Chapter 31
Lin Shengwen's notice to resume work came very quickly. There was still one day left before the ten days that Lin Xiaodong had requested from him. He wanted to invite Pei Ning to dinner, but he learned that Pei Ning had recently gone on vacation to an island in the southern waters and didn't even want to answer the phone.
In the background of the call with Xu Yiming, Lin Shengwen heard Pei Ning yelling, "Tell him to bring Liang Xun back, I'll have dinner with them again. Xu Yiming, tell Lin Shengwen, no, hurry up and say it, why are you pretending to be so deep, hey, Xu Yiming, did you hear what I said -"
"Did you hear that?" Xu Yiming couldn't hide his laughter and whispered to Lin Shengwen, "Let's make an appointment next time." Then he hung up the phone.
As the investigation progressed, evidence of hospital director Hong Li's embezzlement became increasingly clear. Over the past decade, he had transferred hospital funds to Country M through Zhou Xin and others. While Hong Li was under investigation, Yu Minjun temporarily assumed the role of acting director of the First Hospital of Tingda Hospital and oversaw its administration.
Yu Minjun immediately spoke to major media outlets to clarify the previous rumors about Lin Shengwen, and then explained that as a hospital, there is absolutely no tolerance for the bad behavior of some people and they will do their best to cooperate with the investigation.
Lin Shengwen received the notice to resume work, but did not immediately agree. Yu Minjun sympathized with him and agreed, but also mentioned that this is a difficult time for neurosurgery, and he personally hopes that Lin Shengwen will return to work as soon as possible.
He thought for a moment before hesitatingly saying, "Professor Yu, I...I have a request. Could you please do me a small favor?"
"Of course, you say."
Lin Shengwen briefly explained his situation. Yu Minjun was silent for just three seconds before agreeing, "Okay, I'll contact him... I remember I have a fellow apprentice at the Kang Mansion... Why do you suddenly want to go there to perform flying knife surgery? Didn't you refuse all the previous offers?"
Lin Shengwen didn't explain much, just lied with his eyes wide open, saying, "My family asked me to do this."
"Okay, I'll tell you after the approval procedures are completed." Fortunately, Yu Minjun didn't ask any further questions and agreed readily.
Lin Shengwen waited for two or three days, and after the cross-provincial filing was completed, he bought a plane ticket and flew to Kangfu.
At Kangfu International Airport, the plane landed with a bang. When Lin Shengwen stepped out of the airport, he was swept by a heat wave. This humid and stuffy heat was even worse than that in Ting City.
Lin Shengwen had visited Kangfu before, but he was still young then and didn't remember much. The city was developing rapidly, and Kangfu was unfamiliar to him now. Moreover, most of the locals in Kangfu spoke in a dialect, which Lin Shengwen hadn't studied, so he couldn't understand.
He picked up the suitcase and put it in the trunk of the taxi. He sat in the back seat and told the address of the hospital.
He also has a small meeting with the corresponding doctor there tonight.
Lin Shengwen didn't expect to meet Liang Xun's mother at the door of the hospital building.
She was holding a bag of fruits in her hand, and the plastic bag was torn by some sharp object. She had to bend down with difficulty to pick up the oranges that fell on the ground.
Although Lin Shengwen knew very well that Liang Peiyan probably knew nothing about him, he still felt hesitant.
But Liang Peiyan was already holding a bag full of documents and a large thermos in her other hand, which looked quite heavy, and she was about to pick up the fruit that had rolled a few steps away - Lin Shengwen's body moved before his consciousness, he flashed forward and picked up the oranges on the ground.
"Let me help you carry it in, Auntie." He said this, and motioned Liang Peiyan to hand the heavy object in her hand to him.
Liang Peiyan was stunned, her eyes focused on him for only half a second, then she smiled happily: "Okay, thank you for your help." She hung the bag on Lin Shengwen's arm, took the oranges and put them into the bag handed to her side, holding it in her hand and walked into the hospital gate.
The indoor air conditioning was on quite high, at least compared to the high temperature outside, it was completely heavenly cool. Lin Shengwen followed Liang Peiyan into the ward where Liang Xun's aunt was.
Liang Xun's aunt's condition worsened at one point, and she has now been transferred to an independent ward. Liang Xun and the nurse stayed with her at night. When Lin Shengwen walked into the ward carrying Liang Peiyan's bag, he saw Liang Xun lying on the end of the bed, with his arms resting on that little bit of bed surface, his face resting on his forearm, and he fell asleep without any defense.
Lin Shengwen's eyes brushed over Liang Xun's soft hair. He pursed his lips, suppressing his smugness. He pointed to the bedside table beside the bed and asked Liang Peiyan, "Can I put the bag here for you, Auntie?"
"Oh, okay. Thank you, young man." Liang Peiyan was just putting all the oranges in a basin. She thanked Lin Shengwen and noticed that he was looking at the bed. Thinking he was curious about Liang Xun's aunt's condition, she said a few words, "Oh, this is my sister-in-law. She has a tumor in her head. It's difficult to remove, but the doctor told us that he has asked a top doctor to come and help with the surgery."
After Liang Peiyan finished speaking, she walked around to the end of the bed and patted Liang Xun on the shoulder. It was unclear whether she was trying to comfort him or wanted him to go to the folding bed next to her and have a good rest.
Liang Xun was awakened by his mother's physical contact. He straightened his stiff body with a blank look in his eyes, then stood up like a zombie and gave the chair under his butt to Liang Peiyan.
But just as he stood up and took two steps to the other side of the bed in his slippers, he seemed to suddenly wake up and looked at the man in front of him in disbelief.
Why did Lin Shengwen come here?
Liang Xun looked up and looked into Lin Shengwen's eyes. Those beautiful eyes contained too many things that he could not understand, yet they seemed as clear as a mirror.
The self in the mirror is completely exposed.
He was enveloped in immense sadness, in stark contrast to the chirping of cicadas and the scorching sun, there was a constant freezing rain falling within his body, and his blood was about to coagulate because of it. Liang Xun opened his lips and mechanically forced out a smile.
"Mom, I'm going out for a while."
"Go to the water room and get some hot water when you come back." Liang Peiyan spoke in Kangfu dialect at a very fast pace.
Liang Xun nodded and followed Lin Shengwen out of the ward.
The ward where the private ward was located was located in a newly built hospital building. There was a small rest area outside the ward. Liang Xun bought two bottles of juice soda from the vending machine and placed them in front of Lin Shengwen.
When he followed Lin Shengwen out, he found that he was dragging a box.
Liang Xun was not so self-indulgent as to misunderstand that Lin Shengwen was looking for him. He immediately thought that it might be an expert commissioned by the doctor to come and perform a flying knife operation. However, the identity of the flying knife doctor was not public, so Liang Xun did not expect that it was Lin Shengwen who came.
But, if it is really as he guessed... Lin Shengwen has been allowed to resume the operation. Liang Xun's face turned pale, and he thought of the exchange conditions between Wang Wanling and him.
He left without saying goodbye and signed the divorce papers. What would Lin Shengwen think of him? He did all this at a time when Lin Shengwen was being plagued by the most criticism.
It's simply... the worst betrayal.
But Liang Xun had no regrets. Lin Shengwen was still able to practice medicine, which was the best outcome. Regardless of Lin Shengwen's disappointment and resentment at his betrayal, he was willing to accept it.
Liang Xun raised his head and looked at Lin Shengwen in front of him.
Lin Shengwen had lost some weight and had his hair cut, but he looked fine. His expression was normal, without a trace of emotion. He looked back and his eyes met Liang Xun's.
Liang Xun's lips trembled a few times, and he didn't know what to say to Lin Shengwen.
All languages seemed to have abandoned him. There were too many complicated noises in his head, mixed together and turned into a high-frequency busy tone. The most abrupt sound among them was his heartbeat, which was heavy, beat after beat, and yet uncontrollably wanted to run towards Lin Shengwen.
He suddenly heard a "puff" sound and looked up. Lin Shengwen unscrewed the cap of the juice soda and put the bottle into his palm.
Liang Xun's brain froze. He blinked his eyes, not sure what Lin Shengwen was up to.
Under his gaze, Lin Shengwen suddenly said, "I haven't booked a hotel yet."
I don’t know what happened, but Liang Xun’s brain seemed to be invaded by some thoughts that didn’t belong to him, which made him blurt out.
"Want to come... to my house? My mom is switching places with me today, and she's staying to keep my aunt company for the night..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liang Xun finally reacted and desperately wanted to turn back time so that he could take back what he had just said. His face turned blue and black at times, which was very interesting. He regretted it so much that he wanted to bite his tongue to commit suicide.
Lin Shengwen stared at him for a long while, then lowered his head and curled his lips. The smile was fleeting and Liang Xun almost missed it.
"Going to your house..." he asked Liang Xun, "...in what capacity should I go?"
Liang Xun took two seconds to finally hear what Lin Shengwen said. Ever since he returned to his hometown in Kang Mansion, he would suddenly lose his hearing from time to time. The tinnitus and inexplicable pain in various parts of his body were like program errors. There was no pattern to be found, but each time it did not last long, so it was not a problem with his physiological function.
The outside world was paused, and Liang Xun knew that the dissociation between the inside and the outside in his body had started to take effect again. The unstoppable freezing rain was restarted, and his heart began to ache and his stomach began to churn, intending to start the self-destruction process from the center of this body.
Liang Xun had no way to deal with this. He pretended to be very good in front of his mother Liang Peiyan. When his aunt was in a good mood, Liang Xun also responded to her with his extremely normal behavior. Therefore, no one actually noticed that his state had become overly tense and had reached an abnormal extreme value.
He uttered a few words with great difficulty, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and his voice was so hoarse that only his breath remained.
"...if you still consider me a friend."
Lin Shengwen stared at him. He was very calm. Compared with Liang Xun's panic, he felt that Lin Shengwen in front of him was as stable as a rock.
"Liang Xun, what if I don't want to be friends with you?"
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