Great Doctor Without Borders

Chapter 1297 Sense and Emotion

Xu Chunliang drove off the road and stopped beside a reed marsh. The white snow set off the brown and yellow reeds, and not far away was the dark green lake. Everything in front of him was pleasing to the eye.

Mei Ruxue felt that it was a little too hot in the car, so she lowered the window, looked at the beautiful scenery outside, and breathed in the cold wind.

Xu Chunliang kindly reminded: "Be careful not to catch a cold."

Mei Ruxue said: "If you have something to say, please say it quickly. I have to go back."

Xu Chunliang asked, "I heard that the Wang family proposed marriage to you?"

Mei Ruxue had vaguely guessed about this matter just now, and now it has been confirmed to be true. In fact, it is impossible to keep such a secret. There have been many rumors against her recently, saying that she is treacherous and that the Qiao family has gone back on their word. Mei Ruxue even believes that some of the news was deliberately released by the Wang family.

Mei Ruxue nodded and said, "That's true."

Xu Chunliang asked: "What do you think?"

Mei Ruxue said: "Xu Chunliang, I don't think I need to explain my personal affairs to you, right?"

Xu Chunliang said: "Although we broke up, we are still friends after all. Isn't it okay for me to come all the way here to show my concern?"

Mei Ruxue said: "Thank you, I appreciate it, but I really mind others interfering in my private life."

Xu Chunliang said, "You are not being morally kidnapped by those rumors, are you? If necessary, I can talk to Wang Jiancheng."

Mei Ruxue said: "Xu Chunliang, this is too much! Who are you to talk to Jiancheng?"

Xu Chunliang was stunned for a moment. He was really stumped by Mei Ruxue's question.

Mei Ruxue was a little angry. She opened the car door and walked out, into the falling snow.

Xu Chunliang quickly took an umbrella and followed, kindly holding it open for Mei Ruxue to shield her head from the falling snow.

Mei Ruxue said unhappily, "Can you stay away from me? I want to be alone."

Xu Chunliang said: "I will just help you block the snow, and I won't say anything."

Mei Ruxue said, "I don't need it." She walked towards the lake. Xu Chunliang just took a step after her when he was stopped by Mei Ruxue's murderous eyes. He could only watch Mei Ruxue come to the lake and hear the sound of her feet stepping on the thin ice.

Mei Ruxue stood in the snow, looking at the lake in the distance. No matter how hard she tried, she could not see the Weishan Island in the lake, the place that once carried the most beautiful memories between them. Once lost, it was lost and could not be recovered.

Mei Ruxue's heart was struggling fiercely. The time they had spent together flashed through her mind like a movie. The sweeter the memories, the more bitter the reality. Mei Ruxue's spiritual defenses collapsed in an instant and she sobbed silently.

Xu Chunliang felt distressed when he saw Mei Ruxue's lowered head and trembling shoulders. He slowly walked towards Mei Ruxue, came behind her, and gently placed his hand on her shoulder.

Mei Ruxue did not resist his approach. Xu Chunliang approached her and held her delicate body, which was cooled by the wind, in his arms. Mei Ruxue suddenly turned around and threw herself into his arms, hugging Xu Chunliang with all her strength, as if she was hugging the whole world.

She felt the long-lost warmth, and the feelings buried deep in her heart broke out and became uncontrollable, like a raging tide in the sea or a blaze rising into the sky. At this moment, they forgot where they were, forgot about the worldly troubles, cast aside all constraints, and devoted themselves to each other's body and mind.

I don't know when the snow stopped, but the commercial vehicle in the snow did not stop shaking.

A slender hand slapped the foggy car window, and then the fingertips pressed hard against the car window and dragged it down, leaving clear finger marks...

Mei Ruxue leaned quietly on Xu Chunliang's shoulder. She wanted to fall asleep weakly, but her mind was at its most active.

Xu Chunliang kissed her smooth forehead and when he looked down for another target, she blocked his mouth. Mei Ruxue's clear eyes had completely regained their rationality. She looked at Xu Chunliang and whispered, "There's no going back."

Xu Chunliang asked: "What?"

Mei Ruxue's voice was slow and firm: "I have decided to fulfill my engagement with Wang Jiancheng."

Xu Chunliang was confused by her: "What did you say? You want to marry Wang Jiancheng?"

Mei Ruxue nodded: "That's right."

"What do you want? He has become a useless person."

Mei Ruxue sat up and put on her clothes silently: "Chunliang, not all women in this world can marry for love. You should know that you can't give me what I want. Even if we get married, we won't be happy in the end."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Will you be happy if you marry Wang Jiancheng?"

Mei Ruxue said: "The Wang family just wants a face. Grandpa raised me up, and I haven't done a single thing for the Qiao family."

"Don't you think it's ridiculous to marry someone you don't like at all for the benefit of the family?"

Mei Ruxue said: "You don't understand me, nor do you understand the Qiao family. I didn't understand it in the past. After I broke up with you, I thought about looking for you more than once, but later I controlled myself. I found that I was not inseparable from you. You and I have never been in the same world. Love and marriage are not indispensable to me. The Wang family needs face, and so does our Qiao family. The marriage between our two families is the best choice for each other." Xu Chunliang said: "Then what did you say just now..."

Mei Ruxue looked at Xu Chunliang's depressed face and sighed softly: "I will never have another man in my life. You and I are different. What we have is the beginning and the end. If you really want to do good for me, please respect me and don't come to me again in the future."

Xu Chunliang asked: "What if you have it?"

Mei Ruxue shook her head: "No!"

Xu Chunliang thought to himself, could it be that she is in her safe period? Or is she ignoring my reproductive ability? I guess the former is more likely.

Mei Ruxue said: "Send me back and forget about what happened tonight."

Xu Chunliang looked at Mei Ruxue's resolute expression and suddenly had a strange feeling that he had been at a disadvantage. He thought that the two of them would reconcile, but he didn't expect that Mei Ruxue would use such an extreme way to put an end to their relationship.

Xu Chunliang stretched out his hand, and Mei Ruxue dodged backwards: "Chunliang, please respect my choice."

Xu Chunliang finally obeyed Mei Ruxue's wishes and sent her back to her residence in Dongzhou. Watching Mei Ruxue moving with difficulty in the snow, Xu Chunliang suppressed the urge to follow her. He estimated that the pain tonight would make her unforgettable for the rest of her life. Perhaps this was the price of growing up.

Xu Chunliang went to visit Wang Jiancheng this time with an ulterior motive. He wanted to learn some information from Wang Jiancheng.

Wang Jiancheng's mental state has improved visibly. Once a person has the courage to live, the rest of the things will be easy.

Xu Chunliang pretended to help Wang Jiancheng check her out. In fact, he had many ways to prevent Mei Ruxue from getting married, but there was no need for Wang Jiancheng to use any of them now.

Xu Chunliang said: "You are recovering well. I think you will be discharged from the hospital soon."

Wang Jiancheng said: "I will go abroad for a while."

Xu Chunliang said: "I heard something recently..."

Wang Jiancheng interrupted, "Don't tell me yet. Let me guess. Is it about Mei Ruxue and me?"

Xu Chunliang said: "You know."

Wang Jiancheng said: "My family has talked to me about it, I don't care."

Xu Chunliang looked at Wang Jiancheng with a confused look on his face. It seemed that this guy had no idea about the engagement at all.

Wang Jiancheng said, "You don't understand the affairs of our class." After saying this, he felt something was wrong and explained, "I don't mean to look down on you at all. What I mean is that people like us don't have any freedom at all. Love can be casual, but marriage must obey the interests of the family. The childhood marriage between Mei Ruxue and I was actually a way for the two families to unite for political interests."

Xu Chunliang said: "You see it clearly."

Wang Jiancheng said: "The same is true for Qiao Rulong and Ye Qingya. They have no feelings for each other, but they can still get married. Which do you think is greater, marrying for love or marrying for the benefit of the family?"

Xu Chunliang said: "I am not you, I cannot answer your question."

Wang Jiancheng said: "In the past, I was very resistant to political marriages. I was unwilling to be manipulated by my family and did not want to be their pawn. But now I understand that one should not live only for oneself. My current psychological process is to resist their ideas, accept their ideas, and finally become a part of them."

Xu Chunliang asked, "Is it true that you proposed to Mei Ruxue?"

Wang Jiancheng said: "How could I be like this? It was all arranged by my family. I know they meant well, using marriage to defeat the rumors outside, and the relationship between the two families can be further improved."

Xu Chunliang asked: "Have you ever considered Mei Ruxue's feelings?"

Wang Jiancheng asked back: "I don't love her, why should I care about her feelings?"

Xu Chunliang was stunned. The thinking patterns of these kids from the big courtyard were really unusual.

Wang Jiancheng said, "Since you are so curious, I might as well tell you that Mei Ruxue has agreed to marry me. I know you must be uncomfortable. After all, Mei Ruxue is your ex-girlfriend. She didn't choose you, who is physically and mentally healthy, but chose a useless person like me. It's not that I am more attractive than you, and she didn't choose me, but the Wang family. All she needs is the identity of Mrs. Wang, and she doesn't need to fulfill any obligations."

  Xu Chun said conscientiously, if you want to, do you have the ability?

Wang Jiancheng said: "Our marriage is a contract. I will go abroad after I am discharged from the hospital. She also clearly said that she will not live with me. The two of us are just a marriage of convenience. Does it make you feel better if I say this?"

Xu Chunliang said: "That is your own business. It is not my turn as an outsider to worry about it."

Wang Jiancheng said, "You are saying one thing and thinking another. Xu Chunliang, I'm giving you a piece of advice for the sake of your help. You should draw a line between yourself and Mei Ruxue. I'm not saying this as her fiancé, and I'm not jealous. On the contrary, if you two could really be together, I would bless you. But after she becomes my wife, she will be my face, the face of the Wang family, and the face of the Qiao family. If you can't figure out the relationship, you will die miserably."

Xu Chunliang said: "There is nothing between us."

"I don't care about anything." Wang Jiancheng said calmly.

(End of this chapter)