Fifteen minutes before Xiao Yao passed out in the hospital, he was on the Tomatsu Highway.

The bus that Yu Luying was riding was speeding in the direction of Yushan.

They set off from St. Francis Les Assisi's Lycée after lunch, and the three-day "retreat" was led by her younger uncle, Yu Bo, and another 50-year-old priest.

At this moment, Father Yang, who has gray sideburns, is leading a bus of parishioners to chant the "Rosary Sutra".

Yu Luying sat by the window, holding her agate rosary, looking at the backward trees outside the car window with a blank look, and mechanically chanting with everyone: "...... God and Mary, for us sinners, pray to God and for us to die, Amen. ”

This tone is adapted from Buddhist scriptures, and the scriptures are in the Modu dialect + classical Chinese, and the older generation says that this is called "respectful tone", which was adapted by the Jesuit missionaries to China for localization...... Is it Matteo Ricci? I don't know, whatever.

The little girl was reciting the scriptures without her intention - especially when there were few young people participating in this event, she was even more excited.

Yu Luying doesn't like to be respectful, and she is not interested in participating in this retreat activity itself, she is just accompanying her mother - as a result, Yu Lihua has something to do at school temporarily, and she can't come by herself at night.

Yu Luying has always believed that she has never been a godly and enthusiastic person.

I am afraid that this is indeed the case.

Yu Luying's maternal grandfather, Yu Baolu, kept a family tree, which records that the Yu family has been taught for nearly 20 generations, dating back to the time of Xu Guangqi in the late Ming Dynasty.

Yu Luying disagreed, because it was difficult to imagine how the family's "light of faith" was still inherited after Emperor Kangxi banned religion and failed to cut off the incense.

Of course, she didn't really want to ask.

In fact, she, like most of the children of the so-called old parishioners in this city and in this era, has never been lukewarm or warm about her faith.

Her mother told her that on the eighth day after Yu Luying's birth, she was baptized and took the Christian name "Teresa". This system of names is of little use in this country, because half of the women in the parish are called Teresa, and the other half are called Mary – which speaks volumes about the lack of imagination and creativity of the country's old parishioners.

From the age of three, she naturally adopted the status of a parishioner, inheriting the glorious faith of her father, oh, mother.

Fasting on Friday, going to church on Sunday, reciting scriptures before meals, intermarrying the children of old parishioners, this and that, that's what should be done, that's what is forbidden, that's probably the case.

She wasn't bored or liking.

Anyway, she will try to comply as much as she can.

If you ask her if she believes it, she probably does, but she really wasn't particularly interested in them, just as a way of life and a social circle.

Therefore, she didn't bother to distinguish between the two completely different and even opposing ideological indoctrination that she had received at home and school since she was a child, which was the truth.

She still hasn't even been able to read the Bible from cover to cover.

she doesn't care.

In fact, the children of parishioners like her cousin Yu Yage are in the minority: in general, this level of enthusiasm tends to occur more in acquired converts due to the psychological effect of "convert's fanaticism".

Yu Luying considers herself to be a person who is indifferent by nature, which means that this indifference in character is not limited to religion.

But lately, she's developed a, uh, not so legitimate, passion.

In any case, it is difficult to drive away such unnecessary ...... Thoughts.

Let's take it as an example, she recited the Rosary Sutra with everyone in her mouth, looking at the scenery outside the car window, but her mind was not at all on the scriptures, nor on the upcoming retreat, nor on the so-called Our Lady of Yushan.

What she was thinking about was Xiao Yao.

She's thinking about the episode where she missed out on "Ultraman" by being mischievous and pouring tap water into the fridge.

To paraphrase that inexplicable analogy...... Then she is a good child who listens to her mother and finishes her homework seriously.

After finishing my homework, I found out that the episode of "Ultraman" was over and would never be replayed.

In fact, Yu Luying has never cared about those helmet freaks who behave funny - she likes "Sailor Moon", but this feeling of regret and regret is so empathetic.

It's as if you've experienced it yourself.

In fact, there is no need to see Xiao Yao in the hospital after Shen Jie's "death", it is as if the soul has been burned out, and only a tragic image of walking flesh wandering in the world is left - because she can experience Xiao Yao's "emotions" through symbiosis.

That kind of great sorrow swept like a tsunami, so that the girl still has palpitations and dare not reminisce.

When I die, will anyone be as sad for me as Xiao Yao was that day?

Will there be? Ah, I'd love to give it a try......

No, no, no, it's crazy.

Yu Luying shook her head, dispelling this ridiculous, fleeting thought.

Sitting next to him was his little uncle Yu Bo, the most popular clergyman among young people in the Diocese of the Demon Capital, and the clergyman that Bishop Jin and some old priests were most unaccustomed to.

At this moment, the young priest, affectionately called "Brother Bo" by young people, was also reciting the scriptures without intention, his brows furrowed, and he didn't know what he was thinking about in his head.

"The columbarium is in front," Father Yang stood in front of the car, holding the microphone in his hand, and stood with his back to the driver like a tour guide: "We will do a public memorial service in the columbarium first, and then go to Yushan." ”

Columbarium, as the name suggests, is a place where the ashes of the faithful are stored, and the nature is equivalent to a parish cemetery abroad.

When I die, will my body be burned to a handful of ashes, and then stuffed into a box, placed in this place, and pointed at by people who come and go? The girl couldn't help but think.

Then, suddenly, she stopped thinking.

Yu Luying sat in a high-backed seat and wore a seat belt, so her initial body spasms and tics did not attract the attention of others.

By the time Yu Bo noticed his niece's abnormality, she was already foaming at the mouth.

There was a flurry and commotion in the car.

"Master Zheng," Father Yang turned to the driver, "Do you know each other from the nearest hospital?" Let's drive straight over! ”

"Okay," said the driver, "the nearest should be the South Courtyard, and it will be a short walk away." ”

"Just go to the South Courtyard! Father Yu, you call the hospital and ask them to be prepared. Father Yang made a quick decision.

"Wait!" Yu Bo stuffed a handkerchief into Yu Luying's mouth, observed for a while, stood up, and discussed with Father Yang: "Can we turn around and go back to the city hospital?" ”

Father Yang frowned: "This, I know that the conditions of the hospital here may not be as good as those in the city, but there is no doctor in our car, and the car is slow, so we will send it to the nearest hospital for examination first, if the southern hospital really can't deal with it, it's not too late to use the ambulance to go to the city." ”

"No, I can't take this risk, I can't go any further." Yu Bo's attitude was categorical.

"What is your attitude? I know she's your niece, but that doesn't mean we don't care about her or life. Father Yang blushed angrily.

"She's epilepsy, right? Ordinary hospitals can handle it, Father Yu, you ......" The old aunts in the car also began to question.

"Otherwise, let's get out of the car, and we can't venture any further." Yu Bo stretched out his hand and set Yu Luying up.

"Father Yu, why is it so unreasonable? If there is no store in the village and no store in the past, who is responsible for the accident? ”

"Lao Zheng, park, I'm his maternal uncle, and I'm fully responsible." Yu Bo was already carrying Yu Luying to the door of the car.

"Otherwise," Lao Zheng, the driver who hadn't spoken for a long time, said: "I'll drive to the columbarium, there is a car, you drive her back to the city to the hospital, okay?" ”

Father Yang still wanted to argue, but Lao Zheng didn't hesitate any longer, hit the steering wheel, and turned into the auxiliary road leading to the columbarium.

Yu Bo got out of the car with Yu Luying in his hands, and several aunts followed, helping Yu Bo to stuff Yu Luying into the back seat of a red car.

"Be careful when driving!" The resident priest of the columbarium threw a key at Yu Bo: "Call us again if there is anything!" ”

Yu Bo kicked the accelerator wide, and the old car let out a roar and rushed out of the courtyard of the columbarium.

He ran in the direction of the city.

Looking back at Yu Luying, the girl's eyes were already white.

This looks like a symptom of epilepsy, but epilepsy ......

Yu Bo is very sure that Yu Luying has no history of epilepsy.

I didn't have it, neither did my sister, and the entire Yu family had no history of epilepsy.

But he knew that if it was just epilepsy, it would be late to send it to the hospital, and even if it wasn't sent to the hospital, it wouldn't be a big deal.

The most feared thing is not epilepsy.

At this moment, Yu Bo is most worried about the problems caused by the mysterious connection between Yu Luying and Xiao Yao.

There seems to be an e-police in front......

Regardless of his mother's, Yu Bo increased his speed by another 20 yards.

"Answer the phone...... Answer the phone......" he muttered to himself, gritting his teeth.

Xiao Yao's phone was answered, and neither did Shen Jie's.

Sub-Olympic.

It can only be assumed that Xiao Yao is still in the area where he usually moves, and he has not gone far away.

After driving from Songjiang Mansion to Xuhui District, the ground traffic became congested a lot, but Yu Bo did not become more anxious because he noticed that Yu Luying's symptoms began to lessen significantly.

"What is this ...... in my mouth," a girl's slight voice came from behind her.

"Yingying, how are you feeling now?" Yu Bo stopped in front of the red light and looked back at Yu Luying.

"I ...... I don't know, what's wrong with me all of a sudden? The girl's misty eyes.

Yu Bo grabbed a few pieces of paper and handed them back: "Wipe your mouth, if you have anything to say, you will talk about it when you get to the hospital." ”

It seems that he is eighty percent right, Yu Bo thought.

Ah, symbiosis, this damn symbiosis.

Yu Bo's phone rang.

"Hello? Xiao Shen? ”

"Bogo...... Uh, Father Yu, what's wrong? Suddenly I was called several times. The girl's voice sounded a little panicked on the other end of the phone.

"Is Xiao Yao with you? Where are you now? Yu Bo asked bluntly.

"We're here, we're here," the girl said as if she had been beaten stupidly, "what is this called, ......"

"Which district!" Yu Bo said impatiently.

"Hongzui District, Hongzui District!"

"Stay where you are, don't run out of the Hongzui area."

Yu Bo hung up the phone directly.

In Hongzui District, that's fine, there should be no problem with such a distance, otherwise you would have been sick a long time ago.

When Yu Bo was studying for a doctorate in theology at Justley, he once met a gypsy woman and talked to him about some crazy things.

Presumably, she knows a witchcraft that can keep two people from being too far apart, and once a certain distance is exceeded, it will induce symptoms of epilepsy, and if she can't return to a safe distance for a long time, it will cause irreversible brain damage.

At that time, Yu Bo didn't ask too much detail, but just laughed at it as nonsense.

Moreover, in Yu Bo's opinion at that time, as a future clergyman, it was not suitable for him to have too deep a relationship with these gypsies who pretended to be ghosts.

Like all normal humans, Yu Bo forgets many unimportant things every day, and the words of the gypsy woman are one of them.

In addition, she only talked about "too far away can induce epilepsy", and did not mention such things as shared sensations and pain, so when he learned that Xiao Yao and his niece had this strange symbiotic phenomenon, Yu Bo didn't think about it at all.

However, when Yu Luying suddenly had an epilepsy without warning just now, a ...... seemed to flash in Yu Bo's mind Light? It was the feeling of enlightenment, and suddenly I thought of what the gypsy woman had told him.

The bet was right, fortunately it was right.

While thinking wildly, the car had already driven into Hongzui District, and Yu Bo drove towards the First People's Hospital he was most familiar with.

"Uncle, I'm fine, don't go to the hospital, right?" The girl in the back seat twisted her body a little uneasily.

"To be on the safe side, it's better to take a look and trust the diagnosis of modern medicine." Yu Bo said: "Besides, if you don't ask the hospital to issue a certificate, I can't erase the record of the fine and deduction of points for speeding at a red light." ”

“？” Yu Luying sat up straight and carefully continued to wipe her mouth.

——

Meanwhile.

The First People's Hospital of Modu.

"History of epilepsy?" Shen Jie stared at her eyes in surprise, which were already too big to speak: "I don't know!" He didn't tell me! ”

"No, no, really...... Not before. Fortunately, Xiao Yao himself had regained consciousness and explained to the doctor while lying on the hospital bed.

"That's the first inducement," the doctor said, holding a board and scratching something on the paper with a ballpoint pen, "Are there any relatives in the family who have this kind of problem?" ”

"No......" Xiao Yao thought seriously for a while: "Anyway, as far as I know, I don't seem to have heard of it." ”

"Okay." The doctor nodded.

"Doctor, isn't this dangerous?" Shen Jie said worriedly: "Are you going to be hospitalized too?" ”

The doctor shook his head and said: "Generally speaking, most epilepsy patients only need outpatient treatment, and do not need to be hospitalized, unless the seizures are frequent, more than 30 minutes, or become a persistent state, which may be life-threatening." So, don't worry, we'll ......."

"Is that going to prescribe medicine for him?" Shen Jie was still in a hurry.

"Not busy, not busy, in this way, you ...... first"

……

Shen Jie talked to herself, rented a wheelchair, and pushed Xiao Yao to her senior ward.

"I'm fine, you let me come down and walk by myself." Xiao Yao was very uneasy.

How so? I'm almost 1.8 meters tall, and I'm being pushed away by a girl the length of a junior high school student, and she's still an inpatient herself...... Although the feeling of being taken care of is very warm, it is too ...... Well, even if you are as thick-skinned as yourself, you will be embarrassed.

"Shut up," Shen Jie choked, "Use your mantra to say, this is costing money!" How can you do it if you don't push! ”

Xiao Yao smiled dumbly: "Then if you come down, I'll push you away - let's take turns." ”

"Okay," Shen Jie agreed briskly, "But you're just sick, so let's wait." I didn't expect to hit you with a pillow to make such a big deal—"

"You are using internal strength," Xiao Yao teased: "To tell the truth, how can the pillow be smashed, it is really the first time I have encountered this kind of thing, and I will have to do a good follow-up examination later." ”

"Well, it has to be done." Shen Jie said: "When you take care of the problem, I will settle the account with you." ”

"What's the account?" Xiao Yao pretended to be stupid and said, "Ouch, it's all old husbands and wives......"

The voice of this was slightly louder, and three or two passers-by cast surprised glances, looking at Xiao Yao, who was sitting like an uncle, and then looked at the petite girl behind him, who was still wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, and the wheelchair was pushed uphill with her chest, her eyes were full of envy...... And maybe contempt?

Anyway, Xiao Yao was very sure that it was the expression that would only come when eating raw lemons.

(End of chapter)