Chapter 526 She Has a Father and a Mother
Father Bai not only has a lot of white hair, but he has also lost a lot of weight. The only thing that remains is probably the spirit in his eyes.
He had to take medicine every day, have regular physical examinations, and eat nutritious meals in the hospital. He was old and had high blood pressure, which was why he fell into a coma due to the excitement at that time.
"Zhichu is here? Come and sit down. There are fruits here. Are you thirsty? Do you want some water?" As soon as Father Bai saw Shen Zhichu, he quickly asked her to sit over and asked the nurse next to him to move the chair over.
"What did your aunt take you to eat today?"
There were a lot of fruits on the cabinet. Shen Zhichu stood by the bed without sitting down. “It’s just a nearby restaurant. I won’t eat fruit after I just had a meal.”
Father Bai noticed the jade bracelet on Shen Zhichu's wrist with his sharp eyes and looked at Mother Bai: "Give it to me?"
"Well, you may not know yet, your son is already married, and Zhichu is now our daughter-in-law."
After hearing this, Father Bai's face did not show joy, but instead a trace of worry: "I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."
"No grievance."
"Aren't you feeling wronged? Remember when I married your Aunt Li? It was such a grand affair that people still talk about it today. But when you married Qiu Jing, you had nothing but a marriage certificate, a ring, and a bracelet."
Shen Zhichu looked down at the ring and bracelet on his ring finger and said, "This is the best and most appropriate gift I have ever received."
Speaking of pomp and circumstance, wasn't her wedding with Li Jingshen also quite grand? There were even media reporters at the time, but she still wasn't happy.
So the most important thing is not the wedding, but the person who will spend the rest of your life with you, just like the ring on your hand.
Li Jingshen had given her rings twice. The first time was a 30-yuan ring he bought on the street. The second time was during their divorce case. She lost the case and Li Jingshen forcibly took her glove and put it on the ring. Both times the rings did not fit, and the same was true for her relationship with Li Jingshen.
You can tell whether someone loves you or not from this point.
Father Bai said to Mother Bai, "We still have to have a half wedding. Just invite relatives and friends to come. Although the Bai family is not as well off as before, it is still more than enough to hold a wedding."
Bai's mother nodded in agreement.
The couple was so busy with their own arrangements that they completely forgot about Shen Zhichu. When they mentioned the arrangements for the wedding venue, Bai's mother turned around and asked Shen Zhichu, "Zhichu, do you have any ideas?"
Chen Zhichu suddenly remembered that Bai Qiujing had said that he wanted a Chinese-style wedding, the kind with all-over red and a red veil. She couldn't help laughing, "Chinese style, right?"
Father Bai saw that Shen Zhichu was bored alone in the hospital, and now it was a critical time, she must have a lot of things to do.
"Zhichu, why don't you go back?"
"But……"
"Your mother is taking care of me, and there are nurses as well. I'm fine. I can get out of bed and walk around now."
Bai's father's words "Your mother will take care of me" almost made Shen Zhichu unable to react. Shen Zhichu rarely tasted the love of her family. Her mother died of dystocia, and ever since then her father and brother hated her to death.
The word "mother" was something she had never even dreamed of. Dad, mom, brother, thinking about these words now, they seemed familiar yet strange.
"Then I will come to see you with Qiu Jing next time." Shen Zhichu did not refuse to leave. There were indeed a lot of things waiting for her to deal with in the company, and she also had to hand over the work from Bai Qiujing.
"Zhichu." Father Bai suddenly called her, and he propped himself up. Mother Bai, who was closest to him, saw this and quickly helped him stand up a little.
Father Bai looked at Shen Zhichu and said, "Can you call me dad?"
Shen Zhichu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of Shen Changnan, her father.
Shen Changnan may not have fulfilled his responsibilities as a good father to her, but he has always been a good husband. After her mother died, he still wore his wedding ring.
He never deleted the phone number related to his wife from his mobile phone. Even if the number was unavailable when he called later, he could still talk for a long time into the cold system voice, as if his wife was not dead yet.
There was a deep affection between them, which was like the red thread tied by Yue Lao. When his wife died, he lost half his soul. Even before he jumped off the building, he did not take off the ring on his ring finger, probably because he wanted to follow the red thread on the ring to find her in the underworld.
It wasn't that Shen Zhichu hadn't resented her father before. She resented him for always treating her coldly, scolding her, and not caring about her when she was sick. But after his death, all her resentment disappeared.
Actually, if you think about it carefully... her father loved her mother so much that he kept all her belongings. I heard that he even tried to commit suicide. As for why he didn't die... maybe he suddenly turned around and saw the two children.
The nanny at home once told Shen Zhichu.
——"Actually, your father has had a very hard time these years..."
Her grandfather also told her that.
——"Don't look at your father treating you like this. In fact, when you were a baby, he fed you milk powder and changed your diapers."
Dad, can you hug me? Chuchu wanted to cry, wanted to cry in her father's arms. They said, I killed my mother.
The scene in my memory stayed on Shen Changnan's indifferent back. He left without looking back, and finally stood under the tall building, made his last phone call, and then jumped down, his brain bursting.
"Chuchu?"
Shen Zhichu shuddered, and after coming to his senses, he blew his nose.
The first words "Mom and Dad" might be difficult for him to say out loud because he is not used to it. Father Bai understands: "If you can't say it now, it's okay..."
"Dad." Shen Zhichu interrupted him before he finished speaking, his voice hoarse. Looking at Bai's stunned expression, Shen Zhichu was afraid that he didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it seriously: "Dad, I'm going back today."
"Well, be careful on the road and report safety when you get to the company."
Shen Zhichu nodded and waved goodbye to Bai's mother: "Mom, I'm going back."
The moment she turned around, her eyes turned red and her heart felt warm. It was late autumn and approaching winter, and the weather was cold. Shen Zhichu was afraid of the cold, but now she didn't feel the cold at all. The warmth in her heart was flowing through her blood to her whole body, even her ears were warm.
She finally has her own parents. She is finally no longer the person who is laughed at and feels unloved by her parents. In the future, if she feels wronged and wants to cry, she doesn't have to hide in the bathroom and cry secretly.
Shen Zhichu originally thought that she was not a sentimental person. She had been treated coldly for many years, and her heart had long been bounded by the walls. Now that they were falling one by one, the people protecting her heart were all those who cared about her.
She didn't feel lonely at all now. Shen Zhichu walked out of the ward, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he closed the door and stood against the wall.
Her eyes were still a little red, and she didn't want anyone to see anything unusual, so she quickly lowered her head. When her eyes were no longer so hot, Shen Zhichu was about to leave when she suddenly heard Bai's father coughing in the ward.
"Ahem...take out my computer."
"You're still working even though you're like this? Come and drink some water..."
"How can I not work? I can't just leave it all on them. You know Qiu Jing never intended to inherit the Bai family business from the beginning. He was lost when he was young and spent more than ten years in an orphanage as a fool. How could he understand the problems at work... Originally, I planned to hand over the business to Zhichu after she married Qiu Jing, but now the Bai family is a mess. How can I hand it over to her?"
"But you're in the hospital now, so your health should be your first consideration."
"I know, I'm fine... cough cough cough..."
Bai's mother said anxiously, "You said you were fine, but look how badly you're coughing."
"I'm still alive, my brain is working, and I can still feel and act. I'll do as much as I can to help them so that they won't suffer in the future. Now that Qiu Jing and Zhichu have registered their marriage, we have to make up for the wedding as soon as possible. We can't let her down..."
Shen Zhichu could no longer hear what Father Bai said afterwards. Her ears were buzzing. Even now, they were still thinking of her.
Mr. Bai said that he didn't care about building property, but who would be willing to let decades of hard work go to waste?
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Shen Zhichu returned to the company, dealt with the urgent documents in his hands, and then handed over his work to Bai. It was already eight o'clock in the evening when he finished.
She and Bai Qiujing quickly got their marriage certificate and became husband and wife, but now on the second day of their wedding, they were so busy that they didn't even see each other. It was all about work.
Chen Zhichu returned to Quanshui Bay. The sunflower buried in the flowerpot had passed its flowering period and the petals had withered and drooped. Chen Zhichu trimmed it, and then saw that the soil was a little dry, so he added some nutrient water into it.
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