Promise You Lifelong Happiness - C91
Ye Qingming was free this weekend. After checking his room in the hospital, he rushed home. Lin Qingrou had packed her things and was ready to go with him to the orphanage.
Sitting in the car, Ye Qingming asked, “I’ve been really busy recently, so this thing dragged on for so long.”
“No worries, I was also planning to go at this time. It just so happens to be Christmas.” Lin Qingrou laughed.
She had bought so many things to go to the orphanage.
Ye Qingming asked her, “When I called the dean a few days ago, she was curious as to why you wanted to go there.”
Lin Qingrou nodded her head, then smiled bitterly, “Those children were not easy to deal with. If it wasn’t for what happened with their parents, I would never have thought of coming to see them.”
Ye Qingming was afraid that she would be cold, so he turned on the heat. It was very hot inside the car, the warm wind blew against her face, Lin Qingrou touched her cheeks, it was tiring just sitting there.
“I’m going to sleep for a while. Remember to call me when we get there.” She had to remind him not to oversleep.
As if in a dream, Lin Qingrou watched as the car drove forward, and it seemed to become faster and faster, almost reaching the ethereal place in the clouds.
Her body swayed left and right in an attempt to wake up, but she didn’t know how to open her eyes. After a long while, it was as if the movement in her stomach had pulled her back to reality.
Lin Qingrou woke up, panting as she looked to the side.
“In your dreams?” Ye Qingming asked.
She was already used to having nightmares. Although he had seen a psychiatrist before, the doctor could only say that the psychological pressure was too great and that the doctor’s words were ambiguous.
Lin Qingrou rubbed her forehead, but the more she thought about it, the less sleep she had, and the more often she felt that she could not rest well.
Probably because of the child, she thought.
When Ye Qingming saw that she was woken up again, he couldn’t help but ask, “Do you want to see a doctor? If you do that, the later you become pregnant, the more difficult it will be. I’m afraid it will become even more serious.”
Lin Qingrou rejected the hospital from her heart, not because she didn’t believe in doctors, but because she didn’t want to feel the atmosphere inside.
“Forget it. Chief Chen said it’s nothing much. Maybe it’s just that I’m not physically used to it. I should be fine after a while.”
“Chief Chen really said that?” “That’s good.”
Lin Qingrou looked out the window at the scenery passing by. She suddenly asked, “How is Xing Ruonan?”
I heard she had a daughter.
Ye Qingming was stunned by her question.
“It should be fine. I haven’t contacted her for a long time.”
“What about Chiyoko? Does he know about the baby? ”
“Maybe, maybe not. I haven’t asked her about her since she left. ”
“Aren’t you worried about her?”
“Worried? I don’t think she would have called me if she had. “To be honest, she’s not the Xing Family I know anymore.”
Lin Manrou paused for a moment before she asked thoughtfully, “Then am I still the Lin Manrou you know?”
Ye Qingming took the chance to look at her from the corner of his right eye. He didn’t see any weird expression on her face, as if she was discussing “what would they eat for dinner” with him.
He hesitated, not knowing what to say.
“Of course,” he said. “You haven’t changed. You’ve been like this since I met you.”
She asked curiously, “What does it look like?”
Ye Qingming smiled and suddenly said, “We’re at the front.”
While they were talking, the car stopped. Lin Qingrou got off the car first and looked around. There was no one there, only the toys on the playground, covered by a thick layer of snow. It was desolate and lonely.
“Where did everyone go?” she said.
Ye Qingming took the things and said to her, “They’re probably inside. It’s so cold right now, so the children aren’t willing to come out.”
Lin Qingrou followed him into the three-storey, grey-white building. A damp and moldy smell wafted into her nose. She suddenly felt uncomfortable.
Ye Qingming was about to help her back to the car when he saw a teacher walking over with a little boy.
“You are Doctor Ye?” the teacher asked.
Ye Qingming nodded.
Lin Qingrou vomited a few mouthfuls, feeling better.
“It’s fine. Let’s go see the child first.”
The teacher, seeing this, led them to the second floor.
“It’s really unfortunate that the dean has matters to attend to today. As a result, I and another teacher are here.”
“The children who are not yet a year old are all on the second floor in this nursery. You can go in and take a look. The child that Doctor Ye asked is the second one at the entrance. He should be sleeping at this time. ”
They walked together to the nursery.
Silence. This was Lin Qingrou’s only feeling.
There were probably only five or six children under the age of a year, all of them asleep, smiling in their sleep from time to time on their small, pink, and transparent faces.
Watching them, she seemed to forget her physical discomfort.
The child was also sleeping. His eyes were closed and his eyelashes were very long. However, he was frowning as he pursed his lips.
Although she had only seen Zhang Lin once in the emergency room, she could tell that he was very similar to Zhang Lin.
The teacher had left at an unknown time, leaving Ye Qingming and the others sitting there quietly.
“So cute.” she couldn’t resist saying.
She gently picked up the baby’s hand and studied it for a long time. The baby’s hands were very small, and his fingernails even more so.
Ye Qingming quietly asked, “Our child will be even more beautiful than her.”
Lin Qingrou continued to smile. Without hesitation, she said, “As long as it’s healthy, even if it isn’t beautiful, I won’t force it.”
“Yes, our children will be born healthy and healthy.” Ye Qingming said firmly.
She seemed to be immersed in the world of babies, unable to come out. It was only when the dean returned that she reluctantly remembered that she had to leave.
Ye Qingming held her up and heard the dean say, “This child’s body is very good in every aspect. He doesn’t cry normally nor do he cry whenever he sees a stranger. She seemed to know that her background was not good, so she was always smiling and didn’t want to make people hate her, so we all liked her and felt even more sorry for her. ”
“Are there many people who would normally adopt this kind of child?” Ye Qingming asked.
The dean laughed, “Of course, I just returned from a foster home. They are a pair of university professors, and because they have never had children for some reason, they took a fancy to Leisure, the child you guys saw just now. ”
A university professor, that should be a very good family.
Lin Qingrou felt comforted.
After leaving the orphanage, Ye Qingming sighed, “Children are the cleanest in the world, don’t you think?”
Lin Qingrou did not reply, because the dean’s words were still echoing in her mind.
“She seems to know that her background is not good, so she always smiles and doesn’t want to be hated by others. That’s why we like her very much, and love her even more.”
In the past, she had always thought she was tough and ill-fated, and even in countless nights she had often resented the heavens and complained about why it had put her in such a position.
But now, she didn’t dare to complain at all. She didn’t dare to complain at all.
After all, even though Lin Qingrou had lost her parents, she had spent eight happy years with her father. Even though her father had died early, she had grown up safely under the protection of her aunt’s family.
Now, all her misfortunes had become a kind of surviving fortune compared to the child.
“What are you thinking about?” Ye Qingming asked as he fastened her seat belt.
Lin Qingrou suddenly smiled. It seemed as if a new sun had appeared in a sky that had been gloomy for a long time.
“Nothing, I just think the child is cute.”
She had disliked children and always thought they were noisy and ignorant. However, the current her actually felt that they were the people in this world that deserved to be protected the most, and the people that deserved to be treated with sincerity.
However, how was Lin Qingrou supposed to face her own child?
She had unhesitatingly wanted to knock it down, all for the sake of preventing it from being born to suffer and live a fatherless life. But now, she hesitated.
“Ye Qingming.” She suddenly added his name. Ye Qingming was stunned for a moment, and the car’s speed couldn’t help but slow down.
“Hmm?”
“Child,” she paused, “what do you think of this child?”
Lin Qingrou was feeling uneasy, but she didn’t know why.
“Child? Which child? ” Ye Qingming was confused.
“That’s me, our child.”
“Why do you ask?” Ye Qingming was curious.
Lin Qingrou snapped out of her daze and looked at him.
“It’s nothing. If you don’t want to say it, then forget it.”
Ye Qingming quickly replied, “No, how could that be? I just think that our child, let nature take its course. I don’t expect him to become a big shot. As long as he is happy, it is fine. ”
Lin Qingrou’s heart warmed. Their thoughts were in unison, what did this mean? Could it be that in the matter of children, she had already subconsciously compromised!?
No, that’s impossible. she thought.
Why did she have to compromise? She could not compromise! Revenge was not over, and hatred was not only limited to this. How could this child be born under these circumstances?
Lin Qingrou’s heart swayed, feeling extremely tired. In the end, he stopped at the starting point of his hatred.
She still had a long way to go, so her current compromise was just a helpless joke.
Ye Qingming did not notice her strangeness and took the opportunity to ask, “What about you?” “What do you think?”
Lin Qingrou shook her head, looking expressionlessly at the patted tree outside the window, “Just like you, let nature take its course.”
It was getting cold outside the window, and the air was getting cold. The wheels rolled forward, churning up a lot of snowflakes like smoke. At this time, the fog gradually started to form, and the road ahead became colder and more blurry.
Ever since the announcement of the will had been made, Liu Yuxi had been in a state of disbelief for the past few days. She could not believe that this old house belonged to her. Although she had grown up there, she had always believed that it belonged to her and her grandfather. How could it belong to her?
Being flattered was her truest portrayal of herself now.
Thus, when she saw Lin Qingrou that day, she took several minutes to recover her composure. In the end, when Lin Qingrou became impatient, she said slowly, “My grandfather declared his will that day and gave me his current residence.”
Lin Qingrou froze for a moment before reacting. Although she didn’t know the exact value of the house, she had heard Liu Yuxi say that her grandfather was extremely fond of antiques, so it wasn’t hard for her to imagine the value of this house.
She saw the excitement in Liu Yuxi’s eyes, which couldn’t be hidden, as if they were about to shine.
“Alright, I know you’re happy. Forget about being in front of me. You still have to restrain yourself in front of others.” Lin Qingrou told her slowly.
“Manchu, aren’t you excited? Are you unhappy?”
“Of course I’m happy for you, happy for you.”
“This is my house, and it will be my money. “This way, you can give birth to your child. Even if you and Ye Qingming split up in the future, we would have enough money to support it. What are you afraid of?”
Lin Qingrou didn’t expect her to say that. She didn’t know what to say.
After all, how could it be so simple for a child to grow up?
Liu Yuxi panicked. She wanted to quickly maximize the value of the inheritance that she was about to inherit. So much so that if she had enough money, she would be willing to invest in a nation to build missiles.
Lin Qingrou smiled, looking at her as if she was looking at a child who’d gotten a box of candy.
“Alright, I understand.” Lin Qingrou coaxed her helplessly.
“Your cousins came back and didn’t say anything?” asked Lin.
Liu Yuxi pursed his lips and shoved the tissue into the trash can beside him.
“Of course not. That cousin of mine had a face full of dissatisfaction. But I don’t care about that. At the very least, Grandpa gave her a certain villa, so whether you want to tear it down or sell it, it’s up to her. ”
“What about you? Do you want to live in this old house? ”
Liu Yuxi shrugged.
“Not really, but I’m not going to live there. I probably just left it there and went to take a look from time to time. ”
Liu Yuxi looked a little sad. His hands were moving slower and slower, and in the blink of an eye, his eyes turned red.
At this moment, her cell phone suddenly rang.
Lin Manrou saw her pick up the phone and look at it, then she hung up with an unhappy expression and stuffed it back into her bag.
“What’s wrong?” Lin Qingrou was curious.
Liu Yuxi said snappily, “It’s fine, he’s someone who doesn’t care.”
“Someone who doesn’t care? Stop messing around, it’s not good to keep your phone ringing. Just answer it. ”
Liu Yuxi couldn’t refuse. Besides, it wasn’t good to keep his phone ringing. She could only reluctantly take out her phone, sighed, and said, “If you have something to say, then say it. I’m very busy.”
It was unknown what Liu Yuxi had said over the phone. The smile on his face suddenly froze, and then his expression changed. His eyes shifted uneasily, and he looked at Lin Qingrou with a deathly pale face.
Lin Manshui did not know what had happened, but just as she was about to ask, she heard Liu Yuxi grind his teeth and say to the person on the other side of the phone, “Simple, I …” “You bastard …”
Her whole body stiffened, as if she was forcefully holding on to her breath. When she finally hung up, she fiercely vented out, “You bastard!”
Lin Qingrou was so scared by her expression that she started rubbing her stomach, muttering to herself, ‘Children, you can’t listen to vulgarities.’
“What happened? Did something happen at your company?”
“Nope.”
“What is that?” Something happened at home, or was it a friend? ”
Liu Yuxi looked up at Lin Qingrou, hesitating timidly. Her fingers were trembling, and she couldn’t hold them tight.
“It was my ex-boyfriend.”
Lin Manrou remembered, “The one who just broke up?”
“Yes.”
Liu Yuxi looked around, as if he didn’t want to say anything, but he had no choice.
He made up his mind.
“AIDS, he just called, said he just found out AIDS.”
After saying that, Liu Yuxi covered his face and couldn’t help but cry out loud.
That kind of astonished and despairing atmosphere quickly enveloped both Lin Man and Liu Yuxi.
Lin Qingrou’s mind went blank, as if it was filled with ice. She suddenly felt a pain in her stomach. When she looked down, she realized that her nails had pierced into her skin through her clothes. She came back to her senses and tried her best to remain calm.
“No matter what, I have to go to the hospital and check the results. Only then can I think of a way to deal with it!”
Liu Yuxi’s face turned red from crying, and he sobbed softly, “It’s useless, it’s useless! “So what if I know, can I save them even if I know!?”
“Why can’t I! Do you really want to give up so long as you are still alive? ” Lin Qingrou couldn’t help but raise her voice.
Liu Yuxi smiled bitterly, “AIDS, did you hear that clearly? This is AIDS!”
The moment those words were said, a few people who were sitting near them looked over and began whispering in unison with a curious and contemptuous expression.
Liu Yuxi couldn’t sit still any longer, so she wrapped her coat around herself and left. She didn’t have the time to worry about Lin Qingrou as she had to escape from this place as fast as she could, or even the entire Earth.
Normally, Lin Qingrou was more than enough to catch up to her. However, today, her body was not feeling well at all. Coupled with the fact that Liu Yuxi was already walking towards the parking lot, she had even less time to catch up.
When Lin Qingrou returned home, she was just about to call Liu Yuxi when she saw Ye Qingming at home. She was too busy with her cell phone to notice his presence.
“So early today?” she said subconsciously.
Ye Qingming was currently reading on the tea table. He pushed the book to the side and stood up to explain, “Tomorrow, I will be lecturing at the Medical University, so I came back from the hospital after work.”
He was a little worried when he saw that her expression did not look right.
“It’s fine, I’m fine. That’s right, a friend of mine isn’t feeling too well recently, so I’m a bit worried. ” She said absentmindedly.
“Watch your feet!” When Ye Qingming saw her walking around in a daze, he quickly helped her up to the sofa.
Holding the phone in her hand, Lin Qingrou was shaking as if he had fallen into an ice cave. If even she was in this state, what more Liu Yuxi? Thinking of this, she became even more anxious.
“No, I still have to go see her.” As she spoke, she immediately got up and effortlessly broke free of Ye Qingming’s arm.
When Ye Qingming saw her crazy expression, although he could not bear it, he still shouted at her, “Enough!”
“What happened to you today? Don’t forget that you still have a child, now it’s not your own!”
“Your friend is not well. If you need help, you can find me. You’re so worried now that you can cure her body? Or can you bear the pain for her? ”
Ye Qingming’s few words had completely awakened Lin Qingrou. She subconsciously pulled on Ye Qingming’s sleeve, causing it to look like a strand of hair floating in the air. Her legs gave way and she collapsed next to Ye Qingming.
Fortunately, Ye Qingming held her up in time to carry her onto the bed.
He felt as if he had said too much, and as he covered her with a quilt and tidied her hair, he asked softly, “Now take a good rest. If you want to talk, I’ll listen to you.”
Lin Manshou said without hesitation, “Among all the people you know… “Is there anyone with AIDS?”
Ye Qingming was stunned for a moment, as if he was not surprised by this topic.
“No one I know. However, there was once a doctor in the same department. He was three years younger than me, and should have been the most complete, the best age. In less than two years, he committed suicide. ”
Ye Qingming’s tone was very calm, as if this never happened to him. However, his eyes revealed endless regret and regret.
“The surgery that day should have been done by me together with him. If I had been there, I could have given him a reminder. But now …”
Lin Qingrou listened intently, staring at him.
She held his hand and comforted him, “Don’t think about it anymore. Let bygones be bygones. After all, no one would have thought of such a thing. ”
She knew how to persuade Ye Qingming, but she didn’t know how.
However, what should Liu Yuxi do?
Her depression had been resolved by Ye Qing’s name, but what about Liu Yuxi? What should she do?
Thinking about how Ye Qingming had just said “suicide”, her body couldn’t help but tremble.
He had to accompany her. This was what Lin Qingrou was currently thinking.
She didn’t know how to explain it to Ye Qingming. If she told him the truth, it wouldn’t be advisable. However, if she was hiding it from him, how would she leave her home?
Lin Qingrou asked Ye Qingming, “I want to accompany her because I’m worried.”
Ye Qingming rejected him flatly as if he had already thought of it.
“No matter how worried you are right now, you should wait until tomorrow morning. I’ll send you there by that time. It should be okay, right?”
He looked at his watch.
“Rest for a while and take a nap. It will be time soon.” I promise I won’t stop you tomorrow. ”
Lin Qingrou hesitated, but there was nothing she could do. She could not speak the truth, so she could only agree.
Ye Qingming was relieved. After settling her down, he returned to his study to read.
Lin Qingrou’s heart was still pounding uneasily. She gently closed the door, picked up her cell phone and called Liu Yuxi.
The first few times were either busy or unanswered. She sat up and tried to dial a few more times, until finally, on the eleventh try, the phone rang.
“Yu Xi?” Where are you, at home? “Don’t go out at this time and get a good night’s sleep at home. I’ll come to see you tomorrow morning. We’ll think of something together, and there will be hope.”
Liu Yuxi was still drunk. She supported herself against the wall of the bathroom in the bar as she staggered out of the room. I know, don’t worry, it’s okay. Just think of it as a dream. Tomorrow morning, when you wake up from the dream, maybe there won’t be such a thing. “Right?”
Lin Qingrou thought for a while before replying, “I know you’re suffering. You should rest first. You’ll have to wait until tomorrow to think of a solution.”
“Alright, alright. Don’t worry, I’m not that weak. You’re not in good health right now, so don’t worry about me. We are really in the same boat, our lives have been bumpy and rough, and we have never been able to get a single moment of peace, so why is it us! ”
After saying that, Liu Yuxi gulped down a few mouthfuls of strong liquor. A burning sensation spread through his throat and into his stomach.
The pain turned her attention away, and it was an indescribable comfort.
Lin Qingrou didn’t want to cry, but her nose was still sore, and her eyes were swollen to the point that they hurt.
“No, not forever. There will definitely be a good day. ”
Liu Yuxi laughed.
“With your blessings, it will definitely be fine. It will definitely be fine.”
Putting away the phone, Lin Qingrou’s chest was so tight that it felt like it was about to burst. She couldn’t sleep at all. It was as if there was an inexhaustible fire in her heart that was gradually consuming her thoughts.
Liu Yuxi’s words lingered in her ears: Why? Why did fate so dramatically torture them?
Lin Qingrou knew that she would rather have a life of toil and perfection than a life of endless torture and glory.