cut the waves

Yu Yu feels that he belongs to the kind of person who "lives in the moment".He seldom fantasizes about the future.

The coach of the provincial team is particularly fond of painting cakes. If there is nothing to do, he will say "what will happen if you win the world-class competition", how much bonus, how many endorsements, how many fans, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. His eyes sparkled.

Yu Yu especially doesn't like this set.

Because he knew from a very young age that many things in this world cannot be possessed by him just by "fantasizing". That kind of illusory happiness is not as comfortable as completing tasks down-to-earth.

But now it's different.Sometimes he hugged the big killer whale on the bed, and would bury his face in the soft belly of the killer whale, his thoughts drifting away involuntarily...

Yu Yu can't help but imagine standing on the podium with Su Liao, under the almost dazzling incandescent lights above the stadium; he can imagine that there is a golden little dolphin in the row of golden honor display in No. [-] Middle School, engraved with Holding his and Su Liao's names, shining in the sun, many years later, perhaps some juniors and younger sisters will see their names; Try it once—a careful, tender kiss.

Yu Yu discovered the power of fantasy for the first time.

It is like a firefly in the dark, silently lighting up, silently burning-like an aurora in the night sky without spectators, and silently turning into ashes, leaving no trace in reality.

But when the two met at school, Yu Yu still liked to put on an expression of "don't suffer me".He didn't know why.It may be because Yu Yu likes to see Su Liao wanting to tease him, but he dare not tease him because of what happened last time, like a cat lying outside the fish tank staring at the fish but unable to touch it.Or maybe it's because he still needs some time to digest their new relationship, and he's waiting for an opportunity.

The timeline of junior high school seems to be "fast-forwarded" by God, and the calendar flips through, Su Liao is always busy with competitions, and after Yu Yu completes the corrective training for left and right balance, Yan Zheng gives He devised a 12-week pre-match sprint plan.

This year's Challenge Cup was held nationwide in Ninggang, which saved their round-trip air tickets.

It is rare that the national competition is right in front of my house, and the stands of the home school are full, and there are many parents watching the game. The atmosphere of the game is different from Yu Yu's any game.

In fact, Yu Yu is not worried about their relay at all.The two new juniors are very strong, basically representing the highest level of men's freestyle in Ninggang City. As long as everyone plays normally, it will definitely be no problem for the second middle school to win the top three.

In the morning, the No. [-] Middle School qualified first in the group, and everyone was in good condition.

Xu Yufeng and Wang Pengpeng organized the students in the stands of the No. [-] Middle School to be the cheerleaders, and they would shout the name of that classmate rhythmically every time they rode.The preliminaries were fine, but in the finals everyone in the stands seemed to be screaming crazy.For some students, this may be an incentive, but for some students who lack home field experience, the mental pressure is even greater.

In the final, the first bat of the No. 3 Middle School lost a bit of chain, but was quickly chased back by the No. [-] and No. [-] bats.When Su Liao entered the water, he was No. [-], but the gap with No. [-] and No. [-] was not very big.

In the end, Yu Yu couldn't tell who reached the finish line first, Su Liao or the school next door, so he could only rely on the electronic scoreboard.Amidst the cheers erupting from the stands, everyone turned their heads to look at the big screen.

A few seconds later, the rankings with white letters on a blue background jumped out one by one.

Ninggang No. [-] Middle School took the second place by a fraction of a second.

Although they were not the champions, the two freshman in high school were excited enough, hugged each other bouncingly, and turned their heads to call Yu Yu and Su Liao.Yu Yu turned his head to look at the pool, and saw that Su Liao supported the edge of the pool with both hands, and propped his body up, but he was not high enough to get out of the pool, and the whole person fell down again.

Yu Yu thought that his muscles were exhausted from the last sprint, and ran to the pool with a smile to give him a hand, but found that he was leaning on the pool and slipped into the water with his eyes closed.

There was a "buzz" in Yu Yu's mind, and he jumped down before he realized that something went wrong.As a child who grew up by the sea, saving people from the water is an instinct.Yu Yu inserted his hands into Su Liao's armpit, let someone's head rest on his shoulders, and skillfully brought him out of the water.

"Su Liao?" Yu Yu reached out and patted his face, but the other party didn't respond, "Su Liao?!"

Yu Yu's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Passed out?what happened?

"Doctor!" Yu Yu heard himself yelling to the athletes on the shore, "Go to the doctor quickly, someone has fainted!"

Most of the people didn't realize what happened. The person closest to the pool was stunned for two seconds before rushing to report the news.

Among Yu Yu's few experiences of fainting, hypoglycemia was the first to suffer.But for the finals at 1:30 in the afternoon, and the lunch at 11:30 in the afternoon, it is impossible for Su Liao to have hypoglycemia, right?

Why are his lips so purple?

Su Liao's skin is so cold, almost as cold as the water in the swimming pool...

Yu Yu supported Su Liao, finally fished him ashore, lay flat on the side of the pool, and covered him with a white towel.The radio didn't know what it was talking about, the BGM in the swimming pool didn't stop, there was a lot of noise from the stands, many athletes surrounded them, but they were yelled away by the staff.

He's out of his mind.

Yu Yu's first reaction was cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which he learned during the provincial team training.But it was for people with sudden cardiac arrest, Yu Yu stared at Su Liao's slightly trembling chest, his mind went blank—is he jumping?Is this dancing?

He listened and listened to his chest, and confirmed that Su Liao did have heartbeat and breathing, but it was very chaotic, very shallow, and very fast.

A heartbeat is better than no heartbeat, right?Could it be a heart problem?But didn't Su Liao say that his heart disease had already been corrected by surgery?

Yu Yu was thinking wildly when he was pulled away from Su Liao by the doctor on the field.

He stammered to remind the doctor that Su Liao had a history of congenital heart disease when he was a child, but he was cured later.However, Yu Yu's brain seemed to be short-circuited, and he couldn't remember the name of the disease: "Fa... What are the four roots of Fa?"

The staff burst into flames when they heard the words: "Farrow quadruple? Have a heart attack and come to the game?"

"Don't you have to submit a medical report before the game?"

"He was the champion of the 200m freestyle competition last year, good morning, the inspection is all right!"

"It may be cardiogenic cerebral ischemia, lift his leg up and put something on it!"

Yu Yu watched Su Liao being carried onto the stretcher, with things under his lower limbs.He didn't change his swimming trunks or wipe his hair. He just put on the clothes and pants that Wang Pengpeng threw down for him from the stands, and ran away with the stretcher.He couldn't understand what the adults were saying, but as Su Liao's coma lengthened, Yu Yu began to realize that this syncope was not as simple as ordinary exercise-induced syncope.

The stadium is equipped with all kinds of emergency equipment, and there is an emergency car parked in the basement, which goes directly to the docking hospital closest to the stadium.Since this is not a professional ambulance, but is only on standby for the competition, the interior of the car is relatively simple.

Su Liao inhaled oxygen, and his body was connected to simple equipment.

"Heartbeat 197, blood pressure 136/95mmHg, blood oxygen 88%, the electrocardiogram can only be done in the emergency room."

Fortunately among the misfortunes, not long after the car started, Su Liao woke up by himself.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, there was no seat for Yu Yu in the car, so he forced himself into it, so he could only squat in the cabin.Seeing that Su Liao woke up now, he leaned against the carriage as if he lost his strength, feeling that the five senses and thinking had finally come back again, the blood finally began to flow back slowly, and his cold limbs were numb.

After waking up, Su Liao was in a good state of mind, and could even communicate his medical history with the doctor calmly and accurately.

Yu Yu stared at Su Liao's pale and sweat-drenched face, and suddenly felt a little strange—why was he so calm?Doesn't seem to be surprised at all?

One hand of Su Liao hung down from the moving stretcher, Yu Yu raised his hand and squeezed his index finger comfortingly: "How are you doing now?"

Su Liao's voice was a little dry: "...It's good to be alive."

Yu Yu pinched his fingertips vigorously, and Su Liao felt the pain, so he said seriously: "...just a little chest pain, chest tightness, and dizziness."

Zhang Yanming said with a smile, this can be a joke, so it seems that it is not a big problem.

Considering that Su Liao woke up and his condition was relatively stable, the driver gave up the nearest hospital and diverted to Ninggang No. [-] Hospital—after all, according to Su Liao's description, there were doctors who knew about his condition and all the medical records there.

Ninggang Second Hospital, emergency department.

Su Liao's hospital bed was pushed and pushed out by the nurses, and many checks were done up and down to rule out other organ-related problems.Zhang Yanming contacted Aunt Su Liao, and Yan Zheng soon heard the news, and everyone came here in a hurry.

The results of echocardiography also came out: massive pulmonary regurgitation, moderate tricuspid regurgitation, and right ventricle dilation. It should be due to insufficient blood supply to the brain after strenuous exercise, leading to cardiogenic syncope.In view of such a situation after the quadruple radical operation of Fallot, the doctor suggested finding a large hospital for elective surgery-pulmonary valve replacement.

Ninggang's home court, this year's Challenge Cup No. [-] Middle School has many people watching the game.When the students in the stands heard about Su Liao's accident, they all took taxis to the hospital one after another, crowding around the entrance of the emergency room to probe their brains, and the scene was a mess.

"Yu Yu, how is Su Liao doing?"

The juniors from the same team also brought over the luggage that the two of them hadn't had time to pack: "Brother Yu, this is from your locker. I brought Brother Liao's as well."

Zhang Yanming was worried that the children would affect the medical work, so he sent Yu Yu to send away those little kids who would only make trouble.All the students in the swimming team left flowers and fruit baskets for Su Liao, and they left after making sure that everyone was safe and sound.

After seeing off his classmates, Su Liao has already been transferred to the ward, saying that he will be hospitalized for observation for one night, and he will be discharged only when his condition is stable.There were many people in the ward. Coach Zhang, Su Liao's aunt, and Yan Zheng were all there. The expert director who had been in charge of Su Liao's follow-up visit also took time to communicate with the current ward doctor in charge of the treatment.

Yu Yu sat alone on the long chair waiting in the corridor, with his elbows resting on his knees.He had just heard the conversation between some experts and family members. It turned out that Su Liao had pulmonary regurgitation during the physical examination at the end of last year.

At the moment the director is beating his chest and feet in the room, complaining that Su Liao didn't go back for a review.

Yu Yu didn't understand what that reflux was, but it was obvious that Su Liao in this state was not suitable for strenuous exercise, not to mention swimming in the last relay.But for the whole semester, from the beginning to the end, Su Liao didn't seem to mention a single word to him.

This feels terrible.

Now that Yu Yu thinks about it carefully, it seems that this matter is not without clues.

For example, in this half semester, Su Liao was late and left early for training significantly more than before.At that time, he complained about Su Liao's lack of seriousness.At that time, Su Liao said that he was too busy competing and was a little tired.He also put his arms around his shoulders affectionately, and jokingly said, "Brother Yu can't take me to fly when the time comes."

In fact, during this period of time, he occasionally noticed that Su Liao was in a trance.Yu Yu really didn't take it seriously, because the question was "My IQ doesn't seem to be worthy of a competition".

Another example, during the pre-match training, Su Liao tried to propose that a junior who was a fierce sprinter should exchange the last club with him.Su Liao's explanation at the time was: I haven't trained enough this year, and I'm afraid I won't be able to swim well, and Yu Yu doesn't have an explosive advantage in short-distance sprints. On the contrary, the two juniors are professional [-]-meter athletes.However, the two juniors felt that Su Liao's performance had always been stable, and they were concerned about the psychological pressure of being the last one, so they gave up on it.

Yu Yu thinks about it now, if Su Liao, who is so proud, didn't really feel powerless, how could he voluntarily give up the last blow?

The thought made him feel faintly guilty—he should have known sooner.

But even so, Su Liao still took the last heavy pressure.

There was one more thing that happened.

Su Liao had entered the finals of the National English Speech Contest before, and the theme of the final speech copied a very famous writing competition from the "New York Times" - "Personal Growth Story".Ye Jing personally tutored Su Liao to write the manuscript. After brainstorming, Teacher Ye suggested that Su Liao write about his thoughts on swimming after overcoming congenital heart disease.An article is written down, the content is regular, and the theme is full of positive energy, which is especially suitable for motivational speech.In the end, the manuscript was polished by foreign teachers from the International Department, and all the teachers were very satisfied.

At that time, Su Liao booked a room in the library during his afternoon self-study, and invited several teachers and friends to listen to his mock speech.Of course Yu Yu also went, although he didn't quite understand.The most picky English teacher in the whole grade can't find faults, but Su Liao is always not satisfied with his own performance.

Ye Jing laughed that he had a disease called "overachiever".

After the teacher and other audience members left, Su Liao was still spinning his pen, staring at the manuscript in a daze, while Yu Yu stared at the two buttons on the collar of Su Liao's white shirt, distracted.There was a sports water glass in front of Su Liao, the light from the window came in, casting a mottled shadow on the table through the water glass.Su Liao suddenly had a flash of light in front of his eyes, he immediately got up, took a chalk and drew a picture of the refraction of light on the blackboard.

"Do you know why light refracts?"

Yu Yu was taken aback: "Water and air are two different media?"

Su Liao changed another color of chalk, and drew a "broken line" that was almost vertical like "L" on the traditional light refraction chart, and drew another broken line with a wider angle, close to 180 degrees.

"Then why isn't it folded this way, or that way?"

"The way it folds, why can it be calculated?"

Yu Yu looked dull: "..." Do you think I know it?

"Fermat proposed in 1662 that light always travels through the path that takes the shortest time." Su Liao clicked on the blackboard, "That is to say, on this picture, from point A to point B, what you see This broken line is the one that takes the shortest time. Light doesn't follow the other two paths because it takes longer."

Yu Yu let out a "Oh" in a daze.

"When I was young, my dad told me that it was the ultimate aesthetics of physics." Su Liao paused, then turned his head and smiled, "A while ago, I told my dad that I don't want to study physics in college, and I should learn biology." , I was severely scolded by him. He told me that biology is just a kind of observational science, because it is full of loopholes and loses the beauty of science.”

"I don't like physics. I always feel that...physics is too cold a subject. Maybe only a lifeless person like my dad can find physics interesting."

"But my dad will never understand - looking for the least action is the most natural state of the universe, but life will not. Some people will choose shortcuts, choose the simplest and most comfortable way to read, but there will always be Someone, choose a more complicated, more difficult, and more rugged path. It’s all because of love, and you will never regret it.”

"Yu Yu, I seem to finally understand my mother a little bit."

"Because of love, people are willing to take risks."

Yu Yu held his face together, seeming to understand: "Then do you want to change the theme to this? I think it's all very good, why don't you ask Teacher Ye?" He looked at Su Liao with wide eyes, not at all Cover up the "why are you telling me this" written all over your face.

Su Liao turned around and smiled softly, as if he had seen through his little thoughts at a glance: "I just want to tell you."

Later, Su Liao lost the swimming speech that he had refined countless times, and wrote a new one called "Fermat's Theorem". Dad raised the bar.

At that time, Yu Yu was in a daze, thinking that Xueshen's brain was fighting with gods, unlike him, the brain's waste was only Su Liao's sexy collarbones under the neckline.

Thinking about it now, Su Liao probably wanted to talk to him at that time—he said he understood his mother.His mother who clearly knew that she had a pre-existing heart but insisted on giving birth to her son.

Hell, Yu Yu scolded himself again in his heart.

Why didn't he understand it then?

Waiting is always easy to make people cranky.Yu Yu covered his eyes with his hands, only feeling that his palms were cold, and as he inserted his five fingers along his temples, he let out a long breath.

——Because love makes people willing to take risks.

Yu Yu suddenly felt that all his previous hesitation and worry were like a joke.Now, it seems that he can't turn back no matter what.

Yu Yu didn't know how long he waited outside the door. Two of Su Liao's doctors came out, followed by a few adults. They should have finished talking.Aunt Su Liao is going to pick up Su Liao's younger siblings, and she will come back later.Yan Zheng glanced at Yu Yu who was sitting at the door, and said "Yo": "Are you still there? If you have something to say, hurry up and fart, otherwise their nurses will chase him away."

Seeing that the adults had finished walking, Yu Yu slipped in.

Su Liao changed the patient's clothes and was no longer inhaling oxygen.Before Yu Yu could open his mouth, Su Liao raised his left hand, which hadn't been stuck with the needle, and made a "stop" gesture, begging for mercy feebly: "Don't scold me, I'm already miserable."

After coach Zhang, his sister-in-law, his attending doctor and Yan Zheng's lectures, Su Liao's ears were calloused.The last thing he needs now is to hear Yu Yu repeat those "how can you", "you should", "why don't you" blah blah blah.

Yu Yu's words rushed to his lips, and he swallowed them forcefully.He pulled up the curtain of Su Liao's bed, silently stretched his hand into the bed rail, and gently held his left index finger.There is a red clip on Su Liao's middle finger, which is connected to the monitor at the head of the bed—blood pressure and oxygen have returned to normal, but his heart rate is still 95, which is still a bit fast.

After a while, Yu Yu still couldn't help asking: "Why didn't you tell me directly."

Su Liao was silent for a moment: "You didn't tell me either."

He paused and added: "You gave up the National Games last year just to participate in the Challenge Cup again."

Yu Yu's breathing became slightly rapid, and his tone was tinged with anger: "...Is it the same in nature? Is it comparable?"

The more he talked, the angrier he became.If Su Liao hadn't been sitting on the hospital bed, Yu Yu felt that he could have pushed people against the wall and beat them severely.He subconsciously grasped the edge of the hospital bed with five fingers, and cursed in a low voice: "What kind of a game is this? Is the second middle school missing this relay champion? It's worth it for you—is it worth it for you to fight like this, ah?!"

Su Liao closed his eyes, then opened them again: "...Of course there is no shortage of this champion in No. [-] Middle School."

"I'm missing. I'm missing."

Yu Yu: "..."

Su Liao has heard many stories of seniors and seniors—no matter how good the high school is, most of them will break up when they arrive at university.Ordinary couples are like this, but they can't stand the passage of time and different places, let alone them?

If one day in the future, they will be strangers and become the imprint of youth in each other's memory.Su Liao tortured himself countless times in his heart: What can I use to prove that you once left a strong mark in my life?

The confession on the wall of Tianwentai will be cleared, the small notes passed quietly will fade, and the feeling of heartbeat will sooner or later become a black and white photo at the end of time.Therefore, Su Liao was so eager to engrave his name into a trophy with Yu Yu side by side, and seal it forever in the honor corridor of No. [-] Middle School.As if it was just to prove—at the most sensitive and impulsive age—they also had a two-way rush without hesitation.

"I always want...to leave something behind." Su Liao smiled palely, "With you."

Therefore, this decision has nothing to do with honor, and it has nothing to do with impulse.

Su Liao clearly understood that this was his last chance to participate in the same competition as Yu Yu.It is also the last chance to leave a trophy engraved with the names of the two of them.

This is what he wants.

Yu Yu: "..."

After talking for a while, Su Liao's heartbeat suddenly accelerated by nearly [-] beats. After the heartbeat reached three digits, it changed from green to orange, and the detector gave a warning beep.

Yu Yu glanced at it warily.

"It's okay, it's going to call the police for tachycardia."

Yu Yu panicked: "You—don't get excited."

Su Liao leaned back, took a deep breath, and his heartbeat calmed down a little.

"I didn't go for a follow-up visit because I was afraid that if it got worse, the doctor would just tell me not to exercise. I've reached this juncture and I give up the competition?" Su Liao changed the subject and explained calmly, "The doctor called me I don’t want to exercise, but when I don’t exercise, my health is really poor, and I get sick every day or two. I even think that exercise is one of the best things that have happened to me so far.”

"Once the reflux starts, it will be a time bomb. Sooner or later, the valve will have to be replaced. It can only be said that this competition has accelerated its deterioration." Su Liao said every word very calmly. For sports, it is better to let me go for the last time. Don’t have a psychological burden. This is not impulsive. This is my choice after careful consideration.”

Yu Yu carefully avoided those wires and pipes, and took a place at the head of Su Liao's bed.Things had already happened, and he didn't want to argue with others about the right or wrong.He turned his head and took a special look at the drawn curtain, without warning, he turned his head and kissed Su Liao on the cheek.

With such a superficial movement, the instrument at the bedside beeped again, and Su Liao quickly took off his fingertips in fright - if he was so kissed that his heartbeat called the nurse sister, he would be ashamed to be a man.

Yu Yu: "..."

Su Liao stretched out his left hand, grabbed Yu Yu's shoulder, and lightly pecked Yu Yu's lips, before taking the fingertip back again.

Although there is a curtain to cover it, this is not a single room after all.Both were short of breath, but neither spoke.Yu Yu looked at the three-digit heartbeat at the head of the bed, and suddenly realized—it turned out that Su Liao's heart would beat so fast every time he approached.

This cognition is worth a thousand words.

People's mouths can lie, but their hearts can't.

However, the large changes in the heartbeat of the instrument a few times finally attracted the attention of the nurse. The sister nurse listed Yu Yu as a factor that was not conducive to Su Liao's recovery, and came to chase him away: "The visiting time is coming to an end soon, and the family escort is coming. Register at the nurse desk!"

Su Liao's salt water had to be hung until night, and Yu Yu wanted to accompany him to finish hanging, but he was neither a family member nor an adult, and the head nurse did not allow him to accompany him, saying that if Su Liao needed an escort, he should call his aunt.However, Su Liao said that he was in a stable condition, so he might not need to bother his aunt at night.The monitor is worn all the time, and if there is a problem, it will naturally call the police.

The athlete was in good health, so Su Liao was discharged from the hospital the next day and returned to school normally after two days of rest at home.

Yu Yu has always been distracted in class these two days.He once again felt the powerlessness of life pressing over his face—some unexpected events, when you are still at a loss and don't know how to accept, the future will be completely changed.

Su Liao won the first prize of the Ministry of Materials Competition last month, and was selected for the joint summer training camp of seven schools in Yan Province, preparing for the selection of the national team after the summer vacation.However, according to the current situation, the doctor recommends early surgery and pulmonary valve replacement, then there is a high probability that he will not be able to participate in this training camp, and it is even very possible that the road of competition guarantee will be abandoned.Seeing that the third year of high school is coming soon, and how the surgery will affect Su Liao's college entrance examination, everything has become an unknown.

Of course, Yu Yu wasn't worried about Su Liao's college entrance examination at all, he was more worried about his body: "Then when will you have the surgery?"

Su Liao said that he didn't know yet, and he was still comparing the treatment plans proposed by different hospitals, hoping to choose the safest treatment plan with the fastest recovery while ensuring the curative effect.

Su Liao's father immediately put down the work at hand and flew back from North America all the way.Although during the summer vacation, Su's father and his son broke up because of the issue of future choices, but his son's health is more important than anything else.In order to help Su Liao make the best choice, the great physicist began to frantically study the latest medical literature by himself.

"If you stay in Ninggang for traditional surgery, you should have a second thoracotomy."

Yu Yu was taken aback: "Open the chest?"

Su Liao made a "cut" movement to his chest with his hand, and nodded.

Yu Yu was so frightened that his eyes almost popped out.

"Now it is said that there is a minimally invasive intervention." Su Liao quickly comforted, "It's just that the operation is relatively new, and it is going to be done in Beijing. I don't know if it is suitable for my situation. I have to talk to the doctor over there again. Let’s chat and find out the situation. If you want to go to Beijing, you should have to wait for the summer vacation.”

Within two days, Yu Yu dragged his big killer whale to Su Liao's house.

Su Liao wondered, "What are you doing?"

"This year's National Swimming Marathon Championship is held in W City in the south, and I will start tomorrow." Yu Yu licked his lips and took a deep breath, "I should be back after the competition, maybe, I don't know, there may be some in the team Other arrangements. In case—I mean in case—it doesn't come in time for your surgery—or you're going to Beijing—"

He threw the killer whale on Su Liao's bed, and lowered his head in embarrassment: "Let him... accompany you."

Su Liao couldn't help laughing: "Thank you."

He found an oil-based pen, and wrote the letters "champion" seriously on the side of Yu Yu's right index finger just like last year.

"Play well," Su Liao patted his head gently, "Don't worry."

The author has something to say: Because I don’t want Kasu Liao to faint, so I combine them into one~

Su Liao's growth line was so written that I felt that my outline had collapsed at one point, and I finally wrote the sentence of the copywriting!

Thanks to the little angels of the irrigation nutrient solution: 41 bottles of flowe; 20 bottles of Yilu Nikuang Lu; 10 bottles of Yuexia, wormwood dumpling, and everything you like;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!