Dining room.
Private room.
"Master Zhou, your medical skills..."
"My medical skills are of course unique. It relies on fate. With fate, all diseases can be cured..." Zhou Qiang boasted again about how powerful he was.
Xu Hongdou listened for a long time and felt he understood.
Only if Zhou Qiang has money can he see a doctor.
If you have no money, Zhou Qiang will ignore you.
"Master Zhou, are you and I destined?" Xu Hongdou thought for a while and asked. She had an impulse in her heart to expose Zhou Qiang, the big liar.
"Of course we are destined, Miss Xu, you look like..., and I..., of course the two of us are destined, and the fate is not shallow. Compared with the previous guests, our fate is very deep, and the cause and effect are entangled..." Zhou Qiang talked nonsense again. It seemed like a convoluted statement to him, let alone the people listening.
"Well, Master Zhou, I have a stomachache and I need to see you for treatment. How much will it cost?" Xu Hongdou asked directly. She wanted to see what Zhou Qiang, a big liar, would say.
"How much? Haha, it seems that Miss Xu misunderstood me deeply." Zhou Qiang shook his head again.
"Ms. Xu, you and I are destined to be together, and I don't charge any fees for treating you.
For those people before me, I charged fees because I had no connection with them.
No chance, but they used their financial resources to establish a relationship with me.
There is always a way out,
Fifty avenues, forty-nine Tianyan, and one of them escapes.
I can't stop others,
Therefore, the fee is charged based on the number of days..."
Zhou Qiang continued to fool Xu Hongdou for a while, completely fooling Xu Hongdou to death.
He held Xu Hongdou's little hand again and chatted and laughed with Xu Hongdou.
Xu Hongdou unknowingly took advantage of him.
...
Xu Hongdou Xili Hutu went home.
She didn't react until she got home.
Zhou Qiang didn't treat her stomach problem, he just took advantage of her.
Her little hands were so bald from being touched.
"Damn Master Zhou, fake master, see if I don't expose you tomorrow!" Xu Hongdou was angry. She decided not to be a sitter for Zhou Qiang.
She washed her hands and felt that everything she touched by Zhou Qiang smelled like sweat.
Not long after.
Xu Hongdou's best friend Chen Nanxing came by taxi.
Xu Hongdou went to pick her up outside the community.
"Anko..." The two hugged each other as soon as they met.
Xu Hongdou also patted Chen Nanxing's back gently.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Chen Nanxing's back hurt a little.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know. I've been suffering from back pain recently." Chen Nanxing seemed to be ill. She might have sensed something was wrong, so she went to the hospital with Xu Hongdou tomorrow. Xu Hongdou did a gastroscopy and Chen Nanxing did a color ultrasound.
"Anko, you will have a gastroscopy tomorrow. Can you eat?"
"Yes, no eating or drinking after ten o'clock, but I'm not hungry at all. I ate too much for dinner before." Xu Hongdou and Zhou Qiang were together, and they ate all her favorite dishes, so they ate a bit too much.
"You've already eaten, so I won't eat either. Just drink some milk."
"No, I'll buy whatever you want to eat for you."
"No, if you don't want to eat, I don't have the energy to eat alone, so forget it."
...
Xu Hongdou's house.
Both of them changed into home clothes.
"Hey, have you lost weight?" Xu Hongdou asked. She found that Chen Nanxing had lost a lot of weight.
"Is it obvious?" Chen Nanxing also knew that she had lost weight.
"Are you losing weight?"
"No, I was on a business trip last week. I was on a business trip for four days last week. I inspected two hotels, including the hotel's surrounding environment and entertainment facilities. I came back and wrote a report of more than 20,000 words. I was almost exhausted.
Li Jing, the one in our class, even commented to me on WeChat: "I'm so envious. I'm traveling at public expense."
Working as a laborer is quite hard, and Chen Nanxing is no exception.
The burden of life and work makes everyone overwhelmed.
While chatting with Xu Hongdou, she helped Xu Hongdou pack the refrigerator.
Many of the foods in Xu Hongdou's refrigerator have expired.
Chen Nanxing helped clean up.
Xu Hongdou's life is a bit of a mess.
Excuse being busy?
Being busy shouldn't be an excuse.
There are too many busy people.
People whose lives are in ruins probably have more reasons for being lazy.
Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing are both migrant workers in Peiping.
Or called Beidiao.
They work hard but cannot afford a house.
They can only rent a house.
And the rent is not cheap either.
Although they earn a lot, their expenses are also high.
They are busy with work.
Time is like a running cheetah, swishing away and disappearing.
After they graduate, they work for several years.
My boyfriend doesn't care to look for her.
Life was in ruins, and my body was suffering from fatigue.
They are in their thirties and are older unmarried women.
They are a little confused about the future.
They hope to have a house, a car, a home, and children, but the reality is that it is difficult to get them.
Why do these people live so tiringly?
The reason is very simple, I won’t say it here, and I can’t say it.
The two women are living so tiringly, what about the men?
It’s even harder for men who drift from Beijing!
They need to take on more responsibilities.
They also hope to have a house, a car, a home, a wife and children, but reality gives them some harsh words.
They can't afford to get married, they can't have children, they can't do anything.
They are not Zhou Qiang, a great bastard who can cheat for a day and earn more than 20 million yuan.
They are just ordinary social animals.
"Anko, my back is itchy. Please scratch it for me."
"Okay, here?"
"Yes, Hongdou, a new colleague came to our unit recently, his name is Sun Zhixin. I think he is my type. He has a good family background and is handsome.
But they are six years younger than me. I am afraid that if we are together, they will be like rabbit tails and will not grow.
After all, I am not young anymore and I don’t dare to delay.
Hongdou, what about you, do you have a boyfriend? "
"No." Xu Hongdou suddenly thought of that magic stick Zhou Qiang. She shook her head hastily.
She fell asleep in a daze.
There is a calendar on her bedside table.
It shows May 10th.
There is also a famous quote on the calendar:
Happiness is the ultimate goal of all human actions, and everything we do is a means to obtain happiness. (Aristotle)
In fact, most misfortunes in life are caused by humans.
...
Hospital.
The place is overcrowded.
I don’t know since when, the hospital’s business is getting better and better.
There are pharmacies on the street, one next to the other.
The newly opened large hospital generates a lot of revenue every day.
Despite the economic downturn, the hospital has managed to thrive, which is amazing.
"Chen Nanxing, first clinic."
"Okay." Chen Nanxing went to have a color ultrasound.
"Xu Hongdou, second clinic."
"Okay." Xu Hongdou went for a gastroscopy.
The test results will come out soon.
Xu Hongdou and Chen Nanxing showed the results to the doctor.
"Are the family members here?" The doctor frightened the two beauties with just one sentence.
"There seems to be something wrong with the size of the pancreatic head you show.
So, when you go to the surgery department, you have to do...examinations, so don't waste time. "The doctor saw something and he needed to confirm it with a machine.
Xu Hongdou's stomach was okay.
There is something wrong with Chen Nanxing's health.
They went to get checked anxiously and then waited for the results.
"The results are out, come in."
"Doctor, how are you?" Chen Nanxing asked cautiously.
"Are the family members here?"
…
a bolt from the blue!
Chen Nanxing has terminal cancer.
Xu Hongdou felt a bolt from the blue.
She knew what Chen Nanxing's illness meant.
She felt dizzy and accidentally dropped the bag in her hand to the ground.
A small cloth bag fell out.
"Hongdou, are you okay?" Chen Nanxing looked pale. She seemed to have been hit with a heavy hammer. She barely held herself up and helped Xu Hongdou pick up things.
"Nan Nan, I'll just come. Sit down and rest." Xu Hongdou squatted down and was about to pick up the small cloth bag.
"Tips?" A picture appeared in Xu Hongdou's mind.
"Miss Xu, please sit down, I have a tip to give you.
Miss Xu, just open this bag of tips when you encounter a bolt from the blue. "Zhou Qiang, the magic stick, appeared.
"Tips? A bolt from the blue!" Xu Hongdou picked up the cloth bag with some trembling and hurriedly opened it.
There was only a small piece of paper inside, with a few large characters on the front:
"Survive in the midst of death, a glimmer of hope."
There is only one word on the back:
"edge."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Xu Hongdou suddenly started crying.
"Hongdou, don't cry. It's okay. It must be okay." Chen Nanxing hurriedly advised. She was someone who originally needed comfort, but she persuaded Xu Hongdou.
"Stop crying, call the family members over and arrange for hospitalization." The doctor advised.
"Doctor, is there any other treatment? Can surgery be performed?" Xu Hongdou asked.
"Currently, conservative treatment is the only option..." The doctor was at his wits' end.
Xu Hongdou wiped her tears and said, "Nannan, come with me, come with me, and I will take you to find Master Zhou..." She pulled Chen Nanxing away.
They left the hospital.
They were supposed to be hospitalized under the doctor's arrangement, but they left instead.
