Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 4 A Phoenix with No Feathers Is Worse Than a Chicken
Lin Jiajia's office is several hundred meters away from the main entrance of the hospital.

Tang Wan didn't say a word along the way.

Xia An followed behind and could clearly feel that Tang Wan's steps had become much more vigorous.

He knew clearly that for this young woman, these few hundred meters were a matter of life and death, both spiritually and physically.

Fortunately, I came back from the other side of death.

This made Xia An inexplicably feel a huge sense of substitution.

In the original world, he had already found Xiao Youzi and was only a few dozen meters away from hugging her.

If I were saved, how happy would I be for the rest of my life?

The weather was too hot, and many people gathered in front of the cart selling sour plum soup and shaved ice in front of the hospital entrance.

Tang Wan stopped under a nearby tree and looked up at the clear blue sky.

The midday sun shines through the gaps between the swaying leaves, creating a dreamlike scene.

Xia An saw the same gleam in Tang Wan's eyes.

Tang Wan turned her head, her eyes curved into crescents.

In this smile, the sun and the moon are in the sky.

"It's time for us to say goodbye. I'll treat you to a meal if I have the chance in the future," she said to Xia An.

"Afraid of injuring me?"

Xia An blurted out.

Tang Wan was stunned for a moment:
"Can you imagine?"

Xia An said, "It's hard not to think of it."

Tang Wan tilted her head and looked at the little boy strangely.

Xia An said: "This is not a misdiagnosis."

A bicycle slowly came up the sidewalk, and the two men moved closer to the tree.

Misdiagnosis?

Are you kidding? How is that possible?

Cancer is not a cold. Anyone who gets it will have the first reaction to go to multiple places for careful examination and confirmation.

He remembered Tang Wan saying that Director Zhao had taken several CT scans of her.

Not to mention that someone was also found in Yanjing.

Lin Jiajia didn’t know Tang Wan before, and she would never produce a fake film.

There is only one conclusion.

"You are in a trap and someone wants to harm you, right?" Xia An said.

Tang Wan looked at him steadily without answering.

She just figured this out on her way out.

Xia An smiled and said:
"Next, you should go to unfamiliar hospitals in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, or Shanghai for further checkups. If they are confirmed to be fine, then my statement is correct.

"You can say goodbye and you don't have to treat me to a meal, but I think you should deal with your mindset before dealing with the problem."

Tang Wan bit her lip, and the forced smile she had just put on disappeared, and her expression became very aggrieved.

Xia An: "I won't ask about your family background, but it must be related to this. You come from a big background.

"So I suggest you plan carefully, at least for travel, accommodation, phone calls, and especially meals... You need to be discreet and careful. Can you handle this right now?"

Tang Wan shook her head.

Xia An: "It's better to get a good night's sleep first, what do you think?"

After that, wait for half a minute.

Seeing that Tang Wan still looked down and remained silent, he shrugged and said, "Then I'll leave first...eh?"

Just like when they came, Tang Wan grabbed Xia An's arm and walked with him to the side of the road.

"No, what's this for?"

Xia An was roughly stuffed into the back seat of a dead taxi.

Tang Wan blinked and laughed.

Her beauty can be described as a graceful smile and a sweet and playful laugh.

When she is not smiling, her two long eyebrows make her look like a cool and aloof queen.

"You're right, I should get some sleep."

"so what?"

"Go to your home."

Xia An frowned and asked, "Is there any connection between the two?"

"Aren't your parents out traveling?"

"I…"

The middle-aged driver glanced at the rearview mirror, puzzled.

Is this what the guy is like now?

Such a beautiful girl is taking the initiative, why should she be reserved?

You will regret shedding tears in vain when you are old.

The elder brother, who was immediately attracted by Tang Wan's beauty, offered his assistance and took the initiative to ask for Xia An's home address.

The air conditioning was strong, the street scenes flew by, and before Tang Wan fell asleep with a faint smile on her face, she said the words Xia An had given her.

“There really are miracles in this world.”

Even after falling asleep, she did not let go of Xia An's hand, but Xia An took the initiative to keep some distance from her.

It’s so hot in summer, how much can you wear?
It's obvious that Tang Wan's figure is well-nourished.

The hair fragrance is sweet, and the perfume is also sweet.

Xia Yan smells like Ferragamo's dream rainbow and is very popular among young girls of this era.

25, girl.

After a brief contact, the experienced Xia An already knew what kind of personality this girl had.

When passing a traffic checkpoint, the driver again took the initiative and made a slight movement, and Tang Wan rested her head on Xia An's shoulder.

The two men looked at each other in the rearview mirror.

The kind-hearted person gave a "you're welcome" expression.
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Donghai Province, Dongshan City, Heping Subdistrict.

Xingfu Home, the community with the highest rate of duplicate names in the country, was completed in the early 1990s and is the residential building for the staff of the Third Machinery Factory.

Lemon-colored sunlight shines through the gaps between the silhouettes of the tall and short buildings downstairs in the old community.

The old man wearing a white vest, with a crooked mouth and drooling, sitting on a mat and acting stupidly is named Wang.

Uncle Wang was a local bully when he was young, and is now recovering from a second recurrence of cerebral thrombosis.

He was gently waving a palm-leaf fan in his hand, and at his feet was a dirty yellow dog taking a nap.

A few middle-aged women at the next door were sitting around a stone table under a persimmon tree, gossiping and spitting out grape seeds from time to time.

The little boy was chasing the little girl with double buns, holding a simple dragonfly net in one hand and a mantis in the other. His laughter and crying could be heard from far away.

The cicadas are chirping non-stop, making the summer noisy.

Young children, fruits, yellow dogs, insects.

The word "loneliness" becomes concrete after being split.

Xia An felt that he was the lonely intruder. He stood quietly there, not daring to move, for fear of disturbing the tranquil scene.

Uncle Wang passed away on the Double Ninth Festival next year and did not see the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

I also didn't see the tragic scene of half of the restaurant on the corner being blown down.

The survivors moved away one after another, and the harmonious scene here lasted for two years, two months and three days.

Eighteen years of time and space seemed to be squeezed into a ball by an invisible giant hand and slammed into Xia An's heart.

At this moment, Xia An felt somewhat grateful to Tang Wan.

If she wasn't by my side, I would have found it difficult to face this feeling of "passing by the South Tower again and seeing the old friend is still here".

"Is this Pomelo Restaurant delicious? I haven't had a proper meal in a while. I want to try it later."

Tang Wan looked around curiously.

Finally, following Xia An's gaze, he saw a small restaurant with a simple sign and muttered:

"Hey, why is it closed in broad daylight?"

Xia An didn't answer.

Zuo You, who will be a junior at the beginning of the school year, should be participating in a dance competition in Yanjing at this time, and her parents are also there to accompany her.

Xia An thought about it and realized that he and Zuo You had not seen each other this summer.

"Let's go upstairs."

There was a lot of dust in the corridor, and Xia An made sure to step firmly with every step.

Xia An’s home is upstairs from the “Youzi Restaurant”, and Zuo You’s home is across the street.

From the moment she got off the car to the moment she entered the house, Tang Wan noticed that Xia An had become unusually silent.

He doesn't want to go home?

She was puzzled, she missed home very much.

"Can I sleep a little longer?"

After taking off her shoes, Tang Wan stood at the door and did not walk around.

Xia An looked around a few times. Compared with Tang Wan, he was not particularly familiar with this place.

An old two-bedroom apartment of over 60 square meters, decorated in a tacky style.

Xia An pointed to a small door and said, "There..."

Tang Wan sensed his loneliness, said "Oh" and walked over, but when she opened the door she saw the toilet.

Xia An: "That's the bathroom. My room is next to it. Go to sleep and eat when you wake up."

In less than three minutes, there was no sound in the room.

Xia An sat on the sofa for a while, quickly adjusted her mood, and walked into her parents' bedroom.

The computer is a big head screen, Windows XP system.

Looking at the slow boot-up screen, Xia An thought of his parents and couldn't help laughing.

The first eighteen years of study and life were very hard. As soon as the college entrance examination was over, the couple asked for a long vacation from the factory and signed up for a half-month tour of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, saying that they wanted to enjoy life.

When he left, he left Xia An 800 yuan and let him fend for himself.

If nothing unexpected happens, the two should be walking on the streets of Bangkok.

Xia An thought that this was a commoner couple who knew how to find joy in hardship.

Supporting myself to study art for many years was a huge expense for my not-so-rich family.

My dad has always wanted to study stocks and make some extra money to supplement his life.

However, with limited savings, one is destined not to be an aggressive buyer and can only be a retail investor who dreams of getting high returns but is unwilling to suffer any loss of capital.

After years of research, I looked up fundamentals online and went to the securities hall during holidays to exchange experiences with other investors.

He seems to have been promoted to an analytical expert, but has never put it into practice.

I finally bought a large amount of Olympic stocks in 08, and then… my mentality and savings were wiped out in one wave. That night, my mother, who had been married for years, cried for the first time when she saw her husband. She sobbed, "How will my son find a wife in the future?"

In order to comfort him, his mother took him downstairs to meet the Zuo couple for a drink to calm his mind.

And then, nothing happened.

With three explosions, half of the old building collapsed.

The accident was caused by the gas tank seller cutting corners and not sealing it tightly.

Xia An stopped reminiscing and dialed up the Internet.

During his years as an investor, Xia An always subconsciously paid attention to the analysis reports of the past few years.

He is very familiar with the current era and knows what to do and what he can do.

I go online to look up other things.

After leaving the hospital, some information suddenly popped up in my mind and needed to be verified.

Search: Dongshan Tangshi Group

In 1991, the state-owned textile factory was restructured into a joint stock company and Shengtang Textile Co., Ltd. was formally established.

The following year, the textile factory was incorporated and renamed the trading company.

In 1993, it acquired several clothing workshops, and in 1994, it acquired Dongshan Shopping Mall.

In 1995, the group was formally established by investing in Dongshan Transportation Company.

July 9, 1996.

—The night before, a serious car accident occurred on Lingbo Bridge Road in our city. A car crashed through the railing and fell into the water...

—It was reported that the family of Tang Tiande, known as the "Donghai Province's business genius," was inside the car...

——A couple tragically died in a car accident, but their young daughter was rescued...

The most recent news was from yesterday.

On July 2006, 7, when the World Cup came to a successful close, Tang Tianxing, chairman of the Tang Group, a leading commercial enterprise in Donghai Province, said in a public statement that he would never touch football again.

Tang Tiande, the pride of the previous generation of Dongshan people.

He was the first practical person in the province to follow the national call and take on the responsibility.

Over the years, it expanded rapidly, became bigger and stronger, and provided for countless workers' families facing layoffs and saved many factory workers from starvation.

Such people were worthy of the people erecting monuments at that time, and the people thought highly of them.

Very interesting, Xia An thought it was quite a coincidence.

Just reborn...

No, it was actually on the night before his rebirth that he met a runaway girl?
"Tang Wan..."

Xia An narrowed his eyes and rubbed his fingers.

It's not that he has a strong ability to associate, but he guessed that she was Tang Tiande's daughter based on two points.

One is Tang Wan’s temperament.

Although Tang Wan looks weak and down-to-earth, Xia An can see at a glance that she has a natural temperament.

This requires excellent family education, a good family background and the correct values ​​three views established early on to cultivate.

To put it bluntly, an ordinary family cannot raise a girl like Tang Wan.

No matter how beautiful you are, if you eat coarse food and scrub pots and pans with your hands every day, what will your skin look like?

If you always worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, try to avoid getting acne.

Second, the collapse of the Tang Group in 2017 caused quite a stir.

Xia An, who was already wealthy at the time, lost several million in one of their projects.

At the same time that Tang Tianxing was sentenced to life imprisonment, several deans of medical schools were dismissed. Xia An also remembered this.

Tang Wan's name did not appear in any news, but it was not difficult to guess.

Xia An didn't plan to read any further.

There's nothing to see, the result is obvious.

Not surprising, not an exception.

The essence of human society is profit-driven. He had seen many things a hundred times darker than this in his previous life.

Looking back on this morning's experience, besides feeling baffled, I also felt that the butterfly effect was truly terrifying.

The past is important, otherwise where would the clues come from?
'To confuse cause and effect is to be reborn.'

Life is really made up of too many details, and if you are not careful, it can be scary.

School beauty, pretty, good figure, princess in distress...

Xia An suddenly discovered that Tang Wan had a lot of buffs on her.

If Tang Tiande hadn't died, how dazzling and unattainable would she be now?

It's a bit of a bad taste, or maybe it's because the prophet that comes with his rebirth makes him more arrogant.

Xia An suddenly wanted to see Tang Wan proudly spreading her wings; it was better than her current miserable appearance.

Like a phoenix shedding its hair.
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Tang Wan felt like she was just a stray cat taking shelter from the cold winter wind.

Xia An's room is very small, with a single bed, a small desk, and only enough space for an easel.

There was an acrylic painting of a grapefruit drying on it.

In addition, there are paintings on the walls.

There are no celebrity posters, no cartoon characters, just grapefruit.

'Does he like to eat this fruit?'

Tang Wan felt like she was lying in a fruit basket.

It was a little funny, but the current situation prevented her from laughing.

Xia An’s pillows and quilts are neither sour nor smelly, but have a light scent of laundry detergent, which is very pleasant.

The room faces north, is not hot and is very comfortable.

Struggling in her heart and recalling the increasingly absurd experiences of the previous year and this morning, Tang Wan gradually fell asleep.

In the dream, there was a horror so great that she could not bear it, and it was another ending after leaving the bar this morning.

People seem to be like this. They can only open the God's perspective when they encounter strong stimulation.

...

In the early morning light, she dreamed that she was stumbling forward aimlessly with her arms folded.

As the warm sun pierced the mist over the river, she walked onto the Lingbo Bridge.

Many years ago, my family of three had a car accident not far ahead.

The car lost control, broke the railing and fell down.

08: 30.

Tang Wan sent a text message to Xia An, whom she had just met a few hours ago:

[Are you awake? Can you accompany me to the hospital?]

No reply.

08: 31.

I called, but the service was suspended due to unpaid bills.

From childhood to adulthood, she had never thought about relying on anyone, but this year, she had been looking for support but couldn't find it.

She didn't want to die alone on the operating table or in the hospital ward.

Reality and dreams diverge here.

A square brick was broken and a corner was missing, and the high heels happened to step into it.

She fell to the ground, holding her ankle and crying.

It doesn't hurt that much, but it feels so wronged.

She was desperate, and as if she had made up her mind, she bit her lip and stood up.

A newsstand opened twenty meters away.

Fifteen meters closer, there is an old man selling dumplings.

She took off her high heels with tears in her eyes and walked barefoot to the railing.

Stepped over and jumped down.

Without the slightest hesitation.

When she was three meters away from the river surface, she closed her eyes and her hair fluttered.

In her dream, she inexplicably thought of the epitaph Xia An had given her:
[This flower blooms in the night and withers at dawn]

She was high in the sky and saw the old man selling buns calling 110 using the newsstand's landline.

I saw thousands of people in this city die on the same day as me.

The police officers investigating the case were stunned when they saw their own photos.

Then, it came to nothing.

She was so scared and upset.

If I had taken a step one centimeter bigger or one centimeter smaller, I wouldn't have stepped on that pothole.

If the old man selling buns walked faster, he would comfort the girl who sprained her ankle.

If the newsstand also sells mobile phone recharge cards, would I pay the phone bill for Xia An?

The dead self envies the living self.

...

Tang Wan suddenly woke up!

Tears flowed down my face.
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Home has a very unique feeling that outsiders cannot understand.

Smelling the long-lost scent in her memory, Xia An fell asleep on the sofa unknowingly.

Tang Wan guessed that he must be having a very beautiful and warm dream.

Because the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and he was smiling.

"He's quite handsome."

The taste in Xia An's dream had changed slightly, with a strange sweetness.

I opened my eyes happily, and the sun was already setting.

Tang Wan's profile was rimmed with gold, her eyes were watery and crescent-shaped, and her slender fingers were entwined with her hair.

She sat sideways on the floor in front of the sofa.

Thirty centimeters apart, the two looked at each other.

Xia An stretched his arms lazily and said softly, "Are you hungry?"

Tang Wan didn't answer. She picked up a folded piece of paper from the coffee table and asked with her head tilted:

"I left a note for you. I have to leave now."

As she spoke, her other fair little hand hovered in front of Xia An.

"You have two choices, take the note, or... this hand."

(End of this chapter)