In the silent place

Chapter 12

After Jiang Dong got off work, he went straight home.As soon as I entered the door, I saw my mother was frying Chinese medicine in the kitchen.

"Mom, is Xiao Zhao feeling better?" Jiang Dong asked.

"The bleeding just stopped, but the leg still hurts, a little burning." Liu Rong saw that the medicine in the pot had boiled, and turned the fire down a little. "He's awake, go and chat with him for a while."

"En." Jiang Dong responded, turned around and came to the door of Zhan Zhao's bedroom, and gently pushed open a gap. "Zhan Zhao?"

"Cousin." Zhan Zhao was reading a book leaning against the bed with a pillow behind him.Hearing Jiang Dong's voice, he raised his head and smiled at him.

Jiang Dong smiled back, walked over and sat on the chair beside the bed. "Is it better?"

"It's much better." Zhan Zhao folded the book and put it beside his lap.

"Brother feels that the old man who treated you yesterday is very sincere."

"Well, Mrs. Han is very nice. Every time I go for a blood test, he patiently explains to me and tells me a lot of precautions."

"I didn't know the situation yesterday, so I almost got confused." Jiang Dong thought of what happened yesterday, scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

After saying goodbye to Bai Yutang yesterday afternoon, he rushed to the hospital in a hurry.There were six people in the temporary ward, including men, women and children. Zhan Zhao was lying on the bed with his eyes closed for a blood transfusion. His pale complexion and black eyes made him look extremely haggard.Jiang Yewan sat on the chair beside the bed and watched over him.

"Dad, what did the doctor say?"

"Prescribed the medicine, said to take this metronidazole first this time, and save Yunnan Baiyao for the next bleeding." Jiang Yewan looked at Zhan Zhao on the bed, got up and dragged his son out of the ward. "I asked your mother to go back first, and she feels uncomfortable staying here."

"Does Xiao Zhao's leg still hurt?"

"It hurts, and the painkiller injections didn't help. I did a lot of examinations, such as lumbar spine MRI, blood vessels, nerves, and films. It's nothing serious. Your mother saw that he was in severe pain and wanted the doctor to come in Give him some painkillers, but the doctor won't prescribe it."

When Jiang Dong heard it, his heart ached and anxious.People are going to die of pain, painkiller injections don't work, and even painkillers are not given.What kind of shit doctor is this.

"He has had a rough day, go in and watch, and I'll buy some water." Jiang Yewan said to his son.

"I'll go. Would you like to come back later for dinner?"

"No, the doctor said that you can go home after the blood transfusion. I just called your mother and asked her to cook some light meals for Xiao Zhao at night."

"Well, you sit down, I'll be right back."

After buying water and entering the ward, an old doctor was talking to Zhan Zhao with his head bowed.Jiang Dong took two quick steps, poured water on the small table beside the bed, and asked anxiously, "Doctor, my cousin is so ill, why can't he be hospitalized?"

Zhan Zhao moved his body and pulled him with the hand that didn't receive the infusion. "Cousin..." Jiang Dong twisted his body and didn't dare to use too much force, but Zhan Zhao didn't have much strength in the first place, so he broke away immediately.

"As far as the patient's current situation is concerned, hospitalization is not beneficial to him. He lies here at night, so he might as well go home and rest." The old doctor didn't care much after seeing too many family members, and continued without haste. : "I didn't give him too much blood transfusion today, just a bag of 400ml. If you transfuse too much blood, the patient may feel better temporarily, but it is extremely unfavorable to the burden on the heart. I suggest you do the same, only transfuse one bag of blood at a time, and would rather come back in half a month." , and don’t transfuse [-] milliliters of blood for three days in a row.”

Although he has never studied medicine, Jiang Dong felt that the old man's words were clear and reasonable, and his analysis seemed to be quite reasonable.

"Doctor, his leg hurts badly. Is there any way to relieve it? Is it okay to take painkillers?" Jiang Dong asked.

"All kinds of antipyretic and painkillers have certain toxic and side effects, especially for anemia patients. And painkillers only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, so try not to take them if you can."

"Well, I made a note." Zhan Zhao moved his body while talking, and Jiang Dong hurried over to help him.

"Walk the needle carefully." The doctor reminded me. "I added calf spleen extract injection to you, which can improve your immunity. Your gums are bleeding now, so you must pay more attention to not get infected with the virus. I prescribed a few Chinese medicines, and you can take them when you go back and see how they work."

"Okay, thank you." Zhan Zhao replied.Looking at his cousin's pale face and bloodless lips, Jiang Dong turned away and couldn't bear to look any longer.This disease is too much to suffer.

"Cousin...cousin?"

"Ah!" Jiang Dong, whose thoughts were interrupted, came back to his senses, and saw Zhan Zhao throwing off the quilt, moving his legs with difficulty and trying to get out of bed. "What do you want? I'll give it to you."

Zhan Zhao grinned sullenly. "Toilet, can you move it?"

"Stinky boy, you're underwhelmed!" He said so, but he couldn't bear to hit him.Standing up, she helped Zhan Zhao tug on the coat that was draped over her shoulders, and helped him move towards the bathroom step by step.

"Is your leg still hurting?"

"Better."

As soon as Zhan Zhao came out of the bathroom, he heard a crisp ringing of the doorbell.

"Xiaobai, come in quickly." It was my aunt's voice.

"Auntie, is Zhan Zhao at home?"

"I'm here." Zhan Zhao took a deep breath, his hands gripping the door frame trembled, his legs trembled, and he couldn't even take a step. "Cousin, go to my room and put away the medicine." Jiang Dong was about to leave when his cousin whispered in his ear: "Don't say anything."

Just as Jiang Dong was about to speak, he saw Bai Yutang striding over and supporting Zhan Zhao. "What's wrong with you?" He turned his head and yelled at Jiang Dong, "Why didn't you tell me that he was so ill?"

"He doesn't even want to tell you, why should I tell you?" Jiang Dong was provoked by Bai Yutang's words, his head became hot, and his mouth didn't hold the door.After finishing speaking, I immediately regretted it, and wished I could slap myself twice.Carefully looking at Zhan Zhao, he quickly turned around and left.

"I just have diarrhea, and my legs are weak. Do I have to tell you?" Zhan Zhao's legs were bent, he really had a little diarrhea, since he drank the Chinese medicine prescribed by the doctor in the morning, his stomach has been wrong . "Help me to the living room to sit for a while."

"You look like this, what are you doing, go back to your room."

Zhan Zhao reckoned that Jiang Dong was almost ready, so he grinned and said, "Okay."

"What's wrong with your stomach?" Bai Yutang felt distressed when he saw Zhan Zhao's weak appearance. "It's only been a few days since I saw you, what do you think you have made of yourself?"

"I miss the delicacies of my motherland so much, and in time for the Spring Festival, I broke my fast."

"Food, look at your promise!"

"I'm suffering, and you don't say comfort me."

"See if you dare next time."

The two had often bickered before, and now you say something to me again, and I will return it to you.When he reached the door of Zhan Zhao's room, Jiang Dong happened to come out.Lifting the magazine in his hand, Jiang Dong pretended to be relaxed and said: "I'll take it and have a look. You can talk." He couldn't bear to look at his cousin directly, and scratched his head.

In the room, on Zhan Zhao's big bed, the two sat leaning on the head of the bed, one on the left and the other on the right.Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao from time to time.The fourth brother is right, Zhan Zhao is good-looking, even more handsome than in the photo, even though his face is pale and his clothes are loose at this time, he still exudes a fresh and peaceful atmosphere, that kind of indifference revealed inadvertently With firmness and firmness, he can always easily touch his heartstrings.

"Cat, you said that we are still friends, right?"

"Ah."

"Then next time, don't lie to me."

"..." Zhan Zhao didn't answer directly, his eyes drifted out of the window. "It's just a stomachache. It's not a big deal. It will be fine in a few days."

"You could go to the hospital by yourself the day before yesterday, but today you have trouble walking. You still say it's no big deal?!" Zhan Zhao's indifferent tone made Bai Yutang furious. "Can't you just take care of yourself?"

the day before yesterday?go to the hospital?Could it be... Zhan Zhao was stunned. "You... how do you know?" He asked pretending to be calm.

"Do you still remember the sworn brothers I told you about?"

Zhan Zhao turned his head and took a careful look at Bai Yutang, seeing that his expression was calm and calm, he didn't seem to know anything, he was relieved. "Remember."

"Did you bump into someone when you went to the hospital?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao with a smirk on the corner of his mouth, and Zhan Zhao nodded. "That man is my fourth brother Jiang Ping."

Zhan Zhao felt his eyes go dark, and his heart felt like a big hole was suddenly opened, and something kept gouging through it, beating his heart one after another.

Seeing Zhan Zhao's face turn pale instantly, Bai Yutang was so frightened that he straightened up quickly, grabbed his arm and asked anxiously, "Cat, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, my stomach hurts a bit." Zhan Zhao said, leaning over to cover his stomach in a concealed manner, and after a while straightened up, he asked in a low voice, "How did your fourth brother recognize me? What did he say?"

Seeing that Zhan Zhao's face turned better, Bai Yutang straightened the cushion behind him for him, and then took out his own and put it behind his back, making it more comfortable for him to lean on. "He saw your photo at my place, and he didn't recognize you at the time. He didn't remember it until he saw me. He said that you smashed his briefcase and insisted on paying him."

Zhan Zhao's heart was up and down, like sitting on pins and needles.He tentatively said, "I left him a phone number, but he hasn't contacted me."

"How could he contact you. Cat, you don't think that my fourth brother will really ask you to pay for the box." Bai Yutang saw Zhan Zhao stare at him, and grinned: "Besides, he didn't even When I recognized you, I threw away the phone number."

"Throw it away?" Zhan Zhao asked back.

"Well, throw it away."

As if he suddenly regained his energy, Zhan Zhao said with a smile on his face, "I'll buy a briefcase another day, and you can return it to your fourth brother for me."

"I said, why are you so persistent? Isn't it just a box?" Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao helplessly, he couldn't understand why the cat had such a long head, and why it was so serious about everything. "That's my fourth brother. If you really compensate him, how can I be a middleman? I'm too out of touch."

Seeing Bai Yutang complaining, Zhan Zhao held back his laughter, and patted Bai Yutang's head like coaxing a child: "That's right, I've wronged you."

"You still know how to wrong me? You have a conscience."

"I still have to wrong you."

"what's up?"

"Stomach hurts, help me to go to the toilet." This time it was a real stomachache, and it was painful.Zhan Zhao half-bent down, clutching his stomach, wishing he could run into the bathroom immediately, but he couldn't use his legs, and after a while, he broke out in a cold sweat, so uncomfortable that he just wanted to hit the wall.When I came out of the bathroom, I was almost exhausted.

Bai Yutang was so distressed when he saw it, he hurriedly carried him back to his room: "Cat, let's go to the hospital again."

"No need, I went there yesterday." Zhan Zhao felt his eyes were dazzled, but he was afraid that Bai Yutang would be worried, so he forced himself to smile at him: "I checked everything, it's fine."

Back in the bedroom, Bai Yutang saw that he was listless, and couldn't bear to disturb him anymore, advised him to lie down, covered him with a quilt, turned and walked out of the room.

"Jiang Dong, what happened to Zhan Zhao?" Bai Yutang went to the living room and asked Jiang Dong.

"Didn't you see it yourself? Diarrhea." Jiang Dong continued flipping through the magazine without looking up.After thinking about it, I almost slipped my tongue just now, and added another sentence: "Maybe I broke my stomach a few days ago, I went to the hospital to see, nothing happened."

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"It's weird! He didn't say anything himself, so I followed suit." Actually, Jiang Dong really thought it was weird. His cousin was unwilling to tell Bai Yutang about it. Thinking about it, I can understand it. Who wants others to treat him like porcelain? Offered like a doll.But Bai Yutang was really confused about his cousin.At first, he thought it was an enmity, but now it seems that his feelings for his cousin are definitely higher than the deep friendship between class brothers.

"He likes to stand up for everything, next time you tell me." Seeing that Jiang Dong didn't seem to hear, Bai Yutang became angry and kicked Jiang Dong's calf: "Did you hear that?!"

"Got it, Young Master Bai!" Sandwich cakes are really hard to make.While eating the knife, he had to endure violent attacks.Jiang Dong was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he couldn't contradict him, so he could only swallow his anger.

Bai Yutang was very conflicted in his heart, he wanted to push the door in several times to see Zhan Zhao, but he was afraid of disturbing his rest.Liu Rong kept him for dinner, and he was not polite.To say that this aunt is really kind to the cat, and even specially made porridge for him. "Auntie, let me go." Bai Yutang took the tray from Liu Rong and volunteered to deliver meals to Zhan Zhao.

"Okay. If he falls asleep, wake him up and let him eat before going to sleep."

"Yeah." Bai Yutang answered, walked out of the dining room with a tray to Zhan Zhao's bedroom door, knocked on the door, but there was no movement.He hesitated for a moment, turned the lock, opened the door and walked in.

Zhan Zhao lay on his side with his back facing the door, without moving.Dim light came in from the opposite window, shining on him, casting a shadow on the quilt behind him.Bai Yutang walked over with light steps and stopped in front of him.His tall figure blocked the light from the window, Zhan Zhao did not sleep soundly, seemed to notice the change in the light, and frowned uncomfortably, but did not wake up.

Looking at Zhan Zhao in his sleep and at the steaming porridge on the tray in his hand, Bai Yutang sighed and stretched out his hand to gently push the person on the bed. "Cat, get up and eat something first, and go to sleep after eating."

Zhan Zhao pushed his hand in a daze, without opening his eyes.He has been tossed enough these days, and his body is extremely sleepy.

"Be good, be obedient." Bai Yutang used his trump card.

"I'm not hungry, I want to sleep." Zhan Zhao muttered.

"Oh, then I'll go talk to your aunt and say..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhan Zhao let out a long sigh. "Do you have horns growing on your head? How can you be more cruel than a demon?" Rubbing his eyes, he had to get up: "Don't wake up others when they are sleeping. How many times have I told you?"

"Don't tell me again that this is what the great man said. Why didn't you say that when you called me to get up before? You were so ruthless."

After sitting blankly for a while, Zhan Zhao slowly woke up. "I'm going to brush my teeth first, my mouth feels uncomfortable." Bai Yutang put down the plate to help him.Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered something, and stared at Bai Yutang's face for a long time.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I can tell you, if you dare to report me to my aunt, be careful I will beat you."

"Okay, as you are now, let's stop the meeting." Bai Yutang really had nothing to do with him, so he almost called him little ancestor. "Besides, you beat me less often?!"

"It's not that you owe a beating."

"Really?" Bai Yutang grinned, pressed close to Zhan Zhao's ear, and blew.

"Leave far away."

"You said I owed a beating, but if I don't do something that deserves a beating, then I'm not too bad." He continued to chuckle.

Zhan Zhao was left speechless by what he said, and gasped with anger. "Bai Yutang, just wait, wait for me to be strong..."

"I'll wait, Cat." After Bai Yutang finished speaking, he laughed.

All my life, I've been waiting.

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