The Fifty-Sixth Night (2)
【Jiang Ran: My mother called again just now. She said she wanted to have a meal with you.】
【Feng Jing: When? Where? What does Auntie like to eat?】
【Feng Jing: Ah, I’m so nervous! 】
【Jiang Ran: …】
【Jiang Ran: Heal up first, it’d definitely be after you’re discharged. Moreover, your wounds are still healing, there’s a lot of food you cannot eat.】
【Jiang Ran: How about we do this at my house. I’ll cook, I don’t trust the sanitary conditions in the restaurants outside, it would be very bad if your wound gets infected.】
Originally Feng Jing was really nervous. After all, from his childhood to now, it was his first time visiting a mother-in-law. But Jiang Ran’s words miraculously soothed him. He read her message again and smiled as he replied…
【If we’re cooking it should be my turn to cook. How about we cook together?】
【Jiang Ran: OK】
“Mr. Feng, your time is up, your mobile phone will be confiscated,” said the nurse to Feng Jing who was still using his mobile phone as she walked in.
Feng Jing reluctantly powered off his phone and handed it to her. He’d tried to hold out against her and refuse to hand it out before, but he didn’t expect this little nurse to be this tricky and smart. She didn’t say anything then, nor did she try to snatch it from him, but as soon as Jiang Ran came that afternoon she immediately told her about the matter… Just like those students that loved to run and tattle to the teacher about everything back in his school days!
Having suffered a loss once, Feng Jing had learnt the lesson and no longer confronted her.
Seeing that he obediently handed his phone over, she said to him smilingly, “This is the right thing to do, we’re doing this for your own good too. The sooner you recover the sooner you can be discharged, and everyone will be happy, right?”
“Yes.” Feng Jing smiled back at her. He felt that he had wasted all those years accumulating experience with dealing with people after being threatened by a mere little nurse.
As he was very actively cooperative, combined with his strong body, Dr. Ji agreed that Feng Jing could be discharged on the 25th – on Christmas. The decision was rather humane, how sad would it have been to stay alone in the hospital for Christmas?
Near the end of the year, various year-end summaries and rewinds had begun. Feng Jing had gotten a film emperor title this year as well as two endorsements for heavyweight luxury brands, so it could be said that he’d earned quite a lot this year. On Haijiao Forums, the annual ‘Ten Top Celebrities’ voting had come to an end.
Haijiao Forum was a well-known forum and its entertainment gossip section held the ‘ten top most’ selections. The participation rate of the netizens was really high too. The voting sections were divided into male and female celebrities, with categories like ‘the celebrity I want to date the most’, ‘the celebrity I want to marry the most’, ‘the celebrity who looks the sexiest in a white shirt’, ‘the celebrity who looks the sexiest in jeans’, ‘the celebrity I want to sleep with the most’, so on and so forth, comprising the ‘ten’ of the ‘ten top celebrities’. Every year, the competition was particularly fierce, and many stars would pay attention personally.
Of these, the highest attention each year was given to ‘the celebrity I want to sleep with the most’. In the past, Mo Zhen had always bagged first place but this year, the competition between him and Feng Jing was heating up. Up until the last day of voting, the two sides kept catching up to and overtaking each other.
On the last day, the netizens who were hesitating finally cast their precious votes and it was on the last day that Feng Jing’s votes suddenly soared, surpassing Mo Zhen to be the male celebrity the most number of netizens wanted to sleep with this year.
Many Mo Zhen fans questioned this, suspecting there to be a black box operation in the votes. The moderator personally came out to say that the vote was absolutely fair and transparent. To this end, he also interviewed netizens who voted on the last day and asked them why they chose Feng Jing.
Most people said that Feng Jing and Mo Zhen were really hard to choose between, and they had been struggling to choose which one they would rather sleep with.
Moderator: “——”
The truth is, you couldn’t sleep with either. However, it was such a hurtful fact he chose not to pronounce it.
“In the end, considering that FIlm Emperor Mo is already married and has a baby, it would not be morally correct to sleep with him, so I voted for Feng Jing!” said young lady Y who asked not to be named.
Regardless of whether the results were satisfactory, the matter was still settled. However, Feng Jing, who was “the most wanted to sleep with” by netizens, was thinking about sleeping with others in his heart.
On the day Feng Jing was discharged, it was snowing in A City. On the busy streets, the Christmas atmosphere was the thickest it had been, every few steps one could hear a Xmas carol.
Dr. Ji was updating Feng Jing on the precautions to be taken after being discharged. “Your body is still in its recovery state. The bandages should be changed regularly and you should take your medication on time. The things you’ve been prohibited from eating, you should still refrain from eating. Rest often, don’t engage in strenuous exercise, and don’t film.”
Feng Jing didn’t pay too much attention to what was being said but Jiang Ran, who came to complete the discharge formalities for him, recorded it down clearly. “Got it, Dr. Ji.”
“That’s good, I wish you a happy discharge.”
After Dr. Ji left, Feng Jing finally whispered his objection to what Dr. Ji had said just now, “I think I have mostly recovered, so at least I can exercise.”
Jiang Ran said, “The doctor said no, so you cannot.”
Feng Jing: “——”
Jiang Ran picked up the packed bags, Feng Jing took them from and asked, “Today is Christmas. What are you going to do tonight?”
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The author has something to say:
Jiang Ran: What else can I do, of course, I’d be spending it with your parents and older sister.