belated antidote

Zhong Huaiyuan's public holiday arrangements have changed slightly this week. It was rare for the two of them to get together on the same day to rest, and they agreed to drive to the seaside in Linshi with Qi Dongqing to watch the sunset, but the unexpected interview broke their romantic plan of escaping from the city. .

"I'm sorry." Zhong Huaiyuan hugged Qi Dongqing who was watering the potted holly plants on the balcony from behind, and said sullenly, "I'll apply for a vacation next week, and I'll watch it again when your branch library is on break."

The soft flesh behind the ear with hair tied was a little itchy, Qi Dongqing's hand holding the water bottle trembled, the water jet poured onto the trouser legs of the two, and the green tea came over to lick the water droplets on the back of his instep.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qi Dongqing turned her face away, and found that the other party's dejected expression was too obvious, like a poor dog with drooping ears, "Do I look so unreasonable?"

"Of course not." Zhong Huaiyuan hugged the person in his arms tightly unwillingly, "It's not worth it to have a rare rest but not be able to accompany you."

Both of them are busy with work, not to mention that Zhong Huaiyuan works in three shifts, so his work and rest are always in the dark.When the Chinese medicine cultural practice base of the branch library was established, Qi Dongqing often held classes at night and on weekends, and the time when the two met each other suddenly became tighter, and they forcibly turned their cohabitation into a long-distance relationship.

"Xiao Yuan, when did you become so clingy?" Qi Dongqing unconsciously changed into a coaxing tone, and put her arms around his neck, "I will have fun by myself, so you can go back to the National Medical University with peace of mind."

"Before that," Zhong Huaiyuan suddenly moved his arms down, picked him up with his soft buttocks, turned and walked to the bedroom, "let's have some fun with me first."

Tired of playing green tea fluttering butterflies on the balcony, he trotted into the bedroom door which was closed very tightly.It shook its head, and lay down close to the door. Hearing some painful cries from inside, it scratched the door nervously with its paws.

The heat left by the intense entanglement has not yet dissipated, Qi Dongqing lay on her side on the bed to soothe the muscles that had been spasmed several times, her round toes opened and closed like a cat, messing up the nearby sheets.The thin quilt was casually placed on the waist and abdomen, covering the fresh pink powder blooming everywhere in the depths.

The sound of water in the bathroom gradually stopped, and not long after, Zhong Huaiyuan came out and put a warm towel on Qi Dongqing's forehead.

"Wipe off your sweat first, rest for a while before going to take a shower." He pitifully rubbed the tip of his wife's small nose with his index knuckles, "I'm leaving first."

The two have been messing around for too long, and there is not much time left for him on the road.

"By the way——" Qi Dongqing endured the pain in her back, and snatched the car keys from the other party, "I'll wash the car for you later, so you can take a taxi there today."

Clearly exchanging their cars would solve the problem, but he insisted on letting himself take a taxi. Perhaps his nerves would relax after being washed away by the extreme pleasure. Zhong Huaiyuan didn't even doubt it, handed over the keys obediently, and asked for a farewell kiss. go out.

Zhong Huaiyuan asked an acquaintance to find the news department of the Nursing Academy to specially arrange this interview, and the location was chosen in the multimedia conference room of the department building.The system of application for activities of the National Medical University is strict and perfect. For this kind of non-classroom borrowing, the content of the activity needs to be stated on the application form, and the party secretary must review and agree on the system——

In this way, Li Feiyan will definitely see it.

If she really has a ghost in her heart, she will try her best to meet her.

Zhong Huaiyuan arrived at the National Medical University on the tail end of the appointed time. The student team connected with the News Department of the Tuanxue University was already waiting at the entrance of the department building. When they saw him coming, they greeted him politely.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long." Zhong Huaiyuan handed over the drink in his hand, "I just passed by and bought some drinks, please share them."

The junior sister with the camera waved her hand and said, "How embarrassing is this!"

Zhong Huaiyuan insisted: "Please accept it. I used to be in charge of the news department in Tuan Xue. I know that it is still very hard for you to do an interview."

"Thank you, brother." The other party took the milk tea bag and gestured to the door of the department building, "Please come with us."

To get to the agreed meeting room, you need to pass through the atrium. The shade of the whirling trees forms a green cloud, floating on the bronze statue of Nightingale, and a spot of light happens to fall into her resolute eyes.

Zhong Huaiyuan suddenly remembered the vow he had made at the graduation cap ceremony - to burn himself and illuminate others.He can look directly into the eyes of the "Goddess with the Lamp" and tell her that he is worthy of the academy training.But I don't know if those unscrupulous people will feel guilty about breaking their oath when they meet her eyes from the window of the classroom or office.

The interview went smoothly, and Zhong Huaiyuan's inner affinity formed a sharp contrast with the superficial calmness.Perhaps influenced by Qi Dongqing's personality, the increasingly rich facial expressions weakened the coldness in his eyebrows and eyes, and erased many unnecessary misunderstandings when dealing with people for him.

In addition to the questions reviewed in advance, Zhong Huaiyuan even chatted with the students of the news department about some topics that were not originally planned, and the interview ended an hour later than planned.

"Brother, thank you for your hard work. After we finish sorting out the manuscript, we will send it to you by email for your review."

"You've worked hard too." Zhong Huaiyuan caught a glimpse of the skirt exposed at the door of the meeting room from the corner of his eye, so he took the opportunity to find an excuse to dismiss the students from the news department, "I want to revisit my alma mater, you go back first."

After finishing the interview equipment, everyone left together. When they walked out of the conference room, they were surprised to find that the leader of the institute was standing by the door.

"Hello, Secretary Li."

"Hello." The suspicious person wandering outside was indeed Li Feiyan.

Zhong Huaiyuan twitched the corners of his lips lightly in the dark.The deliberately suppressed conversation gradually faded away. He turned around slowly amid the crisp sound of his high heels landing, and smiled like his mother in his memory: "Hello, Secretary Li, we meet again."

Astonishment flashed across Li Feiyan's eyes, and her eyes became a little dazed for a moment as if she had passed through the years, but soon she regained her expression.

"Xiao Zhong is back again?" Li Feiyan spoke in a calm tone, with a sense of oppression unique to a superior, but more gentle and subtle, "I was very impressed with you at the school celebration sharing meeting last time. meet again."

When meeting a stranger for the second time with no malice, most people would not switch to self-defense mode so obviously—Li Feiyan was unconsciously putting pressure on the young man in front of him.

Zhong Huaiyuan saw through the opponent's stress reaction, and he knew it in his heart. "Yes." He pretended to answer innocently, "I was too hasty last time, so I didn't even have a few words with you. If you are free, can we chat while shopping?"

Li Feiyan nodded and agreed with a smile, and the two people with different intentions walked harmoniously side by side under the shade of the trees in the atrium. Li Feiyan was the first to speak out and broke the strange balance.

"I didn't know it before, but you are also the son of Dean Zhong."

National Medical University and Renji have the same mother and compatriots, and the speed of news exchange is always very fast.Before, I asked Zhong Zhiting to spread the rumors, going around in a roundabout way, just to fall into her ears as naturally as possible.

Zhong Huaiyuan pretended to be surprised: "You also know?"

"Both of you father and son are hiding really deep." Li Feiyan praised hypocritically, "You are pretty solid without relying on Dean Zhong's protection."

"Some things, the more you want to cover them up, the more you can't hide them." Zhong Huaiyuan withdrew his gaze from a distance, "What do you think?"

For some reason, Li Feiyan caught the danger in his eyes, so he could only bite the bullet and nod and say "yes".

The two walked on the stone slab in silence, when they passed a cherry blossom tree, Huaiyuan suddenly stopped.Li Feiyan looked in the direction where he stopped, and the end point he saw was a wooden sign hanging between the branches.Even though it has been replaced several times, the long-term wind and sun still erode the handwriting from the latest wooden sign, and only the words "200Y class" can be vaguely recognized.

National Medical University has always had a tradition of donating trees to the college by its graduates in units of classes. Zhong Huaiyuan turned his back to her, with sadness in his eyes.

"Actually, my mother is also a graduate of the Nursing Academy, just like you." When he turned his head and talked to Li Feiyan, there was no difference.

A chill suddenly crawled up Li Feiyan's back like an ant, and she couldn't help but take a half step back, the stiletto of her leather shoes rubbing against the rough road: "You... how do you know?"

Zhong Huaiyuan glanced at the clear scratches on the ground from the corner of his eye, swayed around and returned to her face with exquisite makeup: "You will not forget, you mentioned it in your speech during the school celebration sharing meeting. It was a 200Y graduate."

The weightlessness of being picked up suddenly and put down lightly is shattering Li Feiyan's perfect disguise little by little. Even though his face is fine, his heart has already lost his sense of proportion.

"Oh, yes. I'm usually busy with work, so I don't remember a lot of things I said."

"Understood." Zhong Huaiyuan didn't expose her immediately, and continued to attack, "Speaking of which, my mother may still be a classmate with you."

In the eyes of the other party who were gradually widening, he said coldly: "Her name is Tong Yue, do you still have any impression of Secretary Li?"

Li Feiyan immediately refused, not paying attention to the sudden raising of her voice: "I don't know her!"

Thirty years is a long time, and the social circle of the university is extremely extensive. Normal people need to rewind the search, and it will never be so straightforward to answer in seconds.The completely thoughtless response just exposed her guilty conscience.

"That's such a pity. Originally, I still had a glimmer of hope that I could learn something about my mother's past from you." Zhong Huaiyuan lowered the corners of his lips, looking regretful, "I have always been curious about her campus life. I only listened to Grandpa said that she has a deep affection for the nursing home. You must feel the same way."

He sighed sadly: "My mother passed away less than a year after graduation, and she didn't even leave a single photo at school."

After hearing the news of Tong Yue's death, Li Feiyan's expression froze completely, and she kept repeating "it's none of my business" as if she was paralyzed.

A terrible answer formed in Zhong Huaiyuan's mind: maybe Li Feiyan knew the truth about her mother being wronged by rumors back then - more likely, she was the fabricator who accepted Zhong Xingzheng's benefits.

Li Feiyan's well-maintained facial skin is radiant, but the fear stemming from doing evil is still deposited in every wrinkle left by the years with time.Once the fear sprouts, it will only grow wantonly, and unless the knot in the heart is untied, it will haunt the master it is attached to forever.

Zhong Huaiyuan clicked to stop, and looked at the old cherry tree with luxuriant branches again.

"New flowers don't know old people. You planted this cherry tree when you graduated, and it won't remember when it blooms for the first time next year." His deep voice was like a sharp sword, piercing the crack of lies, "So what, Those of us who appreciate flowers can smell stories from the fragrance. Existence must leave traces, don’t you think so?”

Li Feiyan looked at the emerald green of the branches in a daze, and kept repeating after Zhong Huaiyuan left: "She came to me...she finally came to me..."

In the man-made lake, the water droplets on the ends of the black swan's wings glisten in the sun, and the branches of the cherry trees draw colorful arcs in the summer wind... Every scene of the National Medical University records her crimes in silence. False evidence kept whipping her conscience.

Zhong Huaiyuan can only hope that Li Feiyan still has a sliver of conscience and takes the initiative to confess his past words and deeds.

He walked towards the school gate in a daze, the aggressiveness he had when he attacked just now was gone.He looked at the cherry blossom leaves lying quietly in his palm, stroked the lines on them, and seemed to want to reveal the dusty truth, but in the end he could only shake his head and sigh.

There is very little traffic on the outer ring road that is not at the peak commuting time, and occasionally there are buses passing by slowly.Zhong Huaiyuan was suddenly attracted by a short whistle.

Qi Dongqing lowered the car window, put his left hand on it casually, and smiled at him, "Handsome guy, do you want to take a taxi?"

Zhong Huaiyuan walked around the front of the car, got into the passenger seat, stuffed the leaves in his hand into his trouser pocket: "You will pay the fare."

Qi Dongqing poked the exposed half leaf curiously: "What is this?"

Zhong Huaiyuan only said that it was a "special product of the nursing home" and stopped talking.

The car didn't go in the direction of going home, but turned to the inner ring, and stopped at Zhonghu Lake Park in the University City under Zhong Huaiyuan's doubts.He suddenly understood why Qi Dongqing deliberately refused to let him drive this morning.

Qi Dongqing opened the trunk, and a household electric soup cooker was placed in the middle, and two sets of tableware and a large spoon were placed in the basket next to it, revealing a sense of warmth in the violation.He lifted the lid of the pot, scooped up a bowl of soup and put it in Zhong Huaiyuan's hands: "You can't go to the beach to watch the sunset, the lake is also good."

Dongqing spoke with clear and expectant eyes: "Is it delicious?"

The temperature of the clear soup was just right, and there was no steam coming up, but Zhong Huaiyuan somehow felt foggy in front of his eyes, and had the illusion of wanting to cry.He put down the finished soup bowl, and sat down in the trunk with Dongqing in his arms.

The rear space of the SUV is large enough for two people to sit side by side without being too crowded.

Zhong Huaiyuan suddenly said: "If I lose my job, will you support me?"

Qi Dongqing didn't realize the deep meaning of the words, but just joked: "Then you marry us and Chuntang."

There are many students who come to have a picnic on the lawn, and the tablecloths with different patterns bulge in the breeze, like colorful ripples flowing on the green curtain.The afterglow of the setting sun is projected on the water, like shining roses sprinkled on a lake, deducing a grand romance.

The unique crimson color of the setting sun fell on Qi Dongqing's face, mixed with a warm yellow halo across his plump lips.Zhong Huaiyuan leaned over and touched the naturally sunken lip socket below with his tongue, and kissed Qi Dongqing in the evening and thickening of the sun—his destiny in this life.

The most beautiful scenery in the world is already in my arms, the sun is still setting, but love is always bright.

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*Lingyou: heat-clearing, purging the liver, calming convulsions

Today is Holly who understands the romance of life~