Breaths, light and shallow, scattered throughout the quiet hospital room.
Zoey can finally shed a tear without having to hide it.
Without noticing … him, his hand, resting on the sheet, moved …
In fact, he, not ever sleep. Just, can’t bear to see her so hard to disguise …
In two days, Zoey lost weight.
The kids don’t know that Daddy is in the hospital, they just think that he and Zoey are in Hong Kong having a good time, and Zoey’s physical exertion from running around between the hospital and home is nothing but a growing fear in her heart.
Yesterday, Xiao mother called once and said she would return to China in two days. jerry Xiao did not tell her elders about the deterioration of her condition. If I can give them two more days of peace of mind, that’s two more days.
In the past two days, the most frequent conversation in the hospital room has been Zoey’s words, “Will I marry you?”
“Don’t make a fuss …” were his usual words, helpless, but doting. And then, exhaustion hit him, and embracing her, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
At this time, she would obediently silence him and hold him indulgently. However, two hours later, when he woke up, she continued to pester him, “You marry me, I have given you two children, if you don’t marry me, no one will want me in the future ….”
That time, when she said such words, Jerry Xiao still did not answer. Only, the deep eyes crossed a trace of deep pain, and in the next instant, grabbed her and kissed her heavily.
That kiss exhausted a lot of his strength. But he stubbornly did not let go, it was that kind of kiss … kissed …
As if, to kiss to the end of life … kiss to, the end of the world … old …
But …
After that, Zoey didn’t dare to pester him anymore. She stayed by his bedside all the time, didn’t go anywhere, told him jokes, fed him, and brought him tea and water.
Only, today …
When he opened his eyes, he was surprised that he couldn’t see her. There was a void in his heart, a panicked feeling that left him a little overwhelmed. Almost immediately, the alarm was pressed.
Quickly, a nurse rushed in.
“Is something wrong?”
“Where is she? Where did she go?” He searched anxiously. Wanted to see her, didn’t want to let her out of his sight for a moment, because, his time, was already too little to waste. Even a second was a luxury …
“Oh, you mean your wife?” The nurse asked.
“Ma’am?” He chewed on those two words, only to feel a wonderful sensation cross his mind and make his heartstrings quake …
She must have said so with the nurse’s door.
Can’t really do anything about her.
But … Mrs., those two words are really nice …
“Yes, that’s my wife.” Jerry Xiao nodded, “May I ask where she went?”
“I’m not too sure about that one. She was still there when she checked in this morning. Said she was going out for a while and instructed me to take good care of you.” The nurse explained.
Just went out without a word. Did you go home?
Jerry Xiao slightly pondered, then did not ask more questions. Only took the cell phone to, want to give her a call, but the number dialed out, the other side can never be connected. Holding the cell phone, the heart can not avoid some loss. Lonely looking out of the window, looking at the sunlight irradiation of the plum blossom of the angry branches …
Today, his life, it seems, is more fragile than this branch of plum …
“Mr. Zhan, you lie down and rest, in a moment Dr. Luo will come to give you a thorough examination.” The nurse droned out. Jerry Xiao only drew back his line of sight and glanced at the other party, “You go about your business, I’ll sit down for a while.”
“Uh-huh.” The nurse smiled slightly, “Your wife will surely be back soon. You’re so close, she won’t want to leave you alone.”
Jerry Xiao didn’t respond to the nurse’s words again, just held a polite smile.
After waiting all morning, and most of the morning, Jerry Xiao still hadn’t seen Zoey. Is it because he’s leaving soon? I’m getting more and more attached to her and miss her more and more. …
…
Jerry Xiao was slightly surprised to see Owen Baker instead of Zoey. But Owen Baker did not have unnecessary pleasantries with him, just pushed to the corner of the wheelchair, looking at him to speak: “Zoey asked me to come to take you to the square of the park to get some air.”
“Zoey , busy now?” He asked.
“Uh-huh. Kind of busy.” Owen Baker nodded, answered him, and helped him into the wheelchair. With just such a flurry of activity, Jerry Xiao’s forehead is already oozing with layers of thin sweat, which secretly alarms Owen Baker. Just looking at him, he doesn’t move for a long time.
Not missing his sight, Jerry Xiao spread his hands and smiled to himself, “Things aren’t looking too good right now, so going out for some air might be a bit of a hassle. It would be better to lie in bed and rest without delaying you.”
“I promised Zoey I’d do it, no matter how much trouble it would be.” Owen Baker pushed him out of the hospital room. This man, Owen Baker heart once so annoyed him, but now, watching him so sitting in a wheelchair, unbearable by the disease, the past those annoyed, but also gradually evaporate.
…
Outside, the sun was just right, pouncing down, and it wasn’t that cold. Jerry Xiao, already dressed thickly enough in a blanket, sat in his wheelchair, looking almost greedily at the scene before him.
The traffic, the crowd … even the dead tree branches, at the moment, in his eyes feel so beautiful …
How can you see enough in three months?
“Today, my parents have asked about you.” Owen Baker spoke suddenly.
“They must really resent me.” Jerry Xiao stares flatly ahead.
“More than blaming you? You’re the one who made their daughter, like, lose her mind.” How Zoey came to be these past few days was obvious to everyone. Who doesn’t feel bad in their heart? However, they couldn’t even say a word of comfort.
Jerry Xiao eyes slightly dark, some pain, some regret, “Sorry, I thought about visiting them, but Zoey advised me to wait. Now it seems … that in the future, there may not be another opportunity …”
Looking at him, pale and tired, Owen Baker didn’t say anything. Just pushed him, across a sidewalk, toward the most lively and bustling park square.
“By the way, I received a call from the lawyer today, and the forwarding contract is all done. In a couple days, it will be in your hands, as long as you sign it, Baker family I’ll consider it returned to its rightful owner.” Jerry Xiao opened his mouth, in the downtown, his voice sounded a little weak. But, Owen Baker still heard clearly.
He was not interested in the company, not much. Says only, “Right now, the company is not the most important thing. the happiness of Zoey and the children is the focus of our entire family.”
Jerry Xiao’s hand, resting on the wheelchair, fingertips slightly pale. Pursed his lips, the bottom of his eyes were all bleak and gray, “I’m sorry, in addition to the company … other, I can no longer help …”
Being unable to do anything is the most heartbreaking helplessness. If he could, he really wanted to give her everything she wanted …
Owen Baker did not say anything more, Jerry Xiao’s words are the most cruel, but also the most true. Nowadays, he gave any more promises, eventually but all will become lies …
Why let Zoey fool herself again?
…
The square of the park, in the center of the city. After the New Year’s holiday, met a rare good weather, so at the moment gathered a lot of people, from the old to the young. The atmosphere, very lively. Children’s laughter, adults’ cheerful conversation … intertwined, the melodious music being played in the radio …
Clusters of plum blossoms, clinging to the branches, blossomed overhead. The pink and delicate colors embellish the city with brilliant colors. The dolphin fountain in the center of the square jets out a column of water. Everything around looks so romantic and vivid …
Jerry Xiao is sitting right there in his wheelchair, looking at what’s in front of him. There was a bouquet of plum blossoms being pressed down, and it fell right in front of his brow. He touched the soft petals with his hand, and the gloom in his heart seemed to have dispersed a lot because of this beautiful everything …
“Is there any reason why it’s … different to go to all this trouble to bring me here?”
He asked Owen Baker behind him. words, not yet finished, the music playing in the square, but abruptly stopped. And then, heard a familiar voice, far away, from the radio out …
“Jerry.”
He froze for a split second, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes.
It’s Zoey …
“I’m guessing that you’ve reached the plaza and can hear me …”
That familiar voice, gentle, clear, like a trickle of water flowing out. On such a cold winter day, it only sounded warm. Jerry Xiao squinted his eyes, leaned back in his wheelchair, bent his head slightly, and looked through the clusters of plum blossoms in front of him at the sound in the fountain.
It was as if, at the moment, she was standing there talking to herself.
“How many times have I confided in you before? I forgot. But it does not matter, now I have such a good opportunity to tell you, but also tell all the people here – Jerry, I love you … ” her voice, suddenly choked up, that sincere emotion but not at all bad flow out, “have forgotten from when to start falling in love with you, but, when I realized the time … this love, has become my life, my habits, and even my faith, so that I can not let go, and can not turn my back on … …”
The soft and slow voice, but there is a firmness and obstinacy, so deep that the listener will be moved. On the square, all the people seemed to be shocked by such a public confession, all stopped their movements and looked at the broadcast in amazement, occasionally bowing their heads and whispering to the people beside them.
Jerry Xiao was also shocked, a touch of emotion crossed the bottom of his deep eyes, and he actually reddened his eyes just like that.
Her soft and gentle voice was heard and continued. It echoed within the plaza that had quieted down all of a sudden, swinging into everyone’s heart.
“Remember that line you said? Life is a subtraction, seeing one side is less than the other. But that’s too cruel for my liking. All right, let’s change it – life is an addition, if we see each other, we spend more time together. And I, now selfishly want to take the next all your time for yourself, want to see many, many faces with you … want to open your eyes, the first to see is you; close your eyes before, the last to see that is also you; dinner time, accompanied by my side is still you… … Jerry, accompany me to do this addition. Promise me … we’ll get married, OK?”
The complete paragraph was said out, the square, all the people were shocked as if for a long time, no one made a sound.
Jerry Xiao can not use words to express the bottom of the heart of that shake. Everything in front of him was blurred by tears, he grabbed the wheelchair and stood up with great difficulty. Owen Baker subconsciously wanted to help him, but his hand stretched out, but in the end, he stopped.