"That's about it," Jiang Ji raised his head and took a few sips of water. "I was working in a bar at the time, and there was no one at home at night, so I let her stay there. When I went back during the day, she would go out to play on her own initiative. Later, she came to Honglu Bar to perform. Sister Ying provided the two rooms on the second floor of the bar, which are what you see."
After listening to Jiang Ji's story, Qin Qingzhuo was silent for a long time.
He thought what Li Zi said was right. He had a hard life and even had to raise a sick little girl. This was something that not everyone could do. However, when Jiang Ji talked about this matter, his tone was calm from beginning to end.
"Just... never thought of sending her to an orphanage?" Qin Qingzhuo said this, paused, and added, "I mean, after all, you are already having such a hard time with all the debts on your shoulders."
"I thought about it. I mentioned it to her at first, but she was quite resistant and didn't say why." Jiang Ji lowered his eyes slightly. "Later, when I talked to her, I accidentally discovered that she should have parents, but her parents might not treat her well and don't want her. So I guess the reason why she didn't want to be sent to the orphanage was probably because she was afraid that she would be sent back to her parents after being discovered. But since she didn't want to talk about it, I didn't ask in detail."
Qin Qingzhuo nodded, and after a while asked again: "Has Jiangbei disappeared before?"
Jiang Ji hummed, "Often."
"Why?"
"Because they don't want me to spend money," Jiang Ji exhaled, "As a child, they think it's okay to do less dialysis, so when the day of going to the hospital is approaching, they will try their best to disappear in advance, and delay it as long as possible, so that they can do less dialysis."
So that's how it is... Qin Qingzhuo felt a little uncomfortable.
At the same time, all the things that seemed wrong before suddenly had explanations.
For example, why did Jiang Bei, who was always eccentric, suddenly get lost before the recording of the game of "The Endless Night"...
For example, why did Jiang Bei, who was holding his stomach and looking in pain, suddenly shout "My stomach doesn't hurt anymore" when he was at the hospital door
Qin Qingzhuo looked at the sick Jiang Bei, who was still sleeping soundly. Children sleep more deeply than adults, and Jiang Bei's current body was extremely weak, so even though the two of them had been whispering by the window just now, Jiang Bei was not woken up.
Looking away from Jiang Bei, Qin Qingzhuo looked at Jiang Ji: "Do I need to register for a kidney transplant?"
"Kidney transplant matching registration," Jiang Ji said, "I have done it."
"You haven't been able to match yet?"
Jiang Ji did not answer immediately this time, his brows gradually furrowed.
Qin Qingzhuo had some vague guesses in his mind.
After a long silence, Jiang Ji took a deep breath and said, "I had a successful match before, but I didn't have the money at that time, so I gave up the opportunity."
The guess was confirmed, and Qin Qingzhuo's heart sank. After a while, he continued to ask: "When was it?"
"July of this year." Jiang Ji said.
July of this year... Qin Qingzhuo thought, it was one month before the recording of the show "Band of Madness".