Chonglou slept for one day and two nights and did not wake up until the early morning of the third day.
When I woke up, Zhu Jin was writing a prescription beside me. The loose hospital gown and calm face were something I had dreamed of countless times.
"Doctor Chonglou is awake." Luo Le, who was standing next to Zhu Jin and watching Zhu Jin write calligraphy without blinking, was the first to notice that Chonglou had woken up.
"You're awake." Zhu Jin put down his brush, walked over, helped him sit down, and poured him a cup of warm water.
Chonglou watched her movements with a smile, drank some water and held onto Zhu Jin's hand, not letting go, grinning nonchalantly, "I'm sorry, Miss Zhu Jin, for not taking good care of your man."
"It's none of my business. You are the one who suffers, not me." Zhu Jin broke free from his hand without any hesitation and grabbed his hand to check his pulse again.
She performed this operation a hundred times in just over ten hours, and each time she thought she had made a wrong diagnosis.
"I originally wanted to act cool and not want to make you worry more, but I didn't expect that I failed in the end..." Chonglou looked at Zhu Jin's blue eyes and trembling eyelashes, and the words in his mouth gradually faded away.
"I just hope you can take good care of yourself in the next year." There were no external injuries on his body, not even scars, but his whole body was almost full of holes and countless hidden injuries. Zhu Jin couldn't imagine that a person could ruin such a healthy body into its current state in just a few months.
"Yes, sir. Whatever you say is what it is. I..." Although he knew that it would be useless for her to try his best not to leave any trace, he still tried his best not to leave any trace in the end.
"Wash up, your beard has grown." Zhu Jin suddenly interrupted him and turned back to continue writing the prescription.
She didn't want to hear any of his promises. The last four words Chonglou said when he left a few months ago were "Wait for me to come back", and he almost lost his life when he came back.
"Zhu Jin..." Chonglou said with a smile, but Zhu Jin still didn't listen, "Hurry up and wash up."
With a body like that, he could still joke and laugh in front of her as if nothing had happened... She couldn't control it and didn't want to face his smile for the time being.
Chonglou followed Luo Le's invitation and went into the bathroom. He leaned against Luo Le and smiled at himself in the mirror on the wall. He said to himself, "It's so ugly even when I smile... No wonder she doesn't want to see it."
Luo Le supported him without saying anything, and Chong Lou didn't care. He shaved his beard first and then asked Luo Le, "Has your master never rested?"
"No, she has been considering a prescription since you collapsed."
Chonglou washed his face, and only after he finished did he ask, "Is my health...in bad condition?"
"Master said that it will take a year of recuperation to get better." Luo Le glanced at Chong Lou, "Master has written a prescription for half a year, changing it every half a month. He said that he will write the next prescription after she comes out to see the situation."
Chonglou didn't say anything else.
After Chonglou had his meal, Zhu Jin finally stopped writing. She thought over the thick prescription from beginning to end, and after changing two places, she finally confirmed it and handed it to Luo Le. "I'll give you this prescription. I'll give you a month's supply of medicine every month. You prepare the medicine for him and keep an eye on him."
"Okay." Basil took it carefully.
"You should study the book I gave you carefully. If you don't understand something, ask me when you come to see me at the beginning of each month. You should take care of the hospital, bring back all the medicines, and then go through the resignation procedures. You are not a master yet, so don't accept patients casually no matter who says what, lest you come to accompany your master..." Zhu Jin shook her head, "No, my place is a women's prison, you can't enter yet."
"I know, Master." Zhu Jin treated Luo Le and he watched and learned for a few months. Later, he also took pulses and tried to write prescriptions by himself. He has come into contact with various diseases. Now when he reads the medical books given by Zhu Jin again, he can understand many things that he didn't understand before. It is also a good time to settle down and learn.
Basil left, and only Chonglou and Zhujin were left in the ward.
"Are you angry?" Chonglou went to hold Zhujin's hand, "This is the first time you're angry with me."
"If I were you, could you face it calmly?" Zhu Jin looked down at his hands.
Chonglou was silent.
Zhu Jin became even more silent. She felt that she had become very strange. She didn't like Chonglou's jokes, but she felt even more uncomfortable when he was silent.
After waiting for a while, Chonglou didn't say anything. Zhu Jin smiled bitterly silently. If he didn't speak now, he would never speak again.
"Before you left, Qingshuangzi told me that it was you who asked her to give those photos of Zhao Yu and Li Yu to Helian Nan. What happened then?" Chonglou didn't say anything, but Zhu Jin took advantage of the remaining time to ask him.
Chonglou looked up suddenly.
"You know?" Chonglou's voice was tense. No matter how calm Zhu Jin was, he himself could not calm down, because he knew that no matter what, those photos were the direct driving force that turned Helian Nan's life upside down.
He had always wanted to tell Zhu Jin about this, but Zhu Jin refused to see them at first. Later, when he saw Zhu Jin, he said he had lost his memory. After that, he became even more unable to tell her, because he didn't know if anything would change between them after he told her.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Jin already knew it.
"I found out suddenly that day. I wanted to ask you, but you said you were leaving, so I didn't ask because I was in a hurry." Zhu Jin saw that Chonglou's expression changed drastically and frowned slightly, "Why did you have those photos at that time?"
"I saw it by accident." Chonglou was silent for a moment before answering.
"I went to a party with Yu Liren and his friends and drank a lot. It was late when we were drinking and having fun. When I was leaving, I had drunk too much and walked unsteadily, so I bumped into someone. When I was helping that person pick up something, I saw those photos and his press card."
"He's a reporter from a small website, a reporter who is omnipresent and does everything he can to dig up information and make money..."
"I thought that you had the right to know, so I told you before you were officially married. At that time, I was confused and angry, so I contacted you in the middle of the night. You hung up after I didn't even say a few words of scolding, and I never contacted you again."
"You had such a bad impression of me at that time that the guards wouldn't let me get close to you. The next day, as the wedding was getting closer, I had no choice but to ask for the amaranth to bring to you. At that time, I saw that you hadn't moved, and I felt strange and angry, until something happened..."
"I realized then that you hadn't seen it before... In the end, good intentions turned into bad things."
"Unexpectedly..." Zhu Jin murmured, "Not everything will go as we wish."
"I've always owed you an apology..." Chonglou looked at Zhu Jin and thought of the first time they met in the hospital after the accident. "I went to the hospital at that time to see if you really had lost your memory and whether you could accept my apology."
"I'm sorry, there's no need to say sorry." Zhu Jin looked at Chonglou and shook her head, "You're really able to hold it in. You hid such a thing in your heart, feeling guilty and blaming yourself, but holding it in..."
"Because if it were me, I would hate and vent my anger on others." Chonglou laughed, "So later on, I didn't want to say it anymore. I thought it would be best if you didn't know. If you knew, you would have to wait until you knew and hated but couldn't. I never knew when that time would be."
After Chonglou finished speaking, he thought Zhu Jin would respond to him, but to his surprise, Zhu Jin knew what he wanted to know and changed the subject without responding to him.
"I'll be back in prison in a minute, and I won't see anyone except Basil during this time."
"Me too?"
"No, if you want to say something, say it now."
"I miss you, I miss you so much." Chonglou said, speaking the truth, and couldn't help laughing.
He knew what Zhu Jin wanted him to say, and he also knew why Zhu Jin wanted him to say it, but he really couldn't say it.
What can I say? He is back, but he doesn't know what he has brought back. He seems to be safe, but he still doesn't know what is waiting for him ahead.
Ishigami Baishi and his son Ishigami Wei went out and headed to the appraisal center.
Shi Wei arrived at the entrance of the appraisal center with the same journey as usual. He suddenly grabbed Shi Shangbai's hand and said, "Dad, why do I have to come here?"
"Because you want to come, because you want an answer." Shi Shangbai looked down at Shi Wei and said, then walked forward again.
Afterwards, he paid the fee in silence, handed over the hair of both people at the exit, and continued to wait in silence in the waiting area.
Ten minutes later, Shi Wei took the report but did not read it. He and Ishigami Bai walked towards the flying car in silence.
"Dad, why didn't you scold me for making trouble and stop me from coming?" A few days was enough for him to have a hunch, and Ishigami Kashiwa's previous performance further proved his idea.
In fact, he had been waiting for Ishigami Kashiwa to say that he was ignorant and stop him, but from beginning to end, he never stopped him.
Ishigami Kashiwa didn't answer.
Shi Wei looked at Shi Shangbai, gritted his teeth and went to read the report. After just one glance, he suddenly crumpled the report into a ball, tears bursting out instantly, "You are not my father at all!"
"You're not my dad at all!"
"Because of that piece of paper?" Shi Shangbai looked at Shi Wei, "Because of that piece of paper, you said I'm not your father?"
"It wasn't like that at all, it wasn't like that at all!" Shi Wei's mind was filled with the photo he had just seen. The worry and fear that had been weighing on his heart for the past few days finally burst out. He screamed and couldn't help but rush forward, running away without caring about anything to vent his anger.
Shi Shangbai lowered his head to pick up the report, but did not chase after Shi Wei.
He thought Shi Wei's reaction would be different from others, but in the end, it was still the same.
Shi Shangbai waited for dozens of minutes, but Shi Wei didn't come back. Shi Shangbai tried to contact him but he didn't answer. He didn't go back to his grandmother's house or to his classmate's house. Shi Shangbai finally went to the district hospital.
Shiwei might go find hibiscus.
When Zhu Jin was about to leave, Yu Liren and Yu An came to see Chonglou, so Zhu Jin stayed for a while. After Yu Liren left, Zhu Jin was not in a hurry to leave.
Zhu Jin always remembered Yu Liren's eyes. Even today, Yu Liren's eyes are still the same.
"What's wrong?" Chonglou looked at Zhu Jin with a strange look and asked hurriedly.
"After you left, I have been very close to the Shi family. Shi Wei has always been like a child, and Shi Shangbai has always taken good care of me." Zhu Jin glanced at Chonglou, "In the past few months, especially the past few days... when everyone was blaming me and putting me down, he was the one who always believed in me and helped me."
As soon as Zhu Jin opened his mouth, Chonglou's expression changed and he said "hmm".
The next moment, I was startled because Zhu Jin said, "I'm sorry, Chonglou."