Zhang Wentao, who was still immersed in sleep, heard the noise in the living room and opened his eyes in a daze.
Rubbing the corners of his eyes, he squinted and looked out through the unlocked bedroom door. It turned out to be the old lady here, who was his father's biological sister.
In this world, the person who is closest to you by blood.
Seeing his plainly dressed aunt approaching carrying large and small bags, Zhang Wentao quickly got up and got out of bed, not caring about his dry mouth and went over to greet her.
"Auntie, why are you here? Where is my father?"
"Hey, even if I come here to see you, you, my kid, won't come home to see you when you come back. Your father (uncle) will be angry with you."
Zhang Xin put the things she had brought on the dining table. Although she complained in her words, her eyes showed concern for her nephew.
"Auntie, didn't I just come back? I wanted to adjust to the time difference and see you again." Zhang Wentao scratched his head in embarrassment.
Compared with a year ago, I look a little older, and there are a lot more gray hairs on the temples.
I helped the old lady put her things away, poured a cup of hot water, washed herself briefly, then sat down next to her in a polite manner, and asked kindly:
"By the way, aunt, how are my dad and Gao Yue doing?"
"Everything is fine. We'll be fine if you're okay. You're a young man now. You should learn to take care of yourself. Whatever you can't let go of will eventually pass. Your parents..."
Zhang Xin looked at her haggard nephew and began to cry as she spoke. Her eldest nephew was capable and upbeat. He had lived abroad for so many years and had finally achieved results through hard work, but his brother had just enjoyed a good life.
Not many years later, he passed away suddenly.
Now that her nephew is back, Zhang Xin's heart that has been unable to let go is a little calmer, but it would be great if her brother and his family were all here.
When he mentioned his parents, when he saw the old woman crying, his smiling mouth stopped. After slowly retracting it, Zhang Wentao comforted the old woman and said: "Lao Gu, I want to go out for a walk in two days.
If Dad and Gao Yue are free, I will go to your house to sit."
"Going out again? You've just been back for a few days, where are you going this time?" Zhang Xin heard that her nephew was about to go out again. She casually wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hand and asked worriedly.
Seeing that the old lady was a little worried, Zhang Wentao pursed his lips and explained: "I just want to walk around the country, see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and take a break."
"Let's go around the country, that's good, that's good." Zhang Xin said with a smile on her worried face, holding Zhang Wentao's hand.
"Don't worry, old lady. When I come back this time, I don't want to go abroad any more in a short time. I want to have some peace and quiet. Besides, your nephew has reached his age. It's time to find you a nephew's wife, isn't it? Gao Yue's daughter.
Everyone will call me big, so I have to tighten my grip."
Zhang Wentao knew that the old lady was not easy to fool, so he took the initiative to bring up the topics that the elders were most concerned about to calm the other party's anxious mind.
As expected, when she heard that her nephew was planning to get married, the corners of Zhang Xingang's eyes that were still downturned immediately, but then she seemed to remember something and tears welled up again.
Zhang Wentao was stunned when he saw this scene and was a little at a loss for a moment.
Why is there something wrong with what I just said? Or is my lie so easy for the old lady to see through?
…
Three days later, I went to my aunt's house and met my father and cousin's family. After buying a complete set of Archaeopteryx travel equipment at Guomao International Trade Center, Zhang Wentao took a car to the hospital he had visited before the next morning.
At around 8 o'clock in the morning, pedestrians were busy on the road, especially at the entrance of the subway station next to the hospital. The subway station near the intersection was full of cars and people.
Zhang Wentao is wearing a pair of jeans, a neat white shirt tucked into his pants, a Montblanc belt tied around his waist, and a classic Burberry khaki cape. This outfit matches his height of about 1.8 meters. Look,
Act like a successful person.
Before coming this time, he had deliberately shaved off his beard and had his hair neatly styled. He looked very capable and mature. After all, he was a young and promising middle-aged man in his early thirties.
After a little dressing up, he immediately showed the charm that a mature man should have.
Of course, there was a reason for dressing up like this today. The sleeping pills prescribed by the doctor before were very ineffective. Before departure, he wanted to prescribe some more as a backup to save the trouble of buying such prescription drugs during the trip.
With the experience last time, he successfully registered this time and soon came to the doctor who saw him last time.
"I will open another box of medicine for you at most. There are regulations for this, and you have to be responsible for yourself. I see that you are in good condition today. It seems that staying active will help you a lot. Just keep doing it.
.You, too, must be responsible for yourself.”
"Okay, you're wasting your time." Zhang Wentao couldn't help but cursed as he walked out of the clinic and took the doctor's orders.
I deliberately woke up early and dressed up a lot, and all I got in exchange was a box of prescriptions for sleeping pills.
"Forget it, let's go queue up first."
After shaking off the prescription in his hand and laughing at himself, Zhang Wentao walked down the stairs to the payment office in the lobby on the first floor with his head lowered.
"Is it you?"
A soft and slightly surprised voice came from the front. Zhang Wentao looked up when he heard the sound, and saw a long-haired woman wearing a white tank top and black jeans pouting to greet him.
Zhang Wentao carefully looked at the woman in front of him who was much more decadent than him. When he saw the various documents in her hand, he thought of what happened at the door of the hospital a few days ago, and he made a guess in his mind.
"Your friend, are you okay?"
Xu Hongdou looked at the man in front of her, nodded slightly, politely thanked him for the tissue that day, then turned and walked to the payment office.
Zhang Wentao blinked awkwardly and followed.
It's not that this pretty woman is so pitiable, nor is it that he is ignorant of current affairs and wants to go forward and ask for her contact information.
But he also needs to pay a fee before he can get the medicine.
The two of them lined up one behind the other for a long time, and after about a while, they each completed their payment.
Unlike Zhang Wentao who had to wait in line at the medicine retrieval office, Xu Hongdou went directly to the inpatient department not far away to pay the bill and then followed a middle-aged woman who was carrying food outside to walk out of the hall.
"The friend at the door of the CT room, the cry at the door of the hospital, plus the thick payment receipt just now, it seems that her friend's situation is not optimistic."
Looking at the departing figure, Zhang Wentao made a brief analysis and made a rough judgment, but his compassion was instantly withdrawn.
"Hey, forget it, it's none of my business. I'd better take care of myself first."