deep trap

What follows is a long wait.

Lao Mao, Zhou Yan, and Lu Can asked all the connections they could trust, and all the people they could find. They asked all the classmates who hadn’t been in touch for more than ten years, and they could send help messages in circles of friends, medical forums, and paper media. The localities issued help information one by one, but the results were minimal.

Kidney disease patients are out of proportion to the kidney source itself, and it is even more difficult to achieve successful matching.Except for those with a strong relationship, the common people like to call the kidney replacement operation "bumping luck".If you hit it, you can survive, but if you don’t hit it... then go home and want to eat something.

Lao Mao basically didn't sleep these days, sitting on the edge of the window sill in the hospital corridor, his face was yellow and black, "Do you have any news from there?"

"A fan's father works in Chengnan Hospital," Zhou Yan shook his head, "She said it would be hard to find in Bincheng in the short term."

"Thank her for me..." In fact, Lao Mao had expected it a long time ago, "Xiao Can, where are you?"

"My dad has finished talking with his friends, partners, etc., and I don't know what's going on yet."

Lu Can paused, "Old Mao, I know it's unrealistic for you not to worry at such a moment, but you should take a rest, don't let Xiao Mao get better after a while, and you accidentally collapse."

Lao Mao said "Yes", "I know, the body is the capital of the revolution. How about it, you have suffered a lot by staying with me these few days. Now that the nurse is here, let's take turns sleeping for a while."

Not to mention that Lao Mao didn't have a good rest, Lu Can and Zhou Yan kept their mobile phones on 24 hours a day, for fear of delaying a call-it was life-saving, their nerves were in a state of tension for a long time, and their expressions were not much different from Lao Mao's.

They finally decided to sleep for an hour each on the bed of the family members in the ward, and they could have dinner after taking turns to rest.There is a nurse, so there is no need to worry about changing the dressing.

It's a pity that the plan was good, and none of them fell asleep when it was implemented.

Since getting to know Lao Mao, Xiao Mao has always played behind them like a little tail.The child is well-behaved and clever, with a small mouth that is very pleasing. She is not so much Lao Mao's younger sister as everyone's younger sister.

Now that my sister is lying on the hospital bed with no knowledge of personnel, life or death, who can sleep peacefully?

After more than an hour, the three brothers returned to the old place - the window sill.Zhou Yan sighed: "Don't sleep, don't sleep, you have to eat. What do you want to eat, I'll go out and buy it. The hospital's patient meal is really no appetite."

Lao Mao said: "You decide."

Lao Mao never picks food, Zhou Yan turned to Lu Can, "Xiao Can, how about you? Sichuan food?"

Lu Can wanted to say anything, but before he could say anything, his phone vibrated suddenly.

For them, a phone call is a chance to survive. Lu Can picked it up without even looking at it. Hearing the voice from the receiver, he froze for a few seconds, "...Mr. Ji."

"It's me. What floor are you on?"

Calling Ji Mingze for help before was purely an emergency. In fact, Lu Can didn't want to see Ji Mingze, so he hesitated for a moment, "The intensive care unit on the sixth floor."

"OK, wait for me."

After Ji Mingze finished speaking, he hung up the phone. Five minutes later, he and a young man came out from the stairwell, holding flowers in their arms and packing boxes in their hands.

Lu Can couldn't help squinting his eyes - he had seen that young man before, in the orphanage.At that time, he and the young man handed out the book box at the same time. Ji Mingze chose the young man, not him.

Seeing Ji Mingze's appearance, Lao Mao and Zhou Yan also froze in place. In the past, this "fighting coach" usually appeared in a T-shirt and sweatpants, but today he is wearing a dark suit with crisp fabric, and his hair is very neatly done. A pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the eye sockets seemed to be a different person, almost unrecognizable.

"Mr. Ji?" Zhou Yan was not sure.

"Long time no see. Be hungry, I brought you dinner," Ji Mingze ordered, "Dong Zhuo, put it on the table in the ward." Then he handed the flowers to Lao Mao, "I wish Lingmei a speedy recovery."

"...Oh, oh, thank you. Don't stand by the door, come in and sit."

"No more sitting."

It is difficult for Ji Mingze to get along with others in a normal and friendly way, and it is enough for him to be impatient to achieve this level of sophistication, "I will leave after a few words with Lu Can."

"Okay, then you can talk." Lao Mao and Zhou Yan turned back to the ward with interest.

When I called Ji Mingze last time, Ji Mingze only said "Got it", and didn't agree to help or refuse to help, and I haven't contacted him for the past few days. Lu Can has no idea why Ji Mingze suddenly appeared, so it's hard to imagine the last time Yuanmei Sneak in like something happened?

Seeing the tacit understanding between Ji Mingze and Dong Zhuo, Lu Can was furious, "Why are you here?"

"Look at you," Ji Mingze turned to Lu Can, "You look very bad, didn't you rest well?"

Lu Can's tone was stiff: "It has nothing to do with you whether I look bad or not."

"Okay, it has nothing to do with me. Then you go to eat some food first. I brought the dinner. This has something to do with me."

It doesn't matter, Lu Can thought to himself: If you eat a pit, you will learn a lot of wisdom. The set of you asking about the cold and asking for warmth is no longer useful to me!

He sat down on the bench next to him, crossed his arms, and turned his head to the other side, which seemed to mean non-violent non-cooperation.

Ji Mingze thought he was so amusing, so he took a few glances at him and sat down on the bench.

It's been a long time since I've been so close to Ji Mingze, Lu Can felt both awkward and nostalgic.He had just sought justice for Qin Yuanyuan years ago, and before he could recover, Xiao Mao became critically ill again.As a gentleman, the physical fatigue can still be tolerated, but the spirit is always so continuous, which is actually more tiring than the body.

He claimed that he was not a delicate person, but when the familiar breath hit him, a strong urge to get closer rose from the bottom of his heart.If you want to hug Ji Mingze's waist and lean on his shoulder, it will be very easy if you don't speak.

It's like subconsciously calling Ji Mingze when he urgently needs a kidney source.

Recalling the first half year of their acquaintance, Lu Can suddenly discovered that this deep-rooted sense of dependence actually stemmed from the agreement between him and Ji Mingze to be "on call".

He needs help, and Ji Mingze will be there immediately; he needs company, and Ji Mingze will be there immediately; including when he gets hungry in the middle of the night, Ji Mingze will get up and make porridge for him, and he will respond to everything.So the warm water boiled like a frog, and he sank to the bottom of the water and couldn't jump out.

The most frightening thing was that he didn't even have the idea of ​​jumping out.

No, Lu Can warned himself again, never fall into the same trap twice.

"Ji Mingze," in order to highlight the seriousness, Lu Can specially called the other party's name, "We are no longer...that kind of relationship. You don't need to waste time on me, it's unnecessary, it's a waste of effort."

Ji Mingze smiled: "What kind of relationship did we have?"

"It's just...you can kiss and sleep together...Do you have to pretend to be confused?"

Ji Mingze raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.Lu Can found that this guy looked like a dog after putting on human skin, especially the glasses, which looked like a social elite and a gentle scum.

No, he does seem to be a social elite.

And it's pretty badass.

Lu Can's mind was full of Xiaomao, and he didn't want to deal with everything about Ji Mingze hastily. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Thank you for visiting us today. Xiaomao's situation is very critical now. If you have anything to say, we can call to resolve it, or you can call Let’s make an appointment to go out and talk later.”

Ji Mingze knew that he was very tired now, so he said cheerfully, "Okay."

Lu Can got up and glanced at the other party's left hand resting on the back of the chair from the corner of his eye.The chilblains are gone and now only a few dark scars are left indistinctly.

He heaved a sigh of relief and saw off the guest, "I'll go first..."

"Wait," Ji Mingze suddenly interrupted, "I never feel that visiting you is a waste of time, nor is it simply to condolences to 'you'."

His accent was on "you", Lu Can inexplicably felt jealous, "Then why are you here?"

"The source of the kidney," Ji Mingze smiled, "I found it."

Lu Can almost thought that he had misheard. In just a few days, Lao Lu failed to find a suitable relationship, but Ji Mingze did.

He brought Ji Mingze into the ward as if he was sleepwalking. The moment he heard the news, Lao Mao's hands were shaking with excitement, "Mr. Ji, is, is it a local hospital?"

"No, in Haishi," Ji Mingze replied, "When the conditions for surgery are met, they can be transported directly by air."

"..." Lao Mao was so choked up that he didn't know what to say, "Thank you, thank you so much. Now the situation does not allow, let's go out for a meal first, and I will visit Xiao Mao after the operation. You Which one do you want to eat, how about Wangjiang Tower?"

Wangjiang Tower is one of the best hotels in Bincheng, so Lao Mao needs to get dressed.Ji Mingze hurriedly stopped him: "The most urgent thing now is to discuss the operation with the attending physician. You can put aside other things first. This is the contact number of Haishi Hospital. After dialing it, you can directly say that it is Mao Xiaowei's family, and someone will connect with you. And if we got to know each other, I should help."

How can there be so many "reasonable" things between people?To put it bluntly, it is still for Lu Can's face.

"Don't thank me for your kindness. Please feel free to ask me if you need me in the future. Then I will go to Director Wu." Lao Mao wiped his eyes, "Xiao Can, help me send Ji... Teacher Bar."

Ji Mingze dressed like this, the word "teacher" really couldn't be said, but he didn't know what to call him, so Lao Mao had no choice but to bite the bullet and pat Lu Can's arm.

For such a great help, even if Lao Mao didn't say anything, Lu Can would still give it to him.He followed Ji Mingze into the car again like sleepwalking.

It was agreed to send Ji Mingze back, but halfway there, Lu Can found that the car was clearly heading for his home.

Among the three, Dong Zhuo was in charge of driving, while Lu Can and Ji Mingze sat in the back seat.This is the first time for Lu Can to ride in Ji Mingze's car seriously. It's a very low-key Audi. He thought that the founder of Yuntu Aerospace would drive a Bentley G or something. ...do you still live in that old community?"

"Mr. Ji hasn't come home at all these days," Dong Zhuo said without waiting for Ji Mingze's answer, "He's almost using the company as a dormitory. He goes out during the day and returns to the company to work overtime at night. One night and one night, if he continues to suffer like this, it will be sooner or later." If it's over, you take care of it."

His tone was exactly the same as accusing his brother to his sister-in-law, but Lu Can couldn't like Dong Zhuo, and he was not good at dealing with such situations, so he had to ask Dong Zhuo: "Is your company busy recently?"

"It's just the beginning of the new year. We're not particularly busy. Mr. Ji is the one who is busy. He ran around during the day to contact Shenyuan, and flew non-stop to five or four cities the day before yesterday. At night, he has to go back to the company to review design drawings, approve projects, and knock on the door. New year business plan... I feel like he's going to be Superman."

"Dong Zhuo!" Ji Mingze stopped in a low voice, "Shut up."

"Okay, you are a senior brother, I listen to you." Dong Zhuo shut up angrily.

While they were talking, Lu Can carefully observed Ji Mingze, and belatedly understood why people who didn't wear glasses before suddenly wore them.

——I saw that the corners of the eyes under the glasses were red and dark circles were thick.Apparently not well rested and suffering from conjunctivitis that needs to be covered with glasses.

"Teacher Ji..."

The tip of Lu Can's heart seemed to be pinched and twisted by some monster, and it was sore and painful, "You, why didn't you tell me, I can run to the hospital for you, it's too much trouble for you alone!"

"I can run here," Ji Mingze raised his index finger knuckles and pushed up the glasses, perfectly covering the corners of his eyes, "It's okay."

"...You always say it's okay. Forget it, you go home and have a good rest, and tell me if your eyes don't recover for a long time."

"It's you who needs to rest," Ji Mingze looked up at Dong Zhuo, "turn left ahead and go directly into the community... Yes, stop at the door of Unit [-], Building [-]."

Dong Zhuo turned the steering wheel silently.

Instructing Dong Zhuo to park the car in front of Lu Can's house, Ji Mingze whispered, "Okay, let's go in."

Lu Can wanted to ask him if he wanted to go into the room to rest for a while, but after thinking about it, this inconsistency was also one of Ji Mingze's traps—to soften his attitude by touching him, so as to start the next coaxing.

Once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years, Ji Mingze helped him so much regardless of his body, Lu Can knew that he shouldn't think too much, and shouldn't treat a gentleman with a villain's heart, but those thoughts always popped out of his mind , can't stop it.

"...Well, then I'm leaving, thank you. Don't work overtime tonight and get a good sleep."

After finishing speaking, Lu Can turned around and got off the car, not daring to look at Ji Mingze more.Because once his line of sight touches the haggard face of the other party, his sensibility will gain the upper hand and he will involuntarily send out an invitation signal.

"I see." Ji Mingze smiled.

Lu Can trotted all the way into the house with his head down. After throwing off his shoes, he didn't enter the warm bedroom. Instead, he opened a corner of the curtain and quietly looked at the door.

The black Audi didn't rush away, it was still parked in place, with half of the rear windows down.Lu Can saw Ji Mingze take off his glasses, rub his eyes, and lean on the backrest to light a cigarette.For a small part of the time, his eyes lingered here, and most of the time he was empty.

After smoking that cigarette, he pressed the butt in the car ashtray.Keeping the sitting posture still, the middle finger of the right index finger swung forward twice, signaling Dong Zhuo to leave.The movements are so proficient that it seems to have been done many times.

Then drove away quietly.

From the beginning to the end, he never invited credit, and never made any request while he was moved.

...What on earth is this man going to do? Lu Can rubbed the tip of his nose, suddenly feeling a little sore.