Chapter 18: Anomaly
Monday, August 31.
When I got up early and flipped through the diary, I saw that the three worrying words were still in the diary. With a sigh, I went to the window and looked up at the blue sky. Today's weather is nice, cloudless and clear. After enjoying the scenery, it was almost time, and I picked up my bag and walked out of the room.
In our city, educational institutions below the university level require students to return to campus on August 31 for the completion of the formalities. The day after that day is the official school day, and it is also the beginning of the nightmare for many students who are tired of learning. In fact, it only takes half a day for students to register back to school. Therefore, the management office of educational institutions in our city has issued a statement that students can stay on campus for half a day when they return to school on August 31. As the name suggests, we can return to school in the morning to register and take a short half-day break in the afternoon. This half-day vacation is only a short time for me as a twenty-eight-year-old adult, but it is quite a valuable time for students who are tired of school. However, when they returned to school the next day, they almost always said "why only give us half a day". Teenagers are teenagers, a little sweet, happy to death, and when it's gone, they complain. Of course, not every teenager is like this, for example, we are juniors in high school. For us high school juniors, it doesn't really make a difference whether there is a half-day or not. Boarding students use this half-day to clean up their dormitories β although they have already cleaned it once during the summer tuition, the teacher has said that they will have to check it again when the school year officially starts, so they have to do it again. Day students are going home, of course, but personally, I really don't want to have this half-day off. On the one hand, I have nothing to do when I go home, I have no interest in playing with the computer, no fun playing with the mobile phone, no fun writing plays, no inspiration, and I fall into confusion and dementia, and waste time for half a day. On the other hand, if I have fun staying in school, why should I go home. At school, I was able to chat with my former classmates and bask in the sun on the playground. There is sunlight in my house, but the aviary house is not as sunny as in the school. At the age of twenty-eight, one of the conclusions I came to enjoy life was that regular and moderate sun exposure was good for the body.
"What, why do you want me to deliver it? I don't go. "I refused Gao Jiali's request.
"It's not like there's no way around it. β
"Teacher Gao, you can go by yourself. β
"I really should go, but tomorrow is the official start of the school year, and I have a teacher's report to write. Also, I didn't ask you to go on purpose, it was Xie Changge who asked me to go. β
"What? Xie Changge asked me to go?" I recalled Xie Changge's drag appearance yesterday, and my resistance couldn't help but become stronger, "Then he said, I can't go." β
"Why? Aren't you good friends?"
Looking at Gao Jiali's face that she thought was true, I smiled bitterly and said, "Where are I good friends with him." Teacher Gao, who did you listen to about this?"
"Xie Changge's parents. Just now they came to help Xie Changge register and relay Xie Changge's words to me. "I'm confused: Is what Gao Jiali said Xie Changge's original words or what Xie Changge's parents said? Anyway, I'm not going to go.
"Anyway, you have to go, you have to go, you don't have to go, you don't have a choice. "Gao Jiali threatened me.
"And what if I don't get away?" I won't be threatened by you, little girl.
"Whatever you want," Gao Jiali put away the documents and said to me, "It's just that thinking that Xie Changge was alone in the ward and thinking about working hard but no one helped him bring the new study materials over, I felt that he was really pitiful." "Hard can't be soft, ridiculous.
"Okay, okay, I'll just go. "The most ridiculous thing is that I just eat soft and not hard.
Leaving Gao Jiali's office, I turned around and asked her, "Teacher Gao, didn't you say that Xie Changge's parents came to help Xie Changge register, why didn't you send them these learning materials at that time?"
Gao Jiali stopped what she was doing, looked up and said to me, "It's almost noon, you go to the cafeteria for lunch and then go home." Remember to bring Xie Changge's study materials to him. β
Could it be that she forgot to send these materials to Xie Changge's parents?
"Xiao Nizi, I forgot to shirk my responsibility, and I actually stuffed this kind of to me. "Complaining, I walked out of the cafeteria and prepared to go to the First People's Hospital of Yixiang District.
When I came to the school gate, I met Chen Yaofei and greeted him: "Yaofei, good afternoon." β
Hearing me call him, Chen Yaofei, who had stopped, turned to look at me and saluted back: "Yi Jiahe, good afternoon." β
"Why did you leave in such a hurry? Hey, you're a boarding student, why did you leave school?" I asked Chen Yaofei.
"Ah, that's right, one of my classmates was hospitalized, so I thought about visiting him and bringing him the study materials sent by the teacher in the morning. β
"The same is the end of the world, why should we have known each other. I remembered one thing and asked Chen Yaofei: "You should not have been forced by your classmates to send materials to your hospitalized classmates, right?"......
Chen Yaofei smirked: "No, I'm going to go by myself." Originally, Ma Chao wanted to accompany me, but he had to help the people in the dormitory clean up the dormitory, and he had to help the teacher in the afternoon, so he couldn't go. I was willing to help my hospitalized classmates deliver study materials. β
Thinking about how Ma Chao had undergone such a big change, I said to Chen Yaofei: "It seems that you have a good relationship with your hospitalized classmate. β
"Of course," Chen Yaofei said proudly, "I have a good relationship with everyone in the class. β
I couldn't help but want to laugh at Chen Yaofei and laugh at him because his classmates bullied him in a disguised way that he committed the unpardonable sin and fell into a time loop. But I thought again, since Ma Chao, who always bullied Chen Yaofei before, now has such a good relationship with Chen Yaofei, maybe after Chen Yaofei got rid of the time loop, Chen Yaofei's classmates may have changed their attitudes towards him.
"God, we are all out of the time loop, why is Chen Yaofei's future smooth sailing, but I still have to suffer from Xie Changge's dislike. "Thinking about it this way, I would like to believe that Xie Changge's request for Gao Jiali to let me send him study materials is true.
I took the bus with Chen Yaofei to the Yixiang First People's Hospital, and when I got off the bus, I asked Chen Yaofei, "Yaofei, have you been here before?"
"I used to come here when I was a kid, but I didn't come much when I grew up. β
"Yixiang People's Hospital is the first hospital in our district. However, I have heard rumors that there have been major medical accidents here......"
"I haven't heard of it. Chen Yaofei replied simply, so that I couldn't ask any more questions.
Chen Yaofei's hospitalized classmates were in Building No. 4, while Xie Changge's indifferent bastard was on the fifteenth floor of Inpatient Building No. 3. We were separated in Building 3 and agreed to meet at the same place after the delivery of learning materials. Taking the elevator to the fifteenth floor, I easily found Xie Changge's ward with my memories of yesterday. There was a knock on the door, but no one answered. Thinking that Xie Changge might have deliberately ignored me, I tried to pull down the doorknob, and the door opened.
I pushed open the door and walked into Xie Changge's ward, but Xie Changge was not inside. It's already past afternoon, but I'm not sure that Xie Changge has already eaten lunch. With that in mind, I closed the door and sat down in a chair.
Looking around the room, I inadvertently saw the fruit basket I brought with me yesterday. The fruit basket has been opened, and some of the fruit is missing. "Xie Changge, this guy has delicious fruits. "Comforted inexplicably, I planned to wait in the ward until Xie Changge arrived.
One minute passes, two minutes passes...... Xie Changge didn't come.
"It's been so long to have lunch? Could it be that Xie Changge went for a walk somewhere else after lunch? You are a patient with a broken left arm, you have nothing to do to wander around. "Secretly guessing Xie Changge's whereabouts, I couldn't help but get up and plan to look for Xie Changge.
With a "tick", a "click", and a "squeak", the door of the ward was opened, and Xie Changge's parents walked into the ward. Seeing me, the two of them stayed for a while, and then asked me with a smile: "Yi Jia and classmates, have you come to visit us Xie Changge?"
I replied, "Hello aunt and uncle." Today, I brought Xie Changge's study materials to our homeroom teacher at his request. "Oh, I should have omitted what Gao Jiali asked me to come to, so that I could establish an image in front of Xie Changge's parents who were willing to help my classmates.
"Thank you so much. Xie Changge's parents closed the door of the ward and walked in. When Xie Changge's father found out that Xie Changge was not in the ward, he asked me, "Yi Jiahe, where did our family's Changge go?"
"I didn't see him when I came in. When I came here, the door of the ward opened easily...... "Listening to the operation of Xie Changge's parents and the small area under the doorknob that I noticed before entering the door, the door of this VIP ward is the same as I used to be, and it is really all swiped to enter." Originally, I thought the door was locked inside, so I didn't pay much attention to it. Now I can almost infer that Xie Changge didn't close the door properly. However, Xie Changge in my impression is not such an imprudent person.
"Xie Changge's parents, when was the last time you saw Xie Changge?"
"At lunchtime. Later, we had something to do, so we told Changge to stay in the ward and go to errands. Thinking of putting Changge in the ward like this, we didn't feel at ease, and the two of us rushed back immediately to do good things. Xie Changge's father told me that he was as anxious as Xie Changge's mother.
"Two, you go to the nurses' station and ask if anyone has seen Xie Changge. I'll look for it, and maybe I'll find this little red guy. β
According to my instructions, Xie Changge's parents hurriedly went out to inquire. Seeing them in such a hurry, I couldn't help but think that they were making a little fuss. Indeed, Xie Changge may not have been back to the ward for a while, but he is such a big person, is it necessary for parents to be so anxious? Perhaps, Xie Changge happened to meet a beautiful nurse, and followed him out of the No. 3 inpatient building to another building. Perhaps, Xie Changge received a call from his former classmate and went downstairs to greet the other party in person. Oh, Xie Changge didn't take the phone away, this possibility is small. Could it be that Xie Changge was involved in some trouble? No, this is a hospital, what trouble can he get into. Sure enough, Xie Changge's speculation that he saw the beautiful big sister following her out was more reliable.
Searching for Xie Changge's figure, I came to the first floor of Building No. 3. Chen Yaofei was already waiting on his mount near the south entrance of Building 3. Seeing me, Chen Yaofei got up and walked up to me and asked, "Is the visit over?"
"Nope. The object of my visit is gone. β
"Huh?" Chen Yaofei said in surprise, "Did you call him?"
"He didn't have a phone. I've met with his parents and asked them to ask the nurses at the nurses' station if there are any clues. Speaking of which, do you know Xie Changge from our class?"
"I don't know. β
"Are you done visiting?"
Chen Yaofei nodded and said, "Yes." My classmates were going to take a lunch break, so I sat down for a while and came out. β
I thought that Chen Yaofei's classmates would really be considerate, unlike Xie Changge, who was willful, and he didn't stay well on the hospital bed and had to follow the young lady around.
"Well, if you have time, you might as well help me find my lost classmate. His name is Xie Changge, and he is shorter than me, and he is ...... than you It feels like he's about the same height as you. His stature is relatively thin, and his skin is white and tender. That's right, he's a little white face. His hair is short, longer than yours, and he doesn't have a tail at the back like you. He doesn't wear glasses now, but he's short-sighted. He always kept a straight face, as if someone owed him money, like a debt collector. He has a nice voice, but because he's always cold, you might think he's despising you, when in fact he probably doesn't mean anything else. Oh, by the way, if you find someone in need of help and he says to you, 'Go away', then there is a good chance that this person is Xie Changge. How, do you need more information?"
Chen Yaofei smirked and shook his head.
"Okay, then please. β
"Okay. Chen Yaofei still smirked.
Curious, I asked him, "Chen Yaofei, why do you keep giggling?"
"Ah," Chen Yaofei touched the back of his head and said, "I, I just think you like this person named Xie Changge very much." "I suspect I've heard it wrong, but my ears are not bad.
"Hey, where can you tell that I like Xie Changge? β
"What's wrong with the man, I like you too. β
"It's different," I said to Chen Yaofei, "you like me because I'm your good friend." I like you because I see you as my own child. The relationship between us is like family, which is completely different from the relationship between Xie Changge and me, which is just a classmate. As I spoke, I thought about how to find a reason to deal with the question that Chen Yaofei might ask me, "Why do you think of me as your child?"
"Oh, I see. Then I'll go find Xie Changge. "This guy didn't even notice it.
"Come back," I called Chen Yaofei to him and said to him, "let's look for it in different regions." I'll look for it outside and in the outpatient department, and you go to Building 4 and Building 5 to look for it - no, I'll look for Building 5, you just have to go to Building 4 to find him. β
"Why do I have to go back to Building 4? Why can't I go to Building 5?"
"Why are you 100,000?" I slowly pulled Chen Yaofei to the north side, and shook his hand to tell him to hurry up, "I will call me when I find him." If it's not convenient to call, you call me and ring the phone, and then pull him to ward 15 on the fifteenth floor of this buildingβhe knows it. β
"Understood. Chen Yaofei smiled.
Originally, I thought it would take some time to find Xie Changge, because I found that there were so many female nurses in Yixiang People's Hospital. About five minutes after Chen Yaofei and I were separated, my phone rang. The bell rang for a long time, which means that Chen Yaofei was in a hurry. So, I answered the phone: "Chen Yaofei, have you found Xie Changge?"
"I found someone who matched most of your descriptions. It's just that I think he's an optimistic and cheerful person, not as cold as you say. β
This person will not be Xie Changge. However, it is also possible that Xie Changge is only indifferent to me because he hates me. For others, Xie Changge may be very kind.
"Where are you, I'll come right over. β
When I learned of Chen Yaofei's location, I immediately went to the East District on the 14th floor of Building 4. When I arrived, I saw Chen Yaofei and Xie Changge sitting on a bench talking and laughing. The nameless fire broke out, and I rushed forward to reproach the two of them: "I'm tired and tired outside, but it's good for you to sit here and talk happily." Have you forgotten that I exist?"
"What," Chen Yaofei immediately stood up and said to me, "We're talking about you." β
"My business?"
"Yes. I now know that Yi Jia and you are such funny people. β
I tilted my head to look at Xie Changge, who had just stood up from the bench with a kind expression. I was about to ask what Xie Changge, the little red guy, said to Chen Yaofei, when I realized that Xie Changge, who was standing behind Chen Yaofei, was a little wrong. As Chen Yaofei said, Xie Changge's feeling has really changed.
"Yi Jia and classmates, I'm sorry for you. Xie Changge bent down and bowed.
"Don't. Your arm is still hurting, don't make a big move. β
Xie Changge raised his right arm and said to me, "Although the fracture is broken, it is not a big problem. Thank you Yi Jia and her classmates for your concern. A smile, a word of thanks, like a warm spring breeze blowing on my face.
"Heh, you don't have to be so polite. By the way, your mom and dad are looking for you in Building Three. Let's go back quickly. β
"Okay, Yi Jia and classmates. β
So, the three of us went to the elevator and waited for the elevator to arrive. It took about a minute for the elevator to come down to this floor. Thinking that maybe there were a lot of people going downstairs, I was worried that the three of us would get into the elevator and the elevator would be overloaded. The moment the elevator doors opened, I was stunned: there was no one in the elevator. Feeling that I had picked up a bargain set by someone with bad intentions, I followed Xie Changge and Chen Yaofei into the elevator.
"Let's go to the fourth floor first, and then take the connecting passage to Building 3, and then take the elevator to Xie Changge's ward." β
"Okay. Xie Changge, who was standing in front of the elevator button, pressed the button.
The elevator goes down.
I stood behind Xie Changge and recalled his cold words to me before, and suddenly I felt the urge to pinch his left plaster arm. Forget it, though. Maybe Xie Changge found out that I was actually a good person, so he ......
"Xie Changge?"
"Hmm, what's wrong, Yi Jia and classmates?" Xie Changge asked with his back to me.
"Didn't you have a plaster cast on your left hand for a broken hand, how did you become a plaster cast for your right hand?"
"It's the right hand. Yi Jia and classmates, you are mistaken. β
"Oh. "That's right. My memory hasn't been better since I went back in time. I thought that with this body, maybe my memory could be a blockbuster, but now it seems to be my delusion.
"Xie Changge, why didn't you say 'go away' today? Could it be that you like me?" Chen Yaofei covered his mouth and leaned to the side and grinned.
Well, yes, as my classmate, I do like you, Yi Jia and classmates. Xie Changge turned his back to me and said things that didn't match his character.
Something is wrong, something is really wrong.
"Xie Changge?"
"Huh?"
"Haven't everyone been calling me handsome lately? Can you call me?"
"Yes. Handsome guy. β
Who is this guy in front of me?
I moved to the middle of Chen Yaofei and Xie Changge, pretending to look ahead and glanced down slightly at the elevator buttons: the number 4 was not lit, but B2 was bright. Wait, does Yixiang First People's Hospital have a second basement floor?
"Ding-", the elevator stops, and the elevator doors open. In front of us was a dark passage with a glowing green sign at the end of the passage that read "Safety Exit". Through the elevator light, we can see that under the sign light is the door of the kind of escape route that is common in hospitals. So, here is the escape route?
"Xie Changge, we are going to the fourth floor of Building No. 4, how did we get here?" I took two steps back and asked Xie Changge.
"Hey, it's really not the fourth floor...... Chen Yaofei said and walked towards the elevator button, Xie Changge smiled silently and took the initiative to retreat. "It's okay, let's just press it again. Chen Yaofei said and stretched out his hand to press the number 4.
Suddenly, Xie Changge grabbed Chen Yaofei's hand and pushed him out of the elevator. Chen Yaofei, who was unsuspected, fell to the ground and shouted "It hurts".
"Xie Changge, what are you doing!" I pushed Xie Changge away and came to Chen Yaofei's side to see how he was. Fortunately, Chen Yaofei was neither scratched nor seriously injured. After confirming that Chen Yaofei was fine, I turned around and shouted at Xie Changge: "You little red guy, you actually hurt your classmates. Do you know how dangerous it will be if the elevator happens to close when Chen Yaofei comes out!"
"Isn't the elevator closed? Xie Changge, who was in front of me, smiled and pressed the button of the elevator and said to me, "Oh, it's only going to be closed now." β
"Bastard!" I quickly got up and ran to the elevator, grabbing Xie Changge's plaster arm with one hand and Xie Changge's face with the other.
"Let go of me, let go of me!" Xie Changge struggled, and actually pushed me out of the elevator with a strange force.
Falling heavily to the ground, I endured the pain to support my body, but I felt something soft in my hand. When I looked at it, I was startled: "Pi?"
Turning my head, I looked at Xie Changge in the elevator. No, that's not Xie Changge. It raised its right hand and touched the left side of its faceβthe face from which I had torn off a piece of skinβand what covered it was not flesh, but skin as dry and black as the bark of a tree. Yes, that's the real face of the monster.
"Oh yes, oh no, the skin is gone. What should I do now, I can't get out without the skin of a living person. That's right......" The monster's eyes turned to us. As he grinned, the elevator doors closed.
Chen Yaofei and I lay on our backs on the ground and looked at the closed elevator, at a loss. When I came back to my senses, I hurriedly threw away the skin in my hand and wiped my hands on my clothes over and over again.
The elevator was closed, and it was dark. I turned my head and took a cursory look at the "safe exit" door, which was probably ten meters away. Because my eyes have adapted to the darkness, I can discern what is around us by the lights on the elevator. As I saw just now, from the elevator to the door, there was nothing in between: no seats, no signs, no trash cans.
"Yi Jiahe!" Chen Yaofei's scream scared me almost out of my body.
"What's the matter, it's pitch black, don't scare me. β
"No, come and see. β
I got up and walked to Chen Yaofei's side and looked at both sides of the elevator with him. Strange, why is there something that should be there?
"No, the elevator button for the uplink is gone. β
"Impossible," I panicked, "when the hospital built the elevator, how could it be that there was no elevator button outside? Even the lowest and top floors would have at least one up and down buttons. Without the elevator button, how can we let the elevator down?" I looked up at the indicator light on the elevator, and my sense of unease grew: "This can't be called an indicator light at all!" There is no digital display of where the elevator is on the red elevator indicator.
"Speaking of which, when I fell to the ground just now, I saw that the elevator light was not on. Chen Yaofei said.
"In this way, as long as the elevator indicator light goes out, it means that the elevator has arrived, and we can take the elevator back?"
Chen Yaofei nodded and said, "Wait a while, maybe the elevator will come down." β
"Good. β
One minute, two minutes...... Chen Yaofei and I waited for five minutes, but the elevator did not arrive. We waited another five minutes and the elevator still didn't arrive.
"It's over, this broken elevator won't come down. "I was discouraged.
"Don't say that. Let's wait a little longer. Chen Yaofei, who encouraged me, had obvious uneasiness in his tone.
I turned to look at the door of the "safe exit" and asked Chen Yaofei, "You say, will there be an exit behind that door?"
"I don't know," Chen Yaofei turned to look at the door with me and said, "But I have a hunch that we can't go behind the door." β
Chen Yaofei and I waited for the elevator for a total of fifteen minutes, but the elevator did not come. Anxiety turns into uneasiness, and anxiety turns into fear. Chen Yaofei and I knew that if this continued, he and I would definitely collapse.
"Yaofei, why don't we go there and have a look?"
"What about when the elevator arrives?"
"When the time comes, we turn around and run back into the elevator. It usually takes four or five seconds for the elevator door to close after it opens automatically. I guess it wouldn't be hard to get back into the elevator during this time. β
"It shouldn't be difficult. β
In the end, Chen Yaofei and I held each other's arms and walked towards the door of the "safe exit" step by step.
"Ready, I'll count to three. One, two, three, open the door. β
Pushing open the door, the intense white light almost blinded us. When our eyes readjust to the light, we find that behind the door is a bright passage about the same length as the dark passage. The ceilings of the passages are covered with white lights, but there are still no seats, signs, or trash cans. At the end of the bright passage is an elevator. We came to the elevator. Unlike the elevator in the dark passage, this elevator has an upward button, and the elevator indicator light also displays numbers. At this moment, the number on the indicator light is displayed as twenty-five, indicating that the elevator stays on the highest floor of the No. 4 inpatient building of Yixiang First People's Hospital.
"Sit on it and try it?" Chen Yaofei asked me.
"Now, we can only take one step at a time. I look back: the door to the "safe passage" has closed automatically, and we can't see if the elevator in the dark passage has arrived. Even if the elevator arrived, we who were standing on this side would not be able to run to the elevator in five seconds. Take a hundred plating and read the latest chapter of "Don't Forget the Blessing and Misfortune of the Past Book House" for free for the first time.