Embroidered Pillows and Paper Tigers

This is the nth time that Shen Yan has lived in Li Shi'an's house, he is extremely embarrassed, but Li Qishan still welcomes him so easy-goingly.

After the three of them had dinner, Li Shi'an wanted to go back to the room with Shen Yan, but was stopped by Li Qishan.

The father and son sat on the sofa together, Li Qishan propped his elbows on his knees apart, his hands were crossed, and the thumbs of both hands kept opening and closing.

Doing this gesture always means that Li Qishan is thinking about something, this is his usual posture when discussing business with people, Li Shi'an rarely sees Li Qishan speaking to him in such a serious manner, and feels that Li Qishan must have something important to tell him.

Li Qishan hesitated for a long time in his heart, and finally said: "Shi'an."

"Huh?" Li Shi'an agreed.

Li Qishan thought for a while and said: "You will be eighteen this year. Dad saw a house and wanted to give it to you. Do you think it's okay? Our house has been around for many years. It's old, so we can change it."

Li Shi'an looked around at his home. Although the suite was his age, it was well maintained, simple but not outdated, and the furniture had just been replaced three years ago.

If Li Qishan really thought the house was old, he wouldn't change the furniture. Li Shi'an instantly understood what Li Qishan meant, and said with a straight face, "Dad, do you want to move?"

Li Qishan nodded.

Li Shi'an glanced at Shen Yan's room upstairs. He knew in his heart that Shen Yan couldn't let Qu Ya go. He could live here because it was next door. Being able to go back and face it is a success.

"No," Li Shi'an said no to Li Qishan in a rare way, and he was afraid that he would refuse too bluntly, so he explained, "I have lived in this house since I was a child, and I have feelings, so I am reluctant to move."

Li Qishan glanced at his son, and he naturally knew the real reason for his refusal to move. The children had been together for a long time, and they had developed feelings for each other. His friend was in danger. It was reasonable for him not to want to leave at this time.

It's understandable, but Li Qishan really doesn't want Li Shian to continue living in such an environment. He vaguely heard the quarrel when Li Shian went to the next door. Fu Youcheng's kind of scum has no bottom line. An and Shen Yan knew each other well, and couldn't help but want to get involved in it. It's unknown if they got involved in something bad.

He continued to persuade: "Dad thinks that next year will be the third year of high school. The college entrance examination is the most important turning point in one's life. I don't want you to be affected."

Li Shi'an anxiously explained: "No, you see, my grades have been improving since Shen Yan came, which shows that he didn't have a bad influence on me, and... and he will go to the art test training in a few days, It will take several months to go, and I won't be affected, Dad, don't move, okay?"

Seeing his son caring so much about this relationship, Li Qishan felt that any words would be in vain, thinking that his son had been alone for so many years, and it was rare for a friend to be separated by him, he really couldn't bear it, and finally smiled helplessly , Said: "Forget it, being a father didn't say anything."

Li Qishan did what he said, and never mentioned moving again after that, and Shen Yan also had to go to X City at the end of July for training before the art and joint exams.

The night before his departure, Shen Yan sneaked into Li Shi'an's room, climbed onto the bed, and hugged him tightly from behind, feeling a lot of reluctance in his heart.

He said: "I heard that those with a solid foundation don't have to stay for too long, and they can come back in three months at most."

Li Shi'an rolled over in his arms: "Don't worry about one month or two months, you can train with peace of mind, and when the joint and school exams are over, come back and make up for me. We will pass the exam together in City X, so we don't need to be separated anymore. "

Hearing these words, Shen Yan buried his face on Li Shi'an's chest, a lot of joy arose in his heart, and then a lot of sorrow arose, because there was still someone to worry about.

Qu Ya was going to give birth in two more months, and Fu Youcheng was always away from home for three days after Qu Ya became pregnant, and when he came back he was drunk, how could he leave at ease.

Li Shi'an knew what Shen Yan was worried about, and gently rubbed his soft hair and said, "I will go to see Auntie while Fu Youcheng is away, don't worry."

Shen Yan hugged Li Shi'an even tighter under the quilt, because when meeting Li Shi'an, sometimes he felt that fate actually treated him kindly.

The next day, Shen Yan left, and the summer vacation of the senior year was obviously only one month, because of Shen Yan's departure, for the first time, Li Shi'an had the idea of ​​wanting to start school soon.

The two of them each have something they like in their hearts. Shen Yan was on the way of chasing it, but Li Shi'an gave up. It would be a lie to say that he didn't want to, how long has it been since he started writing?Can not remember.It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't dare. Once I pick up the brush, I can't bear to put it down.

Li Shi'an sometimes felt that this was what he admired most about Shen Yan, and he pursued it with all his strength without hesitation. Maybe what he loved was what he had in that person, but what he didn't have.

Because of the promise made to Shen Yan, Li Shi'an would visit Qu Ya almost every day, occasionally bring some fruit to Qu Ya, and talk to Qu Ya for a while.If Qu Ya went to the supermarket, he would follow her to carry some heavy objects, and when Qu Ya cleaned up, he would also help her.

However, because Li Shi'an is a young master who does not work hard, Qu Ya can quickly see the difference between him and Shen Yan. Shen Yan's serious and meticulous attitude is reflected in everything, including such trivial things as cleaning. Although Li Shi'an is not clumsy, he looks like someone who has never done housework.

Qu Ya had never seen a woman coming in and out of the next door. She guessed that Li Shi'an's mother had died or her parents were divorced. She had no intention of inquiring about other people's family affairs, but she had a little more love for this son who was about the same age as her own and was very considerate.

One day when the two came back from shopping in the supermarket, Li Shi'an wanted to go home and order a takeaway as usual. Qu Ya stopped him and said, "Don't go, it's boring for auntie to eat alone, stay with auntie."

Of course Li Shi'an readily accepted and went to the kitchen to help out.

Qu Ya cooked a table of dishes that day, which were different from Shen Yan's. For the first time, Li Shi'an tasted like his mother in the dishes.He hated Liang Jing, but that didn't stop him from longing for his mother.

After the meal, Li Shi'an rushed to wash the dishes sensiblely. When he was leaving, Qu Ya took out two completely untouched dishes from the kitchen for Li Shi'an to take back, and asked him to come over for dinner when he had time.

Li Shi'an really likes Qu Ya, because Qu Ya is always gentle and gentle, in line with all his fantasies about his mother, but sometimes Li Shi'an feels that she is always surrounded by a lingering sadness.

On the other hand, life in the training camp is much harder than Shen Yan imagined. Excluding the classes that should be taken, if you practice two hours more, some people will practice three hours more, and if you practice three hours more, some people will practice four hours more. You chase after me , exhausted.

Shen Yan tried his best to contact Li Shi'an every day. The two of them usually had video calls after dinner. That night Li Shi'an sat in front of the desk after dinner. Looking at the phone while brushing the questions, Shen Yan just called, and he picked it up.

It was always Li Shi'an who spoke first. He reported his life and Qu Ya's situation one by one this day, hoping that Shen Yan could feel at ease there, and he would always say the same sentence at the end: "How about you, how are you today?"

"Very good." This was Shen Yan's only answer.

The two of them got along on the phone as usual, Li Shi'an said, Shen Yan listened, but he was at home all day long, so there were only so many things that happened, and there was actually not much to say, but until the two sides were silent, in the end they would They pushed each other to let the other party hang up the video.

Li Shi'an said, "You hang up first."

Shen Yan said: "You hang up first."

Li Shi'an: "Then I'll count to three, let's go together."

Shen Yan: "Okay."

Li Shi'an: "One, two, three..."

In the end, they both cheated and still didn't hang up. Both of them smiled at the phone, and Shen Yan suddenly said: "I miss you." After saying this, the screen of the phone went black and the battery ran out.

He wasn't sure if Li Shi'an heard the last sentence, he stood up and limped towards the dormitory.

In the video just now, Shen Yan told Li Shi'an that he was fine, but in fact he was very bad. Today he was hit by someone during dance practice and twisted his foot. He wondered if he could continue training tomorrow.

When you stop, others are thinking about surpassing you every minute and every second. Only he knows this kind of panic, but he doesn't want this emotion to infect the other party, so he can only digest it by himself.

On the other end, Li Shi'an was still staring at the phone screen in a daze. He heard Shen Yan's last words, but unfortunately, he couldn't send the response tonight.

A month passed quickly, and I finally looked forward to the start of school. When Li Shi'an arrived at school, he found out that Zhu He had also asked for leave. He said that his mother was sick. Li Shi'an followed Lao Xie on WeChat and said that he would go to visit, but Zhu He found various reasons. Refused.

With Shen Yan gone and Zhu He missing, Li Shi'an always felt that the beginning of his senior year was lifeless, and he was tossing around with all kinds of question-sea tactics every day. His only expectation was to make a video call with Shen Yan at night.

Every time in the video, when Shen Yan said how hard and fulfilling the training camp life was, Li Shi'an was envious in his heart. Sometimes when he bought exercise books or stationery, he would still go to the painting area to have a look, but that was all.

In the blink of an eye, it has been two months since Shen Yan left. The third year of senior high school has been studying at night since the make-up class. Li Shi'an went to the fruit shop to buy some fruit after school one night, intending to send it to Qu Ya, but he was holding two bags of fruit at the door. After waiting for a long time, Qu Ya opened the door.

Li Shi'an looked at Qu Ya, who was pale, and felt a "thump" in his heart, and then heard her say: "I'm about to give birth, and I've called 120, can you accompany me to the hospital?"

Naturally, Li Shi'an had no way to evade it. He was so frightened that he was in a hurry, helped Qu Ya take the delivery bag, and sent Qu Ya to the hospital with 120. In the corridor of the hospital, he called Shen Yan and told Shen Yan that Fu Youcheng was on a business trip. Booked a flight back the next morning.

This night passed quickly because of going through various procedures, when Li Shi'an saw Shen Yan at the end of the corridor, it was just dawn.

The two of them hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they didn't have time to say an unimportant word, so they ran directly to the ward where Qu Ya was.

There was a lot of crying in the delivery room. Qu Ya saw Shen Yan, but she couldn't say a word. She endured the pain as much as possible, and didn't groan amid the cries of other women. She was the quietest among all the women. , because she was wearing a long-sleeved dress because of the need for childbirth, and the wounds on her legs were exposed to the eyes of others, and also to Shen Yan.

For the first time, Qu Ya knew that some embarrassment cannot be concealed, no matter how careful you are, others can see it.

The doctor came to check the situation again after a while, and asked the two boys to avoid him, and then asked Qu Ya to go out for a walk. Qu Ya walked slowly with one hand on the wall, without help.

Sweat drenched her forehead and hair, and the pain became more severe each time. For the first time, she wanted to cry regardless, but she suppressed it when she saw Shen Yan.

The two big boys could only follow like fools. Until noon, the doctor still said that the conditions for entering the delivery room were not met, and they needed to replenish energy for the parturient.

Li Shi'an went to buy food in a panic, and then remembered that he had to go to class today, and he forgot to ask for leave. He hurriedly called Zhuang Jing and said that Li Qishan was ill.

Zhuang Jing originally wanted to confirm with Li Qishan, but she gave up when she heard the voice from Li Shi'an's radio, "please go to the 47 clinic for patient No. 023" and reminded Li Shi'an to go back to school as soon as possible .

Li Shi'an breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went outside the hospital to buy things, but when he came back, he couldn't find Shen Yan's mother and child, and only after asking the bed next door did he know that he had already moved to the delivery room.

He hurriedly asked about the location of the delivery room, and sure enough, he found Shen Yan upstairs.

Shen Yan's face turned pale, Li Shi'an handed over the bag and said, "You haven't eaten, have you? Eat some, or you'll have hypoglycemia."

Shen Yan shook his head, but grabbed his hand, as if holding his hand gave him infinite energy.

This wait lasted three hours, during which no doctors or nurses came in or out, Shen Yan suddenly grabbed Li Shi'an's hand nervously and asked, "Is my mother okay?"

Neither of them has reached the age of being a father, and they have never experienced "life" or "death". Li Shi'an was also afraid, but he comforted him and said, "How could it be, don't think about it."

Just after saying this, the door of the delivery room was pushed open from the inside. A nurse was holding a tightly wrapped baby and forgot to look around. She glanced at the two boys, and then looked towards the empty room as if she hadn't seen them. There was a shout from the aisle: "Qu Ya's family!"

Shen Yan stood up and walked over, Li Shi'an also followed, the nurse looked at them both in disbelief, and said, "It's a girl, who is the father? Sign it!"

The two teenagers under eighteen looked at each other, Shen Yan said: "I am Qu Ya's son."

The nurse said, "That won't work, where's your father?"

Shen Yan was taken aback for a moment, Li Shi'an hurried forward and said, "I'm on a business trip."

The nurse immediately dissatisfied: "Hey, I said in your family, the mother gave birth to a child and took care of two children. What's the matter? Can't you find an adult at home?"

The two shook their heads.

The nurse sighed helplessly: "Forget it, sign it."

After speaking, he stuffed the child into Li Shi'an's hand, and then handed a piece of paper to Shen Yan's hand.

Li Shi'an froze there holding the baby like a landmine. The nurse pulled him over and said, "The mother will be pushed out immediately, don't block the way."

After finishing speaking, Qu Ya was pushed out, and was quickly transferred to the ward. The two boys were dumbfounded, and then another nurse came up and explained a lot. After explaining, she asked: "Do you remember?" ?”

"What?" Li Shi'an and Shen Yan asked.

The nurse looked helpless and repeated again: "I said, pay attention to observe the bleeding after delivery. If the bleeding is too heavy within 2 hours, you should tell the doctor. Breastfeed as soon as possible. You don't understand this. The hospital will have special guidance to help. Pay attention to drinking plenty of water, and try to urinate within 4 hours. Lying on the bed for a long time is not conducive to physical recovery, and the mother should get out of bed according to her physical strength."

This time Shen Yancong grasped the information in the words, nodded and said to the nurse: "Understood, thank you."

After the nurse left, Qu Ya looked at Shen Yan sadly, and then slowly closed her eyes, it was too embarrassing for the child.

She had childbirth experience before, so she didn't wait for Shen Yan's reminder, she did everything by herself, when the baby woke up and cried, Qu Ya asked Shen Yan to close the curtain to feed the baby.

But as soon as the curtain was drawn, she burst into tears.She thought she could bear everything, but she didn't expect to pull her son in.