A lane paved with bluestone slabs is bustling with pedestrians.
Birch trees are planted on both sides of the lane. At this time of winter, most of the birch leaves have fallen off. The vigorous branches pierce the gray sky. The drizzle falls down the sky, and the air is cool.
There is a small coffee shop in the innermost lane. At this time, two people are sitting face to face talking.
The first one was a middle-aged woman in her early forties, "Are you Mr. Congliang?" The middle-aged woman had been embarrassed since she sat down, and her hands were rubbing unconsciously.
"Yes." The middle-aged fat uncle named Ji Congliang skillfully extinguished the Zhonghua brand cigarette in his hand, then looked up and asked, "What's your name?"
To tell the truth, Ji Congliang is also the first time to meet someone in such a place. In the early morning of last night, he suddenly received a text message. The other party said that he wanted to meet him in this "old alley" coffee shop and said that he wanted to entrust something to him. He was a little dubious. When he came, he brought Zhonghua, which had been locked in the cabinet.
"My name is Li, Mr. Congliang. I have something to entrust to you." The lady sitting opposite Ji Congliang quickly said again.
Shh~
Ji Congliang was relieved. When he heard the word "entrust", the stone hanging in his heart finally landed. He had received similar messages before, but when he went to an appointment, the other party was either blind date or sales promotion, and he even met with the wine trustee and pyramid selling.
This time, however, it was a little different. Ji Congliang judged from the time and content of the text message that the other party seemed really anxious this time, rather than pretending to be, and the meeting place was also very special, it was a coffee shop, so he judged that it should not be a trick by those boring people.
Ji Congliang began to look at the lady surnamed Li in front of him again. Seeing that she was flustered with her every move, she quickly comforted him, "Ms. Li, let's talk about things first. Don't worry, speak slowly."
After listening, Ms. Li was stunned, and then seemed to realize that she was upset. She took a deep breath, and her trance expression seemed to be slightly relaxed. "I heard from others that Mr. Congliang has opened a parent-child identification office, right?"
"Yes!" Ji Congliang nodded gently. He couldn't help being pleased. It seemed that the customer really knew him this time. Either they had inquired about him in advance, or they saw the small advertisement he posted on the street.
"Then can I entrust you to do something for me? The price is negotiable." When Ms. Li said the price, she also looked up at Ji Congliang. She wanted to see what was in the eyes of this mysterious man.
"You can talk about this first. There is no need to discuss the price in advance." Ms. Li's calculation was empty, and Ji Congliang remained calm as always.
"Well, Mr. Congliang, if things don't get to this point, I won't come to you. I've always heard that you have a high reputation in the industry." Ms. Li tried to test Ji Congliang again.
"I'm flattered, Ms. Li. You'd better talk about your business first." Ji Congliang smiled awkwardly. Although he knew that the other side was just a purely polite remark, he still could not accept his praise with ease.
"That's good." Ms. Li doesn't care any more.
"Here's the thing. I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it. My husband and I have been married for nearly ten years. We have always wanted a child, but we have never been pregnant." Ms. Li paused when talking about this, as if this matter had brought her a lot of confusion.
Ji Congliang did not speak, but listened quietly.
Ms. Li had her hair cut, which may be the reason why she left in a hurry. There were a few raindrops in her hair. "At the beginning, my husband thought it was my problem, so he asked me to go to the gynecological hospital for an examination, and I followed my husband's words."
Ji Congliang still didn't speak. He still listened quietly, but occasionally looked up at Ms. Li.
Ms. Li took up the glass glass on the table, drank water and then continued, "When the inspection report came out, I was a little surprised. The doctor said it was not my problem, so the result was predictable. The problem should be my husband."
When she finished saying this, she suddenly stopped and looked eagerly at Ji Congliang. She wanted to see her reaction.
"Then what happened?" Ji Congliang listened attentively and did not pay attention to Ms. Li's eyes. His brain had been running at full speed. He wanted to figure out the cause and effect of this matter, which was a habit he had formed through years of work.
When Ms. Li saw that Ji Congliang did not respond, she said, "After checking in the back, she found that it was really my husband's problem, and then I found a reliable andrology hospital for him to receive treatment."
After saying that, she took the water on the table and bleated, "When I naively thought that this thing would get better soon, we could have a child smoothly." Her face was full of infinite longing.
Then she suddenly lost her expression. "But what I didn't expect was that my dream would be completely destroyed soon. It was also on that day that I knew the seriousness of his illness."
She began to get depressed. "That day, he suddenly brought a strange man home. The caller claimed to be a gynecologist and said he could try to get us a test tube baby. At first, I was not very happy. As you know, Mr. Congliang, the risks and costs of IVF are quite large. But later, I couldn't resist my husband's persuasion, and finally chose to agree. " Speaking of this, she seemed to regret her choice.
Ji Congliang comforted, "It's not your fault. Who doesn't want to have a child of their own?"
Ms. Li did not reply, but continued to say: "I thought this thing was going to end successfully, but unexpectedly, the thing that made me collapse was far behind. A few days later, my husband suddenly told me that IVF failed."
"Failed?" Ji Congliang was a little surprised, but when he thought about it, he was relieved that nothing in this world is completely risk-free.
Ms. Li did not answer Ji Congliang's question, but sped up her voice and said, "I was blinded at that time and didn't know what to do. I asked him what the story was like, but my husband always kept his mouth shut. He just said a few words, saying that it could be caused by embryonic dysplasia."
"Then he asked me to do another IVF with him." When Ms. Li finished her last sentence, her speech speed was already quite fast.
"Did you agree?" Ji Congliang was a little excited when he heard this. Then he realized his rudeness and apologized quickly: "It's OK. Go on."
Ms. Li is not surprised to see Ji Congliang's reaction. Maybe she has become accustomed to these reactions. "Later, I couldn't beat him. I went with him again."
"What was the result?" Ji Congliang blurted out again.
Ms. Li's head suddenly pulled together and her voice was much lower. "I failed the second time."
"Er..." Ji Congliang seemed to be thinking about something.
Something is wrong!
