Zhou Hao was standing at the door of the ward with three boxes of fast food, and the attending physician was also talking to his grandfather, who was hunched over with tears in his eyes. Zhou Hao clenched the lunch bag in his hand and walked in.
The doctor nodded to him pointingly, Zhou Hao put down his meal and followed the doctor out.
"The swelling on the face has disappeared now, but the cause has not been found out. It is best to go to a major hospital for examination."
Zhou Hao lowered his head, "Well, I'm going."
The doctor showed an apologetic expression on his face, and he comforted the family members of the patient in front of him, "Don't worry too much, I think grandma's body is not bad."
"I plan to stay another night, and I'm going to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. Thank you, doctor."
"Yes, buy more food for the elderly."
When Zhou Hao returned to the ward, his grandmother was sitting on the hospital bed eating, and his grandfather was sitting by the bed holding a boxed lunch. When the old couple saw their grandson coming in, they stopped eating and wiped their mouths to look at Zhou Hao.
"The doctor just told me that there is nothing serious." Zhou Hao forced a smile.
Grandma opened her mouth when she heard this, her gums were severely decayed, she twisted her body backwards, and reached for a small cloth bag next to the pillow.
Reaching into the small cloth bag, grandma took out a dirty and old handkerchief bag, and opened it layer by layer. Inside was a thick stack of money.
"Boy, you left it before, and your grandfather and I have nothing to spend it on." The old man's face was as sincere as a child's, and she handed Zhou Hao the money.
Zhou Hao took it, stacked it neatly again, and put it back into the original handkerchief to wrap it up.
"I have money, you keep the money and spend it."
Grandma glanced at Grandpa, who nodded helplessly, so she accepted it.
The only sound left in the hospital bed was the sound of the old couple chewing their meals. Zhou Hao also opened the lunch box and sat on the chair to eat.
"Haohao." Jiang Yuqian suddenly appeared at the door.
Zhou Hao's face buried in his meal suddenly lifted up. The man was dusty, his chest was heaving and panting, his hair was unkempt and disheveled, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He probably came running. He was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, carrying things in both hands.
At the moment of looking at each other, Zhou Hao's heart fell slightly, and suddenly he was full of tenderness.
Jiang Yuqian went in, put the things on the bedside table, and greeted his grandparents. Grandma still remembered him and grabbed his hand gratefully.
"Thank you, thank you." Grandma's voice suddenly became indistinct.
Jiang Yuqian looked at Zhou Hao and saw that his eyes were faintly red, so he smiled at him. Turning his gaze, he saw Zhou Hao sitting on a chair and eating half of the fast food leftovers, shredded pork with green peppers, the green peppers were not green, and they were so bored that they turned yellow.
Jiang Yuqian's nose suddenly became sore.
Zhou Hao walked over and stroked his hair with an intimate and gentle gesture, "Jiang Yuqian, your hair is all messed up."
Jiang Yuqian instantly turned into a stupefied young boy. He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head slightly, letting the little lunatic's hand stroke his hair, the corners of his mouth raised, secretly amused.
"Let me go buy something to eat. Ask your grandparents what they want to eat." Jiang Yuqian said suddenly.
Zhou Hao took a few steps back, blocking the half box of lunch he had put on the chair, "No need, I've eaten it all."
Jiang Yuqian didn't say anything else, he walked up to Zhou Hao, "Have you finished eating? Then give me the remaining half." After speaking, he picked up the half box of lunch and sat on the chair to eat. Zhou Hao sat down next to him.
"Jiang Yuqian, thank you." Zhou Hao said lightly.
Jiang Yuqian was still eating his rice, he turned his face slightly, and glanced at the little lunatic.
"Is it tasty?"
"good."
"Jiang Yuqian, come out with me after eating, I have something to tell you."
The two went to the stairs. It was very quiet at noon, and there were not many people going up and down.
"How is grandma?" Jiang Yuqian asked.
"Yesterday my face was swollen and I couldn't open my eyes. The swelling subsided today. The doctor told me to go to a big hospital for a checkup because I'm not sure what the cause is."
"Why don't you go to City A, I'll arrange it."
Zhou Hao suddenly grabbed Jiang Yuqian's hand and held it tightly. Jiang Yuqian could feel the gratitude from the little lunatic through his hand. He held him back, "Don't be afraid, I'm still here."
It was a very sweltering day, and the cooling effect of the air conditioner at the entrance of the corridor was not good. The two hands clasped together were sweaty and sticky. Jiang Yuqian rubbed the back of the little lunatic's hand, but was reluctant to let it go.
"Haohao, when are you going to take grandma there?"
"I'll go tomorrow, I'll think about how to tell them later." Zhou Hao's hand was still held by Jiang Yuqian, "Thank you."
"Why are you being polite to me? I'm your boyfriend."
Boyfriend... Zhou Hao slowly withdrew his hand, and quickly glanced at Jiang Yuqian. In fact, he just wasn't quite used to the word.
At night, Zhou Hao fetched some hot water, wiped her grandma's body, and then took the change of clothes to the bathroom to wash by himself. Jiang Yuqian sat silently on the chair in the ward.
The little lunatic stood by the pool rubbing his clothes, and his voice reached Jiang Yuqian's ears through the door. His mood suddenly became gentle and pity. He stood up and walked into the small bathroom in the ward.
The moment he opened the door, Zhou Ha looked at him sideways, and smiled at him, "I'll be done washing soon. Jiang Yuqian, I'm going to get some water, do you want to take a bath in it?"
In less than four square meters, there is a flush toilet and a washbasin full of old stains. A round plastic basin is placed in the basin, and the little lunatic's hands are constantly twisting and rubbing in the basin.
The walls are all made of tiles, but they are covered with gray stains, and the joints between the tiles are so black that they glow, and it looks like there are black mildew spots.
This was Jiang Yuqian's first close contact with such a small-scale public hospital, and it was also the first time he walked into the bathroom here.
There were many words stuck in Jiang Yuqian's throat, and he tried to speak out, but he saw the smiling face of the little lunatic, and he couldn't say what was in his heart no matter what.
He wanted to say, Haohao, stay by my side from now on, don't live so hard.
"Jiang Yuqian, hey, why are you in a daze? Do you want to take a bath? I'll fetch two bottles of hot water after I finish washing my clothes."
Jiang Yuqian walked behind the little lunatic, hugged him from behind, and pressed his face against his broad back.
Zhou Hao twisted a few times, "What are you doing? I'm doing laundry."
Jiang Yuqian didn't speak or move, but still put his face on Zhou Hao's back.
"I like our Haohao the most..." as if talking to himself.
Zhou Hao twisted a few more times, "Jiang Yuqian, stop making trouble, and scratch my back."
Jiang Yuqian stood up straight, and followed Zhou Hao's verbal prompts, turning left and right for a while, and up and down for a while, finally touching the itchy place.
"Is it here?"
"Yes, yes, yes, apply more force, and more force..." Even Zhou Hao's voice became extremely comfortable.
After washing his grandma's clothes, Zhou Hao went to the small balcony of the ward to dry the wet clothes. Immediately afterwards, he went to the water room to get two bottles of hot water.
Entering the ward, Jiang Yuqian was peeling apples for grandma, and Zhou Hao carried the water bottle to the bathroom.
"Jiang Yuqian, come here." Zhou Hao called from inside.
"Here we come." Jiang Yuqian seized the time to finish peeling the apple, and handed it to grandma.
"The next thing is, my grandma has just been hospitalized, and I haven't bought a bath ticket. I'll get you a new towel, just wipe it off. Have you brought any clothes?"
"Bring it."
"You bring the change of clothes here, and I'll find you a clean towel in the bag."
Jiang Yuqian took a bath after listening to the little lunatic, and Zhou Hao did the same.
Zhou Hao threw the clothes they changed into a plastic basin, and was about to take them to the bathroom to wash. Jiang Yuqian didn't compete with him to do the laundry this time, but stood aside to accompany him, looking for something to chat with.
The quiet and ordinary time passed amidst the loud and small sounds of rubbing clothes, and their relationship seemed to have changed invisibly.
After half past nine, the lights in the ward were turned off. Grandpa and grandma were squeezed into the same bed, and Zhou Hao and Jiang Yuqian were squeezed into another unused hospital bed.
Neither of them felt sleepy. Although the air conditioner was turned on in the room, the two men still felt hot skin to skin in the summer. However, Jiang Yuqian was still holding Zhou Hao's hand.
"Let go first, I'll see if there is a flight tomorrow." Zhou Hao's hand slipped out of Jiang Yuqian's.
Holding up his mobile phone, Zhou Hao checked the plane ticket, and found that there was no plane to go to city A tomorrow, so he could only go to the provincial capital first, and then fly to city A from the provincial capital. It's nothing, I'm afraid that the old couple can't stand such a toss.
"No, I have to take the bus to the provincial capital first. I'll buy four bus tickets first, and then four air tickets. Jiang Yuqian, give me your ID number."
Jiang Yuqian also picked up his phone, clicked on Ctrip, "Let me buy it."
"I'll buy it..." Zhou Hao insisted stubbornly.
Jiang Yuqian put back his phone, and nestled quietly beside the little lunatic.
"Jiang Yuqian, are you sleepy?" Zhou Hao asked in a low voice under his throat.
"not sleepy."
Jiang Yuqian's hand suddenly stroked the back of the little lunatic's hand lightly, just like during the day.
Such a persistent movement vaguely connects the two of them together, tender and sweet, like glue, nothing in this world can separate the two of them.
A fleeting illusion? Maybe.
"I didn't tell them just now that my grandma is not easy to coax. As soon as I said that I would take her to a big city, she must think that her illness is serious."
Jiang Yuqian kissed the little lunatic lightly, "Don't worry, just say grandma is getting old, take her to a big city for a good checkup, and recuperate her body along the way."
"Um."