Chapter 10: Childhood sweethearts
Bai Zhenhua's appendectomy was a huge hassle. After staying in the hospital for a few days, he finally found a satisfactory doctor to perform the surgery on him.
This was originally a minor operation, and Bai's mother planned to take Bai Zhenhua home to recuperate as soon as possible, so as to save the whole family from having to worry about it - taking turns to stay by his bedside and running to the hospital every day was too tiring.
But Bai Zhenhua cherished his life so much that how could he leave easily without being truly relieved? Moreover, he had been chatting happily with Uncle Qin in the bed next to him for the past few days. As people who had both experienced "life and death surgery", they hit it off immediately and often stayed up late at night to discuss the "ultimate meaning of life" together.
The hospital has a rule that patients must turn off the lights and go to bed at a certain time. The young nurse who was making rounds late at night was so angry that she almost cried when faced with the childish resistance of two uncles in their 50s.
Fortunately, there is not much shortage of hospital beds recently. Bai's mother went to ask Lin Nanfeng for help again. After Lin Nanfeng's repeated efforts, the hospital allowed Bai Zhenhua to stay for a while longer.
Bai Zhenhua was hospitalized this time, thanks to Lin Nanfeng's arrangement, even some of Bai Zhenhua's unreasonable requests were basically met, Bai's mother was very grateful for this, whenever she mentioned Lin Nanfeng, Bai's mother couldn't stop praising him, her eyes were smiling like crescent moons. Although Bai Zhenhua still said disdainfully, he knew in his heart that Lin Nanfeng had helped a lot.
At noon, when Bai's mother came to the ward with two insulated lunch boxes to deliver food to Bai Zhenhua, Bai Yueguang was sitting on a chair beside the bed and yawning in boredom. Bai Zhenhua twitched his nose a few times and smelled the private customized patient meal, so he immediately turned off the game on his iPad and quickly put down the small dining table on the bed.
Bai's mother only handed him a lunch box. Bai Zhenhua has become more and more like a child since he fell ill. He happily took it and opened the lid. The fragrant and rich smell of chicken soup hit his nose, and he couldn't help but drink a few mouthfuls. After his mouth and tongue desire was slightly relieved, his eyes naturally drifted to the other lunch box in Bai's mother's hand.
Bai Zhenhua sat high on the bed, like an emperor, pointing at another lunch box and asking, "What's in that?"
Bai's mother turned sideways and put the lunch box to the other side of her body: "Drink your own chicken soup."
Bai Zhenhua put the spoon down and said, "Are you trying to give me a surprise? We are already an old married couple, let's not do that, just take it out."
Bai's mother ignored him, turned around, pulled up Bai Yueguang, who was yawning with her mouth wide open, and stuffed the lunch box in her hand into her.
Bai Yueguang closed her mouth, somewhat delighted: "And mine?" She was about to lift the lid. Before she could finish her words, Bai's mother slapped her hand as it was about to touch the lid of the lunch box.
"It's not for you!"
Bai Yueguang pouted, and Bai Zhenhua said, "Yes, it's not for you." After saying that, he stretched out his hand, but Bai's mother hit Bai Zhenhua's hand again.
"This is for Nanfeng. I heard from Teacher Lin that the child has been very busy recently. He hasn't been home for several days and has been in the hospital every day. Nanfeng helped a lot during our hospitalization, so I made an extra portion of chicken soup for him to nourish his body."
While Bai's mother was talking, Bai Zhenhua quickly opened the lid at lightning speed. Even if it was for someone else, he would still take a look even if he couldn't eat it!
Bai Zhenhua exclaimed: "You said they are the same! Mine has only one chicken leg, but look at his, there are two!"
Bai's mother glared at him, then closed the lid again with an expressionless face, and urged Bai Yueguang: "What are you still standing there for? Go quickly!"
Bai Yueguang was at a loss: "Ah? Where are you going?"
Bai's mother: "Send me chicken soup!"
Bai Yueguang suddenly realized and walked out with the chicken soup. Seeing the chicken soup go away, Bai Zhenhua had to hug his lunch box and drink the soup. He couldn't help but mutter with resentment: "I think you are about to recognize someone else as your son."
At the door of the consultation room on the fifth floor of the hospital, a woman with a pale face sat on a chair outside the door. She lowered her head, the weather had already warmed up, but she was wearing an unsuitable coat, holding the collar tightly with both hands to wrap herself up, as if she was living in a different season from the other people in the same world.
The door of the consultation room was closed, and loud discussions could be heard from inside from time to time. However, any sound at this moment was like a sharp silver needle piercing the woman's nerves.
The voices inside were intermittent and unclear. After the vague discussion disappeared for a moment, the door of the consultation room was suddenly opened from the inside. Professor Chen strode out, his eyebrows knitted tightly, and his face was as dark as a thick cloud.
The woman who had been sitting at the door of the consultation room and was almost "frozen" suddenly stood up. She stood up, walked towards the doctor in a disorderly manner, and almost fell down. Fortunately, the doctor next to her supported her.
She opened her cracked lips and asked in a hoarse, almost humble voice, "Doctor Chen? There is still a lot of hope for An An's illness, right?"
When Professor Chen saw An An’s mother in front of him, he suddenly felt sorry for her.
It’s pitiful how loving the parents are. The last time the mother and daughter came to the hospital, the woman was still a patient, loving and beautifully dressed mother. However, at this moment she seemed like a completely different person.
Professor Chen forced a smile and said to An An's mother, "Don't worry, we have so many doctors and nurses, and we will do our best to help little An An overcome the disease and become healthy again."
An An's mother didn't seem to be completely relieved. She pulled Professor Chen's sleeve and said almost pleadingly, "Really? My An An will be fine, right?"
She kept muttering to herself, as if these words were not only asking Professor Chen, but also to comfort herself.
Professor Chen patiently comforted her, "We need both the family and the patient to maintain an optimistic attitude, which will be more conducive to treatment. An An's mother, please go back and stay with An An. She will make a fuss again when she wakes up and doesn't see you."
An An's mother seemed to have received the answer. She bowed devoutly. This poor mother had regarded the doctors as gods. They were her only hope. Her eyes were red and swollen, and her whole face was a little swollen. After bowing, she staggered away.
A large number of doctors followed Professor Chen out one after another. Director Liu looked at the figure of the woman walking away with a displeased look on his face. He turned around and lectured the assistant beside him: "What are you doing? Can the patient's family members just come to the consultation room casually? What if something goes wrong? Didn't I tell you to take care of it?"
The assistant felt a little aggrieved: "But Director, there was clearly no one here before we closed the door, and I went in with you, so I couldn't just stand guard at the door."
Director Liu had a bad temper and was about to start scolding, but Professor Chen waved his hand and interrupted, "Forget it, just be more careful next time. This time the situation is special, and you saw the mental state of this family member. How can we bear to blame them?"
Director Liu couldn't take his anger out on other people, so he took the documents and left in a hurry. Professor Chen sighed and left slowly. The last person to leave was Lin Nanfeng, and Su Linglong quietly followed him out of the meeting room.
Lin Nanfeng was obviously in a low mood, so as smart as she was, she didn't go up to talk to him, but just stayed quietly by his side.
Professor Chen led a group of people out of An An's ward. Everyone's faces were obviously a little strange after they stepped out of the ward full of laughter.
Professor Chen said weakly, "You should all go do what you need to do, and don't forget the afternoon meeting."
Everyone agreed and then dispersed. Their team had recently been specifically responsible for An An's condition. Since An An's condition was not optimistic and his life could be in danger at any time, frequent meetings and constant research on treatment plans became their daily routine.
Lin Nanfeng quietly walked to the stairwell and stood by the window with a vacant look in his eyes. He never liked children very much, especially naughty and noisy children like this. But when he thought of such an innocent and lovely angel-like child who had not seen this bizarre world and was facing the possibility of leaving the world early, he felt a pang of bitterness in his heart...
Just now in the hospital ward, the doctors in their group brought a lot of toys and gifts to An An. Everyone tried their best to make An An happy . An An's innocent and loud laughter seemed to still linger in her ears. She was still naughty, pulling Xian Ya's hair and Chen Shan's sleeves. She seemed to have infinite energy. Who would have thought that such a child had a shaky heart in her chest that could stop beating at any time?
In the ward, An An suddenly jumped onto Professor Chen's lap. Professor Chen was old enough to be her grandfather. An An's mother looked at Professor Chen with a look of reproach and apology. Professor Chen didn't seem to mind holding An An. He smiled and teased An An, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
An An thought for a long time, her face wrinkled, as if she was thinking very seriously. An An looked around, from the flower pot on the windowsill to the fruit on the table, from the uncle on the far left to the sister on the far right. Suddenly, An An clapped her hands, as if she had found the answer, and pointed at Lin Nanfeng: "I want to be him!"
Everyone was stunned, and then they all laughed. Even Lin Nanfeng, who always had a good sense of humor, couldn't help but relax his mouth. Professor Chen asked: "Why do you want to be him? How can one person be another person?"
An An bit her finger and thought for a while, then said, "Because I often see Qiaoqiao, Siwen, Xiaoxiao and many other nurses secretly looking at him. They always talk about him, so I want to be him! I also want to be as popular as him. When I become the most popular person, my dad will come home!"
The childish words were not pleasant to the ears of the adults present, but everyone tacitly understood and did not show any abnormality. An An's mother was a little embarrassed and at a loss for a moment. As An An's treatment team, they had some understanding of An An's basic situation. Moreover, this was An An's second hospitalization. This lively child was a "little star" in the hospital area, running around all the time. After a long time, everyone noticed this child.
An An's father went out to do business when An An was very young. Later, the business grew bigger and bigger, and An An's father found a new lover. Just like in all the clichéd ethics dramas, An An's father came back and forced An An's mother to divorce him, and gave up the custody of An An. Apart from regular video calls, he never came back to see An An, and this time An An was seriously ill and hospitalized...
Lin Nanfeng seemed to notice An An's mother's embarrassment. He took the initiative to step forward to help An An and said to her, "Since An An wants to be me, why don't you become a doctor in the future? This way, An An will never get sick again, and An An can also protect mom from being healthy forever."
An An's eyes lit up, and he asked happily, "Really? Then I am a superman, right? The superman who saves everyone!"
Lin Nanfeng smiled, which was rare for him, and said, "Yes, An An is a superman. You must get better soon and become a doctor with superb medical skills to help many suffering people, okay?"
An An nodded wildly: "Okay!"
In front of the window in the stairwell, Lin Nanfeng recalled the scene in the ward just now, and he felt even worse. He fumbled in his jacket pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes and took out a cigarette, but couldn't find the lighter. Suddenly, a slender hand holding a lighter reached out to him from behind. He was stunned with the cigarette in his mouth, and when he turned around, he found that it was no one else, but Su Linglong who had been clinging to him recently.
Without waiting for his response, Su Linglong took the initiative to light the lighter, moved to the end of the cigarette he was holding, and helped him light it. Then, to Lin Nanfeng's surprise, Su Linglong unceremoniously took out the pack of cigarettes from the pocket he had just taken out of, and skillfully took out a cigarette, put it in her mouth, lit it, took a deep breath, and exhaled a long column of smoke.
Lin Nanfeng was a little surprised. The dean's daughter usually looked like a lady from a noble family. He had never expected Su Linglong to be like this.
The two of them stood in silence on the stairwell smoking, and Lin Nanfeng suddenly spoke: "You..."
Before he could finish his words, Su Linglong interrupted him. She raised her wrist holding the cigarette and said, "Why? Not allowed?"
Lin Nanfeng did not say anything after hearing this. He turned his head and continued to empty his mind quietly.
On the other side, Bai Yueguang was walking in the hospital carrying her mother's loving chicken soup lunch box. She was a little scared when she thought about how far she had to walk to Lin Nanfeng's office. After she walked out of the inpatient area, she saw a person with a black birthmark on half of his face walking towards her. She wanted to turn around and run, but she had no intention of offending anyone. It would be too rude to turn around and run. She was just afraid of all kinds of strange patients and didn't dare to look directly at these people.
Bai Yueguang encouraged herself in her heart. She held the handle of the lunch box tightly with both hands, shrunk her head like a quail, and hurriedly walked past the man with her eyes half-closed and her head lowered. When she finally walked away from the man with a black birthmark on half of his face, she looked back at the back of the man walking away and breathed a sigh of relief.
When she turned around again, she suddenly bumped into someone, but the person seemed a little "short". Her legs were hit by the hard object and she fell headfirst into the arms of the person in the wheelchair.
Bai Yueguang got so scared that she quickly stood up. The middle-aged man in the wheelchair was even scarier than the man with the black birthmark on half of his face. He had a thick gauze wrapped around his head, his arm was in a sling, and his face was so swollen that his original appearance could not be seen clearly.
Bai Yueguang quickly stood far away, bowed 90 degrees, and kept saying "I'm sorry", not daring to even look at this "horrible" man. Before the other party could say anything, Bai Yueguang was so scared that she ran away.
Bai Yueguang stood in front of the elevator in a panic, waiting anxiously. She felt very anxious. After the shock just now, cold sweat seemed to break out on her back. The elevator stopped for a long time on the first floor, and finally began to slowly move up. Bai Yueguang looked around slyly, as if she was afraid that some monsters would suddenly jump out from the side.
"Ding!" The sound of the elevator door opening scared Bai Yueguang so much that she trembled all over. As the elevator door slowly opened, Bai Yueguang could no longer control the fear in her heart.
An old man with a gloomy face and a crutch stood in the middle of the elevator car with an intimidating look, his eyes fixed on the white moonlight.
Bai Yueguang swallowed and hesitated for a long time. Until the elevator door was about to close, she said to no one, "Oh, I forgot to bring something!" and ran away.
In the stairwell, Bai Yueguang was sweating profusely as she climbed the stairs. It was not an easy task to climb eight floors. She must not have checked Feng Shui when she went out today. It was not a good time to travel, so she had to walk down the stairwell.
At this moment, the unaware Lin Nanfeng took the last puff of his cigarette and threw the extinguished cigarette butt into the trash can beside him. Su Linglong also extinguished the cigarette in her hand and threw it into the trash can with him.
Lin Nanfeng had no intention of leaving, and even less of talking to the people around him. Su Linglong took the initiative to speak: "Is this the first time you have taken on a patient like this?"
Lin Nanfeng did not answer, and Su Linglong did not need an answer either. She just wanted to break the silence that had lasted for a long time.
"Why did you choose the profession of doctor? This is a profession that is closest to pain and death." Su Linglong asked again.
Lin Nanfeng did not remain silent this time, but he only asked her a question sparingly: "What about you?"
Su Linglong obviously didn't expect to be asked back, "Me?" She smiled bitterly and said, "My father is the dean, so of course I want to be a doctor."
Lin Nanfeng copied her sentence structure and answered perfunctorily: "I studied medicine, so of course I want to be a doctor."
Su Linglong smiled helplessly, and she said meaningfully: "From the first time I saw you, I knew we were the same kind of people."
Lin Nanfeng: "Oh? Is there another kind of person in this world?"
Su Linglong did not answer his question, but said: "I have been neglected since I was a child, I am lonely and I don't have many friends. I can handle everything by myself. I don't need a second person. One more person is a burden."
Lin Nanfeng didn't say anything. Su Linglong continued, "The profession of doctor has become a good cover for people like you and me. Yes, we deal with people in deep pain all day long. We are used to seeing pain, so of course we will become indifferent and difficult to approach. Who will look at us with strange eyes?"
Lin Nanfeng: "You are wrong. You are you, I am me, and I have friends."
Su Linglong smiled and asked, "Who? That girl? Who else besides her? One more? Two?"
Lin Nanfeng: "No matter how many there are, I need them."
Su Linglong suddenly rushed over and hugged Lin Nanfeng's waist, and buried her head in Lin Nanfeng's chest. Lin Nanfeng was shocked by this sudden action, and he wanted to push Su Linglong away. But his chest was wet, and Su Linglong began to sob softly. Lin Nanfeng wanted to push her hand away, but he lost his strength in an instant.
He was taught to be a gentleman since he was a child. Helplessly, he could only hold Su Linglong's shoulders and try to keep her away from him. But as soon as they separated a little, Su Linglong threw herself into his chest even more fiercely.
Su Linglong whispered in his ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "People like us have fragile feelings. I guess yours is the same."
Lin Nanfeng's brows suddenly tightened. He turned his head and looked behind him. Sure enough, Bai Yueguang was standing not far away with a lunch box and a dull look on her face. Lin Nanfeng panicked. He no longer cared about being a gentleman. He pushed Su Linglong away. Su Linglong, with tears on her face, obviously knew about Bai Yueguang's existence. She had no expression on her face, no sadness or joy. The tears on her face made her more beautiful, but her eyes did not contain any emotion.
On the way to deliver chicken soup, Bai Yueguang saw Lin Nanfeng hugging another beautiful woman tightly. At that time, she did not have a trace of anger or other strong emotions in her heart. She just seemed to be drained of strength in an instant and felt a little funny. She felt that her "wild thoughts" in the past few days were ridiculous, and she also felt that her existence was ridiculous.
Bai Yueguang never hides her emotions. A helpless smile has already crept up to the corner of her mouth. That smile is not sarcastic but more like sarcastic. It's like a reaction that she forcibly pretends to cover up her dashed hopes, but this reaction is too mechanical and too pale.
Bai Yueguang's reaction was wrong, she seemed like a different person. Lin Nanfeng was anxious to step forward, but was pulled back by Su Linglong. Bai Yueguang looked at Su Linglong holding Lin Nanfeng's hand. She stood on the stairs a few meters away, refusing to step forward as if avoiding a plague patient, and was even more stingy with words.
She gently put the lunch box on the ground and said, "My mother gave it to you." Then she ran downstairs without looking back. Lin Nanfeng only then thought of shaking off Su Linglong's hand. He wanted to run downstairs to chase Bai Yueguang. He shouted and pretended to go downstairs.
At this moment, the door to the stairwell on their floor suddenly opened, and it was Chen Shan. Chen Shan's face turned pale with anxiety, and he said to Lin Nanfeng and Su Linglong in a trembling voice: "Come quickly, An An has been pushed into the operating room!"
Su Linglong: "Were you fine just now?"
Chen Shan: "You know her illness, it's like a time bomb, every minute and every second is dangerous. Hurry up, Nanfeng, Professor Chen is waiting for you, you must follow him into the operating room immediately!"
Lin Nanfeng looked at Bai Yueguang who had already disappeared downstairs. He wanted to run downstairs and catch up with her immediately, but An An was in a life-and-death situation here...
Lin Nanfeng no longer hesitated, he took two or three steps out of the stairwell...
After a whole night of rescue, An An was finally out of danger and was transferred to a general ward. The little girl started to make a fuss as soon as she woke up. When she saw all kinds of tubes inserted into her body and couldn't move, she started to lose her temper. It took a lot of effort to calm her down.
Lin Nanfeng was still wearing surgical gown, and sweat oozed from his forehead again. They had rescued An An from the hands of death that night. At this moment, everyone was exhausted and couldn't even hold on in the hospital corridor.
He sat on the ground, leaned his back against the wall, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and finally got a moment of rest.
Today is a rare good day for the Bai family. Bai Zhenhua stayed in the hospital until his wounds were almost healed before he was discharged. Bai's mother was packing her luggage in the ward, while Bai Song huddled in the ward and refused to go out, only daring to run around in this small room. Bai Yueguang has been acting strange since she came back yesterday, and she hasn't said much. No one could get any information out of her, so Bai's mother simply asked her to help Bai Zhenhua with the discharge procedures.
Bai Yueguang was holding a pile of data sheets, reading them while walking. After passing a huge object "placed" on the ground, Bai Yueguang hesitated and turned back. Why did Lin Nanfeng fall to the ground? He was sweating and motionless, could it be...
Bai Yueguang walked over tremblingly, squatted down, and put her shaking hands under Lin Nanfeng's nose. She was shocked. How could he not breathe? Bai Yueguang was terrified. She quickly pushed Lin Nanfeng to the ground and made him lie flat. In the emergency, she even forgot the first aid method. She knelt beside Lin Nanfeng, pounding Lin Nanfeng's chest without any method, and yelled to the passing nurse.
Before the rescuers arrived, Lin Nanfeng couldn't help coughing a few times and opened his eyes. Bai Yueguang saw that her "rescue technique" was effective, and thought that he looked very tired and weak after waking up, so she might as well give him a few more punches, the more the better.
When she raised her fists and pretended to continue, Lin Nanfeng quickly sat up and grabbed her hands. He rubbed his chest and said, "I think your teacher is going to be mad. He can't even do the most basic rescue. What is he doing? Are you trying to show off your chest breaking a stone?"
Bai Yueguang had a knot in her heart that had not been untied. When she saw Lin Nanfeng fall to the ground, she was really panicked and forgot the grudge between them. Now that the crisis was over, her face turned cold. Without saying a word, she broke free from Lin Nanfeng's grasp and was about to leave. Lin Nanfeng quickly got up and chased after her. This time, he could not let Bai Yueguang go.
Bai Yueguang was blocked. Lin Nanfeng grabbed her wrist again, stared into her eyes, and said, "Don't go."
Bai Yueguang felt a little uncomfortable. The atmosphere was too weird. They didn't seem to have reached this point yet. Besides, didn't he have a beauty?
Although Bai Yueguang was not angry when she saw him hugging other people, she was really angry when he forcibly stopped her at this moment.
"Go away!"
Lin Nanfeng didn't dare to let go even a little bit. He whispered for the first time: "I was wrong this time. It's not what you see."
Bai Yueguang was shocked. She even began to wonder if Lin Nanfeng had just undergone a soul transfer surgery. Was this still the Lin Nanfeng she knew? The always cold and indifferent role model in the family building?
Maybe Bai Yueguang subconsciously believed in Lin Nanfeng , so when Lin Nanfeng took the initiative to apologize, she actually felt relieved. But then she thought that after all, she had nothing to do with Lin Nanfeng, so why should she care whether he hugged that beautiful doctor?
Bai Yueguang said "oh" coldly and turned to leave. Unexpectedly, Lin Nanfeng pulled her back by force, grabbed her hands and kissed them gently. Bai Yueguang's mind buzzed and she felt goose bumps all over her back. Lin Nanfeng did not give her a chance to react. He hugged Bai Yueguang and whispered to her red ears: "I didn't want to leave so soon. A lot of things have happened recently. Life is short, enjoy it while you can."
Bai Yueguang was stunned. Enjoy yourself? It sounded weird. She wanted to look up and ask, but Lin Nanfeng held her tightly and she couldn't move.
The fatigue in Lin Nanfeng's voice became even stronger, and he said hoarsely: "Stop it, I've been working all night and I'm very tired now."
His voice seemed to be magical. It went around Bai Yueguang's eardrum and went straight into her heart. She actually obeyed him and didn't move.
It was a busy morning, and it was a sunny day with sunlight streaming in. The staff coming and going were full of gossip and looked at the two strange people with curiosity.
In the school's public class, the teacher was passionately talking about modern history, and the big screen was showing pictures of the Eight-Nation Alliance invading Beijing. Gu Yao quickly picked out the key points and circled them on the notebook. When she looked up again, she heard the faint laughter around her.
Gu Yao couldn't stand it anymore, she whispered: "Bai Yueguang, you have been like this all day, are you being fooled? Wake up!"
Bai Yueguang was indifferent. She held her chin up, not knowing what she was thinking. Her eyes were empty and she looked ahead with a silly smile on her face. Gu Yao had no choice but to ignore her.
The teacher on the podium stopped to drink water and caught sight of Bai Yueguang. The teacher was very angry, and the consequences were serious. What is the most terrible thing? It is not that you are distracted in class, but that you are still laughing foolishly when a passionate teacher shows the photos of the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance.
"Student Bai Yueguang! Stand up."
Bai Yueguang didn't hear it and was still laughing...
Gu Yao bumped her with her elbow, and Bai Yueguang almost fell to the ground.
"Student Bai Yueguang?"
Bai Yueguang came back to her senses and heard the teacher calling her. She answered loudly, "Here!"
"stand up."
Bai Yueguang stood up trembling with fear. The teacher looked unhappy. He asked angrily, "Why can you laugh when you see such a tragic scene?"
Bai Yueguang's brain seemed to suddenly become clear, and her mind was working quickly. She answered: "Because I feel the happiness of life today."
The whole class laughed, and the teacher was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, but he had no way to refute. In the end, Bai Yueguang's score in this course was deducted by 20 points.
After school at noon, Bai Yueguang didn't seem to have any bad emotions. You know, for a low-energy student like her who values points so much, every point is hard-earned. Gu Yao felt that Bai Yueguang was becoming more and more weird recently.
There was no class in the afternoon, so Gu Yao drove Bai Yueguang home as usual. But as soon as Bai Yueguang got in the car, he ordered, "Don't go home, go to the First Municipal Hospital."
Imperative sentence? Gu Yao's eyes widened. Bai Yueguang started using imperative sentences when talking to her?
Gu Yao: "The First City Hospital is in the opposite direction of my home, it's very far away. What are you going there for? To get your brain treated?"
Bai Yueguang said happily: "I'm going to visit the old place where my father was hospitalized."
Gu Yao was even more surprised. Wasn't she discharged from the hospital just a few days ago? Bai Yueguang was too abnormal today. She didn't say anything else and resigned herself to starting the car to take her to the hospital.
In the hospital, at the door of An An's ward, Professor Chen walked out, followed by Lin Nanfeng, who gently closed the door.
Professor Chen sighed, and Lin Nanfeng asked nervously, "Professor? Do you really want to use that plan?"
Professor Chen's face was filled with sadness, and he said helplessly: "An An has no other way out now. This plan is to fight to the death. Otherwise, it will only end in ..."
Lin Nanfeng: "When will this treatment plan be implemented?"
Professor Chen shook his head: "For the next few days, keep an eye on An An. This child is lively and active by nature. Don't let her get too excited. Keep her in a good mood."
Lin Nanfeng nodded, then walked away with Professor Chen.
After arriving at the hospital, Bai Yueguang went straight to Lin Nanfeng's office, but found it empty, without even a shadow of a person. She had no choice but to go to the nurse station to ask. The nurse at the nurse station told her that Dr. Lin was making rounds in ward 1612, and she could go directly to him. Bai Yueguang went directly to ward 1612 without a second thought.
She stood on tiptoe at the door of the ward and looked inside. Strangely, the ward was also empty. Not to mention a doctor, there was not even a patient.
Just as she was standing on tiptoe to look around, she suddenly felt the corner of her clothes being tightened. She lowered her head and found a pale-faced little girl pulling the corner of her clothes.
Little girl: "Who are you looking for, sister?"
Bai Yueguang squatted down and said to her, "I'm looking for Doctor Lin, little sister. Do you know him? He was just here doing his rounds."
The little girl giggled: "Are you looking for Brother Lin? Why haven't I seen you before? Are you his girlfriend?"
Bai Yueguang blushed. She didn't expect to be at a loss for words when asked by a little girl. She changed the subject: "What's your name?"
Little girl: "My name is An An."
Bai Yueguang praised: "What a nice name, An An, where are your parents? Why are you running around outside alone?"
An An pointed to the ward and said, "I live here. My mother went to talk to Grandpa Chen and just left."
Hearing that the little girl was from this ward, she must be Lin Nanfeng's patient. Thinking of this, Bai Yueguang felt that she was one step closer to him. She patiently opened the door and took An An's little hand and walked into the ward.
"An An, when your parents are not around, you have to stay in your room obediently, do you understand?"
Entering the room now, with plenty of light, Bai Yueguang realized how ugly the little child's face was and how weak her body was. Bai Yueguang could see that An An was a naughty and active child, but she didn't know what disease she had, and she always seemed to be afraid to make big moves.
An An came over, shook Bai Yueguang's arm, and begged, "Sister, please take me to the garden."
Bai Yueguang shook her head: "No, you have to ask your parents for permission."
An An pleaded pitifully: "It's just a walk in the garden, it's quick." Then An An pointed to the wheelchair beside the bed and said, "Sister, there is a wheelchair here, otherwise you can push the wheelchair and take me down."
Bai Yueguang hesitated. It wasn't that she didn't want to agree to the little girl's request, it was just that she had only known An An for a few minutes.
An An's tears flowed down: "Sister, do you also know that I won't live long, so you don't want to be friends with me and don't want to take me out?" An An sobbed, and Bai Yueguang's heart was broken.
Bai Yueguang carefully calculated the distance, and looking at An An who was crying in front of him, Bai Yueguang finally agreed. After leaving a note on the table beside him, Bai Yueguang pushed An An to the garden downstairs.
The weather is particularly sunny today, and An An looks particularly happy sitting in the wheelchair, with a smile on his face all the time.
Bai Yueguang looked at this lovely girl. The sunlight shining on her sickly pale little face seemed to make her complexion look healthier. She finally felt a little comforted.
In the flower bed not far away, three people were sitting on a stone table playing cards. Bai Yueguang felt familiar with them, and when he pushed the wheelchair closer, he realized that they were the three people who scared him to climb the stairs some time ago. The man with a black birthmark on half of his face, the swollen-faced uncle, and the grandfather with crutches.
Even in the sun, Bai Yueguang felt a chill on her back, so it was better to stay away. Bai Yueguang pushed An An and turned to leave, but after a few steps, An An, who was sitting in a wheelchair, suddenly bent down and fell on her knees. She looked very painful, and her hands tightly grasped the position of her heart in her chest.
Bai Yueguang was frightened. She quickly squatted down and asked, "An An? What's wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
An An could no longer speak, and sweat began to form on her forehead. Bai Yueguang did not dare to delay for a moment and hurriedly called for help. However, there were few nurses here and no one could hear her. Bai Yueguang looked at An An's painful appearance, but she could not leave An An alone to find a doctor.
At this time, the three people in the pavilion heard the sound from this side, and they limped quickly towards Bai Yueguang. Bai Yueguang was nervous, wondering why they came here.
The man with a black birthmark on half of his face was the first to run over. He squatted down, covering half of his face, as if he was afraid of scaring the children. He said softly: "Don't worry, kids. Uncle will go and call a doctor right away." After saying that, he didn't waste a moment and ran madly away.
The other two people limped over, supporting each other. The man with the swollen face asked, "Which doctor treated this kid?"
Bai Yueguang thought about it for a while, and thought of the information Lin Nanfeng had mentioned recently. After piecing together the information, he immediately came up with the answer: "It should be from the cardiovascular department."
The man on crutches said, "Okay, I'll go notify the cardiovascular department first. I don't know who Lao Bao just went to notify, but I'll go one more time to be on the safe side."
Bai Yueguang had forgotten her fear and just looked at them with gratitude. At this moment, they were not patients with physical defects, but angels.
A large group of doctors and nurses rushed over from a distance, and Bai Yueguang saw Lin Nanfeng among them. They took An An away, leaving only Bai Yueguang and the three patients who helped. Everyone looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. It's not that Lin Nanfeng didn't notice Bai Yueguang, but the situation was urgent, so he left in a hurry without saying a word to Bai Yueguang. Although Bai Yueguang felt a little uncomfortable, he also knew that saving people was more important.
In the operating room, Professor Chen, Lin Nanfeng and a group of elite doctors in the hospital were working around the operating table wearing masks. From time to time, nurses came forward to wipe off their sweat.
Outside the operating room, a woman stared at the three words "In Surgery" on the door. Not far away, Bai Yueguang followed. She felt extremely guilty. If she hadn't taken An An downstairs, An An might not have suddenly fallen ill. She blamed herself and didn't know how to explain to Lin Nanfeng. And that mother, An An's mother, must have hated herself at this moment, hating herself for secretly taking her daughter downstairs, which led to this disaster.
Bai Yueguang mustered up the courage to walk towards the desperate mother. She didn't know what to say. At this moment, anything she said would be pale. An An's mother didn't seem to care about Bai Yueguang's approach. She was completely focused in the operating room.
I don’t know how long it had passed, it seemed like a century, Bai Yueguang still didn’t dare to leave. She always felt that it was her fault and that it was her responsibility to stay here until she was sure that An An was safe.
In the hospital late at night, it was so quiet that one could almost hear the coughing coming from the inpatient ward. Just when they all thought that this endless wait would get darker and darker as the night went on, the "In Surgery" light suddenly went out, and An An's mother suddenly stood up and rushed over. The door of the operating room opened, and Professor Chen walked out tiredly. An An's mother greeted him and asked anxiously, "Professor Chen, how is An An?"
Professor Chen's mouth seemed to be sealed by something. He was frozen for a long time. He couldn't bear to look at the helpless mother. He uttered three words: "I'm sorry..."
After hearing this, An An's mother's eyes went dark and she fell forward. A group of nurses came up to support her and half-carried her away.
When Bai Yueguang heard the bad news, her mind went blank. She never thought that the lovely little girl would leave so suddenly. Self-blame surged into her heart, and she waited anxiously for Lin Nanfeng to come out of the operating room.
Lin Nanfeng finally came out, with Su Linglong by his side. Lin Nanfeng was not in the right state, and he acted as if he didn't see her. Bai Yueguang took the initiative to greet her, and she was about to cry, but death was irreversible.
This was the first patient in Dr. Lin Nanfeng's career, but tonight, this patient passed away in their hands. The little girl who said she was going to be discharged from the hospital and go to the playground with him a few days ago, no longer exists...
Before Bai Yueguang could speak, Lin Nanfeng waved his hand and left. Bai Yueguang felt empty in the heart, as if there was a hole there, and the whistling cold wind was rushing in, whipping her soul.
No one was destined to sleep that night.
Since An An left, Lin Nanfeng has been on leave for a long time at home. It has been more than a month, and he has neither gone out nor seen anyone. Bai Yueguang has not said a single word to him in the past month, and she is also very sad. Whenever she comes back from school, she locks herself in her room like a demon, and also does not go out or see anyone.
Only Ji Xu was confused. Overnight, his two childhood playmates seemed to have changed their personalities. Even though he lived in the same building with them, he had hardly seen them.
This depressing life lasted for a while. Several families realized the low pressure and wisely did not disturb the children.
On this day, an old man came to the downstairs of the family building.
Bai Song happily took the old man's hand and brought him to the door of Lin Nanfeng's house. The old man never came out after entering. Until the evening, Bai's mother was still worried. She had scolded Bai Song for the whole afternoon for bringing this child home without knowing who he was. So she found an excuse to deliver dinner and went upstairs and knocked on Lin Nanfeng's door.
The door opened, and the old man was about to leave when Lin Nanfeng called him "Professor Chen". I don't know what the two talked about in the afternoon. Lin Nanfeng seemed to talk more. The next day, he was willing to go out for dinner. After a week of this, although Lin Nanfeng did not return to his previous state, he was obviously no longer so depressed.
On this day, the Bai family had just finished dinner when the doorbell rang. Bai's mother was a little surprised when she opened the door. It was Lin Nanfeng. Lin Nanfeng smiled calmly: "Aunt, is Yue Guang here?"
Bai's mother nodded quickly: "Yes, she is in the room, I will go call her."
Lin Nanfeng stopped Bai's mother: "No need, I'll go."
So he walked directly into Bai Yueguang's bedroom. Bai's mother looked at Lin Nanfeng's back and couldn't help but sighed: "Alas, these two children."
Bai Song followed suit: "Alas, these two children."
In the bedroom, Bai Yueguang thought it was Bai's mother who came in. She just sat up and found it was Lin Nanfeng. The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while. It was not the first time that Lin Nanfeng came to her room. When they were young, they always gathered together, today at your house, tomorrow at my house, and the day after tomorrow at her house. After growing up, this was the first time that Lin Nanfeng came, and it seemed that nothing had changed.
Bai Yueguang couldn't help but break the awkwardness: "You..."
After not seeing each other for a month, Lin Nanfeng still hadn't shaved off the stubble on his chin.
Lin Nanfeng: "How are you doing recently? Are you doing well?"
Bai Yueguang lowered her head: "Not good."
The two of them fell into silence again, and Lin Nanfeng said, "I don't blame you."
Bai Yueguang was stunned: "Ah?"
Lin Nanfeng repeated again: "I mean, that thing is not your fault."
Bai Yueguang said self-reproachfully: "No, if it weren't for me, An An wouldn't have..."
Lin Nanfeng: "An An's condition was already very bad at the time. Her illness was unpredictable. If you hadn't come to accompany An An, given the situation at the time, it is very likely that she would have fainted alone in the ward and no one would have found her."
Bai Yueguang still blamed herself: "But I..."
Lin Nanfeng: "You finally let her see such a beautiful sunshine before she left. She left with ease."
Bai Yueguang's tears fell like beads from a broken string. This knot in her heart tormented her for a long, long time. She dreamed of An An every night. Her self-blame made her uneasy, and she even wished she could bear everything for An An.
Seeing this, Lin Nanfeng quickly sat over and hugged Bai Yueguang. Bai Yueguang leaned on Lin Nanfeng's shoulder and cried loudly, still apologizing. Lin Nanfeng gently stroked her back and comforted her in a gentle tone: "It's not your fault. No one blames you for this."
Bai Yueguang: "But you have locked yourself up at home for a month."
Lin Nanfeng sighed and touched Bai Yueguang's hair. She still misunderstood.
"An An was my first patient, the first patient in my professional career, but she...she left like that. I also have my own knot in my heart."
Bai Yueguang looked up at him: "Then you..."
Lin Nanfeng smiled for the first time in more than a month: "Professor Chen came this afternoon, and we talked a lot. I feel much better now."
Bai Yueguang: "Really?"
Lin Nanfeng nodded. After asking, Bai Yueguang leaned on Lin Nanfeng's shoulder again. She really wanted to cry out all the sad emotions she had this month.
Suddenly the door opened and Bai Zhenhua stood at the door, watching his daughter sitting on the bed and crying while hugging a brat. Bai Yueguang paused in her tears, and Bai Zhenhua was so angry that he was about to intervene, but a hand stretched out from behind and twisted his ear and dragged him away, followed by the voice of Bai's mother scolding Bai Zhenhua. Bai Song closed the door obediently and sensibly.
Bai Yueguang had forgotten to cry, but she didn't want to let go of her hands. Being able to lean on Lin Nanfeng's chest again and listen to the steady and powerful beating of his chest, Bai Yueguang felt extremely happy, as if she had been waiting for this day for half her life. She thought of An An's heart again, hoping that she could have a complete heart in another world.
At the airport security checkpoint, Lin Nanfeng put one hand in his pocket, and stood opposite Su Linglong, who was wearing big sunglasses. The airport broadcast once again notified the flight information to the United States, but Su Linglong remained motionless.
Lin Nanfeng: "Let's go, goodbye."
Su Linglong asked, "You won't keep me?"
Washboard is the nickname Su Linglong gave to Bai Yueguang based on her figure. In fact, Bai Yueguang's figure is already quite good, but Su Linglong, who grew up eating American food, has an even hotter figure.
Lin Nanfeng smiled: "I just like doing laundry."
Su Linglong was a little dazed: "This is the first time you smile at me like this."
A whistle not far away brought Su Linglong back to her senses. A bearded Spanish man with deep eye sockets came over, hugged Su Linglong and gave her a passionate kiss.
Su Linglong introduced generously: "My new boyfriend is here to pick me up. This time I really have to say goodbye."
Lin Nanfeng said calmly: "Goodbye."
Su Linglong didn't argue and walked towards the security checkpoint with the Spanish man.
After watching them leave, Lin Nanfeng turned around and poked his head out from behind a pillar not far away, looking around curiously.
Lin Nanfeng walked over and opened his arms: "Okay, are you relieved now?"
Bai Yueguang came out and squeezed into Lin Nanfeng's arms: "The crisis is over. I will keep a closer eye on you from now on."
As night fell, warm lights gradually came on, and the delicious smell of dinner wafted from the family building on time as usual.
At the Bai family's dining table, Bai Yueguang and Bai's mother were both diligently picking up dishes for Lin Nanfeng. Bai Song and Bai Zhenhua sat in the corner, biting their chopsticks and staring at the pieces of meat flying into Lin Nanfeng's bowl.
After dinner, Bai Yueguang accompanied her mother in the kitchen to wash dishes. Bai Zhenhua sat on the sofa and felt more and more aggrieved. He picked his teeth and challenged, "Hey, nerd, how can you play with our Yueguang like this?"
Lin Nanfeng didn't say much, just one word in reply: "Yes."
Bai Zhenhua was choked. Can? What do you mean can? How can he respond to this? He thought about it, stood up, and forced Lin Nanfeng to walk into Bai Yueguang's room and turned on both the desktop and laptop.
"Let's compete to see who plays the game better!"
Bai Zhenhua's temperament has changed since he stayed in the hospital for a while. He used to be an old-fashioned person, but now he is completely an old man who keeps up with the trend. He does whatever young people do.
Lin Nanfeng asked, "What are we playing? Landlord?" Lin Nanfeng guessed what game Bai Zhenhua could play based on his age.
Bai Zhenhua looked disdainful and sneered, "You are out of date! Only old people play Landlords and Dream Back to the Martial Arts World. Have you ever played it?"
Bai Zhenhua thought he would definitely win this round. If his opponent had never played this before, he would be able to laugh at Lin Nanfeng. If his opponent had played this before...
How is that possible?
Lin Nanfeng nodded, but didn't say whether he had played it before or not. The two of them each occupied a computer, opened the game, and logged into their accounts.
Lin Nanfeng: "What is your uncle's online name? I'm here to invite you to the training ground."
Bai Zhenhua: "One, one, eight, eight."
Lin Nanfeng's hand froze as he clicked the mouse...
The forbidden operation prompt sounded with a "dong" sound, and a dialog box popped up saying "Sorry, you cannot PK with your partner."
The atmosphere was a little awkward. Unknowingly, they had married a man, who was their future father-in-law (son-in-law)? The two swallowed their saliva, tacitly signed off and exited the game.
Bai Yueguang finished helping her mother wash the dishes and walked into the living room to see Lin Nanfeng and Bai Zhenhua sitting on the sofa with strange expressions. They stared at the screen while the TV was playing commercials, as if they were enjoying it.
Bai Yueguang: "What happened?"
They both said in unison: "No!"
Bai Yueguang was confused. When did these two people become so harmonious...
When the time was almost up, Lin Nanfeng stood up and said goodbye and prepared to leave. Seeing this, Bai's mother quickly asked Bai Yueguang to see him off.
Although the two families only live upstairs and downstairs, this Bai Yueguang is different from that Bai Yueguang. She is willing to do so as long as she can spend more time with Lin Nanfeng.
The two of them walked up hand in hand, step by step. It was clearly a residential building, but it felt like they were walking out of the Champs Elysees. Bai Yueguang was immersed in the wonderful atmosphere until she was suddenly "wall-banged" by Lin Nanfeng at the corner of the stairs.
When their eyes met, Bai Yueguang was stunned, and Lin Nanfeng did not speak. When the two looked at each other "affectionately", the sensor lights in the corridor went out.
Moonlight poured in from the window, and the hazy light seemed to add a layer of "dream" special effects to the surroundings. Bai Yueguang looked at Lin Nanfeng with special effects, her heartbeat quickened, and she blushed in a useless way.
"What...what?" Bai Yueguang hesitated and finally asked a rather ambiguous question. And she realized it herself after she finished speaking, and the expression on her face became even more embarrassed.
Lin Nanfeng couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. Looking at Bai Yueguang's delicate and charming little face, he uttered "hmm" from his throat.
Bai Yueguang was stunned.
Lin Nanfeng! You are being a hooligan!
But the reality did not give Bai Yueguang more room to think. A shadow covered her head, and the unique smell of formalin on someone suddenly rushed into her nose. Fortunately, this smell that Bai Yueguang originally disliked had already turned into a fatal temptation. So she could safely accept someone's lips at this time...
Yes, lips! Lin Nanfeng actually kissed her!
Unlike the last time, this was a hot and passionate kiss, just like the scene in every classic foreign language movie when the hero and heroine are lingering - why foreign language movies? Because foreigners are more open, just like Lin Nanfeng at this moment.
Bai Yueguang had a lot of thoughts in her mind, such as why Lin Nanfeng suddenly became so crazy? Why was his kissing skill so good? What else would he do after the kiss?
"Do you want to suffocate yourself?" The kiss didn't last long, and ended with Lin Nanfeng withdrawing on his own initiative. The reason was that he noticed that Bai Yueguang was too "involved" and forgot to breathe.
Realizing her embarrassment, Bai Yueguang cleared her throat but couldn't utter a word in rebuttal. She was annoyed and kept imagining how she should fight back, but Lin Nanfeng punched her again.
"Shall we get married?"
Nine years later.
At the wedding ceremony of Bai Yueguang and Lin Nanfeng, the groom Lin Nanfeng suddenly "disappeared", and the Bai family was in a panic. At this time, Gu Yao answered a phone call. After the call was hung up, she walked to Bai Yueguang.
Gu Yao frowned and said to Bai Yueguang, "Yueguang, hurry up and go out to the small square outside."
Bai Yueguang saw that Gu Yao looked strange and thought something had happened to Lin Nanfeng. She tore off her headdress, took off her high heels and ran out of the auditorium. Everyone followed her out and no one noticed the sly smile on Gu Yao's face.
On the other side, after Bai Yueguang ran out of the auditorium, the fountain outside suddenly sprayed out a column of water several meters high, and on the open space next to it, roses were used to arrange the words "Bai Yueguang, I love you", and the word "love" was directly replaced by a heart shape.
Bai Yueguang covered her mouth, not daring to believe what she saw. Then a small aircraft slowly flew in front of her, dropping a rope with a diamond ring tied to it.
At this time, the male protagonist appeared, slowly walked to Bai Yueguang, took off the diamond ring on the aircraft, knelt on one knee, and said to Bai Yueguang: "Yueguang, marry me."
Although the two of them came here originally to get married, the surprise before them still made Bai Yueguang cover her mouth excitedly and cry with joy.
She could do nothing but nod. Lin Nanfeng smiled and put the ring on her finger, then stood up and hugged her. The two embraced and kissed. The crowd also gave applause at the right time. And this pair of childhood sweethearts who fell in love at first sight finally got married.