Having been given a second chance at life, who would still want to pursue her?

Inside the emergency room of the hospital.

Chen Jianji opened the dining table on the bed and tilted the head of the hospital bed up halfway.

"Uncle Lin, the doctor said the surgery was very successful. It's been half an hour since the surgery. If you feel alright, you can have some porridge."

Lin Xinrong looked at the person in front of her, a smile appearing on her pale face.

"I'm fine, I just need to rest for a couple of days, there's no need for surgery."

"It's so much better now."

"Thank you so much for your help."

"Um... how much did the surgery cost at the hospital? I'd like to pay you back."

Chen Jianji placed the already heated food on the table and shook his head.

"The bill will be settled upon discharge; it's still early."

As he spoke, he placed the bowl in his hand...

"Never mind that for now, Uncle Lin, try it and see if it suits your taste. I just happened to get some porridge from a restaurant today, and the rice has a very strong aroma."

Seeing the spoon already handed to her, Lin Xinrong finally gave up and didn't refuse.

"Okay, I'm hungry too, I'll give it a try."

He picked up the spoon and drank it spoonful by spoonful.

"Hmm, not bad!"

Upon seeing this, Chen Jianji laughed.

He opened the other lunchboxes, and a rich aroma of food wafted out.

Lin Xinrong paused, then subconsciously looked over.

Chen Jianji picked up his chopsticks and ate some food while smiling.

"Uncle Lin, you can't eat these. Just watch me eat them; they'll be like porridge and side dishes."

Listening to his joking remarks.

Lin Xinrong couldn't help but smile, and her tense body slowly relaxed.

"You silly child, do I look like someone who's greedy?"

Chen Jianji continued eating his food with his head down, smiling without saying a word.

In his previous life, his father-in-law suffered from the aftereffects of major surgery, which meant he could only eat a little or nothing at all.

Therefore, he had a big appetite, and from then on, people would secretly ask him for good wine and food to eat in secret.

How could Chen Jianji agree to that?

Later, Feng Qian discovered it.

To punish Lin Xinrong, they made Chen Jianji, their son-in-law, eat in front of him.

Just like what Chen Jianji said at this moment.

Watching him eat is like eating yourself.

Chen Jianji picked up a piece of crispy pork and said as he ate.

"Uncle Lin, don't worry too much. I just asked the doctor, and your injury isn't serious. Most of it can be reimbursed by rural medical insurance."

"The surgery won't cost much."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xinrong visibly relaxed.

"That's good, that's good."

Chen Jianji glanced at him and smiled again.

"And most importantly, as long as you do rehabilitation exercises and protect your back regularly, it won't leave any lasting problems, and you won't have to be careful about what you eat or drink anymore."

Lin Xinrong looked relaxed at the moment, and was drinking her porridge in big gulps. She didn't seem to care when she heard this.

"It doesn't matter what I eat, as long as I save money, that's all that matters."

As he spoke, he quickly finished the bowl of porridge.

The pale face regained some color.

He picked up a tissue from beside the table, wiped his mouth, and then looked up.

Lin Xinrong turned her head to look at the boy in front of her who was wearing a school uniform and eating something.

From his angle, I could just see his profile.

For a moment, he felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity.

Chen Jianji felt the food was a bit spicy, so he picked up the bottled water he had just bought and took a sip.

Suddenly, I noticed the somewhat dazed look in Lin Xinrong's eyes.

He seemed a little strange.

"What's wrong, Uncle Lin?"

Lin Xinrong looked at the boy drinking water in front of her.

The image of the school sports meet photo he found while cleaning his daughter's room immediately flashed into his mind.

Their appearance and the way they drink water are almost identical.

Lin Xinrong suddenly understood why Xiaoxue was so nervous and angry after she found out he was helping out at the chicken farm.

After all, he was young once too.

Just as Chan Kin-kei put the water bottle back and was about to continue eating,

Lin Xinrong, who had been silent until now, finally asked hesitantly.

"Excuse me, are you Chen Jianji?"

Upon hearing this...

Chen Jianji paused in his chopsticks-holding motion.

He didn't look up, he just nodded.

"Um."

Chen Jianji wasn't surprised that Lin Xinrong knew his name.

His and Lin Qingxue's textbooks, draft notebooks, and exercise books had long been mixed together.

The portion left at the school can be returned to the respective owners.

But those that I brought home and never used have long been gathering dust.

After all, over the course of three years, I had accumulated far too many books and notebooks.

And on those pages, each person's name was written.

He nodded.

Lin Xinrong's hesitation finally turned into realization, and then she gradually became somewhat embarrassed.

"Um... Chen."

"Um?"

Chen Jianji looked up at him.

Lin Xinrong scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"Please don't tell Qingxue about my injury yet. I don't want her to be distracted during her college entrance exam."

"Can you just pretend you never saw me today?"

As he spoke, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a few crumpled banknotes.

"Take this money and buy some good food when you go back to school. I'm fine here, I can manage on my own."

Chen Jianji looked at the money in his hand.

There are 10 yuan, 20 yuan, and 50 yuan notes, all in small change.

It adds up to about five hundred yuan.

That's enough for a student's living expenses for a month.

Chen Jianji recalled that the construction sites in town hired odd jobs, with men earning about 120 yuan a day and women 100 yuan.

This money should be what Lin Xinrong earned from doing odd jobs this week.

At that moment, he took everything for himself, leaving nothing behind.

Chen Jianji did not take it, but slowly put away the lunchbox.

"No need, Uncle Lin, it's just a small favor. Anyone else would have helped."

"this..."

Lin Xinrong wanted to say something more.

Chen Jianji had already gotten up, cleaned the table, and then squatted down to turn the knob on the hospital bed to flatten the headboard.

Finally, he picked up his backpack and said with a smile.

"Uncle Lin, don't worry, I won't tell her. It's your family's business, you can keep it to yourselves. As an outsider, it's not appropriate for me to interfere."

"You can rest assured, I'll be going now."

"Oh, okay..."

Lin Xinrong, who was already lying down and unable to get up, could only stare blankly as he walked to the door and turned around to wave to him with a bright smile.

That figure, dressed in a school uniform, looked somewhat immature, with a sunny smile, yet also carrying a hint of melancholy.

Finally, he walked out of the building, closed the door, and disappeared.

Lin Xinrong's eyes flickered, and after a long while, she slowly and softly said.

"Sigh...he's a good kid."

......

Chen Jianji walked into the busy passageway and left.

At this time, people continued to bring their family members or friends to see the doctor.

That's how it is in the emergency room; every day, one anxious and chaotic scene after another unfolds.

Chen Jianji lowered his head, tightened his backpack, and kept walking, passing one person after another.

Until a hurried figure brushed past him.

A familiar smell wafted over.

Chen Jianji paused in his steps.

From the emergency room nurses' station behind me came a calm but urgent voice.

"Hello, I'd like to ask which ward Lin Xinrong is in? I'm his daughter."

"Oh, let me see..."

Chen Jianji frowned, picked up his feet again after a slight pause, and continued walking forward without looking back.

...

"Found it, in bed 38, just finished surgery, right there. Here are the medical records, you can take a look."

"Okay, thank you!"

Lin Qingxue took the documents and was about to rush to the ward the nurse had mentioned when...

Suddenly.

She paused for a moment, as if sensing something, and suddenly turned around to look.

......