lone bird

On the day of Shi An's business trip, Yan Feilan couldn't go to the airport to see him off. At noon, the nursing home called to say that Grandma Yan was not doing well. Yan Feilan was worried, and asked for leave to rush back to Linshan.

Sitting alone in the lobby of the airport with a suitcase in hand, Shi An was sending messages to Yan Feilan while waiting for the students.

Yan Feilan drove his car back to Linshan. When he arrived at the airport, Yan Feilan had already arrived at Linshan, and he was in the hospital now.

Shi An always felt upset typing on the keyboard, so he sent a video call to Yan Feilan.

Yan Feilan connected quickly. He was sitting in the long corridor of the hospital, with the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him. The setting sun outside the window reflected on him, adding to his sadness. When the video was connected, Yan Feilan smiled at Shi'an.

"How is grandma?" Tokigi asked.

Yan Feilan shook his head after wiping his face: "It's hard to say now, it's still undergoing surgery, the doctor said..."

Yan Feilan choked up a little.

Ever since his parents passed away, his grandma was his only reliance. Grandma Yan was no different from other old people. She would secretly stuff money into Yan Feilan’s schoolbag. When Yan Feilan was young, he would stand under a tree with a feather duster Yan Feilan, who was digging out a bird's nest on the tree, shouted: "Little bastard, your grandma has legs, come down quickly!" When Yan Feilan was admitted to university, Grandma Yan happily set up four or five tables at home, inviting neighbors There was a school entrance banquet, but the cook could not be invited, it was Yan Feilan who cooked the kitchen himself.

Yan Feilan had no ambitions when he was a child. When he was in elementary school, he said that he would study hard and raise his grandma with [-] points in the future exam. But at that time, no one told Yan Feilan that the full score of the test papers in junior high school was no longer [-] points. If he If you keep getting [-] points in the test, you can't support your grandma.

Yan Feilan, who stumbles and stumbles in his studies and hangs on the back of the car all the year round, is always named and criticized every time he takes home dozens of test papers, he is afraid that his grandma will be angry, but grandma always says that he wants him to be happy and grow up healthy just fine.

Later, Yan Feilan met Shi An, and he would take Shi An home for dinner, sit with Shi An under the old elm tree, do homework and memorize words, and also have a dream with a test paper, Grandma Yan would My son would always bring fruit and tell Yan Feilan that if he married a wife in the future, he would also marry someone as smart as Shi An.

Yan Feilan was sitting on a cool bench, and he always felt that the phrase "Grandma will wait for me to earn a lot of money to support you after I graduate from college!" was the biggest lie he ever told grandma in his life. I earned it, but now I can’t stay by grandma’s bedside when I’m out. Grandma Yan’s living in the nursing home is still paid by Shi’an on a monthly basis.

Shi An looked at Yan Feilan's appearance and wanted to sigh, but because of Yan Feilan's appearance, he held back.

"Don't just make do with the hospital cafeteria at night. My mom just sent me a message saying she's going to bring you meals at night. My dad said he'll stay there with you at night, so we can take care of you."

Yan Feilan didn't speak.

The students entered the terminal hall like a swarm, and when they saw Shi An from afar, they stood on tiptoe and shot back at Shi An, who nodded at the students, taking advantage of the group of booing children not approaching, Shi An He hurriedly said, "The students are here, and I'm about to register, so I won't tell you now."

Yan Feilan finally raised his head and glanced at Shi An, he nodded and said, "Take care of yourself."

Shi An reluctantly said: "Okay, I will send you a video every day."

Before the hang up button was pressed, Shi An heard Yan Feilan say: "Shi An, come back early, I will miss you."

"Old time! How about it! See if I'm handsome today! How about going to the competition in this outfit tomorrow! I don't know if I can beat my opponent! But I'm sure I can beat them!"

Some students jumped in front of Shi An and yelled, Shi An didn't care about the children, he just looked at the phone screen and said, "Okay, I will be back as soon as possible, I love you, goodbye."

As soon as Shi An uttered the word "love you", it was like throwing a match on the autumn plain.

"Who is it!"

"Love you? When I was old! Is it our teacher's wife!"

"Hey! Don't hang up, let's see!"

"That's right! Isn't our mistress pretty!"

Shi An raised his hand and waved: "Okay, okay, why are you making trouble one by one, do you have all the computers?"

The students shook their computer bags towards Shi'an.

"Okay, have you taken all the materials?" Shi An asked.

"Don't worry, Lao Shi! We will never lose the chain this time!"

The school was afraid that Shi An would be too busy alone, so he assigned a teacher to lead the team. Shi An didn't know that teacher very well, so he just nodded his head as a greeting.

He took the students to board the plane, and before taking off, Shi An sent a message to his family, asking Mr. Li to cook more delicious food for Yan Feilan.

Teacher Li replied to his message and said he knew.

The flight time was two hours, and Shi An didn't dare to take a break. He took the computer and repeatedly watched the courseware prepared by the students for the competition. After reading it four or five times, Shi An felt that he could memorize it backwards. Shi An leaned back, raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose.

There was a hotel car to pick him up when he landed, but Shi An didn't bother, he turned on his cell phone and called Yan Feilan.

"Is grandma's surgery over?" Shi An asked urgently.

Yan Feilan was silent on the phone for a few seconds and said, "It's over."

"How's the situation?" When Shi An asked this, he had already thought that Grandma Yan's situation would not be too good, and Yan Feilan's tone sounded really depressed.

Yan Feilan sighed for a long time, and he said: "I have been pushed to the intensive care unit, and I am still in a coma. The doctor said that I don't know when I will wake up. During this period... if there is another bleeding during this period... possible..."

"No!" Shi An couldn't help shouting, the students looked over, and Shi An lowered his voice again: "No, grandma won't, Yan Feilan, don't think too much, I'm here for a competition Hurry back when you're done, eat well, take care of yourself, take care of yourself to take care of grandma, do you hear me?"

After a long time, Yan Feilan gave a simple "Yeah", and said: "Play well, don't worry about me, take No.1 and go home and cook something delicious for you."

"Okay." Shi An rarely showed a smiling face, and he asked, "Did my father and mother go?"

Yan Feilan looked at Teacher Shi and Teacher Li who were sitting beside him, and said, "Come on, Auntie brought me pork rib soup, it's delicious."

"That's good." Shi An joked with Yan Feilan: "My mother is not bad to my daughter-in-law."

Yan Feilan laughed: "Well, not bad."

The two hung up the phone, and Teacher Li asked Yan Feilan: "Is it our Shian?"

Yan Feilan nodded.

Teacher Li put his hand on his lap and said, "You talk about such a big thing, but he is still on a business trip." Teacher Li turned his head and shook Yan Feilan's hand again: "Feilan, don't be afraid , Uncle Shi and I are here."

Yan Feilan wasn't afraid, he just regretted that he didn't stay by grandma's side as soon as he came back, and also regretted that he didn't have a good chat with grandma last time we met.

Grandma Yan is getting old, sometimes sober and sometimes confused, last time when Yan Feilan went back, Grandma Yan took his hand and called him Feilan and Xiao'an, and when he was called Xiao'an, she would ask Feilan when he would come back, and his name was Feilan Sometimes he would cry and ask him where he had been these few days, why he didn't know why he called grandma.

Thinking about it, Yan Feilan felt his eyes turn sour.

In the evening, the old man said that he would stay with Yan Feilan to watch the night, but Yan Feilan had the nerve to toss, and sent the old man home after nine o'clock. On the way back to the hospital, there were constant message prompts, and Yan Feilan went down. Only look at the phone in the car.

All are messages from Shi An.

【Who is with you in the hospital? 】

[Ask my mom, it's my dad. 】

[Then can I still send you a video tonight? 】

[Will you miss me if I don't send you a video? 】

[Yan Feilan, are you full tonight?Miss me? 】

[Yan Feilan, why did you go, why didn't you reply to my message. 】

[The geese are flying. 】

Sitting on the bench at the entrance of the intensive care unit, Yan Feilan sent a video call to Shi An.

After Shi An landed, the students said they wanted to go out for dinner together. Shi An was not in the mood, he just said that he was a little uncomfortable, and asked another teacher to lead the group of children out, and he was in the hotel room. I just ate instant noodles.

Yan Feilan didn't reply to his message, but asked Mr. Li, and Mr. Li only said that the hospital was fine, and when he was in a hurry, An was rolling on the bed.

When Yan Feilan's video call invitation was sent, Shi An was lying on his back on the bed, his hair curled up in circles of static electricity, like a cat with fried fur.

"Why don't you reply to my message?" Shi An poked the tip of Yan Feilan's nose on the screen, resembling it once and for all.

"I just sent my uncle home." Yan Feilan sat under the light, his face became even uglier.

Shi An turned over, hugged the pillow and lay on the bed chatting with Yan Feilan: "Why don't you let my dad stay there with you?"

Yan Feilan smiled and sighed: "Uncle is so old, you can't let him really sit here with me all night."

"What about you?" Tokigi asked.

"I..." Yan Feilan turned the camera to show Shi An the door of the intensive care unit.

Foam cushions are connected in a string in the corridor, and many family members of the patients regard the corridor as a bed, covered with clothes and quilts.

When Shi An saw it, he was shocked, he had never seen such a scene before.

"Don't sleep like this!" Shi An said: "If you are sleepy, go to my house, the spare key is here..."

Yan Feilan turned down the volume of the phone.

"It's okay." Yan Feilan didn't want Shi An to worry, so he changed the topic and asked Shi An: "Have you eaten tonight? What did you eat?"

Shi An rested his chin on the pillow, and said word by word: "You have never eaten the high-grade beef noodles that I ate at night."

"Braised or spicy?" Yan Feilan asked.

"Braised, I'm afraid I'll have a stomachache if I eat spicy food." Shi An answered Yan Feilan without thinking.

"I didn't eat well, and I ate instant noodles." Yan Feilan wrinkled his nose at Shi'an.

Shi An looked at Yan Feilan, didn't answer, and didn't ask any questions. He just looked at Yan Feilan, just like watching Yan Feilan who fell asleep many years ago. After a long time, Shi An said: "Yan Feilan , take care of yourself, I will love you."

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