I didn't expect Lao Zhou to give me such an answer, and I had a little bit of a serious meaning about what was about to happen in Lao Zhou's mouth, so I waved my hand, first signaled Lao Zhou not to say anything, and then walked to the counter, grabbed the big enamel cup I drank from, poured a large glass of water, poured it down, and poured a large glass of water for Lao Zhou at the same time.

Drinking cold water into my stomach suppressed some of the boiling alcohol a little, and I always thought that things that need to be faced squarely should not be said when I am a little dizzy after drinking, which will affect people's judgment of things.

As for how this stubborn habit came about, I deliberately 'forgot' it.

Lao Zhou will not mind that this cup is my usual drinking cup, we have been children's friends for so many years, and the friendship between each other can already be regarded as a habit of life, who will remember the details of deliberately keeping a distance between people?

The reason why I will take the things in Lao Zhou's mouth a little bit seriously is also because this kind of friendship called habit allows me to understand Lao Zhou as a person.

He wants to save face, like, if he is 100 percent scared, but things can be solved, he will say to me, I am not afraid at all if he is 200 percent afraid, things can't be solved, but he thinks he can analyze what it is, and he will also say to me, I don't care, I'm not afraid. It's like cheering yourself on.

He is a doctor, and there are more things that are difficult to explain than ordinary people, and he is also considered 'unlucky', and there are not a few 'strange things' that he meets, but he has never said a word to me that he is afraid.

Including the year of his internship, he personally watched his hospital, where the chief professor made a few weird bugs during a brain operation, and he just made a phone call with a few of our acquaintances.

I still remember the content of that phone call, and at the end of the call, I also asked him: "Bugs?" Are you afraid? ”

He was on the other side of the phone, his tone was a little hesitant, but he immediately said to me in a very loud tone: "I'm afraid of a request, this kind of thing can't be explained, you learned biology in junior high school for nothing?" It's the little pork tapeworm in the junior high school biology book, if a person is infected, it can also get into the human brain, and the patient must have eaten some food with the source of infection. ”

"Really? But I always feel like this patient has been tricked? I said in a joking tone, just because in this phone call, Lao Zhou described to me the symptoms of some patients, I roughly have this judgment, after asking this sentence, I regret it, it is purely mouthy.

Sure enough, Lao Zhou's attitude suddenly became 'intense', and he shouted on the other end of the phone: "Your sister's Gu, third, let's be normal, okay?" Don't be because you were a child."

At this time, I hung up the phone decisively, and I didn't like to listen to some words, so I didn't listen to them, anyway, it was such an attitude at the time.

Thinking of the past, I couldn't help but be a little distracted, Lao Zhou, who had finished drinking the water, couldn't help but stuff the cup into my hand, and I came back to my senses, and Lao Zhou was already a little dissatisfied, and shouted at me: "Do you listen or don't listen?" ”

I glanced at Lao Zhou with a smile, but in fact, because of Lao Zhou's fear, I was already worried about him in my heart, but I muttered: "I can't guarantee that I won't say something that God is talking about." ”

"I'm used to it." Lao Zhou's face was still a little pale, and he took out a crumpled pack of cigarettes from his trouser pocket, threw one to me, and lit one himself.

The cigarette in my hand is no longer formed, I subconsciously flicked it with my fingers, and then followed Lao Zhou to light it for this compulsive neatness of him, who can take out crumpled peanuts and cigarettes, it seems that this kid is not lightly scared.

And this time, I tentatively said something I don't guarantee I won't say, and he didn't get angry, maybe there was some kind of wavering in his heart.

An incident in my childhood left a deep shadow on me and Lao Zhou, including the other three children, and some extremes were caused by this.

I know how difficult it is for Lao Zhou to overthrow this extreme belief.

Smoke calms people's emotions, and as the blue smoke spreads through my shop, Lao Zhou's voice begins to echo in this small shop.

"The third child, there was an accident in the morgue, it was too evil, the hospital suppressed this matter and didn't want it to spread. Anyway, you also understand, if it is not a major event, the hospital will always be pressed down, after all, in the hospital, especially some departments, it is similar to the crematorium, occasionally encounter one or two things that cannot be explained, don't think too much, life can be normal. After the smoke, I couldn't see Lao Zhou's expression clearly, I could only hear an indescribable tiredness in his voice.

I didn't answer, I just took a deep puff of cigarette and said 'um' after a long time.

Lao Zhou is right, this is actually an attitude towards life, just like many ordinary people, occasionally encounter one or two specious evil things, such as the vague breathing sound in the ears, the figure that can't be seen clearly, and even the fleeting 'wonder', don't think too much, after a long time, maybe you think you're hallucinating.

"I don't want to think too much about it. You know my attitude, if I can't explain this matter for the time being, I will put it aside, wait for the so-called 'official' explanation, or think that there will always be scientific proof in the future. However, I can't help this" Lao Zhou didn't speak, but stopped and took two deep puffs of cigarette, and then fell silent.

When the smoke cleared, I saw that Lao Zhou's face was very serious, but there was a trace of decadence in the seriousness, I didn't speak, put an ashtray made of a Coke can in front of him, and then asked in a low voice: "What can't you do?" When? ”

It's just a few simple conversations, Lao Zhou hasn't talked about the key point of the matter yet, I'm already inexplicably a little uneasy, what I'm worried about, I don't know what to do.

The sun was in full bloom outside, and I didn't need to feel it, I could understand the scorching heat, which made people feel oppressive to breathe, but I felt that the sky seemed to be a little overcast, as if a storm was coming, and I might inexplicably get involved in it and become a chicken in soup.

But I'm just a normal person, aren't I? I frowned slightly.

"For what? Because I'm a first-hand witness to this thing, and I didn't hear about it, what do you think I can do to pretend that it didn't happen, and deceive myself? Lao Zhou's emotions were a little excited, and even a little angry.

And I couldn't help but laugh, I didn't mean to, but I couldn't help this guy, such a firm and even extreme guy who wants to explain everything with science, but he has never been 'peaceful' since he was a child, every three or five years, he will always meet one or two strange things that others may not encounter in their lifetime, what is this called? Fate played a joke on him?

He always likes to explain everything with scientific theories, and if he can't explain it, he begins to deceive himself, he doesn't even want to believe in the existence of aliens, just because there is no serious scientific evidence, it is difficult for him to live so chic and not collapse himself.

"Laugh at your sister!" Lao Zhou was obviously angry, and he stretched out his hand to give it to me, but I blocked his hand, trying to hold back my smile and try to be serious.

Actually, one thing I didn't tell him was that I knew that his eight characters were very low, and coupled with the twists and turns of his life, when combined, the probability of seeing these things was much greater than that of normal people.

"But life brings 'people' luck, and there is no danger." This is the last comment about Lao Zhou's life, this comment is the reason for my peace of mind, I can't doubt the person who gave him his life, and the facts have proved that Lao Zhou really has 'human' luck.

The so-called 'human' luck, that is, there are many noble people in his life, people who need it, people who happen to be in need, anyway, all the people who can help him get him through the difficulties, there is no danger.

These are one of the many secrets I didn't confess to my old friend, Lao Zhou, and he didn't like to hear it anyway, so why should I force him.

"Don't laugh, you haven't said when?" My face turned serious.

"Last night." Lao Zhou put down his hand, sighed, and then turned pale again.

Since it happened last night, the memory should be clear, and I conclude that this memory should not be so pleasant, so in retrospect, this guy is a little scared again.

The expression on my face didn't change, I just lowered my head and snuffed out the cigarette in my hand, threw it into the ashtray and said, "Actually, I know that something happened to the morgue on Zhilu Road." ”

Lao Zhou looked up at me in surprise, and for the first time there was a look in his eyes that looked at a master, and asked, "How do you know the Tao?" This matter has been suppressed by the hospital, and it is impossible to spread it, and there are not even a few high-level people in the hospital who know about it! You, you, figure it out. ”

"Ha Lu Ha." I laughed, then rubbed my finger against my nose and said, "Not really, it's because I smell you." ”

"What do you mean?" Lao Zhou's expression became inexplicably nervous, and he began to look himself up and down a little uneasily.

And I casually played with the lighter in my hand and said, "Don't do that, I just smell a strong formalin smell on you, much heavier than you normally do." What could be soaked in formalin, of course it's a corpse, and if you think about it, something must have happened in the morgue, right? I guess it's not a normal morgue, it's usually a frozen corpse, and the one soaked in formalin should be the kind of morgue where students give anatomy lessons, right? ”

"I'm X, really fake? I told you at the beginning that it was a morgue, you kid didn't mean to pretend to be a detective, did you? Morgue" Lao Zhou suddenly couldn't say any more, jumped up from the stool in front of my counter, and rushed out the door.

Then I threw up right in front of my little shop.