The blood flowed down her fingers and fell drop by drop on the white sheets of the hospital bed, like red plum blossoms blooming in the snow, looking strange and dazzling.
Zhou Xiaojing gasped in pain.
She raised her head and looked at Zhou's mother with a frown, a hint of embarrassment in her tone.
"Mom...why are you in such a hurry? My hands were cut because of you."
Zhou Xiaojing felt a stinging pain in his fingers, a feeling of grievance.
If her daughter spoke to Zhou's mother in this tone on normal days, Zhou's mother would definitely educate her well.
However, at this time, Zhou's mother didn't care so much anymore. She held Zhou Xiaojing's hand with eager eyes and uncontrollable excitement in her voice.
"Xiao Jing, don't worry about these details now."
Zhou Xiaojing looked confused, she slowly put down the apple in her hand and asked.
"What's wrong?"
Mother Zhou's face was filled with joy.
"Baby girl, I just met Ji Banli in the corridor."
Almost as soon as Zhou's mother finished speaking, Zhou Xiaojing's eyes suddenly lit up.
Mother Zhou continued to speak quickly.
"He appears here. He must have felt guilty after breaking up with you last time, so he came to apologize."
"Baby girl, go get dressed up and wait for him to come over."
Ji's mother said, touching a strand of long hair hanging in front of Zhou Xiaojing's forehead distressedly.
"My baby has been suffering in the hospital these days, and his hair is not as shiny as before. When he is discharged from the hospital, he must take good care of it. Girls must not lose their hair."
When Zhou Xiaojing heard that the Ji Banquet was coming, he was almost blinded by the good news.
She nodded hastily, her cheeks flushed, acting like a good girl again.
Zhou Xiaojing quickly put on all her makeup, then put on a weak and boneless look, leaning on the pillow sickly. When everything was ready, she quietly waited for the quarterly banquet to come.
Mother Zhou was also sitting at attention.
Who knew, time passed by, the Zhou family's mother and daughter waited, but still didn't wait for the quarterly banquet.
Zhou Xiaojing was a little anxious.
"mom......"
Mother Zhou shook her head and interrupted her in a low voice.
Mother Zhou leaned over and whispered in Zhou Xiaojing's ear.
"Baby girl, don't worry, maybe this is the quarterly banquet that will test you."
"Do you still remember? Ji Yanli was very unhappy when you cursed in the ward last time, so this time, he may have come late on purpose just to test you."
Zhou Xiaojing suddenly realized.
Mother Zhou continued.
"So, we must stay calm this time and leave a good impression on Mr. Ji, do you understand?"
Zhou Xiaojing nodded desperately as if a drowning man was grasping at straws.
She snuggled on Mother Zhou's shoulder and smiled sweetly.
"Ginger is still hotter when she is old, and mom is still awesome."
Mother Zhou smiled and nodded her forehead.
"You...you girl..."
However, the two of them waited in the ward for who knows how long.
When Zhou Xiaojing fell asleep, Zhou's mother began to lose her temper.
Mother Zhou straightened up and paced around the room uneasily, with a vague hint of anxiety in her eyes.
"It's strange, why has it been so long and no one has come yet?"
"If it's to test our Xiaojing, this is... this is... too long."
Zhou Xiaojing curled his lips and did not answer.
Mother Zhou pondered for a moment, and finally she seemed to have made up her mind and said.
"No, waiting forever is not an option."
"If you wait any longer, the daylilies will be cold."
Zhou's mother said to Zhou Xiaojing.
"I'm worried. I'll go take a look. You're here alone, don't move around."
With that said, he quickly walked out of the door.
Mother Zhou saw Ji Yanli at the door of Shen Nian's ward.
At this time, the door was ajar. Mother Zhou almost reached out and pushed the door open.
At this time, Shen Nian had finished the porridge.
The thermos bucket that had been used to hold the porridge was placed on the cabinet in front of the hospital bed. When Zhou's mother saw that it was empty, her vision almost went dark.
I bet she was wrong.
The porridge for the quarterly banquet was not bought for his precious daughter, but for Shen Nian.
Mother Zhou was so angry that her chest heaved violently. She took a deep breath and told herself in her heart, be calm, be calm, impulse is the devil...
Ji Yanli looked at Zhou Mu's eyes as if they were tempered by ice.
"What are you here for?"
They forgot to close the door, which was no excuse for Zhou's mother to break into the room.
Mother Zhou smiled awkwardly.
"It's nothing. I just came out to pour water for my daughter and accidentally entered the wrong door. I'm sorry, Mr. Ji, I'm sorry, Miss Shen, I disturbed you."
There was silence in the ward for a moment before Shen Nian asked.
"Since we are going out to pour water, where is the thermos cup?"
Shen Nian knew that she was not a holy mother.
She doesn't like to retaliate with kindness, she just believes that if others don't offend me, I won't offend others.
Zhou's mother and Zhou Xiaojing had humiliated her in the ward before, but she did not forgive them so easily.
So at this time, Shen Nian noticed the loopholes in the other party's words and chose to expose the other party's lies without hesitation.
Mother Zhou was stunned for a moment, and the embarrassed smile on her face became stiffer. She laughed and retreated, not daring to continue to pester.
In the ward, Ji Yanli looked at Shen Nian, and Shen Nian also looked at Ji Yanli.
For a moment, neither of them spoke, looking at each other in silence.
Ji Yanli suddenly raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said softly.
"Were you jealous just now?"
The look in his eyes that looked at Shen Nian suddenly became tender.
Shen Nian almost didn't have time to think and gave him a roll of his eyes.
"Why am I jealous? Mrs. Zhou is in her forties. Mr. Ji, don't be too outrageous."
The banquet ceremony laughed softly, and his usually cold eyes were now filled with stars.
Very beautiful.
He resisted the urge to reach out and pinch Shen Nian's cheek, and explained patiently.
"Xiao Nian, that's not what I meant."
Shen Nian gave her another look.
"Then what do you mean?"
The banquet ceremony smiled.
"What I mean is, she is Zhou Xiaojing's mother. You are jealous of Zhou Xiaojing, so you are angry with her mother."
Shen Nian kept a straight face. When he heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched. Finally, he couldn't hold it back anymore and laughed speechlessly at Ji Yanli.
"According to your logic, anything I do can be out of jealousy."
The banquet ceremony smiled.
"It's not impossible."
The ward next door.
Mother Zhou rushed back to the ward angrily and slammed the door again.
Seeing his mother's angry face, Zhou Xiaojing felt a thump in her heart and secretly screamed that something was wrong.
She looked at Zhou's mother cautiously and said timidly.
"Mom...? What's wrong with you? What happened?"
Mother Zhou was silent for a long time and then sneered.
She said harshly.
"Damn quarterly banquet! I was actually bringing porridge to Shen Nian just now!"
