In the silent place

The clothes under his hands were soaked with sweat, Zhan Huaiyi remembered his sister-in-law's earlier order.Seeing that his son's feet were still bare under the edge of the bed, he was afraid that he would catch a cold. "Lie down first, Dad will wipe your sweat for you."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyelids, squeezed his eyes, and then opened them.When things were clearer, I saw the water glass on the bedside table and reached for it.His hands were weak and trembling, the cup tilted and some water spilled out. "Dad...I want to rinse my mouth first."

Zhan Huaiyi scolded himself for being careless.My son must have bitterness in his mouth. He was taken care of by others in the hospital before. I watched it countless times, but I still haven't remembered it! "Wait, I'll get you a basin."

After rinsing his mouth, Zhan Zhao felt much better.Seeing his father, uncle and aunt being tossed about by him, he felt really sorry.But he was so weak and dizzy, in order not to cause trouble, the best he could do was to lie on the bed obediently.

Zhan Huaiyi saw his son's face softened a little, although he was still as pale as paper, but his lips were not as gray as before, his breathing was much more stable, and he felt a little relieved.He was born careless. When his wife was alive, he never touched his hands in cooking and housework. Later, the father and son depended on each other, and he only went to the kitchen occasionally. He had never done such caring work. Standing in front of the bed with a wet towel, he realized that he hadn't helped his son take off his wet clothes.

Jiang Yewan walked in and saw his brother-in-law standing in front of the bed like a wooden man, angry and helpless, so he hurried over. "The water is cold. If you wipe his body like this, you will be sick even if you are not sick!" He said, pulling out the towel from his brother-in-law's hand, and went out to change the hot water again with a basin.Walking back after a while, he and his brother-in-law finally helped the nephew change the wet clothes clumsily.

Zhan Zhao was groggy, his eyes dozed off, but he always closed them for a while and then opened them again.Jiang Yewan saw that his expression was languid, and reminded him: "Xiao Zhao, your aunt made porridge for you, and you'll be fine soon. You don't go to sleep, and you can drink the medicine later before going to sleep."

"Uncle, I've made you worry again."

"Don't talk silly, take care of your body, it's better than anything else!"

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao responded with a smile, turned to look at his father, saw that his eyes were red, he had obviously cried, and his heart hurt like someone stabbed him.Dad flew so far for him, but he himself... "Dad, you should go and rest for a while. I'm fine."

Jiang Yewan also said: "Yes, Huaiyi, this flight is far enough. Go to the small winter house and lie down for a while."

"It's okay, I'll stay here with him for a while." After speaking, Zhan Huaiyi sat down on the edge of the bed and patted his son's leg.Seeing this posture, Jiang Yewan saw that it was useless to persuade him, so he tidied up, and walked out of the house with a washbasin in his hand and a towel in his hand.

"Dad is really useless." Zhan Huaiyi looked at his son and sighed.

"dad......"

"When you were young, you were soft and papa. Dad was scared and never hugged you. Your mother made fun of me for 12 years because of this. Now that you have grown up, Dad still hasn't made any progress. He doesn't even give you a change of clothes." meeting."

This was the first time his father mentioned his mother in front of him after his mother passed away. Although his father spoke calmly, he was deeply depressed, guilty and helpless.Zhan Zhao's heart was clenched in one place, and he said painfully, "Don't say that, it's because I don't live up to it."

Zhan Huaiyi shook his head. "You have been obedient since you were a child. Your mother and I have never worried about you. When your mother was alive, there were still people in charge of my temper. When she left, I would be lawless." Zhan Huaiyi said with a smile , glanced at his son. "You are just like your mother. When she sees me angry, she just keeps silent and waits for me to calm down. It's just that your mother always judges me afterwards, and I never argue with it. But you are stubborn and fight I can't even type a word from you, and I swallow everything into my stomach." Seeing the tears slowly accumulating in his son's eyes, he finally couldn't help but slide down the corners of his eyes, disappeared in an instant, Zhan Huaiyi turned his head, Can't bear to watch it anymore. "For so many years, you have rarely talked back to your father. The first time you said no to me was when I was transferred to work abroad in your third year of junior high school, and you refused to follow me anyway. At that time, I felt, You have grown up, your wings are hardened, and you dare to fight against me. It was also that time, you judged me for the first time. You said that you like your motherland and don’t want to go anywhere. You also said that you can take good care of yourself. Here is waiting for me to come back." The son's face that still belonged to a teenager floated in front of his eyes, his eyes were clear and resolute, his words were sonorous and powerful, and his whole body exuded strong self-confidence, and he was convinced by him immediately. "Do you remember these?"

"Remember." Zhan Zhao replied with a choked voice.

"Later you called me after you received the university admission letter. At that time, I thought that it was not wrong for me to keep you in China three years ago. Sooner or later, you will grow from a small sapling to a big tree. Until you fell ill later. "Zhan Huaiyi paused, looking into his son's eyes. "After I came back, the first time I saw you, I regretted it. I regretted why I listened to you and left you alone. Although you are with me, you are the one who takes care of you, but at least, Dad can have six more years." The days of living with you are good even as memories in the future. Do you understand, son?"

The man did not flick his tears easily, but Zhan Zhao couldn't bear it anymore, the tears rolled down his eyes, and fell into the pillow silently, drop by drop. "Dad, I was wrong."

"No, you are not wrong. It was my father who was wrong..."

"Stop talking, I..." Zhan Zhao gritted his teeth, sobbing, "I'll go back with you."

Shaking his head, Zhan Huaiyi looked at his son and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.It's like this now, and his son is still thinking about him. "Since then, I have wanted to tie you by my side. I wish I could tie an iron chain around your ankles, lest you bump into each other. I only cared about my own selfishness, but I never thought about you at all." When you were in good health, you didn't know how to cherish it, but now you come here to interfere with what you like." Zhan Huaiyi said, sucking his nose lightly. "Dad knows that he has really wronged you all these years."

Zhan Zhao's heart ached for his father's words, he never felt wronged, he stretched out his hand from under the quilt, and gently shook his father's right hand that was resting on the edge of the bed. "You are doing it for my own good, I know."

"Your uncle and aunt are reasonable and good people, just like your mother. Don't make them angry when your father is not with you." Zhan Huaiyi said, his nose sore, making this decision is really important for him It's harder than climbing to the sky.

"Dad? You?" Zhan Zhao looked at his father suspiciously, the look in his eyes gradually changed from puzzlement to joy, and finally to tears of gratitude. "You...you agree with me staying?"

"Dad figured it out, you are a big tree now, and you should decide where you want to take root." Looking at his son's still confused eyes, Zhan Huaiyi patted the back of his son's hand and said with a smile: "It's no wonder you don't believe me. But this time Dad didn't play sloppy with you. As long as you promise to take good care of yourself, you can do whatever you want."

"dad..."

Seeing his son struggling to get up, Zhan Huaiyi hurried over to help him sit up. "What do you want?" Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out, the son rushed over and gave him a hug.Then the low, mosquito-like humming sound came to my ears again. "Thank you, Dad."

Zhan Huaiyi's body froze, he was used to being serious in front of his son, since his son could remember, he had never been coquettish to him, yet now he was so close to him like a child.He raised his hand, stroked his son's back, and said with a sigh, "Okay, you're such an adult, don't do this with Dad. As long as you are happy in the future, it is the best thanks to Dad."

"En." Zhan Zhao murmured hard on his father's shoulder.

There was a knock on the door, and Zhan Zhao looked up, and saw his aunt Liu Rong standing at the door holding hot porridge, with a gratified smile on her face.He quickly sat up straight and wiped the moisture on his face indiscriminately.

"Do you feel better?" Liu Rong walked in with a tray.

"Well, it's much better." Although the head and stomach still hurt, it's not as unbearable as before.Zhan Zhao said with a smile, but the sweat on his forehead and temples betrayed him.

"Stop being brave." Zhan Huaiyi reprimanded his son with a straight face, got up and stuffed the cushion at the head of the bed behind his back. "After drinking the porridge, take the medicine and go to bed! I'll take a rest too."

Jiang Yewan walked in carrying a small table. "Here, use this." As he said, he put the small wooden table on the bed, then asked his wife to put the tray up, and looked around. "Yo, just right. This laptop desk is quite useful."

"Okay, stop looking around." Liu Rong stretched out her hand to grab her wife, and then said to her nephew, "Xiao Zhao, drink while you can. Your uncle and I will go downstairs for a walk, and you and your father will have a good time." Take a break."

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded, and smiled gratefully at his aunt.

Jiang Yewan patted his brother-in-law on the shoulder and walked out with his wife, only father and son were left in the room.Zhan Huaiyi watched his son holding the spoon tremblingly, but kept his balance carefully, and put the porridge into his mouth mouthful. Knowing how strong he was, his heart ached and he couldn't help being a little proud. For the first time in 25 years, he looked at his son quietly like this, trying to understand him with his heart.

After barely eating less than half a bowl, Zhan Zhao put down the spoon and rubbed his still aching stomach.Knowing that he couldn't eat anymore, Zhan Huaiyi didn't force him, took the tray to the kitchen, poured him a cup of hot water and put it on the bedside. "Take the medicine later."

"En." Zhan Zhao leaned his head on the pillow behind his back and exhaled lightly. "Dad, you go and have a rest. I'm really fine."

Zhan Huaiyi looked at his son and nodded, then told him not to take the medicine, and then closed the door and went out.

Seeing that the door was closed, Zhan Zhao frowned, closed his eyes, bared his teeth and sucked in the cold air, and slowly slid down, and slowly fell on his back on the bed.Different from the unbearable stirring just now, it was like a silver needle was moving around in his stomach at this moment, stabbing left and right.He rubbed the quilt to his waist, and he stretched out his hand to pull it. He didn't want a sharp pain to explode in his heart. He grunted, clenched his fist, and pounded it on his thigh, then completely collapsed on the bed and gasped heavily. , Waiting for the pain to pass.How many times, he thought he would be unable to resist, but time taught him one thing, as long as he persisted, the pain would pass.He lay motionless on the bed, opened his eyes to look out of the window, then closed it gently, his consciousness slowly entered a state of mist.Just when he was about to fall asleep, a jerk woke up suddenly. 'Don't forget to take your medicine'.This is the sentence that his family said to him the most, how could he forget it.Lightly raising the corners of his mouth, Zhan Zhao smiled gratefully and somewhat helplessly, propped up his tired body, took out the medicine from the bedside table, and took it with warm water.As if he had completed a difficult task, he let out a big breath, propped his forehead and continued to lie back on the bed.It didn't take long this time, and he fell asleep drowsily.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already dark.Zhan Zhao felt a little hot, and stretched out his hand to touch his neck, his hand was wet with sweat.Lifting the quilt, he lay quietly for a while, then slowly sat up and pressed the wall lamp button.The stomach pain improved a lot, and it was no longer as difficult as in the afternoon. Holding the bedside table, he stood up slowly.Although he was still a little dizzy, he was finally able to walk on his own, Zhan Zhao couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, feeling a lot more relaxed.As soon as he opened the door, he saw his father rushing over from the hall.

"Why are you running around? You don't know how to shout when you get up."

"Cousin is going out?" Zhan Zhao saw that his father was anxious, and saw Jiang Dong standing in the hallway with his luggage, so he quickly changed the topic.

"Well, Young Master Bai's itinerary has been temporarily changed. The plane was supposed to be tomorrow, but it's changed to tonight. I didn't say hello to you just now when I saw you were sleeping soundly. Anyway, I'll be back the day after tomorrow." Jiang Dong put down his luggage, Holding on to the wall with one hand, the other hand is pulling the waist of the boot up.

"Be careful on the road." Zhan Zhao said, a little absent-minded.

"I know, take good care of your body. When I come back, you will still be so useless..." Jiang Dong stretched out his index finger and waved at his cousin. "I'll tell Young Master Bai."

"you dare!"

In fact, Jiang Dong just said that, but unexpectedly, his cousin blew his nose at him and stared at him.Raising an eyebrow, Jiang Dong was slightly surprised. "Just teasing you, don't worry. I've promised you, how can I go back on it. Okay, I'm leaving." With a wave of his hand, Jiang Dong picked up his luggage, greeted his uncle and parents, pushed the door and left.

Zhan Huaiyi supported his son and said, "I just chatted with Xiaodong for a while, and the Bai Shao he mentioned is the friend you know?"

"Ah."

"Why such a coincidence?" Zhan Huaiyi whispered.

Zhan Zhao coughed lightly and said, "Dad, I want to brush my teeth."

"Oh." When he came back to his senses, Zhan Huaiyi helped his son into the bathroom, forgetting what happened just now.

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