Chapter 46: On duty
Zheng Rui is most afraid of someone now having a psychological breakdown - especially the other three people who are afraid of the collapse of the other three, because she can't control herself, and if one of them collapses, she will probably collapse with it.
But Fang Tong is really beyond her ability to deal with interpersonal relationships, so Zheng Rui only hopes that Zuo Youcheng and Bian Na can be well, so that there is a high probability that Shang Tong can also maintain normal. In fact, he was quite normal at a critical time, but as soon as he passed the critical time, he returned to such a silent state, which really made her scratch her head.
Originally, Zheng Rui didn't need to pay special attention to Fang Tong, but now the situation is that she may have to need Fang Tong's mental ability to suppress her reaction similar to PTSD. This is actually very risky, if Fang Tong feeds negative emotions into her while maintaining the connection of consciousness at a critical moment, it is no different from being stabbed in the back when she is defenseless, and most likely Zheng Rui will be finished.
Therefore, she had to find a way to make Fang Tong truly trust her, not only to make him rationally agree with their common interests, but even to make him sincerely treat her as his own.
It's too hard - who would take a psychopath who comes up and cuts off his neck as their own?
If it was Zuo Youcheng, maybe it would be easier. This is not because Zheng Rui thinks that Zuo Youcheng's young middle school is easy to fool, but she does have a common hobby with him, and it is easy to get close to him if she wants to talk about it from the bottom of her heart. And Fang Tong ...... Even if she wanted to talk to Fang Tong, she didn't know how to start. If you directly say "I need you to protect my spirit in battle", I'm afraid it will be regarded as being infected by Zuo Youcheng's secondary two disease!
But you can talk to Zuo Youcheng and let him talk to his cousin again. But in this way, Zheng Rui subjectively can't guarantee that Fang Tong can be fully trusted.
The rain outside hadn't stopped, and it was getting dark.
Bian Na finally reached a consensus with Zuo Youcheng on some important issues of "The Three-Body Problem", glanced at the electronic watch in the commissary, and then said to everyone: "I'm afraid this rain can't stop today, or let's sleep first." ”
Zheng Rui jumped down from the box and glanced out through the gap between the alien limbs: "It doesn't seem to be a big problem, we should be fine sleeping on the box." ”
"Uh...... If the water pours in in the middle of the night, won't we be the Titanic? Zuo Youcheng said with some hesitation.
Zheng Rui knew that he was referring to the scenes where the cabin was flooded when the movie "Titanic" was sunk. The kiosk is underground, and the water must have poured in much faster than on the ground, and now the entrance is blocked by shelves and xenomorph corpses, and it will be more difficult for them to move once the backflow occurs.
"Take turns on duty." Zheng Rui thought for a while and said, "You and Sister Na sleep first, and then change after six hours." ”
In this way, she can stay alone with Fang Tong for a while, in order to avoid embarrassment, she will definitely force a chat, and when the time comes, she will find a way to talk about national affairs and life ideals, and she may be able to trust each other almost with a sense of truth.
Maybe it was because of the leg injury that delayed the matter, Zuo Youcheng took the initiative to ask for help a little embarrassed: "Or you all sleep, I'll be on duty first." I've had an idle day, too. ”
"You're too unsafe, if the alien comes, you'll have time to scream." Zheng Rui objected, "Before your legs are good, it basically makes no difference whether you are idle or not." ”
Now everyone, at least Bian Na and Zuo Youcheng, have psychologically regarded Zheng Rui as the captain, and they will obey the arrangement when they hear her say so.
It just so happened that Zuo Youcheng's legs couldn't move and he was always on the box, so Bian Na only had to remove the two boxes and climb up and lie down. In these special times, it doesn't matter if there is a difference between men and women, and although the "bed" is very close, they quickly fall asleep in the darkness.
Zheng Rui carefully moved the wooden chair to the entrance of the commissary, and then moved the leather chair behind the counter, and said to Fang Tong, who was standing at the door and looking out, "Sit down." ”
Fang Tong was silent for two or three seconds before he whispered, "Thank you." ”
He walked over to the wooden chair and sat down, and Zheng Rui sat in the leather chair of the proprietress and waited for him to start saying the first words when he couldn't stand the embarrassment.
Then she waited until she was bored and leaned back in the chair to take a nap, and then was woken up by Bian Na, who was changing shifts, and didn't wait for Fang Tong to say a word.
Embarrassment leads to a topic of conversation and is a complete failure.
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Zheng Rui finally leaned back in the leather chair and slept in the middle of the night, and finally saw the sunshine on August 21 when she woke up again.
After sleeping in the chair, she didn't feel any discomfort, and could only sigh that the immortal-type ability transformation was really magical.
Zheng Rui got up from her chair, and the slippers on her feet stepped on the ground covered with a layer of water. Only then did she realize that the floor of the commissary was completely wet, not only the one at the door, but also the area near the counter. Fortunately, there was only a layer of water less than five millimeters thick, which had no effect on any supplies.
The shelves and alien corpses at the door had been removed, and Benna was sweeping the water outside with a broom. It seems that the stagnant water outside has also disappeared, and this rainstorm is really incomparable to the flood in memory.
"Sister Na," Zheng Rui rubbed her eyes and walked over, "You go to sleep for a while, I'll sweep it." ”
"No, I've slept enough." Bian Na said with a smile, "Now I go to bed as soon as it gets dark, and even if the sleep time is halved, there is more than before." ”
Zheng Rui tilted her head and went to get another broom to help.
The floor drains outside the commissary are still clear, but not necessarily because they have previously cleared the branches of trees that could be clogging the drainage. The precipitation this time may not have reached the level of a disaster, but it also reminded Zheng Rui that living in the basement, many things are different from the houses on the ground, and there may be other troubles besides the heavy rain.
"By the way, Zuo Youcheng's leg should be fine." Bian Na said again, "Although it is still fixed, but the foot can already move, it should mean that it is connected, right?" ”
"That's good." Zheng Rui couldn't help but feel a little proud, and couldn't help laughing, the four words "I'm so good" seemed to be really written on her face.
Bian Na couldn't help but smile when she looked at her, and deliberately praised her further: "It's all thanks to you, Xiao Rui, aren't you really a medical student?" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, other people's majors are still much better than me." Although Zheng Rui was proud, she still admitted her limitations, "I'm just blindsided, if there is another one, it may not be possible." ”
As she spoke, she thought that this would happen again in the future, so she added, "I think I'll have to find a doctor." Not to mention the study of abilities, even if you are injured in a fight with an alien, it is best to have a professional take a look. Isn't there a doctor in the neighborhood opposite? ”
"I don't know any." Ben Na thought for a moment and said, "And when that happened, most of the doctors should have been at work." ”
However, doctors are usually very busy, and it is rare for them to be at home at noon on weekdays. In this way, most of the doctors at the end of the world should be in the hospital, so the plan to go to the hospital is fine.