It was not until after 5 o'clock in the morning that Doudou's IV drip was finished, and fortunately his fever had completely subsided. Ruan Qingqing and Luo Pingjiang both stayed awake all night.
Ruan Qingqing woke up Zeng Xi who was sleeping soundly. Zeng Xi rubbed his eyes and got up. Seeing the two people looking at him, his face turned red. He quickly touched Doudou's forehead again. Knowing that the fever had subsided, he was very happy.
Luo Pingjiang picked up Doudou and said, "I'll take you back."
At this point, Ruan Qingqing didn't bother to be polite with him. It's better to have too many debts than to be burdened with them. This trip is not a big deal. She took off his coat: "Put on your clothes, I won't be cold anymore."
Luo Pingjiang held the child in his arms and didn't take it: "I'm not cold either, you take it first."
Ruan Qingqing folded his coat and put it over one arm. The black fabric was soft and slightly cool, and she gently held it with her fingers.
Zeng Xi gestured behind him: He didn't leave all night, Qingqing, he helped us a lot, we must thank him!
Ruan Qingqing: Okay, let’s find an opportunity.
Zeng Xi: Should we invite him to our Mid-Autumn Festival party?
Ruan Qingqing: He is an outsider, so it may not be convenient. Besides, he might not be willing to come.
Zeng Xi looked at her expression and said nothing more.
As the three of them walked out of the emergency room, they saw Zheng Tao walking towards them with an aunt from the center and an old lady.
It turned out that Zheng Tao found out about this after he sobered up in the morning. The aunt on duty at the center also contacted Doudou's family, but his parents were working in other places, and only his elderly grandparents were at home.
So, grandma finally came from the countryside outside the city, wanting to take the child home and take care of him for two days. Zheng Tao brought his people here.
Doudou also woke up. He started crying when he saw his grandmother and reached out for a hug. Grandma's eyes also turned red. She took the child in her arms, feeling extremely distressed.
If the family conditions were not limited, the child's biological parents had another child in another place and were unwilling to take care of this child, and the old partner was in poor health and the two elders did not know how to raise a deaf and mute child, how could the grandmother be willing to put her own grandson in a full-time care center?
Fortunately, the center charges low fees, has been in operation for many years, and is reliable, so they feel at ease leaving their children here.
Ruan Qingqing told her grandmother about the medicines she would take and the precautions, and said: I will write all this down and have my employees send text messages to your phone to remind you every day.
Grandma thanked him repeatedly. Zheng Tao said beautifully, "Don't worry, Auntie. Our center is very responsible. Look, they stayed in the hospital with the child all night. She is my niece. If you put her in an irresponsible center, you wouldn't even know that the child was burned."
Grandma was filled with tears of gratitude again. Zheng Tao arranged for the aunt who came with them to send them out.
Only then did Zheng Tao look at the three of them again, his eyes sliding over Luo Pingjiang and Ruan Qingqing with a hint of amusement. Ruan Qingqing pretended not to see it.
Zheng Tao smiled and said, "Boss Luo, why are you here too?"
Luo Pingjiang replied: "I happened to be passing by last night. It was raining heavily and they couldn't get a taxi, so I helped them."
Zheng Tao smiled: "This is so easy... It's so easy..."
However, he did not say anything more. He thanked Luo Pingjiang politely, and then looked at Ruan Qingqing and Zeng Xi very kindly: "You have been busy all night. You have worked hard. Go back to sleep quickly. I will take care of the rest."
Ruan Qingqing nodded.
"Oh, right." Zheng Tao took out a file bag from his briefcase and handed it to her, "This is the previous lease contract between our two stores, as well as the agreement to terminate the lease, and two employees have resigned.
I'll show it to you first, and tell me if you have any questions. We both have to sign it later. The storefront will expire in a week or two, so this matter is quite urgent. ”
"Okay." Ruan Qingqing took it.
Zheng Tao: "I still have things to do, you guys go back to the center first."
While they were talking, Zeng Xi was the last one to speak. He looked at the screen of his mobile phone, his heart pounding, and quickly sent out a message.
After leaving the emergency building, Zeng Xi stopped and her face flushed: Qingqing, go back first. A fellow villager of mine happens to be nearby. I'll go see him and then go back.
Ruan Qingqing knew that Zeng Xi's parents also worked in other places and only came back to see her once a year, and each time they would just meet briefly and then leave.
But when Zeng Xi grew up, he always wanted to go to Guangdong to find his parents and work to earn money.
But the other side didn't relent and she didn't find a suitable job opportunity. After hearing what Zeng Xi said, Ruan Qingqing understood: Are they fellow villagers from your parents' side?
Zeng Xi paused and nodded.
Ruan Qingqing: Are you okay going back alone later?
Zeng Xi: What could possibly happen?
At her age, she is already considered half a staff member of the center. She often goes out alone and is very familiar with the city. Ruan Qingqing is not worried and nodded: "Then I'll go back first. You be careful and come back early."
Ruan Qingqing turned to look at Luo Pingjiang. He was already standing by the car, waiting for her. It would be weird if she sat in the back seat since it was just the two of them. Ruan Qingqing had no choice but to get on the passenger seat.
"You can sleep for a while, I'll call you when we get there," said Luo Pingjiang.
"It's okay, I'm not sleepy."
Maybe everything was done and she could go back to sleep. Ruan Qingqing suddenly felt sore and tired all over, with no strength and a dizzy head. She thought it was because she didn't sleep all night, so she didn't care and looked out the window listlessly.
The rain was falling softly. The car was no longer speeding like it did last night, but was driving very smoothly, even slow on the road.
Luo Pingjiang didn't say anything either. They had talked a lot last night, but now that there were only two of them in the car, they were unusually silent.
Ruan Qingqing felt that this was worse than talking all the time. So she asked, "After you drop me off, will you go home and sleep?"
"Um."
She hesitated for a moment. She couldn't ignore basic etiquette. He had helped her so much that night.
She asked, "Would you like to have breakfast together? I'll treat you. There's a good noodle restaurant next door."
Luo Pingjiang looked ahead, and it was hard to tell whether he was happy or not. He replied, "Okay, thank you."
Ruan Qingqing said: "Finally you said thank you to me, even though I should have bought you breakfast to thank you."
Luo Pingjiang smiled, revealing a row of snow-white teeth, and seemed to be in a good mood. Ruan Qingqing's mood also improved.
So she fell silent again.
After a while, Luo Pingjiang turned on the car audio, connected to the Bluetooth of his mobile phone, and melodious music came out. Ruan Qingqing thought it was a good idea. This way, even if no one talked, it wouldn't be awkward.
Unexpectedly, he was listening to relatively unpopular and quiet folk songs, but the singers' voices were excellent. In such a quiet morning, every sound made people feel as if something in their hearts was slowly released. Gradually, Ruan Qingqing's heart seemed to soften after hearing what she said.
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