The winter in Jiangcheng was particularly cold. When Ning Yuqi got off the bus, she subconsciously pulled the sweater collar higher, and her hands exposed outside her sleeves were also flushed with cold.
In the past ten days, Ning Mu was still in a coma, showing no signs of regaining consciousness.
During this time, Ning Yuqi borrowed money everywhere, but because of Xue Ming's relationship, no one was willing to lend money to Ning Yuqi's family.
The hospital's reminder notice has come down again, and tomorrow is the deadline. If you don't pay all the previous expenses, Ning Mu may be kicked out of the ward at any time. Ning Yuqi suddenly felt sad and ran into the toilet to cry for a while before no one was paying attention.
On the way back from the toilet, Ning Yuqi deliberately washed her face with cold water to prevent people from seeing her gaffe.
She walked towards her mother's ward, but as soon as she reached the door, she heard a familiar male voice coming from the room.
"I'm Yuqi's friend. I bought these supplements for my aunt." The voice was particularly nice, gentle and not gentle, and it made Ning Yuqi panic for a moment.
She stood outside the door, her fingers touching the cold doorknob, but she never had the strength to open the door.
I don't know how long she just stood outside the door, when suddenly the voice of her stepfather Xue Zhaoguo came out.
"You child is so polite, we Yuqi can have friends like you, it is really a blessing for her to cultivate in her last life."
In fact, this self-effacing sentence is not too bad, but speaking from Xue Zhaoguo's mouth only makes Ning Yuqi feel extremely hypocritical.
She just rolled her eyes silently in her heart, when suddenly there was the sound of the door lock turning from the door. With a click, the door was opened without warning.
Ning Yuqi stood outside the door with a dazed expression, and stood face to face with Lu Nianzhen. After a few seconds of turning her eyes, Ning Yuqi was the first to lose the battle and lowered her head embarrassingly.
Lu Nianzhen sighed helplessly, but didn't say anything in front of Xue Zhaoguo. He only said, "Is it convenient to go outside and sit for a while? I have something to ask you."
Without the expected harshness, Lu Nianzhen's voice was so gentle as if it contained a stream of spring water, but it made Ning Yuqi even more embarrassed.
After a long while, she finally nodded, and replied with a voice that was almost inaudible: "Okay."
Lu Nianzhen chose a coffee shop nearby. The decoration of the shop is very warm and the heating is adequate. It is like two worlds outside the shop.
He slowly stirred the coffee in the cup, and deliberately pretended to ask casually: "Now can you talk about why you should leave without saying goodbye?"
"I didn't..." Ning Yuqi whispered to herself, although she couldn't convince herself.
Lu Nianzhen smiled, but there was a bit of bitterness between his eyebrows.
These ten days are enough time for him to check everything clearly. Of course, he already knows the reason why Ning Yuqi returned to China in a hurry, and he also knows that she didn't answer her phone in the first few days because her mobile phone was lost.
But what he still couldn't figure out was that Ning Yuqi had already bought a new mobile phone and reissued a mobile phone card, but he still chose to cut off all contact with him.
He faintly perceives that she is escaping, but he doesn't understand what she is evading, and this seems to be the crux of the problem.
Ning Yuqi took a sip of the ice water in front of her, because she had cried before, her voice was still hoarse.
"I didn't want to leave without saying goodbye. If I told you I had my own considerations, would you believe it?" Ning Yuqi didn't dare to look up at him. She didn't expect that one day she would be most afraid of facing Lu Nianzhen's concerns. Gaze.
After she said this, no one spoke again. Time seemed to have been pressed by the pause button. Only the coffee in front of Lu Nianzhen was still steaming.
I don't know how long it took, until Ning Yuqi thought that the last link between herself and Lu Nianzhen was cut off by herself, but Lu Nianzhen suddenly reached out and covered the back of her cool hand.
"I believe it." Lu Nianzhen's voice was not high, but he was extremely firm, as if he was saying some kind of vow, "I believe everything you say, but I still want to tell you something before this."
Ning Yuqi's brain was blank for a long time, and even the hand he was holding tightly forgot to pull out.
It seemed that whenever she encountered something related to Lu Nianzhen, she would become indecisive.
After some consideration, she still chose to explain. Lu Nianzhen ran after her back to the country. She thought she had to give him an explanation.
"My mother's situation is not optimistic, Xue Ming's high debt has not been settled, and I don't want you to be involved." Ning Yuqi's tone became lonely, and it seemed difficult to tell.
After listening to her explanation, Lu Nianzhen was stunned for a few seconds, but when he spoke again, he suddenly curled his lips and smiled.
Ning Yuqi was taken aback, unable to figure out why Lu Nianzhen suddenly showed a relaxed expression.
She was about to ask, Lu Nianzhen chuckled twice, and faintly said: "Yuqi, things that can be solved with money are not a big deal. Maybe you might think that this is why not eating meat, but it is true to me. That's it."
"I know, but I don't want to trouble you anymore." Ning Yuqi was not happy because of his words, "This is a bottomless pit, even if you have the ability to fill this bottomless pit, how can I bear the heart..."
Ning Yuqi almost said what was in her heart when she was excited, and quickly swallowed the next words.
Lu Nianzhen still held her hand, sweating from his palm, but he just didn't want to let it go, especially after hearing the heartbeat that Ning Yuqi had just unintentionally expressed.
"I understand what you mean, but your so-called worries are actually unnecessary."
Lu Nianzhen smiled and smoothed Ning Yuqi's emotions very well, as if she had a special magical power, and she felt at ease.
"Don't worry, I will take care of the next thing." Lu Nianzhen didn't say clearly, took a sip of the coffee, the coffee was astringent, but his mood of gloom for many days finally cleared.
"Yuqi, I have one last question to ask you." Lu Nianzhen looked into her eyes, "You actually like me, right?"
Ning Yuqi was poked at her heart, and she immediately turned red, as if she had cooked shrimp, and she was so embarrassed that she couldn't speak coherently.
"No...nothing, I have always regarded you as..."
Lu Nianzhen finally retracted his hand, so he looked at her with his arms folded in his spare time, and asked, "What is it?"
Ning Yuqi hummed and hummed for a long time, but the redness on her face was even more obvious, and the tips of her ears were as red as dripping blood.
"I went to that Chinese restaurant again later, and heard from your former colleague that you often peeked at me in your free time." Lu Nianzhen has always been a gentleman, and said such shameless remarks to himself. I was a little embarrassed, and couldn't help speeding up his speech and asked, "Is there such a thing?"
Ning Yuqi wanted to deny it subconsciously. How could she be embarrassed to admit this kind of thing? !
But her silence was like a acquiescence, which gave Lu Nianzhen the greatest comfort.
Lu Nianzhen didn't expect that one day he would be uneasy about feelings. All his emotions were affected by one person. It was as if Ning Yuqi's love for him was the greatest affirmation of him, and it was the most precious award in the world.
Chapter Twelve
After coming out of the coffee shop, Lu Nianzhen sent Ning Yuqi back to the hospital, but he didn't follow him upstairs this time, only watching Ning Yuqi walk into the elevator from downstairs, and then drove away alone.
He has more important things to do.
Outside Mo's villa, the neatly manicured vegetation is covered with snow, which is also unique.
In the warm and bright living room, Mo Beiyan sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and only lazily raised his eyelids when Lu Nianzhen entered the door.
"Did you go to see your Uncle Liu's daughter today?" Mo Beiyan asked unintentionally.
And the "daughter of Uncle Liu" he called is Lu Nianzhen's blind date today, Liu Yajing.
Lu Nianzhen pressed his lips tightly and chose to remain silent, because he did not go to see Liu Yajing today, but he didn't know how to speak to Mo Beiyan.
On the one hand, he didn't want to disappoint the Mo family, especially Mo Beiyan's expectations of him, and on the other hand, he didn't want to go against his own will.
"Why? Dumb?" Mo Beiyan snorted coldly. In fact, Liu Yajing's release of pigeons by his precious nephew had already spread to his ears.
Lu Nianzhen sat with his fingers tightly twisted, as if he had returned to his childhood, he was so embarrassed.
Mo Beiyan was suddenly reluctant to tease him any more, and chuckled softly: "Let's talk about it, what is going on?"
Although he asked, the attitude was clearly that he knew everything well.
Although Lu Nianzhen was puzzled, he answered his question truthfully.
"Uncle, I like someone." As long as he thinks of Ning Yuqi's cute appearance, his mouth will burst into a smile, and his tone will be gentle, "I am going to find her today."
Mo Beiyan had limited patience and said directly: "Talk about the important point."
Lu Nianzhen thought for a while, and suddenly threw a thunderous sentence: "Uncle, I want to be with her. I hope you can agree."
He didn't dare to see Mo Beiyan, he had always respected and awed this uncle.
Mo Beiyan lit a cigarette and asked inexplicably, "Anything else?"
Lu Nianzhen shook his head, looking down as if he was waiting for Mo Beiyan's trial. He knew that when he was born in such a family, he couldn't do anything about marriage at all, but he still wanted to work hard for Ning Yuqi.
Mo Beiyan took a puff of cigarette thoughtfully, the blue and white smoke slowly dissipated, and he saw him take out an antique box from behind, threw it into Lu Nianzhen's arms, and said, "Open it and take a look."
Lu Nianzhen held the box for a moment, wondering what Mo Beiyan meant, but he still did as he said.
The moment the box was opened, Lu Nianzhen could no longer remove his eyes, and his attention was drawn to the emerald ring in the box.
"Uncle, this is..."
"Oh, you said this." Mo Beiyan didn't raise his eyelids, as he didn't care about anything. "Your mother's original dowry must be passed on to her future daughter-in-law."
Lu Nianzhen's hand holding the box couldn't help trembling, and said in disbelief, "Uncle, you mean... You agree that I am with Yuqi?"
Mo Beiyan sighed: "I agree, what's the use? First ask the girl if she agrees."
Lu Nianzhen nodded heavily, and listened to Mo Beiyan and continued: "This kid is a nice person, but there are a lot of bad things in the family, but I have settled it. As for her bastard brother, I found someone to clean up , I guess he dare not be mad anymore."
This was the first time Lu Nianzhen heard his uncle say so many things in one breath, and it was still related to him, and immediately felt flattered.
After Mo Beiyan had finished speaking, he seemed to realize that he was talking too much, and pretending to be impatient, he waved his hand: "Hey, hey, why are you going, don't slap me in front of my eyes."
He lied about Lu Nianzhen's chasing orders, but he was extremely relieved in his heart. When his elder sister was still alive, she always pampered the child like a baby, and she watched him grow up, how could she not be relieved to see that he finally found his significant other.
After Lu Nianzhen left the Mo family, he drove directly to the hospital. The box with the emerald ring was carefully placed on the passenger seat for fear of any mistake.
When he arrived at the hospital building, he was caught up with an elevator failure, but he didn't want to wait a minute, so he drove up the stairs.
Ning Mu's ward was on the 11th floor, and Lu Nianzhen was already out of breath when she ran out of the ward. He stood outside the door thinking for a moment, as if doing some psychological construction.
It's just that he was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, but the door was suddenly opened. Ning Yuqi looked at herself in surprise, and asked inexplicably, "Why are you here?"
Lu Nianzhen gasped, and suddenly asked, "You said you wanted to invite me to dinner, do you still count?"
"What?" Ning Yuqi didn't expect that he came to the hospital to ask about this at night, and was a little bit dumbfounded for a while.
Seeing her silent, Lu Nianzhen deliberately said, "Why, I forgot so soon?"
Ning Yuqi had no choice but to say: "No, it's just..."
Just what? She couldn't tell it for a while, but felt that everything was so unreal. Until she was taken to the most prosperous pedestrian street in Jiangcheng by Lu Nianzhen, she still had the illusion that she was in a dream.
Today's pedestrian street is extremely lively, and the facades of each store are carefully decorated. Looking at it, they are pink, warm and romantic.
Ning Yuqi asked afterwards, "Is today an important day?"
"February 14th, Valentine's Day." Lu Nianzhen said as she took her hand and squeezed it tightly together, with the gentle emerald ring between the palms of the two.
Ning Yuqi slowly raised her hand, but Lu Nianzhen held her hand, so that she couldn't see what was between the palms of the two of them.
"Ning Yuqi, don't you plan to give me a gift?" Today, Lu Nianzhen changed his usual unsmiling image and asked Ning Yuqi for a gift like a child.
Ning Yuqi felt amused, and was so utterly polished by him. Suddenly, with a glance in her eyes, she noticed a candy seller's stall in the corner.
"Shall I give you a sugar man?" Ning Yuqi didn't report too much expectation. After all, such a naive thing didn't match Lu Nianzhen's image and temperament.
Unexpectedly, when Lu Nianzhen heard this, he nodded and replied: "Okay, I like it as long as you send it."
The uncle who is a sugar man is skilled, and soon he will make one and pass it to Ning Yuqi.
"Ning Yuqi, I like the gift you gave me." Lu Nianzhen solemnly took the Sugar Man from Ning Yuqi, thought about it and continued, "As a thank you, may I also give you a gift? "
Ning Yuqi didn't think much, she nodded directly, and then in the next second she felt a ring on her right ring finger.
"Ning Yuqi, be my girlfriend." Lu Nianzhen didn't kneel down on one knee. He knew that Ning Yuqi didn't like these empty-headed things.
He just looked at her affectionately, his eyes seemed to be filled with vast stars and a whole gentle universe.
Everything around it seemed to have gone, Ning Yuqi fell into his gentle eyes, and his heart beat violently.
"Yeah!" Ning Yuqi finally put aside all his worries, nodded heavily, and chose to listen to the voice deep in her heart.
With a "bang", the fireworks rose into the air and exploded into a splendid sky.
Under the dazzling starlight, Lu Nianzhen took Ning Yuqi into his arms and printed a pious kiss on her forehead...