The Heart of a Smith

During the vacation at the end of the month, Li Sui originally wanted to accompany Lu Shang to go fishing, but he received a temporary notice from the superior, saying that there was a symposium on future economic development in the city, and asked Dongyan's senior management to participate by name, but in desperation, he had no choice but to change back to formal clothes , drove by himself.

Lu Shang mentioned twice that Xiao Zhao was transferred to him as a full-time driver, but Li Sui refused. Others are always not as comfortable driving as himself, and besides, he has not yet reached the level of being a driver, so it is better to keep a low profile so as not to Come down to the truth.

Lu Shang didn't mention this matter anymore, got up early and lay on the bed, seeing Li Sui standing in front of the mirror wearing a tie, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What are you laughing at?" Li Sui looked at him in the mirror.

He had exercised too much the night before, so it was customary for Lu Shang to lie down for a while, with his arms behind his head, and beckoned to him: "Come here, give me a kiss."

Li Sui smiled, his eyes were bent, these few years, he has been changing almost every day, except for his eyes, which are as deep and bright as when they first met.

He leaned over, leaned over and bit Lu Shang's lips lightly for a while, parted in time, and touched his nose: "Okay, I'm going out, you should rest at home."

"Yeah." Lu Shang nodded, watching him striding to the backyard to drive with a pair of long legs, his movements were chic and full of hormones.

It's good to be young, Boss Lu sighed in his heart, got up and rubbed his sore waist, thought of something, then lowered his head and laughed again.

The purity of youth certainly attracted him, but the charm of a mature man really made him fall in love.

After breakfast, Lu Shang rummaged through the closet for a while. Ever since Li Sui gradually took over his work, he has had a lot of leisure time. It has been a long time since he stayed up late and worked overtime. He didn't even go to the company this week. .In the past, when Aunt Lu finished ironing the clothes, she would put the clothes he would wear the next day at the top, but since when, that position has been filled with Li Sui's clothes.

It took him a long time to distinguish his own from the almost indistinguishable shirts, and after changing them out, Uncle Yuan had already parked his car on the side of the road.

"Go to Zhuyuan." He closed the car door and said.

It had rained for a while the day before, and fresh bamboo shoots were everywhere on the mountain. There was a chill in the air, and there was white mist in the breath.Lu Shang got out of the car at the door, crossed the Martial Arts Hall, and walked to the tea room behind the house by stepping on the dead bamboo leaves all over the floor.

A slender woman at the door was lighting a fire. Seeing him, she hurriedly wiped off the stains on her apron and said with a smile, "Boss Lu is here."

"Well," Lu Shang smiled at her, and looked into the tea room, "Is Ah Zuo there?"

"Here, I'll call him for you."

"No, I'll go in and talk to him for a while."

"Then I'll make tea for you."

Lu Shang nodded: "Thank you."

He changed his shoes at the door, opened the curtain and walked in. Zuo Chao had obviously heard the conversation outside the house, and sat cross-legged next to the table in a restrained posture.

Before Lu Shang could pass, Zuo Chao raised his hand first and interrupted him hastily: "Don't persuade me."

"Who said I'm here to persuade you," Lu Shang sat down beside the case, "I'm here to congratulate you on being promoted to be a father."

Zuo Chao was dumbfounded: "What did you say?"

"Didn't sister-in-law feel unwell a few days ago?" Lu Shangdao, "Zi Rui gave her a physical examination yesterday, and she is pregnant in the early stage, and it has been a month."

Zuo Chao's face suddenly turned from red to white, and then back to red again, as if he had just realized it, he slammed the table: "Are you serious?!"

Just at this time, someone opened the curtain at the door and came in, Zuo Chao raised his head and ran over, grasping his wife's hand, he was so excited that he couldn't speak: "Wife, I... I am a father?!"

The woman's face turned red all of a sudden, showing girlish shyness, avoiding Zuo Chao, put down the teacup and went out.

Zuo Chao was so happy that he didn't know what to do. He wandered around the house, wanting to go out to find the child's mother, but he was afraid of appearing too restless.

"Sit down," Lu Shang just smiled, "She's a little weak, and I have to go to the hospital tomorrow for Zi Rui to have a detailed examination, make up for what needs to be mended, and quit what needs to be stopped."

"Okay..." Zuo Chao kept nodding, so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands for a moment, he habitually touched the cigarette on his ear, and then remembered what Lu Shang said to quit, and immediately threw it into the bamboo basket Li: "Quit! Quit smoking, quit today!"

Lu Shang set aside the teacup and poured a cup self-consciously: "You are going to be a father, and you should think more about things in the future, and set a good example for your children."

Zuo Chao rubbed his hands on his legs: "Yes, you are right... I was too reckless before, I promise, this is the last time."

"Also, we have to consider doing a legitimate business. If the child asks about it in the future, at least he can tell you what your father does." Lu Shang said again.

No matter how stupid Zuo Chao was, he understood Lu Shang's meaning this time, scratched his hair, let out a "ah", and said frankly: "Let me tell you the truth, I don't really want to flirt with Xiao Lizi , It’s just that he can handle this matter... I really can’t think about it. The car factory said it’s big or small, and I ran it all by myself, and he closed it when he said it was closed. See, this... this is really hurtful."

"He's a child, what do you care about with him?" Lu Shang poured him a cup of tea, "Besides, he's doing it for your own good."

Although Lu Shang didn't say anything on the surface, he agreed with Li Sui's approach in his heart. Going astray may be a moment of glory, but once the wind direction changes, it will collapse the fastest. What happened this time is the best example.The society is gradually improving, and everything is gradually becoming standardized. This is a trend. People who always take advantage of loopholes and speculate will stumble sooner or later.

Because this is an era of the rule of law after all, everything that does not comply with the regulations will be gradually eliminated and replaced. Any group that wants to grow and develop can only follow the legal path.

Although Li Sui's approach was ruthless, it was not wrong, it was just too straightforward, and with Zuo Chao's quack temper, it was reasonable that he couldn't accept it.

"He's over 20 years old, you still treat him like a child..." Zuo Chao laughed.

Lu Shang disagreed: "He is with me, he will always be a child."

Zuo Chao stared at him for a while, and tentatively said: "You have identified him all your life? Don't you want to find someone else?"

"Me?" Lu Shang chuckled, and shook his head after speaking, like a bitter smile and self-deprecating, "If you live like me, you will suffer when you are born."

Zuo Chao was taken aback for a moment, and persuaded: "You can't say that. Didn't Master Lu also give birth to you back then? Man, you only know what a sense of responsibility is when you become a father. You see, I was angry at Xiao Lizi in the morning. His factory was shut down, and now that I think about it, he really didn’t do anything wrong, maybe God just asked me to do some other big things.”

Lu Shang laughed: "You've only been a father for a few minutes, and you've already educated me." After a pause, he added, "Having him is enough."

Seeing his determination, Zuo Chao said with emotion: "When you brought him here for the first time, I really didn't expect this day..."

"Think it over, if he comes to you again, don't avoid it," Lu Shang put down his teacup, and said bluntly, "I feel distressed."

Zuo Chao was embarrassed for a while, and waved his hand: "Forget my fault, I will buy him a drink alone tonight."

The two of them chatted a little more, and Lu Shang saw that his mind had already flown to the child's mother, so he didn't stay any longer and got up to leave.

"I dug up fresh bamboo shoots, and I'll dress them up for you to bring back?" Zuo Chao followed him out the door.

"Next time," Lu Shang pointed at the blue peacocks in the front yard, "Is that delicious?"

Zuo Chao nodded immediately: "Add some frost radish stew spicy, the meat is very fragrant."

Lu Shang took a deep breath: "Leave one for me, I will slaughter it next time," turning around and emphasizing, "Don't let Li Sui see it."

"to make."

Zuo Chao sent him out of the yard: "The depot is gone, and I'm a little short of manpower here. Those who should be kept on the lookout will not let up, but you should also be more careful."

"Well, in two months, when my sister-in-law is in stable condition, you can open an auto repair shop, and I will ask Uncle Yuan to help you with the formalities," Lu Shang said, "Others—"

He suddenly stopped, his body swayed, gasped twice, bent and squatted on the ground, propped his head with one hand, pressed tightly between his eyebrows, and his eyebrows frowned.

Zuo Chao was frightened by him: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Lu Shang made a gesture of refusal, closed his eyes tightly, shook his head, waited for the paleness on his face to subside a little, stood up with great effort, and managed to hold on to a bamboo plant by the side of the road.

Zuo Chaosheng was afraid that he would faint in the next second, so he said anxiously: "Does it matter? Don't be brave."

Lu Shang waited to catch his breath, and said weakly: "...It's okay, let Uncle Yuan drive the car in, I can't walk through."

When Uncle Yuan got out of the car, he was surprised to see his paper-like complexion. The two helped him into the car: "Slow down."

Zuo Chao was worried when he left: "Does Xiao Lizi know?"

Lu Shang leaned on the back seat, his lips were pale, his eyes were a little distracted, and he said in a low voice but seriously: "Don't tell him, if you want to tell it, I will tell it myself."

Zuo Chao seemed to have something to say, but felt that it was someone else's family matter that was not easy to say, so after hesitating, Lu Shang had already closed the window of the car and asked Uncle Yuan to drive away.

"Do you need me to call Dr. Liang?" Uncle Yuan asked in the front seat.

Lu Shang looked out of the window in a daze, feeling extremely depressed. He rarely showed such a helpless expression. After a long while, as if accepting his fate, he let out a muffled "hmm".

In the evening, Li Sui was called to drink by Zuo Chao, and when he called Lu Shang to say he would not come back for dinner, the voice on the other end was jumping with joy, as if the haze of many days had finally dissipated, obviously very happy.

"Drink less." Infected by him, Lu Shang also smiled softly and warned.

After hanging up the phone, the room became quiet again. Sitting on the sofa, Lu Shang felt chills all over his body. He didn't dare to move around, so he had to wrap the blanket tightly.

I don't know how long it took, but when he was about to fall asleep, there was a sound of parking in the yard, and then the door opened, and Liang Zirui walked in hurriedly: "What's wrong with you?"

Lu Shang shrank his body and said with a smile: "It's nothing, please have a meal."

"Stop talking nonsense, we've known each other for so many years, it's too late for you to hide from me, when did you treat me to dinner?" Liang Zirui was probably hungry, he picked an apple from the coffee table and stuffed it into his mouth, "Tell me, Where is it uncomfortable?"

Lu Shang seemed a little hesitant, as if he didn't know how to speak.

"My eyes," Lu Shang said, "...something seems to be wrong."

Liang Zirui paused suddenly, his face changed: "What did you say?"

"I can't see where you are now, the surroundings are very blurry." Lu Shang stretched out his hand and scratched in the air, "I can only tell where you are based on the sound."

Liang Zirui's expression turned serious, and he took out his flashlight and shook it in front of his eyes: "Can you feel it?"

Lu Shang nodded: "There is light."

Liang Zirui opened his eyelids again to check carefully, turned off the flashlight, took a deep breath, and asked, "When did it start?"

"Shortly after Li Sui went abroad the year before last, I felt that my eyesight had deteriorated, but wearing glasses would help me, so I didn't care about it. About half a year ago, I was driving at the gate of the hospital, and a double image suddenly appeared in front of my eyes." Lu Shang recalled, trying his best Clearly stated, "It has appeared several times since then, mostly at night, each time lasting from five to 20 seconds, for a long period of time like now, and during the day, today is the first time."

After Lu Shang finished speaking, he waited for a long time before Liang Zirui replied. He couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. He still can't adapt to life without eyesight: "Are you listening?"

"Yes." Liang Zirui squeezed his shoulder with his hands to calm the patient's emotions, "I'm reviewing your medical records... Logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this."

"Is it because of the heart?"

Liang Zirui sighed lightly: "Yes, there is nothing wrong with your eyes. The only explanation is that the heart function has declined and the blood supply to the eyes is insufficient."

"Is there a way?" Lu Shang asked.

Liang Zirui's expression was solemn, and he did not answer this question, but said: "Lu Shang, when you decided to give up the heart transplant two years ago, I told you that there will be many complications in the end stage of heart disease. After curing your eyes, you may lose your hearing tomorrow, this is the price of giving up, do you understand?"

"Really?" Lu Shang lowered his eyes, but smiled instead, "Sounds terrible."

Liang Zirui took a deep breath, and his tone was a little unbearable: "The heart is slowly failing, and this process will be very painful."

The two fell into silence. In the corner, the fireplace was crackling. Lu Shang rubbed his eyes and said, "Since I chose this path, I am willing to bear the consequences. Anyway, let me find a way to see things clearly, Li Sui should be back."

"I can prescribe some medicines for you, but these treat the symptoms but not the root cause. They can only provide temporary relief and cannot be cured, because your main cause of disease is still in the heart," Liang Zirui said, "Also, don't always try to hide this matter. You can't hide it from him."

Lu Shang's eyes were confused, he looked at him following the voice, and said with downcast eyes: "Ari, to be honest, I am very disappointed in myself, I thought I could stay with him for a few more years in good health."

"Stop talking." Liang Zirui interrupted. He couldn't stand Lu Shang's softening attitude the most. As an attending physician, he had been watching Lu Shang stumbling over for so many years. In this world, except for Lu Shang himself, I am afraid that no one is better than him. Know more about how difficult it is for this man to sit here today.

Lu Shang is such a powerful person, when did he take the initiative to compromise and ask him for help.

"I won't give up, and you shouldn't give up either." Liang Zirui squeezed his shoulder, "There is always a way. I expected that you would die if you didn't have a heart transplant for a year. Isn't it fine now?"

"Well, you also estimated that I would not live to be 20 years old." Lu Shang smiled.

"So eyes are nothing," Liang Zirui comforted him, "Just one thing, don't hide it from Li Sui, as a family member, he will know sooner or later."

"I'm just afraid of him..."

Liang Zirui interrupted him and warned: "Listen, this is not a small problem. It's not a joke if something happens. You need to take care of it."

"...Don't talk about it yet," Lu Shang sighed, and said with difficulty, "I'll talk to him sometime."