Chapter 41 Ancestor Worship
Chu Yunqi's condition after the operation was not serious, so he was transferred back to the general ward the next day. Zhou Jingzhan scheduled surgery for the next day.
It was not until nine o'clock in the evening that Zhou Jingzhan had time to go see Chu Yunqi.
Pushing open the door of the ward, Chu Mingxu was still there. There were at least ten bouquets of flowers and various supplements on the floor. Zhou Jingzhan sighed, "Are you planning to open a flower shop?"
No one spoke.
Zhou Jingzhan noticed that the atmosphere was not right.
Chu Mingxu received a call and needed to leave. Before leaving, he called Zhou Jingzhan to the door of the ward.
Zhou Jingzhan asked, "What happened to you two?"
"Mom and Dad don't have time to see him. He's in a bad mood and won't eat because of anger. I've been talking to him for a long time but he won't listen. You can try to talk him down when you have time."
"Well, don't worry. You can take care of your own business first. I'm here for him."
"Okay, I'll go first. I'll treat you to dinner later."
Chu Mingxu just turned around when Zhou Jingzhan called him again: "Brother."
Chu Mingxu turned around: "What's wrong?"
"If uncle and aunt are free, you should give him a call."
Chu Mingxu smiled, his voice reassuring, "I see. I'll tell them."
When Zhou Jingzhan returned to the ward, Chu Yunqi was still unhappy and tilted his head and ignored him.
Zhou Jingzhan thoughtfully didn't mention his parents and talked to him to cheer him up: "You might not know, but while you were away on business, Zixi was transferred to the administrative department. She's too soft-hearted. Once, she participated in a rescue operation, and perhaps because the patient was a classmate, the patient couldn't be saved. She took leave and went home for several days to adjust. Later, her brother asked her to transfer to another department, saying that surgery was too tiring for a girl. Zixi herself wasn't very happy about it and was unhappy for several days. But she's been doing much better recently. I saw in her circle of friends that she seems to be in love."
As he was speaking, Ding Xinye came over with a bag full of test results.
Zhou Jingzhan greeted him, but Chu Yunqi still ignored him.
Ding Xinye noticed that his nephew was not in a good state. He looked at Chu Yunqi and asked, "What happened?"
"His parents didn't come to see him."
Ding Xinye didn't respond. He put the bag on the table, poured himself a glass of water, drank it, and sat in front of Chu Yunqi.
Chu Yunqi turned his head away again and didn't look at him.
Ding Xinye sighed silently and tried to persuade them earnestly: "You should be more sensible and understand them. Don't do it anymore."
His words made Chu Yunqi feel even more aggrieved, and he couldn't help but retort: "How am I not sensible? I didn't force them to come to see me."
"Doesn't your attitude clearly show that you are dissatisfied with them?"
Chu Yunqi's emotions fluctuated. "I'm just not satisfied. They've been busy all the time since I was a child. Other parents get so distressed when they see their children get a little scrape, but they didn't even say a word of concern after I had my thoracotomy. How can they be so busy?"
Zhou Jingzhan listened silently. In fact, in his opinion, Chu Yunqi's accusation was not without reason. The Chu family's parents did not care enough for their youngest son.
Until now, Zhou Jingzhan still remembers the scene when he was five years old and Chu Shaobo, who had not returned to Beijing for a long time, mistook him for Chu Yunqi and called him his son.
Ding Xinye remained silent and asked Zhou Jingzhan to hand over the bag on the table. He took out a stack of lists and placed them in front of Chu Yunqi for him to see.
Chu Yunqi didn't want to watch at all and closed his eyes to express his refusal.
Ding Xinye pinched his arm.
Chu Yunqi grunted in grievance and picked it up to look at it.
It is the field of cardiac surgery, and he is more familiar with it than Ding Xinye and Zhou Jingzhan in the ward.
Chu Yunqi finished reading it quickly. He said with resentment, "Whose is this? It doesn't even have a name."
Ding Xinye replied quickly, his tone indifferent, "Your father's."
Chu Yunqi was stunned, then confirmed it again. He looked at the list with worrying indicators and felt incredible. He couldn't believe that his father, who looked full of energy and healthy, had undergone heart surgery and he was completely unaware of it.
Before he could come back to his senses, Ding Xinye continued, "Two hours ago, your father just came out of the operating room after his second heart surgery. You know why he came to the hospital this time."
He made his own father so angry that he was sent to the hospital.
Chu Yunqi recognized this fact.
He felt even more upset, tears welling up in his eyes: "I just don't want to be a doctor, what's wrong with me?"
Zhou Jingzhan finally lost his temper and quickly took a piece of paper to wipe his tears, comforting him, "Okay, don't cry, Uncle Chu will be safe."
Chu Yunqi's whole body ached from crying, so he forced himself to calm down. This made it easier for Ding Xinye to continue speaking: "Why did you quarrel with your father? Because you feel it's pathetic that he forced you to do something you don't like? You have been a doctor for a few years and have seen the warmth and coldness of human nature. Why don't you understand some things? You were born in an extraordinary family and enjoy the convenience brought to you by this family all the time. Because your last name is Chu, you can enjoy many invisible bonuses. Wherever you go, there are people rushing to serve you, but your own advantages will be covered up. You," Ding Xinye glanced at Zhou Jingzhan again and added, "and You two seem to understand this, so you try your best to avoid revealing your family backgrounds in public. You don't want others to think you're relying on your parents. It's true that you can be considered outstanding among your peers, but without a strong background, it would be difficult for you to get to where you are today. This is undeniable. In fact, many seemingly fair mechanisms have hidden benefits for people like you. Many things have been created for you from the beginning, and the various conditions they set ultimately only target one person. You're already better off than most, so stop fighting and take responsibility.
In fact, both of them knew what he said, but now that it was pointed out, it felt like a huge floating stone weighing heavily on their hearts.
Chu Yunqi's phone rang. It was Ding Liyao.
"Who is it?" Chu Yunqi asked.
"Auntie Ding," Zhou Jingzhan handed him the phone and continued, "I'll go see the patient who's having surgery today."
Ding Xinye also quickly left the ward. Zhou Jingzhan was signing at the nurse's desk. He walked over and asked, "If you have anything important, please come to my office first."
The two sat facing each other, and Zhou Jingzhan casually fiddled with the human model on Ding Xinye's desk. "What's wrong, teacher?"
"Don't you always go back to Suzhou to worship your ancestors at this time every year?"
He was right. Zhou Jingzhan's family was originally from Suzhou, but because of his grandfather, their branch had lived in the capital for a long time. However, other branches, including the properties left by their ancestors, were all in Suzhou.
His father should have been in charge of their huge family business, but he was not interested, so it fell into the hands of his second uncle. Because his second uncle also held a position at Peking University, he was inevitably a little overwhelmed, so the current business of the Zhou family was mainly managed by his fourth uncle and eldest brother from the side branch.
For a prominent family like the Zhou family, being in power does not mean being the head of the family. Even if Zhou Jingzhan's fourth uncle and eldest brother were more capable, they were destined not to be the heads of the family according to the records in the family tree.
The main branch of the Zhou family only gave birth to two sons in Zhou Qing's generation, and the eldest son Zhou Wenxuan only gave birth to the eldest son, Zhou Jingzhan.
Of course Zhou Jingzhan didn't forget. His father had already called to remind him yesterday. Zhou Jingzhan told him about Chu Yunqi's situation, and Zhou Wenxuan made an excuse to postpone the matter for two days.
Ancestor worship is the most important thing for the Zhou family throughout the year. Zhou Jingzhan couldn't possibly ignore it. He slowly replied, "Well, I'll go back in two days, until Chu Yunqi's condition stabilizes."
Ding Xinye was really worried about the two of them. "What are you two trying to do? You're wasting your good life." Then he added, "Yunqi was too pretentious when he was with you."
Zhou Jingzhan discovered that Ding Xinye might have misunderstood his nephew, so he defended him, saying, "He's really not as spoiled as you think. I still remember that he and I shared a dormitory in our senior year of high school. He wasn't good at English, and I wasn't good at math. In order not to affect my homework, he would stand outside for more than an hour every day to read English. In winter, his hands would always be stiff when he came back."
He said this in a lazy tone, with no expression on his face, but it seemed as if he was reminiscing about the past.
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