Chapter 45: The Sword Goes Sideways

After a night of thinking, Mu Zhen got up very early, crept out again, and came to the big willow tree at the head of the village, although he knew that he was the only one who came here, but he was obsessed with the confessions of Xiaojuan holding his hand that day, he relived the scene of that day, and wanted to find the bits and pieces when the two met.

Mu Zhen, who was standing under the big willow tree, stroked the willow bark, there was indescribable warmth in his heart, his eyes were fixed on the direction where Xiao Juan came, and he imagined that Xiao Juan reappeared in front of his eyes, this time it was not Xiao Juan's confession, it was he who wanted to confess his thoughts and uneasiness to Xiao Juan.

"Was she angry with herself when she didn't go to class last night?" Mu Zhen thought that although she didn't have a good class yesterday, she didn't have the courage to go to her alone, let alone write a note to her, and now she suddenly regretted it, yesterday morning's confession, why was she so stupid, he didn't say a word that made Xiaojuan heartbroken, he complained that his mouth was stupid.

When Mu Zhen, who had stood for a long time, looked at Dongfang and showed the white belly of the fish again, he paced back to his residence with attachment, and when he returned to his residence, Liu Xuchang had already woken up, and when he saw Mu Zhen coming back, he was a little surprised: "I woke up to relieve my head, I didn't see you, where did you go now?"

"I didn't go anywhere, just go out for a walk and exercise!" Mu Zhen replied pretending to be casual, after all, he was a child, and Liu Xuchang didn't have any doubts.

"I can sleep a little longer!" Liu Xuchang said, and closed his eyes sideways.

Mu Zhen stood in front of the bed, looked at Liu Xuchang's back, nodded understandingly, then took off her shoes and went to bed to lie down, and soon fell asleep.

Mu Zhen, who was asleep, heard Liu Xuchang call him: "Quick, get up quickly, it's late today, I thought you wouldn't sleep when I woke up just now, so I turned off the set alarm!"

Mu Zhen got up from the bed, kicked off his shoes, and ran out.

When the two of them ran to the school out of breath, the school's morning reading class was almost over, and they happened to meet the head teacher, Mr. Zhang, who came out of the classroom and immediately stopped the two of them: "Why did you two come?"

Teacher Zhang usually always has a gloomy face, no smile, at this time the question, so that the two people stuck, do not want to explain a word, for this lateness, both of them know in their hearts that there is a fault on the road, but how to explain this fault to the teacher?

In the middle of the stalemate, a voice suddenly came: "Teacher Zhang, the principal asked me to call you to his office!"

This voice is the teaching director Director Liu, Mu Zhen saw Director Liu, his heart sank, this year, his performance has been recognized by Director Liu, and since the new semester, Director Liu has also talked to him once! Mu Zhen felt very embarrassed, if Director Liu knew that he was late, I really don't know how to say it next time we talk.

Teacher Zhang said in a low voice: "Let's enter the classroom, you are not allowed to be late for no reason in the future!"

Mu Zhen, who was sitting in the classroom, didn't have the heart to read the textbook anymore, and thought about today's lateness repeatedly, in the final analysis, there was a ghost in his heart, if there was no ghost, how could he get up so early, and how could he not wake up from a sleep? Mu Zhen turned around and secretly glanced at Zhang Ran who was sitting behind, Zhang Ran didn't seem to see his eyes, he was still reading something carefully, and Liu Xuchang, who was sitting next to him, smiled awkwardly.

As if she suddenly understood, Mu Zhen put the book in front of her and read it aloud.

The morning class made Mu Zhen's heart come back, maybe he understood what he had done, at a young age, he was obsessed with a girl, and it was not only a morning reading that was delayed, but the more important delay was still to come?

Mu Zhen is much more rational, and he thought in his heart that he would put the matter with Xiaojuan on hold for the time being, Xiaojuan's confession may be just an impulse, not what he imagined, why stop at a sweet word? He remembered that Wang Sheng in the ghost story in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" was deceived by a female ghost and almost lost his life, he was still a child, how is it different from Wang Sheng? When Mu Zhen's mind opened, he felt much more relaxed, and there was no pressure on his thoughts, but he felt that it would be better to let this matter go naturally, and not to pay attention to it anymore.

The strangeness of the world is coincidence. That night, Mu Zhen and Liu Xuchang just left the classroom door after school, they felt a chill on their bodies, and after taking a few steps, they felt trembling in their hearts, their eyes were dark, and the sky was spinning, Mu Zhen didn't understand what was going on, so he fell down, Liu Xuchang hurriedly stepped forward to support him, touched his forehead, and said eagerly: "You have a high fever!"

Zhang Ran, who came out from behind, stepped forward to help hold Mu Zhen's arm: "Quick, help him to the hospital!"

As he spoke, the two of them walked towards the hospital with Mu Zhen's arm on their hands, followed by Wu Xiaojuan, who caught up.

At night, the hospital was pitch black except for the red light in the simple ward.

"Xiao Juan, go and call the doctor!" Liu Xuchang greeted Xiao Juan behind him.

Xiao Juan agreed, and ran to the simple ward with the lights on: "Where's the doctor, do you see the doctor?"

Xiao Juan looked a little incoherent, there was a middle-aged woman waiting for the patient in the ward, hearing Xiao Juan's hurried voice, she turned around, pointed to the east and said, "In that office, you go and have a look." ”

Xiao Juan turned around sharply, took two steps to the door of the office pointed by the middle-aged woman, and knocked on the office door: "Doctor, doctor, we have a sick number!"

"What's the emergency in the middle of the night?" said an unhurried voice from the office.

The one who opened the door was a young doctor, the two old doctors here, Xiao Juan knew each other, this young doctor may be the reason for the first visit, Xiao Juan didn't know what to call it, and said directly: "We have a classmate there, who is too sick to stand up!"

Following the direction pointed by Xiao Juan, the young doctor saw the figures of three people in the dark and hurriedly walked over.

"What's not good?" asked the doctor as he reached out and touched Mu Zhen's forehead, which was standing on the two of them. The forehead hair was very hot, and the doctor immediately understood and asked, "Do you cough?"

"No cough. Mu Zhen replied vaguely.

"Is there anything else that is uncomfortable?"

"No, I just feel chills and shiver!" Mu Zhen really replied to the doctor's question weakly.

The doctor asked, "A small injection or a hanging bottle?"

"Hang the hanging bottle!" the other three people didn't understand, and Xiao Juan replied affirmatively.

"Okay, let's go to that ward and wait, first take a thermometer to measure your temperature, and then I'll prescribe some medicine, you go to the pharmacy to get the medicine!" the doctor said and went back to the office, and handed the thermometer to Xiaojuan, who came in.

After Xiao Juan, who took the thermometer, sent the thermometer to the ward, she immediately returned to the office and went to the pharmacy to pick up the medicine with the doctor's prescription.

The pharmacy staff on duty may have been awakened by the shouting of several people, the pharmacy that had turned off the lights had already turned on the lights, and the pharmacist who took the medicine list pulled the abacus beads a few times, and the price of the medicine was quickly drawn: "A total of two yuan triangle!"

Xiaojuan did not hesitate to take out her own money to pay, took the medicine back and handed it to the doctor.

After the doctor hung up the hanging needle, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"I was scared to death just now!" Xiao Juan said as she patted her chest with her hand.

"Didn't scare you away!" Zhang Ran teased.

"You're scared away! I'm worried about people! How can you be like you have no heart and lungs!" Xiao Juan laughed and mocked.

Mu Zhen, who was lying on her side on the hospital bed, didn't care about the amusement of the two of them, looked at Xiaojuan intently and asked, "How much is the medicine just now?"

"Get the injection first, and then we'll talk about it!" Xiaojuan said in a low voice.

It's strange to say, as soon as Xiaojuan's words came out, Mu Zhen felt a warm current filling her body, as if she had taken a heart booster.

The three of them looked at each other and didn't say anything, Mu Zhen's change was not noticed in the eyes of the three people, they just lowered their heads and stopped talking.

Seeing that the needle would take a while, Zhang Ran proposed: "You play slowly, Xiaojuan and I will go home first, otherwise the family will think that there is something wrong with our road!" Zhang Ran originally wanted to find a reason to go back first.

"If you want to go back, you go back first, I'll wait here for the hanging bottle to finish!" Xiaojuan said very seriously.

Zhang Ran didn't make a sound, he looked a little embarrassed, and said casually: "Then let's go back together and wait a while!"

The liquid of the hanging bottle slowly flowed into Mu Zhen's body drop by drop, about ten minutes later, Mu Zhen couldn't feel the chill just now, and sweat began to appear on her face, Liu Xuchang and Zhang Ran looked at each other, came out of the ward and stood in the courtyard, Xiaojuan didn't move, she watched the two go out, took out a small handkerchief from her pocket, wiped it on Mu Zhen's forehead, and then handed it to Mu Zhen's hand: "You wipe the sweat on your body yourself!"

Mu Zhen said a little gratefully: "Thank you!"

"Everyone is a classmate, how can you not help if you are busy! If you want to help, you can help to the end, you can't be like Zhang Ran, send it and leave!" Xiao Juan suddenly showed a tone of reproach.

"It's late to go back, and he's also afraid that his family will worry!" Mu Zhen whispered.

"You still speak for him, and if you speak for him again, I'll be angry with you!" Xiao Juan said pretending to be angry.

"Don't be angry, I won't say it!" Mu Zhen said a little seriously.

By the time the hanging bottle was finished, nearly an hour had passed, and Mu Zhen's illness had basically healed.

When the four of them were about to say that they were about to break up, Mu Zhen handed over Xiaojuan's handkerchief, but Xiaojuan didn't answer it, and said with a smile: "You take it and wipe your sweat!"

Liu Xuchang looked at it and quipped: "You can also give me a sweat wipe!"

"You also have a fever and hit the hanging bottle, I'll give you one too!" Xiao Juan's response made the four of them laugh at the same time, and in this laughter, the four of them both went home.