This thought was like a drop of spark falling into boiling oil, instantly burning into Lai Yang's heart.
He immediately sent a WeChat message to Secretary Tian Jing to inquire about the location of the hospital.
The quiet secretary is called Li Rouhe, a lively girl. After adding WeChat last time, Lai Yang saw her posting pictures of the food she made on WeChat.
I would also give her the likes, but we rarely communicated.
Did you know that Mr. Tian is sick
Li Rouhe replied, and a few seconds later asked: Why are you asking for the address? Do you want to come over to visit the patient
How can I get there when I'm in Shanghai? Just asking.
Li Rouhe responded with a malicious smile and said that Mr. Tian was almost well again and there was no need to worry.
But in the end, the location of the hospital was sent to me, Chengdu Puren Hospital.
LaiYang clicked on the link to check the route. The nearest flight is at 7:35 tomorrow morning, which takes more than three hours. He will arrive at Chengdu Shuangliu Airport at 10:30 in the morning. From there it is about 20 kilometers to the hospital.
Lai Yang lit a cigarette, took a long puff, calculated the time in his mind, and decided to set off tomorrow!
After returning to the house, Lai Yang booked the tickets, prepared his coat and personal belongings for the next morning, and then lay back on the bed and sent a message to Li Dian, asking him to host the rehearsal tomorrow. He also told him that he was going to Chengdu and would try to come back in the evening.
Why did you suddenly get such an impulse
Li Dian replied the message.
Lai Yang leaned against the head of the bed. The moonlight outside the window filtered in through the gaps in the curtains, forming a dark brown light on the bedding.
Looking at the light, Lai Yang thought for a few seconds and replied: Tian Jing bought the last 100 tickets. I just think that as a friend, she can help us time and time again, but there is nothing I can do to help her. Maybe the only thing I can do is to care about her more. I actually think she is quite lonely, so... I don’t know how to say it, I just want to go see her and have lunch with her or something.
Niu, will you come back in the afternoon
Well, I bought a ticket for the 2:30 p.m. showtime, so I estimate that I will arrive at the theater at 6 or 7 in the evening, and I will still be able to make it in time for rehearsal.
After sending the message, Li Dian replied a while later: Seven hours round trip, traveling through two cities, just to have lunch with her? Laiyang, I find that you have really changed.
…
Because he had to leave early in the morning, Lai Yang turned off his mobile phone and forced himself to sleep.
But people are like this. When they have something on their mind, they can't fall asleep. Lai Yang looks at his mobile phone every once in a while. Time seems to slip away quietly like quicksand, but he still can't sleep.
I stayed up very late and finally fell into a sleepy state, but the alarm rang again.
After waking up from this sleep, Lai Yang felt extremely cold and tired.
He gritted his teeth, got up, washed, put on a thicker down jacket and went out. It was still dark, and when he looked up he saw stars all over. A cold wind blew, causing him to wrap his clothes tightly and become much more awake.
Lai Yang began to feel a little excited. What expression would Tian Jing have when she saw him
Shocked or excited
Or would you just smile faintly and ask yourself why you are acting like a fool
Are you stupid
It's quite silly, but I enjoy it.
…
When the plane landed in Chengdu, it was already bright. It was his first time in this city. It was warmer here than in Shanghai and the air was fresher.
The most intuitive feeling is that it feels like the plastic film covering my head has been sucked away, and every breath of air seems to reach the spleen and lungs directly, making it exceptionally clear.
As he took a taxi toward the hospital, Lai Yang looked out the window at the city. The tall buildings on both sides were no different from those in Shanghai, but there were obviously more small streets and alleys than in Shanghai.
Looking through the streets and alleys, you can see many small neon signs, including ear cleaning shops, foot bath shops, mahjong restaurants, soy milk and fried dough stick shops, and some small shops selling antiques and bird cage crafts.
All these show that Chengdu is a very comfortable city, which makes everyone slow down and relax.
Lai Yang took a breath and looked at his phone. Now he was getting closer and closer to Tian Jing...
"Hello Jingjing, I'm here to see you..."
"Boss Tian, you didn't expect that I'd come to see you, hahaha~"
"Hey, what are you doing? Don't cry, don't cry, this is what brothers should do."
"Ahem, hello Jingjing, are you feeling better? Hey, don't get out of bed, shall I get you some fruit? Don't be too touched, hehe..."
Lai Yang clenched the fruit bag tightly, checked the wards with the nurse at the front desk, and rehearsed the words he would say when they met.
"Tianjing, right? She was just discharged from the hospital this morning. She left at nine o'clock." The nurse suddenly looked up.
"… "
Lai Yang was stunned by these words. After a long while, he stretched his neck to look at the computer screen: "Gone?"
He couldn't see the information on the screen clearly, and the movement of stretching his neck was a complete reaction of helplessness.
At this moment, his heart seemed to be freezing and his body was gradually freezing.
Chengdu seems to have cooled down in an instant...
The early morning sun shines on the asphalt road, turning it golden.
On the bench opposite the gate of Puren Hospital, Lai Yang was holding a cigarette in his hand and chewing a freshly peeled banana without taste. His eyes seemed to be blind, staring blankly ahead.
He didn't want to call Tian Jing to tell her that he had come to Chengdu, so if they didn't meet, he could only say that they were not destined to be together.
I just feel a little... unwilling.
Lai Yang has always been a person who believes in fate. Everything he did, including meeting Tian Jing and going to Xi'an together last time, can be considered fate. But when he wanted to take a further step, he found that he had missed her.
Watching a car on the road blow a fallen leaf to his feet, Lai Yang picked it up boredly, tore it in half, and then threw it into the trash can beside him along with the banana peel in his hand.
He took a last long puff of his cigarette, stood up and prepared to wander around for a while when his cell phone suddenly rang.
When he saw the note "Jingjing", the smoke he had just inhaled seemed to materialize in his chest, making his chest swell up.
"Hello... Jingjing?" Laiyang put the phone to his ear.
It was quiet over there, probably in some enclosed space.
"Laiyang, where are you?"
"… I'm… Shanghai, in my house, what's wrong?"
"Oh, Xiao He said you asked her for the hospital location last night, and said you would come to see me today, so... I called to ask."
"Ha ha!"
Lai Yang laughed dryly, "How is that possible? I'm in Shanghai and I have to go to the venue for rehearsal today. How can she think that I can fly to Pudong Airport early in the morning, then fly to Shuangliu Airport, and then take a taxi for dozens of kilometers? I'm not a fool. Besides... didn't you say that your condition was not serious?"
“…You are familiar with Chengdu?”
Lai Yang was startled, licked his lower lip and sighed; "No, I took a look at Godley's route map."
"Why look at the route?"
“… Just looking around.”
Beep—
A car honked its horn on the side of the road. Before Lai Yang could react, he asked quietly, "Aren't you at home? Why is it so noisy over there?"
"I'm coming out now, let me buy a pack of cigarettes." Lai Yang muttered as he took out a cigarette and was about to light it up, when suddenly, a silver bell-like laughter came from the other end of the line.
"Laiyang, isn't your cigarette in your hand?"
Hiss~