"Hey, Dad? It's so late. Why aren't you asleep yet?"
"Are you comfortable talking now?"
Lai Yang's tired mind suddenly became clear after hearing his father's sudden words.
I guess something happened at home.
"Convenient, you say."
"Xiao Qing had a conflict with someone. I'm at the police station right now, along with your mom and your second dad. I'm calling to let you know that the matter has been resolved, so don't worry about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard his mother on the other end complaining about him being too talkative. She told him not to call, so why was he such a fool
"Well, I saw my son calling to ask... If that doesn't work, you can tell me."
There was a noise on the phone, and then the mother's voice was heard, but it was just a small matter, asking Lai Yang not to worry.
"Oh, Mom! Don't beat around the bush. Just tell me what happened, no matter if it's a small matter or a big matter. Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep well tonight."
"Nothing much..."
After a sigh, the other end said.
"It's just that the family next door to my second mother's ward is too noisy at night. Xiaoqing told them several times after she came back, but the caretaker was a boy. He probably thought Xiaoqing was easy to bully, so he didn't listen. Today, Xiaoqing couldn't help it and slapped the boy when she went over to argue with him. It wasn't a big deal, but he insisted on calling the police, so we had to go through all this trouble."
After listening, Lai Yang took a deep breath.
Yuan Shengda's temper has not changed in all these years.
Do you dare to hit people in the hospital
"So what do you say now? Is it resolved?"
"Well, your second father has apologized to them, and the parents there are quite reasonable. This matter has just been dealt with, and Xiaoqing will be able to leave soon."
"Okay, then you guys take care of the second parents first, I'll call her later, you can't change your temper every day!"
The mother said a few words that it was okay, and asked Lai Yang not to mention Xiao Qing, then hung up the phone.
Lai Yang looked at the TV wall, feeling anxious.
Fortunately, the man was relatively rational. If he had started fighting, Yuan Shengda would definitely not have been able to beat him. If he got hurt again...
When Lai Yang thought of this, he began to sweat a little, and then he felt angry.
anger.
Yuan Shengda is not young anymore, but he just does whatever he wants all day long without considering the consequences
In a trance, more than two hours passed. Near midnight, Lai Yang called Yuan Shengda again.
After the call was connected, no one spoke on the other end, which proved that it was Yuan Shengda himself.
"Are you dumb? Speak! Are you so listless when you hit someone?"
There was still no sound from the other end, but just when Lai Yang was about to say something else, he heard a sob.
It was very light and quiet, but Lai Yang heard it clearly.
But he was a little unsure. Could it be that Yuan Shengda was playing a prank on him
She has done this kind of thing many times. She has played with herself like this in many serious situations, just like last time when she said Yunlu was hit by a car...
"Yuan Shengda... stop pretending, are you doing this on purpose? Speak!"
"What do you want me to say?"
A calm, hoarse voice with a hint of crying was heard.
Lai Yang was startled: "You, you beat someone up in the hospital?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"You... Can't you control your temper? The other party is a man. If he really wants to fight with you, you will be the one who suffers."
"Then let my mother suffer, right?!" Yuan Shengda's voice suddenly rose.
"Laiyang! Can you please stop talking without thinking? I have reminded them to keep their voices down since the first day I came back, but what happened? They relied on their wealth and connections in the hospital to ignore my words! They kept my mom awake every night! I asked the nurse to change the ward, but they used their connections to prevent us from changing unless we changed hospitals! But how can we change hospitals when my mom is in the middle of treatment?"
Yuan Sheng started crying louder and louder.
She seemed not to be at home, and the whistling sound of the wind blew into Lai Yang's ears.
"They took advantage of their little money to disgust me, and they bullied me... They bullied me because I'm a girl, and because I don't know anyone in the hospital... Laiyang, do you know how sad I was at that time? I didn't understand what I had been doing all these years in Shanghai? I couldn't even take care of my mom. I had no money and no connections... I... I..."
Yuan Shengda took a deep breath and cried.
"Every time I report this to the nurse, guess what she says
She said... She said if we feel it's too noisy, we can go home and rest... If my mom hadn't stopped me, I would have wanted to slap her too! Laiyang... Really... If we still make our parents suffer when we grow up, what's the point of growing up?"
These words, like rows of barbs, deeply cut Lai Yang's heart.
He was silent, and his fingers holding the phone were trembling slightly.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally let out a long sigh and asked his second mother what was going on.
"I was discharged from the hospital today, so I took action! Laiyang... I won't come to Shanghai. After I attend Yunlu's wedding, I will stay in Xi'an..."
Beep beep beep~
Without giving Lai Yang a chance to say another word, the phone was disconnected.
That night, Lai Yang smoked half a pack of cigarettes, and the plum rain outside the window was still drizzling.
The rain that didn't wet the house penetrated into Lai Yang's heart, soaking it and producing waves of sour smell from the plum rain.
Yuan Shengda decided to leave Shanghai completely.
Lai Yang knew she would leave, but he didn't expect this to be the ending.
…
The next day, after waking up, Lai Yang wanted to see if Yuan Shengda had sent any message, but he found that the young mother had sent a message in the early hours of last night.
He said he wanted to treat Lai Yang and Tian Jing to a meal as a token of his gratitude.
Lai Yang declined, but the young mother was persistent and insisted on meeting Lai Yang.
There was no other way, Lai Yang could only ask her to send her location and he would go over later.
After sending the message, Lai Yang rubbed his confused brain and felt inexplicably sad.
It's all related to the hospital. Because I helped a stranger, I was constantly thanked and told that I was the child's benefactor.
Yuan Shengda, who was a thousand kilometers away, was fighting with someone in the hospital. He was his closest person, but he could do nothing about it.
And if my parents suddenly fall ill one day, will they meet kind-hearted people like me on the way to the hospital
As he thought about it, Lai Yang couldn't help but become suspicious.
Should I really stay in Shanghai for a long time
Will there be a day when, because of someone or something... I will completely bid farewell to this city where I have struggled for so many years in an instant