After eating, everyone returned to their posts.
Lin Yuxi was busy as usual.
After making arrangements for the newly admitted patients, when she returned to the office, it was still ten minutes before midnight.
Yu Jiaxiao called. She ordered cakes for Lin Yuxi every year, and this year was no exception.
The birthday gift had been handed over to Lin Yuxi before leaving.
Lin Yuxi went downstairs to get it, said Happy New Year to her elder brother who came to deliver food at this time, and carried the cake upstairs.
"I want to be the first one to say happy birthday to you! Don't hang up the phone. If you are busy, put the phone aside first."
Yu Jiaxiao was recently forced out of her competitive spirit by Tan Xingchen: "That little idiot Tan Xingchen asked me insinuatingly a few days ago if it was your birthday in the first year of junior high school. She definitely wanted to call you at the right time, but she didn't expect it. What's more, I was more foresighted and got busy in advance, hehe!"
It's almost midnight, and the patients who are usually hospitalized at this time have already rested, so the whole building will be quiet.
There are few people today, but everyone's mood is high. For the Chinese, the word "New Year" itself has its own magic.
All worries and sorrows must be put aside temporarily for this day.
At this moment, the sound of the Spring Festival Gala playing in the ward can still be heard in the corridor, complementing Yu Jiaxiao's weird smile.
"Thank you for your refreshing laughter. I was sleepy at first, but now I'm awake."
When talking, Lin Yuxi had almost reached the office.
She was holding the phone in one hand and the birthday cake in the other. From a distance, she saw a figure standing at the door.
The black turtleneck cashmere sweater made the man look elegant and calm. He turned to look at her with a gentle smile.
The other party also had a cake in his hand.
Lin Yuxi slowly stopped.
…
There were many vacant parking spaces in the parking lot. Zhou Yanjing parked the car and picked up the custom-made cake from the passenger seat.
That is a very beautiful pink butterfly cake.
Tall in shape, the outside of the cake is layered with pink waves, thin and delicate, almost translucent in texture, with gold sprinkles on the edges.
Like the delicate petals on the branches, and like the light and delicate butterfly wings.
Zhou Yanjing got out of the car with the cake and glanced at his watch.
There's still half an hour left, and he's early.
At this time, Lin Yuxi would probably bother him again and disturb her work.
So Zhou Yanjing thought for a while and put the cake on the hood of the car. He leaned on the car and took out the cigarette case from his pocket.
I wanted to smoke a cigarette, but I took out half of it, paused with my fingers, put the cigarette back, and threw it into the car through the window.
He wasn't a big smoker before going to the United States, but he smoked a little more aggressively in the past few years.
Lin Yuxi has a very good nose. When she first started her internship, she once had dinner with her hospital colleagues, and there were a few old smokers at the table.
She inevitably smelled of cigarette smoke, so she went home and washed her hair three times.
Zhou Yanjing leaned against the car door and looked up at a certain floor of the building.
Thinking of the same moment three years ago, it was snowing heavily. He was like a hot-headed young man in an idol drama, standing in the snow waiting for her.
After three years, there seems to be no progress. Instead of sitting in a heated car, I have to stand here and enjoy the cold wind.
It didn't snow this year, which is a pity.
He really liked the way Lin Yuxi stepped on the white snow and ran towards him with bright eyes.
With the last five minutes left, Zhou Yanjing picked up the cake and walked towards the door of the ward building.
Go upstairs, take the elevator, and arrive at the ophthalmology office. The time should be just right.
…
Yu Jiaxiao noticed that there was no sound as he spoke: "Are you busy again?"
Then, she heard a man's voice on the phone, calling: "Yuxi."
"Brother Tan?" Yu Jiaxiao's hearing was extremely sharp, and he smiled again, "He came to celebrate your birthday, he is quite thoughtful. Then I won't disturb you two, and I wish you a happy birthday and a happy new year in advance. Bao'er, you have successfully passed through the darkest stage, and there will be light ahead!"
Lin Yuxi said "Yeah": "You too. Smile, don't look back at the people who annoy you, just keep moving forward, I'll be with you."
Yu Jiaxiao suddenly felt sad.
Every year when she returns to her hometown, she is made very irritable and depressed by her parents who are partial to each other.
Just like an iron chain tied to your feet, no matter how far you go or how high you go, at the end of a year, you have to return to the place where you started and accept the punishment.
It's like an inescapable curse that comes over and over again.
She resisted saying it, but Lin Yuxi actually knew it.
At this moment, she suddenly understood.
"I have decided that I will not come back next year!" She said, "Wait, I will go back to find you tomorrow!"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuxi put away her phone and walked towards Tan Yu.
A friend comes to celebrate your birthday with a cake in the middle of the night. It is also an important festival like New Year's Eve, so it means a lot.
So Lin Yuxi felt pressure.
"Actually, you don't have to come here specially. At this time, it is more important to spend the holidays with your family."
"I'm only staying for a while. It doesn't matter. My mother heard that you were on duty alone today and wanted to give you some dumplings. Xingchen said that your New Year's Eve dinner was very sumptuous, but she didn't believe it until she saw the photo."
"Xingchen originally wanted to come, but there are many children at home today, and they are all pestering her to play, so she can't leave. She bought the cake for you, and asked me to bring you the gift."
Tan Yu always had a way of saying things that would make her feel less burdened.
Lin Yuxi brought people into the office, and Tan Yu took out the cake and put in candles.
After lighting it with a lighter, he looked a little hesitant.
Lin Yuxi wanted to get through this stage as soon as possible, and was about to close her eyes and make a wish when Tan Yu put his fist on the bridge of his nose, cleared his throat, and started singing with a stiff voice:
"Say bye bye to all worries, say hi hi to all happiness..."
"Pfft." Lin Yuxi couldn't hold it back.
When she smiled, Tan Yu couldn't sing anymore, and a bit of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"Sorry, I'm not very good at singing. Is it hard to hear?"
Lin Yuxi couldn't stop laughing. She shook her head and said, "It's not unpleasant. Really."
It's just that his usual temperament really doesn't match this kind of happy song, and it has a sense of humor that goes against his will.
"Xingchen taught me this. She said she now sings this song on her birthdays."
Tan Yu originally felt embarrassed, but looking at her bright smile, his eyes couldn't help but stay.
Lin Yuxi noticed his gaze and her smile slowly faded.
There was a sudden noise outside, and someone was running through the corridor.
Lin Yuxi thought something had happened, and her instinct as a doctor was immediately mobilized, and she walked out quickly.
Many people came out of the ward, some took the elevator to go downstairs, and some stood on the windows looking out.
The nurse was anxious but unable to stop her. Lin Yuxi asked, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know either. Someone seems to have said there is a show in the building across the river and they want to see it."
The nurse watched a patient who had just undergone double eye surgery and was wrapped in gauze being helped out by his family members, and shouted: "Bed 18! You can't see, why are you joining in the fun!"
Many patients gathered at the floor-to-ceiling windows. Lin Yuxi walked over and reminded: "You can take a look if you want. Pay attention to safety and don't be crowded."
The old aunt in bed 5 enthusiastically teased her: "Dr. Lin, come here and take a look, the view is great!"
Lin Yuxi was forcibly dragged over.
The central business district, which represents the economic lifeline of Lin City, faces the hospital across the river.
From this angle, you can just see the blue-violet laser lights shining and changing above the towering office buildings.
At this moment, a giant clock on the Zhou Group building rang its bells. The magnificent bells were extremely penetrating and shocked from the other side of the river.
The moment the bell rang, numbers composed of stars appeared out of thin air on the dark blue night sky: 10, 9, 8, 7...
The onlookers shouted the countdown enthusiastically, their voices matching the sound of the bell.
With 3, 2, 1——
The last bell rang, and fireworks bloomed all over the sky.
It was so grand and brilliant that it almost lit up the entire night sky.
The patients shouted excitedly in the spectacular and shocking scene, and took out their mobile phones to take pictures of the magnificent scene.
New Year's Eve performance?
Lin Yuxi was not on duty on New Year's Eve in the past two years, so she didn't know there was such a program.
She was about to give up her position to the little girl who had been trying to tiptoe behind, but she saw the sky full of fire, trees and silver flowers blooming, and a line of words appeared in the night sky:
Happy Birthday!
Not Happy New Year.
I wish you a happy birthday.
