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The next morning.

He Qiao slowly opened his eyes.

At first, his vision was a little blurry, but then his eyes slowly focused.I don't know what time it is, but I just feel the warmth of the sunlight coming in through the white screen window, the humidifier is turned on in the corner of the room, there is a layer of tiny steam floating in the air, and I can smell the faint smell of disinfectant water in my nose.

Through a door that is not thick, the voices of nurses chatting and joking can be faintly heard.

"Is the patient in 603 still awake?"

"No, I didn't see Director Rong still lying there..."

A low and soft laugh came.

"Who is that Director Rong? Why do I feel a little familiar, as if he has been to our hospital before."

"Well..."

"Quickly tell me, what's the deal?"

"Shh...don't talk here, go, go get the list and talk again."

The footsteps gradually faded away, He Qiao twisted his neck one by one, and saw Rong Yue lying beside his bed.He still had a white coat on, a stethoscope hanging around his neck, and he was holding his left hand with both hands.

After a while, He Qiao slowly withdrew his hand.

"Hmm...wake up?" Rong Yue noticed it immediately, raised his head and looked at him with concern, his eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion, "How do you feel, do you feel bloated or dizzy?"

He Qiao shook his head lightly, his voice was still hoarse when he spoke, "It's okay, what's wrong with me?"

"You had acute stomach bleeding last night. You were sent to the hospital for a minor operation. You are fine now. Don't worry, as long as you rest well, it's not a big problem." The words deliberately concealed the existence of another person.

The pillow was soft and white, and He Qiao lay on it, with his black hair sinking in, looking particularly quiet.He seemed to have remembered something, the expression in his pupils slowly changed from dazed to clear, and his face turned a little pale.

What happened last night was like a nightmare.But in this nightmare, there are many words that have never been said or heard before.Dream talk cannot be taken seriously.

Faced with the absent-minded He Qiao, Rong Yue suddenly felt a little heroic for some reason, and wanted to say "Don't be afraid that you still have me", but felt that it was too hypocritical and unnecessary.Because he knew in his heart that He Qiao's heart was extremely strong and he didn't need anyone's protection.

In such silence and silence, He Qiao's gaze remained on a locust tree outside the window, and he stared silently for a long time.Rong Yue also followed his gaze, but couldn't understand what he was looking at.

When Zhou Peiyuan opened the door, Rong Yue had already left, leaving him alone in the ward.

"I helped you hide it from your parents. I don't know how long it will last. On the day I can't hide it, I will resign and find a flyover on the side of the road to put the film on."

"If you can't hide it from me, I won't let you lose your job." The person involved was very calm.

Zhou Peiyuan put the bouquet he bought on the table heavily, and several petals fell off in an instant: "With you and you, you stand up and walk a few steps, and you are still sideways. How can you do it? Let me tell you He Qiao , from today onwards, you don’t have to worry about the company’s affairs, the earth will continue to rotate without you, and staying in the hospital to take care of your body is better than anything else.”

He Qiao remained silent, quietly waiting for him to vent.

"And that Fang Shaoyang, how many times have I told you not to see him, not to see him, stay away from him, why didn't you listen! You have to kill yourself to have a long memory? Now it's all right, lie down I can't even move on the bed, and finally I'm honest..."

"I didn't go to see him."

Zhou Peiyuan raised his eyes, and saw that He Qiao was still looking out of the window, the pure sunlight reflected on his face, his cheeks were so thin that he almost lost his face: "I didn't go to see him, he came to look for me, I'm not that cheap."

Zhou Peiyuan suddenly couldn't bear it.

There was a moment of silence in the ward, and he walked back and forth to get a vase to put the flowers in, and then opened all the curtains and fixed them with clips.Everything is pretty much done, just organize the drawers.

As soon as the drawer was opened, I suddenly found a strange ring lying inside.It has wide sides, a platinum bottom, and a full circle of diamonds inlaid in the middle. It is a classic men's style of a certain luxury brand, but He Qiao has never seen it worn.

Where is it?

Just as I turned around to ask a question, I realized that He Qiao had already closed his eyes.His eye sockets were slightly sunken, and his eyelashes cast a faint shadow underneath, and there were obvious strangle marks on the two wrists covered by the quilt.

If the time jumped back to three years ago, Zhou Peiyuan would never have imagined that one day He Qiao would become like this, and the person who hurt him would be Fang Shaoyang.At that time, Fang Shaoyang was so wanton and lively, he was quick to learn, and his mouth was also sweet. He always called Yuan Ge long and Yuan Ge shortly, and wherever he was, there was sunshine.

At that time...

It was that time again.

Zhou Peiyuan tightened his nerves, preventing himself from being so sentimental anymore.He didn't bother He Qiao again, he closed the drawer, and gently closed the door for him when he left the ward.

Wandering in the corridor, he bumped into Rong Yue who had just returned from the house inspection, and dragged someone to go outside to smoke with him.

"What's with that ring in He Qiao's drawer?" Zhou Peiyuan squatted on the ground, tilting his head to light a cigarette for himself, "You gave it to me?"

Rong Yue didn't smoke, and sat on the steps with his white coat lifted, his head half down, his chin wagging.

"Who is that?"

"What do you say?"

Zhou Peiyuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up: "No, I'll throw it for him."

The hem of the clothes was suddenly grabbed by someone.

Rong Yue looked up at him from bottom to top, feeling that the sunlight was very dazzling: "Do you think you can forget everything by throwing it away? It's not that simple. If it was really that simple, how could such a strong person like He Qiao drag on until today?" walk out."

"Then what do you say?" He frowned and sat down.

"This kind of thing can only be done by himself, and no one else can help."

After sitting silently for a while, the clear morning air gradually became hotter, and the voices of people around him gradually boiled.Rong Yue patted his butt and got up to go to work. Before leaving, Zhou Peiyuan threw away the cigarette butt and hissed: "Do you think He Qiao will throw away the ring?"

"will not."

"Why are you so sure?"

"intuition."

On the way to the outpatient department, both of them were silent.During this long silence, Rong Yue remembered one thing——

The night Fang Shaoyang first appeared, He Qiao slapped him twice and returned to the car in tears.It looked as if He Qiao hated him to the bone, but in the car, under the cover of his sobbing body, one hand was shaking slightly.

Rong Yue saw all this.

He Qiao will not throw away the ring.Because of hurting Fang Shaoyang, he will get the same injury, which is not worthwhile.

Time flows by like water.

He Qiao's health improved day by day, and he was able to get out of bed soon.As the day when he was discharged from the hospital was getting closer, Zhou Peiyuan brought some tasks that were not too strenuous for him to deal with, just to exercise his brain so as not to get rusty.

After signing a few documents this afternoon, Zhou Peiyuan proposed to go down for a walk, so He Qiao changed his clothes and shoes, and went downstairs with him empty-handed.

As the largest general hospital in Linjiang, the greening of the central hospital is already done well, let alone a separate special care ward.There are many people in the elevator. After entering, the two of them stood in the corner. On the third floor, two young nurses squeezed in after taking the medicine. They had a nice voice and a lively personality.

"I heard that someone on your floor is guarding the corridor every night recently. What are you doing, guarding against thieves?"

"What kind of thieves do you want to guard against? Where are the thieves in the hospital?"

"Oh, I see, is it for 603 that—"

"Ahem!" Zhou Peiyuan coughed loudly.

Seeing two serious faces in the corner from the door, the two nurses quickly stopped talking and stared at the toes of their shoes, and stopped chattering.

Outside the building, the warm sunlight shone through the leaves on the ground, heating up the ground that had been raining for several days, sweeping away the haze and humidity of the previous few days.

He Qiao didn't ask anything, but Zhou Peiyuan couldn't hold back anymore: "There are too many people here, and I don't worry about your safety, so I called two people to guard..."

"Ah."

"Don't think too much, I really have no defense against anyone."

"Ah."

He did look better.

Walking to a thick shade, the two stopped to rest. Zhou Peiyuan had nothing to do, so he reported the situation of the company to him.

"The cooperation agreement with Hui Mao will expire next month. According to the previous agreement, it will be renewed every two years. Do you want me to make an appointment with Liu Sheng?"

Speaking of this Liu Sheng, he has shown up for a long time recently.Since Zhang Wei's accident, he never attended friends' gatherings, and went to the company less often.Liu Sheng's parents probably heard some gossip and have been looking for a suitable marriage partner for him during this time, but it is said that he blocked them by various means.

"Press it down first." He Qiao stretched out his hand and gently touched the dry tree trunk, feeling warm and at ease, "If he doesn't take the initiative to find us, forget about it. If he takes the initiative to renew the contract, just say that I have been ill recently. I'm not feeling well, let's talk about it later."

"This is......?"

"Do you remember the fraudulent compensation at the No. 58 store?"

Two and a half years ago, when Fang Shaoyang visited the No. 58 specialty store, an abnormality was found. The store manager and the staff below collectively defrauded the subsidy. In less than half a year, they cheated a total of more than 500 million trade-in subsidies by pretending to be consumers. Yuan.This incident was not only a major event at the time, but also a big stain on Heming's business history of more than [-] years. Of course Zhou Peiyuan will not forget it.

"Although the case was not filed at the time due to the cooperation relationship, you and I both know that this matter cannot be separated from Liu Sheng."

This store is a cooperative store between Heming and Huimao, and the two parties contribute half and half.If it weren't for someone behind the scenes, no matter how courageous the store manager and clerk were, they wouldn't have dared to be so ruthless, so the answer to whose pocket the 500 million yuan went into is self-evident.Although only the relevant responsible person was investigated and dealt with afterwards, Hui Mao was not investigated, but He Qiao always kept this matter in mind.

"When the contract expires this time, we must deal with all the cooperative relations with Hui Mao as soon as possible, otherwise the fire at the city gate will affect Chi Yu, and it will be too late to regret it."

"Okay." Zhou Peiyuan nodded, "I will handle this matter myself, and you can just rest assured and recuperate."

He Qiao raised his head, saw the sunlight sprinkled into gold powder through the gaps in the leaves, and took a deep breath of fresh air.

He went to bed early that night.

Before going to sleep, I went to close the door, and the two people guarding outside were yawning and sleepy.

"Go and squat for a while, I will call you if something happens."

There are two rows of chairs next to it, and sitting is better than standing.The two of them were really sleepy. Hearing what the boss said, he hurriedly expressed his loyalty with gratitude: "Okay, Mr. He, we two will sit there. If you need something, we will come over right away."

He closed the door, opened the window a little, and turned off the air conditioner.Lie on the bed and fell asleep quickly, but was awakened by the strong wind outside the window in the middle of the night.I got up and saw that the white curtains were blown up high by the sudden strong wind, the windows were shaking from side to side, and the aluminum cladding was rattling.

He hurriedly put on his slippers, put on a coat and walked over, but he didn't notice that there was puddles of water on the floor by the window, and slipped and fell unexpectedly.

"Um--"

A groan escaped from his throat.

Almost at the same time, the lock on the door moved, as if someone was in a hurry.

He was slightly taken aback, the nerves in his brain hissing and tugging lightly.Supporting the edge of the bed and turning his head, a tall black figure quickly moved away from the door.

The room was suddenly quiet.

The window frame was still being shaken by the wind, and the wet rain was still coming in through the cracks of the window, wet his ankles and neck.But the surrounding air suddenly froze, and the room was like a vacuum.

The movement outside the door was also stopped.There was no one behind the small, rectangular viewing window, just the white walls of the corridor and the dim lighting.

During this temporary pause, the wound that hadn't fully healed was a little painful.He Qiao pursed his lips tightly, supported the bed with both hands and stood up slowly, feeling a little dizzy when he straightened his body, and his figure swayed accordingly.

With a click, the door lock was completely unscrewed, and the wooden door made a soft, astringent sound.

"Don't come in."

He lowered his head halfway and supported the infusion stand next to him.

All changes outside the door were immediately frozen.

He started to walk towards the wall, very slowly, without looking at the door.Moving to the closet, he opened the closet door and took a set of clean clothes, and stood behind the door to change in silence.

Looking inside from the outside, there is nothing to be seen, except a pair of white and thin ankles.

After changing his clothes, he pushed the infusion stand and walked back to the bed, turned off the light, and lay down quietly under the quilt.

The door followed, but not fully locked.

He turned sideways, turned his back to the door, and slowly closed his eyes.After waiting for a long time and still not hearing the sound of leaving footsteps, I simply pulled up the quilt until it covered my shoulders, the back of my neck, and my hair. My body seemed to be shrunk in a silkworm chrysalis, and I couldn’t breathe well. Only then did I hear the person outside the door whisper: : "I'm leaving, you sleep well."