Chapter 55 Chapter 55 "I married him."...
Time is an extremely subtle description of emotions. In addition to passing, it also rolls back, like waves at high tide, never stopping.
Lin Qianyuan didn't explain much, just saying, "It just so happens that I'm in need of a marriage partner."
"And you happen to be more suitable."
After she finished speaking, she saw that he didn't seem to react, so she stepped back and waited calmly on the side.
She didn't force him, and she never forced anyone. She wanted him to choose for himself.
Pei Lanqing's tired face turned pale, and he subconsciously wanted to ask why or refuse for a moment. The next second, the reality unfolded before his eyes, cruel and ruthless.
Pei Dejun's condition has developed to the terminal stage of chronic kidney disease, also known as uremia.
The best treatment for this disease is a kidney transplant, but a transplant requires a long waiting period, during which patients can only be treated with medication and dialysis.
As a family member, he needs to raise the money for surgery as soon as possible during the waiting period to avoid missing the best treatment opportunity. Before all hope is lost, every step is about money.
"Okay," Pei Lanqing said, nodding gently without asking any questions. "I agree."
He looked at the person standing in front of him and said with a slightly hoarse voice, "Thank you."
Lin Qianyuan didn't care what he was thinking. As long as he agreed, that was enough. She opened her handbag and slipped a bank card into his palm. "The password is my birthday."
Lin Qianyuan looked around the public hospital. The floor index next to the elevator showed that this was the Department of Nephrology. The elevator was opening and closing, and people were coming and going around him, so it was inevitably noisy.
She pulled him into the relatively quiet stairwell and asked, "Is it convenient to transfer to another hospital?"
Fearing he might refuse, Lin Qianyuan thought for a few seconds and then spoke calmly, "Special wards here are generally in short supply, and booking an appointment takes a long time."
She let go of his wrist and looked up at him. "Do you still remember the hospital I stayed in before? The environment was good and the medical level was not bad. If I lived alone, wouldn't it be easier for you to take care of me?"
Lin Qianyuan saw the gray under his eyes and frowned slightly, thinking that it would be better to transfer him to another hospital so that he could rest in the ward at night and avoid running back and forth.
What she said was well-reasoned and he couldn't refute it from any angle. However, Pei Lanqing hesitated and asked softly, "Will this be bad for you?"
He knew that the director of the hospital was her grandfather, and she was not on good terms with her stepmother.
Lin Qianyuan was stunned for a moment, then raised her eyebrows and smiled. She had hardly slept all night and was a little sleepy. At this moment, her tiredness was swept away. The sunlight, which was almost noon, slipped into her eyes through the window, and it was surprisingly bright.
Pei Lanqing turned his face away and took a step back unconsciously.
Lin Qianyuan was not satisfied with his action, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face, but he didn't say anything. "No."
Pei Lanqing stopped talking.
Lin Qianyuan took it as his tacit agreement and said, "Someone will contact you later. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Lin..." Pei Lanqing looked at her back. He still wanted to refuse, but the thin bank card in his hand became particularly heavy at this moment, so heavy that he couldn't say another word.
Lin Qianyuan had already turned around, waiting for him to speak with a puzzled look on his face.
Pei Lanqing swallowed what he was about to say and whispered, "Thank you."
This was the second time he thanked her. Lin Qianyuan responded indifferently and left without looking back.
Uncle Chen had been waiting at the hospital entrance. As soon as he caught a glimpse of Lin Qianyuan, he trotted over and asked anxiously, "Miss Lin, what's wrong with you? Is it serious? What did the doctor say?"
Lin Qianyuan was stunned by his question and said, "I'm not sick."
"You're not ill?"
Uncle Chen heaved a sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "Good, I'm fine, I'm fine." Then he thought again, feeling surprised. "Then why did you ask me to take you here right after we got out of the airport? Is there something urgent?"
Lin Qianyuan's expression paused slightly, and he stared at him facing the sun.
Uncle Chen looked at her briefly, then turned around and laughed awkwardly, "Haha, Miss Lin, you misunderstood. I just wanted to tell you that the sun is really nice today."
Lin Qianyuan narrowed his eyes and looked directly at the sun.
Uncle Chen took advantage of the situation and slowly moved to the side of the car. He opened the door with his back to her. He covered his chest and kept muttering, "It's so scary. I won't say it anymore."
Lin Qianyuan turned away expressionlessly. She didn't get in the car, but stood by it and made a phone call, "Do you have time to meet?"
Lin Qianyuan raised his hand to block out the glaring light and called out with a smile, "Brother."
The tip of the pen in Lin Jihui's hand paused for a moment, then returned to normal and signed his name. "You're back home?"
"Yeah," Lin Qianyuan leaned against the car door and said lightly, "I just got back."
Lin Jihui put down his pen and smiled, "You won't resist this time? Come back for a blind date?"
Lin Qianyuan scoffed, "Whatever she tells me to do, I'm going to do it."
Lin Jihui smiled but said nothing.
Lin Qianyuan bent down slightly, too lazy to make small talk, and simply asked directly, "Where do we meet?"
Lin Jihui hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Your home."
Lin Qianyuan obviously thought so in her heart, "Okay." She hung up the phone, put away her phone and got in the car.
Uncle Chen was not driving fast, so Lin Qianyuan took the opportunity to close her eyes and rest for a while. When she got home, Lin Jihui had not arrived yet, so she went into the house alone.
She came back in such a hurry this time that she didn't have time to hire someone to clean. The entire building, except for her bedroom, was covered in dust.
Lin Qianyuan dusted off her skirt and went to open the door following the doorbell.
Lin Jihui entered the living room with her. She lifted the white cloth on the sofa and said casually, "Sit down."
Lin Jihui turned his head away and coughed twice, then turned back with an awkward look. If he had known this would happen, why would he have made an appointment to meet here?
Lin Qianyuan glanced at him politely, then suddenly remembered that he was not feeling well. He coughed lightly and asked, "How about we talk somewhere else?"
"where?"
Lin Qianyuan raised his chin and said, "In your car."
Lin Jihui's eyes moved slightly, and he stared at her meaningfully, "I have an important document in my car."
"..." Lin Qianyuan couldn't help but complain, "Who on earth wants to see this?"
Lin Jihui couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth. He smiled and sat down on the sofa, raising his hand to loosen his tie. "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"I want to end it early," Lin Qianyuan said neatly as he sat across from him, "I'll give you the shares. I don't want to have anything to do with them anymore, especially Mrs. Lin."
She had originally intended to say this to him at the end of the college entrance examination, but who would have thought that she would go abroad to study in the middle of it.
Lin Qianyuan just thought it was ridiculous. How could Mrs. Lin tell that she wanted to compete with Lin Jihui for something, even though the three of them could indeed achieve checks and balances on each other to a certain extent.
Mrs. Lin needs her because she can pose a threat to Lin Jihui, and she needs Lin Jihui because Mrs. Lin is afraid of Lin Jihui's existence.
Before returning to China this time, Lin Qianyuan always played the role of a balancer, using shares to support Lin Jihui, limiting the struggle between him and Mrs. Lin, and keeping himself out of trouble.
But now it’s different. She doesn’t need to wait until she finishes her studies. She has already made up her mind, so she wants to end it early. She doesn’t have the energy to get entangled.
After saying that, Lin Qianyuan slowly said the next sentence, which sounded like a question, but was actually a request.
"I've paid so much money, you should be willing to lend me an assistant, right? I need an assistant for something here, and I also need the Ji family's hospital."
He is a shareholder of this hospital, so it is most convenient to ask him for help.
Lin Jihui had obviously thought of this as well, and asked, "Are you sick?"
"It's not me, it's..."
Lin Qianyuan didn't know how to answer for a moment and simply refused to speak.
Lin Jihui looked at her twice more, crossed his legs, and naturally changed the subject. "Don't rush to transfer the shares. Just let me know which camp you belong to. I'm still here with Madam Lin, so you don't have to worry too much."
Lin Qianyuan was unfamiliar with his sudden friendliness and asked, "Why?"
Lin Jihui thought for a moment and smiled seriously, "Aren't you my sister?"
Lin Qianyuan's expression was indifferent after hearing this, and he revealed his elder brother's concern without any mercy, "You obviously know that I won't fight with you."
Lin Jihui was choked by her, but he didn't feel embarrassed. He patted his clothes and stood up, "I'm going back to the company. My assistant will come over later."
Lin Qianyuan hummed and sent him out. "Brother," she suddenly called him, her face serious, "thank you."
Lin Jihui smiled and shook his head. They were so similar that they easily understood how the other had survived to this day, so there was no need to express gratitude.
"By the way," Lin Jihui suddenly stopped and turned around, he was a little curious, "Why did you think of talking to me about this today? Are you really annoyed by her urging?"
"Is this level urgent or not?"
Lin Jihui smiled and raised his chin with interest. "What does that have to do with anything?"
Lin Qianyuan's eyes were wandering. She thought she could avoid it now but not later. She cleared her throat and said, "I'm getting married."
"Lin Qianyuan," Lin Jihui took nearly a minute to calm down and wanted to push the door open to talk in detail.
Lin Qianyuan pressed against the door tightly. Lin Jihui didn't force him, but stepped back and sneered, "Who?" He reacted quickly, his gaze fixed on her face with an oppressive expression, "The one who's sick?"
Lin Qianyuan let go of his hand and walked from behind the door to him. "It's not him who's sick, it's his family."
Lin Jihui said nothing, just stared intently.
Lin Qianyuan looked back at him frankly. After a few seconds, she suddenly smiled and said politely, "Brother, I can probably guess what you're thinking, but I advise you not to take action."
Lin Qianyuan tilted his head, looking innocent, "Otherwise, you should know better than anyone what I can do."
Lin Jihui heard the warning in her words and said without saying anything, "Let's go."
Lin Qianyuan waved at him and said with a smile, "Goodbye."
Lin Jihui silently withdrew his gaze, rolled up the car window and left.
Lin Qianyuan put down her hand and returned to the living room. Glancing at the dirty look of the living room, she felt a little headache. After a while, she decided to go back to the bedroom to rest for a while.
Lin Qianyuan lay down on the clean bed, staring sideways at the statue of the goddess of justice on the dressing table. In fact, this room can be cleaned very quickly, but he often sits here for a long time. Now that he thinks about it, he really can't find a place where he can be alone.
He is indeed a very quiet person. Even when he expresses his emotions, he does so quietly. He endures and digests them silently, and then treats everyone gently as if nothing has happened.
Lin Qianyuan turned over to face the ceiling and took a deep breath. After a long time, she set the alarm clock and closed her eyes to rest.
The light at around two o'clock in the afternoon made people squint their eyes. Pei Lanqing put down the book in his hand and slightly pulled up the curtains.
Pei Dejun had just woken up and called him with a smile, "Lan Qing."
Pei Lanqing sat back down on the bed and replied with a faint smile, "Dad, I'm right here."
Pei Dejun had a dialysis needle stuck in his arm. After so long, a hemangioma had formed on his arm. Blood flowed through the transparent tube, making him weaker and weaker. "Dad always dreams of you as a child. You were so small, you never gave up, so stubborn. Sometimes you would get so angry that I couldn't sleep. Back then, I would comfort myself, thinking everything would be fine when you grew up. But now you're older, and I won't have the chance to see you again."
Pei Lanqing didn't dare to shake his hand, and could only stare into his eyes, "Yes, please don't say that."
Pei Dejun looked back at him, feeling indebted, "I'm sorry, Lanqing, it's Dad who has dragged you down this time."
Ever since he fell ill and was hospitalized, the child has been responsible for taking care of all the big and small matters at home. He feels distressed and complains that he is powerless.
Pei Lanqing's eyes were slightly red, and her voice was slightly choked. "It's obviously me who has been dragging you down all the time."
When he was young, he did not marry because he insisted on raising him. When he was old and sick, he was unable to do anything. He has been regretting these days, regretting that he did not enter society earlier.
Pei Dejun had raised him for so many years that he could understand his thoughts in just one sentence. He frowned and scolded him, "Are you stupid? Dad just wants you to study. Don't you know anything about being a father? You've worked so hard since you were young, just to make me happy."
He muttered, "You're afraid I'll lose you, so you have to follow me closely wherever I go."
"No," Pei Lanqing lowered his head and smiled, then stood up to tuck the quilt in for him and secretly retorted, "I'm just smart."
Pei Dejun glared at him and said, "That's also my credit."
"Well, that's all thanks to you." Pei Lanqing picked up the cleaning towel and slowly wiped the sweat off his forehead. He saw the white hair on his head, and his heart ached. Then he suddenly laughed, "Dad, do you remember the first time I gave a speech on stage?"
"Hmm?" Pei Dejun couldn't bear the fatigue anymore and wanted to sleep again.
Pei Lanqing sat back on the bed and whispered to him about the time when he wiped his sweat and accidentally got some paper scraps stuck to his forehead. He was amused by his laughter and instantly felt less nervous and finished the speech easily.
Pei Dejun closed his eyes and forced himself to listen. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He had no energy and just said whatever came to his mind. "Lan Qing, you have always been Daddy's pride."
Pei Lanqing nodded with red eyes and said with a smile: "Yeah."
The fountain behind the hospital continuously gushes out water, the source of all things, sparkling in the sun.
Lin Qianyuan slept restlessly for over an hour. When he woke up, he received a message from Lin Jihui, "Not home?"
Lin Jihui: [The assistant has arrived.]
Lin Qianyuan suddenly woke up, pushed back the quilt and sat up, [In.]
She washed her face quickly and went downstairs to open the door.
Lin Qianyuan greeted the person with a slightly apologetic tone. The assistant said it was okay, as he had just arrived as well, and he followed her in. Neither of them wasted any time. After noting down Lin Qianyuan's request, the assistant proceeded to handle it with great efficiency.
That night, Lin Qianyuan received a message from Pei Lanqing, which contained only two words: "Thank you."
Lin Qianyuan frowned. She really didn't like hearing him say this. It seemed so strange. "No need to thank me. Didn't you exchange something with me?"
For a long time, she didn't get a reply from the person on the other end, so she dialed the phone unhappily, thinking that she needed to remind him of something.
Pei Lanqing heard the vibration of his cell phone and quietly walked out of the ward. He looked at the magnolia tree in front of the building and answered the call.
Pei Lanqing lowered his eyelashes, waiting for her to speak.
Lin Qianyuan raised his hand and stroked the bronze statue on the table, and asked bluntly: "Are you free tomorrow?"
Pei Lanqing understood her subtext, and his drooping eyelashes trembled, "Yes."
"Lin Qianyuan," his face turned pale. He wanted to say something to her, but he knew he was not qualified, so he remained silent.
To be honest, they hadn't had a good chat in a long time. Lin Qianyuan was a little unsure of his thoughts. Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, she said coldly, "Why? Do you have a girlfriend?"
According to Liang Siyu, he didn't, and based on her observations, it didn't seem like it.
Pei Lanqing immediately shook his head, "No."
"Well," Lin Qianyuan said, not seeming to care much, "So you have someone you like?"
“…”
“No.”
Lin Qianyuan continued to nod, "That's it, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." After saying that, she hung up the phone without caring whether he agreed or not.
When Uncle Chen learned of her itinerary the next morning, he was almost shocked. "Ms. Lin Lin Lin, are you getting married today?"
No, she is just a little girl and hasn’t finished her studies yet.
Lin Qianyuan couldn't understand what he was thinking, so she smiled and asked him, "Didn't I make myself clear?"
"I understand. I understand very well."
Uncle Chen started the car and drove to the hospital, complaining in his heart. It was because he understood it too well that he found it hard to believe.
After a while, the car arrived at the hospital entrance. Lin Qianyuan did not get out of the car, so he waited with her. When his eyes were looking around, he saw someone coming here.
Uncle Chen was both surprised and moved. He thought it was not impossible for the two children to know each other very well, but the atmosphere behind the car was extremely quiet throughout the journey. The two did not seem to know each other well. Only then did he realize that they had been separated for a long time.
Uncle Chen withdrew his gaze and waited at the door wholeheartedly. Perhaps because they arrived early and there were few people around, they came out quickly. Uncle Chen instinctively lowered his head, afraid that Lin Qianyuan would see them.
Lin Qianyuan put away his own copy and said, "Something urgent happened at school, so I have to go back today. If you have anything, you can talk to me or the assistant."
"Well," Pei Lanqing lowered his head, not daring to look her in the eye, "thank you."
Lin Qianyuan was tired of hearing these two words, "Don't you have anything else to say to me?"
"No," Pei Lanqing still didn't dare to look her in the eye.
Lin Qianyuan crossed her arms in front of her chest. She found that he especially liked to lower his head. What was so good about the ground?
"Really?"
"Um."
Lin Qianyuan looked at him motionlessly, while he looked at the hem of her skirt for a long time, then raised his eyes nervously.
Lin Qianyuan chuckled, shrugged, and said to him nonchalantly, "Pei Lanqing, don't fall in love with me in the future."
She was not angry, not at all, and she didn't want his concern.
Lin Qianyuan put down his hand, turned around and got into the car.
She left the car door open.
Pei Lanqing met her gaze and followed her in, his long eyelashes lightly covering his eyes. After a long moment, he smiled faintly, "Okay."
He was not worthy of her.
Lin Qianyuan had a cold face and did not reply.
Uncle Chen sensed the unusual atmosphere and didn't dare to breathe for a moment. After he sent Pei Lanqing away and then Lin Qianyuan away, he thought to himself what was going on.
Liang Siyu had been shoveling dirt at home for a few days. Finally, he couldn't hold it in any longer and couldn't help but ask, "Lin Qianyuan, are you in such a hurry to come back because you want to help others? How did you help? What did you do?"
Liang Siyu thought she was in China and didn't notice the time difference when she called, so Lin Qianyuan covered her head with the quilt in great annoyance, just wanting to go back to sleep, "I didn't do anything."
Liang Siyu exclaimed, "Is this true? I don't believe it."
Given how much she valued Pei Lanqing, how could she remain indifferent? Who was she trying to fool?
"Oh," Lin Qianyuan lifted the quilt with a calm expression, "I married him."
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