Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 268 - 183: An Unforgettable Memory
"Yu Fei, are you really going to watch the flag-raising ceremony?"
Kong Xiaoyi looked shocked: "It’s the National Day holiday, Tiananmen Square is packed with people, and pushing a wheelchair will be very inconvenient."
"We can overcome this little difficulty!"
Lin Yufei shrugged with feigned ease.
"Alright, I admire you guys!"
Kong Xiaoyi gave a thumbs-up, greatly admiring her friend’s courage.
"Xiaoyi, I also want to see the flag-raising ceremony."
Wang Yunpeng, lying on the hospital bed, said.
"Well, you can just keep dreaming!"
Kong Xiaoyi rolled her eyes: "Brother Xiao just has a minor leg fracture, he can sit in a wheelchair, but you have to stay in bed. Do you expect me to push the hospital bed to Tiananmen Square?"
"Uh..."
"Then you owe me a flag-raising ceremony."
Wang Yunpeng, quick-witted, took the opportunity to make a request.
"We’ll see, depends on my mood!"
Kong Xiaoyi was not going to be fooled. Although Wang Yunpeng impressed her during the confrontation, he hadn’t made her heart skip a beat.
So, Wang Yunpeng had a long way to go!
The timing of the flag-raising ceremony varies every day.
On October 2nd, it was at 6:12 AM!
Four o’clock.
The alarm clock rang in the hospital room.
Lin Yufei got up from the accompanying bed, intending to wake Shen Yixiao, only to find that he was already awake, staring at her intently.
"You didn’t sleep, did you?"
Lin Yufei yawned and asked.
"I did, but got a bit excited and woke up around three."
Shen Yixiao actually woke up because he needed to pee but was too embarrassed to call Lin Yufei, so he held it in, and now his bladder was about to burst: "Can you help me up to the restroom first?"
"Oh!"
Smart as Lin Yufei quickly understood the reason Shen Yixiao woke up early, hurriedly removed the bandage from his leg, and helped him out of bed.
Since they decided to see the flag-raising ceremony, Lin Yufei rented a wheelchair and crutches. She helped Shen Yixiao into the restroom, left him with the crutches, then stepped out to the restroom door and closed it.
The next moment, the sound of surging water came from the restroom...
Lin Yufei’s face turned crimson.
In just two days, they seemed to have done several things only couples would do, like last night when she slept with her head on his arm...
After relieving himself, Shen Yixiao was full of vigor. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎
He crutched out of the restroom and sat directly in the wheelchair: "Let’s go!"
Lin Yufei nodded, pushing Shen Yixiao out of the hospital room.
According to hospital rules, inpatients can’t leave the hospital randomly, so Lin Yufei was cautious when passing by the nurse’s station with Shen Yixiao.
Fortunately, the nurse on duty was napping and didn’t notice anyone sneaking away.
Exiting the inpatient building.
The two looked like birds escaping from a cage, their faces beaming with bright smiles.
"Passing by the nurse’s station, my heart was pounding, fearing that the nurse might suddenly wake up and ask what we were doing!"
Lin Yufei said with lingering fear.
"Even if she did wake up, it’s fine, I’ve already thought of what to say."
"What would you say?"
"I’ll say I have a terminal illness, only a few days left, and I just want to see the flag-raising ceremony before I die!"
"The nurse would definitely let us go!"
Shen Yixiao said with a mischievous grin.
"Shut your crow’s mouth!"
"Don’t joke about such things!"
Lin Yufei knocked on his head.
"What?"
"Afraid of me dying?"
Shen Yixiao took the chance to retort.
"I was the one who pulled you out of the artificial lake!"
"So your life is mine!"
Lin Yufei said whimsically. However, as soon as she said it, she regretted it, feeling it was a bit too ambiguous.
Sounded like a line from a romantic drama.
"I’ve said it a million times, I wasn’t trying to jump into the lake!"
In Shen Yixiao’s view, that incident was the biggest scandal of his life.
Jumping into the lake to drown himself was out of the question!
"Whether or not you were."
"The fact is I pulled you out of the artificial lake, right?"
"Even if you didn’t pull me, I could climb out myself!"
Shen Yixiao said, acting ungrateful.
"It’s really like the farmer and the snake!"
Lin Yufei pouted.
"I didn’t even bite you..."
Shen Yixiao retorted.
The two were bickering when suddenly the hospital’s security guard stopped them: "Where are you two going?"
They had already exited the inpatient building but hadn’t yet left the hospital grounds, just reaching the gate.
The security guard, unlike the young nurse, was not sleepy, but alert.
"Sir, we’re going out for breakfast."
Lin Yufei made up an excuse.
"Breakfast?"
"Couldn’t you buy it for him?"
The security guard found the two very suspicious: "Which ward are you from?"
"605."
"What’s your name?"
"Shen Yixiao."
"Wait a moment, let me call the nurse’s station."
The old man said as he went into the guard room.
"Run!"
As soon as the guard turned around, Shen Yixiao whispered to Lin Yufei.
The latter immediately pushed him and charged out of the hospital gate.
There was just a taxi waiting by the roadside, and the driver, unaware of the situation, seeing the two in their predicament, helped fold up the wheelchair and put it in the trunk.
"Driver, hurry up."
"To Tiananmen Square!"
Seated in the car, Lin Yufei quickly said.
"Okay!"
"The hospital is quite far from Tiananmen Square, it’s a big job."
The driver agreed and immediately started the car.
At this time, the security guard grandpa had already chased out, waving his hand and shouting, "Wait a moment!"
"Don’t run!"
Lin Yufei rolled up the car window, pretending not to see anything.
"What’s the situation with you two?"
The driver glanced at the security guard grandpa through the rearview mirror and asked curiously.
"We want to see the flag-raising ceremony, but the hospital won’t let us leave without permission."
Lin Yufei replied truthfully.
"Oh, I see."
The driver chuckled, "Actually, the hospital is also thinking about your welfare, little brother, since your legs aren’t very convenient!"
"Big brother, I’m from Sanjiang."
"It’s hard to come to Beijing, I just want to see the flag-raising ceremony!"
Shen Yixiao said sincerely.
"Then be sure to stay safe!"
The driver kindly reminded, then shook his head and whispered in awe, "Young couples in love are indeed passionate!"
Hearing the driver’s sentiment.
Shen Yixiao and Lin Yufei instinctively exchanged a glance, then both turned their heads with a tacit understanding, neither correcting the driver’s assumption.
At this time, there were no traffic jams.
About 40 minutes later.
The driver dropped them off at the closest point to Tiananmen Square.
During the National Day period, the number of tourists surged.
At Tiananmen Square, flow control measures were in place, even though it was only a little after five, the road leading to the square was already a long queue.
Lin Yufei pushed Shen Yixiao, moving slowly forward with the crowd.
Though there were many people in line, a large number of armed police and volunteers were guiding and maintaining order, as people advanced in an orderly fashion...
Half an hour later.
Lin Yufei finally pushed Shen Yixiao to the center of the square.
Surrounded by a sea of people.
Yet on people’s faces, there was no sign of fatigue; instead, they all had looks of expectation and excitement, with many raising their phones to take photos.
Shen Yixiao looked up at the vast blue sky; due to sitting in a wheelchair, as he looked at the sky, Lin Yufei’s delicate face would inadvertently enter his line of sight.
And even from this low angle, surprisingly, Lin Yufei still managed to hold her own.
Shen Yixiao took out his phone and snapped a picture of the sky, including Lin Yufei’s smiling face.
"Let’s take a photo too!"
Lin Yufei also took out her phone.
"Oh, there’s one more thing..."
As she spoke, Lin Yufei took out two flag stickers from her small bag.
She first stuck one on her own face, then leaned over and placed the other on Shen Yixiao’s face.
"Now it’s right!"
Lin Yufei looked at her handiwork with satisfaction, then took a selfie with Shen Yixiao.
In the photo, the boy and girl, each with a flag sticker on their faces, were beaming.
At 6:12!
The flag-raising ceremony officially began.
Shen Yixiao stood up from the wheelchair with the help of a crutch.
Accompanied by the majestic national anthem, a bright red flag slowly rose, unfolding in the wind...
Wish fulfilled.
Shen Yixiao waved his fist excitedly, then turned to look at Lin Yufei beside him.
Two days ago, on the high-speed train, Shen Yixiao imagined countless times watching the flag-raising ceremony with Luo Yao in his mind.
In his vision, after the flag-raising ceremony ended, he definitely wanted to give Luo Yao a big hug, or even an unabashed kiss.
But the person next to him now wasn’t Luo Yao; it was another girl.
"Yufei, thank you!"
Shen Yixiao sincerely said thank you.
For a girl like Lin Yufei, pushing him in a wheelchair to see the flag-raising ceremony was definitely a huge challenge.
But Lin Yufei did not back down, and she completed it excellently.
Besides gratitude.
Shen Yixiao felt even more touched!
And this experience would definitely become an unforgettable memory in his life.
Maybe many, many years later.
Shen Yixiao might even forget who he is.
But perhaps he could still remember that year, when a girl pushed his injured self with a wheelchair, escaped from the hospital, and came to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony.
Heading to a romantic date belonging to the people of China!
Daxing International Airport.
Shen Qiushan walked out of the terminal facing the morning sun.
He wasn’t alone.
Accompanying him were Shen Yanran and Lin Xiamo.
The three hailed a cab.
Headed straight for the hospital where Shen Yixiao was.
But when they arrived at the ward, it was empty.
"Yunpeng, where’s Shen Yixiao?"
Shen Qiushan asked with a puzzled expression.
"Gone to the flag-raising ceremony."
Wang Yunpeng answered truthfully.
"What!!"
"Flag-raising ceremony??"
"Wasn’t he supposed to have a fracture?" Shen Yanran picked up the conversation.
"Uh..."
"It was Lin Yufei who pushed him there in a wheelchair."
Seeing the girl he silently admired again, Wang Yunpeng still felt a bit nervous, even though he had already decided to give up, but seeing Shen Yanran still made him inexplicably flustered, it must be a physiological reaction formed over a long time.
"Who is Lin Yufei again?"
Shen Yanran asked in confusion.
However, just as she finished speaking, a man’s voice suddenly sounded at the door of the ward: "Lin Yufei is my daughter."
"Who is looking for her??"
