Xu Huaisong and Ruan Yu stayed in the hospital for several days.
Xu's father began to receive treatment in the transferred environment two months ago. Because of the adequate preparation in the early stage, his physical condition is more optimistic than expected. Apart from seldom speaking, I didn't feel much disgust towards the new nurse. After the first three days of lack of cooperation, I gradually adapted to her care.
Occasionally, when he is disobedient, it's fine to be coaxed by Xu Huaisong.
It's just that the two of them didn't dare to take it lightly. It happened that Xu Huaisong didn't come back from the jet lag, so he took turns sleeping with Ruan Yu and stayed with him in the ward.
The day Tao Rong was going to come to Hangzhou happened to be the day when the trial of Wei Jin's murder case was held in Suzhou City. Xu Huaisong went to attend the trial, and picked her up by the way after it was over.
Only Ruan Yu and Aunt Wu, the nurse, were left in the Hangzhou hospital.
Ruan Yu was still a little nervous at first, seeing what happened to Xu's father, he frowned and rubbed his stomach, and wanted to go to ask the doctor about his condition. After lunch, he found that he was in good spirits, and Xu Huaisong was coming back soon. Settle down a little bit.
Seeing that Xu Yin fell asleep after lunch, Aunt Wu, the nurse, turned on the TV in the ward and tuned to the children's channel that was broadcasting cartoons.
Although Xu's father can no longer understand TV, he often laughs happily when he sees colorful pictures.
Ruan Yu took a glass, poured him a cup of hot water, and then sat by the hospital bed and asked him, "Uncle Xu, do you want some apples? I'll peel them for you."
Xu Yin glanced at her, as if she didn't quite understand what she said, but because she was in a good mood, she nodded with a smile.
Ruan Yu picked a few apples from the fruit basket and prepared to wash them in the tea room in the corridor.
Aunt Wu hurried forward: "I'll do it."
She waved her hand: "It's okay, I'm idle too." Turning her head to watch the cartoon, an advertisement was broadcast on the TV, and said, "Please help me tune the channel."
"good."
Ruan Yu went out with the fruit plate. After washing it in the tea room, he received a WeChat message.
Huai Song: "I'm downstairs in the parking lot, are you okay this morning?"
While walking towards the ward with the fruit plate, she was typing and replying. Before she could press send, she suddenly heard a clear "pop", like the sound of a glass breaking.
Immediately afterwards, Aunt Wu's exclamation sounded.
Ruan Yu was taken aback, and ran forward to push open the door, only to see that Xu Yin, who was still doing well just now, lost his temper, without saying a word, smashing the glass was not enough, and kept smashing pillows, bed sheets, medicine bottles, and even naked Get out of bed.
The sound of ping-ping-pong-pong filled the room.
Aunt Wu couldn't be persuaded by the side, so she turned her head and rang the call bell.
Ruan Yu was taken aback. Seeing that Xu Yin was about to step on the broken glass on the ground, he hurried to pull him: "Uncle, uncle, be careful of the glass!" while asking Aunt Wu, "What's wrong with him?"
"I don't know, I, I just tuned a channel, and suddenly he..."
Ruan Yu turned his head to look at the TV, saw the scene of the court, it seemed that he was reporting Wei Jin's case, and suddenly realized that he took Xu Yin's arm and dragged him to the bed, saying, "Don't be afraid, uncle, the case is over... "
In the middle of her speech, Xu Yin heard the word "case" as if possessed by a demon, and threw her hand away.
Ruan Yu staggered and fell down, subconsciously supporting himself on the ground, crushing half of the shards of glass in his palm.
Ignoring the pain, she got up and went to help Xu Yin who stumbled and dropped something.
The doctor on duty rushed over just at this time, helped Xu Yin back to the bed and controlled him, then turned around and told the nurse outside: "Come and inject the sedative!"
Ruan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, panting desperately aside.
The nurse came in and gave Xu Yin a sedative, and comforted him to calm him down. When he turned around and saw Ruan Yu's hand, he was startled: "Miss, your hand..."
As soon as the words were finished, Xu Huaisong and Tao Rong arrived. Probably saw the doctors and nurses rushing in and out halfway, and ran over in a hurry.
Tao Rong was frightened by the mess everywhere and stayed at the door.
Seeing the blood on Ruan Yu's palm, Xu Huaisong stepped forward quickly, and before he could ask "What's wrong with Dad", he grabbed her other hand and walked out: "Nurse, please come and treat her injury."
Ruan Yu was still immersed in the chaos just now and didn't come back to his senses. He was led by him for a few steps before he recovered, and said, "Go and see Uncle, I'm fine..."
Without saying a word, Xu Huaisong led her to the treatment room, while taking her hand to look at it, the veins on her forehead twitched.
The nurse followed into the treatment room, turned on the lights and pulled the bed curtains, brought medical equipment, put on gloves, disinfected the tweezers, and said to Ruan Yu, "Sit on the bed, it will hurt a little, bear it a little bit, come on, Give me your hand."
She sat down on the edge of the bed, only to feel the tingling pain in the palm of her hand, she gritted her teeth and rolled her eyes as she passed her hand out.
Xu Huaisong stood aside, took her into his arms with one hand, and covered her eyes with the other.
The tweezers held the broken glass and pulled it out, touching the flesh. She gasped in pain, and her eyelashes kept trembling, sweeping Xu Huaisong's palm.
He held her tighter and patted her on the back: "Soon, it will be finished soon." Five minutes later, the nurse put down the tweezers and asked carefully, "Have you taken it all out? Please check again."
The nurse confirmed it again and said, "Don't worry, it's all taken out, and it will be disinfected next, so bear with it."
Ruan Yu nodded, his cheek pressed tightly against Xu Huaisong's waist, but the moment the potion was applied, his whole body was still trembling, and tears overflowed.
Xu Huaisong trembled a bit, fell silent, and stretched out his hand to her mouth: "Bite me if it hurts."
Ruan Yu shook his head, reluctantly said with a smile: "Then you still have to get vaccinated."
Knowing that she was diverting his attention, he accepted her fault and asked, "Do I need to be vaccinated after being bitten by a little white rabbit, nurse?"
The nurse laughed and helped him coax Ruan Yu: "Rabbits are rodents, so they generally don't need to be vaccinated against rabies. But I eat too much dog food, so I have to get some digestion tablets."
Xu Huaisong said with a smile, "We'll pay for the medical expenses."
Ruan Yu was amused by the two, and when he remembered the pain, the gauze had already been wrapped.
The nurse put away the tools, told the two of them about dressing change time, food taboos and so on, and pushed the cart out.
Xu Huaisong sat down by the bed, lowered his head, held her hand, caressed her wound carefully, raised his eyes and said, "I'm sorry."
"I want to say I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of uncle... Uncle just saw Wei Jin's case on TV, so he got out of control..."
Xu Huaisong nodded: "It's okay, this kind of out-of-control situation often happens, but the new nurse is inexperienced, and in the United States, he can usually be calmed down without sedatives."
"Aren't you going to see him?"
He shook his head: "The doctor is here, and my mother just needs such an opportunity. Let them be alone for a while, and they will call us if something happens."
Ruan Yu suddenly realized: "You are also playing tricks on your mother."
Xu Huaisong's smile was very light, and he didn't answer directly. He still seemed to love her: "Does it still hurt?"
She shook her head: "It's okay."
"Thanks a lot."
"It's hard work, your family is also my family."
Xu Huaisong's eyes flickered for a moment, and after a moment of silence, he gave an "um" and kissed her forehead.
When the two returned to the ward, the mess had been cleaned up.
Father Xu was sleeping. Tao Rong was sitting by the hospital bed and looking at him. She raised her head and saw Ruan Yu's injury, showing apologetic expression. Go home and rest, I'll just watch over here."
Xu Huaisong fell silent.
She smiled awkwardly: "Don't worry, I will ask the doctor and nurse how to take care of your father."
Xu Huaisong nodded, and took Ruan Yu back to the apartment. When passing by the mailbox downstairs, he took the key and opened the lock, and took out three letters.
It was from the US and just arrived today.
Ruan Yu took a glance and found that although the three letters were all addressed to Xu Huaisong, different recipients were marked on the corners of the envelopes.
The other two letters were addressed to Xu Huaishi and Tao Rong respectively.
After entering the house, Xu Huaisong took her into the bedroom, told her to lie down and rest for a while, turned around and sat down in the living room, and opened the letter that Xu's father had given him.
It was Xu Yin's handwriting that was correct, but it was a little scribbled, and the writing seemed erratic. It seemed that he was not in good health when he wrote this letter.
His first line read: "Son, by the time you read this, Dad may not be alive."
Although he was mentally prepared, Xu Huaisong was still shocked by the beginning, and continued to look down after a pause.
"I never told you that when Dad first came to the United States, he was diagnosed with serious cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, so you may think that Dad's departure was sudden."
"But in fact, Dad has been in the emergency room twice in the past three years, and he has just returned from the gate of hell when I write this letter, so I have already prepared in my heart. Feel guilty because Dad deliberately hid it from you."
"I don't want to say, how do you know? Just like three years ago, when I told your mother that I was tired of her and this family, she would not know, I was lying. "
"Father's mouth is so stubborn, so when you, at the age of eighteen, asked me whether I knew whether the client had killed someone, I didn't say anything. I didn't say anything because I knew, even if I said You may not really understand it. And you, who choose to become a lawyer, will find the answer to this question by yourself sooner or later."
"But then again, Dad doesn't really want you to be a lawyer. Or at least, don't be a criminal lawyer. As a criminal lawyer, I look forward to more and more young people taking this path, loving it, I believe in it, devote myself to it, and let its existence shine brightly. But as a father, I don’t want my son to suffer for it, to be criticized by others, and to encounter the squinting eyes of the world for it. , become like me."
"So, when you hesitated to specialize in your field, Dad did something that shouldn't be done. I communicated with your teacher privately and asked him to persuade you and interfere with your choice. I hope you don't blame Dad for this."
"But if you really feel resentful, just choose again according to your own mind, because this is your life after all. Dad just wants to tell you that no matter what field you become a lawyer in the end and what achievements you have made, You are the greatest pride in Dad's heart. Although it's a pity, Dad can't see it anymore."
The letter ended here abruptly, it didn't seem like a suicide note explaining what happened after death, but it said a lot.
Xu Huaisong's vision gradually blurred, and when he took off his beaded glasses, he suddenly heard light footsteps behind him.
Ruan Yu walked out of the room at some point, and seemed to be watching him quietly from behind for a long time.
He turned his eyes and gave a low cough, with an unnatural expression on his face.
She walked up and hugged him into her arms. She didn't ask him what was written in the letter, but said: "Tomorrow will be fine, it will be fine, fine."
yes.
Almost lost, but still by my side in a blink of an eye, this is not a real last letter, not the final ending, then tomorrow, it will be very good.