The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 92 Innocent Child

"Nothing, I just suddenly remembered it, it's okay, I'll hang up now."

After understanding the details of the situation, Wang Shengnan hung up the phone with mixed feelings. Looking at the closed door of the doctor's office, Wang Shengnan waited quietly.

After a while, Wang Dingnan was taken out of the doctor's office by the nurse. Wang Shengnan said a few words to Wang Dingnan and asked her to go back to the ward and wait.

Liu Lin Dawei and Tang Jiaojiao were waiting in the hospital corridor while Wang Shengnan walked into the doctor's office.

After sitting down, the doctor looked at Wang Shengnan and asked

"Are you a family member of the patient?"

Wang Shengnan nodded and explained

“I am the patient’s sister”

Seeing the doctor's expression change slightly, Wang Shengnan quickly added

"She's not my biological sister. In terms of relationship, she's my aunt's daughter, so she's also my sister. And I just found out that her biological father also has mental problems. I didn't know about this before."

After hearing Wang Shengnan's words, the doctor lowered his head and looked at the medical record in his hand. After pondering for a while, he told Wang Dingnan's condition.
"The patient is now confirmed to have symptoms of schizophrenia, and her condition is not optimistic. She needs to be hospitalized for observation and treatment. Does she have other relatives?"

“Yes, she has a daughter.”

Wang Shengnan was a little nervous. The doctor adjusted his glasses and looked at her from above.
"Go get a genetic checkup."

After hearing the doctor's words, Wang Shengnan felt her heart sink. She took a few deep breaths before standing up and walking out of the office.

Wang Shengnan didn't rush to tell Lin Dawei the details of the situation, but took Tang Jiaojiao back to Wang Dingnan's ward.

Standing at the door of the ward, the two looked at Wang Dingnan and Tang Jiaojiao on the bed through the glass on the door. Wang Dingnan wanted to hug Tang Jiaojiao, but Tang Jiaojiao seemed to have not recovered from the shock of last night. She sat on the other side of the bed and was unwilling to go over.

Wang Shengnan told Lin Dawei the diagnosis she had just heard from the doctor. Wang Shengnan looked at Tang Jiaojiao and frowned.
"I want to take Jiaojiao to get checked out directly. If there is any problem, it can be treated early while she is still young."

But Lin Dawei shook his head and did not agree with Wang Shengnan's idea.

"Don't worry. I think we should talk to Tang Yuanming about this first. Dingnan is in this condition now, so she definitely can't be Jiaojiao's guardian anymore. Then Tang Yuanming automatically becomes Jiaojiao's guardian. Let's meet with Tang Yuanming first and then check. Whether he agrees or not, at least let him know about this."

Wang Shengnan felt a little awkward and didn't want to contact Tang Yuanming. The two of them didn't come to any conclusion, so they decided to take Tang Jiaojiao home first. The child was busy all night and didn't sleep well or eat anything.

So the two returned to the ward, said a few words to Wang Dingnan, and prepared to take Tang Jiaojiao home. Just as they were about to leave, Wang Dingnan grabbed Wang Shengnan's hand. Wang Shengnan turned around and saw Wang Dingnan's face full of pleading.
"Sister, I want to see Tang Yuanming. Let him come to see me. I know I was wrong. When he comes, I will admit my mistake to him in person."

Seeing Wang Dingnan's guilty face, Wang Shengnan couldn't help but soften her heart. She turned around, held Wang Dingnan's hand and promised
"Dingnan, don't worry, I will do my best to bring Tang Yuanming to you."

After saying that, the two sisters looked at each other for a few seconds, and Wang Shengnan let go of Wang Dingnan's hand and walked out of the ward.

Lin Dawei drove back to the community, and Wang Shengnan brought Tang Jiaojiao back home. There was no one at home. Judging from the time, Lin Miaomiao should still be in the cram school and had not returned yet.

Take Tang Jiaojiao to Lin Miaomiao's room and let her have a good rest.

Wang Shengnan changed her shoes and prepared to go out to buy groceries. When she got downstairs, she saw Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu coming back. She immediately waved to Lin Miaomiao.

"Hey, Miaomiao, come here, I have something to tell you."

Lin Miaomiao handed the helmet to Wu Xianyu and trotted to Wang Shengnan.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

"Jiaojiao will stay at our house for a few days. I will sleep with you for the time being. Don't mention your aunt in your daily conversations. Got it?"

Lin Miaomiao nodded blankly, a little confused

"Isn't my aunt Jiaojiao's mother? Why can't I tell her?"

"I told you not to say it, so don't say it. It has nothing to do with you. Also, don't mention Tang Yuanming. Your aunt has already divorced him."

Wang Shengnan didn't look very good. It was unclear whether it was because she didn't get enough rest or because too many things happened that night.

Lin Miaomiao originally wanted to ask what was going on, but when she saw Wang Shengnan's expression, she silently swallowed the question.

After Wang Shengnan left, Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu went upstairs together.
"Oh, I don't know what happened. The door of the house was opening and closing all the time last night, and now even Jiaojiao was brought back."

Wu Xianyu also heard Lin Miaomiao talk about Tang Jiaojiao, and he touched his chin and had some guesses.
"Could it be that Teacher Tang and your aunt are divorced?"

"You guessed it right, I just found out from my mom too."

Lin Miaomiao shrugged, stopped at the door of Wu Xianyu's house, turned around and hugged Wu Xianyu and kissed him, with a smile on her face.

"I'm going home now. I'll come and play with you in the afternoon."

"kindness"

Wu Xianyu released his arms around Lin Miaomiao's waist and watched her run upstairs.

When she got home, the living room was empty and there was no sound at all. Lin Miaomiao moved quietly back to her room and found Tang Jiaojiao sleeping soundly.

After a while, Wang Shengnan came back after buying groceries. Lin Miaomiao walked out of the room and went to the kitchen to help Wang Shengnan, and asked her what happened last night.

Wang Shengnan was reluctant to say more, and in the end Lin Miaomiao only knew that her aunt and Tang Yuanming divorced because of investment failure.

After cooking, Wang Shengnan didn’t even eat and went straight back to her room to sleep, leaving Lin Miaomiao and Tang Jiaojiao to eat.

Tang Jiaojiao was no longer sleepy because she had slept intermittently the night before. She followed Lin Miaomiao to put the food on the table into the refrigerator and went to Wu Xianyu's house.

Wu Xianyu had already put all the snacks and drinks on the coffee table, and even Lao Tie was handed to Tang Jiaojiao by him. Although Lao Tie was nervous for a while at the beginning, he was able to play with Tang Jiaojiao after getting familiar with him.

Because Jiaojiao was there, the two of them kept a little distance and didn't talk about Aunt Lin Miaomiao. He just played with Tang Jiaojiao for the whole afternoon.

Lin Miaomiao's home.

Wang Shengnan opened her eyes and felt a severe headache. She forced herself to get up from the bed. After a long while, she remembered what happened last night. She sighed and walked out of the room.

Lin Dawei had just finished heating up the food when he saw Wang Shengnan coming out and greeted her.

"Shengnan, that's great. I just heated up the food. Come and have some."

"coming"

Wang Shengnan looked tired, her lips were pale, she sat opposite Lin Dawei, picked up the bowl and chopsticks, and ate without saying a word. After dinner, Wang Shengnan felt a little stronger, and sat on the sofa with Lin Dawei, took out her mobile phone, and looked at the mobile phone number marked as Tang Yuanming. Wang Shengnan kept preparing herself mentally, but she called twice in a row, but no one answered until the third time, when the call was connected. At this time, Wang Shengnan no longer had any psychological pressure.

"Sister, I know what you are going to say. There is no possibility for Dingnan and I to be together anymore. Please don't call me to persuade me."

As soon as the call was connected, Tang Yuanming directly stated his attitude, but Wang Shengnan had expected this and waited patiently for Tang Yuanming to finish before speaking.

"Yuanming, can you please listen to me first?"

Seeing the silence on the other side, Wang Shengnan took a deep breath

"Yuanming, this is what happened. Didn't you go back home to get something last night? Did you know that Wang Dingnan fell down the stairs?"

"I know, but I didn't touch her the whole time. She fell by herself. Don't look for me if anything happens."

Tang Yuanming's tone was full of caution, but Wang Shengnan was not angry.

"I don't blame you. This whole thing was Dingnan's fault. We won't force you to reconcile. I just want to ask you for a favor. Dingnan is in the hospital. It's not from a fall. She has schizophrenia, and it's very serious. The doctor recommended hospitalization. The doctor can't say how long she'll have to stay there, but I think she'll have to stay there for the rest of her life."

Hearing this news, Tang Yuanming's tone suddenly became hesitant.
"Sister, you are not lying to me, this excuse is too ridiculous, it is not true at all."

Wang Shengnan had no emotion at the moment, she just simply stated the matter.

"I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, you can go to the hospital. I need your help and you need to go to the hospital. The guy said that he knows he was wrong and wants to admit his mistake to you in person. That's all I ask."

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while. Wang Shengnan waited patiently. Not long after, Tang Yuanming let out a long sigh.

"I understand. Please find some time and I will go with you to see her."

Seeing that Tang Yuanming agreed, Wang Shengnan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She did not say that Wang Dingnan's illness was most likely hereditary. She just hoped that Tang Yuanming still felt a little guilty and allowed them to meet.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Shengnan closed her eyes tiredly and leaned on Lin Dawei's shoulder.

"Dawei, do you think it's bad for me to do this? Is this considered cheating?"

"It's nothing, don't worry."

Lin Dawei hugged Wang Shengnan and comforted her softly.
"You're not lying, at most you just didn't say something. I think Tang Yuanming is also somewhat responsible. If Dingnan hadn't been exposed to too much stimulation, she wouldn't have developed a seizure so quickly. Didn't the doctor also say that this kind of hereditary mental illness wouldn't develop so quickly if it wasn't exposed to too much stimulation, and it's even possible that it won't develop for a lifetime. When the time comes, Tang Yuanming will know all this when he consults the doctor."

After hearing Lin Dawei's words, Wang Shengnan felt a lot more relieved.

Tang Yuanming, who had already moved to the teachers' dormitory of Elite Middle School, put down his mobile phone, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, wiped his face tiredly, but accidentally touched the wound on his neck and grimaced for a long time.

These were all caught by Wang Dingnan when we were moving things last night.

When he went back to get his things last night, Wang Dingnan refused to let him in. In the end, it was Jiaojiao who opened the door. After he entered, he was angry and didn't say anything to Wang Dingnan. He just packed his things on his own. At first, Wang Dingnan was sarcastic and mocking him, but when he finally walked out of the door with his bag without looking back, Wang Dingnan panicked and grabbed his luggage and refused to let him go.

When the two were arguing, Wang Dingnan scratched him. Feeling the pain, he pushed Wang Dingnan away and prepared to leave. Wang Dingnan rushed out the door to chase him, but his foot slipped and he fell down three or four steps. He turned back to help him reflexively, but Wang Dingnan said with a ferocious face, "Even if you help me, I will not forgive you. It's you who broke up this family!"

Thinking about what happened last night, Tang Yuanming closed his bloodshot eyes tiredly.

When I opened my eyes again, the sun was gone outside the window. I tidied up the dormitory. There wasn't much garbage left after just one night. There were just some takeout boxes and wine bottles.

After walking out of the dormitory building, Tang Yuanming threw the garbage into the trash can and prepared to eat dinner outside. There was no way to cook in the dormitory building, so he had to eat outside. However, when Tang Yuanming divorced, he chose to leave the house with nothing, leaving all his belongings to Wang Dingnan. He didn't have much money left.

When buying wine, Tang Yuanming hesitated for a long time and bought a bottle of Niulanshan at 15 yuan. He couldn't sleep without drinking some wine at night during this period.

After buying food and drinks, Tang Yuanming returned to the dormitory. As he was opening the door, he happened to meet Tian Shanshan walking out of the dormitory. She was very surprised to see Tang Yuanming.

"Hey? Why did you move to the dormitory?"

Without waiting for Tang Yuanming to answer, Tian Shanshan saw the wound on his neck again. As if she guessed something, Tian Shanshan joked with a smile on her face.
"Oh, I see. You had a fight with your wife."

With a wry smile, Tang Yuanming opened the door and left a

"Divorced"

This made Tian Shanshan stunned in the dormitory corridor.

Tang Yuanming was drinking alone in the dormitory when he heard a knock on the door. He was wondering why someone came to see him. Normally, teachers would go back to their homes during the summer vacation and there were not many people left in the dormitory.

When he opened the door, he saw Tian Shanshan, who was holding a few dishes in her hands. Tang Yuanming didn't know what she meant, so he stood at the door, hesitating about how to start talking, but it was Tian Shanshan who spoke first.

"I just said something wrong, and I'm really embarrassed, so I thought of treating you to a meal, what do you think?"

"Please come in, please come in. Actually, it's not necessary. I was just in a bad mood, so I spoke in a bit of an aggressive tone."

Tang Yuanming forced a smile and invited Tian Shanshan in.

She arranged the dishes she had brought and poured herself a glass of wine. As soon as Tang Yuanming sat down, she raised her glass and said:

"I apologize for what I said just now without thinking. I'm sorry."

After saying that, he took a sip of half a glass of wine. After drinking it, he frowned. The wine was a bit irritating to his throat.

It was the first time Tang Yuanming had experienced such a thing, and he was a little overwhelmed, but he still spoke up to stop it.

"No, it's not a big deal, it won't happen, just eat something to calm down."

After Tian Shanshan drank the wine, the atmosphere between the two of them became quite harmonious. After they had some food, Tian Shanshan suddenly spoke.

“Actually, I was divorced once.”

Tang Yuanming, who was having dinner, was stunned when he heard the news. It was the first time he knew about this. After such a long time, it was the first time he knew that Tian Shanshan was married.

Seeing Tang Yuanming's expression, Tian Shanshan laughed twice, and because of the alcohol, a little red appeared on her face.

"You're the only one who doesn't know. How could a woman of my age not be married? Most of the female teachers in our school know about it, and some of the male teachers know about it too. Except for you, you spend every day either in class or at home. I didn't expect that a family-oriented man like you would also get divorced."

Tang Yuanming smiled bitterly and took a sip of the wine in the glass.
"Alas, the Gu family, in the end, has nothing left"

"You're not going to leave the house with nothing, are you?"

"kindness"

"You are such a good man."

(End of this chapter)