Comrade Xu, who had already finished calling Zeng Xueyi and Xia Yun, leaned weakly on his seat and stared at the roof of the car without focus. Thinking that he had to experience the death of his mother again, he felt extremely depressed.
His father died early, and when his mother passed away, both of his parents were gone. Although he was no longer a child, he still felt like he was about to become an "orphan".
At this moment, he remembered a sentence he had seen somewhere before - if parents are alive, there is still a way to go in life; if parents are dead, there is only a way back in life.
The cell phone in his hand suddenly rang.
Comrade Xu silently raised his right hand and glanced at the caller ID on the phone screen - Ruan Qingqi.
At this time, he didn't want to answer anyone's call, but Ruan Qingqi's relationship with him was unusual after all. They had a good time before she got married and had children.
Later, after her child was born, less than a year later, she asked him out for a drink again late one night.
That night, she drank a lot and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Under his questioning, she told him that she was divorced.
She is single again, but she has one more child than before.
From then on, she and Xu returned to the unclear relationship they had before.
They were not nominally a couple, nor were they boyfriend and girlfriend, but occasionally Ruan Qingqing would ask him to go out for a drink late at night and be a couple for a night. After dawn, they would go back to their respective homes, and they were still good friends.
This unclear relationship continues to this day.
Therefore, when Tongdao Xu saw Ruan Qingqi's name on the caller ID, he was silent for a while and then answered the phone.
"Hello? What's up?"
He was extremely depressed, his voice was deep, his words were precious, and his words were concise and to the point.
"Eh? What's wrong with you? Are you in a bad mood?"
Ruan Qingqing's unexpected voice came from the mobile phone.
Comrade Xu was not in the mood for small talk at this time, "What do you want from me? If you have something to talk about, just hang up if you don't have anything else! I'm not in the mood to chat now."
He told the truth and was in no mood to make excuses.
Ruan Qingqi was silent for a few seconds and asked seriously: "What's wrong with you? Did something happen? Can you tell me?"
Xu Tongdao: "..."
After closing his eyes and being silent for a long time, Xu Tongdao sighed softly, "My mother fell down, and the doctor told me that whatever my mother wants to eat, he should try his best to satisfy her..."
At this point, Comrade Xu couldn't go on.
Just hang up the call.
He believed that Ruan Qingqi could understand the meaning of what he just said, she was so smart.
…
at the same time.
In the Ruan family villa, Ruan Qingqing held the mobile phone in his hand and put it to his ear. He listened blankly to the blind beeping sound on the mobile phone. After a while, he came to his senses and took the mobile phone away from his ear.
She did understand what Comrade Xu meant.
The doctor in the hospital asked the family members to try their best to buy the patient something he wanted to eat. What was the implication? How could she not understand?
…
The first ones to rush to the hospital were Xia Yun and Xia Shenxing, mother and son.
They came by car.
When Comrade Xu received a call from Xia Yun and came to greet them, he saw that Xia Yun was still wearing a navy blue women's suit. Under the suit was a white shirt and black leather shoes with semi-heels. It looked like she usually worked at work.
Pack.
Xia Shenxing, who has just graduated from the third year of high school and is waiting for the results of the college entrance examination, has grown into a big boy. This boy has good facial features and is about 1.75 meters tall. He wears a simple pair of jeans and a white short-sleeved shirt. His figure is slightly thin.
But it feels very right.
It's the feeling of being a good student.
Light hair has grown on the sides of the mouth.
Tongdao Xu glanced at Xia Yun's face, then looked at his son Xia Shenxing carefully.
After all, the reason the child was called here today was because his mother, Ge Xiaozhu, wanted to see her grandson.
"Hello Uncle Xu!"
Xia Shenxing was very polite and bowed his head slightly to greet Comrade Xu when they met.
Over the years, he was no stranger to Comrade Xu.
Xu Tongdao would send some food and supplies to their family every year and festival. On weekends, he could often see Xu Tongdao in the gym of Ximen Fitness and Entertainment Center.
Sometimes, Comrade Xu would chat with him for a few words.
Therefore, in his eyes, Xu Tongdao was an uncle who was very good to their family.
Comrade Xu nodded, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. Then he looked at Xia Yun and tilted his head slightly to signal, "Let's go?"
Xia Yun looked at her son beside her and said, "Wait a moment."
With that said, she walked up to Xia Shenxing, frowned and helped Xia Shenxing adjust his collar twice, and then said to Comrade Xu: "Let's go!"
Comrade Xu couldn't help but look at her more.
He understood why she had to tidy up her son's collar. She just wanted her son Xia Shenxing to look his best in front of his grandma.
However, Xia Shenxing, who still doesn't know that Tongdao Xu is his father, is quite confused by this.
He was reading Maupassant's collected works at home today, and he was fascinated when he suddenly received a call from his mother, saying that she was taking him to the First City Hospital to visit an elder who was about to pass away.
Xia Shenxing felt strange about this.
Ask on the phone who the elder is? What is his relationship with their family? What should he call someone when he meets him?
On the phone at that time, his mother Xia Yun did not go into details, but said that she would tell him on the way after they reunited.
On the way, he asked those questions again.
Mother only said that they were visiting Tongdao Xu and Uncle Xu’s mother.
Xia Shenxing has met Uncle Xu's mother more than once. After all, we all live in the same community.
Uncle Xu's mother was about to pass away, and Xia Shenxing could understand why his mother took him to visit her.
After all, Uncle Xu has been so kind to their family over the years.
However, on the way to the hospital, Xia Shenxing gradually had many questions in his mind.
Because he felt that his mother was driving, her brows were furrowed, her expression seemed a little heavy, and she was also in a daze, and she almost rear-ended the vehicle in front of her several times along the way.
Not only that, his mother also told him several times that when he sees Uncle Xu’s mother, he must be polite and call grandma.
Xia Shenxing didn't find it difficult to accept asking him to call Uncle Xu's mother "grandma".
But his mother's repeated instructions made him suspicious.
——Uncle Xu has been very good to our mother and son over the years. I know all this. Uncle Xu’s mother is about to pass away. I think it is right for our mother and son to visit us, but... Uncle Xu is just an uncle after all, and has nothing to do with us.
Blood relationship, so Uncle Xu’s mother is going to die. Mom, why do you care so much?
Xia Shenxing, who had just grown up, was puzzled.
Full of doubts, he followed Uncle Xu and his mother to Ge Xiaozhu's ward.
Seeing Ge Xiaozhu lying on the hospital bed, thin and gray-haired, Xia Shenxing noticed that the old lady looked at him in a strange way.
He obviously came with Uncle Xu and his mother. The old lady didn't go to see Uncle Xu, nor did she look at his mother Xia Yun much. Instead, she kept staring at him, Xia Shenxing.