Hearing the sound, Li Xi raised his eyelids and glanced at him. He saw that he was already neatly dressed at this time, with a black coat and a white shirt, which made his figure thin and straight. He didn’t know if it was the reason for not sleeping well last night. There was a little pale blue and white on his cheeks.
It is almost garishly visible to the naked eye.
Liang Suici walked down the stairs, walked through the living room expressionlessly, and walked to the door without even looking at Li Xi, who was sitting at the dining table.
His unabashedly cold attitude actually made Li Xi a little angry, and a kind of silent anger grew from the bottom of his heart. But when he spoke, his voice was unexpectedly flat. “Where are you going?”
“Go to work.”
In a gentle but unquestionable tone, he put the knife and fork flat on the snow-white dinner cloth and said, “You don’t have to go today. Didn’t you say you wanted to go home yesterday? I have already asked for a week’s leave for you.”
Liang Suici looked back at him in astonishment, but saw that his already indifferent eyes were more like bottomless frost at the moment, but the posture was a bit neat and tidy, and there was a little bit of ruthlessness.
In an instant, Li Xi could actually feel the muscles of his whole body tighten, and it took a while before he slowly eased over.
Li Xi looked at him sharply up and down, and it took a long time before he seemed to appreciate his expression and attitude enough. The corners of his lips showed a contemptuous smile just right. “How’s it going? Do you think it’s not bad to be with me? Look at how many people out there are so tired to death every day, but they can only barely support their families with a pitiful salary… In fact, you are quite smart.”
He never knew that words could hurt people to such a point. The smile on his face was gentle and polite, but the words he spoke were cold and cruel, like a thin and sharp blade.
Liang Suici raised his eyes to look at him, and a trace of emotion that was difficult to describe in words flashed across his eyes, but it was only for a moment, and soon it was covered by his thick eyelashes. It took a long time for Li Xi to listen to him gently, and he responded in a low voice with an indescribable emotion, “You are right.”
His attitude was actually very smooth, but somehow it made Li Xi even more unbearable, as if the softest part of his heart was suddenly stabbed heavily. In this way, he seemed to acquiesce quietly. He acquiesced. From the beginning, he just used to deceive himself, and he never paid more than half of his sincerity…
But what really annoyed him was that until now he would still be deceived by his disguised appearance, and even yesterday… He would have a bit of inexplicable and ridiculous unbearableness from the bottom of his heart.
Li Xi’s gaze fell on his hand, holding the computer bag. With too much force, his nails were all blue and white, and because the skin was too white, he could even see the blue and white blood vessels floating on the back of his hand.
And now he looked a little sad. How much of this was true?
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Not having to go to work was actually a great thing for Chu Yan. He took advantage of this vacation and went home. For the profession of medicine, annual leave was basically a very luxurious thing. He often had to go back to work as soon as he finished his third year of junior high school. Now Li Xi had just solved the problem of asking for leave for him.
And in the whole week when he went home, Li Xi hadn’t called him or sent him a message, as if he had completely forgotten him.
The small town in his hometown had not changed much in ten years. Liang Suici’s parents were already very old, and they often had three illnesses and two pains1refers to various diseases and pathogenic factors.. Their son, who was far away in M City, was very busy at work, and it was almost difficult to take care of him.
Fortunately, there was also a daughter who could often come home to help take care of them.
However, in fact, the braised vegetable shop opened by Liang Fangyuan and her husband was also inseparable from problems, and the couple had a lot of conflicts over this.
On the morning of the 30th of the New Year, Liang Suici took advantage of the family’s New Year’s meal and gave away all the gifts he had brought back.
The little nephew was very happy to get the cool remote-controlled toy car, so he couldn’t sit still after eating two sips of food, and pestered Liang Suici to teach him to play.
“Don’t you think you are spending money indiscriminately? This thing must not be a few thousand.” Liang Fangyuan scolded with a smile, “Maomao is good. Let uncle eat first, and then play later.”
“Maomao just likes it.” Liang Suici smiled and touched his little nephew’s round head, adjusting the remote control for him.
“Sister, you have worked hard this year, and you take care of the family even when you work in the field. Thank you.”
Liang Fangyuan looked at her younger brother, who was so handsome that she couldn’t move his eyes, and her heart was full of relief and pride. Her younger brother had been lovely and cute since he was a child. He seemed to have inherited all the excellent genes of his parents when he was young. Any relative must praise his good appearance when they see him. Compared to her, everyone likes him more. This beautiful and lovely younger brother, she actually sometimes complained, but whenever he followed her softly and called herself “sister”, her heart softened.
What’s more important was that this younger brother was also fighting for his studies. He now had a decent job and a good character for filial piety. He remembered them in his heart if he had any good things. When he opened the shop the year before, he gave 100,000 without saying a word. In fact, she didn’t know if his life was hard. He didn’t have a few vacations all year round when he was a doctor, so he worked hard to save a little money and send it home.
“Why are you saying this? I think you have lost a lot of weight since you came back.” Liang Fangyuan sighed, “Don’t work too hard. Your body is the most important thing.”
“Yes, your sister is right.” Wang Fuyi on the side agreed, “And you have to pay attention to your own marriage. I was your age when Maomao was born.”
As he said, he picked up the wine glass in front of him and gently touched the one in front of Liang Suici. “Feel free.”
“You should drink less too, and you have to drive when you go back.” Liang Fangyuan took the remaining half bottle of wine from the dinner table, and then said to Liang Suici, “Although your brother-in-law is usually a mess, he’s right.”
Liang Suici: “……”
“Now that you’re talking about this,” Wang Fuyi took a sip and put the cup down, and asked Liang Suici, “I have a cousin who just graduated from university this year, majoring in English, with a lively personality and a decent appearance. Do you want to take a look?”
“Come on, just your cousin. Where is it lively? I think it is simply pungent. My brother can’t help being so honest.”
Liang Suici silently bowed his head to eat and did not answer the conversation, only to feel that this scene was also déjà vu.
On the night of New Year’s Eve, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers outside rang out at twelve o’clock on time. Liang Suici was so drowsy by the movement that he picked up his mobile phone and watched for a while.
The night in the country was as thick as ink. After the lively fireworks and firecrackers have passed, the whole world has returned to silence, and the sound of the night wind blowing across the grass can be faintly heard.
Because it was a house that hadn’t been built for a long time, the walls were only roughly painted with white paint, and the bright lights overhead reflected on the snow-white walls, making people dizzy.
He fell asleep groggy until midnight, but suddenly woke up. It was a very uncomfortable palpitation, followed by a strong sense of suffocation and a warm liquid gushing out of the nasal cavity, because of the reclining posture, some of it directly flowed out and poured into the mouth and nasal cavity, causing him to choke and cough violently.
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There were still many people at the entrance of the county hospital on the fifth day of the new year. There was only a glass door between the hall and the infusion hall, and the loud and clear cries of babies and children could be heard.
Liang Suici had a blood test on an empty stomach yesterday morning, and the results hadn’t come out yet. The next day, the hospital called him to take time to have another bone marrow puncture. His tone was still faintly heavy.
“This gentleman, you have to be mentally prepared.” The doctor moved his hand away from the mouse and pulled out an examination report from the medical record information board in front of him.
Liang Suici’s eyebrows jumped. He put one arm on the table and said calmly, “It’s okay, let’s just talk about it.”
“It’s leukemia.” The doctor pushed the examination report in front of him with a bit of regret in his eyes.
“But don’t give up hope. As long as you can find a suitable bone marrow match, the cure rate can reach 90%. However, because of limited medical conditions, we still recommend that you go to a major hospital for treatment.”
The doctor sighed that even if a suitable bone marrow match could be found, rejection may occur at any time in the later stages, not to mention that the cost of this expensive treatment was almost sky-high for a family in a small county town.
Liang Suici took the examination report in his hand and read it several times. After confirming that there was really no misdiagnosis, he sighed and said, “I see, thank you.”
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When he came out of the hospital, Liang Suici directly shredded the inspection report and threw it into the trash can at the door.
In fact, it was a bit unexpected. He had also experienced various death methods before playing as cannon fodder. Some of them were car accidents, some were terminal illnesses, but they were all predicted by him a long time ago, and it was not like this time at all.
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