Act III A decision that cannot be regretted
Cheng Xiaonan's face turned pale for a moment, and his originally firm gaze showed a hint of panic. "I ...... I don't quite understand what you just mean, what is called...... Can't be a man anymore?"
Doctor Shi found that Xiao Nan, who had firmly said that he could even give up his life just now, had a little trepidation because of such a question, and couldn't help but feel funny. "It's easy to understand, you can't be a man anymore, you can just take it literally. ”
"Does that mean that I might become a ...... That one...... Eunuch?or...... Shemale?" Xiao Nan involuntarily took a step back.
"The ancient documents I have at hand are not so clearly recorded, only the words 'if this is the case, or the masculine body will no longer be restored' Yunyun......" Dr. Shi explained solemnly: "As for whether to become a shemale or a eunuch, or become a delicate beauty, only the ghost knows......
Cheng Xiaonan lowered his head and was silent, and it took a long time to raise his head, and the look on his face was very tangled. "Doctor Shi, does it have to be like this? Is there an alternative?"
Doctor Shi shook his head: "There is no record of this...... In short, there is very little information about this 'ritual' in the literature of witch doctors since ancient times, and in the case of your girlfriend, the more serious the injury, the greater the price you will have to pay. She said helplessly.
Cheng Xiaonan was obviously frightened, he involuntarily took another step back, his legs bent against the bench behind him, and his body lost his center of gravity and sat down on it.
"Are you scared?" asked Dr. Shi. In fact, she didn't think it was strange for Xiao Nan to react like this, as a legendary witch doctor who could bring the dead back to life, Dr. Shi had also introduced this ancient forbidden method to other clients, but whenever those people heard "at the cost of their own lives", they immediately retreated, Cheng Xiaonan was the first person to pass this test - but unfortunately he was still frightened by the hurdle behind.
Human life is the most precious, because life can only be once for everyone, and once you lose it, you can't start over like playing a game. But for some people, when something requires them to pay with their lives, these people can still give their lives without hesitation, even if they cherish the beauty of their lives, even if they have an instinctive fear of death.
Obviously, Cheng Xiaonan belongs to this kind of person. For them, death is not terrible, as long as they can achieve their goals, even the cost of their lives is worth it. But in the same case, the price to be paid is not death, but severe physical disability, which is more terrible than death for these people who regard death as their home.
No one wants to live on their own, but they lack arms and legs, have difficulty moving, and need the care of others everywhere to continue to live, and that kind of life is undignified for them, and a life without dignity is not as pleasant as death. For an adult with a mature mind, a more special disability like "can't be a man" is more terrifying than missing arms and legs.
Seeing Cheng Xiaonan's painful and tangled expression, Doctor Shi shook his head and sighed softly. If at the beginning she was willing to accept this commission with little oil and water, she was completely moved by the boy's experience of enduring the scolding of his girlfriend's parents for half a year and insisting on taking care of his girlfriend in the hospital, which made her feel that the legendary love seemed to be real. But now it seems that the power of the so-called love is nothing more than that......
"If you don't want to, forget it, let's talk about it later, I have other work, let's go first......" Dr. Shi put the sports goggles on the bridge of his nose again, and turned to leave.
"Please wait a minute!" Cheng Xiaonan, who had just walked a few steps away, hurriedly stopped her on the bench behind her. Doctor Shi stopped but didn't turn around, she asked in a flat tone, "What, do you have anything else?"
"I ...... Willing to bear any cost...... As long as you can guarantee that Xiaoting can fully recover, you can ...... anything."
The corners of Doctor Shi's mouth curled slightly, showing a smile that was not easy to be noticed, she couldn't imagine that Cheng Xiaonan had made up her mind so quickly. Turning to look at the boy sitting on the bench, Dr. Shi found that Cheng Xiaonan's melancholy eyes were already full of sadness and determination at the moment.
"You have to think about it, this is a ...... A decision that cannot be regretted, once the ritual has begun, it must never be stopped, otherwise you will both die!" Doctor Shi warned sharply. "If you were just impulsive, and it's too late to regret it, I'll just assume that I didn't hear anything. ”
"I've already thought about it, and I will definitely not regret it again!" Cheng Xiaonan clenched his fists, as if fighting against the last trace of cowardice and hesitation in his spirit. "Just do as you say, I just need you to guarantee that Xiaoting will definitely recover, and everything else doesn't matter......"
"I can guarantee that. Doctor Shi said: "Although I am just a witch doctor without a medical license, but witch doctors are also doctors, and the healers are benevolent, since you dare to trust me, I swear by my personality and the honor of my ancestors, what I promised will definitely be done, and your girlfriend will definitely recover completely." ”
"Okay, that's it!" Cheng Xiaonan stood up from the bench with a sigh, and there was no longer a trace of entanglement and panic on his face. "Then let's not delay any longer, let's go to the People's Hospital to see Xiaoting now!" he said and strode towards the blue heavy locomotive parked on the side of the path outside the lawn.
Cheng Xiaonan walked so fast that Dr. Shi had to trot to keep up with him. I said...... What if something unexpected happens and you become a shemale or a eunuch? You won't come to me again, will you?"
"Didn't I just say it, as long as Xiaoting recovers, everything else doesn't matter. As for what will happen to me in the future, it doesn't matter......" Cheng Xiaonan slowed down and turned his head to Doctor Shi and said, "It's a big deal, I'll find a place where no one knows and quietly dispose of myself......"
Dispose of yourself...... Such a cruel sentence came out of the young boy's mouth and was so lightly said that even Dr. Shi, who was accustomed to seeing life and death, couldn't help but be shocked. It turned out that he was not afraid, but he had already planned to give up his life completely in the event of an accident.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Doctor Shi quickened his pace and caught up with Cheng Xiaonan. "Actually...... The kind of situation I just told you about is very rare, and it is very, very rare in the records of our witch doctors throughout the ages, so you don't need to worry about such a low probability at all......
Cheng Xiaonan stopped abruptly, half-turned around and glared at Doctor Shi, looking at his expression as if he had been fooled with anger.
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Dr. Shi still remembers Xiao Nan's motorcycle, which was a blue Suzuki GSX1300R with a large word "falcon" written on the shimmering shroud. As a classic car enthusiast, she doesn't understand this behemoth-like heavy motorcycle at all, but with this streamlined body, wide and stable tires at the front and rear, a fool can see that this is definitely not an ordinary civilian motorcycle used for transportation.
Now, this car, as Cheng Xiaonan's "house call fee" to her, has theoretically belonged to her, but Dr. Shi doesn't know how to fiddle with this huge steel monster at all, and her cognition of motorcycles is still stuck in the women's scooter she drove when she was a student.
"The car is really good, although I don't know much about it...... But I can't drive your car, it's better to go to the People's Hospital to see Xiaoting first, there should be good sunshine at noon today, just right for treatment, you drive the car to the hospital parking lot, I will think about getting it away later. ”
Cheng Xiaonan nodded, and took out the car keys from his pocket with some reluctance, Dr. Shi noticed that the key pendant was a cute black cat doll, this cute style of key pendant was incompatible with this powerful and dynamic heavy locomotive, it was hard to imagine that a handsome motorcycle boy like Xiao Nan would have such a kawaii key pendant.
"It was the talisman that Xiaoting gave me. Xiao Nan saw that Dr. Shi had been staring at the key pendant in her hand, thinking that she also liked this kind of cat doll. "Xiaoting said that this is her incarnation, and when she is not there, this cat doll will replace her to protect my driving safety...... This car will be yours in the future, but I want to keep this cat doll, it is a very important thing for me, although I don't know what will happen to me after the ceremony you said, but I hope that if that kind of thing happens, it will not be for me to face it myself......"
Xiao Nan looked at Doctor Shi after speaking, his eyes seemed to be begging.
"It's always yours, unless there's a time when you don't want it anymore. Doctor Shi took the key and untied the cat doll on it, and solemnly put it back into Cheng Xiaonan's palm. "Take it and make a souvenir. ”