In fact, she was still holding the hair in her hand; she was just making a feint.
Zhu Mingqi sighed, "Ever since my youngest daughter passed away, my white hair has been sprouting up everywhere. Sometimes I realize that I'm really getting old."
Liang Shi and Chen Mian couldn't get a word in edgewise.
This was Liang Shi's first time doing something like this, and he hadn't yet recovered from the feint he'd just made.
Zhu Mingqi reminisced about the past, saying, "I was quite pretty when I was young, and a lot of people pursued me. I'm not kidding, I was probably about the same age as Xiao Liang when I was young. Back then, when I walked on the street, many talent scouts handed me their business cards."
As she spoke, she looked at Liang Shi and said, "I must say, looking at him like this, Liang does look somewhat like me when I was young."
Liang Shi chuckled awkwardly, "You flatter me."
After finishing the meal, Zhu Mingqi paid the bill and then told Chen Mian that if she ever painted anything in the future, she should show it to her first.
She'll definitely be the first buyer.
Chen Mian chuckled: "I'll see you off later."
“That won’t do,” Zhu Mingqi said. “Art has value.”
//
After leaving Tianxiangju, Chen Mian went home, while Liang Shi took a detour to the hospital.
As soon as she got in the car, she put Zhu Mingqi's white hair into a sealed bag.
There was only one white hair in the transparent sealed bag, which looked rather out of place.
She simply plucked one of her own and put it in as well.
With his black and white hair intertwined, Liang Shi's heart pounded like a drum for some reason.
When she arrived at the hospital, Zhao Xuning was lying in bed reading a book, and he seemed to have almost recovered.
"Have you eaten?" Liang Shi asked as soon as he entered the door.
"Not yet," Zhao Xuning said. "I'm not hungry yet."
"Have you eaten breakfast?" Liang Shi asked.
Zhao Xuning: "I guess you can say I ate it."
"How is it calculated?" Liang Shi placed the food he had wisely packed for her on the small table. "You can calculate the cost of eating?"
“Shen Hui gave me a piece of bread,” Zhao Xuning said.
"Where is Shen Hui?" Liang Shi asked. "When I came, I saw that her ward was empty."
"I was discharged from the hospital this morning." Zhao Xuning put the page he was reading on aside with a bookmark, "I still have some things to take care of with Wu Li."
"..."
"So, does this mean you've gotten back together?" Liang Shi asked the question he most wanted to ask.
Zhao Xuning was taken aback. "I guess so."
It's just not back to how it used to be.
"But I'm curious, what did you discover before you tried to stop it?" Liang Shi asked.
Zhao Xuning lowered his head to open the package, his tone light and casual, "Wu Li's ex-girlfriend is seven months pregnant."
Liang Shi: "?"
Because abortion is not allowed here, if you get pregnant, you can only give birth.
But Wu Li's ex-girlfriend?
"What does her ex-girlfriend have to do with her?" Liang Shi asked, puzzled. "She's not her current girlfriend either."
“Wu Li dumped Shen Hui after they got together, and she’s still paying child support to Shen Hui every month.” Zhao Xuning’s voice was very soft. “When that girl came to our hospital for a check-up, the doctor recommended that she be hospitalized to rest because of the breech presentation, but she didn’t have any money. When she called Wu Li… Wu Li was on her way to Huichang Temple with Shen Hui.”
Liang Shi: "..."
That's absolutely scum.
"So you went to find Shen Hui?" Liang Shi asked.
Zhao Xuning nodded: "I can't control what others do, but Shen Hui and Wu Li can't get married."
"Then why didn't you tell Shen Hui?" Liang Shi sat by her bedside and said with some regret, "Shen Hui asked Shen Siyan to investigate, but Shen Siyan didn't say anything."
Everyone is protecting Shen Hui in their own way.
When Shen Hui was mentioned, Zhao Xuning smiled slightly. "She especially likes to take the blame upon herself. I don't want her to feel that this situation is caused by her. She will definitely feel guilty towards Wu Li's ex-girlfriend."
Liang Shi: "..."
Perhaps it's the tacit understanding that comes from years of dating?
However, judging from this, Liang Shi was indeed moved by Zhao Xuning.
“To be honest, if I were Shen Hui, I would be very moved if I knew all about it,” Liang Shi said.
Zhao Xuning: "?"
Zhao Xuning glanced at her indifferently, as if to say—don't disgust me.
Liang Shi: "..."
"Go," Liang Shi said. "Anyway, congratulations to Dr. Zhao on your reconciliation. Just don't repeat the same mistake."
"Hope I get better."
As Zhao Xuning spoke, he turned around and pulled a transparent sealed bag from under his pillow, handing it to Liang Shi, "Take this to a testing agency for analysis."
"What is this?" Liang Shi asked, puzzled.
“Shen Hui’s hair,” Zhao Xuning said.
Liang Shi: "?"
“I’m not going to do this appraisal,” Zhao Xuning said. “If Shen Hui finds out, she’ll make trouble for me again.”
Liang Shi: "..."
Liang Shi took out a sealed bag he had prepared, "I got Zhu Mingqi's hair."
Zhao Xuning: "?"
After a moment of silence, Zhao Xuning took out his phone and contacted a friend, then asked Liang Shi to send the sample over.
The laboratory was on the seventh floor of the hospital. Liang Shi went up there without any problems and was told that he could get the results in two hours.
Liang responded with a "okay," but her legs inexplicably went weak as she went downstairs and stepped out of the elevator.
After that, whenever I went to Zhao Xuning's ward, I always felt uneasy.
There's this inexplicable sense of tension.
Zhao Xuning told her to go about her own business, but Liang Shi said she was off today and there was nothing to do.
But she was indeed nervous. When she was nervous, she wanted to talk to someone to distract herself, but Zhao Xuning was engrossed in his book and didn't have much to talk about with her.
Liang Shi could only send Xu Qingzhu a message: "I just sent my hair and Zhu Mingqi's and the others' hair for testing."
Xu Qingzhu quickly grasped the key point: 【Them?】
Liang Shi: [And Shen Hui's.]
Xu Qingzhu: [Did Dr. Zhao get it?]
Liang Shi: [Hmm.]
Xu Qingzhu: [Are you very nervous?]
Liang Shi: […Yes, my heart is pounding.]
Xu Qingzhu sent a voice message: "Where are you now?"
Liang Shi: [Zhao Xuning's ward.]
Xu Qingzhu: "I'll be there soon, wait for me a moment."
Zhao Xuning, who was sitting to the side reading a book, was speechless.
"Aren't you going out yet?" Zhao Xuning frowned slightly.
Liang Shi: "?"
"Can't I even sit for a while?" Liang Shi said, "How can you be so arrogant when you're sick?"
Zhao Xuning: "I don't want to eat dog food, so you can get out."
Liang Shi: "..."
"Let Xu Qingzhu comfort you." Zhao Xuning poked her arm with his book: "Don't come here to seek validation from me."
Liang Shi: "?"
Liang Shi wasn't in the mood to argue with her, so he went out to find Xu Qingzhu.
She ran into Xu Qingzhu as she came downstairs and out of the elevator. Xu Qingzhu, who was heavily pregnant, asked her, "Have you had lunch yet?"
"I ate." Liang Shi helped her up. "I ate with Chen Mian and that other person."
The two walked out while talking.
It has to be said that Liang Shi felt much better after seeing Xu Qingzhu.
I feel inexplicably at ease.
Xu Qingzhu then took her outside, where people were coming and going.
It was a bit hot at that time of day, so Xu Qingzhu asked her to drive, and the two of them went to a nearby hotel and booked a room.
Liang Shi was taken aback: "What are you going to do?"
"Lunch break, huh?" Xu Qingzhu took back the room key, glanced at her, and asked, "What are you thinking?"
Liang Shi: "..."
Liang Shi followed her upstairs. As soon as they entered, Xu Qingzhu changed her shoes and lay down on the bed, feeling sleepy.
Liang Shi, however, remained somewhat tense.
Xu Qingzhu patted the spot next to her. "Baby, come lie down."