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Three days later, Song Yu landed at Haicheng Airport and Xue Li went to pick her up.
When he saw her, Xue Li was actually a little bit reluctant to recognize her. Their faces looked the same, but their temperaments were very different. She was wearing low-key and simple clothes, which were completely different from her previous tattered clothes that cost 20 yuan each at night market stalls. Although she looked good in those tattered clothes, she still looked poor.
Song Yu herself didn't feel anything. It didn't matter what she wore. All the clothes she wore were washed. The one she was wearing was taken from the closet.
"Are you okay on your way back this time?" Xue Li pulled her and looked her over. "I'm afraid your parents will lock you up again and not let you leave."
The smile on Song Yu's face faded a little. "How's Xu Qiao doing these days while I've been away?"
"It's about the same as when you left, but the doctor said that visitors can start from tomorrow. He must be getting better. Maybe he will wake up in a few days." Xue Li clenched his fists and waved them, looking very energetic.
"I hope so."
On the way back from the airport, Song Yu looked very tired but did not sleep. He leaned against the car window and stared at a point in the void.
It can be seen that she is not in good condition. She knows that Song Yu doesn't want to talk about what she experienced on this trip.
Xue Li sighed quietly. How could such a thing happen in this world? Aren't all parents supposed to love their children? She had asked this question countless times when she had complained to Lu Zhiqing angrily that day.
Lu Zhiqing's face was expressionless. "Xue Li, you have to accept that not everyone in this world is as happy as you. You may not understand, but the world is full of strange things. Allowing such things to exist is much better than just being angry here."
“But they don’t have a choice.”
"That's why we need them to wake up on their own, accept it, and then naturally break away from it. Do you understand?"
Xue Li didn't understand, but looking at Song Yu, she seemed to understand a little bit. She thought Song Yu would be in a very bad condition when she came back this time, and she was mentally prepared to do everything to cure her, but she didn't. She just had a calm expression, as if she hadn't experienced anything.
Song Yu told her that she could only stay in Haicheng for five more days. After five days, she would leave and might never come back.
Xue Li asked her, "What if you were to leave and Xu Qiao didn't wake up yet? What would you do then?"
She looked at Song Yu with her eyelashes drooping and remained silent for a long time. "If it doesn't work, write a letter to him." She smiled bitterly, "I don't have any other choice."
“…” She really had to leave this time.
On the first day of visitation, Song Yu stepped into the ICU door wearing a disposable protective suit. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she last saw Xu Qiao, but it felt like a long, long time, so long that when she first saw the person on the bed with tubes inserted all over his body, she vaguely thought it was not him.
He lay on the white hospital bed with his eyes closed and his brows relaxed. His face was so pale that even the blood vessels seemed clearly visible. The oxygen mask on his face was fogged up by layer of mist due to his regular breathing. There were purple needle holes on the back of his hands exposed through his hospital gown. His hands used to be so warm, but now there was only a thin layer of skin left, and his palms were cold. Song Yu had a feeling that he would be broken.
The visiting time was only half an hour. Song Yu sat next to him, holding his hand and whispering a lot, asking him not to worry and asking him why he ran out in such a hurry that day, maybe he was just scared, and told him sorry, but what he said most was that he should wake up early.
She smiled and gently blamed him for joking and told him to wake up early, otherwise he might never see her again. She choked several times before she finished speaking. She was afraid that Xu Qiao would be worried if she saw it, so she didn't shed a single tear, but her eyes were very red.
Day one, day two, day three...
On the fourth day, she went to school to cancel her vacation. After she came back, she explained the situation to her teacher and asked for another five days of leave. Today was the last day, and she went to complete the withdrawal procedures. She was a transfer student, so the procedure was not complicated and it was completed in half a day. In the afternoon, she was going to see Xu Qiao.
The class teacher expressed understanding for her decision and was concerned about Xu Qiao's treatment and medical expenses. She said the school could organize a fundraising campaign.
Song Yu rejected the teacher's kindness. The card given by Ye Yuping was more than enough to pay for the medical expenses.
When they came out of the teaching building, Xue Li rushed out from behind and hugged her fiercely, "Song Yu, goodbye! Wuuuuuuuu"
She lifted up Xue Li's tearful face, which looked like a cat's, and wiped it clean for her. "Okay, okay, it's not a life-and-death separation. We will always have a chance to meet again."
"What if there is no chance?" Xue Li asked her with sobs.
"Then let's just assume we're not destined to be together." Song Yu joked.
"How dare you say that." Xue Li hit her shoulder and wiped the tears from his face with his hands. "You are really very brave. You and Xu Qiao are both very powerful. Even if you go back, you must be proud of yourself. You are very strong. You are a real adult, Song Yu."
After wiping her tears for the last time, Song Yu hugged her and said softly, "Okay, I really have to go. I hope you can be with the person you love. Words of thanks are too bland, but I still want to say thank you. Remember what I told you, Xue Li."
Before leaving, Song Yu looked up at the classroom for the last time, but her eyes met with someone who was lying on the windowsill looking down. She smiled knowingly, waved to him, and said goodbye.
The figure paused, waved at her, then retreated back into the classroom and disappeared.
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During the last visit, Xu Qiao still showed no signs of waking up. Song Yu sat beside the bed and looked at his peaceful face quietly for a long time before speaking.
"Xu Qiao, when you wake up and see I'm gone, will you hate me? Today, Xue Li told me I was brave and powerful, like a real adult, but I know it was you who was always brave. You brought me out, settled me here, protected me, and sent me to school. You are so kind. It seems like you are the only person like you in the world."
"I ran away early. I'm sorry. You can scold me harshly after you wake up. Anyway, I can't hear you." Song Yu smiled. She held Xu Qiao's palm against her face. "So, if you want to scold me, wake up now and scold me harshly in front of me."
"Forget it." She spoke again after a while, "What if you wake up now and scold me and make me cry? It will be difficult to end it then. There are so many people here, I would be embarrassed to cry."
"I won't force you."
"It's just..." Song Yu couldn't hold back, tears dripping like crystal pearls, "Can you... give me a chance to say goodbye to you in person."
"Freedom and you, I can't catch it."
"I'm sorry." Song Yu kissed the palm of his hand and sobbed in his ear, "I like you."
After coming out of the hospital, she carried her luggage and got on a car to the airport. When she was about to leave, she saw a large group of doctors and people in suits suddenly appear at the hospital gate. An ambulance transporting patients stopped at the hospital gate. Then, she saw Xu Qiao being pushed out with tubes inserted into his body and put into the ambulance.
She stumbled out of the car and heard the men in suits making phone calls, "Yes, they found it. A helicopter has been arranged and the patient will be immediately transferred to City C for treatment."
What happened? How did they find Xu Qiao?
Her phone dinged, and Ye Yuping sent her a message, "Are you back yet? Don't bother with that dead guy anymore. I've already notified his family. Get back here right now."
She accidentally dropped her phone and watched the ambulance carrying Xu Qiao drive away.
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An afternoon in the golden autumn of September.
Song Yu held a stack of information and walked among the booths for reporting of various departments. He found the registration point of his college, submitted all the information, and successfully registered.
"Hello." A tall girl with a bright smile ran over. "I just saw that you and I share a dormitory. Hello, hello, my name is Lan Lin."
"My name is Song Yu, hello." Song Yu looked up at her and smiled friendly.
"Hey, have you ever visited our school?" Lan Lin asked her. "I visited during summer vacation. Our school has several nice attractions."
"Really?" Song Yu lowered his head and flipped through the flyer in his hand without interest.
"Of course, we'll come across one on the way to the dormitory. It's a very beautiful lake." Lan Lin looked at the golden sunset not far away. "We'll definitely see the sunset if we go there now. It would be a pity not to see it. Let's go together."
Song Yu wanted to refuse but there was no way to persuade her, so he had to go with her.
"I heard there are often handsome guys flirting with girls by the lake." Lan Lin walked in front, shaking his head. "Who knows, maybe we'll run into him later. The sunset is so beautiful today, there must be a lot of people over there."
But Lan Lin was wrong. There weren't many people by the lake. It was the first day of school and everyone was busy with their own things. They didn't have the leisure to appreciate the sunset here.
Her eyes scanned the crowd, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She nudged Song Yu with her elbow as if to ask for credit, "See, I told you there's a handsome guy. Oh my god, he's a very handsome guy, too. That height and that face, wow."
"Pada." Lan Lin looked down at the documents on the ground and said, "What's wrong with you? Pick up some documents..."
Before she finished speaking, a gust of wind blew around her. She looked at Song Yu's running back and said in surprise, "You were not interested when you were talking about handsome guys just now, but now you meet a good-looking one with a beautiful face and you are so excited."
The next second, she saw Song Yu run directly to the handsome guy and hug him. Everyone around was shocked. Lan Lin quickly covered her face with the documents, pretending that the hungry man was not her roommate, and slipped away quickly.
Song Yu ignored all of this. She hugged the person in front of her and called out again and again, "Xu Qiao, Xu Qiao..."
Everything was blurry in her vision until someone bent down to wipe her tears and chuckled at her, "What's wrong? Aren't you happy to see me?"
She looked at the familiar and handsome face in front of her, put her palm on his face and felt the warmth of his fluffy hair, and said incoherently with tears in her eyes, "It turned out to be you, I didn't expect..."
Xu Qiao was originally still laughing at her, but his eyes couldn't help but turn red. Seeing her bewildered and afraid to move, he grabbed her hands and put them on his face, saying in a bitter voice, "Song Yu, it's really...it's really me..."
Her panicked fingers touched bit by bit, her fingertips trembling, as if she had finally confirmed it. Song Yu suddenly woke up from a dream, took a big step back, clenched his hands together and unclenched them, raised his eyes nervously and asked him, "Are you...are you feeling better?"
"Everything is fine."
"Okay, that's good, that's good..." Song Yu said "that's good" several times in a row, looked at him stiffly and said, "You haven't told me yet, why are you here?"
Xu Qiao waved the acceptance letter in his hand towards her and asked knowingly, "I'm here to report to the university, what about you?"
"I...me too..." Song Yu's mind was quickly searching for topics. Speak quickly, don't let the topic end. What if Xu Qiao leaves later?
There were many questions she wanted to ask, but her mind went blank in her haste, and she couldn't find the next topic to talk about.
"I like you."
"Oh, so that's how it is." Song Yu nodded randomly in agreement. He really liked this lake...
Huh? She suddenly raised her head and stuttered, "What did you just say? Say it again."
Xu Qiao approached her, put his hand in front of her and tucked her hair behind her ear, just like he had done before. He said seriously, "I say, I like you, Song Yu, be my girlfriend."
Song Yu was practically frozen in place, the only thing he could say in reply was, "I like you, too."
"Yeah." Xu Qiao's eyes curved, "I know. I heard it before."
Did you hear it before? Song Yu reacted, "Did you hear it that time in the ICU?"
Xu Qiao nodded. He took Song Yu's hand and leaned over to hold her in his arms. He leaned close to her ear and said, "I'm sorry. You were scared at that time, right? I'm sorry. It's all my fault."
Song Yu shook his head vigorously and reached out to hug Xu Qiao back, "How could that be? That's not your problem."
"You don't know how happy I am right now, Xu Qiao."
"Yeah, me too." Xu Qiao hugged her tightly and responded with a smile.
The brilliant sunset in the distance was blindingly bright. Perhaps they would plan their next escape, but now, they just wanted to quietly appreciate this first sunset after their reunion.
-over-
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