In the silent place

The author has something to say: Chapters 61 and 62 are rewritten and temporarily locked.

It may be suspended for two days, and I hope everyone will forgive me. After the correction, it will be released together^o^

Zhan Zhao felt unspeakable pain all over his body, as if being run over by a truck, every inch of skin and every bone was screaming with pain, constantly tearing his nerves.In a daze, I vaguely heard someone talking.Exhausting all the strength in his body to open his eyes slightly, there was a red mist in his vision, which was blurry.In a trance, I saw a few figures swaying back and forth around me, as if they had entered another space.His eyelids were very heavy, and he had no strength in his body. At this moment, he just wanted to fall into a deep sleep.But some people didn't follow his wishes, and as soon as they closed their eyes, their eyelids were pulled open, a strong light hit, and the pupils shrank suddenly.Everything was red, as if dyed with blood... As he thought about it, his eyes went dark, and he fell into a coma again.

When I woke up again, in a daze, I felt that my eyes were covered with something, so thick that I couldn't see anything.He moved his head with difficulty, wanting to say something, but found that his throat felt like a blade had been sliced ​​through it, and even exhaling was burning with pain.

"Xiao Zhao?! Xiao Zhao! You've finally woken up!" A slightly excited voice came from next to my ear.

The chaos in his mind gradually receded, and Zhan Zhao suddenly remembered what happened before he fell into a coma. "Uncle...Aunt..." He opened his mouth slightly with great effort, and uttered a few words with difficulty.

Zhan Huaiyi held his son's hand, saw his lips parted slightly, and gently put his ear close to him, but he couldn't even hear a word, his heart ached, and his vision instantly became blurred. "Xiao Zhao, it's me...it's Dad." As he said, two lines of hot tears rolled down his cheeks.

Standing on the other side of the bed, Jiang Yewan saw his nephew finally woke up, he struggled for several days, and finally let go of half of it. "Xiao Zhao, don't talk yet." He said, gently stroking his nephew's head.On weekdays, he seldom acts so close to his nephew, but now seeing him lying on the intensive care bed, tortured badly by the illness, his heart felt like a knife was piercing his heart. "Huaiyi, look at him first, I'll ask the doctor to come over and take a look."

Zhan Huaiyi raised his head to look at his brother-in-law, and nodded gratefully.

After waiting in the hospital for three full days, Bai Yutang was forcefully dragged back home by Jiang Ping.He was exhausted physically and mentally. As soon as he entered the house, he fell asleep on the bed before he even had time to take a shower.When he opened his eyes again, it was already dark, he got up in a daze, and pushed open the door of the bedroom.There was only one floor lamp on in the living room, and the orange light was soft and dim.Jiang Ping was lying crookedly on the sofa for a short rest, when he heard the sound, he slowly opened his eyes and turned his head.

"Are you awake?" Jiang Ping propped his elbows on the sofa, sat up slowly, covered his mouth and yawned.

After a good night's sleep, Bai Yutang's spirits improved a lot. Looking at the clock on the wall, it was already pointing to eleven o'clock in the evening.I didn't expect to sleep for so long with my eyes closed.He let out a long breath, walked to Jiang Ping's side, and sat down on the sofa.Looking at the tired look of the other party, a trace of apology could not help but appear in his eyes.

"Fourth brother, these days are really..."

"Okay, stop." Jiang Ping interrupted him by raising his hand. "It's fine for Jiang Dong to be polite to me, and you will follow me?"

Bai Yutang looked at him with a slight smile, and leaned back in his chair abruptly.Jiang Ping saw that the black and blue under his eyes had disappeared a lot, he felt relieved, raised his leg to touch him, and said, "You go take a shower first, and I'll go buy a takeaway." He said holding his appetite. "You can stand it, my old stomach can't stand it."

"Okay." After Bai Yutang answered, he didn't leave. He was lazily leaning on the sofa, looking at the night scene outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, his eyes flickering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Go!" Jiang Ping patted his thigh, stood up and prepared to go out.Just as he was about to turn around, he heard the person behind him calling him in a low voice.

"Fourth brother..."

"Huh?" Jiang Ping turned around when he heard the sound.

"Zhan Zhao has woken up? Isn't that right?" Bai Yutang's tone was a little uneasy, very uncertain, looking at Jiang Ping's eyes, flashing with struggle and uneasiness, waiting for an answer with both hope and fear.After the visit, his brain seemed to be short-circuited, and he almost completely lost the ability to think.When he woke up, what the doctor said was as unreal as a dream, making him unsure.

Hearing this question, Jiang Ping felt a sudden pain in his heart.Thinking of the scene of Zhan Zhao at that time, all that flashed in my mind were Zhan Zhao's pale and painful expression and the blood red eyes on the oxygen mask.That kind of shock even made me feel heartbroken, let alone the fifth younger brother in front of me.He looked at Bai Yutang, his eyes filled with certainty, and he replied firmly: "Yes! He woke up. Although the time was short, the doctor said that his consciousness was still in a state of confusion, but during the first aid, he did wake up. I've been here." He said, paused for a moment, and said: "His eyes are bleeding a little. And I told his aunt, don't mention you and me to him for the time being."

Hearing this answer, Bai Yutang's hanging heart felt a little more at ease, as if he had been refilled with energy. "Thank you, fourth brother." Bai Yutang said, stood up and walked slowly into the bathroom.

The next afternoon, Bai Yutang was checking information about aplastic anemia online at home when his phone suddenly beeped.

"Hello, hello." He was concentrating on watching, picked up the phone and answered it.

"It's me, Young Master Bai." The other party's voice was a little low, and it was Jiang Dong. "My cousin just woke up."

"Are you awake?!" Bai Yutang asked back in disbelief. "You said he was awake?!"

"Well, my dad and my uncle just went in to see him. The doctor said the bleeding has improved a bit, but it's still not stable."

"And his eyes?..."

"The ophthalmology specialist came for a consultation in the morning, and said that the bleeding in the fundus did not continue, and it will be absorbed slowly."

Raising his hand to cover his eyes, Bai Yutang leaned back in the chair, the feeling in his heart was indescribable.If those eyes... the heart tightened suddenly, as if being tightly grasped by an invisible hand, the pain made him unable to breathe.He tightly closed his eyes, trying to suppress the chaotic emotions in his heart, let out a long breath, and said, "Thank you, Jiang Dong."

"Young Master Bai..." After a brief silence, Jiang Dong's hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't blame you, all..."

"Jiang Dong, if you still think of me as a buddy, then stop talking." Bai Yutang sat up straight and interrupted the other party. "If I were you, I would do the same. And..." He said after a pause, then said slowly: "Don't tell him for now, my fourth brother and I have gone to see him."

Jiang Dong was full of doubts, my old lady said this, my fourth brother said this, and now even Young Master Bai said this.He really doesn't understand. "Why? Didn't you always want to go in and see him?"

God knows how much he wished to see him right away.But what happened last time told him that it is not enough now, and he can no longer act recklessly.Bai Yutang sighed slightly, and said softly, "I'll go when he's better, when he's better."

"Alright." Jiang Dong replied in a low voice.

"If there is news about him, let me know in time."

"Okay. I'll hang up then."

"Ah."

Putting down the phone, Bai Yutang slumped down on the sofa.Looking at the ceiling, Zhan Zhao's figure keeps appearing in front of his eyes.He slowly closed his eyes, letting the interlaced and flickering images circle and wander in his mind.

In the first few days after waking up, Zhan Zhao was still in a coma for most of the time. In the past few days, his body has gradually improved, and the time to stay awake has become longer than before.Since the fundus hemorrhage, in order to prevent the blood from concentrating on the head and increase the blood volume in the eyes, the nurse helped him raise the head of the bed slightly.He wears goggles every day, and his eyes are pitch black. As time goes by, when he wakes up from a dream, he will suddenly find that he has lost his sense of time.The room was quiet, except for the regular sound of the instrument next to the bed.A depressive emotion suddenly climbed into his heart, silently penetrated into the bone marrow, and slowly gnawed at his heart, which was more unbearable than the pain on his skin.Every day and every night, the moment he looks forward to the most is the short visit time of only half an hour. Only at that time can he truly feel that he is still alive.

Outside the monitoring room, Jiang Ping and Liu Rong were sitting on a bench and talking in low voices.Zhan Zhao has been hospitalized for more than ten days, and Jiang Ping felt that he could no longer hide.The other party is so smart, it is estimated that he has already expected seven or eight points in his heart, if he avoids seeing him again, it will be unreasonable and suspicious.After discussing with Liu Rong, the two decided to have a smooth ride.

"I won't go in with you later, he's been bored for a long time, you have a good chat with him." Liu Rong looked at Jiang Ping and said gratefully.

"Don't worry, I will."

While the two were talking, the visiting nurse came over.Jiang Ping stood up, signed the registration book handed over by the nurse, and followed the medical staff into the intensive care unit.

The little nurse gently pushed open the door of the ward, and said softly to the person lying on the bed: "Zhan Zhao, someone has come to see you."

Zhan Zhaozheng was a little sleepy, drowsy and almost falling asleep, but when he heard the little nurse say this, he immediately regained his energy.Yesterday my father said that my aunt and cousin would come today.Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching slowly, he smiled slightly and said happily, "Aunt, cousin, you are here." He had just recovered, and his voice sounded soft and nasal.

Seeing that he was wearing goggles and unable to see, Jiang Ping acted as excited as a child when he heard someone coming. With a sore nose, he walked to the head of the bed and sat down on the wooden chair. "Zhan Zhao, it's me."

Zhan Zhao's body visibly stiffened, and the hand beside him clutched the bed sheet unnaturally.He frowned and said in a low voice, "Fourth...fourth brother?"

"Well, it's me. Are you feeling better?"

"Okay...much better. Thank you fourth brother."

Jiang Ping saw that he was pale and thin, his lips were bloodless, and there was still undiminished tension in his expression, and his heart felt like a needle prick.In the past, he resented him because of the fifth younger brother, and even scolded him countless times in his heart.Looking at the person in front of him now, he only hoped that he would get better soon.When he used to think this way, he couldn't help but think of his fifth younger brother.Thinking that if Zhan Zhao really had something, what would happen to Lao Wu?And at this moment, he wasn't thinking about Lao Wu, nor was he thinking about anyone else. He was just pure and sincerely hoped that the other party would get better.For the first time, he really felt that he really wanted to continue to be the fourth brother of this person in front of him, so that he could love and love him like a real brother in the future.

"Zhan Zhao, fourth brother, I'm sorry..."

"Fourth brother?..." When Zhan Zhao heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly stopped the other party's words. "You didn't! You've been nice to me, I..."

"No, Zhan Zhao. You listen to me first." Jiang Ping said for a while, seeing that he was a little out of breath, he felt worried, and hurriedly got up and asked, "How is it? Is there something uncomfortable?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head, and after his breath calmed down, he said slowly, "Fourth brother...don't say that, you're not sorry for me." He stopped and took a breath, and said intermittently: " You are very good to me... I will... keep it in my heart."

Jiang Ping saw that he was struggling to speak, but still stubbornly thinking about other people's feelings, his eyes became hot, and he said, "Don't talk now, fourth brother listens to you, just don't say anything."

After a moment of silence, the two spoke almost simultaneously.

"Zhan Zhao..."

"Fourth brother..."

As soon as the words came out, each other was taken aback, and they typed at the same time.

Zhan Zhao smiled slightly, and said, "Fourth brother, you go first."

Jiang Ping hesitated for a moment, and said in a muffled voice: "Actually, I knew about your illness when you were hospitalized last time." He said, looking at the other party from time to time, but he saw that Zhan Zhao was as calm as a secluded lake , From the beginning to the end, there was not even a slight change in expression on his face. "are you?..."

"En." Zhan Zhao replied softly.

Jiang Ping looked at him for a while, then sighed. "So you guessed it a long time ago." Seeing that the other party already knew about it, he felt relieved.He asked tentatively, "Zhan Zhao, is there some misunderstanding between you and Lao Wu?"

He turned this corner too fast, Zhan Zhao heard him suddenly mentioning that person, his heart felt as if someone had stabbed him suddenly, and his already pale face was even more as white as paper at this moment.

Jiang Ping saw him frowning, pursing his lips without saying a word, felt pain in his heart, and persuaded: "Tell Lao Wu."

Zhan Zhao only felt that his throat was blocked, and his eye sockets were burning hot. Although the other party couldn't see his eyes, he subconsciously turned his head away.

"Zhan Zhao, you know that the fifth child treats you..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly saw the other party turn his head.Jiang Ping knew that he had slipped his tongue, and he didn't want to hide it any more, so he told exactly how Bai Yutang confided the truth to him four years ago when he was drunk. "I've never seen him so sad for anyone. Tell him, Zhan Zhao. No matter what your feelings for him are, you were once good brothers like iron buddies, and he has the right to know. And if you don't tell him now, If one day he finds out, he'll hate himself for the rest of his life. It's not fair to him."

The more Zhan Zhao heard it, the more painful he felt, his throat felt like a huge stone was blocked, his breathing gradually became short of breath, and in the end, even his arms shook uncontrollably.Jiang Ping was shocked when he saw this, and hurried to the other side of the bed to pick up the oxygen mask and put it on him. "Zhan Zhao, don't worry, Fourth Brother doesn't mean to blame you."

Zhan Zhao wanted to tell him that he understood, so that the other party should not worry about him.But after exhausting a long time, he couldn't utter a single word, only the violent heaving and falling of his chest remained.No matter what, he hurt that person, and this fact will never be changed for the rest of his life...