Hospitalization
The three-day exam ended quickly.
Letang followed the crowd out of the examination room alone. Looking at the parents standing all over the street and the banners that read "Win the College Entrance Examination", he was a little dazed and remembered that his parents had also stood on the roadside waiting for him like that.
"Baby!"
Ning Ruotong was in the same examination room as him and was accepting congratulations from her parents. When she saw him, she immediately ran over.
Seeing that Letang was alone, she considerately didn't ask any more questions, but handed him the bouquet in her arms: "Will you come to the graduation dance tonight?"
"good!"
The two were discussing their summer travel plans when a man who looked like a college student came over and said, "Letang, right? Do you remember me?"
This man was so conspicuous standing in the crowd, but no one could see his appearance clearly before he spoke.
The reason was simple: the bouquet of flowers in his arms was too big, almost burying half of his body in the flowers.
At this moment, he held the bouquet a little further away, finally revealing his face. Letang was a little surprised: "Are you the intern from the hospital from the day before yesterday?"
The other person nodded. "Here, our director gave it to you. He also asked me to say happy graduation."
He handed the bouquet to Letang, who almost couldn't hold it firmly, and was instantly surrounded by flowers.
Ning Ruotong considerately took back her bouquet of flowers and marveled at the overwhelming flower "tree" in front of her: "What a generous gesture..."
The intern whispered after her: "I think so too."
Only Letang knew that Lin Shaoxing probably didn't know which style to buy, so he asked the clerk to recommend the so-called hot-selling model... It seemed that he was ripped off.
The intern said to Letang, "The director is busy today and can't come, so he asked me to run an errand. But I have to go back soon. Happy graduation!"
"Ah..." Letang struggled to poke his head out from among the flowers, "Can you thank him for me?"
"You talk to him yourself!" The intern jumped on his bike and ran away.
Just kidding, his boss probably wouldn't be happy that he could be the messenger.
Letang looked at Ning Ruotong a little embarrassedly, and took out his cell phone with one hand with difficulty.
However, just as he was about to dial, another call came in.
It's an unknown number.
He answered the call suspiciously: "Hello?"
"Did you finish the exam?"
Letang was stunned.
"Hurry home after the exam! Did you know your grandma has a tumor in her head and needs surgery? What's the point of studying so much? Find a job!"
Hearing this, Letang naturally guessed the identity of the person on the other side: the original owner's stepfather.
He pursed his lips: "Then tomorrow I will..."
"Come back today! Don't you think it's shameful to spend your parents' money outside all day? Your neighbor, Brother Zhang, went out to work after graduating from junior high school, and now he's even bought a house! What about you? Can't you save us some trouble?"
“…”
Letang knew that the original owner's parents had stopped giving him money since he started high school, and everything he spent while studying was saved up bit by bit by himself.
Although he now had a seven-figure sum in his account, it didn't mean he had to obey the original owner's parents. He knew that these adoptive parents had never fulfilled their responsibility to raise him, especially the stepfather.
But he also knew that the only person who loved the original owner was his grandmother.
He occupied the original owner's body and had to repay his filial duty on his behalf.
"……I see."
Letang hung up the phone and said to Ning Ruotong apologetically, "I'm sorry, I can't go to the graduation dance tonight."
"But there's only one prom."
Letang shook his head: "It's okay, something happened at home and I have to go back early."
Ning Ruotong looked at him worriedly: "If you have any difficulties, come to me anytime."
"good."
Letang went back to the dormitory, packed up his luggage, and took the bouquet of flowers back to his hometown in the county next to S City.
The bouquet was so big that it was inconvenient to travel with it. It also attracted a lot of attention along the way. When riding in the car, it squeezed the old man sitting next to me so hard that he kept making "tsk" sounds.
But Letang really couldn't bear to throw it away.
After returning home, Letang's mother was sitting in the kitchen picking vegetables.
Seeing the bouquet of flowers he was holding, she was stunned for a moment: "You're back? These flowers..."
Letang changed the subject first: "Where are grandma and dad?"
"Your grandma is asleep in her room. The doctor said we need to go to the city to see a specialist and have surgery." She paused. "Your dad is out. He might be busy."
Letang didn't say anything.
He knew the character of the original owner's stepfather and thought that he had probably gone to the so-called "teahouse" to gamble again.
Letang's mother stared at the bouquet in his hand for a long time, choosing her words carefully: "Is this a gift from your classmates? A female classmate? Or..."
"It's a gift from the school. Everyone has one." Letang lied.
"Oh." She nodded. "Let's just throw it away. It's so hot, it's going to attract bugs."
"Throw it away later. I want to go see grandma first."
The old man's room was very small, having been converted from a study. The figure on the narrow single bed looked a little thin, and Letang felt a pang of pain in his nose at the mere sight of her.
"grandmother……"
He sat on the small stool beside the bed and called softly. The old man, who was a light sleeper, slowly opened his eyes: "Tangbao is back?"
"Why has Tangbao lost weight?"
Letang suppressed his heartache and bitterness: "Grandma, eat something first, I'll take you to the hospital later."
The old lady shook her head and said, "Grandma, it's okay. You must be tired from the exam. It's time to finally relax and have a good rest."
Letang didn't say anything. He silently called a taxi and took the old man out after dinner on the pretext of taking a walk. He went to the city hospital without telling his mother.
When he arrived at the hospital, the outpatient clinic had closed, so he had to go to the emergency room. After all the tests, it was almost late at night. Letang was sitting alone in the empty corridor, staring at the screen of his mobile phone in a daze.
Tonight’s graduation dance has ended, and many classmates have posted on their Moments. Everyone in the photos looks so happy.
Ning Ruotong and Wang Bang both sent him several messages asking him about it. But the one who sent the most messages was Bei Yeji.
Kitano Ji's examination hall was not in the same place as his, but she called him many times as soon as the exam was over. He was on his way home at the time and had no time to answer, so he didn't answer. While waiting for the dance, she called him one after another, and it didn't stop until an hour after the dance ended.
Letang felt annoyed and blocked him. He sent Ning Ruotong a few messages to reassure her. The test results came out at that time and the doctor recommended that he be hospitalized immediately for preoperative examination.
"Where are your parents? How can you, a student, come to such a big event?"
"They are all working in other places and can't come back for a while. I am an adult, so just tell me if you have any problems."
The nurse shook her head and said, "Okay."
Letang chose the best single room for his grandmother, imported medicine, and the most expensive materials. Seeing his family's generosity, the nurses dared not neglect her.
After finishing these, Letang went to the convenience store in front of the hospital to buy some daily necessities.
When I was checking out, I accidentally bumped into the person next to me, and a lot of the things I was holding fell to the ground.
"Oh, sorry."
Before Letang could take the next step, the other party had already squatted down and picked up the things on the ground for him.
"Is anyone in the family hospitalized?"
Letang uttered a soft "Ah" and took in the man's appearance: "Doctor Lin?"
After Dr. Lin handed him the things, he remained in a half-squatting position and looked up at him: "Are you alone?"
Letang nodded awkwardly. He didn't want to run into Lin Shaoxing at this time.
The slightly rough fingers gently pressed on his knee, and the sore feeling made Letang dodge.
Only then did he realize that he had bumped into something and there was a bruise on his knee, which was also a little swollen.
Lin Shaoxing looked up at him.
"It just so happens that I'm on duty tonight. I'll go with you to get your things."
Letang secretly glanced at the lunch box in Lin Shaoxing's hand. He guessed that he was so busy that he only had time to eat now.
"Don't bother you, I can do it myself."
Lin Shaoxing acted as if he didn't hear anything, and walked straight to the inpatient department with his things. Letang had to follow him quickly.
The nurse at the nurses' station was a little surprised when she saw him: "Why is Director Lin here?"
Lin Shaoxing glanced at Le Tang behind him and said, "This is my friend."
The nurse exclaimed, "Ah!"
"Are there any wards available on the fifth floor?"
"some."
"Let his family move to the fifth floor."
"good."
The wards on the fifth floor are the best equipped in the inpatient department. Generally, only high-ranking officials and dignitaries are eligible to stay there. Ordinary people cannot stay there no matter how rich they are.
Now, Lin Shaoxing just said a few simple words and asked Grandma Letang to move in directly.
"Would you like to have dinner with me?"
Letang was grateful to him, but didn't know how to thank him for a moment, so he naturally agreed when he heard it.
The lunch box was buzzing in the microwave, emitting a warm orange light. Lin Shaoxing said he had something to get and needed to go back. Letang sat quietly at the table waiting alone.
After the heating stopped, Lin Shaoxing came back with a bottle of medicine spray in his hand.
Letang stood up and took the food out of the microwave for him: "Eat quickly."
Lin Shaoxing sat directly on the chair next to him, but did not open the lunch box. Instead, he reached out and turned the back of his chair so that he was facing him.
"Lift your legs."
Before Letang could react, he simply held Letang's calf, placed it on his knee, opened the cap of the spray bottle and applied medicine to the place where he was hit.
The spray was icy cool, gently and evenly spraying onto the wound. From Letang's perspective, the man was slightly bent over, his glasses still hanging from his nose as he lowered his head. They were firmly supported by his high nose bridge, making him look particularly abstinent.
"I love the bouquet. Thank you for taking the trouble."
Lin Shaoxing reached out and massaged the wound. Unlike the time when he checked his neck, this time his technique was extra gentle and careful, as if he was treating an expensive, delicate and fragile item.
"As long as you like it."
After the massage, Lin Shaoxing lifted his knees again and blew on them gently with his head down.
Le Tang flinched. Such a gesture of cherishing and caring made his heart stop for a moment.
It happened that Lin Shaoxing's gaze met his.
"Eat the food quickly, it's getting cold."
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