Chapter 15 Stomach Pain
After Cheng Wan and her daughter left, Chu Yunqi once again felt deeply powerless.
To him, Cheng Wan was just a patient he met by chance, and unless something unexpected happened, he might never see her again; but this incident was a fatal blow to Cheng Wan, a pain that would be indelible throughout her life and would accompany her through all the joys and sorrows.
From this we can see that human sorrows and joys are not shared.
Without thinking too much, Yang Han and Xie Jingtian returned to their room dejectedly. Chu Yunqi glanced at them casually, then when he noticed Yang Han's eyes, he raised his head and looked at them carefully again, and asked, "Are you crying?"
Yang Han was afraid that Chu Yunqi would scold him as well, so he replied tremblingly: "I, I just couldn't help it."
"It's a good thing for doctors to have empathy, but they don't need to be so emotional in front of patients and their families." Chu Yunqi's words actually included the meaning of praising Yang Han.
But Yang Han didn't hear it, and focused on the second half of the sentence, so he nodded seriously: "Okay, Professor Chu, I'll remember it."
“…”
Zhou Jingzhan sat back down: "Why don't you follow my words?"
"I didn't cry in front of Liu Xinning, and I could have held it back, but you insisted on calling me out." Chu Yunqi tried to save face.
"If I don't ask you to leave, you will accept her as your goddaughter."
Yang Han burst into laughter, and after realizing that Zhou Jingzhan was looking at him, he humbly admitted his mistake: "I was wrong."
There were still many patients, and Chu Yunqi felt bored and went back to the office. Zhou Jingzhan ignored him and continued to deal with the next patients.
It was almost six o'clock, almost time to get off work. Zhou Jingzhan originally thought that Chu Yunqi might go home directly at that time, but he didn't expect that Chu Yunqi was still there when he returned to the office.
Although Chu Yunqi was working, his mental state was not good. He did not notice Zhou Jingzhan walking up behind him until Zhou Jingzhan spoke. He then noticed: "Why haven't you left yet?"
Chu Yunqi glanced back at him and replied, "I didn't check the time. I'm leaving now." As he was about to stand up, he swayed a bit. Fortunately, Zhou Jingzhan supported him in time: "The fever hasn't subsided yet, are you feeling dizzy?"
"Yeah." Chu Yunqi responded listlessly.
Zhou Jingzhan couldn't help but worry when he saw his condition, so he said reluctantly: "I'm on my way back, let's go back together."
Chu Yunqi naturally did not refuse.
It was the rush hour after work, and Zhou Jingzhan was stuck in traffic again. The ten-minute drive now seemed to be taking more than an hour.
Chu Yunqi had been feeling dizzy and his stomach started to hurt again. If there was anyone else besides Zhou Jingzhan, he would not say it, but that person happened to be Zhou Jingzhan.
"Zhou Jingzhan."
"say."
"My stomach hurts."
After hearing this, Zhou Jingzhan turned his attention to Chu Yunqi and asked, "Why is your stomach hurting again?" Then he handed over the thermos cup again and said, "Drink more hot water."
"..." Chu Yunqi was furious, but he couldn't show it. He could only say miserably, "I didn't eat all day today, and I didn't eat last night either."
Zhou Jingzhan really didn't expect that Chu Yunqi hadn't eaten for such a long time and had to work overtime. Maybe this was the reason for his illness and fever?
He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of guilt and shame in his heart. He always felt that Chu Yunqi's fever was because of him, but whether there was any heartache and selfishness mixed in it, perhaps only he himself knew.
"Did I tell you to eat well last night?"
"I was called away by the hospital before I even had dinner." Then he made a request: "I want to eat the meal you cook."
It has been seven years since he left, and Zhou Jingzhan still has some resentment in his heart, and he doesn't know how much of this resentment is real, and it is aroused at this moment.
"I don't want to cook today." There seemed to be some willfulness in his voice.
Not knowing what he was thinking, Chu Yunqi just responded and stopped talking.
The road was still blocked, and the two men didn't speak, each dealing with their own affairs.
When Zhou Jingzhan came back to his senses, he found that Chu Yunqi had fallen asleep, but his cell phone was still on.
Zhou Jingzhan was a little dazed for a moment, thinking of Chu Yunqi sleeping against the car window like this seven years ago. It was just the same scene, but things and people had changed.
Seven years ago, the person sitting in the same seat was his boyfriend, but now, this person is just his colleague, nothing more.
Zhou Jingzhan felt his eyes sting, and when he heard the horn of a car behind him, he hurriedly turned his gaze away from Chu Yunqi.
Half an hour later, Zhou Jingzhan stopped the car and woke up Chu Yunqi to go home together.
The two were on the same floor. After the elevator arrived, Chu Yunqi turned left and prepared to go home. When he was about to open the door, he heard Zhou Jingzhan's voice: "What are you going home to eat?"
Chu Yun didn't even turn his head and answered concisely, "Takeout."
"Come here, I'll make some porridge. It will make your stomach feel better after drinking it."
After hearing this, Chu Yunqi turned around and asked, "Don't you want to cook?"
Zhou Jingzhan opened the door wide and motioned Chu Yunqi to come in: "I'm afraid you'll starve to death. You'll have more trouble without me."
He was referring to the hospital's work. Chu Yunqi understood what he was talking about and said seriously, "Don't get too tired. I can help you."
Zhou Jingzhan had to admit that he was indeed a little touched, but he was not yet planning to forgive Chu Yunqi. He simply said, "We have different majors. You can't help me."
While talking, Zhou Jingzhan took out a box of strawberries and a bag of bread from the refrigerator and placed them on the coffee table: "Have a couple of bites of bread to fill your stomach."
At this time, Chu Yunqi's picky nature came back: "I don't want to eat it, it's too dry."
It’s a bad habit, Zhou Jingzhan complained in his heart, picked up the bag of bread and threw it at Chu Yunqi: "Then you can wait to starve to death." After saying that, he walked towards the kitchen.
When Zhou Jingzhan came out of the kitchen, he saw Chu Yunqi holding a strawberry, which he had taken out of the refrigerator to eat himself.
When Chu Yunqi was about to eat the strawberry, Zhou Jingzhan took it from his hand and stopped him in time: "You have a stomachache and you're still eating these, are you doing this on purpose?"
Then he saw seven or eight strawberries with only the tips bitten off in the trash can next to him, and couldn't help but complain: "You can't change your habit of wasting things, right? Would you dare to do this at home?"
Chu Yunqi certainly didn't dare, but he didn't admit it either. He just cleverly changed the subject: "This strawberry isn't very sweet."
Zhou Jingzhan didn't have much to do, so he just chatted with him: "It's not the season for eating strawberries now. I met Sun Yijun a few days ago, and he gave it to me."
The name Sun Yijun sounded familiar. Zhou Jingzhan had mentioned it to him again. Chu Yunqi felt he probably knew him, but he just couldn't remember who it was. He casually asked, "Who is Sun Yijun? I can't quite remember."
Zhou Jingzhan patiently explained: "Sun Baoliang's son, my father said that Uncle Sun was promoted to the main hall some time ago."
After being reminded, Chu Yunqi remembered that Sun Yijun had played with him before, but they lost contact after he went abroad.
However, Chu Yunqi was still surprised by Sun Baoliang's promotion speed. Compared with his peers, it was not fast. "Why is he promoted so slowly? I remember he was already at the deputy department level."
Zhou Jingzhan nodded. "Well, he should have been promoted a few years ago. But Sun Yijun was driving drunk and hit someone, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Uncle Sun paid someone to use his connections to settle the matter privately, but he couldn't keep it secret from the higher-ups, so it's been delayed again and again."
Chu Yunqi was really not interested in this kind of officialdom, so he turned the topic to Sun Yijun: "What about Sun Yijun? What is he doing now?"
"After the accident, Uncle Sun was worried about putting him in any important position, so he just got a nominal position in the army." After saying this, Zhou Jingzhan noticed Chu Yunqi drinking water, and then he added unnecessarily: "I heard that it was because of your father's promotion."
"Cough cough cough..." Chu Yunqi choked on the water. After recovering, he complained softly, "In my father's eyes, everyone except me and my brother is his biological son."
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