Chapter 2133: Surgery

Even Nan Jiaojiao went over to see the situation, yet only Gao Zhe remained seated.

Leisurely, he finished the dish in his bowl, bite by bite.

His head slightly lowered, his expression was full of indifference and understanding.

When he heard Lu Zhenzhen’s suppressed sobbing, he finally pulled out his chair and stood up, going over to pick up Mr. Lu.

“Zhenzhen, you come with me in one car, let the family driver drive, Mom and Jiaojiao will take another car, we’ll go to the hospital.”

Lu Zhenzhen was unwilling, “I can drive, I really can!”

Gao Zhe coaxed soothingly, “You’re not suitable to drive right now, be good, let the driver handle it. Dad needs to be taken to the hospital immediately, we can’t delay.”

Lu Zhenzhen swallowed down the choke rising in her throat and nodded forcefully.

She closely followed from behind, helping to open the car door. She also wanted to get in, hesitated for a moment, and sat in the front passenger seat.

Nan Jiaojiao supported the weakened Mother Lu and sat in the back of the other car to follow them.

The villa area was far from the hospital; on the way, Mr. Lu vomited blood twice more. Gao Zhe caught it with a handkerchief and stuffed a few sheets of paper into his collar.

When they arrived at the hospital, doctors and nurses were waiting with a stretcher at the door. Gao Zhe laid Mr. Lu onto it.

Without thinking, Lu Zhenzhen rushed forward, wanting to follow and run to the emergency room. Gao Zhe pulled her back into his embrace.

“What are you doing!”

“Calm down…”

Gao Zhe gently stroked her hair, soothing her, “Stay calm. Dad has already gone into the operating room. You need to stay composed; Mom will be here soon, she’s even more scared than you are. If she sees you like this, she’ll panic.”

His voice was so gentle, so light, so slow, right by her ear.

All around, people were coming and going, the noise was chaotic, footsteps heavy, yet under Gao Zhe’s soothing, her breathing gradually became calm.

Her hand moved slightly, realizing it was cold, she exerted force to hold onto him, afraid her hand would slip down, held him tighter, biting her lip, holding back a sob, but ultimately couldn’t contain it, her chin trembled incessantly, the sound from her mouth seemed scattered by the wind.

“I’m so scared… I’m really scared, what do I do… If something happens to Dad…”

“It’ll be fine,” Gao Zhe kissed her hair, “I’m here.”

He didn’t comfort her by saying Mr. Lu would definitely be okay; such false consolation can’t hold for long. After Lu Zhenzhen calmed down a bit, he picked her up.

Knowing she was worried, he didn’t wait for the elevator, carried her up the stairs directly, all the way to the bench outside the operating room.

She was wearing only one slipper, having come from home, the other had fallen off somewhere.

Gao Zhe bent down, lowered his view to look at her, his nose brushed hers, then tapped her forehead, “Sit here and wait for me, don’t go anywhere.”

Lu Zhenzhen grabbed his hand.

“I’ll go find you a pair of shoes, just on this floor, I won’t go far.”

He pointed to the nurse station not far away.

Lu Zhenzhen didn’t glance in that direction, her eyes were fixed straight at him.

She didn’t hide her dependence on him at all.

Feeling pained by her gaze, Gao Zhe patted her hand, then ran and got a pair of slippers, squatting on the ground to personally put them on her.

He didn’t throw away the slipper she was wearing; he tucked it into his suit pocket, with half the heel exposed outside.

As he stood up, just catching sight of her reaching out, his body hadn’t turned yet, his hand extended to support her elbow first, then slowly helped her stand, allowing her to come over and embrace him closely.