Chapter 73
Zhou Yang sincerely thanked the phone call for helping him out of his predicament.
However, the phone number showed his father's.
Maybe it's to let him go home for the New Year.
Zhou Yang hesitated for a second and picked up the phone. A female voice with a crying tone came from the other end.
He hadn't heard this voice for a long time, so long that he almost didn't recognize it the first time he heard it.
Zhou Yang glanced at Lin Qiyuan without avoiding the question. They were already a couple, and he would know about her family situation sooner or later.
"Um...Mom, if you have something to say, please speak slowly."
"Does it hurt a lot?"
"Vomited it all?"
"Which hospital?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was intermittent. Lin Qiyuan only heard Zhou Yang ask a few questions before he hung up.
"What's wrong? What happened at your home?"
"My dad seems to have severe back pain. My mom called a taxi and took him to the hospital. Because it's Chinese New Year, the domestic helpers have all gone home to celebrate the New Year. I..."
"Go back and check it out!" Lin Qiyuan knew that Zhou Yang had an average relationship with his family, but they were family members after all, and there was no way he could just watch them suffer.
"and you……"
"I have a nurse to take care of me, it's okay." There were two nurses, one local and one from another place. The one from another place had already gone home for the New Year, and the local one, in order to earn more money, deliberately stayed in the hospital until the night of the 30th before going home.
In that case, she should be willing to pay extra money to stay for a few more hours.
"Then I'll go back and take a look. If everything is alright, I'll come back to see you right away."
Lin Qiyuan nodded obediently: "Yes, okay."
Zhou Yang put on his coat and kissed Lin Qiyuan. "My father is Zhou Hai, the owner of the Haining Hotel. I'll tell you the details later. I'm leaving now."
Zhou Yang thought Lin Qiyuan might overthink things, so he told him his identity directly. While lying was wrong, he hadn't deliberately concealed it before, so if he explained it now, the other party wouldn't hold on to it.
Sure enough, Lin Qiyuan was just stunned for a moment and did not show any dissatisfaction or anger.
Zhou Yang squeezed his fingers and said, "I'm leaving first, baby Lin."
The moment Lin Qiyuan reacted, he wanted to confess his identity to Zhou Yang as well, but the three words "Baby Lin" were like a curse, which made him feel uncomfortable both physically and mentally, but he couldn't say anything. When he was freed from this "curse", Zhou Yang had already left, and the ward returned to peace again.
It doesn't matter if he didn't confess. The crime he committed seemed to be more serious, and it would definitely require a more formal occasion, Lin Qiyuan persuaded himself.
The Zhou family villa was far from the city center, so Zhou Hai was sent directly to a nearby hospital. There were not many people on the street on the afternoon of New Year's Eve, and there was not much traffic congestion along the way, and the car drove fast. Even so, it took two hours to arrive at the hospital.
Zhou Yang went straight to the emergency room and saw his mother wiping her tears. His father was lying on the bed in the hall, holding his left waist and looking very uncomfortable.
The hospital has a very convenient location, but correspondingly, there are a lot of people. During the Chinese New Year, the emergency hall was crowded with people.
Zhou Yang hurried over and happened to see a nurse coming over with a few bottles of medicine. Zhou Yang pointed at Zhou Hai and asked, "Hello, nurse, what happened to my dad?"
The nurse looked up and found such a handsome man standing in front of her. Suddenly, her reluctance to be on duty on New Year's Eve and the frustration of the middle-aged woman's sobbing and piercing voice were dispelled. She spoke softly, "The initial suspicion is kidney stones. I'll give you painkillers first. Later, please help push your father to get a CT scan to confirm it."
"Okay, thank you, nurse."
The man in front of her was not only handsome, but also gentle and polite. The nurse was immediately attracted to him and said a few more words: "Is that your mother sitting over there? She doesn't seem to know anything. I went to the window to handle the registration and prescription. You can get the examination form yourself. The probability of kidney stones is very high. You can give the patient more water."
When Zhou Yang said his first words, his father and mother saw their son and hurried over at the same time.
However, Zhou Hai was happy, but Zhou's mother felt that her son was late. Just as she was about to blame him, Zhou Hai grabbed her hand in time and stopped her from talking nonsense.
Being "bullied" by the young nurse, Mother Zhou was very dissatisfied and wanted to stand up to argue, but was suppressed by Father Zhou.
Zhou Yang noticed the commotion by the bedside, but ignored it. He hurriedly thanked the nurse, "Thank you so much! I'll transfer the fee to you. I don't have any cash, so is WeChat or Alipay okay?"
The young nurse had previously been quite resentful of Zhou Ma's attitude, but now that she saw Zhou Yang handling the gift like this, her resentment naturally faded, and she comforted him, "Don't worry, go do your work first, and return the money to me when you're done."
Having said that, he ignored Zhou Ma's glare and started giving Zhou Dad an injection.
Father Zhou has been looking at his son intently. When Zhou Yang finally looked over here, he couldn't help but say: "It's not a big deal. You don't have to rush back. I guess he's just a little tired recently. He will be fine soon." But even though he said it,
Zhou Yang could notice the recent change in his father's attitude towards him, but the father and son had a grudge against each other for a long time, and he was not used to Zhou Hai's concern.
And his mother, apart from giving birth to him, was probably not as kind to him as a random street cleaner.
Zhou Yang was silent for a moment, then said comfortingly, "You have a good rest, I'll go pay the bill."
The hospital was very large, and Zhou Yang ran back and forth twice to pay the full fee. When he returned to the lobby, the painkillers had taken effect, and Zhou Hai was obviously not in as much pain.
The doctor informed the patient to be taken to the CT room, and Zhou Yang followed the nurse to push Zhou Hai into the CT room. Zhou's mother also followed. After the door closed, Zhou's mother wanted to say a few words to her son, but she hadn't communicated with him for so long that she didn't know what to say.
She had indeed complained to her son for coming back too late in a moment of anxiety, but that was also the truth. How could it be that in the same city, when her son called and told her that his father was so seriously ill, it took her more than two hours to get to the hospital?
"Your father is old, and as a woman, I can't make any decisions if he has any problems. You might as well just go home and live there!"
Zhou Yang was silent for a moment, then refused: "My dad probably has kidney stones. If the stone is large, he can just have it removed. If it's small, he just needs to take medicine."
The implication was that it was just a minor problem and there was no need for him to go home.
Mother Zhou was so angry that she wanted to curse immediately, but then the door of the CT room opened, interrupting her thoughts.
It would take at least half an hour to get the CT report, so Zhou Yang pushed the person back.
Zhou Hai looked at Zhou Yang and asked, "Yang Yang, you haven't eaten yet, right? Don't worry about me, go eat first."
Zhou Yang did not eat lunch, he just had some fruit, thinking about making dumplings with Lin Qiyuan for breakfast in the afternoon.
It was almost five o'clock and people were starting to eat the New Year's Eve dinner in many places. Zhou Yang suddenly felt hungry.
"What do you want to eat? I'll go buy it." Zhou Yang asked his father and mother.
I don’t know if Lin Qiyuan has eaten.
He should have been transferred to a general ward, at least there would be other people to spend the New Year with him.
"Ding—" Zhou Yang's WeChat notification sounded, and he opened it reflexively. It was actually Lin Qiyuan.
Lin Qiyuan sent three pictures of dumplings.
One piece was not wrapped yet. He had prepared the filling and bought the dough in advance.
The second photo shows him wrapping something. He looks very focused and does it very well.
The third one is cooked, without any broken skin.
Zhou Yang knew that he was a very smart person and could learn things quickly. When he first lived in Lin Qiyuan's house, he knew nothing, but now he cooks better than him.
The photo captured the steam coming out of the dumplings. I didn’t feel it just now, but now when I touched my stomach, I felt really hungry.
Two seconds later, another sentence followed the photo: The dumplings will be delivered soon, remember my call.
Dumplings delivered? Zhou Yang was puzzled for a few seconds when he heard his cell phone ring. He clicked it and the voice on the other end was very young, claiming it was a delivery.
This should be the dumplings that Lin Qiyuan mentioned, right?
He was worried that he wouldn't have enough to eat, so he ordered takeout for himself?
Zhou Yang felt warm inside. For the first time in his life, he felt the festive atmosphere of the New Year. After settling Zhou's father down, he left the hall and went to the hospital entrance to pick up takeout.
However, the delivery guy was not wearing an orange jacket or a blue jacket. Instead, he was from a third-party delivery company that specializes in same-city delivery.
The young man, dressed in bright red, asked, "Is this Mr. Zhou? Please check the hot dumplings Mr. Lin sent you."
Zhou Yang signed and took the big bag of dumplings. He found it was very heavy and definitely enough for more than one person.
Maybe because he thought his parents were there too, he ordered more.
Zhou Yang walked into the hospital again carrying a heavy bag.
As soon as he walked into the emergency hall, the nurse informed him that the ward had been cleaned and vacated. Zhou Yang then went to great lengths to send Zhou Hai to the ward.
The ward is quite clean and has a small table.
The medicine started to take effect and Zhou Hai no longer felt any pain.
Zhou Yang took out the dumplings and poured them into the disposable tableware prepared in the bag.
Perhaps because it had been so long, the dumplings looked a little dull. Mother Zhou frowned, "Shouldn't we eat soup during the Chinese New Year..."
Zhou Hai interrupted her with a hurried smile, "Are these dumplings bought by Yangyang? It's Chinese New Year, so dumplings are perfect for it! Xiaozhen, go turn on the TV. You'll be able to watch the Spring Festival Gala in a while."
Zhou Yang didn't care what the two said and just put all the tableware in place.
"bite-"
The WeChat notification sound came again. Zhou Yang instinctively felt that it might be Lin Qiyuan, so he put down his chopsticks to check.
As expected.
Lin Qiyuan posted a picture of himself eating dumplings, and wrote a sentence below: Are the dumplings I made delicious?
Lin Qiyuan packed it?
Zhou Yang was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth to chew. Sure enough, it was the filling he had prepared.
Lin Qiyuan probably spent at least two or three hours wrapping so many dumplings with one hand, and then cooked them and gave them to himself and his family.
Zhou Yang suddenly felt very sad, sad that he could not spend the New Year with Lin Qiyuan, leaving him there alone.
After a while, Zhou Yang put the dumplings he had already arranged back into the lunch box. Facing the surprised looks of Zhou's parents, he explained, "These dumplings aren't very fresh anymore. I'll go out and buy some fresh ones!"
Lin Qiyuan made dumplings for him with one hand, and he really couldn't bear to give them to others.
Zhou Hai held him back: "No, I'm willing to eat it even if it's not fresh. Put the dumplings down, kid, why are you being so fussy!"
Zhou Ma took a look and agreed, "That's right, put it down, and everyone can just eat it."
Zhou Yang: "...I'm sorry, Dad, Mom, I can't do it."
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