Today's weather is a bit too bright, it rained all night last night, and now the sky is spotless, and the air around you is as fresh as a wash.

The neighborhood is as quiet and peaceful as ever, with dark green eaves and tiles, verdant creepers covering old stone-brick walls, and dilapidated case fans whirring and whirring, and dripping water droplets tearing off most of the walls.

The old cadres went out early in the morning, and the chess players with an average age of seventy or eighty surrounded the chessboard to play their daily routines. The old people injected all the momentum of Ruhong into the chess pieces in their hands, and the playing method was vigorous and decisive, and the chess pieces were slammed loudly, as if every move was a reversal of the victory or defeat.

There should be a lot of people happy today, those senior high school students who have not frozen to death in the cold window for ten years have enjoyed themselves on this day. In a sense, they have bid farewell to their compulsory education career and began to face a new life, whether happy or worried, with gains and losses.

But Gu Fangyan was not happy at all, because someone was leaving, and he was playing the role of a send-off today.

"Senior, have you brought everything with you?" a crisp shout came from the bottom of the building.

"Bring it all. Ling Chenxuan responded downstairs, holding a scabbard in his hand and Cheng Xinuo's travel suitcase, the whole person looked full of energy, not at all like he had just been discharged from the hospital.

In order to make himself look natural, Gu Fangyan deliberately crossed his arms and posed with a breezy appearance. Ling Chenxuan, who was standing at the entrance, looked at him and pressed his eyebrows, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.

"Are you really not going with us?" he asked slowly, after a long time.

Gu Fangyan pretended to wave his hand calmly, "I also said before, I am still a student now, I want to take the college entrance examination, if I leave with you like this, I am afraid that I will be sorry for the ancestors of the three generations of the Gu family." ”

He had previously drunk Yang Blood Activator, which meant that he was no longer an ordinary person, but had been integrated into the mysterious organization of the Exorcist by blood and bones, becoming their kind.

"So you want to wait until the college entrance examination is over before you go to the branch with us?" Ling Chenxuan nodded, "Okay, I know." ”

Gu Fangyan didn't speak, he knew that his appearance would definitely be taken as a default, but there was no reason to refuse.

"Goodbye. Finally, Ling Chenxuan said softly.

"Goodbye. He also whispered.

Ling Chenxuan slowly walked downstairs with the scabbard of the knife, his back was lonely and thin, looking at Gu Fangyan and suddenly thinking of the first time he saw him, he was also carrying the knife like this, as if he had turned the whole world away.

Slow, rhythmic footsteps echoed through the hallway, quickly disappearing.

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"We'll have to walk about an afternoon from here to Northtown. After putting all the luggage in the trunk of the car, Ling Chenxuan opened the rear door and jumped in. Cheng Xinuo was already sitting on the other side, and among them, Luo Fan, who was in charge of driving, was fiddling with the steering wheel with a depressed face.

It's not that Ling Chenxuan doesn't want to sit in the front, it's just that the front body of this Pagani sports car has undergone drastic deformation, and a huge hole has been directly smashed out of one side of the body, which makes it really inconvenient for the passenger seat to be stuffed into it by another person.

As for the blue Audi rented online, it has long been scrapped in the depths of the laneway of the old residential area.

Ling Chenxuan turned his head to look at the crack in the window, "Will the branch school provide funds for the repair of this car?"

Luo Fan had a dark face, "I don't know, but since the branch is willing to lend me this car, it must have great trust in me, and in a certain way, I have not lived up to the high expectations given by the branch." ”

"But the repair cost of this car is conservatively estimated to be more than one million, and I think the branch will kill you directly. Cheng Xinuo said quietly.

“…… Less verbose, at least GPS can still be used, I will find a way to repair this car on the road. Luo Fan started the car in frustration, and the engine roared hoarsely, as if it was going to explode on the spot at any moment.

"You people are still too superficial, and if you want to do big things, you must take a long-term view, and only thinking about the small profits in front of you are destined to be unsuccessful. Luo Fan was still babbling to defend himself, "Our enemy is a king, and if you want to defeat a monster of that level, you have to sacrifice something." ”

"Millions of small profits?" Cheng Xinuo joked with a smile.

"Which is more important, money or life? Forget it, you don't understand it. Luo Fan stepped on the gas pedal with a look of resentment. As the so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, this sports car is surprisingly vigorous at the moment of starting, and the speed soars directly to 90 miles.

"Be careful, there are a lot of old people in this place. Ling Chenxuan reminded coldly.

Pagani left the residential area in a hurry, and the old people on the street looked at the sports car with awe-inspiring expressions, and sure enough, today's young people have really good tastes, and even the cars they drive are so different. The only drawback is that the movement is too large, and it has the momentum of a heavy tractor.

"By the way, Brother Ling, hasn't he always carried out missions alone, why are you with him. Luo Fan asked suddenly, he was already surprised by Cheng Xinuo's appearance.

"That...... I was on vacation, and the branch school approved it. Cheng Xinuo was stunned for a moment, and replied with insufficient confidence.

Luo Fan smiled when he heard this, "Can you take a vacation together, then you are really destined." ”

"Hey, you have a lot of questions, concentrate on driving!" Cheng Xinuo frowned dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, yes, yes. Luo Fan grinned. He wasn't interested in pondering a girl's thoughts, preferring to be open to most women. The so-called great love is boundless, people live for a lifetime, if you only dwell on too limited love, love and love will be a bit boring.

"When I get back, I'll make sure to report back to the mission record, we're doing a great job to stop the king from destroying the city! Luo Fan seemed excited, as if he had just experienced the most glorious highlight of his life.

"According to your meaning, the branch should also send a few war correspondents to lock down and capture your heroic posture in an all-round way. Cheng Xinuo glanced at him through the rearview mirror.

"Little sister, is there such a loss to the senior who is one year older than you? and I am not alone in this honor, I will write you and Brother Ling into the task report. ”

"You don't know how tacit Brother Ling and I cooperate with each other, when we were surrounded by undead, the two of us carried long knives and slashed up and down, and fought a bloody way out of it. Luo Fan gushed endlessly to exaggerate their fearless heroism, and by the way, exaggerated a knife hand.

"We can almost form a team, and we can do any task in a minute. Finally, he said in a serious tone.

"That's up to the senior, he agrees, but I advise you to die that heart. Cheng Xinuo shook his head and asked Ling Chenxuan to cooperate with other exorcists, then he would definitely hack his teammates alive before slaying the ghosts.

"Why? Are there still fewer exorcists who have formed a team in private these years?" Luo Fan directly changed the chat partner, "Is it Brother Ling?"

There was no response, and the conversation between them suddenly came to an abrupt end, as if a stone had sunk into the sea, without a single ripple.

"Brother Ling?"

Cheng Xinuo patted him from behind, "Shhh, be quiet, senior, he's asleep." ”

Luo Fan looked in the rearview mirror, Ling Chenxuan had fallen asleep leaning against the car door for some reason, his head was gently against the car window, his eyes were lowered, and his eyebrows were as dense as a curtain.

Come to think of it, it seems like he hasn't closed his eyes for two nights.

looked at Cheng Xinuo on the side with a nervous and cautious look, for fear that any slight move would wake him up. Luo Fan couldn't help but smile wryly, that guy was still as desperate as ever.

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Huaijiang Hospital.

Today there is another strange person in the hospital.

The nurse on duty at the front desk looked at the man in front of her in surprise, his face was pale in his suit and leather shoes, and his eyes were as deep as the sea.

In these days, few people wear suits to visit patients, but in line with their professional ethics, the front desk nurse smiled and asked softly, "Hello sir, how can I help you?" ”

The man smiled in return, and the gloom on his face was suddenly swept away when he laughed, exuding a mature charm like a British gentleman from the inside out.

"I am a family member of a patient in Ward 14 and am here today to make up for her discharge. ”

The nurse nodded, "It turns out that the family member is you, you wait." She skillfully took out a registration book from the counter drawer, "The patient's name is Yaoling, right, I'll make a record, and ask the family to bring the hospitalization deposit receipt and go directly to the discharge window of the inpatient department to go through the settlement procedures." ”

"With **, you can go to the central pharmacy opposite the admission and discharge office to pick up the discharge medication, and then get back the outpatient cases, discharge summary and discharge certificate from the reverse ward. ”

The front desk nurse mechanically instructed the discharge process, while at the same time neatly recording some patient-related information in the registration book. The man just smiled and quietly listened to the nurse's prompts, polite and distant.

By the time everything was taken care of, it was almost time for the hospital to close. Rattlesnake finally pushed open the door to Ward 14, intending to dispose of the items left behind by the patient.

The bed linen in the ward was spotless, and every corner fold had been carefully smoothed, as if it had been specially cleaned before, so clean that there was not even a trace of human habitation.

The rattlesnake slowly glanced around, finally resting on the bouquet of roses on the bedside table, wondering if it was the negligence of the cleaning staff or if they had left the flowers here on purpose. The brilliant red color looked particularly brilliant in the pale ward, but it was obviously about to wither, and for many days it had not been watered, and most of it had dried up and wrinkled, and the bedside table was full of brown petals.

The setting sun illuminates the entire ward, the white curtains reflect the clouds and sky light on the sheets, and the rattlesnake sits down along the eaves of the bed, as if melted into a meager piece of amber.

He imagined that there was also a girl lying here, with plain skin, like a finely carved white porcelain doll, with eyebrows curved like bird's wings, thick and slender.

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The last time the front desk nurse saw the man, he was holding a bouquet of roses, his suit was cold and his face was solemn, and he was almost like two people when they first met.

There was a gloom in his eyes, as if he was holding a funeral for someone.

As soon as I stepped out of the hospital gate, the evening breeze blew most of the roses away, and the withered petals scattered in the wind.

No one in the world will remember the girl's real name, or the boy who gave up his soul to embrace the devil in the dark of the polar night.