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Tao Liyang suffered from frozen shoulder.

People who write at their desks all year round have more or less shoulder and neck problems, and Tao Chengcheng is like this.So Xu Anru kept a close eye on the two of them, paying attention to them for many years, but it wasn't serious.

It's just that he has been busy with the manuscript of a tribute drama for several months and hasn't had a good rest. He caught a cold in the cold season and woke up with pain in his right arm even when he raised his hand.

Tao Liyang has always been casual and doesn't care too much.It just so happened that Xu Yunqing's anti-drug film was shortlisted for Best Actor in a film festival in Asia. He went abroad two days ago and was not at home.So I planned to go to the hospital to take a look quietly, prescribed medicine and took it, and no one would be alarmed, and the matter passed.

Thinking like this, he still insisted on correcting the last few scenes and sent them to the editor's mailbox before he took a taxi to the hospital.Unfortunately, as soon as he entered the hospital gate, he ran into a friend of Tao Cheng's.The other party also recognized him, and he was an elder again, so he couldn't help but come forward to say a few words of greeting.Seeing that he was holding the registration form in his hand, he asked him what was the matter. He heard that his shoulder was uncomfortable, and he was very concerned and told the young man to pay more attention to his body.Tao Liyang secretly thought something was wrong, and he couldn't tell the other party not to tell Tao Cheng.Sure enough, before he reached the door of the consulting room, he received a call from Xu Anru.

Tao Liyang repeatedly said that it was fine, so that they don't have to worry.Xu Anru was not willing to listen to this, she just told him to wait in the hospital, hung up the phone, and in less than an hour, he and Tao Cheng hurried over.

"It's really nothing serious, just a mild frozen shoulder." Xu Anru walked out of the elevator with an anxious expression on his face, and Tao Liyang comforted him.

Xu Anru glared at him, and spread his hands: "Where's the medical certificate and film? Let me see."

Tao Liyang handed her the medical certificate and X-rays. Seeing that she and Tao Cheng were dressed casually and came so quickly, he asked his father, "Where did you come from?"

"Fishing with Uncle Lin." Tao Cheng also watched the video, "Your mother was so anxious when she heard that you came to the hospital with shoulder discomfort."

"I'm the only one in a hurry, aren't you in a hurry?" Xu Anru interrupted Tao Cheng dissatisfiedly, and then said to Tao Liyang, "I don't think you can do this test, and then go for a neuromuscular electrogram. Be safe."

"It's not necessary." Tao Liyang couldn't help begging for mercy, "It's just frozen shoulder."

"What's unnecessary? Then what if there are other problems that haven't been detected? They're all in the hospital anyway, so it's always right to be careful." Xu Anru said while talking, and had already called Tao Cheng's familiar orthopedic doctor...

Now that Xu Anru knew about it, Tao Liyang's plan to let this matter go quietly fell through.The old man stopped fishing and followed him every step of the way.He went through all kinds of examinations, tossed all afternoon, and even planned to let him stay in the hospital for two days. After even the doctor said it was unnecessary, he and Tao Cheng went home with him.

"You're a real kid. Your father's bad habits are easy to learn, and he suffered from frozen shoulder at a young age. If you don't pay attention, how can you get it at our age?"

"What's the matter with me?" Tao Cheng said.

Xu Anru ignored him, raised his hand to turn on the light in the living room, and continued to scold Tao Liyang: "I don't know, there is any job that is more important than the body. Relying on youth, I don't pay attention to keeping warm. In such a cold day, I don't know how to wear a coat." One piece?...Forget it," she frowned again as she spoke, "You'd better collect two pieces of clothes and go back to live with Mom, so I can take care of you."

"I won't go back." Tao Liyang shook his head again and again, and took a bottle of soda water from the refrigerator.Before it was opened, Xu Anru caught a glimpse and took it away from his hand: "It's autumn, and you still drink ice water, why don't you think there's anything wrong with your body?"

"He's such an old man, you don't have to worry about drinking water, it's strange if he wants to go home with you." Tao Cheng rubbed his brows and sat down on the sofa.

"How old is he? Don't you have to call me mom at the age of 80?" Xu Anru dissatisfied, went to the side and poured a glass of water for Tao Liyang again, "Why, you are not happy if you delay your fishing? When can't you catch fish, son But these two... By the way, when will Yun Qing come back?"

"The film festival is over. I called last night and said there is still a week."

Xu Anru was surprised: "No contact today? Then Yunqing didn't know you were sick?"

Tao Liyang smiled: "There's nothing to say. It's just a frozen shoulder, and it's still mild. Could it be that he was asked to come back early to take care of me? It's really unnecessary."

"That's what your mother meant." Tao Cheng took out the reading glasses and put them on, and took a book by Tao Liyang from the table to read, "She thinks you are a gold ingot, and she wishes the whole world would come around you."

"You're really annoying." Xu Anru complained to his wife, and then said to Tao Liyang, "Who needs to take care of this? When these two people are together, what's the matter, good or bad, you have to talk about it. If I have a third Two disasters, can you keep your dad from knowing? If your dad is uncomfortable, I can be happy if I don’t tell it to me? You and Yun Qing are the same, you don’t say anything to him. "

"Let's talk about it when he comes back. I'll be fine by then. Now that I've said it, he can't do anything, so there's nothing to worry about." Tao Liyang took the warm water that Xu Anru handed over, "Don't talk to him either."

Xu Anru glanced at him, Tao Liyang just smiled.Xu Anru nodded his forehead helplessly: "If Yunqing knows that you are hiding it from him, I will definitely be unhappy."

Tao Liyang didn't want to go back to live with them because he was afraid that he would be caught in the video with Xu Yunqing.He didn't want Xu Yunqing to worry, so he repeatedly told him not to mention it.Xu Anru couldn't hold back his son, and Tao Cheng was never willing to help in such matters, so he muttered a few words, went to the balcony to collect the clothes hanging outside and folded them for him.After thinking about it, he said, "You don't want to go back to live, why don't you and I come and stay with you for two days?"

"Where is it so serious, I'll just rest for a few days by myself."

"Neither this nor that." Xu Anru said, "Then let auntie come over and cook for you? Or you go home to eat, your hand is not convenient, ask the driver to pick you up."

Before Tao Liyang had time to say anything, Tao Cheng spoke first: "He's not disabled anymore, he has periarthritis of the shoulder, so you need to mobilize people and work so hard? Do you think he accepts your favor?"

"My own son, am I doing it for favors?" Xu Anru became unhappy when she heard this, and threw the half-folded clothes in her hand on the sofa.

As the old man gets older, he is like a child, losing his temper as he talks.Xu Anru felt sorry for him, and Tao Cheng felt sorry for Xu Anru, but he just refused to speak properly.The scene froze for a while, Tao Cheng gave Tao Liyang a wink, telling him to say a few words to coax his mother quickly.

Tao Liyang was amused, and was about to speak when he suddenly heard the sound of a key outside the door, and the door was pushed open in the next second.

"Why are you back?" Tao Liyang was startled when he saw Xu Yunqing.

Xu Yunqing didn't expect that they were all there, so he was also stunned. When he came back to his senses, he called his parents first, and then asked Tao Liyang: "What's the matter with your shoulder?"

"Who told you?" Tao Liyang didn't know how to react for a moment, subconsciously glanced at Xu Anru and Tao Cheng.They were also surprised.

Xu Yunqing brought the suitcase in, sat by the entrance and changed his shoes: "I heard what Jiang Ning said."

Jiang Ning didn't have a film shortlisted this time, and he was going to be an award presenter.

"Where did Jiang Ning come from..." Tao Liyang suddenly remembered that Tao Cheng and Lin Yi were fishing together this morning.Sure enough, the more I wanted to hide it, the more I couldn't hide it.Tao Liyang couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile, and walked forward, "Then you don't have to rush back right away, just call and ask if you're okay?"

"I want you to tell me if I ask you." Xu Yunqing stood up and looked at him, frowning, "What did you see your parents doing just now? Are you not allowed to tell me? What happened to your shoulder? Is it serious?"

"Frozen shoulder, I'm afraid you know." He asked all this in one breath, and Xu Anru also came over at this time, complaining gently, "Your child is also too impatient. He won't tell you, You ask me and your dad, why did you come back directly?"

Xu Yunqing rubbed the bridge of his nose: "I asked my assistant to book the nearest flight. The time is very tight, so I didn't bother to ask."

Xu Anru's eyes were gentle: "Hurry up, have you eaten yet?"

"Ate."

He only hesitated for a second, Xu Anru also saw it, and said with a smile: "I haven't eaten, I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you."

"No need, mom, really no need." Xu Yunqing said hastily, "I'm not hungry, I'll just make something for myself later on."

"You have to eat even if you're not hungry. I don't eat regularly three times a day, and my body can't stand it. I'm here, so there's no need for you to do it yourself." Then he went into the kitchen.

No one could stop her, Tao Liyang squeezed Xu Yunqing's wrist, and said with a smile: "Let Mom do it, she won't feel at ease if she doesn't watch you eat."

"I'll settle the score with you later. Where's your medical certificate? Let me have a look." Xu Yunqing glanced at him, said softly, pulled out his hand, and carried the box beside him into the living room.

Tao Cheng was always kinder to him than to Tao Liyang: "Yun Qing is back?"

Xu Yunqing called Dad again, and Tao Cheng pointed to the sofa: "Sit down."

Xu Yunqing nodded, first mixed a cup of tea for Tao Cheng, then sat down on the opposite sofa, took the medical certificate in Tao Liyang's hand and read it carefully.

"I said it's okay, you don't believe me." Tao Liyang sat on the armrest of the sofa next to him and raised his eyebrows.After reading it, Xu Yunqing reluctantly felt relieved, and gently pushed him to sit beside him.

"You think you're fine, but the whole family is uneasy." Tao Cheng put down the book in his hand, "Your mother is so old, I don't know how to save her time."

Tao Liyang scratched his hair and did not refute.Tao Cheng simply didn't talk much, he just said this, and took a sip of tea.The two younger ones were sitting obediently by the side, occasionally Tao Cheng would ask about what they were busy with recently, and he would answer in detail.

Tao Liyang and Xu Yunqing often went home to visit them, but they didn't talk too much.Xu Anru on the other end was still in the kitchen, and the three of them were sitting boringly.Tao Liyang thought for a while, then went to find the chessboard: "Let's play a game of chess."

His arm was uncomfortable, so he just sat aside and watched, and asked Xu Yunqing to accompany Tao Cheng.

Xu Yunqing first started playing Go, and learned it from Tao Liyang in college.It's just that he has a quiet personality and is usually fine. He can hold the chess records for an afternoon by himself.Halfway through the game, Tao Cheng said, "Yunqing is better at chess than you."

That's all. "It's not the first time I've heard this, Tao Liyang said with a smile, "Teach apprentices, masters starve to death." "

"You're too preoccupied, making excuses for not being able to play chess well. Didn't I teach you how to play chess?" Tao Cheng kept his eyes on the next move.

"That's my problem, you have the final say." Tao Liyang was still smiling, and Xu Yunqing couldn't help smiling and glanced at him quickly, and then came down to take a look.

The situation on the chessboard gradually became stalemate, so they stopped talking and just concentrated on playing chess.When Xu Anru put the noodles on the table, he didn't finish.

Afraid of Xu Anru's nagging, Tao Cheng asked Xu Yunqing to eat first.He is not here these days, and Tao Liyang rarely cooks when he is alone at home.There are not many fresh vegetables at home, but fortunately there is no shortage of dry goods.Xu Anru made the soup base with cuttlefish slices and scallops, and fried the topping with pickled bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, and served it in a big bowl.

Xu Yunqing was indeed a little hungry, Xu Anru was also concerned about his taste, the soy sauce was sweet, so he couldn't help but twitch his index finger and ate it up.

After dinner, Tao Liyang chatted with Xu Anru for a while, Xu Yunqing played chess with Tao Cheng again, and finally lost a piece.It was getting late, so he and Tao Liyang sent them downstairs.

After getting out of the elevator and entering the garage, Tao Cheng and Tao Liyang chatted about a new script they had written, and the chat got excited, and they walked faster without knowing it.Xu Yunqing waited for Xu Anru, and followed behind after a while.

"Don't worry about them, let's go slowly." Xu Anru pouted.

Xu Yunqing smiled and nodded, reminding her that there was a step ahead.

"You take care of Dian Liyang." Xu Anru said, "Don't allow him to write manuscripts these days, his shoulders and necks can't bear it."

"I know, don't worry."

"I'm relieved when you say that. You are all adults, and we can't control it. What I said to your dad, he agreed on the surface. The left ear goes in and the right ear goes out. But he listens to you " Xu Anru laughed, "You can control him, Liyang is afraid of you."

Xu Yunqing looked at Tao Liyang's back in front of him, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm afraid of him too."

"This is good, this is the best." Xu Anru patted the back of his hand affectionately, and said with a smile, "Well, if the two of you can handle each other, the days will naturally pass for a long time."

Send the two elders to the car and watch the car drive out of the garage.They just went back the same way.Before leaving, Xu Anru told them to go home and eat when they were impatient to cook, since they were close anyway.He also said that a pot of soup was simmered for them in the kitchen, and it was convenient to cook wonton noodles in the morning.

When Xu Yunqing returned home, he pushed open the kitchen door, and sure enough, he saw steam rising from the casserole.

Xu Yunqing lifted the lid, took a small spoon to taste, and Tao Liyang hugged him from behind.

"Your hand." Xu Yunqing frowned.

"It's okay, what's wrong with you if I hug you." Tao Liyang laughed, and drank the remaining half of the soup in Xu Yunqing's hand, "It's almost done, turn off the fire... My mother really can't stop worrying."

"Why are you so ignorant?"

Tao Liyang bowed his head and kissed his neck: "It's because I don't know what to do. You guys are making too much of a fuss. It's not a big problem at first, it will be fine in a few days, and you still rush back."

"Oh, I'll come back when you're better, so you just pretend it's nothing, right? You've got a good plan." Xu Yunqing dodged his kiss and turned his head to stare at him.

Tao Liyang just laughed: "You came back like this, what about the film festival? Are you going back?"

"I won't go back. The red carpet for the opening ceremony is also gone, and the rest is the awards ceremony." Xu Yunqing said, "I coordinated with the organizing committee and said that my family members are not feeling well, so I have to go first."

Xu Yunqing's tone was light, as if he hadn't been nominated.

"You really said that?"

Xu Yunqing nodded: "Otherwise?"

"You, you always act stupid. You don't mind making trouble for yourself." Tao Liyang sighed and laughed silently.

Xu Yunqing turned around and hugged his waist: "You are stupid. No matter how small the problem is, it always hurts, right? When I come back, when you feel pain, someone will always pour you a glass of warm water and rub your shoulders."

Tao Liyang laughed and said, "Then you also have to prioritize."

"You are the most important thing." Xu Yunqing stroked his temples with warm palms, "What kind of awards, film festivals are only for a short time, we are going to spend a lifetime."

Now that Xu Yunqing is back, he is naturally not allowed to stare at the computer every day to write.Fortunately, Tao Liyang's projects are not too urgent.The editor and reviewer gave some comments on the only tribute drama that was urgently needed.Under Xu Yunqing's insistence, it became Tao Liyang's dictation in the end, and he changed it.

Xu Yunqing himself didn't answer any announcements these days. After breakfast in the morning, he accompanied Tao Liyang to the hospital for physical therapy, and dragged him to play table tennis in the afternoon.It is not troublesome to exchange all kinds of bone soup for three meals a day.Before going to bed, apply hot compress on time, and Tao Liyang can notice even a little movement in the middle of the night.Half asleep and half awake, she leaned over and rubbed his shoulders.

Tao Liyang's frozen shoulder was originally mild, but under such careful care, it improved obviously within a few days.By the day of the film festival awards ceremony, there was no more pain.

The weather was fine that day, they drove to the suburbs to see the red leaves, and then ate at a private restaurant that Xu Yunqing liked very much and went home.Turn on the TV, the award ceremony has just begun.

The best actor award will have to wait for a while.So I turned out the movie I hadn't finished watching the day before, and then turned back.The timing was just right, and clips from the nominated films were playing on the screen.

Tao Liyang looked at Xu Yunqing's face on the TV, then turned his head to look at him again.At the side, Xu Yunqing was carefully picking out the seeds on the melon: "Actually, you don't need to look at it, I'm not destined for this award."

"How can you say that about yourself." Tao Liyang said, after thinking about it, he said, "It doesn't matter if you don't."

Xu Yunqing just smiled, looking very calm.

After the film clips were played, the screen cut back and forth among several nominees, and Xu Yunqing's camera cut to the director.If you win an award, the director will come on stage to accept it.

The award presenters paused for a while pretending to be in suspense.Tao Liyang was a little nervous because he knew he never felt this way when he won the award.Finally, I heard the winner's name read out.

But it wasn't Xu Yunqing.

The winner is a foreign actor who is over 70 years old and has acted all his life. I'm afraid this will be the final work.

Tao Liyang turned his head and glanced at Xu Yunqing, who forked a piece of cantaloupe and fed it to him, smiling without any pretense on his face: "I said it wouldn't be me."

Tao Liyang couldn't tell what mood he was in, so he raised his hand to turn off the TV, lay down and lazily pillowed on Xu Yunqing's lap.

"What's wrong with you?" Xu Yunqing smiled, "Suddenly lost your mind so much? It's not like you anymore."

"If you were there, this award might be yours." Tao Liyang said after a while.

"Stupid words." Xu Yunqing traced his eyebrows and eyes with his fingers, and said seriously, "I didn't handle many aspects of this film well. Looking back, I'm not very satisfied. I already expected it to be nominated. outside."

"I don't care." Tao Liyang said, "No one is as good as you."

"That's because you favor me."

"Yes." Hearing what he said, Tao Liyang took his hand to his heart, "My heart is on you."

Xu Yunqing laughed, and Tao Liyang also smiled, and touched his face with his backhand: "You really don't regret it?"

"There's nothing to regret about it. It's just an award. If it's gone this time, there will be a next time. Let's talk about it." He looked at Tao Liyang with focused and gentle eyes, "I've already got the best."

Tao Liyang raised his eyes and looked at him, and his smile deepened: "Then what kind of prize am I?"

Xu Yunqing thought about it, but he lowered his head and begged for a kiss with Tao Liyang. There will never be a better trophy in the world.

Then he leaned against Tao Liyang's ear, and told him softly but firmly: "You are my lifelong achievement."