Tuesday.

That is, the sixth day.

At half past six in the morning, the morning sun in the sky took on a warm orange color that felt a little illusory, which was clearly different from the orange-red sun at noon.

I stood alone on the shore, surrounded by the sound of waves crashing against the reef, and the breeze blowing in my face with a distinctive, faint salty smell. Occasionally, the chirping of seabirds would come to my ears, but somehow, I always felt a faint hoarse and desolate sound in their voices.

Not far behind me was a charred black ash that would carry more or less part of it with it whenever a sea breeze blew it, and carried it aimlessly into the distance.

This mass of ashes was formed after Wang Lele's clothes were burned by me, and just last night, I lost a dear friend. This friendship, which is destined to have no ending, was finally drawn by me in a hurry.

I still have the backpack left for me by the future Qi You on my back, and the bag still contains the previous "mission props". It clings to my back, and even with clothing as a barrier, I still feel an indescribable sense of disgust and fear - like a patient with a severe pollen allergy who has to hold a pot of fragrant flowers in his hand.

"Young man, have you come to the beach to relax?"

When I turned around, I saw an old man with fishing gear standing behind me with a smile on his face.

Seeing that I didn't answer, the old man walked up to me, opened the fishing tackle bag by himself, and began to assemble the fishing gear.

"Did you burn that lump and broke up with your girlfriend?" I thought he wouldn't ask any more questions, but this old man was very unconsciously asking about my privacy.

"No, it's a very good friend of mine." I replied in a low voice, either out of politeness or out of a desire to find someone to share my worries.

"Oh......" The old man was stunned, nodded in understanding, and then he took out a sea rod from the fishing tackle bag, handed it to me, and asked, "Will it be used?" ”

I glanced at the spools of the pole and saw that it was all ready, and I just needed to put on the sinker and hook and I was ready to use, so I replied, "Yes, yes." ”

The old man smiled at me and put the fishing rod in my hand, "Let's catch a fish together, maybe it will make you feel better." ”

“…… Thank you. ”

"You're welcome. Hey, my grandson would rather stay at home all day than go out fishing with me. The old man took the homemade bait out of the bag and gave me a portion of it, "What do you think is so fun about online games, is it just so fascinating?" ”

As a veteran teenager addicted to the Internet, I didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Haha, it looks like you like that stuff too. By the way, my grandson is still writing some web novels, and he used his salary to buy gifts for me. The old man's tone was full of joy and pride.

"That's remarkable." I echo from the bottom of my heart. I'm so envious - it's not like me, I can only spend my family's money.

"My grandson has rented a house around here, and I'm going to wait until the morning to see him, so that I don't disturb his sleep. What is the name of that community, it seems to be the Esplanade Garden. ”

My hand holding the fishing rod trembled violently, I know this community, because Wang Lele lives there......

Love online games...

Writing web novels is a small achievement...

Renting a house...

“…… I'm sorry, uncle, I... I was in a bit of a hurry to go and deal with it, so I left first. ”

"Eh, you... Slow down! Don't fall! ”

And I didn't even look back, and kept speeding up as if I was running for my life.

- Fifty minutes later.

"Knock... Knock knock knock...... Bang bang! ”

The constant and loud knocking on the door reveals the anxiety of the visitor.

"Squeak—"

"Who—why you?"

My fourth alien target, the online streamer who was raising money for her fans, was looking at me in amazement as I stood outside her door, looking dejected.

I squeezed through her door without saying a word.

"You...... Are you okay? ”

She didn't say, "What do you do?" Get out! Or, "What are you doing, I called the police!" ”

Her first instinct was to care about me.

I unloaded my backpack and placed the cash in the bag on the coffee table in the living room.

"You...... Thank you, thank you! You really... Good. ”

She didn't have any superfluous thoughts, but instinctively divided my actions into acts of kindness to raise money for patients.

"......" I forced a smile and shook my head at her, ready to leave.

"Wait... One time! ”

“… Well? ”

"Can you... Accompany me to the bank and deposit money? ”

- Two hours later.

"Thank you, but... But I don't know... No matter how thankful, my money is ......"

"Is there anything you'd like to do?" I asked her.

“…… No. Can help her... Very happy. This... What is it? ”

She blinked, curiously at the black spray anesthetic in my hand.

"Your hands... Why、Trembling。 ”

……

An hour later, the city police station.

"Are you looking for Officer Liu? …… He was hospitalized. The officer said to me with a look of loss and concern.

How so......

"In the early hours of this morning, his captain encountered a robbery. In an attempt to save people and catch the robbers, the captain was stabbed three times by that damn bastard. ”

…… Yes, is that so?

"You're going to visit him? Let's go together, and I happen to be going to bring him lunch, too, though I don't know if the captain will be able to eat it. ”

…… Well, troublesome.

"Did you say the captain's relatives, they don't know about it yet. Because the captain was afraid that they would be worried, he asked us to help hide it before the operation. ”

……

"You said the captain, alas, although the operation has been completed, the doctor said that the captain's current situation is not optimistic."

The First Hospital of the City, Intensive Care Unit.

"Captain... Captain! ”

"Please be quiet, don't disturb the patient's rest."

"Oh, hug, sorry. Excuse me... How's our captain doing—is that so, well, I see, trouble everyone. ”

"Alas...... Little brother, you wait here, I'll make a call first. ”

…… Well, okay.

At this moment, Officer Liu, who was lying on the hospital bed and wearing a breathing mask, suddenly opened his eyes, and then looked at me as if he had a special sense—his eyes were not very open, only a gap less than a centimeter long, and I could see that this simple action was consuming the little physical strength he had left.

I hurried forward with mixed feelings of gratitude, admiration, and guilt.

He couldn't speak, he just stared at me weakly, and then shook his head in a very inconspicuous way, and if I hadn't been in a state of full concentration at the moment, I am afraid that I would not have been able to detect his weak movement.

Then he closed his eyes again, as if he had fallen asleep.

…… Why did he shake his head at me?

It was to persuade me not to worry.

Or rather, he sensed my intention.

Or maybe it was just a small gesture he was trying to move, and I was thinking too much about it.

"Little brother, I thank you for our captain, but let's leave first, and let the captain rest alone."

The policeman returned to the hospital room after making the call.

"Let's go, I'll take you downstairs. Where is your home, I'll send you back. It's okay, it's not a hassle. You wait, I'll answer the phone - what do you say!? Captain he disappeared? Are you kidding!! ”

The officer turned around and ran to the main entrance of the hospital in a frenzy.

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