Chapter 63 Dawn The dawn seems to have magic.
Liang Yizhi leaned against the wall, standing alone in the hospital's pristine white corridor.
This pure and flawless color always makes one's heart feel empty.
It was late at night, just past midnight, and the corridor was quiet.
Footsteps came from the end of the alley; it was Gu Yinyan.
He walked towards her with a paper cup in his hand and handed her the warm water.
Gu Yinyan: "Here you go."
"Thanks."
Liang Yizhi took a small sip and put the cup down, covering the paper cup with both hands, but the temperature of the hot water couldn't warm her palms.
Gu Yinyan stood beside her, quietly drinking water.
Liang Yizhi thanked him again: "Thank you for coming all this way today."
"It's nothing," Gu Yinyan replied calmly.
Only then did Liang Yizhi have time to ask about what had happened before: "How did you know my mother was brought to the hospital?"
Gu Yinyan said, "Your dad called me."
“He was going to tell you, but knowing you had a performance today, he didn’t dare to tell you, so he contacted me first. I didn’t expect Aunt Mao to call you anyway.”
So that's how it is.
No wonder she couldn't contact him before her performance.
"It's a pity I didn't get to see your performance with Hoss in person," Gu Yinyan said casually. "How was tonight's performance?"
Liang Yizhi lowered her head and remained silent.
"Everything was messed up."
She had been focused on her mother, but now that things had stabilized, she dared to recall the concert she had just attended. It was a once-in-a-lifetime performance, one she could never relive if she missed it.
Gu Yinyan frowned and asked, "You didn't go on stage?"
"He went on stage... but played terribly."
Of all her practice sessions, the one on stage was the worst. Not only did she fail to perform to her full potential, but the flaws were also very noticeable to her.
I didn't have time to explain to the members before leaving, and I don't know what they think.
Will Hoss think that she is a person with extremely low professional competence, who was unable to keep her composure in this situation and almost dragged them down?
Liang Yizhi tugged at the collar of her down jacket, and said self-deprecatingly, "And your dress, it's wasted too."
He specially commissioned a dress for her for this performance, but in the end, he didn't even get to see the performance in person.
"What do you mean by waste?" Gu Yinyan turned to the side and leaned against the wall to look at her.
"The dress is ruined, the show is canceled? Nothing happened, right?"
His tone remained flat and indifferent. It was as if even if the sky were to fall, it would sound like a hole had been torn in his mouth.
Gu Yinyan said, "The dress itself has little value; its value lies only in the moment you put it on."
He looked at her and said, "As long as you're here, it has value."
Having just experienced the tragedy of a loved one, Liang Yizhi's heart is very fragile. So fragile that even a casual remark from Gu Yinyan can touch her and stir up a subtle ripple.
Now that everything is in the past, she can't keep dwelling on it. Given the unexpected situation, the fact that her mother was being looked after and that she was able to complete her performance smoothly is already a cause for celebration.
I stayed up until the middle of the night, but my mother still hadn't woken up.
Aunt Mao wasn't injured, but the daytime hike had taken a toll on her energy, leaving her sore all over. So we agreed that she would go home first and come back to visit the next day.
Liang Yizhi asked her father to go back as well, but he insisted on staying at the hospital.
Gu Yinyan said, "Uncle Liang, if you're not leaving, why don't you go back and take a shower and rest for a bit?"
Liang Yizhi hesitated, unwilling to leave.
Gu Yinyan said, "Now that your dad is here and I'm here, what are you worried about? Go back and get some rest so you can come and relieve him tomorrow. You two are holding on here now, what are you planning to do tomorrow?"
"And what about you?" Liang Yizhi asked. "Aren't you going back either?"
Gu Yinyan has been staying here ever since his mother was brought to the hospital, barely sitting down for more than a few minutes.
Gu Yinyan: "I'm alright."
"But you look very tired."
Liang Yizhi looked at his face. Because he had stayed up too late, his complexion was not as good as usual, and his eyes looked very moist. She didn't know if it was because he was tired or sleepy.
Gu Yinyan didn't say anything, but simply took her arm and led her to the window.
Liang Yizhi's own face was reflected in the glass.
She looked closely.
Her eyes were swollen like two walnuts because she had just cried, and to make matters worse, she wore heavy makeup for today's performance, causing her eyeliner and eyelashes to smudge terribly.
Her curly hair was already quite voluminous, but now it looked even wilder.
She immediately raised her hand and slapped her face.
Gu Yinyan said in a low voice, "It's too late to hide now."
Through her fingers, Liang Yizhi saw Gu Yinyan approaching her, and she immediately extended her five fingers in defense.
She half-concealed, half-revealed: "...Don't look."
Gu Yinyan stopped teasing her and advised, "Alright, hurry back, it'll be dawn soon. As for me, don't worry about me."
He patted her head: "Because I can carry a little more than you."
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Liang Yizhi eventually gave in and left the hospital. It was driver Lao Zhang who took her back to her parents' home.
Although she wanted to hold on a little longer, her body was indeed very tired, her back ached, and her eyes and temples were swollen and painful.
Before leaving, she told Gu Yinyan to go home soon and not to force himself to stay, and Gu Yinyan agreed.
Sitting in the car, she took out her phone and saw that He Xintu had sent her another message.
He Xintu: [Seeing this reminded me of you.]
【picture】
The photo appears to have been taken in a boutique, showing a delicate little figure standing on a round platform, playing the violin.
Liang Yizhi glanced at it but didn't think too much about it. She had no time for romance right now, so she exited the chat and sent messages to Shi Ruocheng and several band staff members, explaining in detail the reasons for her hasty departure today.
Shi Ruocheng said: "No wonder you seemed a bit off before your performance today."
He expressed his understanding: "We just went to a dinner party, and I mentioned to Hoss that you probably had an urgent matter. If he knows, he'll understand."
Liang Yizhi thanked her.
After taking a shower at home, she took out the dress she had retrieved from Gu Yinyan's car again.
The hem of the skirt was covered in dust, and being pure white, it stood out so much.
I still think it's too wasteful.
Gu Yinyan's words suddenly echoed in my mind:
—As long as you are here, it has value.
She placed her hand on it and gently touched the fabric.
It's a bit of a shame this time; I'll just have to find another opportunity when he's around to wear it.
Liang Yizhi slept for about four hours, but because she was worried about her mother's condition, she didn't sleep very soundly.
She woke up at around seven o'clock, immediately got up, prepared some essential items, bought breakfast, and took a taxi to the hospital.
She told her father on her phone that she was almost there and asked him to come and relieve her so she could go back and rest.
Liang Yizhi had just stepped out of the elevator when she ran into her father passing by while he was getting water.
"dad."
"Yizhi." Mr. Liang had stayed up all night and now looked listless. He looked down and pinched the bridge of his nose.
Liang Yizhi immediately said, "Dad, you should go back and rest. I'll take care of things here."
"Okay." Mr. Liang glanced at the time and sighed, "I stayed up all night yesterday, nothing unusual happened, but your mother still hasn't woken up."
"If she wakes up later, remember to call me and I'll come right away."
Liang Yizhi replied, "Okay, I understand."
"And one more thing." Mr. Liang paused, then gestured with his chin towards the end of the corridor.
Liang Yizhi looked over.
Gu Yinyan was sitting in an empty seat in the corridor, clearly asleep.
I promised her I would leave in the middle of the night, so why did I stay until morning?
“Yinyan didn’t sleep a wink all night either,” said Mr. Liang. “I tried to persuade him to go back, but he refused to leave. That kid, relying on his youth and ability to endure, said he could stay and talk to me more. But he was so tired that he fell asleep.”
He exclaimed, "They're not family, yet they're helping me so much. I'll have to thank them properly later."
After seeing Mr. Liang off, Liang Yizhi walked towards the end of the corridor.
Gu Yinyan sat there peacefully. He leaned back in his chair, looking like he was sleeping very uncomfortably. His arms were crossed, and his head was tilted back against the white wall.
There was a window right next to the seat.
Birdsong filled the air outside the window, and the morning light filtered through the sparse branches and leaves, falling on his face.
With such bright light, I don't know if I slept well.
She watched that scene for a while before coming to Gu Yinyan's side.
Looking down at his face, I noticed that his eye sockets and brow bones were deeply sunken, and his nose bridge and root were very high. There was a very small hump in the middle of his nose, which was almost imperceptible unless you looked closely.
Her eyes were closed, with a slight upward curve, and her eyelashes were fanned out, thick and long.
She had examined his face closely from various angles many times. But that was purely for aesthetic appreciation; she had a very clear understanding of his appearance.
But today, looking at his face, she felt a pang of longing.
Liang Yizhi thought that reason could indeed help her control herself from liking him.
But she couldn't stop her heart from softening for him.
Her heart was like a sponge that could absorb water, constantly drawing nourishment from him, absorbing it, and eventually expanding and becoming softer and softer.
Gu Yinyan was right; he wasn't the type to take anything from her.
That person should be her.
The dawn seems to have magic.
She was mesmerized and slowly bent down in front of the man on the bench, gently placing a kiss on his forehead.
What she didn't notice was that the moment her lips touched hers, the two curves beneath her tightly closed brows twitched slightly.
Liang Yizhi straightened up and looked at the morning light outside the window, which made her feel as if she had just woken up from a dream.
What did she just do?
She was the perfect embodiment of being blinded by lust. How could she kiss him just because of a sudden surge of emotion?
Liang Yizhi covered the lower half of her face, deciding to escape before things got any worse.
Unfortunately, she was too late.
Before she fled the scene, the person in the chair slowly opened their eyes.
His sleepy eyes immediately focused on her face.
Liang Yizhi looked embarrassed and rubbed her hands on the side of her pants. "...You're awake? I'm here to relieve you. You should go back and rest."
Gu Yinyan didn't move. He just looked at her, then at the pristine white ceiling.
"Liang Yizhi." Chen Qi's voice was still hoarse.
He gazed at the sky, his eyelashes blinking weakly.
Was I just dreaming?
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