The atmosphere in the hospital was panicked and depressing, especially outside the operating room. The closer he got there, the softer Bai Shutong's legs and feet became, as if he had been drained of energy, and every little distance was supported by strong willpower.

When he walked outside the operating room, Bai Shutong was exhausted.

Shao Yuanguang followed behind her, watching her staggering, and wanted to step forward to help her several times, but finally withdrew his hand. She had to face such things on her own, and it was difficult for anyone to completely alleviate the fear in her heart by doing anything.

The light on the door of the operating room was still on, a thin door separating life from death. The person outside the door does not know what is going on inside the door, and the person inside the door may never know the worries of the person outside.

Outside the operating room, my grandmother was hunched up, hanging her head and silently wiping away tears.

Bai Shutong looked at his grandmother and couldn't help but stop in place. Shao Yuanguang is right, if something happened to his grandfather, the saddest and helplessest person is his grandmother, if Bai Shutong also cried fragile at this time, it would be tantamount to adding a bit of despair to his grandmother.

Bai Shutong gritted his teeth, desperately stabilized his feelings, wiped away his tears and walked slowly to his grandmother's side.

Bai Shutong stepped forward, and Shao Yuanguang stopped in place and looked at her from afar.

She seemed to listen to him, walked over and put her arms around her grandmother, patted her gently on the back and whispered words of comfort in her ear.

Because of Bai Shutong's calmness, my grandmother seemed to have some confidence, staring at the door of the operating room, chanting words in her mouth, and praying.

When encountering such a thing, it may be a blessing to be able to choose vulnerability, but Bai Shutong does not have this kind of blessing, she can only endure the uneasiness and fear in her heart, pretending to be strong and brave.

Shao Yuanguang felt a little stuffy in his chest when he thought about it, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief-

The waiting time was long and anxious, and I don't know how long it took, the door of the operating room finally moved, and the doctor in a surgical gown walked out of the door and briefly reported his condition to his grandmother.

The rescue is quite timely, and my grandfather's life is worry-free for the time being, but how much he can recover depends on the later recuperation.

Knowing that the operation was successful, my grandmother felt a little more steady, and then she collapsed in Bai Shutong's arms as if she had been hollowed out.

Bai Shutong and the doctor hurriedly helped her to the lounge to recuperate, and when her grandmother was settled, Bai Shutong was guided by the doctor to go to the hospital procedures for the foreign office.

It takes a lot of deposits to go through the hospitalization procedures, Bai Shutong calculated the remaining money in his account, thought about it, and decided to give Bai Chongde a call.

The phone was called several times, but no one answered Bai Chongde's side. Just when Bai Shutong was about to give up, the phone was finally connected.

Since the last time I said goodbye downstairs at my grandfather's house, the father and daughter haven't talked to each other for a long time. The previous gap didn't seem to be made up by time, the phone was connected, and Bai Chongde looked a little surprised: "Tongtong? What's the matter with calling me? ”

Such a question is inevitably a little rusty, but Bai Shutong didn't have time to study it in detail, and said directly: "Grandpa is sick and hospitalized, I don't have the money to pay the deposit, can I ......?"

Before she finished speaking, Bai Chongde seemed to be impatient and directly interrupted her: "How much?" ”

Bai Chongde's relationship with his grandfather's family is quite close, and he did not break off contact because of his mother's death. Bai Shutong was quite pleased with this, but he was a little chilled when he heard Bai Chongde's words, according to common sense, shouldn't he ask about his grandfather's condition first?

Bai Chongde also seemed to sense something, cleared his throat, and prevaricated: "I'm out of town, it's inconvenient to go to the hospital, how much is it?" I'll call you. Hit 100,000 first, is it enough? ”

Since he didn't ask, Bai Shutong didn't bother to talk to him about his grandfather's illness again, so he answered and hung up the phone-

It takes time to send money, and after waiting, Bai Shutong curled up on the chair in the hospital corridor, hugged himself tightly with his head stuffed, and was silent without saying a word.

She buried her head in her knees, Shao Yuanguang couldn't see her expression, but he could still see her fear from her slightly trembling shoulders.

When she called just now, Shao Yuanguang was not far from the left, and he could guess most of the conversation between Bai Shutong and Bai Chongde. Shao Yuanguang faintly felt that the Bai Shutong in front of him was actually far from being as simple and happy as he imagined.

She buried her head in silent sobbing, Shao Yuanguang didn't go up to comfort her, just watched from afar, wandering a few meters away from her.

Just when he hesitated, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder, interrupting Shao Yuanguang's thoughts.

Shao Yuanguang turned around, and a man in a white coat smiled at him: "It's really you, I thought you were teasing me!" ”

Gao Qi's hippie smile was the same as when he was in college, Shao Yuanguang looked at him and nodded, omitted greetings, and said directly: "Do me a favor, help me arrange a ward with good conditions." ”

Gao Qi was stunned for a moment, and his eyes couldn't help but open.

The old classmates who haven't seen each other for more than ten years even saved their greetings when they first met, and it was really unreasonable to ask directly. Gao Qi frowned thinking about it, stretched out his fist and beat Shao Yuanguang's chest, scolding him: "You are too snobbish." As soon as the words came out, he came back to his senses and teased again, "You really haven't changed." ”

Shao Yuanguang didn't bother to pay attention to what he said, and made a request to himself: "The old man is a little old, arrange a single room, and be quiet." Shao Yuanguang thought for a while, and then said, "Add a bed, and the family should accompany the bed." ”

The beds in the hospital are simply hard to find, not to mention the best people's hospital in Jiangcheng. Gauge rolled his eyes and asked him, "Who is the patient?" Are you relatives? ”

"It's not. It's my ......" Shao Yuanguang paused, turned his head to look at Bai Shutong, swallowed back the words on his lips, and changed his words, "My friend's relative." ”

Gao Qi followed Shao Yuanguang's eyes and saw a soft and weak girl.

Friend?

In Jiangcheng dialect, friend refers to girlfriend. Gao Qi thought about it and sneered, and glanced at Shao Yuanguang meaningfully. This guy kept saying that he didn't like Jiangcheng, but he didn't expect to know that he would follow the customs of the locals, and now he has even learned Jiangcheng dialect.

"Okay!" Gao Qi said, patting Shao Yuanguang on the shoulder with an old taste, "Since you are not an ordinary friend, my brother will help you." ”

Gao Qi had something to say, and Shao Yuanguang seemed to hear the deep meaning. He hesitated for a moment, chose to ignore it, raised his eyebrows and thanked him: "It's troublesome." After he finished speaking, he had no intention of talking to Gao Qi again, and turned his head to look at Bai Shutong.

Bai Shutong received a text message from the bank, Bai Chongde's account had been remitted to the card, she picked up the materials, got up and went to the hospital.

Seeing this, Shao Yuanguang was about to follow, but as soon as he took a step, he was stopped by Gao Qi: "I haven't finished speaking, where are you going?" Gao Qi said and put a hand on Shao Yuanguang's shoulder and smiled, "Hospital beds are very tight, can you thank you verbally?" ”

Seeing Bai Shutong's figure getting smaller and smaller, Shao Yuanguang couldn't help but be a little anxious, turned his head to look at Gao Qi, and said impatiently: "How do you want me to thank you?" ”

"I also have a friend, he recently entrusted me with a thing, and you can do me a favor too." Gao Qi smiled and added, "Gifts are still exchanged." ”

The two haven't seen each other for more than ten years, although they have occasional contact, but there is no intersection in life, Shao Yuanguang thinks that he has no power and powerless, and it really doesn't look like he can help Gao Qi or anything.

But in order to get rid of him as much as possible, Shao Yuanguang still said: "I will help if I can." As he spoke, he poked his head to see the familiar figure at the end of the hallway.

His answer was insincere and perfunctory. Gao Qi pursed his lips dissatisfied, put his arm on Shao Yuanguang's shoulder and walked in the opposite direction of Bai Shutong, and said as he walked: "Of course you can help, you can help with this matter, no one else can." ”

Shao Yuanguang couldn't help himself and wanted to slap his hand away. But Gao Qi used force in his hand, pinching Shao Yuanguang's shoulder and bringing him forward. Shao Yuanguang gradually came back to his senses, and he also understood who Gao Qi's so-called "friend" was.

He suddenly stopped, knocked off Gao Qi's hand, and looked at him coldly: "When did you become friends with him?" ”

Gao Qi saw that he couldn't hide it from Shao Yuanguang, so he didn't bother to hide it anymore, and said with a smile: "I am also a teacher and a friend!" ”

Teachers? Shao Yuanguang felt that he couldn't talk about it at all, and Gao Qi didn't need to forcibly put this identity on himself. Friend? It's even more absurd, and there is no way to talk about it.

He looked at Gauci, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

Gao Qi didn't stop him, stood behind Shao Yuanguang with his arms, looked at his back and asked, "What's wrong?" Don't want a ward anymore? ”

He grabbed Shao Yuanguang's handle, and naturally wanted to pinch him to death. Sure enough, Shao Yuanguang paused at his feet and suddenly stopped in place.

He stopped, but refused to turn around. Gao Qi knew that he was stubborn, and he didn't force him, so he slowly walked to his side, patted Shao Yuanguang's shoulder, and persuaded: "You have come to Jiangcheng, sooner or later, you can't not see him for the rest of your life, right?" ”

Shao Yuanguang glanced at Gao Qi sideways, and said with a deep breath: "I feel disgusting, don't you think?" ”

Gao Qi shrugged, obviously not quite agreeing with Shao Yuanguang's idea. "Shao Yuan didn't do anything to be sorry for you, as for it?"

Shao Yuan? Such a title is strange and ironic to Shao Yuanguang. He laughed and shook his head slowly. If everyone looked at that incident from their own point of view, indeed, he was not ashamed of Shao Yuanguang. It's just that things are not that simple, others can stay out of the matter, but Shao Yuanguang can't do it.

"Chris," Gauge sighed, "I think you're good at everything, just a little too serious." Shao Yuan is your father, just be nice to you, you don't have to always ask him with the same set of standards in the academic world. Gao Qi said, patted Shao Yuanguang's shoulder again, turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man behind Shao Yuanguang, "You two talk, I'll help you arrange a ward." ”

When it was time to get off work, the hospital was in chaos. Even though the surrounding sounds were chaotic, Shao Yuanguang could still distinguish Shao Zhiqing's footsteps behind him. He slowly approached, stopped at a distance of only one meter behind him, and slowly spoke: "Xiaoguang, it's been a long time." ”