The next morning, Gu Xiaofan came to the office early, for no other reason than that she was a little worried about Zhong Han.
Although Zhong Han was harsh in his words the night before, he was still kind enough to send her to the door of her house, so that she didn't have to wait for the bus in the dark street in the cold wind. However, halfway through the journey, she found that there was a layer of fine and dense sweat beads on Zhong Han's forehead. In the light of the street lamp, it seemed that his face was not looking good. When she asked him if he had a severe stomachache, he pretended to be fine and teased her. He was obviously uncomfortable and his expression was unnatural when he spoke. He was still stubborn and refused to admit it. She had no choice but to stop asking and tried not to talk to him. After getting off the bus at home, she didn't delay much. She waved to Zhong Han and walked away, so as not to delay his return trip.
She knew very little about men's psychology, but when she thought about her father Gu at home, he always liked to keep silent when he had a headache, as if he was afraid that speaking out would make him look not strong enough and not manly enough. Thinking of this, she had her own guess about Zhong Han's evasive attitude.So she went out early this morning, and before going to the Public Security Bureau, she turned to the nearby 24-hour supermarket and pharmacy and bought some things to bring to the office.Shopping took some time, so Zhong Han came not long after Gu Xiaofan arrived at the office. Tang Hongye was also working hard with Zhong Han. Gu Xiaofan pulled out the hand that had been put into the bag. Tang Hongye was not only talkative, but also quick-witted. She just wanted to show her concern for her colleagues, and it was a very simple behavior. If he saw it, she didn't know what he would say about it. If it got to Gao Xuan's ears, she would not be able to explain it clearly.Zhong Han looked particularly refreshed in the morning, having swept away the sick look of the previous night. He wore a short down jacket with military green patchwork design, a dark brown plaid scarf that matched the brown patchwork on the shoulders, and light khaki corduroy pants. He also wore light brown high-top waterproof boots. If you knew, he was going to visit someone, but if you didn't, you would think he was going to take some photos for someone."You're here so early? Let's go?" Zhong Han saw that Gu Xiaofan had arrived, so he stood at the door of the office and didn't go in.Gu Xiaofan nodded and walked out with his bag on his back."Xiaofan, where are you going? Your bag is bulging. If you know, you're going to work, but if you don't, you'd think you're running away from home!" Tang Hongye saw Gu Xiaofan's bulging bag and couldn't help but joked behind her."If I ran away from home, it was because of you." Gu Xiaofan turned around and said to him.Tang Hongye laughed: "No, you can't run away from home when someone is here?"Gu Xiaofan's face turned slightly red, pretending not to hear this, and quickened her pace to leave the office.After getting into the car downstairs, she quickly took out everything in her bag. A plastic bag of medicine appeared, and then a plastic bag of various individually packaged small cakes and small breads."Are you really going to run away from home as Tang Hongye said? What are you worried about? Tell me and make me happy!" Zhong Han couldn't help but want to tease her when he saw her take out so many things from her bag.Gu Xiaofan waved his hand and said seriously: "No kidding, I bought these things for you.""Buy them for me?" Zhong Han was stunned, "Why?""Because you have a bad stomach, I don't know what type of stomach disease you have, but the pills you take don't seem to work very well, so I bought you two kinds of granules for treating different types of stomach diseases, with Chinese medicine ingredients. Stomach diseases need to be treated slowly, and you can't take medicine only when you feel pain," Gu Xiaofan said as he handed the plastic bag of medicine to Zhong Han, then took out the bag of snacks, "These are for you to put in the office as a reserve food, in case you don't have time to eat. Or if you are hungry, you can fill your stomach to avoid stomach pain when it is empty, and you need to take medicine again. Here. I specially bought some soft and not very sweet ones, individually packaged, which can be kept for a long time. You can store them in the cabinet and eat them slowly."Zhong Han seemed a little surprised, but he didn't let himself act too stupid. He weighed the medicine in one hand and took the snacks in the other hand without saying anything.Seeing his unpredictable expression and silence, Gu Xiaofan felt a little uncomfortable: "Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else. Although we haven't known each other for a long time, I think you are a good person and you are very considerate of me. You often don't ask me to pay for meals together. We are colleagues because of fate. You are so young and always sweat coldly because of stomachache. I feel uncomfortable watching you, so I just take it as an expression of concern between colleagues, that's it.""What do you think I will misunderstand?" Zhong Han smiled after hearing her words, "I didn't expect you to be so easily bribed.""Look at you, it was originally a kind and warm thing, but why did it become so bad in your mouth? My kindness seems to be stupid." Gu Xiaofan looked at Zhong Han helplessly and sighed, "Tang Hongye, that big mouth, was there just now, so I didn't take it out. You can take it back to the office later.""Got it." Zhong Han nodded, put the things on the back seat of the car, and drove away from the Public Security Bureau.Zhong Han was still a little unfamiliar with the route to Ren Yumeng's newly rented house, and Gu Xiaofan was also unfamiliar with the area, so the two stopped halfway to reconfirm the route before continuing to rush there. The house that Ren Yumeng rented was completely different from her and Leng Hui's original address. When they got there, they found that the living environment was much better than their original home.According to the house number, Ren Yumeng warmly welcomed them in and told them that Leng Hui had also gotten up, had just finished washing, and was tidying up in the room, and would come out to see them in a while.After Leng Hui's sudden crazy tossing, Ren Yumeng was much thinner than when they first met, and her face was haggard, but her mood was still relatively upbeat. It seemed that her mother had finally recovered and was allowed to be discharged from the hospital and go home. The thing she was most afraid of before did not happen, which made her feel much relieved."How is it? Is everything okay after being discharged from the hospital?" Gu Xiaofan lowered his voice and asked Ren Yumeng quietly.Ren Yumeng nodded, picked up the cold water cup from the coffee table, poured two glasses of water for them and handed them to her: "Very good, I originally wanted to let my mother go home a few days earlier, but the doctor said it would be better to observe for a few more days, so I agreed. At that time, I was actually quite worried that if I took my mother home, her mood would relapse again. If she was sent to the hospital next time, it would not be so easy to come out, so I let my mother stay there for a few more days. During my mother's hospitalization, I also thought that in this situation, it is better for my mother to stay away from the environment related to my father. Otherwise, those past memories will also be a kind of vicious stimulation, reminding her repeatedly, so I rented this house on my own initiative, and deliberately chose a house far away from home, so that my mother would not face the familiar old environment and easily evoke past memories.""Is your mother satisfied with this new home?" Zhong Han askedRen Yumeng nodded: "I guess she's satisfied. At least she didn't ask to go home. My mother was weak after being discharged from the hospital, but she was in a stable mood. I told her that I rented a house, and she didn't object. She didn't talk about going home in the past two days."Although the house Ren Yumeng rented was finely decorated, it was actually a bit shabby except for the floor, wallpaper and some basic furniture. However, compared with the old house they lived in before, it was much more upscale. The three of them sat in the living room. After asking about Leng Hui's situation, there was no more topic to talk about. No one spoke, and they drank water silently.After a while, the door of the master bedroom opened, and Leng Hui, who had dressed neatly, walked out of the bedroom. When she saw Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan, she was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't remember who they were. Then she smiled, nodded to them, and said, "You are here? I'm sorry to ask you to come here to see me. I have caused you a lot of trouble.""You're welcome. This is also our job. What do you think?" Gu Xiaofan asked with concern.Leng Hui looked as pale as paper. Her originally thin figure had become as thin as paper in a short period of time. She sat down next to her daughter, raised her hand and carefully smoothed the hair hanging down from her ears behind her ears, and sighed softly: "I am ashamed, I am so old, but I can't bear it at all. Not only can I not help you at this time, I can't be relied on by my daughter, but I collapsed first, dragged down the child, and caused trouble to everyone.""Mom, don't say that. You have taken care of me for more than 20 years, and I have only taken care of you for a few days. How can this be called a burden!" Ren Yumeng stroked her mother's arm distressedly and kept comforting her.Leng Hui held her daughter's hand with red eyes: "Thank God for letting me give birth to a good daughter, otherwise, I might have gone to see your father now!"Ren Yumeng's eyes were also red. She lowered her head and pretended to adjust her clothes, secretly wiping the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand.As soon as they entered the room, before even touching upon the topic of this visit, the mother and daughter's eyes were already red. Gu Xiaofan couldn't help but hesitate, looking at Zhong Han, silently asking him if he could still proceed as planned.Zhong Han looked at Leng Hui and asked, "We came here today, in addition to visiting, we also have a few things we want to talk to you about. If you think today is not a good time, we can come another day."