In the hospital, there were waves of footsteps lingering back and forth.
Xiao Yao stood alone in front of the operating room, looking at the somewhat dazzling red light, with his hands resting on his forehead, feeling unspeakably tired.
Comrade adjutant took a coat and put it on his shoulders, he hesitated to say something.
Xiao Yao looked at the blood on his hands and blamed himself: "Am I a failed husband?"
The adjutant was silent. He didn't want to tell lies, but he was afraid that the truth would hurt people too much.
Xiao Yao looked back at him, "Do you think so too?"
The adjutant said: "Sir, in fact, I know your embarrassment. What are you afraid of? You are afraid that after a hundred years, you will face the old leader who died for the country without words, but you feel that you are ashamed of your conscience. Madam is a good woman." , she has been staying behind you dutifully, never asked for anything, the only fault is to conceal the identity of Miss Fourth, but this is all forced, in the end, no matter what you do now, it is like Compensation after a crime."
"I thought that these things could be avoided by letting my mother go to Jiangcheng, but I forgot how my mother, who has been strong for decades, could have quit so willingly, it was my dereliction of duty."
"Sir, the old lady couldn't accept it for a while, after all, we didn't notify her in advance."
Xiao Yao closed his eyes, "Don't tell the child about this, I'm afraid she won't be able to stand the excitement."
"I'll keep the hospital quiet."
Xiao Yao leaned on the chair, looking at the red light alone, feeling very restless and powerless.
The Xiao family's mansion was still brightly lit in the early morning.
Mrs. Xiao had been sitting on the sofa the whole time, and the living room had been cleaned up, but there was still a lingering smell of blood.
Xiao Yu walked through the yard, and as soon as he entered the hall, he could smell the faint smell of blood, and when he saw the old lady on the sofa who was as motionless as Mount Tai, he frowned.
Mrs. Xiao glanced at the direction of the door when she heard the sound, and the dim lights fell in her eyes. She sighed that this home had become strange to her.
Xiao Yu stepped forward and called softly, "Grandma, why are you back?"
Mrs. Xiao rubbed her tired eyes, "Even you don't want to see me?"
"Grandma, I just didn't expect you to come back suddenly. Why is the house so quiet?"
"Xiao Yu, you are my proudest grandson. I always thought that you put the overall situation first in the face of right and wrong. I didn't expect you to let me down so much in the end."
"Grandma, in the military, I am still your proud grandson, but in the family, you think I betrayed you, but in fact I just said what I have been wanting to say all these years. It's not that I betrayed you, but You are too extreme."
"No, no, it's not me, it's you. You were confused by their mother and daughter. I knew early on that Qin Ran couldn't stay and Xiao Jing couldn't come back. Their existence is a stain on our Xiao family. Look at us What has the innocent Xiao family been made into by them now?"
"Grandma, they are not at fault for this."
"Is it my fault what you said?" Mrs. Xiao stood up, her legs were a little stiff after sitting for a long time.
Xiao Yu fell silent.
Mrs. Xiao smiled sadly, "Okay, okay, so you think so in your heart, so it turns out that I am the culprit in your heart."
"Dong dong dong." There were bursts of hurried footsteps in the yard.
Xiao Yu retreated to the side, looked at his late-returning father, saw the scabbed blood on his body at a glance, and asked in surprise, "Father, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Yao's eyes were a little red, obviously he had cried.
Old Mrs. Xiao was startled, and wanted to sit down a little uneasy, but her own pride could not allow her to show a weak expression.
Xiao Yao stepped forward with heavy steps, clenched his hands into fists to resist the anger in his heart.
Mrs. Xiao said forcefully, "Is she playing tricks in front of you again?"
"Mother, she is blind in one eye now, she is blind, you are satisfied." Xiao Yao yelled, and the whole Xiao family reverberated with his voice which could not conceal his anger.
Mrs. Xiao turned around in astonishment, "Impossible, she must have deliberately colluded with the doctor to say that I didn't hurt her eyes."
Xiao Yao gritted his teeth tightly, and he growled word by word, "Mother, in order to make you happy, I abandoned my responsibilities. This is my filial piety."
"Xiao Yao, are you questioning your mother now?"
Xiao Yao raised his hand, "Mother, stop talking. Come here."
A group of guards stood side by side in two rows outside the door.
"Send the old lady back. From today on, mother, you will stay in Jiangcheng. I will visit you if I have anything to do."
"Xiao Yao, you, are you going to imprison your mother?"
"No, I just want the Xiao family to calm down for a while, so you can go."
"Xiao Yao, are you going to give up on your mother?" Mrs. Xiao stared blankly at all the guards who came forward, and repelled them.
There was some indescribable despair in Xiao Yao's voice, he said: "It was you who made me have to give up. My ignorance and filial piety made the whole family restless. In fact, I was even more wrong. I was even more wrong than you. .”
Suddenly a needle could be heard in the huge living room.
Mrs. Xiao's whole body trembled violently. He could see from his son's eyes that giving up was absolute giving up, and he would never give up obediently to her.
Xiao Yao glanced at the leading guards, "Send the old lady back."
"I won't leave!" Mrs. Xiao roared, "If I leave, this Xiao family will be destroyed."
"Send the old lady away." Xiao Yao gave the order without a doubt.
Mrs. Xiao only felt that something rushed up in her mind suddenly, and the scene in front of her was instantly blurred. She seemed to see overlapping figures rushing towards her. She opened her arms to grab them, but in the end it was After an empty space, he fell down straight.
"Boom." When the old lady fell down, everyone was so shocked that they couldn't move.
Tick, tick.
The sound of running water lingered in the room.
The morning sun fell gently on the carpet from the window sill, and the sleeping person on the hospital bed slowly opened one eye.
Qin Ran's left eye was bandaged with gauze, and even her entire face was bandaged except for her right eye, mouth and nose.
Xiao Jing heard the voice at the head of the bed and stopped pouring water.
Qin Ran vaguely felt someone approaching, but she was in great pain, and her whole face seemed to be unable to stop the burning pain, and she subconsciously wanted to grab it.
Xiao Jing quickly grabbed her hand and comforted her, "Mom, are you awake?"
Qin Ran heard a familiar voice, and turned her head to the right. The child's facial features ranged from far to near. Her face was pale, as if she hadn't rested well.
Xiao Jing squatted beside the bed, holding her hand tightly, "Don't worry, the operation was a success."
Qinran understood what she meant, and the scene just now clearly echoed in her mind. Something entered her eyes, something cut her flesh, and warm liquid scrambled to leak from her fingers. Her face seemed ruined.
Probably because of nervousness, Qin Ran felt her entire face start to ache, and her body struggled instinctively.
Xiao Jing suppressed her violently shaking body, and said again: "Mom is fine, it's fine, it will be fine after a while."
Qin Ran touched her face, and said in a panic, "Xiaojing, is my face ruined, and my eyes, why do I only have one eye?"
"It's okay, that eye was injured, the doctor said it will be fine when the stitches are removed." Xiao Jing took her hand carefully, "Mom, don't be afraid, it will be fine, it will be fine."
Qin Ran stopped trembling, and she stared blankly at the ceiling, "Am I blind in this eye?"
Xiao Jing bit her lower lip with a stick in her throat, but she couldn't find an excuse to hide this fact.
Warm liquid slid past the corners of Qinran's eyes, and she just silently hid it in her hair, and she closed her eyes.
"Mom, you can't cry." Xiao Jing hurriedly wiped away her tears, "It's okay, now that the medical technology is so good, you will definitely recover."
"Mom is old, I don't need this face, but I want my eyes, I want to see my children get married in a good manner, and I want to see my grandson grow up healthy and healthy. Look at how cute they are begging for sweets in front of me."
"Mom, it's okay, it will recover, it will get better, the doctor said it just hurt the cornea, wait until the stitches are removed to make sure there is no problem."
Qin Ran hurriedly held Xiao Jing's face, and whispered: "Mom is fine, don't cry, you are still pregnant with a child, you can't be stimulated, don't cry, don't cry, I still have one eye, mom's one The eyes can take a good look at you."
Xiao Jing wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, "I'm not crying, Mom, I'm fine."
Qin Ran closed her eyes weakly, "I'm sorry my child."
Xiao Jing squatted beside the bed, holding her mother's hand tightly with both hands, her palm was very cold, as in the past, it seemed so cold that she couldn't warm it up.
"Knock, knock, knock." Shen Chengfeng knocked on the door, then pushed the door open and walked in.
He entered the room with the breakfast he had bought.
Xiao Jing stood up from the bed and stayed up all night, causing her body to shake uncontrollably.
Shen Chengfeng hurriedly hugged her body, frowned and said, "Can you still hold on?"
Xiao Jing looked at the present who fell asleep again, and nodded imperceptibly, "I'm a little hungry."
Shen Chengfeng opened the porridge bowl, scooped up a spoonful and handed it to her mouth, "Eat something and sleep for a while, I'll watch it for you here."
Xiao Jing's eyes were red, "Captain, sometimes I wonder why the old lady doesn't like us? Is it because of my grandfather? This doesn't seem to be a reason. With the glory of the Xiao family, they don't need to rely on marriage to get to the top , then why did she hurt my mother so much?"
Shen Chengfeng's movements stopped, but after just two or three seconds, he continued to scoop up the porridge, "Does Xiao Jing still believe what I said?"
"Everything the captain says is right in my eyes." Xiao Jing nodded almost without thinking.
Shen Chengfeng rubbed her head, and said again: "If one person thinks you are right, you may be wrong, but if everyone thinks you are right, then you must be right. If there is one person among people who insists that you are wrong, that person is wrong."
"Captain, you seem to be trying to persuade me with a hard reason."
"Think I'm wrong?"
Xiao Jing shook her head, shaking her head very hard, "Even if you say the sky is broken, I think the sky is broken."
"Fool, eat something quickly, sleep for a while after eating, don't let your mother worry about you after waking up."
Xiao Jing swallowed the food very hard, and from time to time scooped up a spoonful and handed it to his mouth.
The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and footsteps sounded methodically from the corridor.
Xiao Yao was walking out of the ward, but when he saw someone coming, he stopped his movements.
The woman raised her hand to signal the people behind her not to follow, and she walked over with heavy steps, as if she was carrying an inescapable shackle, step by step like walking on the tip of a knife.
Xiao Yao looked at the woman from far to near with a blank expression, and finally stood up straight and saluted.
The woman was wearing a plain beige sweater with a long skirt, and a coat of the same color on the outer shoulders. She tightened the clutch bag in her hand. When she faced Xiao Yao, her throat tightened. The words she thought at first It was unspeakable to say it.
"What are you doing here?" Xiao Yao broke the strange silence.
"Let me take a look," the woman swallowed back the mother's words, and said instead, "come and see the old lady."
"You don't need to go in, she is unconscious now and hasn't woken up yet."
"I know, I just want to see her when she falls asleep, that's enough." The woman made a gesture to enter the room.
Xiao Yao stood in front of her, frowned and said: "Xiao Chen, don't come, I beg you as a brother, don't come."
The woman called Xiao Chen lowered her head, holding her handbag tightly with both hands, "Mother, will she never forgive me?"
"Go back, this is not where you should come." Xiao Yao closed the door.
Xiao Chen persistently pushed open the door.
Xiao Yao thought about pulling her again, but when his eyes fell on the hospital bed, his movements stopped.
Mrs. Xiao's eyes were a little empty, but they were still wide open. She tried her best to see the people outside the door, and tried her best to see the people outside the door clearly.
Xiao Chen staggered over, facing his mother who had fainted after the stroke, and knelt down straight.
Mrs. Xiao was a little agitated, what she wanted to say was completely blocked by her numb mouth, she could only keep shaking her body to resist this man's approach.
"Beep beep." The instrument started to alarm.
Xiao Chen knelt in front of the old man, shaking his head, "Mom, do you still hate me that much? After all these years, don't you still want to see me?"
Mrs. Xiao couldn't say a word, her body convulsed non-stop, and her blood pressure, which had calmed down, began to rise again.
Xiao Yao knew that something was wrong, so he pulled Xiao Chen up vigorously.
Xiao Chen shouted hoarsely, "Mom, even if you don't recognize me, I'm still your daughter. After so many years, do you have the heart to give up your child? I know I was wrong back then, but I was just wrong One step, my father's death really has nothing to do with me."
"Ah, ah, ah." Mrs. Xiao opened her mouth and breathed in the oxygen in the oxygen mask very hard, but she still gave out more air than inhaled.
Xiao Chen refused to give up and continued: "You can deny me, but you can't stop me from going home to offer incense to my father. I'm also a child of the Xiao family. Why do you treat me like this?"
"Xiao Chen, have you said enough?" Xiao Yao pushed her away.
Xiao Chen gritted his teeth, "Brother, you have also seen, what is wrong with me, you also know what happened back then, why did you come with your mother and treat your own sister like this?"
Xiao Yao was silent.
"She is confused, are you confused too? Yes, you may be really confused, otherwise how could you be so cruel and ignore your wife and children for more than 20 years."
"Xiao Chen." Xiao Yao clenched his hands tremblingly into fists, "If you have resentment in your heart, you can come to me after two days to vent your anger. Now you have seen it too, mother can't stand the stimulation anymore."
Xiao Chen glanced at the old lady who was being rescued in the ward, and sneered like self-deprecating, "I feel wronged in my heart, brother, who of you understands the wronged in my heart?"
"Do you dare to say that you didn't betray your father because you went to help that man? Did you complete the task he gave you?" Xiao Yao asked back.
Xiao Chen looked away, yes, she didn't complete it, she completely abandoned her father behind in order to save the person she cared about, but even if she completed that secret mission, what's the use
"If you had completed the task first before saving that man, mother would not have blamed you for father's death. Xiao Chen, since you have made the wrong choice, you should bear the consequences of this choice. as a result of."
"Do you also think that father died in battle because of that mission? Brother, you know, it's impossible to—"
"Father was killed at 1135 o'clock, do you know what that means?" Xiao Yao asked again.
Xiao Chen thundered, "How could it be? The result of the investigation is not—"
"That's because your mother is protecting you. In order to prevent your superiors from investigating your felony of neglecting public affairs, this fact was erased. Over the years, as soon as she sees you and that man in a relationship, she will regret it. Why did you make this decision against your will?"
"Brother, I never thought it would be like this. I always thought, why didn't you say it?"
"Is it important to say? Will your choice be given up because of this fact?"