never far away

After arriving at the hospital, Li Sifei had been transferred from the emergency ward to the general ward. The doctor said that he had no other problems except for a broken arm.Lin An asked nervously, "Then why hasn't he woke up yet?"

"I drank too much alcohol and fell asleep. The head was checked and there was no serious injury. The skin was scratched when it was scraped down. It looked serious, but it was actually a trauma. Don't worry, there is nothing serious." The doctor wrote the medical record. , took the bill and handed it to Lin An, "The passer-by who called 120 said it was hit by a motorcycle and the perpetrator escaped. Remember to pay the toll tomorrow morning."

Only then did Lin An breathe a sigh of relief. As soon as he relaxed, he felt his whole body go limp.Lin Wei helped him find a place to sit down, looked at him for a while, and then asked, "Did you quarrel?"

Lin An nodded, he didn't want Lin Wei to continue asking, if he asked why, he didn't know how to answer.

Fortunately, Lin Wei was not curious about this, he stood up, "Wait for me a while." After speaking, he walked out.

In the cold corridor in the middle of the night, Lin An looked at the dim lights above his head, and now he had time to think about Lin Wei's actions.The place on the cheek that Lin Wei kissed seemed to be still hot, and the area was gradually expanding, slowly covering the whole body.He was a little frightened, and the thing that was trying to restrain and suppress seemed to break through the cage and break out.

He doesn't want that.

Close your eyes, expecting not to think about anything, expecting your heart to slowly return to peace, but in an instant, you are disturbed by the sound of approaching footsteps.

He opened his eyes hastily, and saw Lin Wei hurried over, holding a food box in his hand.He sat on the seat next to him, took the steaming food and brought it in front of him. "I don't think you have eaten. I bought a porridge and a shrimp dumpling. You can eat a little."

Lin An was really hungry, thanked him, and took the food.Both the porridge and the shrimp dumplings are delicious, tender and smooth, and can be swallowed without much effort.He ate halfway before remembering to ask, "Why are you in the hospital? Is anyone sick?"

"Well, Liu Xi's father passed away."

"Oh..." Lin An's movements slowed down, thinking of Liu Xi, thinking of Tuantuan, and feeling that it was embarrassing for him to be so close to Lin Wei.Lin Wei said: "I'll take you back later, you have to go to work tomorrow. For Li Sifei, it's better for you to inform his family."

"I'll stay here tonight and go back tomorrow. If the situation is not good, I will ask for leave."

Lin Wei glanced at him, pursed her lips, and said nothing.Lin An could see that he was a little unhappy, and didn't know what to say.After eating everything in silence, Lin Wei took the food box and threw it into the trash can, then walked back to him, "I'm going first."

"it is good."

Li Sifei slept deeply on the hospital bed, his right arm had been cast in plaster, and there were three abrasions on his face, which no longer ooze blood.As soon as he approached, he could smell the smell of alcohol, and he didn't know how much alcohol he had drunk.

Lin An sat on the edge of the hospital bed, maintaining this posture almost all night.Staring dazedly at the sky showing fish belly, and hearing the corridor getting bustling, I was shocked to realize that the whole night had passed like this.

Li Sifei still didn't wake up, so Lin An went downstairs for a walk, and when it was 07:30, he took out his mobile phone with only 20.00% battery and dialed the number of Zhao Department.

The connection there was quickly made, and Lin An first explained his situation, asked for a day off, and asked embarrassingly if he could pay two months' salary in advance.Zhao Department readily agreed, and only 10 minutes after hanging up the phone, Lin An received the information that the card was credited.

After buying breakfast, he went upstairs. As soon as he reached the door of the ward, he saw Lin Wei standing there looking at him.Lin An stopped in his tracks and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I'm worried about you." Lin Wei briefly explained the reason, and looked at his dark circles with distress.Lin An's breathing was stagnant, and he tried his best to adjust so that he didn't look strange. "I'm fine."

The two entered the ward, one sitting and the other standing, silent for over an hour.The nurse came to urge to pay the fee, Lin An hurriedly got up and went to the first floor, Lin Wei still followed behind him.

After paying the fee, Lin An saw that Lin Wei was still there, and couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have to go to work?"

"You can go later."

Lin An took him to find a secluded place, feeling a little helpless, "I'm really fine, you can go back. It's not good for us to be like this..."

Lin Wei stared at him, and smiled for a long time, "It's already very good."

Lin An couldn't figure out what he meant. He was so tired now that he didn't have the time to think about it.In fact, it's useless to think about it. He also thought about it all night last night, but he still couldn't think of anything.

The two went upstairs one after the other, and found that Li Sifei had woken up after entering the ward.He couldn't move his right arm, and his lips were rubbed and swollen. Even after sleeping all night, his eyes were still bloodshot.When he saw Lin An and Lin Wei, his eyes darkened for a moment, and he quickly covered it up again.Lin An handed him breakfast, and asked, "Is there anything uncomfortable?"

"My whole body hurts." Li Sifei said calmly, because his lips were sore, his words were a little vague, "I called my mother, she will come in the morning, you go back."

Lin An's face was a little ugly.

"I won't pester you in the future, and you don't care about me." Li Sifei was calm on the surface, listening carefully to the tone, he could still hear a trembling.

"Yeah." Lin An lowered his head, his voice muffled, "I'll bring your clothes and toiletries later, put them in my place first, come and pick them up when you're done."

Li Sifei lowered his eyelids, "Thank you."

Lin Wei drove Lin An home, and waited downstairs for him to pack his things. After waiting for more than half an hour, Lin An came down.Lin An was a little shocked when he saw him, and asked hesitantly, "Aren't you busy today?"

"Not busy." Lin Wei didn't like his polite and distant look, and frowned slightly.The two sent the things to the hospital, and Lin Wei sent him back.

Lin An went back and lay down on the bed and fell asleep. He didn't wake up until ten o'clock in the evening. He casually cooked some noodles for himself and fed Guigui again, so he had free time.The phone was automatically turned off when it ran out of power, connected to the charger, and received a call from Zhao Department after turning it on.

"How is Li Sifei?"

"No big problem." Lin An said, "The fracture of the right arm is a little serious, and the others are a few abrasions."

Zhao Shu was a little curious, "How did it happen? Isn't he staying at your house now? Did you quarrel?"

"Ah."

"Hey, it's hard to quarrel with people with your temper."

"Actually, there was no quarrel, just a conflict." He added hesitantly, "Emotional."

"Then I can almost understand. Can you go to work tomorrow? If not, I'll give you a few more days off."

"Yes."

The two chatted for a few more words before hanging up the phone. Lin An teased the cat idly, then went to take a shower, lay back on the bed, picked up the previous novel and read that it was almost three o'clock in the morning before going to bed.After going to work the next day, I went to make up the leave slip, and then worked hard.

Afterwards, Li Sifei made two phone calls. One said that the medical expenses had been transferred to his card, and asked him to check it carefully.One is that he has been discharged from the hospital and intends to return to his hometown to recuperate for a period of time, and ask him to continue to take care of him when he returns.The tone on the phone was also very calm, as if he really let go of everything, Lin An was relieved.

But Lin Wei made him unable to relax.

Although the real person didn't come often, he started to send him WeChat messages, sometimes it was a simple sentence "remember to eat", sometimes it was a beautiful landscape photo taken casually, and even sent him a selfie later.

Lin An was a little speechless when he saw Lin Wei's selfie. He couldn't imagine how such a cold person would hold his phone at a 45-degree angle and press the selfie button.

However, the person in the photo is too good-looking, and under the filter, the brows and eyebrows are softened a lot.Lin An pressed the delete button, but couldn't do it for a long time.After hesitating, the other party sent another message—it's your turn.

Lin An rarely wanted to complain.

Don't want to play selfie solitaire with you, okay?

In the end, he still ignored the news, but the person opposite was not discouraged, and sent another cute photo of Tuan Tuan.Lin An looked at those dark and pure eyes, and compared with his dirty thoughts, he felt ashamed immediately, and finally made up his mind to block Lin Wei's WeChat directly.

Fortunately, Lin Wei didn't call why he blocked him, otherwise Lin An felt that even his phone should be blocked.

After more than ten days, Lin An received a call from Liu Xi to make an appointment for dinner, his hands trembled in fright, and finally he boldly accepted the appointment.

The two made an appointment at a cheap self-service barbecue restaurant. When he arrived, Liu Xi had already arrived. He was wearing simple casual clothes, his hair was loose, and his face was lightly made up. He didn't look like someone who was almost 40 years old at all. .Seeing Lin An, she greeted him happily, "Hurry up and choose what you want to bake, and I'll bake it for you."

Lin An casually brought back a dozen skewers of meat, and Liu Xi laughed at him, "It's too little, not enough to eat."

"Eat first, and then take if you don't have enough." Lin An didn't have much appetite at first, he was a little nervous, not sure what Liu Xi was going to say, and his heart was in a mess.

Liu Xi's appetite was good, so she ate a few skewers of grilled tenderloin before saying, "I'm going to fly abroad the day after tomorrow, so I invite you to say goodbye today."

Lin An was surprised, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, "It's so fast..."

"Originally, the focus of my work was abroad, but this time I came back because my father was seriously ill."

Lin An thought of what Lin Wei said about her father's death some time ago, so she hurriedly tried to persuade her, "I heard from Ah Wei that he passed away, Sister Xi, my condolences will change, don't be too sad."

Liu Xi smiled, "He's recovered. He's been sick for five years, and I've already prepared for it. When the day comes, I won't be as sad as I imagined." She paused and continued, " Maybe he put too much pressure on me before, and now I only feel relaxed. It may be unfilial to say this, but this is my true feeling. He is a competent father, but to me, he is not a good father. .”

Lin An can never get in the mouth on the topic of his father, because he has never experienced it.Good or bad, nothing.So he could only listen quietly.

"He is very strict, with very traditional and feudal thinking, and he has to control everything in the family. When I was young, he had no objection except for wearing school uniforms. I had to ask his permission to wear other clothes. Later, I went to university and insisted on going abroad for further study. , He was so angry that he ignored me for three years." Liu Xi smiled wryly, "He always wanted me to return to China after graduation, but I didn't listen to him and continued to develop my own business abroad. I didn't get married until I was in my 30s. This made him feel like a stain in his life. Every time he called, he scolded me for it. As soon as I came back, he arranged various blind dates for me. During that time, I felt that I was going to be bored to death. Fortunately, I met Lin Wei later. He helped me."

When Lin An heard that she was going to get to the point, he didn't even feel like eating meat, and kept drinking drinks to hide his nervousness.