Pay back the money
"Why was he discharged from the hospital?" Seeing Liu Shiwu getting better day by day, Ma Aili was happy for him but also worried.
When she arrived at the hospital today, she saw the empty ward. When she asked the nurse, she found out that he had been discharged on his own.
Did he remember everything?
However, when we were together a few days ago, he didn't behave as if he had forgotten about it, and he seemed to have no grudges.
She thought he must have gone back to his hometown, and that was the only place he could go back to.
Liu Shiwu's face was haggard and unhealthy, his lips were pale, his cheeks were thin, and his hair was dry and yellow.
He only had some money that Ma Aili and Feng Yun had given him, asking him to buy some food occasionally. He used the money to buy a train ticket.
Sitting on the still not-so-new urban-rural bus, in the relatively closed space, there was a mixture of various unpleasant smells.
He endured the agony and struggled for several hours before finally arriving at the town he thought he was familiar with.
After getting off the bus near his home, he looked at the streets, which had changed quite a bit, and once again felt the gap of being left behind by the world. Unease and inferiority came over him once again.
He groped his way to his home according to his memory.
The house he built years ago has become dilapidated from the outside. It only has three floors. The foundation of the house was given by his uncle who passed away early. He borrowed money to build the house, but he didn't enjoy it at all. Just as the house was completed, his mother fell ill and had to be hospitalized.
So even though we lived in a brand new house, we were so poor that we were going crazy, and we couldn't sell the house for various reasons.
So I rented out one floor.
He looked at the unlocked door and walked in.
There were several young children sitting on the sofa inside the door, looking at the strange man with some confusion and curiosity.
"Who are you?" One of them asked the older girl with wariness in his eyes.
The woman who was cooking in the kitchen came out when she heard the noise. The woman who was about the same age as him frowned when she saw him, and after a few seconds, she asked tentatively.
"Are you Takeru?"
"Sister Fang, I'm back." This woman was his tenant and the wife of his distant cousin.
"Hey, have you... eaten yet?" The woman wiped her hands on her apron and asked awkwardly. "Let me clean your room for you."
"I'm not hungry." He said and was about to go upstairs.
"You should eat something first. Your room is a mess and needs to be cleaned up." Sister Fang stepped forward and held him back.
He sat down at the dining table obediently. There was the sound of hurried tidying upstairs. A bunch of children gathered around the table and watched him. He ate his meal slowly.
The second floor was cleared and he was invited upstairs.
The interior had been carefully swept, but he could see signs that someone had always lived there.
He understood in his heart. When he first rented the apartment, he had rented two rooms on the third floor. His cousin and his wife only had one child. Now, he didn't ask, but among the four or five children living downstairs, three of them looked like him and his wife.
It is normal that there is not enough housing, and he doesn't need to worry about it.
He lay in bed with his eyes closed, but he couldn't fall asleep and was very conscious.
I can't sleep at night, but when I wake up during the day I feel strangely energetic.
It was two days later that I resumed normal sleep. Perhaps my body could no longer hold on and fell into a coma.
He didn't know which day or when it was, but he opened his eyes and didn't want to stay in the room anymore. He had been staying at home all this time and hadn't left the house. He dug out his old clothes and put them on, but they felt empty on his body because he was too thin now.
Walking out the door, he headed in one direction and heard firecrackers and noisy voices.
When he got closer, he found that a family was holding a wedding. He was just passing by and wanted to take a walk and get some fresh air.
As a result, he saw Wu Chongli with a rosy face and a happy expression in the yard. Then he realized belatedly that this family was his brother-in-law's family.
He stood at the door blankly for a while, then stepped in.
The people inside gradually noticed him and the conversation gradually stopped. Wu Chongli also noticed him, stopped talking to others, and walked towards him.
"Is your niece getting married?" Liu Shiwu asked calmly as he saw him approach. "Congratulations."
"What are you doing here?" Wu Chongli pulled him out of the door and chose a place where he could avoid the sight of others.
"I just came back a few days ago." Liu Shiwu said slowly, answering the question irrelevantly. Then he seemed to react. "I remember you owed me money."
Wu Chongli noticed that something was wrong with him. He remembered that he seemed to have been lying in the hospital all these years, and he was mainly afraid that he would cause trouble.
Today is his niece's day and nothing can go wrong.
He took out his wallet from his pocket, took out all the money inside and stuffed it into his pocket.
"You can use it." He didn't owe him any money, but he couldn't argue with such a crazy person. He just wanted to send him away. "Go away."
After saying this, Wu Chongli turned and walked into the yard, closing the door behind him.
"It's not enough." Liu Shiwu murmured after a long while.
He just remembered that it was 35,000 yuan, his hard-earned money, and he would never forget it in his life.
And the ten years he spent lying in the hospital, the youth he lost.
He stuffed the money in his hand into his trouser pocket.
Wu Chongli had to pay back what he owed him. It was only right to pay back a debt.
But he had other things to do now, so he walked in the direction he wanted to go before.
He had to find his mother's grave, it was a little far, but he wanted to go see her.
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Shi Shi once again walked to the company of the middle-aged man she had seen before. Either she did it on purpose, or she was ordered by her senior in the office to come and buy the client's favorite coffee.
She ordered coffee and sat outside the store waiting, then she saw the door of the company and saw a thin man being pushed out by security.
She looked at them a few more times out of curiosity, but from the distance she had no idea what they were talking about.
Then I saw a familiar middle-aged man in a suit and tie slowly walking out.
Her curiosity finally arose, and she walked closer, standing not far away and watching.
"It seems that I am still too kind to you. You actually followed me here." The thin man fell to the ground because he did not stand firmly. The middle-aged man walked up to him and kicked him lightly with one foot.
The force of the kick caused the man to fall face down on the ground.
"You just want money, I'll give it to you, but this is the last time. If you dare to bother me again, don't blame me for being rude." The middle-aged man said with disgust, as if he was looking at something dirty, and turned and left.
"Are you okay? Do you want me to call an ambulance for you?" Shi Shi was watching from the side, but she couldn't bear it and stepped forward to ask.
“…” The man on the ground did not answer. He stared upwards blankly with his vision unfocused.
Shi Shi didn't want to meddle in other people's business anymore and turned to leave. She paused as she suddenly realized something. "Are you Liu Shiwu?"
"Do you know me?" the man finally answered her.
"I'm Feng Yun's daughter, Shi Shi." Shi Shi answered truthfully. "I've visited you in the hospital before."
"You've grown so big." The man stood up shakily, holding his forehead with his hands and looking uncomfortable.
"Shi Shi." A male voice came from behind, and Shi Shi turned around to look.
Qin Yichuan and Feng Yun were standing not far away, watching them.
How could these two be together?
The two men came closer, and Feng Yun reached out to support Liu Shiwu.
"I wasn't watching you for a few minutes and you came here," he complained.
"Why are you here?" Shi Shi was very curious.
"I'm here to see your Uncle Liu." Feng Yun replied. It was he who brought Liu Shiwu to this city, and he called him that day and insisted that he come here.
"I made an appointment with my friend to meet nearby, and I happened to run into Uncle Feng." Qin Yichuan heard that he was looking for someone, so he just wanted to help.
"Ah, let's not talk about it for now. I have to get coffee. You guys go ahead and do your work." Shi Shi remembered what she had forgotten and hurriedly ran towards the coffee shop not far away.
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