The car rushed into the hospital. Before the car stopped, Shen Li opened the door and rushed out: "I'll pay the fare with my phone later!"
The driver quickly stopped her and said, "Wait a minute! This is a taxi, not Didi. You can't pay with your phone."
Shen Li recovered and quickly took out her wallet. She took out a fifty-dollar bill twice before pulling it out and shouted, "No need for change!"
The driver watched Shen Li running out in a hurry, glanced at the "50.5" displayed on the meter, curled his lips, and finally did not call her again, letting her leave in a hurry.
Shen Li ran to the respiratory department as if she knew the route well. She got on the elevator and rushed straight to the nurses' desk. Inertia made her crash onto the desk. She patted the desk and asked, "How is Shen Tianyou? Shen Tianyou, he was just brought in!"
The nurse was used to seeing such impatient family members of patients, and asked unhappily: "What's the disease? Why was he sent here?" The nurse checked the admission records and rolled her eyes, "There is no such person! Is he hospitalized? This is the inpatient department!"
Shen Li was at a loss. She received a call from Qiao Lu saying that Shen Tianyou had fallen ill at home. She subconsciously thought that Shen Tianyou would be sent to the respiratory department. She was so scared that her hands were shaking, and she couldn't react when she heard the nurse's words.
The nurse saw that she was still a student and couldn't bear it, so she kindly asked, "What's your name? Who are you? Let me check for you."
Shen Li grasped this glimmer of hope and quickly replied: "Shen Tianyou, he is my brother!"
After typing a few times on the keyboard and pressing the Enter key, the search engine displayed information related to Shen Tianyou. The nurse was a little worried about Shen Li, but after seeing the news, her eyes almost rolled up to the sky, and her dissatisfaction was evident: "He was sent to the emergency department an hour ago and came out of the emergency department ward half an hour ago. The cause of the disease was diarrhea due to eating the wrong food."
"Eat something wrong? Have diarrhea?"
"Yes! It's just a small problem, why rush?"
Shen Li looked at the nurse awkwardly and answered hesitantly, "Is that so? Then how do I get to the emergency department?"
The nurse didn't even show any expression, she just raised her chin as if she was giving directions.
Shen Li's face was burning like fire, and she was sent to the emergency department because of diarrhea? When will Shen Tianyou stop embarrassing her?
Shen Li also wanted to just leave, so she thanked the nurse out of politeness. When she turned around, she heard another nurse asking a question, and that nurse gave a four-word evaluation: "Making a fuss out of nothing!"
Making a mountain out of a molehill! Shen Li could almost imagine how her good brother would tilt his weak body to open the door for Qiao Lu, then turn pale, hold his stomach and groan without reason, and finally be sent to the hospital by the overly nervous Qiao Lu. And Shen Tianyou, not missing any opportunity to make things difficult for her, maliciously urged Qiao Lu to call her. What kind of problem could diarrhea be? It almost made her...
The sign indicated that they had arrived at the emergency department's ward. Shen Li stood at the door and examined Shen Tianyou's face, which was as pale as usual. Before entering the room, Shen Li asked other nurses and learned that Shen Tianyou's problem was not serious, so he just had to stay in one of the beds in the large ward temporarily and could leave when he recovered.
Shen Li leaned against the door and saw Shen Tianyou leaning weakly on the pillow, asking Qiao Lu to bring him a glass of water. Shen Li couldn't help but walk over, snatched the glass of water, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Sister? Why did you come just now? Do you know that I almost died just now..."
"Really?" Shen Li answered him casually, picked up the little monkey squatting on the bench, sat on the bench, and asked, "Shen Tianyou, have you rested enough? If you have, go home."
Shen Tianyou narrowed his eyes and said angrily: "I almost died just now! You didn't answer my call. Do you know how scared I was just now? If Qiao Lu hadn't come to knock on the door and the little monkey hadn't opened the door for him, I would have become a corpse quietly at home!"
Shen's father and mother didn't know, but Shen Li knew it very well. Shen Tianyou liked to exaggerate the most. If he exaggerated the matter, Shen's father and mother would feel more sorry for him. He would say that the pain was 30% and that he would feel like he was dying if he got a needle pricked his hand. This is probably the common trait of children who have candy, they will cry and make a fuss.
Shen Tianyou used this to convince Shen's father and mother, but Shen Li didn't buy it. Moreover, even the nurse said that he just had diarrhea from eating the wrong food. She sarcastically said, "Then why are you still sitting here? Why don't you just die now? It's just a small matter, why are you chattering here? It's a bother!"
Shen Tianyou was so angry at Shen Li that his face turned red. He wanted to retort but his tongue was tied and he couldn't say anything harsh. Qiao Lu's face was full of dark clouds and her eyes were full of fire: "What kind of sister are you? Your brother is so , and you are still mocking him?"
"He thinks having diarrhea is a big deal. Do you want me to make a 'big event record book' for him to keep track of?"
Qiao Lu was touched by the indifference on her face. Diarrhea was not a big deal. If you have a fever, just drink more water. Qiao Lu remembered a certain face that he took for granted. Qiao Lu murmured, "You are my sister, you..."
"What's wrong with being his elder sister? I hate it when people say 'you're his elder sister'. How old is he? Can't he take care of himself? Am I his babysitter? Every time I go out to play, you make me feel uneasy!"
Shen Li glared at Shen Tianyou angrily. His angry expression was exactly the same as Qiao Zishun in Qiao Lu's memory. That year, he had a fever of 39℃. He told Qiao Zishun that he was not feeling well, and Qiao Zishun said the same thing: "How old are you? Find some medicine for yourself."
Qiao Lu was furious and asked, "He's already so sick, and you still want to go out and play? Your brother is lying in bed, and you're going out to play? Do you feel comfortable with that?"
Shen Li had never heard this kind of bandit logic from anyone except Shen's father and mother. Shen Tianyou was fine, just pretending to be sick and lying down, so she couldn't go anywhere and serve Shen Tianyou? Shen Li smiled: "Does that mean I can't go out to play, and I have to cry by his bed? He deserves this, okay?"
Shen Tianyou felt guilty after hearing this and shrank into the quilt, not wanting to explain anything.
"Really? But I heard that you were supposed to take care of him at home, but you sneaked out to play and left your sick brother at home!"
Shen Li was so angry that her nose, eyes and eyebrows were squeezed together. She pointed at Shen Tianyou's nose and scolded: "Is that what you said? You said I left you to go out and play? Shen Tianyou, you are capable! It's ok to tell on me in front of my parents, but you are also slandering me outside?"
Shen Tianyou's eyes darted around, and he was obviously guilty. He was mumbling and couldn't tell the truth. Qiao Lu thought that he was too young to argue with his sister, so she used her body to shield him and knocked Shen Li's hand down, looking like she was helping Shen Tianyou vent his anger: "You are such a good sister! You threatened him in front of me?"
threaten?
Shen Li thought about it and realized that Shen Tianyou's admission to the hospital could not be made light of. His parents must know about it. It didn't matter if Qiao Lu misunderstood like this. If his parents also thought this was the truth, then she would have no way of explaining herself.
Shen Li was anxious, stretched out her hand to push Qiao Lu away, and shouted loudly: "Shen Tianyou, you'd better be honest! It was you who pretended to be sick, and it was you who said it was okay for me to go out and play, and it was okay for you to stay at home. Don't blame everything on me when something happens..."
"Did you hear me? Just do as I say and explain the situation clearly!"
Qiao Lu seemed to have heard the funniest joke of the day: "You're still threatening him?"
"Me!" Shen Li pointed at herself, "I threatened him? Shen Tianyou, tell me yourself whether I threatened you or not? I'm telling you the truth!"
"Why are you so selfish?" Qiao Lu said coldly, "He is just younger than you, why are you so cruel?"
"You make it sound like I'm so heartless and cruel." Shen Li unconsciously tightened her arms. The little monkey whimpered, jumped out of her arms in protest, and climbed onto Shen Tianyou's bed. "Monkey King, come back!"
The "Monkey King" turned his face away and didn't even look at her. People are like this, monkeys are like this too, what did she do wrong? She just cooperated with Shen Tianyou, why did she get the blame?
She was so angry that she moved too violently and overturned the bench. When the bench hit the ground, Shen Tianyou even flinched. Shen Li got even angrier: "Don't hide in the quilt. This is all your fault! Shen Tianyou, come out and explain yourself!"
Shen Tianyou pulled the quilt over his head, and Shen Li pulled the quilt down. The two of them were pulling and tugging. To Shen Li, it was a wrestling match. To Shen's father and mother, who had just walked in, it was just the sister bullying the brother: "Shen Li! What are you doing?"
Shen Li hurriedly let go of her hand and looked towards the door in disbelief. Her eyes once again moved back and forth between Qiao Lu and Shen Tianyou, and then she suddenly realized, "You did it on purpose! You wanted to hurt me on purpose!"
He had clearly informed his parents, but didn't tell her, making her think that he was waiting for her to solve the problem, but in fact he was waiting for her to fall into a trap! Shen Tianyou pretended to be sick, gluttonous, and went to the hospital, and didn't dare to let his parents know, so he let her take the blame!
"What are you doing on purpose? You still want to hide such a big thing from us and fool us?" Shen's mother came over in a hurry. Anxiety made the skin on her face dull. The faint lines on her face expressed her anger that was about to explode. "Shen Li, I asked you to take care of my brother, and this is how you take care of him?"
Shen Li always felt that as long as she told the truth, someone would believe her: "It was Shen Tianyou who was pretending to be sick!"
"Can I get into the hospital by pretending to be sick?"
The anger was like a buzzing buzzing in Shen Li's brain, rising rapidly. The emotion urgently needed to find an outlet. Shen Li's eyes were hot, and she turned around and grabbed Shen Tianyou's arm, her voice also changed: "Shen Tianyou!"
"What else do you want to do?" Shen's mother pulled her away and slapped Shen Li in the face.
When she met Shen Li's eyes, Shen's mother paused for a moment. She was protecting her child, but she remembered that she was going to hit another "child". She clenched her fist and said coldly, "Get out!"
Shen Li stepped back, and everyone in the ward was watching their fun.
When the nurse arrived late and was about to order them to be quiet, everything had calmed down, except for the embarrassment that could not be erased from Shen Li's face.
The Shen family's house was brightly lit tonight. Their precious youngest son had a false alarm, so the host and hostess warmly entertained Qiao Lu, who had saved their youngest son's life .
Shen Tianyou thanked Qiao Lu, and was even more grateful to the little monkey that had gone crazy at him before. In his opinion, if the little monkey had not opened the door, Qiao Lu would not have been able to come in and save him.
There was a table full of delicious food. Mr. and Mrs. Shen enthusiastically picked up food for Qiao Lu. For the first time ever, Shen Tianyou did not argue with the little monkey that did not give him face, and fed it patiently.
Shen Li came out of the room and found that there was no bowl or chopsticks for her on the dining table. She silently looked at the people who were in harmony, took a step forward, walked across the restaurant and went straight to the door.
Someone asked, “Where to?”
Shen Li stopped but didn't answer. Shen's father said, "Shen Li, bring me a pack of cigarettes."
"Heh--", Shen Li sneered, how could anyone care about her? Shen Li closed the door, walked down the stairs and walked out. After two or three steps, the door suddenly creaked. She turned back hesitantly and saw a dark shadow climbing up to her.
Shen Li looked at the little monkey in her arms and whispered, "It's not bad to have you."
Shen Li bought the little monkey its favorite pudding. She held the little monkey in one hand and an ice cream in the other, and in her pocket were the cigarettes that Shen's father asked her to buy.
The convenience store is not far from Shen Li's home, only a few dozen meters away. Shen Li lives on the first floor. In addition to the normal entrance and exit of the unit door, Shen's father had someone open another entrance and exit, and surrounded the outside to form a small garden. The small garden has a circle of low fences, and on both sides of the path behind the iron gate, Shen's father once planted a lot of flowers for Shen Li.
At that time, Shen Li was only about five or six years old. She was short in stature and spoke in a baby voice. She rushed to grab the watering can that Shen's father used to water the flowers. In fact, she was only slightly heavier than the watering can filled with water, but she overestimated her own abilities and tried to grab the watering can that was slightly lighter than hers.
Seeing that she really wanted to water the flowers herself, Shen's father made her a small watering can that looked like a teapot. Shen's father held her hand and led her to water the flowers, explaining to her the habits of the flowers and the time to water them...
Now, the small watering can is still on Shen Li's desk, and with a sticker on it it has become a small pen holder, but the flower was pulled out by Shen's father himself because of Shen Tianyou's bronchial problem. The flower was pulled out by the roots, thrown aside like a weed, and finally thrown into the trash can.
Shen Li was young at the time and didn't know how to be sad, because Shen's father said he would plant two more pear trees for her, Shen Li's pear trees. But the pear trees eventually failed to settle in the small yard, and Shen Li had been taught not to cause trouble to her parents with those little things.
Shen Li threw the ice cream wrapper into the trash can. She seemed to see the uprooted flowers lying in the blue bucket. She looked up at the lawn that was now filled in for Shen Tianyou. She suddenly laughed, a self-deprecating laugh. Two seconds later, she burst into tears: "Why? Why?"
"Isn't my last name Shen? What did I do wrong?"
"So what if she's my sister? Why can't I be selfish? I don't like Shen Tianyou, I just don't like him!"
"Because I don't like Shen Tianyou, no one likes me?"
There were too many questions, piling up in her chest but like a thorn in her throat, she couldn't ask them.
In all these years, when have they ever been nice to her? Probably when relatives and friends get together and ask about her grades, they will mention her with a smile on their faces. In the matter of taking care of Shen Tianyou, there is no reward if you do it right, and you will be scolded if you do it wrong. In addition to being Shen Tianyou's sister, does she have another identity?
Shen Li sat on the steps and cried with her face covered. The little monkey seemed to sense something and gently stroked her back. Shen Li raised her head and looked at the little monkey with wet eyes: "Monkey King, didn't you say you would help me?"
"Go and mess with Shen Tianyou!"
"I brought you back to let you torment Shen Tianyou, why don't you torment him? Go ahead, torment him! You are not allowed to be nice to him, you are not allowed to be intimate with him, you have to bully him, hurt him, torment him..."
“Bang.”
The iron plate hit the lawn with a muffled sound, and Shen Li's whole body felt as if its hair had been blown off. She could tell that this was her family's fruit plate. She turned around stiffly and saw Qiao Lu standing under the eaves. The light was shining on his head, but she couldn't see the expression .
"Is that what you think? Is that your intention in bringing Pudding back? Do you want Pudding to torture your brother, your own brother?"
Shen Li stood up on her knees and hurriedly took two steps back down the stairs.
Qiao Lu was not the only one standing in the small porch. The Shen couple stood behind him, with Father Shen thoughtful and Mother Shen's eyes full of disbelief.
"No...it's not like that..." Shen Li opened her mouth to explain, but Shen Tianyou approached the door with something in his hand. Shen's mother's first reaction was to push her son into the house.
Shen Li just forgot what she was supposed to say. She closed her eyes for a second or two, and when she opened her eyes again, she had changed her mind.
What would they do next? Blame her? Punish her? Teach her a lesson?
Damn them! She will never admit she was wrong!
Shen Li said softly, "Yes!" The light in her eyes became sharper and sharper. She pretended to be indifferent despite the pain, but she was actually extremely extreme. "That's what I thought! My dear brother, I hate him, I hate him! That's why I brought the Monkey King back, I just want to punish him!"
Standing under the small porch were the Shen family's three members and their son's savior. The little monkey jumped onto the path behind the iron gate, looked back at Shen Li, and then resolutely threw itself into Qiao Lu's arms.
Even the little monkey doesn't want her anymore.
"He's your brother!"
Shen's mother's cold voice broke the last string in Shen Li's brain. Shen Li did not hide her tears. Her face was full of water and her smile was like rippling blue waves: "Just because he is my brother? Has anyone cared about me since he was born? You remember clearly what Shen Tianyou likes to eat and what he doesn't like to eat, but you can forget my birthday completely! After he was born, you held the only parent-teacher meeting for me, but you went to the wrong grade and entered the wrong classroom. You always ask me why I come back late, but you forget that I told you that I will be a senior in the next semester!"
"You always say I'm the elder sister and he's the younger brother! As an elder sister, you must always give in! Even if he frames you or bullies you, you must give in! You must believe what Shen Tianyou says unconditionally! If there is any problem between him and me, it's all my fault and I'm the only one to be blamed!"
Shen Li roared and complained to Shen Ma, and the little monkey was even scared by her and buried his head in Qiao Lu's chest.
Qiao Lu thought that Shen Li was "Qiao Zishun of the Shen family", but he didn't expect that his action of coming out to find her would lead to the current situation that is difficult to reverse.
Shen Li cried until she sobbed and her voice became hoarse. She stared at Shen's father and mother hatefully: "So why was Shen Li born?"
"Not only do I hate him, I hate you guys too."
Shen Li gave him a disappointed look, turned around and fled from the yard.
The little monkey jumped out of Qiao Lu's arms and chased for a few meters before being stopped by Qiao Lu. It looked back at everyone standing in the small porch and whimpered like crying. When it turned its head back again, the girl had already run around the corner and disappeared.
No matter what the scene looked like in the eyes of others, Shen Li only remembered the night she ran away from home. The sky was full of stars, a winding road ran from top to bottom, with green trees on both sides, and the orange street lights stood silently in place, watching her crying and escaping from the home where she had stayed for more than ten years.
The strange thing was that even though she was very sad and cried until she had hiccups, the negative emotions in her heart that were about to overflow seemed to be cleared away at once . It was like a school bag weighing more than ten pounds was suddenly taken away, and her entire back was empty. A sense of relief that she had never felt before was born in her brain.
How would her father view her? How would her mother think of her? These questions appeared in Shen Li's mind for only a second before she threw them out of her head like a broken jar.
She had always been taught to be a good sister, just like the ivy that was supposed to grow freely but was fixed in a certain direction, no longer entitled to be willful. Now, she had crossed the fence and ignored the rules, and she could even imagine how angry they were.
Yes, that's right! She has never been a good sister! She gets jealous and envious, and gets angry when she feels wronged for a long time. She has never been a filial daughter or a good sister.
She is just Shen Li, Shen Li’s own Shen Li.