windy city rainy season

After answering the last question, Tao Yu closed the cap of his pen, packed up the drafts and calculator on the table, and called out "senior brother" to the people on the sofa.Chen Li came over and picked up the test paper and looked at a few big questions. Seeing that the steps of answering the questions were clear and there were no obvious mistakes, he folded the paper and put it in a sealed bag, and helped Tao Yu move the small table on the hospital bed.

"Today's spirit is better than the previous few days. How is the healing of the incision?" Chen Li pulled up a chair and sat beside the bed.

"Fortunately, I will be discharged from the hospital next week." Tao Yu said with a smile, "If the hospitalization fee is not too expensive, I really want to rent a room here. I don't have to clean it myself, and the nurse will deliver the meals to me."

Chen Li was not amused by his self-deprecation, and said seriously: "After leaving the hospital, you should also pay attention to rest. If you don't want to cook, just give me a call. I will make more and send it to you."

Even though he won't really ask the other party to deliver the meal, Tao Yu still feels warm in his heart. Chang Zheng never said such things, which is not surprising. Master Chang can't even cook. The last time he was injured so badly, he also His wounded number cooks for two people.

"My mother will come next week." Tao Yu said, "I might go back to Beijing with her as soon as I get out of the hospital."

Chen Li nodded: "It's good to go back and recuperate for a while, it happens to be on winter vacation, and I will come back after school starts in mid-January."

"...I'm afraid I won't come back so early." Tao Yu hesitated, and decided to tell the truth, "I didn't tell my family the extent of the injury before. They didn't know that I had a spleen removal and transplant operation last time, so this What happened this time shocked them, and they were worried that I would be outside. The family means to suspend school. As long as I return to China, they can accept everything else..."

The parents have completely compromised, as long as he goes back, the family will no longer interfere with who he lives with, and they can even communicate with each other's family members like in-laws.The conflict that forced him to leave home was finally resolved now, but he didn't feel any relief in his heart.

Chen Li couldn't believe it: "Suspended school?! You still have more than a year to graduate, and you don't want your degree? Your project is not over yet!"

"The experiment of the project has been completed. I can write the final report in China and send it to the old man for revision." Tao Yu said with his head down, "The old man knows my physical condition in the past two years. He came to see me after the operation He said that if it is really because of physical reasons that he can’t continue reading, he can fully understand. I have already completed enough master’s credits, and I can choose not to write a thesis and graduate with a professional master’s degree.”

"Are you willing to get a master's degree after studying for so long?" Chen Li persuaded, "The hard time is over. You just need to do some experiments and write a doctoral thesis. I can help you with the experiments..."

"It's not just because of my health..." Tao Yu didn't continue, but instead smiled, "Actually, I didn't think about it myself. This semester is too late to apply for graduation, so I will still register next semester, but only remotely in China. Attend lectures and write end-of-theme reports, do you want to come back and continue reading to see what happened at that time?"

Chen Li still couldn't understand his thoughts, frowned and asked in silence for a while: "You go back to China, what about Chang Zheng?"

Tao Yu turned his eyes away, staring at the slowly falling drops in the infusion tube, without opening his mouth.A few months ago, when his father offered him an olive branch for the first time on the condition that he was asked to return to China, although he had a hard time making a choice, his inner balance still tended to stay for Chang Zheng.But this hospitalization made him realize that if his remaining life is still in this state, and the other party can only take care of him when he is also a patient, how much meaning does this relationship have for him?In the cycle of waiting and disappointment, he couldn't find the initial throbbing of love. Chang Zheng once convinced him that as long as two people are together, there are no problems that cannot be solved, but now he finds that sometimes the problem is not whether it can be solved, but theirs. Whether the problem in the eyes has equal weight.

"If the decision to return to China means that you can give up on him..." Chen Li paused for a moment, looked at him and said, "I hope you stay here to finish your Ph. You still have to go back to China after graduation, and my project with Gruca will be over at that time, so we can go back together."

"Brother..."

"I didn't want to get involved in your relationship before, but if you give up on him, I won't watch from afar anymore. If you want to be in Beijing, I can contact a university in Beijing..."

"Senior brother." Tao Yu interrupted softly with sore eyes, "You have a better development here, don't give up easily for others, and it's not worth it for me. Not only is my body problem, but also my spirit is not good. I don't want more people to worry about me."

"What does bad spirit mean?" Chen Li asked.

Tao Yu didn't answer, someone coughed behind him, and Chang Zheng, who was wearing a doctor's uniform, stood at the door of the ward.

"Professor Chen, is Tao Yu's exam over?"

Chen Li and him looked at each other for a few seconds, then stood up and said, "The exam is over, but Doctor Chang, can I ask you a question? Tao Yu's illness cannot be said to have no warning in advance. As his closest person, don't you? You didn’t notice it at all, and you had to delay it until it was irreversible before sending it to the hospital?”

"If the omen you are talking about is his recent cough—" Chang Zheng's tone did not fluctuate, and he replied in a doctor's tone, "I was worried that he had pneumonia, but there was no sign of fever, and I didn't even take a chest X-ray Because of the shadow, this possibility was ruled out. I did not expect the venous anastomotic thrombosis in the transplanted spleen. The chief surgeon tried several methods but failed to reestablish the blood supply, so he had to remove the transplanted spleen. I am very sorry for this result. It will be less than yours. Losing the spleen will not affect normal life, but the chance of infection will increase. I will have him check his body regularly, check his blood if he has a fever, and pay attention to food hygiene and exercise. Do you have any other questions? ?”

"Of course!" Chen Li was aroused by Chang Zheng's implied provocative attitude, "His body is already like this, and his mental condition is not good. What are you doing, a doctor? Do you usually pay attention to him?! "

"This is my own problem..." Tao Yu interjected, before he was interrupted by Chang Zheng.

"Professor Chen, I regard you as Tao Yu's teacher. If you want to know about his current condition, I can take you to his doctor in charge. I have no obligation to tell you about other issues related to our lives. If you still have questions , we will go to the office to talk, the patient needs to rest now."

Chen Li was so choked that he had nothing to say, and his position was indeed embarrassing.Tao Yu propped himself up on the edge of the bed, picked up the sealed bag containing his examination papers, and handed it to Chen Li, saying, "Senior brother, there are many things that I can't think about myself, and it has nothing to do with other people. I understand that you care about me, but I don't care about these things." You have to solve it yourself. You don’t have to worry about me, I will tell you when I return to China next week.”

Chen Li looked at him, sighed silently, took the bag and left the ward.When they passed by Chang Zheng at the door, neither of them turned their heads, as if the other didn't exist, Chang Zheng closed the door behind him.

The two people who stayed in the ward were silent with each other, Tao Yu waited for Chang Zheng to get angry, but the other party lay down on the sofa without saying a word and closed his eyes.

"My parents are coming to Chicago next week."

Tao Yu was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "What are they doing here?"

"Of course to meet your mother and apologize to her for their two bastard sons. Chang Ling will also come."

"What are you apologizing for?" Tao Yu was a little panicked, "I never told my family that the injury was related to Chang Ling, so please don't make trouble at this time!"

"Last time they were going to contact your parents, but you refused to let them. You can't just make up a story and pretend it didn't happen. You have to make it clear sooner or later. My family will be responsible for your physical condition in the future, and all expenses will be covered. We will bear the burden." Chang Zheng turned his back, turned his back to Tao Yu and continued, "We lived together before, and these were taken for granted. But if you want to leave now, you have to make it clear that for you and your The family has an explanation."

Tao Yu stared at his back with tongue-tied eyes, and after a while he whispered: "Let my parents know that I was injured because of Chang Yao, and they may treat you as well..."

"It's two different things." Chang Zheng said in a muffled voice, "And what your parents think is theirs. Now it's your decision to go back, isn't it?"

Tao Yu didn't answer, picked up the remote control on the cabinet, put the head of the bed flat, looked up at the ceiling, feeling confused.

"Why didn't you tell me you started taking antidepressants again?" Chang Zheng asked.

"...I feel uncomfortable." Tao Yu said in a low voice.

"Because of what? Chen Li?"

"What does it have to do with outsiders!" Tao Yu sat up excitedly and said, "Do you think we are still the same as before? How long has it been since you took a serious vacation? I don't even have a chance to finish a sentence with you every day You're going to get your PhD this month, right? Did you tell me about that? If Northwest didn't send graduation tickets home, I wouldn't know until now! You give your time to patients just because I am also a patient now, so I have the opportunity to talk to Dr. Chung!"

After listening to his questioning, Chang Zheng took a long time to say: "I'm really busy this year. Besides going to work, I have to do experiments and finish my thesis. I didn't mean to neglect you. I've forgotten some things because I'm too busy..."

"Now that you have obtained a double doctorate degree, will you have free time next year?" Tao Yu sneered, "The time you have freed up to do experiments and write papers is only filled with doctor visits and surgeries. I I used to think that other people are as busy as you, but this time I was hospitalized, they will also take a weekend off, and not every resident doctor will be there when they are on vacation. Just because I won’t pester you to leave , because you don't have kids at home to occupy your time, so you feel so lucky not to be tied down by family?"

"I don't think so, I just want to accumulate more operation time..." Chang Zheng said with a sigh, "You know my father wants me to take over the fund within five years, which puts me under a lot of pressure. If I don't have him by then I'm afraid it will affect the reputation of the fund."

Tao Yu couldn't understand: "Your father spent his whole life to achieve his reputation, you want to achieve his accumulation in five years? If you have been standing on the operating table for the past five years, I am afraid that you will only get a tired man." the result of!"

"I know I'm too impatient, but I don't have that much time for me..."

"It's not a matter of time and reputation." Tao Yu said, "Even if you become a famous doctor like your father within five years and take over the fund, what then? When you retire decades later, will you have an equally famous son?" To succeed you? You and I can't make a child, even if you adopt one, can you guarantee that he will become a doctor in the future? Or do you expect Chang Ling to have a son who can inherit the mantle of you and your father in the future?"

Chang Zheng was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "I haven't thought that far...nor have I ever imagined that I won't be without you on the way to reach my goal..."

The sound of "beep, beep, beep" sounded in the ward. Chang Zheng took off the pager on his waist to take a look, turned over and stood up from the sofa, opened the door of the ward and went out.

Tao Yu glimpsed that his eye sockets were a little red, and the fabric in one corner of the sofa was much darker than other places.