The beef noodle operation started at ten o'clock that night and lasted for a full six hours, and it didn't end until the early morning of the next day.
When the three doctors walked out of the operating room with the unconscious beef noodles, Hua Xiang was the first to rush to see the dog. Ms. Zhu wanted to go up to her at first, but she was so guilty that she didn't have the courage to go forward in the end.
Dean Ren Zhen took off his mask wearily, and briefly explained the condition of the beef noodles to him: the spine and leg bones of the beef noodles were seriously injured, and now they have been fixed with the built-in orthopedic special metal, but it is not yet possible to determine whether they are injured or not. to the nerves. The raised hind legs have been fully stitched and should be able to grow hair if properly conditioned.
The follow-up depends on its recovery, and there may be a second operation. Now there is no guarantee that the beef noodles can stand up again.
Hua Xiang felt extremely uncomfortable. He looked at the sleepy pet dog on the trolley, and wished he could cut the instigator into pieces.
He touched the paws of the beef noodle, and the originally cool pad was now scorching hot, which was proof that it was having a fever.
Li Weixi asked him softly: "Do you know who did it?"
Hua Xiang said wearily: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be a female contestant in our program group. I have always had conflicts with her. In this eight-in-four competition, she was supposed to be eliminated, but now I have retired. , she can go up."
"...for such a reason?"
Hua Xiang frowned: "Who knows what that lunatic is thinking? Fortunately, it is eight to four. If it is the final, she will probably kill me."
Hua Xiang's mother cared about her son. Although she said she didn't understand his choice, she rushed to the pet hospital in the early morning. She is allergic to animal hair and was fully armed when she entered the pet hospital, with gloves, masks, and hats tightly covered.
Hua Xiang didn't expect her to come back at all. When he saw her, he flinched subconsciously. It was the same as when he was naughty when he was a child and was invited by the head teacher to his parents.
"Mom, why are you here..."
"Come here and see what kind of dog can make you leave the race and run here!" Mama Hua said angrily.
Hua Xiang knew he was wrong, and his head drooped. Li Weixi, who was next to her, worried about the silence, and hurriedly led Hua's mother to the IV room.
In the big iron cage, Beef Noodles was still in a coma, humming softly, unable to open his eyes. Its hind limbs were swollen, and centipede threads were stitched all over its lower body. Hua's mother was timid, she was taken aback by the tragedy, she only took one look and dared not look at it again.
She patted her chest to stop her shock: "...what a crime, how did you get hit like this?"
Hua Xiang hurriedly said good things to his pet dog: "Mom, don't look at him as ugly now, but when he recovers from his injuries, he will be beautiful."
"I didn't notice how beautiful it is, but what kind of dog is this dog? It doesn't have long hair, so it's quite suitable for me to raise."
"..."
Fortunately, Mother Hua didn't pay attention to the dog for a long time. She came tonight because she had other things to talk about.
She carried Hua Xiang to the corner of the room, and said solemnly: "You stand in the corner for me, and today's matter, Mom must explain the truth to you."
Hua Xiang quickly stood up straight.
Hua Xiang is a tall man of 1.8 meters, a full head taller than Hua's mother. He is obviously an adult on the outside, but on the inside, he is still an impulsive and naive kid. Hua's mother sometimes blames herself, feeling that she did not teach her son well and spoiled him too much, which is why he developed such a character of reckless behavior.
Looking at Hua Xiang who didn't know what was wrong, she sighed, and stretched out her hand to pin Hua Xiang's long hair hanging down to her eyes behind his ears.
"What do you say about this child... you are not bad, but the biggest problem is that you do things too freely. Mom always thought that you are a high school student who just graduated, so you should be willful, but you forgot that you are already twenty years old , It’s no longer the age when my mother will help you wipe your ass when you poke any trouble. I think, if you limit your spending and find a good example for you, you will learn well... "
Li Weixi coughed awkwardly.
"... But looking at it now, it doesn't have any effect." Hua's mother rubbed her forehead, "On the way here, Mom thought about what you said. I can understand your concern about pets, but I still think your choice is Incorrect."
"I… "
"Don't be stubborn." Hua's mother stopped his argument, "As an adult, you obviously have a better way to solve the problem. You just leave, where did you put the fans who support you? You Where did you put the staff of the program group? And at that time, the camera has already cut to you, explain it, and tell everyone that you are going to retire, can’t you?... How do you plan to end now?"
Hua Xiang said in shame: "I plan to send an apology letter on Weibo first, and then ask Feifei to contact the fans who came to watch my match yesterday, and I will apologize to each of them in person, hoping they will forgive me for leaving suddenly. "
"...Be sincere when apologizing. Don't squander your fans' love for you just because they like you." Hua's mother nodded, "They may forgive you this time, but they won't next time."
Hua Xiang nodded: "I know... I will never let them down again."
"What do you want to say about the program group?"
"Uh, it's very simple... just tell the assistant director that I want to participate in the resurrection competition."
What he said as a matter of course caused not only Hua's mother to feel a headache, but even Li Weixi shook his head after a brief surprise.
"What's wrong? Didn't I not make it to the top four in this round?" Hua Xiang hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter.
Li Weixi explained to him: "Hua Xiang, the rematch is for players who are 'eliminated'. You are not eliminated, you are retiring voluntarily. Normally speaking, you are not eligible to participate in the rematch."
Hua Xiang's face turned pale instantly: "Then... what should I do then?"
Hua's mother said sternly: "You should think about this matter yourself. At the beginning, you said with confidence that you wanted to win the first place in the competition and win honor for your teacher. Now it is your own choice to retire, and it should be your choice." Tell us how you want to remedy it."
Hua's mother used to be reluctant to criticize him, but for such a precious son, he was naturally doted on and spoiled in every possible way. But now she finds that if a child does not suffer setbacks and take responsibility, he will never grow up.
She and Hua Xiang have a generation gap, and she really can't understand Hua Xiang's behavior of leaving the game for the dog. But since Hua Xiang thinks he did nothing wrong, she accepts his decision. It's just that behind every decision an adult makes, a lot needs to be paid for it.
Mother Hua came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
Li Weixi sent her out of the pet hospital, and the driver was waiting for her by the street.
Seeing that the mother and son were full of anger, Li Weixi felt helpless, and persuaded him: "Huaxiang's retirement was a little impulsive, and it's also because I shouldn't call him at that time. He cares about things that are chaotic and scruples." Not so much. But his character is like this, straightforward and reckless, but I don’t think this is his shortcoming, he just needs to be polished. His character determines that he is not the kind of person who can do everything. Don’t treat him too much. Harsh."
Hearing Li Weixi's good words for her son, Hua's mother covered her mouth and smiled: "Mr. Li, I thought I would let him live with you. With my son's personality, you will definitely have conflicts. I didn't expect your relationship to be so good. good."
She sighed: "It's not that I'm too harsh on him. He wants to be a star. If he wants to stand on the stage, the audience will be critical of him. No one expected what happened at night, but it happened. If you don’t take the opportunity to beat him now, when will you wait?”
…
That night, Hua Xiang didn't close his eyes for a minute, and stayed up all night until dawn.
The next morning he went home and hurriedly washed his face and changed his clothes, and then immediately contacted Fei Fei, the head of his fan club.
Feifei is his old fan. He has been paying attention to him since he was on the stage. Now that he is participating in the talent show across the border, Feifei is also working hard to attract fans and shout for him. She is a very serious and responsible girl.
Yesterday, Hua Xiang ran away as soon as he said he wanted to. In fact, the group of fans who gathered for him was the saddest thing. Fei Fei is older, but he is a lot more sensible. Knowing that Hua Xiang is in such a hurry, he must have something urgent to leave.
— “You said that your most important thing is that the dog was hit?” Feifei yelled on the phone, “How do you ask me to explain to other fans?”
After one night, Hua Xiang also gradually realized his recklessness, which caused a lot of harm to all those who supported him. Hearing Feifei's words, he felt even more guilty, and said sincerely: "You don't need to explain to them, I will explain to them personally."
"… What?"
"Can you contact the fans who came to the scene yesterday, I want to apologize to them in person."
There were a total of fifty people in the refueling group that arrived yesterday, and Hua Xiang opened a KTV super bag, which was just big enough to hold everyone. Some fans rushed over from other places yesterday. Today is a working day, and they have already returned to their original cities. Hua Xiang made a video connection with them, trying not to leave anyone behind.
The fans present were a little puzzled and even annoyed.
Hua Xiang rarely interacts with fans. Every time he goes on stage and sings, he leaves. If he wants autographs, he must sign a lot in advance and give them to Feifei to distribute to everyone. These can also be described as "very individual", but Hua Xiang left at the game yesterday, which hurt the fans' feelings too much.
The fans were actually very conflicted. While thinking, he was too self-willed to be liked so seriously by fans, and at the same time, they were nervous about Hua Xiang's invitation.
No matter what kind of struggle they were having in their hearts, they finally decided to be there and listen to what he had to say.
After all, he has been in love with someone for so long, so he must be given a chance to explain.
Hua Xiang stood alone on the small stage of KTV, facing the fans in the audience.
They were sitting on the sofa seat, crowded and crowded, looking at him nervously with immature little faces. These girls were all about his age, and they gathered together because they liked his singing, but yesterday he left them there and ran away regardless.
"sorry."
Facing these faces full of expectations for him, Hua Xiang said nothing but apologizing.
In his short life of twenty years, he rarely apologized. With his family background and his temper, he rarely said sorry. But until now, there are no words to express the guilt in my heart.
He solemnly bent down and bowed deeply to them, hoping that this would make up for the regret he had left for them.
"Yesterday happened for a reason, and I'm sorry that I failed your expectations."
…
Afterwards, Hua Xiang wrote a formal letter of apology and posted it on Weibo.
In fact, he had thought about whether he should give a high-sounding reason to explain his departure, but in the end after thinking about it, he chose to tell everyone the truth. In order to prove that the situation was really urgent at that time, he specially sent out photos of the accident scene covered with blood and the wound after the beef noodle operation.
But before sending it out, Qiu Chinese Department student Ba Qiu volunteered to polish and revise it for him.
It's just that Hua Xiang's writing style is really bad. Let's not talk about the "individual" problem. Many sentences are not smooth. Qiu Qiu only found out when he asked.
In the 500-word letter of apology, Qiu Qiu found out more than 40 mistakes for him. Hua Xiang seriously took the manuscript paper and copied it by hand, and posted it on Weibo as an apology to fans and the program team.
The impact of Hua Xiang's abandonment of the competition is much greater than he imagined. Don't look at the endless talent shows, but up to now, there has not been a singer on any talent show who voluntarily gave up the competition! And it was on such a crucial live broadcast.
The two hot spots on the day of the program were contestant Qiu Qiu singing "The Difficult Road to Shu" with "Ju O Taiwan", and contestant Hua Xiang abandoning the competition in public. These two small videos were repeated over and over again by marketing accounts.
As soon as Hua Xiang's apology letter was sent out, there were hundreds of replies in an instant, and after a few minutes, it was refreshed again, and the thousand mark had already been broken.
Those who supported him said, "Who doesn't have an important thing? I like Hua Xiang's willfulness." Otherwise, rush to it as soon as possible.”
Those who opposed him said that he had no respect for the show or other contestants, and "dogs are more important than people."
The two sides quarreled violently, Qiu Qiu quickly closed the website for Huaxiang, so that he could prepare for the rematch without being affected by other people's comments.
Hua Xiang smiled wryly: "...it's still up to you whether you can be resurrected or not."
"Huh?"
"I went to the program team to apologize in the morning, but the director and the planner were very angry, saying that I didn't pay attention to the competition at all and refused to allow me to enter the rematch." He shook his head, as if he heard the sound of water in his head, "Yes I thought it was too simple before... I thought it was enough for me to have strength, a small draft competition, I entered as I wanted, I never thought that my behavior would cause such a big trouble for the program team. Hey, but I was really calm at the time If I don’t come down, the beef noodles are going to die, I really don’t have such a strong mentality to go on stage and perform before leaving.”
Qiu Qiu also worried: "...how about I tell my godfather..."
"No need!" Hua Xiang immediately refused, "You helped me once before when I retired in the sub-division. If you let me go through the back door again, then I will become the kind that I even despise Is there anyone?"
"Then what to do?"
"I can't help it. I'll beg the program team tomorrow... This time I got into trouble and I didn't follow the rules. If the program team finally decides that I don't have a place, I'm willing to accept it."
Qiu Qiu was anxious for him: "Then what about your dream? Didn't you say that you would bring your brothers and sisters to sign the contract together?"
Hua Xiang fell back on the chair, clenched his fist with his right hand and hammered his chest: "Dreams will never be forgotten. I can pass the college entrance examination for three consecutive years, and I will not give up on the draft just because of one failure. Even if I leave the stage this time, I will stand on another stage next year."
Hua Xiang's words were very bold, Qiu Qiu rested his chin on one hand and looked at him in surprise.
"What's wrong?"
"Hua Xiang... It's only been two days, why do I think you've matured?"
"Ah? Mature?" Hua Xiang hurriedly touched his chin, "Damn! I haven't slept for two days, and my beard has grown so long!"
…
On the other side, there was a fierce quarrel in the program group of "Super New Voice Generation".
The program planner said: "Of course he can't be allowed to come back! He is blatantly flouting our competition rules!! He retired if he wanted to retire yesterday, and he will come back today if he wants to. This show is for him?"
The artist coordinator said: "The knockout round was originally prepared for players who did not advance to the semi-finals, and Hua Xiang is the favorite player to win the championship. His apology is very sincere. I think it's okay to give him another chance."
In the conference room, there were more than a dozen core members of the program group sitting. Both sides disagreed, and the roof was about to collapse due to the quarrel.
In the end, there was really no choice but to kick the ball to Director Wang who was sitting at the top of the conference room.
In this program, Director Wang is the top leader. He is in charge of everything from program proposal to team formation. Now that something so big has happened, it can only be left to him to decide.
"I think it's useless for us to decide whether or not Hua Xiang can participate in the rematch." Director Wang said slowly, "... the audience decides."
"...?"
"Immediately let the art side create a voting page. The effect of the page can be simpler, and the content is only one thing—whether Hua Xiang can enter the rematch."
Planning anxious: "Director! But the rules...!"
Director Wang interrupted him: "Have you watched the broadcast effect of this program? When the first two competitions were first launched, there were less than 20 million hits. After "Linlin Night Talk", it increased to 30 million, but yesterday What about the live broadcast - 30 million in 24 hours! If you go and watch the short video of Hua Xiang throwing Mike, the number of views is already as much as that of Qiu Qiu and Xin Tian. The most popular draft right now The number of hits for a single episode of the program is around 200 million, we are still far behind. Now traffic is king, no matter whether Hua Xiang can play or not, the popularity must be fired first!"
The coordinator asked hesitantly: "Then when will this webpage be launched?"
"Online on Wednesday and offline on Friday. The voting time is 48 hours. All contestants can canvass votes—whether it is a negative vote or a positive vote. Huaxiang's fate will be announced on Friday night."
…
Everyone, including Hua Xiang, never expected that the program team would use this seemingly child's play method to decide whether Hua Xiang could participate in the resurrection match.
But whether it's a children's play or a monkey show, the program group has indeed gained a lot of attention.
The three who were eliminated from the eighth round and the fourth round were extremely happy after learning that Hua Xiang had given up the game—without such a strong competitor, their hope of advancing was one more point. Now the program group suddenly announced that the audience will vote to determine whether Huaxiang is eligible to participate in the resurrection match. How can they tolerate their cake being taken away
They quickly made a public protest: "Hua Xiang voluntarily abstained, and should not be eligible for the resurgence." "He is not like a professional singer at all. Fans and program groups are nothing to him." Follow the rules".
And Xin Tian said bluntly in an interactive live broadcast on the Internet: "Ah... you asked Tiantian about whether a certain player can enter the rematch? Oh, it's hard to say Tiantian, after all, we usually greet each other when we see each other. But I think, if he can abandon everyone for the dog this time, maybe he will abandon everyone for the cat next time."
Hua Xiang wished to cut Xin Tian into pieces. If he hadn't had any evidence of Xin Tian's bad deeds, he would have let her experience the pain of a beef noodle.
Although there are many people who support Huaxiang's retirement, Qiu Qiu, Qi Qiqi, and Ai Guo are all working hard to canvass for Huaxiang's fans. Coupled with the strong support of Huaxiang's fans, the votes of the two parties are very tight and have been at a stalemate.
In order to canvass votes, Hua Xiang will update a video every day. In the video, he first thanks the fans for their love for him, followed by an hour-long exercise video. Waking up early to practice is a very tedious process. He does not practice his vocals in a recording studio, but gets up at five o'clock every day to go to an open place to hang his voice and do basic exercises.
In order to help him record the video, Li Weixi also got up early and worked tirelessly to help him.
Hua Xiang tried his best to build a good impression in front of the audience, hoping that the audience would forgive him for his previous impulsiveness. This is a very difficult process. He must restrain all his rebelliousness and show all his sincerity in exchange for understanding.
…
Finally, at eight o'clock on Friday night, two days before the rematch, the final voting results came out.
At that time, Hua Xiang and Li Weixi had just finished visiting the beef noodles and walked out of the pet hospital hand in hand.
Beef noodles have a very strong desire to survive, but the recovery is not good. Until now, the wound has not subsided, and it is accompanied by a persistent low-grade fever. Barely. But if you don't eat, you will have no strength to recover. Hua Xiang is anxious and angry, and he sighs every time he is with the beef noodles.
So when he received a call from the program team, he didn't realize what the other party was saying. It wasn't until the voice on the phone repeated "Hua Xiang, prepare well for Sunday's rematch" that he belatedly understood what it meant.
He... he succeeded!
With his own efforts, he won the understanding of the fans and finally entered the resurrection match again.
It's not through the back door, it's not because of relationships, it's his sincerity that moved everyone...
The victory this time did not come easily, even getting promoted in the competition did not make him so happy. Hua Xiang took a deep breath, feeling that his entire chest was filled with a heavy pleasure.
Yes, heavy.
Li Weixi knew how much he slept this week and how busy he was every day. In Li Weixi's eyes, this boy who has always been naive and presumptuous has grown up rapidly in a short period of time, the speed is astonishingly fast, and it is distressingly fast.
He said sincerely, "Congratulations."
Hua Xiang was taken aback for a moment, and was about to say something when a bell rang suddenly, interrupting his words.
I saw a white Samoyed with extremely fluffy hair suddenly jumped out of the bushes, twisted and stuck in front of Hua Xiang. It seemed to smell the dog smell on Hua Xiang's body, and it kept circling around his feet, wagging its head and tail at him.
Hua Xiang looked down at it, his hands and feet froze for a moment.
After half a minute, an old lady caught up with her out of breath and grabbed the overly active big dog.
"I'm sorry, my dog is so naughty..." The old lady looked up and saw Hua Xiang's eyes, and said with some hesitation, "...Young man, are you so afraid of dogs? Don't worry, it is just naughty and doesn't bite."
"... Mmm." Hua Xiang squeezed out an ugly smile, but his eyes were blurred, "I'm making you laugh... I've been afraid of dogs since I was a child."
The old lady wanted to say a few more words of comfort, but Li Weixi, who had been silent by the side, suddenly stood in front of Hua Xiang.
He stretched out his hand and pressed it on the back of Hua Xiang's neck. With a little force on his hand, he pressed Hua Xiang's head on his shoulder.
Soon, a few drops of warm liquid fell on Li Weixi's neck—the tears flowed faster and faster, the boy lowered his head, wantonly pouring tears, grievances, and happiness on Li Weixi shoulders.
This is the first time in Li Weixi's life that he can feel the temperature of another person so clearly.
It was hot, but not as unbearable as imagined.