Waiting for you at the place where you are reborn

Seeing Fang Zheng not speaking, Ruan Xiaojing glanced at him quietly and said nothing more. Every time Fang Zheng came to her aunt's house, he looked like he had a lot on his mind. She understood the reason and didn't want to disturb him.

Passing by a fruit shop, Ruan Xiaojing stopped the car.

Walking into the fruit shop, Ruan Xiaojing asked Fang Zheng who was walking beside her, "Uncle likes oranges, Aunt likes mangoes, what does Botong like to eat?"

"Botong..." Fang Zheng hesitated for a long time, not thinking of Botong's preferences, "He likes to eat - lychees."

"Lychees - they're not available in this season. How about longans? Or mangosteen?" Ruan Xiaojing said as she picked up a fresh mangosteen.

Fang Zheng finally realized that lychees were Du Qingqing's favorite. He shook his head and said, "Let's go with longans."

After parking the car, the two of them carried fruits and walked towards the family area. Passing by the door of Du Qingqing's house, Fang Zheng's eyes were involuntarily drawn there. He had waited for Du Qingqing to come out at that door several times. She always walked beside him shyly, but never refused him to hold her hand. I wonder what she is doing now?

Ruan Xiaojing squeezed his hand lightly. Fang Zheng turned to look at Ruan Xiaojing. She was so innocent, why did he always have distracting thoughts in his mind?

However, Du Qingqing's home was nearby, and he didn't know how to keep his mind clear of distractions.

Let's escape quickly! He took Ruan Xiaojing's hand and walked quickly into his aunt's house.

Yang Hua has reached retirement age and is in the process of going through retirement procedures at the Social Security Bureau. Now he stays at home every day buying groceries and cooking, but he still complains about being idle.

Seeing Fang Zheng and Ruan Xiaojing come home, the wrinkles on Yang Hua's face immediately relaxed. Fang Zheng had been married for more than half a month, and she was still not used to the days when Fang Zheng was not at home. Fang Zheng had always been the happy fruit of the family since he was a child, and it was always lively with him at home.

She thought Fang Zheng and Ruan Xiaojing got married too hastily and was worried that there would be a rift between them after marriage. But when she saw the couple walking home hand in hand and seeming to be doing well, she felt relieved.

Bo Tong had just returned home, and when he saw Fang Zheng and Ruan Xiaojing he simply nodded in greeting.

He didn't dislike Ruan Xiaojing, but when he saw the two of them going out together, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Du Qingqing.

On the night of Fang Zheng's wedding, he and Du Qingqing's mother found her in the old cafeteria of the basketball court. After taking her home, she kept lying on the bed and sobbing softly.

He tried to persuade her, "Fang Zheng is married, you should have your own life, you can't keep living in this shadow and torturing yourself."

Du Qingqing's eyes were full of tears. She threw herself on Botong's shoulder and sobbed, "Botong, I know what you said, but I can't control my thoughts. I miss Fang Zheng - I miss him very much -"

Bo Tong couldn't recall these scenes. Once he recalled them, he couldn't feel good about Fang Zheng and his wife. Especially when he saw Ruan Xiaojing's face was more plump and beautiful than before marriage, he felt it was too unfair. She was Fang Zheng's boss, why did she take away Du Qingqing's lover?

He couldn't let go of Du Qingqing no matter what. He told himself that he must accompany Du Qingqing through these difficult days, not only because he loved Du Qingqing, but also because the person who hurt Du Qingqing was his brother. He could just atone for Fang Zheng's sins.

Fang Zheng walked into the kitchen to help his aunt bring the dishes to the dining table, and Ruan Xiaojing took out a bowl to serve the rice.

My uncle worked the night shift, so it was just the four of them having dinner.

My aunt kept picking up food for Ruan Xiaojing, "You need to eat more. You are too thin."

"Thank you, auntie." Ruan Xiaojing said, "Everyone in the company said that I gained weight after getting married."

"Can you call that fat?" Auntie smiled. "You have to take good care of yourself. I'm still waiting for you and Fang Zheng to have a baby for me to take care of."

Hearing this, Ruan Xiaojing blushed immediately and didn't know how to answer her aunt.

Fang Zheng immediately put some food into his aunt's bowl, wondering why the elders were talking about this topic today, "Aunt, we are still young."

Ruan Xiaojing glanced at Fang Zheng quietly, she knew what Fang Zheng meant. Every time he was intimate, although he was passionate, he took measures very cautiously. Having a child was not Fang Zheng's plan, nor was it Fang Zheng's goal. Ruan Xiaojing felt a little disappointed. If it was Du Qingqing who was by his side, he should not have dodged his aunt's question like this.

Auntie patted Fang Zheng gently and said, "When do you want to give birth? I'm retired now, I have time and I'm in good health. If you don't give birth now and let me take care of it, are you going to wait until I can't walk anymore?"

"Oh, Auntie..." Fang Zheng said hurriedly, "You are still very young. You won't be old in twenty years."

My aunt was amused by Fang Zheng and turned her attention to Ruan Xiaojing, "Xiaojing, don't follow Fang Zheng's instructions. You should take charge of it yourself—"

Ruan Xiaojing looked up at her aunt, then lowered her head embarrassedly. No matter how she controlled it, Fang Zheng didn't want it at all.

Bo Tong's phone rang. He looked at Fang Zheng and walked aside to answer it.

"Qingqing?"

Fang Zheng's whole body shook, and his hands holding the chopsticks and bowl stopped in the air as if they had been acupunctured. It was Du Qingqing.

Ruan Xiaojing turned to look at Fang Zheng, and Fang Zheng's expression made her heart tighten.

"What - fainted at home - I'll be there right away." Bo Tong hung up the phone and walked out the door without looking back, "I'm going to Du Qingqing's house."

"Who fainted?" Yang Hua asked.

Fang Zheng stood up immediately and ran out of the house with Bo Tong without thinking.

Yang Hua and Ruan Xiaojing also put down their bowls and followed them out the door.

Fang Zheng rushed into Du Qingqing's house. He heard Du Qingqing shouting from the kitchen: "Mom - Mom -"

Fang Zheng walked quickly into the kitchen, where Liu Yun was lying on the ground with her eyes closed and her lips purple. Bo Tong was leaning on her chest, listening to her heartbeat.

"What's wrong?" Fang Zheng felt that his voice was trembling.

Du Qingqing looked at him with tears on her face, so surprised and shocked.

"Does Aunt Liu have a heart disease?" Bo Tong asked Du Qingqing, "Let's send her to the hospital immediately." As he said that, he was about to lift up Liu Yun's head.

"Wait--" Fang Zheng shouted, "We can't move the patient like this. If it's a cerebral hemorrhage, moving it like this could be fatal."

Bo Tong quickly put down Liu Yun's head.

Fang Zheng asked Bo Tong to call the hospital's emergency number, explaining Liu Yun's condition and address. The hospital said they would arrive within ten minutes.

While Botong was calling, Fang Zheng knelt on the ground, first tilted Liu Yun's head to one side, and then put his hands together to perform chest compressions on her, doing 30 compressions and artificial respiration into Liu Yun's mouth twice. He didn't know if this would work for Liu Yun, but when he was at Baichen, he saved a colleague's life in this way.

After pressing like this for about seven or eight minutes, Liu Yun's lips moved and he let out a light breath.

Fang Zheng was sweating profusely from exhaustion. He stood up panting and looked at Du Qingqing. Her eyes made him shrink. He said to her with a twinkling look, "Go get a blanket and cover Aunt Liu. Let's wait for the doctor to come."

Du Qingqing turned around and went to the bedroom to get a quilt, and Fang Zheng carefully wrapped the quilt around Liu Yun.

"What's going on with Madam Du?" Yang Hua squatted beside Liu Yun in panic. "Although she's not in good health, it's not that serious."

"Aunt, it may not be that serious. Don't scare Qing--" Fang Zheng stopped talking abruptly, "--Du Qingqing."

Bo Tong was still lying on the ground, holding Liu Yun's wrist and counting her pulse.

Ruan Xiaojing stood blankly at the kitchen door. When she came to her senses, she found that everyone else was squatting beside Du Qingqing's mother. Only she and Du Qingqing were standing outside the kitchen door, looking at each other.

Fifteen minutes later, the ambulance arrived at Du Qingqing's house. The medical staff carried Liu Yun onto the car on a stretcher. Du Qingqing and Bo Tong followed him in. Fang Zheng glanced at Ruan Xiaojing and got in without hesitation.

After more than an hour of rescue, Liu Yun finally woke up. The doctor said it was a myocardial infarction caused by high blood pressure. He must pay attention to blood pressure monitoring to prevent arteriosclerosis. If there is no one around when it happens, the consequences will be disastrous.

Du Qingqing leaned over Liu Yun and sobbed softly, "Mom, please don't drive the bus anymore. I don't want you to be so tired."

Liu Yun stroked Du Qingqing's head and said, "Don't worry, kid. It was just an accident. Mom forgot to take her blood pressure medicine these two days."

Fang Zheng could no longer listen to them. His eyes were wet and he hurried out of the ward. If he had not chosen this path, if he was still by Du Qingqing's side -

Bo Tong walked behind him and asked solemnly, "Fang Zheng, you still love Du Qingqing, why did you choose Ruan Xiaojing?"

Fang Zheng looked at Bo Tong, "Please - take care of Qingqing, they need someone to take care of them."

Bo Tong lowered his head in frustration, "I always hoped that I could take care of her for the rest of her life, but she only has you in her heart."

Fang Zheng shook his head painfully. He looked towards the ward. That was the person he had promised to take care of for the rest of his life, but he had failed her. He took out his wallet from his coat, and then took out a card from his wallet and handed it to Bo Tong, "Please pass it to Du Qingqing. She should need it now--"

"This is not what she needs--" Bo Tong said.

"I just hope to give her a little help so that she doesn't have to work too hard. That's all I hope," Fang Zheng said.

"She is not afraid of hard work, she is just afraid that you will leave——"

Fang Zheng couldn't answer Bo Tong, "I'm leaving, you stay here with them."

As he was about to reach the hospital gate, he heard hurried footsteps coming from behind him. In the reflection of the hospital's glass door, he saw Du Qingqing standing behind him.

He didn't dare look back, for he was afraid that if he looked back he would never be able to move forward again.

"Fang Zheng--" Du Qingqing called softly. She walked up to him and looked at him quietly, her eyes full of thousands of words. In the end, she didn't say a word, but just put the card that Fang Zheng had asked Bo Tong to give her back into his hand.

Fang Zheng's eyes were filled with tears, but he didn't have the courage to look back. He could only let Du Qingqing's footsteps getting farther and farther away shatter his thoughts.

Walking out of the hospital gate, the cool autumn breeze blew on his cheeks. Du Qingqing was unwilling to accept his financial help, which made his heart feel like it was torn apart. He was married, and he could do nothing for Du Qingqing.

After walking on the street for a long time, he took a taxi back to his aunt's house.

As soon as he entered the house, Yang Hua asked anxiously: "What happened? Is everything okay?"

Fang Zheng looked at Ruan Xiaojing who was sitting on the sofa, and tried to make his tone seem calm, "It's not a big problem, just pay attention to checking your blood pressure regularly."

Ruan Xiaojing looked at Fang Zheng in surprise. She had been staying at her aunt's house. She thought Fang Zheng would stay in the hospital tonight. She thought Fang Zheng had forgotten her existence.

Fang Zheng walked over and took Ruan Xiaojing's hand, "Let's go home." He felt a little guilty for leaving Ruan Xiaojing at her aunt's house without saying anything. He remembered what Ruan Xiaojing's father and uncle had said to him: Don't bully her just because she has a good temper.

On the way home, Fang Zheng was driving, his mind drifting, and Ruan Xiaojing, who was sitting next to him, turned and looked at him. She wanted to know more and more what kind of truth made Fang Zheng willing to give up Du Qingqing. They grew up together, and she could see that the relationship between their two families was deep. Every time he saw Du Qingqing, he would be absent-minded, and he couldn't let go of Du Qingqing at all.

She was nervous but didn't have the courage to ask a question. If Fang Zheng said something she couldn't face, she didn't know how to respond.

After returning home and walking into the bedroom, Ruan Xiaojing suddenly threw herself into Fang Zheng's arms and hugged his waist tightly.

Fang Zheng noticed that her hands were cold, so he asked, "Are you cold? Do you want me to give you a hot bath?"

"No——" Ruan Xiaojing shook her head, still holding Fang Zheng stubbornly.

Fang Zheng patted her back and whispered, "I'll run you a bath. Take a shower and go to bed. You have to get up early to go to work tomorrow."

Ruan Xiaojing looked up at Fang Zheng and said, "I want to ask you a question."

Fang Zheng nodded, "You go ahead."

"Does your background have anything to do with what you are going to do?"

Fang Zheng was surprised, "Why do you ask that?"

Ruan Xiaojing pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard you talking with He Xinyan in your office. Another time, I followed you and stayed at the gate of the courtyard for a long time."

Fang Zheng was stunned. He didn't expect that she knew so much. Her sincerity made him unable to refuse. He didn't know if he would scare her if he told her. He said, "Some secrets belong to Yide. I don't tell you because I don't want you to have any mental burden."

Ruan Xiaojing's eyes sparkled, "I thought that we are one now, and you can share your secrets with me."

Her expression touched Fang Zheng. He lowered his head and kissed her lips. "Xiao Jing, you have helped me a lot. I don't want to bring you any harm. I hope you can live a simple life."

Ruan Xiaojing sighed, "If you don't want to tell me, I won't ask. No matter how big your secret is, no matter what you want to do, you have to make sure you stay safe."

Fang Zheng put his nose against her forehead, "I promise. Don't let your mind wander. I'll run you a bath and you can go to bed."

Ruan Xiaojing opened the closet and held her pajamas with a heavy heart while listening to the sound of Fang Zheng filling the bathtub in the bathroom.

She likes to listen to the sound of Fang Zheng doing things, and also likes to enjoy the warm feeling of being taken care of by Fang Zheng.

For twenty-eight years, she has been a loner and is used to taking care of herself.

But after marriage, Fang Zheng never let her do anything. He took care of all the housework. He said: "I used to do all these at my aunt's house. You have already given a lot for me. Since I am your husband, it is only natural for me to take care of you."

His doting aroused her longing for a better life. Although she knew that the passion of the honeymoon period would soon pass and there would be many troubles to face in the future, Fang Zheng had his own love in his heart. But she would rather deceive herself, as long as Fang Zheng was still her husband, she would think of herself as the one Fang Zheng loved, and she could experience a day of happiness.