I looked at Wen Jiubai in surprise, the latter didn't have any emotional ups and downs, he just helped my cousin sit on the chair and straightened up.
"Let's go and have a look."
I nodded and pushed open the door of the ward. The ward is not big, with only one bed, which seems to be specially prepared for special patients. There is an electrocardiogram machine next to the hospital bed, which is making regular sounds. Next to the electrocardiograph stood a doctor in a white coat and holding a notebook, and beside the doctor was my second aunt.
But my eyes were all on my grandma who was sitting on the hospital bed. That's right, grandma didn't lie on the bed, but sat stiffly on the bed, her legs curled up, her knees resting on her chin, and she curled up into a ball. Moreover, the grandmother's hands were tightly covering her face, her entire face was buried in her palms, and her hair was also loose. No matter how you look at it... she looks like a mentally disturbed person.
She is very quiet now, she doesn't cry or make noise, and she doesn't make any sound. But to a certain extent, this kind of grandma is even weirder and more terrifying than when she was crying loudly before.
"...Is that how it was when you sent her here?" asked the doctor standing by the bed.
"No, it's not. Before sending her here, she yelled and scratched me." The second aunt showed the doctor the bloodstains on the back of her hand, "I don't know why, after I sent her, she woke up like this Covering your face with your hands, you can't break it apart..."
The doctor nodded, wrote a few words in the notebook, raised his head and said, "I see. We have also done some basic examinations. Your mother should have no physical problems, and it is probably a mental illness. After a while, I will contact the psychiatrist to check on your mother, okay?"
The second aunt nodded, with haggard eyes, "Then thank you doctor."
The doctor put away the notebook, seemed to be about to leave, then turned around as if remembering something, "But, is there something wrong with the old lady's throat?"
Throat? I looked at my second aunt with some doubts. In my memory, my grandma didn't seem to have any throat problems.
"What's wrong?" Second Aunt asked.
"After the old lady came into the hospital, her shouting and whimpering were very hoarse, and she didn't say anything else. I thought it was a bit strange, so I checked her a little bit." The doctor explained, "It seems that the vocal cords were damaged. Is this a disease she had before?"
"Ah... You say so, it seems to be true." The second aunt frowned and thought for a while, "I have a disease before."
"Then do you need to find an ENT doctor for a check?" asked the doctor.
"There's no need for it, it's my fault." The second aunt said apologetically, "It's all the old man's old problem, so there's no need for it."
The doctor nodded, wrote a few more notes in the notebook, opened the door and left. Only the second aunt was left standing by the bed, sighing deeply with a haggard look.
"How could it be like this..." Second Aunt murmured, "It was all good and smooth, how did it become like this?"
I couldn't bear it, so I stepped forward and gave Second Aunt a shoulder squeeze. But the second aunt not only ignored me, but turned her head and looked at Wen Jiubai with a begging look. However, Wen Jiubai always stood there with a cold face, ignoring Second Aunt at all.
In the following time, I sat with my mother outside the ward for a long time. My mother seemed to be a different person. She neither reprimanded nor insulted me. She just hugged my shoulder silently and touched my head one after another.
"When mom was young, your grandpa often beat me." After an unknown amount of time, my mother suddenly said in a low voice.
I froze for a moment and listened carefully.
"I ate an extra bite of steamed buns, picked up an extra chopstick of food, and even did nothing wrong. Your grandpa would beat me when he was in a bad mood. Sometimes he beat me hard, and your grandma would come out Protect me and tell grandpa not to beat me. But every time this happens, grandpa gets even more angry, picks up a stick and starts beating your grandma. Your grandma doesn't say anything, doesn't hide, just stands there Let him beat you without saying a word. If your grandfather hits you with two sticks, it will be boring. Send your grandma to work. Your grandma... my mother just bent over and silently picked up the broom to sweep the floor, or started to tidy up. Then one day, I accidentally saw blood bruises all over my mother's back when she was changing clothes. It was very scary, but she still didn't say anything, doing housework silently."
As she said that, her mother's eyes turned red, she lowered her head, and silently wiped away her tears.
My mother rarely told me this kind of thing. For so many years, she has always been majestic and terrifying in my mind. She has never shed a tear in front of me. It seems that because of my father's betrayal, she is a woman who has to prove her strength in front of a man like me. Whether it is her education or her way of acting, she gives me a lot of respect. A feeling of invincibility. But until today, I realized that my mother is also a human being, and an ordinary woman. Now I am crying for my mother.
"Mom, it's okay." I couldn't help holding my mother's hand, and comforted me softly, "There is Wen Jiubai here, he is the world's most powerful exorcist, grandma will definitely get better, don't worry Bar."
Mother nodded, wiped her eyes with a tissue, and was about to say something when she saw my cousin walking towards me.
"Sister-in-law, is it really okay if you don't go back? Don't you still have the contract with the company that you haven't negotiated yet?"
The mother seemed to think of something suddenly, and slapped her head, "Oh, yes. If you don't tell me, I really want to forget about it. It's already five o'clock, it's broken, and I made an appointment with him in the morning It's seven o'clock, it's almost too late."
"Then go quickly." My cousin sat down beside me.
"Then I'll go first." My mother stood up, picked up her bag in a hurry, and pointed at me warningly before leaving, "Gu Yu, you stay here honestly, if you go home or go out, let you Boyfriend give me a call, understand?"
I couldn't laugh or cry in my heart, my mother and Wen Jiubai had only met twice, why did she trust that Wen Jiubai so much? What beauty trick did Wen Jiubai use to make my mother fascinated
"Okay, I see. You go!" I waved to my mother, and she left in a hurry.
Only then did I realize that my cousin was sitting next to me with such a big face.
Wen Jiubai didn't know where he was, the teasing look in my cousin's eyes made me feel uncomfortable.
"Your boyfriend? Is that exorcist your boyfriend?"