Li Yufei said, "So much has happened to me over the years, maybe it's because we're getting engaged tonight, but I haven't been able to sleep, so I came up here to stand for a while. Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Zhu Xiaofei said, "I can't sleep either."
In the sweltering summer, standing on the rooftop with the night breeze offers a cool and comfortable feeling.
Li Yufei suddenly asked, "Your uncle cruelly abandoned you in the provincial capital back then, do you hate him now?"
Zhu Xiaofei said, "I don't hate him. In the early 1980s, no family had an easy time. Even if my uncle could tolerate my aunt, he couldn't tolerate me. After all, my aunt and I are not related by blood, and my uncle couldn't break up his family for my sake. I can understand my uncle's situation at the time."
Li Yufei said, "I can't agree with your opinion. I can only say you're too kind. No matter the reason, as his own uncle, he shouldn't have abandoned his blind, underage niece. Didn't he know the consequences of abandoning you? A blind girl like you, living in that kind of environment, might freeze or starve to death, or even be violated by bad men. Didn't he think about any of that at the time? How could he do this to his deceased sister, Xinsheng?"
Zhu Xiaofei had once hated her uncle, but since he was her mother's biological brother, she couldn't do anything to him now, out of consideration for her deceased mother.
Zhu Xiaofei said, "It doesn't matter who's right or wrong. I can't hold my uncle accountable for my deceased mother's sake. Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. I want to put all the unpleasant things of the past behind us and just live our own lives well."
Forgiveness is often a form of self-liberation; dwelling on it will only make you more miserable.
Zhu Xiaofei has suffered too much physical and psychological torment. She doesn't want to continue to be trapped in the vortex of pain. It is a wise choice to free herself from the pain.
She was facing her own uncle, so she could only silently let things pass, just as she said, "We should just live our own lives."
Li Yufei took two deep drags on his cigarette, tossed it to the ground, and suddenly pulled Zhu Xiaofei into his arms. He said, "My decision to get engaged to you was the right one. You deserve my love and are worthy to be my wife."
With tears in her eyes, Zhu Xiaofei said, "You are more worthy of my love."
In this era, there is a shortage of everything, but there is no shortage of ungrateful people. Boys like Li Yufei who know how to repay kindness are really too few, and families like his are even fewer.
After Zhu Xiaofei finished speaking, she kissed Li Yufei with her thin lips. This was her first kiss in her life, and she gave her first kiss to a boy she had once hated.
Zhu Xiaofei's first kiss was earned through Li Yufei's hard work; that kiss contained so much indescribable love.
She was the girl Li Yufei had longed for his entire life. Finally, they stood on the rooftop, lips to lips, enjoying the night breeze. It was as if the whole world had stopped for their love, except for their blood pressure, which was rising and their hearts were pounding wildly in the darkness.
The moonlight in the sky seemed like their matchmaker, the stars seemed like their witnesses, their love seemed to linger in the universe, and the stars in the night sky seemed to surround them so real and visible.
For the past year, Li Yuzhu has taken care of Zhu Xiaofei like an older sister. Without the care and protection of her family, she doesn't know what her life would be like. She might have spent her whole life in darkness. Doesn't such a family and such a boy deserve her love?
Li Yufei pulled away from Zhu Xiaofei's lips after a long while and said, "It's getting late, let's go to sleep."
Zhu Xiaofei nodded and walked downstairs hand in hand with Li Yufei.
The next morning, Dong Qing put Zhu Xiaofei's clothes in the trunk of his wife's car and said, "Honey, the fully automated seasoning production line at the machinery factory is being tested today, so I won't be going to the company this morning."
The fully automatic instant noodle equipment has been put into production. Chunmei has called many times to urge the production of the fully automatic seasoning equipment. This equipment has undergone three overall trial runs and improvements. Today is the fourth trial run. If the design is successful, it can be delivered to the provincial capital for installation tomorrow.
Designing and manufacturing the first fully automated production line is not an easy task; many aspects of the production line require multiple trials and improvements before success.
Leaving aside the overall testing, we've tested individual devices countless times, looking for the reasons for failures and making improvements.
"Okay, you can go ahead and get busy." Li Yuzhu paused for a moment and said, "This guide dog won't be needed anymore, what should we do with it?"
Dong Qing said, "Why don't you take your guide dog to the ophthalmology department of a hospital? They should have medical records of blind people there. Why don't you donate it to a blind person?"
"Okay, I'll take Xiaofei's things to my parents' house first, then go to the hospital. You take the three kids to school and then go to the machine factory."
Dong Qing said okay, got into the car with the three children, started the car and drove towards the school.
Li Yuzhu led the dog from the villa to the car, then locked the gate, got in the car, started the engine, and drove towards her parents' home.
She drove to her parents' house. Her younger brother had already left for work. Zhu Xiaofei came out of the living room when she heard the car engine. Li Yuzhu got out of the car and said, "Sister, I brought your things."
Zhu Xiaofei said, "Thank you, sister."
Dogs are intelligent animals; it heard Zhu Xiaofei's voice and barked inside the car.
Zhu Xiaofei reached out and opened the car door, where she saw her guide dog, who had been with her for almost a year, for the first time.
The guide dog jumped off the car and rubbed against her. Zhu Xiaofei said with tears in her eyes, "Xiao Huang, I won't need you anymore. I can only keep you as a pet."
Li Yuzhu said, "Little sister, such a good guide dog can't be kept as a pet. Come with me to the ophthalmology department of the hospital and ask if it should be donated to a blind person who needs it."
Zhu Xiaofei nodded after hearing this and said, "Little Huang, get in the car and wait for me. I've found you a new owner today."
Guide dogs are very intelligent animals. As soon as Zhu Xiaofei finished speaking, it turned around and jumped into the car.
Li Yuzhu opened the suitcase, helped Zhu Xiaofei carry the things into the living room, and then the two of them went back to the yard, got into the car, started the car, and drove towards the hospital.
Arriving at the Municipal People's Hospital before 8:00 a.m., Li Yuzhu drove her car into the parking lot and parked it. She said, "Sister, wait for me in the car. I'm going to the ophthalmology department."
Zhu Xiaofei nodded after hearing this. Li Yuzhu opened the car door, got out, closed the door, and walked towards the outpatient building.
Li Yuzhu found the head of ophthalmology and explained her purpose to him.
The head of ophthalmology reviewed the blind patients' medical records and said, "A total of eight blind people have come to the hospital for eye treatment. The oldest is over 60 years old, and the youngest is only 18. To whom do you plan to donate it?"
Li Yuzhu said, "Let's donate to the youngest one; young people need guide dogs more."
The head of ophthalmology introduced the patient's situation: an eighteen-year-old blind girl who was very pitiful. When she was a child, her house caught fire and her parents were burned to death in the fire. When the villagers rescued her, she was already burned beyond recognition.
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