I walked into the room. Xu Xiaorou had already woken up, she looked at the door in response, and when she saw that it was me, her face was immediately full of smiles.

"I'm sorry I'm late." I greeted Xu Xiaorou and smiled at the patient's family members in the same ward.

"Didn't you inspect the ward?" Xu Xiaorou asked with a smile.

"I didn't go." I say.

"I remember you had to inspect the wards every day."

"Not every day. Is it better? ”

"It's much better, and it doesn't hurt much. Even the wound has a burning feeling. Xu Xiaorou's gaze was fixed on my face.

"After all, it's a cut, how can you recover so quickly?"

"If it always hurts as much as last night, I really can't stand it."

"Isn't this already in the past?"

"When did Uncle go to sleep last night?" Xu Xiaorou asked.

"I'll go to sleep when you're asleep." I say.

"Your uncle lied to you, little girl," said the patient's family, "and it was almost dawn when he went to bed." ”

Xu Xiaorou deliberately closed her mouth and frowned.

I was embarrassed: "This panic seems to be unstoppable." Xiaorou, we have to thank this uncle. I rely on him to take care of you when I go to sleep. ”

Xu Xiaorou turned her head and said "thank you" to the patient's family.

"Where do I do it?" The patient's family is very humble.

"Uncle, the urine in my urine bag was poured with the help of this uncle." Xu Xiaorou said to me.

"It's me late." I say.

"Isn't that a gesture? The same ward should take care of each other. The patient's family said.

"Yes." I say.

"So Uncle only slept three hours a night?" Xu Xiaorou pinched her fingers.

"That's enough." I say.

"You could have gone to bed earlier."

"Of course it's your uncle who watches out for you." The patient's family said.

That's when the nurses came in. I greeted them. They reported to me the temperature Xu Xiaorou had taken in the morning.

"Dr. Zheng, you have another very beautiful operation." One of the nurses said.

"Dr. Cheng's surgeries are always beautiful." Another nurse said. It was an intern.

"Don't say that." I say.

They first injected the patient next door. It was an old man in his seventies who had a tumor in his lung, went to the provincial capital for surgery, and then returned to us for the last moment.

Two nurses came to Xu Xiaorou's bedside.

"It's time to give you an injection. Is it ventilated? The trainee nurse asked.

"What ventilation?" Xu Xiaorou looked at me.

"It's just that you farted."

"It doesn't seem to be yet." Xu Xiaorou's face flushed slightly.

"How can it be so fast?" Another nurse said, "Like acute appendicitis, it usually takes three to five days to pass gas." Is it? Dr. Cheng. ”

"You're very professional." I praise the nurse.

"Thanks for the compliment. If the patient gets out of bed earlier, the exhaust will be a little earlier. So little girl, you have to get out of bed early. The nurse said to Xu Xiaorou.

"I want to get out of bed right now. Lying in bed suffocated. Xu Xiaorou said.

"That's not going to work. You should not get up until at least 24 hours after surgery. If you have Dr. Zheng with you, will you still be bored? Dr. Cheng is closer than your own uncle. ”

"Dr. Zheng is my real uncle." Xu Xiaorou said.

"Really?"

"Yes." I say.

The two nurses walked out.

"Go sleep a little longer, uncle." Xu Xiaorou said.

"I don't want to sleep." I couldn't resist playing haha.

"Don't you have any surgery to do today?"

"I'm not going to have any surgery today. My task today is to accompany Xu Xiaorou. ”

"You don't have to interfere with your work because of me. I can trouble my uncle next door to take care of me. ”

"Dr. Cheng is a busy man." The family of the patient next door said.

"I'm not busy today. I don't usually have any surgery on Saturdays. Is it Saturday? "It dawned on me that I had forgotten something big.

"yes, it's Saturday. What's wrong? Xu Xiaorou had already noticed my face.

"Oops!" I immediately stood up.

"What's the matter?"

"Aunt Hao is still waiting for me in the square. I made an appointment with Aunt Hao to go to the east gate of her hometown on Saturday. Is it really Saturday? "I asked the patient's family for confirmation. How I wish someone had told me that today wasn't Planet Six.

"It's Saturday." The patient's family nodded affirmatively.

"Damn, I forgot about it!" I slapped myself on the head heavily.

"Go ahead." Xu Xiaorou said.

"Yes, Dr. Zheng, you hurry up, I'll take care of your niece for you. Let me tell you, I am from Yongtai. It is the same brigade as the East Gate. The patient's family said.

I pulled out my phone, and it was already 9:20. It had been an hour and twenty minutes since the time I had agreed with Hao Junqi.

I hurried downstairs.

In the lobby on the first floor of the hospital, I was stopped by Jin Limei, who was walking inside, "Where are you going in such a hurry?" ”

"I've got something to go out for." I say.

"What's so urgent? Didn't you hear that Xu Xiaorou was sick? ”

"Yes. She had just had an operation. You're here just in time. When you have time, you go to room 409 to see her, she's getting a hanging needle. ”

"The question is, you have to tell me what you're going to do."

"I don't have time to talk to you. Come back and I'll tell you. I'm leaving. ”

I strode to the parking lot.

The moment I pulled the car out of the parking space, I noticed Kim Li-mei standing at the entrance of the hospital lobby. I waved at her and motioned for her to hurry to the hospital.

On the narrow road to recovery, there are more people and more cars. I honked my horn constantly. But it didn't work, the tricycle master still pedaled unhurriedly, and the mobile fruit stall owner still sold regularly.

It took me ten minutes to get to the road of rehabilitation, which was less than 300 meters, which was slower than walking! So, when I arrived at Yangjiang Square, another twenty minutes passed.

The ancillary works of Yangjiang Plaza have been basically completed. On the flagpole of the flag-raising platform, the five-star red flag hangs on the top of the pole, motionless like a belt. Near the flag-raising stand, several large parasols were fastened to the concrete piers, and the businessmen under the umbrellas had left. There are several four-wheeled electric vehicles for children parked under the transplanted camphor trees. An old man stood guard there.

Don't see Hao Junqi!

I walked around the square, but I couldn't see Hao Junqi's shadow.

I called Hao Junqi's home, but no one answered. There was a text message on the phone - stay safe, it was sent by Jin Limei.

I parked my car on Yangjiang Front Road. I sat in the cab for five minutes and dialed Hao Junqi's landline twice, but no one answered.

Then I got out of the car and walked east along the row of camphor trees that had been transplanted. The sun is strong. The temperature in the shade of a tree varies greatly from the temperature in the sun. I walked into the sunshine and into the shade of the trees.

It's so strange, you can meet the patient you operated on a few years ago, but you can't see the Hao Junqi you can look for.

It stands to reason that Hao Junqi can't still be in the square. She can't just wait for you for two hours.

I walked to the southeast end of the plaza and headed north. It is a walking path with tiles the size of tofu blocks. On the left-hand side, there is a cement road about one meter wide that is nearly 40 centimeters higher than the pedestrian road, and the cement road is close to the guardrail on the bank of the Yangjiang River. The county's natural swimming pool can be seen at a glance.

On the right side of the road is an artificial grove with a layer of turf between the artificial slopes and trees. I saw a camphor tree about the thickness of a hug, and several large branches had been truncated, and the truncated parts were wrapped in plastic sheets. I know that it was deliberately truncated during transplanting to prevent excessive evaporation of water. Perhaps it is also due to transportation considerations. I heard that transplanting such a tree costs tens of thousands or more.

Hao Junqi sat under the camphor tree.

"Junqi—" I shouted.

Hao Junqi should have seen me a long time ago, so she didn't hear my voice, and still sat there motionless.

I ran over. "I'm sorry, Junqi, I'm really sorry."

Hao Junqi didn't speak, and she didn't look at me.

"Angry, huh? Brother is really in trouble. Can you please forgive me? "I'm at a loss.

Hao Junqi swept my face lightly with her gaze. Resentment, more helplessness.

"Don't be angry. Really, please don't be upset. I ...... to keep you waiting for two hours."

"Jun Qi is not qualified to be angry with his brother." Hao Junqi said softly.

"No, no, you're qualified. You should also be angry with your brother. When you say that, I feel like you've pushed my brother thousands of miles away all at once. Now you stand up, beat me, cry and scold me, and the uneasiness in my heart will be lifted. I said.

"Brother has watched too many Korean dramas. Junqi is already thirty years old. Hao Junqi is still a little cold and a little resentful.

"I ...... What I want to express is that I hope, that is, that you don't keep your grievances in your heart, but vent them. "I don't have the right words.

"Can I have a grudge against my brother?"

"You see, I'm saying the wrong thing again. In short, please be angry with your brother. "I couldn't be more embarrassed.

"Well, I'm really not angry. Seeing his brother in such a hurry, Jun Qi was not angry. I've seen my brother driving over in front of me. Hao Junqi had a smile on her face. It gave me the feeling that the sky that had been gloomy and gloomy suddenly cleared.

"Ah...... Why don't you scream. I said.

"That's how Junqi gets angry."

"What a unique way to get angry. What if my brother drove away because of this? ”

"Because I'm sure my brother will come back."

"It's good that I'll come around again."

Hao Junqi stood up from the ground, "Then let's go." ”

"Where to go?" I didn't react for a moment.

"Have you forgotten where we are today?" Hao Junqi's eyes widened.

"How can you forget? We agreed to go to the East Gate. But—can't go today. "I'm so guilty.

"What's wrong?"

"Xu Xiaorou is hospitalized."

"Which Xu Xiaorou? Is it the little girl? ”