suddenly tired

"What? Your dad was reported? Then where is he now, in...?" Zhao Xinyu dropped the skewers in his hand in surprise.

"Don't count it in. I was taken away. It was said that it was in the investigation stage. I guess it was locked in a mysterious place to explain the problem. The house was seized, and all my cards can no longer be used. Now I only have a sum of dollars in my hand. When Ji Sumian narrated, his tone was indifferent, as if he was talking about what happened in other people's homes, "Miss Xiaoyu, can I stay at your home for a while? I will move out after I find a place to live."

"What's wrong with this, your godfather misses you, and asks me from time to time if I've been there recently, hey——" Zhao Xinyu suddenly remembered the strange situation in the recent period, "No wonder he keeps asking me if I have been in touch with you , dare he know that something happened to your family and didn’t tell me?! Hey, what about your mother, is your mother okay?”

Ji Sumian smiled wryly: "She... lives in the neurosurgery department of your hospital."

"what?!"

"She didn't take the medicine this time, and jumped directly from upstairs."

Ji Sumian's mother, Su Wanyi, suffers from a hereditary mental illness. Her brother and sister died young due to the illness. She is the only one in her family who got married and had children, but this genetic disease is obviously not suitable for marriage and childbirth. Ji Su As long as I can remember, I have experienced the cycle of my mother's suicide attempt, hospitalization, recovery and discharge, and relapse from time to time. The father and son have been living in fear. Gradually, worry has become a habit, like walking on a Mobius. On the ring, it has never reached the end, but this time, it may be coming to the end soon.

Su Wanyi called Ji Sumian after her husband was taken away, and told him not to go back to China no matter what happened. Ji Sumian didn't agree or refuse. He stayed in his small room for three days without going out. He was imagining and denying himself all the time, he felt tired for no reason, he didn't know where to go or what to do, until he heard the news that his mother was admitted to the hospital, he packed his luggage, sold what he could sell, and what he couldn't sell Send it out or throw it away, and there is only one suitcase and a small bag left, which is not even as much luggage as the year he went abroad.

When he stood at the gate of the small courtyard of Zhao Xinyu's house again, he felt a little relieved. This was almost his second home. Since he was in elementary school, he had dinner here and did his homework almost every day, waiting for his parents to pick him up.Zhao Xinyu's mother, Lin Liying, is his father's boss, and she is very busy with work. Ji Sumian lives upstairs from time to time. He calls Zhao Yuan godfather. For so many years, godfather has brought up both of them by himself. children.

When she graduated from junior high school, something happened to the Zhao family. Lin Liying disappeared. It is said that she violated the bottom line and fled in a hurry. No one knew where she went, including Zhao Yuan and Zhao Xinyu. It was also in that year that Ji Sumian was sent abroad. , but he still maintains a close relationship with the Zhao family, sending wine to his godfather and cosmetics to sister Xiaoyu, even closer than to his own parents.

Zhao Yuan brought two bowls of old fire soup to the two children: "Xiao Yu, go upstairs first, I will chat with Su Mian."

Ji Sumian looked at the worried Zhao Yuan, and couldn't bear it: "Godfather, it's getting late, you go to rest first, if you have something to say tomorrow, it's okay, I'm not in a hurry to leave."

Zhao Yuan pressed his head and pushed him: "You boy, you are so confused, didn't you say not to go back to the country, your father's matter is probably settled, and you may not be able to go out again when you come back at this time. Not going to school anymore?"

Ji Sumian nodded: "I know, but my mother... I can't leave her alone."

"Your mother is like this. To put it bluntly, it may not last long. You gave up your excellent studies. What can you do when you come back?"

"Godfather, there is always a way out. Don't you know that I may be the most mature and calmest person in our family. At worst, I will hang out with you and work in a bar."

"I don't want you! What can you do? You don't know anything. If you grow up like this, people will think that I employ child labor!" Zhao Yuan said while pushing him upstairs, "Okay, go to sleep, and go to the hospital together tomorrow."

The Zhao family’s tavern was closed during the day, and they went to the hospital with Zhao Xinyu, who was on the morning shift. After rescue, Su Wanyi’s condition was stable, and she was in a deep coma. After coming out of the ICU, she has been living in the general ward. Zhao Xinyu chatted with the neurosurgery doctor for a while. , came back and said: "Su Mian, the situation is not optimistic, the possibility of waking up is not high, you have to be mentally prepared."

Ji Sumian nodded and said nothing.

Zhao Xinyu pulled him back: "Go back and sleep, don't think too much."

Ji Sumian showed her a sincere smile: "Sister, I'm really fine. My mother herself has worked very hard these years. For her, if my father is not around, it will be even more painful, so... quite good."

Zhao Yuan couldn't hear such an argument: "Don't talk nonsense, the doctor said try to maintain it, maybe there will be a turning point."

"Understood godfather, you go home first, I'm going out to do some errands, I won't go back for lunch at noon."

Sitting on a bench in the hospital, Ji Sumian took out his mobile phone and made a call:

"Hello, master, I'm Ji Sumian, and you picked me up at the airport last night."

"Oh, you, do you want to use a car?" The voice was clearly still awake.

"Excuse me, master, did you wake up from me?"

"It's okay, it's time to get up. Do you want to use the car today? There is a shift of 600, where can I pick you up?"

"What is it called, a class?"

"Taxi has two shifts every day, day shift and night shift. I am my own car. It depends on your time. If it is only during the day, it will be 600. If it is not late at night, it will add 300. You pay for parking fees, tolls and bridge tolls. I will pay, can you accept it?"

"Yes, no problem. I'm in the inpatient building of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital, but you have to take me to the bank to exchange RMB before I can pay you, okay?"

"You don't need to pay now, just pay when you run out. I'll be there in about 40 minutes."

"it is good."

Ji Sumian waited happily downstairs in the inpatient building, not at all like her mother was still lying upstairs.At the entrance of the hospital early in the morning, people passed by, and the automatic door behind him was so busy that there was no time to close it. Every time a person passed by, there was a slight "ding" sound. He heard it in such a crisp sound Sweet omen.

For taxi drivers, chartering a car is much easier than normal operation. He quoted a very high price just now, but in fact, his daily turnover is far less than that amount. He was originally waiting for the small employer to pay him back the price. Thinking of the lack of such a link, he was so refreshing that he felt a little embarrassed. Thinking that the kid was not short of money, it was fine. He passed a convenience store on the road, bought seven or eight different drinks and put them in the car, and the price increased. When you go up, the service has to keep up.

Zhong Lei received him and went to the bank, and then returned to the hospital. It is always difficult to find a parking space in the hospital. As expected, Ji Sumian has already finished his work and returned. He hasn't driven into the parking lot yet, and it just so happens that he doesn't have to wait in line. .

"Is someone in your family hospitalized?" Zhong Lei asked.

Ji Sumian still remembered that he said last night that he didn't like to chat while driving, and he sat in the back seat all the time and dared not talk, holding himself back like a cargo being transported. At this time, the driver suddenly asked questions, and he held back Rejoiced, but red-eyed first.

"My mother committed suicide by jumping off a building. She was rescued but now she is in a vegetable state. I don't know if there is any hope of waking up..." He did not continue, but lowered his head.

Zhong Lei couldn't bear to look at him from the rearview mirror, but he couldn't say anything to comfort him, so he could only ask, "Where are we going next?"

A mobile phone was stretched out from the back seat, "Here, Hengxin Law Firm, in Binhai New Area."

"Okay." Zhong Lei turned on the navigation on his mobile phone, hesitated for a moment and said, "Auspicious people have their own appearance."

——This may be a consolation that he worked so hard to come up with.Ji Sumian wanted to laugh, but couldn't, "Thank you. I will try my best to be strong."

Zhong Lei fell asleep in the parking lot of the office. When he woke up, he saw the child standing outside, staring at him. It was so weird that he was all hairy. He stood up and pressed the window: "Why don't you get on the car window?" Car? What are you doing standing there?"

"I'm afraid of waking you up to sleep."

"...Hey, get in the car." Zhong Lei was a little uncomfortable with the child's politeness that was almost fake, "We are in an employment relationship, you don't need to think about me, I am serving you, understand?"

"Understood. Are you hungry, master, do you want to have a meal? It's already noon, and I'm a little hungry. Let me treat you to dinner."

"Tsk, I just said that you don't need to think about me, and you don't need to take care of the food in the chartered car."

The driver's impatience was clearly written on his face, and then he felt that he shouldn't be so rude to his employer, so he could only soften his tone: "In theory, I won't eat with you, but if you ask— —”

"I ask, please accompany me to have a meal. I'm not jet-lagged yet, and I'm sleepy and hungry now."

They got off the car in the parking lot of a nearby shopping mall, found a Chaozhou restaurant, and ate raw porridge with small seafood.

"Master, do you have any taboos?"

"I'll do whatever you want."

"Okay, the flower crab porridge for two, the brine platter, steamed yellow croaker, Puning tofu, hey master, do you eat raw marinade?"

"I can eat it, but I'm afraid that your stomach will keep looking for the toilet in the afternoon after you just returned to China."

"Haha, no more, let's fry a flower snail."

"Are you done eating so much?"

"I'm afraid you won't have enough to eat. It's a hard drive. Alas, there's only porridge. Would you like some rice noodles?"

"No, it's uncomfortable to sit there all the time after eating too much. I usually don't eat much."

"Well, yes, the amount of a pack of instant noodles, an egg and a sausage is really not much."

The process of waiting for the food to be served was very quiet. Ji Sumian kept looking out of the window. A group of sparrows on the tree flew down to look for food when no one was passing by, and flew back when there was any movement. Only occasionally one or two bold ones, or Those who are stupid don't leave, but still eat hard with their heads down.Zhong Lei glanced at him, the child looked lonely, dazed, and looked very pitiful, he thought it would be best not to mention his mother's condition, and asked: "I think you do these things by yourself, where is your father? "

Ji Sumian was stunned for a moment, and his eyes turned red again: "Shuanggui."

Zhong Lei thought to himself, he would have known not to mention this.

——It is also a human tragedy.