Endless Fall

   Chapter 20 Are you still blaming me?

   Outside the door of the ward at the end of the third floor.

   A beanie in a black and white striped T-shirt, leaning against the wall, stared fiercely at Gu Quan: "Why did you cheat?"

   This was the third time he asked.

  Gu Quan doesn't get along much with him, but in my impression he has always been a good boy, and he is not as abrasive and stubborn as he is now.

   He repeated: "I didn't cheat."

   "You're all hugging her."

   "She's my girlfriend."

  Xue Jing clenched his fists tightly, with a trace of anger in his tender brows: "What about my sister?"

   "We've broken up."

"Why did you split up?"

  Gu Quan could not give a reason.

   He frowned, seeing Xue Jing's attitude of not giving up if he couldn't get an answer, and then prevaricates: "You don't understand the matter of your lord."

   "I understand!" Xue Jing gritted his teeth and wanted to pull out his hair: "You are cheating."

   "As you wish."

  Gu Quan is too lazy to care about a little kid.

   He looked in the direction of the elevator entrance, and when he caught a glimpse of the familiar figure, he subconsciously got up.

   "How is my mother?" Lin Jiao ran in a hurry. If she hadn't propped up against the wall in time to stabilize her weight, she might have twisted her feet.

   Her anxious appearance was pitiful, which made Gu Quan's eyes soften.

   He said softly, "Aunt Lan accidentally knocked when she fainted. The doctor said it was a slight concussion, but it's not a big problem."

   "Then why isn't she awake yet?"

   "I just finished using the medicine, I guess it will take a while."

  Lin Jiao gradually calmed down.

   She lowered her head, her eyes fell on Xue Jing, who was holding the corner of her skirt, and she simply hugged him: "It's alright, Xiao Jing, don't be afraid."

   "I'm not afraid." He was brave.

  Xue Jing stretched out two small fleshy hands, patted them behind her shoulders, and whispered, "Sister, let him go."

  Lin Jiao looked sideways at Gu Quan.

   There was no extra emotion in her eyes, as if the person standing opposite her was just a stranger: "I'll trouble you today."

   Although this happened because of him.

   But if he is left alone at a critical moment, Xue Jing, a five-year-old child, really can't handle it properly.

   "It should be." Gu Quan met her alienated eyes, his heart tightened, and there was an indescribable feeling.

   He just thought it was guilt and didn't think much about it.

   "How much is the medical bill?" Lin Jiao didn't think this was what he 'should', and just wanted to clear the relationship.

"no need."

   "A total of two thousand and eight."

   Two voices sounded at the same time.

   Qu Shao went to the payment office as soon as he entered the hospital. After learning that the fee had been settled by a 'Mr. Gu', he hurried over.

   He secretly looked at Gu Quan, who looked like a dog, and said indifferently: "I transfer you to Alipay?"

   "Beautiful, who is he?"

   "It has nothing to do with you."

  Gu Quan was choked.

   He knew that she didn't want to owe him, so he clicked the payment code to receive the money, but he didn't give up: "Jiaojiao, let's talk."

   "I have nothing to talk to you about."

   "Are you still blaming me?"

  Lin Yan sneered with the corners of her mouth pulled: "Gu Quan, you are taking yourself too seriously."

   "Beautiful, I..."

   "Stop talking, please leave."

   There were still nurses and patients around, so Gu Quan didn't want to make trouble too ugly, so he had to give up.

   As soon as he left, Xue Jing hummed twice and looked at Lin Jiao with those bright black eyes: "Sister, I will protect you from now on."

   "Okay." Lin Jiao's heart warmed.

   She rubbed Xue Jing's head and listened to him talking from the interest class to his good friend, and the bored heart gradually calmed down.

   Twenty minutes later, Lan Ying woke up.

  Lin Jiao guessed that she had something to ask, so she handed Xue Jing to Qu Shao next to her: "Xiao Jing, play with your brother for a while."

   "Yeah!" Xue Jing took the initiative to grab Qu Shao's hand.

  When the door was closed, he looked up at the tall man: "What's your relationship with my sister?"

   "We are colleagues."

   "Do you like my sister?"

  Qu Shao was terrified: "How is that possible?" He picked up Xue Jing's back collar and picked him up: "I don't like her!"

   Xue Jing is very satisfied with this answer.

   But seeing him retort in such a hurry, he felt puzzled again: "Is my sister bad?"

   "Okay, but I'm not good enough for her."

"why?"

   "Because so." Qu Shao didn't want to talk about such a terrible topic, he took the opportunity to say: "Boy, let me ask you something."

"What's up?"

   "Why did Gu Quan make your mother mad?"

  Xue Jing's brows raised a small bag, his eyes were hesitant: "I told you, will you tell others?"

   "No, I will definitely keep it a secret."

"real?"

   "Really!" He didn't say anything except the boss.

  Xue Jing is a child after all, and he was easily fooled by him: "He cheated, my mother and I saw it with our own eyes."

  "!" Qu Shao almost scolded dirty words.

   He pieced together a picture from Xue Jing's three words, just thinking about it was irritating: "He's not a thing!"

"What's the meaning?"

   "It means that he is not as good as a pig and a dog, you understand?"

  Xue Jing remembered the neighbor's dog who liked to bark at him, and nodded his head in agreement: "He hates more than a dog!"

   "Indeed." Qu Shao echoed.

   After reporting the situation to Pei Zhi on WeChat, he was bored and prepared to take him downstairs: "Brother will buy you ice cream."

   Hearing this, Xue Jing's eyes lit up.

   He glanced back, grabbed Qu Shao's neck and bit his ear: "I want to eat chocolate."

"no problem."

   Qu Shao strode to the elevator.

   As the series of footsteps drifted away, the mother and daughter, who were relatively silent in the ward, also spoke to break the silence.

   "Jiaojiao, what's the matter with you and Gu Quan?" Lan Ying, who was lying on the hospital bed, frowned with sadness.

   She is well maintained, even in middle age, her face is still delicate, and there is no trace of the years left on her face.

"we broke up."

   "Because of that girl?"

   "It doesn't count." Lin Jiao narrowed her eyes, her long eyelashes covered the bitterness in her eyes: "He never liked me from the beginning to the end."

  Lan Ying was silent for a long time.

   She remembered that Lin Jiao told her two years ago that she was happy with Gu Quan in love.

   It has only been a long time, but she has wiped out all the light in her eyes in that relationship.

   "It's all my fault." Lan Ying's eyes were wet, and while she was distressed, she blamed herself: "It's my fault that I didn't take good care of you in the first place."

   "Mom, what do you think?"

  Lin Jiao took a piece of paper from the tissue box and wiped the end of her eyes: "This matter has nothing to do with you, I don't know who you are."

  Lan Ying always felt that she was incompetent.

   When she and Lin Hongyuan divorced, Lin Jiao lived with her grandfather. In the past ten years, they all have new families and children, and they spend less and less time with Lin Jiao.

   She missed too much and neglected too much.

  Once something happened to Lin Jiao, all the regrets would pile up, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

   (end of this chapter)