Gentlemen's Friends

Chapter 20 Part 5: Lu ([-])
"Yes, the husband and wife both have ordinary blood, and they can also give birth to panda blood." The colleague printed a bunch of things, and suddenly turned to look at him, "Wait, I made a mistake, your daughter is O type, how did you give birth to it?" she coming?"

"Huh? Type O and Type AB, can't Type O be born?"

"Of course not. It's common sense. Don't you have biology in high school?"

Qu Tongqiu was a little confused.At that time, I was struggling to take exams in class, and the sub-subjects were just showing off. I sent out this textbook and looked it up by myself. I lacked common knowledge on physical hygiene, and my impression of it was blurred.Even the first time he made out with Yang Miao, if Yang Miao hadn't taken the initiative to guide him, he might not have succeeded.

"But my wife is also O. The daughter inherits from her mother, so isn't she type O?"

The colleague laughed and said, "That's not the case. Anyway, if you are AB, you won't be able to give birth to type O."

"But, obviously mother is O... Then, will it mutate or something..."

"It's not TV, it's not that amazing. One of you must have made a mistake. Doctors are very careless." The colleague tapped him on the shoulder with the document and continued to work overtime.

Qu Tongqiu also sat back and continued to process his accounts on the computer, and had to work over an hour to finish.

He refused to waver. He never doubted that his daughter was his own. Just like believing that the earth is round, any doubt is absurd.

However, I made frequent mistakes as I was doing it, and my heart gradually panicked, and my back was soaked in sweat before I knew it.He really wanted to find out the biology textbook, argue with his colleagues word by word, and prove to his colleagues that he was not mistaken, and that they could have a daughter like Qu Ke.

But of course there are no textbooks. Qu Tongqiu wiped off his sweat and opened the search engine in the browser window.

Enter keywords related to blood type in the input box, click on the search results one by one, one after another similar web pages will pop up, read it line by line carefully, and close them one by one.

He still felt that it was impossible, no matter what was written on the website, Qu Ke would not be his daughter.It was him who guarded outside the delivery room and followed him all the way to visit outside the window, there was no way he could be wrong.Although compared to his aptitude, his daughter is too beautiful and smart, but it should be inherited from his mother, not to mention that when he was a child, everyone said that his nose looked like him.

Colleagues who worked overtime have all gone back one after another. Only he is still searching and reading in front of the computer alone. There are nearly [-] related web pages. He feels that there are not many at all, or even too few. And O-type can give birth to O-type pages, which have not yet appeared.

"Old Qu, you're still working overtime. It's really hard. Come early tomorrow, I'm closing."

The old security guard of the building came up with a pot of hot tea to urge him, so Qu Tongqiu had no choice but to turn off the computer, picked up his briefcase, and left the office trembling.

After walking on the road for a while, he remembered that he should call Yang Miao and ask her for confirmation.But before he knew it, he was already trembling with anger, he couldn't even press the keys with his fingers, and he felt that he couldn't talk to her.

He willingly sacrificed his life, gave up his studies and got married.No matter what he needs to face, he thinks that it is his responsibility to bear, and he has to grit his teeth and endure the most difficult times, showing the appearance of a father and husband.

Yang Miao got tired of it and got rid of it. He was still supporting this crippled family alone wholeheartedly.As a poor single father, he bought milk powder for his daughter and was starving a lot. He even sold blood secretly. There were many difficult days, but in the end he felt it was worth it.

Because he felt that he had no experience in love in this life, and he didn't seem to be a person who would have sex, but it was the first time he met a beautiful, gentle and virtuous woman like Yang Miao, and she also gave birth to him an exceptionally smart and lovely daughter. .

These fortunes, as the support of a divorced middle-aged man for many years, comfort him every day.

But even Yang Miao lied to him.

This kind of deceit made his always groveling body explode.

The veteran waiter of Narcissism received an unfamiliar guest with a standard smile.The newcomer was clearly a tired working-class man in an outdated cheap suit with a bulging briefcase tucked under his arm.The handle is broken, and the skin is cracked. You don't need to look to know that the thread has been opened early.

Such people who haven't changed their bags for ten years should go to ordinary bars to drink beer.However, the guest said to him tremblingly: "Hello, I want to see Ren Ningyuan."

"Sorry, Mr. Ren is very busy."

"Then when he finishes his work, invite him to see me. My name is Qu Tongqiu."

Seeing that the guest was still polite, but his lips were trembling and the veins on his forehead were floating, he couldn't help but vigilantly judged that this person was not here to consume, but to seek revenge.

"I'm afraid Mr. Ren won't be free. You still..."

"It's okay, I'll wait."

The waiter couldn't help but pity the guest's involuntary figure and honest appearance, he felt very pitiful for the appearance of a rabbit eager to bite.He hesitated a little between looking for the security guard or looking for the store manager, and finally decided to go upstairs to disturb the boss who was sharing a room with several VIP guests.

The atmosphere in the room was obviously not suitable for being disturbed, but as soon as he mentioned the guest's name to the boss, the boss stood up immediately, ordered him to go downstairs without even taking his coat.

The waiter hurriedly prepared a vacant VIP room and drinks, and then closed the door thoughtlessly.

"What's wrong?" Ren Ningyuan sat down next to the man, looked at his expression, "What happened, I want you to come here to find me."

Qu Tongqiu's face was pale and blue, but his eyes were red, and his hands were clenched tightly.

"I want to ask you about Yang Miao."

Ren Ningyuan was taken aback for a moment, then put down the glass that poured him wine: "Yang Miao? What's wrong with her?"

"You know her well, you knew her earlier than me, and you know more than me."

Ren Ningyuan looked at him and said "hmm".

The man was a little embarrassed: "At that time, did she still have a good time with others?"

Ren Ningyuan frowned upon hearing this, looked at him for a while, and said softly, "Are you asking me this?"

The voice of the man who had been arched all the time trembled: "I don't believe you don't know."

The more he lost control of his emotions, the more calm Ren Ningyuan became: "What happened? So long ago, it doesn't make much sense to mention it now."

Under his calm gaze, the man's face slowly turned purple.

"Xiao Ke... she is not my daughter."

Ren Ningyuan was taken aback for a moment, but he was a self-controlled person after all, compared to him, his reaction was quite calm.

"How did you know for sure?"

"The blood type is wrong," the man trembled slightly, feeling ashamed, but the lump was holding back, and seemed to burst into his chest, exploding, "I, I also know that I can't give birth to her... I just want to ask clear……"

"I do not know either."

"..."

The man's hands were curled up on the table, as if he didn't know where to put them. Disappointment, shame, sadness, and anger made him burn red and lost his mind.

The trembling hand was suddenly held by Ren Ningyuan.

"Ren Ningyuan..."

Ren Ningyuan stretched out his other hand and hugged him.

Qu Tongqiu sensed sympathy from this silent hug, and the tip of his nose turned red for a while, but he held back: "She can't lie to me like this, it's really too much..."

"Don't worry."

"Really, it's too much..."

"I know. I'll help you."

Qu Tongqiu gritted his teeth and sobbed through the gaps between his teeth. He is useless and sad and angry now, but he has been cowardly all his life, and he has never cried in front of others.A man is completely useless as soon as his tears fall.

"If you want to vent, vent it. Go back later and have a good sleep. I will accompany you."

Ren Ningyuan's voice was gentle, he put his arms around him, and stroked his back soothingly.The familiar smell on his body reminded him of the past, and he felt dazed and sad, so he couldn't help hugging Ren Ningyuan tightly.

Qu Tongqiu doesn't like drinking.But it is said that wine can relieve sorrow, he just wants to quickly get rid of the uncomfortable feeling that his intestines are going to be twisted.

I drank so badly that I vomited several times, but the alcohol didn't play the role it should have.Ren Ningyuan took him home, he had been lying on the bed for a long time, his whole body was limp, his mind was still buzzing awake.

Ren Ningyuan sat by the bed and watched him, waiting for him to fall asleep, holding his hand under the quilt, warm, dry and strong.

The man with gray lips lay quietly for a while, but he couldn't help it, and opened his eyes with difficulty: "Ren Ningyuan."

"Well, I'm here."

"I, I suddenly thought, I read the information, that man, there are many possible blood types, it will be very troublesome to find..."

"It's okay, no trouble."

The man was quiet for a while, then whispered again: "But, maybe if he finds that person, he will want to take Xiao Ke away...I have to think..."

"You don't want to?"

"I don't know..." The man was tortured by illness and alcohol, and looked thin and haggard under the blanket, "I, I have been raising me for so many years..."

Although it is not his own, but closer than his own, it is all about him.

"Don't worry, you won't be raised for nothing, and you will get the most reasonable compensation."

"It's not that," the man's voice became smaller, "I have nothing left over these years, only her..."

"Ah."

"Even she's gone...then I..."

Ren Ningyuan looked at him for a while, lifted the quilt, lay down next to him, stretched out his arms to hug him, and let him rest on his chest in a more comfortable position.

"You don't have to worry, I'm here. Go to sleep."

Qu Tongqiu listened to the powerful heartbeat coming from his chest, the sound was hypnotic, gradually it seemed that the headache was not so severe.In a trance, the blue sky and blue sea were outside the window, Zhuang Wei and Chu Mo were still sleeping next door, and the heart that was about to burst calmed down.

Like an octopus hugging him tightly like it used to be when I was a boy, it seems that this way I can be safe and content, get rid of all the ailments, and get back all the lost time when I close my eyes.

Qu Tongqiu moved under the quilt.Waking up from a hangover, I was a little confused and couldn't keep my eyes open, but I also knew that I was still hugging the people around me, just like Qu Ke sleeping with her baby teddy bear.

It would be fine if the age was reduced by 20 years. A middle-aged man put his face on another middle-aged man's chest, which is really disgusting and indecent.But Ren Ningyuan didn't care, and let him hug him calmly.

It didn't do much real good, but it made him feel better, like a painkiller.

Ren Ningyuan can make him grow strength in his cowardice, and find comfort in his humbleness. The heat from his skin through the shirt makes him feel vaguely sad and warm.

"woke up?"

Qu Tongqiu woke up in an instant, hurriedly responded, and withdrew his hand.

Ren Ningyuan watched him climb off his body in a panic, and smiled, "Does your head still hurt?"

"much better."

"Let's rest today, I'll help you to ask for leave," Ren Ningyuan was very gentle, "Do you want to get up for dinner, or sleep for a while?"

This tenderness is a bit sudden, but not unfamiliar.He still remembers Ren Ningyuan's extraordinary kindness to him when he was hospitalized many years ago.

Ren Ningyuan is not used to sympathizing with the weak, but when he can't support himself, he can always get a helping hand from Ren Ningyuan.

His devotion to this man was worth it.

"I want to lie down again."

"Physical discomfort?"

"No... I, I just want to lie down again..."

As soon as he left the bed, life officially began again, and the inescapable reality was there waiting for him.Even though he was so used to the rough grind of life, this time he felt like he was going to be overwhelmed.

Ren Ningyuan let out a "hmm", pulled the quilt up, and lay down on the bed with him.

"Xiao Ke is coming back this weekend, can you handle it?"

"……I can do it."

"You don't have to force it."

Qu Tongqiu didn't make another sound, and repeatedly scratched the corner of the quilt anxiously.

"No matter how you want to deal with it, it won't be too much. Even if you don't want Xiao Ke, no one has the right to criticize you. You are not a saint, so don't be too hard on yourself. Relax. I don't want you to be nervous."

Qu Tongqiu was very grateful for this understanding.The testimony of love turned out to be the evidence of his wife's betrayal, which crushed more than just a man's self-esteem.

He really didn't know how to face Qu Ke.The truth must hurt her, the child is innocent after all.

But why is he not.

He was just a mediocre man, and the blow had already made him old and discouraged, as if his spine had been ripped out.It was too difficult for him to pretend that nothing had happened and be happy.

"It's easy to think wildly by yourself. You will live with me these few days."

Qu Tongqiu moved again under the quilt, and said in a dull voice, "I'm fine..."

"There is no need to be polite. If something happens to you, I will have to deal with it more than now. Cooperate with me well, it will be a good thing for me and you. Understand?"

The words were not so polite, but the tone was gentle enough.

"You don't have to worry about Xiao Ke. If necessary, I will ask someone to take her out to play on weekends."

The man didn't move for a long time, Ren Ningyuan lifted the quilt a little, and met his red eyes.

"It's really... bothering you."

His voice trembled slightly with gratitude and apology.Ren Ningyuan looked at him and pulled the quilt up for him: "No trouble."

Qu Tongqiu nestled under the quilt for a while, but still didn't have a moment of peace in his heart, so he planned to get up.When I raised my head, I felt dizzy, and my back hurt so badly that my whole body seemed to be aching.

"what happened?"

Qu Tongqiu held back for a while, and said with difficulty, "I... it hurts there."

Ren Ningyuan turned him over, took a look, then pulled down his pants, looked carefully, frowned and said, "Your injury has worsened."

Qu Tongqiu felt embarrassed, but really uncomfortable: "Yes, can you give me some medicine?"

Not to mention how sincere and fearful he was to Ren Ningyuan with his bare buttocks, just the touch of the cotton swab on the wound made him tighten his back in pain.Soon he noticed that Ren Ningyuan had stopped.

"Just applying medicine is not enough. This is not the way."

"It's okay...it's always going to be fine..."

"So..." Ren Ningyuan looked at him, paused, and smiled, "I have a way to make you forget about Xiao Ke temporarily, do you want to try?"

Qu Tongqiu nodded with confidence.

The most effective way to temporarily make a problem go away is to create a new one.

Ren Ningyuan took him to the hospital that day.Qu Tongqiu had an examination and was taken to the operating table.The doctor said that there was suppuration, and anesthesia was not effective, so he directly cut the wound and drained the pus and blood. The nerves were dense in that place, and he was so painful that his teeth were almost crushed.

After the second most painful operation in the world, the wound was stuffed with gauze. Qu Tongqiu lay on the bed all night and couldn't move. He couldn't even turn over. It hurt to move a finger.There is nothing else in the mind, except pain or pain.

What Ren Ningyuan said was right, as expected, he couldn't think about his wife's cheating at all.

After lying on my stomach like this, I fell asleep in a daze, and the next day I slowly started to move, and then changed the dressing, and then the pain was so painful that I couldn't move again.

In this kind of tossing, life has become simpler. He only needs to think about the place where the knife has been used. The biggest challenge he needs to face in a day is to successfully change the medicine once.

Even though I was sweating from pain, I felt more relaxed than ever.It was easier than in his previous days.

"Are you feeling better today? I heard you slept soundly last night."

"Well, much better, I think it should be better soon."

Ren Ningyuan smiled and said, "It's still far from a full recovery. However, you should be able to go to the toilet today."

Qu Tongqiu's face turned pale instantly: "Uh..."

Even if he is a hero, if he is asked to defecate after such an operation, his thighs will tremble.

"It's okay." Ren Ningyuan patted his head, his fingers always seemed to hypnotize people, "it will go well."

Qu Tongqiu followed orders, moved into the bathroom tremblingly, and slowly moved out a few minutes later with relief.

Ren Ningyuan had already brought a plate to the bed and waited for him, smiling: "Are you okay?"

"Hmm..." The pain was still pain, but it really wasn't too difficult.

"Then you don't have to eat liquid food all the time. It won't be difficult in the future."

In fact, Qu Tongqiu didn't feel uncomfortable at all.These are really good days.

(End of this chapter)