night falls

Chapter 34 Hearing the sound at night 33
The door to the office was opened, and Jiang Gai walked out with a solemn expression.

“Tetralogy of Fallot can affect the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and can even cause polycythemia, secondary myocardial hypertrophy, heart failure and other complications. If not treated surgically in time, it will eventually cause heart failure, arrhythmia... die."

Wen Shiqing's voice was deep, and every word he just said was imprinted in her mind, and it kept appearing clearly in her ears.

Her family is well-off and harmonious. Since she was born, she has had nothing to worry about about food and clothing. When she gets sick, her family doctor comes to her home for consultation.Having grown up with a silver spoon in her mouth, how has she ever experienced such pain and suffering?Even death feels like something out of reach.

Back in the ward, Zhang Chengcheng was already there.Jiang Gai gathered her emotions and raised a smile: "Sister Chengcheng."

Zhang Chengcheng turned around: "Hey, are you here?"

"I just came here and asked Dr. Wen about something." Jiang Jie took out the raw fruit from the bag and looked at Xiaojia, "Do you want some fruit?"

Xiaojia said nothing and stared at her.

Jiang Ai took him as his acquiescence, opened the plastic wrap and handed the box to him.

After he took it, she opened another box and gave it to Zhang Chengcheng, smiling: "Let's eat together."

Zhang Chengcheng thanked him and forked a piece of pear.

Xiaojia took a bite of the orange, chewed it for a few times and swallowed it. Suddenly she asked suddenly, "You like Dr. Wen, right?"

Hearing this, Jiang Gai almost spit out the apple he had just stuffed into his mouth.

She took out a piece of paper and wiped her mouth with an embarrassed look on her face. She lacked confidence and said, "No..."

"What about your Starbucks?" Xiaojia said very thoughtfully, "I don't believe you finished it in a few minutes."

Jiang Jie: "..."

"You don't dare to admit that you like it?" Xiaojia stimulated her, "Are you too cowardly?"

"Who said I didn't dare to admit it..." Jiang Gai touched the tip of his nose guiltily, raised his frame and patted his head gently, "I don't want to talk about these romantic things to children."

Zhang Chengcheng couldn't help laughing.

Xiaojia hummed: "I'm not a child."

"Yes, yes..." Jiang Gai pinched his cheek, "You are a little grown-up!"

Xiaojia: "..."

-

The day of the school anniversary is getting closer. In addition to performing solo on that day, Jiang Jie was also arranged by the department director to sing the female supporting role in the musical together with Shen Beihan.As a result, there were more daily rehearsals, and with the daily classes, Jiang Jie was so busy that she couldn't spare time to go to the hospital for several days.

On Saturday, after rehearsing in the morning and resting in the afternoon, Jiang Gai ate, bought some fruit, and hurried to the hospital.

But after a week of absence, some changes occurred in the ward.The person in the next bed, Haohao, had been discharged from the hospital three days ago. Not long after, an old man over seventy years old came in. He was lying there, so weak that he could only rely on instruments to help him breathe.

As soon as Haohao left, Xiaojia became more and more silent.In addition to watching cartoons every day, I just sleep, and I can't even get interested in painting.

Zhang Chengcheng had something to do at the orphanage in the afternoon, so he asked Jiang Ji to take care of Xiaojia for a while.

Jiang Gai had a rest in the afternoon and had nothing else to do, so he agreed.

Sitting next to the hospital bed, Jiang Ai scrolled through Moments twice out of boredom, and then his eyes fell on Xiaojia, who was watching cartoons.

A series of unintelligible Japanese words came from the speaker. She stretched her neck to look at the iPad screen and raised her eyebrows: "What did you see?"

Xiaojia: "Fairy Tail."

"Japanese manga?"

"Ah."

After a moment, Jiang Jie asked: "Does it look good?"

"nice."

Jiang Gao held his head and looked at it for a long time, then asked: "Do you understand what they are saying?"

Xiaojia: "There are subtitles."

Jiang Gai said "Oh" and opened her mouth to ask something else. Xiaojia interrupted her: "Are you bored?"

Jiang Jie glanced: "How do you know?"

Xiaojia glanced at her speechlessly and turned off the iPad: "I'm sleepy."

Jiang Gai pulled the quilt for him: "Then you sleep, and I'll stay with you."

He lay down, pulled up the quilt, covered his mouth, and closed his eyes.

After a moment, he suddenly said "Hey" in a low voice.

Jiang Gai raised his head. The boy stared at the ceiling with his eyes open and asked, "Are you afraid of death?"

Jiang Gai was stunned, but before she could reply, Xiaojia said again: "I'm scared."

His voice was calm and indifferent, without any ups and downs of emotions, but Jiang Gai could deeply feel the fear in his heart.

The ward was very quiet, except for the regular beeping sound of the equipment in the bed next to him. Jiang Ai looked at him for a long time and asked, "Then why don't you undergo surgery?"

She heard the sound of him swallowing -

"I'm afraid I'll die on the operating table."

Jiang Gai was silent. She originally wanted to persuade him to accept treatment, but now she couldn't say anything.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xiaojia asked again: "What have you been doing these days?"

Jiang Gai raised her hand and gently touched the hair on his forehead: "The school anniversary is next month, and I'm busy preparing for the performance."

Xiaojia blinked and said softly: "Is the school anniversary fun?"

"not bad."

"Can I go to your show?"

Hearing this, Jiang Gai's hand movements stopped: "Do you want to go?"

Xiaojia nodded, surprisingly well-behaved: "I haven't been out for a long time."

Jiang Gai curled her lips: "Then I will ask Dr. Wen for you then. If Dr. Wen agrees, I will take you to the school anniversary!"

"You said that." Afraid that she was lying, Xiaojia turned his head and looked over, his eyes extremely serious.

"Yeah." Jiang Gai raised his little finger and pulled it, "I told you, it's a puppy."

Xiaojia was silent for a while, then added for no apparent reason: "Aren't you afraid that Dr. Wen will forget you if you haven't been here for so many days?"

Jiang Jie narrowed her eyes, pinched the tip of his nose, and laughed at herself: "Anyway, Doctor Wen doesn't want to see me, so I won't come here for a few days so he won't be upset, right?"

After the words fell, Xiao Jia pulled the quilt up and closed her eyes again.

……

Don't see you?
That afternoon, he clearly saw it with his own eyes.

Dr. Wen stood at the corridor window, eating lunch alone.

The blue lunch box he was holding in his hand was the same one he accidentally found in another lunch bag when she brought her lunch to the hospital that day...

The same.

……

After a long time, Jiang Gai heard a deep voice coming from under the covers: "Stupid woman."

"........."

-

The days of rehearsals passed quickly, and it was mid-November in the blink of an eye.

During this day's thinking class, Jiang Gai stared at the calendar on his phone, holding his chin in deep thought.

Shen Beihan poked her: "What are you thinking about?"

Jiang Ji replied: "Dr. Wen's birthday is coming soon."

Shen Beihan raised his eyebrows and was a little surprised: "Really? What are you thinking of buying?"

Jiang Jie nodded.

"What's not to buy as a gift for a mature man?" Shen Beihan murmured a string of words, "Watch, tie, cufflinks, wallet, scarf, whichever one you want... Oh no, what's your budget?"

"Budget? What is the budget?"

Shen Beihan said "tsk": "That's how much money you plan to prepare to buy a gift for Dr. Wen!"

Jiang Gai came back to his senses: "Oh, within ten thousand."

"Ten... less than ten thousand?" Shen Beihan was really shocked this time, "Do you have so much savings?"

Jiang Jie leaned closer to her and whispered in her whisper, "I saved up the New Year's money... low-key and low-key."

"Then you are too reluctant..." Shen Beihan lowered his voice and looked at her seriously, "Are you serious about Dr. Wen?"

"Of course." She responded quickly without any hesitation, "If I wasn't serious, I wouldn't have gone to the hospital to join the social work program in the first place."

Shen Beihan sighed: "Hey, you said you have this face, what kind of man do you want? Why are you always hanging on this tree?"

Jiang Gai held her head and thought thoughtfully: "Well... maybe it's because they are not Dr. Wen, hehe..."

"..."

"Then have you ever thought about what will happen to you if Dr. Wen likes someone else in the end?"

Jiang Gai paused and smiled bitterly: "...Then I might cry to death..."

"But I won't regret it," she said. "At least, I tried my best."

Hearing this, Shen Beihan raised a smile and patted her, encouraging her: "Not yet, not yet, it's not the end yet, who knows what will happen, come on, comrade!"

Jiang Gai nodded and said with high morale: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrade, we still need to work hard! Thank you, comrade!"

The old professor on the podium suddenly patted the table: "Hey, those two female students in the third row, please don't disturb everyone's class."

Jiang Jie: "..."

Shen Beihan: "..."

-

On the evening of November 11th, 19:23.

Jiang Gai opened her eyes, staring at the time and the birthday greetings she had typed long ago, waiting for the arrival of midnight on November [-]th.

Oath: "Be sure to be the first person to send blessings to Dr. Wen!"

Time passes minute by minute, minute by second...

The moment "23:59" in the column at the top of the phone jumped to "0:00", Jiang Gai hung under the "click" point of her finger on the send button and sent this birthday greeting as quickly as possible.

On the other side, Wen Shiqing had just put down his mobile phone and was getting ready to go to sleep. The bedside lamp dimmed and the screen of his mobile phone "blinked" and lit up with vibrations.

He took it over and opened it to take a look.

[Xiaoyu Xiancao: Dr. Wen!Happy birthday to you!From now on, I will be with you every day! (cake) (cake) (cake)]

Seeing this news, Wen Shiqing was stunned for a moment, then pulled down the home screen and looked at the date.

September 11, 20:0.
It's really his birthday.

Jiang Ji didn't mention it, but he had forgotten it.

Although he didn't care much about days like this, Jiang Gai's blessing really warmed his heart a little.

Looking at the WeChat message full of empty notes, he gave a long-awaited reply: [Thank you. ]
After receiving the response, Jiang Gai was so excited that she kicked her feet on the bed and typed with a smile from ear to ear: "Am I the first person to send you blessings?" ]

Wen Shiqing looked at the message for a long time, and then replied out of nowhere: [Yes. ]
Just one word made Jiang Gai's blood boil with excitement, and he almost stood on the bed and danced.

[Little Fish Immortal Grass: Yeah, yeah, yeah! ]

Across the screen, Wen Shiqing could feel the excitement reflected in these four words.

He didn't reply, turned off his phone, pulled up the quilt and turned sideways, closed his eyes and curled his lips silently.

It's okay to let her feel proud once in a while.

……

The next Thursday, the day was full of classes. Jiang Ai calculated the time correctly and waited for the last class in the afternoon to go to give a gift to Dr. Wen.

As a result, in all calculations, she missed the department chair who was always wavering.After the last get out of class, everyone was left directly to rehearse the school anniversary performance.

Jiang Gai was like a bolt from the blue. Just when he was thinking of simply quitting, he heard the head of the department add: "Come to me after dinner. Anyone who cheats will fail the vocal class this semester!"

Jiang Jie: "..."

She just wanted to give her a gift!Is it so difficult!

How could she dare to disobey the dean of the department after she had revealed what she had said? After dinner, she sent a message to Xia Mian and then returned to the classroom with Shen Beihan honestly.

Shen Beihan also remembered that she wanted to give him a gift, and was a little worried: "What should I do? Judging from the director's attitude, he probably won't let him go until ten o'clock."

Jiang Gai glared at the department chair on the stage angrily: "What else can I do? If I can't catch up with the gate, I will send it to Dr. Wen!"

Shen Beihan was stunned: "Ah? What if we really can't catch up with the gate?"

Jiang Jie gritted his teeth: "Then sleep on the streets!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his phone just received a WeChat message, and Jiang Ai opened it immediately——

[Xiaoyu Xiancao: Sister Xia Mian, do you know the address of Dr. Wen’s home?I originally planned to go to the hospital after class in the afternoon to give him a birthday gift, but the department head temporarily left us to rehearse. By the time I finished the rehearsal, Dr. Wen had already left work. ]
[Long summer sleep: 7 buildings and 303 stairway [-] in the first phase of Yujiang Mansion.]

[Xia Mianchang: Are you still going so late?Will it be unsafe? ]

Jiang Ai looked at the address and replied: [No, no, my roommate will accompany me. ]
Even though she said that, it was so cold. Jiang Gai was not a person who liked to trouble others, so naturally she would not let Shen Beihan accompany her back and forth.Such a reply only made Xia Mian feel at ease.

[Xia Mianchang: Okay, then you should pay attention to your own safety. ]
[Xiaoyu Xiancao: Yes, yes, thank you, Sister Xia Mian! ]

……

During the following rehearsal time, Jiang Jie prayed all the time to "end it early, end it early, end it early, end it early." In the end, things went counterproductive. As Shen Beihan said, the department head didn't finish class until ten o'clock.

Maybe God was taking a nap and didn't hear her prayers.

Jiang Ai comforted herself like this.

So, after the head of the department said "OK, today's rehearsal is over, everyone go back to rest early", Jiang Jie rushed out of the classroom almost at lightning speed.

Department Head: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Shen Beihan laughed dryly and explained forcefully: "Isn't it... urgent?"

-

The gift Ginger Mustard is always kept in the backpack, so there is no need to go to the dormitory again.When she was running to the school gate, she wanted to get a Didi, but she thought it was not safe at such a late hour, so she finally ran to the student street and hailed a taxi.

After reporting the address to the driver, Jiang Gai opened the map software and checked the journey time.

Fortunately, it's not very far, you can get there in 15 minutes.

Cars are coming and going, the streets are bustling and lively, and now is the beginning of Yanchuan's nightlife.

Looking at the street scene all the way, Jiang Gai was only worried that Wen Shiqing had gone to bed or was not at home.

She opened WeChat and saw that it was almost time to arrive at his community, so she sent a message to Wen Shiqing.

Three minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of the gate of Yujiang Mansion.

The orange night light was projected on the three characters "Yujiang Mansion" on the door wall. Jiang Gai paid and hurriedly got out of the car. He looked at the access control that required swiping a card, turned around and shouted to the uncle in the security room: "Uncle, can you open it for me?" Are you leaving? I forgot to bring my access card."

Today she was carrying a schoolbag, wearing a sweatshirt, jeans, and a ponytail. She was bare-faced and without makeup. At first glance, she looked like a high school student.

The security uncle didn't think much and asked as usual: "Which household does it belong to?"

Jiang Ji remembered Wen Shiqing's house number: "Building 7, one staircase, 303."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door in front of him slowly opened.Jiang Jie walked in happily and said to the security room: "Thank you, uncle."

Then, he took steps towards the inside.

　Fifth!

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