It was late at night and the hospital building was brightly lit.
In the ward, Xue Zhilan glanced at the clock on the wall and whispered to his wife sitting next to him: "It's very late. Please take Xiaohan back to have a rest."
Mrs. Chen said "Huh?" and asked, "What time is it?"
Xue Zhilan replied: "It's almost ten o'clock."
"...Is it so late?" Mrs. Chen looked around and saw Xiaohan sitting on a small stool playing with a doll, and said hurriedly: "Xiaohan, we have to go back to sleep."
Xiaohan raised his head and asked: "Where are you going to sleep?"
Mrs. Chen smiled and replied: "Of course we are going to my uncle's dormitory. We are close. We can get there just by going around the corridor over there."
"No!" Xiaohan pouted and shook his head, "I don't want to go there!"
Mrs. Chen gave an awkward smile and asked, "Why not?"
"It's not our home there." Xiaohan opened her cute big eyes and said aggrievedly: "Grandma, why can't we go home? I miss home. I miss my dad."
Mrs. Chen swallowed her saliva and didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
Xue Zhilan smiled kindly, pointed to his right arm and said warmly: "Grandpa's arm is injured, so he has to stay here to recuperate. We can only wait for grandpa's injury to heal before we leave the hospital."
Xiaohan rolled his big eyes and asked: "Grandpa, is your injury going to be healed? Will it be healed tomorrow?"
Xue Zhilan shook his head: "Not even tomorrow."
The little guy pouted and asked, "What about the day after tomorrow?"
Xue Zhilan shook his head again: "Not even the day after tomorrow."
The little guy sighed sadly and whispered: "I...I don't like uncle's dormitory."
Mrs. Chen hurriedly coaxed: "Uncle's dormitory is also very warm, the heating is very good, clean, and there is a small bed for us to sleep on. Uncle also bought you a lot of small toys, which Xiaohan likes.
Woolen cloth!"
Xiaohan still didn't like it and muttered: "But I still want to go home."
Mrs. Chen smiled and whispered: "But grandpa is injured and he has to stay in the hospital. We can't leave grandpa alone, right? Dad will also come to accompany grandpa next. As long as our family is together, that
Place is home.”
Xiaohan seemed to have thought of something, raised her head and asked, "Will mom not be able to find me? What if she can't find us when she goes home?"
The smile on Chen's mouth froze, and she couldn't react.
"That...that...when she gets it back, someone will definitely tell her."
The little guy suddenly felt like an adult and let out a long sigh.
"I don't know where my mother has gone. She hasn't come back to see me for a long time. Grandma, I miss my mother very much. I wonder if my mother misses me?"
Mrs. Chen's face darkened and she whispered: "I will."
Her voice was a little stiff, and the little guy was still young and couldn't hear it.
Xue Zhilan coughed uncomfortably: "Don't worry, Xiaohan, mom will come to you soon. It's already very late now, and the weather is very cold, so I have to go back and go to bed early. When grandpa gets better, we will go back together
.”
Xiaohan climbed up and sat up, came to the bedside, and asked: "Grandpa, where is your mobile phone? Do you know my mother's mobile phone number? Can you call her?"
Xue Zhilan's eyes flashed slightly and he quickly found an excuse.
"Grandpa's cell phone was left at home. It's okay. Wait until your father comes and call him again."
Xiaohan pouted aggrievedly: "But daddy won't come back!"
"He will pick you up early tomorrow morning." Ms. Chen explained: "Grandma will also accompany you there. Xiaohan obeyed and hurried back to rest with grandma."
The little guy asked: "But... uncle hasn't come yet, who will take care of grandpa? Grandma, we can't leave grandpa alone, otherwise he will be very scared."
Xue Zhilan smiled softly.
Mrs. Chen also laughed and whispered: "He went out to get hot water and will be back soon. Your grandpa is not a child, how could he be afraid!"
"Grandpa, aren't you afraid?" Xiaohan asked curiously.
Xue Zhilan shook his head: "I'm not afraid, because grandpa is a brave man."
Xiao Han whispered in a low voice: "But Brother Yue said that everyone is scared. He also said that grandpa was killed and a lot of blood was shed, so everyone is scared. I am scared too."
Mrs. Chen frowned when she heard it, and quickly hugged her into her arms.
"Don't listen to brother's nonsense! He...is not right."
The little guy whispered: "Brother Yue said so."
After all, Xue Yue was a few years older than her, and his parents didn't avoid him when talking. In addition, he was often with Xiao Xin and Xiao Chong, so he knew more about this matter than Xiao Han.
Xue Zhilan sighed quietly.
At this time, Xue Huan came back, carrying a hot water bottle in his hand.
Mrs. Chen took her little granddaughter and said, "Ah Huan, look at your dad. I'll take Xiao Han back first."
Xue Huan smiled and waved to his little niece: "Good night, bye!"
Xiaohan still didn't want to go back, so she broke away from her grandma's hand and threw herself at Xue Huan, hugging his thigh.
"Uncle, you have a mobile phone, right?"
Xue Huan didn't notice that his mother winked at him, smiled, leaned down and picked her up, "Yes!"
Xiaohan said excitedly: "Then please call my mother, okay?"
Xue Huan was stunned for a moment, and finally noticed that his mother was blinking hard.
"Well... it's too late now. Your mother should have gone to bed. Even if uncle calls her, she won't answer."
Xiaohan drooped her head in disappointment again, and whispered aggrievedly: "I want to find my mother~"
Xue Huan felt heartbroken and caressed the back of the little guy's head.
"Xiaohan, be good, your mother will be back soon. Your mother...she is just too busy to come back to accompany you. Brother Xiaoyue's mother also has to go to work to make money, so she can't stay with him often."
Xiaohan is still young and doesn't know how to compare, but it seems reasonable to think about it.
"I want to tell dad to make a lot of money. If mom has money, she won't have to make money anymore and she can stay with me all the time."
Xue Huan did not dare to disagree and coaxed: "Okay, when dad comes, you will tell him. Now you have to go to bed quickly. When you wake up, dad will appear in front of you."
"Really?" Xiaohan asked with a curious smile: "Dad, are you going to play hide-and-seek with me?"
"Yeah." Xue Huan smiled softly and said, "He is hiding now. When you wake up tomorrow, he will jump out."
Mrs. Chen urged: "Let's go, let's go, it's too late."
Xiaohan finally agreed to go back and waved his hands obediently: "Grandpa, goodbye! Uncle, goodbye!"
Xue Huan watched them enter the elevator, then turned around and closed the door.
He asked gently: "Dad, do you want to drink some water?"
"No need." Xue Zhilan moved his position, climbed up and leaned on it: "With a few bottles of intravenous drip, the body is full of water. I drink white porridge for three meals, and I have enough water."
Xue Huan hurried forward and took out a big pillow for the old man to put behind him.
"If you can't use your right arm, call me if you want to get up."
Xue Zhilan whispered: "There is still one arm, which is not needed. Is your brother staying at the funeral home tonight to keep vigil?"
"Yes." Xue Huan explained: "Brother-in-law and brother-in-law's godbrother are also over there. I just called my brother and he said there are quilts and food over there, and there is some heating, so don't worry."
"Alas...!" Xue Zhilan closed his eyes and sighed: "Even now, as long as I close my eyes, those horrific and brutal scenes will still come to mind. After I was scratched, I fell to the ground and I couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north.
, I only heard Brother Muhai howling... When I recovered, he had fallen into a pool of blood, and the blood on his chest was spraying like a faucet. At that moment, I guessed that he might have left forever..."