Flying across the Atlantic, Lan Li was always asleep, groggy and muddy, falling into a virtual and real dream, as if floating in space, the pull from gravity appeared and disappeared, and the gravitational texture that flickered up and down successfully made the world's most dangerous and exciting roller coaster look like a child's game.

Sometimes struggling, sometimes drowsy, sometimes resisting, sometimes nothing, sometimes scorching, sometimes piercing. Half-asleep and half-awake, they were already directly above the city that never sleeps.

Outside the cabin window, the turbulent sea of clouds spreads endlessly, and the skyscrapers stand alone and tall in the middle, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the golden sunlight passes through them, and the whole world reveals a thrilling brilliance and dream, like a fairyland.

As the plane landed little by little, the magnificent scene dimmed little by little, plunged into the drizzle of the sky, the world was dyed a wet gray, and the straight and wide streets crisscrossed and crisscrossed, like a sharp sword, revealing fierceness and coldness, and the rules neatly divided the land into squares.

Thus, Lan Li can be sure that this is New York, not London.

After returning to New York, before joining the crew, Lan Li had forty-eight hours of rest and adjustment, which was the time that the Coen brothers tried their best to squeeze out, and they couldn't afford to delay any longer—or rather, they didn't want to delay any longer, and if they could, they wanted Lan Li to start working on the day he arrived in New York.

Returning to Gotham City without Batman again, the rain and wind of winter are really not friendly, and everyone is left in their homes and offices, and even the noise of the bar seems to have gradually fallen silent-

If it's London, you'll find more buzz in the bars, a beer and a football game to get everyone lived, but this is New York.

However, this time, Lan Li did not curl up in the warm quilt to recuperate, but left the house, braved the misty rain, and began to jog around the streets of the city, just running, enjoying the cold to sharp air, feeling the cold to biting raindrops, and most importantly, experiencing the gravity that was solid to heavy.

It's a really interesting thing.

Human beings always yearn for freedom and flight, always yearn to get rid of gravity and soar in the sky, but over time, human beings still desire to feel the earth, only when the feet are closely connected to the land, the sense of security rooted in the depths of the heart can gradually become full, and the sense of certainty that supports oneself on the ground can regain the truth.

Now Lan Li finally understands how the title of "Mother Earth" was born. Not only because the land is alive and provides a chance to survive, but also because human beings have put their blood on it.

Running, step by step, toe heel, toe heel.

The simple movements that repeat the cycle make the body slowly become heavier, and the body slowly becomes lighter, even the biting cold wind and cold raindrops are full of coldness, the steady and scorching breath stings the lungs, and the sense of reality returns to the blood little by little, as if I feel the vigorous vitality again.

Before you know it, the outline of the building of Mount Sinai Hospital comes into view. From the apartment to the hospital, a distance of nearly ten kilometers, running wildly all the way, but not feeling the passage of time at all, if it were not for the burning lungs and rapid breathing, the protest of the body, maybe the brain would still not receive the signal.

The dark red brick walls have become thicker and more transparent after being washed by the rain, and a swirling and surging color is in the gray mist, as if a moment recorded by a camera has been frozen for a long time.

Bypassing the hospital gate, Lan Li's footsteps skillfully found the staff passage on the other side of the building, pushed the door in, greeted those familiar faces, and came to the rest room shared by the volunteers, found a towel in the closet of the locker room, quickly dried his wet hair, and hung up the waterproof jacket, rested and adjusted for a while, and then walked to the elevator.

"Wait, wait, the young man. A call came from the direction of the counter at the nurse's station, stopping Lan Li's footsteps, and when she turned around, she could see Anita Tunisha's chubby face, "Who are you looking for? Who are you looking for? Are you sure you didn't go to the wrong floor? It's not just anyone who can come here." ”

Lan Li turned around, looked at the serious expression on Anita's face, and a smile flowed in her eyes, but she didn't defend herself, but followed Anita's words and performed the scene, "I'm not sure, I came all the way to look for Anita Tunisha, I heard that she is a kind and kind lady, warm and loving, very helpful, I just need a little help." ”

The corners of Anita's mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, but she still forced a smile, cleared her throat, and raised her chin exaggeratedly, "Are you sure you're not talking about Snow White?"

"Snow White?" Lan Li frowned, looking Anita up and down, the critical and questioning eyes suddenly made Anita unable to bear it anymore, and scolded angrily with round eyes, "Why, black people are not allowed to be Snow White?"

Break the power directly.

Lan Li raised his hands and said with a smile, "Of course I do." It's just that I didn't expect your favorite fairy tale character to be Snow White, not Princess Pea, Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, Gondux, or Cinderella......" After a long series of rambling words, Lan Li shrugged his shoulders and said meaningfully, "That's all." ”

Anita finally couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed after a puff, and then the smile completely bloomed, and she opened her arms, "Give me a hug, hurry up." Christmas didn't show up, New Year's Eve disappeared, and you couldn't even see your news on the entertainment news page, and you almost thought you had chosen to retire completely. ”

"Retire now, God, what kind of misunderstanding is there between us, how old do you think I am this year?" Lan Li raised his eyebrows, a look of disgust appeared in his eyes, and said seriously, but his soft eyes still couldn't help but roll up a smile.

"Forty-five?" Anita hugged Lan Li warmly, then slapped Lan Li on the back heavily, raised the tail note high, and gave an answer.

Lan Li pursed the corners of his mouth and shook his head slightly, "Forty-five is far from the time to retreat." When I was about to turn 90, I didn't want to come to my stage until no one wanted to come to see me, and in a state of embarrassment and embarrassment, I left the stage depressed and unhappy, enjoying the boring life after retirement. ”

"God, ninety years old? It's a disaster. Anita's joke made Lan Li chuckle again, causing the nurses next to her to also laugh along with the chatter, some old and some new.

Not surprisingly, caring for patients is not an easy task, and the difficulty of caring for the elderly and children is exponentially more difficult, and those with the experience and skills are often highly sasked professionals who can be converted to more lucrative and easier private care. As a result, staff changes in hospitals are always very frequent.

Before and after, Lan Li has not appeared for more than half a year. It seems that this is the first time that Heather has returned to Mount Sinai Hospital since Heather's death, and this is not the result of intentionality, but by chance, it still happened.

But there is no barrier between Anita and Lan Li, and the faint intimacy and familiarity always make the corners of her mouth rise involuntarily.

Anita looked at Lan Li seriously, then cast a disgusted look at the few little girls next to her, and finally said seriously to Lan Li, "Did you do it on purpose? Before you came over, you took a special bath and cleaned up? A head of wet hair, trying to make yourself more handsome? In fact, there is no need, even if you just climbed out of the coal mine, these little girls will fall for you." ”

"Whew, thanks for informing me, I'm finally relieved. There was no shyness and restraint, and there was no complacency, Lan Li's gentlemanly ridicule and self-deprecation always had a special taste, and then you could see that several nurses standing next to her began to stomp their feet excitedly, just like high school girls.

Anita could only smile dumbly and patted Lan Li's shoulder, "You should leave now, otherwise, I'm not sure if they will pounce on you directly in the next second." Even if it's ridiculous, it's still complaining.

Then he changed the subject and whispered, "Anne is in the activity room now, since the last time she received a batch of donated books, Anne has been staying in the activity room all day to read, Joss has been worried, maybe, you can persuade her to go out and bask in the sun." ”

Anne Silliman, the little one, is still in the hospital, and Joss is her mother.

"If that's the case, you're definitely looking for the wrong helper. Don't you know, I'm a famous bookworm?" Lan Li's eyes shone brightly, "I've been looking forward to having my own house in the future, and then setting up a study room with bookshelves on the walls and thousands of books. ”

"So, why don't you just buy a library as your house?" Anita snapped at a wide roll of her eyes, speechless.

Lan Li snapped his fingers, "Great idea!" and then saw Anita's stunned expression, which made Lan Li laugh happily, didn't stay any longer, turned around and took a step in the direction of the activity room.

But before the footsteps could be taken, at the end of the corridor, an oncoming figure could be seen, a simple pink sweater with jeans, and a camel-colored long trench coat in his hand.