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On a weekend evening in early December, Qiu Xinzhi found time to go to the nursing home.He got stuck all the way, and was tortured by heavy work for another month, his head was numb.

The corridor is more lively than usual, and there will always be more family members visiting on weekends. Doctors, nurses and nurses come and go, saying hello to each other.Qiu Xinzhi looked at Qiao Yilian's office, the door was open, no one was inside, probably in the ward.

He walked into his mother's room, checked the thermometer and hygrometer to make sure the room was comfortable enough, and then picked up his mother's health records to read.He recognized Qiao Yilian's handwriting at a glance. It was ugly, but he recorded it in extremely detailed, much more detailed records than the superficial and scribbled data records of the previous attending doctor.Every time Qiu Xinzhi sees his straight-faced fonts, he feels a particularly solid and safe feeling.

Mother is in stable condition recently.Qiao Yilian knew that her respiratory tract and lungs were very fragile, so she paid special attention to nursing care in this area. Her pneumonia has not recurred for half a year.Qiu Xinzhi touched his mother's face, it was soft and warm, and she slept peacefully.

Qiu Xinzhi's heart also calmed down.The ward was very warm, which isolated him from the noisy outside world, and he drove all the disturbing work and various non-stop situations out of his mind.

He picked up the book, pulled out the bookmark, and began to read.My mother likes detective novels. In this book, four people have died, and it is almost time to solve the case.As Qiu Xinzhi thought about it, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his head seemed to be covered in white mist, gradually blinding his consciousness...

A hand was placed on his head, and someone called him: "Xinzhi".The voice was very familiar and intimate, and Qiu Xinzhi was in a daze, as if his mother was calling him.His consciousness gradually came to his senses, and he suddenly remembered that his mother had become a vegetable and had been in a coma for 11 years and nine months, so why would she call him?

He opened his eyes suddenly and found that it was Qiao Yilian.He blinked his dry eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "Accidentally fell asleep..."

Qiao Yilian touched his face: "Exhausted? Let's sleep a little longer."

Qiu Xinzhi shook his head: "The murderer will be found soon, I have to finish this paragraph, so as not to worry my mother."

Qiao Yilian took the book: "I'll read it."

Qiu Xinzhi was stunned: "You read?"

"Well, don't worry, I can read all these characters," he said with a smile, "Go to sleep."

Qiu Xinzhi thought for a while, and obediently climbed onto the folding bed next to the wall.Qiao Yilian saw that he was lying down, sat on the edge of the bed, and read from the page with the bookmark on it.

Qiu Xinzhi thought this scene was a bit funny, and it was the first time he experienced the feeling of his mother lying on the bed and listening to the story.It is a sense of comfort when someone is doing things for you, a sense of security when someone is with you, and a sense of powerlessness when you are alone—because you can’t respond, because you can’t look up at the expression of the person who is reading, because you can’t complain about how bad the book is ...Qiu Xinzhi thought again, this novel is really a pitfall, guessing who the murderer is in the first ten pages, and the ending is exactly like this.

He thought about all kinds of messy thoughts, and his head became confused again.

When he woke up, he turned around and saw Qiao Yilian still talking about novels.I looked at my watch, more than an hour had passed.Qiao Yilian's voice was clean and clear, just like his handwriting, one stroke after another. Qiu Xinzhi listened quietly for a while, and found that he was talking about another book.

Lying on his side comfortably, he called, "Joe Yilian."

Qiao Yilian turned his head, the corner of his mouth curled up.Qiu Xinzhi couldn't help himself, got up and walked over, hugging him from behind.

Both of them paid attention to the situation outside the door.The door of the room is half closed, and unless you specifically poke your head in, you can't see the scene inside from the outside.But the mother is lying in front of her, and both of them will avoid being too affectionate in the ward.

Qiao Yilian held Qiu Xinzhi's palm and asked, "Are you going back tonight? I'm leaving get off work, so go to my house to sleep?" Qiao Yilian lives in an apartment one kilometer away, which is a doctor's dormitory rented by the hospital.He lives alone in the two-bedroom house, where Qiu Xinzhi sometimes spends the night.

Qiu Xinzhi hesitated for a while, then refused, "I haven't been here for a week, and I'll stay here with my mother tonight."

Qiao Yilian stopped asking and stood up, "Then I'm leaving, see you tomorrow."

"En." Qiu Xinzhi let go of his hand.When Qiao Yilian walked to the door, Qiu Xinzhi suddenly remembered and said, "Wait a minute."

He took his own scarf and walked over to wrap it around Qiao Yilian's neck, "It's getting colder tonight, it's more than ten degrees below zero outside." Qiao Yilian has always been dressed in thin clothes because of his good health and living nearby. Qiu Xinzhi was afraid that he would catch a cold walking at night.

Qiao Yilian was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head.After a while, he looked up and smiled: "What's the weather like tomorrow?"

"Okay, it's been three or nine days."

"Well, if you have nothing to do tomorrow, come to my house to eat hot pot?"

hot pot?Qiu Xinzhi didn't expect Qiao Yilian's dietary vocabulary to include "hot pot" as a high-calorie food, and wondered: "The two of us eat hot pot, can't we just boil cabbage in water?"

"It's not the two of us, it's going to my parents' house. It's in Shangdi, not far away."

Qiu Xinzhi was stunned.

Seeing that he didn't respond, Qiao Yilian turned around and said, "Think about it, tell me tomorrow."

The next morning, the two went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, tofu and meat, and drove to an old residential building in Shangdi.Qiu Xinzhi was agitated. He knew that Qiao Yilian had come out with his family since he was a teenager, and he might have brought many men home, but this was the first time he had met his parents.

Moreover, what does Qiao Yilian mean by bringing him home?Is that to admit the relationship between the two?

He said anxiously, "how will you introduce me later?"

Qiao Yilian parked the car and said with a smile: "I told them, this is Teacher Qiu, and if your name is mentioned in the capital, you can eat whatever you want at any restaurant without paying."

Qiu Xinzhi frowned: "You make me look like a hooligan."

There was no elevator in the old building, so the two carefully avoided the Chinese cabbage, green onions and bicycles piled up in the corridor, and climbed to the fourth floor.Qiao Yilian's mother opened the door and welcomed them in.The old lady is not young, and she can see that her facial features are exquisite and beautiful, but she is completely undressed, her gray hair is casually tied behind her head, she wears thick black-rimmed glasses, and she wears a big pilled sweater.His father was a dumpy old man who poked his head out of the kitchen with a smile and said hello.

Qiu Xinzhi was a little relieved by the two ordinary, friendly elderly people.However, Qiao's house is still unusual. The bookshelves in the living room occupy more than half of it. "What do your parents do?"

"My mother studies chemistry and works at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. My father is a genetic engineer and teaches at Peking University."

A family of scientists!No wonder there is such a son as Qiao Yilian.Qiu Xinzhi began to worry that every dish in his hot pot had to be weighed before being put into the pot, and he had to check the stopwatch to calculate the boiling time.Fortunately, the two old people are very casual, except that the bottom of the pot is indeed clear water, and the sauce is just a little soy sauce, there is nothing wrong with it.He also discovered that there was an old godmother at the dinner table, which was also something that Qiao Yilian's food vocabulary could not appear in.

It turned out that the old man liked spicy food very much. Qiu Xinzhi chatted with him about Yunnan cuisine and Thai food, and the old man's mouth watered.Qiu Xinzhi is good at dancing and eloquent, and his instinct to enliven the atmosphere at the dinner party made the two old people laugh from ear to ear.

The old lady brought him a piece of frozen tofu and asked, "Xinzhi, is your magazine a public company or a private company?"

Qiu Xinzhi didn't understand why the old lady asked such a question, and replied: "It used to be a public company, but now a consortium has injected capital. It is still a public company in name, but basically it doesn't matter. The money and losses are all borne by the consortium alone."

The old lady took a few seconds to understand this complicated relationship, and said in relief: "That's good."

Qiu Xinzhi followed suit and nodded, "Well, it's pretty good." In the end, he didn't understand the old lady's intention.

After the meal, Qiao Yilian slumped on the sofa, like all Chinese sons.Qiu Xinzhi had never seen him so loose, kicked his leg and said, "Help clean it up."

Qiao Yilian smiled lazily: "My mother doesn't trust me to work." Unexpectedly, the old lady said at the dinner table: "Don't do any work, go buy a watermelon and come back."

Qiao Yilian immediately protested: "Mom, there is no watermelon in winter."

"There are small supermarkets in Ximen."

"It's also out of season, it's full of hormones and antibiotics, and watermelons can't be cooked..."

"Don't talk nonsense," the old lady interrupted him directly, "After eating the mutton, I feel hot all over, so I have to eat watermelon. Xinzhi, do you want to eat it?"

Qiu Xinzhi smiled and nodded: "I want to eat."

Qiao Yilian got up helplessly, and deliberately bumped into Qiu Xinzhi when he passed by him, "Come with me."

"No, can't you carry a watermelon by yourself? I'll help my aunt clean it up." It was as cold as a freezer outside, so he didn't want to go out.

After Qiao Yilian left, Qiu Xinzhi helped to pack the dishes and chopsticks to the kitchen.The old lady wiped her hands and asked, "How long have you been together?"

Qiu Xinzhi was stunned. He thought that the old chemist could be different, but in the end he still couldn't escape the cross-examination. "Not long, maybe four or five months."

"On your own? I mean, no wife or kids?"

Qiu Xinzhi immediately replied: "Of course not... and there will be none in the future."

"Well," the old lady replied while putting the dirty dishes into the sink.Qiu Xinzhi felt uneasy. Although it was not the nature of a daughter-in-law meeting her in-laws, he was also worried that the two elders of the Qiao family would not accept him.

Unexpectedly, the old lady stopped the question of their relationship, and asked instead: "How is Yi Lian's job? He has just passed half a year, is he used to it?"

Qiu Xinzhi didn't know how to answer, he didn't expect the old lady to ask him this.The old lady smiled and explained: "I asked him directly, but he wouldn't tell the whole truth. I heard that it is a small hospital that takes care of vegetative people, right?"

Qiu Xinzhi had a clever mind. Hearing what the old lady said, he suddenly understood something.Qiao Yilian was young and energetic, not at all like the kind of doctor who would sit in a fringe hospital and wait to die. He also wondered why Qiao Yilian came to work in a nursing home.It is a fact that the salary is high—at least half of Qiu Xinzhi’s annual income is contributed to the nursing home, and he knows how much a doctor’s salary is—but Qiao Yilian is not very keen on money, and usually lives a simple life.The only possibility is that he did not do well in the big hospital.What else could be the reason?There is no doubt about Qiao Yilian's work ability and sense of responsibility, and he gets along well with his colleagues. The only "black spot" can only be his sexual orientation.

No wonder the old lady would ask him the question of "public or private". Working in an agency, the interpersonal relationship is complicated, and public and private affairs are often mixed together. Let alone coming out, you have to face the eyes of many people just because you are not married.

Qiu Xinzhi thought for a while, and told the old lady why he met Qiao Yilian and about his mother's coma.The old lady sympathized: "Ah, it's really not easy for you."

"Fortunately, I met Yi Lian. He is a good doctor. I feel relieved to entrust my mother to him."

The old lady nodded, feeling relieved. "He studied brain neurology. He got good grades when he was a child. He entered the school he wanted to go to, and after graduation he went to the hospital he wanted to go to. He didn't say anything, but he had a special idea in his heart and his goal was very clear. Now... "The old lady stopped, unable to speak.

Qiu Xinzhi was also very uncomfortable.Doesn't he know how much pressure he has to bear to be different from others?It's just that I can't imagine Qiao Yilian making such a big sacrifice.

The old lady came over quickly, and said with a smile: "Xinzhi, you are different from him. He is extremely stubborn. He made up his mind and would never look back. You are much rounder than him. With you by his side, I will You can worry less."

Qiu Xinzhi comforted her: "Don't worry, Qiao Yilian has a very clear mind, he can live well anywhere like this."

The old lady looked at him: "Yilian has been very lonely since he was a child. He likes to be by himself and digest everything by himself. But how can a person handle everything by himself? If you can help him share some, then help him share some " After finishing speaking, the old lady smiled a little embarrassedly, she is not a person who is good at communication, and she doesn't say such words that contain begging elements.

Qiu Xinzhi smiled and said, "We will take care of each other, don't worry."

What he thought in his heart was, why can't he carry it by himself?He has also carried it like this for many years... It's just that it's much easier to live with someone by his side.The old lady said that Qiao Yilian likes to be alone, and he doesn't usually notice it, but after thinking about it carefully, he did say that it is good to be alone, he rarely goes out to socialize, and even chooses to run alone when exercising.Perhaps his rational mind has already calculated clearly, instead of changing himself to cater to the outside world, eating food he doesn't like, and saying things he doesn't agree with, it's better to be alone.