Chapter 42

Yu Luosheng doesn't like hospitals; they are filled with the smell of formaldehyde. For a while, when his father, Yu Jing, was hospitalized, Yu Luosheng frequently visited the hospital but never got used to it.

Now, Yu Luosheng naturally has no mood to care about how pungent the smell is. After arriving at the hospital, he immediately went to the ward and found Li Yun.

Li Yun was negotiating with a duty doctor outside a ward. Seeing her worried expression, Yu Luosheng knew that his father's condition must be more serious this time.

"You should take good care of the patient for now. Tomorrow, when our chief doctor arrives, you can talk to him. The chief doctor told me that the patient's condition is deteriorating and that he should have come to the hospital for regular check-ups and treatment earlier..." the duty doctor said.

After saying that, the duty doctor left, leaving Li Yun standing there, sweating and unsure how to ask more questions.

"Mom." Yu Luosheng walked up to Li Yun and glanced into the ward, where he saw his father, Yu Jing, lying on a white bed, receiving an IV drip. He didn't rush in.

"How is Dad?" Yu Luosheng asked.

Yu Jing's health has always been poor, mainly due to liver problems.

This condition was diagnosed earlier, but Yu Jing always said he was fine and, after being discharged, didn't pay much attention to his health, continuing to work at the factory.

This time, it must be his liver causing trouble again, but Yu Luosheng felt a sense of unease, especially after what the duty doctor said, which was hard to ignore.

"The duty doctor said it's very serious, but we have to wait until Dr. Wang arrives tomorrow to get a specific result," Li Yun said, looking worried.

In the past, Yu Jing had been hospitalized a few times due to liver problems, but they were minor issues, and he was never brought in by an ambulance like this time.

"You look very tired. I can stay here, so you should go home and get some sleep," Yu Luosheng said.

"Okay, I'll come back in the middle of the night," Li Yun said, not insisting. After instructing Yu Luosheng to take good care of Yu Jing, she hurriedly left.

After Li Yun left, the ward was left with Yu Luosheng and the quietly lying Yu Jing.

Yu Jing's face was a bronze color, his skin rough, and his lips thin, now pale due to the pain.

His eyebrows were thick, and even in a semi-conscious state, he exuded a serious and stern demeanor.

...

After some time, Yu Jing's brows furrowed, and he looked very uncomfortable, with beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

Seeing this, Yu Luosheng felt very uneasy and quickly fetched a towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead, but this couldn't alleviate the pain from his liver.

Yu Jing seemed to be woken by the pain, his eyes opening with a calm expression.

He turned his head and looked at Yu Luosheng beside him, still maintaining his serious, unsmiling demeanor.

"Where's your mom?" Yu Jing asked.

"She went back to rest and will come back in the middle of the night. Dad, how are you feeling? You look very uncomfortable," Yu Luosheng asked.

"What's wrong? It's just an old problem, nothing serious," Yu Jing said.

"The doctor said it's very serious," Yu Luosheng said.

"Doctors always exaggerate," Yu Jing said.

Yu Luosheng had nothing to say. He poured a glass of water and helped Yu Jing drink it.

"When will the results of your college entrance exam be out?" Yu Jing asked.

Yu Jing was the most concerned about Yu Luosheng's college entrance exam scores, even asking about it while lying in the hospital.

"It's still early, at least until late June," Yu Luosheng said.

"Recently, I've been looking at a lot of schools for you..."

"Stop, stop, don't talk so much, lie down and rest," Yu Luosheng interrupted, helping him lie down.

"I told you, I'm fine!" Yu Jing said rudely.

Yu Luosheng had no way to deal with his father, who was as stubborn as a child. But he often felt that this old man was as stubborn as a bull.

"Okay, okay, you talk. But my scores haven't come out yet. Why are you looking at schools? If I only get a second or third-tier score, all your efforts will be in vain," Yu Luosheng said, not arguing.

"If you score that badly, I won't be a Yu," Yu Jing said angrily.

"Can you stop worrying about this? You're in the hospital, you should focus on your health. Yes, your body is yours, and you know if it hurts or not, but when you're brought in by an ambulance, do you think your mother and I won't be scared?" Yu Luosheng said.

Yu Jing seemed speechless and fell silent.

Yu Luosheng also stopped, knowing it was better not to lecture his father, or he might end up being the one scolded. It's like chasing an alchemist; often, it turns from "how to catch the alchemist" to "how not to be caught by the alchemist."

"Ah, you don't know, when I took the college entrance exam..." Yu Jing sighed after a long silence.

"You took the college entrance exam?" Yu Luosheng interrupted.

"Of course, it was just a few years after the exams were reinstated!" Yu Jing said confidently. "Do you know, I was always the top student in my high school..."

"There weren't many students in your high school back then," Yu Luosheng muttered.

Yu Jing snorted, knowing Yu Luosheng was不服气 (unconvinced), and continued, "Back then, getting into college was a hundred times harder than now. There were only a few universities in total."

College students in the 1980s were indeed very valuable, the true elite.

Many of those college students from that era are now officials, leaders in public institutions, or high-level executives in state-owned enterprises. Yu Luosheng was a bit puzzled why his father, Yu Jing, who was a college student in the 1980s, was still an ordinary worker.

This question had puzzled Yu Luosheng for a long time. He didn't understand it before and understood it even less now.

At that moment, Yu Luosheng asked his question.

"I didn't get in, I was 3 points short," Yu Jing answered.

As they were talking, the door to the room was carefully pushed open.

Li Yun, looking a bit tired, walked in. Seeing that Yu Jing was awake, she felt relieved and moved a chair over to sit beside him.

"Sheng, you should go home and rest. I'll stay here with your dad," Li Yun said.

"I'm fine, I don't have school tomorrow," Yu Luosheng said.

"Go home, you being here will disturb your dad's rest. Go on, go home," Li Yun urged.

Yu Luosheng thought about it. Yu Jing would probably talk about his old stories for a long time, and while he wasn't uninterested, it wasn't good for Yu Jing's rest.

"I'll come back in the morning," Yu Luosheng said.

...

Yu Luosheng left the ward, closing the door slightly. As he walked out of the hospital, he realized he had left his phone by the bed.

So, he turned back.

Just as he reached the ward, he heard Li Yun's voice. As he was about to push the door open, his hand suddenly froze.

"That big brother of yours, he doesn't have any brotherly feelings. What kind of big brother is he, hesitating to lend a bit of money, even to his own brother..."

"Never mind, it's not a big deal."

"Not a big deal? I just asked the chief doctor, and he said surgery is necessary. Dr. Fang wouldn't lie to us!"

There was a moment of silence in the ward.

"How much will it cost?" Yu Jing asked.

"We'll know tomorrow, but it will be at least a few ten thousand yuan. He said it might be more serious..."

"Is Xiaoyu's money enough?"

"Don't worry, it's enough."

"But we still need money for Sheng's college."

"That's still a couple of months away, we can put it off for now," Li Yun said.

"Put it off? No, we can't put it off!" Yu Jing said loudly.

"Your health is more important. We're not that bad, and we can gather the tuition in a couple of months. If it's a key university, it won't cost much... Ah, I don't know what to say to you. Don't worry, it's not like the old days, not everyone is so stingy."

"It's not that simple."

"You're just being overly cautious," Li Yun said.

Yu Jing didn't say anything.

"We can solve the money issue gradually, but you need to get better first. Don't be so stubborn!"

Li Yun ended the conversation with a firm statement.

...

Neither Li Yun nor Yu Jing noticed that the half-open door had quietly closed, and the sound of heavy footsteps gradually faded away outside.

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