Absinthe

"Ai Ai, your grandma has a bit of a bad memory recently." The uncle said after deliberation.

Hao Ai also noticed that during this period of time, in addition to her poor memory, her grandma's speech became a little ambiguous, and she often forgot the previous sentence after saying this sentence.

"Uncle, how long has grandma been like this?" Hao Ai asked.

He remembered that last summer vacation, grandma could still clearly name the classmate who came to play with him at home in elementary school, and that classmate was also the same as Zhong Xiu, only met her once.

"More than half a month," my aunt took the words with a sad face, "Yangyang came back from school that day, and what she asked was why Ai Ai got out of school so early."

"We all thought she called her by the wrong name, but when Tang Ziyang went out the next day, your grandma still called your name." Uncle said.

Tang Ziyang was also angry for several days because of this incident. He thought that grandma called him by the wrong name on purpose.

"Are all the elderly like this?" Hao Ai asked.

"I don't know," the uncle sighed, and said uncertainly, "I'll take her to the hospital for an examination in a while."

"Study hard, don't worry about it so much, kid." Uncle said again.

"Yeah," Hao Ai agreed with a nod, but still asked anxiously, "When will I go for the checkup?" He also wanted to go with him when the time came.

"I'll go after asking for leave from school in a few days," said the uncle. "You'll just stay in school and review when school starts. It's almost the end of the term."

"Okay, then you must tell me when the test results come out." Hao Ai compromised.

So Hao Ai's heart has been hanging so up and down.

The final exams for the second year of senior high school were arranged later than those for the first year of senior high school. After the first year of senior high school, it was their turn, and the summer vacation was not until mid-July.

The last exam ended at three o'clock in the afternoon. Hao Ai asked his uncle when he left the exam room if the diagnosis result came out.

My uncle accompanied my grandma to the hospital for a check-up two days ago. It has been a while since she had the operation, but her leg started to hurt again, so my uncle took her to the hospital again today for treatment.

Uncle said, come out.

Hao Ai went straight to the hospital without asking any further questions.

The diagnosis was Alzheimer's disease.

Although Hao Ai had expected this result a long time ago, it was still difficult to accept the medical certificate in black and white.He held the medical certificate in his hand and hung it down, squatting down in the corridor of the hospital.

Uncle was calm and restrained.Seeing Hao Ai's appearance, he patted him on the back and comforted him: "Don't be too sad, it's normal for the elderly to get sick, and there's nothing we can do about it. We can only take one step at a time. You are a child, don't worry about it. Don't care so much, leave everything to me, just study hard, and go back after watching your grandma, I will accompany you in bed tonight."

Hao Ai nodded indiscriminately. He went through in his mind the symptoms of people with dementia that he had seen and heard about in reality. It seemed to be mental decline, bad memory, and need someone to take care of him?The patient will not be very painful, right?

On the bus back, Hao Ai had been reading information about Alzheimer's disease, from the cause to the symptoms to the patient's life.

This disease is not as painful and violent as a sudden disease. It will only slowly sneak into life and take root like a wriggling worm, and then gradually penetrate deeper until it wears down both the body and the will.

Hao Ai suddenly felt a chill in the scorching summer.

The phone in his trouser pocket vibrated, and he saw the message from Zhong Xiu: How is the result of grandma's examination?all right?

Hao Ai stared at the screen for a while. The brightness of the screen seemed to be adjusted too high, and his eyes were a little sore. He closed his eyes and didn't reply immediately.He turned off the light on the phone screen and held the phone in his hand. After a long time, the bus announced the stop four or five times before he opened the chat interface again and replied: It's okay.

nothing.

He didn't even notice the slight tremor of his fingers as he typed.

Zhong Xiu is going to participate in a competition in a few days, and after the test, he will print out the competition exercises Shen Yilang sent him.He made an appointment with Hao Ai to meet at night.

When he came out of the printing shop, he always felt that the ink smell from the printing shop was also on his clothes, as if he could still smell it, and he felt a little dizzy after smelling it for a long time.The sun was already setting, but it was still hot.

He walked in the shade of the trees on the innermost side of the sidewalk, looking down at his phone.He doesn't usually have the habit of looking at his phone while walking, but he only makes an exception when replying to messages from Hao Ai.

After reading Hao Ai's message, he breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to turn off his phone when another class group message popped up on the prompt bar.

Zhong Xiu thought the class group was too noisy, so he blocked it a long time ago, and only two people could receive reminders when they sent messages in the group—Hao Ai and the head teacher, Lao Zhang.

Zhang Zhiyuan posted in the group: The summer vacation has already begun, everyone make good use of the vacation, this is the most critical vacation, as long as you use it well, many potential students may overtake in a corner!Then assign a small homework to the students. Everyone should make a vacation plan, and also write a vision for the future school and major. It is not too early to think about it. Only with clear goals can we do our best. I hope everyone It is possible to spend a fulfilling vacation and gain something! [come on]

This news blew up many people, and they all said below: Do you still need to think about which school to take in the future?Either H major or C major.One by one in the group talked wildly, according to this bragging posture, it seems that it is not a problem to get a city champion.

Which university do you want to go to in the future? University H, it seems that there is no need to think about it at all. Zhong Xiu is very sure about self-enrollment and recommendation, and it will work either way.

But what about Hao Ai?Where does he want to go?

Zhong Xiu had long wanted to ask Hao Ai where he wanted to go to college in the future, but he never asked.If there is no accident, he should stay in the local area, because he is worried about grandma.

Zhong Xiu had already made a plan, anyway long-distance relationship is not too difficult, if the mountain does not come to me after finishing college, I will go to the mountain.His current scholarship and various competition bonuses add up to a considerable sum. He can truly achieve financial independence when he is in college, and he will come out to his parents after independence. This is his plan.

Although Zhong Xiu seems to be thinking a lot now, when he confessed his love to Hao Ai, it was completely impulsive and full of love.Love is a feeling of certainty that is clear, strong, and irresistible after asking, as if it can be held, smelled, and touched.At that time, he didn't think about the future, but when he saw Hao Ai, it was like seeing a clearly visible future.

Hao Ai seemed out of tune, but Zhong Xiu also knew that he was not the kind of big-hearted person.On the contrary, Hao Ai is very careful, considers everything thoroughly, and is very considerate of others.But never mentioned the future, any future related to them.

Zhong Xiu stopped in the shade of a tree, and suddenly thought, why didn't he mention it?

The author says:

I don't want to mention it. (Suddenly indifferent)