Bai Lu said calmly, "Whether I'm advising you to get a divorce or telling you the truth, you know the answer in your heart."
"There's no need to flatter me. You'll regret it later and then blame me."
"How Wang Hao has treated you all these years, how you have treated Wang Hao, whether this marriage is his grave or his future, you know it all in your heart. You know even better why Wang Hao subconsciously wanted a divorce after losing his memory."
Bai Lu and Chen Chunli distanced themselves from each other, their footsteps heavy and unsettling.
Chen Chunli wanted to say something, to refute or argue, but she opened her mouth and no sound came out.
The noisy ward finally quieted down. The patient leaning against the headboard had turned his gaze away from the window, his head bowed, lost in thought.
Or is it something we're running away from?
"Have you thought it through?"
Xiao Cheng sat on the edge of the bed, slowly and methodically peeling an apple. The sharp knife tip moved steadily and powerfully, peeling the peel all the way through in one continuous strip.
His decisive and efficient style of doing things.
Between brothers, there's no need for excessive greetings; what needs to be said is understood by everyone.
Everyone knows in their hearts what shouldn't be said; once the arrow is released, there's no turning back, and there's no medicine for regret in this world.
Wang Hao stared blankly at Xiao Cheng's hand holding the knife, as if lost in endless, distant memories.
Only when his usual cold gaze fell upon him did he instantly look away, frantically glancing elsewhere.
He replied in a relaxed tone, "I've thought it through. After I woke up, that woman kept making a fuss by my bedside. I really don't want to spend my life with someone like that. Brother Cheng knows that I hate people who nag the most. It's good that I can't remember anything now, so I can do whatever I want."
"I won't feel any psychological burden."
After peeling the apple, Xiao Cheng didn't give it to Wang Hao. He merely glanced at him indifferently, his gaze piercing through Wang Hao's soul.
"I'm not stupid."
Wang Hao avoided eye contact with Xiao Cheng.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the apple that Xiao Cheng had peeled in his hand, and as usual, he reached out to take it from him.
"This is the first time in my life I've received a peeled apple, and it was Cheng-ge who's never peeled an apple for anyone before. I've used up all my luck for the year. If Sixteen and Dazhuang knew, they'd be green with envy!"
Xiao Cheng glanced at the hand in front of him, which was wrapped in a cast and stretched out with difficulty, and expressionlessly pulled the apple back.
"It wasn't made for you."
Wang Hao: "???"
The plaster cast on his hand froze in mid-air, feeling awkward.
"Big idiot Hao, that was Cheng-ge who peeled it for his sister-in-law, it has nothing to do with you!"
"Brother Cheng even peeled an apple for you. What kind of pipe dream are you still dreaming about?"
Luo Shiliu yawned like a lazy cat and slowly walked in, not forgetting to make a sarcastic remark about Wang Hao's self-delusion.
"They said we were so envious, tsk tsk tsk~ Doesn't your face hurt? Does it hurt more than your arm in a cast?"
Xiao Dazhuang followed closely behind, carrying a fruit basket: "His brain injury is more serious; it should hurt more than his brain."
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have lost his memory, forgetting even his beloved Chen Chunli and his son."
Chen Chunli and Wang Hao have known each other since junior high school.
We were classmates in junior high and senior high.
In the second semester of his first year of high school, Wang Hao's father suffered a stroke and needed surgery. The large medical expenses required borrowing money from various sources.
After the surgery, Wang Hao's father survived.
However, the need to take medication year-round, every day, and the high cost of the medication make it unaffordable for families burdened with debt.
After dropping out of school, Wang Hao followed Xiao Cheng.
Xiao Cheng's gang at the time included Luo Shiliu and Xiao Zhongbiao, with Wang Hao in fourth place and Xiao Dazhuang in fifth.
Later, they went through thick and thin together, making a living on the edge of a knife, shedding blood but not tears, and the five brothers became four brothers.
Even now, they still remember the scene when Wang Hao first introduced his girlfriend to his brothers after paying off his family's debts.
"My girlfriend is Chen Chunli, everyone knows her, so I won't go on and on about her. From now on, Xiaoli is my wife. Wife, quickly toast everyone, the first toast should be to Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng is our big brother..."
At that time, Chen Chunli was eighteen years old, young and beautiful, and she greeted everyone with a cheerful "Hello, Big Brother!" while offering a toast.
Then came the second and third brothers, and then the eldest brother, Dazhuang.
Because of this cup of wine for her younger siblings, Chen Chunli received everyone's leniency towards her.
After failing her college entrance exam, Chen Chunli and Wang Hao were discussing marriage, and everything seemed perfect.
As the wedding date approached, Wang Hao's father's condition deteriorated repeatedly, and Wang Hao gave all the money he had promised Chen Chunli for the bride price and the wedding banquet to the hospital.
Wang Hao promised to treat Chen Chunli well in the future and listen to her in everything. Chen Chunli agreed to get married without a dowry or wedding banquet, and her temper began to change from that time on.
He was initially just occasionally arrogant, but later became domineering and started behaving tyrannically every day, even cursing people in the street.
Wang Hao's parents were also not spared from the disaster.
Knowing they owed Chen Chunli a debt, the Wang family repeatedly tolerated and let things slide.
Unexpectedly, Chen Chunli went even further, overturning stalls and assaulting people in the street.
The stall owners in town knew that Chen Chunli was Wang Hao's wife, and that Wang Hao was Xiao Cheng's brother, so they dared not seek revenge.
Because of that cup of wine for his sister-in-law, Xiao Cheng, Luo Shiliu, and the others didn't say a harsh word to Chen Chunli in person, nor did they lay a hand on her; they just let Wang Hao handle it himself.
Wang Hao felt guilty and made concessions in every way, which only made his life worse and worse.
This has led to the current irreversible situation.
Luo Shiliu and Xiao Dazhuang didn't know how to comfort him, and perhaps Wang Hao didn't need comforting at all now.
They each picked up an apple and started peeling it.
“In TV dramas, patients always eat apples, so we’ll peel an apple for you to boost your brainpower.”
Luo Shiliu glanced at the apple in Xiao Cheng's hand and smiled smugly, "Don't even think about the apple that Brother Cheng peeled. That belongs to Sister-in-law. You can only dream of eating it."
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