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That's Grandma Joe's "Death Certificate."

Qiao Xi's tears rolled down silently and fell onto the paper with a splat.

She always felt that it was not real, as if her grandma was still with her. Until I saw this "Death Certificate", it was clearly written on it.

When, where and why did she die?

"Dr. Qiao, are you okay?" the nurse said softly, "please express my condolences."

Word spread throughout their hospital that Dr. Qiao's grandmother died in the fire and her clinic was burned down. At first, everyone envied her for being able to go out and open a clinic on her own.

Qiao Xi wiped away her tears carelessly, sniffed and took the black gel pen.

With trembling fingers, she signed her name in the lower right corner, crookedly.

It doesn't even look like her old handwriting.

"Okay." She said hoarsely.

The little nurse put away a series of procedures and certificates, looked at Qiao Xi and said, "Dr. Qiao, I met Director Xu on the way here. He asked me to tell you that Haicheng City Hospital will always welcome you, and you can come back at any time. Go through the onboarding process.”

"Thank you."

Qiao Xi said lightly.

She had a biological dislike for the Xu family, even Xu Xiuyuan, who had no issues with her.

She always felt that she was very unlucky when she met them, and that her life would enter the darkest moment again.

"Then I'll leave first. If you have any questions, you can come to me."

The little nurse took the things and left.

Shu Xue patted Qiao Xi's shoulder gently, "I'm going to take a leave of absence, and then I'll go with you to the countryside to see grandma off."

Qiao Xi shook her head: "I... will handle grandma's funeral affairs myself."

She wanted to send her grandma off quietly and didn't want to trouble these friends.

"Then if you need my help, don't be polite." Shu Xue was still about to speak when she saw a tall man walking in from the ward door, holding a packed lunch box in his hand.

Shu Xue changed her words: "I'm leaving first."

At this time, it would be better to let Huo Xingzhou accompany her.

Huo Xingzhou placed the lunch boxes on the coffee table and opened them one by one. The rich and tempting aroma of the food filled the entire ward. The cup of Buddha jumping over the wall is still steaming, and the soup is golden.

"Let's eat something first."

Huo Xingzhou handed a spoon to Qiao Xi and said softly.

Qiao Xi sat across from him obediently, took the spoon and drank the soup mechanically. No matter how delicious it was, it tasted like nothing in her mouth.

She seemed to be eating just to maintain her body functions.

She looks cute but has lost her soul.

She didn't have the same intimacy with Huo Xingzhou as before. Others didn't think much about it. They just felt that she was hit by a big change.

Huo Xingzhou pursed his thin lips, thinking that she was worried about the eleven missed calls.

He moved his eyebrows slightly and said, "Last night, you called me..."

Jingle!

Qiao Xi let go and the spoon hit the edge of the bowl with a crisp sound.

She raised her eyes and said in a slow and hoarse voice: "I don't want to... bring up last night."

She wanted to hide in the thick shell for a while before going out to face reality.

She didn't want to listen to his prevarications or his lies.

She was even more afraid of hearing him say that he decided to be with Xu Xingluo and felt guilty for her.

"Okay, don't mention it."

He coaxed her: "Eat something more."

He picked up a piece of lotus root with chicken wing wooden chopsticks and brought it to her lips. Qiao Xi's hands dropped to her sides, her body tense as she stared at him.

Finally, look away.

"I am full."

She stood up, left the small sofa, and lay on the hospital bed again. She closed her eyes and pretended he wasn't here.

Huo Xingzhou put down the dishes and chopsticks and walked to her bedside and said, "I'm going out for a while. You can rest here. If you need anything, call me. I won't be unable to get through."

Presumably Lao Chen should have found out the news about Wang Lang.

He paused for a while and left the ward.

……

Qiao Xi slowly opened her eyes and looked at his leaving figure. She took out her mobile phone, stood up, changed out of her hospital clothes, and took a taxi in the heavy rain.

Go to Cheng's Acupuncture Clinic.

It was dark and the taxi stopped in front of the clinic.

The clinic was burned to ashes, the door was open, and the white walls turned black.

The medicine cabinets she had carefully maintained were reduced to black charcoal. Qiao Xi moved her steps and walked in. The ground was covered with rubble.

It doesn’t look clean and bright like it used to at all.

She turned on the flashlight on her mobile phone, and tears fell one drop at a time. She felt regretful in her heart. It would have been better if she had not gone out to buy meat swallows.

She walked toward her grandma's bedroom at the back of the clinic.

There was a small sound inside, and Qiao Xi stopped.

She stared at the door with vigilance. She stretched out her hand and pushed it gently. The door banged against the wall.

in the dark.

Dark clouds cover the moon.

A dim lamp was lit.

The young man with a delicate face was leaning against the corner, with a Yunduo night light at hand, the kind that can be recharged. Qiao Xi blinked her eyelashes and recognized that she bought it for her grandma, fearing that she would fall when she went to the toilet at night.

She covered the lost light in her eyes and asked in a low voice: "Why are you here?"

The ground was full of ruins and the smell of burning was unpleasant.

It's not like a place where a young master would come.

"Nowhere to go."

Xu Yunye was still wearing the same clothes as last night. The white gauze was stained with dust and looked very dirty.

"I always thought you would come here, so I came here to try my luck." Xu Yunye's voice was slightly hoarse. He sat on the ground and looked up at her, like an abandoned Samoyed.

Poor and helpless.

Qiao Xi felt very uncomfortable, heavy and throbbing.

"You...are not welcome here."

Qiao Xi closed her eyes and said indifferently.

She didn't want to see anyone from the Xu family again, maybe she was angry.

"Qiao Xi, I went home and asked my mother. The fire had nothing to do with her, she wouldn't do it..."

"So do you think the fire was caused by my grandma's improper use of fire? My grandma would not burn paper money in the clinic."

Her almond-shaped eyes were covered with a layer of coldness, "Did I force Liu Huimin to say those words? She said she would make it impossible for my clinic to open. I don't doubt who she suspected?"

She is emotional.

Xu Yunye drooped his head and said, "I'm sorry."

Qiao Xi ignored him, walked around him and swept away all the dust on the bedside table. She opened the drawer. Inside were some of grandma's daily necessities that had not been burned.

She bent down and carefully picked up a mahogany comb.

The teeth of the comb are rounded and gentle to the touch, as if it has been used for many years. It was old and had the woody smell of an old object, and she held it in her hands with great care.

There are also Grandma Qiao's neatly folded clothes in the drawer, all of which are old summer fabrics.

In Qiao Xi's memory, grandma always wore an old cyan-grey gown and rarely bought new clothes. If you really need to make clothes, go to a tailor in the village to make them.

She looked at these things with nostalgia.

When a person is alive, these are called clothes. After a person dies, these are called relics.

Crossing the difference between life and death.

She bent down to put away Grandma Qiao's things bit by bit, and the topaz hanging around her neck fell out.

Hanging in mid-air, shaking and shaking.

Xu Yunye stared at the piece of yellow jade.