Chapter 12: The Grief's Past (Turned)
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Things didn't go so well.
Two days after the grouping, it was a hot and dry night.
When I came out of the bathroom, I noticed that there were a lot of mosquitoes in the room, and I hurriedly closed the screen window. My sister in the third grade of elementary school is playing with dolls in the hall downstairs, who opened the screen window?
Confused, I walked over to the bed and picked up my newly bought phone. This is the first mobile phone in my life, a flip button machine. I finished third in my class in the midterm exam, and this phone was a gift from my father, and I treated him like a baby.
At 22:30, the desktop display on the mobile phone screen.
I was about to open the game of the magic tower, when a phone call came, and I took a closer look and found that the number was the landline of Lianwen's house.
"Clear ...... Qinghe, save my ......"
After clicking on the call, the sound of Lianwen holding back her crying voice came.
"What's wrong?!"
I got nervous.
"Mommy, she'sβpassed out."
Lianwen's voice was still relatively calm, but the fear that came from my heart, no matter how far away, could hit my heart.
Eventually, Lianwen's mother was hospitalized. She fell down the stairs and fainted. As a result, old intracranial conditions recur.
That night, when I saw Lianwen at Dongyang Road Hospital, she looked at the glass pane in the hospital room and clenched her fists.
"Love ......"
I whispered to her.
"It's okay...... It should just be a fracture, and it will be recovered soon. β
But she smiled and told me that the lights of the hospital were very dim, and the girl standing in the dim light had a smile as if she wanted to heal the world.
"Actually...... You don't have to ...... like that."
My voice was weak, but it was clear. It is necessary and obligatory for me to convey my thoughts to her.
["It's okay, everyone takes good care of me...... I'm watching everyone's expectations. βγ
Lianwen looked up at the light that glowed a dull yellow.
"No, it's because of this, it's because of ......"
I clenched my fists, a little angry.
"-Little Lianwen!"
Suddenly, a voice came, and our homeroom teacher, Xiang Qi, hurriedly ran over. The hospital told the news of the hospitalization to Lianwen's father, the teacher. It's early in the morning, and knowing the news, I can come in such a short time. This is beyond the scope of a teacher's obligation.
When I saw the teacher's love text, I immediately changed my state and greeted her with my usual gentleness and smile.
Seeing her appearance, the teacher also relieved his heart and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Sure enough, Lianwen's smile can make people feel at ease.
However, it pierced my heart.
- I obviously don't want to interfere with anyone, I just want to be a bystander. However, I have never been able to reassure Lianwen.
Something needs to change, but there must be an opportunity for everything to change.
"Lianwen, you better not go on a spring outing. You also need to come to the hospital for a check-up, so stay here. β
I said to Lianwen in front of the head teacher.
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Love is clearly melancholy, of course, it's more of a feeling for me.
"I don't think so."
Suddenly, the head teacher interjected, and she looked at the glass door of the ward with a straight face.
"I don't want Xiao Lianwen to stay in such a depressed environment, it's better to go back to school and feel the warmth of her classmates. Mother's affairs, leave it to a professional doctor is the best. Although rest assured, I will definitely make my classmates take more care of Lianwen. β
Her tone was firm and spoke her judgment as a teacher.
She takes the goodness of human nature to the extreme, and believes in this pure goodness, trying to infect everyone with it.
β.β¦β¦β
I gritted my teeth and felt that nothing should be like this.
Just as I was about to say something. Lianwen reached out and stopped me.
"Well, I also think, don't worry, the doctor said that I can remove the stitches in two days, and I won't go to the spring outing with bandages, that's too disappointing."
Lianwen said calmly.
"Where would it be fun? Obviously everyone likes you so much! β
The head teacher explained anxiously.
[I, on the other hand, stood aside, witnessing all this, and fell silent again. γ
Two days later, I accompanied Lianwen to Dongyang Road Hospital to remove the stitches, naturally to visit the hospitalized aunt. When Lianwen was talking to the doctor, I was alone, carrying fruits and other condolences, and knocked on Lianwen's mother's hospital room.
"Auntie, good afternoon."
"Ah, isn't this Qinghe? Thank you the other day. And the matter of my family's love text, thank you. β
Auntie looks quite energetic, except for a little melancholy in her eyes,
"No, what am I...... Didn't do it either. On the contrary, ......"
I wanted to speak and stopped, and I slurred.
After a few pleasantries, the condolences were placed on the table.
"Sit down. Don't stand and talk. β
Auntie beckoned, and I hesitated for a moment, but sat down.
"Is Koiwen at the doctor's?"
"Well, the stitches are being removed now."
"Hmm...... That kid is so strong. β
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Seeing that I was silent, my aunt suddenly smiled bitterly.
"I know, she's sad. But there is no one to rely on. Her father flew away and now doesn't know if it's in India or Malaysia. β
She paused, then continued.
"She really, she didn't even have a person to cry to. You can only play a strong and well-behaved child, which is also the expectation of teachers and classmates. β
"It's not just crying, I think there's something worse going on."
I said a word out of place, perhaps in the aunt sounded inexplicably wonderful.
"Ah...... Indeed. Obviously, you and Qiao Mu are good people to talk to, but ......"
Auntie stumbled. I know, and it's because I know that it's distressing.
"Qiao Mu must be very good at comforting people, if Lianwen finds him, he will definitely comfort her."
"In fact, Qiao Mu is also comforting her."
"EhβQinghe."
The aunt suddenly raised her voice, and then said in a weaker voice:
"What I am more afraid of is not the physical harm of the child. It's psychological. Since he was injured, she gave up on her dreams. Her eyes darkened, and her smile became stiff and perfunctory, as if she existed to cope with the world. I didn't expect that her dream of becoming a doctor would be so important to her. Maybe others didn't see it, but I, as her mother, saw it. - I know, her pain. However, she didn't say anything. Really, nothing was said, even if ...... It's me, her biological mother. She has been comforting me in turn. β
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"One morning, I saw her sitting alone on the bed, staring at the books on the shelves, alone in tears. Obviously, she didn't cry in front of me. At that time, she kept repeating a sentence in her mouth: It would be nice if there was no day. β
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"Looking at the way she looks, I'm really anxious. I didn't expect to step on the empty stairs all of a sudden while thinking about it, and it became like this. β
The aunt pointed to her hospital bed and laughed at herself.
"Ahh What a hassle! If only that kid didn't let me worry about it that much. β
There was reproach in her tone, but not really reproach.
I stood up, faced my aunt, and bowed deeply.
"Qinghe...... Neither I nor Koiwen meant to reproach you. - Of course, there is no blame for arbor. It can only be said that it is fate. It was the heavens who treated us badly and bought you inferior lamps, and this happened. I know that your intentions are not bad. β
"I am deeply sorry for the serious consequences caused by our unauthorized actions."
I bent down again.
"Moreover, it was my fault, it was my fault that I didn't stop him. I'm sure, I'll take that responsibility. βγ
With that, I left the room.
Lianwen and Aunt Lianwen both misunderstood each other.