Coming out of Aunt Chen's house, Gu Mochen drove the car on the highway almost like a fly.

Tan Man sat in the co-pilot, absentmindedly silent, his eyes full of moisture.

Gu Mochen glanced at her and couldn't help frowning.

"Don't worry too much, the doctor said that it was delivered in time, and it shouldn't be too serious."

She just nodded, her teeth biting at the knuckles of her fingers.

The silence was broken by the ringing of her phone, and she quickly picked it up.

"Aunt Xu, how is my father?"

Tan Man breathed a sigh of relief, said a few more words, and hung up the phone.

"How?" He asked.

"There is no danger to life, the examination came out, the amount of bleeding in the brain is not too large, the doctor said to take conservative treatment first, and then slowly recover." Her tense face finally eased a little.

"That's good, do you want to squint for a while, go to the hospital tonight, I guess I won't sleep."

"I can't sleep, it's okay, it's you who worked hard, obviously you took Xiaobei out to play, but it ended up destroying me, I'm really embarrassed." Tan Man put down the stone in his heart, and then remembered that he had troubled others.

Gu Mochen chuckled: "Then let's owe one more amount and compensate another day!" ”

Tan Man knew that he was deliberately distracting her by saying this, and smiled bitterly: "Although the compensation is certain, I will not be able to repay it if I continue to owe it like this." ”

"I don't have a time limit, I can take as long as I want!"

Tan Man pursed her lips and smiled weakly, but didn't say anything more.

Gu Mochen turned his head to look at her, and his little face, which was finally relaxed, turned gloomy in a blink of an eye.

"That Aunt Xu, isn't it your relative?"

Tan Man shook her head: "No, she is a retired teacher from the same school as my dad, she is about the same age, she has been single since her husband died many years ago, she is a warm person, she is very good to our father and daughter, I know she is interesting to my dad, but my dad has never been aware of it." I didn't understand it before, but as I grew up, I realized that my dad was all for me, and he would rather be single all the time than make me feel a little uncomfortable. ”

She sighed, her expression became depressed and melancholy: "In Suzhou, we don't have any relatives, basically my father and I depend on each other, this way, I have been thinking of when I came back from home last month, my father sent me to the station, and when he said goodbye, he walked alone, I suddenly realized that the father who has been silently paying, the man I have always regarded him as a day, is aging, and he has reached the age of needing someone to take care of him, which I never thought about before." ”

He frowned slightly, his eyes focused on the front, and listened quietly.

"When I graduated, I should have looked for a job in Suzhou, but I was too selfish, only thinking about my own future, and I didn't think that he would also be unable to take care of himself one day, and I always felt that there was still a long time to go. Daddy only has one daughter, and if he really has something tonight, I'll blame myself for the rest of my life. ”

Sobbing sounded again next to him, Gu Mochen wanted to say something, but he suddenly ran out of words.

is obviously a lawyer, and he is good at persuading and comforting others with various logics and reasons, but why every time, when I see her sad and frustrated, she can speak well and become clumsy.

He reached out and pulled a tissue from the armrest and handed it over: "Don't cry, it will affect my driving." ”

She sniffed, "I'm sorry! ”

"I'm not to blame you." He paused, "Any idea what I'm thinking?" ”

Tan Man looked at him with red eyes.

"Time is moving forward, so you have to look forward, since your father is temporarily stable, then what you have to think about now is how to take better care of him next, let him recover as soon as possible, and then think about how to balance the relationship between work and the elderly, this is your main problem at the moment, sigh with gratitude or something, and wait until things are handled properly, it is not too late to do it."

"Is it possible that no matter what happens or who you meet, you can be so rational and calm?" After a while, Tan Man asked.

Gu Mochen was slightly stunned for two seconds.

yes, yes.

But when I first found out that she had an ear disease, why did she impulsively agree to a business trip that was nothing to do with him?

Why did he inexplicably take Xiaobei to her residence on Christmas night?

And tonight's fireworks show, where he even dropped a kiss on her forehead?

After waiting for a long time, seeing that he didn't answer, Tan Man turned his head: "Forget it, I forgot again, you are an obsessive-compulsive disorder." ”

Gu Mochen licked his lips, and he was speechless for a while.

More than two hours later, the car left the Suzhou Expressway, at this time it was already past twelve o'clock, and there were many fewer cars on the road than during the day, but because of Chinese New Year's Eve, there were more than late at night in the past.

As if joining in the fun, there was a sporadic light rain in the sky at this time, and the wipers were dangling in front of him for a while, Tan Man called Aunt Xu while pointing out the way to Gu Mochen, asking for the specific location of his father's ward.

In less than 20 minutes, the car stopped at the parking apron of the People's Hospital.

Tan Man unfastened his seat belt and was about to open the door, when Gu Mochen suddenly said, "Is it convenient, I'll go up?" ”

is worthy of being a lawyer, and thinking about things is better than her.

Tan Man thought about it and reacted: "I'm not inconvenient, I'm just afraid that you're too tired, there is a hotel nearby, do you want to open a room and sleep before going back?" ”

He smiled lightly, turned off the engine, took his mobile wallet, and got out of the car: "Let's go, I'll accompany you!" ”

When he came, the sporadic light rain had a tendency to slowly become heavier, Gu Mochen walked towards her first after getting out of the car, and put the coat in his hand on top of her head: "The umbrella in the car just fell into the office, wear it, don't catch a cold!" ”

In recent days, the temperature has continued to drop, and with the rain, the dampness and cold have become more obvious, but the moment he was wrapped in Gu Mochen's coat, the temperature seemed to have risen several degrees.

Tan Man was stunned for a few seconds before he caught up with the man who had already strode forward and walked towards the neurology inpatient department.

The hospital is a place where there are never holidays, even if it is the New Year, and the people who come here should cry, laugh, worry, and rejoice.

After getting out of the elevator and passing through the corridor, Tan Man was the first to see Aunt Xu waiting at the door of the ward, dressed in orange down, and her slightly chubby body was particularly conspicuous.

Xu Qiong beckoned to her, for fear that she wouldn't see it: "Manman, here!" ”

Tan Man trotted over: "Aunt Xu, where is my dad?" ”

"Inside, asleep." turned around and led Tan Man into the room.

Pushing the door in, the pungent smell of potion filled the entire room, Tan Weiguo was lying quietly on the hospital bed asleep at the moment, but Tan Man saw his father, and his eyes turned red all of a sudden: "Auntie, my dad and him, why is he like this?" ”

Xu Qiong looked at the person on the bed and sighed: "The symptoms of stroke patients are crooked mouths and crooked necks, but fortunately, the doctor said that they were sent in time, there is no danger to life, and they will recover slowly in the later stage, and this kind of mild stroke will be fine." ”

Tan Man covered his mouth with one hand, and stroked his father's distorted face with the other, holding back not to let his emotions get out of control.

"It's okay, kid, don't be upset, it'll be fine." Xu Qiong stroked Manman's head and comforted.

At this time, she noticed a tall and handsome strange man behind her, and was a little surprised, and after looking at it twice, she turned around and asked, "Manman, is this ......?" ”

Gu Mochen saw that the other party looked at him in surprise, nodded politely, took a step ahead of Tan Man, and introduced himself: "Aunt Xu, hello, my name is Gu Mochen, Manman's friend." ”

Tan Man was thinking about her father's condition, and suddenly forgot about Gu Mochen, she wiped her tears, and turned around: "I forgot to introduce, Aunt Xu, this Mr. Gu is a friend of mine in Shanghai, thanks to him driving me tonight, otherwise I wouldn't know if I would have come back." ”

Xu Qiong smiled at him: "Send us back at night, it's your boyfriend, right?" ”

"No, no, no." Tan Man, whose eyes were still red like a rabbit, heard this, and immediately jumped out and waved his hand to deny it, "Aunt Xu, don't talk nonsense, people are lawyers." ”

"What's wrong with the lawyer, you're still a teacher, you're a teacher." Xu Qiong quipped, "Oh, the little girl is still shy." ”

"Not really."

Tan Man glanced at Gu Mochen awkwardly, and the other party happened to be looking at her for a long time, and there was a faint smile on his face.

"Xiao Gu, sit, don't stand, don't mind if I call you Xiao Gu, right?" Xu Qiong ignored Tan Man and beckoned Gu Mochen to come, "It's really hard for you, come by night train." ”

"You're welcome, Aunt Xu."

Xu Qiong's personality was originally enthusiastic, Tan Man saw that she was about to start checking the rhythm of the household registration, and immediately said: "Aunt Xu, I've been busy all night, and it's early in the morning, I'm watching this, you should go back and rest quickly." ”

Listening to her reminder, Xu Qiong realized that it was very late, stood up and said, "It's okay, I'll go back and rest first, and I'll come early tomorrow morning to change you." ”

"It's okay, you have a good rest, don't be in a hurry." Tan Man got up and followed her to the door.

"Xiao Gu, then we'll see you again!" Wave goodbye.

Back in the ward, the nurse happened to come to check the ward, and Tan Man hurriedly asked, "Sister nurse, how is my father?" ”

The other party was not a novice at first glance, flipped through the information in his hand, checked the patient's condition while reading, and turned around when he was done, looked at Tan Man, and then at Gu Mochen, his eyes softened a little.

"The situation is stable for the time being, if anything happens, ring the bell immediately, the bedside!"

"When will you wake up?" Tan Man asked.

"It's going to be noon tomorrow at the earliest, it's hard to say." After the nurse finished speaking, she went out and continued to check the next room.

When the nurse went out, Gu Mochen took off the jacket on his body and put it on the back of the chair: "Don't frown, after tossing all night, you go to the sofa and squint for a while, I'll look at it!" ”

Tan Man looked at the time, it was almost two o'clock, the tense nerves relaxed, and it was indeed sleepy, but how could she be embarrassed to trouble Gu Mochen again.

"You go there for a while, it's you who tossed all night, and I didn't drive, so I can hold on."

Gu Mochen smiled: "I am a man, it is common to stay up late and work overtime on business trips, it is not good for girls to stay up late, besides, the next thing is a protracted battle, obedient, even if you don't want to sleep now, go to the sofa and lean on the side of the bed, if you fall asleep, it is very bad for the cervical spine." ”

Tan Man thought about it, got up and walked to a short double sofa next to the bed and sat down, and patted the position next to him: "It's spacious enough, you can come over too, it's uncomfortable to sit on that hard bench." ”

The man was never the one who squirmed, he got up and walked over, his long legs bent, and the edge of the place next to her sank.