Chapter 1: Butterfly Wings
In 1995, Lingnan Town, Kanghai.
Autumn is high and cool, although it is noon, the cool breeze is gentle, it should be a time to be in a good mood, but Zhou Bai's heart was hanging at this time, and he was in a cold sweat, because a tragic car accident happened in front of him.
Zhou Bai, who has not yet turned eighteen years old, saw such a tragic car accident for the first time in his life, he may not know that this loud noise will change his fate, and a person who should not have had any intersection with Zhou Bai suddenly appeared in his life.
A truck carrying goods collided with the oncoming Fukang car, compared with the tall truck, the entire front of the small Fukang sedan was almost completely smashed, and the entire car was deformed, although because of the angle, Zhou Bai could not see the appearance of the car driver, but Zhou Bai thought that the car accident was so serious that it was estimated that there were many people inside.
The truck driver was stupid at this time, his whole face turned pale, he was wearing a seat belt when the car accident happened, and the person was fine, but once the thing of hitting and killing someone was on the stall, it would be like this for everyone.
In this era, such a thing is enough for another family to be ruined, but the driver still has a bottom line, and he endures his fear and anxiety, opens the door and gets off.
Seeing the truck driver get out of the car, Zhou Bai walked over, although long-term martial arts training made him more agile and strong than ordinary people, but he understood better that people may make a lot of crazy moves that they would not normally do in the face of great changes, and caution is the way to act.
"Suck", even if he was mentally prepared, the tragic situation in front of him still made Zhou Bai take a breath, the front of the Fukang sedan was already in tatters, even the door was deformed, the poor driver was caught inside, the whole chest was stained red with blood, and the flesh was blurred, such an injury made Zhou Bai sigh in his heart.
The truck driver's face became even more ugly, and he didn't know what was going through his mind for a while.
"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and call the public security, find a hospital for first aid, and call someone to help save people!" Zhou Bai saw that the truck driver was still standing there in a daze, and turned his head and shouted.
"Okay, little brother, please help save people. Only then did the truck driver come to his senses, drop a sentence, and hurriedly run away to call someone.
The seriously injured sedan driver was a young man in his twenties, seeing that he was having difficulty breathing, and a large amount of blood loss had made his face pale, and there were traces of blood on the side of his mouth, he turned his head to look at Zhou Bai with difficulty, and his eyes at this moment made Zhou Bai's heart sink inexplicably.
From his eyes, Zhou Bai read strong unwillingness, sadness about to leave the world, inexplicable resentment and deep despair.
Of course, Zhou Bai didn't understand why Li Mingyuan, who was seriously injured and dying frequently in front of him, had such a look, a person who had failed all his life, stayed away from his dreams, endured a lifetime of humiliation, and watched himself slowly decay, while those enemies he hated so much that he went crazy every time he dreamed back at midnight had succeeded repeatedly, until he slowly decayed and lived like a rat in the sewer.
Li Mingyuan thought that God had given him a chance to change everything, but unexpectedly, he couldn't change anything in the end, how much like a joke, how ecstatic before, and how desperate he is now.
"This big brother, hold on, the doctor will come soon, I'll save you first, it's not far from the hospital, hold on!" Zhou Bai said in a deep voice, his voice was firm and powerful, at this time, he had to give the injured a hope no matter what.
The doors are deformed, stuck at the exit, and it is impossible to even climb out of the window, Zhou Bai actually knows that the injured person should not move, otherwise it may cause greater secondary injury, it is likely that the fragile body of the injured person cannot withstand the toss, but seeing the injured person lose blood, this speed will definitely not be able to support the arrival of the ambulance.
Just let the seriously injured driver stay in the car and die, Zhou Bai couldn't do it, he thought to himself that he had to find a way to stop the bleeding for this person, even if it was good to keep a little hope.
Li Mingyuan was caught in the middle, even if Zhou Bai could reach it, there was no way to pull Li Mingyuan out directly, he clearly saw that Li Mingyuan's legs were stuck there, and he had to pull the car door to move him.
Saving people is like fighting a fire, the window glass has all been broken, Zhou Bai clasped one hand on the edge of the window, and the other hand buckled the door lock, pulling the capacity, trying to pull the car door, tried a few times, his hands were cut by broken glass, and the blood flowed like an infusion, but he couldn't open the damn car door.
"No, it's too late, I know...... I'm ...... No more. Li Mingyuan's face calmed down, gave Zhou Bai a grateful look, and said intermittently.
"Don't give up, big brother, you can't give up, think more about your family, you'll be fine, as long as you hold on!" Zhou Bai's heart sank, this feeling of watching others die gradually was very uncomfortable, this was the first time in his life that he was so close to death, even if he knew that his words were just to comfort the other party, but even if he was a stranger, he had to do his part in the face of the death of others.
The corners of Li Mingyuan's mouth hung a bitter smile with difficulty, he struggled to raise a bloodstained hand and put it on the back of Zhou Bai's hand tightly on the side of the car door, he already felt that everything around him was blackening, the whole person was so cold, really cold, it turned out that death was like this?
Oh, think about me Li Mingyuan, this time when I finally died, there were still people by my side, trying so hard to save me, that was enough.
Mom, I'm so sorry I won't be able to see you again, but you should be better off without me, after all, I have caused you so much pain from three years ago to many years later, and I will not regret it until I am separated forever.
I just want to see you again today, but I didn't expect that the thief wouldn't even give me a chance to make up for this regret, it's a pity that I can't tell you I'm sorry in person.
"Big brother, you ......" Zhou Bai's heart was tangled, he had never felt so powerless, so uncomfortable, if he had more strength, he might be able to open the car door, but even if the car door was pulled by him a little shaky, he couldn't open it.
"If you see my ...... Family, I hope you can help bring a message to my mother, is it okay?" A hint of flush flashed on Li Mingyuan's snow-white face, and he knew that time was running out.
"Okay!" Seeing Li Mingyuan's face becoming more and more pale, Zhou Bai's heart darkened, and he held Li Mingyuan's hand tightly, and the two bloodstained hands were clasped together, this was the only comfort Zhou Bai gave to the other party, and it was useless to say anything at this time.
"Please tell my mother, I love her, I feel guilty, I am ignorant...... I want her to be ...... Happiness, cough, I hope she can live a happier life for me, so that I can ...... Peace. Li Mingyuan's face was extremely calm and serene at the moment, and a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.
"I'll bring it. ”
"What's your name?" A hint of relief flashed in Li Mingyuan's eyes, and a hint of flushing on his face began to fade.
"My name is Zhou Bai!"
"Zhou Bai, if you have a dream, you must go...... Pursue it, the world of the future, really ...... It's wonderful, I regret it, cough, my ...... Dreams, I ...... of loved ones, can ...... It's too late, thank you...... Thank...... You ......"
"Mom...... Mom, right...... Not ......"
Feeling the weakness of the hand in his hand, Zhou Bai's heart sank, and he burst into tears unconsciously, this young man who had never known his life finally left.
Trembling with his blood-soaked hand, Zhou Bai closed Li Mingyuan's open eyes, which was a sign of respect for the deceased.
He didn't know who Li Mingyuan was, and he didn't even know Li Mingyuan's name in the end, but the last journey of this person's life, he was by his side, feeling his guilt for his relatives when he was dying, his nostalgia for the world, and his regret that his dream was not fulfilled, all of which deeply shocked Zhou Bai's soul, and the word life suddenly appeared in Zhou Bai's mind, which was so clear.
The person called by the truck driver finally came, I believe that the public security is also coming, but Zhou Bai is not happy at all, the person is still dead, even if he knows that the other party is so seriously injured, there is not much he can do, but a hot-blooded teenager, such a heavy topic of death suddenly appeared in front of him, even if he was a young man, it was difficult to bear it for a while.
When the truck driver saw that the young man in the car was dead, a trace of joy flashed in his eyes, but he was caught by Zhou Bai, and when the two looked at each other, the truck driver looked away in shame.
Zhou Bai knows why, if the young man in the car is only disabled and does not die in the end, the truck driver needs to compensate a larger amount, and he may face a heavy price for a lifetime, and it is more likely to be a steady stream of follow-up troubles, so for the truck driver, the death of the other party is actually better than the injury and disability, human nature is like this, there is nothing to blame.
Not in the mood to pay attention to the truck driver with a shameful face, Zhou Baimu walked to the side to bandage the wounds on his hands, and the people around him who were called saw that the person had died, and were silent for a while, and then began to whisper again, of course, most people in this era at least have a moral bottom line, and reasonable people began to call on everyone to protect the scene.
After a while, the police car roared over, making this usually very deserted road very lively, and Zhou Bai stood on the side of the road in a daze, and the whole person was depressed.
cooperated with the public security department to make a record, truthfully described what he saw, and then signed the record, Zhou Bai left.
Kang Haicheng is not big, and Chen Guoqing, the public security officer who is responsible for handling the problem, knows Zhou Bai's father, so he saves a lot of trouble.
Before leaving, Zhou Bai asked the name of the deceased, Chen Guoqing told him that the deceased's name was Li Mingyuan, Zhou Bai left his home phone number, and told Chen Guoqing that if he saw the deceased's mother, please let her make a phone call to contact him.
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"A butterfly in the Amazon rainforest of South America, with an occasional flap of its wings, can cause a tornado in Texas, USA, two weeks later. —Edward Norton Lorenz (American mathematician and meteorologist).