Grandpa climbed the edge of the bed and sat up, shaking his arms non-stop, as if he wanted to say something, but he just looked at Zhuang Yi and couldn't say anything.
"Grandpa." Zhuang Yi supported half of his shoulders to prevent him from falling, "If you have anything to say, tell me slowly, I'll listen."
"I..." Grandpa glanced at Xun Yuming, then turned his gaze back to Zhuang Yi's face, pursed his lips a few times, and finally said intermittently: "On behalf of Mingming, I will compensate...compensate..."
He said the word "compensation" twice in a row, but couldn't continue, with a guilty look on his face.
Zhuang Yi understood what he meant, and smiled sideways, with tears rolling down his face, and relaxed again: "Grandpa, I don't blame Mingming, really. Don't blame yourself, our matter... Anyway, it's too complicated, and You're fine."
"Yes!" Grandpa shook his head and shouted, "It doesn't matter... I didn't educate him well, it's because I didn't educate him well." As he spoke, his voice choked up, "He wants to be Chen Shimei, I can't promise... If I knew , I can't agree!"
Xun Yuming listened silently, tears slipped down quietly, but his heart was dull.
Grandpa knew about their breakup five years ago. At that time, he got an opportunity to go to Harvard as an exchange student and participate in a top neurology project. He called home to announce the good news. Grandpa asked him if Zhuang Yi would accompany him. He really didn't want to It's a lie, and she said the breakup as soon as she gritted her teeth.
Hearing that he proposed to break up because of Zhuang Yi's hand injury, the grandfather was furious, reprimanded him on the phone and ordered him to apologize to Zhuang Yi. But Xun Yuming stubbornly refused to go, and his grandfather was so angry that he never answered his phone calls, even ignoring him when he returned home during the Chinese New Year.
Ever since he was a child, my grandfather rarely got angry with others, especially when he was so angry with Xun Yuming. It was the only time that Xun Yuming was the most stubborn. He would rather stand in the yard all night than admit his mistake.
Later, as time went by, my grandfather slowly found out a little bit of taste—perhaps he obviously had some difficulties.
During the year of his internship, he was so busy that he finally got a few days off. When he returned to China to visit relatives, his grandfather saw him caressing Zhuang Yi's photo secretly, and his grandfather understood.
"Obviously he is a good boy, he won't do this sincerely, he won't." Grandpa shook his right hand violently, his eyes that were originally piercing and bright, now they are like pearls that have been aged for a long time, grayish yellow and discolored, their brilliance is gone. "He must be for me, for fear of dragging you down, for me... for me!" As he said, he beat his chest heavily, making a "dong dong" sound.
"Grandpa, don't be like this, Grandpa." Zhuang Yi pulled his hand away, squatted down, raised his head, and said seriously: "I know the difficulties of Mingming. I used to blame him, but now I really don't blame him at all. He is The strongest and kindest boy I have ever seen was educated by you. You should be responsible for what he did wrong, and you should also be responsible for his good looks. "
Grandpa's skin was like a layer of brittle oil paper, which seemed to shatter when folded. He raised his wrist to wipe the corners of his eyes, and patted Zhuang Yi's hand, speechless for a moment.
During the silence, the outer door panel rang three times.
Seeing the situation here, the nurse brother probed his head and said, "Mr. Jiang, it's time for you to get checked."
"I'll go with you." Zhuang Yi hurriedly stretched out the wheelchair by the wall, and helped the two struggling grandfathers in, "Where is the inspection?"
Grandpa shook his head, pushed him away, and pointed to the younger brother in the black T-shirt: "Xiao Yang accompany... accompany me, you sit, sit."
Zhuang Yi didn't want to go against his wishes, so he straightened his clothes and sent him out.
After grandpa left, he stood outside the door for a while, took a deep breath, and entered the room with a smile on his face again. Xun Yuming was still standing obediently in the corner, with his legs tightly together, his hands folded on the top of his tailbone, standing straight.
Zhuang Yi saw it strangely. He had heard before that he would be punished by his grandfather if he was disobedient or made mistakes at home, but seeing it with his own eyes today, he was still surprised and amused.
Unexpectedly, such a tall man, a man who usually puts on the airs of academic authority in front of others, and a man who is determined and calm in the operating room, would obediently go to the corner and stand in the corner because of his grandfather's scolding. In such a shameful pose.
"Wouldn't you be lazy for a while?" Zhuang Yi smiled, leaning against the wall with his arms around his shoulders, and teased: "Grandpa has gone out, it won't be too late for you to stand up when he comes back."
His eyes were full of schadenfreude, Xun Yuming stared at him with his mouth flattened, tears on his face. Zhuang Yi turned out the soft lining of his cuffs, raised his hand to wipe him, "Why are you crying? Are you so wronged?"
Xun Yuming turned his face to the side without making a sound, Zhuang Yi squeezed his chin and forcibly turned his face away, and asked with a smile: "Why don't you talk? Sit down, it's really tiring to stand like this."
"Grandpa may not allow me to sit." Xun Yuming said sullenly.
"Do you know why grandpa punished you to stand?" Zhuang Yi looked at him and said, "Obviously, grandpa really loves you. He was afraid that I would still remember the past and treat you badly in the future, so he did it in front of me. To reprimand you in front of you is to punish me."
I am afraid that only Zhuang Yi, who also loves him so much, can appreciate the hard work and hard work.
Xun Yuming's eyes turned red, he nodded and said, "I know, what Grandpa does is for my own good."
When he was young, he was worried that his grades would decline and his future would be affected, and he was punished. When he grew up, he was worried that he would offend his lover and lose his happiness. No matter when and where, grandpa always thought of him wholeheartedly.
"I..." Xun Yuming couldn't help having a sore nose, and tears fell down again.
Zhuang Yi pulled his shoulders, pressed him into his arms, patted his back, and said softly: "Don't cry, isn't grandpa here well? You have done a good job, everyone can't To avoid aging, as long as we spend more time with grandpa, he will be very happy."
Xun Yuming nestled in his arms, still in the position behind his hands, tears soaked half of his shoulders, and he was chanting something choked with sobs. Zhuang Yi couldn't hear clearly either, he just hugged him, stroked his head lightly, and rubbed slowly on his vest.
When my grandfather came back from the inspection, he heard the faint sound of weeping coming from the room. He held down the wheelchair, pointed to the downstairs, and told the nurse to take him to the artificial lake to have a wind.
Xun Yuming cried weakly, and gradually stopped his voice, Zhuang Yi whispered in his ear: "Why hasn't Grandpa come back yet? Let's go find him."
"But... grandpa hasn't let me move yet." With a soft nasal voice, he sounded very cute, Xun Yuming leaned on his shoulder, with most of his weight on him, and he didn't know who was punishing him.
Zhuang Yi sighed, looked at his watch, it had been more than an hour, standing like this would be better than just being beaten, it was really torture.
He told Xun Yuming what he thought, and the latter said with a smile: "Grandpa said that standing by punishment can also exercise your body. If you hit hard, you will get sick. I was in poor health when I was young. Punishment for copying, and punishment for doing something wrong.”
"I have never been beaten." Zhuang Yi recalled bitterness and sweetness, and found that he was quite similar to his childhood. "If I do something wrong, I will be restricted from going out and some activities. But my housekeeper loves me very much." Me, every time he quietly covers me out, sneaks back before being discovered, and has never been discovered."
His appearance is too deceptive, he looks gentle and gentle, how could his grandparents think that his rebellious spirit is hidden in his heart, but he just doesn't want to say it.
"Who says I haven't been beaten before." Xun Yuming smiled, "I wanted to do a boiling point experiment once, but there was no hot water at home. I secretly boiled a large pot of boiling water, but it turned out to be too heavy for me to carry. , I spilled all of a sudden, and almost burned my leg. After my grandfather found out, he hit my palm with a comb like the one used to sweep sheets, and it swelled up, and begging for mercy didn’t work.”
"You deserve it." Zhuang Yi pinched his cheeks, his smile concealed his indulgence, "I'll beat your ass until it blooms, let's see if you still dare to do so in the future."
Hearing this, Xun Yuming broke away from his embrace and said, "I'll go find Grandpa, you stay by yourself."
Zhuang Yi hurriedly followed, and said as he walked, "Why are you angry?"
After crying, I looked like a child.
Xun Yuming ran to the door and saw Grandpa sitting on the green grass slope in the distance talking to two other old men. He and Zhuang Yi walked over and asked with a smile: "What are you talking about, grandpa?"
Grandpa saw them, showing off a smile on his usually serious face, and said to the side: "These are my two grandchildren, so good."
The two of them sat with him for a long time. Seeing the sunset and the coldness of the night, they pushed grandpa back. Zhuang Yi cut open a dragon fruit, dug it out with a small spoon and fed it to his grandfather. Xun Yuming was afraid that he would eat too much and would not be able to digest it, so he put the remaining half in the refrigerator.
After eating the fruit, the nurse came to distribute the medicine. Zhuang Yi poured warm water and asked, "What is this food?"
Xun Yuming's temple twitched, and just about to stop it, the nurse blurted out: "It's still tiapride."
"Tiapride?" Zhuang Yi wrote down the name silently, and smiled at Xun Yuming without saying anything.
They stayed in the nursing home until 8:30 in the evening, and they drove home after grandpa washed his feet and went to bed.
Zhuang Yi dropped the glass, and the evening wind poured in, covering them like a veil. Xun Yuming leaned against the car door, with broken hair fluttering in front of his forehead, his bright eyes were exposed in the neon lights, reflecting the fleeting light that was rushing outside the window. He is in a good mood. It can be seen that grandpa is very happy today, and he hasn't been so relaxed for a long time.
When he got home, Zhuang Yi ordered two takeaways, and urged him to wash up and rest after eating.
Xun Yuming was thinking about the medicine his grandfather took, and he might not be able to hide it from Zhuang Yi. This disease is very hereditary, once you tell him, maybe he will guess the real reason why he broke up with him in the first place. But if you don't tell him, he will find out after all. Besides, if he doesn't ask now, it doesn't mean he won't ask in the future. Will he be able to deceive him then
Naturally speaking the truth.
Xun Yuming was so conflicted, he lay on the bed and hesitated for a long time, but couldn't fall asleep. He turned up, turned on the lamp, and knocked on the door of Zhuang Yi's room.
He thought it over, and only told Zhuang Yi about his grandfather's condition, never mentioning himself, and if he asked, he would deny it. This matter is my last concealment, and it is also the last bottom line, I can't confess it no matter what.
He didn't even dare to think how much Zhuang Yi would sacrifice for him if he knew that he had inherited his grandfather. Most of his life is doomed to be ruined. Grandpa's life has already been ruined. The only person he cherishes in this world is Zhuang Yi. He must try his best to protect him so that his life cannot be flawed.
The door knocked and knocked, and it took Zhuang Yi a long time to open it, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, are you asleep?" Xun Yuming saw that his eyes were sleepy and there was fatigue between his brows, and said apologetically, "Did I wake you up?"
In fact, Zhuang Yi was not asleep. He was looking up information just now, searching for the word "tiapride", and on the screen that popped up, the words "antipsychotic drug" were impressively written.
"Not yet, I have some work." Zhuang Yi said, "Can't you sleep?"
"No." Xun Yuming shook his head, grabbed the hem of his pajamas and said, "I just want to tell you, grandpa..."
"Huh?" Zhuang Yi raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong with Grandpa?"
Is it really, as he guessed, a disease like schizophrenia
"What he has," Xun Yuming stared into his eyes, "Huntington's disease."
"Huntington... chorea?" Zhuang Yi seemed to have heard the name before, but it was a pity that his medical career stopped on the eve of entry, and he didn't know the truth for a while.
Xun Yuming explained: "Huntington's disease is a degenerative neurological disease, which means that the neurological function will degenerate over time. There are currently more than 30,000 cases of this disease in the country, usually between the ages of 30 and 50. After the onset, the nerves will twitch uncontrollably, showing dance-like movements, and it will become more and more serious with age, and finally develop into neurological dysfunction, even dementia, and finally die. Now it is worldwide There is no cure for internal medicine, and it can only temporarily control the symptoms. Fortunately, my grandfather's symptoms were very late, so the symptoms can be controlled at present, and it will be... hard to say in the future."
He explained the disease clearly, but he missed the most critical information: Huntington's disease is a dominant genetic disease with a 50% inheritance rate.
"Is this disease hereditary?" Zhuang Yi's words hit the point, and the anxiety and fear in his eyes were clearly visible: "Is it possible for you to...?"
"The probability of intergenerational inheritance is very small." Xun Yuming pulled out a relaxed smile, "I've done a genetic test, and it's fine."
"Oh—Thank God!" Zhuang Yi's heart fell to the ground in an instant, and he couldn't help shouting in English under the excitement.
He adjusted his breathing and hugged Xun Yuming, his voice still trembling: "No matter what happens to grandpa, I will be here, and we will take care of him together. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid... Little Ear."
"Thank you." Xun Yuming smiled with tears, even if he died at this moment, it was worth it. "With you, I'm not afraid of anything."
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