Yucheng, the first municipal hospital.

In autumn, autumn in the south is not as desolate as in the north, and the leaves on the treetops are still full of green.

Zhao Si got out of the taxi, this small hospital in the eighteenth tier is pitifully small, and the parking lot is only an empty space between the inpatient building and the clinic.

He rubbed his hands together, trying to dispel the cold above. Entering the inpatient building still makes people shiver with cold, and the lack of heating in the south is the last thing he is comfortable with. Although it does not have the cold air that can freeze people to death in the north, the cold and humid environment makes people feel like they are soaking in water.

This may be what is known as a magic attack.

"Little four, little four, this way."

A middle-aged man beckoned to him, his skin was dark and rough, and his facial features were as wrinkled as the ravines on the Loess Plateau. The clothes are sewn and mended, with some traces of cement on the construction site, and there is always a lingering cowardice in his expression.

This person's name is Li Xingguo, a ubiquitous migrant worker who is also his junior high school class teacher.

His son's name is Li Yi, who was hit by a battery car ten years ago, because this is an illegally modified battery car is very fast, it directly knocked Li Yi into a vegetative person, and the cyclist died directly than him.

Since the other party is a non-motorized vehicle, the person is not liable for compensation, and the family refuses to provide any humane compensation.

Li Yi's mother quit her job in a sugar factory to take care of him, went to a coastal city to work three jobs, and later stepped on a sewing machine to help people make collars for clothes at home due to an injury. Li Xingguo, a 50-year-old rural teacher, went to a cement factory, got pneumoconiosis in order to fight for more money, and did not go to the doctor to support it, and a good family was ruined.

It may be that the emperor has lived up to his wishes, and today, ten years later, Li Yi has miraculously woken up. The only fly in the ointment is that I am also mentally disordered, it may be that I have slept for too long, or I may not be able to accept that ten years have passed as soon as I close my eyes and open my eyes.

Li Yi's grades were very good that year, and he hoped to be admitted to Shenjing University, but his whole life was ruined by such a hit.

And he is Li Yi's childhood playmate, and now he is a psychiatrist, and he rushed back from the field non-stop when he heard that Li Yi had a mental problem.

"Uncle, how is Brother Yi's situation?"

"It's a lot better, it's a lot better," Li Xingguo said with a smile that deepened the wrinkles. "I can't urinate and defecate on my own, but at least I can eat what I put in my mouth."

"Let's go up and see Brother Yi's situation first."

"Good, good."

Ward 304.

Zhao Si knocked on the door and entered, there were three beds in the room, two of them were empty, and Li Yi was lying on the bed by the window. He stared out the window with dull eyes, the breeze ruffled his hair, and there was an indescribable desolation on his thin face.

A nurse is doing daily check-ups, nothing more than taking body temperature, checking oxygen delivery, etc., small hospitals are not so particular, and Li Yi's family in large hospitals can't afford to live.

Li Xingguo asked daily: "Nurse, how is my Li Yi?" Any questions? ”

"There's no problem..."The nurse glanced at Zhao Si, who was handsome and tall in a suit and leather shoes next to her, and then unconsciously put away her contemptuous posture, and replied with a smile: "His body is very well maintained, his body is clean and tidy, there are no skin diseases, and muscle atrophy is not serious, not at all like a person who has been sick in bed for many years, and it can be seen that he is usually well cared for." ”

In front of the excellent opposite sex, both men and women will subconsciously pay attention to their own image. Zhao Si is obviously an excellent person of the opposite sex, in a suit and leather shoes, handsome and tall, dressed as a social elite, and may also be an insurance seller.

However, in terms of appearance, nurses are more inclined to the former.

Zhao Si glanced at his friend from childhood to adulthood, he was indeed neat, not like a vegetative person who had slept for ten years.

After chatting a few words, the nurse left the ward, and threw a wink at Li Zhao Si when she left.

Waiting for others to leave, Zhao Si stepped forward to check Li Yi's state, his body was as bad as a person who had been sick in bed for many years, but there was not much smell, his eyes were blank and not focused, and obviously his consciousness had not yet recovered.

His mouth opened and closed, as if he was muttering something.

"To the extreme, keep quiet and ......"

A very unfamiliar tone, I had never heard it at all, and Zhao Si didn't care about the unconscious idiot of the patient.

With the words of the grandfather of the family, he lost his soul and wanted to be recruited back. If it weren't for the fact that the hospital was not allowed to engage in spiritualism, perhaps Uncle Li would have invited someone to engage in spiritualism, and then it would be another big expense. It's like the various miracle medicine health products that were deceived into buying in order to wake up Li Yi before.

Zhao Si really felt the ignorance of people, obviously there are still feudal superstitions in today's advanced science and technology, just like the government's tireless crackdown on fraud, and some people will be deceived by clumsy routines.

Caring is messy.

The palm of his hand was dangling in front of Li Yi's eyes, and his pupils did not react. There was no reaction when he shook his body, he didn't straighten his body when he pushed it down gently, and there was a slight tremor in his body when he pinched his fingertips, but it wasn't big.

Zhao Si secretly thought to himself that he might suffer from thinking disorders, intellectual disabilities, and will disorders.

"How's the little four?"

From the beginning, Father Li had been paying attention to Zhao Si's expression, his mood and the other party's expression changed together, and his whole heart was raised when he saw the frown.

Zhao Siwei said truthfully: "At present, it seems that Brother Yi's mental state is not bad, and I don't dare to pack the ticket for the specific situation, I have to go to the relevant examination to find out." But you have to be mentally prepared, this may be a protracted battle, and there is currently no effective treatment for mental illness. ”

Rehabilitating a vegetative person is an extremely long process, especially for a vegetative person who has been asleep for 10 years, and being able to respond to external stimuli is already a very big improvement. At present, medical technology is in a very primitive stage for brain-related fields, and the mental aspect is even more blind.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's been ten years, even if it's stupid, I'll support him." Father Li's short body, which was less than 1.6 meters tall, issued a resolute opposite.

"Then let's check Brother Yi first, blood sugar, liver and kidney function, B ultrasound, etc., it should be okay here." In the future, I will also need to be transferred to a major hospital in the capital of the continent, CT, MRI, single photon emission tomography, positron emission tomography. Psychiatric examinations, electroencephalograms, polysomnography (EEG), EEG topography, brain evoked potentials, and so on are required. ”

"We need to have a comprehensive understanding of Brother Yi's body to prescribe the right medicine, and after a few days of observation, we will be transferred to the big hospital in the capital of the continent, where I have friends I know."

Zhao Si noticed Father Li's expression, and immediately added, "Uncle, don't worry about the cost, I'll take care of it first." ”

"......" Li's father wanted to speak and stopped, he wanted to refuse, but they didn't have the money to go to the big hospital.

Zhao Si continued: "In the future, Brother Yi's ability will always be able to pay it back, and the most important thing now is to cure Brother Yi first." “

"Okay, thank you, little four. Yi'er can make you a friend, it is really a blessing from the third generation. Father Li nodded again and again, his spine bent as if he was bending towards him, this action was probably not even aware of him, and it had formed an instinct.

His appearance made Zhao Si's chest feel a little stuffy, Father Li was his junior high school homeroom teacher, and he was also the person he respected the most in his childhood.

The sentence that Li Xingguo taught himself is still vivid, but at this time, it is damn in his mind.

The rich and the rich cannot be lewd, and the poor cannot be moved.

In the past ten years, the early and late work has not worn out Li's father's love for Brother Yi, but it has worn down his teacher's backbone. His dignity and pride have been ground into powder little by little in the rush for medical expenses.

Bell bell bell!

The crisp phone rang, and Father Li took out a PHS that was less than the size of a palm, and immediately ushered in a scolding after connecting:

"Li Xingguo, you don't want to do it, do you!?"

"It's not.... Brother Cao, I... Didn't I take a leave of absence? ”

"Rush the project, you dare to ask for leave! Do you take my words the day before yesterday as a fart? Come back now, or you'll be fined three days' wages!" ”

"But... I asked a doctor to see my son in the hospital, can I be late, Brother Cao? ”

"Your dead son should have died ten years earlier. Just a stupid hat like you is still guarding like a treasure, you can't give birth to one ten years earlier, now get back! ”

Toot toot...

The phone hung up, and Father Li smiled slightly embarrassedly: "Little four, I'll go back to the construction site to clean ash first." I'm at a nearby construction site, if you have any questions, you can call me and I'll come right away. And the money is checked, and you keep it. ”

"No, no."

"Keep it..."

After some excuses, Zhao Si still held the money in his hand, there were hundred, fifty, ten, and one piece, and each one was folded a little old, just like Father Li.

Wrinkled and old, but still valuable.

Father Li left, and he cautiously shuttled through the city for fear of disturbing some fierce beasts, and he was afraid that he would even shrink back on the bus.

Zhao Si sighed: "Brother Yi, you have to cheer up, otherwise you ....."

“…… Send. Li Yi spit out a note with difficulty, although it was very weak, but Zhao Si heard it, not the chatter of the gods that he couldn't understand before.

"Brother Yi, what did you say?"

Zhao Si perked up and hurriedly put his ear to it.

"To the Void ......"

Very clear three words, but why these three words?

What is the Void Pole?

Zhao Si looked puzzled, and before he could sort out the thoughts in his mind, Li Yi spit out three more words, this time the pronunciation was more standard than the last time, and it was obviously not an idiot.

"Keeping the ...... Quiet"

"To the extreme, to keep quiet?"

Zhao Si took out his mobile phone and found out the meaning of "to the void and keep quiet" from the Internet, and said in his mouth:

"To be extremely void and to be quiet means to keep the mind in a state of extreme certainty of emptiness and quietness, not to be affected, so that when everything happens in parallel, I use this state of mind to observe the law of the cycle of things."

After a few days, Zhao Si still didn't figure out why Li Yi said this. Even if he used his mobile phone to play various Taoist classics, he didn't get more responses to the words that Li Yi repeated in his consciousness.

To the extreme, keep quiet.

At the same time, there was a phenomenon that made Zhao Si very confused, and for some reason when he heard Li Yi chanting these words, he actually had a feeling of tranquility. As if drunk, the brain empties and leaves all complicated thoughts behind.

Confused, Zhao Si did not delay treatment, and with the help of his friends, Li Yi was transferred to the First Hospital of Qingzhou Capital. There are more professional doctors and equipment there that can effectively treat Li Yi and help with rehabilitation.

Because the big hospital has special personnel to take care of him, Li's father chose to stay in Yucheng to work and make money, hoping to make up a little more medical expenses.

Although his salary of 7,000 per month is probably not even able to pay the expensive nursing fees of a large hospital.

The headache is that Zhou Guo's mental illness cannot be covered by medical insurance, and Li Yi has not purchased relevant medical insurance. This means that the treatment process will incur high costs, and the cost can easily be millions if the treatment cycle is long.

After paying, Zhao Si sat on a bench outside the hospital, lit a cigarette, and began to swallow the clouds.

“…… Am I stupid, 100,000 yuan is spent in a blink of an eye, and my brothers may not spend so much money. Brother Yi, if you don't wake up within half a year, my marriage won't be consummated. ”

It's false to say that he doesn't regret it, the 100,000 is not much for him, but it is definitely a lot. And it's only a month's fee, and you still need to pay it next month.

Zhao Si snuffed out his cigarette butt and left the hospital on foot, and it was already a month later when he went to see Li Yi again.

The treatment effect was better than he imagined, and after several sets of treatment procedures in the hospital, Li Yi became more and more sensitive to external stimuli. Zhao Si visited a few times, and he could clearly feel the difference in Li Yi.

If I had to describe it, I would probably have changed from a puppet to a dementia.

Another month passed, and there was good news from the hospital again. After all-round treatment, Li Yi has regained his self-awareness, is able to talk, has a relatively clear logic, and has even begun physical rehabilitation.

Zhao Si told Li's father the news, and the other party cried on the phone.

They didn't have to wait long for them to rejoice, and on the second day there was bad news from the hospital.

After a psychiatric evaluation, Li Yi suffered from severe paranoia, showing fantasies about the other world he went to during his ten years of sleep, fantasizing that he was a god, and accompanied by various strange behaviors.

Li Yi went crazy.