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Song Wenran called an ambulance and sent Grandma Wen to the nearest Affiliated Hospital of Chong Medical University.

Grandma Wen was sent to the emergency room, Wen Wenhao ran around to pay her bills, Song Wenran had to wait outside with Wen Wenqian.Wen Wenqian didn't say a word, just stared at the light above the emergency room with her big eyes open.

Song Wenran couldn't help touching the top of her head, "It'll be fine."

Wen Wenqian turned to look at him, and said timidly, "Grandma said she was going to die."

Song Wenran suddenly felt sad, he could only say: "No."

The air-conditioning in the hospital was sufficient. Song Wenran watched the patients being brought in one after another from the outside, and the entire emergency room was filled with various panicked cries and painful moans, and felt that it was getting colder and colder.

Wen Wenqian stepped on the ground with her feet on the ground, sat on the chair with only half of her buttocks, and lowered her head for a while in silence and said, "If you die, you can't come back? Just like mom and dad."

Song Wenran didn't know how to persuade a little girl who was less than six years old. After hesitating for a long time, he put his arms around Wen Wenqian's shoulders and said to her, "Grandma will recover and be discharged from the hospital."

It's a pity that Song Wenran's good wish to comfort Wen Wenqian did not come true.

When Wen Wenhao came back after paying the fee, he held a stack of bills in his hand, and grabbed his mobile phone to make a call while walking. He looked a little anxious and said, "When will you be back at the soonest? Tomorrow morning? I beg you to hurry up, okay?" ?”

He hung up the phone when he walked up to Song Wenran and the others, and frantically stuffed the phone into his pocket. At this time, the doctor also came out of the emergency room and told them with a serious expression that the old man needed to be hospitalized.

Wen Wenhao was stunned, and reached out to pull the doctor, "Is it serious? I just fell down."

The emergency doctor said to him: "Come with me to the office."

Wen Wenhao took two steps forward, then turned his head to look at Wen Wenqian worriedly, and said to Song Wenran, "Second brother, please help me look at Wenqian first."

Song Wenran nodded, "You go."

Grandma Wen seemed to have simply fallen, but the old man had already run out of energy, and for the time being, it was considered to be multiple organ failure caused by advanced age.

After going through the admission procedures for grandma, Wen Wenhao was already a little bit battered.Song Wenran was more like an outsider. He stood in the ward and watched the doctor come in for consultation. He felt that he was in the way and retreated outside the ward.

It is very difficult for Song Wenran to suddenly feel sad for a grandmother who has not seen her for more than 20 years, but even if she is a stranger, it is also uncomfortable to see others suddenly encounter these changes with her own eyes.

Wen Wenhao took time to go back to the restaurant, and today he had to close early.After returning to the hospital, he called Song Wenran outside and said, "Second Brother, can I trouble you to take care of Wen Qian today?"

Song Wenran hesitated for a moment, then answered him: "It's not impossible, I'm just afraid it's inconvenient."

Just now, he and Wen Wenqian were guarding in the ward and had no communication.Wen Wenqian is introverted, and he is not good at speaking, so he doesn't know how to get along with his young sister.

Wen Wenhao understood what Song Wenran meant. He said: "I called my elder brother. He is away from home. He really can't make it back today, so I have to keep watch at the hospital. The doctor just said that grandma may be transferred to the intensive care unit at any time. Go, someone must be here. I don't care, I can't let Wen Qian stay with me all night."

Song Wenran was silent.

Wen Wenhao said: "I'm really sorry to cause you trouble."

Song Wenran finally nodded, "I'll take Wen Qian back to rest and send her over tomorrow morning."

When Wen Wenqian was held by Song Wenran and left the ward, she kept turning her head to look at it. She turned around and looked up at Song Wenran until she could no longer see him after walking through the corner of the corridor.

Song Wenran pressed the elevator, stood quietly for a while, then lowered his head and asked her, "Shall we go eat first?"

Wen Wenqian nodded slightly.

The street outside the hospital is full of noisy small restaurants, without air-conditioning, and high-power range hoods whine and roar, drawing out thick smoke that is pungent to the nostrils.

Song Wenran led Wen Wenqian through the street without deciding which one to enter, and finally went to KFC at the end of the road, and ate a hamburger each.

When I came out after eating KFC, it was almost dark, the heat dissipated a little, and there were more pedestrians walking on the street to cool off.

Wen Wenqian plucked up the courage to ask Song Wenran: "Second Brother, shall we go home?"

Wen Wenhao taught her to call her Second Brother.

Song Wenran heard her call her second brother softly, and suddenly felt soft in her heart. She bent down and said to her, "Wait a minute, I'll pack up some things and take you home."

Wen Wenqian stared into his eyes, "Go back, will you go then?"

Song Wenran shook his head, "I'll accompany you."

After speaking, he took Wen Wenqian's hand and walked towards the zebra crossing.They crossed the road, passed a street full of sycamore trees, and entered a fast hotel in a small alley.

The hotel's elevator was old and made a creaking sound when climbing up. The backs of the two were sweaty, and they stared at the floor indicator lights silently.

Song Wenran was packing his things in the hotel room with yellowed wallpaper. He really had very little luggage, only a single shoulder travel bag.He also temporarily booked this hotel online. The environment is not good but the price is cheap. He originally planned to wait until the work is settled and then move to the dormitory first, or rent a single room if it is not possible.

After packing up, Song Wenran took Wen Wenqian to the front desk to check out. The lady at the front desk kept looking at Wen Wenqian who was following Song Wenran's legs, until Song Wenran and the others were about to leave, and finally couldn't help but asked: "Little sister, what about you?" Who are you?"

Wen Wenqian raised her head and said, "My brother."

Song Wenran said to her, "Let's go."

After leaving the hotel, Wen Wenqian was sweating again after walking for a short distance. Song Wenran simply reached out to hail a taxi and told the driver the address of Grandma Wen's house after getting in the car.

Wen Wenhao gave him the address and the key. It was an old community in the urban area. The location was in the city center but the surrounding environment was not too good. It was only a ten-minute drive from Chong Medical University.

Song Wenran used the key to open the door for a long time, but Wen Wenqian stretched out his hand and said, "I'll do it," and helped him unlock the door.

This is an old house with two apartments. The lighting in the living room is a little dim. The light bulbs are covered with fog and seem to be wrapped in dust. The sofa and coffee table are covered with printed cloth covers. The furniture is dark brown and looks old.

There are two rooms in the house, one is shared by Grandma Wen and Wen Wenqian, with a curtain between the two small beds; the other room is lived by Wen Wenqian’s parents, with a double bed, a wardrobe and a dressing room The room has been simply decorated, the basement is a wooden floor, and the bed and cabinets are painted white.

Song Wenran did not find a photo of the two of them together, but he thought that the woman must have fallen deeply in love, and was willing to follow a man who was nearly fifty years old and divorced twice before she was in her early thirties.

Wen Wenqian went to take a shower and change clothes by herself, Song Wenran closed the door of his father's room, went out to the living room and found the remote control to turn on the air conditioner.

After taking a shower, Wen Wenqian came out wearing a floral nightgown. Seeing that her hair was still dripping, Song Wenran stood up from the sofa and asked, "Do you want to blow it dry?"

Wen Wenqian looked at him and nodded.

Song Wenran found the hair dryer at home, and sat next to the sofa to blow dry Wen Wenqian's hair. Wen Wenqian took a small stool and sat in front of him, staring at the TV with her hands on her face in a daze.

After blowing Wen Wenqian's soft long hair into a mess, Song Wenran stretched out his hand to feel that it was almost dry, and asked while tidying up the hair dryer, "Going to sleep?"

Wen Wenqian stretched out her hand to pull her hair, but she didn't straighten it for a long time. She looked up at Song Wenran and said, "Drink milk."

Song Wenran went to the refrigerator again to find milk for her to warm up. Seeing her holding a transparent glass cup and gulping down a whole cup of milk, she couldn't help asking, "Drinking so much water, won't you wet the bed at night?"

Wen Wenqian just put down the cup from her mouth, licked her lips, and looked at Song Wenran blankly.

Song Wenran said: "Forget it's nothing, go to sleep."

When Wen Wenqian lay down on her little bed and went to sleep, Song Wenran found a thin quilt from the closet and threw it on the sofa, and fell asleep herself.

The air conditioner in the living room is not very quiet, and it emits the sound of the motor running from time to time, but the surrounding area is very quiet. At this time, everyone has fallen asleep, except for the occasional sound of cars passing by.

Song Wenran rested one hand on the back of his head, feeling that he had experienced too many things all day, as if he was dreaming, and it was not real at all.He still felt that it was inappropriate for him to live here alone with a little girl like Wen Wenqian, but it seemed that there was no other better choice. When Wen Wenqian got up tomorrow morning, he should tell her that he would still be unfamiliar with her in the future. Adult men can get close at will, not even relatives.

Too many chaotic thoughts filled his head, until Song Wenran felt too tired, closed his eyes and fell asleep without knowing it.

The next morning, Song Wenran cooked a bowl of noodles for Wen Wenqian for breakfast, and then took her to the hospital to visit her grandma.

On the way, Song Wenran thought of Wen Wenhao who stayed in the hospital all night by himself, and bought steamed stuffed buns and soy milk for him at the breakfast shop by the side of the road.The two of them passed a large group of doctors in the corridor, came to the front of Grandma Wen's ward and opened the half-open door.

Grandma Wen was still asleep on the hospital bed, and the ECG monitoring showed that she was in a stable state. There was a person sitting on the chair next to the hospital bed. Because his back was facing the door, Song Wenran thought it was Wen Wenhao at first, but when he looked carefully later, Only to find out it wasn't.

The man was taller than Wen Wenhao, wearing a light gray short-sleeved T-shirt on the upper body, and a pair of long legs wrapped in jeans were hanging on the edge of the hospital bed.His hair was not long, but it looked carefully trimmed, and his hands were folded behind his head, and the chair was reclined lazily.

Hearing someone push the door and come in, the chair under the man leaned forward and stood firmly on the ground. He retracted his long legs and stood up, turning his head to look at the door.

Wen Wenqian called out first: "Brother!"

Wen Wenyao didn't answer her, but smiled at Song Wenran and said, "You're back?"

Song Wenran couldn't call out big brother innocently like Wen Wenqian, he could only nod his head and say, "Yes, I'm back."

Wen Wenhao once said that Song Wenran and Wen Wenyao look very similar, and indeed they do, especially the nose, lips, and eyes, but Wen Wenyao is sharper and more expressive. At first glance, he is more free and easy than the handsome and handsome Song Wenran Uninhibited, more attractive and eye-catching.

Song Wenran found that he no longer remembered Wen Wenyao's appearance in his memory, and only heard from his mother that his brother was a dazzling young man, while he was still an ignorant child.

Compared with Wen Wenhao and Wen Wenqian's brothers and sisters, the bond between him and Wen Wenyao should be closer and more complicated. Brothers who haven't seen each other for more than 20 years should have an excited hug even if they don't have red eyes.But Song Wenran didn't have that kind of character, he just looked at the other party calmly, and Wen Wenyao obviously wasn't either, he saw Song Wenran standing in the same place, turned sideways and said, "Come in, what are you doing standing there?"

The smell in the ward was dull, Wen Wenqian ran to the side of the bed and reached out to grab grandma's hand under the quilt.

Wen Wenyao stretched out his hand to fiddle with his hair, then folded his arms in front of his chest, and said to Song Wenran who was standing beside him: "I was out of town when I received Wen Hao's call yesterday, so I rushed back early this morning, and let Wen Hao go to rest first. "

Song Wenran asked, "Is it better?"

Wen Wenyao shook his head when he heard the words, "No, I guess it will be difficult to make it through."

Song Wenran's heart tightened suddenly.

Wen Wenqian obviously understood Wen Wenyao's words. She leaned against the bed, groped for her grandma's hand, and whispered, "Grandma?"

Grandma Wen didn't respond.

Wen Wenqian stared at her with wide eyes, and soon her eyes were blurred. She couldn't hold back her nose and sucked hard, and then sucked again after a while.

Grandma Wen has only one son. Her husband passed away more than 20 years ago. Today, her relatives only have a few grandchildren. She is lying on the hospital bed almost unconscious. These grandchildren are what she misses most in her heart.

Standing there and staring at Grandma Wen on the hospital bed for a while, Wen Wenyao asked Song Wenran, "Before you said you came back to look for a job, did you find it?"

Song Wenran nodded, "It shouldn't be a big problem."

Wen Wenyao continued to ask: "Then where do you live now?"

This time Song Wenran hesitated for a while before saying: "I was staying in an express hotel before, and I wanted to wait for the work to be confirmed before changing places."

Wen Wenyao glanced at Wen Wenqian, "I heard from Wen Hao that you were taking care of Wen Qian last night?"

Song Wenran responded softly, "Yes."

Wen Wenyao stretched a little tiredly, and he said: "There is no one living at Grandma's side, why don't you stay here first, anyway, you also need a place to live, is it better than a hotel?"

Song Wenran also knows that it is very good for him to have a place to live without paying rent, but living there also means taking on the responsibility of taking care of Wen Wenqian.This responsibility is too great, even Wen Wenyao and Wen Wenhao dare not shoulder it, how can he possibly shoulder it?Although in terms of blood relationship, there is no difference between the brothers and sisters, but in terms of emotion, he left this family since he was a child, so it is difficult to say that there is any deep brother-sister relationship.

So Song Wenran said, "Maybe it's inconvenient."

Wen Wenyao understood what he meant, looked at Wen Wenqian, stretched out his hand to hold Song Wenran's arm and walked out of the ward.After the two stood in the corridor, Wen Wenyao said: "The matter of Wen Qian is only temporary. When grandma leaves, I will contact relatives and find family members to adopt her."

Although he knew in his heart that this would be the result, Song Wenran still felt a little too cruel when he heard Wen Wenyao say this suddenly.

Wen Wenyao said: "Both Wen Hao and I are unable to take care of her, and we didn't like her in the first place."

This sentence made Song Wenran realize that he had made a mistake.Wen Wenqian was the product of their father's derailment. Whether it was Wen Wenyao or Wen Wenhao, it would be difficult for them to have a good impression of this younger sister and her mother.In comparison, because he has no feelings for this family, he doesn't feel bad for Wen Wenqian's birth. On the contrary, he has become the one with the most positive feelings for Wen Wenqian among the three brothers.He felt that she was obedient and pitiful, so he couldn't bear to see her sad.

After Wen Wenyao finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, like a big brother, "The house will be sold at that time, and the money will be left to Wen Qian for living expenses and tuition. It will definitely not be a big problem when she becomes an adult."

Song Wenran didn't know what to say, and it wasn't his turn to speak in this family, so he could only say to Wen Wenyao: "I may start work next week, before that, I can look at Wen Qian first."

Wen Wenyao said: "Thank you."