GL Eighteen-Line Novelist and Reader's Love Story

Maybe it was because I spent too much energy the night before, and I slept very deeply that night.When I woke up, it was already ten twenty in the morning.My sister was away, and there was a note from her on the table, to the effect that she saw that I was sleeping soundly and couldn't bear to disturb me.She first went to the mountains to ride a bicycle for a while.Let me go to have breakfast together when she comes back later.

I rubbed my eyes and let out a long yawn.Go into the bathroom to wash up.Yes, my sister has always had the habit of doing morning exercises.Even when I was in Chicago, I always insisted on getting up early and going to the gym to check in.The living habits are so good that I get used to getting up early.When was the last time I slept until after ten o'clock and got up, but I played games.After washing up, I changed my clothes and looked at the time on my watch: 46:[-], I should be back soon, right?

I thought about it for a while, and made an appointment for a tour at a nearby winery at two o'clock in the afternoon, so I had dinner first and then went to the hot spring for a while.I remember the breakfast coupons seem to be on... ah, on the bedside cabinet.I put the breakfast voucher in my pocket and waited obediently for my parents to come back.

Soon, there was a crisp unlocking sound at the door.I hurriedly looked at myself in the mirror, well, I can still see people.He even ran and jumped downstairs to meet his wife, and yelled, "How is it? Sister, is the air good in the morning? Hey...you should wake me up. Riding alone is so boring."

There was no answer from below for a long time, and I felt strange in my heart. I stepped up my pace and walked down, stomping on the wooden stairs.But the scene that gradually appeared in front of my eyes almost made my heart that was gradually speeding up almost stop suddenly.The elder sister is covering her left eye with one hand, sitting in a white armchair.Her expression is as usual, her cheeks are glowing with a healthy red after exercise. If there is no blood oozing from her fingers, I can't even see that she is any different from the past.And when I saw the scorching blood on the ground, my mind almost went into a daze.Everything in front of me became a little unreal.

In a daze, I seemed to tell her not to move, I seemed to go back upstairs and quickly took the medical kit, and I seemed to calmly disinfect the periphery of her wound and put gauze on it.But while doing all this, my brain and my muscles seem to be separate.My muscles knew what I had to do, but my brain was deluding itself into refusing to accept any images in front of me.

I kept comforting myself in my heart: "It's okay, it's okay. This must be my nightmare...Impossible, impossible."

"Eighteen," my sister's tone was extremely calm, "You may have to take me to the hospital."

I forced myself to shift my attention from my sister to the normal thinking mode: "I still call an ambulance, and the return journey is a bumpy mountain road. What should I do if I get pulled into the wound?"

But my sister's mind is obviously calmer than mine, "Think about it, we are in the mountains now, and it will take a long time for the ambulance to arrive. And I don't want to receive a medical bill of tens of thousands later."

I almost want to shout back, tens of thousands is tens of thousands, so what.But I really thought about the time it took for the ambulance to go back and forth. My sister was right, the wound must not be delayed.I took a deep breath, "Then you wait in the room, and I will drive the car over. Don't worry about anything now, I have everything."

My sister laughed.I don't know why she can still laugh, but she said softly, "I know."

My brain was racing fast.I rushed upstairs and packed the most necessary things in the fastest time.While tidying up, he called the front desk and briefly informed the hotel of the situation.The hotel expressed absolute panic and understanding, saying that the remaining luggage would be arranged for someone to help me pack it later, and provided the address of the nearest hospital.

Then I grabbed my handbag and ran all the way to the parking lot.When I got into the car and fumbled to press the engine button, I realized that my hands were shaking involuntarily.Recalling the way my sister closed her eyes, I was suddenly in a state of confusion, and my mind was filled with the worst images

"Could it be time to think about this now!" I growled, and slapped myself twice, "Gu Shiba, calm down."

I drove the car straight to the door of the room. I wanted to stop the car and hug my sister into the car, but my sister walked out slowly by herself and put on her seat belt.Looking at her calm appearance as usual, I almost feel like a knife is stabbing my heart.But she turned her head and told me carefully: "Eighteen, listen to me. I will be fine. So don't be impatient. Don't speed up later. Once you are stopped, it will only delay you longer time."

How can I distract her to comfort me again?I made up my mind and replied, "Yeah."

The nearest clinic is about 40 minutes from the resort.Accelerate, decelerate, brake, throttle.I did everything methodically and drove the car expressionlessly.I realized instantly that I had made mistakes when I wrote novels before.Life is different from stories. In reality, when anxiety reaches a certain level, people will not be in the mood to take care of expression management.

From time to time, I used my peripheral vision to confirm the situation of my sister. My sister closed her eyes and leaned on the back of the seat.Wearing my sunglasses, my brows are slightly frowned, and my lips are a little pale.Her weak appearance squeezed my heart fiercely.I began to keep asking myself: Why did I have to come to such a desolate place?There are no medical facilities nearby.Why not get up early and go out with her, maybe...

I was annoyed and wished I could slap myself twice to relieve my hatred.But at this moment, I suddenly felt warmth attached to the palm of my right hand.My sister gently placed her left hand in my idle palm.Almost instantly, her temperature dispelled my messy mood.

Sister... I gently held her hand back.My heart is clear.I deliberately said: "Sister, do we count as the same, regardless of health or disease?"

My sister closed her eyes tightly, her slightly frowning brows gradually relaxed, and a smile flickered across her mouth, "Forget it, why not."

"Then will you be so moved that you agree with yourself?"

My sister smiled even more, and her face seemed to be a little more bloody.She imitated my tone and said: "Gu Shiba, do you think you are taking advantage of others' danger?"

I pursed my lips, and my tone was still relaxed: "Oh...how did you see it again. I thought there was a show this time. It seems that I have to wait for the next time."

My sister suddenly said: "Eighteen, it will take a long time anyway, can you recite the full text of the oath just now?"

I felt my voice tremble a bit: "Are you kidding me? I'm a pure atheist, and I don't want to take the Protestant oath at all."

My sister's voice was soft: "But I want to hear it."

"Okay... In the name of God, I solemnly swear. I accept you as my wife. From this day forward, regardless of good or bad, high or low, disease or health, I will love and cherish you until death do us part."

"It sounds so good." My sister hung her head to the right and murmured, "I'm a little shaken."

I turned my head away, wiped away the tears I was about to shed, and tried to smile and said, "What's so good about this. When we get married, the vows I will write will definitely be [-] times better than this."

Her voice was as gentle as if she was coaxing a child: "Yes~ the one written by our little eighteen must be the best."

"Hey...you just hurt your eyes. Don't say such gentle lines, it's scary."

"What do you mean? Isn't that what I usually say?"

In this way, we chatted quietly as if nothing had happened, and soon arrived at the hospital.It was the weekend, and only emergency rooms in the United States were still open.I helped my sister to the rest area aside.Just walked to the front desk to fill out the form.The dozens of pages of forms are hopelessly long... Although I am worried about my sister, I have to be patient and deal with the endless paper patiently.

Fortunately, the waiting time was not too long. Ten minutes later, a nurse brought my sister and me into a beige single room.I put my sister on the light blue observation bed, looked at the thin T-shirt on my sister, and frowned involuntarily.

"It's only over 60 degrees Fahrenheit outside today, and the air conditioner in the ward is so high?" I took off my coat and put it on her, complaining: "What do Americans think? What if the patient catches a cold again? manage.."

"It's a bit cold." My sister glanced at my bare arms, "Eighteen, go to the car and get a coat and put it on."

I touched my forearm subconsciously, "Huh? Me, I'm fine. The doctor should be here soon."

My sister's expression was very serious, "Be obedient, if you catch a cold, what should I do?"

I couldn't help my sister who was incarnated correctly, so I went back to the car and got a piece of clothing to put on.Fortunately, when I hurried back, the doctor hadn't arrived yet.I breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in the nurse's position.My sister looked a little tired.I stood up again and turned around the hospital bed.

My sister opened her eyes: "Are you looking for treasure?"

"What? I watched American dramas, and the angle of this bed can be adjusted." The hard work paid off, and I caught a glimpse of the gray knob behind the bed.Adjust the angle of the observation bed to be lower, "Go to sleep for a while."

My sister hummed lightly and closed her eyes.

After another four or ten minutes, the young female doctor carrying a small bag arrived late.Finally came, I quickly got up to greet her, she nodded to me.Going to her sister again, she gently removed the gauze from her eyes, probably to relieve the patient's nervousness, and she teased in a relaxed tone: "Hey? Olivia, right? Who handled the gauze for you before? It's pretty good."

My sister smiled back slightly: "My girlfriend posted it." The doctor gave me a thumbs up.He focused his gaze on his sister's left eye again, and his expression gradually became serious.

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Dr. Marie. Next, we will do a few routine examinations, first confirm the condition of your left eye. Before the examination begins, you can give me a general description of the injury process ?"

I felt my sister glance at me and say, "Of course, I was carrying my bike up the steps. You accidentally got the front wheel stuck between two steps. When the wheel bounced back, the left handlebar shattered my sunglasses. The lens shattered on the spot. I'm not sure if it was the glass cut or the handlebar hit. Then my girlfriend did a little sanitization and bandaged me."

My sister told the story lightly, but didn't mention the pain at all.I bit my lip and silently clenched my fists...

Dr. Marie nodded.While writing and drawing in his notebook, he said, "I see. So we can't rule out the possibility of residual glass shards getting into the eyes."

"I think so."

"Was the bleeding serious?"

"There is a constant light bleeding."

"On a scale of 1 to 10, please describe to me the pain you are experiencing right now."

My sister thought for a while, "About 6."

The doctor looked at my sister's left eye, "Apart from the pain, do you have any other sensations in the left eye?"

"A feeling of soreness."

Dr. Marie quickly recorded in the notebook while asking, "We will do a head CT later to determine the problem of glass shards remaining." She put down the notebook, "Now I would like to briefly test your current vision. "

As she spoke, she took out an instrument that looked like a telescope from her bag.After testing both eyes at the same time, she instructed her sister to cover the right eye and test the condition of the left eye.During the test, blood gushed from the sister's left eye from time to time.I turned my head away, and my heart hurt like being stabbed by a knife.

At this time, two doctors, a man and a woman, entered the ward.The male doctor is slightly younger, with black hair and blue eyes.The female doctor is gray-haired and serious.They took turns doing several more checks.Afterwards, the three of them exchanged terms back and forth.

I listened nervously to their conversation.On weekdays, I boast that my English listening skills are sufficient to pass the test, but for a while, I am a little overwhelmed and confused by a series of terminology.I had to pull up my spirits.

The male doctor looked a bit hesitant: "...the location of the wound is special. If the glue nail is placed directly in the center, it may aggravate the tearing of the cornea."

Dr. Marie handed the notes in her hand to the male doctor, "Not only that, but we still can't rule out the possibility of glass shards remaining in the eyes. If that's the case, it will further increase the difficulty of the operation."

The older doctor shook his head, "I understand your concerns, but the wound area is too large. If the cornea is kept open all the time, it will increase the possibility of infection and make the situation worse."

The male doctor hesitated for a moment, and suggested: "Then, after performing a brain CT to rule out the possibility of debris, how about placing a recovery lens on the left eye? What if it is combined with some external antibiotics...?"

"I don't recommend doing this." The older doctor said slowly: "Although the human cornea does have a certain self-healing function. But it is still the same problem, too large wound area. In this case, it is only The wound cannot be healed by restoring the lens and the cornea. My idea is to make four glue nails along the perimeter of the wound, on the left, right, top, bottom, respectively. On the one hand, the wound can be closed to reduce the area of ​​the wound, and on the other hand, it can also avoid the wound Central position to avoid further tearing. On this basis, restore the lens and external antibiotic treatment."

The male doctor and Dr. Marie nodded in agreement.After confirming the treatment plan, the white-haired female doctor arranged: "Then please go to the operating room and arrange the time for the CT first." Seeing the two of them walking out the door one by one, she turned to her sister and used more Explained in plain language:

"According to our preliminary diagnosis, there is a deep wound on your cornea that needs to be sutured. However, considering that the wound happened to be in the center of the eyeball and crossed the pupil, it is difficult to predict the degree of vision recovery in the future. And at the moment we cannot rule out the possibility of other infections."

I subconsciously held my sister's hand.Calmly asked: "What about the risk factor of the operation?"

The old doctor pondered for a while, and the male doctor strode in, handed the operation protocol to the sister on the bed, and explained to me by the way: "There are risks. In the worst case, such as wound infection, it may need to be removed." the cornea, and even the entire eyeball."

I turned to look at my sister.The expression on my sister's face is still calm, but I can feel her hands trembling slightly.I held her hand tightly, not knowing how to speak for a while.

Seeing this, the older doctor adjusted his glasses, "I think it may be difficult for you to accept it for a while, but the sooner the operation is performed, the better. Otherwise, the possibility of infection will increase."

I asked, "When can the surgery be scheduled the soonest?"

The male doctor said: "I just checked with the hospital about today's operation schedule. The operation can be scheduled tonight. The operation itself will not take too long, and it will be completed within an hour. The patient needs to receive general anesthesia and will probably stay in the hospital after the operation. Observe for a few days."

"I understand, please arrange it as soon as possible." After speaking, my sister signed the operation agreement with a pen and handed it back to the male doctor.The male doctor glanced at the signature area, then handed me another agreement, "We still need the signature of the accompanying person. What is your relationship with the patient?"

I took a deep breath and took the agreement, signed my name, "She is my fiancee."

The black-haired male doctor glanced at me knowingly, and said, "I just got engaged last week, and I can fully understand how you feel now. Please rest assured, we will do our best. I will submit an operation for her now." Apply." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to me, and I shook it tightly.The old doctor asked his sister, "Miss Olivia, when was the last time you ate?"

My sister thought for a while, "Around eight o'clock in the morning, I drank a cup of iced black coffee and ate some whole wheat bread."

"Very good. Before the operation, we all need you to keep an empty stomach, is that okay?"

My sister nodded.I frowned and asked, "Is there anything else that needs attention?"

The old doctor said without hesitation: "Try to move as little as possible. If you can, try to close your eyes and rest. I will replace the eye mask for you later. Every two hours, the nurse will come to measure the blood pressure. A blood draw will be needed in a while. As for the CT I will come back to inform you of the specific time later. If there is no problem, I will discuss the treatment plan with the other two surgeons first."

My sister shook her head tiredly.The white-haired doctor took out a pair of plastic eyepatch from the drawer in the ward, disinfected it, and fixed it on my sister's left eye.I thanked the doctor and sent her out of the room.When I returned to the ward, my sister was leaning on the bed, wrapped in a blanket, and seemed to be asleep.

And when I lightly sat back on the bedside.But my sister opened her mouth, as if she was saying something funny, "Eighteen, I never thought it would be so serious. I thought it would be fine after disinfection, but I didn't expect to have an operation. It's scary."

My heart tightened, and I said lightly, "Don't listen to what they say is so serious, it's just a minor operation. Doctors in Europe and the United States make such a fuss. When the time comes, you have a good sleep, and you'll be fine when you wake up." " I took her hand again, "I heard that the anesthetic in the United States still tastes like strawberry."

It made my sister smile slightly.I tightened the blanket for her and was about to say something to comfort her when there was a knock on the door.After my sister said please come in, a young man with blond hair quickly got in and stood directly opposite my sister.He shyly explained his purpose: "Hi, I'm a college student from a nearby school. My name is Jasper. I'm currently doing a research on domestic violence. I don't know if it's convenient for you to answer a question or two?"

A row of black lines flashed across my face in an instant, my sister looked at my expression amusedly, and agreed with interest.

Perhaps it is rare to meet such a cooperative research subject, the blond brother was very excited, "Wow! That's great. Then can I ask you first, do you feel that you are a victim of domestic violence? Have you recently suffered from a partner's mental or Physical abuse?"

Looking at his blue eyes as clear as lake water, I even wanted to hit someone a little bit.My sister coughed lightly, "No and no."

"Has your partner ever threatened you verbally or physically?"

"there has never been."

Maybe it's my illusion, I always feel that this blond guy s seems a bit unwilling?So he asked again: "So do you feel safe around your partner?"

My sister glanced at me, and I smiled back with a harmless smile.I saw that she obviously hesitated on purpose, and then said softly: "I always feel very safe by her side."

I snorted softly in my heart, "You still have a little conscience."

The blond-haired brother probably finally noticed the hands my sister and I have been holding each other, and my more meaningful eyes.He packed up his notes at the speed of thunder and jingle, "Oh! Thank you for participating, I wish you a speedy recovery!" and then ran away.

ha?My sister and I looked at each other and felt the speechlessness in each other's hearts.Just as I was about to speak, there was another knock on the door.This time it was a middle-aged Caucasian nurse with a charming face who walked in.Doesn't look like a domestic violence investigator at least.I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

I saw Ross walking to my sister's bed with a smile, and said, "Sweetheart, I'm Ross, a nurse from our hospital. We're going to do a simple pregnancy test~" Noticing my sudden round eyes, Ross explained: " It's also part of the surgical process."

I was speechless, my sister suppressed her smile, "Hi, I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant. On the other hand, Ross was already rummaging through boxes and boxes looking for needles, and at the same time said: "Oh, sweetheart, it's hard to say. "As he said, he gave me a wink, "You say yes, baby. "

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My sister finally couldn't help it, and said with a smile: "No, you don't fully understand what I mean. I'm really sure." She nodded me, who had already been petrified, and said without thinking: "Or, you can directly ask Ask my partner?"

I stared at Ross in disbelief... who looked at him suspiciously.She exaggeratedly hid the needle behind her back with a soft cry, "Oh~ that's right. Rest well, sweetheart. By the way," she turned around and took out a set of plastic-wrapped hospital gowns from the cabinet, looking at her with a smile. Said: "Then baby, can you please help him change in a while? I'll go out first."

As she said that, she handed me the clothes without any explanation, and walked out in a charming manner again.The door was closed by Xu Xu, and I finally collapsed... I rubbed my forehead and said, "Are these people brought by the hospital to joke?"

The elder sister also shook her head quite unbearably, "Who knows, it's like filming a TV series."

"This dress..." I turned over the clothes in my hand, the pink and white stripes were so wide that they looked like maternity clothes. "What Javanese aesthetics..." I couldn't help frowning and said, "Do you dare to be more ugly?"

My sister glanced at it: "You still pick and choose a hospital gown? It's not for a beauty pageant. Okay, help me change it quickly."

"Oh!" I got up and locked the door, looked at my sister, and then at the clothes in my hand.Suddenly there is an inexplicable... tension?My sister was amused by my dumbfounded appearance, and said with a smile: "Why are you so dumb? Are you still embarrassed? Or should I say," she suddenly slowed down her tone, with a slight arc between her lips: "You will Is there anything else... unreasonable thoughts?"

At this time, you still have the mood to tease me?Regardless of my little heart beating a few times, I said in a panic, "You! Take it off yourself!"

She put on an expression of refusal and welcome, and said pitifully: "Oh, the official, do you want the servant to take off by himself? Domineering, chic, really heart-wrenching." Seeing her deeply involved in the drama, I closed my eyes in pain... So this hospital has some special buff, right?Not a single normal person came in.

There were many twists and turns, and when I finally put on the burqa for my sister, the nervousness I had just had while waiting for the operation was swept away.A few hours later, I pushed my sister to the radiation clinic for a head CT.After returning to my sister's ward, we met the anesthesiologist team and the doctor team one by one.Everyone introduced themselves, from name to job title, and shook hands with me and my sister one by one.Let the single ward, which is not spacious, be overcrowded and very lively.

After they left in line one by one, I turned to my sister and asked, "How many names do you remember?"

My sister closed her eyes, "Tommy, Christan, Liam, Lucas, Henry... I can't remember the others, the last one is Martin, right? What about you?"

I shook my head like a drum, "I don't remember a single one."

Up to now, I think my psychological construction has been very complete.But when the fully armed medical team really waited outside the door pushing the operating bed, I still couldn't help but panic.The elder sister was supported to lie flat on the operating bed, with a detector on the index finger of her left hand.The attending anesthesiologist beside her is putting on a drip for her.

I held her hand, she looked at me with a smile, and even said a bit playfully: "This bed is more comfortable than the one just now." Dr. Marie had already put on a blue mask, and told me: "The nurse will take you to the waiting area in a while. After the operation is over, she may need to do a few more tests. After everything is over, the nurse will notify you."

The male doctor who was also wearing a mask smiled at his sister: "Don't be nervous, you will fall asleep in a while."

My sister nodded and looked at me again.Her gaze was gentle but firm, "Don't worry, I'll tell you later whether the anesthetic tastes like strawberry."

My heart trembled, "Okay, I'll wait."

She seemed to have thought of something, and then instructed: "Wait for me to go in later, you remember to go downstairs to eat something, accompany me until now, you haven't eaten anything yet."

"okay, I get it."

"Then while you're waiting for me, make a phone call with my parents and a few close friends of mine, right? I didn't want them to worry, but I just thought about it again. After all, it's an operation. It's better not to say it." That's right. As well as my school and your company, it's better to go and explain it."

Looking at her Yingying eyes, what kind of person is this... At a time like this, I still think about everything.I forced myself to laugh and said, "It's clear that you don't need to think about it. If you don't say it, I will do it well."

My sister put her hand on mine and closed her eyes, "I know you will. But if I'm idle, I'm idle..." She stared at my face and smiled brightly, "Gu Shiba, you Remember, in health or in sickness."

I nodded solemnly at her and bowed again to everyone on the team.They nodded to me, then guarded the operating bed and walked out slowly.I wanted to follow a few more steps, but I was afraid that I would not be able to hold back the tears.I had no choice but to stand where I was for a long time, and Ross who was waiting beside me never urged me.

Until I finally came to my senses, she patted my arm and said heartily: "Don't worry, baby. They will take good care of her. She is a lucky girl and she will be fine. Come on, I will take you waiting area."

I followed Ross out quietly, but my heart still couldn't calm down.Fear, heartache, panic, reluctance... even mixed with a little feeling of being abandoned.She went to the operation alone, and the fate is uncertain.And all I can do is sit here and face the dreaded wait.

There was a dull pain in the empty stomach, and I couldn't arouse my appetite at all.But I also thought that I promised her to eat, and I didn't want to really do nothing.I shuffled over to Tim Hortons to buy a sandwich and took a few casual bites.

Also to distract myself, I started calling.One by one, she explained her current situation in detail to her relatives and friends.Several of her friends said they would come to visit as soon as possible.One of the school girls who usually played well with her even yelled that she would come over soon.

My sister is very popular, I thought to myself.He made another phone call to Jiang Nian to explain the situation and asked for a few days of personal leave by the way.

"...Anyway, that's how it is. I have to stay here to accompany you these few days, and the company's affairs..."

Before I finished speaking, Jiang Nian impatiently interrupted me, "Say something useless. You don't need to worry about the company here, just take care of your wife." My heart warmed, but Jiang Nian's The voice suddenly became a little hesitant: "Gu Gu, don't blame me for saying it, but why do I feel that you don't sound nervous at all?"

I rubbed my forehead feebly, "Do you think I still have the strength to be flamboyant now?"

Jiang Nian's carefree voice came again: "Of course I know that you have such an awkward personality. It used to be like this. The more anxious you are, the more you have to pretend to be calm. In fact, you are going crazy. Right? It's annoying to death. I'm used to it. But are you sure that your family won't get it wrong? Don't say you love her to the core, even if you act, you have to show a little nervousness Ah. Otherwise, even if she doesn't say anything on the face, there will be lumps in her heart."

I shook my head against the air, "No, she won't."

Faced with my stubbornness, Elder Jiang sighed and hung up the phone.

I held the phone in my hand, smiled wryly and said: I always look at it in the eyes of others, will it be like this?