Chapter 13: The Demons of the Heart

In the evening, twilight, Xiao Min was alone at home, and the room was dark and empty. Her father walked in from the outside, his face so pale that she was frightened. She asked, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" The father did not look at her, but spoke to himself. She couldn't understand what her father was saying, but she understood what he meant, and he was saying that he wasn't feeling well and was dying. Then he lay down on the bed. Xiao Min cried and said to her father, "Dad, I'll take you to the hospital." But my father lay there, motionless, and blood began to seep from under him, and the blood spread in an instant. The intense pain pierced Xiaomin's heart in an instant, and then spread to her back and limbs in her incoherent breathing. She couldn't scream, she could only look around in despair and fear. Suddenly, she saw a woman, standing a few paces away from her, speaking in a strange accent. She couldn't see the woman's face clearly, only that she had short hair, was thin, and wore dark clothes. She wanted to turn on the light to see who she was, but even if she pressed the switch repeatedly, the light just wouldn't come on. She finally screamed, "Who are you?" Who? Who? The woman stopped talking, just looked at her with a strange and cold gaze, and then walked up to her. Finally, she saw it clearly, it turned out to be Nie Shujun's face! His face was so close to him, his nose was about to touch hers, he didn't have any expression on his face, just stared at her. Suddenly, Xiao Min felt that the person on the bed next to him was Nie Shujun, and he was lying there, unaware of her strange situation. She tried her best to push the person in front of her away, but he got closer, and Xiao Min cried, "Who are you?" Who? Who? She went to shake Nie Shujun on the bed again, "Shujun! Shujun! But he fell asleep and did not respond. Nie Shujun in front of him realized that she was begging for help and grabbed her arm fiercely.

She woke up in severe pain and extreme fear, her eyes widened, and she realized that everything she had just done was a nightmare, and she seemed to hear someone calling her, but her consciousness was still confused, "Where am I?" She muttered to herself, she couldn't think of it, she just felt exhausted and about to go back to sleep. But she was scared and slipped back into that dream, desperately trying to wake up. But soon, she fell into a deep sleep.

Xiao Min didn't know how long she had been asleep.

When she finally woke up slowly, the first thing she saw was the snow-white walls and the infusion stand in front of her. The clear liquid in the hanging bottle, dripping down and into her veins. The feeling slowly recovered, and she heard someone talking not far away, what was he saying? She couldn't hear clearly.

After a while, a tall man walked up to her. She opened her eyes wide and looked carefully, was it Nie Shujun? Did he come to see her?

The man squatted down in front of her bed, "Xiaomin, are you awake?" "His eyes and face were gentle and surprising that she had never seen before, and his eyes were so dark and bright." The word "Hongming" jumped into her mind, but then she became confused again, am I dreaming? Did Hiroaki really come to me? How did I end up here? What time is it? What's wrong with me?

Hongming took her hand, "Hey, you're awake!" Scared the hell out of me! How's it going? He turned to bring a small snow-white bowl, "Here, drink some water." ”

Xiao Min was poured a mouthful of water by him, and she frowned, so bitter.

Hongming smiled, "It's not that the water is bitter, it's that you're bitter." Come, just take a few more sips. ”

Xiao Min let him feed the water into his mouth one by one. Consciousness finally became clear. "Am I sick?" She asked weakly.

"Ah," Hongming sighed, looking up to the sky, "you don't know how sick you are!" ”

"I spent the night in the hospital?" She had no memory of how she got to the hospital.

Hongming's words made her incredulous, "You've been in a coma for two days!" ”

Xiao Min was shocked, "Really? ”

Hongming nodded, "We came early on Saturday morning, and it's Monday now!" ”

Xiao Min couldn't believe it, "How could it be?" ”

Hongming showed her the watch on his wrist, "Do you see it?" ”

Xiao Min stayed for a long time, she had never been so sick, "What is wrong with me?" ”

Hongming's answer was crisp and neat, "Heart disease, you have been calling your father." "She also called Nie Shujun's name, but he wouldn't tell her." However, when you get better, you will have immunity in the future. ”

Xiao Min looked at him, "You've been watching me here?" ”

Hongming pointed to the other bed in the room, "This is my bed," and then pointed to the table by the window, "This is my office." ”

Xiao Min was so sorry that she couldn't express herself, "Hongming, I really didn't expect that I would trouble you so much." ”

Hongming let out a long sigh, "I'm especially glad to have come to see you this time, otherwise what if you are alone?" Nie Shujun won't come to take care of her, he thought, poor worm, his feelings can only survive sneakily in dark and damp corners, and he can't see the sun.

Then he stopped her from talking, "Don't talk so much now, you're too weak, you need to rest." Hungry, aren't you? I'm going to get you something to eat. ”

It was late at night, but Xiao Min was completely awake. Through the dim night light, she stared at Hiroaki, who was sleeping soundly on the bed next to her. The fate of people is really wonderful, she sighed softly, and recalled that day nineteen years ago. Not long ago, my mother said goodbye to her, who was still a child, and her father, who had a nervous breakdown. She didn't dare to think back to how she had survived those days. That day, she went to buy medicine for her father, and while sitting on the bus, she kept daydreaming that she was repeating every day, fantasizing that her mother would come back. Suddenly, she heard someone next to her say to her, "It's rare to see a girl like you now." Then she saw Hiroaki. I only remember that he was tall, thin as a pencil, with unkempt black hair, and his eyes were blazing, completely different from the boys she usually saw---- most of them were heartless, carefree, always noisy and laughing, and shouting at every turn; And he looked sharp-eyed and unruly. He opened his mouth to talk to her and asked her why she didn't go to school, and there was an unconcealed nervousness in his expression that made her nervous. It was strange that she had confessed to him about her father and motherβ€”something she never told anyone else, and maybe, because he was a stranger, he would disappear into the crowd the next moment, so he didn't have to worry about it? Anyway, she told him. She remembered the way he looked at her, surprised and sad, as if he had caused her misfortune. Later, when he was about to get out of the car, he said the moment the door closed, "My name is Hiroaki." What about you? ”

I never dreamed that I would not only see him again in the future, but also be so cared for by him here today. She looked at him carefully. No matter what happens in the future, he will be his relative, for him for so many years of not forgetting, for his protection at this moment, for him and her such a strange fate.