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Chapter 20 Still Must Face
Chapter 20 Still Must Face
Gambo's operation was scheduled at nine o'clock in the morning, but Gan Lu was afraid that he would be nervous, so she decided to go to the hospital early to accompany him.She got up very early, washed up in a hurry, and still had some headaches, maybe it was the aftereffect of a hangover, but while she was rubbing her skin care products in front of the mirror, she made up her mind that she couldn't touch alcohol anymore.After tidying up, she opened the bedroom door and was surprised to find Shang Xiuwen sitting on the sofa in the living room.
The light in the room was not very bright, and he leaned back slightly, as if he was closing his eyes to rest his mind. Looking from her, it was a clear and lonely silhouette.He opened his eyes and turned his head to look at her. For a moment, she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, and stood there blankly.
Shang Xiuwen stood up. He was dressed very formally, with a white shirt, a navy blue suit, and a tie, making his figure even more slender: "Good morning."
"Good morning." Gan Lu thought, it was a bit funny for a couple to greet each other so politely in the morning.
Without waiting for her to think about it, Shang Xiuwen pointed to the coffee table: "I brought some books for you. Dad's operation today may take a long time. You can take a book to pass the time."
Gan Lu had to thank him for his thoughtfulness, and walked over to take a book and put it in the bag: "I'm leaving."
"I'll take you to pick up the car."
Of course Gan Lu remembered being picked up by Shang Xiuwen yesterday, and Baolai was still at his father's side: "Don't bother you, don't you have a meeting today?"
Shang Xiuwen just smiled at her politeness. In the morning light, the corners of his mouth were raised and his eyes were slightly narrowed. This expression was a bit distressed, but there was a bit of resignation that seemed unsurprising and helpless: "Lulu, it's time for the meeting." It's not so early, after picking up the car, I'll accompany you to the hospital to see Dad first."
Gan Lu quickly looked away: "Okay, let's go."
The two went downstairs and got into the Lexus.It was still early, and as far as the eye could see, there was a thin layer of mist flowing in the air, there were few vehicles on the road, and the cleaners were sweeping the floor. It seemed that the city hadn't fully woken up yet.
Going downstairs to pick up the car from Gambo, Gan Lu drove Bora and followed Shang Xiuwen's car. Only then did she notice that the black Lexus LS460 he was driving had a J city license plate, and the mantissa was three very eye-catching 8s. It was Wu Changzhi's previous car.Could it be that he took over his uncle's position as the chairman, and even the car?She immediately felt that she was still in the mood to start this curiosity, which was a bit boring.
The two drove into the hospital one after the other, parked the car, and when they arrived at the ward, Gamble and Aunt Wang had also gotten up early.Gambo was obviously very nervous, and was sending Aunt Wang around. Seeing the two of them coming, Aunt Wang breathed a sigh of relief as if she had a savior.
Shang Xiuwen sat down and started chatting with Gamble to divert his attention.
Gan Lu went out for breakfast with Aunt Wang: "Don't blame my dad, his temper is really unbearable."
Aunt Wang was used to it a long time ago: "Your father is just weird and selfish, but he is not a bad person."
Gan Lu had to admit that this evaluation couldn't be more objective. Of course Gambo is not a bad person, at least he has no malice towards others, let alone plotting against anyone. Most of the time, he is even bullied and plotting against others.It's just that he never learned to get along well with others, let alone put himself in other people's shoes. Fortunately, Aunt Wang can tolerate him.
"When he is discharged from the hospital this time, I'll hire you a part-time job to do housework. Don't be too tired."
Aunt Wang waved her hands again and again: "No need, Lulu, there are two people in the family, how many things can make me tired. Besides, I am also a hard worker, and it doesn't matter if I am a little bit tired."
Gan Lu smiled wryly: "I feel sorry for making you suffer so much."
"What are you talking about?" Aunt Wang scolded, "I have been with your dad for so many years, no matter what, we have developed feelings for each other. It is right to take care of him at this time. No matter how bad-tempered he is, I hope he can be calm." An'an has a long life, it's better to walk behind me, I don't want to see who walks in front of me anymore."
Gan Lu was moved by these words, and her eyes couldn't help getting moist: "Don't say that, I feel very uncomfortable after hearing that, from now on, you and my dad have to take good care of your health and live healthily, I will definitely Take care of you."
"You are a conscientious child. With your words, I am relieved."
Gan Lu brought Shang Xiuwen some breakfast, walked to the door, and heard Gan Bo talking about the glory days of the textile factory that he never tired of talking about: "At that time, 70% of the workers in the factory could be allocated houses. When you work in a textile factory, others will envy you. When the order meeting is held in the factory, only an approximate delivery date is written. When the date comes, those who want the goods have to live in the guest house next to them, lest the goods will be taken away by others. .”
Shang Xiuwen smiled and said, "You must have been very busy at work then."
"Yes, I am in charge of the maintenance and debugging of the machinery and equipment in the whole factory. Although I don't have to work three shifts with the front-line workers, it is common to work overtime. Alas, I didn't take good care of Lulu at that time. She is only a little tall, so she has to work on her own. Cook."
"She's always been very capable."
"I'm very happy to see her live so well after marrying you. Xiuwen, I know I won't be mistaken. When I leave the hospital, I can take care of your children with Aunt Wang. You can go to work with confidence." .”
Gan Lu stood stiffly at the door, only to hear Shang Xiuwen's voice calmly say: "The most important thing is to take good care of your health, don't worry about us."
"Xiuwen is really patient." Aunt Wang smiled, and Gan Lu walked in with her.
"Dad, hurry up and take a good rest, it's almost time for the operation."
"I'm hungry, Lulu." Gamble looked eagerly at the lunch box in her hand.
Aunt Wang said: "It's for Xiuwen, you can't eat it, you must strictly keep an empty stomach before the operation. Xiuwen, go out and eat, so that he won't be greedy."
Gan Lu and Shang Xiuwen sat on the bench in the corridor, and she opened the lunch box and handed it to Shang Xiuwen, which contained steaming steamed buns: "Eat it, I have to go to a meeting later."
The hospital gradually became busy. The doctors and nurses began their routine rounds in the morning. The inpatients and their family members kept walking around in front of their eyes. This is really not a place where people can eat breakfast with peace of mind. A few buns stopped.
Gan Lu looked at his profile, he looked a lot thinner, she hesitated, and said, "Thank you, Dad looks much more relaxed."
Shang Xiuwen looked back at her, his eyes were as calm and gentle as before, this was the first time the two of them looked at each other without avoiding each other, "Lulu, if you do the same thing for me, I won't keep thanking you .Because you are my wife, I know I can trust you, rely on you, and face our lives with you."
Gan Lu smiled shyly, and didn't question his trust again: "Yesterday, I'm sorry..."
"Let's stop apologizing to each other, too, shall we?"
She nodded.Of course, life goes on, and an apology doesn't do much to mend their relationship.It is already a great comfort to have someone sitting here to share her burden.
The nurse came over to prepare Gambo before the operation. Shang Xiuwen looked at his watch: "Today's meeting is Yuanwang's next investment in Xusheng. I have to go. I don't know how long it will take. If there is any problem, You call me right away, and I'll come over."
"it is good."
Gamble's spleen removal operation was performed by Dr. Wu, a young surgeon from the Central Hospital.He came to the ward the day before and communicated with Gambo, Gan Lu and his daughter.He has a friendly attitude and explains the necessity and possible risks of the operation in concise language. Although he has a slightly childish round face, he looks competent and has the temperament of a professional.
After Dr. Wu left, Aunt Wang was a little worried: "So young, can you do the surgery well?"
Gan Lu reassured her: "This is just a minor operation. Professor Qiu also said that Dr. Wu looks young, but he is a Ph. D. and is a business elite in surgery. Don't worry about it."
That being said, after signing the operation notice and sitting outside the operating room with Aunt Wang, Gan Lu was still uneasy and in no mood to read to pass the time.
Aunt Wang suddenly pushed her and motioned her to look to the left.
Gan Lu turned her head and saw a group of nearly [-] people walking over there, accompanied by reporters to take pictures and videotape, and her mother-in-law Wu Lijun was among them.The man walking in the center was in his fifties, he looked extraordinary, he was obviously a leader, and beside him was a middle-aged man in a white robe who was talking non-stop.
As they got closer, the man could be heard saying: "Now there are 3000 open hospital beds, more than 200 million outpatient visits each year, more than 7 hospital visits, and nearly 5 operating tables. Young doctors are growing rapidly. Hurry up, many of them are already able to take care of themselves, and the few operations performed today are performed by doctors trained by our hospital."
Wu Lijun also saw Gan Lu, but she only glanced over, and continued with a smile: "The Central Hospital has achieved very good results in the past two years. Our next step is to strengthen the communication between hospitals in the province and make full use of the city's medical resources. The central hospital's first-level and second-level discipline doctoral programs and post-doctoral mobile stations drive the talent training work of relatively weak hospitals."
The man who looked like a leader nodded slightly: "Director Wu's idea is good. Promoting the rational allocation of medical resources is an urgent task for the health systems in various places..."
The group gradually walked away, and Aunt Wang whispered, "Your mother-in-law is really magnificent."
Gan Lu admits that Wu Lijun's overly rigorous manner seems to be a bit of inhuman indifference at home, but on this occasion, she is indeed dignified and dignified.
The operation did not last long, but it took more time for Gamble to wake up from general anesthesia than the average person. He was not pushed out of the observation room until around [-]:[-] in the afternoon. Dr. Wu told Gan Lu that the operation was a success. After passing the monitoring period, the next thing to do is to eliminate ascites treatment.
Gamble was on ECG monitoring, fell asleep while infusing fluids, and looked quite peaceful.Both Gan Lu and Aunt Wang breathed a sigh of relief.This fashion Xiuwen called again to ask about the situation: "Lulu, I'm sorry, my meeting here hasn't finished yet, I'll come over as soon as it's over."
"Don't worry, Dad should be fine now."
Putting down the phone, Gan Lu asked Aunt Wang to go back first: "You go home and have a rest. You have been in the hospital for so many days, so go back to see your grandson. I took a day off today anyway. You can replace me tomorrow morning."
Aunt Wang smiled and said, "No need, I'll come over at night. You are pregnant, so you can't stay in the hospital for so long."
Gan Lu didn't say anything else, and sent Aunt Wang out, then moved the chair to the window to read.She has been upset recently and has not read novels for many days.I took out the book I put in this morning from my bag and saw that it was the novel "Maliciousness" by Japanese best-selling author Keigo Higashino, and I couldn't help being startled.
When she reads mystery novels, what she likes is the progressive and meticulous reasoning process. In fact, she doesn't like the violent, paranoid and bloody side that Japanese mystery novels like to exaggerate.I bought this book purely because of the high reviews online.But after buying it, just before the Spring Festival, she was worried about Shang Xiuwen who was far away in Brazil, and she was not in good spirits. She picked it up and read about ten pages, then put it aside.
There is nothing left and right now, she opened it again and looked at it.The ward was very quiet except for the nurse who came in regularly to check the infusion and observe the drainage tube.
Gan Lu only saw less than a third of the place, and the murderer had already been arrested, confessed to the crime, and the case had been solved, and the rest was all deduction of the motive of the crime.She couldn't help but feel less interested, and had to admit that, in her current state of mind, it might be better to read less such heavy and gloomy words.
She put down her book, went to the window and looked outside. There were many sycamores planted in the hospital, and the branches were just covered with a little light yellow. Not realistic enough.Unknowingly, the cold winter has truly passed, and spring comes quietly and inadvertently.
She was in a trance when she heard a light knock on the door behind her. Looking back, she saw Wu Lijun standing at the door.
"Mom, why are you here?"
Wu Lijun walked in, stood at the end of the bed to look at Gambo, and then took a look at the nursing registration form hanging at the end of the bed: "I accompanied the leaders of the department to check the work. I just sent them away, so I stopped by to have a look. Is everything okay?"
"The doctor said the operation was a success." Gan Lu paused, "Thank you mom for your trouble."
Wu Lijun was not polite, and looked at her: "Your complexion is still not good, you should pay attention to nutrition and rest."
"Thank you mom, I'll keep an eye on it."
"It's inconvenient to live in Yian's place, so let's move back."
With Wu Lijun's personality, status, and way of doing things, Gan Lu immediately felt that she couldn't refuse such words, so she could only say, "Mom, I want to wait until Dad is well taken care of for a while."
Wu Lijun nodded: "Xiuwen will be very busy during this period, don't blame him for not having time to take care of you. And because of your miscarriage this time, he is in a very bad mood, so you should be considerate of him."
Gan Lu glanced nervously at Gambo, and was relieved when she saw him lying motionless, and whispered, "Mom, I know."
"Xiuwen has always been serious about you. I hope you don't care too much about his shares in Xusheng. After all, it's not that he deliberately concealed anything from you, and it's not a matter of principle."
Gan Lu could only say "hmm".
"I have received the embryo histopathological examination and chromosomal examination reports, and the fetus has no pathological or genetic defects."
Gan Lu looked straight at her mother-in-law, not understanding the meaning of the words: "What inspection?"
Wu Lijun continued: "I asked the hospital to take your aborted embryo for testing, that is to say, the child's miscarriage was not due to congenital factors, I guess it should have something to do with you worrying about your father and running back and forth emotionally. You are still young, you can rest assured that as long as you pay attention to your body and get pregnant after a suitable period of time, you will definitely have a healthy child with Xiuwen."
Gan Lu's face was pale and she was completely speechless.At this time, Shang Xiuwen strode in and said in a deep voice, "Mom, stop talking."
Before Gan Lu could say anything, Gambo, who was lying on the bed, suddenly spoke weakly: "Lulu, did you have a miscarriage? What's going on?"
Gan Lu was startled, hurried to the head of the bed, forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, Dad."
"When did you have a miscarriage? Did you miscarry because of my illness?" Gamble looked very emotional and struggled to sit up.
Shang Xiuwen stepped over and held him down: "Dad, don't get excited, Lulu is fine, don't think about it."
Wu Lijun said in a deep voice, "Be careful not to press him on the drainage tube."
However, Gamble seemed to be irritable and just stared at his daughter: "Lulu, tell me, what's wrong with you?"
Gan Lu's eyes were red, and she held back her tears and said, "Dad, you lie still and don't move, and be careful of the wound, I'm really fine."
Gambo completely ignored her words and just struggled. Shang Xiuwen didn't dare to press too tightly because he was afraid that he would push harder.Gan Lu saw the drainage tube in his abdomen fall off, and the bloody drainage fluid flowed out. She cried out in fright. Wu Lijun walked over quickly, pushed her away, pressed the call button on the bedside, and stabilized the infusion fluid at the same time. shelf.
After a while, the doctor and nurse on duty hurried in and immediately asked the family members to leave.After a while, Professor Qiu Mingde also came over.
Gan Lu stared nervously at the door of the ward, and Wu Lijun frowned and said, "It's not difficult to deal with the drainage tube falling off, as long as there is no extensive abdominal bleeding, it doesn't matter."
For the first time, Shang Xiuwen felt helpless about his mother's professionalism and calmness, as well as her indifference to other people's emotions. He said in a deep voice, "Mom, you should go back first."
Before Wu Lijun could say anything, Gan Lu shook off Shang Xiuwen's hand: "Please go back."
Wu Lijun was a little surprised: "What's your attitude?"
Gan Lu was so angry that her body couldn't help shaking, she tried to control her emotions: "I'm sorry, Mom, my father was hospitalized for surgery this time, I want to thank you for your care, but why do you have to say those words in the ward to provoke him? ?”
"How do I know that you didn't tell him about the miscarriage. Patients with liver cirrhosis are prone to irritable and suspicious emotions, especially your father's liver cirrhosis caused by alcoholism. It is normal to have manic reactions after the effects of anesthesia... ..."
"Mom—" Shang Xiuwen interrupted Wu Lijun, "Stop talking."
At this time, Professor Qiu came out and said to Wu Lijun: "Director Wu, the drainage tube has been inserted again. Judging by the color of the drainage fluid, there should be no extensive abdominal bleeding. We gave the patient a little sedative, and he has calmed down. Yes. Originally, the first-level nursing care was enough for this operation, but considering the patient’s current condition, I think it would be better to transfer him to the intensive care unit for a few days of 24-hour special care.”
Wu Lijun nodded: "Yes."
The nurse immediately pushed the cart to transfer Gan Bo, Gan Lu looked at the busy process blankly, and couldn't help but be anxious: "Professor Qiu, can't I go in and accompany me?"
Professor Qiu comforted her: "Don't worry, there are experienced nurses in the intensive care unit to provide uninterrupted care, who can observe the patient's condition more carefully and take targeted measures. If you are worried, you can stay in the hospital at night. In the ward, I will let you know at any time if there is any situation."
Gan Lu could only nod her head and say, "Thank you."
"Secretary Li, you should also pay attention to the psychological care of the patient during the treatment process. It's not just a pre-operative notification and a conversation." Wu Lijun said lightly to Secretary Li of the hospital who came later.
Secretary Li smiled and said: "Director Wu, I will discuss with experts to see if we can arrange professional psychological counseling to facilitate the patient's recovery and next step of treatment."
After Wu Lijun left, Shang Xiuwen looked at the pale Gan Lu, and held her hand again: "Go in and rest for a while."
This time Gan Lu did not resist, and followed him into the ward, lying on the accompanying bed, Shang Xiuwen sat down beside the bed: "I apologize on behalf of my mother, she didn't mean it."
"Please also apologize to my mother on my behalf. My attitude just now...was a little too much."
They realize at the same time that they had just promised to never apologize to each other again this morning.However, they now look at each other with pain and helplessness in their eyes.
Gan Lu looked away, looked at the ceiling, and said in a low voice: "Xiuwen, no matter what you and your mother think, I have to make one thing clear. I never thought that the purpose of my existence as your wife is to give you life. A healthy child."
"I've never thought about it that way. I have to say one more thing. I want to live with you, so I want a child that belongs to us." Shang Xiuwen's voice was hoarse and deep.
However, that child is gone, and it has become a group of embryonic tissues for laboratory examination, quietly staying in test tubes for human analysis.
Thinking of what Wu Lijun said, Gan Lu had no choice but to close her eyes to keep the tears from coming out again.
Gambo spent three days in the intensive care unit, and when Gan Lu was allowed to visit, she found that the so-called special care was not just talk.Needless to say, the doctor made many rounds, and the nurses took 2-hour shifts to regularly measure Gambo’s body temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, closely observe and record the drainage tube, evaluate his skin, abdominal circumference, abdominal distension, and mental changes, and help him turn over , Massage, maintaining body and oral hygiene, etc., are things that family members cannot do no matter how careful they are.
Moreover, the hospital specially sent a psychiatrist over to have a certain amount of time of dialogue and counseling with Gambo every day. His mood gradually calmed down. Although he still couldn't help but sigh and blame himself when he saw Gan Lu, he was no longer irritable and agitated.
He finally survived the special monitoring period and was transferred back to the ward for first-level care.Gan Lu breathed a sigh of relief, but Aunt Wang suddenly caught a cold, and she was still holding on. When the doctor found out, he immediately advised her to go back to rest: "After the splenectomy, the patient will have postoperative fever, and the immune function will be weakened, so it must not be infected. .”
Recently, Gan Lu has transferred too many classes, and she can no longer ask for leave.After receiving the call, she took her lunch break and rushed to the hospital to hire a nurse to take care of Gamble, and then hurried back to school, but she was still worried.She knew very well that Gamble was too strict with Aunt Wang, but he was always too courteous and courteous to strangers, and he would not casually raise reasonable demands.She got off work and drove to the hospital in a hurry.Walking to the front of the ward, I heard Shang Xiuwen's voice.
"I like to eat the mixed casserole made by Lulu."
Gamble talked about her daughter's pride: "She knows how to cook without a teacher, and no one has taught her at all. My favorite is the tomato beef brisket she made, and I haven't eaten it for a long time."
Shang Xiuwen stayed with her in the hospital for a day and a night. He went to City J the day before yesterday, and he didn't call her before returning today. She was a little surprised, but she was somewhat relieved, and she couldn't help feeling a little dazed.
She has no choice but to learn how to cook. She only knows the basic dishes, and she has no interest in studying them, nor does she have much enthusiasm for cooking.After marriage, apart from doing early business every day, she didn't take the part-time job to take the initiative to cook and show off.She only cooks when she goes back to her father's house and Aunt Wang is away.
Of course she was impressed with the assorted casserole that Shang Xiuwen mentioned, because that was almost the only meal she cooked for him, and it was also the beginning of their inseparable love that day.
In a blink of an eye, they had been married for more than two years. She once thought that they had found the right way to get along, but now, their relationship seemed to be back to the starting point of their acquaintance, and even further apart.If there is a little uncertainty in love, it may increase the sweetness, but after marriage, it will only erode mutual trust.Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel sad, she forced herself to go in, and said with a smile: "It's very easy to eat tomato and beef brisket. As long as the doctor says you can eat it, I will make it for you."
"Lulu, why are you running over here again? You need to rest well now and get your body back on track." Seeing that Shang Xiuwen and Gan Lu looked a little sad, he couldn't help being anxious, "You are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future. That day Didn't your mother-in-law also say that? There will definitely be a healthy child. I will definitely not drag you down in the future. "
"Dad, it's fine, what are you talking about?" Gan Lu had to admit that she was partial to her father. She would be angry if her mother-in-law said the same thing, but facing her father, she could only feel sad and helpless.
"If you hadn't been busy for my hospitalization, you would definitely not have a miscarriage." Gamble complained to himself, "Xiuwen, I am really sorry for you."
"Dad, don't say that. It was just an accident. I will take good care of Lulu in the future. Don't worry."
Shang Xiuwen's voice remained steady, but Gan Lu could see the pain in his eyes, and quickly changed the subject: "Have you ordered dinner for today?"
According to the doctor's suggestion, after Gambo resumed eating, he ate a nutritious meal prepared by the hospital suitable for postoperative patients. According to him, it was definitely not delicious.He didn't complain about the food today: "It's ordered, Xiao Li went to get it, I asked him to order all the three meals for tomorrow's morning, lunch and dinner by the way, you don't have to worry about it."
While talking, the nurse Xiao Li brought back the nutritious meal, and Gambo asked the two of them to go back: "Xiu Wen didn't come back until this afternoon, so he came to see me. He will be on a business trip tomorrow, so he must be very tired. With Xiao Li here By the way, you two don't need to stay with me here, go back to eat and rest quickly."
Xiao Li is a very simple and honest rural boy, Gan Lu told him a few more words, and was about to come out with the monk Xiuwen, when he accidentally saw a colorful fruit basket and some American ginseng supplements placed by the window : "Hey, Dad, who sent this?"
"Looking at my memory, I almost forgot to tell you. Many people came to see me today. First, Jiaxi came over, carried a lot of things, and sat for a while before leaving."
"Who else?"
"That fruit basket was brought by another friend of yours. She came here not long after Jiaxi left."
"Friend?" Gan Lu didn't tell anyone about her father's hospitalization, but Qian Jiaxi asked her to have a meal and talk with her in the morning, and she really didn't have time, so she told her. "Did you say what your last name is and what you look like?"
Gamble frowned and thought about it, but couldn't figure it out, "Xiao Li, what did she say her last name was?"
Xiao Li said with a smile: "My surname is He, she is tall and pretty."
"Yes, yes, it's Miss He. After all, young people have a good memory. She said that she is your friend. She heard that I was hospitalized, so she came to see me and asked if you are feeling better now."
Gan Lu looked at Shang Xiuwen in astonishment, Shang Xiuwen was sullen and expressionless.She originally wanted to ask what her father had said to the other party, but after thinking about it again, with Gamble's personality, how could he stop his superficial sympathy and concern, she probably said everything that should be said and what should not be said, so she simply kept her mouth shut I don't ask anymore.
Gamble continued: "Lulu, remember to call her to thank her."
Gan Lu reluctantly agreed, "I see."
"That classmate of yours, Nie Qian, came to see me again just now. This time, he has already troubled him a lot. Xiuwen thanked him again and again, and you should also remember to call him."
Gan Lu nodded: "Okay."
The two left the ward and walked out of the inpatient building together.
"Lulu, I didn't know she was here."
"Of course, she won't specifically inform you that she is coming to visit your father-in-law." Gan Lu said indifferently.
Shang Xiuwen knew clearly that He Jingyi's behavior had offended her.However, he has no position to apologize on behalf of He Jingyi, and he knows that at this moment, he can't solve his wife by saying anything, he can only talk about other things.
"At present, the third sister-in-law has filed for divorce and has applied to freeze Xusheng's shares under Wu Wei's name. It is no longer possible for him to do business with Yixin."
"Are you reassuring me that you won't have the possibility of sitting with He Jingyi for a meeting or even working together?" Gan Lu stared straight ahead with a cold expression, "Xiuwen, you think I'm too narrow and suspicious. Listen now After your experience like that, I never thought about rekindling your old relationship, not to mention that Yi Xin has always had schemes against Xu Sheng. Even if Ms. He has an iron nerve and yearns to have a meeting with you, you probably I wouldn’t be so happy to accompany you.”
Shang Xiuwen had to smile wryly: "You have always seen the problem clearly. I just want you to know that I have already rejected the one-on-one meeting with He Jingyi in J City. The purpose of her coming here is nothing but to anger you. You don't need to satisfy her. .”
Gan Lu didn't speak, and walked all the way to the empty parking lot, then took out her mobile phone, trying to find He Jingyi's number, but they only talked once, and she didn't save that number.Shang Xiuwen knew what she wanted to do, and said, "I'll call her, and I'll tell her not to harass Dad anymore."
Gan Lu sneered: "I'll thank you personally, after all, she came to see my father."
Shang Xiuwen was silent, took out his mobile phone, dialed a number and handed it to her.
"Xiuwen, hello." He Jingyi's voice came out.
"Sorry, Miss He, it's me."
He Jingyi was taken aback for a moment: "Oh, what a surprise—Mrs. Shang, hello."
"Accident? I think you should be waiting for my call after being an uninvited guest this afternoon."
"That's right, let's make an appointment to meet."
Gan Lu said bluntly: "There is no need for that. What I want to say is very simple: we have never been friends, please don't use this name to disturb my father in the future."
He Jingyi chuckled: "Be polite, be polite, Mrs. Shang, pay attention to your manners, your father is very polite and honest."
Gan Lu said coldly: "If your behavior is aboveboard, even if I hate you, I will naturally be polite. But why should I be polite to a stranger who behaves suspiciously and has ulterior motives."
"Then what do you think my motives are?"
"Do you still want me to guess riddles? I'm sorry, Miss He, I'm not that cruel. Basically, you are neither mysterious nor suspenseful now. I don't need to analyze your poor intentions."
He Jingyi was irritated by this sentence: "You can still put on the posture of a winner, Mrs. Shang, I have to admire you. You must have a strong ability to deceive yourself and others, right?"
Gan Lu smiled slightly: "No, I may have many shortcomings, but I dare say, I never deceive myself."
"Okay then, since you are so brave to face the facts, let's analyze it. You married a man with a past you don't understand at all, and your marriage has problems that you can't imagine. Didn't keep..."
"Shut up, you don't deserve to mention my child at all." Gan Lu's face turned pale, and she interrupted sharply.Shang Xiuwen's complexion also changed drastically, and he looked at her worriedly: "Lulu, let me tell her."
Gan Lu ignored him and only held the phone tightly.
"Is Xiuwen here? You shouldn't have called me in front of him. Do you think this can prove your importance? It's too stupid. Your child is not as precious and unique as you think, Mrs. Shang. Don’t be surprised to hear the news. I was pregnant with Xiuwen once. If it weren’t for some irreparable things, I would be the mother of Xiuwen’s child. He must be very sad now. I feel sorry for him. He shouldn’t be pregnant again. Go through this pain once."
"Unfortunately, your news is not as shocking as you imagined. It's really touching to be so thoughtful and considerate to your old lover. But for the nostalgic part, I'm afraid you have found the wrong person to confide in." Gan Lu regained her composure and said coldly Said, "Don't just pay attention to listing other people's lives, Miss He, I was surprised by your enthusiasm from the very beginning. I suddenly found that if I wasn't a little cruel, you would be endless and very unwilling. Okay, let me tell you what I understand."
"I'm all ears."
"You have very good and deep memories with Xiuwen, and you even have a child who was not born."
"Lulu—" Shang Xiuwen called her name in a deep voice, holding her shoulders tightly with his hands, causing her shoulder blades to ache. Said in a business-like tone without any emotion: "Perhaps since then, no other man has loved you like that, or in other words, you have never loved another man like that."
"Interesting reasoning."
"Even if you know that there is no possibility of a new start with him, you can't bear that he has a marriage, a normal family, and maybe even another child, and lives a life that has nothing to do with you. I'm right Pretty much right?"
He Jingyi was silent for a while, then spoke again, her voice was hoarse and angry: "Why do you presume on me like this?"
"Because you speculate on others first, Miss He, I'm afraid you have to accept the same treatment from others. And I don't need to speculate at all. Your behavior has clearly expressed your psychology."
He Jingyi suddenly laughed loudly: "You are right about one thing, Xiuwen and I used to love each other very much, I can't love another man the way I love him, and likewise, he can't love another man the way he loves me A woman. You may have married him, and if you tolerated it enough, you could live with him forever. But his passion, the love of his youth, will always be mine, and you will never have the chance to experience it."
Gan Lu remained calm, and said with a slight sarcasm: "Such a passion that burns for so many years is really admirable. But don't you think it will damage the sanctity of your relationship if you show it off so often?" To what extent? It’s better to keep it alone, don’t share it with me anymore.”
He Jingyi retorted: "Then you don't have to show off your so-called normal family to me. What you get is a man who compromised with life. He married you when it was time to get married, and had a baby with you when it was time to have children." Child. Do you think this step-by-step life is worthy of my envy?"
"That's true. But why are you so concerned with a life you're scornful of? And can't wait to see if it doesn't go on?"
This question seemed to be difficult for He Jingyi at last, she was silent for a while, and suddenly said quietly: "Yes, I can't let go of Xiuwen."
Gan Lu was not surprised by this frankness, but she didn't know what to say for a while, no matter how angry she was, she couldn't help feeling a little in awe of other people's deep feelings.
However, He Jingyi immediately sneered, and continued: "Of course I can't bear to see a man who used to be so energetic become so content with a mediocre life."
Gan Lu also sneered: "Do you want to save Xiuwen from this mediocre life? It's such a great feeling, I don't understand it, but I have no objection—"
"Lulu," Shang Xiuwen interrupted her again, put his hands on her shoulders together, hugged her into his arms, stared into her eyes, and said in a low but clear voice, "You don't have to waste time with irrelevant people discuss our lives."
Gan Lu glanced at him, looked away coldly, and continued to say to the phone: "If he also wants to be rescued by you, I will not stand in front of you. But you must have heard what he said just now, right? Miss He .Maybe you didn’t expect him to think that a mediocre life seems to have a mediocre value, and he is neither eager to escape, nor does he want to share it with irrelevant people.”
He Jingyi's voice was serious: "You can believe what you want to believe, Mrs. Shang."
"Among us, there is only one person who wants to believe what she wants to believe, and that person is definitely not me. Frankly speaking, I think your current psychology is a bit abnormal. If you go to see a psychiatrist to correct it, it will be better for you. Okay, but this has nothing to do with me. In short, you can talk to him as much as you like. I just want to say it again, don’t bother me, let alone my father.”
Gan Lu returned the slightly hot cell phone to Shang Xiuwen, broke free from his hand, turned around and walked towards Baolai who was parked aside, Shang Xiuwen grabbed her: "You have seen her behavior and purpose very clearly. Why should you be so angry?"
"It's not just her behavior and purpose that I can see clearly. Xiuwen, there are many things that I have to see clearly. But it's one thing to see clearly, but it's another thing to think through and let go." Something happened."
She tried to break free from his hand, but instead he pulled her back into his arms and hugged her tighter: "I know what she told you, Lulu, I don't deny that I loved her, but that's in the past .”
Gan Lu struggled for a while, unable to get away, so she calmed down in his arms and looked at him fixedly: "Xiuwen, I can only think that you are pretending to be stupid if you are still talking about this now. You really think that I am just Are you comparing the past?"
Shang Xiuwen hugged her with one arm, raised the other hand, and swept back her bangs that had grown so close to her eyes because she didn't have time to trim them recently: "I know, you don't care about it. It's just that I let you down, not only There is a complicated past that I haven't explained to you clearly, and what's more, I let this past hurt our present. I know what I say will not satisfy you. "
Gan Lu was silent for a while before speaking: "It seems that you don't know everything. Then, please deal with your past first, and don't let her harass me again, otherwise we have nothing to talk about."
"I'll deal with it. But the more it's like this, the more you should be with me instead of looking at me with an attitude that has nothing to do with you. "
"What do you want me to do? Show affection with you in front of her? But," Gan Lu pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "What kind of affection can rival the time she spent with you in her memories? Such passion makes her I still miss it to this day. Even if I suddenly found a talent for acting, I could overcome my estrangement from you, and go to her to play a reality show in front of her, she would probably comment and say: 'Xiuwen hugged me harder before.'" After finishing these words , she also seemed a little disgusted and frightened, she didn't know whether she was facing herself or another imaginary person, and made a disgusted expression, "I'm sorry, I really can't cooperate with you."
"Do you mind what she said so much?"
"I'm not as calm as you. Yes, I do mind."
Shang Xiuwen's fingers froze in her hair, he paused for a while, and said bitterly: "Now you can understand why I have been avoiding talking about those past events, I know, as long as I talk about it, you will question me everything of."
Gan Lu stared at him suddenly: "Now, you still think that hiding from me is a kind and rational act, even for me?" She laughed silently, "Thank you for your evaluation of my IQ, It's really appropriate. By the way, you probably married me because I didn't have the habit of asking the bottom line?"
Shang Xiuwen didn't expect the conversation to take a sudden turn here: "If you think my confession is meaningful, I'm willing to say it again, I married you because I love you."
"Excuse me, do you love me the same way you loved He Jingyi before?" Gan Lu asked coldly.
"Don't compare my love for you to a past relationship, it's different."
"Of course, that's different." Gan Lu repeated his words, her expression indifferent again, "At least after the end, I'm unlikely to have a passionate memory. But Xiuwen, do you think I Should I accept my fate and accept your different love with peace of mind?"
"You must misinterpret my meaning like this, how can we communicate."
"You haven't tried to be honest with me, so don't talk about any communication. I'm afraid I can't go back to the previous state of ignorance, waiting for you to reward the truth."
"Lulu, from the moment I met you, I knew you were smart and sensitive. Even if I hid some things from you, it was only because I thought those things had nothing to do with our lives. If I just regarded marriage as a life One thing that must be done, marry a wife who is not troublesome and give birth to me, then obviously, there are many people who are more suitable than you."
"Shang Xiuwen—" Gan Lu called his name hoarsely, and after a pause, she said softly, "We can't communicate anymore, you and I are still not talking about the same thing."
"We can sit down and have a good talk. I will listen carefully to what you want to say."
"It's not necessary. Even in the past, you were lazy, unenterprising, and indifferent, and you have always been an attractive man. Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to marry you without being [-]% sure that you loved me. Then With the conditions you have made public now, you can even find a lot of girls vying to marry you and have children for you. I will not occupy this position and delay your family plans, we..."
Shang Xiuwen's hands tightened suddenly, and she hit his chest heavily, her body was squeezed together with him suddenly, the force was so strong that her breathing was a little embarrassed, she raised her head passively, his face was far away from him. She was very close, and under the dim light, he stared at her sharply, then opened his mouth and said clearly: "Lulu, never say those two words to me, I don't agree." He approached her again A little bit, every word seems to be directly branded into her consciousness, "Please respect our marriage a little bit, and don't always act like you can give up everything easily."
Gan Lu pressed her hands against his body in vain, trying to open a little distance so that she could breathe normally, but her hands pressed against his chest, and she couldn't push him at all. She only felt that there was a thin shirt, The place on his chest was beating violently and powerfully, as irregular as his own pulse.She was a little dizzy because of her shortness of breath, and she couldn't respond to his accusation.
When he finally let her go, she took a deep breath and was speechless for a while.
"I'll walk you home."
(End of this chapter)
Gambo's operation was scheduled at nine o'clock in the morning, but Gan Lu was afraid that he would be nervous, so she decided to go to the hospital early to accompany him.She got up very early, washed up in a hurry, and still had some headaches, maybe it was the aftereffect of a hangover, but while she was rubbing her skin care products in front of the mirror, she made up her mind that she couldn't touch alcohol anymore.After tidying up, she opened the bedroom door and was surprised to find Shang Xiuwen sitting on the sofa in the living room.
The light in the room was not very bright, and he leaned back slightly, as if he was closing his eyes to rest his mind. Looking from her, it was a clear and lonely silhouette.He opened his eyes and turned his head to look at her. For a moment, she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, and stood there blankly.
Shang Xiuwen stood up. He was dressed very formally, with a white shirt, a navy blue suit, and a tie, making his figure even more slender: "Good morning."
"Good morning." Gan Lu thought, it was a bit funny for a couple to greet each other so politely in the morning.
Without waiting for her to think about it, Shang Xiuwen pointed to the coffee table: "I brought some books for you. Dad's operation today may take a long time. You can take a book to pass the time."
Gan Lu had to thank him for his thoughtfulness, and walked over to take a book and put it in the bag: "I'm leaving."
"I'll take you to pick up the car."
Of course Gan Lu remembered being picked up by Shang Xiuwen yesterday, and Baolai was still at his father's side: "Don't bother you, don't you have a meeting today?"
Shang Xiuwen just smiled at her politeness. In the morning light, the corners of his mouth were raised and his eyes were slightly narrowed. This expression was a bit distressed, but there was a bit of resignation that seemed unsurprising and helpless: "Lulu, it's time for the meeting." It's not so early, after picking up the car, I'll accompany you to the hospital to see Dad first."
Gan Lu quickly looked away: "Okay, let's go."
The two went downstairs and got into the Lexus.It was still early, and as far as the eye could see, there was a thin layer of mist flowing in the air, there were few vehicles on the road, and the cleaners were sweeping the floor. It seemed that the city hadn't fully woken up yet.
Going downstairs to pick up the car from Gambo, Gan Lu drove Bora and followed Shang Xiuwen's car. Only then did she notice that the black Lexus LS460 he was driving had a J city license plate, and the mantissa was three very eye-catching 8s. It was Wu Changzhi's previous car.Could it be that he took over his uncle's position as the chairman, and even the car?She immediately felt that she was still in the mood to start this curiosity, which was a bit boring.
The two drove into the hospital one after the other, parked the car, and when they arrived at the ward, Gamble and Aunt Wang had also gotten up early.Gambo was obviously very nervous, and was sending Aunt Wang around. Seeing the two of them coming, Aunt Wang breathed a sigh of relief as if she had a savior.
Shang Xiuwen sat down and started chatting with Gamble to divert his attention.
Gan Lu went out for breakfast with Aunt Wang: "Don't blame my dad, his temper is really unbearable."
Aunt Wang was used to it a long time ago: "Your father is just weird and selfish, but he is not a bad person."
Gan Lu had to admit that this evaluation couldn't be more objective. Of course Gambo is not a bad person, at least he has no malice towards others, let alone plotting against anyone. Most of the time, he is even bullied and plotting against others.It's just that he never learned to get along well with others, let alone put himself in other people's shoes. Fortunately, Aunt Wang can tolerate him.
"When he is discharged from the hospital this time, I'll hire you a part-time job to do housework. Don't be too tired."
Aunt Wang waved her hands again and again: "No need, Lulu, there are two people in the family, how many things can make me tired. Besides, I am also a hard worker, and it doesn't matter if I am a little bit tired."
Gan Lu smiled wryly: "I feel sorry for making you suffer so much."
"What are you talking about?" Aunt Wang scolded, "I have been with your dad for so many years, no matter what, we have developed feelings for each other. It is right to take care of him at this time. No matter how bad-tempered he is, I hope he can be calm." An'an has a long life, it's better to walk behind me, I don't want to see who walks in front of me anymore."
Gan Lu was moved by these words, and her eyes couldn't help getting moist: "Don't say that, I feel very uncomfortable after hearing that, from now on, you and my dad have to take good care of your health and live healthily, I will definitely Take care of you."
"You are a conscientious child. With your words, I am relieved."
Gan Lu brought Shang Xiuwen some breakfast, walked to the door, and heard Gan Bo talking about the glory days of the textile factory that he never tired of talking about: "At that time, 70% of the workers in the factory could be allocated houses. When you work in a textile factory, others will envy you. When the order meeting is held in the factory, only an approximate delivery date is written. When the date comes, those who want the goods have to live in the guest house next to them, lest the goods will be taken away by others. .”
Shang Xiuwen smiled and said, "You must have been very busy at work then."
"Yes, I am in charge of the maintenance and debugging of the machinery and equipment in the whole factory. Although I don't have to work three shifts with the front-line workers, it is common to work overtime. Alas, I didn't take good care of Lulu at that time. She is only a little tall, so she has to work on her own. Cook."
"She's always been very capable."
"I'm very happy to see her live so well after marrying you. Xiuwen, I know I won't be mistaken. When I leave the hospital, I can take care of your children with Aunt Wang. You can go to work with confidence." .”
Gan Lu stood stiffly at the door, only to hear Shang Xiuwen's voice calmly say: "The most important thing is to take good care of your health, don't worry about us."
"Xiuwen is really patient." Aunt Wang smiled, and Gan Lu walked in with her.
"Dad, hurry up and take a good rest, it's almost time for the operation."
"I'm hungry, Lulu." Gamble looked eagerly at the lunch box in her hand.
Aunt Wang said: "It's for Xiuwen, you can't eat it, you must strictly keep an empty stomach before the operation. Xiuwen, go out and eat, so that he won't be greedy."
Gan Lu and Shang Xiuwen sat on the bench in the corridor, and she opened the lunch box and handed it to Shang Xiuwen, which contained steaming steamed buns: "Eat it, I have to go to a meeting later."
The hospital gradually became busy. The doctors and nurses began their routine rounds in the morning. The inpatients and their family members kept walking around in front of their eyes. This is really not a place where people can eat breakfast with peace of mind. A few buns stopped.
Gan Lu looked at his profile, he looked a lot thinner, she hesitated, and said, "Thank you, Dad looks much more relaxed."
Shang Xiuwen looked back at her, his eyes were as calm and gentle as before, this was the first time the two of them looked at each other without avoiding each other, "Lulu, if you do the same thing for me, I won't keep thanking you .Because you are my wife, I know I can trust you, rely on you, and face our lives with you."
Gan Lu smiled shyly, and didn't question his trust again: "Yesterday, I'm sorry..."
"Let's stop apologizing to each other, too, shall we?"
She nodded.Of course, life goes on, and an apology doesn't do much to mend their relationship.It is already a great comfort to have someone sitting here to share her burden.
The nurse came over to prepare Gambo before the operation. Shang Xiuwen looked at his watch: "Today's meeting is Yuanwang's next investment in Xusheng. I have to go. I don't know how long it will take. If there is any problem, You call me right away, and I'll come over."
"it is good."
Gamble's spleen removal operation was performed by Dr. Wu, a young surgeon from the Central Hospital.He came to the ward the day before and communicated with Gambo, Gan Lu and his daughter.He has a friendly attitude and explains the necessity and possible risks of the operation in concise language. Although he has a slightly childish round face, he looks competent and has the temperament of a professional.
After Dr. Wu left, Aunt Wang was a little worried: "So young, can you do the surgery well?"
Gan Lu reassured her: "This is just a minor operation. Professor Qiu also said that Dr. Wu looks young, but he is a Ph. D. and is a business elite in surgery. Don't worry about it."
That being said, after signing the operation notice and sitting outside the operating room with Aunt Wang, Gan Lu was still uneasy and in no mood to read to pass the time.
Aunt Wang suddenly pushed her and motioned her to look to the left.
Gan Lu turned her head and saw a group of nearly [-] people walking over there, accompanied by reporters to take pictures and videotape, and her mother-in-law Wu Lijun was among them.The man walking in the center was in his fifties, he looked extraordinary, he was obviously a leader, and beside him was a middle-aged man in a white robe who was talking non-stop.
As they got closer, the man could be heard saying: "Now there are 3000 open hospital beds, more than 200 million outpatient visits each year, more than 7 hospital visits, and nearly 5 operating tables. Young doctors are growing rapidly. Hurry up, many of them are already able to take care of themselves, and the few operations performed today are performed by doctors trained by our hospital."
Wu Lijun also saw Gan Lu, but she only glanced over, and continued with a smile: "The Central Hospital has achieved very good results in the past two years. Our next step is to strengthen the communication between hospitals in the province and make full use of the city's medical resources. The central hospital's first-level and second-level discipline doctoral programs and post-doctoral mobile stations drive the talent training work of relatively weak hospitals."
The man who looked like a leader nodded slightly: "Director Wu's idea is good. Promoting the rational allocation of medical resources is an urgent task for the health systems in various places..."
The group gradually walked away, and Aunt Wang whispered, "Your mother-in-law is really magnificent."
Gan Lu admits that Wu Lijun's overly rigorous manner seems to be a bit of inhuman indifference at home, but on this occasion, she is indeed dignified and dignified.
The operation did not last long, but it took more time for Gamble to wake up from general anesthesia than the average person. He was not pushed out of the observation room until around [-]:[-] in the afternoon. Dr. Wu told Gan Lu that the operation was a success. After passing the monitoring period, the next thing to do is to eliminate ascites treatment.
Gamble was on ECG monitoring, fell asleep while infusing fluids, and looked quite peaceful.Both Gan Lu and Aunt Wang breathed a sigh of relief.This fashion Xiuwen called again to ask about the situation: "Lulu, I'm sorry, my meeting here hasn't finished yet, I'll come over as soon as it's over."
"Don't worry, Dad should be fine now."
Putting down the phone, Gan Lu asked Aunt Wang to go back first: "You go home and have a rest. You have been in the hospital for so many days, so go back to see your grandson. I took a day off today anyway. You can replace me tomorrow morning."
Aunt Wang smiled and said, "No need, I'll come over at night. You are pregnant, so you can't stay in the hospital for so long."
Gan Lu didn't say anything else, and sent Aunt Wang out, then moved the chair to the window to read.She has been upset recently and has not read novels for many days.I took out the book I put in this morning from my bag and saw that it was the novel "Maliciousness" by Japanese best-selling author Keigo Higashino, and I couldn't help being startled.
When she reads mystery novels, what she likes is the progressive and meticulous reasoning process. In fact, she doesn't like the violent, paranoid and bloody side that Japanese mystery novels like to exaggerate.I bought this book purely because of the high reviews online.But after buying it, just before the Spring Festival, she was worried about Shang Xiuwen who was far away in Brazil, and she was not in good spirits. She picked it up and read about ten pages, then put it aside.
There is nothing left and right now, she opened it again and looked at it.The ward was very quiet except for the nurse who came in regularly to check the infusion and observe the drainage tube.
Gan Lu only saw less than a third of the place, and the murderer had already been arrested, confessed to the crime, and the case had been solved, and the rest was all deduction of the motive of the crime.She couldn't help but feel less interested, and had to admit that, in her current state of mind, it might be better to read less such heavy and gloomy words.
She put down her book, went to the window and looked outside. There were many sycamores planted in the hospital, and the branches were just covered with a little light yellow. Not realistic enough.Unknowingly, the cold winter has truly passed, and spring comes quietly and inadvertently.
She was in a trance when she heard a light knock on the door behind her. Looking back, she saw Wu Lijun standing at the door.
"Mom, why are you here?"
Wu Lijun walked in, stood at the end of the bed to look at Gambo, and then took a look at the nursing registration form hanging at the end of the bed: "I accompanied the leaders of the department to check the work. I just sent them away, so I stopped by to have a look. Is everything okay?"
"The doctor said the operation was a success." Gan Lu paused, "Thank you mom for your trouble."
Wu Lijun was not polite, and looked at her: "Your complexion is still not good, you should pay attention to nutrition and rest."
"Thank you mom, I'll keep an eye on it."
"It's inconvenient to live in Yian's place, so let's move back."
With Wu Lijun's personality, status, and way of doing things, Gan Lu immediately felt that she couldn't refuse such words, so she could only say, "Mom, I want to wait until Dad is well taken care of for a while."
Wu Lijun nodded: "Xiuwen will be very busy during this period, don't blame him for not having time to take care of you. And because of your miscarriage this time, he is in a very bad mood, so you should be considerate of him."
Gan Lu glanced nervously at Gambo, and was relieved when she saw him lying motionless, and whispered, "Mom, I know."
"Xiuwen has always been serious about you. I hope you don't care too much about his shares in Xusheng. After all, it's not that he deliberately concealed anything from you, and it's not a matter of principle."
Gan Lu could only say "hmm".
"I have received the embryo histopathological examination and chromosomal examination reports, and the fetus has no pathological or genetic defects."
Gan Lu looked straight at her mother-in-law, not understanding the meaning of the words: "What inspection?"
Wu Lijun continued: "I asked the hospital to take your aborted embryo for testing, that is to say, the child's miscarriage was not due to congenital factors, I guess it should have something to do with you worrying about your father and running back and forth emotionally. You are still young, you can rest assured that as long as you pay attention to your body and get pregnant after a suitable period of time, you will definitely have a healthy child with Xiuwen."
Gan Lu's face was pale and she was completely speechless.At this time, Shang Xiuwen strode in and said in a deep voice, "Mom, stop talking."
Before Gan Lu could say anything, Gambo, who was lying on the bed, suddenly spoke weakly: "Lulu, did you have a miscarriage? What's going on?"
Gan Lu was startled, hurried to the head of the bed, forced a smile and said, "I'm fine, Dad."
"When did you have a miscarriage? Did you miscarry because of my illness?" Gamble looked very emotional and struggled to sit up.
Shang Xiuwen stepped over and held him down: "Dad, don't get excited, Lulu is fine, don't think about it."
Wu Lijun said in a deep voice, "Be careful not to press him on the drainage tube."
However, Gamble seemed to be irritable and just stared at his daughter: "Lulu, tell me, what's wrong with you?"
Gan Lu's eyes were red, and she held back her tears and said, "Dad, you lie still and don't move, and be careful of the wound, I'm really fine."
Gambo completely ignored her words and just struggled. Shang Xiuwen didn't dare to press too tightly because he was afraid that he would push harder.Gan Lu saw the drainage tube in his abdomen fall off, and the bloody drainage fluid flowed out. She cried out in fright. Wu Lijun walked over quickly, pushed her away, pressed the call button on the bedside, and stabilized the infusion fluid at the same time. shelf.
After a while, the doctor and nurse on duty hurried in and immediately asked the family members to leave.After a while, Professor Qiu Mingde also came over.
Gan Lu stared nervously at the door of the ward, and Wu Lijun frowned and said, "It's not difficult to deal with the drainage tube falling off, as long as there is no extensive abdominal bleeding, it doesn't matter."
For the first time, Shang Xiuwen felt helpless about his mother's professionalism and calmness, as well as her indifference to other people's emotions. He said in a deep voice, "Mom, you should go back first."
Before Wu Lijun could say anything, Gan Lu shook off Shang Xiuwen's hand: "Please go back."
Wu Lijun was a little surprised: "What's your attitude?"
Gan Lu was so angry that her body couldn't help shaking, she tried to control her emotions: "I'm sorry, Mom, my father was hospitalized for surgery this time, I want to thank you for your care, but why do you have to say those words in the ward to provoke him? ?”
"How do I know that you didn't tell him about the miscarriage. Patients with liver cirrhosis are prone to irritable and suspicious emotions, especially your father's liver cirrhosis caused by alcoholism. It is normal to have manic reactions after the effects of anesthesia... ..."
"Mom—" Shang Xiuwen interrupted Wu Lijun, "Stop talking."
At this time, Professor Qiu came out and said to Wu Lijun: "Director Wu, the drainage tube has been inserted again. Judging by the color of the drainage fluid, there should be no extensive abdominal bleeding. We gave the patient a little sedative, and he has calmed down. Yes. Originally, the first-level nursing care was enough for this operation, but considering the patient’s current condition, I think it would be better to transfer him to the intensive care unit for a few days of 24-hour special care.”
Wu Lijun nodded: "Yes."
The nurse immediately pushed the cart to transfer Gan Bo, Gan Lu looked at the busy process blankly, and couldn't help but be anxious: "Professor Qiu, can't I go in and accompany me?"
Professor Qiu comforted her: "Don't worry, there are experienced nurses in the intensive care unit to provide uninterrupted care, who can observe the patient's condition more carefully and take targeted measures. If you are worried, you can stay in the hospital at night. In the ward, I will let you know at any time if there is any situation."
Gan Lu could only nod her head and say, "Thank you."
"Secretary Li, you should also pay attention to the psychological care of the patient during the treatment process. It's not just a pre-operative notification and a conversation." Wu Lijun said lightly to Secretary Li of the hospital who came later.
Secretary Li smiled and said: "Director Wu, I will discuss with experts to see if we can arrange professional psychological counseling to facilitate the patient's recovery and next step of treatment."
After Wu Lijun left, Shang Xiuwen looked at the pale Gan Lu, and held her hand again: "Go in and rest for a while."
This time Gan Lu did not resist, and followed him into the ward, lying on the accompanying bed, Shang Xiuwen sat down beside the bed: "I apologize on behalf of my mother, she didn't mean it."
"Please also apologize to my mother on my behalf. My attitude just now...was a little too much."
They realize at the same time that they had just promised to never apologize to each other again this morning.However, they now look at each other with pain and helplessness in their eyes.
Gan Lu looked away, looked at the ceiling, and said in a low voice: "Xiuwen, no matter what you and your mother think, I have to make one thing clear. I never thought that the purpose of my existence as your wife is to give you life. A healthy child."
"I've never thought about it that way. I have to say one more thing. I want to live with you, so I want a child that belongs to us." Shang Xiuwen's voice was hoarse and deep.
However, that child is gone, and it has become a group of embryonic tissues for laboratory examination, quietly staying in test tubes for human analysis.
Thinking of what Wu Lijun said, Gan Lu had no choice but to close her eyes to keep the tears from coming out again.
Gambo spent three days in the intensive care unit, and when Gan Lu was allowed to visit, she found that the so-called special care was not just talk.Needless to say, the doctor made many rounds, and the nurses took 2-hour shifts to regularly measure Gambo’s body temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, closely observe and record the drainage tube, evaluate his skin, abdominal circumference, abdominal distension, and mental changes, and help him turn over , Massage, maintaining body and oral hygiene, etc., are things that family members cannot do no matter how careful they are.
Moreover, the hospital specially sent a psychiatrist over to have a certain amount of time of dialogue and counseling with Gambo every day. His mood gradually calmed down. Although he still couldn't help but sigh and blame himself when he saw Gan Lu, he was no longer irritable and agitated.
He finally survived the special monitoring period and was transferred back to the ward for first-level care.Gan Lu breathed a sigh of relief, but Aunt Wang suddenly caught a cold, and she was still holding on. When the doctor found out, he immediately advised her to go back to rest: "After the splenectomy, the patient will have postoperative fever, and the immune function will be weakened, so it must not be infected. .”
Recently, Gan Lu has transferred too many classes, and she can no longer ask for leave.After receiving the call, she took her lunch break and rushed to the hospital to hire a nurse to take care of Gamble, and then hurried back to school, but she was still worried.She knew very well that Gamble was too strict with Aunt Wang, but he was always too courteous and courteous to strangers, and he would not casually raise reasonable demands.She got off work and drove to the hospital in a hurry.Walking to the front of the ward, I heard Shang Xiuwen's voice.
"I like to eat the mixed casserole made by Lulu."
Gamble talked about her daughter's pride: "She knows how to cook without a teacher, and no one has taught her at all. My favorite is the tomato beef brisket she made, and I haven't eaten it for a long time."
Shang Xiuwen stayed with her in the hospital for a day and a night. He went to City J the day before yesterday, and he didn't call her before returning today. She was a little surprised, but she was somewhat relieved, and she couldn't help feeling a little dazed.
She has no choice but to learn how to cook. She only knows the basic dishes, and she has no interest in studying them, nor does she have much enthusiasm for cooking.After marriage, apart from doing early business every day, she didn't take the part-time job to take the initiative to cook and show off.She only cooks when she goes back to her father's house and Aunt Wang is away.
Of course she was impressed with the assorted casserole that Shang Xiuwen mentioned, because that was almost the only meal she cooked for him, and it was also the beginning of their inseparable love that day.
In a blink of an eye, they had been married for more than two years. She once thought that they had found the right way to get along, but now, their relationship seemed to be back to the starting point of their acquaintance, and even further apart.If there is a little uncertainty in love, it may increase the sweetness, but after marriage, it will only erode mutual trust.Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel sad, she forced herself to go in, and said with a smile: "It's very easy to eat tomato and beef brisket. As long as the doctor says you can eat it, I will make it for you."
"Lulu, why are you running over here again? You need to rest well now and get your body back on track." Seeing that Shang Xiuwen and Gan Lu looked a little sad, he couldn't help being anxious, "You are still young, and there will be opportunities in the future. That day Didn't your mother-in-law also say that? There will definitely be a healthy child. I will definitely not drag you down in the future. "
"Dad, it's fine, what are you talking about?" Gan Lu had to admit that she was partial to her father. She would be angry if her mother-in-law said the same thing, but facing her father, she could only feel sad and helpless.
"If you hadn't been busy for my hospitalization, you would definitely not have a miscarriage." Gamble complained to himself, "Xiuwen, I am really sorry for you."
"Dad, don't say that. It was just an accident. I will take good care of Lulu in the future. Don't worry."
Shang Xiuwen's voice remained steady, but Gan Lu could see the pain in his eyes, and quickly changed the subject: "Have you ordered dinner for today?"
According to the doctor's suggestion, after Gambo resumed eating, he ate a nutritious meal prepared by the hospital suitable for postoperative patients. According to him, it was definitely not delicious.He didn't complain about the food today: "It's ordered, Xiao Li went to get it, I asked him to order all the three meals for tomorrow's morning, lunch and dinner by the way, you don't have to worry about it."
While talking, the nurse Xiao Li brought back the nutritious meal, and Gambo asked the two of them to go back: "Xiu Wen didn't come back until this afternoon, so he came to see me. He will be on a business trip tomorrow, so he must be very tired. With Xiao Li here By the way, you two don't need to stay with me here, go back to eat and rest quickly."
Xiao Li is a very simple and honest rural boy, Gan Lu told him a few more words, and was about to come out with the monk Xiuwen, when he accidentally saw a colorful fruit basket and some American ginseng supplements placed by the window : "Hey, Dad, who sent this?"
"Looking at my memory, I almost forgot to tell you. Many people came to see me today. First, Jiaxi came over, carried a lot of things, and sat for a while before leaving."
"Who else?"
"That fruit basket was brought by another friend of yours. She came here not long after Jiaxi left."
"Friend?" Gan Lu didn't tell anyone about her father's hospitalization, but Qian Jiaxi asked her to have a meal and talk with her in the morning, and she really didn't have time, so she told her. "Did you say what your last name is and what you look like?"
Gamble frowned and thought about it, but couldn't figure it out, "Xiao Li, what did she say her last name was?"
Xiao Li said with a smile: "My surname is He, she is tall and pretty."
"Yes, yes, it's Miss He. After all, young people have a good memory. She said that she is your friend. She heard that I was hospitalized, so she came to see me and asked if you are feeling better now."
Gan Lu looked at Shang Xiuwen in astonishment, Shang Xiuwen was sullen and expressionless.She originally wanted to ask what her father had said to the other party, but after thinking about it again, with Gamble's personality, how could he stop his superficial sympathy and concern, she probably said everything that should be said and what should not be said, so she simply kept her mouth shut I don't ask anymore.
Gamble continued: "Lulu, remember to call her to thank her."
Gan Lu reluctantly agreed, "I see."
"That classmate of yours, Nie Qian, came to see me again just now. This time, he has already troubled him a lot. Xiuwen thanked him again and again, and you should also remember to call him."
Gan Lu nodded: "Okay."
The two left the ward and walked out of the inpatient building together.
"Lulu, I didn't know she was here."
"Of course, she won't specifically inform you that she is coming to visit your father-in-law." Gan Lu said indifferently.
Shang Xiuwen knew clearly that He Jingyi's behavior had offended her.However, he has no position to apologize on behalf of He Jingyi, and he knows that at this moment, he can't solve his wife by saying anything, he can only talk about other things.
"At present, the third sister-in-law has filed for divorce and has applied to freeze Xusheng's shares under Wu Wei's name. It is no longer possible for him to do business with Yixin."
"Are you reassuring me that you won't have the possibility of sitting with He Jingyi for a meeting or even working together?" Gan Lu stared straight ahead with a cold expression, "Xiuwen, you think I'm too narrow and suspicious. Listen now After your experience like that, I never thought about rekindling your old relationship, not to mention that Yi Xin has always had schemes against Xu Sheng. Even if Ms. He has an iron nerve and yearns to have a meeting with you, you probably I wouldn’t be so happy to accompany you.”
Shang Xiuwen had to smile wryly: "You have always seen the problem clearly. I just want you to know that I have already rejected the one-on-one meeting with He Jingyi in J City. The purpose of her coming here is nothing but to anger you. You don't need to satisfy her. .”
Gan Lu didn't speak, and walked all the way to the empty parking lot, then took out her mobile phone, trying to find He Jingyi's number, but they only talked once, and she didn't save that number.Shang Xiuwen knew what she wanted to do, and said, "I'll call her, and I'll tell her not to harass Dad anymore."
Gan Lu sneered: "I'll thank you personally, after all, she came to see my father."
Shang Xiuwen was silent, took out his mobile phone, dialed a number and handed it to her.
"Xiuwen, hello." He Jingyi's voice came out.
"Sorry, Miss He, it's me."
He Jingyi was taken aback for a moment: "Oh, what a surprise—Mrs. Shang, hello."
"Accident? I think you should be waiting for my call after being an uninvited guest this afternoon."
"That's right, let's make an appointment to meet."
Gan Lu said bluntly: "There is no need for that. What I want to say is very simple: we have never been friends, please don't use this name to disturb my father in the future."
He Jingyi chuckled: "Be polite, be polite, Mrs. Shang, pay attention to your manners, your father is very polite and honest."
Gan Lu said coldly: "If your behavior is aboveboard, even if I hate you, I will naturally be polite. But why should I be polite to a stranger who behaves suspiciously and has ulterior motives."
"Then what do you think my motives are?"
"Do you still want me to guess riddles? I'm sorry, Miss He, I'm not that cruel. Basically, you are neither mysterious nor suspenseful now. I don't need to analyze your poor intentions."
He Jingyi was irritated by this sentence: "You can still put on the posture of a winner, Mrs. Shang, I have to admire you. You must have a strong ability to deceive yourself and others, right?"
Gan Lu smiled slightly: "No, I may have many shortcomings, but I dare say, I never deceive myself."
"Okay then, since you are so brave to face the facts, let's analyze it. You married a man with a past you don't understand at all, and your marriage has problems that you can't imagine. Didn't keep..."
"Shut up, you don't deserve to mention my child at all." Gan Lu's face turned pale, and she interrupted sharply.Shang Xiuwen's complexion also changed drastically, and he looked at her worriedly: "Lulu, let me tell her."
Gan Lu ignored him and only held the phone tightly.
"Is Xiuwen here? You shouldn't have called me in front of him. Do you think this can prove your importance? It's too stupid. Your child is not as precious and unique as you think, Mrs. Shang. Don’t be surprised to hear the news. I was pregnant with Xiuwen once. If it weren’t for some irreparable things, I would be the mother of Xiuwen’s child. He must be very sad now. I feel sorry for him. He shouldn’t be pregnant again. Go through this pain once."
"Unfortunately, your news is not as shocking as you imagined. It's really touching to be so thoughtful and considerate to your old lover. But for the nostalgic part, I'm afraid you have found the wrong person to confide in." Gan Lu regained her composure and said coldly Said, "Don't just pay attention to listing other people's lives, Miss He, I was surprised by your enthusiasm from the very beginning. I suddenly found that if I wasn't a little cruel, you would be endless and very unwilling. Okay, let me tell you what I understand."
"I'm all ears."
"You have very good and deep memories with Xiuwen, and you even have a child who was not born."
"Lulu—" Shang Xiuwen called her name in a deep voice, holding her shoulders tightly with his hands, causing her shoulder blades to ache. Said in a business-like tone without any emotion: "Perhaps since then, no other man has loved you like that, or in other words, you have never loved another man like that."
"Interesting reasoning."
"Even if you know that there is no possibility of a new start with him, you can't bear that he has a marriage, a normal family, and maybe even another child, and lives a life that has nothing to do with you. I'm right Pretty much right?"
He Jingyi was silent for a while, then spoke again, her voice was hoarse and angry: "Why do you presume on me like this?"
"Because you speculate on others first, Miss He, I'm afraid you have to accept the same treatment from others. And I don't need to speculate at all. Your behavior has clearly expressed your psychology."
He Jingyi suddenly laughed loudly: "You are right about one thing, Xiuwen and I used to love each other very much, I can't love another man the way I love him, and likewise, he can't love another man the way he loves me A woman. You may have married him, and if you tolerated it enough, you could live with him forever. But his passion, the love of his youth, will always be mine, and you will never have the chance to experience it."
Gan Lu remained calm, and said with a slight sarcasm: "Such a passion that burns for so many years is really admirable. But don't you think it will damage the sanctity of your relationship if you show it off so often?" To what extent? It’s better to keep it alone, don’t share it with me anymore.”
He Jingyi retorted: "Then you don't have to show off your so-called normal family to me. What you get is a man who compromised with life. He married you when it was time to get married, and had a baby with you when it was time to have children." Child. Do you think this step-by-step life is worthy of my envy?"
"That's true. But why are you so concerned with a life you're scornful of? And can't wait to see if it doesn't go on?"
This question seemed to be difficult for He Jingyi at last, she was silent for a while, and suddenly said quietly: "Yes, I can't let go of Xiuwen."
Gan Lu was not surprised by this frankness, but she didn't know what to say for a while, no matter how angry she was, she couldn't help feeling a little in awe of other people's deep feelings.
However, He Jingyi immediately sneered, and continued: "Of course I can't bear to see a man who used to be so energetic become so content with a mediocre life."
Gan Lu also sneered: "Do you want to save Xiuwen from this mediocre life? It's such a great feeling, I don't understand it, but I have no objection—"
"Lulu," Shang Xiuwen interrupted her again, put his hands on her shoulders together, hugged her into his arms, stared into her eyes, and said in a low but clear voice, "You don't have to waste time with irrelevant people discuss our lives."
Gan Lu glanced at him, looked away coldly, and continued to say to the phone: "If he also wants to be rescued by you, I will not stand in front of you. But you must have heard what he said just now, right? Miss He .Maybe you didn’t expect him to think that a mediocre life seems to have a mediocre value, and he is neither eager to escape, nor does he want to share it with irrelevant people.”
He Jingyi's voice was serious: "You can believe what you want to believe, Mrs. Shang."
"Among us, there is only one person who wants to believe what she wants to believe, and that person is definitely not me. Frankly speaking, I think your current psychology is a bit abnormal. If you go to see a psychiatrist to correct it, it will be better for you. Okay, but this has nothing to do with me. In short, you can talk to him as much as you like. I just want to say it again, don’t bother me, let alone my father.”
Gan Lu returned the slightly hot cell phone to Shang Xiuwen, broke free from his hand, turned around and walked towards Baolai who was parked aside, Shang Xiuwen grabbed her: "You have seen her behavior and purpose very clearly. Why should you be so angry?"
"It's not just her behavior and purpose that I can see clearly. Xiuwen, there are many things that I have to see clearly. But it's one thing to see clearly, but it's another thing to think through and let go." Something happened."
She tried to break free from his hand, but instead he pulled her back into his arms and hugged her tighter: "I know what she told you, Lulu, I don't deny that I loved her, but that's in the past .”
Gan Lu struggled for a while, unable to get away, so she calmed down in his arms and looked at him fixedly: "Xiuwen, I can only think that you are pretending to be stupid if you are still talking about this now. You really think that I am just Are you comparing the past?"
Shang Xiuwen hugged her with one arm, raised the other hand, and swept back her bangs that had grown so close to her eyes because she didn't have time to trim them recently: "I know, you don't care about it. It's just that I let you down, not only There is a complicated past that I haven't explained to you clearly, and what's more, I let this past hurt our present. I know what I say will not satisfy you. "
Gan Lu was silent for a while before speaking: "It seems that you don't know everything. Then, please deal with your past first, and don't let her harass me again, otherwise we have nothing to talk about."
"I'll deal with it. But the more it's like this, the more you should be with me instead of looking at me with an attitude that has nothing to do with you. "
"What do you want me to do? Show affection with you in front of her? But," Gan Lu pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "What kind of affection can rival the time she spent with you in her memories? Such passion makes her I still miss it to this day. Even if I suddenly found a talent for acting, I could overcome my estrangement from you, and go to her to play a reality show in front of her, she would probably comment and say: 'Xiuwen hugged me harder before.'" After finishing these words , she also seemed a little disgusted and frightened, she didn't know whether she was facing herself or another imaginary person, and made a disgusted expression, "I'm sorry, I really can't cooperate with you."
"Do you mind what she said so much?"
"I'm not as calm as you. Yes, I do mind."
Shang Xiuwen's fingers froze in her hair, he paused for a while, and said bitterly: "Now you can understand why I have been avoiding talking about those past events, I know, as long as I talk about it, you will question me everything of."
Gan Lu stared at him suddenly: "Now, you still think that hiding from me is a kind and rational act, even for me?" She laughed silently, "Thank you for your evaluation of my IQ, It's really appropriate. By the way, you probably married me because I didn't have the habit of asking the bottom line?"
Shang Xiuwen didn't expect the conversation to take a sudden turn here: "If you think my confession is meaningful, I'm willing to say it again, I married you because I love you."
"Excuse me, do you love me the same way you loved He Jingyi before?" Gan Lu asked coldly.
"Don't compare my love for you to a past relationship, it's different."
"Of course, that's different." Gan Lu repeated his words, her expression indifferent again, "At least after the end, I'm unlikely to have a passionate memory. But Xiuwen, do you think I Should I accept my fate and accept your different love with peace of mind?"
"You must misinterpret my meaning like this, how can we communicate."
"You haven't tried to be honest with me, so don't talk about any communication. I'm afraid I can't go back to the previous state of ignorance, waiting for you to reward the truth."
"Lulu, from the moment I met you, I knew you were smart and sensitive. Even if I hid some things from you, it was only because I thought those things had nothing to do with our lives. If I just regarded marriage as a life One thing that must be done, marry a wife who is not troublesome and give birth to me, then obviously, there are many people who are more suitable than you."
"Shang Xiuwen—" Gan Lu called his name hoarsely, and after a pause, she said softly, "We can't communicate anymore, you and I are still not talking about the same thing."
"We can sit down and have a good talk. I will listen carefully to what you want to say."
"It's not necessary. Even in the past, you were lazy, unenterprising, and indifferent, and you have always been an attractive man. Otherwise, I wouldn't have agreed to marry you without being [-]% sure that you loved me. Then With the conditions you have made public now, you can even find a lot of girls vying to marry you and have children for you. I will not occupy this position and delay your family plans, we..."
Shang Xiuwen's hands tightened suddenly, and she hit his chest heavily, her body was squeezed together with him suddenly, the force was so strong that her breathing was a little embarrassed, she raised her head passively, his face was far away from him. She was very close, and under the dim light, he stared at her sharply, then opened his mouth and said clearly: "Lulu, never say those two words to me, I don't agree." He approached her again A little bit, every word seems to be directly branded into her consciousness, "Please respect our marriage a little bit, and don't always act like you can give up everything easily."
Gan Lu pressed her hands against his body in vain, trying to open a little distance so that she could breathe normally, but her hands pressed against his chest, and she couldn't push him at all. She only felt that there was a thin shirt, The place on his chest was beating violently and powerfully, as irregular as his own pulse.She was a little dizzy because of her shortness of breath, and she couldn't respond to his accusation.
When he finally let her go, she took a deep breath and was speechless for a while.
"I'll walk you home."
(End of this chapter)
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