Ruikang wrote to Song Yuanyang, hoping to find the best treatment for Dingguo through some connections of the Song family, whether Dingguo is his son or not, he hopes that this innocent child can recover and live a normal life, he doesn't want the tragedy of his eldest brother Ryan to happen again, it is too cruel.

He temporarily let go of his concern for Ruojun's mother and son, let go of the rift in his marriage with Jiaqi, and concentrated on the treatment of Dingguo.

"Dingguo, look at Dad, look at Dad, listen to Dad, Dad must cure you, will definitely cure you." Ruikang held Dingguo's round little face, he took a lot of medicine, his face was a little swollen, Ruikang was very distressed: "It's all daddy who is bad, it's daddy who is sorry for you." Daddy is not a good daddy. ”

Dingguo was just stunned, looking at Ruikang in a daze, Ruikang hugged his small body tightly, and a hot tear rolled out of the corner of his eye.

After Mr. Zhou went in and out of the hospital several times, he finally couldn't support it because of his advanced age, and the hospital issued a critical illness notice several times, Ruikang and Jiaqi could only stay in front of the bed, and did not dare to leave a step.

In the ward, Zhou Ruikang stayed alone by his father's side to accompany him at night, Master Zhou had been in a coma for two days, with an oxygen tube in his nose and an infusion tube in his hand, he held his father's hand, drowsy.

I don't know how long I fell asleep, but in the middle of the night, Master Zhou slowly woke up, his spirit suddenly improved, he turned his head slightly to look at his son beside him, and called vaguely: "Ruikang...... Ruikang ......"

Ruikang was dimly awakened, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that his father was calling himself with his eyes open, he was overjoyed, and quickly rubbed his eyes and said, "Dad, you are awake, I will call the doctor to check you." ”

Just about to stand up, Master Zhou shook his head, took his hand, and said, "No, don't, Dad wants to have a good chat with you." ”

Ruikang nodded, and sat back in his chair.

Master Zhou raised his hand, reached out to touch his son's handsome and haggard face, and asked distressedly, "Aren't you tired?" ”

Ruikang squeezed out a smile and comforted his father and said, "It's okay, I'm not tired." ”

Master Zhou shook his head: "Dad knows that you are very tired. ”

Ruikang felt a strong sour feeling in his heart, too long, too long no one cared about his heart, everyone loved him and wanted to rely on him, but no one ever cared whether he was tired or not, whether it hurt or not, whether it was bitter or not.

There was a sour feeling in the nasal passages, and the eye sockets immediately became hot.

"You and your eldest brother are both good boys, but your eldest brother has an unfortunate life, so I put all my expectations on you. Naturally, it is much stricter with you. ”

"I know."

"You didn't disappoint your father, you are proud of your father."

Master Zhou was silent for a while, grabbed Ruikang's hand tightly and said, "Ruikang, Dad has been hiding something from you. ”

"What?" Ruikang wiped tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Actually...... I have long known that Ruojun's mother and son are in Beiping. That time Nian'an was kidnapped......"

"Kidnapping? Nian An was kidnapped? When was this? Ruikang shuddered.

"Don't worry, he's fine, and then Shu Zhi took back two hundred taels of gold and returned it to us, and I realized that they had already returned to Beiping, and ...... Ruojun came to borrow money from Jiaqi in order to save Nian'an. Shu Zhi was very angry and came to repay the money, and asked Jiaqi to get back the IOU signed by Ruojun. Only then did I know that Ruojun's mother and son had already returned to Beiping, and Jiaqi had already known about it. ”

"What? Borrowed money, IOUs? Ruikang's head "buzzed": "Why did Jiaqi Ruojun write an IOU, why?" Two hundred taels of gold, how will she pay it back? Besides, Nian'an is my son, why should I borrow it? Ruikang shook his head in disbelief and said, "I can understand Jiaqi not telling me Ruojun's whereabouts, but she actually forced Ruojun to write an IOU?" ...... days"

Master Zhou frowned and shook his head, patted Ruikang's hand and said, "I think Jiaqi is also a knot in her heart for a while. Don't blame her, you left her, for seven years, she waited for you without regrets, took care of me, I think she was angry in her heart. ”

Ruikang frowned, his heart ached like a pinprick, although he understood Jiaqi's resentment towards him, but how could she make things difficult for Ruojun in such a critical situation? IOU ...... Hehe, if you want to save your own children, you have to write an IOU...... He couldn't believe that Jiaqi would do such a mean thing, but she did it, she did it......

"Ruikang, tell Dad, are you sure Nian'an is your son?" Master Zhou asked tightly holding Ruikang's hand, his eyes wide open.

"Of course. I didn't see what he looked like, but I knew he was, and Ruojun wouldn't lie to me. ”

Master Zhou nodded: "But Ruojun wrote a clarification book about Nian'an's life experience, and she personally admitted that Nian'an is Ding Xiaohui's son and has nothing to do with you." ”

It was a slap in the face, Ruikang was stunned and asked, "What?" Clarification of life history? Ruojun wrote it himself? ”

"Yes, Jiaqi showed me. I don't think it's impossible. She and Ding Xiaohui got very close back then, and later got married, Ruikang, can you be a big wrongdoer. ”

Ruikang's heart was like someone had cut a hole with an awl, and it spasmed in pain: "No, it's impossible, Ruojun won't lie to me, no." Besides, why did Ruojun write a clarification book inexplicably? ”

"This ...... I don't know. ”

Ruikang shook his head, thought quickly, and understood: "It's Jiaqi to show you again, hehe, Dad, this is Jiaqi who made it difficult for Ruojun and forced her to use two hundred taels of gold as bait." Dad, Ruojun may not be your ideal daughter-in-law, but she doesn't lie. If the child is Ding Xiaohui's, what else does Ding Xiaohui come to me for? If Ruojun loves Ding Xiaohui, why bother to marry Qin and Jin with me? No, I don't believe it. ”

"You believe her so much?" Master Zhou looked at his son in surprise.

"Yes, I believe her."

Master Zhou turned his head, took a few quick breaths, and said in a dumb voice, "Okay." Ahem......"

Master Zhou only felt tightness in his chest, his vision blurred, Ruikang saw that his father's expression was wrong, and hurriedly ran out of the door to shout for a doctor.

The doctor came, the nurse came, and after a burst of first aid, Mr. Zhou's condition seemed to be stable again, and the doctor gently patted Ruikang's arm, Ruikang understood, and followed the doctor out of the ward.

The doctor sighed and said: "After all, the old man is old, and the organ function is failing, and there will be a possibility of the past at any time, if he wants to be discharged from the hospital and reunite with his family, it can also be considered." Discuss it. ”

Ruikang frowned and nodded.

In this way, Master Zhou was discharged from the hospital and returned home, but three days later, the situation deteriorated again, and when he was dying, he glanced at Ruikang, Dingbang, Dingguo, Jiaqi, Hu Xiaofen on the side of the bed, but there was a heavy concern in his heart, especially staring at Dingbang's face for a long time, the two eyebrows that had been sparse and white were tightly twisted together, and he used his strength to say intermittently: "Rui...... Ruikang ...... I...... To be ...... separately Talk to you about ......"

Jiaqi took Dingbang, Hu Xiaofen hugged Dingguo, walked out of the room with tears in her eyes, and closed the door.

Ruikang knelt in front of his father's sickbed, painful, holding his father's dry hand tightly.

"Tell me...... Dingbang ...... Isn't it yours? Master Zhou stiffened his neck, stood up, and stared at his son's face.

Ruikang was in tears, his eyebrows were locked, and he looked at his father with mixed feelings, it turned out that his father had long doubted Dingbang's background, and he couldn't lie to his father at this time of life and death.

Pursed his lips tightly, choked and shook his head, a secret that had been buried for many years was finally revealed: "No. Dingbang is the child I adopted with Jiaqi. Jiaqi was seriously injured on the battlefield, which caused her to be unable to have children, so I married her. ”

"Ah~~~~!" Master Zhou suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, poured back on the pillow, his eyes protruded, and he looked at the ceiling in a daze, and for a moment, Ruikang thought that Master Zhou was out of breath, and was startled, and quickly reached out to probe his father's snort.

Master Zhou shook his head slightly, suddenly chuckled, and said in a hoarse and weak voice: "It turns out that it has been destined by providence from the beginning. Hehe......"

As he spoke, he pulled a key from under the pillow and pointed to the locked cabinet on the bedside table.

Ruikang took the key and opened the cabinet, there was only a black carved jewelry box of sunken wood, and Ruikang carefully held the box to his father.

Master Zhou reached into his jacket pocket with trembling hands, took out a small key and handed it to Ruikang.

"Open."

Ruikang opened the small jewelry box with the key in confusion, and what jumped into his eyes was a pair of crystal clear, flawless white jade bracelets lying quietly in the red velvet interlayer.

Ruikang, of course, knew the heirloom of his family, and was taken aback, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Yue Linglong!" ”

This was put on by Mrs. Zhou herself after Ruojun entered the door. Later, Ruojun faded at some point, and no one knew where this precious bracelet went.

Master Zhou said intermittently: "After you and Ruojun leave home...... Your mother ordered someone to take 'Yue Linglong' back from Ruojun's room, she ...... No longer recognize this daughter-in-law...... put 'Yue Linglong' in Yilan Xiaozhu...... In the cracks in the walls of the chamber...... The Japanese didn't find ......"

"I ...... Originally, I wanted to hand over 'Yue Linglong' to Jiaqi for safekeeping...... But...... I see your attitude towards her, ahem...... I know your character...... I always feel that you are two ...... It won't go to the end...... I want to wait for you to come back and leave it to yourself. ”

Master Zhou paused, pulled two breaths, Ruikang gave him two strokes, Master Zhou clutched the sheets tightly, he had to finish his words, bulging his eyes, holding his breath and saying:

"'Moon Linglong' is the ancestral treasure of our family...... From Zhou's daughter-in-law downwards, your eldest brother is gone, and you have ...... It is the head of the Zhou family, and only your daughter-in-law can wear ......"

Speaking of this, Master Zhou raised his eyes and looked at Ruikang meaningfully for a few seconds and said, "You...... To whom does love ...... Give it to whomever it is. ”

Ruikang didn't understand what his father meant for a while, he was stunned for a while, and then suddenly understood, his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth slowly smiled: "Dad...... You...... You mean...... I can? To her? ”