know the enemy

After two months of ease, the weather is getting more and more stuffy, making people breathless.

Lu Jia joined the basketball club and returned home a little later than Bai Yi.

He arrived home one hour late that day as usual, and there was no one at home, but the light in the living room was on. You can imagine how hurried the owner of the house left.

Lu Jia took out his mobile phone and called his aunt and uncle respectively. The aunt's phone was left at home, but the uncle's phone was not answered.

He stood in the living room, didn't change his shoes, didn't take off his schoolbag, didn't know to sit down, and dialed Bai Yi's cell phone number.

"Hey, Luke, are you home?"

This time he finally dialed, and he realized that his legs were stretched straight, and his feet were sore.

Bai Yi was walking, and his voice was panting: "Grandpa suddenly collapsed at home, don't worry, he's been checked, everything's fine, we'll be back right away, so don't toss around."

Lu Jia walked to the bedroom, put down his schoolbag, and listened to Bai Yi's words. He didn't let out a low "hmm" until the voice on the other end of the phone stopped.

"That's it for now. Don't worry. Grandpa is really fine. He just needs to be hospitalized. We'll go home in a while." Bai Yi helped his elders run up and down to buy medicines. Now his mind is a little messed up and he repeats everything.

"Well, don't worry, just hang up first." Knowing that Bai Yi was busy, Lu Jia took the initiative to hang up the phone.

The sun was only halfway down, and the red and yellow in the sky could still be vaguely seen.Lu Jia walked from the bedroom to the living room, and then from the living room to the bedroom. When he regained consciousness, he was already standing in the entrance, pressing the doorknob with one hand.

After standing there for an unknown amount of time, the mountain top swallowed the setting sun, Lu Jia put down his hands and walked back to the living room.

It's useless to go to the hospital at this time, he can only add to the chaos as a child and distract his aunt.

Lu Jia understood what he should do now, he could only wait and wait.Although he was anxious and worried...but other people's emotions were more important than his own little worry.

Luke didn't want to trouble anyone, he was always patient.

From the past, he would find someone to chat with when he was unhappy, and he would be happy when he chatted, but he would not find anyone when he was sad.

He didn't want his emotions to be contagious to others, so he smiled at everyone.

Lu Jia didn't dare to call Mu Wenran, fearing that like that day, Mu Wenran would easily notice his loss and sadness.

He really likes this brother, I hope Mu Wenran can smile more, and hope his mother can call him more.He knew that Mu Wenran didn't talk about it, but for three years in high school, mobile phones were banned in school, and Mu Wenran still carried it with him all the time.

Mu Wenran was the person he wanted to approach at the first sight.

In the attic on the second floor, he stood downstairs and looked up at him, thinking how could there be such a good-looking brother, he wanted to play with him.

So a little closer, a little familiar.

Lu Jia hoped that he could be happy forever, so that he would have the confidence to say to Mu Wenran, "You should smile more."

So when he was sad, he had to hide, so that Mu Wenran... wouldn't be discovered by anyone.

About an hour later, my aunt and Bai Yi came back.

"Hey Lu... Are you both hungry? I'll cook right away." My aunt said as she moved to the kitchen.

Bai Yi sat on the sofa and took a sip of water. Before Lu Jia asked him anything, he took the initiative to say, "Grandpa has arranged to be hospitalized... Sorry, my parents were in a panic at the time, and I forgot to notify you."

Bai Yi rarely apologized to Lu Jia.

But occasionally he would take care of Luke's emotions and say something that was completely inconsistent with his personality.

Lu Jia nodded, patted Bai Yi's shoulder, and pretended to smile lightly: "Why are you nervous?"

Seeing that he was no different from usual, Bai Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief and slumped on the sofa: "Don't mention it, the elevator in the hospital can't be used at all, and there are many people and thieves. I ran to the first and fourth floors several times, and I was exhausted."

After school at noon the next day, Lu Jia and Bai Yi went straight to the hospital.

Father Bai stayed at the hospital all night last night, and hurried back to the company in the morning. When Lu Jia and Bai Yi arrived at the hospital, Mother Bai was peeling apples for grandpa.

"What are you two doing here? I've already prepared lunch, and you can eat it as soon as it's warmed up." Bai Mu still sat up and made room for the two of them.

Grandpa was wearing a hospital gown and half leaned on the pillow, smiling at the two of them: "Here we come."

Lu Jia suddenly felt at a loss, he was usually the best at talking, but at this time he couldn't say anything.

Yesterday Bai Yi kept telling him not to worry, and he nodded in response.But I couldn't sleep well at night, and woke up countless times. I opened the window to look at it for a while before falling asleep, and I desperately hoped that it would be dawn the next time I woke up.

Lu Jia spends New Year's Eve at his grandfather's house every year. There are only two children in the Bai family. Grandpa treats them both equally and loves them equally.

Lu Jia likes that kind of atmosphere. At least at his grandfather's house, he knows that he is not the most special person, nor is he the one who is excluded.

Grandpa used to have a good physique, and he could hold Lu Jia and Bai Yi, two children who are six or seven years old, together.

Now he is wearing a large hospital gown, which wraps his thin body, but his smile is as warm and kind as it was a few years ago.

Luke thought that he was 16 years old, yes, he was sixteen.

Some people grow up and some people grow old.

In the end, Lu Jia couldn't say anything, but just called "Grandpa" softly with a smile on his face.

"Hey." Grandpa responded, and patted himself next to him, "Sit down, don't stand still. You and Bai Yi will go back after a while. Aren't there classes in the afternoon? Go home to eat and sleep, so you will be refreshed in the afternoon." Attend class."

Bai Yi seemed unwilling, his aunt patted him, and he nodded reluctantly: "It's okay, I'm not hungry, I'll go back later."

Lu Jia also didn't want to, he wanted to see grandpa more, but he was so crying-loving, afraid that if he didn't pay attention, he would cry, so he nodded and said, "Okay."

Grandpa is almost 70 years old, so he may never stand up again.

Bai Yi told Lu Jia many times not to worry, he was telling Lu Jia and himself.Mother Bai would not tell the two children the specific condition of their grandfather's condition, but both Bai Yi and Lu Jia could tell that his grandfather was very haggard and couldn't even eat a sliced ​​apple.

Lu Jia thought about what he could do. After thinking and thinking, he found that he could only wait obediently and try not to cause trouble to his aunt. Now, my aunt was tired of taking care of grandpa by herself.

Afterwards, he and Bai Yi ate instant noodles for three full days. Bai Mu called twice to ask if it was really okay if there were only the two of them in the house. Lu Jia rushed ahead of Bai Yi and said, "No problem!"

Bai Yi's eyes widened, and Lu Jia made a few "shh" gestures before hanging up the phone and saying, "...let's eat takeaway, I'll pay for it."

Bai Yi scratched his hair: "Forget it, I have money too, so I can eat a piece of it. Don't use the few dollars you got from working part-time during vacation."

Luke seriously argued: "There are several thousand."

Mu Wenran came in one afternoon without making a sound. He brought condolences, and Lu Jia opened the door to take them in a daze.

When Bai Yi saw Mu Wenran, his expression was a little unnatural.He didn't like this person since he was a child. He distracted his brother's attention and won the great praise of his parents. He was a real child of other people's family.

The hospital stipulates that patients can only be visited after two o'clock in the afternoon. It was already 01:30, and there were guests at home. After sitting for a while, Bai Yi said that he was going to the hospital.Lu Jia also wanted to go, but Mu Wenran was still there, he couldn't say anything in front of Bai Yi, so he could only say to Bai Yi: "I'll go there later."

When Bai Yi left, Lu Jia said bluntly: "I want to go to the hospital." There is no need for those polite words between him and Mu Wenran.

"Yeah." Mu Wenran got up, "Then let's go."

"Are you going too?"

Mu Wenran shook his head, he had never met Lu Jia's grandfather, it would be rude to go directly, today he just wanted to see Lu Jia.

A while ago, Lu Jia sent a message saying: [Grandpa is sick and hospitalized, aunt has to take care of grandpa, and has been eating takeaway recently. ]

Lu Jia often complained to him that the takeaway food near his home was not good, but he rarely talked like this, and he briefly mentioned important things, and then changed the subject.

Mu Wenran was worried, and finally came to take a look today. Lu Jia was really listless, as if he was afraid of seeing him.

Why are you afraid of him?

Mu Wenran didn't understand.

He didn't like Luke avoiding him, the more Luke hid, the more he wanted to get closer.