Xiaoxiao was the first to see Fu Ziheng who opened the door and came in. She hadn't seen him for many days, but now that she saw him, she got off the sofa and ran over quickly.
The moment he saw his daughter running towards him, a smile appeared on Fu Ziheng's tired expression.
He bent down and picked up his daughter.
Xiaoxiao put her arms around Dad's neck, kissed him on the cheek, and touched his chin: "Dad, you have a beard!"
"Dad, go clean it up later."
"It doesn't matter, dad is handsome even if he has a beard."
Fu Ziheng laughed softly.
Chu Ran followed behind, "Little princess, isn't that second uncle handsome?"
The little princess thought about it carefully, and then answered seriously: "No daddy is as handsome."
Chu Ran smiled: "You are really Fu Ziheng's daughter, she is just a caring little cotton-padded jacket." He said, reaching out to hug Xiaoxiao who came over, Xiaoxiao turned around and avoided his hand, cool
Answer: "I'm not my sister, so I don't need to hug her."
The corner of Chu Ran's mouth twitched: "You really have a personality."
After putting down his daughter, Fu Ziheng stretched out his hand to rub his son's head and squatted down in front of him: "Thank you for your hard work these days for taking good care of my sister."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Xiaoxiao's face after receiving the praise, "It's all thanks to my grandparents. Grandpa and grandma worked hard, but I didn't."
Speaking of Fu Jingguo, Fu Ziheng lowered his eyes and tightened the corners of his mouth into a line, making the arc a little deeper.
He got up and came to the hospital bed, looking at the person on the bed: "How do you feel now?"
"I'm fine." Fu Jingguo waved his hand and reassured them: "Don't be so nervous. Who has never died in life since ancient times? Life is long and short, and life is determined. You can't force it."
"What is immortal!" Chen Wanyi's hand while peeling the apple paused: "You can see clearly, but you don't want to think about how uncomfortable it is for us to hear this."
Fu Jingguo was stunned for a moment and then sighed: "Yes, it's my fault. Don't be angry. I will pay attention to what you say next time."
Chen Wanyi didn't say anything.
"Grandpa." Xiaoxiao came to the bedside and looked at Fu Jingguo with a pair of big black grape-like eyes: "Grandpa, are you sick? When will you be discharged from the hospital?"
Fu Jingguo touched his granddaughter's head lovingly: "Grandpa will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. Will Xiaoxiao be willing to live with grandpa then?"
Xiaoxiao nodded: "Yes."
"So good."
Chu Ran frowned and said: "Discharged? Dad, are you telling the truth or are you lying to coax a child?"
"Of course it's the truth."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Ziheng, who had been silent all this time, said calmly: "You cannot be discharged from the hospital, and you cannot be discharged from the hospital until your body recovers."
Fu Jingguo's expression changed, and just as he was about to speak, Xiao Wan took the child from left to right, stretched out his hand and pulled Fu Ziheng's arm: "Speak carefully."
Then I took the children to the sofa and stayed away from them.
The father and son would quarrel if they spoke more than three sentences. Xiao Wan was firstly afraid that they would scare the child, and secondly, she was afraid that Fu Ziheng's tone would be too harsh and make Fu Jingguo angry.
How could his current body withstand the wind and waves?
Fu Ziheng understood what she was thinking. After hearing this, he took two deep breaths and softened his attitude: "Your health is critical now, and everything has to be arranged by the doctor, so don't think about being discharged from the hospital for the time being. I will naturally take you back when you are discharged."
Chen Wanyi agreed on the side: "Ziheng is right, you don't have to think about it until your health is better. Don't forget that I suddenly became ill that night and almost scared me to death."
Fu Jingguo compromised: "Okay, I listen to you."
Chen Wanyi cut off a small piece of the peeled apple and handed it over. Fu Jingguo reached out to take it, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
Fu Ziheng, who was standing on the side, pursed his lips and turned around to go out. Xiao Wan, who was sitting there, had been paying attention to what was going on over there. The moment Fu Ziheng went out, she immediately got up and followed him out.
In a secluded corner, Fu Ziheng stood there with a slender figure, alone and looking a little lonely.
Xiao Wan walked over and hugged him from behind: "Are you tired?"
Fu Ziheng's raised hand paused. Xiao Wan sniffed her nose and smelled a strange smell. She let go of him and came to him. Fu Ziheng was holding a cigarette between his fingers, and the newly lit cigarette was wisps of smoke.
Emitting white smoke.
He seldom smoked and almost never smoked in front of her. Now he wanted to use cigarettes to relax... Xiao Wan felt sorry for him and reached out to hold his hand: "You go back and rest. I stayed here. Last night
They haven’t even gone back.”
"I'm sorry." Fu Ziheng held her hand back, "I think I made you worried last night."
"No." Xiao Wan smiled, "No matter what you do, I won't worry. I will only believe in you wholeheartedly."
Because he is Fu Ziheng.
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Ziheng suddenly reached out and hugged her. His arms tightened tighter and tighter, so tight that Xiao Wan almost couldn't breathe. After she came to her senses, she also hugged him.
She heard him say: "Xiao Wan, last night I had a one-night meeting with Chu Ran and five experts from the cardiology department. My father... his heart has reached the point of failure. Maybe he will have a heart attack next time."
If you let it go, you will die."
When she said the word death, she felt his body tremble slightly.
Xiao Wan opened her mouth: "Just... there is nothing we can do?"
"Yes." Fu Ziheng let go of her and said, "Operation."
"Then make arrangements."
"This is another big problem." Fu Ziheng smiled bitterly and raised his hand to raise the cigarette in his hand. Xiao Wan waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind. Fu Ziheng took a deep breath. The taste of tobacco filled his mouth and gradually entered his heart.
Only then did I feel that my tense nerves were relieved, "My dad is older and is not suitable for surgery, and the doctor is not sure whether he will be thorough after the surgery. Moreover, half of the people on the operating table are
Risk, if this risk occurs, he...my father may die on the operating table."
It was only now that Xiao Wan felt his despair.
Although she knew how serious Fu Jingguo's condition was this time, she didn't expect it to be so serious. She even kept praying secretly in her heart that a miracle would happen and Fu Jingguo would get better and be discharged from the hospital the next day.
But all her ideas were too naive.
Pursing her lips, Xiao Wan asked: "What are you and Chu Ran planning?"
Fu Ziheng threw away the cigarette butt and put it out: "Even if there is only a 50% chance, I still have to go for surgery."
*
"I won't do it!"
After hearing Chu Ran's explanation, Fu Jingguo refused without thinking: "I can't do the surgery, so just give up on this idea."
Not only Chu Ran, but also Chen Wanyi on the side was stunned.
"Why?" Chu Ran, who came back to his senses, was confused.
"I also want to know why?"
Before Fu Jingguo could speak, Fu Ziheng and Xiao Wan came in from outside. He came to the bed and asked with a stern expression.
Everyone was worried about him and trying to find a way to solve the problem, but he didn't do anything, killing all hope.
Chen Wanyi brushed herself off and stood up, her face clearly angry: "Why don't you do it?!"
Fu Jingguo stretched out his hand to help her sit down, but Chen Wanyi shook his hand away and said, "Speak clearly!"
"I may die on the operating table. If I don't do it, I can still talk to you like this, open my eyes and see you, whether it is a day or a month. If I have to go for the operation, I may not be able to see you tomorrow.
Now." He looked at the astonished Chen Wanyi, then glanced at everyone in the ward, and finally focused on his two grandchildren, "I want to spend more time with these two little darlings, and listen to them live and breathe.
They called me grandpa. When I picked them up from kindergarten after school, they held my hands and told me what happened at school..."
Chen Wanyi couldn't help but blush again as she listened.
Fu Jingguo sighed and said nothing: "That's why I can't have surgery."
Fu Ziheng took a step forward and stood face to face with him, still expressionless: "But do you know that the risk of not doing surgery is 100%, but the risk of doing surgery is only 50%."
"Ziheng." Fu Jingguo suddenly smiled, "I know you all do it for my own good. If there is a 50% chance for me to survive, I will do it, but I know my own body. You
No one knows my own body, only me, the client, knows it best, and the doctor also told me the truth. Once I enter the operating room, I will probably never be able to open my eyes."
Fu Ziheng's forehead was throbbing with veins: "So no matter what, you won't do the surgery?"
"I will do it, but not in the near future."
Fu Ziheng was about to say something, but Chen Wanyi interrupted their conversation: "Stop arguing, let's just let this matter go for now and let me talk to your dad."
Fu Ziheng pursed his lips, Xiao Wan stretched out his hand to pull him, Fu Ziheng glanced sideways at her, Xiao Wan nodded, indicating that he should listen to Chen Wanyi first, and Fu Ziheng finally compromised.
*
In the evening, Xiao Wan took the children back. As soon as she bathed them, Xiao Wan's phone rang. She wiped her hands and came out to answer: "Hello."
"It's me."
"Dad, what do you want from me?"
Father Xiao took a walk downstairs after dinner and suddenly thought of calling his daughter. By the time he recovered, the call had already been dialed.
When Xiao Wan asked, he said without hesitation: "Nothing's wrong. I just called you to ask how Fu Jingguo's illness is."
Xiao Wan sat down on the sofa, paused, and told everything she knew.
After listening, Father Xiao fell silent.
"dad?"
"Oh, I'm here." Having arrived in front of the house, Father Xiao found the key and opened the door: "Okay, I won't tell you anymore, I'm home."
"Okay, you go to bed early." Xiao Wan put away the phone.
She tidied up the house, sweated all over, and took a shower. It was already ten o'clock when she came out. Fu Ziheng hadn't come back yet. Xiao Wan called him, but he didn't answer. It seemed like he wouldn't be there today.
I came back, and after thinking about it for a while, Xiao Wan sent me another text message.
"——Pay attention to rest, good night."
She put down her mobile phone and turned off the lights to go to sleep. She didn't know how long it had been. When she was sleeping vaguely, she suddenly felt the bedside sinking. Xiao Wan had not slept deeply at first. She noticed the movement and subconsciously opened her eyes, looking in the darkness.
Not sure, but my sense of smell is extremely sensitive.
"Fu Ziheng?"
"It's me."
The person next to her replied, and within seconds her body was pulled over by him and he held her in his arms.
"What time is it?" She also stretched out her arms to hug him and asked casually with her eyes closed.
Fu Ziheng held her motionless and said in a low voice, "It's almost twelve o'clock."
"Oh." Xiao Wan smelled the smell of tobacco on his body, thinking that he must have smoked a lot, "How is it? Has your father agreed to the operation?"
He didn't answer immediately, and his breathing was steady and steady. Listening to his drum-like heartbeat, Xiao Wan thought he was asleep, so he didn't ask.
"No." After a while, she heard Fu Ziheng say, "He still doesn't agree? I just don't understand why he is so stubborn."
It could be heard that in addition to being slightly puzzled, he also felt deeply helpless.
In the silence of the room, Xiao Wan slowly said: "Maybe it's because of fear."
"Afraid?"
"Yes." She responded softly, "In our opinion, surgery is the best choice, but in your dad's opinion, it is the last option. He is afraid that he will remain asleep after entering the operating room.
So I would rather choose a smooth and risk-free drag than go into the operating room."
"He...maybe just because he is afraid, afraid that he will never see you again from now on, and afraid that the 50% risk will happen on the operating table, so he doesn't dare to gamble."
Fu Ziheng tightened his arms, and Xiao Wan said quietly: "Fu Ziheng, have you ever thought about it, if your father really goes into the operating room, what if, I mean what if, what if an accident happens, what if the operation fails,
what to do?"
what to do?
Fu Ziheng never thought about what he would do, because in his eyes, it was impossible for the operation to fail. He hired the most excellent team of doctors, not to mention the best in city A, even in the country. He believed in those professionals
personnel.
He believed even more that Fu Jing would survive this test.
He didn't even know where he got this confidence.
Now that Xiao Wan asked him these questions nakedly, in front of the people closest to him, his strong self-confidence collapsed, and his heart gradually became confused, hesitant and uneasy.
Yes, if something unpredictable happens during the operation, Fu Jingguo... something happens to his father, what should he do at that time?
He thought he would blame himself. If he hadn't acted arbitrarily, his father might still be alive and well. If he hadn't forced him, nothing would have happened to his father.
Fu Ziheng hugged Xiao Wan tightly and buried his face in her neck. After a long time, he spoke: "I will follow my father's choice. If he agrees to have the operation, I will arrange the time. If he doesn't want to have the operation,
Then...I won't force him."
Xiao Wan was stunned for a moment, not expecting that he would suddenly change his mind.
She opened her mouth and was about to speak when Fu Ziheng closed his eyes and said, "Go to sleep, I'm tired."
"Yeah." Xiao Wan swallowed the words in her mouth, found a comfortable position in his arms, and fell asleep holding him.
…
*
Fu Ziheng, who had always had a tough attitude, suddenly changed his tune. Fu Jingguo was a little dazed, and Chen Wanyi stood up from her chair: "What?"
Fu Ziheng nodded: "You heard me right, if my dad doesn't want to have surgery, it's all up to his own ideas, and I will never interfere again."
Fu Jingguo put down the newspaper in his hand: "Ziheng, are you serious?"
"yes."
"Why?" Chen Wanyi was a little impatient. She had been persuading Fu Jingguo to have surgery for the past two days, but Fu Jingguo's temper was as stubborn as an ox. No one could change his determination. She couldn't persuade her. She thought about Fu Ziheng and Fu Jingguo.
Even if he doesn't listen to himself, he will still listen to his son. But now, Fu Ziheng has given up.
That's what she should do.
Fu Jingguo looked at him: "Did you give up because you were disappointed in me?"
Fu Ziheng smiled and said: "No, I figured it out. It's not about giving up, it's about respecting it. This is your decision, and I will respect it. And as you said, this surgery is very risky.
, after all, I don’t dare to take this risk.”
Fu Jingguo also laughed: "I think so too. It's not cost-effective to die on the operating table. It's better to take medicine now and live day by day."
The two people's attitude of not taking their lives seriously made Chen Wanyi standing aside jump in anger.
Finally, the nurse came in with the medicine. Chen Wanyi usually helped him take the medicine, but she was so angry that she didn't even want to give him the medicine. Fu Jingguo smiled bitterly and took the medicine silently.
*
No one expected that Xiao's father would find the hospital in the evening. Xiao Wan brought dinner to the hospital. They ate some casually. Chu Ran went back to rest. Fu Ziheng was on the phone in the corner, and the TV in the ward was turned on.
Then, Father Xiao opened the door and came in. He saw the children sitting on the sofa and playing, and he made sure that he had gone to the wrong ward.
Everyone in the room was busy with their own business. Father Xiao cleared his throat: "Cough."
Everyone in the room looked sideways.
"Dad." Xiao Wan put down what she was doing and walked over, "How did you find me?"
"Let me take a look."
"How did you find it yourself?"
"I called you this morning and asked some indirect questions, so I wrote it down. I had nothing to do after dinner just now, so I took the car to look for you."
Xiao Wan nodded and led his father in. Fu Jingguo, who was sitting on the bed, was a little excited. His old friend for many years came to see him, and Xiao Seshan, whom he thought he would never forgive in his life, came to see him. This made him unable to sit still and think about it.
stand up.
"You are not in good health, just sit down." Seeing through his thoughts, Father Xiao came to him and stopped his movements.
Fu Jingguo nodded and quickly pointed to the seat next to him: "Sit down too."
Xiao Seshan sat down after hearing this.
Fu Ziheng put away the phone and came over. Fu Jingguo calmed down and said to the people in the room: "You guys go out first and let me talk to Xiao Wan's father."
Fu Ziheng took everyone out.
The door to the ward was closed, and the room instantly became quiet, except for the sound of the instruments beside the bed.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Seshan spoke up: "I heard from Xiao Wan that your illness is very serious this time?"
"Children are so concerned that they become confused. Even if it's not serious, it's still very serious in their eyes." Fu Jingguo smiled, "There's no big problem, it's just a little more troublesome than the last illness." After a pause, he shifted.
After talking about this topic, he said again: "I didn't expect you to come to see me."
It had been several months since the last conversation, and they had not interacted with each other since.