(12) The soup of the son
At nightfall, we arrived at the endemic area. The sky was drizzling, and the whole city seemed to be shrouded in a light veil of mist. Looking out of the porthole of the plane, the lights of the airport are refracted by the raindrops, blurring the night and blurring people's eyes in a trance. In this situation, there is a certain string in my heart that sounds softly, accompanied by lights and stars, and I don't know whose thoughts are swaying. I quietly looked at this tranquility and beauty, and my heart felt more melancholy.
Until, Lu Li walked over.
Probably after experiencing today's events, I inexplicably have some unpredictable emotions, and my reaction is always a little sluggish. Lu Li stood quietly on the side for a long time, I was immersed in my emotions and didn't notice him. "It's time to go. After a while, Lu Li spoke.
"Oh. I obediently stood up and walked off the plane with Lu Li. There is a saying in the tea ceremony, one period and one meeting. Who knows how many lives have been lost and how many love partings have occurred on the land under their feet in the past month. In this world, probably no one knows which one will come sooner, disaster or tomorrow, parting and reunion. The rain seems to wash away the sorrow and fear of this land, and it is continuous, as if playing a song of floating suspense. "One period, one meeting, Qiao Xun. I said silently.
When I got out of the airport, I saw people coming to pick me up from afar. "This is Researcher Chu, right? Fortunately, I am the technical person in charge of the epidemic area in Qingang for this epidemic, Li Nan. "Because this person had contact with Lu Li during the previous sampling, he was not unfamiliar, and after a brief greeting, his attention was focused on me. "It turned out to be Li Gong, fortunately. I smiled and said hello to him. "I don't know what the epidemic is now? Can the source of the virus be traced?"
"With Chuyan's vaccine, the epidemic is basically under control. It's just that the source has not yet been identified. At the mention of this, Li Nan's expression was mixed.
"Don't hide it from Li Gong, we came here this time to find out the source of this virus, and we also asked Li Gong to cooperate closely with us. I said earnestly, still with a straight smile on my face.
"That's natural, if there is anything needed, even if Chu Yan proposes it, we will fully cooperate. Li Nan said as he took us to the car.
When the car pulled out of the airport, it was a quarter past 8 p.m. I had already recuperated on the plane, but at this time I was very active, and I couldn't help but look around. Compared to a week ago, when front-line workers in heavy and stuffy protective suits could be seen everywhere, the atmosphere in the affected area is much more relaxed.
Finally, after about thirty or forty minutes of driving, we arrived at the hotel where we had settled in. As soon as I entered the door, I felt the meaning of the door. Presumably also affected by the plague, there are only a few foreign tourists staying in the sparse landing. After getting the room key from Li Nan, the two of us went to look for our own room.
Who knows, it's next door.
After staring at Lu Li for a few seconds, I thought to myself that this Li Nanmo didn't mean it, and forced a smile: "What a coincidence, Mr. Lu lives next door,...... I really can't make up the latter part, I can't say that I often come to visit the door, right? I silently opened the door and entered the room.
After everything was cleaned up, I took out the medicine that Tan Yi had prepared for me, took out one and threw it into my mouth, unscrewed a bottle of mineral water, and drank a few sips, wanting to send it down. Unexpectedly, I was a little anxious to drink, and I choked on myself. coughed violently for a while, and finally calmed down, and some tears were forced out of his eyes. This is really in response to that sentence, and the disaster is not a one-way street. I continued to be helpless.
After taking a shower and brushing my teeth, I found the requiem incense and was about to light it, when I suddenly realized that I didn't have a lighter with me because I was flying. I searched the entire room and couldn't find any ignition tools, and I couldn't help but be a little discouraged. In desperation, I had to knock on the door of the guy next door.
"Please come in. With a cold sound, the door opened. Maybe it's because the light is dim at night, looking at Lu Li's face, I actually feel that although Lu Li's personality is really bad, this appearance is really good. The nose is thin and the lips are straight, and the eyebrows are cold and alienated.
Seeing that it was me, Lu Li was slightly stunned, but quickly adjusted. "Why are you?" Lu Li asked me. "I ...... I just came to borrow a lighter. "When he asked me this, I stuttered a little, which was a very ordinary thing, but it seemed a little unnatural when I said this.
"You smoke?" he asked suddenly, with a hint of teasing. It was a 180-degree turn, and I began to wonder if I was hallucinating. "Where did you go? I just wanted to light an incense. I quickly explained.
"Oh, Miss Chu is so exquisite, but I don't know what kind of incense is smoked in the middle of the night?" Lu Li pressed step by step. "I didn't ...... It's nothing special, it's just that I'm used to incense and carry some with me. I hurriedly covered it up. Anyway, I have depression, only Tan Yi knows. This is my death hole, and I don't want more people to know about it.
Especially the people of Qingang. I don't want to be more heavily manipulated by them.
"Even so, I won't ask any more. Lu Li said slowly, as if he was playing with the prey in his palm. "It's a pity that I don't have what Miss Chu wants. I'm really sorry, Miss Chu. ”
"Well, since that's the case, I'll go back first. "My face is a little pale. You must know that if there is no requiem incense, and I have just changed to a new place, I will definitely not be able to sleep well tonight. I silently scolded Lu Quercus, and had to turn around and go back to the room.
I know that without requiem incense, falling asleep is more terrible than not sleeping. I was sitting on the sofa in my room, and I was going to not sleep tonight, but I didn't expect to be sleepy, and finally fell asleep.
This sleep is a nightmare.
I seem to have returned to the helpless and desperate days before Qiao Xun's death. In the dream, there seemed to be countless sharp and thin voices shouting, "Chu Youyi, Qiao Xun is dead, dead! It's you, it's you who killed him." These sounds are like countless fine steel needles, piercing me painfully. I saw Qiao Xun's back from a distance, and I wanted to chase him but couldn't. "Qiao Xun!" I fell to the ground and cried out in despair, "Please, please don't go, okay?"
People in nightmares, if they don't have strong concentration, it is difficult to get out of it on their own. Fortunately, before going to bed, I collapsed on the sofa in the room, struggled in my dream, rolled over, and slammed my forehead on the corner of the coffee table. Fortunately, this corner is not very sharp, and the forehead corner is only bruised, and the skin is not scratched. But this smash was enough to wake me up.
Xu was tossing too loudly, and I was struggling to get up when I suddenly heard a knock on the door. "Miss Chu is okay?" I was dizzy because of this smash. Just as I came back to my senses and wanted to answer, the door opened with a "brush". It was Lu Li.
"You...... How are you...... How did you get in?" I was taken aback by his actions and stuttered a little. "It's just a hotel room access control, and it's not hard to break. He replied.
At this time, I suddenly remembered that Lu Li was nominally protecting my safety on this trip, and secretly I was afraid that he would monitor and investigate me again, so how could he not have any means. "No, it's okay! Look, how did I fall off. "I disguised myself with embarrassment.
"What about the wound on your forehead?"
"I accidentally bumped it when I fell it. I quickly replied.
"Weak-hearted. Lu Li opened his lips and summed up the two words neatly. "I just don't know, what is Miss Chu hiding here?"
"It's nothing, it's not early, Mr. Lu should go and rest early." "I made a gesture to ask someone to leave. Lu Li turned to leave, and just as I was relieved, the man turned around and came back. "Rub the medicine. Lu Li handed over the trauma ointment, and there was an irresistible meaning between his words.
I didn't want to make a fuss, so I hurriedly took it, ran into the bathroom and looked in the mirror, wondering what this Lu oak means while applying medicine, why is it so cloudy. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't come up with a reason, so I had to go out of the bathroom and return the medicine to Lu Li.
"No need, it looks like Miss Chu needs it more. After speaking, Lu Li was about to turn around and leave.
"Thank you for the medicine. I took a deep breath and tried to calm my voice.
Lu Li paused and didn't say anything.