After Lin Xiao was promoted to head nurse, she rarely worked night shifts. Today was an exception. On her way to work at the hospital, she suddenly received a WeChat message from Zhou Qichen, which contained only a few simple words: We are together.
Lin Xiao held her phone tightly, clicked on this message and read it over and over again. She smiled all the way to work, and her cheeks were a little stiff at the end. Knowing the past, she could guess that Zhou Qichen must have taken the initiative to win back the relationship without him telling her. She imagined Zhou Qichen confessing his love over the phone, the two of them hitting it off, and deciding to be together right away. She felt that the sweet atmosphere was about to flow over the six short words on the screen and float to her. She was happy for him no matter how she thought about it.
It takes courage to love someone, and it takes even more courage to love someone of the same sex. And it’s the kind of extraordinary courage that’s enough to make the world your enemy. Most people’s courage lasts through adolescence, and they have to think a lot and have a lot of concerns when they grow up. But some people need to keep going for a lifetime before they can meet the destined person. More people have courage but don’t have such good luck. Lin Xiao’s courage lasted for 25 years, until the day she bought a train ticket to Nanjing and confessed to Xu Weiran, who was more than just a friend at the time. That was the lowest point in her life. She could feel that her courage was about to be completely exhausted, so she took out the last bit to make a gamble. She won the gamble.
However, Zhou Qichen's lasted longer. From actively bidding farewell to his previous career and his secret crush of eight years, to coming out to his family, to choosing to be with Yu Xiaoyuan, to returning to Beijing alone after the breakup, to today's heart-to-heart with Lang Feng. It seems that he has only one choice when he encounters difficulties, which is to generate more courage from the ground. Lin Xiao became close friends with him, not only because of fate, and because she felt sorry for his situation when he was hospitalized three years ago, but also because she saw something in Zhou Qichen that she didn't have. He looks free and easy and optimistic by nature, but he has an unyielding fierceness in his bones.
After thinking about it, Lin Xiao simply said: That’s great, let me meet you someday.
But when she really entered his ward, it was Lin Xiao who was stunned. Because she was very familiar with Zhou Qichen and had told him that she was on duty tonight, she knocked on the door twice and pushed it open. What she saw was Zhou Qichen holding a tablet. There was a man sitting on a chair next to the bed. He had a handsome and upright face and was wearing a black coarse sweater and jeans. Although he was sitting on the chair, it was very close to the bed. His head was almost resting on Zhou Qichen's shoulder. Needless to say, it was obvious that they had a close relationship. Of course, Lin Xiao knew who this was, but she just didn't expect to see the real person so soon.
When Zhou Qichen saw that it was Lin Xiao, he also smiled and quickly introduced him, saying, "Lin Xiao, this is Lang Feng."
Lang Feng stood up and shook hands with Lin Xiao, then smiled gently and said, "Hello. Achen's friend, call me Evan."
If there is a score for first meeting, and the full score is 100, Lin Xiao's impression of Lang Feng is 120 points.
During the night shift that day, Lin Xiao knocked on the door for the second time. When she came in, she was holding a folder and a plastic bag. This time, Lang Feng was not there, and Zhou Qichen said he went out to buy dinner. The food in the hospital was not bad, but Lang Feng insisted on having something special to celebrate their first night together. Zhou Qichen thought about not buying such bad soda water, but he couldn't bear to say it out loud - Lang Feng was very particular about food, so he trusted him to choose the place.