In Shen Yan's life, many times in his life, others made decisions for him, deciding his origin, deciding his whereabouts, and deciding his fate.At that time, he often accepted in silence and took the damage caused by these decisions alone.

Recently, he found that he needed to make some crucial decisions in life by himself.

He thinks about "the future" more actively and proactively than before.

It's not because he is more selfish, but because he is no longer alone - what is in his palm is the "future" of two people, which is more important than anything else.

Even during the hours of his mother's surgery, the thoughts didn't stop.

In other words, at such a critical turning point as surgery, it is easier for a person to sit down and think clearly about what he is after.

The red warning light on the wall that reads "Surgery in progress" gives people a sense of oppression and depression. Many people are emotionally disturbed because they cannot stand such pressure, but he is surprisingly calm.During the three-hour operation, he didn't get up from his seat once, and neither did Qi Zhi, who stayed by his side from beginning to end and quietly held his hand tightly.

—Are my hands shaking?

--No.

This dialogue is repeated.

Whether it makes sense or not, whether Qi Jin's answer is true or false... doesn't matter.As long as there is someone around him who is listening and responding to what he says all the time, he will feel at peace.

The woman's surgery went smoothly as expected.Because it is a benign tumor and was discovered early, the resection was relatively clean, and the drug treatment in the later stage is the most important thing.

After the operation, the woman was transferred to the special intensive care unit on the same day, where she was taken care of by nurses to prevent infection and intracranial hemorrhage, etc. After a day and a night, all indicators returned to normal before returning to the general ward.During this period, Shen Yan handled some chores in the hospital, and at the same time prepared various supplements needed for postoperative recovery.

Qi Yu silently helped.

Of course, it is still in the name of "friends".

"December [-]rd, cage No. [-], Chinese garden dog, about three or four months old. The little guy was sent to the hospital because he was hit by a car, his internal organs were damaged, and there was a lot of internal bleeding. It has been nearly two weeks since the operation , all the functions of the body are gradually recovering, but it needs to be observed for a period of time. The little guy’s appetite has been poor due to the anesthetic in the early stage, and he has been able to eat all the nutritious meals prepared by the nurse recently..."

Qi Yu's favorite thing is to sit by the hospital bed, hold a diary, and slowly read to the woman the small animal treatment diary written by Shen Yan when she was in the hospital.

On the one hand, he really likes to read the content; on the other hand, for a person who is recovering from brain tumor surgery, listening to a few stories about "slow recovery" recorded by his son... It couldn't be more appropriate.

"You read really well, you have the temperament of a professional broadcaster." After Qi Zhen finished reading a paragraph, the woman raised her head and smiled at him, "And the voice is nice."

"Thank you." Qi Jin closed the diary and smiled modestly at her.

Qi Jin's storytelling time is also the happiest time of the day for a woman, not only because Shen Yan is writing the diary, but also because the healing process of the little animal sounds very warm, and her own mood has changed a lot.Qi Min was injured, and she accompanied Shen Yan to visit her every day. She couldn't do the work that required hands-on work, so she was encouraged in this way, and she was actually very touched.

"Then... the narrator in that episode was also Xiao Qi." The woman watched his recorded DVD on his laptop, "You are very good at this, right?"

"Haha, because I usually need it for work." Besides, I often dub.

"It's different," the woman shook her head lightly, "Some program commentators sound emotionless and rigid, but you can make people feel that you put emotion in it—you really care about those little animals Well, it can be seen that you have a good heart."

good hearted.

Hearing this word, Qi Jin couldn't help but smile wryly from the bottom of her heart.

If you knew that such a "good-hearted" person was gay and had more than a friend's affection for your son, would you still think so--of course he couldn't ask this question.

"I'm sorry, it's time for me to go to the outpatient department to remove the plaster, and I'll be back in a while." The words welling up in my throat were suppressed silently.Qi Jin smiled at the woman maintaining a gentle and courteous posture, and got up to leave.

While the woman was recuperating, his own X-ray examination results and follow-up visit reports also came out.The doctor believes that his left hand has basically returned to the level before the car accident, and the hardware can be removed.Anyway, I stay in the hospital every day, so I made an appointment to go to the next building today to remove the plaster tube and sling.

Shen Yan was silently peeling apples for the woman at the table, and when she heard this, she Dingding glanced at Qi Jin, and then she looked back and nodded.

Every time Qi Jin heard a woman praise him, she would change the subject in a shy way or find an excuse to go out for a while.

Women actually notice.

It's just that she thinks that Qi Jin has a humble temperament, and he will be embarrassed if someone praises him.Shen Yan knew that the reason was not here.

"Xiao Qi does have a kind heart, this is what I have experienced myself."

After Qi Li left, the woman quietly repeated this evaluation.

Shen Yan remained silent, the knife in his hand was still gently peeling around the apple, the silence between the two of them was like the apple peel peeled by the knife, extending inch by inch.

He had a hunch that there should be another sentence behind the woman.

Sure enough, she muttered to herself: "It's really great that you have such a friend..."

"Mom," at this moment, Shen Yan stopped the movement of her hands, and slowly corrected, "He is not my 'friend'."

It was like hitting a pause button.The sound in the ward stopped abruptly, and the surroundings were silent for a while.

Shen Yan waited silently for a few seconds.

Did not wait for any response.So he lowered his eyelids slightly, once again focused his eyes on the knife and the half-finished apple in his hand, and continued to peel.

The blade is very sharp, and the process of peeling the skin requires great care so as not to break the long skin.

However, he didn't want to withdraw the knife halfway——

"He's not my friend," Shen Yan repeated slowly, with a low and firm voice, "You didn't ask me back right away, I think...you should have felt it, it's just that your subconscious doesn't want to ask for proof."

no respond.

Shen Yan didn't raise his eyes, and the knife in his hand continued to move forward, cutting out a coherent and even belt, which showed that the knife was held firmly.Although the voice is not as steady as a knife: "He doesn't want me to confess to you because he feels that knowing these things...may make you sad or even angry. If he destroys the relationship we just repaired because of himself, he Will blame myself to death."

Still no response.

"But I think that this kind of feeling that you can't tell others, you can't make it public, and you can only bear the pain in silence in the end... It's very similar to your feelings for your father back then."

Shen Yan stopped here for a while, her voice was hoarse, low and deep.

"You, who have experienced all this, should even understand his feelings at this moment better than me, shouldn't you?"

When the blade reached the end, his hand holding the knife was slightly tensed, watching the apple peel that was connected from beginning to end fall down, as if telling a story with a beginning and an end.

Their stories will also have a beginning and an end, and will not be broken in the middle.

They will also persist until the end--

"Mom, I want to give a name to the person I like, and I want to accept him as my family." Even if I inherit the same surname, I will not set foot on the same path.He raised his head and looked straight, "I will never be my father."

"I am back."

Before Qi Xi arrived, the voice came first, and before entering the door, he had already greeted with a smile.

The process of removing the plaster was actually very short, but the queuing time was relatively long, and about an hour had passed by the time he came back.But when he stepped into the door, he found that the two people in the ward were still in their original positions, their postures didn't change much, and they didn't speak.

The woman was still sitting motionless against the head of the bed, her eyes lowered.

Shen Yan was still peeling the apple silently—but it was a new apple. Qi Yu noticed that there was another peeled apple in the fruit plate on the table, but she didn't know why no one ate it, and it was obviously already peeled. After a period of time, the surface has turned dark brown.

Qi Jin was slightly taken aback when he noticed this detail, feeling that the atmosphere was not right, and subconsciously blurted out: "What's wrong?"

Shen Yan raised her head when she heard the words, and smiled at him as before: "It's nothing—it's hard work removing the plaster, what did the doctor say?"

It seems to be no different from usual.Qi Zhen observed Shen Yan's expression, and couldn't see any unnaturalness at all. Maybe he was overthinking, so he smiled and raised his left hand that had regained his freedom: "The doctor said that I can use my left hand now, but it is not recommended to do violent exercises. Exercise, normal exercise is fine."

Shen Yan looked at him quietly for a while, her eyes were very gentle, and she said softly: "That's all right... Sit down, wait until I finish peeling this apple, and share it with everyone."

Now that he mentioned apples, Qi Jin took up the topic involuntarily: "By the way, why don't you eat the peeled one on the table? It oxidized after sitting there for so long."

Shen Yan's answer didn't seem to be saying the same thing at all: "It's okay, it's over."

After all, throw away the discolored apple.

what's ok?

What passed?

Qi Min was still staring at him blankly, he had already finished peeling the apple, and cut off a small piece with a knife, and handed it up smoothly: "Come, try it."

Shen Yan often does this when she is at home.

So Qi Jin didn't even think about it, she bent down reflexively, and gently opened her mouth to hold it.

"Well……"

At this time, he suddenly came back to his senses, realized that he was not at home, but in the ward, and swallowed the apple in a hurry, almost choking.When he finished eating in embarrassment as if he had wiped out the evidence, he couldn't help looking at the woman's face from the corner of his eye, hoping she didn't notice.

Women noticed.

Not only did he notice it, but he also kept looking at himself motionless.At this moment, Qi Min realized that her eyes seemed to be a little red, but unexpectedly calm.When she saw Qi Min naturally bite the apple that Shen Yan brought to him, her eyes blinked, and then the two eyes met. She first lowered her head and silently looked at the ten fingers she twisted for a while, and finally put her hands together. Finally, he gradually let go, raised his head and smiled dryly at Qixi.

"Great," she began, "your hand is healed."

"Ah..." Qi Jin didn't recover for a while, and then smiled quickly after realizing, "Yes, thank you for your concern."

"As a celebration, let's go out for dinner," the woman said again.

This is the first time a woman has offered to eat out.

All her life, she was used to living with trepidation, avoiding the colored eyes of the society, growing alone in the shadows like a shade-loving flower. When she was raising Shen Yan in the past, she always ate with her children behind closed doors. She was willing to appear outside with her son to be seen, but now she looks away.

And the expression is very serene - Qi Yu looked at her in surprise.

"Okay." Before Qi Min could answer, Shen Yan slowly answered for him.The woman nodded slightly.

"Xiao Qi is going too?"

"Well, I'll go." Of course, Qi Min had no reason to refuse.

During the conversation, the taste of the apple that I just ate has not completely dissipated. After the slight sour taste, there is a light sweetness that slowly seeps into the mouth.

Qi Yu didn't know why he suddenly became in a trance.

Is it because the plaster was removed?

The heavy feeling on his shoulders seemed to be partly gone, empty—he thought, he roughly understood the feeling of "escaping" that Shen Yan had said before.

"It's so strange today." After much deliberation and thinking about it, he still couldn't help but speak.

Shen Yan heard this and turned slightly to look at Qi Jin.

It was nearly ten o'clock when the two returned to the old town, and the north wind was strong, and the old-fashioned teahouses in the nearby streets and alleys closed early, only the signboards were still fluttering in the wind, and most of the residents turned off their lights It was supposed to be so dark that they couldn't see anything carefully, but it just happened to meet a full moon hanging quietly among the treetops, with silver everywhere, as if they had walked into a black and white engraving.

People are in the painting, and the emotions on their faces are written in the moonlight.Shen Yan also wanted to read the emotions of the person around him.

Qi Yu has been thinking about it since getting off the car, and has never opened a conversation along the way, so Shen Yan silently accompanied him, watching his expression.Just passing through a narrow alley, Qi Yu suddenly said such a nonsensical remark.

And there is a follow-up to this sentence: "I think, Auntie is different today than usual."

Shen Yan asked in a low voice: "What's the difference?"

Qi Zhen raised her head, and smiled at the moon on the branch in a somewhat bewildered manner, as if she was laughing at her incomprehensible statement: "I don't know for sure... I just feel that Auntie is taking special care of me today, staring at me from time to time. For a long time, she picked up food for me several times when I just ate. She is not the kind of person who is good at speaking beautiful words, is she thanking me in this way before she is discharged from the hospital?"

"Perhaps." Shen Yan answered softly after a while, even though he knew the reason was not entirely true.

"Right? I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I can only think of this aspect." Although Qi Wei looked confused, he was very happy, and he probably was satisfied with this reason.

At this time, Shen Yan stopped slowly, stood where she was, and looked at the back of Qi Yu who was still moving forward.

"But it feels good, doesn't it?" he asked.

Hearing the other party's voice coming from behind instead of beside him, Qi Yu was stunned for a moment, turned around and found Shen Yan stopped a few meters behind, and couldn't help laughing when he turned around and said, "Why are you stopping so silently?" down?"

"It's a good feeling, isn't it?" Shen Yan just repeated the question over and over again.

"Um……"

Qi Yu admitted.

I don't know why, but it feels good.

When Shen Yan heard his reply, she suddenly smiled faintly.It was obviously a smile, but it showed a kind of melancholy under the obscure moonlight.

He smiled to himself for a while, put his hands in the pockets of his coat, stood in a very calm and stable posture, and looked at Qi Zhi in the middle of the alley for a long time.In front of me is the place where I grew up. Every street, every lane, and even every wall are very friendly. The former residence left by my grandfather is not far away. Rain or shine, spring, summer, autumn and winter, nothing has changed. .

He is familiar with and cherishes everything.

However, when the figure of that person exists in this picture, it is the most complete.

Everything here has taken on new meaning since the rainy day he brought that man here.Different from the meaning of his grandfather to him, but equally precious——

"It's not as scary as you imagined, right?" The deep words were carried by the wind across the silent alley to the other party's ears.Qi Qi suddenly trembled slightly.

"What are you talking about, I don't understand."

In fact, Qi Jin thought of a possibility.However, that possibility made his heart convulse heavily, and he didn't dare to think about it any further, so he preferred to be an ignorant fool, hoping that Shen Yan would deny it in the next sentence.

But Shen Yan's next sentence was not a denial, but an affirmation.

"You should guess what I'm talking about."

There was a "buzz" in Qi Jin's mind, as if all the characters were blank after the program was uninstalled, and no operation could be performed.The psychological reaction couldn't keep up at all, the physical reaction was already one step ahead, there was no feeling in the whole body, as if paralyzed, but two lines of tears came out of my eyes without any warning, and fell to the ground one after another in a daze.

"Ugh..."

He heard his choking sound when Shen Yan walked in front of him.

He couldn't bear the first cry, and couldn't hold back any more. When Shen Yan stretched out his hands to support his shoulders, he finally couldn't restrain himself from closing his eyes and letting the tears flow down hard, and blocked them with his hands in embarrassment.

"Why, why..." I was never so scared even when I came out, but now I was trembling all over, and the voice of the question was trembling.

"sorry."

Shen Yan opened her arms and rubbed the man tightly into her arms, apologizing in a low voice.It's just because I concealed the truth, not because I regret my choice.

Qi Min was hugged by him forcefully, but she couldn't cry for a while, she could only grit her teeth and watch the tears wet Shen Yan's collar one by one.Subconsciously raised his right hand, for a moment he really wanted to punch the man in front of him hard, but in the end he couldn't even blame him - he knew in his heart that he was the reason for the other man's opening, so how could he do it?

"Why are you so stupid..." Qi Yu asked intermittently while leaning against his chest, her throat became hoarse.

"Because I'm not reconciled." Shen Yan smiled silently, buried half of her face in Qi Jin's hair, and kissed his cold ear.

"Unwilling...?"

"Yes, not reconciled," Shen Yan whispered in his ear, "Because you sacrificed your own future without saying anything and decided to stay with me, so I am not reconciled...so I also decided to cut it first and then play it again, so that We're even."

Qi Jin's breath was stagnant, and she said in astonishment: "You, how did you know?"

Shen Yan smiled and did not answer.

After the shock, Qi Min gradually came back to his senses, but his heart was still shaken by the impact just now, his knees were a little weak, and he barely stopped by leaning on Shen Yan.

"What's even...you idiot." After the sharp pain, there was a dull dull pain.

He grasped Shen Yan's back vigorously with both hands, crumpling the fabric of Shen Yan's coat.And Shen Yan just patiently and quietly kissed his forehead until the sobs were completely subsided in her arms: "Qi Jin, do you remember what I said, I want you to be my family?"

"Um……"

"Then do you know what it means to be a family member?" He asked again.

Qi Jin remained silent, her hands on his back getting tighter and tighter.The choking stopped, but the tears that hit his clothes hadn't yet.Shen Yan sighed lightly.

"Being a family member means that wherever you are, home is where you are." He whispered, "Qi Si, you are already my family."

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