Contention

The atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit delicate, but because Lu Yuexi, an adult who was able to handle things with ease, was there, the atmosphere was not dull.

It was cold outside, so Lu Yuexi deliberately chose hot pot.Firstly, to warm up the body, and secondly, everyone cooks and eats in the same pot, so it is better to be close.

After asking the little girl surnamed "Hao" a lot of questions, the other party gradually relaxed and became less tense.

Lu Yuexi felt that it might be because he was there that the other party was so reserved. When it was just her and Zou Feiniao, maybe they would be more frank.

After eating a meal until early in the morning, the customers in the hot pot restaurant also left in twos and threes.

Lu Yuexi checked the time, called a taxi and took Hao Yushuang back to school with Zou Feiniao before they returned to the hotel.

As soon as the door was closed, Zou Feiniao couldn't help but lean over and rub against her shoulder like a big dog.

"Go take a bath." Lu Yuexi pushed her, "I smell of hot pot."

"But you have it too."

"So you wash first, and I will wash later."

Zou Feiniao smelled his own scent, smiled, took a change of clothes and went into the bathroom.

Feeling bored, Lu Yue sat on the edge of the bed and looked at his mobile phone. As soon as he read an interesting piece of news, a call came in.

It's Wu Rurong.

Lu Yuexi raised his eyebrows, a little strange, but this guy's calls are usually urgent.

Glancing at the looming figure in the bathroom, Lu Yuexi left the room, closed the door, and asked:

"what happened?"

"Where are you? I have something to tell you."

"Just say what you want." Lu Yuexi frowned, "I'm on a business trip, what's wrong?"

"He Ying called me just now and asked for your contact information." Wu Rurong sighed, "I asked her what happened, but she refused to say, but I think it's probably related to her illness."

"She wants me to find a doctor for her?" Lu Yuexi was a little surprised. She squinted her eyes, glanced at the long and silent hotel corridor, pondered for a moment, and said, "Give her my phone number, and I'll see what it is What's up."

"okay."

When Zou Feiniao came out after washing, Lu Yuexi was sitting by the bed, typing on the screen.

Her expression was not good-looking, her eyebrows and eyes were sharp, and she was faintly impatient and irritable.

Zou Feiniao felt strange and wiped his hair: "What's wrong?"

"...It's okay." Lu Yuexi pursed his lips, and quickly turned off his phone and threw it aside, "It's just something about the company...have you washed it?"

She looked up at the wet girl, her unhesitating emotions were subtly hidden: "Come here."

Zou Feiniao walked over obediently, and Lu Yuexi pulled her to sit beside him, hugged her and inhaled deeply the fragrance of the other party's body.

"...I just finished washing." Zou Feiniao pushed her with a blushing face, "What are you doing?"

"It's okay, but I have to go back tomorrow. The company is very busy." Lu Yuexi said sullenly, "Sorry, I promised you to stay a few more days."

Zou Feiniao smiled: "If you are busy, go back first, what's the matter?"

"En." Lu Yuexi hugged her tightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Good boy."

When I arrived at the city hospital, it was already evening the next day.The weather outside the window was gloomy, and the lights were turned on in the ward, and the patient's moans of pain came from time to time.

Lu Yuexi didn't sit down, but stood by the bed, looked coldly at He Ying who was lying on the bed weakly, and asked:

"This is what you asked for?"

He Ying nodded.

Lu Yuexi frowned: "Why don't you ask me to take you to a better hospital for treatment? I do have the resources on hand, even if I take you abroad, it won't be a problem."

He Ying smiled wryly: "Will you help me?"

Lu Yuexi said lightly: "As long as you are willing to leave Ye Huai."

"Forget it." He Ying turned her head away, with a forbearance, "I'm already sick, so what if I go to the best hospital? What's the treatment? I don't want to make a fuss, and it's hard to find an excuse to leave Oucheng. "

Lu Yuexi looked at her expression, and couldn't help becoming a little annoyed.She wanted to smoke, but remembering that this was a ward, she looked out the window impatiently.

There is no difference between evening and night in winter, just as lifeless.

She originally thought that He Ying contacted her specially to ask her for the things just now, but unexpectedly, she just hoped that she could contact the principal of her school and ask him to arrange a business trip for her.

But it's not a real business trip, it's a vacation in the name of a business trip. After all, He Ying needs to undergo chemotherapy for a long time.

She didn't want her family and Ye Huai to be suspicious, so she had to resort to this plan.

He Ying has indeed not changed, she is as stupid and worrying as ever.

Lu Yuexi sneered, her eyes dim.

It was getting dark, and someone lowered the curtains of the ward.Under the bright and pale light, He Ying seemed to be suffering terribly, curled up on the bed motionless.

Lu Yuexi looked at it silently for a while, then lost interest and said:

"When are you going to tell Ye Huai?"

He Ying bit her lip and shook her head.

"Aren't you going to say it?" Lu Yuexi frowned, she didn't know why, she was in a messy mood, so her tone was very bad, "You don't want to break up, why, thinking about delaying for a day is a day?"

"..."

"... Forget it, whatever you want, but she will find out sooner or later." Lu Yuexi turned his head away, with a gloomy expression, "If you make her regret for the rest of her life, I will never let you go."

He Ying still didn't say a word, just buried her head in the pillow, her body trembling slightly.

Her appearance is really pitiful, like a small animal that has nowhere to go when it is raining and freezing, thin and small.

As long as Ye Huai or any of her parents were present, He Ying would not be so pitiful.

She will probably be like everyone else on the ward, with family and loved ones coming to deliver soup, pat her on the back, and speak softly to her.

It's a pity that the person standing opposite her now is not the person who loves her, but a love rival who has been fighting her so far.

He Ying's appearance was too distasteful, Lu Yuexi only felt that everyone in the hospital was depressed, and after finishing speaking, he left in a hurry and went home.

But she didn't forget what she promised, the first thing she did when she got home was to call He Ying's principal.

Lu Yuexi did not disclose the matter of He Ying's illness, but simply asked the principal to arrange a vacation for about half a month, but claimed that it was a business trip.

The headmaster responded first, then sighed:

"She has been asking for leave all the time, and she doesn't know what to do. Instead of that, she might as well just resign."

Lu Yuexi was noncommittal, and only replied lightly:

"Just do as I say. She is my friend. Don't you even give me this face? The rest are other people's private affairs, so don't ask too much?"

The principal smiled and said yes, Lu Yuexi hung up the phone, and sent a message to Lu Heng, telling him not to stay at home and have fun, and go back to work at the company, because she has something to do and has no time to take care of the company.

After finishing these things, she stared at the ceiling, and for some reason, she always felt empty in her heart.

In fact, after letting the headmaster secretly give He Ying a half-month vacation, she can ignore the rest, and even if it is darker, she should take advantage of He Ying's absence to go to Ye Huai to test his attitude.

But when passing the city hospital on the road, Lu Yuexi still turned the car around and entered the hospital gate.

There was the smell of disinfectant that she hated the most, and there were miscellaneous patients lying in the corridor waiting for the hospital bed. Occasionally, piercing cries could be heard from the side. It was unknown who lost a loved one in an instant.

It is too close to death here, no one would want to stay here for a long time.

Maybe it was to save all the money for chemotherapy, but He Ying didn't even hire a nurse.In Nuoda's ward, she was the only one alone, eating alone and doing chemotherapy alone.

However, she has a gentle temperament and a pleasing appearance, so many aunts like to chat with her.

Every time Lu Yuexi opened the door and went in, she could see a certain aunt sitting by the bed chatting with He Ying, and occasionally sharing a bowl of chicken soup she brought with her.

At first, the two did not speak.He Ying didn't ask Lu Yuexi for coming, and Lu Yuexi didn't explain why she came here.

One of them sat on the bed and read a book quietly, and the other stood by the window looking at the sky in a daze.

Someone asked who Lu Yuexi belonged to her, He Ying hesitated for a long time before whispering:

"friend."

"Ah, you friend, you don't seem to have a good relationship, haha." Others joked in Oucheng dialect, "Look at her, she doesn't talk to you."

He Ying could only smile grumpily and did not refute.

Lu Yuexi heard it, but glared impatiently at the person who was joking, and then left without saying a word.

He Ying thought she would never come again, but unexpectedly at noon the next day, the door of the ward was opened again, and Lu Yuexi came in with a blank expression, carrying a food box and put it on the table:

"Buy whatever you want, watch and eat."

He Ying looked up at her in a daze.

"Don't look at me like that." Lu Yuexi turned his head away and frowned, "I'm just bored, so I took it with me."

"..." Seeing her like this, He Ying couldn't say anything, so she just thanked her in a low voice, took the food box and opened it.

The dishes inside are light, but very rich, which is more suitable for patients to eat.

Although she had no appetite, He Ying still took out the food and ate it up bit by bit.

With ten days before the new year, Zou Feiniao finally finished his exam and came back from Xiamen.

Because it's going to be Chinese New Year, she has no reason to continue to live in Lu Yuexi's place, so she can only go home and accompany her mother to buy new year's goods.

When the New Year arrives, this old city is less lively and even more deserted, because most of the people who come here to work have returned to their hometowns, while most of the locals are doing business abroad or in larger cities, and generally do not come back for the New Year.

People leave on July [-]th/[-]th, and most of the shops are closed because of the holiday, so in the cold winter months, the streets are very bleak.

Bored and bored, Zou Feiniao sent many messages to Lu Yuexi, but none of them received a response, and they were even less enthusiastic than some time ago.

Maybe, are you busy?At the end of the year, there are always more things in the company.

Zou Feiniao didn't want to think too much, and didn't want to make trouble.

She always felt that she was extremely honored to get Lu Yuexi, so how could she feel dissatisfied because of the momentary neglect?

However, the other party's indifference is real.

Since returning to Ou City this time, they haven't met once.Once Zou Feiniao couldn't take it anymore, so he went directly to Lu Yuexi's villa and waited.

The room was very deserted, there was a mess of things on the sofa, and there was even dust on the bar counter where the tea was made.

The other party seemed to have not cleaned the house for a long time, most of the green plants on the balcony were withered, and a pile of withered leaves fell on the ground.

She sent a voice message to Lu Yuexi, but when she couldn't get a reply, she couldn't help feeling bored, so she simply started cleaning the villa.

She was the last to clean Lu Yuexi's bedroom. When she opened the door and walked in, as expected, the inside was also in a mess.

Since the two dated, Zou Feiniao's room in the villa has changed from an upstairs guest room to this master bedroom.

There are still her clothes hanging in the closet, and there are her things on the decorations on the bedside table.

So she didn't shy away from it, and started making the bed after entering.

While folding the crumpled quilt, a thick book suddenly fell out of it.

She picked it up and flipped through it casually, and it turned out to be a photo album.

She had an impression of this photo album. Lu Yuexi had taken it out to look at it before, but when she bumped into it by chance, the other party would close it and put it back in the drawer, without asking her to come and enjoy it together.

Lu Yuexi seemed to cherish this photo album very much, and Zou Feiniao didn't dare to flip through it randomly, but couldn't bear curiosity, so he opened a page at random.

This is indeed a vintage photo album. The photos I found are slightly yellowed, and the pixels have a sense of age, not as clear as they are today.

There are two girls in the photo, both wearing school uniforms. One is looking up into the distance with a sideways face, while the other is looking at the camera with a smile.

Behind them is the logo of "Oucheng No. [-] Middle School". There is no Lu Yuexi in it, so she should be the one who took the photo.

Zou Feiniao had never met these two people before. She thought that the smiling girl might be Wu Rurong, but after looking carefully, she didn't think it was the same.

It should be Lu Yuexi's friend in high school, otherwise she wouldn't have kept this photo.

Zou Feiniao smiled helplessly. She was always guilty of looking at other people's privacy. Instead of flipping through it, she put the photo album in the drawer of the cabinet opposite the bed.

She didn't know which drawer was better, but there was a key in one of the drawers. After thinking about it, she put the photo album in it.

She glanced at the drawer when she opened it, and there seemed to be many things in it, but she didn't take it out to look, and closed the drawer after putting away the photo album.