Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 65: Beauty Trap
After resting for two days, Jiang You went to see Nan Kongkong again.
The gladiolus I brought last time was placed in a glass bottle. It is blooming beautifully.
Nan Kongkong looked even weaker.
There was a needle inserted in her forearm, and medicine was dripping slowly from the water bag. When she saw Jiang swimming in, she forced a smile.
Jiang You sat down on the bed and said, "When I came here, I passed a shopping mall. There was a big Christmas tree at the entrance. It had bells and gift boxes hanging on it. It was very beautiful."
"It's almost Christmas."
“Soon.”
"I don't know if I can see..." Nan Kongkong turned his head, "Where is your son?"
"At home."
"My child, if born, would be two years old this year."
"Did you get pregnant before you broke up?"
Nan Kongkong nodded.
"There was an opportunity for a promotion at the time, and I aborted the child without telling him, but he found out," Nan Kongkong smiled bitterly. "He blamed me, but why didn't he think about the fact that as a woman, if I missed an opportunity, there might never be another one. Maybe I would only be able to help others and do worthless work for the rest of my life..."
"That's his child, too."
The cell phone rings.
Nan Kongkong answered the phone, "What?" she screamed.
Then her face turned worse and worse.
After hanging up the phone, she closed her eyes tiredly.
When Jiang You saw that the medicine in the water bag had been used up, he helped her press the bedside call button.
A few minutes later, Shanshan came in with a plate.
She replaced it with another bag of potion.
"Do you still want to hang up?"
"There are two more bags today."
Nan Kongkong opened his eyes and tears welled up in his eyes.
"What's wrong, Xiaonan, does it hurt?"
"My team's proposal was rejected, I..."
"Why are you still thinking about work now?" Shanshan helped her pull up the quilt. "Just think about what you want to eat and what you want to play after you are discharged from the hospital."
After Shanshan left the ward, Jiang You sat for a while and then left.
He walked to the nurses' station where Shanshan was busy.
He said: "She didn't look well."
"It's too late to find out. I know her plan. She started working on it in the first half of this year. She has made several versions of the PPT." Shanshan looked around and whispered, "She also has to take care of the work of the reading club."
“I think being a group leader is hard.”
"That's right. I just started working for a few days and I felt it was too much trouble. I was pulled into a group of management members and they said they would come to assess me in person soon."
"What are the benefits of being a group leader?" Jiang You asked.
"Xiao Nan was very determined to fight for me in the management group..." Shanshan sighed, "Given her current state, it's hard for me to refuse. In the future..."
Jiang You understood what Shanshan meant by "later".
"Do you know what is the best gift for a child on his birthday?" Jiang You changed the subject.
"It's your son's birthday, is it?"
"This month."
"What does he like?"
"Playing games. I originally wanted to buy him some games, but it's bad for children to look at screens all day long," Jiang You pushed his glasses, "Myopia is quite troublesome. By the way, from a doctor's point of view, do you think I need to do laser surgery and take off my glasses?"
“I’m not a doctor.”
"You must know more than us ordinary people."
Shanshan looked at the circles on Jiang You's lenses and said, "If the degree is high, it's better not to have eye surgery if it's not necessary."
Jiang You nodded, "That's true, so I wanted to buy him something else." He changed the subject again, "I just went to the mall and walked around, but didn't see anything suitable."
"Where's his mother?"
"I adopted him."
A hint of surprise flashed across Shanshan
Jiang You continued, "His parents died in a car accident. He used to be very cheerful, but now..." He sighed, "This is his first birthday at my place, so I want to celebrate it well."
Shanshan thought about it for a while, and then she suggested, "Let's buy Lego. On my nephew's birthday, I bought him a Lego Marvel set, and he liked it very much."
“Lego, is there anything else besides Marvel?”
"There are so many series, Star Wars, Batman, Harry Potter and so on."
Jiang You took out his phone and checked. "There's a Lego store nearby. It seems to be in the mall I just visited. When are you off work? Can you help me pick it out? I don't know much about this and I'm afraid I'll buy the wrong one."
Shanshan glanced at the time and said, "It's almost time to get off work. Please wait for a while."
After get off work, Shanshan changed into casual clothes and walked out of the hospital gate with Jiang You.
Walking into the LEGO store, under Shanshan's guidance, he played in the experience area for a while, went to the shelf to pick out a set of Brave in the Forest, and after standing in front of the parts wall for a while, he said, "Thank you so much, I'll treat you to a meal."
"No……"
"Just have a quick meal in this mall."
Shanshan did not refuse again. She said, "Okay, just eat something."
Jiang You chose a chain Hong Kong-style tea restaurant.
After sitting down, he looked at the menu and said, "At first I thought this was just an ordinary book club. I was attending a college classmate's wedding. There was a girl at the table. She knew I liked to read online novels, so she pulled me in."
"Online novel? The kind that goes like Three Lives, Three Worlds?"
Jiang You reached out and called the waiter over. After ordering the dishes, he said, "That's about it. How did you get in?"
"Xiao Nan directly pulled me into the group."
"No assessment?"
Shanshan shook her head. "She dragged me in last year."
Jiang You poured two cups of tea and placed one in front of Shan Shan . "Did you know each other before?"
"I met him while traveling."
"Are there intermediate and advanced groups above?"
The waiter brought the old duck wonton soup, and Jiang You motioned to Shanshan to scoop it first.
Shanshan scooped some soup and said, "Yes, there are several public accounts that belong to us. I heard Xiaonan say that the founders want to build a large and harmonious community for sharing, communication and mutual help. I like the atmosphere in the group. It's also nice to calm down and read a book every week." Shanshan drank a mouthful of soup, "But if I want to be a manager, I don't think I can do it."
"I'd love to try it."
"Management?"
"I have a lot of free time. I run a small postcard shop on Wenhua Street. I've joined so many groups, but this is the most warm and harmonious one. Other groups have a lot of girls and a lot of things to do, but it's different here. Everyone is so nice."
"Everyone in the group has similar views. I'll talk to Xiaonan and ask her to recommend something for you."
"Thank you so much," Jiang You said sincerely, "You really helped me a lot with my son's birthday present and the book club."
