Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Although he received the bad news that his future mother-in-law was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer, Gu Wei was worried but remained calm. However, when he thought of the moment when Shen Xifan got off the commuter bus and threw herself into his arms, crying very carefully, Gu Wei felt extremely heartbroken.

It goes without saying that something must have gone wrong at Shen Xifan's work, and it seems that Gu Nan Huating chose to wrong Shen Xifan.

So seeing that Shen Xifan only drank a cup of hot cocoa reluctantly, Gu Wei pulled Shen Xifan out of the hospital to eat the spicy hot pot that Shen Xifan had always craved but had to avoid because she was taking Chinese medicine before.

If it were in the past, Shen Xifan would have complained a little when looking at the clear spicy hot pot in front of her, and asked Gu Wei to comfort her. But today, she was physically and mentally exhausted, and she couldn't even muster the slightest resistance to the clear spicy hot pot, and just kept stuffing food into her mouth.

Seeing Shen Xifan like this, Gu Wei naturally felt distressed again, and could only think of a way to divert his attention: "Xifan, can you take three days off?"

"Normally, Auntie should be hospitalized and undergoing surgery at the Fourth Hospital. I can take care of her, but Auntie is dealing with such a big problem. If there's no one by her side, she might start to have wild thoughts."

Shen Xifan sniffed and nodded, and two more tears fell into the steaming spicy soup, "...I want to resign."

Gu Wei said directly: "You can do whatever you want."

Hearing that Gu Wei agreed without asking any questions and even encouraged her to make her own decision, Shen Xifan could no longer suppress the grievance in her heart, put down her chopsticks and threw herself into Gu Wei's arms.

Gu Wei didn't say anything, but just stroked Shen Xifan's long hair to comfort her.

On the way back to the hospital, Shen Xifan talked about the various unsatisfactory things in her work: "I have an ex-boyfriend named Yan Heng, who is a rich second-generation. We met and established a relationship in school, and our relationship was still strong for a year or two after graduation."

Gu Wei just nodded to show that he was listening. He couldn't help feeling jealous, and it showed a little on his face.

Seeing this, Shen Xifan finally got rid of the embarrassment of revealing the past that he didn't want to face, and spoke more and more fluently: "At that time, I thought we were just campus lovers. After graduation, he started his own business, and my work gradually got on track. I also met my parents, so at that time I thought I would be able to be with Yan Heng smoothly..."

At this time, Gu Wei couldn't help but comment, "What can be missed is not the right fate."

As he spoke, he pulled Shen Xifan's hand a little harder, which finally made Shen Xifan smile a little.

Shen Xifan continued, "But later he only informed me and went abroad to study. At that time, I didn't think there was anything wrong. After all, we were in touch frequently at the beginning, and we had endless things to talk about every time. I could feel that he cared about me."

"But I don't know since when, Yan Heng's news became less and less, and it became more and more difficult for me to contact him. The worst thing is that I found out that his family was a local Internet giant. When his father stayed in our hotel, he would specifically ask me to entertain him, and he even used other people to drag me down in front of me."

It was hard for Gu Wei to be unhappy, but he still felt sorry for Shen Xifan's unnecessary experiences. "You did nothing wrong. The ones who were wrong were Yan Heng and his family. They were not sincere to you from the beginning, and it seems that there is a clear problem with the character of both father and son."

It's not that Gu Wei maliciously slandered Shen Xifan's ex-boyfriend and his son. It's mainly because in Gu Wei's opinion, Yan Heng probably regarded Shen Xifan, who had an "ordinary" family background and a gentle temperament, as a tool to indulge or fight against patriarchy. Yan Heng's father didn't even know the truth behind Yan Heng's calculations on an innocent girl, and just blamed Shen Xifan for the "child's" disobedience. It's really hard to describe.

Gu Wei analyzed, "I don't know whether Mr. Yan's filter for his child is too thick, or he really didn't see Mr. Yan's resistance at all. In short, according to the various statements and actions of the father and son regarding your affairs, their family's business is probably going to be difficult."

"They were able to rise in the past probably because they were in the right place. Now they want to transform, and who knows what the result will be."

After hearing what Gu Wei said, Shen Xifan felt much better.

Although Gu Wei was not the first person to say that she was not wrong in her relationship with Yan Heng, her best friend Xu Xiangya and senior and good colleague Lin Yishen had also said these words before, but Gu Wei's comfort sounded particularly touching.

Shen Xifan thought that perhaps it was because Gu Wei had not seen what happened to her with his own eyes, and he stood by her unconditionally simply because he trusted her.

On the way back to the hospital, Shen Xifan confessed more about her grievances, sadness and unwillingness in her previous relationship, and talked about a lot of pressure that her parents had intentionally or unintentionally put on her. Gu Wei just listened, holding Shen Xifan's hand tightly, silently showing his presence.

Gao Xi didn't have any special feelings, but the word "breast cancer" brought back sad memories for He Suye, and she felt a little depressed.

When Gao Xi really wants to be nice to someone, no one can resist it. So when He Suye heard Gao Xi ask him if he wanted to go see his mother, Dr. Yu Nianxiang, tomorrow, Sunday, he was so moved that his eyes became red and tears were flashing in his eyes.

He Suye certainly knew what visiting his mother meant, so he wanted to confirm it: "Xixi, are you really willing to go with me to see my mother?"

Gao Xi nodded and said with a smile, "The tulips on the market are pretty good now. Do you like tulips, Aunt? Let's bring a bunch of your favorite flowers over."

He Suye hugged Gao Xi tightly in his arms, wishing they could stay like this forever.

He didn't need to ask Gao Xi why he knew that his mother's favorite flower was tulips. He felt Gao Xi's care for him from these details.

He only felt that a lively spring had been born in his dry heart, bubbling with hot spring water, which moistened his heart and warmed his whole body.

Gao Xi confirmed the surgery time for Gu Wei's future mother-in-law, and left the rest to Gu Wei.

Of course Shen Xifan and Teacher Shen could not stay in the hospital to accompany Gu Wei, so they moved into Gu Wei's dormitory nearby.

Shen Xifan had already decided to resign, so he printed out a resignation letter overnight. Seeing that Shen Xifan had made up his mind and Gu Wei seemed to agree, Teacher Shen didn't say much and directly asked for another week's leave from the school.

Teacher Shen has not yet reached retirement age, and he is still taking on teaching duties. If the school had not known that Director Liu had been diagnosed with cancer, he would have found it difficult to take leave.

As for Director Liu, she was supposed to retire next year. She doesn't have a lot of workload on a daily basis, so it's easy for her to take leave.

Shen Xifan, who had just decided to resign, has begun to reconsider the necessity of studying abroad.