let me smell the pheromones

Lin Pei didn't expect Zhou Chengsen's sudden request to visit his mother together.Although he used to have some flirty words with Chris, he was still very traditional in his bones.In his view, visiting the parents of both parties means that a relationship is about to enter the next stage.

He and Zhou Chengsen can't even be regarded as a formal couple relationship now, just now he agreed just like that...

Such a thing, if it were him twenty minutes ago, he would never have dared to think about it.

On the way to the hospital by car, Lin Pei was fidgeting, as if there was a steel nail plate under his buttocks, moving around without a moment of silence, very anxious.

"Should I buy a fruit basket?"

Before waiting for a response, he shook his head and vetoed his own thoughts, "Is the fruit basket too ordinary? Auntie is not in good health. How about I go to the vegetable market to pick up a chicken? But this seems impolite... Hey, if I had known, I would have gone home, my dad has a lot of Dangshen Ejiao, all of which are gifts during the holidays, so it’s good to bring this to my aunt.”

In fact, it’s not necessary, their family doesn’t pay much attention to these face-saving projects.

Zhou Chengsen saw that he was too anxious, so he didn't say this.

"Fruit basket, my mother loves oranges and apples, just pick a nice and fresh fruit basket nearby later."

"Is that right?"

Although Lin Pei was still a little worried, when he heard what he said, he was not as uneasy as before.

When he arrived at the entrance of the hospital, Lin Peizai carefully compared several stores, picked the best and largest fruit basket, and paid 1000 yuan when he checked out.

It's like engraving the three big characters of being wronged on the forehead.

When going out, the smile on the boss's face could hardly be stopped.

Zhou Chengsen: "..."

After all, it was Lin Pei's wish, so he didn't say anything.

Zhou Chengsen's mother was named Wu Yuan. Since her husband fell seriously ill, she was the only labor force left in the family. Most of the valuables were resold, the house was mortgaged, and she even owed a whole lot of debt.However, this did not save Father Zhou's life.

After handling her husband's funeral, Wu Yuan had no time to immerse herself in grief.What awaits her is a child to go to school, a debt to pay, and a home to support.

For this reason, apart from the 4000 yuan a month clerk work in the company, Wu Yuan works part-time everywhere, often working day shifts and night shifts, only resting for four hours a day, and she is not willing to add a little meat to herself when she eats. You can finish a bowl of rice with green peppers.

Years of hard work exhausted her energy and her health. In the end, she could only lie on the hospital bed, waiting day after day for a matching kidney to save her life.

What Zhou Chengsen said was totally unknown to Lin Pei.

He is a flower living in a greenhouse, absorbing freedom and oxygen bit by bit from the ground where he stands; outside a wall, Zhou Chengsen is a small tree on a cliff, exposed to the wind and rain, swaying and struggling to survive.

They envy each other and regret each other.

Zhou Chengsen twisted the doorknob, Lin Pei subconsciously held his breath, and the white ward door slowly opened, revealing the large ward with six people in his field of vision.There was a patient lying on each hospital bed, and the family members were wearing dark red padded jackets and sitting on the bench beside him dozing off. After hearing the sound, they cast a scrutinizing look.

This is a world he has never been exposed to before.

Wu Yuan slept on the leftmost bed in the innermost hospital bed. Her hair was yellow and scattered, her face was pale, her lips were bloodless, and her thin and petite body was covered by the white quilt.

The female nurse next to her flicked the medicine bottle in her hand and was chatting with her. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a familiar figure and said with a smile, "Auntie, Cheng Sen is here."

Zhou Chengsen took Lin Pei's hand and walked over, nodded to her, "Excuse me."

"Hey, that's too polite."

The nurse noticed the intertwined fingers of the two of them, and was stunned for a moment, restraining her desire to gossip, and hurriedly changed Wu Yuan's hanging bottle, and then pushed the trolley to the next hospital bed.

"This is Lin Pei."

Zhou Chengsen paused, "My... classmate."

Said they were classmates, how could they hold hands so intimately and bring them to see their mother?

Lin Pei stood behind him, put the gift aside, and said nervously hoarse, "Hi Auntie, this is the fruit basket I bought for you."

Wu Yuan knew clearly, she simply arranged her hair, and then slowly sat up leaning against her.

The illness has tormented her spirit. She is less than 40 years old now, but her eye sockets have sunken deeply, her whole body is tired, and her skin also shows obvious roughness.

She looked at Lin Pei with gentle eyes, "Okay...thank you little classmate, and I'm sorry to make you spend money, so I don't need to bring these next time."

As she said that, she waved to her son, "Go and wash an apple, and then peel it for Xiao Pei to eat."

It was obvious that he wanted to dismiss him and wanted to chat with Lin Pei alone.Zhou Chengsen was well aware of his mother's character, so he led people here solemnly. Whether he liked it or not, she would not embarrass others, so he patted Lin Pei's head, gave him a reassuring look, and then went out up.

After he left, Wu Yuan lifted the quilt by the bed and motioned him to sit closer.Lin Pei didn't have any expression on her face, and sat over anxiously in her heart, only to hear her ask softly, "Are you in the same class as Cheng Sen?"

He also asked some very common questions, such as Zhou Chengsen's grades in school, how he gets along with his classmates in class, and whether he has worked hard in his studies.

Until Zhou Chengsen came back after washing the fruit, Wu Yuan didn't ask about their relationship or how they met, just like treating a child's classmate, Lin Pei gradually relaxed a lot.

Zhou Chengsen cut an apple and handed it to Lin Pei, and peeled an orange for his mother, and the three of them sat together and chatted.

Wu Yuan asked: "When do you have winter vacation?"

"Next month." Zhou Chengsen said, "The school hasn't announced the exact date yet, but there will be a few days of make-up classes after the end of the exam."

She nodded, "It's better to buy the ticket earlier this year. I didn't have time to catch the train last year, so I have to go back this year."

Lin Pei asked smoothly, "Aren't Auntie celebrating the New Year here?"

Wu Yuan listened, and smiled slightly, "Our hometown is in province B, and we haven't been home for several years. We must go back this year."

Lin Pei snorted.

They didn't chat for a long time. When they came, Wu Yuan had already finished hemodialysis, and her mental and physical strength was not very good at this time.Seeing that she was sleepy, Zhou Chengsen covered her with a quilt and sent Lin Pei out.

The two stood in the corridor outside the ward. Even during the daytime on weekdays, the patients and family members accompanying them still came and went. Sometimes there were children crying, and the environment was not suitable for recuperation.

Lin Pei hesitated for a while, and then said, "Auntie is in such a physical condition, should I be transferred to a better ward? The director of this hospital often visits our family, so it is not difficult to change auntie's ward, and the price is still the same. Let’s count now.”

Originally, there was no charge, but he took care of Zhou Chengsen's self-esteem, so he lied a little.

However, even so, he still had a vague feeling that Zhou Chengsen would not agree.

Sure enough, he shook his head, "Favours have to be repaid, and it's harder than debts... She's just a little weaker, and she doesn't have any serious problems now, so she can't accept it with peace of mind when she is transferred to a private ward rashly."

Lin Pei looked disappointed.

"Thank you for thinking so much about me." Zhou Chengsen patted his head, "When I really need it...I will definitely talk to you."

This result was not completely unexpected, Lin Pei thought, their relationship and feelings are too shallow now, and it is really not appropriate to rashly mention these things.

"Let's go, I'll take you out."

After Zhou Chengsen finished speaking, the phone suddenly rang.

Lin Pei was going to be overwhelmed by his message notification tone.

Zhou Chengsen glanced at the news and showed a troubled expression, "My mother asked me to go up, I don't know what it is."

Lin Pei is very considerate of the patient, "Then you should hurry up, anyway, I can just call at the door and I'll be home."

Wu Yuan didn't say what it was. Zhou Chengsen was worried that the doctor had a new statement, so he couldn't let go of his worries for a while, "Remember to send me a message when you get home, so I can rest assured."

Lin Pei nodded and watched him leave in a hurry.

He stood in the corridor with people coming and going, with his hands in his pockets. He didn't know why, and his heart was empty.

how to say.

This meeting seemed to be different from what he had imagined.

Not happy, but definitely not happy either.

Wu Yuan did not interrogate his household registration as expected, nor did she ask them to study hard and not to fall in love. Her attitude was very gentle and flat, but because of this, the boundary between them was not clear.

This...is not at all like meeting parents for the first time.

Lin Pei sighed, and was about to click on the taxi app when a text message popped up on the screen.

It was Song Xun who posted it three hours ago.

[I didn’t see you in class this afternoon, how are you? ]

[You forgot to ask for leave with the teacher. I told Lanming that you were not feeling well, and you went home before you could get a leave of absence. Remember to go to him to make up for it when you come back. ]

The latest one was half an hour ago.

[Where are you? ]

……broken.

Nagging all the way to the leave note, but he forgot his own.

Lin Pei patted his forehead and quickly replied:

[I'm in the hospital, I forgot to ask for leave... Thank you, I'll go back and make up the leave later. ]

Song Xunxun was very fast, and almost after he finished posting, the words 'typing' appeared next to his nickname.

[Hospital?are you sick? ]

[Is it serious? ]

[Which hospital? ]

[No, no, I don't have...]

Before he could finish typing, Song Xun called.

"How is it? Does your body matter?"

Lin Pei always felt that there was a whistling wind from his side, and Song Xun seemed to be walking, his breathing was a little unsteady, "Which hospital are you in now?"

"I'm fine." He said quickly, "I'm in the city hospital now, and I'm fine. In fact, Cheng Sen and I came to accompany his mother for dialysis. We were in a hurry on the way, so we forgot to ask for leave."

The wind in my ear gradually stopped.

Lin Pei was holding the phone, and only after a while did he hear Song Xun asking, "Are you and Zhou Chengsen going to see his mother?"

"……Um."

Song Xun was silent for a long time, "Then how is his mother? Are you feeling unwell?"

"Everything is fine, but she just finished dialysis and is a little weak." Lin Pei said, "We chatted for a while and found that she was not in good spirits, so we hurried out."

"What about you now?"

Lin Pei froze for a moment, "Huh?"

"What about you now?" Song Xun repeated, "Are you going back? Zhou Chengsen sent you off?"

"Ah... no."

Song Xun's tone was very light, but the anxious appearance just now did not seem to be fake.Lin Pei suddenly remembered that two days ago, he took over the restaurant's tasks without saying a word. For some reason, he always felt a little uncomfortable and felt weird.

"His mother called him for something. I'll take a taxi and go back."

Song Xun frowned, obviously disagreeing.

Lin Pei couldn't see his expression, and after a while, he heard Song Xun's voice, "I happened to have something to go to the city hospital, He Ling was hospitalized there, Wen Chuan didn't have the face to see him, but he had something to ask Take it..."

The more Lin Pei heard it, the more wrong it became, "Actually, you don't have to come here on purpose."

His character doesn't like to be straightforward, but if he doesn't speak up at this moment, Lin Pei always has a premonition that things will become more and more out of control.

"Isn't there another class in the afternoon?"

He said softly, "It's the same if you bring He Ling's things over after class, there's no need to delay class time..."

He said it was He Ling, but he was actually referring to himself.

Song Xun couldn't understand what he meant, but he just held the phone, and there was a shallow mark on his fingertips, and he didn't want to say a word, okay.