Ji Ruan couldn’t fall asleep that night.
He always thought that he accepted the hearing-impaired self well, and often would voluntarily remove his cochlea to enjoy quietness.
But when the silence became a last resort, he was a little flustered.
He lost his cochlear implant in his right ear and could hardly hear any sound, but he could still hear some in his left ear, but these sounds became abstract and fragmented in the middle of the night, like ghosts whispering, which disturbed Ji Ruanye from sleep.
He slept well even after removing his cochlea, Ji Ruan didn’t understand why he was so uneasy just because he couldn’t touch the small black external device.
Presumably for people with hearing impairments, any hearing aid is no less than an addictive substance.
Ji Ruan got up very early the next day, and when he was washing, the eyes of the person in the mirror were black and black, like eggplants beaten by frost, without any energy.
One night passed, and his clavicle and ribs were bruised by the cat. It was sore and painful, and his back also hurt, but he couldn’t see it himself, and he didn’t know whether it was bruised or purple.
Ji Ruan sighed inwardly, he didn’t have many clothes, and after searching for a long time, he could only find a small round-neck T-shirt to change into, barely covering his collarbone.
It may be due to his physical condition. His physical condition is easy to show on his face, but if he is a little uncomfortable, his complexion will look very bad.
For example, now, Ji Ruan knows that there is nothing wrong with him, but he looks like a desperate employee who has been exploited by 996 for a whole month.
Ji Ruan stared at the mirror for a while, and finally took a basin of hot water, wet the towel and rubbed his face vigorously, at least using the steam to make his cheeks rosier.
It seemed that someone was coming to the room. Ji Ruan was afraid that his ears would not be heard if someone knocked on the door, so he simply didn’t close the door today. He put down the towel and walked out of the bathroom, just in time to run into Gu Xiuyi and Song Tezhu who was following him.
Gu Xiuyi has already tidied up, white shirt and dark gray suit, clean and elegant.
Ji Ruan’s bangs were wet, and a few strands were pasted on his forehead. He plucked at will, approached the two people by the door, and smiled symbolically: “Good morning.”
Song Tezhu immediately responded with a decent smile “Good morning, Mr. Ji.”
Gu Xiuyi didn’t speak, his eyes stayed on Ji Ruan’s face for a moment, and then moved to his hair. This kid got up early and his hair frizzed, but the few strands on his forehead were wet and looked quite sloppy.
Gu Xiuyi pursed his lips tightly, trying to endure for a moment, but in the end he couldn’t hold back, took a few steps closer, and stretched out his hand to smooth Ji Ruan’s bristling hair.
He stroked and said seriously: “Even if you are in a bad state, you must always maintain your best image in front of outsiders.”
He was close, and the words came to Ji Ruan’s left ear without saying a word. Although not completely clear, at least he could hear It’s clear.
The tone was like a leadership inspection during a morning meeting.
Ji Ruan, who had never been to work before, was treated like this for the first time, and was instantly absurd and speechless.
However, Special Assistant Song behind Gu Xiuyi nodded in agreement, his expression was so serious that Ji Ruan doubted that if he had a notebook in his hand, he would immediately copy it into Mr. Gu’s collection of classic quotations and recite it over and over again.
Are you out of your wits by being exploited?
Ji Ruan didn’t say any more, went back to the bathroom and continued washing and tidying up. After tidying up, she brought all the documents and put them in her bag before going downstairs with Gu Xiuyi.
The two walked side by side but didn’t speak, Ji Ruan hesitated for a moment, and said, “My cochlea…”
Gu Xiuyi was walking on Ji Ruan’s right side, when he heard his words and was about to answer, he paused, then took a step back and moved to the Ji Ruan said in his left ear: “Go to the hospital now, and we will re-fit you with an external device.”
Ji Ruan didn’t expect this answer, and his eyes slightly opened: “How about getting the certificate?”
Gu Xiuyi took out his phone and swipe it, saying: ” I asked the doctor how long it will take for the ligand to be installed outside the body, and there is still time to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau after finishing it.” It is
really not convenient for them to communicate now.
After all, Ji Ruan could hear a little, sending text messages with a mobile phone was useless, but Gu Xiuyi had to be very close to him to talk.
Even if he just said a few words, the tips of Ji Ruan’s ears were scratched by his breath, and when he raised his head a little, he could see the lines on Gu Xiuyi’s lips clearly.
This is not the polite distance that a marriage by agreement should have.
Ji Ruan silently approved Gu Xiuyi’s decision, and smiled with relief: “Thank you.”
Gu Xiuyi raised his head from the phone and glanced at Ji Ruan.
He was tall and very close to Ji Ruan, the corridor was dimly lit, and the fluorescent light from the phone screen reflected his already smooth jawline even more coldly, giving him an indifferent yet sharp appearance.
Ji Ruan didn’t understand his expression.
Gu Xiuyi only looked at Ji Ruan for a short moment, then put down the phone and looked away, said calmly: “I said you don’t have to be so polite, it was my cat who was too noisy and hurt you, I should apologize to you.” Hurt
him ?
Ji Ruan was in a trance for a moment, then reacted and lowered his head, the neckline was indeed a little crooked, revealing a small bruise.
So is Gu Xiuyi watching this?
The man walked away before Ji Ruan could reply, Ji Ruan stared at his back for a while, then didn’t think any more, stood where he was and unhurriedly straightened his collar before following him downstairs.
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One hour later, the private hospital lounge. After Ji Ruan finished the routine examination, he sat on the sofa with Song Ling and waited. The nurse squatted beside Ji Ruan and asked softly,
“Do I need a glass of milk for you?”
I went to the pediatric department by the wrong door.
Song Ling laughed happily at the side, and joked: “Lily, be normal, you are an adult.”
The little nurse named Lily gave him a glance, “I can’t see it? Don’t talk about it.” Then she turned to Ji Ruan Smiling: “Do you want milk?”
Ji Ruan pursed her lips and smiled, and waved her hands lightly: “No need, I’ll just drink white water.
” Move the water dispenser.
Song Ling waved his arms to chase people away: “It’s almost enough, don’t keep staring at people.” Then he turned to Ji Ruan, “Don’t worry, their little girls like you who are good-looking.” Song Ling
said Unlike Gu Xiuyi who was so close, but intentionally slowed down and pronounced words clearly, Ji Ruan could understand most of them, he responded with a smile, looked around and said casually: “Do you all know each other?
” In his mind, the hospital is just a place to see a doctor, even when he was seriously ill before, he had a deep resentment towards this place.
But as soon as he came here today, Song Ling showed that he was quite familiar with everything. The little nurses who came and went greeted him, and Gu Xiuyi was also chatting with the doctor in a white coat not far away.
Song Ling followed Ji Ruan’s line of sight, and laughed: “Yes, that’s the doctor who will show you your ears later, Li Suian, a friend of our boss.” Ji Ruan raised his eyebrows slightly, and sure enough, he is the overlord
. As a standard doctor friend, Ji Ruan finds it funny no matter what he thinks, he chuckled and said to himself: “What a friend…”
Song Ling caught this sentence, but didn’t know what Ji Ruan was thinking inside, thinking it was the little lady who was curious, Hastily said:
“Yes, in fact, the whole hospital is under our group. In the past few years, the old man-oh, Mr. Gu, has something wrong with his body and his ears are not working well. He just asked Dr. Li to see him. Our Mr. Gu is filial. Ah, running to the hospital twice in three days, and taking care of him in his clothes, don’t you get used to it once you come and go…”
Song Ling couldn’t hold it back as soon as he said it, and the more Ji Ruan heard it, the more wrong it became. There was always an illusion that he was being sold. The product is still Gu Xiuyi himself.
This strange feeling made Ji Ruan frown involuntarily, and tried to interrupt: “Song Special Assistant…”
“What?”
Ji Ruan smirked: “You don’t need to tell me so many details.”
“Huh?” Song Ling’s eyes widened, and he said in surprise, “The boss also said that!”
Ji Ruan didn’t understand: “Why did he say…”
“–Ji Ruan.” Gu Xiuyi’s voice came from behind, and he called Song Ling who was about to answer was cut off.
Ji Ruan turned around and saw Gu Xiuyi approaching with a doctor in a white coat, and gently propped himself off the sofa to stand up.
“Let me introduce,” Gu Xiuyi stood in the middle, “Li Suian, your attending doctor. Ji Ruan, my marriage partner.” It is clearly stated in the
contract that this marriage is public, and Dr. Li in front of him obviously knows about it. , didn’t show any surprise, and said to Ji Ruan familiarly: “Congratulations, you are indeed beautiful and a good match, a match made in heaven!” This Dr. Li smiled and showed eight big teeth, as if from the
heart Congratulations on their newlyweds.
Ji Ruan was thrown into a daze, for a moment he didn’t know whether he really thought the two of them were in love, or if he just opened his eyes and told nonsense.
But Gu Xiuyi didn’t express his opinion, Ji Ruan could only continue to smirk, and also opened his eyes and said nonsense: “Thank you, you can really talk.” Lily brought water over and gave everyone
a glass, Dr. Li bumped Gu Xiuyi’s elbow, big He joked in a loud voice: “Are you preparing for the wedding? When will you get the certificate?”
Ji Ruan lowered his head to drink water, thinking that Li Suian was chatting with him, and blurted out: “Right now.”
“Cough!”
Lily choked.
“Wow–“
Li Suian’s water spilled all over the floor.
Ji Ruan was startled when the spilled water splashed on the back of his hand, and bumped into Gu Xiuyi’s arm, and Gu Xiuyi calmly helped him up.
Li Suian didn’t expect this little sister-in-law to be quite wild, and her soft-spoken voice was inexplicably full of royal taste.
“This–so fast?”
Ji Ruan realized that he had said something wrong when he saw the mess of the place. Gu Xiuyi didn’t seem to tell this doctor friend that they were going to get a certificate soon.
It’s just that now that the words have been spoken, Ji Ruan can only bite the bullet and continue: “Well… I have brought the household registration book.”
The two people who wiped the floor were even more shocked.
Gu Xiuyi watched the whole process, came out at the right time to end the conversation, and led Ji Ruan to the treatment table: “It’s not too soon, the original plan was to get the certificate yesterday.” Li Suian helped Lili clean up the water on the ground, washed her hands, and took care of herself
. The white coat came over and wiped off his sweat: “It’s your style to act vigorously…”
He breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at Ji Ruan: “Let’s look at our ears, Xiao Ruan, you don’t know sign language, right?”
Ji Ruan She nodded, thought for a while and said, “I’m not congenitally deaf. It’s because I was sick when I was a child and didn’t go to the hospital in time. Hmm… I got a cochlear implant soon afterwards, and I can hear. I didn’t learn sign language on purpose. “
Gu Xiuyi sat side by side with Ji Ruan as a family member, and it was the first time he heard the young man in front of him talk so much.
Ji Ruan used to utter a few words before, and he couldn’t hear anything unusual, but when he spoke long sentences, without the help of hearing aids, his speech became a bit intermittent.
Gu Xiuyi noticed that he lowered his eyelashes several times, as if he was testing the tone of the words, the ending sound was drawn long, making him look younger.
Li Suian nodded to express his understanding, and said: “I checked just now, and the cochlea in your body is fine. We will simply install a new external machine. After turning it on and tuning, you may feel dizzy or uncomfortable. If it is really uncomfortable Let’s stop for a while and continue, okay?”
Ji Ruan tilted her head slightly, looked at Li Suian’s lips, listened carefully to each word, and nodded after confirming that she understood the other party’s meaning: “I see.” But
even Already mentally prepared, Ji Ruan was still shocked the moment the phone was turned on.
The skin behind his ear was connected to the processor, and was connected to Li Suian’s programmer through a wire. I don’t know what Li Suian ordered, and a cluster of electric currents passed through his scalp, and a layer of goose bumps appeared on the back of Ji Ruan’s neck. The hairs stood up.
Immediately afterwards, the rustling sound began to pass into the ears, like a surging tide, stimulating the senses and making Ji Ruan dizzy.
Li Suian kept adjusting something, the voices in his ears kept changing, Ji Ruan gradually felt as if he was seasick, and his headache was accompanied by nausea that came to his heart from time to time.
He tried hard to suppress the pressure, and barely stopped the urge to vomit, but the headache and dizziness were unbearable, and as the mechanical sounds in his ears changed, they became more and more intense.
Gu Xiuyi watched helplessly as Ji Ruan’s expression deteriorated as he listened. At first, he was able to give feedback to the listening under Li Suian’s guidance, but his hands were shaking afterwards.
He hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and approached Ji Ruan’s left ear: “What’s wrong?” Li Suian also
noticed that something was wrong, and quickly asked, “Is it uncomfortable? Do you want to stop?”
He glanced at Gu Xiuyi unexpectedly, and his heart twitched again.
In the blink of an eye, Ji Ruan’s body froze for a moment, then he tore off the processor behind his ear, covered his mouth and forcefully suppressed a retching sound back into his throat.
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