Chapter 48: Worst-case scenario
Li Shi drove the car very seriously, except for pointing the way, most of the time we fell into silence, this silence seemed to make people unconsciously embarrassed, I was a little uncomfortable, but I didn't know what to say, so I could only say nothing: "Are you familiar with this piece?" β
"No, after returning to China, except for Gou ...... I spent most of my time at the hostel. β
Li Shi wanted to speak and stopped, I didn't hear it, as a qualified tour guide, explained to her: "Xi'an city wall is famous in the whole country, that is a kind of simple, vicissitudes of beauty, if you don't go to the city wall to walk, it is equivalent to never come to Xi'an, the former city pass has now become a part of the market life." β
"Xi'an is indeed a city that makes people want to visit again and again, and there are so many places of interest."
"This is true, but it is not only traditional, but also modern trends, listen to rock under the ancient city wall, that is called the collision of traditional introverted and modern publicity, here not only out of Xu Wei, Zhang Chu, Zheng Jun and other rock stars, but also rock and roll halls, such as the old city root bar built next to Yuxiang Gate, the underground rock concentration of Libo piano shop, Oasis piano shop, South Gate bar, etc., known as the nameless highland of Xi'an."
Li Shi nodded solemnly, indicating that she would go over to have a look, but I was suddenly speechless, immersed in a certain emotion and a little trance.
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In the awkward silence along the way, we arrived at the south gate on time, bought two tickets, and climbed the city wall non-stop. Li Shi carried the guitar on his back, walked calmly, not impatient, like a young man who climbed high and sang; And I initiated a video chat, anxiously waiting for my dad to answer, and between inches, I was more like a person living in reality.
Soon, my dad connected to the video, Meng Meng wrapped her arms around her knees, her face appeared a lot of blood-red dots because of the deterioration of her condition, her face was very bad, when her dad told her that the video had been connected, she suddenly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled, and said, "Brother, good evening." β
My tired heart twitched again, but I didn't dare to reveal it too much, and said with a smile: "Why doesn't Mengmeng rest?" β
Meng Meng snorted: "Meng Meng is not tired, but my brother is tired for a day, and I will let you come out at night......"
I didn't want the atmosphere to be too heavy, so I smiled and said, "Brother didn't work today, I'm not tired at all, but Mengmeng is so strong, you have become a role model for my brother." β
"Brother, I was pushed into the ward with a lot of instruments today, and when I opened my eyes, I found that I couldn't see anything, and the doctor told me that I was temporarily blind, but I thought, what if I can't recover all at once one day? So Meng Meng wants to see the city wall at night, and I also want to see my brother's smiling face, because the highest and farthest place where Meng Meng stands is the ...... my brother carries me on his shoulder."
"Meng Meng, when you get better, my brother will lift you high and ride you from the south gate to the north gate."
Meng Meng laughed and cried, but she didn't want to be seen by me, so she covered her face with a hand with a needle, calmed down for a long time, touched her head and continued with a smile: "Originally, my hair was cut very short, but it still kept falling out, but it was prickly, I always felt that my scalp would fall off, and I was tired of being pierced, so I took advantage of my mother's inattention and wiped off the towel." β
My heart suddenly seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, and it took a while to recover, and then said to Mengmeng in a joking tone: "Mengmeng, brother will also cut off his hair tomorrow and fight side by side with you, many celebrities are also bald, and the uncle you saw in February this year, that is, my brother's boss, is also bald, he still deliberately keeps that hairstyle!" β
Meng Meng slapped her legs and laughed, I didn't care about Li Shi's expression on the side, and then turned her phone and said: "Meng Meng, your sister Li drove her brother here, she has slow legs and feet, she just came over, do you want to see her?" β
Hearing Mengmeng's happy applause in the video, Li Shi's expression suddenly turned cloudy and clear, and she didn't care about the gains and losses of words with me, after taking the phone, she found a bright angle, and then sat cross-legged on the ground, and greeted Mengmeng: "Mengmeng, my sister misses you, I didn't expect you to go to Beijing all of a sudden." β
"Mengmeng doesn't want to go, but there is no way, the doctor said that it can't come."
"Then you have to actively cooperate with the treatment, come back early, and the little secret you and I planted will be harvested next year."
"Really?"
Meng Meng looked at Li Shi very sincerely after speaking, but there was a look of hesitation on her face, and she said to Meng Meng after a while: "I don't believe you come back and see it yourself, it has already sprouted." β
Although I don't know what Li Shi and Meng Meng planted, she must have told a white lie.
I have only been in contact once, but there are obviously more topics between Li Shi and Mengmeng than me, after sitting for a while, she stood up again, held the phone high, and turned around in place, as if she wanted to show Xi'an to Mengmeng in the whole night, and after a while, the doctor came to check the ward and reminded Mengmeng not to be too tired, she had to reluctantly put down the phone.
I motioned for my dad to hand the phone to the doctor, motioned for him to avoid Mengmeng, and then tactfully asked him about Mengmeng's condition and treatment.
The doctor signaled me to be optimistic and actively encourage Meng Meng to fight the disease, saying, "Due to the success of targeted therapy and apoptosis-inducing therapy, PML-RARΞ±-positive acute promyelocytic leukemia (M3) has become the best prognostic type of AML. A growing body of research has shown that all-trans retinoic acid combined with arsenic can cure the vast majority of M3 patients. β
Although I don't quite understand the professional terms said by the doctor, I still understand the meaning of the last sentence, which also makes Li Shi next to me a little excited, took the mobile phone from my hand, and asked some questions, of course, the doctor also said: The treatment needs to be carried out in strict accordance with the course of treatment, and the length of the later maintenance treatment is mainly determined by the residual situation of the fusion gene, and by the way, let us prepare for the worst.
We don't have to prepare for the worst, what could be worse than now, in fact, I've always had the attitude of finding hope in despair......
When the mobile phone was handed back to her father, Li Shi said that she wanted to sing a song and put Mengmeng, who was unwilling to rest, to sleep, and after a while, she chose the first hanging "Like", and I took out my mobile phone and searched for the guitar sheet to accompany her.
In the flickering light in the distance, the world I am in is more and more hazy, hazy to unreal, hazy to the point that it seems that the world is upside down, I have not collaborated with Li Shi on this song, but the degree of tacit understanding is incredible.
Her clean voice penetrated the wind, producing a strange effect, even the security guards patrolling the city walls couldn't help but stop, especially when she sang: "You know that you have been loved and passed, after all, there is a timid but can give silence, among all the happiness that is not remembered, I like you the most......" I suddenly felt that the beautiful, unreachable she was my girlfriend who had been in love for many years, so this night, I once again experienced the feeling of being melted, but I was afraid that I would indulge in it......
Before the time of a song, Meng Meng fell asleep very quietly, I played a few words with my parents, and then turned off the video, the wind on the city wall was still blowing very wild, I sat on the ground with my guitar and did not move, and was not afraid of this gust of wild wind, but I was afraid that the life I had been insisting on would not get good results, so I plucked the strings of the guitar and sang hoarsely, as if venting, like shouting, shouting that the tragic stories stopped and warmed people's hearts with a comedy ending.
Passers-by, looking at me like a nervous disorder, Li Shi attracted a few fans who fled one after another, maybe at this moment in the eyes of passers-by, I am a shameful existence, next to Li Shi pushed me, as if to remind me to sing civilly, refuse to shout, but I didn't take it, she finally looked at me unhappily and said: "Big night, you roar so loudly, unknown passers-by, I think you want to jump off the building!" β
"Who is disgusting, just my singing, the Chinese music scene can't owe me an explanation!"
Li Shi smiled and said, "You are really shameless!" β
Me: "......"
After a verbal battle, Li Shi seemed to be tired, before I came back to my senses, she was still like when she came, walking very slowly, I stood up and dusted off my body, looking at her who was submerged in the lights, her figure was a little dazed, a little lonely, I was heartbroken because of this figure, in my impression, she seemed to be the same as me, never really happy, at this moment, I suddenly had a kind of "confidant" idea, a pair of lonely confidants......
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At noon the next day, I made a few delicious side dishes, and then waited for Li Shi to get up, last night's tossing seemed to make her very tired, this sleep was very stable and long, until about half past eleven did not wake up.
While she was washing, I had already finished the meal, brought her a bowl of soup, and sat and waited.
After she finished washing, she stood in front of me with a very homely look, and her skin without any makeup looked more hydrated.
I also filled myself a bowl of soup, drank it in one gulp, and then said to Li Shi: "Why are you still standing, you can eat it, the soup is all served for you, do you want me to feed you?" β
Li Shi looked at me, sat down after a while, just picked up the chopsticks, put them down gently, and then followed my example, drank the soup in one go, and seemed to remember my sentence: Drink some soup before eating, and your stomach will not hurt.
Li Shi, who picked up the chopsticks, looked at the delicate dishes, hesitated for a while, and finally stretched out the chopsticks to the braised fish, took a bite tentatively, and then stopped, but it could be seen that this dish was very much in line with her taste.
"Do you like fish?"
Li Shi picked out the thorns unhurriedly, and then nodded and said, "To be precise, I like to eat the fish you cooked, and the taste is very familiar." β
I pretended to be hypocritical and dipped some fish soup and tasted it, and then said: "I put sugar in this fish, not honey, why do you eat your mouth so sweet......
"Eat people with soft mouths."
I looked at her suspiciously, trying to find clues on her face, but who knew that she looked indifferent, had a good appetite, and even picked up a piece of fish and ate it quite deliciously, which was not the end, but in turn signaled me to eat the vegetables.
The first time I was made by Li Shi wanted to vomit blood, I covered my chest and said to her: "The food is so delicious, you are too cheeky, I am so scared that my heart is about to burst." β
Li Shi looked at me with a smile, and said with a look of disgust: "I was just about to ask for an explanation with the Chinese music scene last night, and today I am acting with my life, do you think that you are sprinting towards the Oscar now?" β
I was a little angry, and I couldn't hold my face, and suddenly felt that I couldn't continue to communicate with her anymore, so I put away my troubled heart and said impatiently: "Hurry up and eat, take you to the road song bar after eating, and choose a guitar for you, so that you don't always occupy my guitar and delay me and the Chinese music scene to have an explanation!" β
Li Shi seemed to enjoy looking at my embarrassed appearance, and finally shook her head helplessly and smiled, and then picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat......