Dream Guide

There were few passengers on the late-night train and it was very quiet. Yao Jingjing sat leaning against the train window, watching the lights outside the window retreat rapidly, and her heart followed the train and plunged into the darkness ahead.

Darkness does not mean unknown, it is just a journey to another brightly lit city.

Yao Jingjing just went back to visit her mother and would return to work the day after tomorrow, continuing to face every passenger who boarded the plane with her standard smile. But she felt that she was saying goodbye to a certain kind of life. The days might not change much, but from now on, she would have to give up some things that she had insisted on for a long time, and would have to compromise with other things.

The road from Chuncheng to Cuanzhou is not far. It takes less than an hour by high-speed rail and only two hours by ordinary air-conditioned car. However, Yao Jingjing seemed to have been sitting in the car for half a century. When she came out of Cuanzhou Station and smelled the familiar late-night fog in her hometown, she should have been excited about going home, but suddenly she felt as if her legs were filled with lead and her steps were extremely heavy.

The particularly bright square light that was still on in front of her dragged her and the suitcase in her hand into a long shadow behind her.

After what happened in Spring City, she no longer dared to call an online car-hailing service, and Cuanzhou's subway disappeared without a trace after several years of high-profile planning. She simply pulled the box and walked slowly along the familiar road. Although it was late at night with few pedestrians, it was safer than sitting in a stranger's car.

In addition, her slow pace is more like a futile struggle, like a fallen leaf struggling in the wind. No matter how many winds blow it, it will inevitably fall to the ground and become dust.

At dawn, Yao Jingjing came to the hospital. Her mother's illness relapsed and she was hospitalized, otherwise she wouldn't have been in a hurry to come back. She looked at the time. Although her parents were used to getting up early, it was too early to go up at this time, and it was not yet visiting hours in the inpatient department.

Yao Jingjing thought for a while and sat down on the bench in the hospital, preparing to go upstairs when it was completely light. She didn't notice that two sneaky people followed her all the way out of the train station and followed her all the way here.

"Hey, let me tell you, is she this girl?"

"Yes, the train number given by Brother Bazhi is correct, and the person and photo are also correct."

"I heard she's still a stewardess?"

"That's right. Look at her appearance. She's no worse than the host of our TV station."

"Hey, if you can give me a taste, it will be worth three years!"

"Don't think about it. I heard that it was ordered by Brother Eight Finger's boss. Be careful that Brother Eight Finger peels off your skin!"

"Who is Brother Eight Finger's boss?"

"How did I know this?"

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It finally dawned, and the nursing staff and accompanying family members came out of the building one after another and went to the cafeteria to get breakfast. Yao Jingjing then got up and entered the hospital building.

Mother Yao, who was wearing a hospital gown, looked good. When she saw her daughter, she smiled even more. But she scolded her: "Didn't we agree to come back yesterday? Why did we only arrive this morning? Tell mom, did you come back yesterday?" Going on a date?"

"Mom!..." Yao Jingjing called her home after changing her train ticket, but in order not to worry them, she didn't say she would be back in the middle of the night.

Yao's father said: "Oh, look at you, my daughter has just come back and she hasn't even had breakfast yet, and you're asking about who she is and who she is not!"

Yao's mother said: "You have to eat breakfast, and you also have to talk about your partner! How many days can I live like this? If I don't hurry up, let alone my grandson, I'm afraid I won't even know what my son-in-law looks like in this life!"

"Mom...what are you talking about!" Yao Jingjing's nose was sore and she hugged her mother tightly, "You will live a long life! Not to mention your son-in-law and grandson, you can even see your great-grandson!"

Mother Yao smiled and said, "Don't comfort me. I don't know about my illness myself? I've made a promise to you. You must go to my blind date today!"

Yao Jingjing said: "Mom, I want to take you to the capital for a visit. Someone from my work unit introduced me to a doctor in the capital. He is very good."

Dad Yao also said: "Yes, the medical level in Beijing is high. Why don't you go and take a look?"

Mother Yao said: "I have also gone to Chuncheng and Yangcheng. I have spent so much money. How can I not be the same as the hospital in Cuanzhou? I don't believe that the doctors in Beijing are better than those in Yangcheng and can create a good match." I'll give you my bone marrow? Besides, how much money have you spent on my disease? If we can really do a bone marrow transplant, we can't afford it. The most important thing now is our precious daughter's marriage. Just watch her get married. If I get married, I will be able to rest in peace even if I die."

Yao's father said: "That's true of you! You can't talk about death or death in front of your children, and you don't need money from Jingjing. Don't we still have a house?"

Mother Yao suddenly said anxiously: "Don't sell me the house! I can tell you that the house is reserved for the daughter's wedding. If she gets married in the future, if she is bullied by her husband's family, her mother's family will not even have a house. , where did you ask her to go? If you dare to sell the house, even if I recover, I will die for you!"

"Mom! Dad!" Seeing that her mother was anxious, Yao Jingjing hurriedly said, "Don't worry about the money. I will find a way."

Yao's mother smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I know you are filial, let's talk about it when the money is spent. Your task now is to find my partner back for me."

Yao Jingjing knew that she couldn't escape today's blind date.

When the doctor came for rounds in the morning, he saw Yao Jingjing coming and asked Yao Jingjing to go to his office for a while. It was rare for a doctor to take the initiative to let a patient's family go to his office. Yao Jingjing felt a little uneasy.

When she arrived at the office, the doctor said to her: "Now there is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

Yao Jingjing thought for a while and said, "It's better to listen first."

The doctor said: "The good news is that your mother's bone marrow matching has been successful. As long as you agree, we can prepare for surgery at any time."

"Really?" Yao Jingjing was ecstatic. This was the best news she had heard in a year. She almost jumped up and rushed out to tell her parents the news, but she quickly calmed down, "So the bad news you're talking about is money? How much is it going to cost?"

The doctor said: "Based on your mother's situation, the total cost of surgery and post-operative recovery may be around one million, and your mother's medical insurance will reimburse less than one-third. You should prepare half a million first. You need to do it as soon as possible." , the longer it is delayed, the higher the cost may be. However, the bad news I am going to tell you today is not about money."

"Ah?" Yao Jingjing exclaimed in surprise, "What is that?"

The doctor said: "This is the case. When we examined your mother two weeks ago, we found some strange lesions in her brain. At first we suspected encephalitis and asked a neurologist for a consultation. Now The basic results are out.”

"What is it?" Yao Jingjing asked.

"We can't tell what it is. I can only describe the symptoms to you." The doctor said, "The gray matter layer of your mother's brain, which we usually call the cerebral cortex, has fibrosis and necrosis. Although the area of ​​necrosis is not large at present. It is large, but has a tendency to gradually expand.”

Yao Jingjing asked in confusion: "What do you mean? Is this related to leukemia?"

The doctor shook his head and said: "Leukemia may cause lesions in the central nervous system and cerebrospinal fluid, which we call leukemia. But the symptoms are completely different from your mother's, so we are not sure whether it is a complication, nor do we know it. Will it have any impact on bone marrow transplant surgery?"