C46 Restlessness

I closed the door to the ward and trotted out to the hospital to buy some food. I know that southerners like to eat something with a list of tastes, buy a few seafood steamed buns, and return to the hospital with a bowl of porridge.

When I gently pushed open the door, Sister Li opened his eyes and looked at me weakly. I brought the food over and sat on the bed. "Sister Li, eat some."

She smiled weakly, opened her mouth slightly, and I helped her eat. She felt very uncomfortable, she only ate one bun, drank a few mouthfuls of porridge and she could not eat anymore, so she said: "Pighead, help me go back."

I said, "Sister Li, you rest a bit before we head back. You don't have any strength left at all."

She said weakly, "I don't want to stay here. The hospital smells so bad, I don't like it."

I thought about it and reluctantly agreed. I picked her up from the bed and she said, "I'll go by myself. I can do it."

I carried her on my back as I said, "Sister Li, you just have to hug my neck. I'll carry you out."

I carried Sister Li out of the ward and walked towards the parking lot. Everyone around us was looking at us weirdly. I carried the Sister Li to the front of the car and opened the door, carefully placing her on the passenger seat.

There were several hundred meters between the hospital and the parking lot. After carrying Sister Li onto the car, I was a little tired. I got in the car and breathed lightly as I asked Sister Li, "Sister Li, is it very uncomfortable?"

Sister Li leaned weakly on his seat and tilted his head. His face was completely pale as he said powerlessly, "It feels like my body was hollowed out."

"Does it hurt?" I asked.

Sister Li shook his head with effort: "It's not that painful. The only thing that's been drugged is that metal thing pounding inside my body. It feels like my internal organs have all been smashed."

I said I knew she must be upset and tried to make her laugh. When I got home, I helped her sit on the sofa and made her a glass of strong brown sugar water. By the afternoon, she had recovered some of her strength and was able to walk on her own.

I accompanied Sister Li for the entire day. Her complexion was very bad and she did not improve at all.

In the evening she insisted on cooking for me, and sat down obediently at my insistence.

It was the first time I cooked that night. I cooked a few dishes with poor color and even I found the taste unpleasant, but Sister Li forced himself to eat a small bowl of rice. Seeing her tired and weak appearance, I helped her to go upstairs and lie down early. I carried her in my arms and laid on the bed. Looking at her lifeless eyes and pale face, I felt dissatisfied. I repeatedly apologized to her.

Sister Li lied in my embrace, telling me not to blame myself, saying that it was the business of two people, not mine. The effects of the anesthetic had dissipated, and in the middle of the night, Sister Li was so painful that he could not fall asleep.

I hugged her tightly and comforted her, "Sister Li, endure it for a while. It won't hurt after you sleep."

She said weakly, "I'm not afraid of pain. I just feel as if my body is empty, as if something is missing."

I can understand the feeling of being coldly and ruthlessly stirred inside her, like the feeling of emptiness when we wake up in the morning and brush our teeth. Furthermore, it is inside her body. I know that it will take about a month for Sister Li's body to recover to its original state after the flow of people. Her mental state will definitely not be good, and her emotions will also fluctuate for a period of time.

I said, "Sister Li, take a good rest at home during this time. Don't go anywhere else."

She said, "But there are so many things to do in the company."

I advised her, "You don't have a good body right now, so you should let Li Na watch over you first.

She looked at me stupidly and said: "Pighead, but I don't want to be alone at home. I'm afraid."

I know that I have to accompany Sister Li during this period of time. I have already decided that I will ask the company for half a month's leave to accompany Sister Li at home.

I said to her, "Don't worry, I'll be at home with you."

Sister Li said, "But you have to go to work?"

I smiled. "It's fine as long as you take the leave of absence."

Sister Li asked me with half-closed red eyes: "How long do you want to take?"

I said, "About half a month. At the very least, you'll have to wait until your body is almost fully recovered."

Sister Li looked at me grudgingly and said: "No, this will delay your work. How long have you been at the company?

"It's okay," I assured her.

She shook her head and stared at me reproachfully. "I forbid it," she said.

I didn't say anything as I tightly embraced her. I thought to myself, Since you're already like this and you don't want me to ask for a leave of absence to accompany you, how can I, as a man, bear it?

In the morning, I was woken up by the alarm clock. Sister Li was still sleeping in my arms.

I carefully removed her hand and got out of bed. I made breakfast in the kitchen and cooked the eggs and milk. When I finished doing it, Sister Li went downstairs alone in her pajamas. Her eyes were very red, and her bags were very heavy, so it was obvious that she didn't sleep well last night.

Seeing that she had come down by herself, he walked over and said: "Sister Li, why don't you sleep more?"

She said in a light tone, "After you go downstairs, I won't be able to sleep. Are you going to work soon?"

I smiled and said, "There's no rush. I made some breakfast and ate it together with you."

I helped her into the dining room and sat her down, bringing her milk and eggs. She frowned slightly and said, "I don't want to eat. I don't feel hungry."

I knew she had just had the operation and had no appetite. He advised her, "Sister Li, eat some more, replenish some more protein in your body and recover a little faster."

She listened to me very well and ate an egg. She drank half of the cup of milk with all her might and even joked, "That should be enough, hehe …" It's time for you to go to work, isn't it? "

I originally wanted to call the company to request a leave of absence early in the morning, but to apply for a half month long leave, the phone said not good, I should go to the leader to talk about it.

I said to Sister Li, "I'll be back after I take a leave from work. You take care of yourself at home, after you eat, you can go upstairs to rest."

The Sister Li was unhappy and looked at me reproachfully with his red and swollen eyes. "Don't ask for a leave of absence.

I frowned and said, "But I really don't trust you to be alone at home."

The Sister Li said, "I'm fine. I've slept the whole night and today I feel much better. I'm not as serious as you think.

I worriedly looked at her and said, "Then I'll go to work first."

The Sister Li said, "The car keys are on the table in the living room. Be careful on the road and drive slower."

I nodded, took my car keys from the living room, and told her to call me when she felt unwell.

Coming out of my house, I drove Sister Li's car to the company. Along the way, I was constantly hesitating whether I should invite her to accompany me for such a long time, and whether she would not allow me to leave or not. If I did not accompany her, I would feel extremely sorry for myself.

I didn't dare to park Sister Li's car in front of the company's gate. I was afraid that the company's people might notice that something was amiss, so I parked the car far away from a shopping mall and walked towards the company.

After arriving at the company, she went to Director's Office and didn't see anyone else. When she met the Director Assistant, she said that the Director went to the office in the neighboring city today and might not be able to come back until the evening. Asking me what I wanted to talk to him about, I said I wanted to take a leave of absence. The assistant said that if the director wasn't there, he would look for the Director Zhang in the office.

I've only been in this company for less than three months, and I don't really understand the rules yet, so I went to find the Director Zhang. She was a woman in her forties and was the oldest in our company apart from a few leaders. She was easy to get along with and loved to joke with young people.

I knocked on Director Zhang's office and found her writing a schedule on the wall with her back to me. Seeing me walk in, he put down his pen and with a face full of smiles, he said with slight surprise: "Department Head Zhu? Why would you still have the leisure to come to my office?

I said, "Sister Zhang, I want to take a leave of absence."

She asked, "What is it?"

I said, "My girlfriend is not feeling well and would like to take half a month off."

She asked in surprise, "Half a month? What took you so long? "

I said, "She just had a minor operation and there's no one at home to take care of her. She needs me to take care of her."

Her expression changed and she looked at me strangely. Then she smiled and whispered, "Did the couple accidentally do it?"

She said, "If that is the case, there is no need to take such a long time off, it will only take two days to recover. When I was young, I had the surgery and even went to the county theater to dance on my bicycle that night, so I told your girlfriend to try not to touch the cold water and rest for a while, it will be fine very soon. If there is nothing else, there is no need for her to take leave."

Director Zhang's words made me not know what to say, it seems like she didn't want to give me a leave of absence.

She saw that I was hesitating and said: "It's not that Sister Zhang does not want to give you leave, it's just that you need the permission of the CEO to request for a long leave of absence. Besides, you just started working at the company for a short period of time and now you're a Division Minister.

When I saw that I couldn't get a leave of absence in front of her, I left the office and went back to my seat. He called Sister Li and told her that he did not get a leave of absence, but Sister Li did not react, and said lightly: "Then go to work properly, do not worry about me, I will rest for a bit, there is nothing wrong."

After finishing the call with Sister Li, her sallow face surfaced in my mind. I was extremely agitated, and my heart was filled with anxiety. He wanted to go back and accompany her, but he couldn't get a leave of absence. If he just left like that, all of his future accomplishments would be for naught. It wasn't easy for me to get into the position of a small leader, and I still cared a lot about this position. After all, this was the result of my two years of hard work.