You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 443 Christina

"Wish, what's it like working in a hospital?"

On the morning of the seventh day of training camp, a teammate asked.

The person who asked was Trevor Ariza. In terms of style, he and Wei Xia are in a competitive relationship.

Not surprisingly, Derek Fisher will occupy a starting position. Before Kobe was traded, he was also a steady starter.Unless Kobe leaves the team, Ariza can only grab the position with Wei Xia.He also knew very well that he could not shake Wei Xia's position.

"Not very interesting."

Wei Xia told the truth that he originally wanted to use the public welfare day to communicate more with Elaine Trovis.As a result, he found that Trovis was extremely busy at work, and there was no chance to meet him except during off-duty time, let alone submit a stream.

Now that he chose the hospital, Wei Xia had to do some things seriously.

But 99% of the things in the hospital he can't help with.

Two days later, on the second day of the Public Welfare Day, Wei Xia hung out with the interns, signing autographs, taking pictures, helping each other, and eating together.

They asked a lot of questions.

The most frequent question is is Kobe really leaving?Wei Xia joked every time: "I wish he would leave immediately."

"Why?" asked a resident named Suni.

Wei Xia said sincerely: "He is too cruel."

This statement is absolutely true. From the first day of training camp, Kobe made many people notice his tyranny.This has never happened before.

Is Kobe in that state the real Kobe?

Wei Xia can't be sure, maybe this is another milestone on his way to play Michael Jordan, or maybe he is just parodying the former.

With Kobe's talent, it is not a problem to imitate the best players in history, but too much imitation and learning will also limit himself.

Those who yearn to engrave their faces on the President's Hill tend to drive some trends.

The black and white duo revolutionized the concept of the game, and Jordan led the rise of a group of three-position twos.

Kobe improved himself step by step after being bathed by the basketball god, but he never jumped out of that halo, which is a pity.

Now he's Jordan again.

Except for Wei Xia, the Jordan who ran the crash course for the championship, everyone felt ashamed when they saw him.

Wei Xia greeted Kobe all day long with the words "Don't be so fierce to those who are about to be traded" and "Can't you make a good impression on each other before you leave?"

A few days ago, Kobe couldn't help it: "Do you want me to go so much?"

This man is outrageous.It wasn't Wei Xia who asked him to apply for a trade. On the first day of the training camp, he vowed to flee Los Angeles.What's the situation now?Don't want to go?

Because Wei Xia couldn't help, the film crew tailored the script for him.

He wants to create a person who is close to the people, has no airs, is sincere, and is enthusiastic.

Hearing the setting of the program, Wei Xia felt that it was over for him to act in his true colors.Because he fits every trait.

It's late at night, and it's time to get off work.

The film crew has already left, and Wei Xia plans to leave.

Today he took a blow from an ordinary young girl while he was scurrying around.

She might not be 18 yet, but she asked the doctor a question.

She said that she slept with three men last night, wouldn't taking just one contraceptive pill work?

Apart from lamenting that she is young and boundless, Wei Xia thinks that he has lived for 23 years, is worth tens of millions, and has only had affairs with three women.

She tied his 23-year record in just one night.

Besides, that was just her one night, how many people have been beheaded since she tasted the forbidden fruit, the number is estimated to be so vast that she can't even remember it.

In this way, how rare is the existence of Elaine Trovis?
He'd rather be with a woman who won't do anything until she's married than with a woman who can have three guys back-to-back in one night.

Just as Wei Xia was about to leave, he suddenly heard the beep beep calling machine in his pocket.

It turned out that he hadn't put the pager back in place.

He had to go to the designated ward as indicated by the beep calling machine, but he was not a doctor, his task was just to go to that ward and hand over the beeping machine to a doctor at random.

It was a single room ward that summoned Wei Xia.

Inside was a pale and frail middle-aged woman named Christina.

When Wei Xia came, there were already doctors present.

This doctor was called "X" by Wei Xia.

Because he often has a straight face and does not smile to patients, he has received many complaints for this.

"Doctor, how is my condition?"

Christina looked ill, but there was a light in her eyes.She is a hopeful person.

The news that Dr. X brought was unfortunate.Christina came to the emergency room last week with severe ascites and a suspected ovarian mass. Today, the test results confirmed that her ovarian mass was diagnosed as ovarian cancer.

Moreover, it was discovered too late, and the cancer cells had already metastasized on a large scale.

She doesn't have much time left.

Doctor X did not say the word cancer on the spot, because he knew that for patients, anything related to the word cancer would have a negative impact. Once the word "cancer" is uttered, no matter what you say later, the patient will ask you to spend half an hour to explain the cancer clearly.Of course, no doctor wants his patient to get cancer, even though her condition couldn't be worse.

Doctor X expressed the seriousness of the situation with brief words.

Christina's eyes drooped slightly before saying she would contact her family.

The next second, she recognized Wei Xia.

"You're the one from the Lakers"

Wei Xia, who was about to go home, nodded and replied, "It's me."

"It's amazing, how did I meet you here? Do you know? My whole family is your fan, and you are our favorite Lakers player. My daughter, she is only 14 years old, but she told me last Christmas that she would marry you in the future. Fortunately, you had a girlfriend at the time, otherwise I would be very embarrassed." Christina seemed to have forgotten that she was terminally ill and that she was about to die.

Wei Xia, who wanted to go home, unexpectedly stayed and talked with Christina.

For some reason, the other party gave her a kind of intimacy like Mei Chen.

He knew that his mother was also an optimistic person. Although he was not Mei Chen's biological son, Mei Chen's optimistic attitude towards life undoubtedly influenced Wei Xia.

Christina is friendly, funny, and talkative. Although she was almost out of breath in the emergency room because she was almost oppressed by the liquid in her stomach, she chatted happily with Wei Xia, just like two friends who haven't seen each other for a long time meet at the bus station and chat happily about what happened to each other over the years.

From this, Wei Xia learned about the stranger's situation. Her son was studying in medical school and her daughter was in middle school. She also recognized the brand of Wei Xia's socks at a glance.

After a while, Christina's family came.

What a harmonious family, Wei Xia can see from their faces that they care about Christina.They were very surprised by Wei Xia's appearance, but before they could continue to be happy, Doctor X announced Christina's condition.

The moment she learned of her illness, the optimistic Christina broke down. She cried and told her husband, daughter, and Wei Xia who had not left, many things that "can never be done again", and how she found out that the word "forever" was just a word on Valentine's Day greeting cards.

She couldn't be there because her son was graduating from medical school soon, but she couldn't see it; her daughter was getting married one day, and she couldn't be there to help arrange guests, and she couldn't throw confetti when she came out of church.She never got a chance to see her grandson or granddaughter, and her husband never got over her death.

"You don't even know how to use the thermostat!" Christina laughed at this point, and Wei Xia couldn't help laughing too, because she really didn't know what to say.

There were times when Wei Xia wanted to lie and tell her everything would be fine, but both of them knew it wasn't true.

Wei Xia, who was about to leave at ten o'clock in the evening, stayed at Angel Hospital in Los Angeles until one o'clock in the morning.

Finally, Wei Xia hugged her—the total number of strangers he had hugged since he was a child was no more than five—but at this moment he didn't know what else he could do.

"I'll see you in a few days."

Wei Xia solemnly promised.

His next charity day is two days away.

Wei Xia didn't wait for that day, but rushed to the hospital after training the next day.

Wei Xia and Christina chatted about things not related to basketball. From her eyes, Wei Xia could see that her mood had improved.

Wei Xia suddenly realized that this might be the first time she had discussed all this frankly with another person, and even in front of her family, she couldn't tell the truth completely.Such a privilege made Wei Xia feel very weird, as if he had obtained some kind of honor that did not belong to him at all.

Facing death, many of Christina's worries had nothing to do with herself.She worries about her kids, her husband, her sisters, her friends, maybe "nice guy" is the word for someone like her.

So they formed a short-lived friendship.

Even if there is no charity day, Wei Xia will come to the hospital.

The five-day public welfare day ended soon, but Wei Xia still insisted on going to and from the hospital to talk with Christina at the end of the public welfare day.

Some people think he is putting on a show, but he doesn't care about outside voices.

"Say, should I let my family scatter my ashes in the fields." That was Christina's favorite place.

On the last night of the preseason training camp, Wei Xia came to the hospital again.

Christina decided not to have her family scatter her ashes in her favorite field because it would remind her family of her when they go out.

At the end of her life, she was still permeated with an irreducible selflessness, thinking clearly about how her departure would affect the loved ones.

That day, on the way home, Wei Xia called Mei Chen: "Mom, I love you."

(End of this chapter)