Fairy From An Alien World Chapter 3

After listening to this, Elliot felt even heavier. He should have thought of it a long time ago. Lara's dejected appearance and the floor she went to all told him the answer and the truth.

"Did Shu Yi tell you not to tell me?"

Oliver nodded, "She has changed a lot now. She is no longer the little girl who only chased after you. I don't know what happened between you two. I don't want you to have any regrets."

"Is Aunt Yu's illness serious?"

"I can't tell, it depends on the follow-up treatment."

Elliot was stunned, as if a huge stone was pressed on his chest, unable to breathe or move away.

Chapter 2 It’s always awkward to meet old friends again

That night, Lara stayed with her in bed as usual.

Claire's surgery was scheduled for three days later, and she spent the past two days doing various pre-operative indicators. In order to take care of her at all times, she rented a camp bed in the underground supermarket of the hospital. She took it out at night and set it up in the morning. Put it away after you get up.

It's just that this bed is really difficult for people to sleep comfortably. Because it's too narrow and because of the empty space in the middle, she often wakes up with backache and back pain. After sleeping, it's more uncomfortable than not sleeping. But in order to ensure enough rest, she To support myself in taking care of patients, I force myself to close my eyes every night.

But today, I couldn't sleep no matter what.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the big lights in the corridor outside the ward were turned off.

She stood up carefully, closed the door of the ward quietly, and planned to go outside for some fresh air. Her nose was filled with the increasingly strong smell of disinfectant, and her sense of smell seemed to have lost its function after smelling it for a long time.

She sat on the bench under the window at the end of the corridor, opened the window and looked at the moon in the sky.

Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, leaving only darkness and a few sparse and lonely stars in the sky.

She felt that those stars were very much like her, lonely and helpless, having to hang there in the dark night, being pushed forward by life, unable to see the way forward.

These days, she has been forcing herself to be calm and rational. Even when she learned that her mother's prognosis was not good, she deliberately stayed calm. But today's hurried meeting with Elliot really made her unable to calm down.

The deep pool that had always been calm in my heart suddenly became rippled.

She was thirteen years old when she first met Elliot.

That day was my father's funeral.

There were countless people coming in and out of the courtyard. When the adults looked at her, they always looked at her with pity and as if they felt the same sadness. But at that time, she felt that the loving eyes of these people were like sharp swords, invisible. It stung her many times.

Only Elliot stood behind his parents. There was no lament in his eyes, nor did he pretend to be empathic with adults. He just glanced at her quietly, looked over the slender little girl in front of him, and then , secretly took out a lollipop from her coat pocket and quietly placed it in her hand when no one was paying attention.

This incident made her remember it for many years.

Later, her mother told her that her brother, who was three years older than her, was the son of Uncle Zhou, who had the best relationship with her father during his lifetime, and was now studying in Beixian County. The Zhou family helped a lot. After the funeral, Claire called people to come to the house for dinner to express his gratitude. Uncle Zhou was working out of town and entrusted Elliot to Claire before leaving. But in fact, he hoped that he could take good care of these two orphans and widowed mothers who had just lost their mainstay.

From then on, Elliot often appeared at her home.

She was completely uncomfortable with it at the beginning, but finally got used to having such an older brother to take care of and help her, and she recognized from the bottom of her heart that this was her brother, only separated by blood.

Until he was admitted to the best university in Jingping City. Because he needed to move back to Jingping for his studies, he gradually lost contact. Now when we see each other again, they are just like the most familiar strangers, and it has become an estranged relationship that requires polite greetings. .

It can be seen that growing up is not as happy as it seems on the surface. It is always difficult to get back something you have lost, and it is always beyond your control.

Lara sat there for almost an hour, and finally went back when her eyelids couldn't hold any longer.

The thin white gauze curtains were drawn in the ward, and she could clearly see the night outside the window. There were rows of tall buildings and countless lights at night. She lay on the uncomfortable bed and forced herself to close her eyes.

In the dream, I didn’t know that I was a guest.

People cannot cling to the past and must always look forward.

Lara never thought that Elliot came to the ward early the next day.

After washing up, she went to the restaurant downstairs to get a meal. When she came back, she couldn't find Claire in the original ward. The nurse reminded her that her mother had been assigned to a single ward. She was just wondering what was going on when she saw Claire when she entered the door. Elliot sat in front of the hospital bed and talked and laughed with Claire.

The atmosphere between the two people is good, and there is no sense of distance and strangeness between them after several years.

"Shu Yi is back?" Claire glanced at her, "Look who is here."

She had to smile and look at Elliot with some restraint. He was wearing a completely different outfit from yesterday, a light-colored shirt and overalls. He looked very casual and in line with the etiquette required for visiting patients.

Elliot nodded to her, "Shu Yi and I met in a hurry yesterday in the elevator. She probably forgot to tell you that I would come to see you."

His words were quite meaningful. He probably expected that she would not tell her about her reunion with him, so he found a compromise to give the two of them a step up so as not to look bad in front of their elders. He studied journalism, so this This kind of human nature is the most accurate.

Lara felt that it was unnecessary, but it was not good to get too angry in front of Claire. Although she was unwilling to admit some things, there was no doubt about the relationship between the two families in the past.

As a junior, she should not refuse the kindness of her family friends no matter what unspeakable reasons she had. But she was too straightforward and straightforward, so she couldn't cover up the lie with him, so she could only smile awkwardly.

"It's nothing. We haven't seen each other for a few years. How are your parents?"

Claire greeted him with a pleasant smile and asked about his current situation.

"How are you now? Is work going well?"

Hearing this, Elliot's brows moved imperceptibly, and then he smiled.

"My parents also focused on the business in Jingping last year, and I still have the same job."

He answered a few sentences in an understatement and focused on the key points.

Claire looked at Elliot, and the more he looked at him, the happier he became. He used to think that he was a gentle academic, but now it seems that his brows are more calm and restrained, and he is more mature.

Personality, appearance and work, without exception, all meet the standards of elders for choosing a son-in-law.

"So are you married? You are three years older than Shu Yi. You have already started a family, right?"

When Claire asked this question, Lara felt that the atmosphere in the ward was a little wrong. It seemed that it was not a reunion of the old after a long separation, but rather an elder questioning the younger. She didn't like this kind of conversation very much.

I can't figure out what's wrong with my mother, so uncharacteristically.

Elliot didn't pay much attention to Lara's unpredictable expression, and answered seriously: "I haven't seen you for a few years, Aunt Yu, you are still so funny. I am still alone now. I am too busy with work and have no time."

At this point, he asked again calmly.

"Where's Shu Yi, how are you doing now?"

These words were like a thunder, pulling her back from her racing thoughts.

She paused and was about to speak, but Claire beat her to it.

"You also know that this girl majored in cultural relics. She has been working hard in the past few years in college. She was originally recruited by the Cultural Relics Institute in Xijiang as soon as she graduated. However, she gave up because of my illness. She was transferred from Beixian County a few days ago. After arriving at the museum, she has now resigned. She is still as stubborn as before. "

At the end of the sentence, I can't help but sigh.

Parents always hope that their children will succeed and their daughters will succeed. When they see other people's children becoming successful, they will inevitably hope that their own children will be valuable. Claire's words had no other meaning, but it was rare for him to open his heart and talk to a junior.

Lara couldn't stay in the ward any longer, so she found a reason to go out.

Within two minutes, Elliot also came out to find her.

"I was afraid that the rice you bought would go cold, so I told my aunt to let her eat first."

He walked forward and sat on the vacant seat next to Lara.

The distance between the two was much closer than in the elevator yesterday. Lara felt a little uncomfortable and quietly moved out.

The next second, Elliot also wisely kept some distance from her.

"I didn't mean anything by saying that in the ward just now. It was mainly because I didn't want to admit that you didn't tell me such an important thing."

He was also very straightforward and said this frankly, which did not make her feel too guilty.

"I don't have anything else, I just don't want to cause trouble to you, but now I still cause trouble. You changed to a single ward, right?"

It is difficult to get a single ward in a large hospital with extra money, but Elliot changed it so happily in just a short time, and also brought seven or eight boxes of supplements. No matter how she looked at it, Lara felt that it was causing trouble to him.

In her eyes, the old friendship can only be regarded as the past after all.

She is a person who is willing to torture herself rather than bother others. She will feel uncomfortable if others waste even a little time on her, not to mention that this person is Elliot.

Because of her past relationship, she couldn't refuse as straightforwardly as others.

"What you said is just out of context. I didn't bother you less when I was living in Beixian County. Aunt Yu didn't say anything like this to me, so please don't offend me."

Elliot tried to explain, but when he looked at her, he noticed that there seemed to be unsolvable worry between her eyebrows.

When old friends meet again, there will always be some awkwardness in meeting them again. There is even more unspeakable alienation and estrangement between the two of them, and it is difficult to be as focused as before.

"Thank you anyway. I will transfer the money for the single room to you."

Lara thought for a while, and finally took out her mobile phone and said, "Add WeChat."

At that moment, Elliot had many thoughts. He would not accept the money Lara transferred to her, but he could not miss this opportunity to add her on WeChat.

The brain was running at the speed of light, and her WeChat message was added after a few seconds.

After she left, Elliot flipped through her personal information as quickly as possible.

Her avatar is a landscape picture, a picture of mountains and flowing water. It is simple and clear, which is very in line with Lara's temperament. Her signature is a period. There is nothing in her circle of friends except some cultural relics and popular science links. There is no one about her daily life, almost Can't find any useful information.

But he still regards this as a god, and it is also the only way to understand her in the past few years.

She sat on the bench for almost ten minutes and looked through her circle of friends.

When he returned to the ward, the atmosphere in the room seemed to have changed. Lara and Claire looked wrong, as if there was a little awkwardness. He was alert and insightful, while Lara's eyebrows were lowered. No matter how you look at it, it's not the same expression as before. Even more decadent than it looked just now.

Calculating that the time was almost up, he took the initiative to say goodbye, and finally asked Lara if she needed help finding a caregiver.

Claire refused bluntly, claiming that it had caused him a lot of trouble. After several attempts to avoid it, Lara also sent him out.

The two of them went their separate ways and walked out of the corridor of the oncology department to the elevator. Only then did Elliot speak.

He looked at the obvious dark blue in her eyes, took out a bunch of keys from his pocket and handed them to her.

"I have a house on Jianghuai Road that I have never lived in. After my aunt is discharged from the hospital, you two should go live there first. This is my mother's strong request."

Elliot did not say that he knew that the two of them had sold their only house in Beixian County and were now rootless duckweeds. Jingping was a first-tier city with a very fast pace and standard of life. The little money they had left was not even enough for a down payment. .