Lu Zhinian called a taxi on his mobile phone. Public cars were not allowed to enter the school. Lu Zhinian walked quickly with Jiang Suchu in his arms, but he was afraid that he would bump her.
Along the way, he seemed to be holding a handful of water, carefully.
"Dad...it hurts so much..."
"Dad...Dad...I miss you so much every year,,,"
"Dad, why..." she sobbed, "why doesn't mom want me..."
"Why...."
Along the way, Jiang Suchu kept mumbling to himself in a low voice.
Lu Zhinian couldn't describe how uncomfortable he felt at this moment. He looked at Jiang Suichu, who was curled up in his arms and moaning in pain, and his heart felt like it was being strangled by a thin thread.
Every time she hummed or frowned, the thread tightened.
His Adam's apple rolled, but it was difficult to breathe.
Jiang Suchu's hand tightly grasped his collar, tears constantly leaking from the end of his eyes.
"I feel so bad..." She sobbed softly.
She was already in a state of confusion. Jiang Suichu, who was sober, would not show such a fragile side.
Lu Zhinian lowered his head, put his face against her forehead, and coaxed her in a low voice, "Be good every year."
"We go to the doctor and it won't feel bad after seeing the doctor."
How could Jiang Suichu hear what he said. She just whimpered and stretched out her hands to cling to Lu Zhinian's neck, like a drowning person clinging to a driftwood in the water.
Uneasy and strenuous.
Shu Yuan heard that Jiang Suichu was ill and rushed to the hospital to arrange everything in advance. As soon as Jiang Suichu arrived at the hospital, he was pushed into the emergency room by doctors and nurses.
The moment he saw Jiang Suchu being pushed into the emergency room, Lu Zhinian seemed to collapse all of a sudden. His legs went limp and he fell onto a chair in the corridor.
Shu Yuan was startled and exclaimed: "A Nian!"
There were still beads of sweat on Lu Zhinian's cheeks. He bent forward and buried his face in his hands.
Shu Yuan looked at her son's remorseful look, moved the corners of her mouth but did not speak. She just sat down beside him silently, put her arms around his shoulders and touched his hair.
About half an hour later, Jiang Suichu was transferred from the emergency room to the general ward.
There seemed to be only a thin piece of Jiang Suichu on the hospital bed, and his whole body was sunk in the quilt. Her brows were frowned and her lips were bloodless.
Shu Yuan touched Jiang Suichu's face distressedly and asked the doctor: "Director Li, why does she still look so uncomfortable?"
Director Li pushed up his glasses and said, "Mr. Shu, let's go to the office and I'll explain it to you in detail."
When Lu Zhinian heard this, he glanced at the doctor and saw a bad expression on the doctor's face.
Shu Yuan paused, tucked Jiang Suichu's quilt, and then said to Lu Zhinian, "A-Nian, you stay here with Suisui."
Lu Zhinian didn't speak, just nodded.
After Shu Yuan and the doctor left, Lu Zhinian, who had been standing at the end of the bed, moved slowly. He moved a chair and sat beside the bed, looking at Jiang Suchu quietly.
Seeing her uncomfortable look, his heart was extremely heavy, and he felt like a stranded fish.
He thought about her weight in his arms, as light as a fallen leaf. It seemed that if he didn't pay attention, she would be blown away by the wind.
He gently held Jiang Suchu's hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Zhuzhu, I'm sorry."
Didn't protect you.
doctor's office.
Director Li glanced at the medical certificate in his hand and said, "Mr. Shu, is this child a relative of yours?"
Shu Yuan paused and did not answer the question directly, but asked: "Director Li, is Suisui's illness serious?"
There seemed to be a drum beating in her heart, and she was in disarray.
Director Li shook his head and said, "Her illness is mainly caused by a cold plus dysmenorrhea."
Shu Yuan: "Dysmenorrhea?"
How can I have dysmenorrhea at such a young age?
Director Li nodded and said: "Although dysmenorrhea is not a big problem, her dysmenorrhea is a bit serious. It should be that girls did not pay attention to menarche when they had menarche, leaving the root cause of the disease. This disease, apart from gradual treatment in the later period, there is no What a very effective treatment.”
"And she has a history of taking painkillers for a long time. Although we gave her painkillers today, they didn't have much effect on her. I'm afraid the little girl will still suffer a little tonight." Because of long-term use of painkillers, Jiang Suichu has become somewhat desensitized to painkillers.
But this was not the point that Director Li wanted to talk about. Director Li pushed a medical certificate to Shu Yuan and said, "Mr. Shu, please take a look at this inspection report."
"We conducted a full body examination on Miss Jiang and found that the little girl has been suffering from malnutrition all year round. And she is severely malnourished!"
Shu Yuan picked up the medical certificate and paused slightly with her fingertips.
Shu Yuan was a little shocked: "Severe malnutrition."
Director Li nodded and said, "Look down."
Shu Yuan's hands were trembling slightly. The medical certificate recorded various physical indicators of Jiang Suchu, but none of them were up to standard. The most important thing is that there are many large and small scars on her body recorded later.
Shu Yuan's eyes turned slightly red after reading this. She raised her head and looked at Director Li, "Director Li, what is this?"
Director Li looked solemn and said: "I think Miss Jiang may have suffered abuse or... bullying before."
This is why Director Li initially asked her if she was a relative of Jiang Suichu. If it was really what he suspected, he felt it necessary to report it to the Public Security Bureau.
Shu Yuan froze in her seat.
Director Li: "Mr. Shu, if you know Miss Jiang's family, I think it would be better to inform them."
It took Shu Yuan a while to recover. She wiped the corners of her eyes with her hands and nodded.
The phone rang.
"Sorry, I'll take a call." Shu Yuan apologized to the doctor, then picked up the phone and walked out of the office.
She didn't answer the phone until she reached the end of the corridor.
"Hello."
Lu Shenghua immediately heard something was wrong in his voice, "Honey, what's wrong with you?"
Shu Yuan couldn't control her tears anymore, and with sobs, she said to Lu Shenghua on the other end of the phone: "Shenghua, we are sorry for Zhiwei."
Lu Shenghua on the other end of the phone paused, and then said, "I'll be at the hospital soon."
"Yeah~" Shu Yuan nodded with tears in her eyes, and then hung up the phone.
Shu Yuan stood in the corridor and stared at the diagnostic book in her hand for a long time. She couldn't imagine what Jiang Suichu had been living these past years.
He is 1.6 meters tall, weighs less than 70 kilograms, and has many large and small scars on his body.
Scars from cuts, burns, and even cigarette butt marks.
Shu Yuan took a deep breath and punched her chest hard.
She couldn't look down any further.
"Aunt Yuan."
Hearing the sound, Shu Yuan turned around and saw Pei Tian and Pei Shuo, father and son, coming up from the stairs.
Pei Tian was still wearing his uniform, his shoulders were straight, and the police rank on his shoulders glowed under the incandescent lights of the hospital. He probably didn't go home and came directly from the bureau.
Shu Yuan nodded at him, "Here we come."
"Yes." Pei Tian looked at her red eyes, his expression gradually became serious.
Pei Shuo naturally noticed Shu Yuan's strange behavior and asked worriedly: "Aunt Yuan, are you okay in Suisui?"
Shu Yuan glanced at Pei Shuo. Pei Shuo had three schoolbags hanging on his body and was carrying ginger tea that Lu Zhinian had not taken away.
"Don't worry, Suisui will be fine." She soothed softly.
"Sui Sui is in ward 303. Shuoshuo, please go there first. An Nian is here too."
Pei Shuo glanced at the two of them and knew that it was not convenient for them to say it in front of him.
"Well, Aunt Nayuan, Dad, I'm going to see Suisui first."
As soon as Pei Shuo left, Lu Shenghua arrived.
"Lao Pei, are you here too?" Lu Shenghua wanted to go directly to the ward, but as soon as he got out of the elevator, he saw Shu Yuan and Pei Tian talking in the corridor.
Pei Tian looked at him, "Shenghua, aren't you in Haicheng?"
When he learned that Jiang Suichu was in Yun City in the afternoon, he called Lu Shenghua immediately. Lu Shenghua was still on a business trip in Haicheng at that time, but he had already learned about the matter from Shu Yuan and was preparing to contact Pei Tian.
"I just flew back." Lu Shenghua said, "Shu Yuan called me in the afternoon and told me that Suisui was in Yun City. I thought that I had to come back and have a look."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got off the plane, he saw the message Shu Yuan sent him, saying that Jiang Suichu had been admitted to the hospital.
"What did the doctor say?" Lu Shenghua looked at Shu Yuan, and he could tell that her tone was wrong on the phone.
Shu Yuan showed him the medical certificate in her hand.
"The doctor said that Suisui has severe malnutrition, and..." Shu Yuan choked up and shed tears again, "The doctor also said that Suisui has many scars and old injuries on her body. She may have suffered Abuse and bullying.”
"What!" Pei Tian said in shock, "Bullying?"
Lu Shenghua was also shocked and looked at the report again as if he couldn't believe it. It clearly stated that Jiang Suichu had dozens of scars on his body, the most serious of which was a broken rib.
Shu Yuan nodded and told Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian what Lu Zhinian had told her before.
Shu Yuan wiped her tears and said, "A Nian said that Sui Sui didn't want to mention the past. She just said that she had been living with her grandma in the countryside of Muyang Town these years."
Lu Shenghua asked: "Where is Liyun?"
Shu Yuan shook her head and said, "I don't know, Suisui doesn't want to say."
As Shu Yuan was already sobbing, Lu Shenghua stepped forward and took his wife into his arms. He wanted to say some words of comfort but didn't know what to say. Because his own heart seemed to be blocked by a big stone.
Shu Yuan looked at Pei Tian and said, "Old Pei, you must investigate this matter Sui Sui. We can't let us be bullied like this Sui Sui."
"Otherwise...how else can we explain to Zhiwei!"
Even if Shu Yuan didn't say anything, Pei Tian wouldn't be able to just sit idly by.
Pei Tian and Lu Shenghua looked at each other, and the emotions in each other's eyes were self-evident.
Lu Shenghua's eyes were also red, he looked at Pei Tian and sighed: "Old Pei, we... are sorry for Zhiwei."
Pei Tian lowered his eyes and glanced at the police hat in his hand, his Adam's apple rolling.
"Yes, we are ashamed of Zhiwei."
The three of them stood at the end of the corridor, silent for a long time.
Pei Shuo leaned against the wall at the corner of the corridor, looking down at the faint green light of the emergency exit light. The conversation between the few people just now has been swirling in my mind.
Severe malnutrition.
scar.
Bullying.
Every word was like an invisible hand clasping his throat.
He rolled his Adam's apple in discomfort, and when he turned around, he saw Lu Zhinian standing blankly at the door of Ward 303, holding a disposable water cup and cotton swabs.
Lu Zhinian originally just wanted to come out and get some water to help Jiang Suichu moisten his mouth. When he got the water and returned to the ward, he saw Pei Shuo hiding in the corner. He wanted to call him but didn't want to hear the conversation between his parents and Uncle Pei.
"A Nian." Pei Shuo called him softly in a hoarse voice.
Lu Zhinian came back to his senses and slowly looked at him, his eyes darker than the night outside.
Lu Zhinian pursed his lips tightly, said nothing, and turned back to the ward.
Pei Shuo picked up his schoolbag and followed him. He gently opened the ward door. The ward was so quiet that he could hear Jiang Suchu's uncomfortable moans from the door.
Lu Zhinian was silent, taking out a cotton swab soaked in water and gently moistening Jiang Suchu's chapped lips.
Pei Shuo put down his schoolbag and walked quietly to the bedside. He looked at Jiang Suichu on the hospital bed, his pale little face wrinkled into a ball.
"A Nian, did you hear that just now?" Pei Shuo asked him in a low voice, afraid of disturbing Jiang Suchu.
Lu Zhinian paused his hands slightly and said 'hmm'.
He heard it all.
Pei Shuo said: "I'm sure I still don't want to say it. Should we ask Jiang Minghao?"
He definitely knows more than they do.
Lu Zhinian put the water cup on the cabinet next to the hospital bed, but his eyes remained on Jiang Suichu's face.
Just as he was about to say something, the ward door was pushed open and Shu Yuan and the others walked in.
Lu Zhinian straightened up, and Pei Shuo also looked back. When he saw a few people coming in, he consciously stood on Lu Zhinian's side.
The three of them subconsciously walked lightly, and Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian walked to the bedside.
Most of Jiang Suichu's looks are those of Jiang Zhiwei, especially his clear and determined eyebrows. When the two tough guys saw Jiang Suichu's eyebrows and eyes that were similar to those of his former comrades, their eyes were red again.
Even though they had learned from the examination report how bad Jiang Suichu's current condition was, Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian still felt a little bit stuck in their throats when they saw the thin and weak man lying on the hospital bed.
This is not the same innocent and lively little Suisui that she was when she was a child.
Pei Tian saw Jiang Suichu sleeping all the time, and asked Shu Yuan worriedly: "Is Sui Sui asleep or...?"
Shu Yuan bent down and gently stroked the broken hair on Jiang Suichu's forehead, and said softly: "The doctor prescribed some medicine to relieve pain. The medicine contains diazepam."
So, he fell asleep.
Pei Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Shenghua looked at the infusion bottle, and there were several more bottles.
"Let's stay in the hospital tonight. Shu Yuan, take Suisui home tomorrow. Let Dr. Zhao go to home for treatment." Lu Shenghua said to his wife.
Dr. Zhao is the Lu family’s family doctor.
Shu Yuan nodded and said, "I think so too."
It's very late today.
Shu Yuan glanced at the people in the ward, and then said to Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian, "You two take them home first. I'll be watching over them tonight."
Lu Zhinian frowned and said, "Mom, I'd better stay."
Pei Shuo also said quickly: "I won't go back either. I want to stay here to take care of Suisui."
Shu Yuan knew that the two children were worried about Suisui, but after all, they were no longer children. Suisui is a girl, so it is not convenient for two boys to take care of her here.
"No, how can you take care of Suisui if you two can't take care of yourself." Shu Yuan scolded in a low voice, "Besides, Suisui is a girl, so it's not convenient for you two boys."
When Lu Zhinian rarely talked back to Shu Yuan, even if Shu Yuan said this, he still insisted: "Then I won't go back."
He just wanted to guard her and want her to see him when she woke up.
"I don't want to go back either." Pei Shuo was determined, and the two of them had a tacit understanding on this matter.
Pei Tian glanced at the two brats and said to Shu Yuan, "Let them stay."
What a wonderful relationship the three of them had when they were young, if not for... Sigh~~
"Didn't you just say you wanted to go home and get something?" Lu Shenghua also said, "Just let them stay here, and I'll send you back to get something first."
Although the doctor prescribed sedatives, they only provided relief but did not completely relieve the pain. Jiang Suichu was still sweating a little from the pain. Shu Yuan was going to go home and bring some changes of clothes to wipe her body later.
Seeing that both Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian said this, Shu Yuan thought for a moment and agreed.
The three little guys were almost inseparable when they were young. Although they haven't seen each other for ten years, Shu Yuan secretly hopes that they can take care of and love each other like they did when they were children.
Now looking at the two teenagers who are about to grow into adults, she can see their worries over the years.
fair enough.
"Then you two stay here and don't run around." Shu Yuan warned with some worry: "Use warm water to moisturize Suisui's lips every half hour."
"I'll just go back and get something."
"Yeah." Lu Zhinian responded. He knew even Shu Yuan didn't tell her.
Seeing that Shu Yuan agreed, Pei Shuo's voice was so happy that he said, "Don't worry, Aunt Yuan."
Pei Tian couldn't see that his son was always acting careless, so he stretched out his hand to hit him: "Please keep your voice down, don't make noise until Sui Sui."
Pei Shuo reflexively hid behind Lu Zhinian to avoid Pei Tian's big hand. Then he gritted his teeth in Lu Zhinian's ear and said, "Did you see that, I just said that Princess Suisui is his biological child."
Lu Zhinian was speechless and pushed his hand away.
"Then let's go." Shu Yuan tucked in the quilt, picked up her bag and said to Lu Shenghua and Pei Tian.
The three of them walked out of the ward together, and when they closed the door, they vaguely heard Pei Tian asking Lu Shenghua.
"Want to fly to Haicheng?"
Lu Shenghua pinched his eyebrows, feeling a little tired, "Well, I'm not done yet. The flight leaves at 2 o'clock in the morning."
As he said that, he looked at Pei Tian, who was wearing a police uniform, "What about you? Are you going back to the station?"
Pei Tian nodded and was speechless for a long time.
Over the years, he has always been on the front line, often working in the bureau until late at night before going home. Others only know that he is dedicated to his duties, but only Pei Tian himself knows that a share of this so-called effort will always belong to Jiang Zhiwei.
Autumn has arrived, there is a coolness in the evening breeze, and the leaves are rustling in the wind.
Pei Tian looked up at the dark night and sighed: "Is it almost the anniversary of Zhiwei's death?"
Lu Shenghua nodded silently, looked up at the sky, and then mocked himself in a low voice: "This year, I seem to have no shame to see him."
In the past, every year on the anniversary of Jiang Zhiwei's death, Pei Tian and Lu Shenghua would carry wine to the riverside where they used to go. Over the years, the two of them made promises to Jiang Shui time and time again, saying that they would find Jiang Suichu and his daughter and take good care of them for him.
Therefore, the two of them never gave up looking for Jiang Suichu's mother and daughter in these years. However, because of Jiang Zhiwei's special status, they did not dare to be too blatant for fear of bringing disaster to Jiang Suichu and his daughter.
Now, I finally found Suisui.
But the two of them were even more embarrassed to face their comrades who had fought side by side.
