Xu Xilin was in critical condition for four days.

Song Lianyuan is right, the speed of time flow is different.

When we grow up and need to pursue our careers, we no longer have the time to sit on the parallel bars in the playground and stare blankly at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Dates between friends and lovers have all become about eating out - we have to eat anyway, even if we don't have a date, so it doesn't seem like a waste of time.

And when you reach middle age, you no longer have the energy to quarrel and test each other as you did in your twenties. We all have elderly parents and young children to take care of, and we are all over the place with food, clothing, housing and transportation. There are two pillars in a family, and each of us is already weighed down by the pressure. How can we have the leisure to waste each other's time?

And all the ups and downs, when the disease is serious, become the window grilles next door and the pictures in the kaleidoscope.

This is truly a place that forces one to be broad-minded.

Dou Xun didn't know how he spent those days. Before meeting Xu Xilin, he seemed to have built a self-protection dam in his heart, blocking the raging flood behind him, and only preserved very primitive and basic language functions.

And the rickety dam collapsed the first time a visit was allowed.

When Dou Xun saw Xu Xilin with tubes inserted all over his body, he almost collapsed and lost consciousness for a few seconds. When he came to his senses, he found himself being dragged out by Song Lianyuan and a medical staff member on his left and right.

Then he was taken out by Song Lianyuan and received half a bottle of glucose.

The hospital was overcrowded. In his case, he was not entitled to any ward treatment and could only get an IV drip in the corridor. Song Lianyuan sat opposite Dou Xun, his elbows resting on his knees, listening to the footsteps coming and going beside him, and looked at Dou Xun carefully.

He found that the boy was very handsome, not the handsome with thick eyebrows and big eyes in the old aesthetic, nor the delicate with the popular pretty boy style. He simply had a "nose that was a nose and eyes that were eyes", and there was nothing wrong with him. Dou Xun leaned against the mottled wall of the hospital with pale lips, looking like a sick beauty, which made Song Lianyuan feel embarrassed to say anything harsh.

"I heard about the quarrel between you two at Yuebanwan gate before." Song Lianyuan thought for a moment and spoke first.

Dou Xun lifted his eyelids and glanced at him. His eyes were bloodshot, but his gaze was still clear, as if he had "woken up".

Song Lianyuan rubbed his hands, his cheeks tensed for a moment, and then he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Now the half-moon is gone...it's been so many years."

Dou Xun said: "Thank you, Brother Song."

Song Lianyuan grabbed his hair in confusion and asked, "Why are you thanking me?"

"Thank you for calling me here." Dou Xun said.

"Oh, don't mention it. I regret it now," Song Lianyuan waved his hand, "Asking you to come here is not enough to cause trouble."

Dou Xun stared at the needle on the back of his hand without saying anything. Song Lianyuan coughed awkwardly: "That... I was just kidding."

Song Lianyuan really wanted to ask Dou Xun what his future plans were, but Dou Xun was not Xu Xilin, and he was not familiar with the other person. It would seem like he was meddling if he spoke too deeply about his past.

At this time, Dou Xun said, "This amount of bleeding is very dangerous. Fortunately, it happened at the airport. If it happened somewhere else, it might not be delivered so promptly."

Song Lianyuan said half-comfortingly, "It's an acute condition, just like stepping over a dangerous hurdle. It looks fatal, but it's over once you step over it. You're young, so it doesn't matter if you lose some energy. You can recover."

"I know." Dou Xun said, "I was just thinking about something else."

Song Lianyuan looked at him puzzledly.

Dou Xun said slowly: "I wasted so much time and traveled a long way. I just came back to find him with great anxiety. If something happened..."

He paused for a moment, then looked up at Song Lianyuan: "So from now on, I will not give in, no matter who tries to stop me. I don't care what others think, even if he says 'no'. Unless I die, I will fight him to the end."

Song Lianyuan was caught off guard and suffered a brutal demonstration. He was covered in the face by the nonsense he uttered. He was so angry that he was about to glare at him on the spot, but halfway through, he felt a little uncomfortable.

Song Heimian was so depressed that he stood up and walked around twice: "You..."

At this moment, Assistant Zhao, who had brought them food, came running over with a phone in his hand: "Boss Song, our boss's property management is looking for him."

Song Lianyuan and Dou Xun were both stunned.

Assistant Zhao said: "Someone in the house kept shouting for help for more than ten minutes. The neighbors heard it and called the police. When they pried the door open, they found that the bottom of a pot in the kitchen had been burned through and there was smoke inside."

Song Lianyuan was puzzled: "Who shouted for help? No...why is there still smoke? Is there a fire?"

Dou Xun: “…”

He lost his soul at the airport and forgot that the fire was still on at home.

Assistant Zhao quickly said, "It's okay. The gas stove will go out by itself. It's just that the bottom of the stew pot is leaking. The fire department couldn't contact the owner, and Mr. Xu's phone couldn't be reached. We looked for his emergency contact and found that the emergency contact he left with the property management was written as 'son', and the number was their home landline."

Song Lianyuan: “…”

Does this mean that the parrot should answer the phone? Xu Xilin's life is really terrifying when he thinks about it carefully.

"Later, the hourly worker had a business card and called our company. Now Xiao Zhang from the HR department has come over. What do you think we should do about this?"

Song Lianyuan had a rough idea in his mind and glared at Dou Xun unhappily.

Dou Xun coughed dryly: "I'm sorry, I'll find someone to deal with it right away."

"Unreliable!" Song Lianyuan vented all his frustration at Dou Xun, "You bunch of unreliable grandsons, you can just do whatever you want just by talking, can you live like that? Ah? Bastards!"

Dou Xun listened to his scolding in silence, and then said seriously, "There won't be a next time. I'm sorry. I will slowly change."

Song Lianyuan: “…”

He looked at Dou Xun's expression, which said "If you have any other instructions, I promise to do them", and felt that it was not right for him to continue scolding him, nor was it right for him to forgive him on the spot. He felt very awkward and ran out angrily to smoke.

Lao Cheng received a call from Dou Xun, understood the whole story, closed the flower shop early, and rushed over with Cai Jing. The two of them met Xu Xilin's Bird Prince at the property.

His Highness was so scared that he pissed himself, shouting "Help" to everyone he saw. There was none of the noble and cool manner that he had when he was taught to play with toys during the Chinese New Year.

"Oh, poor little thing, come here." Lao Cheng summoned the grey parrot to his eyes, "Your unlucky father..."

The grey parrot was frightened and started to kiss anyone it saw. It even flew to his arm out of respect and complained, "Stepmother!"

"Yes, there is still a stepmother who hasn't run away." Lao Cheng took the opportunity to touch the grey parrot's feathers a few more times, "Let's go home now, dear."

Cai Jing's expression flickered when he heard his words.

The two men sent away the firefighters and the people from Xu Xilin's company, then called someone to fix the lock, and then started to clean up the messy kitchen.

Lao Cheng said, "Ask the locksmith to keep the invoice and ask Xu Xilin to reimburse you later. It's expensive to change the lock on the front door... Oh, what kind of biological weapon did Dou Xian'er cook up?"

Cai Jing found a rag and wiped the floor that was trampled all over. He suddenly asked, "Why is Dou Xun at Old Xu's house?"

Lao Cheng: “…”

His whole body froze for a moment, then he turned around as if nothing had happened, and said nonsense with his back to Cai Jing: "It's not... isn't it because their family has an ancestor who asked Dou Xun to help feed the birds."

Cai Jing was not so easily fooled: "Why don't he just release the bird to Dou Xun's place? Didn't he release it in the store for a few days last time? He won't stay in the hotel anymore."

Lao Cheng was more guilty than the person involved. He coughed dryly and didn't dare to continue the conversation, fearing that he would make more mistakes if he said more. He avoided the topic and said, "Old Cai, keep an eye on that bird ancestor and don't let it mess up the kitchen... I'll call the lock changer. When will it come?"

The topic was changed so abruptly that it almost broke Cai Jing's mind. He found that his friend had made little progress over the years. Although he was busy with business every day, he was still a little stupid - no wonder every store he opened failed.

When Lao Cheng was teaching the grey parrot to sing "Little White Cabbage", Xu Xilin was still lying in critical condition.

On the first day of visiting, he was completely groggy and didn't even notice that Dou Xun and the others had come and gone. He gradually regained consciousness in the evening of that day and suddenly woke up with a start.

It was strange to say, there was no other noise around except the noise of the equipment, but Xu Xilin woke up for a while inexplicably. He glanced at the patient next to him with difficulty and saw that it was a middle-aged man. From his complexion to his posture, he looked like a dead person. Then after a few minutes, this patient was pushed away.

Never came back.

Xu Xilin soon fell asleep again, still envious in a daze: "It's great that they moved away. I hope he never comes in again."

In the middle of the night, when his mind cleared up a bit, he thought about this again, and the hairs on his body stood up - he realized that the people pushed out from here might not be happily transferred to the general ward, but...

It was not the first time that Xu Xilin had seen a dead person, but it was the first time that he had personally experienced walking on the edge of life and death. His memory quickly came back to him, and he remembered the screams, the chaotic crowd, the dizzying collisions, the fire... He suffered from insomnia at the time.

Xu Xilin had suffered from insomnia due to anxiety, stress, and missing Dou Xun since he was a child. This was the first time he suffered from insomnia due to fear.

He was a staunch atheist and was not afraid of ghosts. He just felt that there was a breath of death lingering around him all the time. After being drowsy for a while, he would wake up with a start and wonder if someone had been dragged away somewhere. The fear did not stop until the energy he had accumulated was exhausted and he "lost power" and passed out.

When he saw Dou Xun during visiting hours the next day, Xu Xilin didn't dare to recall his feelings the night before. He really wanted to get up and hug Dou Xun and cry. But let alone get up, he couldn't even speak and could only stare at Dou Xun.

There was no place to start his attack, so Dou Xun could only stand aside and whispered in his ear, "I want to tell you something."

Xu Xilin rolled his eyes slightly.

Dou Xun's voice was almost inaudible, forming a line that went straight into his ears: "I love you."

Xu Xilin's heart felt warm and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Dou Xun looked at him, and there seemed to be a slight smile on the corner of his mouth. He lowered his voice and said, "If anything happens to you, I will go with you immediately. This is not a threat."

Xu Xilin: “…”

The goose bumps he got from being frightened by the intensive care unit had not yet subsided, and he was frightened by Dou Xun's firm and serious tone.

Dou Xun's eyes swept across the mummy-like Xu Xilin, wanting to touch him but not daring to move. In the end, he just touched his fingertips with restraint and reserve: "I will never let you off easily again in this life."

Xu Xilin thought with tears in his eyes: "Okay, I'll let you do whatever you want, just let me out first."

"I made delicious food for you that day," Dou Xun ignored Xu Xilin's horrified look and spoke to him with a smile, "but you didn't go back, and the bottom of the pot burned."

What!

Xu Xilin's eyelids, which had just felt a little weak, completely flattened.

"Later, your son verbally called the police and attracted firefighters." Dou Xun added slowly.

Xu Xilin: “…”

Panting heavily and bullying the sick.

Dou Xun continued, "I didn't expect it to be so smart. I'm worried about leaving it with someone else in the future. Can I bring it with me to find you?"

Xu Xilin heard the deeply suppressed fear and anger in his heart and tried to please him with his eyes, but was ignored by Dou Xun.

"I also prepared other things, but I almost didn't use them." Dou Xun's eyes rolled, and his eye circles suddenly turned red again, but he took a deep breath to hold it back. His voice suddenly trembled a little, "If you are gone, why do you keep those junks? Do you want me to be hit head-on as soon as I enter?"

Xu Xilin was silent.

The visiting time was only a short while, and it seemed to be over before a few words were spoken. When the medical staff came to remind him, Dou Xun said regretfully: "Okay, then I'll leave. I'll come to torture you tomorrow."

Xu Xilin came back to his senses from his mental torture, and almost shouted in his heart: "Don't leave! Come back and continue to torture! This place is too scary! Is it all just talk after all this time? Take action, brother! Let me out!"

Unfortunately, Dou Xun was venting his anger and didn’t understand his complicated expression, so he left without mercy.

When Xu Xilin was finally transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward, he felt like he had been released from prison.

The patients' families were running around like headless flies, but he didn't feel crowded or annoyed. He was even quite interested in watching a sitcom about fighting for inheritance in public. Even Song Lianyuan's black face seemed very kind... As long as he was allowed to leave the horrible intensive care unit, the annoying job, the endless troubles, and the feudal and superstitious elder brother all seemed lovable.

The nurse pushed him to the bed in the new ward and was about to help move him over when Dou Xun reached out his hand as if no one was around, picked up Xu Xilin steadily and put him down, then ignored Song Lianyuan's sour face and bent down to kiss Xu Xilin on the forehead.

Song Lianyuan: "Cough cough cough..."

In broad daylight, where is the sense of shame? Where is public order and morality? It is outrageous!

Dou Xun calmly raised his head and glanced at the stunned medical staff, and asked, "What happened to Brother Song?"

"You... you what?" Song Lianyuan pointed at him tremblingly, and after a long while, he managed to say, "Is it okay for your company to take such a long leave?"

"It's okay," Dou Xun said, "I taught a small semester class and it's already finished. I also asked for leave from work. I told my teacher that if he didn't approve my leave, I would lose my family. He didn't have any objections."

The doctor was looking through the case carefully, the nurse pretended to be called away by the next ward, and Song Lianyuan was choked to death by the reckless Dou Xun. He was so angry that he became a lantern with a pointed head and a big belly. He could no longer bear it and walked sideways.

Xu Xilin recovered from his illness and was discharged from the hospital after nearly two months of treatment.

When he was jumping around, it seemed as if nothing could do without him. But when he lay down, I found that those troubles would gradually go away without him. It turned out that the earth would continue to rotate without anyone.

Xu Xilin went through life and death all over again, from early summer to early autumn. When he returned to the north, the sultry heat had dissipated, and the howling autumn tiger was unexpectedly docile this year, which was a sign of the cool and refreshing autumn. While waiting for the luggage, Xu Xilin tried to pick up the suitcase, but was slapped away by Dou Xun.

Xu Xilin: "I'm fine now, let me move around."

Dou Xun: "Go away, or I'll kiss you right here if you keep talking nonsense."

Xu Xilin: “…”

Bean filling has evolved secretly!

Lao Cheng drove Xu Xilin's car to pick them up. When he saw Xu Xilin, his nose was sore: "Commander!"

Xu Xilin: "Grandpa!"

"I almost thought I'd never see you again!" Lao Cheng was ready to pounce on him, "I heard that you were blown up two stories high by a human bomb and vomited two liters of blood. Is that true?"

Xu Xilin: “…”

He now knows how rumors spread in the circle of friends.

Dou Xun pushed the suitcase forward and stuffed it directly into Lao Cheng's hands, blocking his lunge. He gave Lao Cheng a threatening look and said, "Don't mess with me."

After saying that, he opened the car door and raised his chin to Xu Xilin in a commanding manner: "Get in the car."

The two cowards were suppressed by Dr. Dou's extraordinary aura. They looked at each other silently, then sat down with their necks shrunk.

Cai Jing was already waiting for them at Xu Xilin's home. He had even prepared some mugwort for Xu Xilin to wash his hands, saying it was to "get rid of the bad luck."

The grey parrot, which had learned the famous Hebei folk song "Little White Cabbage", felt a little unfamiliar with Xu Xilin at first. It looked at him from a distance, trying to recall who this guy was.

Xu Xilin whistled at it: "You heartless brat!"

The grey parrot's memory was finally awakened, and it pounced on him like a young swallow flying into the forest.

Four people were eating hot pot at Xu's house with the air conditioner on - the three of them were eating hot pot, while Xu Xilin was drinking porridge beside them and watching them eat. After eating bland soup for several months, he was so greedy that he almost rebelled against Dou Xun.

"Come on, let me have a drink." Lao Cheng took a half cup of Pu'er tea and used tea instead of wine, "To celebrate Old Xu's resurrection..."

Dou Xun gave him a cold look.

Lao Cheng quickly changed his words: "...The tribulation was successfully overcome!"

He thought for a moment and organized his words: "I often feel like a complete failure. In the eyes of my aunts and uncles, I am probably just an idle scoundrel and a moron. I want freedom, but I don't want to be a moron, so I am miserable every day. I often feel caught between a rock and a hard place. I don't even want to go home for the New Year. But now after what happened to you, I feel that my troubles are nothing. Living one day at a time and being happy one day at a time is better than anything else!"

Xu Xilin stepped on his foot and said, "Can you please speak human language? I don't have a terminal illness, why are you looking at my body?"

"Understand the spirit of the matter. Don't take it too seriously. Cheers..." Lao Cheng paused, unable to think of the right words for a moment.

Cai Jing quietly said, "To freedom and health."

"Yes!" Lao Cheng raised his teacup, "Here's to freedom and health."

Cai Jing raised his glass and clinked it with his: "To health and freedom, murderer."

Dou Xun shook his head and was thinking about what to say when he saw Xu Xilin pick up the glass of warm water in front of him.

Xu Xilin: "Homosexuals respect health and freedom."