Atypical crematorium of Lint's help and family owner

There was a storm.

After all, Li Zhenbai didn't wake Lin Zhen up as agreed.

Lin Zhen was awakened by the alarm in the morning. When he woke up, there was no one around him, and the quilt on the other side was cold.

On the bedside table, there was a note next to the painting, which said: "There is something urgent, I'm going back to City B first, and we'll talk about it when you go back and meet."

The severe lack of sleep caused the blood vessels in Lin Zhen's temples to thump, his chest was tight, his thoughts were confused, and he was very upset.

He picked up his mobile phone to call Li Zhenbai, the beeping waiting tone continued until the end, but the other party didn't answer the call.

Lin Zhen put down his phone, sat on the bed for a few seconds, glanced at the painting on the bedside table, and sent another WeChat message: "What's wrong? Can I help?"

Anticipating that there would be no immediate reply, Lin Zhen got up and went to the bathroom to wash up. After tidying up, he went downstairs to have breakfast with the team members. After eating, there was no message he was waiting for on the phone.

This morning, they still went to visit the company. Lin Zhen drank a large cup of high-strength coffee and tried to focus on the present. After all, this was their last official schedule this time, and the afternoon and tomorrow were vacations.

The reason why Lin Zhen participated in this activity organized by the chamber of commerce was mainly to refer to the management models of these two companies, and another reason was to establish a good relationship with the young entrepreneurs in City B.

After the itinerary in the morning, everyone returned to the hotel to change their clothes. In the afternoon, they sunbathed directly on the beach attached to the hotel, and in the evening they had BBQ in the hotel yard.

Lin Zhen fell asleep on the deck chair under the sun umbrella on the beach in the afternoon. When he woke up, there was an extra message on his phone, and Li Zhenbai replied to him.

"It's nothing serious, I just need to deal with it myself, don't worry, we'll talk about it when you come back."

Lin Zhen didn't eat much barbecue at night, so Lin Zhen went back to his room. He called Chen Yi: "Help me find out what happened to Li Zhenbai."

Chen Yi was silent on the phone for a while, Lin Zhen was keenly aware of the other party's meaning, and said again: "It's not about feelings."

Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly replied, "Okay, I'll ask someone."

Before bedtime, Chen Yi's call finally came back.

With a heavy tone, he said, "Boss Lin, something must have happened to the Li family."

Lin Zhenxin's head sank: "What?"

Chen Yi replied: "The specific situation is not clear, but almost all the close relatives of the Li family are in City B, and those who are out of town have also rushed back, which is very abnormal." Pat, the phone in Lin Zhen's hand fell on the bed.

Early the next morning, Lin Zhen greeted the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce, and took the earliest flight back to City B.

Chen Yi came to pick him up at the airport. After getting in the car, Lin Zhen said, "I'll make a phone call before I go home."

The airport is on the edge of City B, and it will take more than an hour to get back to the city. Chen Yi was driving on the airport expressway. , frowned slightly, and sighed quietly.

This time, the phone only rang twice before being picked up.

Li Zhenbai's side was very quiet, his voice was very low when he spoke, his voice was a little tired and hoarse: "Why did you remember to call me, did you have a good time yesterday, are you going to go boating on the Shayuan River today?"

Lin Zhen spoke quickly: "I'm in City B, where are you?"

There was silence on the phone for a while, Lin Zhen heard the sound of the door opening and closing, and then Li Zhenbai said, "I'm in the hospital, Mom is critically ill."

Lin Zhen held the phone tightly with his fingers, raised his eyes and said to Chen Yi, "Go to the People's Hospital."

On the other end of the phone, Li Zhenbai was silent at first, and then said: "Mom's relatives will come over later, and Zheng Xiao and the others will also come over."

Lin Zhen's eyelids drooped, his Adam's apple moved slightly, he leaned back on the chair, hung up the phone, and stared at the roadside trees passing by the window in a daze.

When approaching the intersection of the expressway, Chen Yi glanced back. It was very quiet in the car, and he could hear some voices from the microphone just now. Now he wanted to ask Lin Zhenzhen about his plans, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Lin Zhen didn't make it difficult for him, he quickly noticed the road conditions, and said softly to Chen Yi: "Don't go to the hospital, go home."

……

In the evening, Li Zhenbai called. His voice became even hoarse, making it almost impossible to hear the original voice. He said: "Today, the doctor issued three critical illness notices, and they were all rescued. He is still in a coma. Don't know yet."

Lin Zhen sat up from the bed, and heard Li Zhenbai say to him in a tired and weak voice on the phone: "Xiaozhen, can you come and see me?"

……

Half an hour later, Lin Zhen, wearing a peaked cap and mask, appeared in the lobby on the first floor of the inpatient building of the hospital. He looked up at the floor instructions on the elevator, and took the elevator to the fourth floor.

After getting out of the elevator, he saw a tall figure standing not far away with his back against the window sill. His eye sockets were sunken, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot. His eyes were staring straight at a certain point on the ground, lost in thought.

It wasn't until Lin Zhen walked in front of him that he came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream. His eyes lit up, and his eyes wandered over the face of Lin Zhen who was standing in front of him. He reached out and touched his eyes lightly. The voice was hoarse: "Why do you have dark circles under your eyes, did you not sleep well?"

Lin Zhen looked up at him, "You look worse than me, don't you have time to rest these two days?"

Li Zhenbai shook his head: "No, I have time to sleep, but I just can't sleep."

Lin Zhen observed his expression carefully, only to find that in Li Zhenbai's eyes, which seemed to be the same as before, there was a trace of suppressed panic that was well concealed.

Lin Zhen glanced at the ICU ward at the end of the corridor. Although there was only one door between them, the family members could only passively watch the door open and close again and again, expecting and fearing. The latest news for the family.

Only those who have experienced the torment of waiting for the judgment of fate will know how tortured it is, let alone the situation of three rescues in one day.

Lin Zhen's lips moved: "You... just now, did you remember what happened when your father was seriously ill?"

Li Zhenbai's pupils trembled, and he didn't answer, but his body, which had already stood upright, leaned against the window sill behind him again.

A few seconds later, he moved his fingers, looked into Lin Zhen's eyes, and said, "I want to hug you."

Lin Zhen looked left and right, took his arm, and the two entered the safe passage not far away together.

The voice-activated lights on this floor in the passage were broken. The slight sound when they entered made the lights upstairs and downstairs light up, but most of the platforms and stairs on this floor were still in darkness.

Behind the door, Li Zhenbai hugged Lin Zhen tightly, bent his tall body, and buried his head on his thin shoulders. Lin Zhen also hugged him hard, and used his whole body to bear Li Zhenbai's support.

About ten seconds later, Lin Zhen heard the person buried on his shoulder almost breathlessly say, "I'm so tired..."

Lin Zhen hugged him even tighter, and rubbed his hands back and forth on his broad back, not attempting to comfort him with unrealistic hopes like "it will be fine". Li Zhenbai is not the person who needs this kind of comfort.

Lin Zhen stroked his thick hair roots, and said softly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are the normal state of life. No one can avoid these hurdles. All we can do is to accept this fact."

This time, after a long time, Lin Zhen heard Li Zhenbai's indistinct "hmm".

Lin Zhen remembered his panic and fear when he was young when his mother was seriously ill.

When Li Zhenbai's father died, he was only in his teens. I heard that he was very ill at that time, and he died after a long time in the hospital.

Lin Zhen didn't know what Li Zhenbai's reaction was like at the time, but tonight, he vaguely saw the young man whose heart was about to collapse back then, but as the eldest son of the family, he was holding on to a strong shell.

The death of his mother and the death of Li Zhenbai's father are both important milestones in the lives of the two of them, affecting their life journey for the next ten years or even a lifetime.

Lin Zhen thought, no matter what, he will accompany him at this critical moment, and will not let him get through it by himself.

The two embraced for more than ten minutes.After that, Li Zhenbai raised his head and straightened his body.

Although it was pitch black, it could be seen that his back was much straighter than when Lin Zhen first saw him.

Lin Zhen said: "Let's go, I'll wait outside with you, and I'll go back before I come in the morning."

In the dark, Li Zhenbai stretched out his hand to hug him lightly, and replied "Mmm".

The two left the safe passage one after the other, came to the waiting area outside the ICU door, sat down next to each other and waited slowly.

No one noticed that at the corner leading to the elevator, a figure shrank back into the corridor over there when they came out.

Li Zhengxiao had a nightmare at night, dreaming that his father held his mother's hand to see him together, saying that he was leaving soon, and came to see him for the last time, Li Zhengxiao woke up suddenly with a beating heart Bang Kuai, afraid and worried, quickly put on his clothes, and came to the hospital with red eyes.

Just now, when he got off the elevator and came out of this corner, he saw his elder brother coming out of the safe passage. He thought that the other party was addicted to smoking and went there to smoke. Li Zhengxiao was about to call his brother, so he Seeing another person coming out of the passage door, even though that person was wearing a hat and a mask, he only took one look and recognized that it was Lin Zhen.

Li Zhengxiao retreated to the corner subconsciously, his heart was beating fast, his brain seemed to be exploding, and scenes of the past flashed through his mind, and he dug out one after another that he had almost forgotten in the past come out...

Li Zhengxiao's expression gradually changed from shock and confusion to firmness and seriousness. He gritted his teeth, clenched the car keys in his hand, turned and left quickly.

……

Nothing happened overnight, and occasionally doctors and nurses came in and out of the ICU. There was no bad news or good news, and the old lady was still in a coma.

Li Zhenbai leaned on Lin Zhen's shoulder, and slept for four or five hours in total. When he opened his eyes at five or six in the morning, his condition was much better, and his former composure returned to his eyes.

Lin Zhen rubbed his numb shoulder, looked at the time, and said, "I have to go."

Li Zhenbai stretched out his hand to smooth his bangs, "Thank you..."

Lin Zhen shook his head, and said to him before leaving: "If necessary, I will come to accompany you when it is convenient."

Hearing this, Li Zhenbai's thin lips moved, and he looked at Lin Zhen with calm eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, it was rare that he hesitated to speak.

Lin Zhen looked at him, smiled, and said, "I'm leaving..."