The next afternoon, Meng Sheng drove to Deqing Affiliated Hospital. Miaomiao was playing chess with Meng Chengli in the ward.
Seeing her, she immediately waved her hand happily, "Aunt Meng, long time no see, you are finally here."
Meng Sheng greeted Meng Chengli first, then touched her face with a smile, "Ah, it's been a few days since we last met. Our little beauty Miaomiao seems to be getting more and more beautiful."
Miaomiao blinked, held her cheeks with both hands, and asked in surprise, "Really?"
Girls love beauty, regardless of age.
Meng Sheng was also very supportive and of course he praised this arrogant little girl again and again.
Meng Chengli watched the interaction between the two of them, one big and one small, and smiled until the corners of his eyes wrinkled. His eyes were kind and gentle. "Have you been busy these days?"
"Well, a little bit." Meng Sheng nodded and said, "I'm going to Tokyo on a business trip in a couple of days. I have an academic seminar with AxisGallry and we are collaborating on the publication of a collection of papers in July."
"How long will it take?" Meng Chengli asked.
"The academic conference lasts three days, and discussing the proper publication of the paper will probably take two or three days. I expect it will take about a week."
Meng Sheng saw a box of premium peaches, apples, and grapes on the coffee table not far away, as well as a box of ginseng, type II collagen, and spore probiotics.
They are all high-end nutritional products.
There is also a red scroll thing next to the fruit.
She walked over, picked it up and looked at it. From it, she poured out a roll of soft and delicate red silk. She spread it out and saw that it was a wedding invitation?
She wasn't familiar with the groom's name, but she was quite familiar with the bride's name.
Fang Zhiman.
The wedding date is June 6th.
She turned around and asked Meng Chengli, "Is someone from the Fang family here today?"
Meng Chengli nodded. "Yes, Fang Bingsong and Liang Hui are here. I don't know how they found out about my hospitalization, but they came to see me today. They said Zhiman is getting married on the sixth of next month and invited us to attend."
"My brother doesn't know, right?" she pondered for a moment and suddenly asked.
"It's useless for Shixu to know. He's still in Denmark. He can't just come back whenever he wants." Meng Chengli said, "Besides, Shixu and Zhiman broke off their engagement long ago. It's been over ten years."
The Meng family and the Fang family are well-connected families, and arranging marriages and arranged marriages are the most normal things in this circle.
Meng Shixu and Fang Zhiman were not engaged as children. The marriage was verbally arranged by the two families when Meng Shixu was 16 and Fang Zhiman was 14.
When Meng Shixu was 20 years old, the two families brought up the matter again, but neither party was interested in it, and the verbal engagement was easily dissolved.
At the age of 21, Meng Shixu and Qiu Yi were together, and everyone thought they would enter the marriage hall smoothly.
But later, when Meng Shixu was 27, the two suddenly broke up.
The external reasons are inappropriate.
But everyone knew that was just an excuse.
Two people who are not suitable for each other will not be together for six years.
It was also that year that Qiu Yi went to France and basically settled there.
It has been seven years since the two broke up.
Over the years, the Meng family and the Fang family still have a relationship, but it is far not as good as when her grandparents were alive.
It can't be called unfamiliar, but it's not close either.
The same was true of her relationship with Fang Zhiman. However, after she married Shang Boyu, Fang Zhiman happened to be developing abroad for a few years, so the two had less contact and their relationship naturally became less close.
Meng Sheng opened the box of apples and tossed one between his hands. "Should we go?"
"Of course I will go, but I definitely can't go in my current situation. I'll prepare some backup gifts and give Zhiman two red envelopes separately as a token of my appreciation to you and your mother.
Your mother used to like her very much. Before Ayi was with your brother, she even talked about letting Zhiman be her daughter-in-law."
At this point, he suddenly paused and said with a smile, "You can go there when the time comes. Today, the couple came in person, so don't let the Fang family down."
Meng Sheng knew what he hadn't said yet.
Maybe she has been thinking about her mother Xu Li recently.
Her heart was also heavy, and the sad mood lingered in her heart like a dark cloud, which did not clear up for a long time.
She responded softly, "Yes, I understand. I will prepare the gift."
After Meng Sheng agreed, she went to wash her hands and prepared to peel an apple for Meng Chengli. Just as she picked up the fruit knife, the phone in her bag suddenly rang with a WeChat notification.
It happened to be from Fang Zhiman: [Shengsheng, I'm getting married on the 6th of next month. I've been a bit busy lately, so I'm sorry I only contacted you today.]
Meng Sheng typed back: [It's okay, Sister Manman, no need to be so polite. When did you come back?]
Fang Zhiman: [A week ago, I was planning to hold my wedding in Ireland in September.
But my dad insisted that I come back for the wedding, so after careful consideration, we decided to hold a wedding in Beijing in June and another in Ireland in September.
Meng Sheng: [I see. Then I wish you a happy wedding in advance.]
Fang Zhiman: [You must come over to play on the 6th.]
Meng Sheng: [Okay, I'll definitely be there.]
After sending this message, she put her phone on the cabinet and started peeling an apple.
The chess game between Meng Chengli and Miaomiao was also over.
Miaomiao sighed, "Oh, I lost again. I lost to Grandpa Meng today..."
She stretched out her small hand and counted on her fingers, "I've lost six games."
Meng Sheng chuckled and handed her a small apple. "Come and eat the apple. It's okay. Failure is the mother of success. Just keep trying. Auntie believes you will be able to beat Grandpa next time."
Miaomiao took the apple, squinted her eyes happily, and nodded obediently, "Yeah, I definitely will. Thank you, Aunt Meng."
Miaomiao had dinner with them in the evening.
Miaomiao even gave the bowl to Meng Sheng, asking her to feed her. Meng Sheng was stunned for a moment. In her impression, Miaomiao always ate with a spoon by herself and rarely asked others to feed her.
She took the initiative to be fed, which Meng Sheng had never seen before.
But she didn't refuse. She took it with a smile, rolled up a little noodles with a small fork and fed it to her mouth, "Is this okay?"
Miaomiao danced with joy and laughed, "Yes, sure, ah..."
Meng Sheng fed her half a bowl of noodles before he started eating.
After dinner, Meng Sheng took her to wash her hands. Not long after, the nanny came over to thank her and took Miaomiao back to the ward to prepare for nebulization and medication.
Meng Sheng chatted with Meng Chengli for a while. After watching him take the medicine and fall asleep, he took his bag and car keys, said a few words to the nurse, said "thank you", and walked out of the ward quietly.
As soon as she closed the door and turned around, she saw Fu Chen from afar. He was wearing a white coat, a tired face, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
The two looked at each other from a distance of several meters, and then smiled at each other.
Fu Chen approached her and asked, "Are you here today?"
"Well, did you just get out of surgery?"
"Yeah, six hours of surgery, I'm exhausted." Fu Chen stretched his muscles and bones. "Ready to go home?"
"Yes, then you must not have had dinner yet? Go and eat."
"There's no rush to eat. I don't have much of an appetite right now. Let's talk about it later."
Fu Chen saw her intention to leave, and he hadn't seen her for several days. He didn't want to let her go after just a few words.
"I've been busy lately and haven't had time to contact you. I just happened to run into you today. If you're free now, can we talk about Uncle Meng's condition?"
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