Chapter 11: desolate
In the blink of an eye, Shen Xi has returned to China for a few days.
Because Shen's father is still in the hospital, Shen Xi has to go to the hospital every day to play the role of a loving father and a son.
Unexpectedly, Father Shen was not happy with Shen Xi's arrival, but because the Shen family was at the cusp of the storm, Father Shen had to acquiesce to Shen Xi's appearance in the hospital.
Shen Xi didn't care about Father Shen's attitude at all, and she was in a happy mood every day around Father Shen. Seeing how Father Shen clearly hated his existence but had to endure in front of doctors and nurses, Shen Xi felt an indescribable pleasure in her heart.
On this day, Shen Xi came to the hospital as usual. As the elevator door opened, Shen Xi was about to step in, but unexpectedly, a young man suddenly rushed out of it and collided with Shen Xi.
Due to the height difference, Shen Xi's chin was a little sore, but the other party hit her nose hard.
Seeing that the other party was speechless with his head down and his face covered for a long time, Shen Xi had to say, "Are you alright?"
"It's okay, I'm sorry." The other party was obviously in severe pain, and there was a hint of crying in his voice.
Shen Xi said, "Would you like me to take you to see a doctor."
"No, no, I'll be fine soon." The other party said while trying to raise his head to look at Shen Xi. For a moment, the two of them couldn't help but stand there.
Shen Xi was very surprised, "Li Mingfei?"
The young man who was called Li Mingfei by Shen Xi stared blankly at Shen Xi, and then said blankly, "Hello, cousin Shen Xi."
Shen Xi laughed lightly.
Li Mingfei is Li Mingxuan's younger brother, but his personality is completely different from Li Mingxuan's since childhood. She is timid, not to mention very shy, and hides behind the adults when there is any movement. In the last life, Li Mingfei liked to follow Shen Xi very much, but Shen Xi didn't like his character and saw him bully once. Surprisingly, even though Shen Xi bullied him so much, he still followed behind Shen Xi again and again. Until Shen Xi bullied him once and was seen by his aunt, Li Mingfei never came to see Shen Xi since then, and the Li family separated the two, intentionally or unintentionally.
After many years, seeing Li Mingfei again, Shen Xi has long forgotten the history of bullying the other party, but rather misses the little tail that follows her ass.
"You came to see your father." Shen Xi used a positive tone.
Li Mingfei probably didn't expect to meet Shen Xi here.
"Anyone?" Shen Xi asked and pulled him to the side of the elevator.
Li Mingfei didn't react until now, withdrew his hand and shook his head, "Mother and eldest brother are above." Li Mingfei felt a little embarrassed, "I brought the gift I brought to my uncle. Pulled it in the car, eldest brother asked me to come down and get it."
Shen Xi looked at Li Mingfei's blushing face and raised her eyebrows, but she didn't expect that his personality had not changed for so many years, and he was still so shy.
Since meeting Shen Xi, she said casually, "I'll go get it with you."
Li Mingfei glanced at Shen Xi in surprise, with a shy smile on his face.
In just a few minutes from the inpatient hall to the parking lot, Shen Xi looked curiously at the small sculpture in Li Mingfei's hand, a naive puppy.
Li Mingfei secretly observed Shen Xi's expression, holding the puppy in his hand nervously, "Cousin, do you like it?"
"What do you like?" Shen Xi was taken aback
Li Mingfei lowered his head, "I like puppies."
Shen Xi replied casually, "I like it."
"Really?" Li Mingfei looked at Shen Xi in surprise and became excited, "I know the news of your return, cousin, and made one for you."
Shen Xi didn't expect that Li Mingfei still remembered herself. Seeing Li Mingfei's serious expression, Shen Xi smiled slightly, "Thank you."
Just a word, Li Mingfei suddenly felt embarrassed, Shen Xi relaxed, and the strangeness and estrangement when the two met for the first time gradually disappeared.
Along the way, the two talked about their own lives, and Shen Xi remembered that in the information collected by Old K, it was mentioned that Li Mingfei was admitted to the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts two years ago. , but because he didn't pay attention to it and glanced at it.
After chatting and returning to the ward, Li Mingfei was about to reach out and push the door, but stopped when he heard a word in the room.
Shen Dehan's voice came out, "Shen Xi wants to stay in a hotel, let him stay in a hotel, just so that he won't go back to Shen's house."
Li Mingfei looked at Shen Xi embarrassedly, Shen Xi stepped forward and opened the door as if nothing had happened, the sound in the ward stopped abruptly, and everyone's eyes suddenly converged on the door.
A trace of mockery flashed on Shen Xi's face, and she calmly looked at everyone in the room.
Shen Xi's aunt, a well-maintained middle-aged woman, spoke first, "Xiao Xi, are you back? Have you seen your cousin Ming Xuan and Ming Fei?"
Shen Xi nodded, the other party was going to say something else, but Father Shen said first, "It's too stuffy in the room, Bi Xue, you accompany me outside for a walk."
Bixue is the name of Aunt Shen Xi.
Shen Bixue smiled decently at Shen Xi, "You brothers are lively and lively together, I accompany your father out for a walk, his body is not suitable for often staying in the ward."
With the departure of Father Shen and Shen Bixue, only two brothers, Shen Xi and Li Mingxuan, were left in the room.
Li Mingfei glanced at Shen Xi carefully, wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it, and looked at Li Mingxuan as if asking for help.
Li Mingxuan stepped forward, Shen Xi stepped back and lowered her eyes, "I'll go out for a while as you please."
Only when Shen Xi got out of the room did she find that Father Shen had taken down all the bodyguards in the corridor, apparently to guard against reporters. Shen Xi sneered, he was used to Father Shen's attitude towards him, no matter what Father Shen said, it would not hurt him. But he couldn't bear the pity in Li Mingfei's eyes, as well as Li Mingxuan.
Shen Xi left the ward far away and walked to the corner of the corridor, and found that it was actually facing the garden. Looking down accidentally, an unexpected face appeared in his sight, Chu Qianqian.
It was different from the previous time with heavy makeup and bright clothes. Chu Qianqian was in front of her with no makeup and was dressed in hospital nurse clothes, which was indescribably refreshing and beautiful. At this moment, Chu Qianqian was standing on the path in the garden, looking in the direction of the front left. Shen Xi followed her line of sight, and the figure of Shen's father appeared in front of her.
Shen Xi raised her eyebrows, he just mentioned that Shen's father is currently in the hospital, and Chu Qianqian thought of a way to approach Shen's father so quickly, which was unexpectedly dedicated.
After a while, Chu Qianqian stopped a little boy who passed by, and lowered her head, not knowing what to say to the little boy. Soon after seeing the little boy running in the direction of Father Shen, Chu Qianqian immediately chased after her anxiously, and was unexpectedly stopped by the bodyguard.
Chu Qianqian smiled embarrassedly at the bodyguard and looked innocently in the direction of Father Shen. Shen Xi was too far away to see her father's expression now, but from her father's actions, she could imagine how shocked he was at this time.
Seeing her father rush to Chu Qianqian despite her aunt's obstruction, Shen Xi's eyes darkened, she turned and left the corner without looking any further.
Shen Xi left the hospital early without saying hello to anyone. Instead of going back to the hotel, he went to the cemetery.
Standing in front of her mother's tomb again after five years, Shen Xi did not speak but looked at her mother's photo in silence.
The mother's smile on the tombstone was bright and happy. Shen Xi slowly stretched out her hand to block her mother's smiling face, and there was a sadness in her heart.
Although Chu Qianqian's appearance was his first-hand arrangement, seeing her father's reaction, Shen Xi still felt unbearably uncomfortable. He was not worth it for his mother.
Shen Xi couldn't understand, where did her mother fall in love with her father?
In her mother's best blooming years, she gave up her single life, abandoned countless outstanding peers around her, and insisted on marrying a man fifteen years older than her. Their married life had no happiness at all, and even when the mother was pregnant, the father did not give her a trace of warmth. Instead, he was worried that Shen Xi's birth would affect the inheritance rights of Shen Ji and Shen Cheng, and tried to persuade the mother to give up the child on the grounds that the mother was in poor health. Not to mention the fact that at the same time the father was out with another woman and another child who was about to be born.
How can such a cool and selfish father gain the deep love of his mother!
Shen Xi laughed lowly, the laughter was low and sad, and it echoed around the cemetery for a long time without dispersing.