Bao Lina is a girl after all, and she is particularly sensitive to the issue of age, so she immediately said angrily: "Zhou Xu, you are talking nonsense again, where are you old, and where is Du Qing old?" ”

Come to think of it, I'm old, doesn't it mean that she's old too?

Du Qing shook his head and said, "I think Zhou Xu is right, at least my mentality is old." Okay, let's not disturb you eating. Zhou Xu, you can eat some to replenish your energy, Lina said that this is Bao's fish soup, hehe, the name is full of traditional heritage. ”

Lina asked Du Qing to eat some vegetables too, anyway, she bought a lot of food. But Du Qing was unwilling to stay longer, insisted on leaving, and had to go back to the hotel to prepare speech materials, after all, this was the task entrusted to him by Qian Haiping, and he was sorry for Qian Haiping if he didn't do a good job.

Although in a sense, he was not interested in participating in this matter in the first place, but if he participated, he had to cheer up and do it well.

Although Du Qing said that he himself had fallen, according to me, his nature had not changed at all. Du Qing is the kind of person who is very serious about who and what he does whenever and where, he takes literature seriously, he also takes the literary club seriously, he takes the work of radio reporters equally seriously, and he takes the entrustment of friends even more seriously. Thinking of his small room full of all kinds of books in Shengzhou, and remembering the scene where he was reading books alone, I couldn't help but be moved by the perseverance in the depths of Du Qing's soul.

Not like me, a weak fellow. I laughed at myself in my heart.

After Du Qing left, Bao Lina had to feed me fish soup with her own hands, but I was disrespectful to this tender and sweet blessing.

After a few sips, I said, "Your soup is getting better and better, let's open a fish soup shop tomorrow, the signature dish is Bao's fish soup, it will definitely make money." ”

Bao Lina stopped what she was doing and said gently: "Okay, we don't want this advertising company, and we don't want any real estate that has risen ten times in ten years, I just want to open a small hotel, just like the Sichuan restaurant in the front gate of Hangzhou University, you sell wine and I sell soup." Don't you like to drink? When you're well, we'll go there for a drink. ”

As she spoke, her eyes were filled with a slightly sad look. I don't know why I read a hint of sadness or even tiredness in Lina's eyes. Yes, Lina is tired.

"Lina," I said, taking her hand, "I haven't told my parents about my illness yet. I plan to be honest with my mom when I get out of the hospital this time. ”

"You haven't told them yet?"

"Yes, the first few times I went home, I didn't mention my illness, and besides, if I don't send a message, I can't easily see it."

"Who said you can't see it, you've lost a lot of weight, and your face is always gray." With that, Lina put down the key and stroked my face in distress. "I don't believe your mother loves you so much, she won't be able to see it." She said.

I sighed inwardly, my mother couldn't even tell if I was her son.

"Zhou Xu, promise me, don't think about anything, cure the disease first, I want to see a happy you. Just like before, free and free, do whatever you want, nothing can stop you from restraining you, I would rather you always be like that. Lina said emotionally.

I touched Lina's hand, and suddenly felt that this girl who used to be cute but a little grinning had really grown up, and not only could be described as cute, but she had become a woman - a woman's love was like a continuous warm wind, not a girlish wind.

"Well, everything will be back to the way it was. Actually, my mom noticed that I had lost a lot of weight some time ago, so I told my mom that it was because I was too busy with work. I said, "My mom still asks me, do you still live in the company?" I said yes, I used to tell her it was easier to live in the company, but—"

"What's wrong?"

"She said when she would come to the company to see me, I think I won't be able to hide this from her anymore."

Bao Lina exhaled a long breath and said, "When I first came back, the doctor told me that I was going to prepare for surgery. I asked him if he had to have surgery now. And what will be the risks and effects of the surgery?"

"What did he say?"

"The doctor didn't say much, just said that surgery was necessary, and the time was ripe, because the frequency of coma and vomiting may be accelerated, and even blindness and amnesia may be accelerated, so ------ but you are not that serious, as long as you have surgery early, you will get better sooner."

Lina said this as gently and calmly as she could, but I saw that her hands were tightly wrenched together as she spoke.

Outside the window, the warm sun and gentle wind spread all over the land, sending bursts of fragrance from the half-open window. It was a moment of intoxication in the soft spring light, and it was at this moment that I felt calm, a peace that transcended all past years and long memories.

I came home at the beginning of May and honestly told my mother that I had a primary brain tumor, but please rest assured that the doctor said that it was benign and that I would recover completely after surgery, so I don't have to worry.

Surprisingly, my mother did not faint on the spot, but only sighed slightly. She stood at the door of my room, standing for a long time, and I felt as if she wanted something to say to me, and I repeated, "Mom, it's okay, you don't have to worry too much." ”

My mother pulled me to the sofa and sat down, touched my hand and said, "You are too thin, Xiaoxu, since you opened a bookstore and started a company, people are getting thinner and thinner, forget it, I said it earlier, you better honestly find a stable unit." ”

I said, "I can't settle down, Mom, don't worry too much." ”

"So- when is the surgery done?"

I said the end of May.

Mom thought for a while and said, "I remember that your father knows a very famous brain doctor in Shanghai, and I want to take you there sometime." ”

I frowned, and suddenly felt very strange, so I asked my mother, "Mom, I think you already knew I had this disease." Tell me honestly, did you already know that you were going to find an expert doctor for me?"

My mother hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "The girl you brought with you when you came home for the Chinese New Year last time was the classmate named Bao Lina who came to our house, and she told me." ”

"She's your girlfriend, isn't she?" She asked again.

"Yes, she's my girlfriend." I replied.

I see, I see. I suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness from the bottom of my heart.

This is my mother, yes, my mother, but am I really her son?

When I think of this, I feel a deep sadness lingering in my heart.