Yang Haozhong seemed to have returned to his childhood. Whenever he did something wrong and couldn't solve it, he would run home. He opened the door and stepped into the dark room without turning on the lights. The surrounding darkness and the coldness of the early morning enveloped him. The loneliness could drive people crazy. Those criminals who knew that they would be in prison for decades chose to commit suicide because they were afraid of loneliness. Yang Haozhong gently pushed open Lou Tingyu's door. She was lying quietly.
"Mom, do you know how lonely our son is? Can you tell me what I should do? I'm so scared. I'm afraid I'll go the wrong way again. Mom, can you hug your son? Mom…"
He laid on Lou Tingyu's bed, tears streaming down his face. This was the first time he cried after waking up in the hospital.
Under the moonlight, Lou Tingyu frowned slightly, as if she had heard his words. He reached out to caress her gently. Her forehead was shockingly hot.
"Mom! What's wrong with you?" Yang Haozhong wanted to shake her awake, but she only responded with a groan in a daze.
"Mom, get up, quickly! I'll take you to the doctor!" Yang Haozhong lifted the blanket. His mother, who was wearing thin clothes, was drenched in sweat. She was unconscious, and Yang Haozhong felt a trace of fear.
"Mom! Don't, don't scare me!" Yang Haozhong cried out in fear. He put his mother back on the bed, rushed to the next room, and wrapped her with a dry blanket. He picked her up and rushed out.
Under the vast night sky, the cold wind of early spring was bone-piercing. Yang Haozhong couldn't find a taxi in such a narrow and old-fashioned neighborhood. There were no pedestrians on the road, let alone taxis. She leaned her face against his chin. Her rising body temperature did not allow her to spend too much time looking for a car.
"Mom! Bear with it! I'll send you to the hospital. Mom, you must hold on!”Yang Haozhong hugged his mother tightly, tears clouding his eyes. He took the nearest path to the hospital. Stumbling and swaying, he couldn't see the stone steps under his feet and tripped. He did not let go. His knees landed on the ground. The piercing pain made him almost numb. He only had one goal, and that was the hospital.
He stood up tenaciously and continued to run forward. A moment of delay would cause him to lose the love of his life forever.
The hospital lights that he had not seen for a long time finally entered his eyes.
"Mom! We're here. Please, don't abandon your son.”Yang Haozhong said to his mother while crying.
"Yes." Lou Tingyu murmured weakly.
Yang Haozhong ran into the hospital. The nurse at the door was frightened by his disheveled appearance and hurriedly ran over.
"Save my mother! I beg you!" Yang Haozhong was so excited that he wanted to kneel down.
"Don't be anxious. Hurry up and bring your mother to the consultation room. The doctor is there.”the nurse said calmly.
"Good!" He sniffled and carried Lou Tingyu with him.
Yang Haozhong paced anxiously outside the consultation room. His mother was his only mental support now.
"Doctor, how's my mother?”Yang Haozhong rushed to the door when he heard the door open.
"Your mother has acute pneumonias. She was getting on in years, so it was a little troublesome. Go pay the deposit and hospitalization fees first. Leave the rest to me!" the doctor comforted.
"Alright, alright." Yang Haozhong ran to the payment window and remembered that he had forgotten to bring money when he went out to save someone. He was so embarrassed that he had no choice but to ask Wei Ling for help.
Yang Haozhong asked the nurse at the service desk to make a call. In less than three minutes, Wei Ling, who was wearing a nurse's uniform, rushed over from the inpatient department behind. When she saw Yang Haozhong, her expression changed.
"What happened?" Her lips turned pale.
" My mother..." Yang Haozhong was particularly fragile at this time, and his tears could not help but flow out.
"What happened to your mother?" She grabbed his arm anxiously.
"She has acute pneumonias and has just been sent to the emergency room. I was in a hurry to pay the bill and didn't bring any money with me, so I thought of you at work. Please lend me some money first. I'll return it to you after my mother is hospitalized and settled down.”Yang Haozhong answered with difficulty.
"Okay, I'll accompany you to sign the contract.”She pulled Yang Haozhong to the payment counter, and the procedures went smoothly.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine. Come with me to apply the medicine first. You can't do it like this.”The fall just now had torn two holes in Yang Haozhong's knees and pants. His knees were badly mutilated, which showed how heavy the fall was. There was only one shoe left on his foot. When did the other one fall off? Yang Haozhong wiped his snot and tears from his face and said,""Okay, but I want to see my mother immediately.”
"Don't worry. I've just informed them that they will take good care of you. Your mother is in the intensive care unit now. I'll bring you there later.”She wiped Yang Haozhong's dirty face with her sleeve and hurried to the dressing room to apply the medicine.
"Ah!" Yang Haozhong couldn't take it anymore and cried out.
"Why are you so badly injured? Fortunately, it's just a superficial wound. If it's serious and your kneecap is broken, you'll have to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of your life.”Wei Ling still had lingering fear.
"As long as Mom is fine, I'll accept it even if my leg is broken.”Yang Haozhong shouted impulsively.
Wei Ling looked at him sorrowfully, her eyes filled with tears as she reproached,
"Haven't you thought about how others feel? If your mother recovers and your leg is broken, who will support her? Don't you understand?" Yang Haozhong was silent. Wei Ling was right. She always reminded him to face it calmly when he was impulsive.
She lowered her head and continued to clean Yang Haozhong's wound. Her shoulder twitched unnaturally. Yang Haozhong put his hand on her shoulder and said firmly,""I'll take care of myself for my mother.”
"You have to promise me that you'll take care of yourself at all times, okay?" she sobbed. For…for your mother." Yang Haozhong wasn't a fool. He understood that Wei Ling had a hidden meaning in her words. For the past two years, she had selflessly accompanied Yang Haozhong and carefully taken care of him and his mother. She never dared to expect Yang Haozhong to love her. She just waited silently, waiting for the day when Yang Haozhong would finally open his arms to her and fall in love with this gentle and virtuous woman.
It was just that his heart, which was once riddled with holes, was like a sieve, unable to hold the love of such a perfect woman.
Yang Haozhong wore the slippers that Wei Ling had exchanged for him and staggered to his mother's ward. He lay outside the ICU, his hands hanging on the windowsill. She was lying there quietly. What a familiar scene! She used to lie like this. Yang Haozhong blamed himself for not taking care of him. A pair of warm hands held him, and Wei Ling shook her head at him with heartache. He smiled awkwardly.
"It'll get better. Older people more or less had some small problems. Don't worry, I've asked the doctor. I'll observe her tonight. She can stay in the normal ward tomorrow when her condition improves.”
"Oh." Yang Haozhong stared at his mother in the ward, unwilling to forget her every breath.
"Go lie down, okay? I'll help you find a place. You should have just gotten off work, right?" Wei Ling asked with concern.
Yang Haozhong shook his head and walked to the stool opposite the ICU. He sat down weakly and said,"No need. I'll wait here for my mother to wake up." Yang Haozhong insisted on refusing. She could only give up on her idea because she was still at work. She went back to take care of the patient. Yang Haozhong watched as his mother fell asleep by the window.
"Little Yang, wake up." Wei Ling, who had come to visit, shook Yang Haozhong. He struggled to open his heavy eyelids.
"Ah, how's Mom?" Lou Tingyu was no longer in the intensive care unit opposite him. He jumped up anxiously and grabbed Wei Ling." Why is my mother missing?" What happened?"
Yang Haozhong panicked and blamed himself for being too lazy to take care of his mother. He prayed silently that nothing would happen to him.
"It's okay, Xiao Yang. The auntie had already passed the critical period and was now in a normal ward. Fortunately, you delivered her in time. Her body temperature has dropped significantly.”Wei Ling comforted.
Yang Haozhong let out a long breath and suddenly coughed a few times.
"Don't get sick. It was so cold, yet she came here wearing a shirt last night.”Wei Ling's face was full of worry. She picked up the coat that Yang Haozhong had thrown on the ground and put it on him.
Yang Hao felt an indescribable guilt in his heart. She was like that coat, giving him warmth when he needed it. And when he had other things to do, he would be easily thrown aside.
"I'll take you to see Auntie." She said gently to Yang Haozhong as usual.
"Oh, oh." Yang Haozhong said dejectedly. Other than Lou Tingyu, the only woman in his life who cared about him the most and doted on him the most was Wei Ling. Yang Haozhong could not love her, nor did he dare to love her. He did not know how to face her and how to not hurt her kind heart. Wei Ling's figure was about to disappear from his line of sight. He did not have time to think too much and hurriedly caught up with her.
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