"As long as you have time, anytime!"
Kang Shaonan turned around and walked out silently: "Then let's do it the day after tomorrow! I want to go back to the army to apply!"
Watching the tall and straight figure finally disappear from her sight, Yu Xiao hugged her arms and slid to the ground weakly, tears pouring down like a rushing river. It felt like countless huge rocks were pressing down on her heart, making it hard to breathe. It also felt like her heart was torn apart by someone, breaking into pieces, the pain went deep into her bones and spread all over her body. It turned out that leaving him was such a painful thing.
But no matter how difficult it is, she has to do it!
She is Kang Shaonan's wife, but she is also the mother of two children!
She couldn't let her child take risks again!
Kang Shaonan drove back to the hospital. His sister Kang Shaoxi's case involved a huge criminal group. With all the charges added up, she deserved to die more than once. But she was his sister, and even if she was going to die, he didn't want her to have any regrets. But he was really powerless to help her apologize to Yu Xiao. When he walked out of the hospital elevator, before he reached his sister's ward, he saw many doctors and nurses standing at the door. Kang Shaoxi's hysterical screams kept coming out of the ward. Kang Shaonan ran towards the ward, pushed through the crowd and rushed into the ward.
Kang Shaonan was shocked by the scene in front of him. His sister Kang Shaoxi's hair was in disarray, her clothes were torn in several places, the wound on her abdomen was completely stretched open, blood kept pouring out of the wound, staining her clothes and the bedding on the bed red. She threw things all over the ward, and what hurt Kang Shaonan the most was the desperate and pleading expression on his sister's face.
"Brother, please let me die! I can't stand it! Brother, please save me! Just a little bit, can you help me get some methamphetamine? Brother, I beg you! I will do anything you ask me to do! Brother! Don't you have a gun? Please kill me! I can't stand it! Ah ah!" The drug addiction in her body began to act up. At this time, Kang Shaoxi was like a mad lion, biting everything around her. Several doctors and nurses held down her arms and legs, and tried their best to make her calm down, but they couldn't.
Kang Shaonan clenched his fists painfully and turned his head to the other side, not wanting to look at it again. He had seen drug addicts' addiction before, but the person lying on the bed now was his own sister. He clenched his fists so hard that they made a rattling sound. He turned around and walked quickly to the bedside, holding down Kang Shaoxi's struggling arms: "Shaoxi, you must hold on! You will be fine once the drug addiction is over..."
"I can't stand it anymore! I can't hold on... Brother, let me go! Let me go..." Kang Shaoxi turned her head and opened her mouth and bit Kang Shaonan's wrist fiercely. Kang Shaonan frowned and held his sister's hands motionlessly.
Bright red blood flowed down Kang Shaoxi's lips...
The doctor next to him seized the opportunity, took the sedative in his hand and injected it into Kang Shaoxi's body.
Kang Shaoxi's pupils slowly contracted in an instant, and the mouth that was biting Kang Shaonan loosened. Her body slowly softened, and after a moment she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
All the doctors and nurses breathed a sigh of relief. The doctor who had just given Kang Shaoxi anesthesia then instructed the assistant next to him to treat Kang Shaoxi's broken wound. Then he looked up at Kang Shaonan next to him and said, "Are you her eldest brother?"
"Yes, how is she?"
"The wound has been torn open again. I hope it won't get infected. Her drug addiction is so severe that our hospital can only take some superficial measures. If she wants to quit drugs, she has to be sent to a drug rehabilitation center."
"Let's wait until her wounds are almost healed!" Kang Shaonan frowned slightly. With his sister's crime, she has no chance to quit drugs. Once her wounds are healed, she will be prosecuted and sentenced...
The doctor shook his head, looked back at Kang Shaoxi lying on the bed, turned around and left the ward with the doctor and the nurse.
When Kang Shaoxi woke up, it was already time for dinner. She blinked weakly and turned her head to see her elder brother sitting by the bed, watching over her. Seeing the bandage on his wrist, the scene of her drug addiction flashed before her eyes.
"Brother, I'm sorry..." She had always thought that even if she was arrested by the police one day, she would be despised by her family. She didn't remember when she had been causing trouble for her brother. She thought that the person who hated her the most in the Kang family should be her brother. But since she was arrested and admitted to this ward, he had been guarding here. He had no complaints and just watched over her silently.
But it was this big brother who made her feel even more uncomfortable and guilty. The moment she was arrested by the police, she finally understood one thing: death is not scary! What is scary is that a person loses his mind, does not know what he wants, and lives like a zombie every day. That is the scariest thing.
Kang Shaonan looked at his sister and smiled: "It's just a minor injury, it's okay!"
The tears in the corners of his eyes finally couldn't stop falling, Kang Shaoxi looked at the ceiling with blurred vision: "Brother, I don't deserve you to be so good to me..."
Kang Shaonan smiled and held his sister's hand: "No matter what time, I am still your elder brother, and it is my duty to take care of you. You are a child of the Kang family, you did something wrong, but everyone in the Kang family must bear some responsibility for your mistake, especially the eldest brother..."
"It's not like that! It's not like that! The mistake was made by me alone. What did you do wrong? Grandpa always cherished his reputation. He was an upright person and hoped that the children of the Kang family could be like him. I am the sinner of the Kang family. I have brought shame to the Kang family..." Kang Shaoxi turned her head to the other side and let the tears roll down again and again.
The past year seemed to her like she had a terrible nightmare, but when she woke up from the nightmare, she couldn't find the way back.
Seeing his sister's excitement, Kang Shaonan patted her hands comfortingly: "Okay, let's not talk about this! Your elder brother hasn't eaten since noon. Come, wipe your tears and have dinner with your elder brother! This is specially made for you by mom. It's all your favorite food. Come!" Kang Shaonan took a tissue to wipe the tears from the corners of his sister's eyes, and helped her sit up from the bed without saying anything. She was injured now, and with the onset of drug addiction, her body was very weak.
"Brother, I don't want to eat anything now. Eat it yourself!" Although the drug addiction had passed, the desire for drugs in her body had not disappeared. At this time, she had no appetite at all.
"You have to eat even if you don't want to. Eating will give your body strength to fight drugs." Kang Shaonan served some dishes and porridge, then forced the chopsticks into his sister's hand. He also picked up the bowl and ate dinner with her.
Kang Shaoxi saw her brother choking up again. She lowered her head and tears kept falling into the bowl: "Brother, I'm obviously dying, what are you still holding on to? Whether I starve to death, die of drug addiction, or be sentenced to death and shot, I will only have one end. I'm a despised rat crossing the street, why are you still holding on here?" At the end, Kang Shaoxi suddenly raised her hand and smashed the bowl in her hand to the ground. With a snap, the white bowl broke into pieces.
Kang Shaonan looked at the mess on the ground and was silent for a moment, then picked up his bowl and stuffed it into his sister's hand: "It seems that this is the first time we have had dinner alone since the year I joined the army. Think about it, every time I came back from the army in these years, I was in a hurry and almost ignored the existence of you, my sister. As a soldier, I know very well what crime you have committed and what sentence you are facing. But I don't want to think too much, I just want to have a meal with my sister, I want to tell you that no matter how long the rest of your journey is, you are not alone... Big brother will always be with you... And everyone in the Kang family..."
"Brother..." Kang Shaoxi burst into tears after hearing what her brother said. She picked up the chopsticks with difficulty and stuffed the food into her mouth again and again...
Kang Shaoxi, who is addicted to drugs, finds eating an invisible torture for her, but no matter how hard it is to swallow, she still forces herself to finish the food in the bowl and forcefully smiles at her eldest brother. Her life has come to an end, and she can do nothing but give some comfort to her eldest brother and family.
After dinner, Kang Shaonan helped his sister lie down again, stood up to clean up the debris and food on the ground, and sat back next to his sister.
Kang Shaoxi stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes: "Brother, when will my sister-in-law and the child come over?"
Kang Shaonan coughed awkwardly twice: "The tea shop has been a bit busy these two days... She said she would come to see you in two days..."
Kang Shaoxi smiled faintly: "She doesn't want to see me, right? In fact, if it were me... I wouldn't come either. I did so many things to let her down in the past..."
"No! Shaoxi, I'm really a little busy in the tea shop..."
"Well, I understand..." Kang Shaoxi didn't insist any more, turned his head and looked at his elder brother and said weakly: "Brother, I'm sleepy, good night!"
"Well, good night!"
The night gradually deepened.
The bustling city of T is like a girl covered in black veil, slowly falling asleep in the faint moonlight. There are a few acacia trees swaying gently in the moonlight with the night breeze...
That night, Yu Xiao was completely sleepless.
Kang Shaonan has never come back to sleep since his sister Kang Shaoxi was arrested. Today he agreed to his divorce request, and he will never come back in the future...
However, thinking about leaving his life and everything he had completely, her heart could not calm down...
All the past events, like the turbulent waves, kept beating her fragile heart. From that afternoon eight years ago to today, Kang Shaonan has completely integrated into every corner of her life. His hearty laughter, his eyebrows, his eyes, his straight nose, his strong style of doing things, his carefulness, his roughness, his thoughtfulness, his overbearing love for herself, everything about him, like blood, penetrated into her internal organs. Just like now, he is obviously not by her side, but the moment she closes her eyes, she can smell his breath, hear his laughter, and feel his meticulous care for herself... (To be continued)