That night, Lu Zhan had a strange dream.
In the dream, he was carrying his luggage and about to set out on a mission. Shao Jingque held his hand tightly and nervously reminded him to remember to send a telegram for confirmation and to evacuate when he saw the signal flare.
Looking at her worried eyes, Lu Zhan's heart softened and he wanted to go up and give her a hug.
But just as he opened his arms, Shao Jingque in front of him suddenly disappeared like a puff of smoke.
Lu Zhan was shocked and woke up from his dream immediately.
He stared at the pitch-black ceiling in front of him for a long time before coming to his senses. He felt lost and thought for a long time but couldn't understand why he had such a strange dream.
After New Year’s Eve, Fan Shengnan took a day off on the first day of the new year and did not appear in Lu Zhan’s ward.
Early in the morning on the second day of the Chinese New Year, she brought Lu Qiuya from her home to the hospital.
Seeing Lu Qiuya still chattering, it seemed that she knew nothing.
Fan Shengnan's condition was the same as usual. Perhaps because there were few doctors on duty, her work seemed busier than usual. Every time she checked Lu Zhan's various indicators, she turned around and left, and had no time to stay in Lu Zhan's ward for too long.
Lu Zhan did not deliberately avoid her because of what happened that night. The two of them tacitly maintained a superficial balance, as if nothing had happened.
As his physical condition improved, Lu Zhan increased the intensity of his rehabilitation training in the past few days.
By the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, after confirmation from Fan Shengnan and the doctors in the rehabilitation department, Lu Zhan had fully recovered and was ready to be discharged from the hospital.
Lu Zhan didn't waste a moment. He wrote a note and went downstairs to go through the discharge procedures.
Lu Qiuya stayed in the ward to pack his brother's luggage. There wasn't much stuff and it could all be packed in one suitcase.
When she was tidying up the bedside table drawer, she saw that there were still many inspection reports in it, so she sorted them out one by one, in case they might come in handy at some unknown time.
After she took out all the reports from the drawer, she discovered that there was a household registration book at the bottom.
She picked it up and opened it, and sure enough, the name of the householder was his brother's.
When the army allocated the family compound house to his brother, his brother moved his household registration there. Only her household registration remained in the house in her hometown.
Lu Qiuya hurriedly checked the issue that concerned her most at the moment - Lu Zhan's marital status.
But the word "single" was clearly written on the household registration page.
Not giving up, she quickly turned the page back, but it was empty. There was no household registration page for Shao Jingque as she had imagined.
Lu Qiuya's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
Shao Jingque's appearance on the Spring Festival Gala stage on New Year's Eve was so dazzling that she had been secretly fantasizing for days that it would be great if such an outstanding female singer was really her sister-in-law. She couldn't wait for school to start so that she could show off to her good friends!
Now her fantasy was completely shattered...
Lu Qiuya put the household registration booklet and examination report in her hand into her luggage bag in a depressed mood. She looked around the ward, made sure nothing was left out, and then left.
Thinking of Fan Shengnan's care for her and her brother these days, Lu Qiuya walked to the doctor's office with her luggage bag, wanting to say goodbye to her for the last time.
But the office was empty, so she gave up and went downstairs with her bag to find her brother.
Walking to the lobby on the first floor, Lu Zhan had just finished the discharge procedures. Seeing her coming down with her luggage, he asked:
"Is everything packed?"
Lu Qiuya forced a smile from her face and nodded:
"Everything is packed. You don't have much stuff. You finished packing without even filling a bag."
Lu Zhan glanced sideways at the luggage bag in her hand and frowned slightly:
"Wait for me."
After saying that, he quickly went upstairs.
Lu Qiuya thought he was going to say goodbye to Fan Shengnan, and quickly called out behind him:
"Brother, Sister Shengnan is not in the office!"
Lu Zhan did not look back nor did he answer.
After waiting for a while, she heard footsteps in the corridor. Lu Qiuya looked up and her eyes widened instantly.
Lu Zhan, who was walking down the stairs quickly, was holding two dry branches in his hands - they were the two wintersweet branches that had been placed on his bedside table. Now they were like two "bare commanders"!
She had glanced at them when she was cleaning up just now, but she had thought that since they were just there, they wouldn't be a problem, so it was fine if her brother didn't throw them away. She never expected that her brother would actually want to take these two dead branches away too?!
Are these two dead branches so important to her brother? !
Lu Qiuya was surprised, but her hope that Shao Jingque would become her sister-in-law was rekindled.
Just by looking at the fact that her brother attaches so much importance to the flowers sent by her future sister-in-law, we know that her brother must have her future sister-in-law in his heart!
Even if the two of them don't succeed now, she believes that with her brother's ability, there should be hope if he works hard.
Lu Qiuya's mood suddenly became excited again, and she secretly made up her mind that this time she must have not made a mistake in her target, and she must help her brother pursue her sister-in-law!
Seeing Lu Qiuya staring at the two dry branches in his hands with a strange expression, Lu Zhan's face also became a little unnatural, and he unconsciously made an excuse to explain:
"...I'm used to seeing these two dead branches. I think they're quite pretty..."
He regretted it the moment he said it. Instead of finding such a ridiculous excuse, it would have been better not to explain. Anyway, as long as he kept a straight face and didn't say anything, his sister wouldn't dare to provoke him.
Who made him feel guilty for no apparent reason just now...
To his surprise, Lu Qiuya nodded in agreement:
"Brother, you have great taste! I think they're really beautiful too. Luckily you have a good memory. We must take these two flowers back!"
Lu Zhan was stunned for a second, then nodded in confusion.
He reached out to take the luggage bag from Lu Qiuya, but was blocked by Lu Qiuya:
"Brother, this bag is light, I can carry it. There will be a lot of people on the bus soon, so you better protect the flowers and don't let anyone break them!"
“…”
Lu Zhan suspected that there was something wrong with his sister's eyes. How could there be any flowers on these two dead branches?
But she was right. They had to take several buses and trains to get back to Ning City, and he had to be careful not to break the branches.
Seeing that Lu Qiuya was already walking out with big strides, Lu Zhan followed her with the two dead branches. Passersby felt inexplicably funny when they saw the brother and sister on their way.
On the fifth-floor terrace, a white figure was quietly watching them, the cold wind making the corners of her clothes rustle.
Seeing the two dead branches in Lu Zhan's hand, Fan Shengnan showed a bitter smile.
The human heart is really a strange place. Some people have traveled through mountains and rivers for a long time, but still cannot get into someone's heart. Some people have clearly turned around and left gracefully, but have never left that heart.
Shao Jingque had reminded her, but she just didn't want to believe it.
A tear rolled down from the corner of her eye, and Fan Shengnan raised her hand to wipe it away. She silently told herself in her heart that this was the last tear she would shed for him.
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