At that moment, I was in Xiaguan city, while Ye Zhi was in the ancient city, almost 0 kilometers apart, which was actually quite inconvenient. However, after I sent my location to Ye Zhi, she still drove over and brought me a roasted sweet potato on the way. Although it wasn't a fancy dish, it was one of my favorite foods... I don't think it was a coincidence. It must be because I had done something nice for her, and she remembered it...
I looked at the already long line of people waiting to order, and then asked her, "What do you want to eat? I'll order for you."
"I can go by myself. Do you accept WeChat Pay here?"
"You sit down, I'll go queue up... I have points on my card, which can be redeemed for lots of food for free... Tell me, what do you want to eat? If you don't like chicken legs or hamburgers, they also have food here."
Ye Zhi was surprised that I had points, and she asked me, "Do you often eat here?"
"This is a chain fast food restaurant. There's also one in the ancient city. The points can be used interchangeably. I earned these points from eating at the branch in the ancient city."
"Oh, give me the card, I'll go queue... But, I should try to eat less fried food in the future, it's best to cook for myself."
As I handed the card to Ye Zhi, I replied, "How many people our age can cook for themselves?... Can you cook?"
“Although I don’t know how to cook, I will definitely ask the nanny to cook whenever I go back home… I feel that a place with cooking fumes can only be called a home.”
"I never thought you were such a person who appreciated rituals!"
Ye Zhi smiled, took the card I gave her, and stood at the back of the line. I glanced at her again subconsciously... Actually, she and I both longed for a place called home, but fate played a cruel trick on us. Even though we had tried our best, we eventually drifted further and further away from this place... At least, there is no such place in Dali, which we both love, let alone Shanghai.
...
Ye Zhi ordered a hot drink and a curry rice, then sat down opposite me. She asked, "Why did you suddenly come to Xiaguan?"
"I came here with Chen Jin."
Where are the others?
"Back in the ancient city... I have a question for you. If there were a 'regret pill' in this world, but it would cost a great price to obtain, such as ten years of life or a lifetime of wealth, would you be willing to trade it?"
"This is a false proposition, and I don't want to answer it."
"Don't you think that it's precisely because of these assumptions that people have the motivation to live? ... What makes humans superior to animals is our imagination and logical thinking. We shouldn't waste this talent that God has given us alone... Besides, I think we need to have a topic to talk about when we're together, otherwise it will be awkward."
"If that's how you put it, then I need to think about it seriously... First, I need to have something I really regret before I can use this 'regret pill,' right?"
"There's nothing wrong with this logic."
Ye Zhi put down her chopsticks. She seemed to have really put herself into that state. After a long while, she finally spoke to me and said, "I'm willing to take this 'regret pill'."
"If I may ask, what is it that you regret so much?"
Ye Zhi shook her head, then smiled at me, indicating that she didn't want to talk about it. She then changed the subject and said to me, "You wouldn't ask this for no reason... Did something happen to Chen Jin?... Why did he go back by himself and leave you alone in Xiaguan?"
I replied in as calm a tone as possible, "He's too afraid to face it, so he asked me to stay here and wait for the outcome... He's standing on the brink of death right now; whether he goes in or comes back is not up to him..."
After I finished speaking, I pointed to the hospital across the street. Ye Zhi immediately understood and asked, "Is he seriously ill?"
"It's less about him getting the disease and more about it being given to him by someone else... I've advised him before not to make such a mess of his private life, especially not to have casual relationships, but he just wouldn't listen... Actually, compared to us, he needs this 'medicine' to undo his mistakes more... He's been suspected of having AIDS?"
Ye Zhi remained speechless for a long time.
I used my chopsticks to break up the egg in the beef rice bowl bit by bit, then threw the chopsticks aside. Suddenly, I felt a strange sense of irritation... I didn't want to lose Chen Jin, my buddy. I seem to have many friends, but when something really happens, not many will stand up for me. Chen Jin was one of them... Although everyone has to go through birth, aging, sickness, and death, there are dignified and undignified ways to die... If he really dies like this, I'll feel sorry for him...
Finally, Ye Zhi spoke to me, saying, "He really needs a 'reversal pill'!"
...
In the hospital, I stood against the wall, and Ye Zhi sat on the stool next to me. She wanted to say a few words to me, but seeing how terribly silent I was, she didn't say a word...
I checked my watch; the doctor had been in the lab for ten minutes, and the results should be out soon, whether good or bad.
I let out a heavy sigh to calm my nerves. Just then, a commotion suddenly came from the obstetrics and gynecology ward next door. Ye Zhi and I looked over there and saw that the nurses were informing the waiting family members that the mother inside had given birth to a baby boy weighing over five pounds, and that both mother and child were safe.
The parents of both the bride and groom wept with joy, repeatedly thanking the nurses. This extraordinary joy caught my attention; it turned out the woman and her husband had been struggling to conceive for six years, and now they had finally fulfilled their dream of becoming parents. How could their relatives not share in their excitement and happiness?
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