I quietly watch you play

From the bathroom on the second floor came Xiaoqi's shrill screams. It was bathed in the basin by the two of them with four hands pressed together. The fluff dripped down with muddy water, narrowed its vertical pupils, and hugged the curved pipe of the faucet desperately.

Huang Zhizi rolled up her sleeves and rubbed the cat with bath liquid, turned on the shampoo shower and flushed it: "It's so cute! Don't you usually give it a bath? Mr. Jiang does it?"

How do you guess so accurately? !Zhou Wei glanced at her vigilantly: "His cat, whoever washes it if he doesn't—"

"Oh~" Huang Zhizi returned an "understanding" look, took out the washed cat and dried it, and blown it into a ball of hair with a hair dryer: "Wow! It's so cute! Dad, can you borrow it?" I raise it for two days?"

"Whatever, whatever." Zhou Wei choked on his seniority, Jiang Xiaoqi is father, he is also father, father and father...

Huang Zhizi has carried Xiaoqi in a bath towel to the small living room on the second floor, where there is a bookshelf as big as an entire wall, with a Japanese-style low table and a lazy sofa underneath.

Huang Zhizi sat cross-legged at the table and typed on the computer. Xiaoqi was tired from tossing and sleeping between her legs.

"Mu Wei," Zhou Wei walked past her and said casually, "Your pseudonym?"

Huang Zhizi slapped on the computer and covered her face: "Boss! Employees also have privacy!" How can I let the boss know that she writes Crispy Duck part-time?

Huang Zhizi wrote on LJJ under the pseudonym Muwei, but no one around her knew about it, she was embarrassed to tell others, she was purely entertaining herself.

"The Lun family is just a little transparent, earning breakfast money... Please forget it, okay..."

Zhou Wei: "..." "Don't you still want to write scripts and become a screenwriter? It's very difficult to become popular, how about..."

"Ah—" Huang Zhizi knelt down for him, "Please forget, please—"

Zhou Wei shrugged and said it didn't matter, then turned and went downstairs.

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During breakfast, Jiang Xiaoqi held the porridge spoon, his eyes fell on the phone screen, and forwarded the power outage notice on the owner's official account to Huang Zhizi.

Huang Zhizi replied that she had received it, and then took a picture of a pile of small wontons pinched out for Zhou Dashao's breakfast, and then took a picture of Xiaoqi sleeping in the floral chair cushion, and put an equal sign on it. "Zhou" is written, which means that both of them are still sleeping late.

Jiang Xiaoqi curled up his mouth unconsciously, and watched the video from last night again, imagining what it would be like for Zhou Wei to fall asleep curled up on that small mattress.

The down-and-out painter in the basement, tsk tsk, the poor man.

Jiang Zhen had already looked at her son several times, but the other party didn't notice, she coughed lightly, it was fake.

Jiang Xiaoqi put down his phone and continued eating.

"There are three things in this world that cannot be hidden, poverty, coughing and..." Jiang Zhen couldn't help but chuckle, "Actually, girlfriends can also be brought back for the festival, so that you don't have to go all the way to think about it and even eat Oh no."

"Your mother is very open-minded, and I am very open-minded about this matter. She must not be the kind of picky and wicked mother-in-law. I will treat her very well."

"Is it a college classmate, or a new acquaintance recently?"

"I'm not in a relationship." Jiang Xiaoqi lowered his head, denying it concisely, but the back of his neck was full of enthusiasm, "Wait for Dr. Xia Lin to come to see your medical records and examination results during this period, are you ready? "

Jiang Zhen still smiled: "Okay, you didn't talk about it, I guessed randomly."

Dr. Lin is Lin Mu, the private doctor of the Jiang family. Jiang Zhen didn't have much contact with him in Danyang before. First, Dr. Lin was mainly responsible for Jiang Xiaoteng and Jiang Xiaoqi's bone marrow transplantation. Therefore, Jiang Zhen's treatment was temporarily followed up by another doctor, the one Zhou Wei met when he carried Jiang Xiaoqi back from the mountain.

This time, I don’t know if Jiang Xiaoteng wanted to show his favor on purpose, or Jiang Baichang wanted to make up for something, so he sent Dr. Lin here to understand Jiang Zhen’s follow-up treatment in Bitan. Because Jiang Zhen’s condition was stable during this period and he was not hospitalized, so he made an appointment directly. Meet at home.

Lin Mu rang the doorbell exactly at nine o'clock, Jiang Xiaoqi guessed that he might have been waiting in the corridor for a while in the cold weather, just to be on time.

Jiang Xiaoqi had a good impression of Lin Mu. He was at the peak age of a doctor's ability and experience. He was well-dressed and didn't talk much. He was very reliable when it came to professionalism.

But perhaps what he admired the most was Lin Mu's attitude of being neither humble nor overbearing, no matter whether he faced Jiang Bochang or Jiang Xiaoteng, he was not as obedient as others, nor did he have any cold eyes or contempt for him.

Jiang Xiaoqi lacked the role of a male elder since he was a child. Both his father Jiang Baichang and his elder brother Jiang Xiaoteng were wary under the influence of his mother, but he respected Lin Mu, and even felt that the undyed mottled white hair on the other side's head was real and kind. .

Many times he endured the pain of extracting stem cells and suffering from coagulation disorders in the ward, and Dr. Lin Mu was by his side.He didn't have any words of consolation, just watched him quietly like that, personally wrote the recipes he needed to the nutritionist, and personally took care of every medication, like the patron saint of his life.

"Doctor Lin, this is my mother Jiang Zhen." Jiang Xiaoqi invited people in and introduced them to each other.

"Hello," Lin Mu nodded to Jiang Zhen, put the handbag at his feet, took off his coat and put it on his left arm, took off his glasses and took out a flannel cloth to wipe it. The whole set of movements was not too fast.

For some reason, Jiang Zhen was a little excited, and the corners of her lips quivered a few times before she stabilized her voice: "Doctor Lin, please sit down." She brushed her forehead hair, which was actually neatly combed.

Jiang Xiaoqi took Dr. Lin's coat and helped him hang it on the hanger, and invited him to sit on the sofa.

Jiang Zhen went to pour tea for the guests, but for some reason he stayed in the kitchen for a while, and what was brought out was still a cup of clear water, steaming.

Jiang Xiaoqi glanced at his mother suspiciously, thinking that she was a little nervous because she was worried about showing the doctor some bad results.

He got up and went to the kitchen to remake a cup of thyme.

The materials of Jiang Zhen's recent visits to the doctor were spread out on the coffee table one by one. Lin Mu put on his cleaned glasses to look carefully, and took the glass of white water that Jiang Zhen had poured and drank it slowly.

Jiang Xiaoqi looked at Dr. Lin and then at his mother, feeling that his mother looked at Dr. Lin nervously from time to time, as if she wanted to ask something but didn't know how to say it.

He sat next to his mother, shook his mother's hand slightly to comfort him, and found that Jiang Zhen's hand was cold and stiff.

Lin Mu looked at it carefully for about a quarter of an hour before putting down the latest blood report, and said to the mother and son, "At present, the situation is relatively stable, so you don't need to worry too much. There may be one or two daily medications that need to be adjusted. Switch to imported medicine that is not available in the hospital here, and the side effects are relatively mild. I will take care of it and mail it to my wife when I go back. There will be detailed instructions for taking it.”

Madam, this is the first time someone has used this word to address Jiang Zhen, especially the person representing the Jiang family.

Lin Mu got up to leave, and Jiang Zhen also stood up: "Doctor Lin, wait a minute...excuse me, can I leave a piece of your contact information? If...if you have any questions, I would like to ask you for advice."

"Yes." Lin Mu turned on his phone and called up his QR code business card, looked up at Jiang Zhen, his gaze behind the lens seemed to be filled with a smile, "Mrs. The mind is entangled and worried about unimportant things, and the state of mind is very important for recuperation."

Jiang Xiaoqi sent Lin Mu out, waiting for him to enter the elevator.He stood in front of his house for a while, feeling that there seemed to be something in Dr. Lin's last instructions, but he couldn't catch the overtones for a while; and Jiang Zhen seemed abnormal today, at least she didn't say anything to herself for a long time before. The illness or the doctor is so caring, it is completely like getting through the day.

"Mom, are you tired? Go lie down for a while?"

Jiang Zhen nodded, went into his room and closed the door gently.

Jiang Xiaoqi took out his mobile phone and quickly sent a message to Lin Mu: [Doctor Lin, I'm sorry, if you haven't gone far, can you wait for me at the tea room at the entrance of the community for a while, I want to consult face to face. 】

After sending the message, he immediately went to the entrance to put on his coat, as if he was sure that Lin Mu would not reject him.

Sure enough, when Jiang Xiaoqi entered the elevator, Lin Mu replied: [OK. 】

"You don't like tea?" Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the glass of boiled water in front of Lin Mu, and thought of the glass Jiang Zhen poured for him.

Lin Mu didn't answer directly, but said: "Mr. Jiang, I didn't deliberately conceal the situation of my wife just now, so there is no problem that needs to be specially reminded to the family members in private. You are here for this, right?"

"How long do you think she has?" Jiang Xiaoqi asked awkwardly. In fact, other doctors talked about similar estimates, but he wanted to hear Dr. Lin's diagnosis more.

Lin Mu was silent for a while: "If the care is taken properly and the treatment is timely, it will be three years without unnecessary pain."

Jiang Xiaoqi looked at him, this person always formed a kind of trust in others because of his self-confidence, and the conclusions he gave were even too specific and indifferent.

The meaning of not suffering unnecessary pain is to ensure the quality of life of the patient, and not to do unnecessary rescue when dying...

But for some reason, he seemed to be able to see a little bit of sadness from under Lin Shu's slightly drooping eyelashes, maybe it was his illusion.

"There is another thing." Jiang Xiaoqi cleared his throat, "Doctor Lin, do you understand psychological aspects... such as claustrophobia?"

"Claustrophobia?" Lin Mu seemed to instantly regain the calmness of a professional doctor, even sitting upright, "It's an excessive and unreasonable fear of being in a closed space, and different patients have different fear scenarios , Some people are afraid of entering carriages, elevators, and cabins, some people are afraid of movie theaters or crowded places, and some people are afraid of the dark..."

Afraid of the dark, yes.Jiang Xiaoqi continued to ask: "What usually causes this kind of psychology?"

"Many, such as personality, growth, pressure, etc., but most of them are related to childhood experiences." Lin Mu is very devoted to his profession, and it seems that every sentence can fall on Jiang Xiaoqi's doubts, "For example, when I was young, I was often Children whose parents criticize in public may be socially intimidated, and children whose parents lock them into closets or closets may grow up unable to be alone in small, dark spaces."

"You..." Lin Mu's voice paused, "It is best to suggest that the patient go to a professional psychologist for a detailed evaluation. If there is any need in this regard, I will contact you immediately."

"It's not me," Jiang Xiaoqi signaled that he doesn't need to bother, he doesn't like to treat Zhou Wei as a patient, he has had a nightmarish resistance to illness for many years.

"It shouldn't be that serious. I just want to know if there is any way to alleviate this?"

Lin Mu seemed to think carefully for a while: "If it is not serious, then there is no need to take medicine or special treatment, you can try desensitization therapy. Simply put, it is to divide the fear of the environment from easy to difficult into several levels. Take a person who is afraid of the dark Speaking of..."

He looked at Jiang Xiaoqi's reaction, it was a kind of seriousness that had been poked at the key point, almost staring intently at every word that came out of his mouth.

"Take a person who is afraid of the dark as an example. You can let him stay in a dimly lit environment accompanied by someone, and extend the stay until he is obviously emotionally uncomfortable; after he adapts, he can adapt to a darker environment in the same way until You don't need anyone to accompany you."

"Just to give an example. In reality, children are almost afraid of the dark, but adults, especially adult men, are rarely seen. If there are any, it is likely that he had some kind of horrible experience in childhood. This experience is like a wound that cannot heal. The same thing has been tormenting him, once the environment reappears, the person concerned will clearly awaken the previous fear, and even the senses can be specific to every pain, every suffocation, every despair..."

"Doctor Lin!" Jiang Xiaoqi suddenly interrupted him, he was surprised that their conversation suddenly turned into a strange atmosphere.

Lin Mu seemed to be awakened from some kind of emotion suddenly, and he lowered his head and took a sip of white water to cover up. His face was slightly pale, but his lips were as bright red as bloodthirsty. At that moment, his expression was even slightly sinister and terrifying.

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