Chapter 111: The Flower of Gaoling is Proud and Poisonous 19

"Come in quickly, Yuanyuan misses you very much"

The dean turned sideways, and behind him was a tightly closed room. The door was closed tightly, leaving no gap.

Li Chuan nodded slightly, walked to the door, suddenly stopped, raised his hand, and then hesitated and put it down.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Zhi walked to his side, took his hand and touched it comfortingly.

Li Chuan took a deep breath and gently opened the door.

There was no light in the room, it was very dark, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of medicine, which was indescribably depressing and dull.

On the white striped bed, a woman in a hospital gown sat facing the window blocked by curtains.

"mom"

Li Chuan sat down beside the bed and gently patted the woman's shoulder. The woman was suddenly stunned and then turned around stiffly.

She was thin, and the hospital gown was too big for her. Her yellowish face was full of wrinkles, and her lips were covered with dead skin due to dryness. There was water on the table, but she seemed to have lost the ability to take care of herself and let herself die of thirst.

The heartache in Li Chuan's eyes seemed to be overflowing. He picked up a glass of water from the table and handed it to the woman's lips.

The woman was stunned for half a second, and then she gobbled the food hungrily from Li Chuan's hand, choking and coughing repeatedly.

Li Chuan put down the water cup and gently patted the woman's slightly bent back, his eyes full of pain.

Jiang Zhi didn't dare to say anything and sat down quietly next to Li Chuan.

Noticing the mattress sinking, Li Chuan turned his head to look at Jiang Zhi and said softly

"Don't be afraid"

Jiang Zhi smiled and shook his head.

How could I be afraid...

Aunt Li seemed to not recognize Li Chuan. She tilted her head and looked at him curiously, her eyes full of unfamiliarity.

Li Chuan called out "Mom" again, and Aunt Li finally responded. She seemed to be frozen in place, and her lips trembled slightly.

Li Chuan said to himself, "She is my girlfriend, her name is Jiang Zhi, isn't she beautiful?"

As he spoke, Li Chuan began to choke up, losing his usual high-spirited and carefree look.

Aunt Li's eyes gradually became clear, then turned red. Big tears rolled down her face, wetting her white hospital gown. Her lips were still stained with water, and she moved slightly.

"Ogawa"

Aunt Li's hands were shaking as she tried to touch Li Chuan's face. The back of her hands were covered in scars, and the blue veins that were visible due to her excessive thinness were particularly scary. Perhaps she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of her future daughter-in-law, so she withdrew her hands in disappointment.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhi quickly stood up. It was the first time for him to meet his parents, and his legs were so weak that he could hardly stand.

"Hello Aunt Li, my name is Jiang Zhi"

Aunt Li waved her hand, her expression gentle and kind, signaling Jiang Zhi not to restrain

"Can I call you Xiaozhi?"

"sure"

Aunt Li's eyes were filled with tears of relief. She carefully reached out her hand and lovingly stroked Jiang Zhi's head.

"You are so beautiful. Does Xiaochuan bully you?"

Jiang Zhi chuckled, looked at Li Chuan beside him, and winked mischievously.

Aunt Li saw this and gave Li Chuan a slightly reproachful look, "Tell me, did you bully Xiao Zhi?"

Jiang Zhi quickly smiled and shook his head, "No, no, Aunt Li, Li Chuan is very good to me."

Aunt Li's eyes were slightly suspicious, but her expression eased a lot when she saw Jiang Zhi nod affirmatively.

She knew her son's personality well. He was just a dullard who only cared about studying. It would be bad if he finally found a daughter-in-law and she ran away.

It was also her fault for being too paranoid and insisting that Xiaochuan take the entrance exam to Huaqing University, which fostered his rebellious heart and finally led him to go to University A. Fortunately, she has now come to terms with it. As long as her son is happy, that's all that matters.

Aunt Li held Jiang Zhi's hand and talked about Li Chuan's childhood.

"Let me tell you, he wasn't like this when he was little. Once, I took him back to the countryside to visit his grandparents. In less than two weeks, he got three degrees tanned. He climbed trees to rob bird nests every day and even tore his pants."

"He even climbed a tree to rob a bird's nest."

"That's right, he even picked up a lot of bird eggs and stuffed them into his quilt, saying he wanted to be a bird dad."

“Haha ...

Jiang Zhi laughed out loud without hesitation, looking at Li Chuan with eyes full of teasing.

Li Chuan lowered his head in embarrassment, but the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

This scene has appeared in my dreams for many years.

Walking out of the hospital gate, Jiang Zhi felt much more relaxed. The panic that had been hovering in his heart slowly dissipated. He looked at Li Chuan beside him.

"What disease does Aunt Li have?"

"Mild Alzheimer's disease with self-harming behavior"

"Self-harm?" Jiang Zhi thought of the scar he had just seen and was a little bit unbelieving.

Aunt Li seems very gentle, why...

"Out of guilt"

Li Chuan exhaled a breath of turbid air and recounted that dark experience in a calm and gentle tone.

After Li Chuan gave up his admission to Huaqing University, Aunt Li, though somewhat angry, still encouraged him to do well in the Gaokao. On the day the Gaokao results came out, Aunt Li wept with joy and prepared a large meal to celebrate. But Li Chuan's words sent her resignedly to hell. Her smile froze.

"Mom, I want to go to University A"

That day, the two had an extremely fierce quarrel. Especially after learning that Li Chuan disobeyed her for a girl, Aunt Li was so angry that she flipped the table, and the dishes and chopsticks broke all over the floor, cutting Li Chuan's legs and also cutting a mother's heart. She said

"From now on, I will pretend that you are not my son!"

On the first day of school in Lichuan, Aunt Li's door was closed. No matter how much he knocked, she refused to open it and hid in bed crying.

She couldn't understand why her son, who had always been very well-behaved and obedient, suddenly became like this.

One day, Li Chuan received a call from the hospital director. Aunt Li had attempted suicide by cutting her wrists but failed. She was no longer in danger and was receiving treatment in the hospital. The director told him that Aunt Li had the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and needed to go to a quiet place for recuperation.

Then Aunt Li stayed in the suburban hospital for a whole year and was sulking for a whole year until she saw a diary.

Qing: There is a new classmate in class today, and she actually sits next to me

Qing: I yelled at her, but not only did she not get angry, she even bought me a cup of fruit tea, which seemed pretty sweet...

Yun: I saw her test paper, she only got 30 points. Did she sleepwalk in class?

Qing: How do I know what buns are? This is so embarrassing.

Xue: She said she likes me, but she wants to go to University A. With her grades, she can’t even get into a junior college.

Yu: Am I boring? ...........

Qing: Will you be in University A?

Yu: I can learn to eat spicy food and be romantic. Don’t think I’m dull…

A small diary is like the ending of a story in youth. It makes people feel amorous at the beginning, like a piece of candy, strong and hot, but ends in regret.

Aunt Li felt relieved as she read on, and her tears fell on the slightly yellowed diary.

Her son grew up and had a beloved girl...