The ward was exceptionally quiet with the lights off, with only a cold moonlight casting a long, slanting shadow.
Lu Zhan's tightly closed eyes slowly opened on the hospital bed. His exceptionally clear eyes meant that he had not fallen asleep before.
After he said that, Shao Jingque, who always argued with him, turned pale and suddenly became quiet, not speaking for a long time.
The sudden silence made Lu Zhan, who had already closed his eyes, feel a little regretful. Were the words he had just said too harsh and hurtful?
Fortunately, he did not hear Shao Jingque's crying. She seemed to have just stood there for a short while, then turned around and left silently.
Lu Zhan closed his eyes, but kept listening to the movements on the right side of the bed.
It wasn't until he heard a slight rustling sound and realized that she must have taken off her shoes and lay back down that his inexplicably uneasy heart finally settled a little.
Fortunately, she did not leave in anger by pushing the door open. There was a long and remote road from the military hospital to the guesthouse. It was too unsafe for a girl to walk on the road in the middle of the night. If she really left, he would have to trouble the nurse to find her.
Lu Zhan, feeling relieved, prepared to go to sleep, but unexpectedly found that he couldn't fall asleep. Not only was he not sleepy at all, but the profile of that person bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, which made him inexplicably excited, kept appearing in his mind.
Her every smile, frown, anger and joy were so vivid. There seemed to be stars twinkling in her watery almond eyes, which just kept blinking at him. Her cherry-red mouth opened and closed, as if she was talking to him.
What is she talking about?
Lu Zhan couldn't help but wonder whether he was continuing to explain to him or saying goodbye to him...
Lying on a simple wooden bed made of three stools, the quiet Shao Jingque was actually not asleep.
It would be a lie to say I'm not sad, but I'm more confused.
The question she had asked herself before came to her mind again - if Lu Zhan really didn't remember her and didn't want to be with her, then was there any meaning and necessity for her to persist?
Shao Jingque suddenly felt that his persistence was a little ridiculous.
At first, she tried every means to dissuade Lu Zhan from marrying her, and now she is the one who is forcing Lu Zhan to acknowledge her identity as his fiancée. It seems that she is the one who is in control at every critical moment, forcing Lu Zhan to accept her decision according to her own wishes.
Perhaps it was because their relationship was a coincidence from the beginning, and even God wanted to correct this mistake, so Lu Zhan only forgot about her.
Her appearance has already changed Lu Zhan's life trajectory once. Shouldn't she hope that he will remember her now, but instead return the life trajectory that should have belonged to Lu Zhan to him?
He didn't remember her anyway, so he wouldn't be sad about being separated from her...
The next morning, Lu Zhan was awakened by the nurse changing the IV drip.
He didn't remember how late he stayed up last night before he fell into a deep sleep. He just felt weak when he woke up, as if he had not slept well the whole night.
The first moment he opened his eyes, he unconsciously glanced towards the wall on the right. Suddenly, his eyes widened for a moment, and his mind instantly became much clearer.
The simple wooden bed made of three stools had disappeared, and the person was nowhere to be seen.
There was a large blank space in the corner of the wall out of nowhere, which made Lu Zhan feel a little uncomfortable for a moment and he was unconsciously staring at it.
The nurse who was changing the IV saw him looking towards the wall and said meaningfully:
"Early this morning, your family returned the stool. I saw her eyes were swollen. I guess she hasn't had enough rest these days. She should go back to the guesthouse and get a good night's sleep. The people who take care of the patients can't fall down again, don't you think?"
The nurses meant well. They had all seen how Shao Jingque had taken care of Lu Zhan over the past few days.
Such a young and beautiful girl was so patient and careful in taking care of people. She would sleep for several days on a thin quilt spread on a bench that was too hard for her to sit on. I don’t know how much pain her back must have felt, but I have never heard her complain.
Every time she came to the nurses' station, she would either ask about Lu Zhan's various rehabilitation indicators in detail, or take the initiative to ask them how to better cooperate with the rehabilitation training.
Not only that, Shao Jingque would secretly give them crystal candies from time to time that were only sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives. That candy was wrapped in colorful glass candy wrappers, came in several flavors, and was not cheap.
The nurses at the station are mostly girls of similar age. Everyone likes her very much. She is pretty and not spoiled. She is caring and easy to get along with. Everyone says that the patient in Room 502 has found a good wife.
But they seemed to have a bad relationship between the two. They didn't know if it was the aftereffects of the surgery. Anyway, they felt that "502" was very cold towards his wife.
If they didn't know that "502" was a great hero in flood relief, they would have been disgusted and might have persuaded Shao Jingque to ignore him for a few days.
This morning, she was a little surprised when she saw Shao Jingque coming to return the stool, but when she saw Shao Jingque's red and swollen eyes, she immediately couldn't help but feel sorry for her -
People traveled thousands of miles to take care of "No. 502", but not only was he not grateful, he also gave them a bad face every day. In her opinion, Shao Jingque should have ignored him long ago!
After all, let's put it this way. What if he's a hero fighting the floods and disaster relief? A wife is meant to be loved, not to be looked down upon by his wife!
So when the nurse saw Lu Zhan looking at the wall as soon as he woke up and making a sour face, she couldn't help but say a few fair words for Shao Jingque. She said that people should be given some time to breathe, right?
Lu Zhan withdrew his gaze, drooped his eyelids slightly, and did not answer.
He knew that Shao Jingque did not go back to the guesthouse to rest as the nurse said, she really left.
It’s hard to say why, but at this moment Lu Zhan didn’t feel as relaxed as he expected, but rather a little depressed.
The nurse changed the medicine and left, leaving him alone in the ward.
The tranquility in the ward at this moment did not make him feel calm, but rather a little irritated. He thought it was because he had been lying in bed for too long.
Lu Zhan lay there, his mind couldn't help but think of Shao Jingque again -
It must be that his question last night exposed her disguise, which is why she left so obediently this time. The only regret is that he doesn't know what her purpose is in pretending to be his fiancée...
As he was thinking, he suddenly felt that the smell of disinfectant in the ward today was particularly pungent. He subconsciously looked up at the bedside table. The vase on the bedside table was still there, but there was no fresh bouquet of flowers in it as usual.
No one knew where Shao Jingque found the flowers these days. Except for the sunflowers on the first day, she replaced the flowers in the vase with new ones in the following days. Sometimes they were so sloppy that they looked like wild flowers picked from the roadside, but she still enjoyed changing them every day.
Although Lu Zhan was not interested in these flowers and plants and just thought she was being petty bourgeois, when the vase was empty, Lu Zhan suddenly realized that the faint floral fragrance he usually smelled in his breath could actually cover up the bitter and cold smell of disinfectant.
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