Chapter Ninety-Five: Wild Ducks
In the hotel room, Wang Yang sat cross-legged on the bed, listening to Jessica's original words on the mobile phone, he smiled with great amusement: "Haha, really? I said that, wild ducks, but if there are wild ducks, it will indeed be more beautiful there......" Suddenly, a strong feeling of vomiting came up, he endured it uncomfortably, and said: "Jessica, my head is a little dizzy, oh, it's nothing, I just feel that it is constantly swelling, and it is about to become an invincible big head...... Ha, I'll rest first, well, bye!"
As soon as he pressed the end call, Wang Yang couldn't wait to retch, he exhaled, took out the thermometer under his armpit and looked at it, 40 degrees Celsius! Picked up his phone and called his family doctor, and as soon as he got through, he asked, "Hey, Andy, I have a fever, 40 degrees Celsius, runny nose, headache, and I want to vomit ......"
"Jan, when did this start? What exactly is going on?" Andy's serious voice came from the phone. Wang Yang shook his head very amusementously and explained today's situation. Andy was surprised and said, "Oh my God", "Young, I need to warn you, this is a very dangerous suicidal act, you are drunk and sleeping outdoors, right by the lake, think about what will happen if you roll into the lake? β
Wang Yang said in an embarrassed tone: "I know." That's why he said to Jessica, "I'm waking up in a hotel bed," but he can't lie to the doctor. He asked, "Andy, what medicine should I take?"
"Go to the hospital right away and do a detailed blood test. Andy said in a deep voice, "You probably have a common fever and cold, vomiting just because you were drunk, but it could also be other causes, you slept in the field for a day, is it Los Angeles? Oh, Toronto? We don't know if there are any insects with viruses there, although the probability is very small, but the worst can be acute encephalitis." Don't trust the doctor at the hotel, go to the hospital. β
Acute encephalitis!?Wang Yang frowned speechlessly, it wouldn't be that serious, right? Of course, he wouldn't joke with his life. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go now." Hanging up his phone, he grabbed a trench coat and headed out for a nearby hospital.
As night approached, the lights were lit up on both sides of the streets in downtown Toronto, Wang Yang leaned on the back of the taxi, his eyes half-closed in a groggy state, he hadn't been sick for a long time, but as soon as he got sick, he felt so uncomfortable that he seemed to be dying, is this called accumulation...... At this time, his mobile phone rang suddenly, and he slowly took it out and connected it, and said weakly: "Hello." β
"Yang...... Good evening, well, the phone call from the other day...... I'm sorry. Rachel's voice came from her phone, and she sighed, "I'm so rude, I'...... I'm an idiot. β
Rachel? Wang Yang blinked his eyes and cheered up and said, "Rachel, that's nothing, I don't care at all." He shook his head, pressed his swollen temples, and explained, "Well, I mean I'm not angry, I'm sorry, I didn't know I was going to bother you like that, Rachel, I don't know what to say...... Ahh
What's wrong with him? Rachel looked out the window at the night, a hint of doubt flashed across her face, his voice sounding nothing like him, lifeless, without that momentum and energy. At this time, the mobile phone "sneezed", Rachel suddenly understood, her heart tightened, and blurted out: "Are you sick?" and heard him say, "Well, it's just a small cold." Suddenly, she heard an unfamiliar male voice say, "Here we are, Mount Sinai Hospital." β
Rachel couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "Yang, are you in Toronto now?" Wang Yang over there said, "No, I'm in Los Angeles." Rachel was silent for a moment, feeling uncomfortable, she took two steps, and couldn't help but say, "Young, do you remember when I told me that my mother was a nurse? β
Walking towards the gate of the hospital, Wang Yang smiled awkwardly and said to his mobile phone: "Did you hear that?" Yes, I'm in Toronto, Rachel, I'm ...... Ahh Rachel over there asked worriedly, "Are you okay?" Wang Yang wiped his nose and made his voice as relaxed as possible, and said, "I'm fine, just a little headache...... Oh, and a little bit of gagging, no big deal. β
Even if you sneeze, you have a headache, you are nauseated, you don't have any strength to speak, and you have to go to the hospital, is this a small cold? Rachel frowned and asked loudly, "What's wrong with you?" was yelled at by her, Wang Yang felt even more dizzy, he walked with vague steps, and said, "I don't know, I was drunk today, and now I have a little fever...... Rachel, shall we speak here first?" he had no strength to speak, and the whole world was spinning...... The worry on Rachel's face was a little heavier, feverish, drunk, and then she faintly heard a very rough female voice: "Sir, be careful! Do you need help?" Then, the phone beeped, Rachel frowned, held the phone hard, and suddenly turned around and ran briskly outside.
β»β»Looking at Rachel, who was standing at the door of the ward wearing a blue sweater and jeans, Wang Yang, who was lying on the hospital bed, raised his left hand and said with a greeting smile: "Hi, Rachel." The doctor said that I just have an ordinary fever and cold, and I said before that you don't need to come here, I think my fever has subsided. Rachel looked at the infusion in his right hand, with an ice pack on his forehead, smiled slightly, walked in without speaking, and sat on the chair next to the bed.
Wang Yang glanced at her, her smiling face had two dimples lightly exposed, very sweet, he smiled: "What are you laughing at?" Rachel shook her head, and smiled again: "Now you, in my understanding, this is the most embarrassing look." Wang Yang smiled: "Congratulations." He looked at the warm water bottle and empty glass on the bedside table and said, "Can you pour me a glass of water?" Rachel got up and poured a glass of water, brought it to his lips, and said, "Sorry, it's not wine." β
"Oh, I'm thankful it wasn't. Wang Yang raised his head and took a sip. Rachel put the water glass back on the cabinet, looked at him and smiled: "So, can you tell me your story today? drunk and sent yourself to the hospital?" Wang Yang remembered today's incident, and couldn't help laughing: "I didn't expect this, the tavern owner is very enthusiastic......" Then, he laughed and told what happened, and finally smiled: "I just threw stones by the lake, I remember the best result was five flights, or two? I can't remember clearly." And then I woke up and was already lying on the hotel bed, interesting, right?"
"Is it interesting?" Rachel asked rhetorically, the smile on her face vanished, she became expressionless, and said in a calm tone, "Young, I'm sure your fever hasn't gone away, otherwise you wouldn't have lied." Let me guess the facts: You were asleep by the lake, and you were still drenched in the rain today, so that's why you have a fever, and you're here, am I right?"
Wang Yang was stunned, looked at her a few times, and nodded: "Yes, you are right." Why do you know?" Rachel said lightly, "Because when you tell a story, it's like when you tell a play, and you like to tell it in detail, so that people can understand it very clearly." But from the time you leave the lake to the time you return to the hotel, you just say a word and it ends, which is completely different from the previous style. And if you're telling the truth, you won't have a fever unless you're allergic to alcohol, but you don't have erythema. β
"Wow. Wang Yang sighed softly, and her figure in "Sherlock Holmes" flashed in front of him, and he smiled: "You are Erin Adler." β
Rachel shook her head and said, "I don't have the ability to defeat Sherlock Holmes, it's just common sense." There's also common sense, you know?" She no longer suppressed her anger, her face flushed with anger, and she said excitedly: "That is, don't run around when you're drunk, and don't run to the lake! You're almost dying, Jan, Amazing Jan, you're almost dying! You know what!? What the hell are you doing? Do you want a lot of people to cry for you? Your parents? Your friend? Your girlfriend? Your fans? And I? cry like a little girl?!"
"You want the newspaper headlines to say, 'Amazing Young got drunk and drowned, 20-year-old director drowned,' and people said, 'Oh, if that guy hadn't died, he would have made a lot of good movies, and he would have won the Oscar for the youngest best director...... But it's a pity that he died. Rachel gasped slightly, her eyes stared at the stunned Wang Yang, she spread her hands, and continued to say quickly: "What? You want to see all this? You get it! As long as you roll into the lake and become the wild duck you want! You will go from a moth to a wild duck that can't swim and looks for death! Wang Yang, how can you be so uncaring for yourself?!"
Wang Yang's heart was pounding, if he died today, Mom and Dad, Jessica, his friends...... He looked at Rachel, who was on a curt, and at her...... He let out a long breath and said sincerely, "I'm sorry, Rachel, I didn't know, I didn't know I was drunk at the time...... My fault, but there won't be a next time, I promise! β
Rachel looked at him, her face still sinking like water. Wang Yang looked at her for a while, and suddenly grinned and covered his head, and said in pain: "Oh, my head, it's going to explode......" Rachel rolled her eyes angrily, couldn't help laughing again, and said softly: "You deserve it!" Wang Yang also smiled, and then both of them fell silent. After a while, Rachel said softly, "You promised, don't do this stupid thing again." Seeing Wang Yang nodded, she apologized again: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have shouted at you just now, you are a patient now." β
"Ha!" Wang Yang glanced at the infusion bottle hanging high and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm sure my fever has subsided, and only these snots are left." He sniffed as he spoke.
"Did you find a place to shoot Juno, the town today?" Rachel asked, pulling a tissue from her handbag and handing it to him. Wang Yang took it and wiped his nose and replied, "It's beautiful, but it's not suitable for Juno, where the houses are too sparse and the trees are too short......"
"I know a place. Rachel smiled and described: "The houses on the street are all two stories high, the trees are all old trees, every morning, the road is covered with fallen leaves, and it is often foggy, and there is a nice little high school nearby, the kind you want." Wang Yang suddenly said excitedly: "Really, is it foggy often? I just need to take some foggy shots!" This is also one of the reasons why he chose Toronto, which is the foggy capital. Rachel nodded, "Really, that's the best place I know." β
Wang Yang blurted out a smile and said, "Don't you know?" Rachel was stunned, then took a deep breath, and said in a long voice: "Wang Yang, what do you still think of me?" Wang Yang closed his eyes and said with a painful face: "Rachel, I don't think my fever has subsided." β
Rachel couldn't help but smile, looking at the snickering face, her heart was beating fast, and a flash of determination flashed in her eyes, "Young, I like you." β
What the...... Damn! Wang Yang opened his eyes, frowned and looked at Rachel with a sweet face, not knowing what to say: "Rachel......" Rachel shrugged her shoulders with a smile and said, "It's much more comfortable to say it, I like you! I should have said it a long time ago, director, you fascinated me." β
She raised her hand to stop Wang Yang, who was about to speak, and said with a smile: "I said this is not what I want to do, nor do I want you to do anything, I just want to face myself and face my true feelings." I'm fed up with running away and forcing myself to forget, and it turns out it's not for me, you know? I'm dating other boys, eating, watching movies, I'm trying to find a relationship, but you always jump out, call me 'Rachel,' and ruin everything. She sighed and said, "I've always thought if I had said earlier, 'I like you, I love you?' would we be together, not like now, I could just be a spare tire." β
"Rachel. Wang Yang took off the ice pack on his forehead, stood up and looked at her, and said seriously: "I'm sorry that things will turn out like this, I have a good conversation with you, I enjoy it, but we are just good friends." I have a good relationship with Jessica, I love her, we will get married, have children, and start a family in the future......" Rachel suddenly asked: "Have you ever liked me?" Wang Yang was slightly stunned, and immediately said: "We can't do it, you don't need to be like this, don't be like this! I don't want to lose your friend, don't be like this!"
"I know, Jan, I don't want to change and I'm talking to you about this, just to learn how to get along with you. We're good friends, aren't we?" Rachel stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and smiled, "Great Director, you ruined my life, I hate you!" With that, she turned and walked, and when she reached the door, she looked back and smiled, "Good night!"
Watching her close the door, Wang Yang collapsed on the bed with his eyes closed, good friend, spare tire, hell, he still hurt this girl, his head is really going to explode! Wang Yang shook his head self-deprecatingly, Rachel, I'm sorry.
(To be continued)