Chapter 681: Diary (Extra 2 for Qingyan Xiaoguan)
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Chen Cang’s words left Wang Qi feeling like his brain wasn’t up to the task!
"Have I taught it?" Wang Qi countered.
"You have taught... I guess!" Chen Cang replied hesitantly.
And the directors around, along with Yang Kaihua standing to the side, were all quite alarmed by this hesitant "I guess".
I guess?!
What does that mean?
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on Chen Cang, causing him some embarrassment, um, and a little bit of cluelessness, plus... a slight blush!
Chen Cang looked at Wang Qi, "Director Wang, have you forgotten?"
Wang Qi really had forgotten!
He had genuinely forgotten that he had taught Chen Cang the surgery for the corrective operation of congenital transposition of the great arteries with intracardiac deformity!
Because... he wasn’t even sure how he did in that surgery four years ago...
Chen Cang quickly interrupted, "Director Wang, it’s getting late. Let’s head to the operating room first!"
"I’ll give it some thought this evening. Maybe it will come back to you!"
Wang Qi sighed and said to Chen Cang, "Ah... I really am getting old."
Chen Cang smiled, "Yes, you must be getting old..."
The directors around exchanged glances!
No...
It wasn’t that Wang Qi was getting old!
Chen Cang, you think we’re all getting old.
One by one, aging and declining, hard of hearing, sight failing, even the brain not working well...
No no no!
You just think we’ve all become senile, with brains that are no longer sharp.
The four directors now looked at each other, their gazes firm, resolved to pull Chen Cang down at the first hint of incompetence and put Professor Wang on the field.
At this moment, for the first time, they began to doubt Chen Cang’s reliability.
Meanwhile, Yang Kaihua eyed this luxurious surgical team, feeling secure and reassured.
But when he looked at Chen Cang, for some reason, he felt... a bit more apprehensive.
Life always has a way of giving you a thrill when you least expect it.
After all, Chen Cang was still the chief surgeon.
After discussing various scenarios with Lu Jie, and Tao Zi having completed the registration with Wang Qi, the group headed towards the operating room.
Nurse Lele and Xiao Lin stripped Cheng Cheng of her clothes, and the little girl, looking at Yang Kaihua, shyly said. Read latest stories on Freewebnovel
"Uncle Yang, close your eyes!"
Yang Kaihua gave an awkward smile, "Alright, uncle will close his eyes. Cheng Cheng, after you wake up, uncle will take you to eat something tasty, okay?"
Cheng Cheng shook her head, "No good!"
Yang Kaihua asked, "Why not?"
The little girl’s eyes suddenly filled with tears, "I’m not just going for a check-up, I’m going for surgery, right?"
Everyone fell silent.
Lele said with a smile, "Cheng Cheng, don’t worry, it’s not a big operation, you’ll wake up after a sleep."
Cheng Cheng glanced at everyone, sighed like an adult.
"Are you stupid... to think I’m still a child!"
"Stop being so childish, okay..."
The crowd was taken aback, watching this bare child with hands on hips, ridiculing everyone, unable to help wanting to laugh.
Yet...
They couldn’t bring themselves to laugh.
Cheng Cheng sighed and said to Lu Jie, "Mommy!"
Lu Jie asked in a forced casual tone, "What is it, Cheng Cheng?"
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Cheng Cheng cautiously whispered into her mom’s ear, "Mom, I think Uncle Yang likes you..."
When Lu Jie heard this, she couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.
She rolled her eyes, "Get back to bed quickly, don’t catch a cold."
Cheng Cheng giggled.
She burrowed into the blanket, popped her little head out, grinned, and with one missing front tooth, she looked adorable when she smiled.
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The nurse wrapped Cheng Cheng in a blanket and switched her to a gurney, pushing her into the operating room.
As Lele was handling the surgical items, a notebook fell out.
Just as Lele was about to put the notebook away, Lu Jie happened to see it.
Curiously, she said, "Give that to me."
The nurse was startled, but handed the notebook to Lu Jie.
"Sister Lu, what is this...?"
Lu Jie smiled, "This is Cheng Cheng’s diary. At some point this little one started keeping a diary."
Upon hearing this, Lele became instantly curious.
She really wanted to know what the inner world of this eight-year-old child was like.
Lu Jie opened the notebook and began to read.
The first page bore three words: "Diary Book."
After turning the page, the first diary entry read:
"The teacher says a diary is our friend. If we write down our unhappy thoughts, we can feel happy, and if we write down happy thoughts, we will be even happier..."
"Today, I was bullied by big-headed Qi. He pushed me... He said I didn’t have a dad, and I got really angry. I wanted to fight back, but then I remembered Dad told me I’m a little police officer, and I shouldn’t hit people..."
"Mom asked why my clothes were torn, but I didn’t dare to say others bullied me. I was afraid it would make Mom unhappy. Mom has been crying more and more, so I mustn’t make her angry. Cheng Cheng has grown up and must be a well-behaved child."
"Today, I feel very uncomfortable. I can’t breathe properly. Maybe it’s because the big-headed ones hit me, but big head is still my good friend. He gave me a candy and protected me from being bullied by others..."
"Today, the teacher praised me..."
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The diary documented many pieces of Cheng Cheng’s daily life, full of small and trivial details.
Reading this made Lu Jie’s heart sour. It was then that she realized her child had really become sensible.
She had so many grievances, which she never shared, learning to keep them to herself from a young age.
The sensible girl didn’t want to worry her, aiming to be a little police officer to protect her mother.
Before she knew it, tears slid from Lu Jie’s eyes onto the notebook, and she quickly wiped them dry.
But in the last few pages, as Lu Jie read the diary entries, she could no longer hold back her tears, which fell like a breached dam, unstoppable.
She lay on the bed, wailing and crying.
Lele and Xiao Lin had just finished tidying up when they saw Lu Jie’s emotional collapse. They hurried to comfort her while on the diary beside them, neatly written were the recent entries, with pinyin next to the words Cheng Cheng did not know how to write.
"Today is... the weather is clear. Today, a man crashed into Mom’s car, frightening her quite a bit... That man is pretty handsome, but not as handsome as Dad. He gave Mom a lot of money...
I started feeling unwell again. I couldn’t breathe and it scared Mom one...
the man and Mom took me to the hospital, where I met a handsome Uncle Doctor. I made a pinky promise with him not to tell Mom, but... Doctor Uncle broke our promise, which made Mom cry,
However, Doctor Uncle took me for an examination, and quietly told Mom that I must be sick. I saw Mom quietly crying for a long time.
At night, Mom kept crying when she went home. Cheng Cheng was being so good, always making Mom worry."
"Today... The sky is gloomy. Uncle Doctor told Mom that I need surgery, which will cost a lot of money. I’m really worried, we don’t have any money left at home... Mom can’t even afford to buy new clothes, and I don’t want to be sick. I’m really scared."
"Today I was hospitalized. Mom said it was for an examination, but I know it’s for surgery. To keep Mom from worrying, I pretended I didn’t know. TV says surgery can kill people. I am really scared...
I don’t want to die so soon, boo-hoo... I want to be with Mom. She is so pitiful. What would she do without me...
Mom cries a lot. If she becomes unhappy and nobody is there to wipe her tears or cheer her up, I am so scared..."
Finally, at the bottom, there was a small line of text:
"Mom, I know you are reading Cheng Cheng’s diary. Maybe Cheng Cheng won’t come back again, and I won’t be able to be with you anymore, but I hope from now on, you’ll be a little happier and stop crying all the time... Otherwise, both Cheng Cheng and Dad will be very unhappy."
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