The Twelve Years: Song of the Unsung Friends

Duan Menghe doesn't seem to be joking.

"he……"

"I met Fu Dongwen in Beijing and talked about tumors. That's why he entrusted his father to me," Duan Menghe said. "But I have seen his father's medical record, it is very complicated, I hope you Can take over this patient with me. This way I will be more confident."

Shen Xi went to get a teacup and lowered his head to drink tea.

In the past two years, he has not disappeared in her world. "Ta Kung Pao", "New Youth", and other tabloids have news of Fu Tongwen from time to time. No matter the size of the newspaper, the evaluation of him is very bad: say he is open Supporting the Beiyang government is a traitor who betrays the revolution and a running dog of the Beiyang faction. It is also said that he is a dark-hearted entrepreneur and the vampire behind the warlord.

It is this kind of criticism that has kept Fu Dongwen in her world.

...

She worries about him all the time. He has gone too **** this road.

I thought it would be difficult to overlap, but I didn't expect... his father was sent here.

However, since the newspapers say that Fu Dongwen supports Duan Qirui, it is not surprising that he and Duan Menghe can meet. Shen Xi gently turned the teacup half a circle in his palm: "Why not send it to Renji, or Beijing also has a very good hospital."

"In China, who else is higher than you and me in this field?"

This is also true. The more famous, the more celebrity patients will come, like snowballing, just like that. In fact, it was a coincidence when I thought about it at the beginning. I received a well-known patient. After he was cured, the newspaper arranged an interview, and promoted the newly established Western Hospital and promoted the two of them.

"Let's go, check it out first." She set aside her teacup.

Speaking of lightness, people still feel restless when they arrive outside the ward. She settled her mind.

"You are in Fu's family, do you have a rift with this old man?" Duan Menghe asked.

Shen Xi thought for a while and shook his head.

The old man in her memory was very strict, and she had only seen it twice, one in the study, trying to restore the official clothes of the era, and one upstairs in the theater. Looking back at this moment, his face is blurred.

Duan Menghe opened the door of the ward, and the two walked inside one after another.

This ward is a single room, the best room in the hospital.

The old lady of the Fu family, who is also the biological mother of Dong, was sitting on the sofa, wearing an old dress coat. Because it was a long distance, the boat was busy, and the old man kept closing his eyes and taking a nap.

Even so, she was holding her body, even the jade pendant beside her ears could not move.

Shen Xi was half a step behind Duan Menghe. When he entered the room, he did not see anyone in the hospital bed. He first heard Master Fu’s voice and said weakly: "Master Duan is here." Since Yuan Shikai fell, the Fu family has been worse than before. If it weren't for Fu Dongwen's face, his "former dynasty" elders would never cling to the rightful Duan family.

Therefore, seeing Duan Menghe, even if people are no longer comfortable, they beckoned graciously, letting the maid correct herself.

Mrs. Fu also hurriedly opened her eyes, and said with a smile to Duan Menghe, "Master Duan."

She was surprised when she saw a female doctor, but after seeing Shen Xi's face, she was even more shocked.

Shen Xi nodded to her: "Mrs. Fu."

Duan Menghe pushed Shen Xi in front of him and said to Master Fu: "This is the best doctor in our hospital on tumors, Doctor Shen."

At this time, Shen Xi clearly saw Master Fu in front of him.

There is no anger in the past, his body is swollen, his head is full of silver hair, and the body wrapped in the hospital gown is also swollen. His eyes are barely opened to greet Shen Xi. When his lips are about to open, he recognizes Shen Xi.

Shen Xi thought that the old man was just surprised to see him in Shanghai or shocked by his profession.

Unexpectedly, Master Fu's lips were trembling, and he coughed violently, as if he had been greatly stimulated. Duan Menghe stepped forward quickly and supported him. Master Fu excitedly took his hand away and pointed at Shen Xi: "You...you get out..."

Shen Xi was stunned.

"You," he coughed, "You want to be like him and want my money... Duan, Duan, don't let her in, I don't want her to see me."

The two nurses in the room were also puzzled, wondering about the relationship between the old man and Shen Xi.

Shen Xi advances and retreats in a dilemma, but Duan Menghe seems to have guessed the result, soothingly said: "You calm down first."

"No, you let her leave, Duan son, I am not questioning your hospital, but this woman I don't want to see her. I won't let her treat me, she will only be my reminder! Duan son, I believe you , I only believe in you!"

Fu Dongwen's father couldn't stop coughing, holding Duan Menghe's hand helplessly and helplessly.

Duan Menghe looked back at Shen Xi, and she just woke up.

If it hadn't been for this patient's special nature, she should have left long ago and could not arouse the patient's emotions. This is the quality she should have as a doctor. Shen Xi retired to the door of the ward, and across the glass window on the wooden door, he saw Duan Menghe comforting Master Fu with his back against the wall of the hospital, puzzled.

When she left, there was no conflict, she was a girl who cared no one in Fu's family.

Why is this today?

The door was opened, and Duan Menghe stepped forward: "Follow me."

Shen Xi looked at his gaze and guessed that he would explain this matter, so he followed him. The two returned to his office from the ward floor. Duan Menghe called a resident doctor. After explaining the examination items to be done for Fu Dongwen's father, he locked the door and turned to look at her: "I had two I didn’t explain the sentence clearly. I thought it would be okay for you to take a look. It seems I was negligent."

Shen Xi looked at him suspiciously.

"Fu Dongwen asked when he sent his father here. You don't need to intervene in this matter."

He specifically asked?

Shen Xi was even more confused: "I don't understand, what exactly did you two negotiate? Obviously we are the best partners. He should know, or if he doesn't know it, you should also tell him from a professional perspective."

"It's nothing," Duan Menghe hesitated to say, "Maybe he considered that you were at Fu's house in the past--"

"I didn't have anything at the Fu's house. I only met his father twice." Shen Xi had never actively mentioned everything in the Fu's house in the past two years. "There were no disputes, no entanglements, even when I left... It has nothing to do with his father."

Even if she stayed at the beginning, at most she married Fu Tongwen as a concubine's room. There were dozens of women with the status of "concubine's room" in Fu Jiaguang, and she would not be special.

Shen Xi hesitated.

Is Fu Dongwen afraid of getting involved with him again, so he doesn't want to intervene in this matter? Is Gu Youwei accounting better? But it's about his father, no matter how deep the gap between their father and son is, their blood is still inseparable.

She suddenly asked: "Do you have his contact information?"

"Are you going to find him?"

"I don't want to discuss personal matters today," Shen Xi tried to calm himself, "I want to ask the family of this patient, what is the reason for refusing the doctor's consultation."

Duan Menghe nodded, copied an address, and handed it to her: "This is the address of his mansion in Shanghai," and the three-digit phone number was written after the address, "This is his phone number."

"He arranged to see his father tomorrow and will bring a lawyer. I think he will be in Shanghai tonight."

Shen Xi took the paper, folded it in half, and held it in his hand.

"Shen Xi...Have you ever thought that Fu Tongwen is not the one he used to be?" Duan Menghe had something to say.

She looked up.

"You are a person who pays attention to current affairs. You should know what I mean." Duan Menghe said.

Shen Xi hesitated for a while: "Are you trying to say that he is not a good person?"

Duan Menghe smiled bitterly. He didn't want to argue with her because of Fu Dongwen's change, because Shen Xi had clearly mentioned Fu Dongwen's position in her heart. But Fu Dongwen has gained a reputation in the past two years, and he has heard about everything. Even earlier, the third son of the Fu family has never been better known. On the cruise ship that year, Duan Menghe didn't want to reveal his identity, just didn't want to befriend him.

If it weren't for Shen Xi, he wouldn't mention this.

Duan Menghe is a person who has no intention of politics, and he does not bother to argue about right and wrong behind his back.

The office suddenly fell into an uncomfortable silence.

She wanted to argue, but couldn't justify him.

Even Shen Xi himself filtered out the bad rumors about him only by relying on the vague word "trust". Let her really explain, she has no evidence, no position, three... Fu Dongwen would not want anyone to defend him.

Shen Xi received the address and phone number, took Fu Dongwen's father's medical record, and left.

The address of the mansion is in the public concession, and the place where she lives and the hospital are both in the French concession, and she feels extravagant when she walks far to call a rickshaw. I have already called once in the morning, so I think it’s better to walk.

Halfway up, Shen Xi changed his mind again.

After a long journey, his parents are both in the hospital in Shanghai, so his wife should be accompanied.

So she turned back, went to the border to dig out documents for working in the rental sector, and returned to the French Concession. After waiting for a while on the spacious road, the red tram slowly approached and she got on. Under the car, there was a humming of human voices and no one in the car. Three people jumped into the car halfway and sat in the front compartment. Just like this, in the wind and sunlight outside the car window, she wondered, what will he become in the past two years?

Will there be children?

In the past two years, she has never missed him, fearing that when she thinks of it, the river is high tide, destroying the hard-worked dam.

Even now, she herself is not ready to meet.

It's better to communicate over the phone.

The house she rented is on Xiafei Road, near Gujiazhai Park, and very close to his small apartment back then.

After selling the ferry tickets two years ago, she just took a suitcase and went to Gujiazhai Park to sit for an afternoon. She decided to stay in the motherland, which had just been restored to the Republic of China and still in the mist, and rented this apartment within a few days.

When I got home, the landlady on the first floor happened to want to borrow the phone in her room.

They were originally not qualified to install telephones, even if they were installed, they couldn't afford it. Fifty oceans a month, catching up with ordinary people's annual income. It’s just because Shen Xi is a female doctor sought after by celebrities in Shanghai. Someone made an exception to schedule her phone line here to make an appointment for her consultation. The hospital paid for the monthly rent. The first telephone.

Shen Xi is a good talker and often borrows the phone on weekdays.

I wanted to use it today, but the landlord’s wife kept on guarding the phone. After she finished the bath, changed her pajamas and returned to the room, the landlord’s wife finally hung up the receiver, twirling the green bracelet on her wrist, and fiddled with it: "Thank you, Miss Shen. I brought you sesame cake and muffin cake, it tastes good."

Shen Xi thanked him and sent the person away.

The door was locked and the man sat down in front of the phone.

Fu Dongwen’s father’s medical record was spread out in front of her arm. She just took advantage of the landlord’s wife to borrow the phone, and she was fully prepared to say something and emphasize something later.

Finally, letting out a small breath, she lifted the receiver and put it to her ear.

"Good afternoon, where do you want it." The wiring lady asked softly over the receiver.

"Three three four."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The wiring lady connects for her.

Waiting, no one came to answer, she turned her face to the microphone, lifting her heart.

"Three, three, four, no one answered." It was the wiring lady.

not here? Are there no servants and servants in the mansion?

She wickedly said: "Trouble... Help me pick it up again."

"Okay." The other party said.

This time, the call was answered.

In the receiver, there was a noisy noise, like someone was moving something.

"Hello." A slightly low voice came from the other end of the telephone line.

Shen Xi didn't notice, his hand was already fisted, pressing on the medical record...

"Hello." Fu Dongwen greeted again, clearly hearing that he had lost some patience.

"...It's me," she said softly, "it's me, Shen Xi."

Suddenly there was silence at that end.

Is it inconvenient? Shen Xi was upset, could it be that Gu Youwei was by his side. She thought, there should be nothing wrong with her call, she just... didn't say anything bad.

Tan Qingxiang's words dismissed her conjecture. He was asking who is Fu Dongwen? Why not speak? He did not answer Tan Qingxiang.

The two were facing each other across the telephone line, unable to distinguish their faces, but they could sense each other's breathing.

Tan Qingxiang stopped asking. A curious person like him who cared about Fu Dongwen all the time, why would he not ask? Maybe he shut it out, or stopped it with a look.

Shen Xi held the receiver and heard him cough, his heart trembled slightly.

He lowered his voice and asked her, "Where are you?"

Simple four words, it seems that he is looking for her in thousands of waters and mountains, but can't find her...Shen Xi suddenly choked his throat.

"Is the call you just called?" he asked again.

"Um...I have something to talk to you." She held her breath.

"Well, I just arrived here in Shanghai, and I entered the house just a moment ago. I originally arranged to come to your hospital this afternoon to see you... But the car was delayed on the road. Where are you now? The hospital? Still at home?" He explained, then smiled and apologized, "Sorry, let you a girl come to me first."

Where is it still a girl, not a teenager anymore.

But the tone and attitude he spoke to her still resembled her third brother.

Shen Xi suddenly choked up, tears falling on the medical record drop by drop, hurriedly wiped away the tears from the paper with his hand, and then dripped on the back of his hand. I had to put the medical records together and pushed aside, pressing my hands on my eyes.

Fu Dongwen stopped without warning, "Let’s meet, okay?"

Wind came in from the window, blowing on the microphone.

Shen Xi adjusted his breathing slightly, and said in a low voice: "Today? I heard that you are going to the hospital tomorrow, so we can talk on the phone today. You just arrived in Shanghai, so you need to take a good rest..."

Besides, she is not ready to meet.

He was quiet, and said for a long time: "Don't cry like this, I will go to see you now."