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Bai Luochuan rolled his Adam's apple twice, and said, "I'm still young."

Old Bai laughed and scolded: "Little fart, when your grandfather and I were as old as you, he had already carried a gun to the battlefield several times. Come here and sign your name."

Bai Luochuan refused, and frowned, "Grandpa, what are you doing so clearly now, I don't want it, you take it back, and keep it for yourself."

Bai Lao still asked the lawyer to hand him the pen, and said to him: "I am just a grandson like you, who will I not give it to you? Put it away quickly, and be careful when your father comes back and snatches it from you."

The old man stuffed the pen in Bai Luochuan's hand, and he couldn't write a word. His throat was choked up badly, and his heart was even more annoyed. He put the pen on the table with a snap and said, "Aren't you all right? What is this for!"

Bai Lao urged him: "I'm willing, you don't care about me, you just sign and sign."

Bai Luochuan felt uneasy and refused to take it.

Bai Lao was a little anxious, coughed twice, the lawyer immediately stood up and took care of him carefully, Bai Luochuan also stretched out his hand to smooth the old man's back, but was waved away by the old man.

Old Bai also has a big temper. Although he doesn't have the thunderous anger of earlier years, his solemn expression still makes people feel heavy in his heart. He looked at Bai Luochuan and told him again: "I've left the things here, and the lawyers have to keep them too." In a few days, I'll give you some time to think it through, if you still refuse, don't come to see me."

Bai Luochuan opened his mouth and called him, "Grandpa..."

Bai Lao looked a little tired, and said to him: "Go out, I'll rest for a while, I'm really going to be pissed off by you, if you change to another house, they will rush to ask for it, just like your stubborn temper, you won't even want it."

Bai Luochuan was kicked out of the small building, and he stood outside for quite a while, seeing that Lao Bai didn't let him in, so he could only go back to his room.

His mobile phone was placed on the table, and there were two missed calls on it, and there was also a text message from Fu Qisheng, saying that the matter he asked earlier had some clues.

Bai Luochuan called and the phone was answered quickly.

"Young Master Bai, I have some news about what I asked earlier. The driver who drove the old man's car broke down. He went to the auto repair shop of my cousin's house to have it repaired. The rear bumper touched slightly. He said it was It was broken when I was in the provincial capital, and a student riding a bicycle was rubbed against it. The old man was kind-hearted and told the student to leave, so he came back to repair it himself." Fu Qisheng said, "Because that road is a The name of the place is Huangshan Road, my cousin happened to travel to Huangshan again, so I remember it very clearly, and I also asked about the time, it was April 4th."

Bai Luochuan frowned when he heard this date. On the 15th, the day when there was a thunderstorm a few days ago, it was also the day when Wu Le insisted on entering the room to guard the old man.The horse remembers clearly the road it has walked once, and can distinguish the smell of people. It has identified the time in the middle of the month, went to make trouble, and guarded it, because it was afraid that the old man would leave the old house on that day.

Bai Luochuan asked him: "Have you asked the time at the gas station? Do you also go out once a month? How long has it been like this?"

Fu Qisheng said: "I asked, it's the middle of the month, it's been more than half a year."

Bai Luochuan said hoarsely, "I see."

With the last hope, he hung up the phone and checked the buildings near Huangshan Road in the provincial capital on the Internet.

There is only one hospital near Huangshan Road, but it is not a provincial hospital, but a military hospital.

The most famous one there is treating tumors.

Bai Luochuan closed his eyes and opened them after a while. He called Luo Jiangjing: "Mom, I have something to tell you..."

After telling Luo Jiangjing everything about the old house and what he had found, the always decisive Luo Jiangjing was silent for a moment, but she immediately said: "You stay at home with your grandfather, don't go anywhere, mom will be there soon .”

Bai Luochuan nodded and said, "Okay."

Luo Jiangjing didn't even have time to comfort his son, so he quickly prepared various matters.

***

When Mi Yang was sleeping at night, he heard a slight sound from the window outside, as if someone was knocking.

At first he thought he had heard it wrong, but after a while, he got up and went over to take a look after hearing two more beeps. He lived on the second floor, and Bai Luochuan just reached him by climbing the old elm tree in their yard. By the window, he was reaching out and knocked twice.

Mi Yang hurriedly opened the window to let him in, and said strangely: "Why did you come here suddenly? Call me and then go down to open the door. How dangerous it is to climb a tree."

The light in the room was not turned on, and only a little moonlight shone in. After Bai Luochuan jumped in from the outside, he hugged him without saying a word, and buried him on his neck without making a sound.

Mi Yang felt that something was wrong, so he pushed him lightly, and asked, "Bai Luochuan, what's wrong with you?"

Bai Luochuan's chin rested on his shoulder, and it took a while before he said, "Grandpa gave me the old house and the things he had accumulated in his hands."

Mi Yang was stunned for a moment, and he didn't expect such a thing.He remembered that there were at least a few years before Bai Lao died, and it would never be now, and the last time he went to see the old man, he was only a little thinner, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Mi Yang grew up with him, and at this moment, knowing that Bai Luochuan was feeling sad, especially when he showed such a rare and vulnerable side, he felt uncomfortable too.She reached out and hugged him, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's okay, maybe Grandpa Bai just wanted to give it to you? He has always loved you, so don't think about it too much, haven't you gone to the big hospital for an examination yet?" ? Let's go to persuade him together, go to the big hospital in the capital for a checkup, there will always be a solution."

Bai Luochuan hugged his arm tightly, and said in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

Mi Yang said to him again: "If Grandpa Bai goes to the capital for treatment, we can accompany him when we are studying. I checked the school's schedule last year. I have few courses, so I can often go there to accompany Grandpa Bai. The winter and summer vacations of the university are also shorter. More, Grandpa Bai wants to come back, we will come back to spend more time with him when the time comes."

Mi Yang smiled again, and said softly: "If you are not free, I will come back to accompany him. Let's take turns changing shifts, okay?"

Bai Luochuan choked and said, "Okay, I'm going out tomorrow."

Mi Yang immediately said: "Then I'll go and accompany Grandpa Bai. I've recovered from my cold, so I'll wear a mask to be safer."

Bai Luochuan forced a smile, and said to him: "Grandpa kicked me out today, if he kicks you out, don't be sad, he's getting old and sick again..."

Mi Yang smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I'm a guest, Grandpa Bai won't drive me away."

Early the next morning, Bai Luochuan left alone. Before he left, he was still not at ease, so he walked around to the back to see Lao Bai.

Mi Yang has arrived and is sitting in the small living room playing chess with Bailao. The old man and the young look very harmonious, and Bailao laughed several times, looking in a good mood.Bai Luochuan carefully looked out the window for a while, making sure that there was nothing wrong, and then left in peace.

It was not until evening that he returned to the old house of the Bai family.

Although Bai Lao lived separately from him, he still asked the chef to take care of his three meals, and left him a meal in the evening.

Bai Luochuan couldn't eat, and the spoon shook violently when he picked it up a few times. He put down the tableware, and said indifferently, "I ate outside and went back upstairs to sleep."

He has been running outside for the past few days, and the person who left him to take care of him didn't feel anything, so he put away his things and went back to talk to Bai Lao.

After Bai Lao heard it, he frowned slightly, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, let him go, he may have eaten outside."

The doctor brought him medicine from the side, and said with a smile: "You are so worried about him, so why not let him come over, why bother to live separately?"

Old Bai snorted, "He's disobedient, with such a stubborn temper, I don't know who he looks like."

The doctor brought him another cup of hot water: "You didn't say that before, you said he was stubborn, just like when you were young."

Old man Bai laughed when he heard it, took the medicine and took it, looked outside and sighed but didn't say anything more.

Luo Jiangjing returned to Shanhai Town soon.

This time, she not only came here by herself, but also brought two experts, and she almost drove the ambulance to the gate of Bai's old house.

Bai Lao also expected this kind of situation a long time ago, and called her in to have a private conversation. Luo Jiangjing's eyes were red when he came out, but he didn't dare to mention these again, so he only let Bai Luochuan talk.

She said to Bai Luochuan: "Your grandfather usually likes you the most, go and tell him, maybe he will listen to you."

Bai Luochuan nodded, and asked her again: "Where's my dad?"

Luo Jiangjing said: "He's on his way, he's also in a hurry, he'll be there tonight."

Only then did Bai Luochuan walk in.

This was the first time he was allowed to enter the small building after Bai Lao kicked him out.

Bai Laomei was still sitting in the small living room, his clothes neatly dressed, his neckline kept straight for decades, even if he wasn't wearing that military uniform, he still had a tough aura in his bones.

Bai Luochuan sat down opposite him, and said to him, "Grandpa, I went to the hospital. The doctor said he couldn't tell me. I refused to believe it, so I asked the director again."

Bai Lao looked up at him.

Bai Luochuan said slowly: "The dean is the grandfather who came with the lawyer that day. I recognized him at a glance. He kept asking him, and he told me that he and you are old friends. You have already treated him without telling the family. It's been more than half a year, and I have to go there on the 15th of every month, it's...stomach cancer, right?"

Bai Lao looked a little moved, and after a while, he nodded and said: "Yes."

Bai Luochuan's eyes were red, and he sat there and said, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Bai Lao sighed: "My own body, I know it. Didn't I say the old saying, '7384, the King of Hades won't tell me to go'. I am already at this age. From the beginning, I never thought I would live for so long. I am content with it." When your grandma was sick, I forced her to go to the hospital. I used all kinds of equipment and took a lot of medicine. There was such a big gash in her chest. When she came to the end, she begged me and said she didn’t want to receive oxygen. , let me take off the oxygen tube for her."

Bai Lao looked out of the window, the summer afternoon sun came in through the window, half of his body was sitting in the light, and the other half was in the shadow of the room, with memories and loneliness on his face.

"At that time, I hated her and refused to listen. I know that she has always blamed me."

"I just thought, what's wrong with being alive? Look at the world more. After all, the country is peaceful and the people are safe and well-fed. What's wrong with being alive?"

"What I can watch, what I should watch, I've seen enough. During the treatment session last year, I thought, how can I last until my grandson is admitted to college, so that I can brag to my wife when I see her again. Let her stop blaming me so much, at least I take good care of you."

"Now that you are admitted to university, I feel very satisfied and I don't want to continue the treatment. I have lost more than 20 catties in half a year, and I can't hold on to my old bones after treatment. It will be too ugly at that time. I am afraid of being scared." looking at you."

The old man put a pair of rough hands on Bai Luochuan's face, wiped him carelessly twice, and sneered unceremoniously: "How old are you, still crying? Do you want to be more respectable?"

Bai Luochuan nodded, followed by shaking his head.

Elder Bai was annoyed by him, and said to him: "You are obedient, grandpa will leave these things to you, and if you don't like your life in the future, if your parents don't like you, you can go and don't accept their control." gas."

Bai Luochuan looked up at the old man.

Mr. Bai's expression was as loving as ever, his eyes were slightly cloudy, but they gave people strength like the earth, and they were his most solid backing.

Bai Luochuan said to him: "Grandpa, you...do you want to see me get married?"

Before Bai Lao could reply, Bai Luochuan grabbed his hand, looked at him and said, "Do you want to watch it? I promise, I will take three years... no, two years will do. If you give me two years, I can finish my studies ahead of schedule." , and then I will work hard to create a career by myself, if you give me a few more years, I promise you will have a great-grandson in your arms!"

Bai Lao stared and said: "Nonsense, ta..." He mumbled the sound, and said angrily, "How did it happen?!"

Bai Luochuan affirmed: "Yes!"

Old man Bai blew his beard and stared, watching him without saying a word.

There was light in Bai Luochuan's eyes, and he said to him: "Really, you believe in the power of technology, isn't it written in the newspapers, how advanced the test tube technology is, by the way, if you leave me so much money, you won't be afraid of me spending it lavishly Especially those antiques, I'm clumsy, what if I accidentally drop one a day, what should I do?"

Bai Lao: "...how dare you!"

Bai Luochuan said again: "And I've also fallen in love with sports cars recently. If you don't look at me, I'll just buy random things. I buy four or five sports cars a month, and put them all at home to collect ashes."

Bai Lao raised his eyes and looked at him, angrily wanting to take medicine now.

Bai Luochuan squatted beside him, put his head on the old man's lap, and whispered: "It's useless no matter how much money you give me, you have to watch me."

Bai Lao raised his hand, put his palm on his head and stroked it a few times, and sighed: "Got it."

Bai Luochuan lay there lying on his stomach and couldn't get up.

Bai Lao smiled and beat him lightly with a walking stick, and said to him: "Go, sign the contract before your father comes back, and when he comes, he will babble and talk about a lot of truths, and I'm too lazy to listen He talks."

Bai Luochuan tentatively asked, "If I sign the contract, will you follow me to the capital for treatment?"

Bai Lao gave him a cane again, and said, "Go, go! I owed you in my previous life, so I'll go with you, right?"

Only then did Bai Luochuan feel happy, and walked over in three steps, and signed his name on the document.

****

When Bai Jingrong came back, it was already midnight, he didn't dare to disturb the old man, he only invited the doctor who was with the old man to the study to ask some questions seriously.When he came out of the study, his eyes were also red, and he couldn't help himself with life, old age, sickness and death, but as a family member, it was still a little hard to accept such a sudden thing.

The doctor said: "Luo Chuan has already persuaded him during the day. I heard the old man meant to let go, and you can persuade me tomorrow. I kept saying half a year ago that the old man wouldn't listen, and wouldn't let me tell you. I can't help it either. ..."

Bai Jingrong nodded and said, "I don't blame you. You have taken care of my father for many years. I should say thank you."

The doctor waved his hand. He has been with Bai Lao for many years, and the relationship is very deep.

Bai Jingrong stayed up all night and didn't feel sleepy at all. Luo Jiangjing comforted him until the sky turned pale. She also took a long flight during the day, and then transferred to an expert doctor. She was really exhausted and fell asleep slowly.Lying there, Bai Jingrong was upset, so he got up and went out, and walked around the old house.

He originally wanted to turn around a couple of times, and when the sky was bright, he would call his son to Bai Lao's side to ask his father about his treatment, but as soon as he reached the courtyard, he saw Bai Luochuan coming in from outside over the wall.

Bai Jingrong stood there, frowned and said, "Where have you been, haven't you come back all night!"

Bai Luochuan glanced at him, and the original smile on his face disappeared, and he walked into the courtyard without saying a word.

Bai Jingrong scolded: "Stop, there is still a little rule. Can't the adults hear you?" He was always anxious because of his father's illness. Before, he wanted to wait for his son to wake up and call him, but now Seeing that the old man was seriously ill, and his son was still going out to play in the middle of the night, his anger welled up, "Bai Luochuan, what time is it now, you go out all night and don't come home?! You take the exam at school, and who are the scores for? See? If you get good grades, you can mess around, right!"

Bai Luochuan looked up at him, his eyes were still a little dark, but it was much better than his father's anxious expression, he pursed his lips and said, "Wherever you think I'm going, that's where I am."

Bai Jingrong said: "What kind of attitude do you have!"

Bai Luochuan turned his head and left, Bai Jingrong followed behind him, father and son pushed and shoved twice, Bai Luochuan was already about the same height as him, even if he was not as strong as him, he didn't fight back, but it wasn't something Bai Jingrong could grab at will.

Bai Luochuan stood there and didn't listen to him, with a sullen face, he refused to say a word.

Bai Jingrong was anxious and angry at his appearance, "Your grandfather used to love you the most. He was sick, but you still..."

Bai Luochuan stood there, looked at him and suddenly smiled, and asked, "What about you? I've been here all this time, and you just came back last night, so what reason do you have to blame me?"

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