Chapter 21: Recreating the 'Heroic Spirit'
After being in a coma for 16 days, due to the long-term bed immobility, even with the help of the nurse's massage, Zhang Longchu's muscles inevitably atrophied slightly.
Therefore, he underwent a comprehensive brain examination on the second day after he woke up, a systemic neurological defect screening on the third day, and physical rehabilitation training immediately on the fourth day.
During this period, in addition to communicating with the two friends who visited the patient, Zhang Longchu could only talk to doctors, nurses, and the temporary guardian appointed by the 'Children's Rights Protection Bureau', and the two became very familiar with each other.
The so-called "guardian officer" is a guardian temporarily appointed by the federal government for minors who unfortunately lose their legal guardian (divided into three situations: the death of the legal guardian, the unwillingness of the legal guardian to fulfill the obligation of support, and the deprivation of guardianship rights by the court).
A minor who has lost a guardian is legally equivalent to a close relative until he or she is placed in an orphanage or has an adoptive relationship directly with an adult federal citizen who meets the requirements of the law.
Under normal circumstances, most of the people who are willing to join the 'Child Rights Protection Bureau' and choose to pursue a career as a temporary guardian to help the fate of minors are kind-hearted, gentle and kind-hearted people who like to deal with children.
But the paradox is that because of their professional relationships, they often know that many problems are not something that a small federal employee is capable of solving, and that getting involved in them only adds to their troubles, and they learn to be ruthless and try not to invest too much emotion in the guardian.
Kelly, who is in charge of the guardianship of Zhang Longchu. Isadour, a federal employee with 25 years of experience and who has served as interim guardian for hundreds of miserable children in her career, treats Zhang Longchu very well from the very beginning, which is kind and caring, but not too dependent.
But as time went by, Zhang Longchu could not be transferred to the orphanage or contacted for adoption during his hospitalization, and Isadour had only one guardian in recent times, so the relationship between the two gradually changed a little.
After being sent back to the orphanage by the adoptive family several times, he finally found the warmth of 'home' in an old couple in a slum community who was about to exceed the legal age of adoption, and finally settled down;
But now, when he had just turned fifteen, his second home was shattered, and he was about to face the sad fate of being picked and picked like a cargo again, Isadour couldn't help but have a kind of maternal care for Zhang Longchu in his heart, and a senior federal employee should never have a maternal concern for the person he worked.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of November, and a few gusts of cold wind blew, and the green leaves of the trees on both sides of the road in Los Angeles had turned from green to yellow, giving the city a strong autumn mood.
Chengxi District State Hospital, Zhang Longchu, whose face had become much fairer due to staying indoors for a long time, walked out of the hospital with his simple salute, looked up at the bright sunlight above his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Behind Zhang Longchu, a woman about fifty years old, with an obviously fat figure, white blonde curly hair, and a gray professional suit, asked with a loving smile, "Long Chu, how does it feel to breathe in the fresh air outside the hospital?" ”
"Very well, Ms. Isadour, I feel great now." Zhang Longchu turned around and replied with a smile.
"Then I hope that when you see the homework that needs to be remediated after you resume classes, you can still maintain your current good mood." Isadour said jokingly.
"Ma'am, don't forget that the worst of all the subjects I studied was a B, and it wasn't difficult for me to make up for it." Zhang Longchu shrugged his shoulders and said in a relaxed tone.
Seeing his youthful and cheerful smile, Isador was slightly stunned, and couldn't help muttering: "Yes, you are a self-motivated child with excellent homework."
If you were born in an ordinary normal family, I am afraid that you will be able to be admitted to the top of the Ivy League universities in the future...", before he finished speaking, he suddenly discovered the language disease in it, and he couldn't help choking.
"Don't worry, Ms. Isadour, I'm not a child anymore, and I won't feel sad because of a sentence that describes the facts," Facing Isadour's guilty gaze, Zhang Longchu laughed indifferently and said: "An orphan is an orphan, it's nothing remarkable."
Life, that's it, how can there be a smooth sailing life?
Okay, let's go to the parking lot, it's time to get off work in a while, and the road will get very congested. He rushed down the hospital steps briskly.
Hearing these obviously cheerful and rational words, Isadour felt an inexplicable pain in her heart, looking at Zhang Longchu's slightly thin and thin back, a crazy thought suddenly rose in her heart.
The thought was irrational, but it lingered in Isadour's mind for so long that she looked a little distracted when she walked into the parking lot and started the car on the road.
"Lady Isadour, will you send me home, I really don't want to go to any orphanage, even if you send me there, I will escape." didn't notice the strange look of the guardian officer next to him, and after getting into the car, he was silent for a few seconds, and the smile on the face of Zhang Longchu, who was sitting in the co-pilot, gradually disappeared, and he suddenly pleaded softly.
Coming back to his senses, Isador said seriously: "Ah, oh, Long Chu, you are still a child, and you still need someone to take care of you..."
"Since three years ago, I've been taking care of old Baker, and living independently has not had the slightest problem for me," Zhang Longchu said as he looked at the rushing car river outside the car window, "but I understand the mandatory protection of minors under the age of 16 under federal law, so I won't embarrass you."
One night, I just want to stay in Orange Street for another night, because I left in a coma, and I haven't said goodbye to my 'home' there, can I go and stay another night? ”
Hearing this, Isadour was silent for a long time, let out a long sigh, and turned the car in the direction of Orange Street.
Half an hour later, when the car passed through a busy neighborhood, Zhang Longchu suddenly pointed to a supermarket not far away and said: "Ms. Isadour, just park the car in front, this place is already close to Orange Street, I can walk home." ”
After a pause, and then guessing Zhang Longchu's kindness, Isadure smiled, "I'm also a federal law enforcement officer, but I'm not afraid of those thugs on Orange Street, so I'd better send you directly to your doorstep." ”
"No, I'd like to eat a burger and go back." Zhang Longchu shook his head and explained with a smile, hearing him say this, Isa Dur turned the steering wheel and parked the car in the parking grid in front of Chaoshang, "I'll pick you up tomorrow morning for breakfast, and then go to school to resume classes, you can say goodbye to the 'home' on Orange Street tonight, believe me, the new home in the future will definitely be better." ”
"Thank you, Ms. Isadour." Zhang Longchu smiled, pushed the door and got out of the car, and disappeared into the flow of people.
After watching Issadour's car leave, Zhang Longchu did not go to eat any fast food, but pulled up the hat of the black sweatshirt, covered his head, and walked in the direction of Orange Street.
When he passed through a dark alley again, he saw that there was no one in front of him, and without even a second of delay, he turned his mind into the world of strange things, suspended high in the air, and returned to the real world after turning the souls of the two warriors he had already chosen into humanoid chess pieces.
The two warriors selected by Zhang Long were not tall in stature, but they were extremely strong characters, and in addition to the short halberd and square shield, they also carried a hand crossbow with extremely complex craftsmanship behind their backs, which could be used to burn five sharp arrows at a time, which together consumed 800 units of earth and water elemental energy in the world of strange things to create.
However, although the consumption is large, it is also worth it, and after transforming these two humanoid chess pieces into Heroic Warriors in reality, his originally rough mood suddenly calmed down a lot.
And after the resurrection of the two heroic warriors in the real world, they were pulled by some kind of law in the dark, and they only looked at Zhang Longchu and then knelt on the ground and said: "The god is above, Xu Kan (Liu Yangqi) is here to kowtow." ”
"Get up, put these two clothes on, and come with me." Zhang Longchu, who already had some experience in controlling the Heroic Spirit Warrior, didn't talk nonsense, and took out two fat windbreakers from the backpack behind him and threw them to the two ancient warriors, and commanded.
After they put on their clothes, they cautiously walked out of the alley and continued their walk home.