In the end, she and Lao Lin fought for the bullfrog for half an hour, but she still lost and could only eat a bowl of rice with stir-fried vegetables.
However, during the meal, Lao Lin still sorted out the study materials and schedule with her.
Lin Chaoxi took her schoolbag and returned to her room. She smacked her lips and savored the taste of the vegetables. She felt that Old Lin was a little angry because of embarrassment, so the call was most likely from her mother?
There is no way to control the emotional life of adults.
She sat down at her desk, turned on her computer, and prepared to organize her study plan according to Lao Lin's recommendations, such as looking at the reference books she needed to buy first.
It was eight o'clock in the evening, and Lao Lin was doing his own thing in the next room.
They have been like this since they were young. Lao Lin never helped her with her homework, let alone sat next to her with a small stool to supervise her. When she had questions she didn't understand, she would take the initiative to knock on the door and ask Lao Lin for help. When Lao Lin wanted to play with her, he would also knock on the door to play with her.
They maintained a suitable distance between father and daughter.
Lin Chaoxi created a spreadsheet on her computer, listing the content to be learned, reference books, study tools, and the approximate time required. The more detailed the work, the more she realized how much she needed to catch up on.
Starting from the first year of university mathematics, mathematical analysis, advanced algebra, analytic geometry, to the later abstract algebra, ordinary differential equations, complex variable functions,
Real function, etc., etc., one year is definitely not enough.
Mathematics requires repeated practice to achieve proficiency, and of course this is also related to mathematical thinking. In short, if you study hard and carefully, it will take at least two years.
This is the case when Lao Lin has activated the golden finger.
The instructor at the postgraduate entrance examination registration agency said something very pertinent: if she wants to take the three-level test, she will definitely not be able to pass it this year.
Lin Chaoxi gripped the mouse so tightly that his palm ached.
Although she always attributed her giving up mathematics to the time when Lao Lin was not around, what was she doing in college afterwards?
Perhaps there are always things that make people happy and kill their will. Time passes by minute by minute, and she doesn't feel any pity at the time. But when she encounters something she really wants, the time she has wasted is equivalent to the distance between her and her goal.
Fair as can be.
At this point, she deeply regretted not cherishing the time she had.
It would be nice if I could go back again.
Thinking this, she pressed the print button and printed out the rough plan.
She held the cup of water and prepared to go to the kitchen to make a cup of coffee.
No matter what, start from this moment.
While waiting for the water to boil, she stood in front of the refrigerator and flipped through the colorful notes on it. Suddenly, she saw one of the notes and couldn't help but shout out, "Dad, do I have to go to the hospital for a follow-up visit tomorrow?"
"Yes?"
"You're stuck on the refrigerator!"
Lao Lin opened the door, ran out, stood in front of the refrigerator, and wailed: "It turns out he has Alzheimer's disease. The medical diagnosis is really accurate."
"Can I go with you tomorrow?" Lin Zhaoxi said. "I'm not doing internship anymore, so I have plenty of time."
"Aren't you going to try to solve the problem given by Brother Pei Zhi?"
Lin Zhaoxi: “…”
"You really don't want the answer?" Lao Lin said, "It's in the second drawer of my desk. You can take a look at it secretly tomorrow when I'm at work. I won't tell Pei Zhi because I don't know him."
Lin Chaoxi turned around and stared at Lao Lin without blinking.
"What's wrong?" Lao Lin smiled, "Do you want dad to cover your eyes now~"
"Dad, Director Ma said that you should go again. He wants you to bring the brain CT scan and the examination reports. Where did you put them?"
Lao Lin suddenly opened his eyes: "!!!"
Lin Chaoxi put down the water cup and pushed him out of the kitchen: "Find your medical record bag first, then tell me whether I will accompany you or not!"
"Did we get it when we left the hospital?" Lao Lin said uncertainly.
"I remember that, don't I?"
As they chatted, they searched from the locker in the hallway to the shelf in Lao Lin's room, but still couldn't find Lao Lin's medical record bag.
After searching the room in a mess, even the closet, Lao Lin said with a guilty conscience, "Could it be in the second drawer on the left side of my desk?"
Lin Zhaoxi was sweating profusely: "Don't tempt me, I won't watch it."
"Really, I might have put all the important things together..."
The drawer was slowly opened.
Lin Chaoxi stood at the door with her back to the room, but when she heard the sound of wood rubbing against each other as the door slowly opened, she couldn't help but turn around.
From a distance, there was an envelope in the rectangular drawer with red words on a white background. It was a special envelope used by the financial consulting company where Lao Lin worked. It looked a little bulging, and there must be a few pages of paper stuffed inside. The light from the wall lamp fell on the envelope, making it glow with a moist white light, which was indeed very tempting.
And under this letter...
Lao Lin suddenly pulled something out. It was a medical bag from Yongchuan Municipal Hospital, bulging with various examination reports.
"I told you it's right here!" Lao Lin looked at her proudly.
——
The day before yesterday was Director Ma’s specialist clinic, and there were a lot of patients, so they didn’t talk for long.
After that, Director Ma’s students made a special call to Lao Lin, hoping that they would come again on Sunday.
There was still a long queue outside the waiting room, and Lin Chaoxi sat on the bench with Lao Lin.
Lin Zhaoxi: "Why would Director Ma's student ask you out?"
Lao Lin: "I don't know. Director Ma is a professor, right? Did the professor call me personally?"
Lin Chaoxi tapped her feet. There were still ten minutes left before the agreed time. She opened her schoolbag and prepared to share some snacks with Lao Lin. But before she could unzip her schoolbag, she saw a familiar figure, turning in a wheelchair, coming from a distance.
Round face, black-framed glasses, left leg in a thick cast due to yesterday's accident, but still strong-willed, insisting on working...
Who else could it be except Lu Zhihao.
Lin Chaoxi's hand stopped as he was taking out some snacks because Lu Zhihao was on the phone and Lao Lin's cell phone rang.
She and Lao Lin looked at each other. Lao Lin answered the phone inexplicably. From a distance, the boy, who was not used to the wheelchair, said "hello" with difficulty, waved at them, but his hand stopped in mid-air and he was stunned.
"Is this Xiao Liu, your blind date, or the person you are brave enough to help?" Comrade Lao Lin is a shrewd man among shrewd men. He understands everything with just one look.
"The latter."
"Isn't he a fool?" Old Lin curled his lips.
Lin Zhaoxi: Dad, you really only like Pei Zhi!
Lu Zhihao was not very familiar with wheelchairs, and it took him a long time to avoid people and turn the wheelchair in front of them. He looked at her and then at Lao Lin, and wanted to call him "Uncle", but he felt that he should greet her first, so he froze.
Old Lin snorted softly, not wanting to say anything. Lin Chaoxi had no choice but to wave awkwardly: "See you again."
"You...why are you here?"
"Anyway, I'm not here to chase you." Lao Lin said unhappily.
Lin Chaoxi poked her father and realized that Old Lin was actually upset because she had saved Lu Zhihao and had suffered serious injuries, so he could only intervene and smooth things over.
"I came with my dad to see Director Ma. It was you who notified us to come on Sunday..."
"Oh, it's like this. I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting!" Lu Zhihao picked up the folder in the side pocket of the wheelchair, and then realized that he had forgotten something. He hurriedly said to her solemnly, "Thank you so much for yesterday. I wanted to treat you to dinner yesterday but you left. Anyway, when you are free, Xiaomei and I will definitely treat you to dinner!"
“You just thought I’d treat you to a meal…” Lao Lin muttered in a low voice.
"Okay." Lin Zhaoxi laughed loudly and quickly covered up what her father said. She looked at Lu Zhihao's white coat and asked, "Are you interning here? Why did you ask us to come?"
"Ah, it's either an internship or a clerkship, and I'm working for the boss." Lu Zhihao pointed to the neurology ward and whispered, "It's related to a research project of the boss."
Lin Chaoxi smiled. On the one hand, he felt it was a great coincidence. On the other hand, he was feeling emotional. Director Ma was a great expert who had a constant stream of visitors every day. Lu Zhihao was able to be his student. It seemed that in his dream of becoming a scientist, he had chosen the subject he wanted to work in.
That's great.
By the time Lu Zhihao brought them into the clinic, it was already noon.
There was a box lunch in front of the professor. He took two bites and motioned for them to sit down.
Director Ma: "I didn't have time to contact you two days ago to learn more about it. I found something wrong with Mr. Lin's film. Have you ever been in a car accident?"
Lin Chaoxi was putting Lao Lin's medical record bag on the table when he paused. Lu Zhihao was sitting in a wheelchair taking notes and didn't react.
Lao Lin smiled. He didn't expect Director Ma to talk to him about this. "It can't be said to be a car accident. I was just hit by a car and fell unluckily. At first I thought it was fine. I got up and walked away, but after a few hours I fell into a coma."
Director Ma: "How long was he in a coma?"
Lao Lin: "I don't quite remember, maybe a few months?"
Old Lin said it lightly, but he kept looking at her. Lin Chaoxi knew that her face must have turned pale.
She forced a smile at Lao Lin, telling the old man not to worry about her at this time.
Director Ma: "Can I know which hospital you were treated in at that time?"
Lao Lin didn't answer immediately: "From what you said, my illness is related to the car accident?"
Director Ma said: "That's right. There are many factors that cause Alzheimer's disease. Current research shows that heredity and gene mutation are important factors that lead to the disease. Some physical diseases and even heavy metals are also considered to be risk factors that may cause Alzheimer's disease. In addition to these risk factors, there is also traumatic brain injury."
Old Lin was silent for a while. Lin Chaoxi put his hand on his father's shoulder, but couldn't stop shaking.
The nightmarish memory resurfaced. She never knew that the sequelae of the accident would be so long-lasting and might even lead to Lao Lin's long-lasting and painful illness today.
And what about her?
She had thought countless times, would her life be different if Lao Lin had not been in a coma?
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