withered lover

In the evening, Lu Yi who heard from Jiang Run that Shen Guiwan vomited blood and was hospitalized hurried over.

Afraid of waking Shen Guiwan up, she stood by the door and took a look before pulling Du Zhinian out of the ward.

The two stood in the corridor outside the ward, and the afterglow of the evening sun shone in through the glass, clearly illuminating the worried expression on Lu Yi's face.

Lu Yi lowered her voice and asked, "How is he now?"

Her face was solemn, and her words were full of worries that could not be concealed.

Du Zhinian wanted to tell Lu Yi that there was no need to be so nervous, but he was relieved to see that people other than himself were worried about Shen Guiwan.

Shen Guiwan was finally no longer alone, he had lovers and friends, someone would worry about being sick and hospitalized, and he no longer had to lie alone in the ward.

Putting his hands in his pockets, Du Zhinian said slowly, "I just finished the operation, and my injuries are not serious. I will stay with him tonight."

But Lu Yi was still worried, Jiang Run didn't know what happened to Shen Guiwan when Jiang Run told her, and only said that Shen Guiwan was in a dangerous situation.

Du Zhinian saw her frown tightly, and comforted her: "It's really fine. The surgery was performed by the experts in the hospital. It's just a minor problem, and it just needs recuperation."

"I will accompany Wan Wan to the medical examination every once in a while, don't worry."

Lu Yi looked into the ward again through the glass on the door. She could only see a corner of the bed from that angle, but she still looked at it for a long time.

Behind her is the slowly setting sun. The sun shines on her thin back, and the shallow shadow moves from the tiles to the white wall.

It wasn't until the sun completely set and the air lost the last trace of heat that Lu Yi's tense shoulders relaxed.

She let out a long sigh, nodded to Du Zhinian and said, "I'll contact you if there is anything else, I'll be leaving first."

Du Zhinian sent Lu Yi away, and blew the wind by the window in the corridor for a while, and waited until his dizzy head was fully awake before turning back to the ward.

He walked lightly to the side of the hospital bed, and before he could sit down, a pair of confused eyes came into his sight.

Shen Guiwan had just woken up from the anesthesia, and was looking at Du Zhinian with his eyes open.

Du Zhinian was stunned for a moment, then quickly sat down and held his left hand, and asked nervously, "Are you awake? Is there any discomfort?"

Shen Guiwan was still not quite conscious, stared blankly at Du Zhinian's face for a long while, and then said in a hoarse voice: "I'm sorry."

When Du Zhinian agreed to go back to find Shen Lu, he specifically explained that he wanted him to protect himself and not get hurt again.

But he didn't do it, and made Du Zhinian worry for nothing.

Shen Guiwan's face was pale, blood stains remained on the chapped lips, his voice was hoarse, and his hands were so cold that there was no warmth at all.

Du Zhinian took out a cotton swab from the drawer, dabbed it on Shen Guiwan's lips with some water.

He moistened Shen Guiwan's chapped lips, and then put Shen Guiwan's cold hand on his cheek, rubbing it lightly, "Don't apologize, I'm fine, as long as you're fine."

Shen Guiwan pursed his lips, and tasted a cool sweetness on the tip of his tongue.

Du Zhinian warmed the back of Shen Guiwan's hand, and squeezed the flesh of his palm, "Lu Yi just came here, I let her go first."

Shen Guiwan blinked, and slightly hooked Du Zhinian's hand with his fingertips, "Du Zhinian, my throat hurts."

"My legs hurt too."

The anesthetic faded, and the wounds on Shen Guiwan's body began to hurt again. Apart from the calf and throat, the stomach that had just undergone surgery was also heavy.

He limply talked about his physical discomfort, and Du Zhinian lay on the edge of the bed and softly comforted him: "I just finished the operation, and the pain will be gone in a few days. The doctor said that you are a little malnourished, and you need to recuperate for a while."

Shen Guiwan slowly moved his body to lean towards Du Zhinian, and hummed a few vague syllables: "I want to eat an apple."

His movements were small, but the quilt that covered him slipped from his shoulders as he moved, exposing his gauze-wrapped neck and shoulders.

Du Zhinian helped Shen Guiwan cover the quilt again, and placed a soft kiss on that hand with strong knuckles, "I will fast after the operation, and I will peel it for you when I can eat."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw a trace of disappointment flashing in Shen Guiwan's eyes, and hurriedly coaxed, "I'll buy them all for you, what do you want to eat?"

Shen Guiwan moved his lips and whispered: "Sweet ones."

He had just finished the operation, and he was so weak that he couldn't use his strength. Now that he was making a request in a soft voice, Du Zhinian wished he could cut the apple into pieces and stuff it into his mouth.

But after the operation, the body would fall into a state of extreme fatigue. Shen Guiwan had another stomach operation, and he couldn't even drink water, let alone eat.

Du Zhinian touched his face and smiled helplessly: "Okay, don't talk if you have a sore throat, and sleep for a while if you feel uncomfortable."

Shen Guiwan talked to Du Zhinian for a while and couldn't hold on any longer. He was so sleepy that his eyelids clenched, but he held Du Zhinian's hand tightly, "Then don't go."

He didn't like being alone in the ward, and he didn't like waking up to see strange nurses coming in and out of the ward without communicating with him.

Shen Guiwan had had enough of that feeling of isolation and helplessness.

"Don't go, I'll stay with you here." Du Zhinian pushed back the loose hair on Shen Guiwan's forehead, leaned over and kissed him on the forehead, "Good night."

Du Zhinian stayed with Shen Guiwan all night in the ward, and finally fell asleep leaning against the bed in the early morning.

He slept for a while with Shen Guiwan's hand on his pillow, and when he woke up, he happened to meet Shen Guiwan's bright eyes.

Shen Guiwan didn't know how long he looked at it, Du Zhinian's appearance that just woke up was reflected in his translucent eyes.

Du Zhinian stretched on the bed, reached into the quilt to touch Shen Guiwan's waist, and asked lazily, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"I want you to rest for a while." Shen Guiwan had just finished the operation, and with a calf injury, he was unable to move freely and couldn't avoid Du Zhinian's harassment, so he just lay quietly and let him touch him for a while.

The single ward was spacious and bright without outsiders disturbing him. Du Zhinian squatted beside Shen Guiwan for a while before standing up and going to the bathroom in the ward to wash up.

He dawdled in the bathroom for a while, and when he opened the door after washing his face and came out, he happened to meet a nurse he knew who came to give Shen Guiwan an infusion.

The nurse looked at Du Zhinian in a daze, and asked, "Why is Dr. Du here?"

Du Zhinian closed the door, pointed to Shen Guiwan who was lying on the hospital bed, "My lover is here."

The nurse's hand holding the medical tray shook, and the pens and medicine bottles inside rattled.

She was stunned for a while, then asked Du Zhinian: "Is it your previous date?"

"It's him." Du Zhinian said with a smile, "Hurry up and give him an infusion, there are other patients waiting, so don't delay."

The young nurse responded repeatedly, and quickly put a new injection on Shen Guiwan.

Shen Guiwan had an indwelling needle inserted in his right hand, and it was placed on the quilt during the infusion. The muscles and bones on the back of his hand were slightly raised, and his naturally curved fingers were slender and slender.

The morning sun fell on his body, his slightly curled eyelashes and hair tips trembled under the light, and the dark eyes shone with fragments of light.

Shen Guiwan's body was haunted by illness, but he still looked clean and beautiful.

The little nurse couldn't help but look a few more times, Shen Guiwan noticed her gaze looking over, the little girl who was caught quickly lowered her head again, and signed her name on the infusion card at the end of the bed.

After she finished drawing the name of the medicine for the infusion, she handed the pen to Du Zhinian, "Dr. Du, please sign here, and then write down your relationship with the patient."

Du Zhinian quickly signed his name and the word "lover" on the paper, and returned the pen to her, "Thank you for your hard work."

The little nurse shook her head vigorously, "Then I'll go to work first, and call me when I need something."

Looking at the back of the little nurse leaving, Du Zhinian suddenly had a subtle premonition in his heart.

But he didn't delve into it, he just turned his head and asked Shen Guiwan: "I'll be able to eat in a few hours, what do you want to eat?"

Shen Guiwan was looking at the group of sparrows sitting on the banyan tree outside the window. The sparrows were jumping and jumping among the branches, pecking small fruits on the tree from time to time.

He pondered for a while, and then said two words from his lips: "Apple."

Du Zhinian laughed and asked again: "What else?"

Shen Guiwan thought about it again, shook his head and said, "There's nothing I want to eat."

His mouth was bitter, and he just wanted to eat something sweet.

Du Zhinian rubbed Shen Guiwan's head, "Then I'll buy it according to my needs, don't be picky."