withered lover

Shen Guiwan was half lying on the hospital bed looking at the scenery outside the window, the continuous rain in Qingming washed away the dust in the air, and the blue sky outside the window was clear and cloudless.

He was still fasting after the operation, so Du Zhinian twisted a towel to help him wipe his face, and moistened his lips with a wet cotton swab.

Shen Guiwan's lips were soaked in warm water, soft and moist, Du Zhinian's gaze stayed on them for a long time, and finally he leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

Taking advantage, Du Zhinian was going downstairs to buy apples with his mobile phone in his pocket. As soon as he reached the elevator, he bumped into Jiang Run, who came to visit him with a fruit basket.

Jiang Run greeted him, "Is Mr. Shen awake?"

"Wake up." Du Zhinian responded, and looked at the people behind him.

Jiang Run didn't come alone, there were two policemen behind him, and he looked like he wanted to ask about what happened yesterday.

Du Zhinian asked Jiang Run with his eyes, but Jiang Run said indifferently: "Don't worry, it's just a routine."

Those two people stood one meter away from Jiang Run, keeping a certain distance from the two people who were talking, and they didn't take the initiative to disturb, they seemed to be polite and restrained.

But Du Zhinian was worried about letting Shen Guiwan face so many people alone, so he had to turn back and lead them to Shen Guiwan's ward.

Shen Guiwan's ward was not far from the elevator entrance, but the policemen brought by Jiang Run did not go in with Du Zhinian, they stopped when they reached the door of the ward, and did not go inside.

Du Zhinian didn't pay attention, and pushed the door straight in. Shen Guiwan, who was lying on the hospital bed and squinted at the scenery, turned his head when he heard the movement. Seeing Du Zhinian go and return, he tilted his head curiously.

He was about to ask aloud, when he saw Jiang Run coming in behind Du Zhinian, a trace of confusion crossed his face again.

Jiang Run put the fruit basket on the cabinet next to the hospital bed, "Xiaoyi is worried, tell me to come and see you when I have time."

He asked Du Zhinian again: "How is the situation now? Is the injury serious?"

Du Zhinian gave an overview of Shen Guiwan's condition, and picked up a few words from the doctor's training: "It's nothing serious, just wait for a while and wait for the stitches to be removed."

"That's good." Jiang Run paused, then turned his gaze to Shen Guiwan, "I have one more thing to tell you this time."

"The amount involved in Shen Lu's company exceeds [-] million yuan. Now all the assets under his name have been frozen. That villa may be seized by the court. You have to be mentally prepared."

There may be nothing, or even homelessness. Jiang Run didn't say it clearly, he just went to the end.

But Shen Guiwan didn't care.

"Can I go back and get my things?" he asked Jiang Run.

Apart from this life and the endless pain and hatred, Shen Lu never gave himself anything. That villa was just a place where he once lived, and he didn't have any good memories worth remembering.

Shen Guiwan only cared about his mother's relics and his own documents.

Jiang Run smiled gently and said, "Yes, I will ask someone to accompany you to pick it up."

This is not a difficult task, Shen Guiwan's situation is special, his personal belongings are not within the scope of the court's confiscation, and they can all be taken back after the process is completed.

It's just that the normal procedure takes a long time, Jiang Run plans to open a back door for Shen Guiwan when the time comes.

Shen Guiwan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to thank him when there was a knock on the door.

The policeman who had been waiting outside poked his head through the crack of the door, "Jiang Chu, can we come in?"

He said with some embarrassment: "The bureau just called, and I have to go back to continue the interrogation in a while."

Jiang Run suppressed the smile on his face, rubbing the ring with his hands behind his back.

He was silent for a moment, and explained to the bewildered Shen Guiwan: "They interrogated Shen Lu last night, checked the assets and transactions under his name, and found that he had an improper asset that was taken from your account. Now Come to find out what's going on with you."

"Just tell the truth, I won't embarrass you."

Jiang Run and the policeman outside the door explained a few words before leaving with an excuse.

The two police officers sat on the chairs beside the hospital bed. The younger policeman saw the gauze around Shen Guiwan's neck and asked softly, "You were seriously injured yesterday. How are you now?"

He also went to the Shen family's villa yesterday, and happened to see Shen Guiwan being pinned to the ground by Shen Lu, and later he was the one who held Shen Lu's arms and stuffed him into the police car.

Shen Guiwan didn't quite remember who was beside him besides Jiang Run at that time, he was pinched by Shen Lu until he almost fainted from suffocation, his stomach was hurting so badly that he had no time to think about anything else.

But after receiving the concern from others, he still thanked him in a low voice, and said, "I'm fine, you can ask."

The young policeman and his senior exchanged glances, took out an evidence bag from his bag and put it on the small table in front of Shen Guiwan, "Is this card yours?"

There was a bank card in the evidence bag, Shen Guiwan picked it up and looked it over carefully, and found that it was the one he used to pay tuition fees in college.

He put down the card, "It's mine."

The police took back the evidence bag and looked at Shen Guiwan solemnly, "An illegal fund was transferred to this card in October last year, and it was transferred to an overseas account every day after that."

Shen Guiwan was so frightened that she panicked, and explained in a trembling voice: "My bank card and documents are always with Shen Lu..."

The older policeman stared at Shen Guiwan, "Do you know what Shen Lu's company does?"

Shen Guiwan shook his head in panic.

The policeman continued to ask with a sullen face, "Shen Lu said that you haven't been home for a long time, why did you appear in the villa yesterday?"

"I want to go back and get my mother's belongings, and see if I can get my ID back." Shen Guiwan's voice became weaker and weaker, and his hands on the quilt trembled slightly.

The youth policeman took another bag from his bag and asked, "Is this?"

Shen Guiwan's eyes turned red instantly when he saw the ID card folded in half and the unused but damaged passport in the bag.

He fumbled for his ID through the transparent bag, and the tears swirling in his eyes slid down his cheeks and hit the back of his hand.

Shen Guiwan shed tears silently, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Du Zhinian, who had been quietly by Shen Guiwan's side the whole time, couldn't watch him shed tears, twisted a warm towel to carefully wipe the tears off his face, patted his back and whispered a few coaxing words.

Seeing Shen Guiwan crying sadly, the police couldn't help comforting him: "We don't doubt your intentions, we just want to understand the situation."

"We found this in the safe in Shen Lu's study. It has been completely damaged. You can get a new one after you leave the hospital."

Shen Guiwan pinched the edge of the bag and asked cautiously: "Can you make it up?"

The two policemen looked at each other and said strangely, "Of course."

Shen Guiwan lowered her head embarrassingly, and said in a low voice: "I went there once when the certificate was confiscated, and said that it cannot be reissued."

"Which police officer told you?" The policeman asked again in a cold voice.

Shen Guiwan shrank his neck and answered with a choked throat: "Director Wang."

He went there once four years ago with the mentality of giving it a try. Not only was his face thrown off, but he was slapped by Shen Lu when he came back. After that, he never went there again, nor did he think about asking them for help.

Because he knew that no one would help him, Shen Guiwan kept forcing himself to endure, forcing himself to face the reality.

The air in the ward froze the moment Shen Guiwan's words fell.

The policeman touched the back of his head in embarrassment, hesitated for a moment and then asked Shen Guiwan: "Is it convenient for Fang to tell us about your injuries?"

Shen Guiwan's trembling appearance was so pitiful that the police couldn't help but slow down their tone when they asked again.

"It was all Shen Lu's beating." Shen Guiwan replied sobbingly, "My mother was abused by him before she died, and Shen Lu started beating me when she was gone."

When mentioning that period of the past, his thin shoulders trembled uncontrollably again.

The policeman frowned, "Since when?"

Shen Guiwan counted with his fingers and said in a trembling voice, "Four years ago."

"He didn't let me go to work, took away my documents and identity cards, and took away the money I saved for school."

As he spoke, his eyes widened in fear, "I don't know what Shen Lu did with my ID. He's been arrested now, will he be released in the future?"

The policeman had a sullen face and didn't answer. Shen Guiwan struggled to sit up, and even wanted to use the hand that didn't have the infusion to pull the policeman's sleeve. Du Zhinian, who was beside him, quickly pressed his shoulders and made him lie back on the bed.

Du Zhinian held Shen Guiwan's hand to comfort him for a while, kissed the corners of his eyes that were red from crying, and then said to the two people in front of him, "Wan Wan was hospitalized for surgery due to fractures and traumatic brain injuries. Record, if necessary, I can call it out for you to see."

The police saw that the relationship between the two was unusual, but in order to keep the record complete and correct, they asked one more question: "Who are you?"

"Shen Guiwan's boyfriend." Du Zhinian said frankly, "He was injured when he escaped from home, and has been living with me."

The policeman pondered for a moment, "Go and see the hospital records."

They turned around and were about to leave the ward. The younger policeman looked at Shen Guiwan whose eyes were red from crying, and said in a low voice, "You should rest well first, we will investigate Shen Lu thoroughly and give you an explanation."

Shen Guiwan sniffed and whispered, "Thank you."

Du Zhinian took the police to the office and asked them to copy Shen Guiwan's hospital records, and hurried back to the ward after the two left.

Shen Guiwan sat on the hospital bed with his head bowed, the damaged passport and ID card lying in his palm.

He put away his frightened and fragile expression, and looked at the document folded in half in his hand expressionlessly, as if he was not the one who cried to the police about Shen Lu's criminal evidence just now.

Du Zhinian felt that Shen Guiwan's state was terrible, and he should take him to see a psychiatrist.

Although now that Shen Lu has been arrested and Shen Guiwan has returned to freedom, it seems calm on the surface, but the torture for so many years has left some trauma in his heart, and one day he will explode if he is left alone.

However, the drugs used to treat mental illnesses had strong side effects, Shen Guiwan's stomach hadn't healed well, taking those irritating drugs would only put him in torment both physically and mentally.

Shen Guiwan's illness was urgent, and Du Zhinian was afraid that his body would not heal well, and his spirit would collapse soon after, so he could only take it step by step.

Du Zhinian sorted out his emotions, walked to the hospital bed and hugged his silent lover into his arms, "Wanwan."

"It's all over, leave the rest to me and Lu Yi." He rubbed Shen Guiwan's soft hair, "Take care of your body and don't get sick again."

Shen Guiwan wrapped his arms around Du Zhinian's waist, and buried his head in his arms, "Before you said that I could change my life, does that count now?"

Du Zhinian leaned over and rested his chin on the top of Shen Guiwan's head, "Forget it, you did it."

Shen Guiwan said sullenly in his arms: "But I don't know what a normal life is like, can you teach me?"

Just like teaching him to love someone, teach him how to live a normal life.

"I'll accompany you." Du Zhinian raised his fingers and rubbed the gauze on Shen Guiwan's neck, "Does your throat still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Shen Guiwan replied, but tightened the hand around Du Zhinian's waist.

He felt that he was hugging him very tightly, but he didn't have much strength. Du Zhinian could break free with a slight movement.

But Du Zhinian didn't move, and let Shen Guiwan hug him, "It's fine if it doesn't hurt."

Du Zhinian let Shen Guiwan hug him for a while, and when he took the initiative to let go of his hand, he suddenly said, "Wait for me."

Shen Guiwan grabbed Du Zhinian's sleeve, raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Du Zhinian showed a relaxed smile and said, "I'm going to resign, and I'll be back to peel apples for you later."

Du Zhinian wanted to resign a long time ago, when Shen Guiwan asked him if he could take him away, when the two of them decided to go to Germany.

Now that Shen Guiwan is hospitalized, he is even more determined in this idea.

The work in the hospital was too cumbersome, Du Zhinian was too busy to take care of his lover's body, and Shen Guiwan couldn't arrive in time for several accidents. Although Shen Guiwan didn't care, it's not a solution for a long time.

Work is very important, but Shen Guiwan has been sick all the time, Du Zhinian wants to spend more time with him, at least he can stay by his side when he is not feeling well, and he can take him to the hospital in time.

The past obsessions became dispensable in front of Shen Guiwan, and Du Zhinian became a complete love brain.

But he doesn't care.

Du Zhinian's sudden resignation alarmed the director and the dean, and they tried their best to persuade him to stay, but Du Zhinian ignored it.

He quit his job in the hospital and began to stay in Shen Guiwan's ward openly and above board.

That evening when the little nurse came to change Shen Guiwan's dressing, Du Zhinian was peeling rabbit apples for his sweet lover.

He sat on the chair beside the hospital bed, holding a knife and carefully cut the apple open, removed the core and part of the peel, cut the rest into rabbit shapes and handed it to Shen Guiwan.

Shen Guiwan was biting an apple in his mouth, his cheeks were bulging, Du Zhinian was holding the sliced ​​apple and turned his head to talk to him, looking at him with a gentle smile in his eyes.

The nurse couldn't bear to disturb them, so she quickly put on a new injection and left the ward.

Du Zhinian's love affair was publicized with a high profile. His former colleagues heard that Dr. Du, who had never seen anyone before, was in a relationship, and his lover was still hospitalized here.

Du Zhinian's premonition came true, he wanted to show off his beautiful lover to his colleagues but was afraid that Shen Guiwan would get angry, so he didn't dare to let them in.

He took strict precautions and blocked the onlookers at the door, but he couldn't stop his colleagues from gossiping, and he didn't expect his former colleagues to turn their targets on himself.

In the beginning, the people who came to see the young couple were nurses and surgeons who were familiar with Du Zhinian. Later, I didn’t know how the gossip spread. The old specialist in the Department of Gastroenterology who performed surgery on Shen Guiwan just came to see him, and the Department of Anorectal The attending physician also ran over.

But he didn't look at Shen Guiwan, he just called Du Zhinian out and talked quietly outside the door for a while.

The doctor saw a lot of weird patients, caught Du Zhinian and nagged him for a long time, and finally left in a hurry after receiving a call from the emergency room.

Du Zhinian sent off his enthusiastic colleagues, and when he entered the door, he saw Shen Guiwan tilting his head and looking at him, wondering whether to laugh or cry: "It's nothing, he has an occupational disease."

Shen Guiwan lay in the hospital for half a month. Because of his injuries, Du Zhinian was very peaceful when he accompanied him, and he didn't mess around like usual.

He only held hands with Shen Guiwan, at most he pressed them on the bed and kissed, not daring to go any further.

During the period, Lu Yi visited Shen Guiwan, saw that he had lost a lot of weight, and even gave Du Zhinian a hard time.

The day after she left, Jiang Run came to visit again. By the way, he told about Shen Lu's situation, and asked Shen Guiwan if he wanted to sue.

Shen Guiwan thought for a minute and decided to entrust a lawyer to deal with it.

The prosecution was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and he couldn't devote too much attention to dealing with Shen Lu, so he might as well leave it to professionals to deal with it, so that he doesn't have to worry about follow-up issues even if he goes abroad later.

Shen Guiwan was going to find a suitable lawyer to handle this matter, so before going to sleep, he mentioned it to Du Zhinian, and when he woke up the next day, Wen Qiong showed up in his ward with a nutritious meal prepared by the lawyer and the chef of Du's family. .

The lawyer thoughtfully wrote down Shen Guiwan's appeal and left on his own, leaving space for several employers to be alone.

Without outsiders, Wen Qiong opened the lunch box in front of Du Zhinian, and put four or five delicate stir-fried side dishes in front of Shen Guiwan.

"You don't know how to cook in Zhinian. I'm afraid you'll get tired of the hospital food. Let the chef make some home-cooked food. Try it quickly."

Shen Guiwan looked at the sumptuous lunch table and thanked Wen Qiong in a low voice.

Du Zhinian stood beside the hospital bed with arms folded, angrily and smilingly watching his mother pick up vegetables for Shen Guiwan.

The dishes made by the chef of Du's family were not to Du Zhinian's taste, but Shen Guiwan liked them. It turned out that people who would have leftovers from porridge ate all the nutritious meals brought by Wen Qiong.

Du Zhinian was upset, and after Wen Qiong left, he asked Shen Guiwan if he disliked him for not being able to cook.

Shen Guiwan was stunned for a moment, and quickly denied, "I didn't."

In fact, he didn't care at all whether the people who came to see him brought something or came empty-handed.

During the four years of being confined by Shen Lu, Shen Guiwan had visited the hospital many times, but this was the first time someone visited him in the ward.

He remembered that he had been lying in the ward for ten days half a year ago, only Du Zhinian came to harass him from time to time, and the few times before that, no one cared whether he would be lonely or not.

In just half a year, his life has completely changed.

But Du Zhinian, who was only concerned about being jealous, couldn't think of so much.

He hugged Shen Guiwan angrily and wanted to kiss, Shen Guiwan indulged him for a while, and Du Zhinian's hand came in along the hem of the hospital gown.

Shen Guiwan was annoyed and slapped off Du Zhinian's hand and refused to talk to him again.