Gu Yu looked at her and couldn't help but reach out to gently grasp her other hand and softly called out, "Mom..."
"Mom's fine, Mom's fine..." Gu Yu's mother took a deep breath through her nose, blinked away the tears in her eyes, and, using the back of her hand, wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes while choking up, "I... I'm going to call your father..."
"Yeah." Gu Yu nodded.
After Gu Yu's mother said that, she stood up, took her cellphone, and walked out of the ward.
Gu Yu sat on the hospital bed, watching his mother's figure disappear behind the door of the ward, then turned his head to look outside the window.
Outside the window, the winter sky was a brilliant blue, the dazzling sunlight shone down upon the earth, the passers-by on the road hurried along, bathed in the splendid sunshine. Even though the cold wind blew, it still felt warm and comforting.
