Sludge to the Mountain Ghost

When will the plaster be removed? "Old Gao asked.

"It's another half a month."

"Does it still hurt?"

"Listen to the truth?"

Lao Gao picked up a bag of snacks from his small table, and made a gesture to throw it at him, "Why not?"

Xu Rui hid for a while and said, "I don't feel much now. Let me tell you, Lao Gao, it really hurt me to death at first. At night, I always felt that I couldn't see the sun the next day, but I really couldn't , because it never clears up during that time.”

"It's uncomfortable to be poor, isn't it?" Lao Gao put down his snacks, lowered his head and hesitated for a while, and said, "I'm telling you something serious, I just asked the doctor, and he said that it will take at least four months for you to resume sports , high-intensity training... five months, six months, or even longer is possible."

"Well... this doctor told me before." Xu Rui looked solemn, and his voice was a little hoarse due to choking.

Lao Gao patted him on the shoulder with concern, and comforted him, "It's okay, the most important thing is to take good care of your body. I can't participate in the national competition in July, and there will be provincial competitions later."

"Let's be honest, what are my chances in the provincial competition?"

"A first-level athlete is difficult, but a second-level athlete still has great opportunities. Finally, there are bonus points for the college entrance examination, but you have to work hard in the cultural class..."

Xu Rui nodded slowly and did not speak.

After Lao Gao left, Lin Pai arrived not long after. The splint on his left hand had been removed, and his right hand was basically healed.

Lin Pai put the books and test papers in the backpack neatly on the small table, and said casually, "I just came from the entrance of the hospital, and I seem to have seen the coach of your physical training team with a huge group of people , he is the most conspicuous short."

"He will be beaten if he hears your words." Xu Rui smiled, and carried a bunch of snacks on the bedside table to Lin Pai, "They just came to see me and brought a bunch of food, you choose like."

Lin Pai chose two, and taught Xu Rui today's lesson while eating.

"Reading, why do you keep looking at me?" Lin Pai asked him suddenly.

"I think you're pretty, so I'll take one less look at you."

Lin Pai patted his hand hard, "What are you talking about!"

"What I mean is, you look good all the time, morning, noon, dusk, and late night. I don't want to miss you for a second, so I can only keep watching."

"Did they bring you honey today?"

"Come and taste it and you'll know."

Lin Pai glanced at the door of the ward, and was kissed by Xu Rui as soon as he turned back. Xu Rui asked him with a smile, "Is it sweet?"

"By the way, ask your auntie, the nurse, to bring me a meal too. I can stay later today."

"I asked you if it was sweet or not!"

"I asked you to bring me a meal!"

"Okay, okay..." Xu Rui touched the phone by the pillow, and sent a text message to the nurse, telling her to go to the restaurant outside the hospital to buy an extra rice roll.

In the evening, the two of them were doing their own problems on the crowded small table. Xu Rui secretly watched Lin Pai's draft, and found that he was doing addition and subtraction, not studying at all.

"What are you doing?" Xu Rui asked him, lying on the table and looking up.

"For money." Lin Pai replied without raising his head.

"Did you win the lottery recently?"

"No, I'm planning to quit my part-time job in the Internet cafe, and I'm trying to figure out whether the remaining money is enough for the college entrance examination."

"It's fine, why didn't you go all of a sudden? Did Fang Zhenghao bother you? I just can't figure it out, he wasn't caught."

"No, it's just that I've been a little busy recently, and I can't keep up with the progress of my studies."

Xu Rui got up from the table and lay back on the raised hospital bed.

It's really hard for Lin Pai to do this. He doesn't have a lot of meat on his body. What will happen when he becomes as thin as Li Cheng?

Xu Rui glanced at the question paper on the test paper, and then at the plaster cast on his leg. As far as his cultural level is concerned, in this situation, whether he will have a book to read in the future is a problem, but Lin Pai is different...

Xu Rui hesitated and said, "Otherwise, you wouldn't come to see me every day."

"No."

"Then let's quit. The living expenses my dad gives every month and the bonuses I have participated in the competitions over the years are enough for us."

"It doesn't matter..." Lin Pai finished the last calculation, raised his head and said, "It's over, the savings should be enough."

"Lin Pai, raise your hand."

"what?"

Lin Pai raised his hand, Xu Rui put away the small table and textbooks, leaned forward and hugged Lin Pai tightly, whispering in his ear, "Why not, I just really want to hug you."

54. Chapter 54

The nurse knocked on the door and came in to check on Xu Rui's recovery. While recording in the duty book, she asked, "How do you feel today?"

"Very good." Xu Rui replied.

"The visiting time of the hospital is coming soon. If you have nothing to do, this classmate accompanying the bed, come back tomorrow." The nurse finished writing the duty record and said to Lin Pai who was lying on the bed doing the questions.

Lin Pai tidied up twice, then looked up at the nurse, "I'll leave after tidying up, and I won't delay the hospital's regulations."

"Huh? Have you been in the inpatient department before? I have a little impression of you." The nurse asked in surprise. She actually had an impression of that fair and clean face, but she deliberately omitted the middle words, That makes her unprofessional.

"Yes, I stayed in the next bed for a week more than a month ago, thank you sister."

The nurse lowered her head and smiled shyly. She quickly put away the blush on her face, and turned to gently caring, "Why did you lose weight after being discharged from the hospital for a month? You are also under a lot of study pressure now, and your muscles are sore. If you have bones, you need to add more nutrition."

"I see, thank you sister." Lin Pai packed up his things and walked to the door of the ward with the nurse.

Before leaving the ward, Lin Pai turned around and waved.Xu Rui didn't seem to have thought of this, and belatedly squeezed out a blunt smile, but Lin Pai didn't think too much, and closed the door for him.

There is still a distance from the inpatient department building to the main entrance of the hospital. Just halfway there, Lin Pai received a call from Xu Rui. He asked as he walked, "What's the matter, brother Rui? Did I leave something in the ward?" ? Just wait for me to pick it up tomorrow..."

"No, Lin Pai..." Xu Rui opened his mouth, but didn't speak the next words.

Lin Pai slowed down anxiously, and asked, "What's wrong...Brother Rui?"

"Don't come tomorrow."

Lin Pai was stunned for a while, then said nonchalantly, "Then I'll come back the day after tomorrow."

"Don't come the day after tomorrow."

"Then... the day after tomorrow can also..."

"I told you not to come here in the future. There are doctors, nurses, and nurses in the hospital. There is no shortage of you. How you lived the day before is how you live now."

"Don't hang up, I'll come back to find you right now!" Lin Pai gripped his phone tightly and ran back to the inpatient department.

When Lin Pai ran under the building of the inpatient department, he happened to meet the security guard closing the automatic door.

Seeing him standing panting in front of the glass door, the security guard stopped him and took a few steps back, asking, "What are you doing? Do you have a bed certificate?"

"No, but I have very important things to find, to find someone who lives in it."

"Come back tomorrow, the visiting hours have passed." The security guard explained to him.

"No, I'm really in a hurry."

"Then tell me, what's the matter with you?"

"I... I am, I am..." Lin Pai hesitated for a while, his head was too hot to speak, and even the security guards were worried for him.

He looked down at the phone interface that was still in the call, finally he took a deep breath, and bowed lightly to the security guard, "I'm sorry uncle, I interrupted your work."

Lin Pai walked away a few steps, found a step next to him and sat down, raised his phone to his ear, "Brother Rui, is this what you've been wanting to talk about since I came over in the afternoon?"

"Lin Pai, listen to me, you go to class during the day and come over to make up for me at night. We all know how much I have learned with my pig brain. There is no need for you..."

"I'm asking you, did you want to talk about it since the afternoon?" Lin Pai snatched away Xu Rui's words and continued to ask, "Did you think so when you said to look at me more?" ? Did you premeditate several days ago?"

"Yeah! What's the point of doing this other than making you run around like an idiot all day? Stop wasting time on me!"

"Have you asked me what I think? You are ready, you have looked a few more times, what about me?"

Lin Pai turned up the volume unconsciously, causing the security guards to look at him curiously.

Sensing the line of sight, Lin Pai turned his head and met him with a stern expression. The security guard quickly looked away. The life he had seen in the hospital had changed, and he thought to himself that this is another love affair that got hurt at the beginning. A little boy with a heart.

The night in April is still warm, with a faint fragrance of flowers floating in the air, a crescent moon hangs quietly, and everything is in silence.

There was a long silence on the phone, Lin Pai sighed softly, and asked feebly, "Are you planning to transfer schools? Follow your father's previous arrangement."

He heard Xu Rui respond with a faint "hmm" in a nasal voice.

"Actually, there's no need to hide it from me, because I can't help you." Lin Pai smiled very lightly, with a hint of self-deprecation, "Brother Rui, when did you make the decision?"

Lin Pai waited for a while, but Xu Rui remained silent on the other end of the phone.

"That's how it is." Lin Pai pressed the hang up button, he stared blankly at the crescent moon, and wiped back the tears that filled his eyes, then he lowered his head and finished walking this road for the last time. familiar route.

Xu Rui sat on the hospital bed and kept hearing the phone call