Dong Zhentang watched Lu Xiaojing drink all the wine in the cup, and involuntarily stood up from his seat with the wine glass, he said to Lu Xiaojing with sincerity, "Xiao Lu, don't take me too seriously, I still say the same thing, sometimes helping a person is not for anything in return, but completely listening to the heart, so if you are too polite, I will not be at peace in my heart, Xiao Lu, can you understand?" ”。

Lu Xiaojing looked at Dong Zhentang, nodded twice as if he didn't understand, Dong Zhentang smiled, smiled very happily, and was also very calm, he raised his glass and said, "Well, this is the best, come, let's drink", as he spoke, Dong Zhentang also drank the red wine in the cup in one gulp.

After drinking, Dong Zhentang said to Lu Xiaojing, "Come, sit down, the way you stand is too restrained", saying that he sat down first, and Lu Xiaojing also sat down again. Immediately, Dong Zhentang picked up the red wine and poured wine for Lu Xiaojing, and then filled his wine glass.

Dong Zhentang picked up the chopsticks and said to Lu Xiaojing, "Xiao Lu, eat some food, this restaurant has just opened, and the dishes taste good, you can try it." Because Lu Xiaojing came with He Mengying a few days ago, of course she knew that the dishes here were exquisite and delicious, but she didn't say it thoroughly, and hurriedly said to Dong Zhentang, "Well, okay, Dong Yuan, you can eat more."

The two of them were tasting dishes and drinking red wine at the same time, and the atmosphere became more and more relaxed, during the conversation, they talked about some recent hospital news, Dong Zhentang also specially inquired about Lu Xiaojing's situation, and instructed Lu Xiaojing to do a good job in team management and marketing while focusing on business, so as to have both inside and face. In the exchange, Lu Xiaojing once again felt Dong Zhentang's familiarity with business and his sophistication in management, and admiration arose.

Unconsciously, a bottle of red wine had been dried up, and Dong Zhentang asked the waiter to take a bottle of red wine, and Dong Zhentang's face was obviously flushed. He poured wine for Lu Xiaojing while holding the wine, and said, "Xiao Lu, I am very happy and relaxed today, such an opportunity is very rare for me."

At this time, Lu Xiaojing's cheeks also felt a little hot, she even liked this feeling inexplicably, and she also agreed with Dong Zhentang's words, so she also said to Dong Zhentang, "Dong Yuan, I also feel very happy, very relaxed, to be honest, you are my leader, it always feels far away from you, I didn't expect you to make me feel so approachable today."

Dong Zhentang listened to Lu Xiaojing's heartfelt words, and seemed even more happy, he also poured wine for himself, picked up the wine glass and said, "Xiao Lu, in fact, everyone has a lonely side in their hearts, although I am usually the executive vice president of the hospital, but the loneliness in my heart is more serious than that of ordinary people", while speaking, the smile on Dong Zhentang's face suddenly disappeared, he raised his wine glass, and drank the wine in the cup again.

Lu Xiaojing was shocked by Dong Zhentang's sudden emotional change, she looked at Dong Zhentang in a daze, Dong Zhentang picked up the wine bottle again with a sad face and poured his cup full, he raised his face and looked at Lu Xiaojing, Lu Xiaojing obviously saw that Dong Zhentang's seriousness was full of tears.

Dong Zhentang looked at Lu Xiaojing, his voice became low, and he said, "Xiao Lu, do you know, I am a Chen Shimei, I am burdened with the original sin of betrayal, ruthlessness, and abandonment, and in the past few decades, I have always pressed a big stone in my heart, and I can't move it!" ”。

In the end, Dong Zhentang began to become excited, his hand turned into a fist, and the green tendons on his head were also exposed due to his efforts to suppress his emotions. Lu Xiaojing was really frightened by this sudden scene, she looked at Dong Zhentang at a loss, and said incoherently, "Dean Dong, don't get excited, I know that everyone has pain in their hearts, you may be able to tell me, sometimes it may be good to say what is pressed in your heart-".

Dong Zhentang clenched his fists and calmed down a little for a while, and after pouring the wine again, he drank the wine dry, he clutched the wine glass and said to Lu Xiaojing, "Xiao Lu, do you know who the car accident girl you saved that day was?" Lu Xiaojing opened her eyes wide, stared at Dong Zhentang and said, "Isn't that your niece!" ”。

Dong Zhentang sighed in despair and said, "She is not my niece, she is my own daughter." When Lu Xiaojing heard Dong Zhentang say this, she was shocked and looked at Dong Zhentang in surprise, because she, or everyone in the hospital, knew that Dean Dong had a son, and he was very good, and he was currently studying for a doctorate in medicine in Australia, and he had never heard that Dean Dong also had a daughter!

Dong Zhentang glanced at Lu Xiaojing in surprise, and smiled sadly, and then said, "Xiao Lu, are you surprised, but she is indeed my daughter." Lu Xiaojing felt a little unconvinced by her ears, but these words did come out of Dong Zhentang's mouth, she looked at Dong Zhentang directly, and asked solemnly, "Dean Dong, what is going on?" ”。

At this time, Dong Zhentang seemed to have calmed down a lot, he crossed his hands on the table, and also looked at Lu Xiaojing and said, "I am the first college student who resumed the college entrance examination in 1977, I had a childhood sweetheart before going to college, she studied very well, but because she was a girl, her parents forced her to drop out of school when she was just a sophomore in high school, maybe her family is high, and she thinks that even if she goes to high school, she will not be able to take the college entrance examination!" ”。

When Lu Xiaojing heard it, it turned out to be another pure love story, which further aroused her interest, Dong Zhentang also glanced at Lu Xiaojing, and continued his narration: "The Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee resumed the college entrance examination policy, and I was admitted to the medical university in the provincial capital as I wished, but my relationship with her has not changed. As he spoke, Dong Zhentang had a rare smile on his face, as if he was immersed in sweet memories.

Dong Zhentang continued to recall, "During the winter vacation when I was about to graduate, we often planned our happy life together after I graduated, and I told her that I would marry her as soon as I graduated and brought her to the city, and she was also immersed in beautiful yearning and happiness for a while. It was in the thick of love that we stole the forbidden fruit, but that was the time when she conceived my child."

Hearing this, Lu Xiaojing's eyes widened, she felt that this story must have ups and downs, infinite twists and turns, Dong Zhentang continued, "After the annual vacation, soon after I returned to school, according to the school's arrangement, I came to our hospital to start an internship.

Speaking of this, Dong Zhentang paused, his face became gloomy again, he poured himself full of wine again, raised his glass and said to Lu Xiaojing, "Come, let's have another drink", and then drank it all, Lu Xiaojing watched Dong Zhentang drink dry again, and simply accompanied him to have a drink.

Putting down the wine glass, Dong Zhentang said, "At first, I refused to introduce the object, but the eldest sister who said the matchmaking for the dean's daughter was very persistent, she told me again and again about the stakes, and under her persuasion, my heart began to loosen, and under the introduction of the eldest sister, I also met with the dean's daughter." I was really touched by that meeting, and the dean's daughter, who was my wife, was very beautiful and dressed quite fashionably, which made me feel admired."

Dong Zhentang continued, "Since then, my heart began to contradict, I was thinking about where to go, it is this kind of psychological trouble, I have a lot less letters with my first girlfriend, I remember that when I was about four months of internship, she came to the hospital to find me, I was very scared, afraid that others would know about my relationship with her, so I simply told others that she was my cousin."

Dong Zhentang's voice became deeper at this time, "I pulled her to a corner of the hospital, and she looked at me dementedly, saying Zhentang, my mother already knows about my pregnancy, but I didn't say that it was your child, can you let your family come to my house to propose marriage first, and then we will get married after you graduate!" ”。

Dong Zhentang looked at the wall of the box at this time, his eyes were moist again, he said, "At that time, looking at her expectant eyes, I really wanted to agree to her, but when I thought of my career and the delicate face of the dean's daughter, I hesitated, that time I prevaricated her with various reasons, but she didn't complain about me, because she trusted me." Then she left, and as she left, she looked back at me again and again, and that scene still comes to me from time to time to this day—".

When he said this, Dong Zhentang's tears slowly flowed down his cheeks, Dong Zhentang was silent for a moment and continued, "Later, I still didn't make up my mind to marry her, so I kept dragging both sides, and about two months later, my father came to the city to see me, and he told me that Chunmei in our village, that is, my first love, fell off the gangplank when building a house for her uncle a few days ago, hit her head on a brick, and died just after being sent to the hospital, and gave birth to a little girl."

Speaking of this, Dong Zhentang had become choked, he said, "The moment I heard the news, I almost fainted, and tears poured down in an instant." My father understood that Chunmei and I had grown up together, and he didn't seem to take my abnormal behavior to heart. Later, I asked for leave that day, saying that I would go back for a few days, but my father didn't think much about it, so I went back to my hometown with my father."

Dong Zhentang choked up and continued, "After returning to my hometown, I went to Chunmei's grave alone, kneeling in front of the grave, I wanted to dig a hole and get into it myself, I repented, I blamed myself, I had no place to shame——, later, I went to my sister's house from the grave, my sister has been very fond of me since I was a child, I collapsed on the ground as soon as I arrived at my sister's house, and my sister was frightened at that time, when my sister helped me, I hugged my sister and cried, and confided in me and Chunmei."

Dong Zhentang stopped choking and continued to say in a low voice, "My sister was also stunned by my confession, he hugged me and beat my back and scolded me for being confused——, after a while, my sister and I stopped crying, I said to my sister that I wanted to raise a daughter born to Chunmei, and my sister scolded me again, saying that Chunmei didn't say who the child's father was until you died, you went to have a child at this time, don't you think it's not big enough?" My sister finally said, the child belongs to our family, we must raise it, you don't have to worry about this, I will raise it for you."

Dong Zhentang said, "Later, my sister came forward and went to Chunmei's father to adopt the child under the pretext that she didn't have a daughter, and Chunmei's father was happy to find a home, so it didn't take much effort in the middle, so my daughter became my sister's adopted daughter, and I became the child's uncle." Later, my wife and I got married and had a son, although I have taken care of this niece a lot over the years, but the debt and self-blame have always haunted me! ”。

Speaking of this, Dong Zhentang let out a long breath and said to Lu Xiaojing without self-deprecation, "Xiao Lu, I am a sinner, I live in self-blame and guilt, and this debt of mine cannot be repaid in this life-".

After listening to Dong Zhentang's story, Lu Xiaojing was also in tears, she didn't whip Dong Zhentang, she felt deep regret for Chunmei-