In the silent place

Chapter 49 White Lies

Jiang Ping stared at the computer screen, his heart pounding.Three doctors have responded on the medical online website, and the content is similar. They all suspect that there is a disease in the blood system and suggest that they should seek medical attention immediately for further diagnosis.He didn't know much about blood diseases, and the first thing he thought of was leukemia.Could it be? ...Ever since he saw Zhan Zhao's severe nosebleeds in Liuqianzhuang, he had been faintly feeling that something was wrong. At this moment, he had an answer in his heart, but he was unwilling to accept it.After holding back for several days, I finally couldn't bear it and ran to Aunt Zhan Zhao's house again.

"Xiao Jiang?"

"Auntie, hello." Jiang Ping greeted politely.

The other party didn't seem to expect that it would be him, and he froze in place with a shocked expression.

"Is Zhan Zhao there? I haven't been able to contact him these days."

Liu Rong came back to her senses and hurriedly invited him into the house.The nephew has always been reluctant to let others know about his illness, and she couldn't find a reasonable excuse for a while, but for a long time, she couldn't answer a word.

The two came to the living room to sit down. Jiang Ping saw her frowning with a depressed expression on her face. He hesitated to speak several times, so he couldn't help asking directly: "Is he sick?"

Surprised, Liu Rong quickly asked, "How do you know?"

The other party's reaction was so honest, which made Jiang Ping more confident in his guess.With a long sigh, he roughly described how he met Zhan Zhao in the hospital until he found the test report a few days ago and finally decided to consult online.

Liu Rong sat on the sofa and listened quietly.When the other party mentioned that he had learned that his nephew had a blood disease, he couldn't help but shed tears.

"How is he now?" Seeing her sad expression, Jiang Ping felt very sad in his heart.

Realizing her gaffe, Liu Rong hurriedly raised her hand to wipe away her tears. "Still in the hospital and will be discharged after a while."

"If you don't mind, I'd like to go and see him with you."

Liu Rong was silent for a while, then whispered: "He never wanted you to know, if you go..."

"Don't worry. I'm only going to see him, and I won't say much."

Liu Rong felt sorry for a while, and sighed: "Xiao Zhao is an honest boy, and he has a strong temper. He hides it from you, and I don't want you to worry about him. Don't blame him."

"I understand." Jiang Ping only felt that his throat was blocked, and he only hoped that everything would be as simple as Liu Rong said. "What did he get...?"

"I'm about to deliver food to him, let's talk on the way."

"Okay." Liu Rong walked into the kitchen, reheated the prepared dinner, put it in an insulated box, and walked out of the house with Jiang Ping.

On the way, Liu Rong talked more and more, and the backlog of emotions in her heart suddenly opened a gap, and she poured out all her feelings to the other party. "At that time, he was very sick, and the hospital issued several critical illness notices. His father took him abroad for treatment with a glimmer of hope, and his life was saved, but he has been staying in the isolation room all these years. More than three years." Liu Rong choked up, and whenever she thought of this, she wanted to cry.It seemed that only tears could express the pain and love in her heart.

Jiang Ping felt more and more heavy in his heart.He didn't know what else to say besides sighing.All language becomes so feeble at this moment.He didn't want to think about it, but everything, connected together, hinted at a deeper answer to him.

When he arrived at the hospital, Jiang Ping asked the doctor for a prescription, then went to the pharmacy to get some gastric medicine, and then went to the internal medicine special needs ward area with Liu Rong.The two stopped outside the ward, Liu Rong turned her head and glanced at Jiang Ping, calmed down a little, opened the door and walked in.

Just after calling his father, Zhan Zhao was lying on the hospital bed talking to his uncle. When he saw his aunt coming in, he smiled and waved to her, but when he saw the person behind her, his smile suddenly froze on his face.

"Hello, Uncle." Jiang Ping walked in with a smile.

"Okay." Jiang Yewan stood up and greeted him, gave him the chair, and sat on the folding bed himself.

Jiang Ping put the briefcase on the chair, sat down and looked at Zhan Zhao and said, "Why do you see me as if I saw a ghost? Is that why you don't welcome me? Or do you mean you don't know me after a few days?"

Zhan Zhao felt his heart beating non-stop, his brain seemed to be frozen and he couldn't think at all. "Fourth brother, why are you here?" He struggled to sit up and smiled unnaturally.

Jiang Ping saw his hands trembling on the bed, his face was as white as paper, he couldn't bear it, and hurriedly said the lines he had prepared: "I have a stomachache for the past two days. I just came to the hospital and prescribed some medicine. I happened to meet you Aunt, I heard that you have gastroenteritis, so I came over to have a look. How is it, is it better?"

"It's much better." Zhan Zhao said, and involuntarily glanced at his aunt who was pushing the cushions behind him.

Liu Rong smiled at him, and said, "Yes, it's a coincidence, as soon as I entered the hospital gate, I ran into Xiao Jiang."

"I said you were too mean, and you didn't say anything when you were hospitalized."

Jiang Ping's relaxed and teasing tone and attitude were the same as before, and the heart that Zhan Zhao raised in his throat finally slowly returned to its original place.He smiled slightly and said, "Anyway, it's fine, and I'll be discharged from the hospital in a few days. Fourth brother's stomach hasn't healed yet?"

"I can't help it. It's a problem with drinking in the past. I smoke a couple of times from time to time, and I'm used to it." Jiang Ping said helplessly.

"Let's eat first. It's bad for your appetite when the food is cold." Liu Rong interjected at the right time. "Xiao Jiang also eats with him, and brought a lot today."

"You're welcome, I have something to do tonight, and I have to leave later."

"Drink a bowl of porridge before leaving."

"Yes, fourth brother, the porridge made by my aunt is better than the ones in the restaurant. Try it."

Jiang Yewan didn't know what was going on just now, and he kept silent all the time, but now he was also coaxed, walked over and looked at Jiang Ping and said, "Don't look at me as a first-class chef, I can cook porridge. Your aunt."

Seeing this posture, Jiang Ping simply followed the trend and stopped being polite. "Then I'll try it."

After drinking the porridge, Jiang Ping chatted with Zhan Zhao for a few more words before getting up to leave.Liu Rong came out to see him off.When the two walked downstairs, Jiang Ping turned to Liu Rong and said, "Don't send it off, go back."

"Xiao Jiang, I want to ask you something."

"You say."

Liu Rong lowered her head and hesitated for a moment, then raised her head and said, "After Xiao Zhao came back, there were only two friends beside you and Xiao Bai. Although his uncle and I could talk with him, they were different from friends after all. In the future, if you If you're free, can you come and talk to him?"

Today, Jiang Ping didn't know how many tears she shed while watching Liu Rong, but when all her tears added up were not like this, her request made him feel even more sad. "Don't worry, when he is discharged from the hospital, I will often go to your house to bother you."

Liu Rong was grateful and said with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, Xiao Jiang."

"You go back, I'm leaving." After Jiang Ping finished speaking, he nodded to Liu Rong, turned around and walked towards the exit of the inpatient department.

Liu Rong looked at his back, wiped the corners of her eyes, sighed and walked slowly back to the ward.

Late at night, the inpatient department was eerily quiet.Zhan Zhao lay on the hospital bed staring at the ceiling and kept clenching his fists repeatedly, trying to calm down his restless mood, but he found that he was not as free and easy as he imagined.Is it really a coincidence?He couldn't think any more.He closed his eyes tiredly, but couldn't fall asleep. A figure kept wandering in his mind, full of anger and despair, as if engraved in his mind.No matter how hard you try, you can't shake it off.Turning his head to look at his uncle sleeping soundly on the folding bed, he raised his hand and took off the sound-proof earplugs.Heavy snoring sounded in his ears, beating his eardrums one after another.How much fatigue is contained in this snoring sound, how much love is forged, and how should he repay.Uncle is already in his sixties. He has to go to work to earn money to support the family during the day, and he has to come to the hospital to accompany him at night... Silent tears welled up from the corners of his eyes, crawled over the bridge of his nose, and ran down his cheeks, falling drop by drop. on the pillow.

Jiang Ping didn't sleep well all night, tossing and turning dreaming.When he came to the company early the next morning, the first thing he did was to call Bai Yutang.

"Hey?"

The other party's voice was full of drowsiness and impatience. Jiang Ping felt a little bit sorry, and hurriedly said, "Are you still asleep? Then I will call you later."

"Fourth brother?" Yesterday he stayed up all night to film a night scene. At this time, Bai Yutang was so sleepy that he lay on the bed with his eyes closed and asked in a daze, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay, you go to bed first. Call me when you wake up."

"What's the ink? Say it quickly."

Before making the call, Jiang Ping originally wanted to ask what happened between Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao a while ago, but he completely changed his mind after hearing the other party's voice. "I want to buy a car, what brand is good?"

"Sex change? Didn't you say that all the taxis on the road are your private cars?" Bai Yutang teased.

Jiang Ping glanced angrily, and said angrily: "Forget it, I'll check it myself later."

Bai Yutang smiled and said, "Have you thought about the price yet?"

"About 30."

"What about the car model?"

"Off-road."

"I personally prefer the Subaru Forester, and the Tiguan and Dodge Coupe are also okay." Bai Yutang said with a sigh. "If you're not in a hurry, we'll talk about it when I go back. Or you can ask your elder brother to go shopping with you, he knows how to do it."

"Okay, I'll take a closer look later. Go back to sleep, I'll hang up."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Ping rested his forehead on the table with one hand and sighed.How should he ask this, and how should he say it?Although he and Zhan Zhao hadn't known each other for a long time, and it was true that he helped him at the beginning because of his fifth brother's request, after several contacts, he had already regarded Zhan Zhao as a brother and a friend.But Bai Yutang is his most beloved younger brother!If I tell him now, he will definitely fly back desperately. It's not a trivial matter if the filming can't be done, what can happen later?Why are there so many helpless things in the world, Jiang Ping sighed, realizing the difficulty of choosing for the first time.

In the next two weeks, the fourth brother did not come to the hospital again.That person made no attempt to contact him either.It seems that he really gave up on him.While Zhan Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, the depths of his heart were torn apart bit by bit.Isn't this exactly the ending I want?I can be discharged from the hospital this afternoon, I should be happy.Looking at the bright sunshine outside the window, he smiled faintly and closed his eyes gently.

Today, Jiang Yewan was off and went to the hospital with his wife, Liu Rong, to pick up his nephew.When the two were packing their things, they saw Dr. Han and Dr. Zhou coming in through the door. They hurriedly stopped what they were doing and greeted the two doctors warmly.

"Zhan Zhao will be discharged from the hospital today." Dr. Zhou asked.

"Yes, thank you both very much these days." Jiang Yewan nodded his thanks.

"After you go back, take your medicine on time, come to the hospital for a check-up every two days, and don't walk for the time being to prevent concurrent osteomyelitis. Don't take it lightly. Do you understand? Young man." Dr. Han urged worriedly.Recently, he and Zhan Zhao have also gotten to know each other well, and they have known each other's name for a long time, but they still call each other one by one.

"Yes, I see, thank you." Zhan Zhao replied with a smile.

"Turn right out of the hospital gate and there is a medical equipment store where you can rent wheelchairs. I suggest that you rent one. If you feel uncomfortable lying down, you can get up and move around a little bit. But the purpose is still the same. You must stay in bed for [-] hours a day and sleep well. Just close your eyes and rest your mind." Dr. Han said, turning his head to look at the old man, and said, "Long-term bed rest will make people's muscles sore. When you are free, give a massage to the back and limbs. Young people can't lie down. At that time, I have to trouble you two to keep an eye on him."

"Okay, don't worry. If he is dishonest, I will join him." Liu Rong said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, everyone laughed.Dr. Han also booed and said, "Okay, with your words, I'm sure I can rest assured."

Zhan Zhao's face became hot, he felt a little embarrassed, and sat on the bedside with a shy smile.

After the doctor left, Jiang Yewan went to the store to rent a wheelchair and came back.The two supported Zhan Zhao to help him sit on the wheelchair.

"This is the manual, you can read it when you get home." Jiang Yewan handed the booklet given in the store to his nephew.

"No, I know how to use this." Zhan Zhao smiled, and with just a slight turn of the wheel, the wheelchair turned in a circle with exceptional flexibility.

Jiang Yewan felt novelty seeing him playing so casually, and asked with a smile, "When did you learn to play this?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and said nothing.Liu Rong looked at him with a childish smile, her eyes became hot, and she complained to the straight-minded old man in her heart. "Let's go, everything is packed, go home!"

Jiang Yewan was an old child. When he saw his nephew was discharged from the hospital, he was happy and pushed him outside.Liu Rong was so angry that she hurriedly called out, "Stop!"

"Didn't you say you wanted to go home?" Jiang Yewan didn't know why his wife was in a hurry, so he hurriedly stopped.

"Give him this blanket over his lap."

"Oh, I forgot." Jiang Yewan took the thin blanket and covered his nephew's lap.

Liu Rong mentioned the packed things and followed the father and son out of the ward.

After leaving the gate of the hospital, Zhan Zhao looked at the blue sky, and felt as if a bird in his heart had soared into the sky, leading him to soar freely between the heaven and the earth.The corners of his mouth raised involuntarily, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

Go home feeling good!

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