"Uh, so...is it Yingying that Cheng Xin was protecting in that basement?"

Back in the room, Ji Duan happened to bump into Xie Jin's words. He swayed to Cheng Xin's hospital bed and sat down, staring at the man's surprised profile without making any sound.

"Yes, it was my little brother who protected me! But he still hasn't woken up yet." The girl on the opposite bed happily hugged the newly acquired doll. Most children of this age have no concept of death. Zhang Xingying naturally couldn't understand that Cheng Xin was in a coma because of lack of oxygen for too long.

The little girl was so lively that she didn't look like she was just rescued from the dog cage. She was holding the doll, her two fleshy feet dangling from the edge of the bed and swaying, "...But, if my little brother doesn't wake up, I can't do it. Say thank you to him and I hope he gets better soon."

"It will be fine, little brother will wake up soon, for sure." Cheng Zaimin smiled at Zhang Xingying, and it was not difficult to see that his smile was a little reluctant.

"Brother Cheng..." Xie Jin was very worried. Although the child was rescued, Cheng Zaimin's emotions were not quite right. There seemed to be an invisible thread between those big rough hands, and the other end was tied to the Cheng Xin and Cheng Zaimin seem to be afraid that the child will disappear as soon as they let go.

"Actually, during the emergency treatment this morning, the doctor issued a critical illness notice." Cheng Zaimin knew that no matter how brave he was in front of Xie Jin, he couldn't pretend, he lowered his head and sighed deeply, "My only son, was ordered to I have a critical illness notice..."

He buried his face in his rough palm, and the atmosphere in the ward froze suddenly, only the sound of Cheng Xin's oxygen machine could be heard in silence.

"...How's the situation now?" Xie Jin's heart twitched hard. He knew where the haggardness came from when he saw Cheng Zaimin when he first entered the door. "Brother Cheng, don't worry too much."

"Oh, it's impossible not to be in a hurry." Cheng Zaimin raised his hand through the gap between the guard railings of the hospital bed and gently rubbed his son's cold hand, "The doctor said that he could only observe with oxygen, but Xin Xin was inhaling too much carbon dioxide in that basement. Poisoned, that's why it's so serious."

Cheng Zaimin brushed away the strands of hair stuck to his forehead for Cheng Xin, and said softly, "Actually, Xin Xin woke up one after another at seven or eight in the morning. He opened his mouth to ask for water. After I fed some, he fell asleep again. I haven't woken up until now."

"It will be fine, it will be fine." Xie Jin grabbed the middle-aged man's hand and shook it firmly, "Xin Xin hasn't played with the car I sent him, and hasn't heard Yingying's thanks yet, so she must be It'll be all right."

"Brother Xie, I'm so grateful to you." Cheng Zaimin's words of thanks choked in his throat. He really didn't know how to repay the young man in front of him. He only thought that he was willing to be a bull and a horse in his next life.

"Brother Cheng, where's your mother? You have to run both ways in the hospital now, can you be busy?" Xie Jin thought of Cheng Zaimin's old mother who was rushed to the hospital because of a sudden heart attack, and felt unfortunate for this poor middle-aged man from the bottom of his heart .

"My mother doesn't have to worry about it for the time being. Neighbors donated spontaneously, and some caring people in the society helped. The surgery money has been collected. One of the caring people, Ms. Zhang, heard what happened in my home. He said he could help take care of my mother, and let me come with the child first."

Cheng Zaimin sat there with drooping shoulders, and smiled reluctantly, "I owe too much human debt, and I will pay it back slowly in the second half of my life."

After chatting for a long time one after another, Xie Jin got up and left after confirming that Cheng Zaimin had no major problems mentally or psychologically.

When he passed Zhang Xingying's hospital bed, he accidentally glanced at Boss Zhang. Since he and Cheng Zaimin started talking, this young man of the same age has been silent, probably because he owed the Cheng family, and Boss Zhang also paid for Cheng's mother's treatment. one of them.

"Boss Zhang, your son is very brave." After thinking about it, Xie Jin still said aloud. When he saw Boss Zhang looking up at him, he nodded and greeted the other party, "I hope you don't blame yourself, everything will develop in a good direction. of."

As soon as Xie Jin said those words, he felt that his face was hot. He couldn't believe that those words just came out of his mouth. He was a little nervous, and wanted to escape from here as quickly as possible.

"Then, Boss Na, and Brother Cheng, I'll go first. I may have to travel far away recently. If the child wakes up, please tell me the good news."

Xie Jin stammered and left this sentence, which was still complete, and trotted out of the room as if he ran away. Even Ji Duan, who was standing beside him, couldn't react.

"……thanks."

Just as Ji Duan was about to follow him out, there was a dull thank you from Boss Zhang from the back. He didn't look back, but raised his legs and chased out: "Wait for me, Uncle Xie."

But is there any trace of Xie Jin in the hospital corridor? Ji Duan's brows quickly came together. He observed the surrounding environment and found that the door of the escape route not far away was still flapping back and forth along the inertia, and immediately chased after him.

Unlike the unusually lively corridor, the escape route is very quiet, and even the lights used for lighting are a little dim. Ji Duan passed through the sliding door, followed the sound of breathing and walked down one floor, and then saw hugging knees sitting on the steps. Xie Jin.

"Uncle Xie, what's wrong with you?" He didn't choose to sit next to him, but walked to a lower position, turned around and crouched in front of Xie Jin, "Why did you suddenly run away, I don't know how to wait for me..."

"It's so strange, Ji Duan." Xie Jin didn't look up. He hid his face between his legs and said in a muffled voice, "How can I say those words to Boss Zhang? It's not like I know what to say."

Xie Jin felt that his heart was still beating wildly, and he was shocked by this behavior that was not like himself.

"Do you think what you said is wrong?" Ji Duan stared at the man's small swirl of hair, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and reached out to play with the black hair there, "but in my opinion, it's just the opposite, what you said and expressed Everything that came out was logical and that's where I said you changed."

"Don't feel strange." Ji Duan rubbed Xie Jin's soft black hair, "You can talk to others normally, you can feel sad for others, have compassion and empathy, this is the only way to experience so much and change Then the real you."

Xie Jin didn't answer, he still curled himself between his knees, retracting his body into the evasive shell just like he did at the beginning. But this time, he reacted to Ji Duan's words.

"Xie Jin, do you want to come here?" Ji Duan tapped the man's neck with his fingertips, and after the other party responded, he opened his arms and opened his arms in Xie Jin's direction, "Don't suffocate yourself in your lap Ah, come to me... Ouch."

Ji Duan only felt his arms sinking, Xie Jin in front of him hugged his neck, and the two of them fell backwards together. Fortunately, he didn't squat on the stairs, Ji Duan took Xie Jin in his arms, and walked towards the corner of the stairs. The ground fell.

This is really... a lot of honesty? Ji Duan patted Xie Jin's back, and this idea came to his mind. He felt his neck being gradually tightened by the man, and he felt both funny and helpless.

"Uncle Xie, I'm going to be out of breath no matter how hard I try, huh?"

Xie Jin was awakened by Ji Duan's joking tone, Xie Jin hurriedly loosened the restraint on the young man's neck, and he propped himself up from Ji Duan: "Sorry... I missed a bit."

He just wanted to get up, but he found two big hands on his waist at some point, Ji Duan chuckled, pinched Xie Jin's waist and pulled him towards him: "Where are you going?"

"Get up, get up?" Xie Jin turned his head in confusion, as if he vaguely realized that something was wrong, "We still need to check our mobile phone..."

"You threw me down, but now you're thinking about buying a mobile phone?" Ji Duan refused to let Xie Jin go. He stretched his neck and blew into the man's ear, and said in a very low voice, "Don't you Are you going to give me something to make it up? Like a kiss or something?"

"?!" Xie Jin's body was fixed, and Ji Duan thought for a moment that the man was petrified, but he didn't want to let go of this opportunity to play tricks on the man.

So he pretended to be innocent again, but the strength in his hand was not loose but tight: "The kiss was so fierce this morning, did you change your mind after sleeping?"

"No! I didn't... I did." Xie Jin hurriedly defended himself. He pursed his lips and looked at the young man who was getting closer to him, muttering softly, "I haven't changed my mind."

"Then give me a kiss." Ji Duan simply lay flat on the ground, with a playful smile on his face like a rascal.

"But this is outside..." Xie Jin just opened his mouth to quibble, then suddenly remembered that he was the one who kissed the young man frantically in the deserted pavilion in the middle of the lake this morning. Trying to use the excuse of "this is outside" will not work. , He blushed, closed his eyes and kissed Ji Duan on the cheek in a daze.

Ji Duan raised his eyebrows, his mouth hurt from being bumped by the man, Xie Jin was still standing there with his eyes closed like a piece of wood, Ji Duan still couldn't hold back, and grabbed the back of Xie Jin's head to pry open the other's mouth.

The surrounding air seemed to stagnate accordingly, and the body temperature rose linearly under the intimate movements of the two, Xie Jin felt that his brain was about to turn into a puddle of paste.

"No, no more!" He pushed Ji Duan's chest and struggled for a while before regaining the initiative of his lips. He leaned on the opponent's body and panted heavily, his heart beating wildly as if he had just finished a long-distance marathon.

"No more?" Ji Duan hugged Xie Jin and sat up from the ground, his soft lips were still deliberately rubbing the man's sensitive ears, "I can't kiss when I go home? After all, Wen Liang is there, but I don't care , he is also the one to be embarrassed."

"Don't!" Xie Jin could predict what Ji Duan would say next, and just when he was about to interrupt the young man's dangerous thoughts, the fire exit door on the upper floor was pushed open.

"Little Treasure, we need to obediently take medicine to get better from our illness, you know?" The young mother carried the child down from the third floor, the child in her arms nodded half-understanding, with tears still hanging from the corners of her eyes.

"Mom, the injection hurts."

The young mother was about to comfort her child when she heard a "bang" from the sliding door on the next floor, as if someone had just exited from the fire exit.

She glanced down in surprise, the only exit on the second floor was the door that was still shaking slightly, and she didn't see anyone.

Ji Duan completely took care of Uncle Xie, the black-bellied dog pretended to be innocent