Chapter 68 Goodbye

The first rays of sunlight in the morning shone into the room and onto Lin Shuliang's eyes. She frowned and stretched out her hand to block the sunlight. She saw a person standing by the window against the light. He turned sideways and looked at her with amusement: "Are you sober?"

It was Shen Xinghe. He was so handsome that the part of him that was not illuminated by the sunlight was half bright and half dark, like a masterpiece painted by an art student.

Lin Shuliang suddenly realized, "Why are you in my room?" She looked around, "No, where am I?"

"You look like you're not fully awake yet. Come out and have breakfast." He closed the door after he went out.

The memories of yesterday flooded into her mind bit by bit. Although they were fragmented, she knew that she had dinner with Luo Yun and seemed to have drunk too much by mistake. Then Shen Xinghe came over, but she really couldn't remember where she was now.

Fortunately, the clothes are properly worn.

She felt relieved when she saw Shen Xinghe, knowing that nothing would go wrong. However, she couldn't guarantee whether he had done anything childish that would infuriate both humans and gods yesterday.

Lu Xue had already prepared breakfast. Seeing her coming out, she said, "Sister Shuliang, are you awake? Go wash your face and have dinner. My brother has already bought your toiletries."

You guys? Luo Yun came out of the bathroom, "I'm done, you go ahead."

"Why are you here too?" Lin Shuliang asked.

Shen Xinghe and Lu Xue smiled at each other.

She felt a little embarrassed and touched her hair, "I'll go wash up first."

The breakfast made by Lu Xue was very rich, including bread, eggs, vegetables, meat floss and ham, which were placed on the plate and looked very nice.

"Sister Shuliang, Sister Luo Yun, I was afraid that you couldn't eat all this, so I cooked some porridge. You can decide which one you want to eat." This little girl is very considerate. When she ran to find Shen Xinghe for the first time, she must have been really afraid that her mother would be taken away. Otherwise, she would be a real little angel!

Luo Yun didn't know who she was and felt flattered. "Thank you, but where is this place?"

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Lu Xue, and I'm his sister." She pointed at Shen Xinghe and said.

"My own sister?" Luo Yun almost choked.

"Well, only the father is different, we have the same mother." Lu Xue explained.

Shen Xinghe did not refuse, which was considered as his tacit consent.

Luo Yun was surprised at first, and then thought it was impolite. "Sorry, I just didn't know that Mr. Shen had such a warm-hearted girl."

"But how come we are here with Lu Xue?" Lin Shuliang listened to the general idea while washing up, but she still had this doubt.

"Then where do you want to sleep? Your mother will beat you to death when you get home." Shen Xinghe said without raising his head.

"I forgot about this. I haven't come home all night. What should I do when I go back?" She was so scared of her mother's nagging.

Lu Xue was helpless with these two drunk people. "Sister Shuliang, don't worry. My brother has already taken care of all your problems. There won't be any sequelae."

Luo Yun seemed to have expected this to happen. "Will Shen Xinghe let you suffer a loss? Impossible! Come eat quickly. Lu Xue's food is delicious."

"That's right. My brother was very thoughtful and taught me how to tell your family. Tell Luo Yun's family that I am Sister Shu Liang, and then tell Shu Liang's family that I am Sister Luo Yun. He even thought of an excuse."

Luo Yun gave Shen Xinghe a thumbs up and said, "But you have to tell me how you said it, or you'll get caught when you go back."

The three girls soon became close friends, and Shen Xinghe seemed redundant here as he was the only boy.

"I'm done eating. I'll go back first. Don't drink, otherwise I won't come to pick you up again." He said this to Lin Shuliang.

As soon as he left, Lu Xue frowned and said, "Don't worry, even if you drink a hundred times, my brother will still come to see you."

"You can't say this in front of others, otherwise your brother won't be able to find a girlfriend." Lin Shuliang said.

"Haha... I don't mind if I can't find my brother. He isn't looking for those people anyway." Lu Xue stopped there and didn't say much.

"Did your brother tell you who he was looking for?" Luo Yun did it on purpose.

"What do you think, Sister Shuliang?" Lu Xue threw the question to her.

"How should I know?" Inexplicably, my heart beat very fast and I felt guilty. "I'm done eating. You guys take your time."

This is the end of our breakfast conversation.

She cleaned the kitchen, and Lu Xue brought the dishes in to wash. She said, "Sister Shuliang, I heard my brother reading you a story last night to coax you to sleep. There are not many men as good as my brother."

It was probably not a story, but a joke. She even remembered nodding her head while walking.

She was the one who kept pestering Shen Xinghe to recite it.

"Your brother is very good."

"So do you like my brother?" Lu Xue asked her, tilting her head and looking into her eyes.

Lu Xue and Shen Xinghe really look a bit alike. She was a little dazed, "Don't talk nonsense."

"But I think my brother likes you."

"I second the proposal!" Luo Yun stood at the door at some point, holding a bowl of porridge and saying.

"You two have nothing to do, right? I'll get angry if you keep talking nonsense." Lin Shuliang deliberately put on a downcast face and said unhappily.

Luo Yun put his arm around Lu Xue's shoulders and walked out as if they were old friends. "Let's go. Sometimes you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep. Especially when two people are pretending to be asleep, it's simply impossible to solve the problem."

…

More than once, someone said that Shen Xinghe liked her. She had asked herself why, but no matter how she thought about it, it seemed impossible. How could a man like Shen Xinghe like her?

She couldn't ask Shen Xinghe directly, because that would make her seem too sentimental! She didn't really want to confirm such a thing, she felt that the current situation between them was good enough.

However, there was no chance to confirm it, because a few days later, her grandmother passed away due to illness.

Her whole family went to her grandmother's hometown and stayed there for more than half a month.

She didn't have such a deep affection for her grandmother because she didn't grow up next to her grandmother, but she always remembered the kind old woman. Every time she went to her house, she would stuff a lot of things into her pockets, always wanting to give her all the good things.

Cheng Lin was very sad. She had not eaten or drunk for three days. She cried until she had no tears left and could only sit there.

No matter how Lin Shuliang tried to persuade her, she wouldn't listen and didn't say much.

The day her grandmother was sent to the funeral home, Cheng Lin fainted from crying.

She went with him to the hospital and stayed by Cheng Lin's bedside, leaving all matters concerning her grandmother to her father.

"Mom, are you awake? Do you want some water?"

Cheng Lin started crying as soon as she woke up, "Grandma...is it..."

"Mom, everyone will have this day. Life and death are unpredictable. There is nothing we can do about it. No matter how sad you are, you have to eat. Otherwise, how can grandma feel at ease?"

"But I can't eat it."

Lin Shuliang also got angry, "How about this, I'll accompany you, if you don't want to eat, I won't eat either, we'll eat whenever you want to."

"Don't be angry." Cheng Lin didn't speak as loudly as usual. "Shu'er, people say that when parents are alive, life still has a place to go, but when parents are gone, life only has a way to go back. Now I finally know this feeling, empty and lonely, my mother's mother is gone."

In matters of life and death, any comfort is in vain. Lin Shuliang turned aside and wiped her tears, "Why say such things?"

"Now I just want to stay with you, get married, have children, and live a good life."

"Grandma will definitely go to heaven. Don't be sad. I will only allow you to be sad for three more days. Life still has to go on. As long as we remember grandma in our hearts, she won't really leave."

She nodded. "Mom, I'll listen to you."

"I'll call the doctor to see if you're okay."

Cheng Lin agreed and turned her face to the other side. Lin Shuliang knew that she was crying again.

Fortunately, the doctor said she was just too sad and would be fine if she replenished her nutrition.

Before they returned to Yuncheng, Shen Xinghe sent her a message: Is your mother feeling better?

She glanced at Cheng Lin lying on the bed. It wasn't good and she was very sad.

Spend more time with her, Auntie needs you the most now. Shen Xinghe thought for a moment and added: My school has started, I will leave tomorrow.

She was a little surprised: so fast! She felt a little disappointed that she wouldn't be able to see him when she returned. They had hardly been apart for so many years.

Well, you guys should be there soon.

Have a safe trip and report safe arrival at school. After sending this message, she threw her phone aside.

Cheng Lin saw that she was not in high spirits, "What's wrong?"

"No, Shen Xinghe told me that they have started school and will go to school tomorrow."

"Then what are you unhappy about?"

"I'm not unhappy." Lin Shuliang poured herself some water and drank it. "I just feel that growing up doesn't feel good. I can't go to school and go home like before."

"Youth really don't know the taste of sorrow." Cheng Lin sighed, "You can almost be discharged from the hospital. You will also start school soon, and I haven't prepared anything for you."

"You should have a good rest. You don't have to worry about anything from me. Take care of yourself first." Lin Shuliang acted like a little adult.

Although she promised not to worry about it, she was still thinking about buying something.

Cheng Lin was discharged from the hospital at noon, and she went to complete the discharge procedures.

In the lobby, I met Lao Fu, who was wearing a hospital gown.

"Teacher." Lin Shuliang called out uncertainly, because she had lost a lot of weight and felt different.

Lao Fu just kept smiling, "Shuliang, why are you here?"

They went to sit in the cafeteria, and Lin Shuliang asked worriedly, "Teacher, are you okay?"

"The surgery is over, it's nothing serious. I didn't tell you before because I was afraid of affecting you. Besides, my surgery might not be successful at that time. If something really happened, it would not be good for you. I have taught many senior high school students, I know it well." Old Fu simply answered all her doubts.

"But..." She was speechless. Fearing that there might be accidents during the operation, Mr. Fu simply said nothing. What if someone misunderstood this method?

She definitely didn't care. "You are all great, but I can't accompany you to take graduation photos due to my health condition. This is quite a pity."

"Did you suddenly find out you were sick?"

"No, I knew I was sick not long after I met you. I wanted to wait until you graduated, but I kept putting it off until the doctor said I couldn't wait any longer. The school also knew something about my condition, so they gave me leave."

"So you are here to recuperate after the surgery?"

"Yeah." She nodded. "You guys are going to start school soon, right?"

…

They talked for a long time, about the past and the future. When they left, Lin Shuliang bowed deeply to Lao Fu and said, "I have always wanted to say thank you to you."

Lao Fu was moved, tears welled up in his eyes, "Just tell me this, go quickly, don't keep your mother waiting."

Some people pass through your life in a hurry, it is not accidental. They may come to give you warmth and then turn around and leave.