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Xu Baiyu was a little worried, so he hurried into the ward to take a look, and was relieved to see that Uncle Lin was normal.Uncle Lin closed his eyes and looked that he was still sleeping, as if he hadn't been disturbed by the commotion just now.

The noise gradually faded away, and the three of them had probably been taken away by the security guards.Just as Xu Baiyu was about to leave, the middle-aged woman who had sent the old man to the hospital the previous afternoon suddenly entered the house.

"Doctor," the woman looked worried, and hurriedly asked when she saw Xu Baiyu, "Is the old man alright?"

"It's okay." Xu Baiyu glanced at her and reminded implicitly: "Patients need a quiet environment."

"Hey." The woman hurriedly responded: "Doctor, our family has accumulated old debts for many years, and my family has a bad temper. I'm really sorry."

"It's okay." Xu Baiyu shook his head, "Just pay attention in the future."

When Xu Baiyu got off work in the afternoon, he took out his mobile phone and wanted to send a message to Yu Jing. After deleting and editing it several times, he finally sent only one sentence: I think Uncle Yu is doing well recently.

He didn't expect Yu Jing to reply him in seconds, the content was still concise and to the point: It's indeed better than before, thank you very much.

So Xu Baiyu hurriedly replied: "It should."

Originally, this conversation was coming to an end here, after all Xu Baiyu couldn't think of what to say next.He was just about to put away his phone, change his clothes and leave when Yu Jing's news suddenly jumped into his sight: My dad goes to bed at about eight o'clock, and I'm free after 08:30 in the evening, so I'll call you then?

Xu Baiyu felt that he was probably the person who didn't understand him the least in the world: at the moment when he saw Yu Jing's message, he felt his heartbeat suddenly stopped, and only then realized belatedly that he had just The original intention of sending a message to Yu Jing was to ask if the other party had time today.

Xu Baiyu smiled self-deprecatingly, and then replied to Yu Jing: "Okay."

However, what Xu Baiyu didn't expect was that the connection Yu Jing mentioned was actually a video chat. At 08:30, he was still reading a book while waiting for Jing's phone, when the phone screen suddenly lit up, and it was Yu Jing's video call invitation that was displayed on the bright screen.He was so startled that he couldn't press the connect button for a long time, until Yu Jing canceled it himself.

The room was quiet again, Xu Baiyu came back to his senses, quickly picked up his mobile phone and dialed Yu Jing's number.

After a few rings, Yu Jing answered, and Xu Baiyu heard the man's gentle voice again: "Xiao Xu, were you busy just now?"

"Yes." Xu Baiyu was worried that he couldn't find a reason, so he quickly agreed after hearing what Yu Jing said.He rubbed his nose subconsciously and stuttered: "Indeed, I'm really busy." As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that what he just said was still not accurate enough, so he hurriedly added: "But I'm not busy now."

"Okay." Xu Baiyu probably smiled when he heard Yu Jing: "Do you not like video chatting with people?"

"Actually, it's okay." After saying this, Xu Baiyu fell into entanglement again. He felt that what he said seemed inappropriate: If it was just okay, why did he only call him now instead of sending back the video?

Before he could figure out why, Yu Jing spoke first: "I heard from the family of my father's patient this afternoon that someone came to make trouble in the morning. Are you okay?"

"No." Xu Baiyu's sanity finally came back a little. He got up and walked to the balcony, looking at the night sky dotted with sparse stars, and felt that the scene was exactly the same as when he sent Xu Jianye away to call Yu Jing: "They are here again." It's not for me, what can I do."

"It's fine." Yu Jing said, "I've seen negative news about the relationship between doctors and patients in recent years. Remember to be careful."

Xu Baiyu said "Yes", and after a moment of silence, he said: "The old man's family is also very troublesome. In the morning, the family was arguing very hard, and I can understand the meaning. It is nothing more than brothers fighting for family property." He sighed: "I just feel sorry for Mr. Lin, the youngest son is gone, and the white-haired man gave the black-haired man."

"That's it." Yu Jing sighed: "Shouldn't this kind of thing be uncommon in hospitals?"

"Yes." Xu Baiyu replied: "Actually, in the hospital, life and death are not uncommon, and nothing is uncommon. Look at those people, they are all soldiers outside. But in the hospital, physical problems , the fragility of the interpersonal world, the inconsistency of the world, are completely exposed." He sighed: "These are the days when there is nothing but gold and jade."

"It's not just a hospital, it's the same everywhere." Yu Jing said with emotion: "Although few people are willing to show it in front of outsiders, there are always difficulties in everyone's life. Everyone knows it well."

Xu Baiyu remembered Yu Jing's gentleness and determination.There are very few people he has met who are truly gentle. After all, their generation is at the age of fresh clothes and angry horses. In addition, most of them are only children who have grown up under the pampering care of their parents for ten years. It's big, and you can pick out any one with personality.It's not uncommon for him to have a gentle temperament. His elders treat people very well, and the older they are, the better their temper is.But most of them are worn away by life, and the smoothness of weighing pros and cons is always indispensable in the smiles that appear all the time.

Xu Baiyu had been in contact with Yu Jing for nearly two months, and during the chat, he discovered that Yu Jing had a high-spirited temperament when she was young.He felt that Yu Jing's gentleness today was actually tempered by life, but Yu Jing was different from the people he knew before: even if he was so well-rounded that he could hardly offend anyone, and so calm and peaceful that he was almost calm, Xu Baiyu could still Feel the true nature of this person.

It's like peeling off layers of weather-beaten shells, and what's buried deep inside is a hot, fiery heart.

Although he still doesn't know whether this sincerity is seen by outsiders, whether he is the only one who has seen it now, but he knows that he has indeed seen it.

Xu Baiyu took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly, feeling a lot more relaxed than before, so he thought more about chatting with Yu Jing: "During the meeting before, I heard a doctor from the oncology department say that two years ago they There was a patient who was quite old. At that time, the operation was successful, but the night after the operation, he struggled and jumped out of the window of the ward, scaring the patient in the same room. .”

Xu Baiyu originally thought that Yu Jing would be surprised, just like him back then.But Yu Jing remained silent, Xu Baiyu could only hear the steady breathing of the other party through the screen.He suddenly blamed himself extremely, and thought angrily: Did I say the wrong thing again?Really, tell him what to do.

Yu Jing didn't reply for a long time, so Xu Baiyu panicked.This person never cared for his father or mother since he was a child, and when he was living under the fence, he always took observing words and demeanor as his top priority.If the other party wasn't Yu Jing, he must be cheekily trying to apologize to others over and over again.However, things are never what if, at this moment Xu Baiyu only felt like thousands of cotton wools were stuck in his throat, he was so bored that he couldn't say anything, and for a moment he even wanted to take the initiative to end the call.

He was the one who wanted to have further contact with Yu Jing before, and now he is the one who is so cowardly that he wants to retreat.As for Yu Jing, Xu Baiyu reckoned that he couldn't even explain what he was thinking, and there was a high probability that the other party didn't feel anything.

After being quiet for a while, Yu Jing suddenly smiled and said: "Why don't people always say, go to the hospital for a walk, and you can let go of all the troubles of fame, fortune, love, hatred, and hatred."

This unusual silence lasted at most half a minute, but to Xu Baiyu it seemed as long as half a century.Hearing Yu Jing's smiling voice again, he felt a little exhausted, and his chest was filled with panic, joy and grievance after a false alarm.He tried his best to maintain a normal voice, and said in a low voice: "That's the truth."

Xu Baiyu forgot how they ended the phone call that day, and even spent the next few days in a daze. He devoted himself to it when he was working, and fell asleep quickly when he was off work. Didn't even touch the phone.

A few days later, it was his turn to round the ward again, and Xu Baiyu carefully recorded the patient's condition as usual.However, when he was about to leave Uncle Lin's ward, the old man suddenly stopped him.

"Doctor, my son and daughter-in-law went shopping just now, and they haven't come back yet?" Lin Qizhi asked him.

Xu Baiyu looked around the corridor, then replied, "Not yet, do you need anything?"

Hearing what Xu Baiyu said, the old man regained his energy immediately, and he was completely different from the old man who was lying on the bed just now: "Has my second grandson come again?"

"No." Xu Baiyu shook his head, making sure that the old man's eldest son and daughter-in-law were not there, and then walked back to the hospital bed again: "Uncle Lin, I'm just a doctor and I can't do anything. But what do you think is important?" I can help you, just say it."

Hearing what he said, the old man sighed deeply: "Doctor, I am not afraid of your jokes. My wife got cancer and passed away ten years ago. I have lived my whole life without any achievements. The only thing I think about is those two sons. In the end, the second child didn't live up to it, and he borrowed usurious loans two years ago, so he was forced to jump into the river."

Xu Baiyu was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly remembered what Yu Jing said that night: No one can live without difficulties in this world.

Before he could say anything, the old man went on to say: "I have been living with my elder son since I retired, but he thinks that the second son's family is not filial and never lets them in. What can I do? My palms and backs are full of meat. If I do evil again, it's my own son. The boss is in charge of my salary card, and I don't have much money in my hand. Poor my little grandson, I can only secretly give him some red envelopes during the holidays."

Xu Baiyu froze in place, not knowing how to respond.To the family, he was just a bystander, a passing visitor.Healing the sick and saving lives is his duty, as for the others, he can only sigh that he is powerless.

"Father, let's eat some fruit." At that moment, Lin Qizhi's eldest son came into the house with two bags of fruit. We are not good, we are causing you trouble."

Xu Baiyu pushed back the man's hand and smiled a bit: "No."