After a while, Su Wan asked me again: "Brother Hao, have you helped Ye Zhan get revenge? I can't bear to see him like this!" Su Wan is a bold and outspoken girl. She has quarreled with others in Chenggao and always advocates revenge, even if it means using any means. I just said: "The culprit has been taken away by the police." Su Wan was anxious: "How can we just take him away? At least cut off his legs and arms!" She was quite cruel.

I was a little upset now, and I didn't feel like talking to Su Wan anymore, so I just said a few perfunctory words to her and went to say hello to Ye Zhan's parents. Ye Zhan's parents were easy to talk to, and as kind as Ye Zhan. When they learned that I was also involved, they asked me to tell them the details. I said that our two groups had a scuffle on the campus, and each of us was injured. Ye Zhan's parents sighed and said, "Why do you say this? The children don't study hard, why do they fight all day long?" Hearing this, I felt even more guilty.

Seeing Yang Mengying die and Ye Zhan seriously injured made me extremely confused about my previous behavior.

Should I just mess around? What is the solution? What kind of life do I want?

After talking for a while, Ye Zhan's parents called Su Wan and the others over and said, "I know you are all Ye Zhan's good friends, and thank you for accompanying him for so long, but it's getting late now, you should all go back and rest, you still have classes tomorrow."

No one wanted to leave, but Ye Zhan's parents insisted that everyone leave. Only I said, "Uncle and aunt, I don't want to go to class. Our school has been smashed and we can't have classes for a while. Let me stay with Ye Zhan. I am his best friend." Su Wan and the others also said, "Brother Hao is Ye Zhan's best friend. Let him stay. He can also help you run errands or something."

Ye Zhan's parents couldn't resist and had to agree. After Su Wan and the others left, I stayed to accompany Ye Zhan's parents. Ye Zhan was in this state and it was very likely that he would never wake up. The two adults felt bad and their eyes turned red as they sat there. I didn't know how to comfort them, so I had to sit there with them. Seeing them sad, I felt sad too.

That night, I barely slept. The ICU is on the top floor of the hospital. There are very few people hanging around here. It is an absolutely quiet place. Twice in the middle of the night, the nurse came out to ask for food, but only a small amount, saying that the patient should not take too much food now and can only eat small meals frequently. Ye Zhan's parents made half a bowl of soy milk and asked the nurse to bring it in.

Every time the nurse went in and out, Ye Zhan's parents would ask her if Ye Zhan had woken up. The nurse always shook her head, which made them very disappointed. They kept sighing and wiping tears. The next day, Xiaochun and his friends came and surrounded Ye Zhan's parents and asked questions. I dragged Xiaochun over and asked, "How is Yang Mengying?" Xiaochun said, "Brother Yu has helped Yang's mother to take Yang Mengying's body back to her hometown. Because Yang's mother gave birth to Yang Mengying when she was young, she almost cut off all ties with her family. Brother Yu and the others have to help with the funeral arrangements, such as setting up the mourning hall, digging the grave, etc. They have to do everything themselves. I'm afraid they won't be able to make it in time these days, so let us come to see Ye Zhan."

I felt very sad and said, "Do you need me to go over and help?"

Xiaochun shook her head and said, "Brother Yu told you not to come. Mother Yang is emotionally unstable right now, and she faints from crying all the time. Seeing you will make her even more upset. Oh, Mother Yang is such a fool. This kind of thing should be blamed on the person who fired the gun. How can you blame Brother Hao?"

My heart ached, and I said, "It's nothing, it's my fault." Then he said, "Even if you don't let me go now, I have to go and see the funeral on the day, right?" Xiaochun thought for a moment and said, "I don't know yet, let's talk about it later, wait for Brother Yu to call you."

There was no other way, so we had to do this. After Xiaochun and the others left, there were only three of us left in the corridor. When it was time for lunch, I went outside to buy some, and the three of us just waited for the time. At four o'clock in the afternoon, we could go visit Ye Zhan. We put on the disposable protective suits issued by the hospital, wrapped our whole bodies tightly, and then went into the ward to see Ye Zhan.

Ye Zhan lay motionless on the bed, his eyes slightly closed, his pale face devoid of a trace of blood. Ye's mother called Ye Zhan tremblingly, but Ye Zhan did not respond at all, it seemed that he could not hear us at all. Thinking that Ye Zhan might always be like this, the two adults could not help but shed tears, and I cried too. Since I came to Beiyuan to study, he has been my best friend. No, from the time I was born until now, Ye Zhan has been my best friend.

After a while, visiting time was up and the nurse kicked us out. She had been doing this job for a long time and her expression was numb, just like the doctor and the nurse last night. No matter what job you do for a long time, you will feel numb to the things in the related industry.

We continued to wait in the corridor, and after a few days, we kept making liquid food for Ye Zhan and asked the nurses to go in and feed him. Then we went in to visit him at 4 o'clock every afternoon, but Ye Zhan still didn't wake up for a long time. We asked the doctor what was going on, and the doctor said there was nothing we could do. It also depends on the patient's own physical fitness. Some people can wake up quickly, while others need some time. Anyway, he said some specious nonsense, and finally said: "Why are you in such a hurry? It's only been a few days?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't said this. After saying this, Father Ye became even more anxious: "Half of the time has passed!"

The doctor said, "Wait a little longer. When you visit him at 4pm every day, chat with him more. It will also help him recover. Tell him more stories from the past, stories that left a deep impression on him, to stimulate his brain nerves."

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