Chapter 5 — The night before the marriage registration day, my fiance returned my household registration book

At dawn, the two sat on the side of the road eating a boxed lunch. Giang Ky looked at the blood-stained white blouse on my body and burst out laughing.

“Doctor Tong, you look so brave.”

I picked up a piece of rice and calmly replied:

“Saving people is more important than anything.”

He smiled softly. Under the dim streetlight, that smile brought a strangely warm feeling. Still in the country... Chu Trach was abused by Lam Dao to the point of having his head broken. Every day she comes up with all kinds of tricks to pretend to be sick. Sometimes I feel dizzy, sometimes my heart beats fast. Chu Trach's only choice is to put aside all his work at the company to be with her every day. Because he was continuously absent, several major projects of the company also failed one after another. That was the first time... Chu Trach was angry with Lam Dao. Three months later. Winter in Xinjiang has arrived. The mountains were covered with white snow, the temperature dropped to minus twenty degrees. But in that cold winter, Giang Ky and I's feelings silently warmed up day by day. Every time he is on leave, he brings me specialty baked goods from the city. On nights when I was on duty, he always texted me to remind me to wear more clothes because he was afraid I would get cold. There are no earth-shattering promises between us. There is only quiet concern and companionship through each day. Meanwhile, Chu Trach's life became increasingly difficult. His company fell into crisis because of capital flow disruption. Every day he was so busy that he was running around looking for investors to save the company. But Lam Dao not only couldn't help, but also whined every day to buy the newly released limited edition bag.

“A Trach, I used to buy you gifts every month before.”

Lam Dao felt sorry for himself and pulled Chu Trach's sleeve. He angrily pushed her hand away.

"The company now can't even pay me a salary, where will I get the money to buy a bag for me?"

That was the first time he refused Lam Dao. She was stunned, then burst into tears.

“You bully me?”

“Are you sick of me?”

"You know right away, in my heart there is only Tong Tinh!"

Hearing my name, Chu Trach suddenly stopped. Previously, all those trivial matters were my responsibility. Every time the company encountered difficulties, I used my savings to help him manage. Every time he got drunk because of socializing, I quietly prepared hangover soup and waited until late. And now... In that house there is only a cold kitchen and cold rice. Besides him, there is only one Lam Dao who always cries and makes himself cry. Just when difficulties were piling up, Chu Trach's mother suddenly had high blood pressure and fainted right at home. Neighbors found out and rushed her to the hospital. When Chu Trach ran over, she had already been transferred to the hospital room. He asked Lam Dao to stay and take care of him for a few days. Who would have thought that she would complain that the hospital room had an unpleasant antiseptic smell and would just stand in the hallway holding her phone all day. Even her blood pressure medication was taken by mistake. Causing her blood pressure to skyrocket, she had to be taken straight to the intensive care room. Looking at the bright red light outside the emergency room, Chu Trach couldn't hold back anymore. He turned around and slapped Lam Dao straight in the face.

“Is this how you take care of my mother?”

Lam Dao covered his face and looked at him in disbelief.

“You hit me?”

“You beat me because of an old woman?”

“Get out of here!”

Chu Trach completely exploded. After sending Lam Dao away, the treating doctor walked over.

"Mr. Chu, your mother's condition is very critical and requires coronary artery bypass surgery immediately."

“But our hospital currently does not have specialists qualified to perform such difficult surgeries.”

"I heard that your ex-girlfriend, Dr. Tong, is a cardiovascular surgery specialist. Can you invite her back to perform surgery directly?"

Chu Trach was like a dying man reaching for a stake. He borrowed a nurse's phone and called me. The moment the call was connected, his voice trembled so much that he almost lost it.

“Tinh Tinh... please... save my mother.”

At that time, I had just stepped off the operating table. Hearing his voice, I didn't even bother to frown.

“I no longer work at that hospital, nor am I qualified to practice there.”

“You should find someone else.”

"Tinh Tinh! That's the aunt who watched you grow up! How can you be so heartless?"

I calmly replied:

“Chu Ze, don't use morality to force me.”

"With a filial child like you, she probably has nothing to regret anymore."

After speaking, I immediately hung up. On the other end of the line, Chu Trach sat down in the hospital hallway, crying like a child. He opened my circle of friends. The latest post is a photo I took two days ago. In the photo, Giang Ky and I are standing in the middle of the white snow. He bowed his head and carefully wrapped the scarf around my neck, his eyes so gentle that he couldn't hide his affection. The status line has only eight words:

"Winter will pass, the galaxy will always be bright."