Chapter 41 Caught Xiang Yun with his "girlfriend"
Xu Songning stood there, watching her mother enter the examination room. She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
I glanced at the time.
I glanced at the time again.
The man, who was biting a cigarette butt, escorted his wife to the door of the clinic. "Wife, wife, please let me come with you."
"What are you doing following me? You're a useless man. You faint before I do at the slightest sound. Last time the doctor told us to go home and eat something good, and you almost got into a fight with him. The doctor said I wasn't getting enough nutrition and needed some supplements. I don't know what you're thinking." The woman shoved the man who had followed her away and pointed to the empty space next to Xu Songning. "You go stand there and wait!"
The man, who was 1.8 meters tall, watched his wife enter the examination room with a pitiful expression. He almost burst into tears as he looked at his wife's back.
Xu Songning sighed deeply, "People in this world are truly amazing."
There are people who abandon their partners when they find out they are sick, and there are also people like him who protect them.
"Little sister, is someone in your family sick too?" The man, having nothing better to do, chatted with the people around him, asking the question without glancing at Xu Songning, his eyes fixed on the examination room.
"My mom's here for a follow-up check-up, what about you guys?" Xu Songning replied. If she didn't do something at this point, she might get really depressed. Chatting with someone might make her feel a little better.
The man pointed to the closed consultation room door, his eyes reddening. "My wife is sick. Well, it's not a serious illness, but it's scared her to death. I'm determined to cure her. She worries about everything every day, which makes me lose sleep too. I still have to go to work during the day. This wife of mine is so troublesome."
Xu Songning raised an eyebrow. This explanation was different from what he had seen. This was a man trying to be strong, projecting his own feelings onto his wife.
"It'll be alright." Xu Songning didn't have any words to comfort her. Everyone who comes to the hospital is like this. They've thought about the good and bad outcomes many times in their hearts. Others' comfort is better than nothing, but it can't dispel the pain of patients and their families.
"Yes, yes, your family too. In this life, I ask for nothing but that my family be free from illness and disaster." The man clasped his hands together and closed his eyes in prayer.
He never believed in any gods in the first half of his life, but now, regardless of whether they are effective or not, he only asks the gods for protection.
Ms. Xu came out before her husband and wife, carrying a stack of doctor's examination reports.
Xu Songning silently accepted the gift and accompanied Ms. Xu to each of the examinations.
Xu Songning had done these things before, but even after so long, he was still very nervous. Standing outside the examination room, he clenched his fingers and scratched his palms repeatedly.
The hospital is always filled with the smell of disinfectant. No matter where you are, this smell is always there, and it seems to be on the patients as well, which makes people uneasy.
Ms. Xu's tests were completed quickly, and soon only two items remained.
The examinations were spread out across different floors, and they walked up and down the stairs. Xu Songning searched for the examination rooms while waiting for Ms. Xu behind her to catch up.
Suddenly, Ms. Xu grabbed her sleeve and shook it slightly. "Goodness, is that Xiao Xiang?"
Following Ms. Xu's finger, Xu Songning saw a tall man dressed casually standing straight against the wall, scrolling through messages on his phone with one hand. Beside him was a long-haired woman in a wheelchair with her back to them.
The woman grabbed Xiang Yun's wrist, wanting to say something to him. Xiang Yun put his phone in his pocket, leaned forward slightly, and placed his hands on his thighs to listen to her.
The two were very close; from Xu Songning's perspective, it looked as if they were intimately pressed together.
This scene, bubbly with pink undertones, stung her eyes.
Is she a colleague? Or her younger sister?
Xu Songning remembered Xiang Yun saying that he had a younger sister who was studying at a university in Shanghai and was about to graduate.
"Excuse me, can I pass by? My daughter is waiting for me, and she's in a real hurry." A frantic voice called out from behind.
The hospital was crowded, and Xu Songning didn't notice them standing at the stairwell. She quickly made way for them, saying, "Excuse me."
The middle-aged woman, who was hurrying along, smiled and said it was nothing. But when she saw the scene not far away, she slowed down and showed a relieved smile.
Xu Songning and Ms. Xu immediately realized that the middle-aged woman knew Xiang Yun and the woman in the wheelchair not far away, and that the three of them were not related by blood, because the middle-aged woman in front of them did not look like Xiang Yun at all.
"Is that your daughter?" Ms. Xu asked, seeing that she was no longer in a hurry.
"Yes, my daughter is an illustrator. She usually takes on freelance drawing jobs and she's very talented." The middle-aged woman spoke of her daughter with pride in her eyes.
"Is that your daughter's boyfriend over there? I saw him as soon as we came in, he's very eye-catching," Ms. Xu asked deliberately.
The middle-aged woman's smile faded slightly. Looking at Xu Songning, who had an inscrutable expression, she wondered if such a beautiful girl had taken a liking to him.
"He's my daughter's boyfriend," the middle-aged woman said with a smile.
Ms. Xu's smile faded, and she took her daughter's hand. "Really? They're quite a good match."
Xu Songning's expression was gloomy. The conversation between the mother and daughter in the car just now was like an invisible hand slapping her in the face, making her see reality clearly.
Not far away.
Qin Han rubbed her ankle, getting a little impatient. "Xiang Yun, my legs are numb from sitting. Can you lift me up for a bit?"
"Auntie will be here soon, please wait a moment." Xiang Yun rested his hands on his thighs, feeling somewhat helpless. He had gone for a run in the morning when Qin Han's mother saw him halfway there and complained to him about Qin Han's recent situation, saying that it was inconvenient for him to take her to the hospital for a check-up by himself.
Xiang Yun hadn't intended to respond, but Qin Han's mother pressed her advantage and made a request, "Xiang Yun, Qin Han wouldn't have been injured. She twisted her ankle that day while trying to take down the book you gave her from the top of the bookshelf. Why don't you go see her?"
This reason sounds completely fabricated. Xiang Yun had given Qin Han gifts before, but Qin Han threw them away, even in front of him.
"Auntie, you said before that you wouldn't bother me anymore. That day, Qin Han was injured so late, and you said you couldn't handle it, so I rushed over. Now you're going to keep bothering me?" Xiang Yun was really having a headache.
Qin Han wouldn't cling to him; she understood that their relationship was merely that of friends. However, Qin Han's mother seemed to still harbor illusions about him, hoping he would return to Qin Han's side.
"I...I also hope that you young people can stay together." Qin Han's mother wiped away her tears.
Xiang Yun couldn't stand it, feeling as if he were bullying this middle-aged woman. He took out a tissue and handed it to her, saying, "Auntie, please calm down."
"I'm very grateful to you for curing Qin Han's illness. You found the doctor and you accompanied her to the treatment. But why won't you show her a little more kindness?" Qin Han's mother asked in a low voice.
Xiang Yun said seriously, "Auntie, my relationship with Qin Han ended completely half a year ago. Feelings are not something to be given as charity, but something to be cherished. Whether you think I didn't cherish Qin Han or Qin Han didn't cherish me, it doesn't matter anymore. As for the medical treatment, it actually dragged on for a long time. I'm very happy to see her recover now, but apart from happiness, there won't be any more personal feelings."
"Auntie knows, Auntie won't force you... We're planning to move back to our hometown and not stay in Shanghai anymore. This hospital check-up should be the last one. Just think of it as saying goodbye to her. Please accept this as my begging."
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