By the time Lin Yuxi reacted, he had already turned around and disappeared into the night with swift strides.
Back in the office, Lin Yuxi placed the third cake on the table.
There was too much, and she definitely couldn't finish it herself, so she took it out and distributed it to her colleagues on duty and a few patients who were still awake.
I originally wanted to give some to Sister Xu, but she was not in the ward, so she probably went to her daughter's place again.
Lin Yuxi carried the cake to the children's cancer ward. On the way, Xiao Cui, who stayed up late during the New Year's Eve, sent a WeChat message.
[I heard there are fireworks to watch today? How cool! If I had known I would be on duty for you]
Lin Yuxi replied to her: "Is the New Year's Eve dinner at home not delicious, or is the Spring Festival Gala not good to watch?" 】
Xiao Cui: [How can the Spring Festival Gala be lively and interesting, and I don’t know which boss is confessing his love to his little wife]
Lin Yuxi was shocked by those two words, but she was also surprised.
【Confession? 】
[Didn’t you see it? No, why did you miss it when you were in the hospital?]
Xiao Cui quickly sent over a few photos, which were taken by colleagues on duty in other departments with their mobile phones and sent to the group.
Lin Yuxi clicked on the picture as she walked.
She didn't finish the fireworks show and missed something. Every firework that bloomed contained words.
Someone took the pictures one by one and put them together. In just a short while, it had spread in several group chats.
Those fireworks are connected together to form a sentence——
I lOve yOU mOre than anything
(I love you more than anything in the world)
Lin Yuxi seemed to have a string in her heart that was plucked by a gentle fingertip.
Zhou Yanjing, as long as he works hard, no one can avoid falling.
The fireworks at zero o'clock made half the city look like daylight, and the crowd cheered and reveled, and they are still talking about it enthusiastically to this day.
But no one knew that the romantic and gorgeous fireworks were set off for one person.
When we arrived at Ran Ran's ward, most of the lights in the room had been turned off.
Only the bed next to the door had the light on. The child must have vomited after chemotherapy, and the family was cleaning it up gently.
Sister Xu set up a simple folding bed in the corner of the ward. Seeing that she and Ran Ran had already slept, Lin Yuxi was ready to leave.
"Doctor Lin." Ran Ran sat up from the bed and called her softly.
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Lin Yuxi asked in a soft voice.
Ran Ran rubbed her eyes: "I just fell asleep and woke up again."
Seeing her eyes widening as she looked at the cake in her hand, Lin Yuxi smiled: "Want to eat some?"
Ran Ran looked at her sleeping mother and nodded.
Lin Yuxi helped her put on her coat, and Ran Ran put on the hat she gave her, left the ward, and went to the nurse's station.
Lin Yuxi brought Zhou Yanjing's butterfly cake. The nurse on duty had never seen it before and praised it repeatedly.
Lin Yuxi cut the cake and shared it with everyone, and she also ate a piece.
There should be a little lemon juice added to the cream, which is sweet but not greasy and very refreshing.
After eating the cake, Lin Yuxi was about to send her back to rest, but Ran Ran refused to leave. She looked at her and said like a grown-up, "Doctor Lin, I want to have a chat with you, is that okay?"
"Of course." Lin Yuxi said.
The nurse went out very discerningly, and Ran Ran sat on the chair in front of Lin Yuxi. The adult chair was a bit high for her, and her feet could not reach the ground.
"Dr. Lin, can you help me persuade my mother?" Ran Ran's legs were clasped together awkwardly, her lips pursed, and she whispered, "I want to give my eyes to my mother."
Lin Yuxi was a little surprised.
What the hospital and the Red Cross mean is that Ran Ran's condition is not optimistic at the moment. If there is an emergency, the corneas can be donated to Sister Xu. As for other organs, they need to be examined to see if they meet the conditions for donation.
But the premise of all this was an assumption that Sister Xu was unwilling to accept, so she refused to talk about it at all. People from the Red Cross came to scold each one, and sometimes even took action.
In fact, children should not know this kind of thing.
But the Red Cross has come several times, and doctors, nurses, or patients may talk about it privately, so it’s no longer a secret.
"Ran Ran, do you know what this means?"
Ran Ran nodded: "I know. I have this disease and I will die sooner or later. I have known it for a long time. But I dare not tell my mother. She will be sad, but I have been prepared for it for a long time."
A child who has struggled with illness all year round has an understanding and calmness about death that is beyond her age.
"Then do you know why your mother disagrees?"
Lin Yuxi said: "From a medical perspective, doctors will do their best and assume the worst based on your condition. But in your mother's eyes, this assumption is not and is not allowed. In her eyes, you will live to be a hundred years old."
"I know." Ranran replied, "My mother loves me very much."
"If I tried to persuade her, it would be to force her to accept this assumption. This would be too difficult for her and too devastating."
As Sister Xu's attending doctor, Lin Yuxi didn't want to cure her eyes.
But sometimes the human spirit is more fragile than the eyes. Agreeing to accept her daughter's corneas means she accepts her daughter's death, which may make her whole person collapse.
Ranran raised his head with firm eyes: "Dr. Lin, do you love your mother?"
"Love. Love very much."
Just mentioning it made Lin Yuxi want to cry. How could she not love her?
Ran Ran asked: "Then are you willing to use your eyes to save your mother?"
Lin Yuxi was stunned by this sentence.
If it were her, the answer wouldn't even require thinking.
She is willing.
Lin Yuxi was silent for a long time, and finally looked at Ran Ran and smiled helplessly.
"Are you really only nine? You seem smarter than me."
Ran Ran smiled a little shyly but also a little proudly, revealing her cute dimples.
Lin Yuxi touched her head: "I'll find time to talk to your mother."
…
Working the night shift is a particularly draining job, and Lin Yuxi has many thoughts in her head.
Sometimes I think of the sensible and heart-warming Ran Ran, and sometimes I think of my mother.
There is also Zhou Yanjing who pops out from time to time to make his presence felt.
By the next morning, she was sleepy and tired.
After handing over to Sister Man, Sister Man said: "Looking at your haggard face, it looks like you were sucked out by a goblin last night. Go home and go to bed!"
Lin Yuxi stretched out: "I'll go talk to Sister Xu first."
"Hey, you finally figured it out?" Sister Man laughed, "I knew you were a soft-hearted person and couldn't just sit idly by."
Lin Yuxi sighed, rubbed her shoulders and said, "Nothing, Ran Ran came to do my ideological work yesterday."
"Ran Ran is a little genius. She is sensible and smart." Sister Man said as she caught a glimpse of Lin Yuxi's hand. When she grabbed it, it shone brightly.
"Your watch is so beautiful! Is it new?"
Lin Yuxi then remembered that she was still wearing her watch and had forgotten to take it off.
"A gift from someone else."
Sister Man immediately gave her an ambiguous look: "I understand."
...as soon as you understand something.
Lin Yuxi looked at the watch for a while, then finally took it off and put it in her bag.
