"They've gone far away, why are you still watching?" Li Wei reminded her older brother who was a bit rude.
Li Jianping did not lower his head to eat but asked Li Wei: "Do you think this steak is delicious?"
"It's not as delicious as the braised beef with potatoes made by mom." This is Li Wei's truest thought.
"Yeah, I'm not used to eating Western food like this."
Li Wei wanted to say why she still came, but she knew very well that for her eldest brother, it was not about what he ate, but who he ate with. Is the relationship between these two people just a general business relationship? Li Wei put a question mark in his mind about the relationship between the two.
Yang Man came back about two minutes later. She already looked anxious: "My mother suddenly became ill and has been sent to the hospital by a neighbor."
Yang Man took the bag on the seat and was about to leave. Upon seeing this, Li Jianping hurriedly stood up and said, "Don't worry yet." He hurriedly paid for the meal, then went out to hail a taxi. Everyone got in the car and headed to the district hospital.
Yang's mother had been sent to the emergency department. Li Jianping and Yang Man ran up and down to help inquire, and finally met the doctor who treated Yang's mother. The doctor said: "It's a gastric perforation and requires surgery."
Yang Man trembled slightly when he heard the word surgery. Li Jianping was still calm and asked the doctor: "What are the risks of the surgery? How will the recovery be like in the future?"
Li Wei saw Yang Man's distraught look on the side. She walked over and comforted Yang Man: "Fortunately, he was sent to the hospital in time. He has already arrived at the hospital. As long as he has an operation, he will be fine. You have to trust the doctor."
The doctor sent a stack of sheets for Yang Man to sign. Yang Man's hand holding the pen kept shaking. Fortunately, Li Jianping encouraged her: "It's okay. There is still a doctor. After the procedure, we can perform surgery in time, but we can't do it again." Delayed."
Yang Man couldn't see clearly what was written on the notice, so he wrote his name tremblingly. She glanced at her mother and then urged her to pay.
Yang Man looked through his bag and found that there was not much money in it. Li Jianping felt in the pocket of his clothes and took out a bank card. He handed the card to Li Wei: "There is an ATM at the entrance of Xinhua Street. The password is your second brother's birthday. Please help me withdraw five thousand."
Li Wei took the card and went out. Li Jianping stayed with Yang Man. Yang's mother has been pushed into the operating room, and Yang Man has been sitting on the bench outside the operating room waiting.
When she was seven years old, her father was in a traffic accident and was hit by a truck. He was taken to the hospital and was immediately taken to the operating room. Unfortunately, he never came out. After her father left, her mother raised her alone, providing her with clothes and food until she went to high school. They depended on each other for survival. Over the years, the family had debts, and in order to pay off the debts, her mother worked from dawn to dusk, and as she got older, her health was not as good as before.
She was afraid when she saw the dazzling words "operating room". She was afraid of repeating the same fate and afraid that her loved ones would leave her again, so she hated hospitals and the operating room even more.
"It's okay, just wait quietly." Li Jianping leaned over and stretched out his arm to wrap around her shoulders.
The shoulder of the opposite sex allowed Yang Man to find a place to rely on. She turned her head and buried her head on his chest, but tears quietly came out of her eyes.
As time passed by, Li Jianping wondered why his sister hadn't come back yet, and he was acting impulsively. It's completely dark outside. My sister shouldn't be left alone to withdraw money. What if something unexpected happens? He wanted to tell Yang Man that he was going to pick up Li Wei, but Yang Man leaned against him tightly and he couldn't let go.
Fifteen minutes passed, and he heard rapid footsteps coming from the stairs. Li Jianping looked for the sound and saw that Li Wei was back, and he was relieved.
Li Wei was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene, then walked over, opened his bag, and handed out a wad of money.
Only then did Yang Man sit upright. Li Jianping took the money and said to Li Wei without counting it: "Wait for me here for a while." After that, he went to pay the bill.
Yang Man sat there listlessly wiping tears. The empty corridor was extremely quiet. Li Wei sat on the bench for a while, neither of them spoke. After about twenty minutes, the door of the operating room opened. A nurse in green uniform walked out.
Yang Man quickly stood up and asked, "How is my mother?"
The nurse said: "The operation was successful, we are suturing it, and it will come out soon."
Yang Man breathed a sigh of relief at this time. Li Wei smiled at Yang Man and said, "I said it would be fine."
Yang Man said sincerely: "Thank you. If you brothers and sisters weren't here, I really don't know what I would do."
After more than ten minutes, the door of the operating room opened and a hospital bed was rolled out. Yang Man quickly gathered around her, but Yang's mother had not yet woken up from anesthesia. The nurse pushed the bed into the ward, hung up the infusion bottle, and then explained a few precautions.
Li Jianping also came over, and Yang Man's frantic heart gradually calmed down after seeing his mother.
Yang Man and Li Jianping said: "I've delayed you for so long. It's no problem now. I'll just keep her company."
Li Jianping wanted to stay and take care of Yang Man, but now he didn't have the qualifications, so he had to accept Yang Man's suggestion: "Well, if you have any difficulties and need help, just call me."
"Well, be careful on the road, I won't send you off. I still owe you money..."
"Let's talk about the money later. There's no rush now." Li Jianping put his hands in his trouser pockets and spoke in a very calm tone.
The night is as dark as ink, and the winter nights are extremely cold. The brother and sister walked out of the hospital. It was easy to get a taxi near the hospital, and it didn't take long for Li Jianping to hail one.
The brother and sister were sitting in the back row. Li Jianping wanted to smoke, but Li Wei stopped him.
"Brother, what do you want me to tell my mother about what happened tonight?"
"Whatever you say, tell it truthfully. It's nothing out of the ordinary."
"You like her, right?"
Li Jianping said calmly: "Who doesn't like beautiful women?"
He didn't deny it.
Instead of going back to the hotel, they went to their rental place. After returning home, Li Jianping quickly called the hotel. The person who answered the phone was his father. He simply said that he would not go there tonight.
Li Wei freshened up and went back to the living room to watch TV. Li Jianping smokes on the balcony. The content on the TV was a bit boring, so she glanced towards the balcony. A few years have passed since Wang Yulan's incident. In the past few years, the family has arranged several blind dates for the eldest brother without any results. Now Yang Man's appearance may not be a bad thing.
Li Wei had nothing to say about her eldest brother's marriage, but she had always hoped that her eldest brother would meet a woman who could share joys and sorrows with him.
Li Jianping finished his cigarette, came back and took a few sips of boiled water, then sat over and watched TV with Li Wei.
(End of chapter)