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By adadPublished 3 years ago 6 min read

Cheng Zheng stayed in the hospital for seven days, and the two selves in Su Yunjin's heart struggled and fought for seven days. A voice is asking: When realizing that he might be in danger, why were you afraid? Was the fear and desperation of crying out of concern for a person who only had good feelings? Why were your hands shaking on the way to take him to the hospital? Compared to the horror of losing him, is the gap between two people and those gains and losses that important?

Another Su Yunjin reminded me again: you are making excuses for your weakness and emotionalism. You know that things are not that bad, that no one is going to die. He had no direct physical contact with the SARS patient, it was most likely just a minor cold and flu. With his family background and this relationship with the Zhang family, he can get the best care, and you can't do anything. If you let yourself go and take this step, you will never be able to retract your feet.

Both voices were righteous and argumentative, Su Yunjin was exhausted as if she had been very sick herself. Cheng Zheng called her every day at the hospital to tell her about the aggravation and boredom of being "imprisoned". But listening to Su Yunjin's reaction on the phone was always muted, and thinking back to how much she had cared for him before he was admitted, I couldn't figure out where I had gone wrong.

The day after Cheng Zheng was admitted to the hospital, Su Yunjin received a call from her mother. It turns out that some time ago, the uncle was afraid of being affected by SARS and felt that it was not safe in the small county, so he took his family back to his home in the nearby countryside, where the traffic was closed and there were very few foreigners, a good place to take refuge, plus Su Yunjin's new sister also showed symptoms of the flu, and his mother was too busy to take care of her, so she was not able to contact Su Yunjin in time.

"You don't blame mom for not calling you, do you?" Mom said with some concern.

"How could I, it's good that you guys are okay."

Su Yunjin was sincere, she didn't blame mom, in that situation, mom also had no choice. But she still couldn't control herself to think, if dad was still around and mom was still just her mom, would they still forget about her for a while? The day Cheng Zheng was discharged from the hospital, Su Yunjin still went to the hospital, but she did not enter the ward area, but only waited in front of the wigwam in front of the hospital. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you're looking for.

For example, the beautiful woman who looked less than forty years old, Su Yunjin had seen her once at the senior parents' meeting, so she knew that it was Cheng Zheng's mother, Zhang Jin Yin, who was talking in a low voice with a middle-aged man beside her as she walked. The middle-aged man's silhouette was vaguely similar to Zhang Jin Yin's, except that he appeared much calmer. If he was correct, he was the current head of Heng Kai, Cheng Zheng's uncle, Zhang Jin Meng. Even the bright young girl who was holding Cheng Zheng's arm had also met Su Yunjin - she would not forget that the girl had been watching them from a distance when Shen Jiu'an first held her hand. Su Yunjin was in a bit of a trance, she had always avoided her relationship with Cheng Zheng, yet she didn't know when their lives had intersected so much.

The family stood at the entrance of the hospital and didn't know what to say. The girl's light laughter could be heard from so far away, and no one noticed Su Yunjin in the corner. Su Yunjin was also a bit hesitant, not knowing whether to walk up or leave quietly. When a car came out of the underground parking lot and parked beside them, an unexpected person pushed open the car door and walked out, smiling and greeting Cheng Zheng and the others.

Shen Juan? This was the first time Su Yunjin saw him after graduation. He hasn't changed much, although his clothes and image are more mature and stable than when he was a student, there is still an indescribable calm and proper manner between his hands and feet, which makes him look more and more elegant.

I didn't expect that it was Shen Jiu'an who saw Su Yunjin standing on the side first. He didn't show much surprise, as if such a reunion was expected. He first waved and smiled at Su Yunjin from a distance, and then turned around to speak with Cheng Zheng.

This time several people over there looked in Su Yunjin's direction, Cheng Zheng almost immediately shook off the young girl's hand holding him and ran to Su Yunjin's side with surprise. Su Yunjin pursed her lips and smiled, he was in great spirits, not at all like a "patient" who had just been discharged from the hospital.

"Now the hospital is the most unsafe place, why do you still come?" He deliberately said with a stern face.

Su Yunjin smiled and said, "That's true, I almost forgot if you didn't tell me, congratulations on your discharge. I'm going back to school." The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.

The two spoke, and the rest of the people also walked over, several eyes focused on Su Yunjin at the same time. The pretty girl approached Cheng Zheng directly and once again took his hand affectionately, slightly tilting her head sideways and looking at Cheng Zheng and Su Yunjin with a bit of playfulness.

Cheng Zheng shook her off like an electric shock and said angrily, "Zhang Yue, you're looking for death, aren't you?"

Sure enough, she was the one Shen Jiu An was talking about.

Zhang Yue frowned: "Yo, little Zheng Zheng, how can you do this to me?" The company's main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers.

The first time I saw her staring at him with a smile on her face, I was at a loss, so I said, "You don't even believe this, do you? This humiliating octopus is my cousin Zhang Yue."

Su Yunjin did not speak, just looked at Zhang Yue, who was such an excellent girl, but need to use wealth to keep the loved one, really puzzling.

Cheng Zheng was a bit anxious, and even Zhang Yue could see that the situation was not right, so she spat out her tongue and quietly let go of her hand. I don't know if it was Su Yunjin's illusion, but she felt that the rest of the people, including Shen Jiu'an, were showing expressions of watching a good show.

"Su Yunjin, are you angry? She is my cousin, I will not lie to you, do not believe you ask her ...... chapter Yue, you come to me ......" Cheng Zheng remembered the coldness of her phone calls over the past few days, and can not help but be anxious, lest between himself and her so easily The turnaround between himself and her has become a bubble again. He said, and pulled Zhang Yue a hand, "You killed, quickly give me a clear explanation." Zhang Yue "giggled" and hid behind Shen Jiu An, "Look at his silly face."

Su Yunjin looked at Cheng Zheng, who was trying to defend himself, and suddenly smiled in relief. Before Cheng Zheng could figure out the meaning of this smile, she went up to him and ended all his words with a hug.

Cheng Zheng's hands dropped, for a few seconds his whole body was too stiff to make any response, it was her body heat and heartbeat that proved the truth of it all, he slowly stopped his hands in mid-air and soon responded to her hug as if he had used up all his strength ......

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