obsessed with love

Chapter 241 Reunion

The layout of the pharmacy is the most common civilian pharmacy. When you enter the door, you will find several neat rows of shelves. There is an electronic scale next to the glass door, and a few small bags of rice and salad oil are piled up in front of the shelves.

The recent activities are written on the small blackboard, and those rice and salad oil should be the event prizes.

According to Qiao Anming's experience, this is just a small non-chain pharmacy.

The only difference is that the lighting in this pharmacy is particularly bright, with dozens of LED lights overhead all turned on, making it as bright as shopping malls and supermarkets.

Qiao Anming felt that the cost control of this pharmacy was extremely poor.

Going further inside, there seemed to be deliberately low counting sounds from the cash register.

"1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...9, 10"

The sound was separated by several shelves, but because the store was too quiet, Qiao Anming could hear the voice from the other end.

It is Du Ruo's job to sort out the change every few days and wrap the one-yuan coins in newspapers into bundles.

There was no business on National Day today, so she counted the change over there.

There are already many piles of counted change on the table, piles of ten coins, neatly stacked like arhats.

"1, 2, 3, 4... No, no, count again... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." She was counting vigorously, when she felt someone approaching in front of her, she didn't look up, and continued to sort the coins in her hand, but He said professionally, "What do you need?"

When asked, the black shadow on the opposite side did not respond.

Du Ruo just raised his head, but his hand shook, and all the coins in his palm fell to the table, and the stacked coins on the table were knocked down again, like dominoes, all piles were overturned.

Jingling jingling... There was a mess of metal impacts, and many coins even rolled down and rolled to Qiao Anming's feet.

Everything is messed up.

She has worked so hard for so long, and he messed everything up...

Qiao Anming thought he had drunk too much, but he was hallucinating.

The woman in front of me is Du Ruo?

Is this woman in a white coat with short hair Du Ruo?
He didn't dare to call her name, afraid that she would say, "I'm sorry, sir, you misidentified the person", so he could only squat down a little awkwardly, and said, "Sorry, I'll pick it up for you..."

Du Ruo finally regained some of his soul, went around the cash register to pick up the scattered coins, and said while picking up: "Don't bother, sir, if you have nothing to buy, please go out."

Qiao Anming didn't care and just picked it up, because he really didn't know what to say.

For so many years, day and night, I have held back a lot of words in my heart, and even practiced the tone and breathing when I reunited with Du Ruo, but at this moment, everything is messed up.

He was still glad at the time, thankful that the coin was thrown, so that he at least had something to do.

"Here are ten. I counted them when I picked them up, and here they are for you." He picked them up decently, and handed a handful of coins to Du Ruo.

Du Ruo looked up at him, the expression on his face was as indifferent and calm as before, as if nothing had happened between them, just two strangers they met in a small town.

"Sir, thank you. I will pick up the coins myself. If you don't need to buy medicine, you can go out." She still said the same.

Qiao Anming did not show any weakness, continued to hold the coin, and said in an almost reverent tone: "Ten, you don't need to count it all over again!"

Look, the momentum is still so strong!

After two years, she still couldn't win him.

Du Ruo simply stopped picking it up, stood up, folded his arms and watched Qiao Anming squatting on the ground to pick it up.

Hundreds of coins.

Qiao Anming picked them up one by one, and quickly stacked them into piles.

A pile of ten, coded in two rows.

After finishing all this, he opened his mouth to speak: "It's a total of one hundred and seven yuan, Du Ruo."

When Du Ruo heard him calling his name, his teeth seemed to chatter, whether it was because of fear or anger.

"Sorry, I don't know you." Du Ruo said viciously.

Qiao Anming was still very calm: "I know you will say that, but it's okay, I can wait, what time does your store close?"

This time Du Ruo was really furious. After not seeing each other for two years, he became even more brazen.

"go out!"

"I won't go, I'll wait here for you to close the shop!"

"I'll say it again, please-you-get-out!" Du Ruo pointed to the direction of the door and shouted at Qiao Anming.

There was no reaction on Qiao Anming's face: "I'll say it again, I'm here, waiting for you to close the shop!"

"Okay, then tell me what you want? I am a pharmacy here. If you don't buy medicine, why don't you get out?"

"Okay, can you just buy medicine? Then I drank too much tonight, give me a box of hangover medicine."

"I'm really sorry, we don't have anti-alcohol medicine here!"

"What about the painkillers? No, no? I just had a wind blowing, and I have a headache!" Qiao Anming raised his eyebrows after speaking. He has practiced his calm temper for decades, and Du Ruo is no match for him at all. .

It seems that he is determined to entangle to the end today.

Du Ruo clenched his fists, held his breath, went to the shelf, took a box of painkillers and threw it to Qiao Anming.

"23 yuan a piece, pay and leave!"

"Is there any water? I need to take medicine!"

"Go out and turn left, the supermarket!"

"Okay, thank you!"

Qiao Anming took out the money, and pressed the money on the cash register with the medicine box.

"I'm going to buy water, and I'll be back to take medicine later!" Then he turned around and went out the door, really turning left.

There was no sound in the pharmacy, only dozens of bright lights remained, which hurt Du Ruo's eyes.

what happened?He just left?
Was it just a dream?

But even if it was a dream, Du Ruo felt his back dripping with sweat standing there.

What is she afraid of?
Yes, what else is she afraid of him?

If he comes to snatch it, she will fight him desperately!

Du Ruo stood behind the cash register to cheer himself up, waiting for Qiao Anming to come back to pick up the medicine and change, but after waiting for an hour, the store was about to close, but he never showed up again.

It was already eleven o'clock at night when Peng Yuchu received Qiao Anming's call.

There is no nightlife in the town, and there are no pedestrians on the street after ten o'clock.

When Peng Yuchu found Qiao Anming, he was sitting on the steps of a self-service bank. He took off his suit and threw it aside casually, and he also pulled his delicate tie to the side.

He smoked half a pack of cigarettes, and there were cigarette butts lying around his feet.

Peng Yuchu was frightened.

"Mr. Qiao, what is this?"

Qiao Anming patted the dirty steps beside him: "Old Peng, come and sit with me for a while."

Peng Yuchu was a little puzzled, but when the boss spoke, he sat down with his trousers.

"Smoking?" Qiao Anming asked.

Peng Yuchu waved his hands again and again: "I don't smoke, I have quit for many years."

"Can you really quit?"

"Of course, Mr. Qiao, I remember that you quit for many years before. How come the addiction has resumed in the past two years? It's better to smoke less, it's not good for your health."

Peng Yuchu took the opportunity to persuade him, but Qiao Anming shook his head: "You can quit smoking, which means that smoking has not made you addicted. Once you become addicted, do you really think you can quit?"

"What does Mr. Joe mean, are you addicted?"

Qiao Anming laughed to himself, put out the cigarette, rubbed the center of his brows with his hands, and said with some frustration: "Actually, I have been addicted for a long time, but I have never admitted it, Lao Peng, I saw Du Ruo just now."

"What?!" Peng Yuchu's tone was as if he had seen hell in broad daylight. He thought he had heard it wrong, or Qiao Anming must have misread it.

"No way, how could she be in Yi County?"

"Really, there is a pharmacy in the town, and she is the clerk inside."

"And then? Did you tell her that the old lady wanted to see the child?" This was what Peng Yuchu was most concerned about.

But Qiao Anming shook his head, stood up from the steps with some difficulty, walked to the side of the road, and left Peng Yuchu a back view.

"No then, let alone about the child, I bought a box of painkillers in her store, and then I planned to go to the supermarket next door to buy water, but in the end I didn't buy water, and I bought a pack of cigarettes..."

Qiao Anming began to pinch the space between his eyebrows with his fingers again, his face was full of exhaustion and pain.

"I don't know how to face her. The longer the time passes, the less confidence I have in front of her..."

This was the truth from the bottom of his heart, that's why he didn't return to the pharmacy, but took the pack of cigarettes and swam here like a soulless wandering god.

He planned to sit here and sort out the clues first. When old people meet, someone should start first, but he sat alone for nearly two hours, but still got nothing. Instead, his head hurt more and his thoughts became more chaotic.

After Du Ruo closed, he took a taxi to Zheng Xiaoran's residence, keeping an eye out for any cars following him along the way.

Zheng Xiaoran was already asleep, and when he heard the knock on the door, he went to open it, and was startled when he saw Du Ruo with a waxy face outside.

"Why did you come here in the middle of the night? I fell asleep when I was done, didn't I ask you to pick him up?"

Du Ruo was still in shock, and he was so angry that he couldn't care less about kicking.

"Xiao Ran, I just...saw Qiao Anming..."

"What? How is it possible, where did you see it?"

"In the pharmacy, he walked in suddenly. I don't know if he found out my address a long time ago or it was a coincidence..." Du Ruo's eyes were panicked, and his expression was even a little embarrassed.

Zheng Xiaoran helped her into the room and poured her a glass of water: "Don't scare yourself, maybe it's just a coincidence, but what did he say at that time?"

"He didn't say anything...No, he did. He said he would wait for me to get off work, and then he would buy medicine. After buying the medicine, he said he would buy water. I asked him to go to the supermarket next door...but...he didn't Come back again..." Du Ruo was so panicked that he couldn't express his words.

Zheng Xiaoran patted her on the back distressedly: "Okay, Du Ruo, don't be so nervous, he is not a tiger and he will not eat you. Even if he really found out your whereabouts, so what? The worst case scenario Nothing is better than him coming to snatch the child, but now he comes to fight this lawsuit again, he may not win."

"really?"

"Of course, since you were born, you have been raising me. Now you have a job and a source of income. Besides, is it useful for you to be afraid?" Zheng Xiaoran supported Du Ruo's shoulders, encouraging her to be calm.

"Okay, trust me, don't mess yourself up and watch what tricks he plays. Besides, you might be scaring yourself. He didn't intend to take custody of the child at all?"

……

It took Zheng Xiaoran a lot of effort to calm down Du Ruo's emotions.

In the end, the two discussed, and agreed to be picked up by Zheng Xiaoran for the time being, and stay at Zheng Xiaoran's place at night.

Du Ruo felt relieved at the nursery, because the stranger didn't have a pick-up card, and the guards wouldn't let the children get close at all.

Du Ruo spent the whole night in such a state of anxiety.

The next day I went to work in a pharmacy with two panda eyes.

"Hey, Xiao Luo, why are your eye circles so swollen? I was too tired on duty yesterday, why didn't you sleep when you got home?"

"No, no..." Du Ruo quickly covered it up.

Sister Hui didn't worry about it either, and took out a sealed food box from her bag and handed it to Du Ruo: "Here, hairy crabs, steamed at home, I brought you a few, thank you for being on duty for me yesterday."

"No need, Sister Hui, I don't thank you very much for taking over for me."

"Of course, take it. You like to eat crabs, and you're not willing to buy them for him." Sister Hui carelessly stuffed the food box into Du Ruo's arms, "Go to work, the proprietress may come to the store later. inside."

Du Ruo was not in the mood to go to work that day, and always felt uneasy, fearing that Qiao Anming would suddenly walk in again.

But it was a peaceful day, and nothing special happened.

This continued for three days. After three days, Du Ruo had to change the night shift, from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm.

She thought about living with Xiaoran, so she agreed.

Du Ruo arrived at the pharmacy at 05:30 in the afternoon.

Xiaolin, another clerk on the day shift, was changing her white coat, gossiping casually while taking it off.

"Hey, Sister Luo, have you noticed the black Mercedes-Benz opposite our store? At this point in the past few days, I saw that car parked there every day. I mentioned it to Sister Hui yesterday, and Sister Hui said she I also noticed that the car is not the most awesome car, but have you noticed the license plate, that license plate is not something ordinary people can get..."

Du Ruo's heart trembled, and he looked in the direction Xiaolin pointed.

Sure enough, there was a Mercedes-Benz on the opposite side of the not-so-wide street.

The car is very new, the body is long, and the glass is closed.

"Hey, when did you say there was such a car in our town? In our big fart place, you can know such an awesome license plate after a few laps on the street, so I guess it's a newcomer... "

New here, not new here!

Du Ruo almost burst out laughing, Qiao Anming, the more you live, the more you go back, you are so old, you actually play this kind of cat-and-mouse game?
Okay, what else is she afraid of!
Anyway, it was at Xiao Ran's place, and he couldn't find it for a while!
So Du Ruo threw down the coat in his hand, crossed the road, and went straight to the black car.

"Hey, Qiao Anming, come out! If you have something to say, let's talk about it clearly. What do you mean by hiding it like this?" She went to pat the car window and slapped it hard.

The window quickly fell, revealing an unfamiliar face.

"Miss, what are you doing?"

Embarrassed, Du Ruo immediately withdrew his hand in shame, and said falteringly, "I'm sorry... that... I got the wrong car..." After speaking, he ran into the store.

Xiaolin stood at the door of the drugstore, holding her stomach and laughing: "Sister Luo, what's wrong with you today? It's not like you to start a conversation with a rich man. You scare away even the rich man, hahaha..."

Du Ruo glanced at her, but he really blamed himself for his recklessness just now.

She was really driven out of her nerves by Qiao Anming.

How could he be someone who would hide?

A person like him can be so despicable as to be aboveboard!
Qiao Anming was sitting in front of the hotel window with a computer in his hands.

This hotel is a quasi-four-star hotel, not the best hotel in the town, but it has a good location and a low floor. The window of the room he lives in just faces the main entrance of Limin Pharmacy.

I haven't seen this girl in two years, and she's still so self-righteous!He actually went to knock on his car window excitedly!
How could he have time to sit in the car and watch over her?
Anyway, he has to sit by the window of the room with a computer and watch it!
Du Ruo was sulking all night.

I don't know what to be angry about!It seemed that he was angry at himself for being reckless and made a joke, but it was vaguely not.

So what is she mad about?Isn't Qiao Anming sitting in the car?

Get sick!
Du Ruo was standing in front of the shelves and tallying the goods, while beating himself on the head.

"Stop knocking, your head was broken by you, you are not very smart!" Suddenly a nice and familiar male voice came from behind, and Du Ruo realized that his wrist was being grabbed by someone.

Looking back, Qiao Anming's stern and tough face appeared.

Maybe it was because he was too close and he appeared too suddenly, so Du Ruo was frozen for a moment, his eyes were round, and he blinked a few times before he realized it.

"Let go!" She shook her arm violently.

Qiao Anming actually smiled wickedly, let go of his hands, and stood aside.

Du Ruo immediately sorted out his expression, frowning with a look of boredom: "Why don't you make a sound when you walk?"

"It's you who are so absorbed in knocking your head!"

"..." Du Ruo was speechless, swallowed, and put his hands in his white coat before regaining some sense: "Then what are you doing here? This is a pharmacy, not a supermarket!"

"I know, I'm here to buy medicine." After he finished speaking, he turned around, walked to the corner shelf with ease, and took out an ointment from the middle shelf.Check out and pay the bill, but leave the medicine on the cash register.

Du Ruo rolled his eyes and reluctantly chased after him: "Hey, your medicine!"

Qiao Anming turned around: "The medicine is bought for you, take a mirror and look at your own neck!"

That's all he said, and then he left again!

TM he's gone again!

What the hell are you trying to do!
Du Ruo stood there in a daze and was angry for several seconds before remembering to get the mirror.

I don't know if I don't look at it, I'm shocked when I look at it.

It may be that I ate the crab brought by Sister Hui a few days ago, and my neck and chest were densely covered with rashes.

She felt itchy when she took a bath, and she scratched it with her hands, but she didn't care. As a result, the rash was scratched and scabs had formed in many places.

The ointment left by Qiao Anming was still lying on the cash register.

The ointment was officially launched last year.

Advertisements for this ointment were once broadcast on various David TV stations.

The creative of the ad seemed mediocre. It was nothing more than a couple going to the seaside for vacation. The girl was allergic to seafood, and the boy applied ointment for her. At the end of the ad, the words "Sinan Pharmaceuticals" appeared on the screen.

At that time, Du Ruo was already working at Limin Pharmacy, and she cried when she saw this ad for the first time.

Xiaolin also laughed at her.

"Sister Luo, what are you doing, you can cry when you watch an advertisement..."

But others don't understand, but Du Ruo understands the meaning of that advertisement.

Qiao Anming personally rubbed the ointment on her several times, and Du Ruo remembered it all.

Two years later, the ointment was successfully launched, and the response in the market was very good, but he reappeared in the middle of the night as if nothing had happened, and threw her an ointment!
At that moment, Du Ruo only felt the heat rising from his heart.

He grabbed his phone and ran out.

The street was deserted and deserted. She turned around, but Qiao Anming hadn't been seen for a long time!

(End of this chapter)