Chapter 13 The Distance Between Two Hearts 2
"I was afraid you were too tired, so I came to take your shift. You take a good rest, and I'll take care of him."
"But these days are your rare vacation..." He Weining held her hand.
"I told you it's okay, and I'm bored when I'm alone, so why not help you share the burden?" She let go of He Weining's hand, took out the things in the bag, and put them neatly in the cabinet beside the bed. The sunlight shone through the French window, casting a gentle halo on Liang Xiaodi's pure smile. She didn't know that at this moment, she looked so beautiful in Lu Zheng's sleepy eyes that it was unreal.
After He Weining left, Liang Xiaodi looked at Lu Zheng carefully. He looked even worse than Liang Xiaodi had imagined.
He had dark circles under his eyes, pale skin, bloodless lips, and was thin and listless. He looked like someone who hadn't slept well for several days and nights. She finally understood why He Weining's eyes were filled with deep sorrow every time she mentioned Lu Zheng.
"You're surprised by this, right?" Lu Zheng smiled and scratched his hair subconsciously. "You're definitely not as handsome as the last time I saw you."
"No, no, you're still very handsome!" Liang Xiaodi took out two books from her bag. "I thought you'd be bored in the hospital alone, so I brought my favorite comics here. But..." She glanced at the advanced multimedia equipment in the ward. "It seems redundant."
"Not too much, not too much!" Lu Zheng took the book and smiled happily, "I like it very much, thank you."
"Are you usually alone here?"
"More or less. My brother often comes to keep me company."
In fact, this was the first time Liang Xiaodi heard Lu Zheng call He Weining "brother". She bit her lip and asked cautiously: "Why don't you and your brother have the same surname?"
Lu Zheng blinked his beautiful eyes: "Didn't my brother tell you?"
Liang Xiaodi shook her head.
"Okay." Lu Zheng curled his lips, "If he doesn't tell you, I will tell you."
"My last name was not Lu, but He, and my name was He Weizheng. My brother was 17 and I was 15 that year. My parents' relationship broke down and they divorced. It was my mom who cheated on me. She married a foreigner. My brother and my dad stayed in China. My mom took me abroad and changed my last name, which shows how much she disliked my dad."
Liang Xiaodi was stunned. No wonder He Weining never mentioned his parents.
"When I was 20, my mother fell seriously ill and died soon after. I was very depressed during those years. I didn't have a good life abroad and I also had this troublesome disease. My brother took me back and raised me for several years."
"It's been a few years?" Liang Xiaodi couldn't believe it. "How painful it must be!"
Lu Zheng smiled indifferently: "I'm used to it."
These four words were said lightly, but Liang Xiaodi felt a little uncomfortable.
"and after?"
"After I returned to China, I had nothing to do, so I started playing games. However, my brother didn't allow me to sit in front of the computer for a long time, so he came to play too in order to keep an eye on me. Later, he met you." As he spoke, Lu Zheng showed his signature smile, revealing a row of neat teeth and two deep dimples on his cheeks.
"After meeting you, he was different. A few times, he came back drunk from socializing outside and told me that he seemed to be interested in a girl. Later I found out that the girl was you."
He spoke lightly, as if he was drawing a simple picture. Liang Xiaodi blushed, and a sweet feeling welled up in her heart.
"Ever since he told me, I've been curious and wanted to know what kind of girls he likes. Until that party, when I saw him holding your hand and walking in with you, I immediately understood why he liked you."
"Why?" Liang Xiaodi was overjoyed when she heard this. He Weining had never told her this before.
Seeing her anxious look, Lu Zheng smiled jokingly: "I won't tell you this, you will know it later."
"Hmph, just like your brother, always keeping people in suspense." Liang Xiaodi curled his lips.
"Let's not talk about my brother anymore, let's talk about you! Your mental state seems not as good as before, is it because of Xiao Yunfei's matter?"
Liang Xiaodi smiled awkwardly: "Did your brother tell you?"
"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that." Lu Zheng snorted.
"Actually, I was quite sad. I hated her so much at first, but she looked so pitiful when she left. I wanted to help her, but she refused. She thought I was making fun of her." Her voice became lower and lower, and her expression revealed a sadness.
"Xiao Di, have you ever thought about this? Maybe you two weren't meant to be friends from the beginning."
"Why?"
"She looks generous and kind, but in fact, she is a person with low self-esteem in every aspect. Because of this, she becomes more and more scheming. She doesn't have everything you have, so she will definitely be jealous of you. Slowly, jealousy turns into hatred, and when hatred grows, she will naturally start to hurt you. Why should you be sad about losing such a friend who hurts you?"
"But……"
Lu Zheng sighed deeply and said, "Some people appear in your life, often just to follow the arrangement of fate and teach you a lesson that is very beneficial."
After a close contact, Liang Xiaodi quickly became familiar with Lu Zheng.
In her spare time, she often brings some delicious and healthy pastries made by herself to Lu Zheng, and chats with him while accompanying him to get an IV drip for an entire afternoon. When Lu Zheng is feeling better, he invites Liang Xiaodi to his home to play a few competitive games with her. Liang Xiaodi will prepare a sumptuous dinner and wait for He Weining to come back to eat together. In fact, it is not just to take care of Lu Zheng, but she also wants to see He Weining every day.
But she never said this.
However, what she didn't expect was that these unspoken words would lead to irreversible consequences.
Ever since Liang Xiaodi and Lu Zheng became good friends, He Weining started to worry. He noticed that Lu Zheng looked at Liang Xiaodi differently. Not only that, Lu Zheng mentioned Liang Xiaodi more and more often. So during this period, He Weining deliberately sent Liang Xiaodi away and didn't let her come to see Lu Zheng.
It was the weekend, and He Weining came to the hospital alone to see Lu Zheng.
"Xiao Di is not coming today?" Lu Zheng looked behind He Weining.
"Xiao Di can't come during this period." He Weining answered expressionlessly while peeling an apple.
"Why?" Lu Zheng immediately became anxious.
He Weining raised his eyebrows and looked at him, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes: "I'm busy with work, I don't have time."
"Don't always let her take on so much work!" Lu Zheng said with dissatisfaction.
"She is my girlfriend, you don't need to teach her." He Weining pushed the apple in front of him with some force.
"But she is also my friend." Lu Zheng smiled, and the meaning of his smile was clear.
He Weining looked at him coldly and said, "I feel relieved to see that you are in good condition today. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." With that, he stood up and walked towards the door.
"Brother, you did it on purpose."
He Weining turned around, his seemingly calm eyes concealing turbulent emotions.
"What's the meaning?"
"You don't want me to see her." Lu Zheng stood up and put his hands in his pockets. His almost transparent white face showed dissatisfaction. He Weining didn't say anything. His expressionless face looked even colder under the projection of light and shadow.
"Brother, what would you do if I told you that I like Xiaodi?"
A thunderbolt flashed over He Weining's head, and the annoyance in his heart suddenly jumped up. Although he had expected it, when he heard this sentence in person, He Weining was still greatly stimulated. How could he say this sentence without any scruples?
Suddenly, there was a dead silence all around.
He Weining looked at Lu Zheng sternly, and Lu Zheng looked at him calmly.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Zheng suddenly smiled, returned to the rocking chair, and said leisurely: "I haven't liked a girl for a long time. I know this is wrong, but I still like her. I can't lie to myself."
"When I'm with her, I feel that my life is particularly happy. She is like sunshine, shining into every barren corner of my life. You and I are different. For you, feelings are an accessory, but for me, they are the focus of life."
"You told me that you felt guilty towards me, so you would give me whatever I wanted. Now, why not? I'm not asking you to break up with her. I just want to be with her more often, laugh with her, and talk with her. Isn't that okay?"
He Weining's face became heavier. Yes, he had promised before, but he hadn't met Liang Xiaodi at that time, and he didn't know that love was so important to him. Lu Zheng needed Liang Xiaodi, so didn't he need her too?
This voice kept lingering in his mind. He Weining wanted to say it out loud, but his throat seemed to be blocked by cotton and he couldn't utter a single word.
However, the people who couldn't say a word were not only him, but also Liang Xiaodi who was hiding at the door.
These words were like a bucket of cold water, poured over her mercilessly. She subconsciously stiffened her back, gasped for breath, and her mind went blank.
It turns out that I am really not that important...
It turned out that no matter how hard she tried to love him, her position in his heart would not change at all...
It was dark when we came out of the hospital.
Liang Xiaodi was wearing too few clothes, and the cold wind blew into her collar, bringing a biting chill.
She wandered absentmindedly under the street lights, her steps somewhat staggering. Suddenly she heard someone calling her, and she turned around subconsciously, only to see He Weining standing not far ahead with a look of similar bewilderment. Hot tears blurred her vision, and under the dim light, she saw He Weining walking towards her.
For the first time in her life, she didn't want to face him.
"Why are you here?" He Weining's voice was trembling. He and Lu Zheng had a disagreement and were about to leave, but he didn't expect Liang Xiaodi to be here too. She looked like... He subconsciously took a breath.
Liang Xiaodi took a deep breath, turned around and tried to walk away, but was grabbed by him.
"Did you...hear something?"
"No, I didn't hear anything, I didn't hear anything!" Liang Xiaodi shook her head vigorously. At this moment, she would rather know nothing. However, her tears fell down, ruthlessly exposing her.
He Weining's heart sank. It seemed that she really heard everything.
Drinking something hot on a cold day should make you feel better.
With this in mind, He Weining ran out to buy her milk tea. When he came back, he saw her sitting in the car obediently, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He handed the milk tea he had just bought to Liang Xiaodi, but Liang Xiaodi was unmoved and looked out the window blankly. Under the cool moonlight, her eyes were slightly red.
"Xiao Di, don't be angry with Lu Zheng. He is actually dissatisfied with me." He Weining took a deep breath, "In fact, I should have been the one who went abroad that year."
Liang Xiaodi listened in silence.
"I was 17 years old at the time, and my parents were getting divorced. After the divorce, my mother married a foreigner. At first, they wanted to take me away. I didn't like that foreigner, and he had bad behavior. Because of my strong opposition, my father had no choice but to propose a lottery. I was very selfish, and in order to stay, I tampered with the lot and let Lu Zheng follow my irresponsible mother instead of me."
Hearing this, Liang Xiaodi's eyes became even dimmer.
"Lu Zheng was unable to stay in the country and was forced to break up with his girlfriend. Because of this, I always felt that I owed him. In addition, he had uremia, so I took care of him without hesitation and agreed to any request he made."
After that, his expression returned to calm: "This is what happened."
Liang Xiaodi grabbed He Weining's hand on the steering wheel and asked disappointedly, "That's it?"
"What else do you want to know?" He Weining frowned.
"Why didn't you speak just now?" Liang Xiaodi became anxious all of a sudden, stimulated by his calm attitude.
He Weining frowned: "You believe Lu Zheng's nonsense!"
"You know best whether he is fooling around or not!" Liang Xiaodi stared at him closely, "I know you feel guilty about him, so you give him everything he wants, even your girlfriend, right?"
"You're starting to have wild thoughts again." He Weining was upset, "Do you want me to fight him before you're satisfied?"
Liang Xiaodi looked at He Weining in disbelief, and suddenly felt that he was so strange. Her body trembled, and she gently let go of his hand and whispered: "In your eyes, am I not comparable to Lu Zheng at all? Whenever there is something, the first person you consider is Lu Zheng..."
