Chapter 16: Memories
I don't want to see him, but after all, he sent me to the hospital, so it's hard to ask people to leave. So I had to take the initiative to speak: "Thank you for sending me to the hospital." When are you going to work?"
He sat down in a chair next to him and said, "We don't have to be so polite to each other. I'll only go to work tomorrow. Do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"
His words struck me as strange as something strange. Since they have broken up, let's keep our distance, so as not to misunderstand the girl he likes.
"I'm fine, just a cold and fever. You go back, I'll be discharged in the afternoon. ”
He sat still and didn't move, just looked at me deeply: "Between us, is it already so strange?"
I frowned and explained, "You sent me to the hospital, I am grateful to you, I will invite you and Xiaowan to dinner another day." But we've broken up, so let's keep our distance so that your girlfriend doesn't misunderstand. ”
His face was a little unnatural, and he was silent for a while, and then said sneeringly: "After I was with her, I found that she was no longer the same person she used to be...... I've been thinking about it these days, and then I figured it out, and I just had to be willing to ask for it at the beginning. The two of us have been together for so many years, and I ...... Xia Qing, can you give me a chance?"
If Xiaowan heard these words, she would probably point at the other party's nose angrily and scold the scumbag for eating back grass, but I didn't feel angry, but I felt a little desolate in my heart.
"Ji Heng, you and I are both adults, and we are responsible for our own choices. We've broken up. Let's go. I rolled over, faced the wall, closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.
After a moment, he sighed softly, followed by the sound of chairs rubbing against the floor and footsteps. I listened to the footsteps getting softer and softer, and then I opened my eyes, looked at the white wall, and suddenly remembered my grandmother.
When I was a child, my parents would take my brother and me back to my grandmother's house during the holidays, which was a rare happy time in my childhood. In my memory, my grandmother was always knitting sweaters, picking vegetables or doing other things under the locust tree in the yard, and the sun shone on her like a layer of fluffy light. My grandmother was always very happy to see us coming, and with a smile on her face, she took my brother and me by the hand and went into the back room to get snacks for us to eat.
Only with my grandmother can I get the same things and love as my brother. At that time, I always thought that I should grow up quickly and make money for my grandmother to spend and take her around to play.
But as soon as I graduated from college, my grandmother passed away due to illness. Before she died, I hurried back to see her one last time. Sickness made her face haggard, but she still looked so gentle and kind.
She gently took my hand, and by then she was speechless, just looking at me reluctantly. At the time, I didn't know what she wanted to say, but when I was a child, I heard adults say something to the elderly before they left, so that they could walk calmly and with peace of mind.
So I held back my tears, leaned down and gently said to her, "Grandma, don't worry, I will take care of my mother and brother." ”
She still held my hand and seemed to have something to say, so I took her hand with both hands and said, "Grandma, I will take care of myself, I have graduated from college and found a good job." I'm doing well now. ”
After saying that, my grandmother suddenly smiled and slowly let go of my hand.
That night, my grandmother left, smiling as she went. I watched in amazement as my mother put a white cloth over my grandmother's face, and she cried heartbreakingly. She is indifferent to everyone on weekdays, and she never seems to have much emotion. But that was the first time I saw her crying so sadly.
I didn't cry, my grandmother lay quietly on the bed, but at the time I didn't accept the fact that she was gone.
During the Chinese New Year, I pushed open the gate of my grandmother's yard, and it was as quiet as if it had been silent for many years. I saw the locust tree again, with its bare branches, and there was no longer the familiar figure under the tree. That's when I realized that the person who loved me the most was gone, and I would never see her again, and no one would hold my hand and ask for warmth.
The eyes were sour and I couldn't open them anymore, and the tears were like beads that had fallen off the line, and they couldn't stop falling down. That day, I cried for a long time under that locust tree. I'm always an afterthought, and I'm even half a beat slow to grieve.
Just as I was immersed in the past, I heard footsteps from far and near, I thought it was Ji Heng who was back again, and sighed: "I said that we have broken up, you ......" I got up and saw someone coming, and the rest of the words suddenly stopped.