Chapter 1: Years No See
At the beginning of autumn, the breeze is no longer hot, and with the arrival of night, there is a slight coolness.
Liu Xia got off the crowded bus, her hands immediately hugged herself, shivered, she kept stroking herself, her bare arms because she was wearing short sleeves, and quickened the pace of going home, passers-by were in a hurry, Liu Xia was very inconspicuous in the crowd.
Liu Xia's house is a little far from the bookstore where she works, and after getting off the bus, she has to walk a long way, and she always has to walk through an old alley, and at the end of the alley is her rented home. The lights in the alley are dim all year round, and you can always meet familiar or unfamiliar neighbors.
Occasionally, I will meet a young couple who are in love, kissing each other.
Liu Xia, who is not sociable, always hopes that he can get home faster, so that he can avoid the embarrassment of needing to greet people.
Today, the alley is as quiet as usual, but the lights in the alley are much dimmer compared to last night, and even the last street lamp in the old alley flickers from time to time, like an old man trembling, as if it will go out at any time and never turn on again.
It's going to be demolished here, and almost all the neighbors she has been familiar with in the past five years have moved away, but she is the busiest on weekends, and Liu Xia, who is alone, always has to get by, not to mention, the rent here is very cheap, which is already very good for Liu Xia.
"Hey, I really have to go find a house on Monday." Liu Xia sighed helplessly, and turned on the flashlight on his phone to illuminate it.
Several young people in society were stunned by the sudden light, and the boss who took the lead frothed at the wall, and walked quickly towards Liu Xia, and the people who were in the group naturally followed behind the leader.
Liu Xia wanted to turn around and run away, but it was too late, everything around her was quiet, fear enveloped Liu Xia, she was extremely afraid, the fear in her heart made her work hard, her eyes widened, and her chest rose and fell violently, Liu Xia held the mobile phone in both hands, trembling incessantly, she was at a loss, she turned off the flashlight on the mobile phone tremblingly. She gripped her phone tightly and swallowed her saliva, the only thing she could think of was to call the police for help. But the group of young people in society walked by one after another, and they didn't mean to embarrass her in the slightest, they just wanted to leave from the old alley when Liu Xia came.
When this group of people passed by Liu Xia's side, the wind brought up lifted Liu Xia's long hair scattered on his shoulders, the steel pipe was dragged, and the sound of rubbing the ground was extremely harsh in the quiet moonlit night, as if to remind Liu Xia that it was best not to make any sound, otherwise it would definitely annoy this group of devils.
The cool breeze kept coming, and Liu Xia couldn't help the invasion of the wind, and shivered again.
She turned on the flashlight in a panic, and by the light of the flashlight, she saw a man with a bloody face, leaning against the wall, half-lying, with his legs placed on the ground at will.
Liu Xia, who was mildly myopia, pushed his glasses and walked forward by himself.
"I don't see it...... I didn't see it...... More is better than less......" Liu Xia muttered like a mosquito, holding his mobile phone in both hands, illuminating the dim front, his eyes unwavering.
Liu Xia is alone, it is not easy to live in this city, she doesn't want to make trouble for herself, let alone cause trouble, the group of people just now must not be easy to mess with, the only thing she can do is to return home as soon as possible, calm down, and then help the injured on the ground call an ambulance.
Nervousness filled Liu Xia's entire body, and she only looked at her in front of her, not at her feet: "Ahh......h Mommy...... My glasses, my glasses...... Broken ...... again"
didn't have time to sigh, the twelfth pair of glasses that were broken, Liu Xia caught a glimpse of the person who tripped and fell. The street lights flickered on and off, and Liu Xia, who was frightened, was stunned.
Immediately, he immediately turned over and sat up: "Ah! Sky! Is it Gao Jingen?! Feed! Gao Jingen, wake up, ......" Liu Xia squatted on the ground, patted Gao Jingen's shoulder, and called out one after another, the man with blood in front of him.
Liu Xia took out wet wipes from his bag and tried to wipe them off, rubbing the extra blood stains on Gao Jingen's face.
Liu Xia's call, coupled with the pain in his body, stimulated Gao Jingen to wake up from the pain, he opened his eyes slightly, looked at Liu Xia, pulled out far-fetched, and fell asleep with a tired smile......
"Hey! Jing Eun?! Gao Jingen?! Don't die, I'll call an ambulance......"
Liu Xia was at a loss for what to do, and his hand to clean up the blood stains for Gao Jingen couldn't stop trembling.
Looking at Gao Jingen, whose face was covered with blood, slowly tilted his head on Liu Xia's hand, Liu Xia panicked. With one hand, holding Gao Jingen's face, and the other hand trembling, he called the emergency number. However, before the phone was broadcast, the screen suddenly flashed and went black.
"What?! No power at this time? Liu Xia was very distressed, and worriedly probed under Gao Jingen's nose: "It's okay, it's okay......."
Liu Xia squatted down with her back to Gao Jingen and pulled Gao Jingen on her back, she wanted to carry him up, she tried twice, and each time she failed in shaky ways. Liu Xia was tired and sweaty, she took Gao Jingen's hand and said sadly: "You must live...... What should I do? I want to carry you to a nearby clinic......"
Liu Xia was sad and shed tears, blaming himself for being useless, and feeling sorry for Gao Jingen at the moment. After not seeing each other for many years, she imagined hundreds of scenes of encounter, but she never thought that they would meet again in such a way.
"Try again! Try again! My sister took you to the doctor, you must not be fine. Liu Xia wiped a handful of tears and cheered herself up, and the blood stains rubbed on her face.
I don't know how much effort it took to carry the huge man on her back. Rickety towards the clinic across the road, on both sides of the street, under the background of dim yellow street lights, the night looks much softer, and the traffic stops waiting in time. And at this moment, Liu Xia no longer felt cold, and walked with difficulty, as if he was not careful, he would be blown down by the wind.
"Help, uncle, help!" Liu Xia really couldn't carry it, it was not so much a back, but a drag, Liu Xia finally dragged Gao Jingen to the glass door of the clinic, rushed in and called the doctor in the clinic.
Uncle Doctor, and his lover, Aunt Nurse, have long been familiar with the nearby residents, Liu Xia, a fiery and energetic girl, they have known each other for a long time, and the three of them worked together to carry Gao Jingen into the bed in the clinic.
The clinic is not big, the display is simple and tidy, the doctor uncle and the nurse aunt are alumni, talented and beautiful, like-minded, long-term love, and tie the knot.
Because I was tired of the work system of the previous unit, I resigned and opened this small clinic, and the residents in the neighborhood who had a headache and brain fever would come here directly for diagnosis and treatment, and the reputation has been good.
The doctor and uncle examined Gao Jingen, and said to Liu Xia with a pleasant face: "There are no bleeding spots on the young man's head and face, this blood is not his, the young man only has a slight dark blue eye socket, and there are a few abrasions on the knuckles of his right hand. ”
"Uncle, really not? Other wounds? How could he faint? Liu Xia's tone was very anxious, and his eyes were full of worry.
The doctor said while receiving the blood pressure measuring instrument: "At present, there is no abnormality, judging from his injury, there is no need to worry too much, and there is nothing wrong with blood pressure, he may have low blood sugar, or tired." I'll help him deal with the wound on his hand first, and if you're not at ease, our clinic can call for you an ambulance......"
"Ahem... cough..."Before the doctor's words were finished, Gao Jingen woke up, and he opened his eyes weakly: "Shui ......." Pale pink lips, pale and lifeless, as if they had been thirsty for a long time, as if they were about to dry out.
"Come on, come on, you come and feed him." The nurse and aunt seemed to know in advance that Gao Jingen would wake up and ask for water. Hearing this, he handed the warm water in a disposable paper cup to Liu Xia.
Liu Xia fed Gao Jingen water, and the nurse and aunt turned around to fetch the medical supplies and medicines to be used.
While bandaging, the doctor asked Gao Jingen, "Can you hear me?" You can nod your head, or shake your head. ”
Gao Jingen nodded and said weakly: "I'm fine, I'm just too tired, thank you." ”
There was a glimmer of surprise in his deep eyes. He saw the man he had in mind......
"You guy, you really haven't changed at all, it's still so, it's not worry-free." Liu Xia let out a sigh of relief and relaxed a lot. I wiped my forehead with the back of my hand, and the beads of sweat that came out of nervousness.
"I didn't expect that after many years, I wouldn't see you in front of you in such a way." Gao Jingen smiled far-fetchedly, as if he had exhausted all his strength: "I must have scared you......"
Before he fell into a coma, he had the impression that someone was calling his name and trying to wake him up, but when Liu Xia really appeared, in front of his eyes, in a trance, he thought it was a dream, and the person in front of him was the girl he thought about day and night, he had been thinking about her, and selfishly hoped that on the day he was discharged from the army, when he met her again, she was still single.
"It's scared, but it's good that you're fine, otherwise I really don't know, how to explain it to your family." Liu Xia also responded to him with a smile, with a long-lost concern in his eyes.
Regarding what happened just now, with Gao Jingen's current weak state, Liu Xia didn't ask much.
"Hmm." Gao Jingen replied lightly, and didn't say much.
"Hiss~" The doctor bandaged Gao Jingen's wound, and he gasped because of the pain and defenselessness.
"Bear with it, it's okay right away, don't touch the water after you go back, don't use force, remember to change the dressing at this time tomorrow, if the gauze sticks to the wound, soak it with iodine, and then take it off slowly." The doctor was telling Gao Jingen about the precautions, as if he was also telling Liu Xia.
Doctors and nurses are both wonderful professions, and they need a lot of love and patience to take on everything about this profession.
"Can you give me another glass of water?" Gao Jingen rested for a while and regained some energy.
The nurse smiled and handed the water to Gao Jingen: "You drank sugar water just now, and this is boiled water, drink it quickly." ”
"Thank you." Gao Jingen didn't say much, and thanked him politely.
"The other side is about to be demolished, why don't you move out yet?" The nurse turned around and asked Liu Xia gently.
"There's still time, I'll rest tomorrow, and I'll go look for a house." A touch of inadvertent sadness passed in Liu Xia's eyes.
Liu Xia knew that he couldn't delay it any longer, and he had to find the house as soon as possible.
Liu Xia, who was full of sadness, and Gao Jingen, who was drinking water, all looked at it in their eyes.