Su Yanxi took a cotton swab dipped in iodine and gently stroked the back of Fu Linchen's hand.
"Will you marry me after you break off your engagement with Gu Yanze?"
Fu Linchen's thumb slowly stroked her fair face, and the thin calluses on his fingertips rolled over the rough grain.
"Marry."
Su Yanxi smiled slightly and said nothing. The Fu family was so unattainable, she didn't think she could marry into them.
After helping Fu Linchen apply the ointment, Su Yanxi tied the bandage into a bow on the back of his hand.
Fu Linchen's eyebrows moved slightly: "Do you think the bow tie suits me?"
Su Yanxi: "First snow and fried chicken are a perfect match, and a macho man and a bow tie are a good match."
Her slender white fingers stroked the bow on the back of his hand: "Don't untie it."
Fu Linchen loosened his fingers that were pulling the bow.
When Su Yanxi left Fu Linchen's office, she reminded him: "Geraniums are easy to grow. Just water them once a week and they'll be alive."
The next day, as Su Yanxi arrived at the hospital, Sun Liming walked towards her.
Su Yanxi: "I'm sorry, Dean Sun, I didn't invite Mr. Fu back."
Fu Linchen's words about her breaking off the engagement with Gu Yanze and marrying her home were like a fairy tale, and Su Yanxi thought it was a rejection.
Sun Limin smiled and said, "Doctor Su, what nonsense are you talking about? Mr. Fu clearly agreed to attend the donation ceremony."
Su Yanxi was surprised. He agreed?
Dean Sun smiled and said, "Mr. Fu's secretary called me early this morning and told me to attend the donation ceremony as scheduled. Doctor Su, I knew you would be able to invite Mr. Fu over as soon as you showed up."
The donation ceremony is scheduled to be held in two weeks, when senior leaders from Beijing North City will be present.
Su Yanxi told Dean Sun something else: "Dean Sun, I need to take two days off."
Dean Sun knew that Su Yanxi rarely asked for leave, so he asked, "Doctor Su, are you taking leave to go travel and relax?"
Su Yanxi: "No..." Preparing to return to Yuncheng to pay homage to grandpa.
With mom and dad.
Dean Sun noticed she was hesitant, so he didn't press her further. Instead, he asked, "Are two days enough? Do you need fourteen days? I'll approve any length of leave."
Su Yanxi: "Two days is enough."
Saturday and Sunday plus Monday and Tuesday, four days, are enough for her to go back to Yuncheng.
When Su Yanxi returned home in the evening and was packing her luggage, there was a knock on the door.
Opening it, Gu Yanze was standing at the door in a grey home suit. His black hair, which he usually combed back when working, now hung down naturally, slightly parted, looking soft and gentle.
"Yanyan, let me help you pack your luggage."
Su Yanxi moved aside to let Gu Yanze come in: "I've almost finished packing."
Gu Yanze walked into her bedroom and sat on her bed as usual: "I'm late."
Su Yanxi took out some spare clothes and stuffed them into her bag, but the luggage was too full and couldn't fit any more.
Gu Yanze stood up and squatted beside her. He picked up her clothes with his bony fingers: "I'll help you fold the clothes and put them in place for you."
Su Yanxi was indeed not good at folding clothes and packing luggage because Gu Yanze had helped her pack before.
Gu Yanze took out her clothes one by one and folded them neatly. After folding her outer clothes, he touched her underwear which was placed at the bottom.
Su Yanxi curled her fingers.
Gu Yanze's cold, slender fingers paused for a moment, then he calmly passed over her panties and bra and put the folded clothes into the suitcase.
They lived under the same roof, washed their underwear in the same washing machine, and dried them on the same clothesline. They had been living like this for fourteen years.
In the past, Gu Yanze never felt that there was anything to be shy about, but now, just by taking a look at her underwear, Gu Yanze felt uncomfortable.
The clothes passed through his hands, stacked and placed one by one, and were completely packed in.
After helping Su Yanxi pack her suitcase, Gu Yanze looked at her and said, "Tomorrow..."
"Brother, if you have something to do, go ahead and do it," Su Yanxi sat on the bed, holding a pink pillow in her arms. "I'm twenty-three years old and I can take care of myself."
Gu Yanze's gaze swept across Su Yanxi: "You're right, you've grown up and can live independently."
"But I will still go to Cloud City with you tomorrow."
Su Yanxi asked in surprise, "Aren't you busy at work? Grandpa Gu said you have an important board meeting tomorrow."
Gu Yanze: "I postponed the meeting. It's more important to accompany you to Yuncheng."
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When the sky brightened, Su Yanxi and Gu Yanze flew to Yuncheng.
In the cemetery halfway up the mountain, pines and cypresses stand tall and proud, their greenness filled with a peaceful silence.
No matter how brilliant and dazzling you are in life, you will end up in a small box after death.
Su Yanxi and Gu Yanze, each dressed in black, walked past one concrete tombstone after another.
Gu Yanze held two bouquets of yellow and white chrysanthemums in his arms, and Su Yanxi held a bouquet of carnations in her arms.
The tombstones of Grandpa Su and Su's father and mother are next to each other, three in a row. Grandpa Su's tomb contains ashes, while Su's father and mother's tomb contains clothes.
There wasn't even a picture on her father's tombstone.
While other families reunited at home, Su Yanxi and her family reunited at the cemetery.
Su Yanxi cleaned the three tombstones, and Gu Yanze arranged the tributes and flowers he had bought.
Su Yanxi spoke slowly and slowly towards the three monuments in front of her.
"Grandpa, Dad, Mom, I'm here to see you."
"I live with Grandpa Gu and Brother Yan Ze now. They take good care of me. Can you see me in heaven? Don't worry about me."
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