Picking Up Stars - Chapter 67

[Chapter 67]

The hospital was so unfamiliar, with more than a dozen buildings next to each other, Qin Fang couldn’t even find the inpatient department of the respiratory department. He ran back and forth twice, and finally found the ward after asking two consultation desks.

He was still breathing heavily when he ran in. Qin Fang saw Gong Qi and Si Tu on the hospital bed.

Gong Qi didn’t cry, but her eyes were swollen.

Si Tu was wearing a ventilator on his face, his blood pressure and heartbeat were being monitored, and water was hanging on his hands. Si Tu’s eyes were closed, and he slept peacefully.

Gong Qi spoke to Qin Fang in a low voice, Qin Fang took a few deep breaths to calm his breathing.

“He didn’t let me speak. He said he would wait until he left before calling. But I…” Gong Qi covered her face with both hands and whispered, “But I’m too panicked. I don’t know. Whether it’s right to listen to him, I should respect his thoughts, but I think it’s too cruel.”

Qin Fang patted her, didn’t speak, and comforted her silently.

He looked at Si Tu on the hospital bed, and he still felt in a trance even now. His face was as white as paper, and he frowned slightly, probably a little uncomfortable.

Qin Fang looked at him and couldn’t imagine that this person was about to leave, he just seemed to have a second illness.

“Why is it like this?” Qin Fang looked at Si Tu without blinking and didn’t look back.

“It’s burnt.” Gong Qi also looked at Si Tu, her voice slightly hoarse, “It’s just like this after a cold. His health is so bad that he can’t even handle a cold.”

Si Tu always knew that he was in bad health. I have a bad cough, and I can’t do heavy work, and if I exert myself, I will be out of breath. Qin Fang always thought that he was just ordinary pneumonia, weaker, not as healthy as others, that’s all.

But definitely not to the point where a cold can kill you.

“The day before yesterday, he was able to talk and chatted with me a lot.” Gong Qi’s voice was soft, but he still didn’t cry, “He said he was a little tired, and he wanted to be quiet for the last few days, so he didn’t want people to know. I don’t know if he will wake up, if he wakes up and sees you will he blame me.”

Qin Fang looked back at her and said, “No.”

Gong Qi said, “We talked about you, I I asked him who he was going to tell, and he said you. I was surprised and confirmed with him once. He said he wanted to tell you, you are friends, and you are different from others. ”

Qin Fang looked at Si Tu, “Hmm” sounded.

Apart from Si Tu lying on the bed, there were only Gong Qi and Qin Fang in the hospital.

Gong Qi called too late.

It would take Han Xiaogong more than three hours at the fastest to get to the nearest airport, and there would be a flight in the evening. Xingyan is on the other side of the earth. Zhou Si will also go abroad for exchanges after next year.

Gong Qi made a phone call, and the only person who could get there the fastest was Qin Fang.

Qin Fang stood by the hospital bed, looked at Si Tu, and asked him softly, “Did you do it on purpose? You chose such a time, aren’t you afraid that they will hate you?”

With interstitial pneumonia, Si Tu struggled to survive like this Over the years, he has tried his best.

He was sick from a very young age, and then he was so tired. Traditional Chinese medicine is drunk all year round, and it is eaten as food. Si Tu was very thin, originally he looked handsome, but then he became too thin and looked pale.

The devastating blow caused by this cold seemed like an accident, but it was inevitable. The immune system of the respiratory system was almost unable to support it, and the fibrotic and diseased lungs had dragged him down.

Gong Qi said, “I feel relieved for him now, and I can finally rest.”

Zhou Siming was flying in the sky, Xing Yan was waiting for the flight at the airport, and Han Xiaogong was still on the road.

The critical illness notice has been issued, maybe this second, maybe the next second. But Si Tu was still there. He was in a coma all the time, breathing with difficulty. The nurses came to see him from time to time and changed the medicine for him. Doctors and nurses have regrets in their eyes, but they have seen too much life and death.

Qin Fang hoped that Si Tu could hold on for a little longer, until another person came back.

In the afternoon, Si Tu woke up for a while.

Gong Qi leaned over to talk to him and asked him what was wrong and if he wanted to eat.

Si Tu saw Qin Fang, raised his eyebrows lightly, and then smiled at him.

Qin Fang stood at the end of the bed, smiled at him, and patted his leg across the quilt.

Si Tu pointed to the ventilator on his face and motioned to remove it. Gong Qi was a little hesitant, Si Tu touched it and wanted to pick it by himself, so Gong Qi stretched out his hand and took it off.

Si Tu was panting heavily, and he tried his best to control his breathing longer. He looked at Gong Qi with a faint smile in his eyes, and said to her, “I’m not obedient…”

He spoke very lightly and was a little labored.

Gong Qi said to him, “I’m sorry… I just panicked.”

Si Tu was still gentle, but just waved his hand and said to her, “Don’t panic, ma’am.”

Gong Qi’s eyes were a little red, and she raised her hand to face him He shook the red rope on his wrist. Qin Fang saw that Si Tu also had one on his hand. Si Tu looked at Gong Qi and smiled, he was always smiling.

Si Tu coughed in a muffled voice, but his expression was calm after he coughed.

Qin Fang sat beside his bed, talked to him softly, and asked him, “Wait a minute?”

Si Tu still waved his hand, joking with a smile: “I finally found the time.”

Qin Fang also smiled and said : “You’re really not afraid that they will hate you.”

Si Tu first breathed a few times calmly, and then said, “…They must hate me.”

Qin Fang didn’t say anything, and Si Tu said, “We don’t like to say goodbye.”

He talks too much, so he tries to keep his sentences short, speaking slowly one by one.

“Like this, when they come back… if they leave, they will leave. If they hate, they will hate each other. They all hate me.” He smiled after saying that.

The nurse came to atomize him, but Si Tu waved his hand and refused.

Si Tu didn’t wake up for too long, and soon fell back asleep.

Before he closed his eyes again, Qin Fang asked Gong Qi, “Do you have a pen?”

Gong Qi took a pen in her bag and gave it to Qin Fang.

Qin Fang quickly drew something in his palm, then went over to hold Si Tu’s hand. Si Tu was held tightly by him, and the palms of the two were close to each other. Si Tu’s hands were cold, while Qin Fang’s hands were hot.

Si Tu looked at their hands, panting and laughing: “Don’t you want to… confess to me, then I can only refuse. Don’t blame me for being ruthless. I can’t… just follow your heart.”

Qin Fang also Smiling, even Gong Qi laughed.

Qin Fang clenched his hand, held it tightly and then separated, Si Tu’s palm was imprinted with the shape of Qin Fang’s palm. Qin Fang said to him: “Give you a star and follow it. There is light ahead, don’t be afraid.”

“…Okay.” Si Tu still smiled, closed his eyes and shook hands.

Gong Qi stood beside Si Tu’s bed, touched his face, and put on the ventilator again. Qin Fang asked her if she had anything to say with his eyes, Gong Qi shook his head gently.

They were always smiling when they spoke, and no one was saying goodbye sadly.

In the end, Si Tu did not wait for anyone, and he never opened his eyes again. He never saw anyone again.

I can’t tell if it’s cruel to meet you, or it’s even more cruel.

When all the instruments and needles on her body were taken off, Gong Qi still cried. He didn’t cry bitterly, he just squatted in front of Si Tu’s bed and wept silently. Qin Fang has no time to cry, there are too many things to do. When people really face death, there is always someone to wake up.

Although it looks like a dream, someone needs to continue to carry the dream to the end.

Gong Qi didn’t cry for too long, her eyes were so swollen, but she was still doing what she was supposed to do soberly.

She brought everything she should bring, and Si Tu changed her clothes in advance when she was awake. She was not wearing a hospital gown for a long time. He said that if you don’t wear a suit, just an ordinary set of clothes will suffice. Gong Qi brought everything, and they dealt with everything calmly. This ward was as peaceful as if nothing had happened.

Si Tu has always been very decent, he doesn’t seem to lose his temper, he is always gentle and calm. So Qin Fang protected his calmness, and even Gong Qi didn’t panic when he was there.

It was already dark on the way people were transferred from the hospital to the funeral home. It was a sunny day, and the sun made everything hot. At night, there is still the heat in the air, looking up, the sky is full of stars.

After everything was temporarily settled, Qin Fang let himself stand in the small open space and took a long breath.

He stood a little stiff, he had just gone through a goodbye.

There are many lucky people their age who have never experienced parting. But Qin Fang has experienced that when his mother left, he was still young, and there were no stars in the sky when his grandfather left.

They have also experienced Xingyan, and they have no home since then.

They always say that they just grew up tied together, which is actually a bluff. They grew up in that house and then went away one by one. They each have their own lives, but their roots are always entwined.

Qin Fang looked up at the stars in the sky, and then slowly closed his eyes –

my beloved boy, lost his last friend today.

[End of This Chapter]