Chapter 97
"As for me...if it were in the past, I might find a place where no one is and cry..." It might be a dark little room, where I would wrap myself in a quilt and wait helplessly for fate's decision in fear and terror.
We're all going to die anyway, so why struggle?
But now…
"I will follow you and we will survive together."
…
After returning home, Jiang Zhinian shook off the water droplets on the umbrella and ran back to the room to change clothes.
The rain just now was too heavy. Although Shi Ye tilted the umbrella mostly towards her, some raindrops were still blown into the umbrella by the wind. She had to change into clean clothes quickly.
Shi Ye put the umbrella in the umbrella stand and looked down to see the express delivery on the ground at the door.
"Did you buy a courier?"
His express deliveries are all delivered to express lockers, and he rarely writes his home address.
"No." Jiang Zhinian's voice came from the room. She hadn't bought anything recently.
Shi Ye confirmed the recipient on the express delivery, and it was indeed Jiang Zhinian, but the sender's information was very vague and did not seem like an e-commerce address.
It’s more like a personal courier in the same city.
Jiang Zhinian changed his clothes and came out. He moved closer to Shi Ye and took a look: "What kind of express delivery is this? Is it a scam delivery?"
Wasn’t there news before that some scammers deliberately sent you a courier with a lottery ticket or something inside. When you scratched it, you would find out that you had won the jackpot. Then you would add the scammer’s contact information step by step and finally get cheated.
Shi Ye lowered his eyes slightly, feeling a strange feeling in his heart, but he did not show it in front of Jiang Zhinian. He just threw the express delivery to the door.
"Since it's not our delivery, don't worry about it."
Whether the address was wrong or it was a scam, it has nothing to do with them.
Jiang Zhinian was actually a little curious. It wasn't that he wanted to take advantage of something, but he was simply intrigued by the mysterious delivery. It felt like opening a blind box.
But Shi Ye didn't let her open it, so she didn't say anything. She just went to look through the refrigerator to see if there was anything edible.
Since she entered the clinic three months ago, she often feels hungry and always has to keep some whole wheat bread and other things in the office.
"By the way, Shi Ye, how is Uncle Wu's eyes downstairs?"
"He was hospitalized for surgery yesterday." Uncle Wu was lucky. After cleaning and an examination, his eyeball was saved, but it would be difficult to restore his vision to its previous level. "I guess after the surgery, he and his family will sell the store and return to their hometown."
The main chef in the stir-fry restaurant is actually Uncle Wu. Now his eyes are injured and he is old, so he is not as willing to work hard as he was when he was young. He happened to have made some money in recent years, so he simply took his wife and children back to his hometown to live an ordinary life.
At least you don’t have to work so hard from dawn to dusk.
Jiang Zhinian took a bag of sugar-free yogurt and leaned against the kitchen door to watch Shi Ye cook.
"Shi Ye, someone asked me today what the meaning of marriage is, and I couldn't answer."
But after listening to him talk about Uncle Wu just now, she seemed to be touched again in her heart, but... she couldn't put it into words.
"Marriage doesn't really mean anything. It's just a set of rights and corresponding responsibilities granted by law."
To put it bluntly, in the end, the marriage system protects not love but assets.
Shi Ye thought for a moment and added, "Of course, when my life comes to an end, you have the right to sign to remove my tracheal tube."
Jiang Zhinian was a bit superstitious and didn't want to hear these words, so he quickly interrupted, "Bad things don't work, but good things do. Shi Ye, hurry up and touch the wood."
The chopping board was made of wood, and Jiang Zhinian pressed Shi Ye and touched it.
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On the weekend, Jiang Zhinian took Shi Ye back to the orphanage where he grew up.
"Teacher Jiang." At the entrance of the welfare home, Teacher Qian took her husband's arm and waved to Jiang Zhinian.
"Teacher Qian, you are here so early." Her original plan was to catch up with the dean's mother first, and then take Teacher Qian and the others for a walk to get to know the situation.
Teacher Qian smiled sheepishly and said, "I was so excited that I almost didn't fall asleep last night."
"I have already told the dean about your situation in advance. Let's go in first." Jiang Zhinian went to greet the security guard and the door slowly opened.
"I didn't expect the environment here to be so good." It is shaded by green trees and has a very old feel, but the facilities in the courtyard look very new and have been renovated regularly.
"Because kind-hearted people regularly donate to the orphanage, its business has been doing well in recent years and the children are well taken care of."
They avoided the children's activity area and went directly to the dean's office through the side door. Jiang Zhinian knocked on the door, and soon a woman with silver hair opened the door.
"I was just wondering if you should be here, but you're already here. Come in."
Because they wanted to reminisce about the past first, the director arranged for a teacher to take Mr. and Mrs. Qian to visit the welfare home and get to know each other.
She took Jiang Zhinian's hand and sat down, then looked at Shi Ye carefully again.
"When you suddenly told me you were married, I was shocked. I was thinking you might have been deceived by someone. How could you get married without saying anything? Now that I see your husband, I feel relieved."
Shi Ye placed the things Jiang Zhinian brought on the coffee table. He smiled slightly upon hearing this, looking steady and reliable.
"Dean Mama, when I just came in, I saw that the gate to the courtyard had been changed to automatic."
"Yes, the person in charge of Charity Gene came to the hospital last month and said that automatic gates would be safer, so they applied to the higher authorities and allocated funds for us to replace them."
The charity gene she mentioned is a charity organization established by the president of Donghe Group in the name of his wife, which has been very caring for their welfare home over the years.
Jiang Zhinian smiled after hearing this. She was also very happy that the welfare home could get better and better.
The two chatted for a while, and Jiang Zhinian suggested that she wanted to go and see the children in the welfare home. In the past, every time she came back, she would give the children a theme class. In fact, it was not a class, but more of an interactive game, so it was very popular with everyone.
"The children have been looking forward to your coming. Xiaoyu has mentioned you several times."
Several people went out together and happened to meet the teacher who was receiving Teacher Qian and his friends.
The dean asked curiously, "Why did you come back alone?"
The receptionist glanced at Jiang Zhinian and complained quietly, "The man from that couple got impatient after just a few moments and said he wanted to leave. He even complained about the many conditions we had for adoption. Later, I followed the normal procedures to confirm the reason for the adoption with them, but he just turned his face away and left..."
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