Chapter 36 Spring Day Green (19) He Chuan, do you like...
The next morning at breakfast, Lin Xia proposed to go to Song Ci's aunt's house in Shenyang according to the plan she and Song Ci had discussed last night. Naturally, her grandmother and uncle did not agree.
My aunt advised, "Don't worry, the typhoon will be over soon. It would be a shame to leave now and not have enjoyed anything."
Song Ci explained calmly, "We had already planned to go to Shenyang, but we didn't expect a typhoon to hit. We wanted to stay a couple more days, but my aunt turned down a big client to accompany us, so we had no choice but to go now."
Grandma was reluctant to let Lin Xia go: "Xiao Man has only been here for a few days, and I haven't seen enough of my granddaughter!"
Lin Xia also missed her grandma, but she had to prioritize things, so she could only say, "I'll come see you next holiday."
My uncle asked, "Do your parents know you're going?"
Lin Xia froze for a moment, then nodded and whispered, "I know."
In fact, she planned to act first and ask for permission later.
Luckily, my uncle didn't think much of it and just said, "Since everything's been arranged over there, just go ahead. When are you leaving? I'll buy you tickets."
Song Ci replied, "For the Jinan to Shenyang section, my aunt called and said she's bought the tickets for us. We can just pick them up at the station. They're for tomorrow afternoon."
My uncle nodded and said, "Then I'll buy you a ticket from Rushan to Jinan. I'll take you to the train station tomorrow morning. Be careful on your journey, you two little girls."
Song Ci and Lin Xia nodded rapidly.
That's how it's decided.
So that day, the two of them hurriedly packed their luggage, and Lin Xia reported to Lin Xuedong again using the same excuse. Since grandma and uncle had already agreed, and Lin Xia was indeed unhappy staying here, Lin Xuedong reluctantly agreed and once again reminded her to be careful and not to cause trouble for her aunt.
The next day, Lin Xia and Song Ci were sent by their uncle to a train from Rushan to Jinan. Arriving at Jinan Station, they naturally didn't have tickets for the next train, so they had to buy them now. Song Ci wanted to accompany Lin Xia to Beijing, but Lin Xia said no:
"You really have to go to Shenyang. My dad asked me to call him every day to let him know I'm safe. If you don't really go to Shenyang, what should I say to him every day?"
Song Ci had no choice, so the two of them had to buy tickets from Jinan to Shenyang passing through Beijing. Once He Chuan's situation was confirmed, Lin Xia would go from Beijing to Shenyang as soon as possible to meet up with Song Ci, and then the two of them would return to Wangchun together, because Song Ci couldn't hide it from her aunt for too long.
They boarded the train from Jinan Station in the evening, with a sleeper ticket, and arrived in Beijing at 6 a.m. the next day. Lin Xia hardly slept that night. On the one hand, she was worried about He Chuan, and on the other hand, it was the first time she had such a big conversation with her parents. She felt a little scared, but also a little excited.
After arriving at her destination, getting off the train, and exiting Beijing Station, Lin Xia suddenly felt a little relieved. If it were any other city, she would never have dared to come here alone, but Beijing was not so unfamiliar to her.
After taking the subway and then the bus, we arrived at Kang'an Hospital where Tan Zhizhou said He Chuan was hospitalized. The hospital is in Chaoyang District. He had a car accident on the way to the airport. He must have been sent here by the 120 ambulance and has been staying here ever since.
Although the hospital was remote, it was quiet. It lacked the bustle of people and cars that characterize larger hospitals in the city. The three simple buildings within the hospital were easily visible. Lin Xia entered the inpatient department and wanted to ask the nurses at the station which ward He Chuan was in, but she didn't dare. She was afraid of being chased out, or running into someone she shouldn't have.
She walked around the building again and again, trying to find some clues outside the window, but of course she was unsuccessful. After a long time of hesitation, she dialed He Chuan's number.
Please, answer the phone!
......
Kang'an Hospital conducts ward rounds at 7 o'clock every morning. After the rounds, He Chuan finished his breakfast, but still felt sleepy. He lay back on the bed and slept for a while in a daze. He didn't know whether he fell asleep or not. Some bizarre fragments flashed through his mind, like a dream.
Suddenly, the cell phone next to him rang. He Chuan subconsciously stretched out his right hand to pick it up, which pulled the splint on his arm. The pain made him break out in a cold sweat, and he finally woke up completely.
The nurse was not in the room. He sat up with difficulty and picked up the phone with his left hand. A familiar number was flashing on it. There was no name, but he had already memorized the string of numbers by heart.
The ringing continued for a long time. He held the phone stiffly for a long time, and finally pressed the answer button before the ringing ended.
"Hello?"
A familiar voice came from the receiver:
"He Chuan."
"Xia Xia..."
For some reason, he suddenly had an inexplicable premonition:
"Why did you call suddenly?"
"Nothing, just that I suddenly want to hear your voice."
Then neither of them spoke, letting the sound of their breathing fill each other's ears, as if they were very close.
"Where are you?" Lin Xia asked softly.
“At school.”
"Is it sunny or cloudy where you are?"
"sunny."
"Wrong," Lin Xia said slowly, "The weather forecast on the radio this morning said a typhoon was passing through Hong Kong. It should be raining where you are now."
He Chuan smiled bitterly: "Really?"
"Yeah, but it just so happens that it's sunny here too."
"Are you in Wangchun?"
"no."
"In the provincial capital?"
“Not really.”
"Where is that?"
"Open the window and look outside."
He Chuan was stunned and suddenly realized something. He got out of bed and slowly moved to the window. He opened the window and the hot wind with the fragrance of flowers blew in his face.
Looking down, he saw a thin figure not far downstairs, dusty and sweaty. She was standing by the flower bed, in the summer, in the bright morning sunshine, dragging a suitcase in one hand and holding a mobile phone in the other. She raised her head stubbornly and looked at him.
In an instant, He Chuan felt his nose sore and his eyes slightly wet. He opened his mouth and almost couldn't find his voice:
"Xia Xia."
He said in a hoarse voice,
"haven't seen you for a long time."
.
Lin Xia went up to the third floor and came to the ward where He Chuan was.
On the way here, she had prepared herself mentally and imagined thousands of possibilities. She thought she was strong enough to face it all, but when she really opened the door and saw He Chuan, she couldn't help crying.
He had shaved a patch of his head, the exposed part covered in gauze bandages. His face still had some unhealed scrapes, and his right hand was in a plaster splint hanging from his neck, clearly fractured. He sat by the bed, trying to smile at her, but the loose hospital gown made him look gaunt and bony. She wondered what other injuries lay beneath the gown.
Fortunately, fortunately, he is still alive, fortunately, he has no missing limbs.
Lin Xia wanted to touch him, but didn't dare to go forward. She just stood two steps away from him, tears streaming down her face.
He Chuan wanted to get up and pull her, but she stopped him loudly:
"Don't move! Didn't you have surgery? Is your wound healed yet?"
"It's been over a week since the surgery, and the stitches have been removed. You'll be discharged after a few more days of observation. Don't worry."
"What surgery? Where are you injured? What the hell is going on?"
He Chuan did not hide anything and told her everything honestly:
"My head was broken and I had to get three stitches. My right hand was broken and I had to put it in a cast. My spleen ruptured and I had to have surgery to remove it."
"Spleen, removed?"
Lin Xia's face paled instantly. Just removing an organ from a human body like that? Would he be disabled? Would there be any aftereffects?
He Chuan saw Lin Xia's expression and knew that she was taking the matter too seriously, so he quickly explained:
"Splenectomy isn't that scary. Many people have had this surgery. The spleen is very fragile and can rupture due to external forces such as a fight or a car accident. Removal doesn't have much impact on the body. After all, I'm still young. After taking some medicine and conditioning, I'll be no different from an ordinary person."
He tried to keep everything as light as possible.
However, Lin Xia still didn't feel relieved. She felt as if her heart had shrunk into a small ball, feeling sour, astringent, painful, stuffy, and unable to breathe.
"Are there any other injuries?"
"there is none left."
"Don't lie to me!"
"Really no more."
"But Tan Zhizhou said you were seriously injured and it was very difficult to save you."
He Chuan was stunned for a moment, then pinched his brows with his hand, looking like he had a headache:
"He might have said that on purpose."
"Intentionally?" Lin Xia was puzzled: "Why?"
"So that we can meet," He Chuan sighed slightly, "He was the one who told you that I was hospitalized here, right?"
"I was the one who insisted on asking him. It's your fault for keeping silent and there's no news at all."
After confirming that He Chuan was not in danger of life and his injuries were not that serious, Lin Xia's heart finally settled down, and at this time the grievances and anger that had accumulated for a long time slowly surged up.
Lin Xia bit her lip, half accusing, half questioning:
"You clearly said you were busy and going abroad, so why did you suddenly return to Beijing? Why did you lie to me? Why did you act like you were distancing yourself from me? Why did you break up with me? What did I do wrong?!"
"I didn't lie to you. According to the original plan, I was going abroad this summer, but before leaving, I needed to come to Beijing to handle some procedures and visit Uncle Lin. I didn't expect such an accident to happen. As for why I cut off contact with you..."
He Chuan slowly revealed a bitter smile.
"Xia Xia, you're not wrong. You've never done anything wrong. It's just that we shouldn't continue like this."
"What should and shouldn't be? If there's nothing wrong with it, why shouldn't it be?"
Lin Xia remained unmoved and spoke word by word:
"Are you afraid? Are you afraid they'll find out about our relationship? I'm not afraid! We have no blood relationship, no legal relationship, and we haven't done anything harmful or harmful to others. They're the ones who messed up everything. No one has the right to blame us!"
"I'm not afraid of them."
He looked at her with a trace of sadness in his eyes.
"Lin Xia, I'm just afraid that one day you'll regret it."
"What are you regretting?"
"I'm not a good choice for you. I'm not a very good person at all. Everything you see is the result of my best efforts and disguise. I'm not that good, not that smart, not that good. I just want to work hard to make my life better..."
He Chuan clenched his fist with his intact hand. It seemed that just saying these words had exhausted all his strength, but he still gritted his teeth and continued to speak with difficulty:
"Your previous fondness for me was simply due to your youth, inexperience, and overwhelming academic pressure, which led to an unrealistic longing. When you go to college and enter Tsinghua, you'll discover that there are plenty of good, excellent boys in the world. I'm nothing at all, just a few years older than you and I just knew you earlier. Then you'll regret choosing someone like me, someone who isn't good enough, not perfect, and who's troublesome and terrible. There's a good chance I'll never be seen in public and won't receive your family's blessing. Once exposed, your once peaceful and happy family will be turned upside down, leaving everyone in it in turmoil."
"Lin Xia, you will definitely regret this."
As soon as the words fell, the air was silent for a moment, and only He Chuan's rapid breathing, as if he was exhausted, echoed in the room.
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Xia muttered to herself:
"Why should you... choose for me?"
"Why do you make decisions for me based on your own understanding, under the pretext of doing it for my own good?"
"He Chuan, this isn't the first day I've known you. We haven't met much, but we've spent a lot of time together. I believe in my own judgment of who you are. Although I've never been in love, I know the difference between liking someone and yearning for them. Why should I look for someone better? Someone who's perfect? If there's a perfect person, would they still be interested in me? You say I think too highly of you, but I think it's you who thinks too highly of me, isn't it?"
"Regret? How can there be no regrets in life? Is it a god or a monster? Who knows what will happen in the future? I don't even know how you know? I don't know if I will regret it one day in the future, but I know that if I don't say all these words today, I will regret it tomorrow! As for what you said about turning the world upside down and causing unrest among the people, I said I'm not afraid. I just want to know one thing -"
Lin Xia stared closely at the person in front of her, abandoning all shyness and timidity, mustering up all her courage and bravery, and asked with a desperate attitude:
"He Chuan, do you like me or not?"
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