Pei Qing and Zhan Weiguang both asked for leave from the school.
Zhan Weiyang had to go back to school on Monday, and Pei Qing and Zhan Weiguang took turns to accompany Zhan Pengcheng in the hospital.
Zhan Pengcheng disagreed at first and asked Zhan Weiguang to hire a nurse directly, thinking that there was no need to trouble Pei Qing.
Zhan Weiguang was a little hesitant, and he asked Pei Qing what he thought.
Pei Qing said to him, “There is no need to hire a nurse. I asked for a week’s leave from the school, and I have already come here. So I can’t take a plane back immediately.”
Zhan Weiguang didn’t say anything.
Pei Qing saw Zhan Weiguang’s expression of wanting to say something but not being able to and asked him, “Why? What do you want to say?”
Zhan Weiguang whispered, “Are you going to tell Dad about you and Zhan Weiyang?”
Pei Qing smiled and asked him, “What do you think? Is it appropriate to tell him now?”
Zhan Weiguang considered it seriously and said, “No, my dad is not in good health now.”
Pei Qing said, “Isn’t that good for me? He doesn’t have the strength to chase me and beat me.”
Zhan Weiguang said, “Don’t joke about that.”
Pei Qing smiled and said, “Don’t worry, I will wait until the time is right.”
In the evening, when Zhan Weiguang took Zhan Weiyang home, Zhan Pengcheng and Pei Qing were left in the hospital ward.
Zhan Pengcheng felt that it was inconvenient for Pei Qing to take care of him, so he tried his best not to go to the bathroom when he was receiving an IV.
After dinner, the two sat and chatted for a while, and when the doctor came to the ward, it was almost time to go to bed.
After all, the hospital was noisy. Pei Qing lay on a single bed, which he couldn’t turn over, with his arms under his head, staring at the ceiling and thinking.
Actually, he seriously considered whether to tell Zhan Pengcheng about his relationship with Zhan Weiyang, but later, he felt that the timing was not right. When would the best time be? Pei Qing himself couldn’t tell clearly. Maybe there was no so-called best time. No matter when it was said, it would be a storm, and he must stand in front to bear it.
Of course, choosing a better time might reduce the harm to others.
The new patient in the next bed made a loud cry.
Pei Qing heard Zhan Pengcheng tossing and turning and seemed unable to sleep, so he turned over in the small bed and lay on his side.
“Pei Qing,” Zhan Pengcheng suddenly called him softly.
Pei Qing raised his head, “Uncle?”
Zhan Pengcheng said, “Do you think it’s good if Yangyang is not allowed to go to college?”
Pei Qing asked, “Then what should he do?”
Zhan Pengcheng sighed. He had been thinking about this for a long time, but he couldn’t find anyone to talk to, and he couldn’t get any suitable advice. He said, “I don’t know. I just think that he can’t get into a good university. Those messy third-rate schools are not good. I’m afraid he will be bullied.”
Pei Qing didn’t say anything. From the bottom of his heart, he certainly hoped that Zhan Weiyang could go to college, get in touch with different people, and get familiar with this society, but at the same time, he knew that what Zhan Pengcheng said made sense. Zhan Weiyang couldn’t go to a good university, and a bad environment would have a great impact on him.
Pei Qing was silent for a while and then asked Zhan Pengcheng softly, “Uncle, have you ever thought about what Yangyang should do even if he graduates from university?”
Zhan Pengcheng said, “Just stay at home. I will save enough money and let him live happily all his life.”
Pei Qing asked for the first time, “Do you want him to get married?”
Zhan Pengcheng said, “If there is a suitable girl—” He paused, turned over in bed and faced Pei Qing’s direction, “It’s not that I don’t want him to get married, I’m just afraid that those girls have impure minds. I can still take care of him while I’m alive. If I’m gone, it will be troublesome if he is bullied by others.”
Pei Qing asked, “Do you think there will be no one who really likes Yangyang?”
Zhan Pengcheng said, “Of course there will be. Yangyang is so nice; there must be someone who really likes him. The problem is that there’s no way for us to tell, and hearts change.”
Both of them fell silent. After a while, Pei Qing asked, “If there is someone who is sincere to him, what kind of person do you hope that person is?”
“What kind of person?” Zhan Pengcheng thought this question was a bit strange and said, “I hope it is a kind person.”
Pei Qing said, “That simple?”
Zhan Pengcheng said, “If he is kind by nature, even if the love fades in the future, he won’t get hurt, right?”
Then, the two did not say anything else.
After two or three days, Auntie Luo returned from her hometown, and Zhan Pengcheng was discharged from the hospital.
Zhan Weiguang was a freshman with a tight schedule. After Zhan Pengcheng was discharged from the hospital, he immediately went back to school. Pei Qing had nothing to do at school, so he stayed and did not leave for the time being.
Zhan Weiyang was the happiest when he saw that his life was back on track. His favourite thing every day was to tell Zhan Pengcheng not to drink. After Zhan Pengcheng returned home, he did not rush to work but recuperated at home, eating three meals a day very healthily and not drinking a drop of alcohol.
Because Zhan Weiyang was in a good mental state, Pei Qing accompanied him to a follow-up examination. The doctor said that he could stop taking the medicine temporarily and let his family closely observe him. If he displayed any symptoms, he could come back for a follow-up examination immediately.
Zhan Weiyang stopped taking the medicine on Friday. The next morning, when he was having breakfast in the dining room, Pei Qing asked him, “Did you sleep well last night?”
He nodded and said that he slept well.
Pei Qing did not ask him if he had heard any noises. Instead, he peeled an egg for him and asked him, when he handed it to him, “Do you remember your flower pot?”
Zhan Weiyang took the egg and nodded, “Of course I remember.”
Pei Qing said, “Have you ever thought that you would not become a fortune tree and that your flower pot would be very lonely in the future?”
Zhan Weiyang took a bite of the egg and looked at Pei Qing, “It seems so. What should we do?”
Pei Qing said, “Why don’t we go buy a fortune tree and plant it?”
Zhan Weiyang suddenly opened his eyes wide and nodded vigorously.
They planned to go to the flower market in the morning to buy fortune trees. Zhan Pengcheng was bored at home and was excited to go with them.
Pei Qing couldn’t refuse, so he drove Zhan Pengcheng and Zhan Weiyang out.
When they arrived at the flower market, Zhan Pengcheng said, “You can choose whatever you want. Dad will pay for it after you choose.”
Zhan Weiyang didn’t say anything. He reached out, grabbed Pei Qing’s sleeve, and led him forward. They went into a shop that sold money trees. The store had both large and small ones, and Zhan Weiyang carefully inspected them one by one.
Pei Qing waited patiently by his side for him.
Zhan Pengcheng said to Zhan Weiyang, “Yangyang, why don’t you buy a potted flower? The pink flower is beautiful.”
Zhan Weiyang looked at Zhan Pengcheng unhappily.
Pei Qing said, “Let him take his time to choose.”
Zhan Weiyang looked over carefully and even touched the leaves and trunk with his hands. Sometimes, he got close as if he was whispering to the tree.
Zhan Pengcheng had already gone to the stall next door, leaving Pei Qing waiting for him outside.
Zhan Weiyang spent more than ten minutes selecting, and stopped in front of a small tree, turning back to look at Pei Qing.
Pei Qing asked him, “This one?”
Zhan Weiyang nodded shyly.
Pei Qing whispered, “Gege will buy it for you.”
Zhan Weiyang smiled immediately.
On the way back, Pei Qing drove, and Zhan Pengcheng and Zhan Weiyang sat in a row. He heard Zhan Weiyang humming softly, so he asked, “Is Yangyang happy?”
Zhan Weiyang looked at him and said, “Happy.”
Zhan Pengcheng didn’t get to buy a fortune tree for Zhan Weiyang, so he picked several pots of flowers, bought them together, and brought them back. Now, they were all in the back of the SUV.
He didn’t understand what attracted Zhan Weiyang to the fortune tree besides its nice name. He wanted to know more about his son and asked, “Why are you so happy?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “My flower pot will no longer be alone on the balcony.”
Zhan Pengcheng thought for a moment and said, “The flower pot must be really happy.”
Zhan Weiyang tilted his head and looked at him, “Dad, what are you talking about?”
Zhan Pengcheng was stunned by the question and said, “Didn’t you say the flower pot is happy?”
Zhan Weiyang said, “I said I’m the one that’s happy.”
“Oh— Yangyang is happy,” Zhan Pengcheng sighed secretly, not knowing how to continue the conversation with Zhan Weiyang, so he could only reach out and touch his head, saying, “Then Dad is happy too.”
Notes:
It’s just like Weiguang said before, Zhang Pengcheng is not really seeing Yanyang properly. I feel like he’s just treating Yangyang as some kind of idiot son and won’t see the potential in him simply because he doesn’t expect Yangyang to have one
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