rose believer

Chapter 13 Dawn - Healing
The Spring Festival is very early this year, in late January.

Jiang Limei's arm is inconvenient, and Wu Yusi is a little tired, so she simply gave all the employees a holiday. From after New Year's Day until the end of the Spring Festival holiday, they don't need to work offline, and they can work online.

Most of the employees' hometowns are out of town, and they can buy tickets to go home for the New Year before the peak of the Spring Festival travel season. Everyone is very happy.

Jiang Limei is also in a good mood. She travels long distances every year during the Spring Festival holiday. The year before last was Hokkaido, last year was Barcelona, ​​and this year she temporarily decided to go to Hong Kong.I checked the strategy and air tickets in advance, and departed on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

Wu Yusi is from Lingshi, and she usually lives with her parents. In her words, if you don't marry at the age when you should marry, you will always be in front of your parents, and you will be disgusted.So this year's Spring Festival, she said she wanted to go on a trip with Jiang Limei, wherever she wanted, as long as she could escape the nagging of relatives at home.

Jiang Limei is used to traveling far, so she travels lightly, only carrying a small silver suitcase at her feet.But Wu Yusi had a huge 26-inch suitcase in one hand, bit her ID card in her mouth, and dragged Jiang Limei to check it in. There were so many people at the airport that the star dew hanging on the suitcase was squeezed out several times, and Jiang Limei picked it up twice I got annoyed, and shouted at Wu Yusi:

"Are you moving???"

"Excuse me, please forgive me, these two boxes of mine are actually empty, just to go to Hong Kong to buy more things, my mother made a list for me, and bought me on behalf of me, isn't it?"

Jiang Limei wanted to curse, but helped Wu Yusi carry a suitcase and a backpack.

I came to WeChat while queuing for the security check, but I didn’t have a hand to read it. When I boarded the plane and waited for take-off, my phone rang again. This time it was a phone.

Jiang Limei picked it up casually, there was only one feed, and the rest was just the whistling of the wind.

"Doctor Ren?"

What's the big deal this year that needs to be called?

Jiang Limei is the type of person who hates answering the phone very much. Modern people always keep their mobile phones in their hands 24 hours a day. Even if the sky falls, they can see it immediately after sending a WeChat message. Why do they have to make a phone call?
The main reason is that the ringtone of the mobile phone is the same as the alarm clock, which is annoying.

"Doctor Ren, you are making a lot of noise." Jiang Limei didn't realize that she frowned, and her tone carried a bit of tender resentment.

Wu Yusi looked at her with a gossipy face, and mouthed: That doctor?
Jiang Limei pretended not to see, and turned her head out of the window.

After a few seconds, the wind and noise on the phone finally subsided, and she heard Ren Yu talking, unhurried as always:

"Jiang Limei, where are you?"

When he said her name, he pronounced the words slowly and seriously, and Jiang Limei could always remember his face, thin-rimmed glasses, and white coat by his voice.

"I'm on the plane and I'm about to take off, doctor Ren?"

Ren Yu was silent for a moment: "WeChat. I didn't understand the WeChat you replied to me."

"what?"

Jiang Limei didn't understand, but she was startled when she clicked on WeChat. When she was helping Wu Yusi check in her luggage, she put her phone in her coat pocket with the screen on, but she touched it by mistake and sent Ren Yu a bunch of messy emoticons. There is also a string of unintelligible punctuation marks.

Scrolling up, it was the message that Ren Yu sent her half an hour ago, asking her if she would go back to Ancheng for the New Year.

Jiang Limei said sorry first, and then answered the question:

"I went on a trip with my friends. I haven't been back to Anseong for many years."

Ancheng has no relatives, so it is no longer a place to "go back".

She guessed that Ren Yu understood, because he automatically ignored the second half of the sentence, and asked her lightly:

"Where are you traveling?"

"Hong Kong." The evacuation video started to play in the cabin, and Jiang Limei switched hands to hold the phone: "Today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. If Dr. Ren wants to go back to Ancheng, why hasn't he left yet?"

The high-speed rail in Ancheng was only opened a few years ago, and there is only one trip to and from Ling City every day, so tickets for the Spring Festival travel season are extremely hard to get.

Ren Yu was on duty at the hospital during the Spring Festival last year, and this year it was rare to have a holiday, so he drove back by himself, on the expressway for eight hours, and wanted to ask Jiang Limei if he wanted to drop by.

Jiang Limei understood, and smiled: "Thank you, Dr. Ren, for thinking of me."

"It's nothing, you're traveling. Be safe."

"Okay." Jiang Limei took out her small blanket from her bag, covered her lap, and leaned back lazily: "Then I will turn off the phone first, and I want to catch up on sleep on the road."

"it is good."

After a pause for a few seconds, Jiang Limei thought that Ren Yu had hung up, and looked at the screen, the call was still going on.

"Doctor Ren?"

After a while, Ren Yu opened his mouth and just said, "Jiang Limei, Happy Chinese New Year."

Jiang Limei felt that the frequency of being called by her full name was a bit high recently, but Ren Yu's voice was clear and pleasant, as if she was contemplating it carefully, and she gradually got used to him calling her by her name.

After coming and going, Jiang Limei lowered her head and smiled: "Ren Yu, happy Spring Festival."

She wanted to wish him Gong Xi Fa Cai, but because of his career, she changed it to: "Good health and good luck in everything."

She heard Ren Yu's low smile:
"You too."

Huang Youhui came out to smoke and saw Ren Yu at the corner of the hotel's side entrance.He had just hung up the phone, and was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he stared at the traffic on the road in a daze. It was more than ten degrees below zero, and his exhaled breath rose into white mist.

They were from the same school, and taking advantage of not working overtime during the Chinese New Year, they invited a few other alumni out for dinner, and Ren Yu ran out halfway through the meal, and never returned.

Huang Youhui felt that something was wrong with his senior brother recently, as if he was preoccupied.I couldn't see it when I was working, but during the breaks, I was caught several times in a daze, and I didn't know what to think about.

He stomped out the cigarette butt and walked forward quietly, trying to scare Ren Yu from behind, but Ren Yu smelled the smoke and turned around:
"When will you quit smoking?"

Huang Youhui put down his hands embarrassingly, curled his lips: "You have to quit smoking slowly, my wife nags me, and you nag too?"

Huang Youhui and his wife are high school classmates and their first love for each other. They received a marriage certificate after graduating from college and became brave early married people. Their relationship is stable and happy.

Ren Yu adjusted his glasses, and it was rare for him to chat with Huang Youhui about seemingly innocuous topics:
"Isn't it difficult from first love to marriage?"

This topic started too abruptly, Huang Youhui couldn't catch up, and answered in a stumbling manner:
"Let's split up. My wife and I are okay, and it's going well, but there are not many couples who are in the same class in high school or college. In the end, there are not many couples who get married. When you are young, you are not sensible, and it is difficult to maintain a relationship."

Ren Yu's expression was as usual, but his hand holding the phone was tight.Two big men stood side by side on the side of the road, admiring the passers-by and the heavy traffic.

".First love is hard to forget."

Huang Youhui finally noticed the bug, and the senior brother who has always been sloppy started talking about emotional topics?He looked at Ren Yu with probing eyes:

"You're wrong."

As for where this problem started, he seemed to have a little impression.It was the beautiful woman with a broken elbow. Ren Yu could take time off, but she wanted to do the surgery herself, and she went to the ward a lot in those few days.

Combined with today's chat, Huang Youhui felt that he could get away with it.

"Brother, the beauty who underwent surgery last month, isn't it your first love?"

Ren Yu looked away and looked at him quietly.

"Right! I knew it! You talked about it? We broke up? We met in the hospital this time? Right!"

Ren Yu frowned unconsciously, the gaze through the lens was obviously aggressive, Huang Youhui was taken aback, he had never seen such a Ren Yu:
"Damn, why are you staring at me? What did I say wrong?"

Everything is wrong.

Ren Yu let out a breath, and his shoulders collapsed almost invisibly.

"Let's go, come back."

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This is Jiang Limei's third visit to Hong Kong.

The last time I came was in the summer, for a business trip.

Counting forward, the first time I came to Hong Kong was the summer vacation of Xiaoshengchu's year, and Cao Qiong brought her here.

At that time, Cao Qiong had just obtained a certificate with Sheng Lin, a divorced woman with children, and her second marriage could find an entrepreneur like Sheng Lin, a big boss, which became an interesting topic among relatives and friends.

Everyone said that Cao Qiong was capable and blessed to her face, but she was said behind her back that she was old and unruly, and she didn't know what coquettishness she was using. Maybe the divorce was because of her affair.

Cao Qiong could bear it, but she was still unhappy, so she simply avoided people's words and took Jiang Limei out for a trip.

Anyway, Sheng Lin has money and is not afraid of squandering it.The two of them went to many countries, one of which was Hong Kong.

Jiang Limei is soaking in the bathtub right now.

The bathtub in this room is facing the window, and the one-way glass can clearly see the neon lights and traffic on the street. She hugged her shoulders, drifting in the cherry-flavored aromatherapy, in a daze, without the desolation of hurting spring and autumn. feel.

In fact, she can’t remember when she came to Hong Kong when she was a child, what she ate and played, she was too young at that time, and she didn’t have any sense of the fun in the world of Hong Kong’s luxury and luxury. She only remembers that the weather was uncomfortable, hot and humid, like a sauna room .

Wu Yusi bought a pair of handwritten Spring Festival couplets at the Man Mo Temple in the afternoon. She lived in a hotel room and had no place to post them, so she had to make a video call to show her family. How many more copies you buy will be enough for points when you go back.

The laughter of the family was very clear.

Jiang Limei looked at the time, it was almost time, picked up the bath towel to wipe off her hands, and called Sheng Lin.

She has Sheng Lin's mobile phone number, and the note is Uncle Sheng, but she has never added WeChat. For so many years, she will only call her stepfather every year on New Year's Eve, and pay New Year's greetings according to the etiquette.

The phone was picked up quickly, and Jiang Limei's ears were sharp, and she heard the background sound of the Spring Festival Gala, as well as the noise of children.

"Is it raining?"

Jiang Limei's hands trembled, and her nose became sore for a moment.

After Cao Qiong left, no one except Sheng Lin knew her nickname was Xiaoyu.

Another year.

Sheng Lin was also getting older, and his voice became more and more old and deep. He asked again: "Xiao Yu, where are you this year for Chinese New Year?"

Jiang Limei pinched her nose and restrained her tone: "Uncle Sheng, happy Chinese New Year."

"Hey, happy new year."

"Uncle Sheng, I'm in Hong Kong. I'm on a business trip with my friends. I'm traveling by the way."

Sheng Lin laughed twice: "It's the New Year's Eve and you're still on a business trip. Pay attention to your health, and pay attention to your safety when you're alone."

Every year is the same advice, pay attention to your body, pay attention to safety, guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and start a family early.

After the voice fell, Jiang Limei nodded silently. According to the usual practice, if there is no response, the call should be over. She heard a child's voice in the microphone, calling Dad, I want to eat grapes.

"Uncle Sheng, you are busy, so I wish you a new year."

"Hey, I'll keep in touch when I'm free."

The phone hangs up.

Jiang Limei threw the phone aside and submerged her whole body in the hot water again. The hot water wrapped her skin and felt an inexplicable sense of security. She waited until she was out of breath before poking her head out, laying on the edge of the bathtub, resting her arms on her head and looking down.

This is Central Hong Kong, with the ultimate luxury and romance. The height of 29 floors is enough to turn any person or vehicle into a small point, and then converge into a stream of light, slowly flowing towards the unknown end.

Jiang Limei calculated in her heart that this is the eighth year since Cao Qiong left.

After Cao Qiong left, she never returned to Ancheng.

The big villa where she lived for several years was the home of her stepfather, not her home.

She has no home.

Wu Yusi called her from the room: "Jiang Limei! You can watch the Spring Festival Gala here! Do you want to watch it or not!"

She responded, and the TV was already on. It seemed to be a lively skit, a funny dialect burden, and the audience applauded.

She picked up the bath towel to wipe herself, ran her fingers across the outside of her elbow, and suddenly remembered the scar from the operation there.A thin and long strip, obviously.

But fortunately, new pink flesh has been born.

(End of this chapter)