Depressed wife runs with the ball

Chu Yue was painting on the second floor. When he put pen to paper, Zhou Xingzhi naturally came to his mind.

Before I finished painting, my phone rang. It was Li Wanyun. Was she calling at this hour to show off something?

After pressing the answer button, Li Wanyun's weak voice reached her ears through the phone. "Assistant Chu, how was your New Year's Eve?"

Chu Yue looked around the villa. She was alone, with the occasional sound of fireworks around her. She walked to the balcony with her phone in hand. A firework exploded, and she said to the phone, "Director Li, did you hear the fireworks? They're beautiful."

"Xingzhi will be here soon. I heard he'll bring some soup."

"Visiting a patient is my normal duty. Director Li, do you want me to bring you something as well?"

"That's not necessary. I'm just telling you." Li Wanyun didn't gain any advantage, and didn't want to admit defeat.

"I wish you a speedy recovery." Chu Yue was inexplicably nauseated by the phone call and ran to the bathroom to vomit before hanging up.

After coming out of the bathroom, Zhou Xingzhi sent a video request.

"Why did you only eat one bowl of noodles? I told you I would cook for you before coming back, but you refused."

"Where are you now? Have you finished your meal?"

"In the room. After dinner, I talked to my dad about some things in the group."

"Director Li just called me and told me you were going to the hospital to see her later. Why didn't you go?"

"I won't go. She's too annoying."

"You're not a child. Can you just not go if you don't like it? You should go and see him according to etiquette. It's New Year's Day. Since you are in the hospital, I should at least go and show my condolences."

"Yueyue, why aren't you jealous? Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable if I went to see her?"

"You go to the hospital and wait, I'll stay with you, stupid!"

Chu Yue was inexplicably disgusted by Li Wanyun, so she decided to disgust her too.

"Really? Then I'll wait for you in the hospital parking lot." Zhou Xingzhi stood up and prepared to change clothes and go out.

Chu Yue watched the camera fall into darkness, lowered his head and smiled, changed his clothes, took the car keys and went out.

Li Li watched her son run down from the second floor excitedly and went straight to the kitchen to ask where the soup that his aunt had prepared was.

"Are you going to see Wanyun?" Li Li took the lunch box from her aunt and handed it to him. She asked with relief, "Have you come to terms with it?"

"Give it to me." Zhou Xingzhi took the lunch box and walked to the door and said, "Mom, I may be back very late, don't wait for me."

Li Li was wondering to the aunt in the kitchen: "What happened? Did you come to your senses so quickly?"

Before leaving, Zhou Xingzhi sent a WeChat message to Chu Yue: [I'm leaving now. Drive carefully. We'll meet at the hospital entrance.]

Chu Yue deliberately put on a red coat, and put on full makeup to celebrate the New Year. But thinking that the person was in the hospital, she was afraid that she might really upset him, so she wiped off her lipstick.

I drove to the hospital and called Zhou Xingzhi. He was standing at the hospital entrance, looking left and right with the phone in his hand. He asked into the phone, "Where is he? I can't see him."

"Look forward!" Chu Yue waved at him, holding the phone. She rarely wore such strong colors, so it was normal that he couldn't recognize her. Zhou Xingzhi was a little surprised and stood there in a daze. Chu Yue ran towards him.

"Give me the soup, I'll take it to her later." Chu Yue wanted to take the thermal bag from his hand.

"Why are you so beautiful today? Let me see, are you wearing makeup? Is this the surprise you want to give me?" Zhou Xingzhi thought to himself, why would he send her soup? He just wanted to take her out on a date right now.

"Didn't you say you were going to visit Director Li? I thought I'd wear red for the New Year to make it more festive. Let's go, I brought flowers from home." Chu Yue placed the bouquet in front of him.

"You are more beautiful than flowers." Zhou Xingzhi didn't even notice the flowers in her hand. He only knew that the girl in front of him was everything to him.

Chu Yue led him to the inpatient department and complained, "I only had a bowl of wonton noodles. After receiving Director Li's call, I was so nauseated by her that I vomited it all. I have to get something else to eat when I go back later."

"I'll make it for you when we get home. I'm not going back to my parents' house today." Zhou Xingzhi's mind and eyes were filled with only her. When he arrived at the door of the ward, he asked Chu Yue to sit at the door while he brought the soup in first to see how things were going.

Li Wanyun saw Zhou Xingzhi's eyes light up, and her expression brightened. "Xingzhi, I knew you would come to see me."

"My dad asked me to bring the soup over. Uncle and aunt, please take your time with me. I have something else to do, so excuse me." Zhou Xingzhi put the soup down and was about to leave.

"What's going on on New Year's Eve?" Li Wanyun, half-lying on the hospital bed, feigned weakness as she lifted the bandaged wound on her wrist. The white gauze stung Zhou Xingzhi's eyes, and years of education had made it impossible for him to ignore this wound.

"He's fine, he was just worried I'd get anxious waiting outside. Hello, uncle and aunt." Chu Yue greeted them from the ward door, the bouquet dangling from her arm. Li Wanyun's parents looked at the girl with confusion, looking from their daughter to Zhou Xingzhi.

"This is my girlfriend, Yueyue. I received a call from Wanyun and came to see her specially." Zhou Xingzhi took the bouquet from her hand and placed it on the headboard of the bed in the ward.

Li Wanyun was furious, clutching her chest and having difficulty breathing. Seeing this, Li's mother quickly poured her some water and advised her, "Don't worry." She raised her hand and pointed at Chu Yue tremblingly, "You...you did it on purpose!"

"Of course. I sincerely hope Director Li gets better soon." Chu Yue stepped forward, held her hand, and said with a distressed look on her face, "How did you get into this state? It's Chinese New Year, how pitiful. Xingzhi specially asked Auntie to make a soup to replenish qi and blood. How about I pour you a bowl?"

She opened the lunch box and served her soup. Li Wanyun was so angry that she slammed the bowl of soup over with one hand and couldn't say a word. Chu Yue stared at the soup on the ground and said regretfully: "Director Li, why is this happening? The soup is inedible now. Since you don't want to drink the soup, Xingzhi and I will not disturb you three."

"Let's go." Zhou Xingzhi held Chu Yue's shoulders and walked out of the ward.

Chu Yue left the ward, but she wasn't exactly thrilled. Li Wanyun's parents, both retired civil servants, had only one daughter to raise. They spent New Year's Eve in the ward without a single complaint, and even decorated the room for the festive season.

"Do you want to go to the riverside to count down or go home and I'll cook for you?" Zhou Xingzhi took her to the underground parking lot. "What's wrong?" Seeing that she didn't respond, he lowered his head to look at her.

"Zhou Xingzhi, I miss my grandparents." The two stood in the elevator, so quiet that they could hear each other's breathing.

Over the years, she used to be able to have a meal with her parents, but now she spends the New Year alone. Thousands of houses are lit up, but she is alone. "I'm with you, I'll always be with you."

Zhou Xingzhi held her hand tightly and hugged her. "Come home, I'll cook for you."

When he got home, it was already past 11 o'clock. Fireworks were set off all around him, and countless words were drowned in them. Chu Yue ran to the balcony and watched the fireworks show on the river. His mood gradually improved.

"I'll make you a bowl of noodles." Zhou Xingzhi opened the refrigerator, wanting to feed her as soon as possible so she wouldn't be hungry during the New Year. "I'm not hungry anymore, don't cook anymore." Chu Yue pulled him to the balcony to watch the fireworks together.

"Why aren't you hungry anymore? Why don't you eat something? Make some dumplings?"

Chu Yue's answer almost came out of her mouth, but she didn't say it out loud. "If you don't go home, Director Li will complain, right?"

"I promised to stay with you, and you won't come back even if I complain." Zhou Xingzhi pulled her back and sat her on the sofa. She looked particularly beautiful today. "Are you cold?" She was dressed in red, with a fair face and a nose that was red from the wind.

"Cold." Chu Yue shrank into his arms. She saw the look in his eyes when he looked at the wound on Li Wanyun's wrist in the ward. She saw pity, pain, and heartache.

Zhou Xingzhi hugged her tightly and kissed her from forehead to eyes and nose.

"No." After kissing his lips, he wanted to continue from his neck, but Chu Yue pressed against his chest and refused. "What's wrong? Are you cold?"

"Drinking?"

"I had a couple of drinks at home with my dad."

Chu Yue got off him, thinking about what excuse to find to reject him, and nervously touched the ring on her hand.