When Shi Guang got to the hospital, grandma was sitting by the balcony, looking out at the clear, blue skies. She looked a little dazed, as though she had sunken into the recesses of her memories.
Even though they were clearly very close—Shi Guang was merely a few steps away from her—for some reason, she felt really distant from grandma at this moment. It was as though grandma might just leave her for all eternity in the very next second.
She placed the thermal flask in her hands down and walked over, hugging the nape of grandma's neck gently and tenderly. Grandma came back to her senses and smiled out blissfully. "You're here, Littly!"
Shi Guang smiled out as well. "How are you today, grandma?"
"Good, good," she turned around. Seeing that the other was alone, grandma asked, "Where's Little Chen?"