What do you want in life

Chapter 73
In the office, Li Zhen sat in front of the computer, staring at an email on the screen in a daze.

Someone knocked on the open door, causing him to turn his gaze. Zhou Ting was standing at the door. Before he could speak, she had already walked in and sat down directly opposite him.

Li Zhen coughed twice as if waking up from a dream, looking back and forth between her and the mail, "Have you already decided?"

"Ah."

"Why don't you tell me directly." Li Zhengan smiled and pointed to the computer screen, "Does it need to be so formal?"

Zhou Ting also smiled, "I want you to be mentally prepared first."

The childishness on her face has dissipated a lot compared to before, and she looks a bit mature. Li Zhen feels as if he just met her.

"Have you found your next job yet?"

"Yes!"

"Will you leave City H?" Li Zhen's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to meet her.

"Not for the time being." She didn't hesitate, "Staying in one place for a long time...will have feelings."

Li Zhen propped his elbows on the table, his arms erected as straight as poles, creating a barrier between himself and Zhou Ting, but he still felt unsafe, with inexplicable anxiety rampaging in his body, while the calm expression on the face of the girl opposite Even more imperceptibly stimulated him.

"Why do you suddenly think of leaving?" He asked a little dejectedly the words that should have been locked in his heart.

Zhou Ting stared at him intently with clear eyes, she believed that he understood the answer, but since he asked, she didn't need to hide it.

"I don't know how to face you in the future." She lowered her head, "Before, I always regarded you as a big brother. No matter what troubles I encountered here, I always thought with confidence that I can still Looking for you, you will definitely help me."

As she talked, she suddenly missed that time when she had no grievances. All she wanted was to make him satisfied with her work performance. Seeing his approving smile, she would feel pure joy.

"But it's different now." She paused, "You have your life, so I should... find my own. I think my luck shouldn't always be so bad."

She smiled again as she spoke, but Li Zhen couldn't laugh.

Then, the two were silent together.

Colleagues were coming and going at the door of the office, and from time to time there were curious and inquiring eyes cast in. Li Zhen straightened his body, and he knew that he could no longer indulge in that kind of inexplicable emotion indefinitely.

"If you need anything in the future, you can still come to me."

Zhou Ting smiled softly, "Thank you, boss! But, I can't keep bothering you."

Her gentle refusal made Li Zhen realize that at some point, she had grown up.

Zhou Ting's voluntary turning around made Li Zhen feel lost. He was a little bit out of control throughout the morning. He was reluctant to admit that a little girl could disturb his mood to this point.However, when he saw Zhou Ting sitting around a table with a group of young engineers chatting and laughing in the restaurant, he really felt very uncomfortable.

After lunch, Li Zhen didn't rush back to the office. He found an empty corner in the shadow of the building and smoked silently.

The wind was strong, and the smoke was blown away in all directions, as messy as his thoughts at this time.He consoled himself that everything will pass, and time is the best cure for worries.

Besides, isn't his current life restored to calm? What else is he dissatisfied with?
The mobile phone at his waist suddenly rang. Although it was a melodious piece of music, he was still taken aback by the sudden sound in such a quiet space.

He took out his mobile phone, glanced at the number, and was a little surprised that it was a call from his hometown, so he hurriedly pressed the answer button.

Immediately, the mother's stammering voice came from the receiver, "Ah Zhen, can you, can you ask for leave and come back?"

"What's the matter, Mom?" Li Zhen's heart became tense by her anxious tone.

"Xiaozhi, something happened to Xiaozhi!"

Li Zhen's brain was blasted with a bang.

After finishing the last screw, the worker jumped down from the window sill and asked Xiaoying, who was carefully supervising the work with her hands on her hips, "It's not crooked this time, is it firm enough?"

Xiaoying walked up and gently pulled the tassels hanging from the curtains. The golden-brown satin exuded a rich and warm atmosphere. This was the fabric and style that Guo Jia specified to change. In the hand, it also changed the original view, and felt much more pleasing to the eye.

"Okay, please." She smiled and let go.

She worked as a supervisor for Guo Jia's house with more dedication than she used to decorate the house herself, as if she had some fresh energy to support her to keep moving forward.

After the person who installed the curtains left, Xiaoying stood in the middle of the living room of the new house and looked around. The facilities to be installed had already been completed, and all that was needed was to move in the new furniture and a few electrical appliances ordered by Guo Jia, and the house was considered complete.

The furniture and electrical appliances will be in place in the next few days. There is nothing to do this afternoon, and she doesn't want to go home and stay alone, so she plans to go to the small commodity market to buy some practical and beautiful gadgets for decoration. Guo Jia never pays much attention to these small details. She mentioned it several times on the phone, but Guo Jia forgot to buy it. Finally, she got impatient and said to her: "There are so many things, how can I remember them? Look at them. Let's do it."

Xiaoying was having a good time shopping in the market. She likes these inexpensive but life-like items the most. Unexpectedly, Li Zhen called her at this time.

"Suddenly received a mission, and I have to go on a business trip." Li Zhen told her in a hurry, "I'm packing some clothes at home right now, and I won't be back at night."

"Oh." Xiaoying agreed, but felt a little surprised, "How many days are you going?"

"It's hard to say, it's quite troublesome." Li Zhen seemed to be busy, talking intermittently, "I'll call you when I get there."

"also."

"You are at home by yourself, don't be too busy, and pay attention to your body." Li Zhen suddenly added a few words of family care.

Xiaoying hadn't heard him care about her so tenderly for a long time, her heart fluttered slightly, and she whispered, "You too."

After hanging up the phone, Xiaoying stood on the elevator in the shopping mall, staring at the beautiful new mobile phone in her palm for a moment, as if something was wrong.

The elevator slowly went up and arrived at the third floor, and a dazzling array of kitchen accessories came into view. She temporarily put aside the elusive uneasiness and greeted it calmly.

In the evening, Li Zhen returned to his hometown in a hurry and anxiously.

As early as during the journey, he had already figured out the ins and outs of Xiaozhi's accident.

It turned out that Aquan, sister Li Mei's uncle, drove a motorcycle and planned to take Xiaozhi there for a night. Unexpectedly, when the car drove to a fork, a tractor suddenly appeared on the side road. Colliding with it, I had to step on the brakes urgently and turn around in time, but because of too much force, the car was thrown out of control. Aquan fell off the motorcycle by himself, and Xiaozhi was thrown onto the field ridge , fainted on the spot, bleeding in many places on his body, he was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, and has not yet escaped from danger.

The Li family was so anxious that they were at a loss. Knowing that such a thing could not be concealed, Li's mother had to call and tell Li Zhen.

As soon as Li Zhen stepped into the house, he saw his mother with her head bowed and weeping. The rest of the people were still guarding in the hospital.

"Ah Zhen, how can I tell Xiaoying about this!" Li's mother kept wiping away her tears, "It's all my fault, I shouldn't have given the child to others..."

Li Zhen was in a heavy heart, but he had to comfort his mother, "Mom, don't worry, I haven't told Xiaoying yet, let's see the situation first..." He dared not let Xiaoying know such bad news.

"Where is Xiaozhi now?"

Mother Li hurriedly said: "Emergency at the county hospital, you know, it's the best hospital in our area, and they will send it there as soon as something happens."

Li Zhen didn't want to delay for a second, "Mom, I'm going now!" Regardless of the tiredness of the journey, he threw down his luggage, dragged a broken bicycle in the yard and pushed it out.

"Hey, good!" Li's mother responded, and hurriedly said: "Would you like to eat something before going, it's getting late!"

"I'm not hungry!" Li Zhen didn't even think about eating now.

"Then be careful on the road!" His mother's voice came to his ears from afar, and he had already been pedaling his car and roaring away.

When I arrived at the door of the emergency room of the hospital, I saw my father, sister, brother-in-law, and Li Mei's brother-in-law Ah Quan all there.

Ah Quan's face and body were also bandaged, but the injury was not serious.When he saw Li Zhen, his face was full of regret, and he opened his mouth to say something, but Li Zhen quickly patted his shoulder and stopped him, saying, "Don't say anything."

Now is not the time to apologize, and he is not in the mood to listen to it.

Li Mei's husband, Xiao Zhao, rushed over to report the latest progress, "Director Chen came out just now and said he needed a blood transfusion. The blood bank here has no blood at all. We all went to have our blood types tested. In the end, we used Aquan's. "Director Chen is the doctor in charge of rescuing Xiaozhi.

"Thank you." Li Zhen nodded to A Quan, but A Quan didn't dare to take the blame, and shook his head guiltily.

"The tractor driver was also caught by us, and has been reported to the police, and now..."

Li Zhen raised his hand and interrupted Xiao Zhao's chatter. He sat down in the chair at the door with a tired expression, "I don't want to hear anything now, please let me be quiet for a while."

Xiao Zhao swallowed in embarrassment, and gave his younger brother a sideways glance, so he had no choice but to stop talking.

Several people were sitting or standing outside the emergency room, silently waiting for the rescue results. Everyone was in panic all day long. Li Zhen’s father, Lao Li, has been silent since he came here. He is an honest farmer, and he especially values ​​incense. Life and death are uncertain, and it seems that he has also been drawn out of his soul.

Finally, the door of the emergency room was pushed open again, and a middle-aged doctor wearing glasses came out with a serious face. Xiao Zhao hurriedly opened his mouth and called out, "Director Chen—"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhen immediately stood up and rushed to the front.

"My son, he...how is he?" He tried his best to keep himself calm, but his lips still couldn't stop the trembling.

Director Chen roughly glanced at him, "Another 300cc of blood is needed."

"Use mine!" Li Zhen stretched out his arm immediately.

"What blood type are you?"

"Type O."

"That won't work!" Director Chen denied, "The patient has type B blood, so we can only give him the same blood type. Is his mother here?"

Li Zhen's expression was startled, as if he hadn't reacted a bit, Ah Quan took a step forward and said: "Director, let me lose!"

Director Chen blocked his arm, "You can't do it either, 400 cc of blood has been drawn just now, and no more blood can be drawn!"

Lao Li stood up suddenly, "Director Chen, use mine, isn't mine also B?" He was still holding the piece of paper that was tested just now.

Director Chen looked at his vicissitudes of life, and was a little hesitant. Lao Li couldn't help but plucked his sleeves up, "Hurry up, I have nothing wrong with me, the most important thing is to save the child!"

The situation was too urgent, Director Chen had no other choice for a moment, looked Lao Li up and down, gritted his teeth and nodded, "Come with me."

"Uncle, I'll go with you!" Ah Quan followed closely, "If it's not enough, you can smoke mine!"

Xiao Zhao was worried about his younger brother, so he went in with them, leaving only Li Mei and Li Zhen in the corridor.

Li Mei's heart was stuck in mid-air and she couldn't let it go. It was her idea to ask Ah Quan to pick up Xiaozhi to play at home. After the incident, although the family didn't say anything to her, she was always heavy in her heart. , cannot be freed.

Seeing that her elderly father was about to be drawn for blood, Li Mei felt very uncomfortable. She wanted to follow her to see him, but when she turned her head and saw Li Zhen buried in a chair, her heart twitched a few times, and she decided to stay. Come down to accompany him, Xiaozhi's life is hanging by a thread, now is the moment when Li Zhen is most frightened.

Li Mei sat down beside him, wanted to touch his younger brother's shoulders to comfort him, stretched out his hand in mid-air, but dared not move forward with some trepidation, and finally retracted it embarrassingly.

"I'm sorry, Zhen, I..."

Li Zhen didn't even raise his head, he raised his left arm and swayed at her weakly a few times, signaling her to stop talking, the sadness in Li Mei's heart became more and more serious.

From childhood to adulthood, her younger brother has been very decisive. He has a deep temper and doesn't talk much, but he never backs down when he makes up his mind. His temper and personality are completely different from those of his elder sister Li Mei. Therefore, the two When I was young, I had fun, but when I grew up, the distance became farther and farther. In addition, Li Zhen has been running around outside since he was a teenager. Li Mei also married early, although Li Zhen will go home every year. When visiting relatives once, money will be sent back from time to time, and every time I don’t forget to send something to my sister. After all, the relationship between siblings is quite estranged, and they can’t say a few words when they meet, but Li Mei regards this younger brother It is true to be proud.

The two sat quietly for a while, Li Zhen straightened up slowly, and then Li Mei noticed that his face was terribly pale, as if he had been hit by a big blow.When he first entered the hospital, he also had an anxious expression, but he was far from lifeless like this now.

"I'm going out...to smoke a cigarette." Li Zhen said, standing up.

Li Mei also stood up, wanting to follow, "Ah Zhen, don't be too anxious, Xiaozhi is a lucky man, he should..." But the words she said always didn't have much weight, as if she was defending herself.

Li Zhen didn't seem to hear what she was saying at all, but after walking for a while, he suddenly noticed that Li Mei was still following him, "Sister, I want to be alone..."

Li Mei had no choice but to stop, and watched Li Zhen dragging his heavy steps slowly towards the other end of the corridor. The lonely back made her feel that her brother seemed to be getting older suddenly. Vague.

The life-and-death wait made the time extremely long. Li Mei wandered in the corridor in front of the emergency room for several rounds before seeing her father come out with the support of Xiao Zhao and A Quan. She rushed to meet him.

"Dad, how is Xiaozhi?"

After the blood was drawn, Lao Li didn't show any abnormalities on his face, but his frown and silent expression undoubtedly gave the answer. Ah Quan carefully helped him sit down in the chair.

Here, Xiao Zhao answered his wife's question and replied: "Blood transfusion is in progress." After a short pause, "Whether you can get out of danger depends on whether you will wake up after the blood transfusion."

Li Mei swallowed, the torment was too painful, "How long will we have to wait for the result?"

"No one can tell you that." Xiao Zhao tugged at her, and told her in a low voice, "Sit down first, it's all over, there's no need to rush." ​​He glanced around, " Where is Li Zhen?"

"He, he said to go for a walk." Li Mei sat down next to her husband with a sad face. After calming down for a while, she stretched out a hand and tightly grabbed Xiao Zhao's wrist, pinching him painfully, "What if?" Xiaozhi, he... I, we..."

Xiao Zhao was upset by her assumption, and pulled her hand away, "I'll find Li Zhen!"

Before he could step out of the corridor, the door of the emergency room was pushed open with a clang. Director Chen walked out quickly with two nurses. Condensation was cast on the face of the leader, Director Chen, as if waiting for him to referee, Xiao Zhao also turned around quickly after hearing the movement, and could no longer move his footsteps.

Director Chen took off his mask, and looked at their faces alternately, "The child just woke up!"

Lao Li slumped down on the chair, his whole body seemed to be falling apart!Ah Quan also had a happy expression on his face.

Li Mei felt as if he had received an amnesty, tears rushed out of his eyes, and he murmured, "The ancestors bless you!"

Director Chen glanced around, "Where's the child's father?"

"I'll ask him to come in!" Li Mei strode to the front, leaping over the relieved family members and her husband who was still in a daze because he didn't hear Director Chen's words clearly, and rushed out of the building in an instant!

Although the scale of this county hospital is much stronger than that of other township clinics, the environmental settings are still crude, there is no open lawn, and there are only a few plants planted at the gate except for a relatively spacious parking lot. There are few magnolia trees, and there are a few benches under the magnolia trees for people to take a rest.

Li Mei glanced in several directions at the steps of the door, and easily caught Li Zhen's figure.

Li Chen was standing alone under the magnolia tree at the farthest edge, smoking a cigarette. There was not even a chair there. Sometimes a cold wind would blow through, and his face hurt as if a layer of skin had been scraped off, but he stood there unconsciously. There are three or two long cigarette butts under his feet, which shows that he has not stopped smoking since he came out.

Li Mei chased him and shouted out of breath, "Ah Zhen, come in with me! Xiaozhi woke up! Just now, Mr. Chen..."

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly paused in astonishment, because, under the street lamps that were as bright as moonlight and silver, she could clearly see two lines of tears hanging on Li Chen's face.

"You, what are you..." Li Mei's heart was so shocked that it was the first time she saw her brother cry when she grew up.

Li Zhen seldom shed tears in front of people since he was a child. He was stubborn and refused to admit defeat.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes at this moment, Li Mei would almost think that Li Zhen lacked tear ducts.

Li Zhen didn't expect his sister to see his gaffe, he quickly wiped away the tears, and said almost cover-up, "Xiaozhi woke up?" His voice was a bit hoarse, and his face was not as ecstatic as Li Mei expected. mad.

"Yes, Director Chen asked you to go there quickly." Li Mei murmured and relayed, still unable to understand what Li Zhen was excited about.

Li Chen threw the half-lit cigarette in his hand on the ground, stomped it out heavily, and his expression quickly returned to normal during this short period of time. When he spoke again, although his voice was still strange, he was much more comfortable after all, "Go in. "

Five minutes later, a group of people stood in front of Xiaozhi's hospital bed. Xiaozhi's eyes slowly passed over their relieved faces, but because he was still too weak, he couldn't speak at all.

After a while, Director Chen called Li Zhen out alone, followed him into the office, and the two sat down facing each other.

"Fortunately, it was winter, and the child wore a lot of clothes, and it was a miracle that he didn't hit the fatal part of the head when he fell to the ground! However, although the child woke up and was temporarily out of danger, it is hard to say whether there will be any sequelae." Director Chen said bluntly, "Our hospital's conditions are limited, and we are unable to do certain tests, so I suggest letting him stay here for a few days to observe, and when he can be moved, you still have to transfer him to a university in the province. The hospital should do another checkup."

(End of this chapter)