Chapter 8: An'er's Last Days

After Lin Fangcheng fed Yuan An'er the medicine, he walked in front of the doctor and his wife.

"No matter what, thanks to the two doctors for their reception and treatment, your kindness will never be forgotten in Fangcheng. Lin Fangcheng said, clasping his fists at them and saluting.

"Childe, don't be like this, saving lives and helping the wounded is originally our duty as a doctor, we just did what we should do. The male doctor said.

"Besides, you are close in age to our daughter, and if she hadn't disappeared, she would have come to your rescue with us. As she spoke, the female doctor sighed.

Lin Fangcheng asked, "If you can, can you tell me about your daughter?"

Among the doctor couple, the husband's name is Su Wanli, and the wife's name is Lan Xingyu, originally they were famous doctors in Jingshi Hospital, the male protagonist is traditional Chinese medicine, and the female protagonist is Western medicine.

Five years ago, the doctor and his wife resigned from the Jingshi Hospital and came to live in this village on the outskirts of Guozhou City, opening a medical clinic to serve the names of nearby villages. Because the husband and wife were expert doctors in Jingshi Hospital before, they also had a large amount of savings after leaving their jobs, and their life here was nourishing.

They have a daughter named Su Yunbing, who is the same age as Lin Fangcheng and Yuan An'er, and the life of this family of three is very happy.

In the spring when Su Yunbing was ten years old, she disappeared while playing with other friends around, and the doctor and his wife searched everywhere to no avail, and finally called the police and did not find it, but learned from the police that there have been cases of disappearance of children from eight or nine years old to twelve or thirteen years old in Guozhou in the past two years, and there is a very puzzling place: some children were playing with other children when they disappeared, but while playing, these children disappeared as if they disappeared out of thin air, without clues and without a trace, so that those children who played together and did not disappear thought that the missing children had quietly returned home by themselves。

"This should have been arrested by someone with ulterior motives, but it's strange why so many children who were playing with them weren't arrested? Also, not even a single child found out about the presence of the suspect who arrested people, which is also quite worrying. Lin Fangcheng listened to the words of the couple and said the doubts in his heart.

"Yes, if the child was arrested, at least other children should have seen a stranger approaching, but the police learned from us that none of the strangers they were playing with when they disappeared. Su Wanli said.

"If this is the case, the same method and the same situation have happened many times, then it should be a case done by one person or an organization, by the way, uncle and aunt, will this kind of thing happen now?"

"Although the residents of the state are now very vigilant, this is still happening, and the most terrifying thing is that some children are missing at home. Lan Xingyu said.

"Does the police say that the missing children have anything in common?" Lin Fangcheng asked.

"The police chief told me that these children have hardly been sick since they were young, and their physical fitness is very good, and these children have good grades in school or school, or they are very smart in the eyes of outsiders, but the police have not found anything at this point. After speaking, Su Wanli sighed.

Lin Fangcheng thought: This is strange, there are still people with such quirks in this era?

"What is a human experiment?" Zhang Lixuan suddenly came out and asked Lin Fangcheng.

Lin Fangcheng thought to Zhang Lixuan: There is the kind of person who does human experiments, and uses healthy or smart people to do clinical trials of their own drugs or biological weapons.

"I haven't heard of it, and even if there is a person like you said, why doesn't he go to another place to catch the child, he has to be in the state. Zhang Lixuan asked again.

Lin Fangcheng thought: You know everything when I am one of those suspects.

"Kid, where did you come from, and why did you come to this place?" asked Su Wanli to Lin Fangcheng.

"Uncle and aunt, my name is Lin Fangcheng, her name is Yuan An'er, we are from Jingshi, our two families have been killed because they offended people, and only the two of us escaped. Hey, I wanted to come out and live a stable life, but I didn't expect An'er to be so miserable. Although most of this sentence was made up by Lin Fangcheng, he still couldn't hold back his tears, looking at Yuan An'er on the hospital bed, he was really distressed.

"Kid, you guys just live here, you're also the target age group of those bad guys, it's bad if you are targeted by them. Su Wanli said to Lin Fangcheng.

"Yes, let that little girl recuperate, although her life is coming to an end, at least let her have less bumps and troubles, and let her finish the last journey of her life happily. Lan Xingyu said.

"Thank you, uncle and aunt, good people have a safe life. After speaking, Lin Fangcheng bowed deeply to the doctor and his wife to express his gratitude in his heart.

In the days that followed, Lin Fangcheng was always by Yuan An'er's side and took care of Yuan An'er. Yuan An'er knew that her body was getting weaker and weaker, and time was running out, but she knew that it was really not easy for Lin Fangcheng to take her out of the palace and the Jingshi, she couldn't be as fragile as before and cry her nose at every turn, even if her body was weak and uncomfortable, she had to smile and show it to Lin Fangcheng.

Lin Fangcheng also borrowed the camera of the doctor and his wife to take photos and record the life of himself and Yuan An'er.

At dusk that day, Lin Fangcheng helped Yuan An'er to the backyard of the medical hall, where a hibiscus tree grew in the center of the courtyard, and the hibiscus flowers on the tree made people bloom towards Yuan An'er, showing their most beautiful side.

"Fangcheng, this flower is so beautiful, what kind of flower is this, An'er has never seen it. Yuan An'er asked Lin Fangcheng, her voice was full of weakness.

"This is hibiscus, Fusang, also known as hibiscus, Fosang, hibiscus of the Malvaceae family, likes light, can also grow in the shade, but rarely blooms. It prefers warm and humid climates and is not cold-tolerant. It doesn't bloom very often, but today it's blooming for you, and you're in luck. Lin Fangcheng said with a smile.

"An'er likes it very much. Yuan An'er smiled and looked at the flowers.

"If you like, I'll take you under the hibiscus tree so you can get closer to them. ”

"Uh-huh. ”

Lin Fangcheng helped Yuan An'er to walk under the Fusang tree, and the two of them sat down against the Fusang tree, and there were repeated cool breezes blowing, which was very refreshing.

"Under this Fusang tree, An'er quickly felt much better, and those flowers are so beautiful, this feeling is as if it is in the sky. Yuan An'er said.

"If you like it, I will help you out every day, leaning on this hibiscus tree here, looking at these hibiscus flowers on the hibiscus tree. Lin Fangcheng Road.

"Fangcheng, do you know anything else about the Fusang tree and the Fusang flower? Yuan An'er said softly.

"Okay An'er, I'm a man known as a little encyclopedia, and this doesn't bother me. Lin Fangcheng said, "Legend has it that the sun rises under Fusang and rises from its branches, because it is called the sunrise." It also refers to the sun. He will go out of the east and follow my sill. The sorrowful light of Fusang is dying, and the scene is hidden. Fusang flew up to Jinbi, and the dark water flowed through the empty valley. The rooster knows through Fusang Chung, and the stone horse sings and crosses. ”

"Fangcheng, you are so amazing, you can make such beautiful verses, although An'er doesn't understand literature, but An'er likes the poems that Fangcheng just wrote. Yuan An'er smiled.

Although Yuan An'er is very weak now, her smile is still beautiful, not even the hibiscus flowers on the Fusang tree.

Lin Fangcheng thought: Although I can't compose poems, the poems I learned when I was Ye Qing'an in my "last life" can still be read aloud to you.

"In ancient mythology, the Fuso tree grew on the sea of the East and was a place with great aura. In the past, Hou Yi shot the sun and stood on the Fusang tree. Because the sun rises from the place where the Fuso tree grows, in the story of Kuafu, which is spread to the sun, Kuafu runs in the direction of the Fuso tree. Lin Fangcheng continued to preach for Yuan An'er.

"Isn't that standing on the Fuso tree so that you can stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun? Yuan An'er said.

"An'er is right. With that, Lin Fangcheng picked up Yuan An'er and jumped to the top of the tree.

At this time, it was dusk, and the sun was about to retreat behind the mountain, and Yuan An'er and Lin Fangcheng only needed to be almost level to see the sunset.

"The sunset is really beautiful, An'er has never seen the sunset and sunset from this angle, although the sun must set, it can still show us the most beautiful posture when leaving. Yuan An'er sighed.

Lin Fangcheng heard the meaning of Yuan An'er's words and did not respond to Yuan An'er.

"The sun must want people to live well after sunset, Fangcheng, do you think An'er is right?" Yuan An'er asked Lin Fangcheng.

"Hmm. ”

"Shall we go back under the tree?"

"Good. After answering, Lin Fangcheng hugged Yuan An'er and returned to the tree, and the two of them leaned under the Fusang tree again.

"Let's continue to tell An'er the story of the hibiscus tree or the hibiscus flower. Yuan An'er pleaded.

"Okay," Lin Fangcheng continued, "it is said that the Fuso tree is one of the mythical spiritual places, growing on the distant eastern sea, and it is a place full of spiritual energy. The hibiscus tree is the habitat of the sun goddess Xihe's son, the golden crow, who drives to the place where the hibiscus tree grows. It is said that the Fuso tree is also a gate connecting the human world, the divine realm and the underworld, and the communication between the three worlds depends on the Fuso tree, but because Hou Yi stood on top of the Fusang tree to shoot the sun, the Fuso tree could not bear the weight, so it was broken, and the connection between the three worlds was broken. ”

Yuan An'er listened and listened, her consciousness gradually blurred, she tried her best to cheer up, she wanted to listen to what Lin Fangcheng said, remember, but she could not stop the arrival of her own fate, her upper eyelids became heavier and heavier, slowly she closed her eyes, and there was still that smile on the corner of her mouth, this smile was still beautiful and strong.

"The flower language of hibiscus is fresh love, subtle beauty, meaning refined, clean and shy. The hibiscus flower has a delicate structure, just like a delicate heart under a warm appearance, with a subtle beauty. Although the appearance of the hibiscus flower is warm and bold, it has a unique flower center, which is formed by the connection of many small stamens, wrapped around the large stamen, and the structure is quite delicate, just like the delicate heart under the enthusiastic appearance, with a special and subtle beauty, just like An'er. Lin Fangcheng said, the warm liquid in his eyes couldn't stop rushing outward.

This is the first time that Lin Fangcheng has experienced such a life and death parting when he was counting his "previous life" or Ye Qing'an, but the wheel of fate never waits for anyone, even if you want to change it.

The kind of fate that can't be changed, you can only accept it helplessly, this sense of powerlessness and loss is very strong, just like tasting a cup of cold bitter tea that has been brewed for a long time.

Zhang Lixuan wanted to comfort Lin Fangcheng, but looking at Yuan An'er, she couldn't let go for a long time, and she felt a warm liquid flowing on her face.

"This girl is really a big fool, how can a spirit have such a thing as tears?" Zhang Lixuan muttered to himself.

"An'er is buried under this Fusang tree, she really likes Fusang flowers. Lin Fangcheng said.

At this time, there was a hibiscus flower on the Fusang tree that somehow broke away from the flower branch and fell down from the tree, just above Yuan An'er's right ear.