future? ”

"Why not? After getting married, Sister Ruojun is still my sister, and I promised Brother Ruikang that he would take good care of Sister Ruojun and Nian'an. ”

Cuiliu glanced at him, opened her mouth and closed it again, but after hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but say:

"Shu Zhi, you must not follow the old path of the second young master."

Shu Zhi raised his eyes and looked at Cuiliu, he didn't quite understand what she meant.

"Back then, the second young master married Miss Xu for a while, and married Miss Cheng for a while, and broke Sister Ruojun's heart again and again. Are you going to continue to hurt her now? She's pathetic enough. Isn't it? Cuiliu looked at the thin, haggard, pale and sick Ruojun on the hospital bed, and felt very sad.

"I know, that's because she loves big brother Ruikang, but I am dispensable in her heart, just a younger brother, how can I hurt her if I don't get married? Maybe she will be happy if I get married. He said bitterly.

Cuiliu patted him on the shoulder: "It's good that you know who she loves, you don't want to make trouble for her, the second young master asks you to take care of their mother and son, you have done a good job, but you two are not brothers and sisters after all, and we all know your heart for her." So keep your distance. I discussed with Sister Chen, closed the store, and Sister Chen and I took turns to take care of it, so you can go to your class well, develop well with Miss Xu, get married early, and settle down as soon as possible. ”

Keep your distance...... Keep your distance...... Meng Shuzhi felt that his head was about to explode, why should he keep his distance? Are you a poisonous snake? Is it a scourge? Yes, she has a passion, but she doesn't love him, what's the use? When she saw Zhou Ruikang, she left herself, they love so fiercely, she is just unrequited love, what is there to keep her distance?

He ignored Xu Mengru and Cuiliu's warnings, and still came to accompany her every day.

Because now she depends on him, trusts him, needs him, and will not hide from him, he can accompany her, be close to her, and talk to her.

He accompanied her through painful rehabilitation, teaching her to repronounce and recognise words......

Nian'an would run to the hospital after class and try to teach Ruojun to speak.

"Mother, Daddy wrote to me again, you see." Nian An waved a letter in his hand.

Ruojun just hugged Nian'an tightly on the bed, although she couldn't speak or understand it, but her mother-son affection for Nian'an was so strong.

Nian'an was lying in his mother's arms, reading Ruikang's letter from Hong Kong, Shu Zhi was watching Ruojun's reaction while flattening the fruit on the side, because as long as he read Ruikang's letter a few times before, sometimes even mentioning Ruikang, Ruojun would have a headache, cry and scream, and the reaction was very violent.

But in the past month, Ruojun seems to have recovered relatively smoothly, can understand some words, and can communicate with people on some expressions, so Shu Zhi wants Nian'an to try again.

Ruikang's letter was full of thoughts and worries, full of affection, but Ruojun seemed to have all his attention on Nian'an, just smiled and hugged him for a while, kissed him for a while, and hugged him for a while.

Nian An looked at Shu Zhi in confusion, and Shu Zhi was also very strange and couldn't explain it. Of course, the unforgettable, landslide and cracked love between Ruojun and Ruikang should be deeply imprinted in Ruojun's memory, and it should be the easiest to remember, isn't it? But how could she not react? It's as if you didn't hear it at all.

Meng Shuzhi divided the apple into two, half to Nian'an, and half to Ruojun.

Ruojun looked at him with a smile, gently grabbed him, and put the apple to his mouth, her smile was still a little dull, but it was obvious that she wanted him to eat it.

"Uncle, my mother wants you to take a bite!" Nian An explained on the side.

Shu Zhi smiled awkwardly, took a bite of Ruojun's hand, and Ruojun happily stuffed it into his mouth and ate it.

She looked at him and smiled, a little dumbfounded, a little silly, but she could see that she was happy.

But neither Shu Zhi nor Nian An knew why she was so happy.

At night, Shu Zhi rode a bicycle against the cold wind and drove Nian An back to the small attic, Nian An sat in the back seat of the car and muttered: "Uncle, my mother seems to have forgotten my father." ”

"No, your mother loves your father very much, their story, she won't forget your father if she can't finish it for three days and three nights."

"When will my mother think of us, when will she speak."

"Yes, your mother knows in her heart, she remembers you, maybe ...... Remember me, too. Shu Zhi smiled.

"Uncle, I always feel that although my mother can't speak now, and she can't understand us, she seems to be happier than before. Don't you think? ”

Shu Zhi was silent, in fact, he also had this feeling in his heart, it seemed that Ruojun had experienced too much suffering, and now he had forgotten a lot of the past, but it seemed to have let go of his heavy burden.

"Next week, your mother will be discharged from the hospital, and we will reunite as a family and have a good celebration."

"Okay!"

//

On the eve of the Spring Festival that year, Ruojun was finally discharged from the hospital and returned to the small attic, although her legs and feet could walk slowly, but she couldn't climb the stairs, so she needed Shu Zhi or Zhou Fu to hold her up and down.

Shu Zhi and Xu Mengru reconciled, this year's Spring Festival in the small shop, Mrs. Chen, Zhou Fu and two children, Shu Zhi and Mengru, Ruojun and Nian'an, these many people, gathered together to eat a hot pot.

After eating the hot pot, Shu Zhi carried Ruojun back to the room, gently kicked open the door, carried her into her cabin, and was just about to put her on the bed, when he inadvertently turned his head, but saw her looking at herself with sparkling eyes.

This kind of look made his heart throb inexplicably, because he was very familiar with this kind of look, Xu Mengru looked like this every time he looked at himself. He panicked, afraid that he had seen it wrong, and wanted to confirm it again, and when he looked at her again, she had already lowered her eyelashes.

The corners of Meng Shuzhi's mouth raised a self-deprecating smile, thinking that he must have seen it wrong, so he gently put Ruojun on the bed and said softly: "Sister, you lie down, I'll go down to accompany them first." ”

Ruojun shook his head, pulled him, and let him sit on the edge of the bed, Shu Zhi was a little surprised, it seemed that Ruojun had something to say to himself.

Ruojun looked at him with a smile, pointed downstairs, and then on his face, rubbed his hands together, and then gave a thumbs up.

Shu Zhi guessed and said, "You said downstairs, braids?" Oh, you mean Mengru? You say she's good? ”

Ruojun nodded, continued to gesture, pointed at Shu Zhi, and then buckled the thumbs of both hands twice, and gave a thumbs up.

"You're saying that I'm a good match for Mengru?"

Ruojun smiled and nodded, pointed to his heart again, and smiled with his finger on his face.

"You mean you're happy?" He frowned, "You mean, you're glad I'm with Mengru?" Is it? ”

Ruojun suddenly seemed to be able to understand everything at this time, and she smiled and nodded.

Shu Zhi lowered his head, was silent for a while, and nodded indifferently: "Okay, I know." As long as you are happy, I will marry Mengru as soon as possible. I think you'll be very happy. ”

A hint of sorrow crossed her face, and she slowly turned her face to the wall.

He stood up and wanted to leave, reached out and touched the doorknob, a wave of unwillingness welled up in his heart, he turned around and came back, sat on the edge of the bed, and pulled Ruojun over, his eyes seemed to be on fire, staring firmly into her eyes, pursed his lips, he asked: "Sister, from childhood to adulthood, you are teaching me, then, you tell me, if I have another woman in my heart, can I still marry Mengru?" Should I marry her? Teach me, tell me. ”

He said it too fast, his question was too profound, Ruojun couldn't understand it, and looked at him with big eyes and confusion.

He looked at her delicate face, slightly thin, pale face, those two pale pink small lips, and he had a desire in his chest. Wang, a strong desire to kiss her, possess her desire, yes, her face has faded, and there are some traces of time on her face, Xu Mengru is much younger and more beautiful than her, but his heart still loves her so persistently.

But he can't love her, and she doesn't love him, besides, he promised Ruikang that he would just take care of their mother and son for him, and he wouldn't dominate her, so he couldn't break his promise.

Cuiliu is right, she still gets married and has children as soon as possible, dies of this heart, or when everything settles, she will be liberated, and she can really treat Ruojun as her sister.

He sighed, put her on the bed, turned and hurried downstairs.