In the silent place

When Zhan Zhao returned home, Liu Rong saw that his complexion was not good, so she stepped forward and pulled him, asking him how he was and how warm he was. "Why is your face so ugly? Are you uncomfortable?"

Leaning on the wall to change his slippers, Zhan Zhao raised his head and smiled at his aunt: "No, I'm just a little hungry." He covered his stomach. "Didn't my aunt tell me to make jujube porridge for me today? I rushed back without eating."

"Don't worry, no one will grab you." Liu Rong was coaxed by her nephew into a smile. "Go into the house and wash your hands. I'll make you hot porridge. It'll be ready soon."

Watching his aunt turn around and enter the kitchen, the smile on Zhan Zhao's face slowly disappeared.He went back to his room and took off his coat, changed into a light home clothes, and then walked into the bathroom.

The red mark on the right wrist spread more, and fine red spots appeared on the back of the hand and arm.He turned on the cold water, soaked the towel, wrung it dry, and put it on the wrist bone and pressed it gently.Raising his head, Zhan Zhao stood motionless in front of the sink, staring blankly at himself in the mirror.He didn't feel well, and there was a slight pain around his eyes.Raising his left hand, his fingertips brushed across his eyes, and let out a long breath.In his memory, this face was so terrifying, with pale skin and black and purple bleeding under the skin around the eyes, it looked like a vampire thirsting for blood.He leaned closer to the mirror, looked carefully, then raised his head and twisted it left and right, looked at his neck and behind his ears, and made sure there were no bleeding spots, so he was slightly relieved.

After lunch, Zhan Zhao lay on the bed and his thoughts were confused.The past is ups and downs in my heart, and memories are condensed in my chest.He only felt a cloudy and heavy pent-up air between his chest and abdomen that was suffocated, and his whole chest seemed to explode, and everything in front of him became blurred.Why did you leave in the first place?Why come back now?It seems that everything has lost its meaning.No matter how he fights and works hard, the reality is always developing in the opposite direction of his expectation. This is not the result he wants, but he is powerless to change it.You hate your body, and you hate the psychology that hates your body even more.Closing his eyes, he clenched his fist up and down, clenched, loosened, clenched and then loosened until his mood slowly calmed down.

When Zhan Zhao woke up at night, his mouth smelled of rust, and his legs were in excruciating pain.With a itchy throat, he coughed twice, and a few drops of blood splashed on the quilt.

Jiang Dong was awakened by the slight knock on the door, and cursed in his heart, who is so late at night... Before he had time to think about it, his heart suddenly sank.Zhan Zhao? !He got up quickly, and ran to open the door before he could put on his coat.

"Cousin." Zhan Zhao stood at the door with a tissue box in his hand, leaning on the door frame, his face pale.

Jiang Dong hurried forward to hold him under the armpit and help him onto the bed. "What's wrong?"

"To trouble you so late, really..."

"It's this time, why are you being polite to me?!" Jiang Dong shouted anxiously, and lifted the quilt. "Lie down and talk." He could see that Zhan Zhao's current condition was very bad.

"No, I'll go back to my own room later." Zhan Zhao's hands trembled a little, and a layer of sweat broke out on his body. "Can you help me go to the 24-hour pharmacy to buy some Zhixuemin or Yunnan Baiyao? I'm done."

"Where is the bleeding?" Jiang Dong's heart was pounding when he heard it.He knew Zhan Zhao's temperament, and he would not come to him at this time unless it was absolutely necessary. "Let me see."

Zhan Zhao didn't want to hide it either, so he took out a few tissues and spat out a mouthful of blood.Jiang Dong's face turned pale when he saw it.

"Don't be nervous, it's just that the gums are bleeding, it just looks a little scary. I didn't want to trouble you..." Zhan Zhao said, a little out of breath.After a pause, he lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "My leg hurts and I can't walk."

Jiang Dong looked at Zhan Zhao's sweat-drenched hair, sticking it to his forehead in strands. His heart ached for a while, and he knew that the pain must be severe. "Go to the hospital." He said, picked up the clothes on the stool, and started dressing in a hurry.

"No, it's too late at this time. If you don't see me tomorrow."

"But you're like this, I... I'm afraid."

Although Zhan Zhao was uncomfortable, he couldn't help but laugh when he heard Jiang Dong say this. "Don't worry, I won't embarrass my body. You also saw it at that time, didn't you die after making such a fuss..."

"Shut up. It's not dead. Say one more word. I'm in a hurry with you." Jiang Dong couldn't hear this word, especially when it came from Zhan Zhao's mouth. He couldn't bear it for a moment. "Don't say it in the future, and never say it."

Seeing that Jiang Dong was agitated and his voice became louder, Zhan Zhao was afraid of disturbing his uncle and aunt, so he quickly comforted him and said, "Okay, I was wrong. I won't say anything in the future." Zhan Zhao spat out another mouthful of blood as he spoke, Looking up: "By the way, you are helping me buy some anti-inflammatory drugs, cefradine will do."

"What about the painkillers?" Jiang Dong asked.

"No, I don't dare to take some medicines indiscriminately."

Jiang Dong puts on his clothes, and carries Zhan Zhao back to his room.At this time, Zhan Zhao had difficulty walking, and half of his body was leaning on Jiang Dong's body.In the room, Jiang Dong helped him lie down on the bed, pulled up his trouser legs and looked.Below the knee of the calf and above the ankle, there were large areas of subcutaneous bleeding, bright red in color, and slightly swollen, which made Jiang Dong's eye circles red.

"You wait, I'll go back as soon as I go." Jiang Dong didn't want his cousin to see himself like this, so he covered him with a quilt and hurried out the door.

Zhan Zhao didn't know what was wrong with him, he had suffered subcutaneous bleeding before, but this time the pain was so painful that he wanted to saw his legs off. "Cousin, go back to sleep." Jiang Dong stayed with him since he came back from buying the medicine, Zhan Zhao was both moved and guilty. "I took the medicine and I'll be fine later."

"Don't talk, just close your eyes and sleep." Seeing that Zhan Zhao was tossing and turning in pain, Jiang Dong dared not go back.In fact, he also knew that Zhan Zhao couldn't sleep, so he brought a few magazines over, sat on the bed beside Zhan Zhao, and accompanied him while flipping through the film and television reports. "Early tomorrow morning, I will take you to the hospital."

"I always cause you trouble." Zhan Zhao turned his back to Jiang Dong, his voice hoarse.

"Silly hat! I'm your brother!" Jiang Dong said, reaching out to rub his cousin's hair. "Don't think about it."

"En." Zhan Zhao turned over, looked up at Jiang Dong, and said with a smile, "In the next life, I will be your brother."

Jiang Dong stared, opened his mouth wide, and shouted word by word: "Give-me-old-sleep-sleep!"

After dawn, Zhan Zhao still couldn't stand up and walk, and now he couldn't hide it from the elders.

"Xiaodong, you go to work. Dad is off today, and your mother and I will take Xiao Zhao to the hospital." After taking Yunnan Baiyao, Zhan Zhao's gums still bleed, and Jiang Yewan watched him vomit blood, feeling anxious It's too bad.In this disease, a drop of blood is precious, so how can it continue like this?

"But..." Jiang Dong was worried.

"It's okay, cousin. Uncle and aunt are here, so you can go." Jiang Dong has just been employed for a short time, so it's not good to ask for leave at this time.Zhan Zhao really didn't want to delay his work.

"Okay." Jiang Dong patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder.Today Bai Yutang has an important interview program, he is indeed a little lacking in jjj skills.

When Zhan Zhao put on his clothes, he broke out in sweat again.Jiang Dong tightened the jacket for him, put the hood on his head, and helped him downstairs with his father.After leaving the building, Liu Rong had already ordered a taxi and was waiting outside.

Helping his cousin into the car, Jiang Dong still felt uneasy, turned around and told his father, "Dad, if there is anything wrong, please remember to call me."

"I know." Jiang Yewan got into the car, waved to his son, and the group went straight to the hospital.

Throughout the day, Jiang Dong was worried, and took out the phone from time to time to check.I just called my father, and I didn't have time to say more, I just know that the bleeding still won't stop, it's really fatal.

"Jiang Dong, can you calm down? People who wander around are dizzy." Xiao Wu, the photographer who came to the interview venue with him, couldn't stand it anymore.

"I'm going out to smoke a cigarette. Call me if you need anything."

"Go."

Today's interview was quite long, and after the end, Bai Yutang came out but there were no assistants anywhere. "Xiao Wu, where's Jiang Dong?"

"There is smoking at the door, I'll call him."

"No need, you are busy with your work." Bai Yutang said, and walked out the door.

Jiang Dong stood outside the building, puffing on a cigarette. The cold wind blew by, he couldn't help shrinking his neck, and let out a long puff of smoke like a sigh.

"What's the matter? You've been absent-minded all day long." Someone suddenly spoke from behind, startling Jiang Dong.Turn around quickly.

"Is the interview over?" Jiang Dong asked.

"Well, it's over. Let's go to dinner together later, and my elder brother will be the host."

"I won't join in the fun, you guys have fun."

In the evening, Bai Yutang had dinner with his eldest brother Lu Fang, fourth brother Jiang Ping, photographer Xiao Wu, and makeup artist Liu Jun.At the table, Jiang Ping frowned at him several times, looked up at the sky for a while, and rested his chin in thought for a while, which made Bai Yutang baffled.The brothers chatted vigorously, and it was almost midnight when the dinner ended.Jiang Ping proposed to spend the night with him, and Bai Yutang naturally agreed.Along the way, Jiang Ping talked and chatted, which was completely different from when he was eating.

"Fourth brother, if you have anything to say, just say it."

As soon as Jiang Ping stopped talking, he was silent for a while before hesitatingly said: "You can see it."

Bai Yutang glanced at him without saying a word, and continued to drive while looking ahead.

"I'm hesitating whether to tell you or not." Jiang Ping coughed twice. "I bumped into someone yesterday..."

"What?" Bai Yutang became anxious when he heard that. "Why don't you drive carefully? How is that man? Sent to the hospital?"

"What are you in a hurry for? I didn't finish my sentence." Jiang Ping was taken aback by Bai Yutang's question, where did he go wrong. "It's not driving, it's walking and bumping into someone."

"Fourth brother, can you stop panting so much when you speak?! You scared me to death."

Jiang Ping ignored him, and continued: "At that time, I only thought that person looked familiar, but I couldn't figure out who it was. I saw you today, and I remembered it."

"Who? So mysterious?" Bai Yutang asked.

"I've only seen photos before, but I didn't expect such a coincidence to meet me in person yesterday." Jiang Ping turned his head to look at Bai Yutang who was expressionless. "It's Zhan Zhao."

Bai Yutang's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and his hands that held the steering wheel tightened.

Unexpectedly, when the fifth brother heard Zhan Zhao's name, he didn't even ask. Jiang Ping rubbed his chin and joked, "Fifth brother, you are calm enough."

"It's up to you whether you say it or not." Bai Yutang glanced sharply at Jiang Ping's face.

Is this up to your attitude?Jiang Ping murmured in his heart, thinking it was better to be frank. "Yesterday morning, when I went to the hospital to prescribe traditional Chinese medicine, I collided with Zhan Zhao...Don't stare at me, he bumped into me."

"You said he was in the hospital?"

"Yeah, he also left me a phone number and wanted to accompany my briefcase."

"and then?"

"There's no more. I didn't intend to make him pay, so I just threw away the phone number. I just remembered when I saw you today. It turned out that it was Zhan Zhao who bumped into me."

Back home, when Bai Yutang walked into the bedroom, the first thing he wanted to do was to call Zhan Zhao, and now he was eager to hear his voice.But he took out his phone and looked at it, then hesitated again.It's past twelve o'clock in the evening, is he already asleep at this time?Will it disturb his rest?He stood in front of the window, resting his forehead, pacing back and forth, unable to make up his mind.Suddenly remembered something, ran out of the room and shouted: "Fourth brother, how does Zhan Zhao look?"

"Keep your voice down." Jiang Ping covered his ears. "How about what?"

"Does he look all right?"

"Hmm..." Jiang Ping pondered for a while and said, "It's pretty good, even more handsome than in the photo, but a little skinny..."

"I didn't ask that!" Bai Yutang hurriedly interrupted angrily, "I'm asking you how he looks? Is he sick?"

"I didn't notice it, it looks normal."

After hearing this, Bai Yutang walked back into the room, lay down on the bed, stared at the ceiling, his thoughts were confused.Is he sick?Otherwise, what to do in the hospital? Hearing what the fourth brother said, he seemed to be fine.The more he thought about it, the more Zhan Zhao turned in his head.He looked at his phone from time to time, then sighed and put it down.Suddenly remembering Jiang Dong's absent-mindedness during the day, he felt even more anxious.Tossed and turned all night, my mind never stopped.When I woke up in the morning, the circles under my eyes were a bit dark, and I couldn't bear it until after [-] o'clock, so I called Zhan Zhao.

The phone rang three times and no one answered, Bai Yutang's heart began to beat, and finally after the fifth ring, he heard the other party's voice. "Hi, hello." Zhan Zhao's voice was hoarse and nasal, with a hint of sleepiness.

"It's me, did you wake you up?" Bai Yutang's heart steadied slightly when he heard his voice.

"Bai Yutang?" Zhan Zhao asked again in a daze, as if he hadn't woken up yet. "What time is it? Why are you so early?"

"It's fine. Don't bother you anymore, go back to sleep." Bai Yutang smiled. "I hung up."

"Oh."

Putting down the phone, Bai Yutang was in a good mood, and must go to see this confused cat today.

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