Chapter 117 Chapter 30 Arriving at the ward of the nursing home for half an hour...
Half an hour after arriving at the nursing home ward, the adoptive mother called. She didn't say much, but said that the weather was getting colder and winter was coming soon. She wanted to check on the health of the two children and also asked how Mingyu was doing recently.
"He...he."
Although both are biological children, the adoptive mother is actually more partial to Mingyu when facing Mingyao and Mingyu. So Li Zheng has never been able to understand what she said before Mingyu, that no one cares about him.
"I don't know either."
"Maybe something happened at school."
He didn't tell the truth in the end.
"Oh...I see."
Li Zheng responded with a few ambiguous remarks and handed the phone to Li Mingyao to talk a few more words. When the phone returned to his hand, his adoptive mother no longer mentioned Mingyu.
It could be heard that the adoptive mother was in a good mood. She even talked about the past, saying that when Li Zheng was a child and first came to their home, he was often sick, but he was very obedient and sensible and just endured the discomfort.
Later, when he was older, he could help take care of the two children, like a little adult in the family, helping to look after his younger siblings when they were busy.
Previously, some neighbors asked them to return the child since they already had their own children. Now that they see that he can take care of two children, they feel sour and say that he is lucky.
Of course I'm lucky.
After all, Li Zheng is now the captain of the criminal police team in the city. In the eyes of those old family members, he is considered to be eating public food, which means he is really promising.
Li Zheng responded with a "hmm".
After the call ended, Li Zheng put down his phone. Wei Sheng was peeling an apple with a knife beside him.
He held the knife very steadily, and the apple slowly rotated in his hand, and a thin and long strip of apple skin fell off, almost without a break in the middle.
It seems like it has been cut many times.
Looking at the smooth apple handed to him, Li Zheng took it and thought of some past events.
He used to like eating apples, but not really because he really liked them. It was mainly because apples were cheaper than other fruits and had a longer shelf life.
At that time, there was a saying that eating apples every day would be good for the body. Sometimes when I met Wei Lele on the rooftop or in a corner of the school, I thought about it.
Every time he would take out a big red apple from his school uniform pocket like a magic trick, and a small folding knife from another pocket.
Talk about some random gossip.
For example, Li Zheng would tell him to study hard just like he did with other students in the class, and occasionally he would curiously ask him how much money he could make from this thing, how his business was going recently, etc.
As usual, Wei Lele would persuade Li Zheng to join the group to make money, and would mostly tell him school gossip, such as what happened between whom, what happened between which teacher, and what happened in other schools.
It's as if he knows everything.
During this process, Wei Lele was peeling apples next to him. It looked ugly at first, but he ate all the apples by himself, so Li Zheng thought he wanted to eat them himself.
Later, his technique became more and more skilled, and after he peeled the first perfect apple, he gave it to him.
"Give it to me? You don't want to eat it?"
"I don't want to eat anymore."
"oh."
Usually, when he finished peeling the apple, Li Zheng would be about to leave. Sometimes, perhaps it was Li Zheng's illusion, he would peel the apple very slowly, deliberately delaying time.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Wei Sheng had just wiped the apple juice off the knife and put it back in his pocket when he looked up and found Li Zheng holding the apple but not eating it, looking at him thoughtfully.
"nothing…"
In the past, Li Zheng could actually tell the difference between Wei Sheng and Wei Lele, but recently he didn't know what happened, and it seemed that he could no longer tell the difference between them.
This inability to distinguish has nothing to do with appearance. It is a tone of voice, attitude, temperament, and some subtle movements that you may not even notice.
When did it start?
Li Zheng wanted to continue thinking deeply, but Ming Yao's exclamation brought him back to his wandering thoughts.
"Wow... Thank you so much, Brother Wei..."
"fine."
He obviously liked the skin care products that Wei Sheng had carefully packaged, while he put the other somewhat ordinary pendant aside indifferently.
Li Zheng took a bite of the apple.
It tastes really sweet.
Pushing Li Mingyao around outside the sanatorium for a while, they chatted about some recent interesting things. Li Zheng actually wanted to fool around with the matter about Li Mingyu.
However, the girl's mind was obviously more delicate, and she did not fool around as easily as her adoptive mother did.
There was no other way, so Li Zheng picked out and told him half of the truth. He only said that he had done some things and was now in detention, but he didn't mention the game or anything like that.
"I thought he was a little sick before. Alas, it turned out to be true..." Li Mingyao sighed, and looked at Li Zheng worriedly, "Did he cause you any trouble?"
"No."
"oh……"
Before leaving, Li Zheng pushed the wheelchair all the way back to the ward. He was about to leave, but Wei Sheng's expression or action made Li Mingyao suddenly laugh. Her eyes flicked back and forth between Li Zheng and Wei Sheng. "Brother, when you two came here today, I wanted to ask you, you and Brother Wei... aren't just ordinary friends, right? When did this happen?"
Li Zheng was not used to being teased by his sister like this. He coughed twice and said, "Don't worry about my business."
Wei Sheng, who had just confirmed their relationship less than 24 hours ago, happily admitted it and his body involuntarily leaned a little closer to Li Zheng.
"I never thought you two siblings had such sharp eyes. You saw it right away. It hasn't been that long. I was lucky enough to have your brother take me in..."
"Oh, so you all live together."
Li Mingyao was also very worldly-wise and abstracted the key points that Wei Sheng wanted to express, and said some words similar to blessings, such as I hope everything is well and I hope your relationship will get better and better.
This kind of words obviously made Wei Sheng very happy.
Anyone with eyes could see how good his mood was. He was so happy that he started looking around the ward and found that Mingyao was staying in a shared room. He waved his hand and moved her to a single room.
She was so happy that she was almost dizzy. She was so happy that she spoke without thinking. She even said, "Actually, I have a few houses in Mingzhu Plaza. They're all renovated. I was thinking that when you get well in the future, you can choose one."
This news not only surprised Li Mingyao, but Li Zheng also glanced at him sideways: "When did it happen?"
"………Forehead."
Wei Sheng's smile froze for a few seconds. He finally remembered that when they first met, he told Li Zheng that he had nowhere to stay, but now he said that he actually had a house here...
"Let me explain..."
Li Mingyao noticed the atmosphere between the two people and took the initiative to interrupt the topic.
"Brother, I haven't asked you yet, how come you suddenly have time to come here? Aren't you busy with work these days? Or are you taking the National Day holiday early?"
"…take a few days off."
"ah…"
So the matter was left unresolved.
After leaving the sanatorium, Wei Sheng was in a very good mood the whole day, with an unbreakable smile on his face.
When he went to the city hospital, Li Zheng first visited Liu Yingying and got the latest information from the attending physician. There were some physical signs, but the reaction was not particularly severe.
He chatted with Liu's mother for a while, and Wei Sheng also responded from time to time.
After the show, I went to another floor to see Wei Lele.
Until this time, Wei Sheng, who had been happy all day, restrained the expression on his face. There was obvious resistance in his eyes, but he quickly adjusted his facial expression.
In other words, Li Zheng didn't pay much attention to his expression at that time. He was surprised by something else:
——He couldn’t see Wei Lele’s face clearly.
This description was a bit strange. Li Zheng initially thought there was something wrong with his eyes, so he rubbed his eyes and looked around fine. But when he looked at the face on the bed, he couldn't see clearly again.
No matter how many times I rub it, I still can't see clearly.
This kind of unclearness doesn't mean that he can't see anything, it's like someone has put a layer of mosaic on his face, and he can't see what he looks like.
"Why is this happening?"
He explained to Wei Sheng what he had seen and asked him what happened and why he could see it before.
"Isn't that normal? NPC awakenings are caused by too many bugs. What difference does it make if there's one more or one less? And..."
Wei Sheng looked at Li Zheng and said as a matter of course.
"Besides, am I not by your side? Why do you want to see him? I have all the memories he has. If you want to chat or reminisce, you can always come to me."
“…………”
This was the first time in such a long time that Li Zheng heard such a clear answer from Wei Sheng.
“…………”
"What do you want to talk about? Where did you go and what did you do after dropping out of school?" He paused. "First, I went to the coastal area and worked with a master to trade in seafood. After I made some money, I started looking for partners..."
“…………”
When they met at Qinghe River Park, he was clearly a pampered young man in Li Zheng's eyes. His every move showed that he was out of place here, but now Wei Sheng...
Unconsciously, he seemed to be becoming more and more integrated with this place.
At noon, the two of them had lunch at a restaurant near the hospital. The specialty dishes of Cheongdam were particularly strong in flavor, and many outsiders simply couldn't eat them.
Wei Sheng ate very naturally.
After dinner, Lou Ruoping made a phone call and told a good news. She said that Li Mingyu, who had been unwilling to cooperate before, was very cooperative today and took the initiative to sign a confession of guilt and punishment. The case was progressing smoothly and would be sent to the procuratorate soon.
"master……"
There was a hint of worry in the girl's voice: "Have you been okay these days?"
Li Zheng hummed and half-jokingly replied, "Okay, what's wrong with taking a vacation?"
"That's fine. Actually, I wanted to say this before. Being so busy with work all the time is not good for your health. You should take a good rest during this period."
"Um."
At the end of the call, Lou Ruoping mentioned another thing: "The kitten is missing."
"Which one?"
"It's the little tortoiseshell turtle you often feed. I could see its shadow before, but I haven't seen it in the past few days, and the cat food in the bowl hasn't been touched."
"oh."
Wei Sheng was close enough to hear some of the conversation. After Li Zheng hung up, he took the initiative to ask, "Who called you?"
"Lou Ruoping."
"oh."
"What's up?"
"Li Mingyu signed it."
There were only two people in the private room, and Li Zheng didn't intend to play dumb with him. He asked directly, "Every time he called before, he wanted to see me. This time, he suddenly signed a confession. What did you do?"
Wei Sheng picked up a piece of white meat cut as thin as a cicada's wing, dipped it in the red oil sauce, and chewed it carefully: "He wanted to escape, and I happened to know a way, so I just told him."
This answer is very interesting.
"You're not sure if your approach is correct, are you?"
"Then it has nothing to do with me. I just don't want him to bother me." Wei Sheng took out a tissue and wiped the corner of his mouth. "You know, time is running out."
“…………”
Li Zheng stopped talking.
"You're much more relaxed now than on your first day off. That's fine. So, where are we going tomorrow? There's nothing much to do in Cheongdam. How about trying another city?"
Speaking of the day he just took vacation, Li Zheng did feel confused and didn't know what to do. It was like a string that was usually taut and was suddenly relaxed. He would definitely not be able to adapt.
Later he gradually adapted to it.
"I thought I heard a cat?"
Li Zheng was eating and mumbled what Lou Ruoping had said to him on the phone.
"That clown cat?" Wei Sheng took the initiative to suggest, "Why don't we go look for it."
“…Forget it.”
He said this first, and then after a while, he thought that the cat was still young and quite ugly. If it grew prettier, it might be adopted by someone else.
"Then we'll see when the time comes."
"good."
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