Following Jiachen, Joyno came to her mother's side.
Unexpectedly, after her father's sudden illness, he had managed to summon all their relatives - aunts, uncles, grand - aunts, and grand - uncles.
All the relatives were standing at the hospital entrance, not allowed to go inside. In this special period, no one knew if there were any infectious patients in this hospital.
When her mother saw Joyno, she grabbed her hand at once, with tears in her eyes, and said, "Joyno, you've finally come..."
"How's Dad now?"
"Your dad has been in there for half a day and still hasn't come out. We've been waiting all this time! Your eldest aunt, second aunt, eldest uncle, second uncle, eldest aunt on your mother's side, second aunt on your mother's side and their families are all here."
Joyno's anxious state of mind remained uncalmed. She looked back at Luo Yize, not knowing what to say. Unexpectedly, Luo Yize walked towards her, which caught her mother's attention.
For a moment, it suddenly got quiet.
Luo Yize politely stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Auntie. I'm Luo Yize."
Her mother froze instantly. After a while, she stretched out her hand, and they shook hands tightly for a while. "Oh, hello there, Young Luo. Were you shocked?"
Immediately, from her tear - filled look at first, her mother showed an embarrassed smile as she said to Joyno, "Joyno, you naughty girl. Since you two are together, why didn't you tell me?"
At this moment, Luo Yize just had to come along. Now it was so awkward. What should Joyno do?
Fortunately, Luo Yize was not only extremely magnanimous when they met, but more importantly, with his high EQ, he managed to smooth things over right away.
"How's Uncle?"
"It's okay, it's okay. He just had an old illness flare - up..."
Joyno felt even more embarrassed.
At such a critical moment, the most important thing to worry about was how her father was. What was wrong with her mother today?!
Just then, three medical staff - well, actually one doctor and two nurses - walked out.
Their steps sounded very hasty. When Joyno and her mother saw this, they were immediately filled with trepidation.
They hoped that the news would be that her father was safe and sound.
Even though the doctor was wearing a mask, one could tell how serious his words were from the moment he opened his mouth. "You sent him here in time. But there's something I have to say. Please prepare yourselves mentally."
"Go ahead. I'm his daughter. I can bear everything," Joyno said.
"The patient's spleen and stomach have been eroded due to long - term excessive drinking. Coupled with his long - term over - workload, not to mention his hypertension, now there are also problems with his heart. My suggestion is hospitalization."
"Is there any treatment method?"
"First, use anti - inflammatory drugs and antihypertensive drugs to treat the gastric erosion and high blood pressure. As for the heart problem, a stent surgery may be needed."
After Joyno heard this, she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
The main thing was that Joyno's father was in politics. He didn't have a single day off in 365 days a year. Long - term staying up late and overworking had made his physical condition worse and worse. Coupled with his usual heavy drinking, it was no wonder that his stomach had problems.
Even Joyno herself didn't expect the symptoms of gastric erosion to appear.
Joyno usually had very few conversations with her father. After she had a conflict with her father later on, she never found a chance to talk to him face - to - face again. She always had a lot to say with her mother, and their mother - daughter relationship was very deep.
As a child, who isn't the closest to their mother? Who doesn't talk to their mother more?
In her mind, Joyno instantly recalled the scene of her arguing with her father. At that time, she really couldn't bear it anymore. Her father not only oppressed her dreams but also imposed too much pressure on her life. So after a long - time build - up, she just exploded and said a lot of hurtful things to her father.
Now when she thought about it, Joyno couldn't help closing her eyes, and tears quietly fell.
Joyno slumped into Luo Yize's arms. "Before, because I was too stubborn, I often talked back to my father. I even swore that I wanted him to disappear from my world as soon as possible... Now, now I'm afraid of losing him..."
Luo Yize gently stroked her back. "Everyone will grow up one day. When you realize this, it means you've grown up."
"At this stage, if I don't grow up, wouldn't I be letting down your guidance?"
Luo Yize showed a faint smile.
It could be said that Luo Yize had watched Joyno grow up. Joyno had admired him since she was a child. The two of them had paid attention to each other, appreciated each other, and watched each other slowly transform.
The reason why they were able to get together later wasn't just because of the drama "Turn Around and Meet Love", but also because some common characteristics in both of them attracted each other.
Led by the doctor, only three people went inside: Joyno's mother, Joyno, and Luo Yize.
In the hospital ward, fortunately, there was only Joyno's father in the ward. It seemed that he had been woken up when the doctor's footsteps approached.
He was lying on the hospital bed, with a drip, looking extremely pale. His eyelids were drooping like dumpling wrappers.
"Dad, I'm here!"
Her mother nudged him. "He's talking to you, old man!"
"Ah..." Her father seemed to have just come to his senses. He looked very weak, and the wrinkles on his face were very obvious.
"Joy... Joyno's here..."
"Dad, how are you? Are you feeling better?" Joyno said as she wiped her tears with a tissue.
"Don't fuss!" Her father waved his hand that wasn't connected to the drip and showed a very kind smile. "I'm... I'm fine. Don't fuss!"
"Hello, Uncle! I'm Luo Yize!"
As soon as Luo Yize greeted him, her father's smile didn't seem as bright as before. However, from his expression, he seemed very satisfied with Luo Yize.
"Wife, we'll have something to do in our family from now on..."
Joyno's mother, Joyno, and Luo Yize looked at each other and smiled.
"Joyno... When will you bring a grandson back for Dad..."
There were a few tears in Joyno's smile. "Dad, don't worry. We will definitely bring back a big, chubby boy for you!"
"Hey, shouldn't it be a pair?" Luo Yize nudged her beside her.
"How annoying..." After saying that, everyone laughed.