Act XI Ritual
XIAOTING LOOKED AT THE TIME IN THE CORNER OF THE IPAD SCREEN AGAIN AND SIGHED SOFTLY. How many times has this been the first time to see the time? Xiaoting can't remember clearly, but the person she was looking forward to still didn't show up.
Xiao Nan ...... It's been almost a week since he came to visit him secretly, will he ...... Never again?
Last time, he took all the savings he had saved to open a store and start a business and planned to give it to his father, but his father threw him out of the house along with the bouquet and fruit he brought. Dad scolded him for being the culprit and told him to get away and never appear again......
After nearly a week, Xiao Nan really never appeared again, even at noon when his father was away, he never sneaked in to see me as secretly as he used to, could it be that he really never came again......? Don't want me anymore?
Xiao Ting sighed softly, and the vision in front of her gradually became hazy.
I am now a cripple, I can no longer walk, I can no longer run, I can no longer jump, and I am even unconscious as if my body was made of wood, and I can't even take care of myself...... Wouldn't it be strange if he ran away and didn't want me? After all, he was still young, and would he really want to spend his life with a cripple who could only spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair and bed?
Xiao Nan, if you go, then go far away, it's best to forget me, I hope you ...... To be able to live happily......
Almost uncontrollably, tears overflowed Xiao Ting's eyes, rolling down her pale cheeks and falling on the quilt covering her chest, Xiao Ting felt her heart ache like a knife.
"Knock knock knock......" At this time, a knock on the door suddenly sounded, and Xiaoting's heart beat wildly.
WHO IS COMING? COULD IT BE XIAO NAN? HE CAME TO SEE ME AGAIN? HE HASN'T ABANDONED ME YET? XIAO TING HURRIEDLY PUT DOWN THE IPAD IN HER HAND, RAISED HER HAND TO WIPE THE TEARS FROM HER FACE, AND LOOKED AT THE DOOR EXPECTANTLY.
The door creaked open, and Xiao Nan walked in with a bouquet of white lilies in her arms, followed by a tall beauty in a long skirt.
She was...... Xiao Ting looked at Dr. Shi suspiciously, and it took a long time to remember that it was a folk doctor that Xiao Nan had brought over to see her, and was later blasted out by her father as a liar......
"Ting'er, I haven't come to see you these days, are you okay?" Xiao Nan walked over and gently took Xiao Ting's hand, Xiao Ting deliberately wanted to withdraw her hand, but Xiao Nan grabbed it, Xiao Ting pulled it a few times without pulling, then gave up the struggle, let him hold his hand tightly, and stroked it distressedly.
"Why are your eyes red...... Are you crying?" Xiao Nan asked, Xiao Ting shook her head vigorously and denied it, but her tears were completely out of control in an instant, like pearls with broken threads, crackling and falling straight down.
Xiao Nan hurriedly picked up the towel at the bedside to wipe Xiao Ting's tears, Xiao Ting knew that the two of them could only get along with each other in less than half an hour when her father went to eat at noon, and she also reminded herself that she had to cherish every second, so she forced herself to stop crying, raised her face and let Xiao Nan wipe it for her.
Xiao Nan's complexion looks very good today, although the long hair is still messy, and the matching of clothes is still very bad, but since that accident, every time I see Xiao Nan for half a year, the despair and numbness on Xiao Nan's body that makes her feel distressed can't be felt today, instead of a smile that I haven't seen for a long time and a little look in my eyes, which makes Xiao Ting feel that some changes seem to have taken place in Xiao Nan today.
took the bouquet handed over by Xiao Nan and sniffed it, a refreshing fragrance, Xiao Ting's eyes were red and gave Xiao Nan a pear blossom with a rainy smile, which looked really distressing.
Xiao Ting knows that Xiao Nan has carried too many things in the past six months, whether it is the harsh accusations and merciless expulsion from her parents, or the almost incurable illness and torture on her body, it has become an increasingly heavy cross on Xiao Nan's spiritual back, and she has watched Xiao Nan change from a cheerful and laughing sunny boy to a taciturn walking corpse. Every time Xiao Ting saw Xiao Nan's appearance of wanting to cry without tears, but she wanted to force a smile in front of her, she would have a particularly distressed feeling, even more than the perception of her own pain.
"Xiaoting, this is Dr. Shi, you have met once. She has a way to heal you completely......" Xiao Nan took the bouquet of lilies from Xiao Ting's hand and inserted it into the empty vase on the table next to her. Xiao Nan knows that she likes flowers, and always sends flowers when Xiao Ting's parents are away, of course, she is often thrown out by Xiao Ting's parents afterwards, in their opinion, Xiao Nan is the culprit who caused her baby daughter to be a high paraplegic and lose her speech ability, and she almost can't kill her quickly.
Doctor Shi behind Xiao Nan walked quickly to the side of the hospital bed, took out a small black seal box from his pocket, and said to Xiao Ting with a smile: "We don't have much time, we must hurry up at noon to complete the ceremony, believe me, you will definitely get better." ”
Xiao Ting didn't understand what Dr. Shi meant by "ceremony", she looked at Xiao Nan a little worriedly, hoping that Xiao Nan could give her a more specific explanation.
Don't worry, believe this Doctor Shi, she is a mysterious physician who has performed miracles many times, we just need to do what she asks. Xiao Nan hurriedly explained to Xiao Ting.
Seeing that Xiao Nan seemed to be very sure, Xiao Ting nodded lightly with a little hesitation. Although she didn't know how capable this mysterious female doctor was, since she had become like this, how bad could she be? Even if there was only a glimmer of hope in front of her, she should try it, otherwise, she could only continue to sink in endless despair......
"Okay, then let's start the launching ceremony now!" Doctor Shi opened the seal and took out a bead that emitted a faint light from the box, held it on the palm of his hand, pinched it with the thumb of his right index finger and placed it on the top of Xiao Ting's head, and easily opened his fingers, the bead actually exceeded gravity, and was suspended on the top of Xiao Ting's head like that, slowly rotating and emitting a dark and mysterious light.
Doctor Shi stretched out his hand and took out a small wooden box from his pocket, the wooden box was carved with ancient patterns that had been worn out so that it was not real, and he didn't know how many years ago it was an old item. She gently opened the box, and inside was a small knife that was as transparent as crystal, with intricate and mysterious patterns carved on the hilt, and the transparent blade was as thin as a cicada's wing.
Doctor Shi held the knife in his right hand, and the transparent blade seemed to be nothing in the midday light, reflecting a strange luster. "Come, Xiao Nan, stretch out your right hand. "Doctor Shi's order was brief and unquestionable. Xiao Nan glanced at the beautiful and deadly knife, and felt a little sweat on the top of his head.
"What, are men still afraid of seeing blood?" Doctor Shi said to Xiao Nan in a somewhat mocking tone: "Don't ink, time is very tight, hurry up." Xiao Nan turned his head and glanced at Xiao Ting, as if he had made a lot of determination, and obediently stretched out his right hand.
The transparent knife gently brushed Xiao Nan's palm like a feather, and before he could feel the pain, the blood in Xiao Nan's palm oozed out from under the cracked skin. Xiao Nan looked at Dr. Shi a little nervously, and saw that her clear eyes were full of concentration, and it didn't look like she was playing any prank.
"Xiaoting, it's your turn......" Doctor Shi turned to Xiaoting who was frightened and said, "Please stretch out your right hand......"
Xiao Ting lost her ability to speak after the car accident, she couldn't speak, but her two autumn eyes were full of fear, looking at the extremely sharp knife in Dr. Shi's hand, Xiao Ting could only shake her head desperately, and her beautiful long hair swayed from side to side, like mountains and flowing water.
"Okay, then you just watch your boyfriend stand here and slowly drain the blood, but he begged me for a long time before I agreed to heal you, and you know that this guy is poor to death and has no property. Doctor Shi half-jokingly said to Xiao Ting: "If you don't cooperate with me, this stubborn guy will really let himself bleed, you know, he did it, and he never lacks motivation, right, Xiao Nan?"
Xiao Nan didn't speak, just stretched out his arm and deliberately showed it to Xiao Ting, and the blood oozing out of the wound pooled into a puddle in his palm, slowly dripping down the gap between his fingers. Xiao Ting saw his resolute gaze, and stretched out her arm in fear and helplessness.
Doctor Shi's knife was as fast as lightning, and before Xiao Ting had time to regret retracting her hand, it had already slashed through her white and tender palm, and then quickly put away the knife, grabbed the hands of the two and let them clasp their fingers together. The two felt the warmth of each other's palms, and for a moment they forgot the pain of the wound, and their eyes looked at each other as if there were infinite words.
"Okay, none of you are allowed to let go, I call to stop before you can let go, understand?" Doctor Shi warned the young couple with a serious face; "Otherwise, it may lead to unforeseen consequences, and it may be disastrous for Xiao Nan." ”
After warning the two, Dr. Shi took out her strange ancient book again, followed the bookmark to find one of the pages, and said something in his mouth. The suspended bead above Xiao Ting's head instantly emitted a blazing and dazzling light, illuminating the ward brighter and more dazzling than the sun at noon outside. The bead swirled and slowly sank into the top of Xiao Ting's head, and for a moment Xiao Ting felt the incomparably warm above her head, as if a warm current melted along the top of her head, flowing along the blood vessels to the limbs and bones, the whole body was as comfortable as bathing in a warm hot spring, and there seemed to be something flowing rapidly between the two people's fingers.