"How long has it been accumulating?"

"Five months."

Recently, Xiao Long heard that the business conditions of each hospital are not very good, and he is somewhat relieved. But other hospitals are in arrears for up to three months, and five months in arrears is indeed excessive, no wonder pharmacists complain. Now, the money for emergency has not yet been settled, and Xiao Long thought of Lai Qianxiu and Xia Zhifang. Although Lai Qianxiu promised to lend him money last night, it will take some time to get the cash; Although Xia Zhifang promised to help Xiao Long use the hospital's real estate as collateral for a loan, the money should be used to prove the financial resources to Dragon Ball, and could not be used for the hospital's capital turnover.

Xiao Long promised to think about it and let the chief go out first. The sky was clear outside the window, and the bright sunshine was in stark contrast to Xiao Long's depressed mood at the moment.

It is also normal to be chased by pharmacists to pay bills, and one-third of the hospital's total revenue has to be paid to pharmacists. If there is arrears, the drug company will not only not look good, but will also refuse to supply new drugs with good treatment effects.

The nurse sent a stack of letters, as usual, mostly advertisements, including brochures on new drugs sent by pharmaceutical companies. It's ridiculous that the pharmacists have stopped supplying new drugs, and the hospitals will still receive this information!

When looking through the letters, Xiao Long found a long-lost handwriting, and after a closer look, it was indeed a letter from his wife, which is really rare! Since the separation, the two have not even sent a postcard greeting each other unless something very important happened. Xiao Long opened the envelope.

Mr. Xiao Long:

After the separation, everything is okay? If I don't get it done as soon as possible, I won't be able to live with peace of mind. I know that this kind of thing is not appropriate to be resolved by writing a letter, and I also know that divorce should be a business matter, and the reason why I am writing a letter is to hope to get alimony as soon as possible. It's not good for anyone if we drag it out like this, and I want to use the money to plan a new life. I respect your opinion and this time I would like you to write a direct reply with the amount and date of payment. If you don't reply to the letter, I'll have to ask a lawyer to negotiate with you.

I know your personality very well, and I'm worried that you won't reply. Now is a critical juncture in my life, and I hope you will reply soon, so that I can feel at ease as soon as possible. After sending the letter, I will wait a week, and if I don't reply by then, I will follow the legal procedures mentioned earlier.

Note: This matter must be replied to by letter, it is useless to come to me without prior notice.

Xiao Long roughly browsed it, read it carefully, then threw the letter on the table, got up, lit a cigarette, and walked to the window. Under the blue sky and white clouds, there are peaceful homes and peaceful streets, however, under these thousands of eaves, the living conditions of each family are different, Xiao Long imagined thinking about his wife's expression when she wrote a letter, this cold-blooded woman has always loved to take a shelf, and she has not fulfilled her duty to take care of her husband at all. Xiao Long always felt that she was with her new boyfriend when she wrote this letter, and this feeling became even stronger when she read the last note.

Xiao Long sneered, not because of jealousy, he had long wanted to break off with her completely in order to marry Dragon Ball, so there was no need to care if she had married a new love. Even if there is, it must be a man younger than her, Xiao Long feels that the alimony given to her will be cheated by the other party sooner or later. Thinking like this, the middle-aged woman I saw on TV in the past who was grief-stricken because she was deceived by a man about her feelings and money unconsciously changed to the face of her wife.

Forget it, it doesn't matter. Hurry up and give her the money, and then get the divorce formalities done, so that you can marry Dragon Ball. However, he has to show a list of his assets to Dragon Ball, pay his wife's alimony, and consider the operation of the hospital. Alas! All of them need money!

At this time, Xiao Long suddenly realized that he had to contact Dragon Ball quickly. I wonder if she's still angry about what happened last night? Will you reject your marriage proposal because of this? No, no, she would blame Xiao Long for his roughness on the surface—it was out of a woman's shame—but in fact, she had accepted Xiao Long. At least, compared to getting married through Xia Zhifang's "message", the two are one step closer emotionally. After all, she followed Xiao Long to such a shop without hesitation, which was enough to show her intentions, if she planned to refuse Xiao Long, she would not accept his invitation, Xiao Long's mistake was that she should not have left her alone to take a bath first, but the whole thing was not a complete failure. So, Xiao Long picked up the phone in front of him.

"The teacher isn't there." The female voice on the other end of the microphone confirmed Xiao Long's name and replied truthfully.

"Is she out?" Intuitively, Xiao Long thought that Dragon Ball was pretending to be absent.

"Yes." The woman didn't say where she had gone.

"When will you be back?"

The voice on the phone was a little hesitant: "It may be late." ”

"When she comes back, please tell her that I called."

"Okay." Xiao Long hung up the phone.

Maybe Dragon Ball expected Xiao Long to call today, so he let the woman say this. Was she angry, or was she deliberately dodging? Xiao Long had no way of knowing. In short, it was futile to call her these days, however, Xiao Long was not worried, he understood Dragon Ball's mood of wanting to escape. After thinking for a while, Xiao Long took out the letter paper from the drawer, and after smoking, he began to write. Inspired by his wife's letter, he also chose to write letters.

Miss Dragon Ball:

I lost my temper last night. I guess you are very angry, and you blame me for being reckless, hoping to get your forgiveness. It's a rare time for us to have a great time together, and we're ashamed to offend you.

However, my feelings are sincere, and I truly love you. It's just that I'm no longer young and ashamed to say it directly, and words can better express my feelings, I really love you. I've been with a lot of women in the past, but those are a thing of the past and I've broken up with them now. You may think I'm posturing, but you're really the woman I love most in my life. I'm going to feel embarrassed to write it again, so I'll write it here, I hope you understand my feelings!

I can't express my feelings in full in this letter. I want to meet you, and promise not to see anything like last time, please promise me. Forgive me for making it my own to decide on the date and place: I will be waiting for you at the Shuxiangju Hotel on Commercial Street at 6 p.m. on Saturday evening.

I'm going to be out of the hospital for five days for work, so don't forget our agreement.

Xiao Long

Telling her that she was going to be out for a few days was to prevent her from calling to refuse, and this kind of unilateral forced invitation made the other party have no way to refuse. Xiao Long was full of thoughts that Dragon Ball would definitely appear in Shuxiangju on Saturday evening in a week's time, and before that, she might hesitate, but she would definitely go, so she couldn't be given a chance to bargain now, and women had to obey men's orders.

After writing, Xiao Long read it from beginning to end before putting it in the envelope, writing the address and the recipient's name, putting it in a drawer, and then taking a deep puff of his cigarette.

On Saturday evening, Xiao Long arrived at Shu Xiangju at half past five, and the Dragon Ball was about six o'clock, and now she should not have arrived. A twenty-four or five-year-old girl was bowing her head at the front desk and making calculations, Xiao Long walked up to her, she raised her head: "Just check out when you leave." ”

Xiao Long smiled and said, "I'm not checking out, I want to leave a message." ”

"Are you calling someone out?" The girl was about to call the others, but Xiao Long hurriedly stopped, "No, no, I want to ask you to give someone who will come later a thing." ”

"Okay, what do you call that guest?" The girl picks up a pencil.

"Miss Dragon Ball, twenty-seven or eighteen years old."

"Okay."

Xiao Long took out an envelope from his pocket with the name of the Dragon Ball written on it.

"We have made an appointment to meet here at six o'clock, my name is Xiao Long, please give this to her in person."

The girl took the envelope and put it on the front desk: "Just give it to her?" ”

"Yes."

"Got it."

"Please."

Xiao Long left a tip of 100 yuan before walking out of the store, and then he got into the car parked in front of the store, drove along the road across the new bridge, and drove in the direction of Xicheng.

At night, neon lights shine in a colorful glow. There was a map in Xiao Long's envelope to the Dragon Ball, and this paragraph was written next to it: "I was supposed to be waiting for you in Shuxiangju, but suddenly there was an urgent matter and I couldn't go, I'm really sorry for this situation." But I want to see you anyway, I'm done at about half past six, can you wait for me at the place marked on the map at this time? I really want to see you, please don't be angry, come to this place, okay? Please. I will be there all the time waiting for you. ”