Chapter 59

  After delivering the medicine, Liao Shi had a few gentle reminders and, in the old man's dim eyesight, pretended to support He Song's shoulder as he exited.

  There is a vegetable market nearby, bought some vegetables and went home.

  They now live in a quadrangle courtyard, which was Liao's old house before. When Liao returned to open the clinic, he renovated it once.

  He Shuang likes this kind of life very much. The leisurely pace of life, the good air quality, and the relatively simple folk customs are all things that big cities can't compare with.

  There is a camphor tree in the yard, He Sheng is squatting under the tree washing tomatoes. She tries to do more things within her power, Liao Shi doesn't stop her, on the contrary, she encourages it, more exercise is good for her hand recovery, as long as it's not too intense.

  After washing, she put it on a plate and brought it in. Liao was standing at the stove, stir-frying vegetables with an apron tied around her waist, her figure tall and straight. Her short hair was tucked behind her ears, and her profile looked especially warm in the light.

  "Are you done washing?" He glanced over and said, "Cut it in half carefully with your hands."

  He Sheng responded and took the chopping board to start cutting slowly, "Two slices or four slices?"

  "Small ones have two petals, big ones have four."

  Liao Shi put the cooked mushrooms on a plate, wiped his hands and turned around to stand behind her, "Cut slowly, this knife has just been sharpened, it's very sharp!"

  He Sheng nodded his head, his eyes very focused.

  Liao Shi put a petal in his mouth, "Hmm, this one has a sweet taste." He picked up another petal and brought it to He Song's lips, "You try some."

  He Sheng hesitated for a moment, then picked it up with his mouth and immediately frowned, "It's sour."

  Liao Shi smiled, with an unusually warm and gentle curve at the corners of his eyes. "You're out of luck."

  He Sheng put the cut tomatoes back on the plate, turned to him and smiled: "I'll go wash the strawberries for you again, you can eat them before bed tonight."

  "What did you buy?"

  "Yeah, when I went out with Yoyo at noon, I saw someone selling them. They were quite big and very cheap, so I bought some." Liao Shi usually doesn't care much about food, but he has a soft spot for strawberries.

  "Don't finish it all, leave half for tomorrow morning."

  "Good!" He Sheng walked out quickly and lightly.

  Liao Shi looked out the window and walked back and forth several times before squatting down under the tree again, where He Sheng was. Three years ago when he picked her up, she was so thin that she didn't look like a human being, her body was in bad shape, with severe internal and external injuries, her pale face with a waxy yellow complexion seemed to be barely holding on to her last breath.

  It seemed like no one had ever lent her a helping hand, so my appearance surprised and thrilled her at the same time. The first thing she said was, "Doctor, can you help me make a phone call?"

  "Do you know me?"

  "I've seen you participating in free clinics."

  He has participated in numerous free clinics, and it wasn't until they chatted again later that he recalled the circumstances of their first meeting. His memory searched carefully and found that there was indeed such a person, but that's another story.

  After handing her the phone, she watched as she trembled with her right hand and dialed several times before putting the phone to her ear. The bright light in her eyes gradually dimmed, "Can't get through!" She muttered to herself: "Why can't I still get through?"

  Liao Shi took over her returned mobile phone and took a look, finding that the broadcast number was a fake landline number and not in this city.

  "What's wrong with your hand?"

  She shook her head, her emotions unusually depressed and downcast.

  After he brought her back and took good care of her for almost half a year, He Sheng's face finally had some vitality again. At that time, the sentence she said most often was "I want to go home, there are people waiting at home, if I don't go back, I will be scolded."

  It was just because of her physical condition that she couldn't travel far, and when she could, he happened to be attending a medical symposium in the city, so he brought her along.

  The seminar only lasted for two days. Liao Shi Yuan thought that since He Sheng had left, he wouldn't be able to come back again. At that time, she also felt a inexplicable melancholy.

  He Xiong disappeared for a day and then found his hotel, the girl who was originally spirited and lively became limp after a day, as if she had been frostbitten.

  After checking out and carrying his luggage, he suddenly walked over to him, ignoring the gaze of the people around him, and burst into tears in his arms.

  Several surgeons who came out with him showed meaningful smiles, one of whom smiled and said, "It turns out that Dr. Liao had a fight with his girlfriend, no wonder I saw you being absent-minded this time."

  Liao Shi was very embarrassed, but didn't firmly deny it either. He pulled He Song to a quiet place and patted her on the back of the head, "What's wrong? Didn't go home?"

  He Sheng shook his head and choked back a sob, saying in a muffled voice: "I have no home!"

  Liao Shi wasn't clear why she would say such a thing, but didn't ask further, only wiping away her tears before leading the group back here once more.

  After that, He Sheng never mentioned the people and things of the past again, and has been living a stable life until now, as if he had been here from the beginning and would continue to the end.

  He Sheng's daily work is to follow Liao Shi to the medical hall, where he sweeps and cleans, or helps with the cashier.

  Liao Shi's medical reputation is very good, and many patients come to see him every day, often queuing up to the gate.

  He Sheng helped Yao Yao hand out number cards at the counter early in the morning, and it wasn't until more than two hours later that things slowly calmed down.

  "Look, that woman is here again. You'd better hold our Dr. Liao tightly, or else you'll be crying if someone chases him away." Yao Yao glared at the woman in a pink dress not far away, saying in an odd tone.

  He Sheng put away the banknotes and looked at her speechlessly, "I have nothing to do with Dr. Liao, how many times do I need to say it before you believe me!"

  "You can say it ten thousand times and it won't work!" Yoyo stretched out two fingers towards her own eyes, "Sparkling sparkling drop!"

  He Sheng looked at his watch, "Dr. Liao should drink water now!"

  "What's wrong, you're blushing?"

  He Sheng fell silent for a moment, and unusually didn't ignore her. Instead, he spoke seriously, "Really, Dr. Liao is so excellent, what kind of girl can't he find? I'm just a useless person, how dare I have anything to do with him?"

  He picked up the thermos and headed inside.

  Yao Yao glanced at her left hand hanging down on one side, pouted and said to herself, "Others don't mind, why do you mind!"

  There are about a dozen people in the clinic, including sweepers and medicine fetchers. At noon, nearly half of them eat in the clinic.

  He Sheng is in charge of buying lunch, and there is a newly opened small restaurant nearby. The environment is very clean, especially the dishes are to He Sheng's taste, so she comes here every day to buy food.

  As time went by, I became familiar with the boss and knew that her hands were inconvenient. If she wasn't too busy, she would let the small workers in the store help carry things for her.

  "Hu Shifu, I heard you've become a father recently?" He Song said with a smile from the window.

  The man inside wore a big chef's hat, the shovel in his hand never stopped moving, and a silly smile appeared on his honest face.

  "Oh, yes, kids are so naughty, keeping me awake all night."

  "Kids are all like this, they'll behave after a few years."

  "Yes, it's good that his mother is here, although he's still young but seems to recognize people, and when his mother holds him, he doesn't cry."

  He Sheng smiled and said, "That big sister must be tired!"

  "Hmm!" Master Hu nodded and glanced inside, then complained to He Song: "You still have a big temper, I get scolded every day!"

  He Xiang suddenly burst out laughing.

  When she returned to the clinic with several hot dishes, a few people had already set up the table and were waiting for her to deliver the food.

  Yao Yao took off her nurse's cap and exclaimed: "It's finally here, I haven't eaten breakfast all day, I'm going to faint from hunger!"

  He Qing hurriedly carried the dishes to the table and was the first to dig in, her flustered appearance making it seem like she was truly starving!

  Sister Su, who was in charge of fetching medicine, glanced at her with a smile and said, "You're almost there too, or else the young man will run away when he sees you like this!"

  Yao Yao didn't think much of it, "That's because they have no taste."

  When they all started, He Sheng took another copy and sent it to Liao Shi. The office door was slightly ajar, she pushed the door in, and the other party was facing away from her on the phone, with one hand around her chest, her head slightly tilted, and the white coat on her body had not been taken off, only the buttons were undone.

  He turned his head to glance at He Song, then turned back, "Mom, don't worry about this... I know... it's okay, I have my own thoughts! ... Yeah! I'm hanging up! You take care of your body, okay."

  The phone hung up, and He Sheng had already left. On the table was a boxed lunch. Liao Shi turned his phone over and casually tossed it aside, picking up the boxed lunch to eat.