Chapter 35: The Summer of Silence
Cheng Mo walked out of the People's Hospital, the plastic curtain on the porch was lifted, the security guard in khaki uniform was standing in the courtyard directing traffic, the vehicles that wanted to come in lined up in the dazzling sunlight and waited anxiously, the faces of the people walking towards the hospital were written with worry, and the negative emotions converged into a torrent in the white building, just like the smell of Sushui permeating everywhere.
Cheng Mo stood in the shadow of the cement canopy and looked up at the sun that once made him dare not go out at all in summer, the feeling of dizziness and vanity was far away from him, at this time he only felt that this body was no longer a burden to the soul, it was full of tenacity and vitality.
He jumped lightly down the steps, as if after a brief flight, the corners of his mouth raised and the curved eyebrows outlined the outline of a smile.
This strange behavior made Cheng Mo attract many people's eyes, but he didn't care about it.
Although he had felt the changes in his body a few days ago, the release of the physical examination form at this moment made him completely relieved, although his heart disease was not completely good, and his life span was still not as long as that of ordinary people, but he was at least able to live like an ordinary person now, and more importantly, he temporarily escaped from the imminent pressure of death, and did not need to be surprised at midnight, worried that he would not be able to see the sun tomorrow morning.
Bolstering caused a large increase in the number of red blood cells in his blood, and also caused a mutation in the erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) gene, which increased the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity by 25% to 50%. This means that his blood is able to carry more oxygen than the average person, greatly reducing the workload on the heart.
Not only that, but even though he has never exercised, his otherwise thin and thin body has shown a healthy firmness, which is the reason for the dense muscle fibers in the body, and the proportion of the ACTN3 gene, which can increase explosiveness, is now as high as 80% that only top athletes can reach.
Another gene called angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) carries up to 30% of the gene that mainly affects the body's cardiopulmonary function and thus the body's aerobic endurance quality.
More importantly, his heart has also been strengthened, although the root of the single ventricle has not been solved, but the increase in the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood has greatly reduced the burden on the heart, and the enlargement of the heart has become stronger, which has also improved the blood supply capacity, at this time his heart rate has been reduced from the original 165 times per minute to 95 times per minute at the level of ordinary people.
This also means that he can finally exercise like a normal person, and if his heart is normal, his physical fitness should have reached the level of a national athlete by now.....
But even if it's just now, Cheng Mo is very satisfied, from a teenager who the doctor concluded that he couldn't live to be eighteen years old and couldn't even run, to now being able to exercise and at least live to be thirty or forty years old, Cheng Mo has no reason not to feel relaxed and happy.
Cheng Mo rolled the physical examination report that only athletes can do into a cylinder, held it in the palm of his hand, and walked out of the door of the People's Hospital.
Then he jogged in the 37-degree heat of Star City, feeling his heart beat faster in his chest, every cell in his body was breathing happily, and soon the sweat wet his shirt and pants, the canvas shoes under his feet became hot, and the physical examination form in his hand was subconsciously wrinkled.
He ran along the liberation of Xili towards the Xiangjiang River, in the surprised sight of passers-by, in the jagged shadows of high-rise buildings, in the reluctant pursuit of the sun, he felt the joy of a healthy life.
He gasped, boiled, his mind went blank, and then all sorts of thoughts swirled.....
"Finally, I don't have to envy others..... It turns out that running is such a feeling..... All the flowers, all the traffic, all the hustle and bustle, in my running footsteps, are just a glimpse of the light in the footsteps of the road..... When humans run forward with all their might, they don't feel lonely at all..... Probably the first time an ordinary person flies, that's how it feels!" Cheng Mo thought in the blazing air currents he hung out with his own running.
He ran faster and faster all the way to the west, until he saw the sparkling Xiangjiang River, the giant ship-like orange island head stood a great statue, the blue sky and the blue and blue Yuelu Mountain were shining, he crossed the road and ran to the light mottled camphor tree, a cool river breeze mixed with the fragrance of leaves blew over, which made people feel refreshed.
Cheng Mo supported his knees with his hands, bent over and swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva to moisten his thirsty throat, and he walked slowly along the river bank alone, the river was covered with white foam and gently hugged the old embankment, year after year.
He remembered that when he was a child, he and his father came home from the hospital, when they were still living in the large courtyard of the Academy of Social Sciences, and in front of the old red brick house was a large green lawn, on which children played football every day.
His father led him by, he turned his head to stare at the group of screaming and laughing children, the thud of the ball was like a happy call, he asked enviously, "Dad, why can't I be like other children?"
The father turned his head, glanced at the children running and laughing and playing football on the lawn, and replied: "Because you are born different, you are destined to walk on a road that resists loneliness....."
Cheng Mo was a little sorry that he only remembered what his father said to him at this time, people's memories are really an unreliable thing, and the good of others is always forgotten quickly, but those pains can be deeply engraved in his heart.
He jumped onto the high platform of the embankment, the cicadas chirped into a beautiful rhythm in the gently trembling leaves in the river breeze, the river was flowing loudly, the rubber wheels of the car rubbed against the hot cement pavement, and the Starbucks across the street had couples sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows taking group photos, and the melody of summer echoed in his mind.
He tore the physical examination report in his hand into shreds, and then threw it towards the rolling Xiangjiang River, which could not be turned back.
The white fragments were blown around by the wind, and a few more were curled up on his somewhat messy hair, Cheng Mo reached out and grabbed the fragments, put them in the palm of his hand and blew them towards the never-ending river.
"But don't be afraid, there will always be someone who can see you different, who can see you sparkle in solitude, and then come and hug you. Father stroked his hair and said softly.
Cheng Mo watched those detritus flow into the distance, at this time his mobile phone rang, a phone displayed as a hidden number, according to Cheng Mo's original character, he would definitely hang up without hesitation, but today he hesitated, after watching for a long time, he pressed answer, and a cute sweet voice rang on the phone: "Little brother, online dating?
Cheng Mo knew it was Yan Yitong as soon as he heard it, he said "oh", did not continue to speak, and did not hang up the phone.
"Little brother, you speak!"
"Say what. ”
"Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Nope. ”
Then the phone rang with musical accompaniment and Yan Yitong's deadly rap imitating the earthy video emperor Gao Fei: "Hmm.....! Like me or not, like me or not..... Be careful I do your girlfriend ....."
It's a pity that Cheng Mo, a person who doesn't have an Internet pop cell, can't get Yan Yitong's point at all, and he hung up the phone directly before he finished listening, but in an instant, the somewhat noisy default music rang out, Cheng Mo took a look, this time it was still the shadow number displayed, so Cheng Mo pressed the phone again, and then it was the endurance battle between Cheng Mo and the indomitable Yan Yitong.
Yan Yitong kept calling, Cheng Mo kept pressing, when Cheng Mo walked the pedestrian street, Yan Yitong finally admitted defeat, changed the phone settings, and was not hiding the number, Cheng Mo pressed answer.
"Hey, they're just playing a joke on you, trying to make you laugh..... Why do you keep hanging up on me so much!"
"Because your jokes aren't very funny. ”
"Cut, what are you kidding?"
A group of great scientists were playing with Tibetan cats in heaven after they died, and it was Einstein's turn to catch people, and when he counted to 100, he opened his eyes and saw that everyone was hiding, only Newton was still standing there.
Albert Einstein walked over and said, 'Newton, I've got you.' ’
Newton: 'No, you didn't catch Newton. ’
Albert Einstein: 'You're not Newton, who are you?'
Newton: 'What do you see under my feet?'
Einstein looked down and saw Newton standing on a square floor tile that was one meter long and wide, and was puzzled.
Newton: 'This is a square meter under my feet, and I am standing on it and it is Newton/square meter, so what you are grabbing is not Newton, what you are grabbing....'"
Yan Yitong on the other end of the phone was a little confused, and asked very calmly: "Who was Einstein caught?"
"Pascal's ....., of course"
"Hahaha~!~!This joke is so funny!" Yan Yitong's very smirk rang on the other side of the phone.
Cheng Mo said: "Actually, I think this joke is average, but it can be extended infinitely is the interesting part, such as volts/amps/ohms.... So, don't force yourself to be funny...."
"Uh..... Where are you now?"
"Walking street. ”
"Alone?"
"Hmm!"
"Then you wait, Fu Yuanzhuo and I will come to pick you up immediately, we will have dinner together, then go to the Internet café in the afternoon, and go to Orange Island to watch the music festival in the evening.... There are a lot of celebrities coming today, Xu Wei, Chen Li, Mao Buyi, Caodong, ......."
"I don't listen to rock and folk ..... much"
"It's okay! I actually don't usually listen to it much, but the atmosphere of the music festival is still very good, and it's good to get in touch with different things, don't you say?" Yan Yitong paused for a moment and said loudly as if he was cheering himself up: "Well, I will also study hard, and strive to understand your cold jokes completely one day!"
"Actually, it's okay if I can't understand it, and I don't like to tell jokes..."
Yan Yitong said with a smile: "That's right, a cold joke or something, it really destroys the image of our genius Cheng Mo, and you won't be able to walk the rivers and lakes coldly in the future!"