father - home

Early the next morning, I was back at camp at 7:40.

I gently pushed open the door of the ward, and Ellen came up to her, lowered her voice, and said with a little relief, "Merry Christmas! Sir."

"Merry Christmas!" I replied, feeling a little strange, looking at the hospital bed, "Is he still awake?"

"Yes, sir, probably because he was tired last night. He has been sleeping soundly."

"Oh!" I nodded, tiptoed into the room, and put the bundle on the table.

Ellen hesitated and said, "I'm sorry, sir, I don't think it's better to wake him up, so I haven't done anything yet."

In the hospital, it is a rule to do your job well when you hand over shifts.Although I have never made such demands on Ellen or Ernst, ten years of practice experience has made Ellen develop this habit. Even in a concentration camp, he was a prisoner himself, and he was still meticulous in his work.But now, because he didn't want to disturb Zhao's rest, he didn't do the physical examination and nursing work that should be done in the morning. For this, Ellen is very sorry.

While taking off my coat, I smiled and said softly: "It's okay, you are right, leave it to me here."

"Then I'm going down."

"Go, it will be eight o'clock soon." Ellen walked to the door, and I stopped him again, and took out a gooseberry cake wrapped in plaid from the bundle.The cake was no longer hot, and there was a strong aroma wafting from the plaid cloth. "This one is for you and your friends."

"This is..." Ellen held the cake in his hands, feeling a little puzzled, the things in front of him were unbelievable.

Don't say Ellen can't believe it, even if I don't believe I can.

"My mother baked it this morning, very fresh."

"Then you..." Even through the glasses, Ellen's eye circles could still be seen to be red.

"Don't worry, I asked my mother to bake two."

After sending Ellen away, I gently closed the door, and my mind returned to Zhao.What's wrong with him, how can he sleep so dead.Although today is Christmas, the prisoners in the camp do not have a holiday, and the early roll call is also carried out as usual.In this ward, even though there was a distance and the windows were closed, the horn for the early roll call could always be heard clearly.In fact, no corner of the concentration camp could avoid the piercing scream of the horn, and I was always woken up by it, but Zhao...

Thinking of this, I turned around, and when I looked up, I couldn't help being startled: Zhao was propping up his upper body on the bed with one hand, and was smiling at me: "Hi! Merry Christmas!"

"Why..." I ran over quickly, supported him, and put a pillow on his back. "We woke you up."

"No, I'm already awake."

"Wake up early? When?"

"It's time for roll call."

"Then Ellen..." Looking at Zhao's bright and childish smile like spring after rain, I was also happy. "You've been pretending to be asleep?"

"Hmm!" Zhao nodded and admitted, looking extremely cute.

"why?"

"You said you'd be back early in the morning. So I... I hope it's still..." A blush flew across his cheeks, he hesitated, and didn't continue.

Do you mean to say, I hope you can still see me as soon as you open your eyes.I thought to myself, a little surprised by the sweetness.

"Hey, look what delicious food I brought, the gooseberry cake that my mother baked early this morning." I untied the plaid cloth and held the cake in front of Zhao. "Do you like it? It smells so good."

"Like it! But... I want to pee."

"Oh, look at me." I remembered that this was Zhao's most important thing now.

I gave him the urinal, complained to him a bit, and said, "Then you still pretend to be asleep? I told you that you can't hold it in now."

"I didn't hold back, I just remembered." Zhao seemed aggrieved.

Not only the aggrieved look, but also the tone, the sentence "just remembered", it really means that he is as young as he is, and I really can't get angry with him. "Okay, if you don't hold it back, don't hold it back, pee quickly!"

Zhao frowned, looked at me, and said in a low voice, "Turn around, okay?"

As soon as I heard this, I gave him a big white eye angrily, but thinking about it, I stood by and watched, he must be distracted, so I walked away, changed clothes, organized things, and stood upright at the same time. He raised his ears to listen to the movement on the bed, and prayed secretly in his heart, hoping that this time would go well and that Zhao would not suffer again.

I finally heard it, and the sound of the water was as beautiful as a silver bell to me. I turned my back to Zhao and smiled comfortably.

I helped him wipe and wash his body.While saying: "It's okay for you to pretend to be asleep like this, but it's a pain for Ellen."

"Huh?" Zhao didn't understand.

"Ellen apologized straight to me just now, because he didn't want to wake you up, and he didn't do the nursing work in the morning."

"For this..." Zhao grinned mischievously, and the hooked corner of his mouth was so beautiful that it took my soul away. "Isn't there still you?"

"Ha! You're relying on me now."

"As you said, you are willing to take care of me forever."

Is this what Zhao said?So true, I couldn't believe my ears. "My God, you heard it all, it's over." I pretended to be regretful.

"What? Do you want to go back on your word?" Zhao turned out to be very serious.

"Don't dare!" I continued to tease him. "Just, what else did you hear?"

"I don't know, I can't remember. Maybe I will remember it in due time." Zhao wanted to take the initiative again. "You won't deny what you said."

"No, as long as it's what I said, I will promise you everything." I vowed firmly, and suddenly a shiver of pain slipped through the tip of my heart.Can I keep my word?I almost couldn't keep my promise to Zhao, and what about the oath I made in front of the national flag and the military flag, can I keep it?

"What's wrong with you?" Zhao stared at me, his face full of concern and anxiety.

My mood swings are so obvious, it's not good.I made up my mind, pretended to be very reluctant and said helplessly: "It's nothing, since I've been relied on by you, let's start working now."

Zhao was drenched again.Hi!I really don't know what he is thinking, he would rather wear wet clothes like this, pretending to sleep for a few hours, than... Is it really just because of nostalgia for that feeling?Or... yes, Zhao was very shy, he just didn't say it clearly.Although Ellen is also his doctor, he is not as close as me, so Zhao didn't want Ellen to do those things for him.In this way, Zhao Zhen already regards me as a relative.I thought the thought would excite me.It was very exciting at the beginning, but then, anxiety, heartache and responsibility followed.If Zhao only opened his heart to me in this place, then how should I treat him and protect him, so as not to let him suffer the slightest harm.This roller coaster of emotions is driving me crazy.