Chapter 5 A bed is hard to find
Fortunately, Xie Qiu is an orphan, and he doesn't have to deal with his parents, but he just has to explain the reason for the wedding to relatives, friends and the hotel, which will be a hot potato. Thinking of this, she sighed, let's go check her father's final test results first, maybe it was a misdiagnosis.
When Zhang Xianxian finally adjusted his mood and rushed to the outpatient hall of the hospital, it was already time for the hospital to get off work. The parents were still sitting on chairs in the hall waiting for the results, and the machine in the hall was like an ATM, and after another ten minutes or so, they finally got the final test results.
This result is exactly the same as the diagnosis of other hospitals, and the tumor in my father's body is stomach cancer and it is advanced.
That day was in a panic, Zhang Xianxian's family barely ate, and everyone had no appetite.
Early the next morning, she took her parents to the cancer hospital and asked the attending doctor to see the results. After the doctor dismissed her father, he told her that the tumor would develop rapidly, and that metastasis and deterioration were inevitable regardless of whether the patient had surgery or not. In other words, after suffering from this disease, it is almost impossible for the father to end his life with dignity and without sin.
This bad news made Zhang Xianxian's bad luck worse, and from that moment on, her life completely changed, and the pressure was like a mountain that slammed down on her.
Faced with a thin father whose body deteriorated rapidly and required constant check-ups and treatment, and a fragile mother who was extremely panicked as a child, Xie Qiu's disappearance was unacceptable to the two old men. Zhang Xianxian, who is not good at lying, can only ask Xie Qiu's assistant Wang Li to act, and lie to his parents that Xie Qiu has overcome major technical problems, so he has to assist a certain unit to go to other places to conduct research for a period of time.
During this period, Xie Qiu's whereabouts were not only kept secret, but he could not marry and appear, and everything about him had to be kept silent. Parents who have worked all their lives naturally understand the importance of confidentiality, and they don't have too many doubts about Wang Li's statement, so they don't ask too much about it from then on, and everything else is only supported by Zhang Xianxian himself.
Therefore, in the following three months, Zhang Xianxian, as an only child, has asked the company for countless leave in order to take care of her father, who has stomach cancer. She is well aware that this is a matter of time before she is fired for a company that creates value.
However, she didn't want to be fired, let alone be fired, she needed money. Therefore, trying to balance family and work, she is physically and mentally haggard...
On this day, when it was Zhang Xianxian's birthday, the concealer could not cover her dark eye circles at all. Standing in the crowded subway station at 8 o'clock in the morning, the crowding and scrambling of the morning rush hour around her, the noise and rush in the crowd, could not compare to the dazed and helpless in her eyes.
Because as a birthday star, she doesn't know whether she should go to work at the company to check in, or go to the inpatient department to grab a bed for her father. At 3:23 a.m. last night, Zhang Xianxian sent a WeChat message to his boss asking for leave, but still did not receive any reply.
She stood in the crowd, waiting for the approaching subway, and her eyes saw that the clock hanging high in the subway pointed to 8:08. So, Zhang Xian retreated to a corner, mustered up the last trace of courage, and wanted to use the so-called auspicious number to dial the mobile phone of Manager Bai, the leader in charge.
However, as soon as the other party's bell rang twice, Manager Bai pressed the refuse to answer button, leaving only the more nervous Zhang Xianxian standing in place, she didn't have the slightest courage to dial a second time.
At this time, although the subway station is overcrowded, the air conditioner is very sufficient, and the air is refreshing and comfortable. But after the phone was rejected, Zhang Xianxian only felt a lack of oxygen in her brain, and suddenly a suffocating feeling that she couldn't breathe enveloped her whole body.
In the next second, her head was swollen and painful, and her vision in front of her blurred a little. In order to prevent himself from falling in the surging crowd, Zhang Xianxian hurriedly squeezed to the wall inside the station. Her back was against the wall, her mouth was wide open and she was panting hard, her body trembling involuntarily, and her face was terribly pale.
"Girl, are you alright?" Among the passengers who were in a hurry, a kind eldest sister noticed her strangeness and asked with concern.
Zhang Xian slowed down for a while, and then barely squeezed out a professional smile, and said weakly: "No, it's okay, it's a little hypoglycemic!" ”
"Here you go, eat quickly, I also have low blood sugar, and I have to keep it in my bag!" Another young girl passing by happened to hear their conversation and hurriedly handed her a piece of White Rabbit toffee.
"Thank you!"
"Hurry up and eat, there's mineral water here, I haven't drunk it!"
With the help of several strangers, Zhang Xianxian, who almost fainted in the station, finally felt that his heart was no longer so uncomfortable. Compared with the habitual cold violence of her boss in the workplace, the kindness of strangers at this time is so precious, making her feel that she can continue to live with her humble self.
"Girl, sit here and rest for a while, don't work too hard, your body is the most important, you can get over anything!"
"Yes, yes, this aunt is right, you think about everything, there is nothing that you can't pass. The Red Army's Long March was so difficult back then, and in the end, it successfully liberated the whole of China, and it will definitely get better and better alive! ”
"Yes, girl, you're so young, take a good rest, it's okay!"
"Mmmm, thank you, everyone, I'm fine, I'm fine, thank you!"
Perhaps the strangers noticed Zhang Xianxian's strange appearance from her reddened eyes and haggard appearance, and everyone comforted her. These simple words were so warm that Zhang Xianxian's tears began to roll in his eyes again, and a sensitive nerve in his heart was touched again.
Zhang Xianxian, who is about to be 30 years old, has achieved nothing compared to many young and promising life winners on the Internet. Now even the only pride Xie Qiu has completely lost, and the long-awaited wedding has become a grief that he never wants to think about anymore, and even he can't do anything to save his father Zhang Xianxian, who loves him.
It seems that in BJ all these years, it is wrong for her to live in disgrace, it is wrong to study liberal arts, and it is even more wrong to make a lot of money. The recent series of encounters and pressures have made her feel very uncomfortable, especially looking at the WeChat that her boss can't read back, the increasingly stretched balance in her bank card, and her father's increasingly painful illness, she is ashamed, angry, sad, and blames herself for being too incompetent, which will lead to this end.
However, even if she understands that ordinary equals humbleness, she still wants to save her father. The meager salary is the money to save her father's life, and she needs it very much, especially in special need, so she can't be resigned.
I don't know if it was the comfort of everyone that gave her strength and hope, or the sweetness of the White Rabbit toffee that calmed down her extremely anxious consciousness and emotions, Zhang Xianxian just held back the tears that were rolling in his eyes and told everyone that it was okay.