At noon, the sanatorium was silent, and everyone took a lunch break after dinner.
Xun Yuming raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was just one o'clock, and Xiwan Hospital was not on duty yet, so there was something urgent.
Zhuang Yi stood in the small round hall at the end of the corridor, with his left hand in his trouser pocket and his right hand holding his mobile phone, his expression looked a bit dignified. He frowned and looked through the long strip of glass on the door of the ward. Grandpa had already fallen asleep, and his hands and feet were still trembling in his dream.
Xun Yuming pushed the door open and went in, tucking in the corners of the quilt that had been shaken off by his grandfather. The room was filled with the smell of disinfectant and mildew. Although the windows were opened every day to ventilate, it was still difficult to get rid of.
After making the phone call, Zhuang Yi came in and said, "I have to go back to the hospital." He still remembered that he had promised that he would go out to bask in the sun with his grandfather, "Don't worry, I'll be back as soon as I take care of some things."
"Is something wrong?" Just now Chen Linlin's voice floated into the ear along the microphone, and Xun Yuming also heard a few words, "Is it Xiaofang?"
"It's not him, it's something else." Zhuang Yi didn't seem to want to talk too much, picked up the black coat on the sofa, and told him: "Don't go around, I'll come back to pick you up after finishing the business over there, you know?"
Xun Yuming nodded and agreed in a low voice: "I'll accompany Grandpa, you go and come back early."
Zhuang Yi said "Mmm", walked out two steps, and saw Xun Yuming sitting on the small bench beside the bed, with his head lowered, absent-mindedly in a trance, and came back to comfort him: "Don't think about it, you know?"
He has a heavy mind, usually he will secretly weigh a few things countless times, and when encountering difficult things, he loses his appetite and vitality in an instant. The root cause of his insomnia is the cause and effect of his temper.
Xun Yuming nodded slightly, and twitched the corners of his mouth perfunctorily.
Zhuang Yi became more and more worried, reached out to touch his face, and said softly: "It's nothing serious, even if there is, don't you believe that I can handle it?"
"I believe it." Xun Yuming took a deep breath, cheered up and smiled at him: "Be careful on the road, if you are busy, don't come back in a hurry. I will have dinner with grandpa at night, and I can just take a taxi back home, anyway It's not far from our house."
"That's no good, you can't act alone now, forget?" His life threat has not been lifted, how dare Zhuang Yi let him wander outside alone, "You wait obediently, I have to come back to take a walk with grandpa. "
"Then I'll take you out." Xun Yuming stood up, walked out of the room with him one after the other, went down the stairs, and walked through the corridor to the gate of the ward.
"Okay, let's send it here." Zhuang Yi pressed his right shoulder, turned him around and faced him face to face, "It's not a parting of life and death, why are you still reluctant to part?"
Xun Yuming bowed his head and said nothing, of course he was reluctant to leave, they just reconciled now, returning to the status of lovers, just like a pair of newlyweds, the most inseparable, the time when honey is sweet. The emptiness of eight years cannot be filled in a day or two, and now I feel sad even after being separated.
"Let's go." Reluctant in his heart, but still stubborn, Xun Yuming chased him away with duplicity, "If you wait any longer, things will be delayed."
"Be good." Zhuang Yi rubbed his face, smiled, turned and walked towards the gate.
He is tall and has long legs, with his trouser pocket in one hand and his coat in the other. He walks on the green lawn with his head slightly lowered. oil painting.
Xun Yuming stared at Zhuang Yi's steps, every time he took a step forward, he pulled out a piece of taupe leather sole. He doesn't walk in a regular manner like himself, but with some carelessness and casualness. He is so tall but his center of gravity is very low, as if he can leap out at any time, and he is unusually vigorous.
Zhuang Yi approached the car, waved at him from a distance, opened the door and stepped into the cab, turned around and left.
Xun Yuming stared at the fading shadow of the car, and after a long while, he finally couldn't see it anymore. Feeling empty in his heart, he dragged his steps back, and when he passed the activity room, he heard Xiao Yang chatting with someone inside, and remembered what Zhuang Yi said, that he really should find another nurse for grandpa.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's just that it's too difficult.
Grandpa is different from ordinary people, and few nurses are willing to take care of him. It's the same nursing care, so why bother to come to a nursing home to suffer this kind of crime instead of going to someone who is easier to take care of, and would rather earn less.
At the beginning, the former nurse resigned because he was tired, but he couldn't find a new one to replace him. At that time, Xun Yuming was far away in Minnesota, so he could only do it in a hurry.
Fortunately, Angus has a Chinese friend. A friend of this friend met Xiao Yang who was serving dishes at the rice noodle restaurant during dinner. Seeing that he can and is willing to endure hardships, he introduced him to him.
Xun Yuming now puts two-thirds of his salary into Xiao Yang's pocket every month, and uses Angus' friends' connections to help him register for a registered permanent residence, in exchange for such a reliable nurse.
Thinking of this, Xun Yuming couldn't help but feel soft-hearted. The teacher treated him badly, but the care he took in life these years was not fake. It's really hard to write off feelings.
He sighed, returned to the ward, picked up the book on the bedside table, and sat on the sofa to pass the time. It was a professional book on ancient linguistics. He looked at it a bit obscurely, but there were notes written by my grandfather on every corner, which was very kind.
When my grandfather was young, his handwriting was resolute, but this year he lost his strength and his hands often trembled, and then became soft. It looks more like feminine handwriting, with a kind of graceful feeling.
Xun Yuming flipped through the pages, not interested in the content of the book, but the more he read the words, the more addicted he became. Grandpa remembered it in detail. The mistakes in the book, personal opinions, and different statements and controversies in other documents were all recorded next to it.
"This one... no... not good."
A human voice suddenly sounded in the quiet bedroom, which startled Xun Yuming. He looked up at his watch, and before he knew it, it was already three o'clock, "Did you wake up, Grandpa?"
"I've been sleeping for a long time, my head...headache." Grandpa opened his mouth half-open when he spoke, and there were protracted murmurs in his throat, "Where is Xiao... Zhuang?"
"There's something wrong with the hospital. He's going back to deal with it first, and he'll come back later." Xun Yuming closed the book, rolled up the hospital bed, and brought a stainless steel water cup to Grandpa's lips, "Drink some water, Grandpa, his mouth is dry .”
It's getting colder these days, and the air is drier than before. Grandpa is an elderly person, with less oil secretion in the skin, and the tip of the nose and the corners of the mouth are always peeling. Xun Yuming put a few small chrysanthemums and wolfberry in his cup, and fed him with hot water.
Grandpa drank two sips of water and pushed him: "Don't let Xiaozhuang... run around all the time, be careful... be careful..."
"Will he be annoying?" Xun Yuming took a thin fleece coat and put it on his grandfather, lying on his lap and said, "Zhuang Yi won't, he is very patient."
"That's not...not possible." Grandpa stroked his hair and warned earnestly, "After a long time, no matter... no patient person... will be tired."
"I know." Xun Yuming smiled, deliberately teasing Grandpa, "I love him too, why do you always talk to him, Grandpa? Don't you love me?"
Grandpa also laughed. He recovered, and his utterance was much smoother than before: "What a child, you still act...act like a baby. Why don't Grandpa...don't love you?"
Xun Yuming naturally knows that no matter how good his grandfather treats Zhuang Yi, the attribution is for himself, he wants him to take care of himself, and he is grateful for him taking care of himself, so he is a little more "partial" towards him.
"Grandpa, I'll discuss something with you." Xun Yuming turned his face sideways and said to Grandpa, "I want to take you home, are you willing?"
Now that he and Zhuang Yi are reconciling, with his help in life, he can spare some energy to take care of grandpa. Moreover, he used to have a difficult heart and was always afraid of dragging Zhuang Yi down, but now he is naturally afraid, but it is not as clear as before that "you are you and I am me".
As Zhuang Yi said, when two people are together, they are each other's responsibility. He is no longer polite to Zhuang Yi, and Zhuang Yi will not be polite to him in the future, it seems not bad to think about it.
Grandpa didn't agree, his eyes rolled, and his attitude was very tough, "I won't go! The hospital...is fine."
Xun Yuming didn't argue with him, and slowly whispered to him: "I'm staying at Zhuang Yi's house now, I didn't ask for this, it was he who told me last night that he wanted to take you back."
"If you don't want to, we can go back to our own home. I want to see you every night when I come back from get off work, but the nursing home only allows visits on Tuesdays and Saturdays. I want my grandfather to spend more time with me."
Grandpa was stunned for a moment, but still said: "I won't go, this place is better than... than home."
Xun Yuming knew that it would not take a day to persuade his grandfather, so he smiled and continued to report on his work and life.
Around four o'clock, Zhuang Yi finally knocked on the door and came back. Xun Yuming happened to be changing the diaper for his grandfather, when he saw him coming, he closed the bedroom door, "Don't come in yet!"
When grandpa heard the movement, the hand pulling the diaper trembled immediately. His left hand was propped on the railing beside the hospital bed, and his veins burst out under the force. His legs were trembling, and he lifted it up with all his strength.
Xun Yuming wanted to help him untie the diaper, but Grandpa shouted: "Go, stand!"
"I… "
Grandpa frowned: "Go!"
Xun Yuming knew that he was embarrassed, but he was worried that he would not be able to do it himself, so he went to the corner of the wall and looked at him secretly.
Grandpa shook his right hand to take off the diaper, and his half-volleyed body fell back on the bed with a "boom". He tore open the package of the new diaper, and struggled for a long time before he managed to put it on.
"Grandpa, I'm here?" Xun Yuming heard the second "dong", and hurried back to put on his pants. The diapers stuck to him in a crooked way, making it uncomfortable to watch.
When Zhuang Yi came in, they had already cleaned up, and there was a faint smell in the room.
Afraid of grandpa's embarrassment, Xun Yuming changed the subject and asked, "What's the matter? Is it important at the hospital?"
"It's okay." Zhuang Yi naturally understood the feelings of his grandparents and grandchildren, and without saying much, he pushed the wheelchair in the corner with a slight smile, carried his grandfather up, covered him with a green blanket, and took him downstairs for a walk.
The temperature is not high today, but the sun is good. Grandpa feels refreshed when he comes out to blow some air.
"I told my grandfather just now that he is not willing to take him home." Xun Yuming said as he walked.
Zhuang Yi pushed his grandfather, lowered his head and smiled and said: "This is what I mean Grandpa, you live here, how lonely you are. Obviously don't worry, we are all a family, are you polite to me?"
Grandpa shook his head and firmly disagreed.
Xun Yuming had no choice but to walk around the grass with him, fed him dinner, and left first. In the evening, the sky darkened, the ward was empty, and only my grandfather was left.
On the way back, Xun Yuming was worried, and kept pressing Zhuang Yi: "What happened today?"
"There is indeed something wrong." Zhuang Yi knew he couldn't hide it from him, "But it's settled for now."
He drove all the way home, and quickly entered the gate of the community, "Chen Linlin was looking for his father in the afternoon, passing by your department, and heard some people talking, saying..."
"What?" Xun Yuming had a bad premonition in his heart.
"Say you're gay and like men."
Although it was rumors, Zhuang Yi couldn't help but worry when he received the call. After all, it was a public hospital, and it was for the general public of all walks of life. In reality, many people were far less civilized.
Once rumors spread, even though Lao Chen was there, it would not be good for him to wear small shoes. Zhuang Yi was also afraid that the news would spread to the patient's ears, which would affect Xun Yuming's reputation.
"Then what if..." Xun Yuming looked at him, "it's really exposed, what will happen?"
"What didn't happen, how would I know." Zhuang Yi didn't want him to face this, so he drove the car into the garage and urged him to go upstairs to wash up, "Stop thinking about it."
Sullen, Xun Yuming dragged himself upstairs, changed into pajamas and went to take a shower.
Zhuang Yi warmed him a cup of warm milk, opened the refrigerator to find him some supper, took a dragon fruit and a navel orange, and threw the remaining half box of apples into the trash can.
When he went upstairs, the bathroom was still buzzing, Zhuang Yi went to the idle bathroom opposite to brush his teeth, and then came back to find Yuming who had finished his milk and was cutting oranges with a knife.
"Don't cut your hands." He didn't eat much, but he couldn't sleep easily at night when he was hungry. Zhuang Yi knew his living habits like the back of his hand and remembered everything.
Xun Yuming thought the orange was not easy to peel, so he threw it away to cut the dragon fruit. He took a mouthful of it with a small spoon and filled it into his mouth, with two black seeds hanging on his lips.
Zhuang Yi looked amused, and rubbed his thumb against the corner of his mouth, "Like a child, do you want me to wear a pocket for you?"
"You're going to be bad." Xun Yuming sat cross-legged on the side of the bed, and glanced at him with a pair of peach blossom eyes with resentment, the twinkling light in his eyes made people feel numb all over.
Zhuang Yi was so tickled and itchy by his teasing, he leaned down and pinched his chin, forcing him to look up at himself: "Is the dragon fruit delicious?"
"Okay... delicious." Xun Yuming stared at him, feeling a little terrified, his eyes didn't look like he wanted to eat dragon fruit, but rather like he wanted to eat people.
"Give me a taste." Zhuang Yi smiled, dimples looming on the side of his dimples, his eyes filled with desire.
Xun Yuming swallowed his throat and gave him the dragon fruit: "Here."
Zhuang Yi took a spoonful and didn't eat it himself, but put it in his mouth. Xun Yuming swallowed subconsciously, before he could chew, his mouth was blocked by him: "Woo..."
"Is it delicious..." Zhuang Yi opened his teeth, hooked the tip of his tongue around the dragon fruit and took a sip, the juice overflowed, "You'll know after you taste it."
"Hmm..." Xun Yuming was so dazed by his kiss, he broke away from his embrace, and gasped for breath while clutching his heart.
Zhuang Yi took a mouthful of dragon fruit, licked the corner of his mouth, and his expression was infinitely memorable: "Well, it's not as sweet as you."
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