During the few days when I was preparing for surgery and I took leave from work, the hospital was the busiest place. After Kitty and Wu Yaohui came to visit, Guan Yue and Han Xuetong came to express condolences in a group the next day; in the afternoon, Meng Yuanqing came to visit the patient with a group of people from the translation department.
Although Zhou Yu didn't come in person, she called me and told me that she was away from Night City on business and that she would go to the hospital to see my breasts when she came back.
Many of these people were Luo's senior executives. They rushed over as soon as they heard the news and gave them valuable gifts.
And those seniors who were not close to me on weekdays were particularly warm at this time, as if they were their family members who were hospitalized.
The most dramatic thing among them was Song Mo and others who had played best with Sun Kexin before. They also came to visit me in the hospital with gifts and apologized to me in private. They said they were wrong one by one and asked me to forgive them. I hope that in the future We can still be friends.
To be honest, I admire them very much. Not everyone can achieve this kind of good character of being able to bend and stretch. Therefore, I uphold the virtue of reaching out and not hitting those with smiling faces, and temporarily forgive them for their inconsistencies.
In the past two days, people I knew, people I didn’t know, people I was familiar with, people I wasn’t familiar with, a group of people who came to visit the patient almost broke through the threshold of the ward. Until the day of my breast surgery, people continued to arrive.
At nine o'clock in the morning, I was pushed into the operating room. Standing beside me were not only my parents, but also Kuang Yiyang, Xu Lu, Wei Zheng and others.
Wei Zheng said to me: "The operation will take more than three hours. Please don't stand here. Go back and rest first. Someone will notify you when the operation is completed."
I raised the corners of my lips and said sincerely: "Brother Zheng, thank you so much this time, and I have caused you a lot of trouble."
Wei Zheng smiled lightly and replied: "No need to be polite, we are all friends."
My parents originally wanted to stay with Wei Zheng for lunch, but Wei Zheng said that he still had an appointment, just to come over to see my breasts, and was in a hurry to leave now.
I personally escorted him to the elevator and waved goodbye to him.
When I returned to the door of the operating room, Kuang Yiyang and Xu Lu were chatting with my parents.
My mother asked: "Today is not the weekend, you two came here on leave, right?"
Xu Lu was cheerful and replied with a smile: "It's okay, Auntie."
My mother said: "Look at you, one is still in school and the other has just gone to work. It's not good to ask for a lot of leave, it will delay the main business."
Xu Lu said: "Auntie, to be honest with you, I wish I could take a day off. Our company is not big and there are so many things going on. It can tire people to death all day long. I will treat it as a day off for myself today."
My mother heard this and said helplessly: "This child..."
After saying that, she turned to look at Kuang Yiyang and said with a smile: "I heard from Zijin that you have a lot of exams at the school recently. If you are so busy, don't go there. It will be troublesome to go back and forth."
Kuang Yiyang had a nice smile on his handsome face, shook his head slightly, and replied aloud: "No trouble."
Xu Lu patted Kuang Yiyang on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Auntie, he studies well. The exam is just a formality for him. You don't have to worry."
After saying that, she glanced at me again, and then joked: "Besides, as long as it's Zijin's business, no matter how small it is, it's still a big deal to him, not to mention that grandma is in the hospital. He can't fly here without wings." That’s weird.”
Kuang Yiyang suddenly looked nervous and shy. He couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the expressions of my parents, and then whispered: "Senior Xu Lu, please stop making trouble..."
My parents both knew that Kuang Yiyang liked me and had a good impression of him, so they just smiled and didn't say anything.
I have no feelings for Kuang Yiyang, so I was unmoved, and even calmer. But I couldn't see Xu Lu always bullying Kuang Yiyang, so I said out loud: "Don't make trouble with him, he will do it later." I don’t know what to do.”
Xu Lu giggled. The biggest evil thing she did was to look at other people's embarrassment.
After we stood in front of the operating room door for a while, my dad said aloud: "You guys haven't had breakfast yet. Hurry downstairs and have something to eat. It's early here."
My mother also said to me: "Zijin, you go and have breakfast, don't let people have an empty stomach."
I took Kuang Yiyang and Xu Lu downstairs together. On the way, Xu Lu turned her head and asked, "Hey, isn't Jianan here?"
When I mention Dong Jianan, I still feel a little bit stuck in my heart, not because of her attitude, but because I regret that I didn't do well.
I whispered back: "I came to visit yesterday with Luo's colleagues."
Xu Lu said: "Then doesn't she know that grandma is having surgery today?"
"Know."
Xu Lu frowned and said with some dissatisfaction: "Then why doesn't she come over today to take a look?"
I said, "It's okay. I was here yesterday anyway. There is no need to ask for leave again."
Xu Lu said nonchalantly: "Grandma's surgery is a big deal. Is it so difficult for her to take a leave? Besides, none of us came here on leave. She is the only one who has to go to work... "
Seeing Xu Lu roll her eyes, obviously dissatisfied, I sighed secretly and explained aloud: "She is still angry with me, blaming me for knowing Luo Xiangdong a long time ago but not telling her."
Xu Lu raised her eyes, frowned and replied: "What kind of reason is this? As soon as you told me, my first reaction was that you were promoted to assistant to the president. I'm happy for you, and you have something to hide, and you didn't tell us. This is a matter of course, no one has to do it.”
"According to what she means, let's not have any secrets, because as long as we hide a little thing from her, we are not sisters enough. If we are sisters, can we immediately fall out with you and draw a clear line because of such a trivial matter? "
Xu Lu's personality is very similar to mine. She is carefree and very nervous. Especially when we are friends, she is always very open-minded and does not care about small details. Before, I was worried that she would be unhappy because I kept it from her, but now it seems that I was overthinking it.
Xu Lu heard that Luo Xiangdong and I had known each other for a long time. Not only was she not angry, but she was very excited. She said that since I relied on such a big mountain, it would be a smooth sailing in the future. She also said that if she couldn't survive one day, she wanted me to protect her. .
But Dong Jianan is different from the two of us. Maybe in her heart, friends must be honest and not deceive. I have tried to explain it clearly to her several times and expressed my difficulty. Every time, she looked calm and said it was okay, but her actions clearly betrayed her words.
I feel uncomfortable in my heart. After all, I did not do well. Dong Jianan is right to be angry with me.
While Kuang Yiyang was persuading Xu Lu who was losing his temper, he said to me: "Senior sister, don't take it too seriously. To be honest, no one is to blame for this. Senior Jianan may just not be able to think about it for a while. , It will be fine after a while. And just like Xu Lu said, you are doing well now, everyone should be happy, and stop thinking about who is right and who is wrong. "
Hearing this, I could only sigh.
God knows how much I want to find a way to get the best of both worlds, but I know deep down in my heart that only ten out of ten things in this world are unsatisfactory, not to mention that you can't have it both ways.
The surgery on my breast was very successful. The doctor said that after returning home, I would rest for a few months and then I would be able to move around normally. Our family is very happy about this.
I had a week off, enough time to spend time in the hospital with my breasts.
During this period, I received a number that I didn’t have a name on but was very familiar. I looked at the phone screen in a daze, feeling a little dazed for a while.
After graduation, I changed my number, and I didn’t save contact information for the people I didn’t want to contact before, so after a few months, I always felt a little strange when I saw this familiar number again.
I hesitated and didn't answer until the other party hung up the phone. I thought it would just go away, but not long after, the phone rang again, and it was the same number.
I took my cell phone out of the ward, stood at the deserted safety exit, and answered the call.
I didn't make a sound, but listened with breathless concentration.
A familiar man's voice came from the phone: "Hello... Zijin."
I had been dating Chen Wenhang for seven years. Every day when we didn't see each other, we would make at least two or three phone calls. But I don’t know when, he seemed to suddenly evaporate and disappeared from my world.
I couldn't see him or hear his voice.
The voices and tones that were once so familiar have now become extremely unfamiliar due to the lack of contact for too long.
I didn't respond, but I felt unexpectedly calm in my heart.
Chen Wenhang knew that I was listening, so he said aloud: "I heard that grandma is sick and hospitalized. How is she doing now?"
I replied from the bottom of my heart, what does it have to do with you
But after a few seconds of pause, I temporarily changed my mind and replied coldly: "She's fine."
Chen Wenhang seemed to be relieved on the phone, and then said: "That's good..."
After that, when I didn't respond, he said again: "Zijin, I want to go to the hospital to see grandma."
I said, "No need."
Chen Wenhang was silent for a moment, and then said: "Zijin, can we not involve the two elders in our affairs? Grandma is sick and hospitalized, and I really want to come over and visit."
Chen Wenhang dated me for seven years, which took up one-third of my twenty-three years of life. I took him to my grandma's house many times, and every time, my grandma would cook a large table of dishes for him to eat. After the meal, she would wash fruits and get snacks for him. She really loved him as if he were her own grandson.
When I think of those warm and beautiful scenes, my heart still can't help but ache. It turns out that I have never been able to keep my heart as solid as a rock.
But the more pain in my heart, the more angry I became. Why did Chen Wenhang, after he felt sorry for me, brazenly say not to involve the parents of the two families? Doesn't he understand why our whole family treats him so well? Doesn't he understand that when he hurts me, he hurts our whole family? !
The fingers holding the phone quietly clenched, I suppressed my anger and replied coldly: "What do you think is the use of being courteous now? Seeing you is not enough to cause trouble for our whole family!"