Difficult to heal

Lu Shu never thought that things would turn out like this.

He just wanted to make a joke and scare the lonely guy who never played with everyone.

But when he watched Chu Qinjiang fall from the guardrail, and the screams of adults and children sounded around him, Lu Shu realized that something had really happened.

.........

It was unusually quiet outside the operating room, which made the voice that was breaking down and crying all the more heart-wrenching.

There were red marks on Lu Shu's face and he was burning with pain, but he didn't dare to move. His courage, which had always been lawless, was at this moment like a defeated army that had died down, shrinking in the corner and trembling.

"Lu Shu, come here."

Mom is calling him.

Lu Shu was in a daze for a while, and the pain on his face seemed to intensify a bit.

He clenched his fists and walked over step by step.

There was only one woman sitting on the entire row of armchairs. She covered her face and her body kept twitching.The forehead, side face, and neck are all congested red due to exertion.

Mother grabbed Lu Shu, pulled her to the crying woman, and said, "Admit your mistake and apologize to Auntie."

Lu Shu whispered, "I'm sorry..."

"Speak louder!" Mom pinched him, stern and distressed, "Do you know what mistake you made?"

"Auntie, I'm sorry," Lu Shu raised his voice and said tremblingly, "I didn't mean it, I, I just wanted to joke with him..."

The woman suddenly raised her head, before her sad expression faded away, a ridiculous smile appeared on her tear-filled face: "...a joke?"

Lu Shu trembled, he had never seen such an expression on a person's face.

The facial features were distorted as if they were piled together, tears were condensed on the corners of the upturned mouth, and the eyes were bottomless hollows.

It's hard to tell whether it's more sad or desperate, and it's even scarier than the expression of her slap when she rushed over aggressively before.

Lu Shu turned his face away, but was forced back by his mother.

Shen Han said guiltily to the woman: "Xiao Du, I'm really sorry, I didn't teach my children well, Qin Jiang... No matter what happens later, we will definitely be responsible."

"Responsible...responsible..." Du Wei muttered a few words to herself, then pushed away the mother and son in front of her, and said sharply, "What are you responsible for!"

She covered her face again, crying uncontrollably: "When he went down...his head hit the ground, it was his head..."

Shen Han staggered a few steps, his eyes couldn't help turning red, and he was so angry that he slapped Lu Shu.

"Why are you so disobedient! I tell you not to cause trouble and stay at home! Have you heard? Have you heard!"

Lu Shu subconsciously raised his arm to block it. His mother had calluses on her hands, and it was very painful to beat someone.

No matter how noisy he is, he is only ten years old now, and facing the out-of-control situation at this moment, there is only fear and fear.

As long as the people on the TV push into the operating room, they won't be able to get out.

He was afraid that Chu Qinjiang would be the same.

As the pain intensified, Lu Shu suddenly heard a hum in his ears, and his mother's sad and angry face gradually became blurred.

Then, he didn't know anything.

—

When he opened his eyes, Lu Shu was lying in the IV injection room, covered with a small quilt.

The hospital ward was tense. Lu Shu had hypoglycemia and dizziness because he hadn't eaten lunch and was overly frightened. It was nothing serious. The nurse only found him a place to rest temporarily.

"Are you awake?" Lu Mingheng touched his son's sweaty forehead and said, "Is there any discomfort?"

Lu Shu's eyes suddenly became hot, he rubbed his eyes to save face, and shook his head slowly.

After a while, he said, "Dad, I got into trouble..."

Lu Mingheng sighed.

As soon as he got off the plane, his wife called him and told the story. He is usually busy with work, often travels, gets together less often, and loves his son more than discipline.

Although Lu Shu is mischievous and has a somewhat arrogant personality, most of them know how to measure.

But this time... Lu Mingheng sighed again.

"Father already knows, Yan Yan," he called his son's nickname, with a serious tone, "We are men, and if we do something wrong, we must accept punishment. Escape and crying are cowardly acts. No matter what Auntie Du says or does later, we You have to accept it and take on your own responsibilities, okay?"

Although Lu Shu was afraid, he still nodded and asked, "Dad, where is Mom? Has she... ignored me?"

Lu Mingheng picked up his son and said, "Mom is very angry, but she won't ignore you. Brother Qin Jiang has just finished the operation and has been pushed into the ICU. Mom is going to pay the fee with Aunt Du."

Lu Shu asked in a low voice, "What is ICU?"

"ICU..." Lu Mingheng thought for a while, but decided to be more tactful, "ICU is the quietest ward in the hospital, and everyone in it is asleep."

"Then will they wake up?" Lu Shu was a little worried.

"I'll wake up," Lu Mingheng patted his head, "As long as Yan Yan admits his mistake, brother Qin Jiang will wake up."

Lu Shu didn't ask any more questions. He leaned against Lu Mingheng's arms and said listlessly, "Father, I know I was wrong. I will never scare anyone again."

"Not only can't scare people anymore, you are already ten years old, you should learn how to protect your classmates and friends, and you can't always bully children, understand?" Lu Mingheng said.

"I see……"

.........

From that day on, Lu Shu failed to see Chu Qinjiang for several months.

Shen Han took him to the hospital four or five times, but it was no surprise that he would be kicked out of the house with people and things every time. Du Wei was very resistant to their visits.

The two have been neighbors for nearly ten years, but the relationship has always been lukewarm.

To be precise, Du Wei is not willing to have too much contact with others.

A few years ago, Chu Qinjiang's father died unexpectedly, and this situation began to worsen. Du Wei cut off contact with all the neighbors, including relatives.

She is an extremely strong woman, and she can't stand others criticizing her for losing her husband at a young age, let alone the sympathetic eyes of neighbors when they see her working hard to raise her son alone.

Therefore, the young Chu Qinjiang was also forbidden to play or even talk to other children.

As a result, he, who was originally introverted, became more and more withdrawn, and rarely went out except to go to school every day.

But Du Wei was getting more and more busy.

She didn't have time to take care of him at all, and sometimes she couldn't go home until eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening, when Chu Qinjiang had already fallen asleep.

While it is not impossible for a seven or eight-year-old to fend for himself, it does present dangers.

One time, the rice cooker at home broke down, and the porridge Du Wei cooked in the morning was undercooked, and the family never bought any snacks. Chu Qinjiang could only go home hungry after school.

After he finished his homework and took a shower, Du Wei didn't come back until nine o'clock in the evening, so he had to find a bag of dried noodles from the kitchen and wanted to try cooking noodles by himself.

But he couldn't even hold the pot.

Finally got the water and turned on the gas stove, but because I didn't control the heat properly, the whole pot of noodles fell off.

And because it is an iron pan, the noodles stick to it and cannot be removed.

He was afraid that his mother would be angry, so he wanted to clean up the stove, but when he tried his best to move the pot into the sink, his foot became unsteady, and he and the pot fell to the ground.

Pressing the palm of the hand on the bottom of the pot scalded the skin.

Hungry and in pain, Chu Qinjiang got up holding back his tears and knocked on the neighbor's door.

"Auntie, I want to borrow my mobile phone and call my mother." Chu Qinjiang said as he stood outside the door, pinching the corner of his dirty clothes.

The expression of a child of a few years old who was at a loss and desperately holding back tears fell into Shen Han's eyes, and he immediately felt distressed.

"You're at home alone, have you eaten yet?" She knelt down, grabbed him and said, "What's wrong with your clothes... You come in first, and auntie will call mom for you."

Chu Qinjiang didn't want to go in, but he was worried that he couldn't borrow a mobile phone, so he finally followed him in.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Shu on the sofa watching cartoons.

Lu Shu was holding a toy in his hand, with the soaked milk beside him, and was engrossed in watching TV.

Hearing movement, he turned his head.

A child of the same age suddenly came to the house. Lu Shu did not welcome him, but raised his chin, just like being the boss at school, and said proudly: "Who are you? What are you doing at my house?"

Chu Qinjiang didn't approach him, just looked at him and said, "I live across the street, I'm here to borrow my phone."

He had met Lu Shu many times, not just at home.

They went to the same school and were in the same grade. Lu Shu was the boss of the elementary school. He was often followed by many followers after class. Many people in the school knew him.

Chu Qinjiang occasionally passed by the toilet, and eight out of ten times he would see Lu Shu's younger brothers offering him various snacks from the canteen.

He felt that Lu Shu was not easy to mess with.

"What are you borrowing the phone for?" Lu Shu picked up the toy gun and held it in front of him, jumped off the sofa and approached, aiming at him, "Hurry up."

Chu Qinjiang looked at him coldly, touched his burned palm behind his back, and didn't want to answer.

Shen Han took his clothes and mobile phone out of the bedroom, and this was what he saw.

She was furious: "Lu Shu! Are you polite? Finish drinking the milk and go to sleep!"

Lu Shu curled his lips, made a face at Chu Qinjiang, and ran back to the bedroom with the toy in his arms.

Shen Han didn't have time to care about him, and walked up to Chu Qinjiang, his eyes were full of love: "You can change the dirty clothes first, and then call mom, okay?"

Chu Qinjiang shook his head: "I want to fight now."

Shen Han turned on the phone and handed it to him, "Then you call, Auntie will cook for you."

Chu Qinjiang entered one number at a time, then clicked the call button, and placed it next to his ear.

While waiting for the call, he became a little aggrieved as the call tone sounded again and again.

He also wants to drink the milk made by his mother.

"The user you dialed is busy, please try again later..."

Chu Qinjiang was stunned, and put down the phone.

Please call again later... then wait 1 minute.

The sound of the range hood operating in the kitchen came, and Chu Qinjiang dialed the number again and put it to his ear.

"The user you dialed is busy, please try again later..."

.........

Three times in a row, the same result.

Chu Qinjiang walked into the kitchen and returned the phone to Shen Han: "Thank you, Auntie."

"What did mom say?" Shen Han was eating dumplings, and he didn't look back, so he didn't see his disappointed expression.

Chu Qinjiang said, "My mother is busy."

Shen Han really thought it was Du Wei who said it, and comforted him: "It's okay baby, mom will be back later, you go and watch TV first, the dumplings will be ready soon."

Chu Qinjiang walked back to the living room and glanced at Lu Shu's room, but Lu Shu poked his head out to look at him too.

After being caught for peeping, Lu Shu became more confident.

He swaggered over, climbed onto the sofa, grabbed the remote control in his hand, and showed off to him: "Want to watch it?"

Chu Qinjiang stood by the sofa and said, "I don't want to."

Lu Shu choked, and it took him a long time to say: "If you don't read it, don't read it, I will watch it myself!"

He called up the animation of the Golden Armored Warrior and put it in the episode of the terrifying resurrection, wanting to give him a good look.

But Chu Qinjiang said he didn't want to, but he really didn't want to.

He sat and stared at the broken and red skin on his palm, recalling the busy calls on the phone just now.

mom.

...are you really busy?

Shen Han cooked the dumplings very quickly. It took a while for a bowl to come out, and he also made a glass of milk along the way.

"Come here, baby, eat dumplings and drink milk after eating." Shen Han greeted him and said, "I haven't eaten so late, I must be hungry."

Chu Qinjiang walked over, said thank you blankly, sat down and started eating dumplings.

Not to be outdone, Lu Shu shouted, "Mom, I'm hungry, and I want to eat dumplings!"

Shen Han was speechless, and said: "Tonight's chicken legs were all eaten by pigs, right?"

"I'm hungry, I'm hungry!" Lu Shu began to sneer.

"All right, all right," Shen Han was so annoyed, he threatened, "I'll serve it for you right now, if you can't finish it, you'll have to stand for punishment."

Lu Shu was not afraid of being punished or not, but he just couldn't understand Chu Qinjiang.

He knew that he lived across the street and had seen him before, but Chu Qinjiang always liked to put on a cold face and ignored everyone, as if no one was qualified to talk to him.

When Lu Shu was young, he hated strange people who didn't fit in.

The two little guys sat together at the children's dining table, Chu Qinjiang ate one, Lu Shu ate another, Chu Qinjiang ate another, and Lu Shu ate two.

It must be more than him.

Shen Han who saw this scene: "..."

How did she give birth to a fool?

At the end of the meal, Chu Qinjiang was full, and his mood was not so low.

Lu Shu was about to die.

He covered his stomach in pain, and still refused to admit defeat: "You eat so little, it's really useless, you will definitely not grow taller in the future, you are a dwarf."

Chu Qinjiang tidied up the bowls and chopsticks consciously, looked at the person who was obviously unable to move, and said in a calm tone, "If you eat so much, you will spoil your stomach and gain weight."

Lu Shu's stomach began to hurt slowly, and he began to panic.

Shen Han held back his smile, and deliberately threatened, "Oh, Yan Yan, your belly is so bulging, will it explode like an inflated ball?"

Lu Shu bit his lip, being so frightened by his mother, he suddenly burst into tears.

Chu Qinjiang was stunned, and looked at Shen Han helplessly.

Shen Han smiled very happily, took Lu Shu's hand and put it in Chu Qinjiang's, "Let my brother take you for a walk, your stomach won't hurt after walking."

"I don't want it!" Lu Shu withdrew his hand abruptly, throwing himself on Shen Han, "Woooo...Mom..."

Chu Qinjiang's palm was accidentally touched, and he hissed in pain, before Shen Han noticed his injury.

"What's wrong with your hand?" She hugged Lu Shu, nervously checking Chu Qinjiang's injury, "Why didn't you tell auntie when you were injured?"

At this moment, anxious shouts sounded outside the door: "Xiaoqin? Xiaoqin!"

Chu Qinjiang's eyes lit up, and he ran out the door immediately: "Mom."

The door opened, and Du Wei was indeed outside, looking like she was going downstairs to find someone.

Unexpectedly, Chu Qinjiang would come out from the neighbor's house, and the anxiety on Du Wei's face instantly turned into anger.

She pulled Chu Qinjiang over and shouted, "Why are you running around?!"

Shen Han followed Lu Shu in his arms and came out, explaining: "Xiao Du, Xiao Du, don't be angry, I saw that Qin Jiang didn't have dinner so late and let him come here, didn't he call you before? You Say you're busy, I'll let him stay here, otherwise..."

"When did you call?" Du Wei interrupted her.

After she finished speaking, she paused again, thinking of the three calls she had hung up on, she felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

She glanced at Shen Han and Lu Shu, and then turned to her dirty son. Du Wei was a little annoyed: "What's the matter with your clothes?"

Chu Qinjiang lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I accidentally fell."

"How old are you and still wrestling! Are you ashamed?"

Seeing this, Shen Han wanted to say something, but Lu Shu interrupted suddenly: "Auntie, his hand was injured."

Du Wei was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Chu Qinjiang's palm, but couldn't get angry anymore.

She frowned, thanked Shen Han lukewarmly, and dragged Chu Qinjiang into the room.

Chu Qinjiang wanted to take a look back, but in the end he couldn't.

.........

Du Wei looked directly at the mother and son in front of her, feeling a surge of hatred in her heart.

As long as she saw Lu Shu's face, she would uncontrollably think of what the doctor said over and over again.

"Although he is out of danger now, unfortunately, your son's brain has been severely injured, and the frontal lobe and motor language center have been damaged to varying degrees. Even if he undergoes surgery, he will not be able to recover to his previous intelligence level."

"...What? Doctor, please explain clearly."

The doctor sighed: "In other words, from now on, he may not be able to live and study normally."

At that moment, Du Wei felt that the sky was falling.

Such a smart son of hers.

The child who is the first in learning and is far ahead of his peers, has since become a mentally handicapped child who cannot even take care of himself because of the fault of others.

She has lost her husband, and now her only child is also stupid.

How can she accept...

How can she accept it? !

How could her Du Wei's son be a waste!

impossible.

It's impossible!

"Shen Han, what face do you have to come to see him?" Du Wei gritted her teeth with hatred every word, "My son was hurt like this by you, I will not let you have a good time, and never will!"