Fortunately, Xie Qiu is an orphan and doesn't have to deal with his parents. Just explaining the reason for the wedding date to relatives, friends and the hotel will be a hot potato. Thinking of this, she sighed and decided to check her father's final test results first. It might be a misdiagnosis.
When Zhang Xianxian finally adjusted his mood and rushed to the outpatient hall of the hospital, it was already time for the hospital to get off work. The parents were still sitting on the chairs in the lobby waiting for the results. The machine in the lobby that took out the results was as sleepless as an ATM. After another ten minutes, they finally got the final test results.
This result was exactly the same as the diagnosis from other hospitals. The tumor in my father's body was gastric cancer and was in an advanced stage.
It was a miserable and hectic day. Zhang Xianxian and his family barely ate anything, and everyone had no appetite.
Early the next morning, she took her parents to the cancer hospital and asked the attending doctor to see the results. After the doctor sent her father away, he told her that the tumor would develop very quickly. No matter whether the patient had surgery or not, metastasis and deterioration were inevitable. In other words, after contracting this disease, it is almost impossible for my father to end his life with dignity and without guilt.
This bad news made Zhang Xianxian's bad luck worse. From that moment on, her life completely changed, and the pressure suddenly fell on her like a mountain.
Faced with an emaciated father who was rapidly deteriorating and in need of constant examinations and treatments, and a frail mother who was extremely frightened as a child, Xie Qiu's disappearance was unacceptable to the two elderly people. Zhang Xianxian, who is not good at lying, can only ask Xie Qiu's assistant Wang Li to act, and lie to his parents that Xie Qiu has overcome a major technical problem and therefore has to assist a certain unit to conduct research elsewhere for a period of time.
During this period, Xie Qiu's whereabouts were not only kept secret, but he was also not allowed to get married or show up, and everything about him was kept silent. Parents who have worked all their lives naturally understand the importance of confidentiality. They did not have much doubt about Wang Li's words and stopped asking too much from then on. Zhang Xianxian only relied on Zhang Xianxian to support everything else.
Therefore, in the following three months, Zhang Xianxian, as an only child, had asked for numerous leaves from the company in order to take care of her father, who had gastric cancer. She knew very well that with this approach, for any company that aimed to create value, it would be a matter of time before she would be fired.
However, she didn't want to be fired, let alone be fired. She needed money. Therefore, she was exhausted physically and mentally as she tried to balance her family and work...
On this day, it was Zhang Xianxian's birthday, and the concealer could no longer cover the dark circles under her eyes. Standing in a subway station with crowds of people at 8 o'clock in the morning, the crowding and fighting around her during the morning rush hour, the noise and rush of the crowd, could not compare to the confusion and confusion in her eyes.
Because as the birthday girl, she didn't know at this moment whether she should go to the company to check in, or go to the inpatient department to grab a bed for her father. Zhang Xianxian sent a WeChat message to his boss at 3:23 a.m. last night to ask for leave, but he still hasn't received any reply.
She stood in the crowd, waiting for the subway that was about to arrive, and her eyes found that the clock hanging high in the subway pointed to 8:08. So, Zhang Xianxian retreated to a corner, summoned up the last bit of courage, and tried to use the so-called auspicious meaning to dial the mobile phone of the manager Bai, who was in charge.
However, just after the other party's ringtone rang twice, Manager Bai pressed the reject button, leaving Zhang Xianxian standing there even more uneasy. She didn't have the slightest courage to call a second time.
Although the subway station was overcrowded at this time, the air conditioner provided sufficient cooling and the air was refreshing and comfortable. But after the call was rejected, Zhang Xianxian felt that her brain was deprived of oxygen, and a sense of suffocation suddenly enveloped her whole body.
The next second, her head swelled with severe pain, and her vision became blurred a little bit. In order to prevent himself from falling in the surging crowd, Zhang Xianxian hurriedly squeezed towards the wall of the station. Her back was leaning against the wall, her mouth was wide open and she was panting hard, her body was shaking involuntarily, and her face was extremely pale.
"Girl, are you okay?" Among the hurried passengers, a kind-hearted elder sister noticed something strange about her and asked with concern.
Zhang Xian calmed down for a while, then forced out a professional smile and said weakly: "No, it's okay, I'm a little hypoglycemic!"
"Here, eat something quickly. I'm also hypoglycemic, so I have to keep it in my bag!" Another young girl passing by happened to hear their conversation and hurriedly handed her a piece of White Rabbit toffee.
"Thank you, thank you!"
"Eat quickly, there is mineral water here, I have never drank it!"
With the help of several strangers, Zhang Xianxian, who almost suffocated and fainted in the station, finally felt that his heart was no longer so uncomfortable. Compared to the habitual cold violence meted out to her by her superiors in the workplace, the kindness of strangers at this time was so precious, making her feel that her humble self could still continue to live.
"Girl, sit here and rest for a while. Don't work too hard. Your health is the most important thing. Everything can get over!"
"Yes, yes, this aunt is right. If you think about everything in a liberal way, there is no obstacle that you can't overcome. The Red Army's Long March was so difficult back then, but in the end they successfully liberated the whole of China. Life will definitely get better and better!"
"Yes, girl, you are so young, take a good rest, you will be fine!"
"Yeah, thank you everyone, I'm fine, I'm fine, thank you!"
Perhaps the strangers noticed Zhang Xianxian's strangeness from her red eyes and haggard appearance, so everyone tried to comfort her. These simple words were so warm that tears began to well up in Zhang Xianxian's eyes again, and a sensitive nerve in his heart was touched again.
Zhang Xianxian, who is about to turn 30, has accomplished nothing compared to many young and promising life winners on the Internet. Now even Xie Qiu, her only pride, has been completely lost. The long-awaited wedding has become a sorrow that she never wants to think about again. She can't even save her beloved father Zhang Xianxian.
It seems that in these years in BJ, it was wrong for her to live in disgrace, to major in liberal arts was wrong, and not being able to make a lot of money was even more wrong. The recent series of encounters and pressures made her feel extremely uncomfortable, especially when she looked at her boss’s WeChat messages that she could no longer read, the increasingly stretched balance in her bank card, and her father’s increasingly painful illness. She felt ashamed, angry, sad, and strange. He was too incompetent, which led to his current ending.
However, even though she understood that being ordinary meant being humble, she still wanted to save her father. The meager salary is money to save her father's life. She needs it very much, especially, so she cannot be resigned.
Not sure if it was the comfort from everyone that gave her strength and hope, or the sweetness of the White Rabbit toffee that calmed down her extremely anxious mind and mood. Zhang Xianxian suppressed the tears that were rolling in her eyes and told everyone never mind.
