My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 70: Old man, it’s time to remove your oxygen tube!

That’s right! The Chemical Materials Department is located directly above the Logistics Department on the first floor.

But there is a physics equipment department next to the chemistry preparation room on the second floor!

But there was nothing next to the logistics department on the first floor! There was a corridor where there should have been an office, and at the end of the corridor was a wall!
There's definitely something wrong here!
Zhuang Xiao is already certain that the "secret" must be there!
He carefully examined the two floor plans and engraved all the information on them deeply in his mind!
Now, eight years later, the administrative building has been demolished and rebuilt, and all the secrets are buried in "history" and "the past"!
And he will eventually go back eight years! And end it completely before the "storyline" begins!

After Zhuang Xiao thoroughly memorized the contents of the two pictures, he handed them to Shu Die along with the records of the missing chemical materials. "Xiao Die, pack these up."

"Okay, Brother Xiao!" Shu Die happily took the information and put it in her bag.

She would be very happy as long as she could help Brother Xiao.

At this time, Xu Qicheng looked down from above and said, "Xiaozhuang, are you guys done?"

"All right."

Zhuang Xiao and Shu Die looked at each other, then walked out of the basement and went upstairs.

Seeing that Xu Qicheng had already packed a large bag of clothes, he asked, "Teacher, what should we do with the materials below?"

Xu Qicheng smiled, seemingly unaware of what was happening. "Leave it there for now. The school has been rectified and rebuilt, and many rare copies of materials are here. Send someone to take them all away and return them to the school tomorrow. Let's go to the hospital."

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

"teacher."

Zhuang Xiao suddenly shouted, and then whispered, "Thank you."

Xu Qicheng paused slightly, then waved his hand and walked out.

Afterwards, the three of them got in the car and drove towards the Third People's Hospital in the city in silence, with the Dong siblings' car following far behind.

When we arrived at the hospital and parked the car in the parking lot, Zhuang Xiao asked, "Teacher, do you need to accompany the patient tonight? But it seems that family members are not allowed to accompany the patient in the ICU."

Xu Qicheng didn't reply. He just stared out the window, not knowing what was going on.

"Teacher?" Zhuang Xiao called again.

"Ah?" Xu Qicheng came back to his senses and smiled. "My father's cancer cells have spread. Continuing will only increase the pain. The hospital called me this afternoon to ask about my decision. I always felt that it was not the right time."

After a pause, the originally bitter smile on his face was relieved, "But now I understand, let him go, there is no need to drag it on any longer."

Zhuang Xiao sighed inwardly and became more respectful to Teacher Xu.

It seems that although he didn't know about Xu Guoping's affairs, he probably had some awareness of it. It might be that Xu Guoping accidentally revealed some clues in front of him.

I probably quit because I felt guilty.

On one side is the father-son relationship, and on the other side is his own conscience. He must have been extremely tormented in the past eight years.

So in the end he chose to escape, and then punished himself by doing hard labor and being poor, and never asked Xu Guoping for a penny.

Maybe my appearance is a kind of relief for him?
Zhuang Xiao didn’t know, and he wouldn’t ask.

Now he just wants to know whether Xu Guoping's death can trigger time reversal.

"Let's go."

Xu Qicheng took a deep breath, then opened the door and got out of the car. Zhuang Xiao and Shu Die followed him.

Dong Zeyu and Dong Weirui, who had also parked their cars, followed.

Xu Qicheng glanced at them, without any surprise or questions. He just walked towards the hospital building in silence.

When he arrived at the ICU door, he took out his cell phone and contacted the attending physician.

Soon the attending doctor came out accompanied by two police officers.

The two police officers subconsciously stood up straight when they saw Dong Zeyu and Dong Weirui. Dong Weirui nodded calmly, and then they relaxed and quietly stepped aside.

The attending doctor took Xu Qicheng aside and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Xu, have you made up your mind? Do you want surgery or conservative treatment?

"But I have to make it clear to you in advance. The cancer cells have spread throughout the body. In addition, the patient is old, so the risk of surgery is very high, and it is impossible for him to fully recover. Of course, this is up to you to make the decision."

Xu Qicheng pursed his lips and finally made a decision, "Let's go for conservative treatment." The so-called conservative treatment actually means giving up treatment and going back to wait for death.

I don't know how much courage he took to say this, but as soon as he said this, his already hunched and thin body shook, his legs went weak and he almost fell down. Fortunately, Zhuang Xiao and Dong Zeyu hurried forward to support him on the left and right.

Xu Qicheng gave the two of them a grateful look, then said weakly: "I'm sorry to bother you again."

Zhuang Xiao nodded, and then Dong Weirui glanced at the two police officers. The two followed the doctor to the door of the ICU, and then as the door opened, they waited at the door. The doctor went in for a moment, then pushed the bed out with a nurse.

"Let's go back to the VIP ward on the eighth floor."

Upon hearing this, the two police officers took over the ward, and then followed the nurses, doctors and Zhuang Xiao into the elevator and went to the eighth floor.

After arranging the VIP single room, the doctor glanced at the policemen and said to Xu Qicheng, "Mr. Xu, come here."

Xu Qicheng's lips trembled a few times, but he still couldn't say the words "extubation".

His whole body was shaking, and he was barely able to stand with the support of Zhuang Xiao and Dong Zeyu.

After a while, his eyes turned red and he looked towards Zhuang Xiao, his trembling lips trembling a few times.

Zhuang Xiao comforted him softly, "Teacher, I am sorry for your loss."

Xu Qicheng smiled bitterly, then shook his head and said weakly: "Xiao Zhuang, please remove the tube for me. Thank you for your help."

Zhuang Xiao nodded and let go of his hand. A police officer immediately came over to take his place and supported Xu Qicheng.

The doctor and the nurse made way for him and pointed to the oxygen machine on the bedside table next to the bed. "Just press the switch to turn off the oxygen supply."

Zhuang Xiao nodded without saying anything. Instead, he stood beside the bed and looked down at Xu Guoping's face carefully.

This was the first time he met the man who had almost driven him into despair.

Maybe they had met before in junior high school, but they had never had any communication.

Zhuang Xiao didn't remember him, and he didn't recognize Zhuang Xiao either.

But at this moment, this old man, who was so thin and frail, with wrinkles all over his face and emitting the stench of old age, was just lying there.

It was hard for Zhuang Xiao to imagine that it was this old guy who had killed Dong Weirui and Shu Die in the previous "timeline", and threatened or assigned Liu Lang to cause the car accident that killed Shu Die.

In this timeline, he also killed Luo Wei, Shen Xing and Liu Yan, and forced Liu Lang to flee the world, where he eventually died in despair in the basement of an abandoned warehouse in the suburbs.

Zhuang Xiaoben thought that at this time, he would feel intense emotions such as anger, joy, and relief.

But at this moment, his heart was terrifyingly calm.

Because he knows that this is not the end of the beginning, but just the "beginning" towards the "end".

"Teacher Xu."

As if he heard Zhuang Xiao's voice, Xu Guoping's eyelids moved, and then he forced himself to open his eyes.

His eyes were cloudy and his vision was out of focus, and his slightly open, cracked mouth could only make unconscious and meaningless moans.

Zhuang Xiao looked down at him, and no one could see the expression on his face hidden in the shadows.

He placed his hand on the off button of the ventilator and whispered something in his mind.

"Old man, this is just the beginning. 'Eight years ago' is where you should really despair."

He pressed the button and the oxygen machine stopped delivering oxygen.

Xu Guoping's chest rose and fell with difficulty, and his originally cloudy eyes seemed to have regained clarity at that moment.

But his eyes were always covered by the face hidden in the shadows, whose expression could not be seen by others.

That was an expression that only he could see clearly, a smile.
That person is laughing.
Xu Guoping wanted to shout out loudly, veins on his face were exposed, and even his eyes seemed to be bulging out of their sockets like dead fish!
But in the end, his heaving chest and the straight line on the electrocardiogram calmed down.

The next second, time went back.

　I will be visiting the graves in my hometown today and tomorrow! I will be back tomorrow! I will be typing away on my phone on the way!

　　Good night, Makkabaka!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)