A foreign city, dear you

Not long after Ye Lian was discharged from the hospital, another person also walked into the hospital.

He is Wang Daqun.

Wang Daqun has always refused to go to the hospital. He thinks he is strong and healthy. Even if he feels uncomfortable somewhere, he can just bear it and get over it. Going to the hospital is not something he wants at all.

Wang Daqun had no choice but to go into the hospital.

As early as December last year, Wang Daqun felt discomfort in his throat, hoarseness, a little swelling and pain, and a foreign body sensation when swallowing. He always coughed unconsciously.

At first, Wang Daqun didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just a cold and that he would get better with some medicine. How could he have imagined how serious it was?

He took some medicine intermittently, and his throat seemed to get better and worse. When he thought he was better, the disease recurred.

But Wang Daqun still dragged on, thinking that a strong man could not be defeated by such a minor illness? Although he was over 40 years old, he could still stay up all night easily, and could last longer than many young people. Doesn't this prove that he is still in good health?

It drags on like this day by day, and it doesn't seem to be completely better, but it's not that bad either. If I endure it, I can live a normal life day by day.

But recently, he felt that his throat was getting worse and worse, his hoarseness was getting more severe, the throat pain was getting longer and longer, and even breathing was becoming difficult.

He felt that he couldn't bear it anymore and had to go to the hospital.

So on this day, Wang Daqun took some time out and went to the hospital alone to see a doctor for a throat examination.

The doctor asked Wang Daqun to open his mouth and immediately became very serious. He asked Wang Daqun, "How long have you had this sore throat? Why didn't you come for a checkup earlier?"

Wang Daqun told the doctor about his situation and then asked the doctor what was going on.

The doctor said your condition is a bit pessimistic, but I can't make a conclusion easily. You should go for a check-up first.

The doctor then wrote a series of checkup lists for Wang Daqun, urging him to go for the check-ups and come back to see him as soon as all the test results came out.

Wang Daqun sensed that something was wrong from the doctor's tone and expression. He dared not be careless and checked each item on the checklist one by one.

*

The test results came out the next day.

Wang Daqun couldn't believe what he saw. He was diagnosed with advanced laryngeal cancer!

This is really a bolt from the blue!

When the doctor told Wang Daqun the result, he was completely stunned.

How can it be?

How could I possibly have this terminal illness?

The doctor had to be kidding me.

But he knew that the doctor was not joking with him, and he was still saying some comforting words. If it wasn't a terminal illness, the doctor wouldn't be so compassionate.

Wang Daqun actually couldn't hear clearly what the doctor was saying, his entire mind had been devastated!

Fate, are you kidding me?

I am only in my forties, I still have great ambitions and unfulfilled wishes, are you saying that I will not live long?

The doctor was still saying things like "You need to be hospitalized as soon as possible," but Wang Daqun was completely immersed in his own shock and sadness. The doctor's words and the voices of the people around him all lost their meaning. His mind was blank, and he couldn't think or make a decision...

The man who usually speaks eloquently and incessantly suddenly feels that all his words are ineffective in the face of the ruthless attack of fate.

Wang Daqun seemed not to have heard what the doctor said. He said nothing, stood up in a daze, walked out of the clinic, and wandered around the hospital, unable to tell the direction or find the exit. It took him a long time to follow the crowd out of the hospital gate.

He sat down weakly on a step in front of the hospital gate and stuffed the handful of examination sheets in his hand into his pocket.

He looked up at the sky. It was blue, the clouds were white, and the flowers in the flowerbed in front of the hospital were bright... These ordinary things, which he had never thought were beautiful before, suddenly made him tearful.

How many days can I stay in this world?

How many times can I still take a look at this sky, these clouds, these flowers, everything around me?

How long can I have this happy, silent breath?

I still have so many unfulfilled wishes!

I still miss this world so much!

……

The more Wang Daqun thought about it, the sadder he became, and tears just poured out.

He covered his face with his hands, unable to suppress his sobbing and coughing...

But Wang Daqun already had a sore throat and difficulty breathing. When he was so sad and crying, his throat felt even more painful and his breathing became even more difficult. He had no choice but to stop slowly and wipe away his tears.

Wang Daqun just sat there blankly, and then slowly regained his composure.

Now, he regretted why he didn't come for a checkup earlier. It was too late to save the situation.

He could not help thinking back to a life that was most likely about to end.

Although he has been married three times and has had three girlfriends, he is still single;

Although there were several children, there was not a single son, and none of the daughters were around.

Although I have a car, it has always been a BYD, and I have not yet realized my dream of driving a BMW;

Although he used to be a legend in his small mountain village, his career became less successful each year and he never found an opportunity to continue his legend.

……

Looking back, he had so many regrets and resentments in his life.

He didn't understand. He had been fighting so hard and never slacking off, but why did he fail in the end and die young?

*

Wang Daqun has not had a smooth life since his failed collaboration with Cao Xueqin to start a mobile phone company.

He opened a factory for others, for example, he opened a glass protective film factory for Mr. Mo, but when the factory was up and running and on track, Mr. Mo abandoned him;

He also started a mobile phone company with a joint venture partner, that is, he started a mobile phone company with Boss Su, but he encountered the decline of copycat mobile phones and the economic depression that year, and he lost all his money.

He went to work for other companies, such as the Rubei Projector Company. He was doing well and was encouraged to develop some social software. However, the funds were not in place and the project ended up in nothing.

……

It seemed like he had many chances, but he failed every time, as if he was never blessed by God.

Later, his situation deteriorated further.

He could only work for others, and as he got older, it became harder and harder to find a job. He couldn't save money on some of his habitual expenses, such as new electronic products, and he had to actively show his courtesy to beautiful women when he met them...

For a while, he opened one credit card after another and overdrew the credit limit on them. When he was down and out, he had no choice but to borrow money from others.

Four years ago, he was drunk and accidentally broke the rearview mirror of someone else's BMW. He had no money to compensate, so he called Cao Xueqin to help him out. Cao Xueqin paid him 5,000 yuan, but he has not paid it back yet.

Three years ago, he had just made a girlfriend and spent money like water to please her. He was overwhelmed and borrowed money from everywhere. But at that time, many people were unwilling to lend him money, including Hu Bingyang and Cao Xueqin. As a result, his girlfriend also ran away, and he was left with nothing.

In the past two or three years, he has been living an ordinary life, working a job and earning a fairly generous salary.

Last year, he got a new girlfriend. His girlfriend was still so young, so he had to rely not only on his eloquence to make her happy, but also on his financial strength. But in front of the beauty's expenses, his salary seemed meager, so how could he talk about financial strength?

He has always had a dream of starting a business, but he has never succeeded. However, he never gives up and always fantasizes that one day he will have a chance to soar to the sky. Then, he can use his pocket money to speak in front of his girlfriend.

With his sensitivity to the electronics industry, he noticed the business opportunities of electronic smart locks near the end of last year. He thought it was an emerging industry and wanted to be the first to get in. But he didn't have the capital to start a business, so he thought of Cao Xueqian.

Because he learned that Cao Xueqian's factory was closed and that Cao Xueqian should have made a lot of money in the past few years, he went to Cao Xueqian and wanted Cao Xueqian to invest. But Cao Xueqian was not interested in this industry.

He did not give up and went to lobby other big bosses, hoping to convince one of them to invest, but he was unsuccessful.

It was not until August of this year that a boss finally took a fancy to this industry and agreed to invest.

He was so overjoyed that he quit his job and devoted himself to starting a smart lock company.

Because we are still in the initial investment stage, everything has to be considered based on cost, and the salary given by the boss is also a guaranteed salary.

Of course, he cannot ask for a high salary. What he values ​​is the boss's investment and future prospects, not the immediate salary. Besides, if he asks for a high salary, it would seem that he is insincere, and the boss might even withdraw his investment.

Therefore, Wang Daqun's salary income decreased, and he could not meet his girlfriend's expenses. Although he explained to his girlfriend that everything would be fine when the company made a profit, maybe she could be a boss's wife.

But his girlfriend didn't have that patience. She couldn't get used to not being able to spend as she pleased, so she turned to another man.

He wasn't too sad. He had never been heartbroken for a woman. Instead, he thought it was a good thing as it allowed him to focus on his career. When he was successful in his career, how could he be without a woman by his side?

In this way, Wang Daqun devoted all his attention to the smart lock company.

He was fully responsible for everything from the establishment of the company to the development of smart lock products. He lived and ate in the company, often stayed up late, and even when he was sick with a sore throat, he kept delaying going to the hospital.

He and a few of his men were developing several smart locks at the same time. Just when the smart locks were about to be put into production, he felt increasingly unwell and it was to the point where he had to go to the hospital. He made up his mind to go to the hospital.

But it's too late...

*

Wang Daqun coughed a few more times.

He was already ill and had a cold heart. After sitting on the steps for a while in the cold wind in the winter, he felt even more uncomfortable and his cough became more severe.

Wang Daqun stood up limply, walked down the stairs slowly and mechanically, and walked forward.

Where can a person with advanced cancer go?

Go home? Where is home? He has no wife or children. He is now alone.

Go back to the company? Why would a person who has no ability to work and is about to die go back to the company?

The city is so big, where can I talk about my sadness? Who will accompany me?

awful! awful! awful!

But Wang Daqun no longer sheds tears. He is a man, and crying is not what a man should do. And no matter how many tears he sheds, he cannot reverse his fate.

He is not thinking about the smart lock company now. He has almost lost all his employees, so why should he care about the company?

Alone, he couldn't help but think of his two divorced wives, Li Huamei, his previous daughters whom he rarely met, and what Huan'er looked like when she was a child.

These were the most important people in his life, but he treated them as just passers-by and as disgusting burdens. Now, he is no longer qualified to see them. He is not a good relative, let alone a good husband and father.

What kind of life did he lead?

What is he pursuing?