Superstar Growth Handbook

The waiting time is very long, especially in the face of fear, the time is infinitely magnified.

When the green light in the emergency room turned on, everyone looked over, and their hearts were raised in an instant. Although the wait was long, there was no result, and once the result came out, there was no way to change it. At this time, people would rather Waited, waited without result.

The doctor came out and asked, "Who are the family members of the patient?"

The three walked forward, Xia Kui nodded at the doctor and said, "Doctor, how is my father?"

The doctor took off the mask and said: "The patient's condition is not optimistic now, and he has been transferred to the intensive care unit. As long as he persists for 48 hours and passes the critical period, there is still a great hope of survival."

The doctor is an old doctor. When he said this, he was calm and methodical, without the compassionate tone of a new doctor. For them, life and death are already such a thing.

Xia Chen understands that this is due to professional factors, but he still can't help but hate this tone, the indifference in the face of death.

Xia Kui said to the doctor, "Thank you doctor."

The doctor nodded and walked slowly.Xia Chen saw that when he walked, his feet trembled slightly, and he had worked intensively on the operating table for seven hours, even a young man would not be able to bear it.

Visiting is not allowed in the intensive care unit, so everyone can only look at Xia Handong through the glass.

Xia Handong lost weight rapidly due to illness, and was close to skin and bones. When he was lying on the hospital bed, he looked even thinner. The tall father image in Xia Chen's heart disappeared without a trace.

"You go back to rest first, Xia Ting and I stay here, you can come and see at night." Xia Kui patted Xia Chen's shoulder, his tone full of exhaustion.

It has been five hours since Xia Handong entered the emergency room. During these five hours, every minute and every second was a torment for everyone, and the tense nerves were unbearable. After coming out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt extremely tired.

Xia Chen listened and nodded, "Then I'll come back at night." The three of them took turns to watch, and it was easier.

Xia Kui rubbed Xia Chen's head, "Dad will be fine, don't worry."

Xia Chen squeezed out a smile and said, "Yes."

Xia Kui said again: "If you still miss it, you can repeat it for another year, and you can do better in the exam. If you don't miss it, come to the company to help me."

Xia Chen nodded and said, "I'll think about it after my father's condition stabilizes."

Xia Kui said: "Okay, go back and have a good rest, you will have energy at night."

Xia Chen nodded and stood up, and Lu Yaoyang also stood up, and the two waved goodbye to Xia Kui.

After walking out of the hospital, Lu Yaoyang stopped a taxi, and Xia Chen was very silent along the way.

After arriving home, Xia Chen said goodbye to Lu Yaoyang, "Go back, it's already six o'clock."

Lu Yaoyang shook his head and said, "I'll stay with you."

Xia Chen smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I'm fine, even if it's for my father, I will take good care of myself."

Lu Yaoyang insisted on staying, "I can rest assured only by looking at you."

Xia Chen smiled helplessly, and had no choice but to say, "We must go back that night, not too late."

Lu Yaoyang nodded and said: "Okay." But he didn't think so in his heart, so he stayed here first.

Walking into the house, the two changed their shoes and went to the living room. Xia Chen asked, "What do you want to eat?" Song's mother has already gone to the hospital, and no one is cooking tonight.

Lu Yaoyang looked up at Xia Chen, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you cook?"

Xia Chen shook her head, "No, but you can order takeaway."

Lu Yaoyang smiled and said, "Just eat whatever you want."

Xia Chen nodded and walked to the kitchen. He remembered that there was a delivery phone in the cabinet.After tossing around for a while, Xia Chen found the takeaway list and handed it to Lu Yaoyang, "Look at what to eat, I'll take a shower."

"Okay." Lu Yaoyang took the list and looked down.

Xia Chen walked to the bathroom with clean clothes and came out of the hospital. Xia Chen always felt the smell of disinfectant on her body.

After taking a shower, the takeaway has arrived, three dishes and one soup, braised pork ribs, fried water spinach, steamed sea bass, and a cold soup.

Lu Yaoyang handed the broken chopsticks to Xia Chen, "Eat."

Xia Chen was pleasantly surprised when he saw the dishes, "Our tastes are very similar."

Lu Yaoyang smiled, nodded and remained silent. When eating with Xia Chen before, he would pay attention to what Xia Chen likes to eat, and this time the order is based on Xia Chen's preferences.

Maybe it's because Xia Chen likes to eat the food. This meal, Xia Chen obviously ate more than at noon.

Lu Yaoyang hooked his lips into a smile, and put a piece of pork ribs into Xia Chen's bowl, "Eat it quickly."

Xia Chen nodded and lowered his head to eat.

"Ring ring ring---"

Suddenly, a phone ringing broke the silence in the house.

Xia Chen stood up, picked up the phone, "Hello."

"Xia Chen?" The voice of a middle-aged man on the other end of the phone was anxious and puzzled.

Xia Chen was a little surprised, what was the class teacher calling him for?But then Xia Chen realized, "Teacher."

"Why didn't you take the exam in the afternoon? Do you know that this is the college entrance examination?!" The voice of the man on the other end of the phone was full of anger. Although he didn't expect Xia Chen's results, as a class teacher, It is heartbreaking to see any student missing the college entrance examination.

Xia Chen's face was full of bitterness, and he said silently: "My father is critically ill, and he will be rescued in the hospital this afternoon."

There was silence on the other end of the phone, and even the breathing became heavy. After a while, the head teacher said, "Is your father okay now?"

Xia Chen nodded, and said, "He's rescued, but he's still in the intensive care unit, and the results won't be known until 48 hours later."

The head teacher said again: "Then, are you going to take the exam tomorrow? If you perform better in the remaining two subjects, you can make up for it."

Xia Chen shook her head, "No, I decided to give up the college entrance examination and stay with my dad."

This time, the teacher in charge didn't say anything, but said: "The college entrance examination is a major event in life after all, you should think about it."

"Yes." Xia Chen nodded, "Thank you teacher for your concern."

The head teacher continued: "Well, let's do this first, and I hope your father recovers soon."

Xia Chen said, "Well, goodbye, teacher."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Chen's face was a little melancholy. He didn't want to give up the college entrance examination. After all, he had worked hard for more than a year, but compared with the college entrance examination, his father was more important, and he couldn't ignore it because of an exam with an uncertain future. own dying father.

Lu Yaoyang walked to Xia Chen's side and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xia Chen shook her head, "The head teacher called, asking me why I didn't take the college entrance examination."

"Oh." Lu Yaoyang patted Xia Chen on the shoulder and said, "Go up and rest first, you have to go to the hospital tonight."

Xia Chen nodded, "Then I'll go up to rest, you should go back too."

Lu Yaoyang nodded, "Well, I'll ask the driver to pick you up, you go and rest."

Xia Chen nodded, walked upstairs, and went back to the room to rest.

After touching the pillow, Xia Chen thought that he would not be able to fall asleep, but unexpectedly, he fell asleep after a while, perhaps because his nerves, which had been tense all day, could finally rest for a while.

Lu Yaoyang sat on the sofa in the living room, his eyes were dark, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

It was not until an hour later that Lu Yaoyang sat up from the sofa and walked upstairs slowly.

At this moment, the phone in the living room rang suddenly, breaking the tranquility of the house instantly. The ringtone was very sharp, as if it was heralding something bad.

Lu Yaoyang looked at Xia Chen's door, then walked down the stairs quickly, answered the phone, "Hello."

"Xia Chen." Xia Kui on the other end of the phone spoke surprisingly calmly. After a long silence, he said, "Father is dead."

Xia Kui is not a person who beats around the bush, sometimes what he says is too direct and cruel.

Lu Yaoyang frowned and said softly: "I will tell him."

Only then did Xia Kui realize that the person who answered the phone was Lu Yaoyang, and he said again: "Tell him well."

Lu Yaoyang nodded, "Yes."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yaoyang walked upstairs slowly, and stopped at the door of Xia Chen's room. He gently opened the door, and the room was completely dark.

"Pa——" Lu Yaoyang turned on the headlight, and the person on the bed seemed to be startled by the sudden light, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his head slipped under the bed.

Lu Yaoyang's face was very calm, he could say no expression, he walked into the room slowly, went to Xia Chen's bed and squatted down, whispered in Xia Chen's ear, "Xia Chen."

Xia Chen just fell asleep, so he slept lightly. He woke up when Lu Yaoyang turned on the light, but he was still a little confused, "What's wrong?"

Lu Yaoyang stretched out his hand and caressed Xia Chen's face, his movements were gentle as if he was treating a fragile precious treasure.

"Don't be afraid, I will always be by your side."

Xia Chen saw Lu Yaoyang's abnormality, and suddenly felt uneasy in his heart. He woke up, frowned and looked at Lu Yaoyang, and the uneasiness in his heart began to expand, "What's the matter?"

Lu Yaoyang opened his lips lightly, and said the cruel truth gently, "Your father is dead."

In an instant, Xia Chen's tears welled up in his eyes, rushing like a river that would never dry up.

He didn't have the shock when he heard Xia Handong's critical illness for the first time, because he had already made enough psychological preparations for Xia Handong's departure, but he kept hoping that Xia Handong would survive, even if this hope slim.

Lu Yaoyang hugged Xia Chen tightly, and pressed Xia Chen's head on his shoulder with his hands, with a gentle but firm tone, "I will always be here, and I will always be with you."

"Ah... woo..."

Xia Chen hugged Lu Yaoyang tightly, crying louder and louder, as if there was endless grievance and pain.

This crying, crying for a long time, Xia Chen seemed to cry out all the pain, grievances and dissatisfaction in the past 18 years, like a helpless and pitiful child.

And Lu Yaoyang stayed by Xia Chen's side from the beginning to the end, like comforting a young child, stroking Xia Chen's back over and over again, with a sincere and gentle tone, "I am here, don't be afraid."

"Come on, don't cry."

Xia Chen's sobs became smaller and smaller, Lu Yaoyang raised Xia Chen's face, picked up a facial tissue and gently wiped away the tears on Xia Chen's face.

Xia Chen looked very pitiful after crying, her nose, eyes and mouth were all red, and her long eyelashes became darker after being wet with tears, making her look even more pitiful, which broke the hearts of those who watched.

After crying for a long time, Xia Chen seemed to have calmed down a little, and said to Lu Yaoyang, "I'm going to wash my face." Then he stood up and walked to the bathroom.

Lu Yaoyang nodded, looking at Xia Chen's back with a worried look on his face.

Xia Chen raised his freshly washed face and looked at himself in the mirror. His eyes were swollen, his nose was red, and he looked very embarrassed and sad.But no matter how sad he was, it didn't help.

After a while, Xia Chen came out, looking much more sober, and her gaze also became firmer.He walked in front of Lu Yaoyang and said calmly, "Let's go to the hospital."

Something that cannot be changed has already happened, so he can only face it.

Lu Yaoyang heard it, nodded, walked to Xia Chen's side and took his hand, "Okay."

No matter what you need to face, I will stand by your side, accompany you, and protect you.