After disinfection, Luo Xi wanted to guard outside the ward. Ye Hanxuan suddenly stopped her and said, "I'll take you somewhere."
"Where to go?"
Lu Sheng is still lying in the intensive care unit. At this time, she will not go anywhere. She has to wait for him to wake up.
"The doctor said that he has been unconscious for at least two days. There are professional nurses inside. You can't help here. Come with me. Maybe you will find something else." Ye Hanxuan said very solemnly, if not
He would not choose this time for a particularly important place.
Luo Xi still hesitated, lying on the thick isolation glass, staring at the pale man, as fragile as a piece of paper floating in the wind, as weak.
She pressed her face against the glass and whispered: "Okay, I'll go with you."
After staying until the next morning, the two set off. Ye Hanxuan did not drive, but took her to the long-distance bus station to catch a bus.
The bus station was dirty and messy, and there were people everywhere carrying packages to return home. Ye Hanxuan bought a ticket. Before getting on the bus, Luo Xi glanced at the sign hanging in front of the windshield. It was a sign she had never heard of.
Place name.
After getting in the car, I realized that this place is indeed a remote town. It took more than seven hours to get there by car from City A. After getting off the bus, I had to rent a half-truck and drive for two hours to reach the destination.
The mountain road is winding and seems to be isolated from the rest of the world.
Luo Xi had never been to a place like this, and had never seen such a poor and backward village. There were dozens of families scattered in the ravine, with low-roofed houses and sparse fenced courtyards.
"Where is this?" She couldn't help but asked curiously, wondering why Ye Hanxuan brought her here.
"This place is called Ant Village. It is a famous poor mountain village. People in the town say, 'Don't marry an ant girl, don't marry an ant boy.' It's just that this place is so poor that women can't get married and men can't find wives, regardless of whether they are male or female."
Young and old alike all have one word on their heads, 'poor.'"
While they were talking, they had stopped in front of a small mud house, with bunches of golden corn hanging under the beams. In the yard, a few skinny hens were pecking at the sand on the ground.
After a while, the dilapidated wooden door opened with a creak, and a woman who looked to be in her fifties stood there looking at them, her face filled with defensiveness.
Although this woman's clothes are shabby, they are cleanly washed. Although her appearance has been weathered by time, it is not difficult to see that she was a beauty when she was young. But she was born in such a place, and her beauty is of no use to her.
Ye Hanxuan did not go in, but looked at her through the wooden door, and then took Luo Xi to the dirt road aside.
They were standing here, and not far away there was a child wearing a worn-out cotton-padded jacket who was poking his head curiously.
"Have you never been to such a poor place?"
Luo Xi sighed, “If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would have never imagined it.”
Food is poor, transportation is blocked, and information is backward.
"But such a place has cultivated an outstanding soldier." Ye Hanxuan looked at her shocked face and slowly confirmed her guess, "Lu Sheng."
This news was too unexpected. Luo Xi had known Lu Sheng for so many years and had never heard him mention his hometown. He only said it was a county town. He didn't expect it to be such a dilapidated and backward place. And there was no trace of it at all on him.
There are some traces of what once belonged here.
"How could it be?" Luo Xi couldn't believe it. She couldn't help but look at the dilapidated little earthen house. A realization in her heart suddenly made her wake up, "This house can't be just..."
"You are right, this is the captain's home, and that woman is his mother."
"But why..."
"Why is it that the captain is now a high-ranking official and well-paid, but his mother still stays in such a barren mountainous area?" Ye Hanxuan sighed quietly, "Because this old man severed the mother-child relationship with the captain after he found out that he became the battalion commander.
"
Luo Xi stared at the closed door, her palms suddenly sweating.
"This place has a bad reputation. Children who come out from here will be laughed at by others. When the old man heard that he became a battalion commander, he walked dozens of miles to the county seat to hang up with him. At that time, the captain was very happy.
He wanted to share the good news with his mother, but the old man told him not to come back again. She no longer recognized him as her son. When he came back in a hurry, the old man didn't even let him in through the door.
She was afraid that the captain's background would delay his future, and she was afraid that others would laugh at him because he had such a mother and such a family. No matter how much the captain persuaded or begged, she refused to see him again.
Later, when he was forced to have no choice, he tried every means to help the old man through other means, but the old man was too smart and refused all help because he did not want to be related to him. Over the years, this has always been the captain's responsibility.
Heart knot. You saw her attitude just now. She will never meet anyone who is a stranger."
After Ye Hanxuan finished speaking, Luo Xi was already crying. She didn't know Lu Sheng very well. He had experienced such sad things and she didn't know anything about it. He had always been silently paying for it, and he had sacrificed everything to protect him.
She, and she wanted to retreat.
"The captain has been unwilling to tell you the truth about your father. It's not that he didn't expect how sad you would be when you knew it. He was just scared by her mother. He was afraid that you would do something for him like his mother.
The decisive thing has come." Ye Hanxuan looked at the little boy not far in front, "So, I hope you won't blame him, and you will help him."
Luo Xi wiped away her tears, and her clear eyes were particularly bright after being washed by the tears. "I know that he will not always be controlled by Cui Dingtian like this. He has been planning something, right?"
"Yes." Ye Hanxuan did not deny it. "If you want to keep you safe, you must have something that can threaten Cui Dingtian. Only when you are safe can the captain really let go and deal with that old guy. Otherwise, do you think that after so many years, he
Will he really let Cui Dingtian do what he wants? The captain is a dragon, but he is temporarily trapped in the shallows. Sooner or later, he will return to the sea and set off huge waves. He only has one opportunity left, and this opportunity is you.
Do you understand, Luo Xi?"
The words have come to this point. No matter how slow Luo Xi is, she should understand. She resents her own wavering and even wants to give up halfway for him. But everything she saw and heard today made her understand.
Retreating in fear will not solve the problem. The only way before her now is to stand up and resist.
Regardless of whether Lu Sheng wanted to or not, she decided to fight to the end. Even if she died, she would not regret it.
The little boy in the distance threw a stone, as if to attract the attention of the two people. When he saw them looking over, he ran away with a smile.
Being poor is not a shameful thing. The virtue of simplicity cannot be bought with money. The things that mountain people possess can sometimes shine brightly inadvertently.
She walked to the door of the small courtyard and knocked on the door.
The woman cautiously opened a crack in the door and looked over, "Who are you looking for?"
"Mom, I am your daughter-in-law, Luo Xi."
The woman's body was visibly shaken, and her hand holding the door frame was shaking violently.
Luo Xi said through the wooden door: "Mom, I know you won't let me in, but I want to tell you that Lu Sheng and I will never give up on you. You gave birth to him and raised him. Blood is thicker than water. He is always there."
I miss you, even if you don't recognize him or see him now, it doesn't matter. One day, we will open this door openly and let everyone in the world know that you are our mother."
The woman's tears quietly slid down her face.
"By the way, Mom, you also have a lovely granddaughter. Her name is Tangxin. She is four years old this year. She is very well-behaved and obedient. I have pictures here. Look." Luo Xi raised the phone and said, "Mom, I saw it.
Doesn’t it look like Lu Sheng? When we finish our work over there, we will bring her back to see grandma. You will definitely like her."
The woman wiped her tears and looked hard at the phone in Luo Xi's hand. Although she couldn't see clearly, the vague image of the little girl was still imprinted in her eyes.
She murmured in her mouth, "Sugar core, sugar core."
"Mom, I'm leaving. Please take care of yourself." Luo Xi put away her phone and took one last look at the ajar door. There was no sadness or pain, but only the determination to come back. Lu Sheng stood up for her.
After doing so much, it was time for her to do something to make up for his regrets.
Because there was no bus back to city A, they stayed in a hotel in the town for the night. Before the car arrived at the destination the next day, Xu Chuanyang called to announce the good news, and Lu Sheng woke up.
It was already the evening two days later. Luo Xi rushed to the hospital and found that Lu Sheng had been transferred from the ICU to the general ward.
Zhou Huiyi and Fatty were there, but Xu Chuanyang had sent him home without sleeping for two days.
Seeing Luo Xi and Ye Hanxuan, Zhou Huiyi's tone was a little sour, "Lu is still in the intensive care unit, but you ran away without a trace."
Ye Hanxuan wanted to explain something, Luo Xi gave him a look, forget it, not all misunderstandings need to be explained one by one, people can think, sometimes what they see may not be true, no matter how many explanations
You also need the other person to believe it.
Lu Sheng woke up when he heard the voices. In just two days, he seemed to have lost weight, looked a little decadent, and seemed lazy and unwilling to talk.
Luo Xi sat down on the chair next to him and smiled at him, "You won't pay attention to people when you wake up, right?"
Lu Sheng just looked at her with a pair of dark eyes and said nothing.
She was not angry and turned to Zhou Huiyi and said: "You two must be very tired. Please go back and rest. I will take care of you here."
Zhou Huiyi looked at Lu Sheng, biting her lip slightly, as if she was unwilling to do so.
The fat man pulled the hem of her clothes behind him, "Okay, Hui Yi, you haven't slept for two days. If you stay here any longer, you won't know who is taking care of whom. There are Luo Xi and Ye here."
Ye Hanxuan picked up the car keys and said, "I'll send you two off first."
Although Zhou Huiyi was reluctant, she was really exhausted and finally left under Fatty's persuasion.
When everyone left the room, Luo Xi got up and went to the bathroom, scalded the towel with warm water and put it on his face, "Wipe your face."
He suddenly turned his head away, looking like an angry child.
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