passenger

Chapter 27 Chapter 27

In the ward, Shi Dongdong stood by the window, looking at a row of straight and tall metasequoia outside the window.

Chen Zhi stood by the hospital bed not far from him, looking at the pathology report in his hand.

"So, are you sure when to operate on me?" Shi Dongdong asked blankly.

"Mr. Shi is still waiting for the doctors to discuss it. You know, this time he invited several famous brain doctors to come, so don't worry too much, you will be fine."

"You guys are working so hard, so I have nothing to worry about. Does it mean I don't need to sign the consent form for the operation?" Shi Dongdong asked with a slight twitch of his mouth.

"Of course, your cooperation is the most important thing." Chen Zhi said sincerely.

Shi Dongdong cast his eyes out of the window again noncommittal, looked at it for a while, and finally walked into the room from the window.

However, after a short distance, he walked very slowly, with his head down, as if he was thinking about something, and the report paper in his hand was held lightly, as if it would fall down at any time.

Chen Zhi took a few steps back by the bed, thinking that he was going to come over.

But Shi Dongdong staggered suddenly in the middle of the journey, so startled that Chen Zhi ran over to help him.

When he supported the man's body with his hands, he immediately felt the warmth from the other's palm on his arms—it was so warm that he could feel it through his shirt.

"Are you okay? Are you having a low fever?" Chen Zhi asked worriedly.

The people around him had already stood up straight, did not answer his question, but did not push away his support either.

"Tell me, after you know the result, are you happy for me or sad for me?" Shi Dongdong looked directly at Chen Zhi and asked.

The distance between the two made Chen Zhi a little cramped, but Shi Dongdong's gaze on him made him unable to avoid it, so he had no choice but to answer seriously, "This is not bad news, so I'm happy for you."

"Happy?" Shi Dongdong smiled softly, "You don't look happy at all."

Chen Zhi's throat moved slightly, he was very unaccustomed to the distance between the two of them at this moment.So he exerted some strength with his hands, supported Shi Dongdong and walked a few steps forward, and let him sit on the bed.

"You have a low fever, I'll call the nurse for you." Chen Zhi retreated to the side of the bed, no longer looked at the person on the bed, just bowed his head slightly to him, then turned and left.

The door was gently closed, Shi Dongdong slowly sat up straight, and he took another look at the white paper in his hand, the densely packed writing on it seemed a little blurry to him at this moment.

So, he casually threw it on the bedside table.

When Qiao Hao went to work the next day, he received a "birthday gift" from An Ning, a Hero brand pen.

"I wanted to give it to you on your birthday," the boy said with an apologetic expression, as if what he gave was not a gift, but some kind of compensation, "but yesterday... It's hard, my dad, he's short-tempered and straight-talking, so..."

"It's okay, it's our fault to let you out." Seeing An Ning's hesitation and struggling to speak, Qiao Hao simply patted him on the shoulder, then took the pen out of the box, and put it straight into the pocket of his white coat , "Not bad, much brighter than the old one."

An Ning on the hospital bed finally looked up and saw a small section of the pen cap protruding from Qiao Hao's pocket. His eyes seemed to be lit up by the light from the metal, and he immediately burst into a smile.

"As long as you like it." The boy smiled shyly.

Perhaps because of the ten-year age difference, Qiao Hao looked at him as if he was the youngest cousin in the family. When he was studying, they were still holding the baby bottle, and he became an adult. They just picked up their schoolbags and went to school.

The children in the family also admired him, and every time they met, they would ask him about the anatomy class in the university.When listening to him speak, the look of admiration and envy in his eyes is probably the same as the boy in front of him.

So, Qiao Hao raised the corners of his mouth and smiled heartily, put the medical records under his armpits, folded his arms and asked An Ning, "By the way, how did you know my birthday?"

"Look, I asked Sister Molly." An Ning rubbed her head clumsily, "She said that you can see the birthdays and ages of doctors on your intranet."

Qiao Hao nodded knowingly, then shook his head again, "From now on, don't do such dangerous things. After all, if you feel unwell, it's difficult to deal with it alone."

"Aren't I accompanied by Brother Dongdong?" An Ning smiled apologetically, her eyes still casually looking at the pen on Qiao Hao's chest.

"He's not much better than you, he's all a patient." Qiao Hao sighed, and Shi Dongdong's reaction after knowing his diagnosis the day before came back to his mind.With such an understatement, there is no emotion in his heart.

"Doctor Qiao, what's wrong with Brother Dongdong?" An Ning asked.

"Didn't he tell you?" Qiao Hao didn't know whether he should tell others about Shi Dongdong's illness. He felt that people like Shi Dongdong probably wouldn't like everyone in the world to know that he was sick.

"No, it's not easy for me to ask him. I think people who are sick don't like others to ask about their illness. I have been asked many times, and every time it is like exposing a scar." An Ning said angrily.

"Then why do you ask me?" Qiao Hao said with a smile.

"Because," An Ning bit her lips, "because I think he is a very good person, but I am also very worried about him... Yesterday, on the road, I actually had no problem, but he stopped and stopped several times on the road , and his complexion is not very good. So I think, his body should also be very bad. "

Hearing An Ning's words, Qiao Hao's heart tightened for no reason.Indeed, yesterday, it seemed that all the concerns were focused on An Ning. No one, including himself, cared that Shi Dongdong was also a patient, a brain cancer patient.

"Doctor Qiao?" An Ning's words brought Qiao Hao back to his senses, and the boy was looking at him suspiciously.

"Oh...it's nothing," Qiao Hao reluctantly replied, "He just has a... cyst in his brain."

An Ning nodded, still showing worry in his expression, "There is something growing in my head, it should be difficult to deal with."

"Fortunately, just cut it off." Qiao Hao patted the boy's shoulder again, "Take care of yourself first, and you still have time to worry about others."

Coming out of An Ning's ward, Qiao Hao's steps became heavy.

An Ning's words echoed in his ears, making him feel uncomfortable for Shi Dongdong's possible illness.In fact, thinking about it carefully, since meeting Shi Dongdong, he has personally experienced some of Shi Dongdong's symptoms during this short period of contact, vomiting, falling, and fainting. In the indifference shown afterwards, it became as if nothing really happened.

However, cancer is cancer after all, and I have never thought about the pain that person endured.

"Doctor Qiao!" Qiao Hao's thoughts were interrupted by a hasty cry, and he saw someone running towards him from the other side of the corridor.

There was nervousness in that cry, and Qiao Hao's heart ached when he saw the person coming.

"Doctor Qiao! Is Dongdong with you?" Chen Zhi had already run in front of him.

"What's wrong with Dongdong?" Qiao Hao asked anxiously.

"Not with you? Did he come to see you?"

"No, I haven't seen him since saying goodbye to him yesterday morning. He's gone?" Qiao Hao frowned. Chen Zhi's nervousness was contagious to him, making his heart beat wildly for no reason.

Chen Zhi didn't answer him either, but just asked, "Did he say anything to you yesterday?"

"No...but I told him the results of the pathology report." Qiao Hao became more and more anxious. Could it be that he overestimated Shi Dongdong's psychological endurance?Indeed, the result of the cancer diagnosis should not be revealed so easily, even though Shi Dongdong had strongly stated before that he should not hide it from him.

"Shaozhi, level one?" Chen Zhi's tone seemed to confirm with him.

"Yes." Qiao Hao nodded, already annoyed at his straightforwardness, so he asked more eagerly, "Did he not go back? Or something else went wrong?"

Chen Zhi took a deep breath, "He went back to the ward at noon yesterday, and asked me for a report. On the surface, there was nothing wrong, but I went to ask the nurse to take his temperature, and when he came back, he disappeared, and the hospital clothes were taken off on the bed. , the backpack in the locker was taken away, but nothing was left behind, and no one has been seen until now."

"You mean he ran away!" Qiao Hao's heart rose in his throat, but he was a patient, he was waiting for an operation!

"If he contacts you, or if you can contact him, be sure to persuade him to go back to the hospital quickly." Chen Zhi said, hurriedly took out a business card from his body and stuffed it into Qiao Hao's hand. He couldn't wait for Qiao Hao to say anything more. Turned around and ran to the elevator.

Qiao Hao's fingers were cold, and his mood fell into a deep valley.

He subconsciously took out his mobile phone, turned to Shi Dongdong's number on it, and pressed the call button. However, without any surprise, a cold mechanical female voice came from the phone, "The number you dialed has been turned off..."

Qiao Hao pressed the phone to his forehead, anxious and frustrated.