Chapter 83: Loneliness
In the ward, a bouquet of unnamed wildflowers was inserted in a vase, and the petals were stained with crystal water droplets. The early morning sunlight fell on the hospital bed through the window, this is the sifted light, each ray is just warm, specially tailored for the patient with a bitter face.
Zhang Yue walked in with a watering can, ready to water the flowers, but found that the petals were wet and the water droplets were rolling. Zhang Yue smiled and put down the watering can, "How's your recovery?" Did you water this flower? ”
Luo An leaned sideways, huddled under the covers, only one head was exposed, his eyes closed, and he didn't say a word. You can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep, so Zhang Yue stopped asking him, but simply found a stool and sat by the window and talked to herself.
"You were supposed to be a dead man, because there is a youkai in your soul power, who has given you great power, and is slowly taking your soul, controlling you, and turning you into his exorcist. At that time, the best way to kill you is to die, as long as you die, the youkai without the host will also die. As she spoke, Zhang Yue turned her head away, glanced at him, and saw that he was still "sleeping", but his eyelashes moved slightly.
Zhang Yue continued: "But you are a human being, a real human being. We kill demons, but we don't kill people. Although you did a lot of things wrong, robbed banks, and wantonly hurt people, these mistakes didn't make you die, so you survived. Otherwise, the flowers I will send you can only be lilies or chrysanthemums. ”
"I'd rather die to be imprisoned here by you. I've lost my abilities, I'd rather die! Luo An finally spoke, he turned over, and turned his back to Zhang Yue.
"Can you get out of bed?" Zhang Yue asked.
Luo An hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Yes." ”
"Then get out of bed and take a walk, lying here to make salted fish, it is not good for the recovery of the body," Zhang Yue said.
The two were in a stalemate for a while before Luo An reluctantly sat up from the bed, still with a bitter face, his head down, avoiding Zhang Yue's gaze.
Zhang Yue didn't mind and led him out of the ward. This was the first time Luo An saw the environment inside the Mirror Division, which was antique, warm and comfortable, which made him a little envious of this big brother who led the way, who could live in such a place.
The two walked all the way out of the attic, but the moment Zhang Yue pushed the door open, Luo An only felt a light in front of him, a cool wind blew, blowing away the bangs on his forehead, and a pair of clear big eyes looked ahead in a daze.
Small bridges and stone pavilions, light boats and small lakes, bamboo forests around the mountains, stars holding the moon, surrounding this small attic, how happy the people living here should be! Luo An secretly sighed in his heart.
"Like?" Zhang Yue asked.
Luo An nodded and didn't speak, he wanted to lower his head to avoid Zhang Yue's gaze, but he was reluctant to have such a view, which made him very embarrassed.
"But this place doesn't belong to you." Zhang Yue said, her expression becoming serious.
Luo An was stunned, and a wave of sadness welled up in his heart, and he took a few steps back, wanting to return to the attic. He began to be afraid, afraid to return to his world, the world of ordinary people.
Zhang Yue grabbed his hand, "You have to learn to face it, if you don't understand, I'll teach you." ”
"I ......"
Without waiting for Luo Ando to speak, Zhang Yue had already pulled him and opened the spatial passage, and the two stepped in one after the other and disappeared at the door.
On the roof of the attic, Yan Xi leaned on the guardrail and looked down, looking at the disappearing backs of Zhang Yue and Luo An, and sighed helplessly. Beside her, the nurse frowned slightly, as if she was thinking about something.
"At that time, did you really want me to kill him?" After a long time, the nurse asked the question in her heart, she turned her face sideways, looked at Yan Xi seriously, and looked at the beautiful side face.
The corners of Yan Xi's lips rose slightly, and his smile was a little astringent, "If he doesn't want to kill, he has to learn to be responsible for his consequences, he did a good job, I don't blame him, it's just that this guy is actually fierce to me, I'm a little angry." ”
The nurse was stunned for a long time before she smiled and said, "You suspended him because of this?" ”
"The situation has been a bit problematic lately, and I'm afraid he will be abducted." After speaking, Yan Xi patted the guardrail, turned around and left.
When the nurse heard this, she was stunned, and then she couldn't help but laugh and said, "Are all women so arrogant now?" ”
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On the road, Zhang Yue grabbed Luo An's hand and walked on the street. Roan was reluctant, he wished he could go back to that attic, the world he was more familiar with, but he was terrified.
"I'm going back." Luo An stood still, he didn't want to go any further, although this was not his city, but the people coming and going on the streets reminded him of some bad past.
Zhang Yue also stopped, sighed, and said: "You should do some rehabilitation exercises, that kind of place is used for the elderly, after we finish exercising, I will take you back." Of course, you have to listen to me, or I can leave you behind at any time. ”
Luo An wanted to break free of Zhang Yue's hand, but after looking at the strange city around him, he finally gave up and let Zhang Yue lead him, he was a little embarrassed, it was the first time he was led by a boy on the street!
Zhang Yue took him to his university, standing at the gate of the school, Zhang Yue felt a little emotional, he seemed to have drifted away from the world here. He had a lot of thoughts in his heart, but he did not forget the original purpose of his trip.
Zhang Yue led Luo An to walk in the forest path of the school, and from time to time she could meet a few students who were in a hurry, and they should be preparing to go to class. Once, Zhang Yue was also one of them, but now that he is back here, he feels very different.
Luo An looked around, his eyes full of curiosity, "This is the university?" ”
"Huh?"
"What are we doing here?"
"Playing ball."
"Huh?"
Luo An was confused, and was pulled to the court by Zhang Yue with a stomach full of questions. It's still the time of the school day, and the stadium is not lively, and there are many empty fields, which can make the two of them have a good time.
Zhang Yue was familiar with the way, borrowed a ball from the cabin next to the playground, and ran all the way, the ball seemed to stick to his hand, no matter how he patted, it could always return to his palm, and there seemed to be an invisible line between his hand and the ball.
Luo An looked at Zhang Yue's skillful dribbling and was a little envious, but he still didn't understand why he came to play. Zhang Yue looked at Luo An's puzzled expression and said with a smile: "What are you doing in a daze, come, I'll teach you to play." ”
Saying that, Zhang Yue threw the ball lightly, Luo An saw this, and hurriedly went to pick it up, but because of a moment of nervousness, the ball could not be grasped steadily, and as soon as his hand slipped, the ball bounced far on the ground.
"Don't be nervous, I won't eat you again." Zhang Yue smiled, adjusting her expression, hoping that she could look kinder.
Luo An held the ball awkwardly and trotted over from the other side of the court, "I don't like to play, why should I learn?" He was a little displeased, and threw the ball directly into the air, wanting to vent, but who knew that the ball crossed an arc in the air and flew towards the basket, which seemed to be able to score.
Zhang Yue raised her head, smiled, rushed up, jumped up in two steps, grabbed the ball with both hands, and gently loosened the ball in mid-air, with a bang, the ball fell steadily into the basket, brushed the blue net, and finally fell to the ground, a very beautiful space for layup.
"It's a good pass. You're still quite talented at basketball. Zhang Yue joked that when the ball was shot, he knew that the ball would not go in.
Luo An put his hands in his trouser pockets and frowned slightly, "Didn't you score that ball just now?" ”
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "If you shoot in that way, the chance of scoring is certainly not high, you have to learn the correct shooting posture." ”
"I don't like to play." Roan wasn't buying it.
Zhang Yue was not angry, dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, turned around and dribbled under the crotch to sit down to adjust, and then slammed his feet hard, jumped up and hit him directly. Swish! There was a loud sound of brushing the net, and the ball fell into the net.
"There are many things that people don't like, but many of these things are things that humans need to learn." Zhang Yue trotted forward, grabbed the ball bouncing on the ground steadily, carried it to the paint area, shook her shoulders from side to side, suddenly turned around with her right foot as the axis, jumped high, and easily put the ball into the basket.
Luo An tried his best not to look at Zhang Yue, even though he was curious about how Zhang Yue made these flexible and agile movements, and suddenly an idea popped into his head, "Do you have superpowers?" ”
Zhang Yue dribbled with the ball and made a feint to break forward, but suddenly pulled the ball back, and the person also took a step back, and made a retreat in the bottom corner for three points, maybe the body in the air was not adjusted well, the ball shot slightly higher, and the ball brushed out of the basket.
"That's right! But I shot three-pointers from the bottom corner, and my shooting percentage was still not high. I don't shoot here a lot, so I'm not very skilled, and usually at the top of the arc there's a 45-degree angle, and my three-point shooting percentage is a lot higher. Zhang Yue was not surprised by Luo An's question and answered truthfully.
Chaos was sealed in his soul, in a sense, he was no longer a mortal, and Zhang Yue wanted to gain the trust of this child, so he naturally had to be honest.
After listening to Zhang Yue's words, Luo An didn't know how to answer for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he asked a little apprehensively: "So, you play basketball well, isn't it because of your superpowers?" ”
Zhang Yue smiled: "Of course not, my superpower is soul detection, but I can see farther and more clearly." But even without mental strength, I can see the basket clearly and what I'm going to do is how to get the ball into the basket. ”
Roan was speechless.
"How? Do you have any interest in basketball right now? Zhang Yue asked.
Luo An hesitated for a moment and asked, "What's the use of learning?" ”
Zhang Yue thought for a while and said: "After learning, you can play in a team with your classmates, many girls also like boys who play well, maybe you can have a good relationship because of this." After speaking, Zhang Yue threw the ball in the direction of Luo An.
This time, Luo An caught it and caught it steadily.
"It's all for someone else."
"yes, the first lesson you have to learn now is to do something you don't like to do for others, and then make yourself like it."
"Why?"
"Because, people are not born to be alone."