Li Zheng stood at the door of the ward, his hand was on the door handle, and he didn't press it for a long time.
At this moment, the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and Xiao Wang came out of the ward with a washbasin in one hand.
"Mr. Li?"
There was a hint of embarrassment on Li Zheng's face. He nodded and said, "Mr. Zhao is okay."
"Secretary Zhao's body temperature is slowly dropping, and his consciousness is awake. He was still asking me about you just now!" Xiao Wang said with a smile, "By the way, Mr. Liang just walked away and said he was going back to the hotel. "
He looked at the water in his hand, "Why don't you come in first, Mr. Li, and talk to the secretary, and I'll pour out the water."
Li Zheng's gaze passed through Xiao Wang and landed on Zhao Mu's body. Zhao Mu also happened to look over at this time. The two eyes met, and the atmosphere in the room became subtle for a while.
After Xiao Wang left, only Li Zheng and Zhao Mu were left in the room.
Li Zheng closed the door gently and walked slowly to Zhao Mu's bedside to sit down.
"Xiao Zheng? Is it really you?" Zhao Mu's voice trembled slightly, ranging from excitement to disbelief.
Even with Lao Meng's words and Zhao Qiuhua's letter to pave the way, when Li Zheng really appeared in front of him, Zhao Mu's heart still turned upside down.
He had countless questions in his heart, but when he saw Li Zheng's eyes that were so calm that there was no fluctuation, all Zhao Mu's words were stuck in his throat, and he couldn't ask a word.
Li Zheng noticed the strangeness of the old man, and unconsciously rubbed his eyebrows, "Sorry, after the accident at home, I had a disease, and I had a high fever for a few days. Many things are confused and can't remember clearly."
When Zhao Mu heard the words, he opened his mouth, but was speechless. He thought that what Li Zheng said was about Zhao Qiuhua leaving home. Thinking of this matter, Zhao Mu has no face to face this grandson again, and as for the doubts in his heart, he can't ask any more.
"Are your father and sister okay?" he asked dryly after being silent for a while.
Li Zheng raised his head slightly, "Father left in the middle of last year, and he was caught in a storm when he went to sea. My sister is now...not bad.
Zhao Muping clenched his hand on the hospital bed abruptly. Because of the excessive force, blood returned to the part where the infusion tube and the needle were connected, and the blood flowed back into the infusion tube all of a sudden.
Li Zheng was startled, he put his hand on the back of the old man's hand, "Relax." He said in a deep voice.
"Li Qiang... Li Qiang he!" A flush appeared on Zhao Mu's pale face, all his bones were trembling, "Li Qiang he..." He clenched the quilt tightly with both hands, staring at Li Zheng without blinking.
His needle had slipped out of the blood vessel, and a small bag had bulged at the injection site in his arm, but Zhao Mu didn't care at all, all his attention was on the news he had just received.
Li Qiang is dead.
His son-in-law, Li Qiang, is dead
How could this be? How can you do this? Li Qiang is a good man and a very filial son-in-law. Even Zhao Mu often thinks in private that even if he has a son, he cannot be more filial than Li Qiang.
Because of his daughter, he had no face to face his son-in-law, but he never thought that Li Qiang would just disappear.
Although according to Li Zheng's statement, Li Qiang went to sea and encountered difficulties in leaving, but does this really have nothing to do with Zhao Qiuhua's sudden departure
"How could this be? How could this be?" Zhao Mu muttered to himself.
Seeing this, Li Zheng first pulled out Zhao Mu's needle, then quickly walked out of the door to find the nurse.
When he and the nurse came in together, Xiao Wang was already there, as well as the Chinese delegation headed by Xian Ning that he had seen in the morning.
Xian Ning and others all looked anxious, "Secretary Zhao? Secretary Zhao? What did you say?" They also saw that Zhao Mu's mood was obviously wrong.
When Xiao Wang saw Li Zheng coming in, he directly greeted him.
"Mr. Li, what happened just now? Why did the secretary become like this all of a sudden, as if... as if he was hit by something."
Li Zheng glanced at him and didn't answer. Instead, he turned to the nurse and said, "His mood is very unstable. The needle slipped out of the blood vessel just now and I pulled it out. Please give me another injection."
The American nurse nodded with a face, "Sir, please be careful to control your emotions." She ignored everyone, walked to Zhao Mu's bed, and said solemnly.
The female nurse's movements were very neat. After she warned Zhao Mu again not to get too excited, she nodded to Li Zheng and left the ward.
Only then did everyone see Li Zheng in the ward.
"It's you?" Xian Ning didn't know how to address Li Zheng, his face was a little embarrassed.
After Babru was arrested, Li Zheng left soon after. Afterwards, the delegations from Europe, America and other countries changed their lofty attitudes, surrounded the Chinese delegation, and repeatedly praised their companions for their wisdom and courage.
But Xian Ning and the others knew in their hearts that Mr. Li Zheng, who turned the tide, was their companion.
The name Li Zheng, Xian Ning has heard of it in China, what invented the first original drug in China, what a biological genius, but the people in China, including Xian Ning, do not know what it means. what.
Until today, Li Zheng's sentence "I'm the inventor of baminosartine" made the crazy dangerous person change his attitude all of a sudden, and it made everyone understand that this drug is a drug for some people in certain countries. what a great significance.
They were still discussing this mysterious Mr. Li Zheng on the way to the hospital, but they didn't expect to see him in Zhao Mu's ward now.
"Hello." Li Zheng smiled politely at everyone.
"Mr. Li Zheng, are you... come to see Secretary Zhao?" Xian Ning said tentatively.
She heard that Secretary Zhao Mu has a daughter in Xiangjiang, and the laboratory of this biological genius is also in Xiangjiang. Maybe they will know each other, Xian Ning guessed in his heart.
Li Zheng's eyelids drooped slightly, he was silent for a while, then said, "En."
Apparently, he has not been able to call a stranger a grandfather without hindrance.
"Mr. Li Zheng..."
Xian Ning wanted to say something else, but the door was opened again, Liang Zhe pushed it open, and there were several young men and women dressed as waiters behind him. All of them were carrying delicate heat preservation boxes, and the aroma of sub-cooked meals permeated the ward.
Seeing that there were so many people in the ward, Liang Zhe frowned slightly, then saw Li Zheng, his expression slightly relieved, and he walked quickly to Li Zheng's side.
"I don't seem to have enough vegetables." He whispered.
Although Liang Zhe's voice was deliberately lightened, the ward was not big, and no one could hear it.
The delegation headed by Xian Ning showed a hint of embarrassment on their faces, and they quickly said: "Let's come and see, don't eat, don't eat."
"Yes, yes." Everyone agreed.
As soon as the words came out, everyone felt that something was wrong. It stands to reason that Zhao Mu came out with them. They should not be closer to Zhao Mu. Why do they look like outsiders now.
Xian Ning works in finance. As soon as Liang Zhe came in, she recognized Mr. Liang, who is now in the limelight. She glanced at Zhao Mu, who was still a little out of his mind on the hospital bed, and a deep thought flashed in her eyes.
She always felt that the relationship between Li Zheng and Zhao Mu was not as simple as it seemed.
Seeing that Liang Zhe had already instructed the waiter to set the dishes, the Huaguo delegation felt embarrassed to stay any longer and said goodbye to Zhao Mu one after another.
Although Zhao Mu was still immersed in the shock and sadness of Li Qiang's death, after all he had been an official for so many years, he still responded with a smile subconsciously.
Xiao Wang was the one who couldn't understand the situation the most. He scratched his head hard, looked at Xian Ning, and then looked at Li Zheng and Liang Zhe, why did he think something was wrong.
"Xiao Wang, go back with President Xian. You have worked hard all morning." Zhao Mu said suddenly.
The strange feeling in Xiao Wang's heart became stronger, he pointed to himself, and then looked at Li Zheng and Liang Zhe.
"Secretary Zhao..."
"Don't worry, Xiao Zheng will take care of me."
Xiao Zheng? ! Xiao Wang opened his mouth wide, "Oh" he responded and walked out in a daze.
Seeing Xiao Wang leave, Li Zheng shook Zhao Mu's hospital bed, picked some light meals and put them on the table.
"Eat some." He handed the chopsticks to Zhao Mu.
In New York in the 1980s, Chinese restaurants were not as common as in later generations. Liang Zhe went to Chinatown to book such a table.
"Thank you." Zhao Mu smiled at Li Zheng.
After that, there was a slight sound of food chewing in the ward. Zhao Mu had a high fever and had no appetite at all. After trying to eat half a bowl of rice, he stopped moving.
His eyes kept falling on Li Zheng, watching him pick up and eat food, and deliberately put the food that Li Zheng picked up many times in front of Li Zheng.
Li Zheng's heart is very complicated. He hasn't felt this way for a long time. In his previous life, the old man left early, and he has no other relatives. His life is a laboratory other than a laboratory.
He didn't know what role Zhao Mu played in the tragedy of the original body. How should he get along with this blood-related grandfather? Originally, he made up his mind to be polite and distant and do what he should do morally, but now...
"How did you and Si Tian get along after your father left?" Zhao Mu couldn't help asking.
Li Zheng's action of adding vegetables paused, "After my father left, my aunt from the Zheng family helped with the funeral. There was originally a ship at home, and no one went to sea when my father was away. Blocked it back, and then I leased the boat to Zheng Xiaodong, and this matter is over."
Li Zheng said it lightly, and others may not hear anything, but Zhao Mu has lived in Qinghe Town, and he naturally knows the status of a boat in the hearts of fishermen. Hearing that the production team came to the door to force the boat, Li Zheng could not hear it. After not renting the boat to the Zheng family to avoid disaster, Zhao Mu couldn't help but burst into tears with shame.
"Child, I've suffered for you. Go back with your grandpa. Grandpa will take good care of you."
Hearing this, Li Zheng put down the bowl in his hand, pursed his lips, and said, "I'm fine now, and I don't need anyone to take care of me. Besides, I might fly to Africa in two days, and I'll visit China when I have time. "
Fly to Africa
Liang Zhe and Zhao Mu's expressions changed at the same time.
"What are you doing in Africa?"
Li Zheng raised his eyelids, "I owe it, I promised someone something, I have to do it."