the time you love

Chapter 36 I'm going to grow old with you (1)
After making that decision, I greeted Zhou Nuoyan, moved back to the small apartment, and asked him not to bother me.

After more than half a month, I lived a peaceful life, as if I was the only one left in the world.Zhou Nuoyan never appeared in front of my eyes once, but I received a courier without the sender's signature, which contained a business card of the head of the gynecology department of a well-known hospital.

On a warm afternoon, He Amber visited my small apartment for the first time.

As soon as she entered the door, she was not in a hurry to sit down, but stood in the middle of the living room and looked around.After all, the apartment actually belonged to her.

I poured her a cup of green tea.She stared at my waist and said, "I just came from BO, and I found out that you are pregnant after hearing Ji Xiaoju accidentally mentioning it. That's why you rushed to shoot Two Life Flowers?"

I nodded, "It didn't affect you, did it?"

"No, each shot separately, and then edited out, there is no impact." He Amber took a sip of tea and said, "I just went to see the samples, and some of them are not bad."

I heard her say that, and my heart was relieved.

After visiting the bedroom and kitchen, He Amber said, "This house is well designed, and the style is exactly what you want."

I casually responded, and suddenly thought how did she know that this style was my favorite?And the house was given to her in the first place, didn't Zhou Nuoyan ask for her opinion at that time?
"So you don't know yet," He Amber seemed to see through my thoughts, "This house was given to you by Zhou Nuoyan wholeheartedly. Giving it to me as a dowry was just an excuse. Both Zhou Shouxin and I knew it. Drum."

I was stunned: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"He didn't let me say it before, but I didn't want to say it later." He Amber's voice was a little awkward, "Although he approached us with ill intentions at the beginning, to be honest, he has been very kind to you in recent years."

Back to this topic again.I sighed, and saw that her glass was empty, and she took it to the kitchen to add water, walked to the refrigerator, and spun around for a while, and heard the soft sound of the glass falling to the ground, and then fell down...

Waking up, lying on a hospital bed.

He Amber let out a sigh of relief and blamed me: "How can I say that I am dizzy? I was shocked!"

I slowly sat up with a drip on the back of my hand.Since living alone, this is not the first time I have fainted. I have fainted twice before. Both happened in the morning when there was no one around me. When I woke up and saw that it was getting late, I slowly got up by myself.

"I informed him. The doctor said that he wanted to see the child's father. How could I have such a stupid sister like you? What kind of child do I want at such a young age? If it was me, I would abort the child immediately."

I can't laugh or cry.She said it so naturally and easily, the abortion was like knocking out a carrot.

She gave me a blank look, "You are the only one who is stupid, my husband doesn't even want you anymore, and you still treat his child as a treasure!"

Her words pierced my heart, and I suddenly felt cramped.

When Zhou Nuoyan came in, I finished my IV and was pressing a small ball of cotton on the pinhole on the back of my hand.He approached me with forbearance and pity on his face. I looked up at him, but I couldn't bear to blink my eyes.

He Amber looked at me, then at him, and retreated consciously.

"How do you feel? Are you still dizzy?" He sat beside me and asked with concern.

I shook my head slowly.

"Dr. Cheng told me everything about you, idiot, why didn't you tell me about such an important matter? You have hypoglycemia, and the pregnancy will be very difficult. I really don't trust you..." Halfway through the sentence, he seemed Thinking of something, he stopped sadly.

My eye sockets were slightly hot, and I lowered my head and buried my face in the crook of my arms.

He hugged me gently, and the familiar breath wrapped around me.I found myself still in love with him, so much that I saw him every second, and the feeling was completely uncontrollable.In the past, I always pretended to be free and easy, and when I mentioned love, I put on a look of disdain, but now I know that I love someone badly, and I can’t be free and easy no matter what, and I am willing to abandon everything for him, including dignity.

He clearly broke up with me so unfeelingly, and said in front of me that he couldn't help the other person, but I was too disappointed, and I was still obsessed with his arms. I even felt that it was a thing to die in his arms. Very happy thing.

"Promise, when the child is born, will you come and accompany me?"

His body seemed to be trembling, and after a while, he whispered in my ear, "Okay, if... If I was still here at that time, I would definitely go to accompany you."

I was a little confused: "Where are you going?"

He didn't answer me, and there was a sadness in his eyes that he couldn't hide.I still wanted to ask him, but the cell phone in his pocket rang, and he took it out to answer it, and said lightly, "Okay, I'll be there right away."

I guessed that his patient might have something to do, so he didn't ask much.

Lying in bed all afternoon, I felt stuffy, so I put on my coat and went out to get some air.When I met Guo Yi on the second floor, he greeted me and said, "I was going to see you, why did you come down? Looking for a promise?"

"No, just walk around." I'm sure he already knew what happened between the three of us. It's rare for him to maintain such a cheerful and cheerful state, and he doesn't feel embarrassed when facing me.

"Oh, I'll accompany you." He said with a smile.

"Aren't you busy?" I remembered that he was in love with Jiang Enai, and we were in the same sympathy.

"It's okay, no surgery is scheduled for today."

I casually asked him, "Is the promise to prepare for a job transfer? I heard from him that he will not be here soon. Where does he want to go?"

"Ah?" His smile suddenly froze on his face, a little unnatural, "Really? I don't know."

He is not good at lying. I felt that he was hiding something from me, and it was very important, so I asked: "You must know that you are Nuoyan's best friend. If he wants to leave here, there is no way he will not Let me tell you, Guo Yi, is there something you guys are hiding from me? Although Nuoyan and I can't be a husband and wife, if he has another high job, I will be happy for him."

He didn't dare to look directly at me, his expression was gloomy.

I realized that this is by no means a good thing. What is Zhou Nuoyan hiding from me?Why can he let Guo Yi know, but Guo Yi dare not tell me?In a short amount of time, I thought about a lot of horrible what-ifs.

Could it be the aftermath of the alcoholism incident?
Could it be that he wants to leave with Jiang En'ai?

Could it be...

Guo Yi sighed heavily from the side, "Don't guess, I can tell you, but you have to promise me first, calm down after you know it, don't rush, don't say anything to Nuo Yan, it's better to pretend I don't know."

I stared at him intently, "Okay, tell me."

"Not long ago, Nuoyan underwent a comprehensive examination because of symptoms of gastric ulcer, and the report confirmed that he was suffering from...stomach cancer, and it was at an advanced stage."

My legs went limp and I almost fell down.

He quickly supported me with quick eyes and hands, and said eagerly: "Tourma, you have to be strong, if you fall too, the promise will be broken."

The bolt from the blue also reminded me when it hit me. I grabbed Guo Yi's skirt and asked, "Then his relationship with Jiang En'ai is not real? He lied to me to drive me away? He Is this why you didn’t go to Melbourne?”

"Yes, that's not true. On the day you went to Melbourne, En'ai happened to get the inspection report, and she called to urge promise to come back... He has been struggling these days, because there is an operation that requires his assistance, which is somewhat for him A spiritual fulcrum, and you, your pregnancy made him very surprised and very happy, but he feels that he has no right to ask you to do anything for him."

"Guo Yi, did you make a mistake? How is it possible? He is obviously fine, how could..." I couldn't make a sound, remembering that day when he begged me to keep the child, he must have struggled for a long time before begging me, but I turned him down so cruelly.

fortunately!Luckily I didn't kill the baby!

"Guo Yi, where is promise? Where is he now?" I couldn't wait to see him right away.

"He should still be in the dean's office. The dean wanted to talk to him because of his love for his mother."

"Jiang En'ai's mother? What's the matter?" My mind was in a mess and I could barely function.

"Her mother's old illness has relapsed. These days, she often goes to the hospital, crying and fussing about promises, blaming him for being cold-blooded, heartless and obsessed with ghosts, and marrying her enemy's daughter..." He paused, a little hesitant.

I wiped away my tears and signaled him not to worry, "I already know about Jiang Enjie and my father. Although I was shocked, it's not that hard to accept..."

He patted me on the shoulder as if to comfort me, "Emotional matters are always difficult to explain clearly."

I nodded silently, now I don't care about anything but Nuo Yan's condition.

After standing for a while, I felt a little cold, so I went back to the ward.

Guo Yi chased after me and said, "Bixi, you promised me that you wouldn't tell the promise even if you knew the truth."

"Why?" I don't understand, what I want to do most now is to scold him for using such a bad trick in order to drive me away, making my life worse than death.

"Don't you understand? Nuo Yan has painstakingly arranged all this, just because he doesn't want you to feel sorry for him. As a friend, I can't bear to see him work so hard by himself, but on the other hand, I have to agree with his approach. It's me, and I don't want the person I love to know, I'd rather do something to make her suffer temporarily than later..."

"Where is he going to hide?" I think with his temper, he will probably find a place that no one knows to spend the rest of his life.

"I don't know, he won't tell me."

"I understand, I just don't say anything."

Zhou Nuoyan's office door was ajar, I gently pushed it open, poked my head in, and saw him sitting at the desk with his head bowed and his body slightly arched.I couldn't see his face clearly, and when I walked up to him, I realized that his face was ugly.

"Nuoyan, what's wrong with you? Is your stomach upset?" I squatted in front of him and looked up at him.

He pulled me up and pointed to the water dispenser in the corner, "Pour me a glass of water."

I hurried over to pour it, and looked back to see him take out a small medicine bottle from the drawer, but his hands were shaking slightly from the pain, I handed him the water, and took the medicine bottle with one hand, "How many pills do you want?"

"Three grains."

So I poured out three capsules, watched him and took it with water.There is a sofa in the room, I helped him to lie down, picked up the remote control on the coffee table, and turned on the heating of the air conditioner.

Although the winter in the south is not as cold as in the north, it is humid and very cold even when the sun is out.

I warmed my hands and massaged him on his stomach.

"How is it? Are you feeling better?" I looked nervously at his pale face.

He stared at me, twitched the corners of his lips, then pressed my hand and said, "Okay, are your hands sore?"

I shook my head and put my face on the back of his hand.

"What's wrong? I'm fine." His voice was weak.

"I'll ask Guo Yi to come over and show you, okay?"

He lightly raised the corner of his lips, and said as lightly as possible: "I'm clear-headed now, and no doctor understands my own body better than me."

I thought about it too, and poured him another glass of warm water.

Now it is off-duty time, the inside and outside of the office are quiet, there are no footsteps of people coming and going, no loud phone ringing, I rest his head on my lap, he sleeps so tired, I snuggle He just feels that the years are quiet and good, and it would be great if he could live like this until the end of time.

I lowered my head and kissed him softly on the forehead.He woke up suddenly, with a bit of confusion in his eyes, "Tourma, can you make up my birthday?"

My nose was sore, I almost shed tears, and I responded softly: "Okay."

The winter sun shines on me, and I feel lazy.

I am in a good mood today, sweeping away the haze and depression of more than half a month.

Zhou Nuoyan went to handle the discharge procedures for me, and I waited for him in the ward, feeling a little sad and sweet in my heart.I agreed to spend a birthday with him today, so I begged He Amber to bring a makeup bag early in the morning. Because of my illness, my face was pale and pale like a ghost in the sun.Hiding in the bathroom, I applied a layer of rouge finely in front of the mirror, and my complexion suddenly improved a lot.

When I went out, He Amber came in from the balcony and shook my phone, "Zhou Nuoyan asked you to wait for him in the hospital. He has something to go out now, and he may come to pick you up later."

I frowned: "Did he say something?"

"No, but listening to him, he seems to be in a hurry."

I suddenly felt uneasy and hesitated to call him back.At this time, He Amber took out the sample album from her bag and asked me to take a look. This was the main purpose of her visit today.I flipped through a few pages, pointed to one of the looks and said, "This one is good, use this one."

He Amber took a peek and looked at me strangely, "This one is good? I think this one is the worst in the whole sample book. Why are you so absent-minded?"

"I'm sorry," I closed the sample book irritably, "Can I give you your opinion another day? I can't stand it."

The phone rang, and I quickly picked it up to answer it.

Seeing how impatient I was, a clear smile slipped from the corner of He Amber's mouth.

Hearing the other party's voice, my heart cooled down.

Jiang En'ai called, and as soon as I opened my mouth, she asked me anxiously where Zhou Nuoyan was. I was surprised, but I didn't want to talk to her, so I replied that I didn't know and wanted to hang up, but she said: "He Bixi, If something happens to my mother, I won't let you go!"

I was taken aback, "What's wrong with your mother?"

"She's crazy, you drove her crazy!" she yelled out of control.

An unprecedented disgust welled up in my heart, I sneered, and said, "You just asked me about Zhou Nuoyan, why did it involve your mother again? Besides, even if your mother has something wrong, what does it matter to me? Jiang En'ai, my tolerance is limited. Don't think that our whole family is sorry for your sister's death. I haven't settled with you for throwing away my pocket watch! Ask your own heart, Is it really because of your sister that you hate me so much? Let me tell you, you have to love him sincerely and fight for it openly. Don't just talk about your sister's death. This trick is useless to me, and I won't feel guilty towards you. "

She was so angry that she cut off the thread, which was more straightforward than I thought.

"You know your husband is in high demand, so why don't you go back and look at the jail, and take care of the younger ones regardless of the big ones." He Amber said while reading the sample book without raising her head.

I let out a heavy sigh.

In less than 10 minutes by car, I arrived at the gate of the community. I got out of the car, and He Amber stopped me from behind, "I'm not going up. If you find it, ring your phone and I'll go get it."

"Okay." I walked quickly towards the floor where the apartment was located.He Amber wanted the first sample book of Two Life Flowers, and I seemed to have a few more copies on hand. I waited in the hospital for a long time and there was no sign of Zhou Nuoyan. I saw that she was in a hurry, so I asked her to send me back to get it.

As soon as I got to the elevator entrance, my phone rang. It was Zhou Nuoyan's number. I hurriedly pressed the answer button, but before I could speak, the phone turned off automatically when it ran out of battery.

"Tourmaline—"

I turned around and saw Zhou Nuoyan walking from the side of the lawn.

"How did you get here?"

Zhou Nuoyan answered irrelevantly: "My loving mother left the hospital this morning."

I was kind of scratching my head, "Oh, she was just with you?"

"No, I'm looking for her."

I looked in the direction of the lawn, "Are you looking for her? Why is she here?"

"She came here a few days ago."

"Should I call the police? She doesn't know her place well, so what if she gets lost?" I suggested to him. Although I hate Jiang En'ai, I have no enmity with her mother.

He was noncommittal, hesitated for a moment, held my hand, and his eyes were full of guilt, "Don't worry, I will solve this matter as soon as possible. I promised to take you to a place today, but now..."

I smiled and comforted him: "It's okay, it's the same if you go another day, or tomorrow will be fine, I will make up for your birthday tomorrow, and I will order a big cake."

"Okay." He followed up with a smile.

Looking at his thin face, I was touched in my heart, "Nuo Yan, do you still hate my father?"

Probably because he didn't expect me to ask this question suddenly, he was slightly taken aback, and said: "I don't hate it anymore, I figured it out before I married you, although your father's missed appointment caused Enjie to commit suicide, but that was just a trigger. Let Enjie understand how hopeless her feelings are, but unfortunately she can't extricate herself, she doesn't even have the courage to live."

(End of this chapter)