Chapter 12

Just after the sixth day of the new year, Chu Yan bought a ticket and went back to M City as soon as her vacation was over.

Apparently, the apartment had been unoccupied for several days. There was a faint smell of dust in the air. It took an afternoon to clean the house a little. In the afternoon, Chu Yan bought some vegetables and meat and made a simple meal. dinner. Because he had to go to work the next day, after dinner, Chu Yan tidied up the table and was ready to wash up and rest.

While brushing her teeth, Chu Yan looked down at the pale red blood in the marble sink, and after a while, she stretched out her fingers and rubbed lightly around the gums. Sure enough, she found a little bit of water mixed with blood.

Then, this body will frequently have these symptoms... nosebleeds, bleeding gums... Chu Yan sighed, and turned on the water to dilute the blood.

When he came out of the bathroom, Chu Yan heard a buzzing sound of the phone vibrating. He walked over and took a look at the phone on the bedside table—it was Li Xi.

The finger slides over the answer button, and the voice on the other side of the phone is transmitted through the receiver, but there is also silence there, only a slight electric current from the receiver can be heard.

The moment the call was connected, the other party did not speak immediately, but paused for several seconds, which made his sudden voice appear particularly cold and clear in the silence, "Where are you now?"

Chu Yan lifted the quilt and lay down, "In the apartment."

Li Xi pressed the key, the headlights not far away flashed twice, Li Xi walked over and opened the door and sat in, "This time I'm conscious."

The eight-hour train ride made Chu Yan's spirit very tired. As soon as he touched the pillow, his consciousness even began to blur. He turned the phone on handsfree and put it on the pillow, then said "um" that he was listening to his call.

His voice was actually very perfunctory, Li Xi snorted and started the car, "What is your attitude?"

But there was a soft "um" sound, as if it was a subconscious response to hearing the sound. Then there was a slight turning over, Li Xi was stunned, then took the phone away from his ear, and looked down at the time - 8:35.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Li Xi originally thought that the other party must be sleeping when he arrived, but he was a little surprised that the headlights in the bedroom turned out to be on.

The sound of water rushing came from the bathroom. Li Xi took out the charger from the bedside table to charge the phone. After reading the work email for a while, five or six minutes had passed when he looked up, and the sound of water inside still did not stop. .

Li Xi was puzzled, walked over and knocked on the door and asked, "What are you doing inside?"

But there was no response from the inside except the sound of water. Li Xi was about to reach out to twist the door handle, but the door opened from the inside with a click.

"What did you do in there for so long?" Li Xi looked at him with a fixed gaze, his eyes swept over the tips of his water-soaked hair, his slender dark eyebrows, and finally fell on his pale lips without a trace of blood.

Chu Yan did not answer him immediately, but looked at Li Xi for a while with a somewhat sad look. His hair was very dark, but his skin was too white, and he was frighteningly vulnerable under the bright light.

His fragile posture actually made Li Xi's heart tighten, as if someone touched the softest part of his heart. He heard himself ask, "What's the matter with you?"

"Li Xi, I'm so uncomfortable..."

His eyes always seemed to have a bit of water in them. Li Xi put his fingers together, trying his best to suppress the inexplicable emotions that suddenly surged up in his heart, let him lie down on the bed and cover him with the quilt, and reached out to probe his forehead. He leaned down and asked in a calm voice, "Uncomfortable? Where is the discomfort? I'll take you to the hospital..."

The skin is cool and there is no fever.

But he fixed his eyes on Li Xi, and when he got on the pillow, he closed his eyes but stopped talking. Li Xi watched him quietly for a while, but it didn't take long for him to breathe evenly.

Li Xi paused, reached over and covered the quilt for him, then snapped off the bedside lamp.

Outside the window was an unbearably thick night, Li Xi walked to the balcony, took out a cigarette and lit it. He said he was sad... was it because of himself? Li Xi exhaled a long breath, the clear smoke slowly dissipated in the night, and an inexplicable emotion gradually emerged in his heart, which left him with mixed feelings.

So what if you're sad, why don't you also suffer, so let's take a step by step...

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In the tea room of the hospital, Chu Yan poured himself a cup of warm water, and before he could drink it, he heard someone say, "Doctor Liang."

Chu Yan turned around and saw that the person was Yang Li, holding a stainless steel thermos cup in his hand, with a smile on his face.

"Director Yang." Chu Yan put down the cup in his hand, "Is something wrong?"

"Nothing, I heard you were sick last time, how is it? Are you feeling better now?'" Yang Li walked to the water dispenser and took a glass of boiling water.

"It's just a little cold, I'm very embarrassed, the hospital is busy at the end of the year...'"

"If you're sick, you need to take a good rest, and you can't wear out your body after work. If you want to take a leave next time, just tell me directly, and you don't have to go through so many procedures.'"

"Director Yang..."

Yang Li patted him on the shoulder, "Actually, according to me, it's not easy for us to be doctors. We don't even have time to eat when we are busy. Since we are all from the same department, we should take care of each other."

After he said this, people came in one after another in the pantry. Chu Yan picked up the cup and took a sip of water, then glanced at the time, the lunch break was almost over.

"Ah, the holiday has passed too fast, it's the same as not having it."

"Isn't that right? We worked so hard to work overtime until the New Year's 30 to get that little salary. Some people are so powerful that it doesn't matter if they don't go to work at the end of the year, and they even get more year-end bonuses than us." Standing next to the coffee machine, Wang Ye suddenly made a sound, with obvious sarcasm and disdain in his voice.

"Wang Ye, forget it..." The colleagues next to him heard that what he said was wrong, and quickly persuaded in a low voice. Although they did not know how many times they had complained to each other because of this matter, none of them dared to bring it to the table. Said, what's more, this is even in front of Liang Suici's face.

"What's the matter... What are you afraid of him? Where can there be such a good thing, we do the hard work, and he takes all the money and credit?" There was a suffocating silence.

Colleagues around looked at each other and turned to look at Chu Yan who was leaning against the table.

The white coat on his body has not been changed, Junxiu's face has no expression, his thin lips are pursed lightly, and he looks extraordinarily cold and calm.

"Are you dissatisfied with me?" Chu Yan looked at him, "Since you think it's unfair? Why don't you adjust the attendance record yourself."

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, a colleague next to him hurriedly came out to smooth things out, "It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, Wang Ye, you are also true... Dr. Liang's hard work and hard work are obvious to all, everyone is a colleague, there is no need to be so stiff... …”

Wang Ye raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Yan, but was slightly startled when he saw his too pale face. Because the crystal wall lamp above his head is too bright, from his own perspective, there is a sickly bluish white on his side cheeks.