As soon as the bell rang for the end of school, Xiao Xiao loaded all the things on the desk into his schoolbag as quickly as possible. She had to trot to catch the next bus to the city hospital, because if she missed it, she would have to wait another half an hour.

She hoped in her heart that there would be an empty seat on the bus so that she could sit down and squint for a while, even for a short time, a wish that even she felt ridiculously humble. During this time, in the face of the division of arts and sciences, the pressure of studying began to increase sharply, coupled with the deterioration of her sister Xiao Ai's condition, taking care of her became more difficult, which made her a little unbearable.

Luckily, there weren't a lot of people waiting at the station at this time, which meant that her wish should be granted. And even happier than that, the young man she had met at the station lately was there, and that man would leave for the same battle as her every day and get off at the hospital. She noticed him because she was so sleepy that he had alerted her when she was about to arrive at the station when she fell asleep in the car.

The young man saw her and smiled at her. His face was handsome, not too tall, always wearing a white shirt, not very old, and with a bookish atmosphere. Seeing his smile made Xiao Xiao's heart inexplicably moved, as if he had been clicked, and his depressed mood seemed to be temporarily relieved.

When the No. 5 bus finally arrived, she boarded the bus with him and sat down in an adjacent position very tacitly. Although Xiao Xiao was a little excited to sit with him, she was too tired, so as soon as the car left the station, she fell asleep.

She had a dream, in which her sister Xiao Ai did not exist, and her parents only had her daughter. She should be a few years younger than she is now, wearing a newly bought dress, going to the park for an outing accompanied by her parents, eating her mother's carefully prepared lunch, looking at the verdant lawn and the scorching peach blossoms above her head, enjoying the ordinary and simple happiness that she has experienced for the first time in sixteen years. She thought, "Ah, that's how life should be for other peers!" If I could, I would like to stay in this dream forever and never wake up!

"Hey, wake up! It's time to stop! ”

But a voice sounded in her ears, urging her to leave that wonderful dream. Someone's hand slapped her face a few times, and that hand was so cold that she woke up from her slumber almost the moment it touched it. When I opened my eyes, it turned out to be the young man sitting next to me.

She was shocked to realize that she had fallen asleep on his shoulder just now, and immediately blushed her cheeks, like a frightened bird, and bounced away from him at once, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to ......"

I didn't think that the young man was not angry, but he also smiled a little shyly, and responded to her, "It's nothing, I often fall asleep on the bus." It's time for us to get off, though! You're still in the hospital today, aren't you? ”

"Hmm!" Xiao Xiao nodded continuously.

Getting off the bus, a short distance from the main entrance of the hospital, she walked shoulder to shoulder with him and naturally began to talk. They hadn't talked like this before, and that time he had just patted her when he asked her to get out of the car, and the rest of the time it was almost through eye contact, so both of them seemed a little nervous.

"Are you also visiting someone in the hospital?" Xiao Xiao looked down at his alternate toes and asked.

"yes, I'm here to see my mom." The young man took a deep breath and responded.

"I'm visiting my sister's ......"

"Really? Your sister must be still very young, right? ”

"She's the same age as me, and we're twins." Xiao Xiao raised her head and met the young man's gaze, which made her so nervous that she tripped over herself and almost fell.

The young man grabbed her very quickly and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

The frightened Xiao Xiao responded to him: "Nothing! Thank you! ”

Xiao Xiao really hoped that time would freeze here, and there would never be an end to this road, so that he would be able to walk with this young man like this forever, but the inpatient building had already appeared in front of them.

"I came in through the door over there! You're over here, aren't you? That...... See you next time! The young man waved goodbye to her.

"yes, you...... Have you noticed? ”

"Yes!" The young man nodded and smiled, walking in the opposite direction from her, and said nothing more.

"Goodbye!" She looked at his back and whispered.

As soon as she walked into the inpatient building, the smell of disinfectant pulled her back to reality. She knew that there was a lot of work ahead for her, so she had to put aside the hazy emotions about the young man.

Xiao Xiao also loves her sister in her heart, watching her suffer, her heart will become very painful, but after a long time, this pain has become a habit. Since her sister fell ill, she has not had the opportunity to play with children of the same age, and most of the waking hours, she has to be constantly busy, cooking, laundry, cleaning and taking care of her sister Xiao Ai, and only after the whole family has slept can she find time to complete her homework.

There is a saying that "there is no filial son in front of the bed of a long illness." Not to mention that she was only a child, and almost before she had experienced much of the joy of childhood, her life had been filled with misery and constraints, and her relatives had always stayed away from them, because everyone was afraid that her parents would open their mouths to borrow money from them, all of which made her mature prematurely.

One after another, people took the elevator, and she stood in the corner and came to the fifth floor of Area A of the inpatient building. The structure of each floor is similar, and when you come out of the stairwell and turn to the left, you will find the common rest area and nurses' station on each floor, followed by several doctors' offices, and the large infusion room in front of the office. Next to the infusion room are two bathrooms, followed by a ward next to each other.

Before Xiao Xiao came out of the elevator, she heard her parents' voices, which made her feel a little strange. Because they have to do a lot of work at the same time, their parents usually take turns to take care of their sister in the hospital during the day, but there are not many times when they appear at the same time.

They seemed to be arguing about something, but Xiao Xiao guessed that it was nothing more than difficulties in making up medical bills and the like, and they had been arguing about these things since she could remember, and she had long been used to it. For some reason, she stumbled upon the decision to listen to their conversation in the elevator.

"Did you see that stack of lists?! Did you see it?! If they don't think about it, they will force Ai Ai to be discharged from the hospital! The mother questioned the father with tears, sounding a little emotional.

"I know!" My father still didn't say much, but only answered briefly.

"Did you call your sister?! Didn't she just sell a house in Shenzhen, can you lend us some more?! ”

"I do my best."

"You do your best, you do your best, and you'll say this! My brother didn't have as much money as your sister, and he lent us a lot, but your sister ......."

"Let's stop arguing, it's not good for others to hear! And Xiao Xiao should be here later! The father lowered his voice and persuaded him.

"Alas, even if half of Xiao Xiao's health is given to Ai Ai, why is there such a big difference between the time of birth and only a few minutes...... She must have robbed her sister of all her luck. ”

"What are you talking about?!"

"I didn't say that, it was the master who my friend introduced me to before. He said that our family's Xiao Xiao's life is too hard, and he is in harmony with Ai Ai, so Ai Ai has been sick since birth. If I had to choose, it would be better to have only one daughter, Ai Ai, she has such a cheerful personality, even if she is so seriously ill, she never cries, she is always laughing, unlike Xiao Xiao......"

"Say no more! I don't want to hear that a second time! Xiao Xiao and Ai Ai are both our daughters, she has done enough for her sister, I look at her and feel that I am not capable, if I can make more money, she will not have to take care of her sister while going to school. ”

"But ......"

What her mother said next, Xiao Xiao couldn't hear clearly because of choking, thinking that if she cried in this place, her parents would soon find out, so she stumbled down the stairs and rushed downstairs.

She still remembered that there was a small flower bed at the back of the hospital building, and in her vision that had been blurred by tears, the small flowers that could not be named were colorful together. She threw herself headlong into the sea of flowers, just wanting to cry heartily.

The grievances accumulated in her heart have long been countless, but she did not expect that the efforts and sacrifices she has made for her sister for a long time not only failed to impress her mother, but her mother even thought that her sister's bumpy fate was caused by her.

Won't she laugh? is also the same age as a flower, why is she the only one with a sad face? Because she was so tired, let alone laughing, sometimes she felt that even talking and breathing were so difficult. Sometimes she feels like a machine that can't be stopped, just keeps moving forward until one day it is completely scrapped.

She couldn't help but think of that dream of hers, what would happen if she didn't have her sister? With their parents' salaries, although their family of three is not rich, they can definitely live a well-off life. She doesn't have to take care of the house and take care of her sister, and she has a lot of time to waste just like other girls.

Go to a KTV that she hasn't been to once, buy a computer, go shopping with other girls, and go on a trip with her family...... There are so many things she wants to do, but all of this has changed because of her sister's existence.

"Why are you crying?" In the haze, the young man's voice sounded again, and without warning he appeared behind her, and handed him a checkered handkerchief and said, "Don't worry, this handkerchief is clean!" ”

Xiao Xiao was crying dimly at this time, his chest was tight and shortness of breath, and he couldn't speak at all. She took the handkerchief and buried her face in it, and her nose, which was already completely gagged from crying, smelled a fresh smell like mint, which she knew came from.

"My mother's ward has a good view of this flower bed, because I saw you crying here, so I came! If there's something you're worried about that no one can talk to, I'd rather be your listener. The young man said mildly.