Be in low spirits

"Mom." Seeing her mother sleeping beside the bed, she tried to call out to wake her up, and moved her fingers at the same time.

Mother Kong was awakened by the finger movement and jumped up. Seeing that it was her daughter who woke up, she called softly, "Haha, you're awake? Where does it hurt?"

The pain in her chest immediately made her unconscious. "Mom..." She wanted to say something, but she had no strength. Mother Kong lowered her head and said to her, "Wait, the doctor will be here soon."

The doctor came to check her out, told her something and left. The only thing Kong Zhixi was aware of was that the doctor was quite handsome. She felt dry mouth and tugged at her mother's clothes, wanting to drink some water. She called out twice and her mother finally understood. She put some water on her lips with a cotton swab and shook the handle of the bed. She raised her body along with the bed, saw the surroundings clearly, twisted her neck, and saw the bracelet on the bedside table. It was made of golden bamboo and had a safety lock hanging on it.

My mother looked haggard and had dark circles under her eyes, as if she had been waiting for a long time. She wanted to open her mouth to say something, but couldn't. The painkiller was placed on her quilt, but it seemed to have no effect at all.

The mother bowed her head to comfort him: "The doctor said it's okay, you need to rest for a few days, it's okay, it's okay." Then she turned around and wiped her tears quietly. She thought her mother, as a police officer's wife, had long been accustomed to these things, but now it seems that she is just a doctor who can't treat herself. There are several tubes inserted in her hands, and it hurts when she moves. She still lifted her hand to take a look, and saw several holes and severe edema.

Her mother thought she was going to say something, so she hurried forward, grabbed her hand, and asked while sobbing, "What do you want?" She shook her head and motioned for her to sit down. Her mother nodded, sat down, and wiped away her tears.

"Oh, is Nannan awake?" An old lady walked in from the ward door and asked softly while looking at the mother. That was Li Li's mother. I remember seeing her two or three times. She was a businessman who occasionally came here for meetings and would visit her baby son at the bureau.

"Nannan, mommy take a look. Does it hurt? You've suffered." As she spoke, her eyes were red like her mother's.

Kong Zhixi remembered that she seemed to have seen him before the explosion, standing in front of her. Logically, she had no idea whether he was also injured in the explosion. "Where's Li Li?"

Mother Li didn't hear clearly, so she leaned over, put her ear close to her face and asked softly, "What?"

Kong Zhixi moved her lips and repeated it again. This time she heard it clearly. She bent her body and said softly, "He is still in the ICU. The doctor said he is not out of danger yet..." Then she wiped away her tears. It seemed that he had been enduring for a long time, and there were more white hairs on his head.

She didn't know whether she was tired or in pain, she felt drowsy. The two old ladies sitting in front of her bed didn't dare to speak loudly, but just whispered something. She couldn't hear clearly. She thought about how to explain to her father after being discharged from the hospital, and then fell asleep again.

She didn't know how long she had slept before she woke up again. The pain was a little less than before. Her mother was no longer around. The nurse was watching her IV bottle. Seeing that she woke up, she explained, "The family members have gone back and will be here soon." She could only nod and couldn't say anything. Her mouth was dry. She licked her lips. A man came in at the door and said something to the nurse. The nurse looked at her and said, "I don't think it will work now. We'll have to see the situation tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." She looked at the man, and he shouted to her embarrassedly, "Sister-in-law, I'm Xiao Li from the detachment, hehe." She was a little hungry, had no strength, and couldn't speak. She just blinked as a response.

Xiao Li scratched his head, a little embarrassed, "Okay, sister-in-law, you have a good rest, I'll go out first." After saying that, he walked out.

Kong Zhixi closed her eyes and recalled what happened before she entered the hospital. How could she lose her life just for doing her duty? What were those two arguing about? Who was the other one? How long had she been lying here? What happened before this?

It was already afternoon when her father came to deliver lunch. Perhaps she had just woken up from her injury. When he saw her, he did not blame her. Instead, he was concerned and happy: "Awake? Your mother said you woke up at noon. I got off work this afternoon and hurried to buy some of your favorite food. I brought it to you after I cooked it. I know you can't finish it, but it's okay to smell it." As he said that, he opened the lunch box and fanned her a few times. Kong Zhixi was a little amused. Wouldn't she be more greedy if she smelled the food?

"Where's my mom?" She moved her lips, trying to make a sound from her throat. "What?" He stood up, bent down and put his ear close to her.

Kong Zhixi moved her lips again and repeated what she had just said. "Your mother has been guarding you for a few days. Now that you are awake, she can go home and have a good sleep without any worries."

After Kong Jianping finished speaking, the father and daughter fell silent. After a few minutes of awkward silence, he sighed and asked, "Why didn't you discuss this matter with us before getting married?"

She closed her eyes, still having to face this day, and answered him as briefly as possible: "It's a stopgap measure."

Kong Jianping glanced at the door and lowered his voice and said, "Xiao Li is still in the ICU and hasn't woken up yet. If it's inconvenient to say, I won't ask any more questions."

Kong Zhixi nodded, signaling him not to ask any more questions. He then said, "The Discipline Inspection Commission has come. Just tell the truth when they ask you. Your parents will believe you." She was a little amused. During this period of time, the couple probably went through all their thoughts.

She also spoke to comfort him: "It's just an investigation."

He nodded and said quickly, "I understand, I understand. Do you want your sister or your mother to come and keep you company tonight? I'll ask them to come over later."

If it were in the past, the two of them would probably be arguing in the hospital. It was rare for her to see her father so gentle, and she was moved and tears flowed unconsciously. Her father was a little flustered. He took a piece of paper from the bedside table, carefully wiped away her tears, and said, "Oh, why are you crying? Dad knows you've suffered a lot. Don't cry, don't cry. When you get better, we'll go home. Don't cry." In her memory, her father was very tall and had never bent over. But now he was obviously hunched over, and Kong Zhixi cried even harder.

"The doctor said you can't get too excited. Stop crying. I'll ask your mother to come and see you later." The father was completely panicked now. She wiped away her tears, stopped crying, and looked at her father with a smile. When they grew up, the way father and daughter get along is always awkward and warm.

In another world, Li Li lay on the sofa for several days. The faucet in the kitchen was still dripping, and the lunch box was placed in the sink. He just watched her disappear in front of his eyes. It was as if his spine was pulled out. Even breathing was painful. Everything around him turned into nothingness, and only the pain was real.

The knock on the door was very loud, and he smashed a wine bottle against the door. Cheng Xi was so scared that he quickly found a locksmith to pry open the door lock. As the door opened, a foul smell wafted out.

"Brother, how many days have you been lying in bed? Do you still want this house?" She complained but started to help him clean up with her hands.

"Get out! All of you get out!" He tried his best to roar out loud, trying to suppress the pain from breathing, but it was useless. He picked up the wine bottle and threw it on the ground. Cheng Xi also felt heartbroken. He initially thought that he had only lost in a moment, but he never thought that he had lost his whole life. In an instant, more than eight years of waiting became a joke.

"Sister-in-law told me to take good care of you." Although it was a bit of a pretext to say this at this time, if she won, she would not be the one who became a joke. Li Li looked up at her, his eyes were cold and a little bit vicious, he snorted contemptuously and said, "How could I not know that your sister-in-law is so generous." He picked up a bottle of wine from under the sofa and drank it down. Cheng Xi grabbed the bottle and shouted, "If you only have eyes for her, why would I be here? Isn't it all your imagination that it has become like this now?"

He was stunned. That's right. This world was just his imagination. Didn't he know whether Kong Zhixi loved him or not? He knew from the beginning that she was going to leave here? But why did he feel pain? He snatched the wine from Cheng Xi's hand, drank it all, stood up, walked to the door and said, "Go away. I don't need you to care."