The two left the workshop and went to a secluded spot. The fat man asked her, "Why didn't you tell me?"
Shen Xuemei lowered her head again: "We are not related."
"That's not right. Thirteen years have passed since 1967, and we haven't broken off our friendship. How can we not be old friends?"
Shen Xuemei hesitated, "It's better to avoid trouble..."
The fat man was furious: "Why don't you just let them bully you to death? They've already beaten your man, ripped your clothes... they've done all that to you, and you still want to put up with it?"
Shen Xuemei's eyes reddened, and soon large tears began to fall like raindrops, gradually gathering into a string of beads.
The fat man sighed helplessly. Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast.
"Your man, he didn't do anything to you, did he?"
Shen Xuemei wiped away her tears hastily: "He told me to get out, said he was a good-for-nothing, a bastard, and that he was the one who dragged me down, that he didn't deserve me."
After saying that, she burst into tears.
This poor woman was just like those helpless girls in the past who were targeted by thugs and forcibly taken home; everyone thought she was easy to bully.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have succumbed to Li Huaide back then...
The fat man comforted Shen Xuemei, but he was in a bad mood and didn't want to go to work, so he went straight to the hospital after leaving the factory.
Shi Bowen's condition has stabilized. He had lost too much blood, but fortunately he was strong and healthy and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment. It seems he still has a long life ahead of him.
It's about his mother. No one has figured out how to tell him, so they can only keep it from him for now.
The situation with Qinlonghu is much more serious. He suffered post-operative complications, including a persistent high fever, and is still struggling to survive.
Only his eldest brother stayed by his side; he never saw any of the other family members.
Chen Yan arrived in the afternoon.
Holding a bag of apples, the fat man couldn't help but sigh that fate is always surprisingly similar.
The fat man gave her a cold look the moment he saw her: "What are you doing here!"
Chen Yan rolled her eyes at him: "Didn't you say that leaders should care about their employees?"
"You... he's seriously injured this time, covered in scars and marks, he looks terrible. Second sister, don't you want to reconsider?"
Chen Yan said helplessly, "Now is not the time to talk about these things."
The fat man sighed: "There couldn't be a better time. His mother... is gone."
Upon hearing the fat man's words, Chen Yan was stunned on the spot.
Shi Bowen's mother, she just... she just left like that?
Chen Yan already had the answer in her heart: "So he still doesn't know?"
The fat man nodded: "I haven't figured out how to tell him yet. I'm afraid he won't be able to handle the blow."
Chen Yan sat down next to the fat man, and after a short silence, she said, "I understand."
Unexpectedly, the fat man retorted firmly: "You don't understand! Or rather, none of us understand yet. People often say that parents are a wall that stands in front of death for us. As long as parents are alive, the wall remains; but Shi Bowen's parents are gone, so this wall has collapsed. From now on, he will have to face death head-on..."
Chen Yan only thought about it for a moment before shrinking into a ball in fear. What her younger brother said was too cruel and too real.
The fat man hurriedly comforted her, "Second sister, don't be afraid, I will always be with you."
Chen Yan asked softly, "Really?"
"real!"
"..."
In the morning, Shi Bowen finally learned of this devastating news.
People from the Hongxing Factory funeral committee have arrived.
As soon as Shi Bowen saw them, he understood everything.
A nine-foot-tall man suddenly burst into tears, crying, "Mom! Mom..."
In the ward, sentimental people like Chen Yan had already begun to secretly wipe the corners of their eyes; the fat man forced himself to maintain a blank expression, but his nose was also stinging with tears.
When Fatty met them, he knew they were a bunch of "dispensable" people. They all came from families with many children, were not favored by their parents at home, and were not favored by their team leaders in the workshop. They just thought about getting by all day.
There must have been eight or nine of them at the time. Among all those people, the family of the mathematician Bowen was the simplest.
His father passed away early, and he had an older sister who married and moved away, so he and his elderly mother lived together.
Now my mother is gone too. The capital city is so big, but I can't find any relatives anymore.
The fat guy is really not good at comforting people; he's staying here mostly out of loyalty to his friends.
On the contrary, Chen Yan was as gentle as an older sister at this moment; Shi Bowen's painful and helpless appearance aroused her protective instincts, so she fed him medicine, peeled apples for him, and spoke softly to him.
After watching for a while, the fat man became so angry that he felt like he had eaten two lemons and went to watch the Dragon-Catching Tiger show across the street.
After a day and a night of emergency treatment, Qinlonghu finally woke up.
When the fat man came in, he was staring blankly at the ceiling.
The fat man couldn't bear to see his older brother, Qinlonghu, with bloodshot eyes. He said, "Why don't you go back, take a shower, change your clothes, and get some sleep? The factory will arrange for someone to take care of you."
Qinlonghu's older brother shook his head: "I'm fine, let's not cause any trouble for the factory."
They went outside for a smoke, and halfway through their cigarettes, Qinlonghu's older brother suddenly said, "Da Niu used to follow you, right?"
The fat man sighed: "I've always considered him a brother, but as for Yang Weimin and his group..."
His older brother interrupted the fat man: "No need to say anything, I know it all, you're not on the same path."
After finishing his cigarette, the honest and simple man said, "Da Niu often talks about you to me."
"You mean me?"
His older brother nodded: "Da Niu has always been stubborn since he was little, and he only talks to me about things. He admires you a lot and thinks you're the kind of person who's really good at big things, especially with you guys doing that thing, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency?"
The fat man explained, "It's bSo, but to put it bluntly, it's still just moving people around."
His older brother strongly disagreed: "Da Niu told me that what you guys do is amazing! At first, I didn't believe him. Moving house? How could it be so complicated? But he explained it so clearly, and although I didn't understand a lot of it, I got it. What you're doing is completely different from what he does with his bunch of shady friends. This is a legitimate business, and one that can sustain you for a lifetime..."
After hesitating for a long time, the fat man finally brought up the surgery: "Well, let me call you Big Brother too. Big Brother, you don't need to worry about the money for Da Niu's surgery. I'm also trying to find a way to get the specialists..."
His older brother was silent for a moment, then made a decision: "Let's not talk about the surgery anymore. Whether he can stand up or not, Da Niu has done his duty."
The fat man was anxious: "No, listen to me, money is really not a problem... I've already asked some leaders I know for help, and asked them to see if they can contact an expert in this field?"
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