Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 215 Grandma Elbow's Thousand-Mile Night Flight
It was over. Seeing Zhou Zhou crying pitifully, Tang Wan and Su Yi couldn't bear to tease her anymore, causing Xia An's carefully planned performance to end abruptly.

Upon learning that she was alright, Zhou Zhou chuckled, appearing carefree and not very wise.

Xia An said, both amused and annoyed, "I'm also wondering, don't you get tired of eating braised pork knuckle?"

Zhou Zhou looked at him, a hint of loneliness flashing in her eyes, and slowly said, "Before our house was destroyed, my mother stewed a very tender big pork knuckle for my birthday. I only ate one bite, but I have remembered it for many years."

The three of them were silent.

For many years afterward, Zhou Zhou always remembered the taste of that bite. However, Zhou An was also very poor, and during the days when the two of them collected scraps, they often went months without eating meat.

Not to mention the days of retrieving and carrying corpses. If it weren't for that one bite of pork knuckle becoming an obsession, anyone else would probably never want to eat meat again after dealing with soaked dead bodies all day long.

Zhou Zhou may seem dull-witted, but is he really stupid?

Xia An disagrees.

In any case, he was a wandering swordsman who had seen his share of bloodshed.

This girl simply chose to discard all the sad and unpleasant memories, keeping only the beautiful ones she wanted to remember.

He sincerely hoped that Tang Wan would learn from this.

Okay, eat if you want.

She already possesses martial arts skills, so eating more is nothing to her.

Moreover, eating braised pork knuckle seems to have some benefits; putting everything else aside, those two headlights alone are truly dazzlingly bright.

Tang Wan and Su Yi continued to coax Zhou Zhou, but Xia An was too lazy to argue anymore. She went to the side to rest, planning to sit for a while before going home.

He picked up his phone and saw more than thirty missed calls. Apart from one from Zhang Tiancheng, who was probably wishing him a Happy New Year, the rest were all from Lin Jiajia.

Xia An initially thought that Lin Jiajia wanted to check on Zhou Zhou's situation, but immediately dismissed the idea. Given Lin Jiajia's personality, she wouldn't do something like bombarding people with phone calls.

He frowned, got up, went to the corridor, and dialed back.

It was answered after only one ring.

Lin Jiajia's choked sobs immediately came through: "Where are you? Grandma just fainted, and I really don't know what to do. Can you come and stay with me?"

Hearing her cries, Xia An felt as if her heart had been gripped tightly by an invisible hand.

Which hospital?

After hanging up the phone, Xia An walked back to the ward in a daze and called out to Tang Wan.

In the corridor, he hugged Tang Wan tightly and said, "I know you've always had doubts, I admit it."

Tang Wan was puzzled and tilted her head to ask, "Suspect what?"

Xia An said, "Grandma Lin Jiajia was admitted to the hospital at almost the same time as Zhou Zhou. I have to go to Yanjing."

Tang Wan fell silent.

Xia An didn't let go of her.

After a long silence, Tang Wan asked, "Is it serious?"

"Liver cancer, late stage. He doesn't have many days left."

"Huh?" Tang Wan bit her lip. "Why so suddenly?"

Xia An shook her head.

He didn't understand why it was so sudden; Yuan Shi was supposed to arrive in three years.

Tang Wan gently pushed him away, pursed her lips and sighed, looking up into his eyes, her lips moving several times as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

Finally, he only asked one question: "Now?"

Xia An nodded.

Tang Wan didn't ask any more questions. She gave him a deep look, then turned and walked back to the ward.

Xia An gritted her teeth and left the hospital.

The earliest flight from Dongshan to the capital is at 4:30 a.m.

On her way home to get her ID card, Xia An called 12580 to book a ticket, but due to heavy snow in Yanjing, all flights were canceled.

After thinking for a moment, he drove back to the basement of the villa and switched to the Hellcat. When he got home, Xia Kangning was already asleep, and Wei Xiaofang was heating up dumplings for him.

Xia An walked over and whispered about Lin Jiajia's situation.

Upon hearing that he was going to Yanjing right away, Wei Xiaofang gave him the same meaningful look as Tang Wan.

"There are some things you need to think through yourself. Now that you're capable, your dad won't let me nag you about them."

"I'll go tell Xiaoyouzi."

Wei Xiaofang grabbed her and said irritably, "Are you stupid? Don't you know how meticulous Youzi is? You go ahead, I'll talk to her tomorrow during the day."

Xia An is gone.

The hellcat hissed as it sped onto the highway.

A hundred miles of empty space, a large black cat with a red key stuck in its paws, piercing the thick night like an arrow.

Lin Jiajia's cries deeply alarmed Xia An.

In both his lives, he had almost never seen Lin Jiajia cry. The time she cried the most was at the Xia family funeral, when she hugged Xia An and cried while comforting him, telling him not to be afraid and that she would take care of him from now on.

After that, life was uneventful. After Lao Zhou died, Lin Jiajia would always be wearing a white coat, spending her days in a small pharmacy, gazing into the distance, until she grew old.

This time, it's different.

She would cry, she would feel helpless, perhaps she had before, but back then Xia An wasn't the right person to confide in.

Grandma Lin had an accident in Sanya a while ago. She was lying comfortably on the beach sunbathing when she fell asleep and couldn't be woken up.

Lin Jiajia took her to the hospital, where the lesion was found.

Lin Jiajia didn't believe it and secretly took her grandmother back to Dongshan. She originally wanted to contact Xia An, but at that time he was still busy in Binhai. On the internet and in the news, he was the golden couple standing side by side with Tang Wan.

Feeling utterly devastated, Lin Jiajia developed a sense of suicidal thoughts. She didn't want anyone anymore, and she didn't know how she would go on living if something happened to her grandmother.

They didn't even dare to go directly to Yanjing for examination.

But the result in Dongshan was like a heavy hammer blow.

She still couldn't believe it, and nervously took her grandmother to Yanjing.

Several times, she kept it a secret from her grandmother, saying it was for a routine medical check-up for her round-the-world trip in the spring. Yes, Lin Jiajia was also thinking of taking her grandmother to other countries to broaden her horizons.

But what can't an old lady see through at her age?

Grandma actually knew all this, but she didn't expose Lin Jiajia. Instead, she happily accompanied her to various hospitals for check-ins.

Lin Jiajia cleared out her stocks, cashed out 800,000 yuan, and stayed in a top hotel in Yanjing.

The grandmother and granddaughter, each wearing their own masks, happily celebrated the Lunar New Year in their room. When they performed a skit about a head-scratching incident, Lin Jiajia had already put the dumplings in the pot.

Grandma only took one bite before laughing herself into a coma.

In the corridor of Tiantan Hospital, Lin Jiajia held the test results, watching the heavy or hurried footsteps. Finally, she could no longer control herself, her whole body trembling as she slumped against the wall and burst into tears.

I called Xia An again and again, but she didn't answer each time.

Just when she was at her lowest point, feeling completely lost and helpless, Xia An called back.

Lin Jiajia said, "Please, come and keep me company, I can't breathe."

Dongshan is 800 kilometers away from Yanjing. On a road with no cars, even on a long stretch of road with a speed limit of 100 km/h, Xia An once drove his Hellcat at 300 km/h.

He knew that Lin Jiajia was in hell, and he needed to go and hold her as soon as possible to pull her out.

But once he got on the Beijing-Harbin Expressway, with large semi-trailer trucks lined up one after another, he wouldn't go crazy and try to cut in line for the emergency lane; he just followed along slowly.

Before the Olympic test event in August 2007, there were not many restrictions on out-of-town vehicles entering and leaving the capital. Four and a half hours after leaving Dongshan, Xia An parked his car at the exit of the Third Ring Road and took a taxi to the hospital.

The early morning in Yanjing was shrouded in mist, and it was still snowing lightly.

Lin Jiajia remained sitting blankly in the corridor, her eyes vacant.

The footsteps beside her never stopped, but only the one that was gradually approaching made her turn her head and look up in surprise.

Before me was a hand extended by Xia An with a smile.

(End of this chapter)