When the event was almost over, it started to rain endlessly.
It didn't stop for four days in a row, and the dark clouds covered the top, so that no light could penetrate.
The number of patients and surgeries to be seen in the hospital is almost the same, so doctors' jobs are much easier, but only for the first few days. Because the daily care and examination of a large number of postoperative patients is also busy enough.
Tao Xiaodong was going to leave early. He still had two places to go, so he didn't plan to return so early. But because of the heavy rain, the airport was suspended, so Tao Xiaodong could only change the schedule and wait to return with the doctors.
Tang Suoyan went to several nearby city hospitals in the past few days and gave several lectures and guidance. When he had no spare time, Tao Xiaodong never saw him again.
After the rain stopped, as soon as the airport opened, everyone was ready to return as soon as possible.
On the return flight, the two sat together again.
Tang Suoyan sat in the back seat, Tao Xiaodong sat next to him, and there was a doctor on the other side. Tao Xiaodong didn't put his arms on the armrests in the middle. After sitting for a while, he moved his shoulders, and then moved again.
Tang Suoyan suddenly smiled and asked him, "Mr. Tao hasn't been in economy class for a long time, right?"
This is a little joke that Tang Suoyan played with him, calling him "Mr. Tao" on purpose. Tao Xiaodong followed his joke: "If my assistant dares to book me economy class, I will resign him."
The two doctors on the left and right laughed. The unfamiliar doctor, surnamed Chen, said, "It's hard work, Mr. Tao."
After the joke, Tao Xiaodong said: "Mr. Tao, just kidding, I don't have an assistant. I don't book business class except for the long-distance flight of more than ten hours abroad. It's expensive and it's different."
"Are you still short of money?" The young Dr. Chen next to him also seemed to like chatting, a little familiar and unpretentious.
"Why am I not bad? Whoever is not bad at money will tell me to listen." Tao Xiaodong smiled and scratched his head, "Doctor Chen doesn't understand my reputation outside, and everyone who knows me says I'm stingy."
When Tao Xiaodong wants to have a good chat with people, he can chat comfortably and not make people feel annoying.
It's rare that everyone sits in such a relaxed place talking and talking. On a four-hour flight, if you don't chat, you can only sleep.
Dr. Chen fell asleep after a short while, and put his hands on his legs to sleep without taking up any space, and Tao Xiaodong put his arms on the armrest over there.
The rest of Tang Suoyan and Tao Xiaodong were talking in a low voice. They had nothing in common with each other's occupations and what they usually do, so they naturally talked about people they both knew. Such as Tao Huainan, such as Tian Yi, such as the treatment of Mei Duo.
Like Tangning.
Tang Suoyan was a little surprised when Tao Xiaodong mentioned Tangning and raised his eyebrows lightly.
"I didn't expect that I knew Dr. Tang, right?" Tao Xiaodong twitched the corners of his mouth, "I also heard what Tian Yi said, you guys are... This relationship, Dr. Tang is a very nice person."
Tang Suoyan was really surprised. After a while, he said, "I haven't heard him mention it."
"We've only known each other for a while, and we've eaten together a few times." Tao Xiaodong remembered Tangning, smiled and said, "You guys are so well-matched, you're the same kind of person."
Tang Suoyan didn't say anything else. He wasn't someone who was willing to talk about feelings with others, so he just smiled lightly and asked, "What kind of person?"
Tao Xiaodong thought about it, and finally said, "It's hard to say."
In the eyes of others, these two are excellent people.
The flight attendant came to pour water, and the two asked for a cup of hot water. Tao Xiaodong sat in the middle and passed it for him. Tang Suoyan stretched out his right hand to pick it up and said "thank you".
The fingertips of the two would inevitably touch each other, Tao Xiaodong let out a "ho" and said, "Your hands are cold enough."
Tang Suoyan took a sip of hot water and said, "Well, my hands are cold."
The stewardess poured the water and pushed the car away. Tao Xiaodong glanced at Tang Suoyan's hand, and Tang Suoyan's cup was against his right wrist.
"You..." Tao Xiaodong glanced at Dr. Chen who was sleeping beside him, and said in a low voice, "Are your hands uncomfortable?"
Tang Suoyan turned his head to look at him when he heard the words, and the two looked at each other. Tao Xiaodong's voice was lowered again. Under the noise of the plane, only the two of them could hear: "Hands hurt?"
Tang Suoyan didn't answer immediately, Tao Xiaodong said, "I've seen something wrong with your hand these few times. If your hand hurts, I have medicine there."
There were people from the hospital, front, back, left and right. Tao Xiaodong almost spoke in an air voice. In fact, he didn't know why he kept his voice so low. Tang Suoyan looked at him as if he was talking about a secret, smiled and said in a low voice, "It's an old problem."
"I have medicine there, apply it." Tao Xiaodong looked at him and said, "We do this, and sometimes our hands hurt after working for a long time. I'll ask Tian Yi to send you some."
In fact, Tang Suoyan's parents are both professors of Chinese medicine, and he has no shortage of medicines. But he still nodded and said, "Okay."
"How about you pinch it yourself? I pinch it myself when my hand hurts." Tao Xiaodong said halfway through, then smiled again, "Tell you this is like an axe, you are a doctor, why don't you know."
Tang Suoyan said with a smile, "I'm an ophthalmologist, not an orthopedist."
Tao Xiaodong showed him how he usually kneads his wrists, and Tang Suoyan learned to knead his wrists with him. In fact, it's just to pass the time. Anyway, it's all small talk. The two of them talk from time to time, and say what they think of.
Tang Suoyan later shook his head and smiled and said, "You are too funny."
Tao Xiaodong said: "I can't keep talking about my age in these years. When I was younger, I could even say that I annoyed the teacher to death when I was in school, and I was punished by the back door every day. , you are all good students."
Tang Suoyan said "um": "I study so well, even if I speak, the teacher is reluctant to punish me."
Having said this, the two of them laughed again. Dr. Chen was still sleeping next to him, and the two of them were not loud. Tao Xiaodong would tilt his head towards Tang Suoyan when he spoke.
From the airport, Da Huang drove to pick him up.
Tao Xiaodong asked Tang Suoyan as he walked, "Doctor Tang, what's your answer?"
Tang Suoyan said, "I'll call a car."
Tao Xiaodong said: "Then I will send you back."
Tang Suoyan shook his head and said no: "Around."
Tao Xiaodong asked him where he lived. After Tang Suoyan said a place, Tao Xiaodong said, "Don't detour, drop by."
So Tang Suoyan didn't refuse again.
He found Huang Yida's car in the parking lot, and he came down to help the two with their luggage. Tao Xiaodong introduced: "This is Doctor Tang."
Huang Yida asked with a smile, "That Dr. Tang from Xiaonan?"
"Yes." Tao Xiaodong nodded.
"Long time," Huang Yida stretched out his hand, "Huang Yida."
Tao Xiaodong said, "My brother."
Tang Suoyan smiled and shook hands with him: "Tang Suoyan."
It was nearly an hour's journey back from the airport, and neither of them slept on the plane, but they were tired now, and they all fell asleep after saying a few words. One after the other, they all slept peacefully. Huang Yida turned off the music and adjusted the temperature again.
Tao Xiaodong was woken up by a phone call. The phone kept vibrating in his pocket. He took it out and glanced at it. He cleared his throat and picked it up, calling "Brother Cat".
It was Lao Mao who called and asked if Tao Xiaodong was in the store recently.
Tao Xiaodong said, "I just came back. I'll be leaving in a few days. What's the matter, brother?"
The old cat is Tao Xiaodong's friend in the star circle. When he was young, he made a few plays, and later he made movies and projects. Tao Xiaodong has known him for many years. In the early years, when Tao Xiaodong's reputation had not risen, this person helped him a lot.
The other party said that a friend wanted to make a picture and asked him when he would be able to empty it.
Tao Xiaodong closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair: "How big is the picture? If it's small, I can finish it before I leave. The big picture will wait for me to come back next month."
On the phone, he said, "I'll do a half-blade, then I'll talk about it when you come back."
Tao Xiaodong said "um": "I'll call you when I get back."
After the business was finished, the old cat's unassuming virtue came up again, saying that the little actor with the tattoo last time had inquired with him several times, and asked Tao Xiaodong.
"What's the matter? Do you know each other?"
"Forget it," Tao Xiaodong said, "I don't have time to spare."
"Last time, you said that he was too young. This time, this one is two years younger than you, and he looks good. How about I make an appointment for a cup of tea someday?"
What was said on the phone in the quiet space could be heard outside, Da Huang laughed twice, Tao Xiaodong said helplessly: "Don't, save me some snacks, don't take this trouble for me, I will hide. I can't hide from it."
It was just a joke among acquaintances, and they were all familiar with each other.
Tao Xiaodong glanced back subconsciously. Tang Suoyan was still sleeping with his eyes closed in the back seat. Tao Xiaodong lowered his voice and said, "You should be serious when you are in your forties."
After laughing and talking for a while, the other party hung up the phone.
Huang Yida glanced at him sideways, and asked with a smile, "Which one?"
Tao Xiaodong closed his eyes again and changed his position to go back to sleep: "Who knows, listen to his nonsense."
Huang Yida shrugged his shoulders and laughed silently again, and didn't say anything further.
When we got there, we said goodbye to each other and made an appointment to have dinner together next time.
After the people left, Huang Yida said, "How about we Xiaonan treat each other like this."
Tao Xiaodong looked at him: "What?"
"There is that style." Huang Yida said, "I can't tell."
Tao Xiaodong remembered Tang Suoyan wearing a white coat to see a doctor, and also remembered that the two of them were drinking tea from paper cups in the room, and said nothing.
The car turned around, and the small peak of traffic flow during off-duty hours was severely blocked. Turning a corner, Tangning flashed through Tao Xiaodong's mind again. She was always wearing a white shirt on her thin shoulders, which made her look clean and graceful. Tang Suoyan was also wearing a shirt, but they had two different feelings with Tangning.
Tao Xiaodong thought about it later, pulled the corners of his lips and smiled, and said, "The two of you are both like this."
Huang Yida asked casually, "You know him too?"
"I've seen it a few times. Xia Yuan's white moonlight was chased away when I was thinking about it." When it comes to this, Tao Xiaodong is a bit humble for Xia Yuan.
Huang Yida also felt shabby, and said "hi": "Old Xia is not wronged, who can compare with him with this one."
The reason why I feel shabby is that I have already divided people in my heart, who is this person, who are we. It's not that he intentionally elevates someone and demeans someone, it's just a subconscious classification in his mind.
Xia Yuan was thinking about Tangning, but it seemed that he couldn't understand it clearly.
"Lao Xia came to the store yesterday," Huang Yida remembered, "I came to see you on the way, and left when you weren't there."
"Nothing serious, just wandering around every day." Tao Xiaodong said.
Just as he was talking, Xia Yuan's phone came and asked him when he would be back and want to have a meal together.