In a flash ten days have passed, the rescue duty has reached enter the end. Its finally the day for the military personnels to be withdrawn.
That day, Xu Qin watches the soldiers leave. The old villagers, who throws them a send-off party, stop them and want to send them local specialities.
The disaster area is short of supplies and military forces are discipline so they aren’t willing to receive.
Both sides are declining to give up.
Xu Qin passes several cars, several soldiers, who are saved by her, greet her. She nods and straightens her lips.
The military cars leave one by one, the old villagers chase after the car and waves their hand to bid goodbye.
Xu Qin goes to the last team to depart, she notices Song yan there. They would go back today.
Song Yan is crammed by a lot of people, from time to time he nods at them. He also sends his best regard to them and declines their gifts at the same time. This time he looks away and notices Xu Qin.
She continues to walk away and couldn’t help to look back at him.
He gets ready to get on the car. But he also looks back at Xu Qin. Their gazes meet each other.
Next second, Song Yan just gets on the car.
The car starts to move.
Xu Qin’s heart starts to beat so fast.
She is smiling when she leaves.
After several days, Xu Qin and her team also return to Di City.
Before leaving, the old villagers don’t forget to send them off and give them gift. They say that doctors and nurses aren’t part of the military, they ask them to accept it. They block the car and don’t let them go if they don’t accept the gifts.
It makes the doctors and nurses don’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Indeed they couldn’t refuse their good intentions. Xu Qin at last accepts a basket of chicken eggs; the others also accept.
There are people who are crying when it’s time to say goodbye. Xu Qin isn’t used to this kind of occasion. So she gets on the car and sits down at the most inner seat.
When the car has gone far away, she looks back at the town.
Does this small town bring any change in her? She doesn’t think too much about it. Now saying anything is too early. Perhaps she should wait for more months or perhaps years.
On the way back to the city, Xu Qin leans back on her chair and sleeps soundly.
When she arrives home, she is so tired.
She clean up herself and then goes to sleep. This sleep is so soundly. She sleeps from the afternoon, till the morning of the next day.
Xu Qin doesn’t rush to wake up, she lays down on the bed and recalls what had happened in last ten days. It doesn’t feel right, it’s like a dream.
Those deceased people, those people who are alive, those who are losing their own family.
Her heart is beating so fast.
She takes her phone and opens up his contact. She considers for a while and sends him a message:
“I am back home.”
She is anxious and puts her phone down. Then there’s a reply.
“Okay.”
Xu Qin looks at the phone: “…..” She really doesn’t know what to say. Then there’s another message: “Have a good rest.”
She immediately types: “I have rested well.”
She sends it.
She adds: “I came back yesterday.”
She waits for a while and he seems to be so slow in replying her. Supposedly he is caught unprepared. She suddenly realizes that she is not good at chatting. She wants to make up and type: “What are you doing? You are not working?”
“I am resting.” He replies much quicker this time.
Xu Qin thinks he should rest now. When she is about to ask about his condition, another chat comes in from Song Yan.
“Do you want to meet up?”
She looks at the screen and blushes. She replies: “I want to.”
“Then come out.” He replies.
Xu Qin gets off the bed. Then she suddenly remembers something, she covers her forehead. She sends a message to him while pouting. “I forget, today we have meeting at the hospital….”
“Okay.”
She scratches her head and continues to type: “Then let’s meet up in the afternoon? 02:00 p.m., in front of my apartment building?”
“Okay.”
Xu Qin puts down her phone and gets off the bed. She opens the window and looks around. She goes to the balcony and looks at Wu Fang street. She smiles and looks at the fine sky.
There’s honorary meeting at the meeting room. The time Xu Qin arrives, Xiao Xi and friends are sitting together and chatting together. They don’t forget to book a seat for her.
Everyone has enough rest so all of them look much better.
Xiao Xi: This time the hospital would distribute certificate for those take part in the rescuing process. Though there’s no use but we could use it as a way to commemorate it.
Xiao Dong says: “Those days are like a dream for me. We were so tired, but now when I think of it, I feel it’s too valuable.”
Xu Qin also thinks the same ways: “I think so too.”
Xiao Bei pokes at Xiao Nan: “This one is the one that gets a great bonus.”
Xu Qin is slow, she doesn’t aware of it.
Xiao Xi says quickly: “Now she is with Tong Ming, the firefighter.”
Xiao Nan is not shy, she shrugs: “He is too shy. Ahyoo, I chased after him with ‘skill in many types of combat’. “
Xu Qin recalls that few months ago, Tong Ming was injured and sent to the hospital. Xiao Nan was the one that took care of him. This time during the earthquake, Tong Ming was injured too and Xiao Nan is the one that took care of him.
“Your Pa Ma don’t oppose it?”
Xiao Nan: “It’s okay as long as I like him. If they don’t agree, then I would just coax and pester them. No Pa Ma would too hard on the kid.”
Xu Qin is surprised to find that she is wide and open. Suddenly the leader of the hospital gets inside the hall. The atmosphere turns quiet.
The leader of the hospital gets on the stage and sighs: “Everyone should be very tired—-“
The audiences laugh.
The leader of the hospital looks around and nods: “This time of rescue, our hospital’s medical team had performed well. They were successful in finishing 39 major surgeries, 79 minor surgeries, we took care of 438 people…..”
Xu Qin is not focus, she looks at her phone.
She and Song Yan’s chat stops at “Okay”.
She reads it over and over.
Now it’s 10:30 a.m., there are three hours left before 02:00 p.m.
The hospital leader still speaks in bureaucratic tone: “……….. receive in no small measure local villagers positive evaluation. This time the rescue operation showed a lot of excellent doctors and nurses. They are skilled but kind. This time they value highly peoples’ life and safety.Today the one that should be honored. The first one is the from surgery department who rotates post in emergency department, Xu Qin Yi Sheng.”
The leader of the hospital applauds, and all the other also clap.
Xu Qin’s face is red, there’s an awkward expression on her face. She knows that she would be appreciated, but she doesn’t expect this big appreciation.
The leader of the hospital contiues: “Xu Yi Sheng is picked to be the top-ten moving story during the rescuing process. Let us let Xu Yi Sheng to get on the stage and speak for a while.
Xu Qin is startled, yet she turns calm quietly. She makes up her mind and just gets on the stage.
Everyone is waiting for her speech, Professor Xu Ken is still expressionless.
She adjusts the microphone and doesn’t hesitate. She isn’t nervous. She starts to speak: “I just do what I should do. I also being saved by the survivors.
Everyone is still waiting.
“That time I saw that the woman was dead, I got ready to leave. But the firefighter, who rescued her, told me that the woman is pregnant. He stopped me.”
Everyone’s face just changes.
“Thanks to him, I could help a kid. He also save me from a great mistake.”
It’s an absolute silence. They don’t expect that there’s this kind of version.
The leader of the hospital’s face turns sour, he comes forward.
“That moment, I realize that I was wrong….”
Her sentence is too in effective. The leader of the hospital seizes the microphone and says: “Xu Yi Sheng and the firefighter were hand in hand, they successfully saved that baby.”
Everyone feels so awkward but they keep on clapping.
“Next one, from….”
Xu Qin goes down off the stage, Xiao Dong, Xiao Xi, Xiao Nan, Xiao Bei are looking at her, they are unable to speak.
She sits down indifferently: “What is it?”
Four of them shake their head.
Xiao Nan: “I said it right, Xu Yi Sheng’s brain is abnormal.”
Xu Qin: “…..”
She doesn’t care, she is relaxed. She is waiting for her afternoon date.
On the way back home, she is waiting for the red light to turn to green light. She looks at a big poster on the front of the department store. It is a picture of foreign beautiful woman smiling so brightly.
Xu Qin looks at the poster for a while, she changes her lane and enters the department store.
…………
In the afternoon 02:00 p.m., Xu Qin tidies up and freshens up herself. She runs downstair to the garden. Song Yan is standing under the tree and waiting for her. He is smoking.
She takes a deep breath and runs toward him.
He notices her and throws away his cigarette.
“You have been waiting for a long time?” She asks.
“I just arrived.” He says.
He looks at her and examines her face. His gaze stops on her lips. She is wearing lipstick today. It is in bright red, she is so beautiful.
He looks for a minute then turns his body to go. He smiles.
Xu Qin follows him: “Where would we go?”
Song Yan looks at her: “What about going to the cinema?”
Xu Qin: “Okay. Which cinema would we go?”
Song Yan: “Qi Feng Lu.”
“Okay ah.” Xu Qin says.
Song Yan looks at her again. Perhaps because it’s winter, the weather is cold and makes her face be so white. Her eyes are so clear.
He asks: “Are you cold?”
“No.”
He takes a look at her hands, her hands are inside her pockets.
He takes out his phone and gets ready to call the taxi.
“Let’s take the subway.” Xu Qin says: “This time there should be traffic jam.”
They walk to the subway station, Song Yan buys a single ticket for Xu Qin. But the time they would pass the sluice gate, there’s a small problem.
She stands in front of the sluice gate and taps the card but it doesn’t open.
Because there’s a bit crowded at this time, a lot of people are waiting behind her. Xu Qin feels awkward. She says to herself: “My card seems to be broken.”
The time she wants to look for help. Song Yan just pulls her few steps back. He says: “Try once more.”
Xu Qin taps it. This time, it opens. Xu Qin is startled for a second and passes the gate. She looks at Song Yan.
Song Yan taps his card and brings her to the platform.
Xu Qin asks: “What happened? Why I couldn’t tap it open?”
Song Yan says: “On the floor there’s a yellow line. You should stand on the yellow line to let the gate open.”
So turns out she passes the yellow line.
The subway arrives at the platform and stops. They wait for other passengers to get off first.
Xu Qin: “Why there’s a weird rule like that? Wouldn’t it take too long?”
Song Yan: “It’s effective to avoid someone sneaks in without a ticket.”
The subway’s door opens. The other passengers have gotten off. Then they get in.
“Sneaks in without a ticket?” Xu Qin frowns, she couldn’t think of a way to sneak in without any ticket.
“Like this.” Song Yan lowers his head and says to her ear. He move a step closer and sticks close to her back.
Xu Qin’s heart is beating so fast.
His hands are on her waist. She doesn’t move and just let him stands behind her. His chin is on her back of head.
She could smell his shampoo. Xu Qin thinks. He should wash his hair before he leaves home. Luckily, she also washes her own hair.
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