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Chapter 26

It was Friday, and as soon as Kong Feicheng came out of her parents' house, she couldn't wait to send Zuo Rong a message, "Wait for me after class tomorrow, I have something to say to you."

The other side replied quickly: "Okay."

It was a very cold night, but he had never felt so warm.Love sprouts, and family affection is about to return. The child who lost the toy finally reunites with it after growing up.

This heart that has been alone for 25 years can finally let go of its defenses, take a step towards the dazzling light, and walk towards its own hero.

But after a whole day of anticipation, he didn't see Zuo Rong in the last financial elective class of this semester.

Professor Kong also found out three hours ago that the outstanding and handsome student did not come to class today.

Kong Feicheng never dared to expect too much, he knew that hope and disappointment are often equal.But he never expected that Zuo Rong didn't come, and he didn't say anything.

He was absent-minded throughout the class, thinking about all possibilities.

At this moment, Zuo Rong is on the plane going home.

This afternoon, he packed his schoolbag and was about to go to class when he suddenly received a call from Zuo Le.She said: "Your father was hospitalized with a cerebral hemorrhage. Let's go home now and come to the parking lot."

At that moment, his vision was a little blurry.He didn't even remember how he rushed to the parking lot, he didn't believe it until he saw the real Zuo Le, it was not a dream, it was real.

The incident happened suddenly, Zuo Le only booked the flight ticket until [-]:[-] pm, Zuo Rong was in a state of bewilderment from the time he went to the airport until he went through the security check and boarded the plane, and even forgot the agreement with Kong Feicheng.

He didn't expect that just when everything was about to go on the right track, such an accident suddenly appeared.

He didn't think of Kong Feicheng until it was about to take off and the stewardess came over and asked to turn off the phone.What would such a sensitive person think if he didn't see himself today?

He woke up suddenly and tried to call Kong Feicheng, but the plane had already started taxiing, it was too dangerous, Zuo Le grabbed his phone and forced it off.

Looking at the pitch-black mobile phone screen, his rationality slowly came back, and only then did he realize how childish his behavior was just now, as if he was talking to himself, saying sorry.

As soon as he landed, he immediately called.At this time, Kong Feicheng was sitting in a classroom where there were no students lost in thought, and when he saw the caller ID, he immediately lifted his spirits.

"Hello?" He was cautious, afraid of losing it again.

Zuo Rong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard his voice, but luckily, he didn't ignore him.

He said in a soft tone: "Kong Feicheng, I have something to do when I go home now, can you also wait for me?"

"Zuo Rong, I like you."

Zuo Rong, who was in a hurry, stopped suddenly when he heard this, and Zuo Le turned around to urge him.

"What did you say?" He couldn't believe that the person who had been released from the dove would say such a thing.

Kong Feicheng's voice came from the microphone, and it was even more pleasant with the electric sound, "I said, I like you, so I will wait for you. When you come back, I will tell you again in person."

At this moment, the two people are separated by hundreds of miles, sensing each other's mind through the phone.There are still many unavoidable troubles in front of me, but behind me is my beloved, no matter what happens, they are waiting for me in place.

Kong Feicheng let out a long sigh of relief after hanging up the phone, Zuo Rong didn't want him.Sure enough, I saw the right person.Isn't it just waiting? After 25 years, what are these few days?

However, Zuo Rong's good mood did not last long, and he was very worried about his father's condition.

Everyone in the family went to the hospital, but no one came to pick them up, so the siblings took a taxi and rushed there as soon as possible.When he arrived, he had already left the emergency room, but was still in a coma.

Zuo Rong's heart tightened when he saw his mother sitting on the bench and weeping silently.His father had already fallen ill, and he couldn't watch his mother sink any longer. Depression was an untimely bomb that could erupt at any time.

He could only ask his sane uncle: "How is my dad?"

Zuo Qi reached out and patted his back lightly, and said to him: "The bleeding point is not big, and the place of pressure is still safe, and it may affect the movement. From now on, we just need to infuse the blood clot to dissolve it."

He might also be hemiplegic, paralyzed, or turn into a vegetative state, but he didn't say anything about it.

Zuo Rong didn't know anything about medicine, but he knew that his father had been in poor health, and the cerebral hemorrhage this time might not be as simple as an accident.

Zuo Wei, Zuo Rong's father, used to socialize in his early years, smoking and drinking ruined his health, and he developed diabetes when he was in his 30s.

In fact, the disease itself is not a big problem, as long as the living habits are improved, it can be maintained.In the years after bankruptcy, he almost stopped participating in drinking games, so his health has improved a lot, and his overweight has also improved.

But after the financial crisis passed, in the past two years, some former partners have come to seek cooperation again, and the business seems to be showing signs of recovery, so there have been more wine parties.

It's not that the family didn't persuade him, and this ordinary life is quite comfortable, there is no need to work so hard.But he didn't want to admit defeat. His body was filled with the blood of the family who refused to admit defeat.Ordinary is indeed good, but as long as there is a little hope, he still wants to climb a little higher, a little higher.

But his already weak body couldn't stand such a test, and he seemed to be still alive and well, but the blue sickness on his face was already very obvious.

Zuo Rong and his mother were guarding at the hospital, telling the others to go home and rest first, and not drag everyone down because of one person.

It wasn't until the middle of the night that his father woke up slowly. Zuo Rong was awake all the time. When he opened his eyes, he immediately went to ask about the situation, "Dad, how are you, are you okay?"

Zuo Wei was lying on the hospital bed feeling a bit dazed, he was drinking tea with a fat client just a second ago, why did his handsome son appear in front of him as soon as he opened his eyes?

Looking at the surrounding environment again, the white walls and sheets were obviously the layout of a hospital, and he probably understood his situation.He wanted to grab his son's hand, but found that his body was completely unconscious.

"Rongrong, pinch my left hand and pinch it hard." As soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that his speech was not clear, and even his son looked puzzled and couldn't understand what he said.

Has the negligence of more than a year actually brought the body to such a state?He didn't want to admit that he regretted it, but at this moment, he was genuinely afraid.I was afraid that I would never get up again, that the children would not be taken care of, and that my wife would collapse.

Great fear surged up in an instant, and the eyes of the man in his 40s turned red.

Seeing him like this, Zuo Rong also panicked, but tried his best to restrain himself from showing a little panic, grabbed his hand and said, "Dad, just sleep a little longer, and you'll be fine once you wake up."

A dignified high-achieving student, facing his father who was about to cry, could only say this kind of words like coaxing a child for a while.

Zuo Wei closed his eyes when he heard him, but he didn't feel sleepy anymore, but he didn't dare to open his eyes, for fear that the child would see the embarrassment in his eyes.

Early the next morning, the doctor came and took various samples for examination.Zuo Le and his aunt brought food over, but his father was still unable to eat because of a stomach tube inserted.

After a night, Zuo Wei tried to speak again.This time, he tried to slow down as much as possible, word for word, to make his words sound clearer.

Zuo Rong put his ear close to his mouth, and finally understood. He pinched his left arm as he said, but he didn't dare to touch it with all his strength. He gently put his hand on it and gradually increased the strength, observing his father's reaction.

But until the deep nail print was left on his arm, he didn't feel it at all.

This scares everyone.

Zuo Rong suddenly thought that he had come into contact with the concept of "trans-human" in a British drama before.There is such a group of "transhuman-machine", they hope to convert their thoughts into data and upload them to the cloud, so as to obtain "immortality".

If a person loses consciousness all over his body and only his mind is active, then such a body is not as good as a cold machine that carries his mind.At least as long as the Internet exists, ideas will never be erased, even if the machine is broken, it can be repaired and replaced.

But □□mortal wombs can’t do it, and if it is broken, it may not be able to be repaired. If it is not repaired well, the consciousness will die together.At this point, the last ties of the person to the world are gone.

The doctor came to do a spinal puncture and drainage. This process was quite painful. Even if Zuo Wei is barely conscious now, he can still feel strong discomfort.Fortunately, this shows that there is still a chance of recovery, he comforted himself like this.

The doctor said that the blood clot will dissolve when the liquid that comes out is blood red.

So Zuo Rong waited helplessly until another night came.

The hospital was contacted by Zuo Le's family. Her father and the dean are good friends, so they arranged the best single ward without saying anything.But the accompanying bed was uncomfortable no matter what, Zuo Rong lay on his side facing his father, and stayed up all night.

On the third day, the liquid finally had a faint red color, Zuo Wei's body began to feel, and he spoke more fluently, Zuo Rong felt a little comforted.

As his nerves relaxed, his body began to get tired. He lost his footing and almost fell to the ground, so he was immediately ordered by his mother to rest.

The small accompanying bed suddenly became comfortable, and he soon fell into a deep sleep. In this hard-won sleep, he was reluctant to dream a single dream.

Just when everyone thought the situation was improving, the doctor suddenly called Zuo Rong and Zhou Jing to the office.

"The patient came to us for an examination a few years ago. He has chronic renal failure. The sum of his two kidneys is less than a quarter of that of a normal person. He has known about this for a long time, but he has not been treated." The doctor flipped through the pages Case, said calmly.

He has seen too much life and death, and he can no longer have emotional fluctuations because of this illness.

But relatives are different. Both mother and son were stunned when they heard the news, they didn't know about it at all.For these years, Zuo Wei was only taking hypoglycemic drugs and injecting insulin, and never mentioned the matter of kidney failure.

The doctor looked up at them, and continued: "According to our observations in the past few days, the patient's creatinine value is too high. It was previously judged that it may be the effect of drugs, but the latest laboratory data has just come out, and it can basically be diagnosed. It is uremia. Now It needs to be transferred to the ICU immediately for hemofiltration."

The three words "uremia" came out of the doctor's mouth lightly, but hit the listener's heart like a thousand pounds.

Anyone who knows a little about diabetes will know that the disease itself is not terrible, but its complications are fatal, and countless people die every year.

Zuo Rong understands that his father's kidney failure and the uremia that has developed to this day may all be due to this reason.

"For follow-up treatment, the first choice is of course kidney transplantation, but kidney transplantation is always in short supply. Relatives can go for a match in a while, and we will notify you as soon as possible if there is a suitable one. If the match is unsuccessful, you can only rely on dialysis to maintain it. This is a long-term matter, relatives should be mentally prepared."

After the doctor finished what he had to explain, he left to arrange transfer to the ICU.

Zuo Rong and Zhou Jing sat on chairs, neither of them spoke.After a while, Zuo Rong heard her weeping with great restraint.

He wanted to cry too, but he couldn't.When the father is down, he must be the pillar of the family.

All the relatives came for matching, but none of them succeeded.The hospital is in contact with □□, and Zuo Le also asked Zong Nanlu to ask his father to keep an eye on him.But everyone knows that the chances of finding it are too small.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of my father's illness. You can't come in and out of the ICU casually, so Zuo Rong and Zuo Le sat by the flower bed downstairs in the hospital without saying a word.

This year seems to be extraordinarily cold, and the sea breeze is so cold that it has been piercing into the bones like the tip of a needle.Zuo Rong thought, when his father had the puncture, it must have hurt ten thousand times more than this, so I don't know if he can feel the pain.

"Sister, give me a cigarette." He looked at the sky and said.

Zuo Le didn't refute, he took out a cigarette case from his jacket pocket and handed him a cigarette, leaned over to help him light it up, and he simply lit one himself.

She hasn't stopped smoking these past few days, so she keeps it with her.

But Zuo Rong was smoking for the first time. He had never smoked when his mother was in the most serious condition. He just hid secretly and cried a few times.Now that he is too old to cry, his mother will feel even more sad when he cries.

Not choking, but really uncomfortable.The mint relieves the tartness and makes it much more palatable.

People are really strange, they like to smoke when they are bothered, even though their mood has not improved at all, they still enjoy it.After a few years of being sick, it is even more disturbing.

Zuo Rong felt bored after smoking half a cigarette, so he extinguished his own and Zuo Le's cigarettes, and said to her, "Smoking less in the future."

"Okay." Zuo Le agreed very simply.She is indeed not addicted to cigarettes, but Wang Zuo liked to smoke this kind of cigarette when he was alive. After his death, she used this cigarette to comfort herself every time she felt uncomfortable, and it became a habit after going back and forth.

"Sister, do you remember that I called when I got off the plane?" Zuo Rong calmed down a little.

"Remember." After walking well, she suddenly stopped there, which really impressed her deeply.

"It's for Kong Feicheng, he said he likes me." Zuo Rong's tone finally relaxed when he mentioned this name, which is his only consolation now.

"I guessed that this day would come." Zuo Le was not surprised at all.

"You know what? I was so happy when he said that. I've never been so happy in my life. But as soon as I hung up the phone, I felt like my lighthouse went out, and it was so dark around me that I didn't know where to go. I don't even know whether it was the best day or the worst day." Zuo Rong smiled wryly.

Zuo Le stretched out his hand to run down his hair, as if comforting a wounded animal, and said slowly: "That was the worst day, and every day since then will gradually get better. But there will be many more in the future Good things, there will be countless better days than that one. My mouth is open, trust me."

After explaining the situation to his roommate and asking for leave with the college, Zuo Rong never looked at his phone again, and he didn't care about turning it off when it was out of power.He didn't want to tell Kong Feicheng about this matter, there was some pain, the more he loved, the less willing to share it with him.

The department agreed to arrange a make-up exam for him alone after school started. The teachers liked this kid already, and after hearing about his family's situation, they couldn't bear to embarrass him.

Until the whole school was on winter vacation, Kong Feicheng did not hear from Zuo Rong.

He kept his promise and waited obediently.He knew that Zuo Rong must have something important to do, and he couldn't disturb him.But understanding is one thing, uncontrolled mind is another.

He has lived with pride and low self-esteem for so many years, ruthless and lustless under the cover of the mask, and cautious under the protection of the armor.Finally, there was a person who saved him, let him take off all disguises, and determined to take a good look at the bright world.For this person, he was willing to wait.

But he also misses like crazy.

Before you make up your mind, it's not hard to be alone.But now, the empty house, as usual, looks particularly deserted.Zuo Rong's note is still pasted on the refrigerator as it is, and the hot water bottle he bought is still used every day.

The traces of Zuo Rong that can be seen everywhere remind him that he likes Zuo Rong, misses Zuo Rong, and wants to see Zuo Rong immediately.

After another week, Zuo Wei's condition improved greatly.He was transferred from the ICU to the general ward, his creatinine index dropped below 100, and his body began to move gradually.

Zuo Rong finally returned to normal, remembering to charge the phone that had been shut down for many days.As soon as it was turned on, countless messages popped up, most of which were concerns from roommates and teachers, but there was not a single message from Kong Feicheng.

Somewhat disappointed, knowing that he didn't want to affect him, but still unavoidably looking forward to hearing from him.The young man's mind is very simple, even if there are others who care a lot, only the one he loves is the best medicine.

Kong Feicheng finished his school work and still has company affairs to deal with.The end of the year is always extraordinarily busy, but it just helps him to disperse some energy, so that he doesn't have to worry about Zuo Rong all day long.

His Spring Festival holiday did not start until the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.On this day, he asked his father to help him contact the head of the Department of Heart Academy, and asked him about Zuo Rong's situation.

He believed that anyone who had been on leave for such a long time and missed the final exam would definitely tell the head of the department what happened.

From the other party, he learned about Zuo Rong's father's condition.

These days, Zuo Rong must be doing his best to take care of his father.He began to feel sorry for the child. The complications of diabetes are terrible and cannot be cured easily. He must be exhausted and greatly lost now.

After a fierce ideological struggle, he made the most daring decision in his life.

On New Year's Eve, he called his father, whose relationship had eased a lot, and said, "Dad, I can't go to grandpa's house for New Year's Eve dinner tonight."

Kong Wenxing was a little worried when he heard the words, and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Is something wrong? Do you need my help?"

"It's okay, go after your boyfriend." His voice was very light, and he didn't realize that he was smiling when he said this.

After hanging up the phone, he took the carefully selected nutritional products and got on the plane to Zuo Rong's hometown.

Zuo Rong, I won't wait for you, I'll come to see you now.

The author has something to say: Rong Rong is not crying, Assistant Kong is here!