Tang Zhi followed Lawyer Zhong and thought as he walked into Chengshan Hospital that no one would like the smell of an ordinary hospital.
Mix disinfectants, medicines, injections, plastics, and all the odors produced by human activities, dilute them, and spread them into the air.
Xu Sheng escorted Tang Zhi to the entrance of the hospital without getting out of the car.
Tang Zhi was very grateful to him.
Thanks to Xu Sheng for his help, hugs and comfortable silence.
Walking into the surgical ward of the inpatient department, Tang Zhi was thinking that no matter what Xu Sheng said to him in the future, he should not be unhappy anymore.
I don't know if it was because of being a felon, but the hospital gave Xi Manxiang a single ward.
The ward was at the end of the corridor. Lawyer Tang Zhi and Zhong passed by the crowd of visitors and walked to the prison police stationed at the door of the ward.
Tang Zhi showed his ID, and the police opened the door for him. He walked in. Xi Manxiang was wearing a blue and white hospital gown, lying on the bed with her eyes closed and her face pale, receiving an infusion.
Tang Zhi had never seen Xi Manxiang like this.
His mother is a very optimistic person, in good health, and her face is always glowing. It seems that there are so many things to be happy about in the world, and you can find fun even in prison.
But now she is lying on the hospital bed, like a little old lady suffering from consumption.
Tang Zhi walked to the bed and looked at the policewoman sitting across from the bed. The policewoman looked at him and blinked blankly.
"Thank you for taking care of my mother." Tang Zhi smiled at her.
She glanced at the piece of glass at the door of the ward, then looked at Tang Zhi, paused for a while, and said in a low voice: "You're welcome, the nurses are taking care of her." She then told Tang Zhi: "She woke up this morning. For once, consciously.”
Tang Zhi said thank you again.
Xi Manxiang was sleeping deeply, and Tang Zhi sat next to her and looked at her, even counting the wrinkles around her eyes.
There are also sun spots on her cheeks and unsightly white strands in her short black hair.
He felt as though he had lost the memory of not looking at his mother through the glass.
When Xi Manxiang was a child, he took him to the amusement park to play balloons and darts, and lied to him that if he ate too much ice cream, he would be eaten by monsters. These were all like stories he made up in his head because he missed his mother so much.
According to lawyer Zhong, before Xi Manxiang recovered, Tang Zhi had half an hour of visiting time every day, but Tang Zhi was not sure whether Xu Sheng would allow him to come every day.
Because Xu Sheng is a very busy and difficult young master, no one else can take good care of him now instead of Tang Zhi.
Half an hour later, the police knocked on the door and came in. Tang Zhi left cooperatively.
When he walked to the car, Tang Zhi realized that Xu Sheng was still waiting for him.
He felt a little guilty and wanted to turn around and thank Xu Sheng, but Xu Sheng didn't like him sitting around in the passenger seat, so he turned his head and said to Xu Sheng, "Thank you, Mr. Xu."
"No need." Xu Sheng was at work and said to him without raising his head.
Then, the driver silently started the car and left the hospital.
They passed through the Chengshan Tunnel and drove for more than 40 minutes to a nursing home invested by Xu.
At the beginning of last month, Mrs. Xu moved here after the second phase of chemotherapy. Xu Sheng came to visit her twice a week on time.
In the past, Tang Zhi would wait in the car when he accompanied Xu Sheng. However, after Jiang Yan was discharged from the hospital, he also lived here, so this time Tang Zhi, with Xu Sheng's consent, was ready to get off the car and go see Jiang Yan.
The sanatorium is large, has few patients, and is beautifully planted with green plants, like a garden in an Impressionist painting.
Xu Sheng's mother lived in a single-family villa deep in the nursing home. The driver sent Xu Sheng there first, and then sent her to where Tang Zhi and Jiang Yan lived.
Jiang Yan lives on the third floor of a five-story building, and the windows in the room are very large.
On this day, the sun was extremely rare and unreserved in Bingang. The sun shone in from the window and made the room very hot. It was so hot that Jiang Yan turned on the air conditioner.
Tang Zhi sat on the sofa and talked to Jiang Yan about his trip to Xicheng. Of course, he skipped the physical contact between him and Xu Sheng and only talked about business matters.
Jiang Yan joked that Tang Zhi did such a good job that he almost lost his job. If he resumes work next month, he may have to directly consult a headhunter to find a new job.
He looks gentle and speaks in an unhurried manner, and does not make people feel as oppressive as Xu Sheng.
Jiang Yan made Tang Zhi feel relaxed.
Tang Zhi was amused by him. After laughing, he couldn't help but confide in him: "When you come back, I don't know where I will go."
Xu Sheng didn't seem to need him anymore, and Xu Keyu didn't wake up.
Xi Manxiang didn't know what would happen after recovering from the injury. It seemed that everything would go back to where it was before.
Jiang Yan saw what was on his mind and comforted him, saying, "The boat will straighten out when it reaches the bridge. You see, Mr. Xu was originally very satisfied with you... like that, and now he is very satisfied with you."
His pause has many meanings.
Tang Zhi felt that Xu Sheng might not be satisfied with him, but he just had no other choice.
There were too few people who could meet his standards, so he let Tang Zhi stay by his side.
And because Xu Sheng was actually kind-hearted, he endured Tang Zhi's harassment after being drunk, went to bed with Tang Zhi, and even comforted Tang Zhi with kisses and hugs.
"Mr. Xu cares about you very much," Jiang Yan continued, "He rarely cares about others so much."
Tang Zhi did not take this sentence seriously and nodded.
He sat for a while longer, and Xu Sheng sent him a message asking him to go downstairs, so he left.
On the way back, Xu Sheng didn't look very good, and the atmosphere in the car became heavy.
Tang Zhi suspected that Mrs. Xu's condition was not good because Xu Sheng stayed twenty minutes longer than usual.
After living in the manor for several months and only two weeks after leaving Bingang, Tang Zhi still felt uncomfortable when the car drove into the Xu family manor.
He didn't like this gloomy mountain, nor did he like the lake next to Xu Sheng's home.
Only when Xu Sheng was here, this house was not so uninhabitable.
After returning home and having dinner cooked by a familiar chef, Xu Sheng went to the main house where Xu Hefu lived. Tang Zhi took a bath and went to bed early without letting Tang Zhi follow him.
They only stayed in Bingang for four days, and Xu Sheng had a date with Zhao Shao at noon on the third day.
This time Xu Hefu asked his secretary to prepare a gift.
As soon as Xu Sheng entered his study, the secretary handed the gift to Xu Sheng, saving Xu Sheng a lot of time.
These things could have been left to Jiang Yanlai, but Xu Sheng didn't want Tang Zhi to do the same thing as buying gifts.
Tang Zhi didn't know what kind of gift was appropriate, and his taste was not very good.
Moreover, it was something given to others, and Xu Sheng did not want Tang Zhi to touch it.
Possibly because his mother was not fully awake yet, Tang Zhi was distracted all day long.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, when Xu Sheng came home from his grandfather, he originally thought that if Tang Zhi was not asleep yet and felt that he could not sleep alone, he would agree to let Tang Zhi come to his room.
But Tang Zhi might have been too tired and had fallen asleep.
Xu Sheng went to his room and watched him for a while.
Tang Zhi was lying on his side covered with a quilt, his back slightly arched and his legs curled up.
I forgot which scientific newspaper I read about this. This is an insecure posture. Xu Sheng also slept like this when he first arrived in Bingang.
Later, when she moved into the main house, the nanny told Xu Hefu. Xu Hefu was not satisfied, so Xu Sheng changed it.
Xu Sheng leaned down and touched Tang Zhi's face lightly. Tang Zhi did not wake up and his eyelashes moved slightly.
The light from the bedside lamp was like tiny goose-yellow feathers billowing in the air, covering Tang Zhi softly.
Tang Zhi seemed to be dreaming. His mouth moved and he talked softly in his sleep.
He spoke very vaguely, and Xu Sheng didn't hear clearly at first. After a while, Tang Zhi said it a few more times, and Xu Sheng finally heard that Tang Zhi was saying "Xu Sheng."
The moment he heard it clearly, Xu Sheng felt a little surprised and proud.
In fact, Tang Zhi only called Xu Sheng by name when he went to bed, and the rest of the time he called him Mr. Xu.
When he said "Xu Sheng", it was very different from when others said "Xu Sheng". It seemed like he was being coquettish to Xu Sheng, or begging for mercy.
"Xu Sheng." Tang Zhi closed his eyes and said obediently and purely.
The name he calls out even in his sleep seems to be calling someone unique and indispensable to him.
Xu Sheng felt that Tang Zhi might really rely on him. Simply liking him would not hurt others, and there was no need to be stopped or punished.
So Xu Sheng responded to Tang Zhi as gently as possible and told him: "I'm here." Then he kissed Tang Zhi's lips openly in the guest room.