The Hope You Gave Me: 25-The Tears of Su Quan

"Then she's still in the hospital? Is anyone taking care of her?" Min Hui asked.

"The surgery has just been completed, and then there will be radiotherapy and chemotherapy." Zhou Ruji drank a mouthful of spinach soup, "Her parents are in Xinjiang, so I didn't dare to tell them. The hospital has everything and doesn't need special care. Besides, just I live in the ward I am in charge of, and if you want something to eat or drink, I can just order a takeaway for her by the way.”

Yao Zizhu's family is in the upper middle class, and she is also the only daughter in the family. According to Zhou Ruji, dancing can endure hardship, and she is more squeamish. When the two are together, Zhou Ruji takes care of her more.

"Hey, cosmetic surgery is so clever now, isn't it possible to reconstruct breasts? Put some silicone or something?" After all, she has studied breast cancer screening for several years, and Min Hui knows a little bit of relevant medical knowledge.

"Yes, I want to do it." Zhou Ruji shook her head, "but she has a coagulation disorder and can't do it."

"Does this affect dancing?"

"No." Zhou Ruji said, "It's not convenient to dance if the **** are too big. Besides, it doesn't affect the aesthetics. Look at those international famous models, all of them have flat chests, that's the sense of luxury."

"Also."

That being said, Min Hui knew that breast cancer had a high recurrence rate, and even if she had both **** removed, it might not save her life.

The next day, Min Hui made a light jar of barley, shrimp and winter melon soup and asked Zhou Ruji to bring it there. In the evening, Ruji brought it back as it was, saying that Zizhu was in a bad mood, she didn't eat and ignored people, she just kept going weeping.

"You try to persuade her." Min Hui had no choice but to warm up the winter melon soup and serve each person a bowl.

"Why didn't I persuade me?" Zhou Ruji smiled wryly, "This was originally Xia Yihang's job, and this kid didn't know where to go. In the first few days, Zizhu asked every day, a Has Hang been here yet? She was so angry that she asked a few times when she didn't see anyone, and then she never asked again. The people in their dance troupe are pretty good, and they send one person to accompany her every day."

"You also care more about her. After all, it's a husband and wife relationship." Min Hui sighed.

"Yes." Zhou Ruji drank the soup in the bowl, "Winter melon soup is really delicious. It's all good, is it good?"

Su Quan laughed while eating: "Drink well, Dad, I want it!"

"Yo, I won't tell you, Dad drank it all in one gulp, it's okay, let Mom make you another bowl."

"The recipe I searched on the Internet was learned temporarily." Min Hui took out her phone and flipped through the recipe, "I don't even remember."

"I'll do it." Zhou Ruji got up and went to the kitchen.

Min Hui doesn't know how to cook. When she was in college, she ate in the cafeteria every day. After work, she either went downstairs to order food or eat takeaway. She couldn't cook once a month. Her parents are good at cooking, especially her mother. Whenever relatives and friends have a wedding or a wedding and need to serve wine at home, most of them will invite her to be a chef. People in the village don’t take pleasure in going to restaurants to package dinners. They usually build a shed in their own yard to set up a stove. Min Hui’s mother called a few helpers to buy and make them. After a day’s work, they can make more than a dozen tables of running water.

After getting married, the couple rarely cook at home. If they do, it is Zhou Ruji who cooks most of the time. After all, he is more picky eater. Min Hui and Su Quan are the kind of people who are easy to support. They eat whatever they want and eat instant noodles with relish. Min Hui is only good at three dishes: braised chicken wings, shredded pork with green peppers, and salad spinach, just like Cheng Yaojin's three-axes, they are all made and cooked. Zhou Ruji couldn't help complaining after eating too much, but Su Quan couldn't get enough of it.

It was also a coincidence that day. Min Hui went to get a batch of data because Bai An had a cooperation project with the Affiliated Hospital of Bincheng University. She happened to pass by the oncology department and wanted to drop by to see Ruji. Min Hui was a little afraid of the word "oncology" because of the death of her mother. Since she got married, because of Su Quan's illness, she often went to the hospital, but rarely went to the oncology department. When I went to ask, a nurse said, "Director Zhou asked for leave today, saying that there is something at home, and the operation is done by Dr. Xu."

Min Hui was stunned when she heard it, but clearly remembered that at seven in the morning, Zhou Ruji went out with her bag as usual, and said that she had an operation today and would not go home until ten o'clock in the evening.

"I am his wife."

"Oh." The little nurse immediately covered her mouth.

"I came to see Yao Zizhu." Min Hui said.

"Yao Zizhu? She has already been discharged from the hospital." The little nurse looked at her curiously, "I will help with the discharge procedures."

"Is she recovering well?"

"The body is recovering well, this is the place—" the nurse pointed to her head, "the burden is very heavy, she refuses to eat or drink, refuses to receive treatment, and even cuts her wrists secretly. Fortunately, Director Zhou found out, he is very worried, often Come over and relieve her. I've been in a better mood this month, otherwise I wouldn't dare to let her out of the hospital."

Yao Zizhu is Zhou Ruji's ex-wife and a famous dancer in Bencheng. Everyone in the department knows it.

Min Hui didn't ask any more questions, she went straight back to the company for a meeting, wrote a program, and finally couldn't help calling Zhou Ruji after lunch: "Where are you?"

"I have something to do, I'm not in the hospital." On the other end of the phone, Zhou Ruji's voice was a little panting, but not panicked, "I'm here at Zizhu."

She gave an "oh" and asked, "What's wrong? Something happened?"

"It's not a big deal, it's just..." Zhou Ruji hesitated and said, "I had a fight with Xia Yihang just now."

"A fight?" Min Hui was anxious: "Is your hand not injured? Zhou Ruji, be sensible! You do surgery!"

"Xia Yihang also performed surgery! Who is afraid of who!"

Min Hui felt uneasy and rushed to Yao Zizhu's apartment. When she opened the door, she saw blood stains on Zhou Ruji's forehead and the corners of her mouth.

"Ru Ji!" Min Hui was so frightened that she quickly touched his face to check the injury, "There is a hole here, do you want stitches?"

"No, no, it's just a flesh wound." Zhou Ruji waved his hands again and again and put a large Band-Aid on his forehead.

"I'm sorry Min Hui, it's all my fault!" Yao Zizhu looked apologetically and looked at her cautiously, "I told them not to fight, I wanted to pull them away, but no one ignored me.  … I'm so embarrassed to go to the hospital, so I asked him to take a leave of absence and come back to deal with the wound...don't worry, we just got home."

After a few months of absence and a serious illness, Min Hui felt that Yao Zizhu had suddenly shrunk by one size, her pale face lacked the slightest luster, and her rosy skin had lost its elasticity. The eye sockets were deeply sunken, the flesh of the cheeks was gone, and the scalp was tightly attached to the bones, so the outline of the skull could be clearly seen. He wears a red soft hat on his head, presumably to cover up the hair that has been lost from chemotherapy.

"It's fine." Min Hui sighed, "Hasn't this Xia Yihang disappeared long ago? Why did it appear again?"

"Min Hui, don't stand at the door, come and sit." Zizhu led her to the sofa and sat down, "When I was just sick, he said he would accompany his father to study abroad, so he went to Europe, there They stayed for a few months and didn't contact me. Later, I sent a text message to break up, and I agreed." Yao Zizhu looked at Min Hui seriously, "During the operation, I was very broken down, thanks to Ru Ruo. Ji... and my colleagues in the regiment for taking care of me, I am very grateful. As a result, when I returned to the apartment yesterday, I received a document saying that the apartment had been sold, and I was asked to move out within a month, I... just I was dumbfounded."

"Didn't you already buy this apartment?" Min Hui was also confused.

"It's Xia Yihang's money, I'm not married to him, so his name is written on the property right." Zizhu smiled bitterly, "Actually, I've broken up with him, and I don't want to occupy this apartment, It was just because I was hospitalized that I didn't have time to look for a house. I thought he would take care of his old relationship and give me a while, but I didn't expect me to move out so soon. I cleaned up the things in the house yesterday and made an appointment to meet in Yihang. Since I'm about to move, and I want to discuss with him how to dispose of the things at home. There are a lot of his own belongings in it, some jewelry, bags and so on. I don't want them all and plan to give them back to him. Ji, I told him to meet with Yihang. Ruji was afraid that my health would not be good, and that Yihang’s words would irritate me, so he had to drive with me. Unexpectedly, when I saw Yihang, I hadn’t started talking yet. , Ruji fought with him, and he couldn't even hold it... Min Hui, I didn't do it well, I shouldn't have dragged Ruji into it, but don't be too careless, Ruji really doesn't matter. I mean, he's a good man, and he just wants to fight for me."

"No, no, I don't care." Min Hui said softly, "Are you tired? Would you like to lie down for a while?"

"No, I'm much better. I'm looking for a house. There are two options, both are in the south of the city, quite far from here, I... will move out soon..."

For fear of a misunderstanding, Zizhu breathed out a big talk, then squeezed Min Hui's hand, her face flushed with anxiety.

Min Hui saw a reddish scar on her wrist, and persuaded softly, "It's okay, you don't need to move so far. If you live nearby, we can come and take care of anything. It's also close to the hospital."

Zizhu's eyes turned red: "Thank you, Min Hui."

"Don't be stupid, you still have parents."

"Hmm." Zizhu choked, "I won't."

That night, Min Hui didn't sleep all night, and Zhou Ruji also tossed and turned. In the early morning, Min Hui looked at the dawn outside the window and said softly, "Ruji, you still like Zizhu, don't you?"

He didn't answer.

"Let's get a divorce," Min Hui said.

"Why?" Zhou Ruji suddenly sat up, "I just sympathize with Zizhu."

"The way she looks at you...makes me think," Min Hui looked at him in the dark, "I don't love you enough."

——For example, Zizhu is very sticky and will lose his temper when he sees him working overtime, but Min Hui never does. She never "needs" Ru Ji very strongly, and his presence seems to be absent.

——For example, Min Hui likes to play chess, and Ru Ji feels that only retired old men can play chess. Ru Ji likes opera, and Min Hui falls asleep every time he goes to the theater with him.

——For example, Zhou Ruji's text messages are at least three lines long, and Min Hui's replies are rarely more than three words.

——For example, they each manage their own salaries, and put a part of their salaries into a drawer at the beginning of each month. Discuss major expenses together.

—For example, the most talked about thing couples talk about together is how to get through the day without missing any deadlines. How to make time difference when two people have to work overtime? Who will pick up the child from get off work tomorrow, who will cook dinner, and who will accompany the child in bed when he is sick?

It's not bad actually, all the couples in the world are doing the same thing at this age. Some people are busy all year and get nothing, at least they are still "successful in their careers".

***

At the insistence of Min Hui, Zhou Ruji finally agreed to the divorce. The two quickly completed the formalities, and Min Hui didn't want anything, only asked Su Quangui to raise her. Zhou Ruji insisted on paying the child support, and was willing to pay her half the price of the shared welfare room as the common property of the husband and wife. Min Hui resolutely refused. The two of them pushed for this for a long time. Finally, Min Hui said, "Ru Ji, don't count it so clearly, okay? You and I have both low wages and no difficulty in living. Su Quan is ill. You are a doctor. I beg you a lot. If we don't owe anyone, I'll be embarrassed to come to you in the future."

After Zizhu and Ruji remarried, they moved into Tianrun Community. Min Hui and Su Quan still live in the apartment in Qingteng Garden. She and Ru Ji still meet frequently because of work, because of the child's illness and various examinations. Sometimes Min Hui can't pick up the child after working overtime, and Ru Ji will help her pick it up. If Min Hui was on a business trip, she would either put Su Quan in Cao Mu's house or Su Quan in Zizhu's house, both of them would be happy to help her take care of the children.

In addition to being a little lonely in life, Min Hui quickly adjusts to being a single mother.

After Zhou Ruji moved out, the most unhappy person was Su Quan.

Min Hui didn't expect this at all, and she wasn't mentally prepared at all.

After learning that Ru Ji moved out, Su Quan uncharacteristically cried and made trouble, seeing her father every day. Min Hui didn't expect Su Quan to have such a deep attachment to Ru Ji. Every time Ruji came to see him, Su Quan was so happy as if it was going to be a festival. He didn't let go of Ruji's thigh, and Ruji was not allowed to leave. He even followed him when he went to the toilet.

Ruji had to make up all kinds of lies to get away.

Both of them have no parenting experience and are struggling to cope with work and their children's illness. Su Quan usually played Lego quietly, and he couldn't tell who was closer to him. Unexpectedly, the most injured person under the shock wave of divorce turned out to be the child, and Min Hui regretted it very much. She always believed that Zhou Ruji was not Su Quan's biological father, and he was often away from home on weekdays. There should not be such a strong bond between father and son. But she overlooked one thing. Since the first day Su Quan came to this world, Zhou Ruji has been by his side, earnestly playing the role of a father: feeding milk powder, changing diapers, teaching him how to speak, accompanying him Games, take him to play... Ru Ji and Min Hui are the closest people to Su Quan.

"Mom, why are you driving my father away?" Su Quan would cry loudly and refuse to sleep when he could not see Zhou Ruji for a week in a row, "I want my father! I want to sleep with my father!"

Min Hui coaxes him for an hour every day, telling stories, playing music, and diverting his attention, so that Su Quancai slowly falls asleep in tears.