Chapter 125
After dinner, Chuxia continued to stay in the restaurant to help.
We were busy until closing time and Lin Xiaohan didn't come.
Thinking that he must have something urgent to do at work and was too busy to leave, and that she was also very tired after being busy all day, after the restaurant closed, Chuxia just took a shower and went to bed.
I slept until the early morning and woke up to the sound of the alarm clock. The first thing that came to my clear mind was that Lin Xiaohan didn't come last night.
Before she knew it, he had become a part of her life, and she felt uncomfortable when she wasn't around for even a day.
I reached out to turn off the alarm clock and lay down for a two-minute nap in early summer.
After her brain was fully awake, she gathered her breath, threw off the quilt, got up, washed up and had breakfast.
After breakfast, I went out to work.
The alley already had the bustle and vitality that it should have at the beginning of the day.
There are old men exercising, children running to school with their schoolbags on their backs, and many adults riding their bikes to work, ringing bells at hand.
Walking out of the alley under the glow of the morning sun.
In early summer, I rode my bike to work as usual.
When I arrived at the office, several colleagues were gathered together reading newspapers.
From the tone of their discussion, I can tell that there should be some big news today.
Chuxia drank two sips of hot water, leaned over to take a look, and asked curiously, "What's the news?"
The colleague handed her the newspaper and asked her to read it. "Yesterday, when we were getting off work in the evening, a major accident occurred in the city. Five people died and twenty were injured."
This is really big news that makes people feel shocked just by hearing it.
Chuxia took the newspaper and read it carefully. The report said that a taxi driver suddenly stepped on the accelerator while driving and lost control and hit people, resulting in five deaths on the spot and twenty injuries.
In addition to the text, there are also pictures of the scene of the incident.
Finally, the taxi crashed into a stone pillar, and half of the front of the car was dented.
Because the accident happened yesterday evening, the report did not specify the cause of the accident.
When Chuxia was reading the newspaper, other colleagues were discussing:
"This was obviously intentional. They specifically crashed into places where there were people."
"Just reading the report is scary. What inspired this accident to kill so many people?"
"I wonder if he's mentally ill and suddenly can't control himself."
"Can a mentally ill person drive a taxi?"
“I guess he’s just an extremist.”
…
After reading the report, Chuxia also felt frightened and her heart was pounding.
I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I couldn't help but feel it was horrible just by reading the text and pictures. If I had seen it in person, I would have been scared to death.
Chuxia took a breath silently and returned the newspaper to her colleague.
A few people discussed it for a while, and after they had expressed their emotions caused by the report, they went back to their respective work.
After saying this, Chuxia turned her attention back to her work.
However, she didn't know what was wrong. The report made her heart beat faster and she couldn't calm down. She was always uncontrollably restless.
Feeling uneasy, she suddenly remembered that Lin Xiaohan did not go to her house last night.
Then my mind started to associate uncontrollably with other things and I couldn't help thinking of the worst. My heart beat faster and faster and I felt a chill in my heart as if a sharp knife was stabbing me.
As soon as this thought crossed my mind, not only my heart but even my fingertips felt cold.
Chuxia quickly shook her head to stop herself from thinking too much.
Bad things happen every day in this world. You can’t think too much just after reading a report.
As a result, the more she tried to stop herself from thinking too much, the more she lost control of her mind.
The more I thought about it, the more I felt like something was wrong. My heartbeat and emotions couldn't calm down at all.
So when it was time to get off work at noon, Chuxia didn't go to the cafeteria to eat.
She rode her bike directly out of the office and rushed to Lin Xiaohan's office.
My mood fluctuated uncontrollably for a long time.
If she didn't go see him, she felt she wouldn't have a peaceful day.
With a nervous mood, Chuxia rode her bike to the gate of Lin Xiaohan's unit.
Outsiders were naturally not allowed to enter, so Chu Xia told the master at the gate the specific department information of Lin Xiaohan and asked them to help go in and call him out.
Seeing that Chuxia was wearing a government uniform, the master did not refuse and went straight to help call for help.
Chu Xia stood outside the gate, waiting with a heavy heart. After waiting for a while, thinking that she would be able to see Lin Xiaohan soon, she suddenly saw the security guard coming back.
He came back by himself, and Lin Xiaohan did not come out with him.
I couldn't calm down anymore.
Before the master came closer, Chu Xia couldn't help but ask anxiously: "Isn't he at work?"
The master walked up to Chu Xia and said, "Aren't you his family member? He was out on business yesterday afternoon and got injured in an accident. He is in the hospital now. The unit has already notified his family."
When Chu Xia heard this, her heart sank, as if a bolt of lightning had struck her head.
She was stunned for a moment and then asked hurriedly, "Which hospital?"
***
He hurriedly got on his bike again, going twice as fast as the time he came.
In the early summer breeze, she rushed to the hospital that the security guard had told her about as quickly as possible.
Under the guidance of the nurse, she found the ward where Lin Xiaohan was.
Knowing that Lin Xiaohan was not in danger of life, Chu Xia was slightly relieved. However, when she entered the ward, she still tensed her breathing and all the nerves in her body.
Lin Xiaohan is still in a coma at this moment.
Chuxia opened the door of the ward and saw him lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
The moment he saw it, Chuxia's chest, which was already stuffy, suddenly felt a tight pain.
Lin Xiaohan was staying in a single room, and he was not the only one in the room. There was also a middle-aged woman with curly hair that exposed her ears, pearl earrings, and fashionable clothes.
After Chuxia entered the ward, she met the middle-aged woman's eyes.
Her attention was all on Lin Xiaohan, and she didn't react immediately.
The middle-aged woman looked puzzled and asked first: "Who are you..."
She couldn't think of anyone else except someone from Lin Xiaohan's unit who would come to see him at this time, and a girl who came alone.
Chuxia came to her senses and was not too confused.
The only person in this ward at this moment is Lin Xiaohan’s stepmother Lu Fangying.
So she looked at Lu Fangying and replied, "Oh, hello, I'm his girlfriend."
Object?
Can someone like Lin Xiaohan find a partner?
And she's so beautiful and wears a government uniform?
Lu Fangying looked Chu Xia up and down, with five words in her eyes and expression - how is it possible?
Is there really someone in this world who can tolerate Lin Xiaohan's temper and is willing to be with him?
Lu Fangying was full of doubts and didn't say anything.
If she had nothing to do with Lin Xiaohan, she would think this girl was quite pleasing to the eye, but when she said she was Lin Xiaohan's girlfriend, she started to dislike everything about her.
Chuxia didn't pay any more attention to Lu Fangying and went straight to the ward to see Lin Xiaohan.
Seeing Lin Xiaohan lying there with his eyes closed and motionless, she subconsciously felt worried and nervous.
Seeing Chu Xia's overly worried look, Lu Fangying suddenly smiled and said, "He is lucky. He wasn't hit that badly. I heard that several people were killed in the accident."
Hearing this, Chu Xia suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Lu Fangying.
Her eyes suddenly became fierce, as if she wanted to eat someone, and Lu Fangying was frightened by her.
Lu Fangying unconsciously put away the smile on her face.
After choking for a moment, he continued, "The doctor said that there will be no major problems once you wake up."
It was our first meeting, so I could have been more polite to her.
Now Chu Xia no longer had any good tone or expression to speak to her, and said in a cold voice: "Then go back, I won't bother you here."
After this, Lu Fangying couldn't help but get angry.
Lin Xiaohan is Lin Bingwei's biological son, so she tolerates his bad attitude towards her.
How could she tolerate this little girl who appeared out of nowhere treating her like this?
It is not the turn of the Lin family for a nobody outsider to point fingers at them.
So she looked at Chu Xia and said, "Miss, do you know who I am? I am Lin Xiaohan's mother, and you are just his girlfriend. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to talk to me with this attitude and tone?"
Chu Xia didn't look at her and said, "There's nothing inappropriate. His mother is long gone."
Lu Fangying suddenly laughed again, and her tone became sarcastic: "I was wondering, how could a man like him find a normal partner? Which normal girl would be willing to be with him? Turns out he found a mean person who doesn't even know how to respect his elders."
Chu Xia: "I only respect people who deserve respect, regardless of whether they are elders or not."
Lu Fangying's face froze with anger.
She suppressed her anger and said, "You haven't even entered our Lin family yet, have you? What right do you have to talk here? I'm here, so you can go back."
Chu Xia raised her eyebrows and looked at her, "Why are you staying here? Are you here to care about him and take care of him? You are just pretending to be a kind-hearted stepmother to your old man, so that your old man will be devoted to you and leave all the broken things in the house to your son. Now that I am here, it is just a reason for you not to wrong yourself and pretend here. Go back and tell your old man that I scolded you away. Cry and tell him that his cold-blooded and mean eldest son has found another vicious and mean target."
Lu Fangying was so angry that she stood up from her chair and said in a loud voice, "This is the first time I've seen someone like you! You really don't fit the pot well!"
After saying that, he didn't give Chuxia a chance to retort and walked away in his leather shoes.
Chu Xia was too lazy to look at her any longer and just looked at Lin Xiaohan again.
This time when she looked at Lin Xiaohan again, she saw that he had opened his eyes and woke up, looking at her weakly with a smile in his eyes.
As long as I wake up, I can breathe a sigh of relief.
Chuxia was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and ran out to find a doctor.
I felt relieved only after I asked the doctor to come and do some basic examinations on him.
After the doctor left, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan were the only ones left in the ward.
Lin Xiaohan was lying on the hospital bed, and Chuxia sat down on the chair next to him.
Chuxia held his hand and stared at him.
After watching for a while, my eyes were wet and tears fell down.
I just rushed over from his workplace, and when I saw him lying like this in the ward, I saw him having a few arguments with his stepmother, so my nerves were tense.
Now that I've relaxed a little bit, I'm totally out of control.
Lin Xiaohan raised his hand to wipe her tears and told her, "Don't cry."
Chuxia tried hard to suppress her tears, but she couldn't control them. The more she tried, the more tears came.
Then she cried and choked and said, "Do you know that I was almost scared to death by you?"
When I saw the news and unconsciously thought of it, I was already uneasy enough.
She was scared to death just by reading the report, not to mention finding out that her worries had come true. She almost collapsed on the way to the hospital by bike.
Anyone would be terrified if this happened to them, and Lin Xiaohan himself was filled with fear.
But he held Chuxia's hand and said, "It's okay. I'm lucky. I won't die."
Chuxia now feels terrified when she hears the word "death".
So he looked at him and said, "Don't say that word."
Lin Xiaohan immediately responded, "Okay, I won't say it."
Then he looked at Chu Xia and asked, "You didn't see me yesterday, did you miss me?"
Chu Xia knew that he was trying to change the subject to help her relax, so she held his hand, suppressed her emotions and said, "I miss you so much, otherwise why would I be here now?"
Lin Xiaohan smiled and said, "I promise, there won't be a next time."
Chuxia hummed and held his hands in hers with both hands. Only then did she feel the reality of surviving a disaster, and her heart gradually settled down.
Once I felt at ease, my mood and emotions gradually stabilized.
Although she had also read the newspaper, Chu Xia still asked Lin Xiaohan about the situation at that time.
The situation is simple.
He was out on business with his leader and unfortunately encountered yesterday's accident.
In his panic, he pushed the leader next to him away and failed to completely avoid it.
Because the incident happened so suddenly, no one was prepared.
Many people did not react in time and did not dodge when the car hit them. Some were even knocked down and crushed.
Dead
The situation was dire.
Originally, I read the news just to see other people's affairs.
Now that the incident had happened to him, he lost his bystander mentality. Chu Xia was filled with fear and said with great emotion: "No matter what the reason, such people should be shot!"
***
After Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan finished talking about these things, their emotions had almost calmed down.
Without continuing to say these emotional words, she sat with Lin Xiaohan for a while, then asked him: "Are you hungry now? I'll go buy you something to eat."
Lin Xiaohan shook his head, "I don't feel like eating for now."
Seeing that he really didn't want to eat, Chu Xia sat there and said to him, "I'll go back to the office and ask for leave from my boss, then I'll go home and make you something to eat. My food is delicious."
Lin Xiaohan looked at her and said, "You don't have to take time off to come here and watch over me. I can do it on my own. If you want to see me, just come over when you get off work."
Chu Xia didn't listen to him at this moment, "It's already like this, are you still okay on your own? I'll take a week off first, and if you get better quickly, I won't ask for more."
Lin Xiaohan: "There's no need to let this affect your work."
Chu Xia: "Is this a small matter? I have been working here for such a long time, and this is just one leave. Everyone has some important things to deal with. The boss should be able to understand."
Lin Xiaohan looked at Chuxia for a while and said nothing else.
He couldn't explain his feelings, he just felt that his life seemed particularly perfect.
The girl he liked in front of him gradually filled in the missing piece in his life.
***
Zhengyang Hotel.
Because it was past lunchtime, there were not many people eating in the restaurant.
There were still a few tables of customers eating outside, but no new orders.
Wu Xuemei stood behind the counter, waiting to collect money from the last few tables of customers.
Then she glanced outside inadvertently and suddenly saw Chuxia riding a bicycle past the restaurant.
She thought she was dazzled.
But after a while, Chuxia came in from the back door again.
I saw Hatsuka coming out from behind the screen.
Wu Xuemei looked surprised and hurried over to ask, "Xia Xia, why are you back now? Isn't it working hours now?"
Chu Xia went to the kitchen and said, "I'll tell you later."
She went to the kitchen to get some ingredients. She planned to quickly cook something and bring it to Lin Xiaohan.
I was afraid that it would disrupt the business of the restaurant in front.
Chuxia took the ingredients and went into the inner courtyard, where she processed the ingredients and lit a fire.
She planned to stew some pork ribs soup and make some porridge and side dishes.
The pork ribs soup takes a little longer to cook.
In early summer, cover the casserole with the ribs and stew them while preparing other ingredients.
While she was taking care of the green vegetables, Wu Xuemei came over and asked her again curiously: "What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly back to cook when you were working peacefully?"
By this time in early summer, my emotions had completely calmed down.
She said to Wu Xuemei, "Didn't a serious accident happen yesterday? Xiao Lin was caught in it. He is lying in the hospital now. I will make him some food and bring it over."
Chu Xia put it very calmly, but Wu Xuemei's eyes widened instantly after hearing it.
She stared at Chu Xia and asked, "What accident? Isn't it the one mentioned in the newspaper today?"
I'm afraid everyone in the city knows about yesterday's accident.
Many of the guests who came to the restaurant to eat today were talking about what happened yesterday.
Of course, the focus of everyone's discussion was not who died or who was injured, but why the taxi driver suddenly did such a crazy thing.
Of course, the media has not reported it yet, and not many people know about it. No one knows how true the reasons that have been reported are.
After listening and talking for a long time, Wu Xuemei never thought that this matter would be related to the people around her.
Now hearing Chu Xia say this, she felt like all the hairs on her body were standing on end.
Chu Xia looked at her and nodded: "Yes."
Wu Xuemei was even more frightened after hearing this and soon broke out in a cold sweat.
She looked at Chuxia and then asked nervously, "It is said that five people died on the spot. Xiaolin is in the hospital now. Is he okay? Is his injury serious?"
Chu Xia nodded: "He was in a coma for a while, which was quite serious, but he has woken up now. He is receiving good treatment. The doctor said there will be no major problems."
Wu Xuemei subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel cold sweat all over her body.
She thought for a moment and said, "No wonder he didn't come over last night. I thought he was too busy with work to come over. Who knew something like this would happen?"
Then he turned around and walked forward, "I'm going to tell your dad that the restaurant here is closed today. We'll clean up in the front and go to the hospital with you later."
Such a big thing has happened. Now that Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei know about it, they will definitely go to see Lin Xiaohan. They won't feel at ease if they don't. So Chuxia didn't say anything and asked Wu Xuemei to go to the front to clean up.
Wu Xuemei went to the front and told Tang Haikuan about this, and Tang Haikuan was instantly frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.
Without any hesitation, he hung up the closing sign, took the workers to clean the restaurant inside and out, and then went to the hospital with Chuxia.
***
In the ward.
Lin Xiaohan had rested and was now lying on the hospital bed looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window.
Suddenly he heard the doorknob of the ward ring, and he turned to look at the door.
The door of the ward was opened from the outside, and Tang Haikuan came in with an insulated lunch box in his hand, and then Wu Xuemei and Chu Xia came in behind him.
Seeing Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei, Lin Xiaohan subconsciously wanted to stand up and said, "Uncle and aunt."
Seeing his action, Tang Haikuan quickly extended his hand and said, "Don't move, just lie down. We are all family, there is no need to be polite."
Lin Xiaohan just lay back down and didn't get up again.
Seeing Lin Xiaohan like this, with a head injury and a broken arm, Wu Xuemei couldn't help but feel angry and distressed. She said with emotion: "I really don't know who that person is. He just drove a car on the highway and stepped on the accelerator to hit anyone he saw. He is so capable. If someone provokes him, can't he just go find that person with a knife? Look at how many innocent families and innocent people he has hurt."
Lin Xiaohan could naturally see that Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were worried about him.
He looked at Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei and said, "Uncle and aunt, I'm fine. You don't have to worry so much. I will be well soon."
Seeing him like this, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were indeed relieved.
Chuxia had already opened the thermos box on the bedside cabinet, preparing for Lin Xiaohan to eat.
Seeing this, Tang Haikuan hurried over to help Lin Xiaohan up and let him sit with his back leaning against the pillow.
His left hand was in a cast, as was his right hand. Chuxia put the chopsticks in his hand, then took an insulated box and sat down beside his bed.
Wu Xuemei was not idle either. She hurriedly brought another thermal box and handed it to Lin Xiaohan.
There was another one, and Tang Haikuan went to get it and stood on the other side of the bed and handed it to him.
Lin Xiaohan leaned against the pillow with chopsticks in his hand, looked at the three people standing in front of him with lunch boxes, and his eyes suddenly became uncontrollably hot.
Wu Xuemei reached out and took a spoon and said to him, "You have to drink this porridge with a spoon."
Lin Xiaohan lowered his brows and suppressed his emotions.
After a moment, he looked up and said with a smile: "Uncle and aunt, I will just eat them one by one."
Tang Haikuan looked at him directly and said, "This is convenient, you can eat whatever you want."
Lin Xiaohan looked at Chuxia again.
After a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll eat faster."
Chu Xia immediately added: "No need to eat fast, eat slowly so that it can be digested."
***
evening.
In the ward corridor.
Lin Bingwei and Lu Fangying took Lin Haobo to the ward where Lin Xiaohan was staying.
As he walked, Lin Bingwei said, "I want to see what kind of uneducated girl he has found."
Then he walked to the ward and opened the door.
Before anyone entered, they saw Lin Xiaohan with a smile on his face.
He was lying on the hospital bed, talking to a middle-aged couple and a beautiful girl.
In Lin Bingwei's memory, Lin Xiaohan had never smiled.
Not to mention smiling, he rarely even has a good face. Most of the time he has a disgusting and cold face.
So the moment he saw Lin Xiaohan’s smiling face, he was subconsciously stunned.
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