In the second half of her freshman year, her mother coughed frequently. She tried to persuade her to go to the hospital for a check-up, but her mother just told her that she had a cold and didn't say anything more.
Xu Nanxing thought she just caught a cold and didn't bother to ask because she had a heavy workload.
She didn't know the seriousness of the situation until her sister Xu Songlan called. Chen Xue'e went for a check-up behind their backs, and the result was lung cancer.
Xu Sionglan cried uncontrollably on the phone, and Xu Nanxing also burst into tears on the other end. Both sisters know what those two words mean to their family.
But life has to go on day by day, Xu Nanxing cannot continue to be sad, her sister still needs care, and her mother's illness is imminent.
She kept collecting information about lung cancer, and she was heartbroken when she saw that some cases had good prognosis after undergoing radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery. I registered the expert account of Jingzhou Medical University on the Internet, and planned to tell my mother and sister the information I learned when I went home on the weekend, so as to reassure them, and also tell me about the examination.
After class on Friday, she took the car back home.
Her mother was still the same, always being unfriendly towards her, but she didn't care about being pretentious and went to her sister's room as soon as she entered the house.
After unfolding the examination results, Xu Nanxing's heart seemed to be boiling in a frying pan. My sister didn't explain clearly on the phone at the time. Xu Nanxing thought it was just a common type of tumor, but the report clearly stated that Chen Xue'e had small cell lung cancer, the most dangerous type of lung cancer.
Xu Sionglan looked uneasy as she shushed her. It wasn't until Xu Nanxing could no longer endure the silence that she asked her with difficulty,
"Isn't it possible?"
Xu Nanxing still remembered that dull evening. He had mixed feelings in his heart, but he said firmly to his sister,
"Sister, I will definitely find a way to cure mom!"
Although she knew the hope was so slim, she still wanted to try hard to find a way for her mother to survive.
Jingzhou University where she works is a well-known comprehensive university in China. In addition to the art major she studied, it also has a specialized medical school.
The school library also has books on various professional subjects. From the day Xu Nanxing learned about her mother's specific illness, except for class, she spent the rest of the time in the library looking up various literature.
After working hard for a month, my mother's lesions gradually expanded when I checked again. After hearing the news, Xu Nanxing felt lonely. He didn't smile all day long. He often lost his attention in class and was called on by professional teachers several times.
Her friend Lu Lixue, who slept with her, asked her privately, and she told the truth under the other's questioning.
Lu Lixue is a native of Jingzhou, an outgoing and cheerful girl, and a warm-hearted girl. When I learned about Xu Nanxing's mother, I felt sad, and immediately expressed my intention to help Xu Nanxing find out if there was a better medical solution.
Xu Nanxing did not refuse. She knew that Lu Lixue's family was in the pharmaceutical business and had wider connections than hers. It was always good to have an extra path.
Less than half a month later, one day after evening classes, Lu Lixue gave an invitation letter to Xu Nanxing.
Xu Nanxing had just made up for a week of professional lessons in the piano room, and took it with shaking wrists.
"This is?"
Lu Lixue raised her eyebrows.
"You'll know if you open it and take a look."
Xu Nanxing opened it and scanned it quickly, feeling extremely excited.
This is an invitation letter for the new drug launch conference of Ruigu Pharmaceutical, which is held in the auditorium of Jingzhou University.
She closed the small card, held it carefully in her hand, then hugged Lu Lixue and kept saying thank you.
This moment became a turning point in Xu Nanxing's fate.
The moment they got the invitation, fate tightly tied two people from completely different worlds together.
When Xu Nanxing recalls that day now, he feels like he has walked into a psychedelic dream.
The summer sky is like a child's face. It changes at a moment's notice. The sky was clear just a moment ago, but the moment I change my clothes, it becomes cloudy and raindrops fall down at the drop of a hat.
There were a lot of classes that day, and the professional class teacher delayed the class for a while. After class, Xu Nanxing quickly went back to the dormitory, changed clothes, and walked to the auditorium holding an umbrella.
Ruigu Pharmaceutical's new product launch conference was about to start in half an hour. She calculated the route from the women's dormitory to the auditorium. It was a bit late to go the original way. After thinking about it, she took a small path from the side of the women's dormitory.
The side road is relatively remote and surrounded by tall ginkgo trees. On weekdays, most of the students who are in love hang out hand in hand. It was once jokingly called Lover's Road by students from Beijing University.
The rain was not heavy at first, but after walking for a while, it started to rain heavily. The leaves of the ginkgo trees fell rustlingly, covering the ground with green. Normally, Xu Nanxing would stop for a while to appreciate this rare rain scene, but today she was really anxious and walked very fast.
The sound of rustling footsteps gradually sounded behind her, getting closer and closer. Xu Nanxing consciously stepped aside, but the footsteps gradually slowed down as they passed by her.
Then a dark shadow blocked most of the light under her umbrella.
"Hello, may I ask, is this the way to the auditorium?"
Xu Nanxing looked sideways, and what he saw was an angular face, with hard brows filled with water vapor. The raindrops on his hair gradually gathered on his forehead, and as he blinked, they fell down, and finally disappeared. There was no trace of it on his coat in an instant.
Thin raindrops spread behind the man like mist. He seemed to be a spirit that emerged from the mist. His deep eyes seemed to be so haunting that her heart collapsed.
After being stunned for a moment, Xu Nanxing came back to his senses.
"Yes, follow this road all the way to the end and turn left."
"Okay, thank you!"
The man thanked him and strode away in the rain.
Xu Nanxing looked at the increasingly dense rain outside the umbrella and walked quickly.
When she was about to pass the man, she paused for a few seconds, then followed closely, raising her umbrella higher and moving it to his head.
The light in front of him dimmed, and the rain above his head was stopped by something. Gu Huaizhi looked up, frowned and said impatiently,
"Why did you come here?"
The voice that sounded behind him was not the voice of assistant Xu Zhinian, but a delicate and soft female voice.
"I'm going to the auditorium too, please follow your way."
Gu Huaizhi turned around, put away his impatience, and took a careful look at the person in front of him.
The girl has a ponytail, and the fluffy hair is scattered behind her head and moves in the wind, jumping as lightly as seaweed. She is tall and plump, and her face is rich and beautiful.
Perhaps his gaze was too deliberate. The girl looked away slightly, pursed her lower lip, and two small dimples appeared at the corners of her mouth, like ripples drawn by someone on the water, rippling into people's hearts. .
"I'm in a hurry, do you still want to go to the auditorium?"
The soft voice sounded again, Gu Huaizhi retracted his gaze and responded with a smile,
"I was sorry just now, I thought it was someone else. Then I'll trouble you."
The person next to her was a bit tall. Xu Nanxing had to raise her hand holding the umbrella high so that it would not touch the top of his head. After walking a few steps, Xu noticed her difficulty. The man stretched out his hand to hold the edge of the umbrella handle. ,
"Let me do it!"
There was a dry and warm touch brushing against the edge of Xu Nanxing's palm. She blinked her eyelashes in panic, her ears turned red, and she let go of her hand.
The umbrella separated the world inside and outside, and the faint scent of white sandalwood flowed through his nose. Xu Nanxing seemed to be in an unknown world, walking quickly with the footsteps of the people around him, even forgetting the questions he originally wanted to ask. ask.
Walking along in a daze, I soon saw the sign for the auditorium.
The man raised the umbrella to Xu Nanxing's hand,
"I'm here. Thank you for coming with me. I'm really sorry to have delayed you for so long."
"You're welcome, I too..."
Xu Nanxing took the umbrella and was interrupted by a breathless voice before he could finish what he wanted to say.
"Mr. Gu, I'm late."
Xu Zhinang sighed, moved the umbrella to the boss's head, and then quietly looked at the boss's expression.
Gu Huaizhi just glanced at him and then turned in the direction of Xu Nanxing.
"What did you just want to say?"
Xu Nanxing glanced at Xu Zhinian and swallowed what he wanted to say.
"Nothing. Then...goodbye."
"goodbye!"
The man nodded to her and left with the visitor.
Xu Nanxing bit her lip, blaming herself for being too hesitant just now. Those who came to the auditorium for the press conference today must be leaders and representatives of various pharmaceutical companies. If I could meet one of them, it would at least give my mother a way to survive. But I didn’t know what I was thinking just now. I missed such a good opportunity. Opportunity.
Why……
Shaking her head, she stepped into the auditorium.
The auditorium was already filled with corporate representatives who came to attend the press conference, as well as reporters from various media. Before the press conference officially started, flash lights were already clicking, and two rockers were arranged on both sides of the stage. With the arm camera, the scene is no ordinary new drug launch conference.
Xu Nanxing searched for a long time before he found a seat in the corner and sat down. As soon as we sat down, the host on the stage started to warm up.
She had no idea about the professional terminology the host said. She looked intently at the information she had just received at the check-in counter. When she saw the lung cancer clinical trial recruitment, her eyes lit up.
Then I heard the host’s voice on the stage,
"Now, I would like to ask Mr. Gu Huaizhi, Chairman of Ruigu Pharmaceuticals, to introduce to you the clinical trial recruitment project for new drugs. Everyone is welcome!"
Amidst the thunderous applause, Xu Nanxing seemed to be surrounded by a vacuum, and only the handsome figure on the stage remained in his eyes. The man's temples were still slightly damp, but his eyebrows were as bright as stars.
Looking at him from a distance, Xu Nanxing suddenly realized.
It turned out that his name was Gu Huaizhi.
Looking intently at the man talking on the stage, Xu Nanxing's breath seemed to smell the scent of white sandalwood again.
That person is like the sunshine that suddenly shines down after the rain on a rainy day, warm and dazzling. But she was like the weeds that had just emerged in the corner. For the first time, she had the idea of going out to see the warmth.
