Chapter 190: New Year’s Eve
Xie Jingyan was not interested in Sui Family matters.
So he raised his hand: “Stop, you stayed up all night to find me, don’t talk to me about other things. I’ll play with you at most this one night. Tomorrow I’m going to the Capital City to see Xiao He. She’s having surgery next month.”
“So soon?” He Shang was surprised.
“I’ve already waited several years. Once the surgery succeeds, the biggest stone in my heart will be removed.”
He Shang nodded, then asked: “Do you need me there that day?”
“No need, you just fight well with Zhou Yuchu.”
He Shang: “……Alright, to the internet cafe.”
Xie Jingyan had no objections.
He actually didn’t like playing games much.
Except when playing King with Jiang Ning.
That was also because Jiang Ning liked to play, so he logged back into his account and took her to rank up.
So even at the internet cafe, Xie Jingyan mostly stared blankly at the glowing screen.
So He Shang really didn’t want to find Xie Jingyan to play games.
This guy was just wasting his internet fees!
But he was bored alone!
Ten o’clock at night.
Xie Jingyan went home.
As soon as he turned on the light, his mobile phone rang once.
He lowered his head.
“Jiang Ning”‘s name popped up on the lit screen.
Xie Jingyan’s action of closing the door paused.
Jiang Ning……
It had been over a month since he last saw her message on his mobile phone.
His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and his fingers became stiff.
The feeling in his heart was very strange, somewhat expectant yet fearful.
He even fantasized whether the Jiang Ning he was familiar with had returned……
Five minutes later.
Xie Jingyan finally opened that message.
It was only a short sentence.
Jiang Ning: [Are you coming to the Capital City? I prepared a gift for you.]
Even across the screen, Xie Jingyan could feel this teasing tone, the “Jiang Ning” who greeted him every few days.
That person had already left.
Xie Jingyan’s dark eyes returned to calm once more, even deleting “Jiang Ning”‘s chat box from the top.
His bedside still had that teddy bear he had sewn back together.
Sitting at the desk.
Xie Jingyan opened the drawer, and the first thing that caught his eye was Jiang Ning’s red-background ID photo.
He didn’t know why he had torn down this photo.
He even brought it back.
He looked at it for a moment.
Then he found a laptop and sandwiched the photo in the middle.
……
The next day.
Xie Jingyan packed his luggage and left Jin Cheng in the morning.
He arrived in the Capital City in the afternoon.
Old Mrs. Xie rented a house near Jingya Hospital.
Two bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, one bathroom, just enough for Xie Jingyan to live there.
Because this month was Xie He’s critical period, Xie Jingyan even started thinking less about Jiang Ning.
His heart was full of hope that his sister would recover after this surgery, because Xie He’s condition couldn’t be delayed any longer.
If delayed further, she might die.
Xie Jingyan waited a few days but didn’t receive the gift “Jiang Ning” mentioned.
Then he stopped thinking about it.
Time passed quickly.
A new year began.
Xie Jingyan spent this New Year in the hospital.
When the hospital doctors went to work, it was the day Xie He had surgery.
Old Mrs. Xie prayed to Buddha every day, never stopping words like “Amitabha, bless us.”
Xie He wasn’t nervous, but rather excited, chattering to Xie Jingyan, asking if after the surgery she could be discharged to go to school.
Xie Jingyan nodded, peeling an apple in his hand: “Once your body is healthy, you can do whatever you want like a normal person.”
Upon hearing this, Xie He’s eyes were full of longing and yearning.
She had been sick for too many years.
She had already forgotten what it was like to be a normal person.
She suddenly thought of Jiang Ning and wanted to ask something, but seeing Xie Jingyan’s indifferent expression, those words stuck in her throat. In the end, she asked glumly: “Brother, where is Sister Ning? Won’t she come see me?”
His hand peeling the apple paused, and he asked indifferently: “Xiao He, isn’t it good to have your brother with you?”
Xie He frowned: “It is good……but I still want to see Sister Ning one more time, to apologize to her……”
Xie He lowered her head, her two small hands twisting on the quilt, looking very uneasy.
Xie Jingyan sighed softly: “She’s very busy. When she has time, I’ll bring her to see you, okay? Or, once you’re better, you can go find her yourself.”
Hearing the last sentence.
Xie He’s eyes lit up, and she nodded solemnly.
At midnight, fireworks suddenly exploded outside the window.
They were so brilliant they lit up the glass window, with deafening explosion sounds.
Xie He stood in front of the window, clapping her hands happily: “Once I’m better, I want to go out and set off fireworks too.”
Xie Jingyan smiled faintly and ruffled her hair: “Xiao He, Happy New Year.”
Xie He looked up, her voice crisp: “Brother, Happy New Year. I like you the most.”
Xie Jingyan’s lips curved, his smile subtle.
He prepared a red envelope for Xie He, saying it was her lucky money.
Xie He cheered and fell asleep hugging the red envelope.
Old Mrs. Xie watched from the side, shaking her head helplessly.
Xie Jingyan was still a child himself, yet he was already giving his sister lucky money.
They clearly used to have father and mother giving it to both siblings.
Old Mrs. Xie thought of the deceased again and quickly shook her head.
Forget it, it was all in the past.
One o’clock in the early morning.
Xie Jingyan took Jiang Ning’s ID photo out from his newly bought leather jacket.
He wiped off the glue on the back of the photo, and finally wrote with a pencil.
“Happy New Year”.
Time passed day by day.
In the blink of an eye, it was the day of Xie He’s surgery.
Sui Qingshan was her surgeon.
Wearing sterile clothes, he pushed Xie He into the operating room.
Seeing the little girl’s hand clenched tightly in nervousness, he couldn’t help but tease: “Xiao He, are you afraid?”
Xie He looked into Sui Qingshan’s eyes, her eyes blinking, and shook her head: “Not afraid, because Doctor Sui is here, so Xiao He isn’t afraid. Will you cure me?”
Hearing this, Sui Qingshan was stunned, lowered his head to look at Xiao He, her eyes full of indescribable seriousness and trust.
Sui Qingshan took a gentle breath and smiled: “Of course, I will cure you.”
For this day, he had made a lot of preparations, studied a lot of pharmacology knowledge, even participated in many leukemia patients’ surgeries, just to cure Xie He 100%.
“Don’t be afraid, I’ve got everything.”
Xie He, having been given anesthetic, was gradually losing consciousness. She responded softly: “Mm, I believe you.”
Then she fell asleep.
The surgery cart was pushed into the operating room.
Old Mrs. Xie waited anxiously outside.
A nurse with a pale face came running from not far away.
She frantically pressed the operating room door.
After the door opened, she ran inside without a word.
Both Old Mrs. Xie and Xie Jingyan were a bit confused.
The surgery had just started, how come another nurse hadn’t gone in yet?
After just ten minutes, the operating room door that had been open was opened again.
Xie He was pushed out unchanged, Sui Qingshan’s face unusually grave, to the point that the entire surgical team’s atmosphere sank into low spirits.
Old Mrs. Xie’s heart sank, looking at the unconscious Xie He, her face also paling: “Doctor Sui, Doctor Sui, was the surgery successful?”
