Bow down willingly as a child

Bai Kangzhe tightly grabbed the quilt, lowered his head, his hair covered his eyes.

"Uncle, can I spend some time alone with him?"

Shang Zhendong looked at him, knowing that Bai Kangzhe had figured it out.

So he nodded vigorously: "I'll come see him tomorrow."

After looking at Bai Kangzhe twice more, he took a few steps back, turned and left the ward.

Before leaving, he explained that no one should disturb Bai Kangzhe, and give Bai Kangzhe a proper space.

Bai Kangzhe pulled up a chair and sat by the bed, staring at Shang Xuyan's thin and lifeless face for a long time.

Grabbing his hands that had fallen on the mattress and sticking them to his face, the protruding bones made his face uncomfortable.

Bai Kangzhe called softly: "Xu Yan, Xu Yan, it's time to wake up."

Shang Xuyan's eyelashes trembled on the hospital bed. Slowly, he frowned, and then opened his eyes.

His eyelids were the white ceiling, and he stared blankly at the ceiling.

There was a warm and soft feeling on the back of his hand, he turned his head with difficulty, and saw Bai Kangzhe holding his hand and kissing.

Stretching out his weak arms to take off the oxygen mask, Shang Xuyan said breathlessly, "Bai, is... is that you? Are you here?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Bai Kangzhe hurriedly got up, put his hands on the bed, and lowered his head to get close to him.

"It's me, it's me, do you see clearly? Xu Yan, I'm here."

In order to let him feel the truth, Bai Kangzhe touched his face with his hand again, allowing Shang Xuyan to feel his temperature over and over again.

The two were very close, but Bai Kangzhe couldn't smell the signature mint fragrance on Shang Xuyan's body, there was no trace of it, and it was replaced by the pungent smell of disinfectant.

And all of this is because of him, he killed Shang Xuyan.

"You're here, you're here, did Shang Zhendong nod?"

Has his persistence paid off?

"I... Uncle picked me up and asked me to take good care of you today."

Bai Kangzhe's eyes dodged a little, he pretended to pull the quilt for Shang Xuyan, not daring to look directly at Shang Xuyan's face.

Probably because he was really exhausted recently, Shang Xuyan didn't realize that he was lying, but looked at his head gently, and stretched out his hand to rub it.

As strong and loving as I remember.

"despair."

A drop of moisture fell on the white mattress.

Bai Kangzhe had a sore nose, he hurriedly wiped away his tears, turned around and walked towards the door.

"I'm going to buy you some porridge, or you'll be starving, so you should take a rest first."

After finishing speaking, regardless of whether Shang Xuyan refused or not, he opened the door and strode out of the ward.

Looking at the back of him leaving in a hurry, Shang Xuyan didn't think too much, thinking that Bai Kangzhe was starving him so he was in a hurry to buy food.

A warm sun could not help appearing on his face, it was great to see Bai Kangzhe again.

After closing the door of the ward, Bai Kangzhe leaned against the wall, covered his face and sobbed softly.

Thinking that there will be no further business talks in the days to come, tears kept falling like a flood that broke a dam.

From now on, there will be no more Shang Xuyan cooking a table of chef-like meals for him, no more Shang Xuyan's warm embrace, no more Shang Xuyan's mint fragrance, no more Shang Xuyan's soft and cool lips.

Everything after Shang Xuyan has nothing to do with him.

Maybe, after a long, long time, Shang Xuyan will marry a wife and have children, and live like he should be. At that time, he will have a beloved wife and cute and well-behaved children.

Maybe, he will forget the three words Bai Kangzhe.

Or maybe, the three words Bai Kangzhe became a secret that he would never mention again in his life.

Slowly sliding down against the wall, afraid that Shang Xuyan would hear the crying, he bit his arm to suppress the sound in his throat.

At the end of the long corridor, a thin figure trembled slightly amidst a faint whisper.