"Do what you have to do." Xiao Yao didn't have the heart to listen to Zhang Zhengkai's shadow anymore, he turned around and instructed Zhang Zhengkai.

"What is the right thing to do? Isn't it the one who is in power right now who has the final say? It's just that it's just you today! The butcher's version of Zhang Zhengkai's shadow shouted hysterically.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." Xiao Yao turned sideways slightly.

Zhang Zhengkai watched vigilantly at the butcher's version of Zhang Zhengkai's shadow, and at the same time reached out to open the tattered satchel he was carrying, and took out a treasure from it...... Oh no, a Mass censer thing.

This thing Xiao Yao is very familiar, because Yu Bo will shake this on the altar every Sunday Mass.

Its exterior is inlaid with sterling silver patterns, and the delicate carvings outline a story from the Bible. At the bottom of the incense burner, three relief-shaped archangels quietly surround them, as if guarding some sacred ritual.

"From Yubona?" Xiao Yao glanced at the incense burner and asked.

"Huh?" Zhang Zhengkai moved his little nose in confusion: "The priest lent it to me." ”

Xiao Yao was just about to continue to ask, but Zhang Zhengkai seemed to be very skillful in taking out a black honeycomb briquette again, lit it with a lighter, and threw it into the incense burner.

Seeing this, the butcher's version of Zhang Zhengkai's shadow subconsciously was ready to move.

The tip of Xiao Yao's sword was handed out again, and it was against the throat of the butcher's version of Zhang Zhengkai's shadow.

Smoke rose from the incense burner filled the filthy room, and Xiao Yao smelled the familiar smell—strong, rich frankincense.

Sunlight pours in through the glass windows, shining the incense burner as if an angel's light is dancing in it.

"Sunshine?" Xiao Yao looked outside in surprise: "This is really hell." ”

"Xiao Yao, they have power, but they don't know how to purify you," Zhang Zhengkai said, "I know how to face you, but I can't beat you - now that we're all here, see what else you can do?" ”

"You guy who spoils my good deeds, no," the butcher's version of Zhang Zhengkai's shadow gritted his teeth and said: "The guy who spends our good deeds, the guy who spoils his own good deeds, even his own good deeds, shakes the incense burner in a high-sounding manner, but is actually a cowardly and filthy traitor...... You're not me! ”

"I also hope that I am not you, or rather, you are not me," Zhang Zhengkai showed a look of compassion: "Because you are too embarrassed to me - but, even if you are unwilling to admit it, even if you are like this, you are indeed me, an inseparable part of me, a dark side that I must face, and a ...... I must carry."

The incense burner is gently swayed, exuding a mysterious and solemn aura. The entire room of the slaughterhouse was filled with white smoke, and visibility was drastically reduced, as if the entire slaughterhouse was to be sanctified into a church.

Xiao Yao heard the sound of the girl choking on frankincense and coughing, and saw the figure in a knitted sweater and a short skirt walking up to him with the peripheral vision of his eyes, and stood still.

"How are you feeling?" Xiao Yao's eyes were still staring at the butcher, and he asked Shen Jie, "Are you okay?" ”

"I ...... cough cough cough ...... I," Shen Jie told Xiao Yao, "I'm still a little uncomfortable. ”

"Shen Jie," Zhang Zhengkai said while shaking the incense burner, "I'm sorry." ”

As he spoke, his eyes were still fixed on the butcher.

"Huh?" Shen Jie seemed a little surprised, and after two or three seconds, she reluctantly replied, "It's okay—I forgive you." ”

"Well," Zhang Zhengkai nodded: "Thank you." ”

"I ...... too Ahem, I'm sorry. After another ten or so seconds, Shen Jie suddenly spoke.

"Thank you." Zhang Zhengkai turned his head to thank Shen Jie this time.

"What a touching harmony," the butcher's version of Zhang Zhengkai's shadow commented: "I'm about to cry because I'm moved - just after this short period of psychological satisfaction, do you think she will take care of you again after you go out?" ”

"Ignore me or not, that's her business," Zhang Zhengkai turned his head to look at his shadow again: "This kind of man who regards a certain relationship or a certain person as his life goal is the most unproductive, and this kind of man often has neither confidence nor charm." ”

Xiao Yao knew that Zhang Zhengkai was criticizing himself, but he still felt a faint pain in his knee.

"It's time for us to grow up." Zhang Zhengkai said softly.

"I feel sick to hear your high-sounding rhetoric, 'we.'" The butcher sarcastically said in a scathing voice, "Just like the incense burner you are shaking solemnly at this moment—do you think you are sacred?" Actually, you know that you don't believe in these things......"

Zhang Zhengkai: "......"

"These words of yours are not actually for me," the butcher laughed, "but for these 'partners' of yours, you are just looking for a step for yourself."

"The real reason why you want to get out of this relationship, can you hide it from them?

"Oh, of course I do, because you are me, because you are my shadow."

"Shut up!" Zhang Zhengkai shouted angrily.

"He just dislikes Shen Jie for being dirty, and his pride can't accept this fact," the butcher shouted loudly, "O spirit of self-esteem! The shadow of Zhang Zhengkai! I don't dislike her! Because I love her more than you do! Because it's just me—"

The butcher's words were not finished.

The frankincense that filled the air began to dissipate, and Xiao Yao saw the butcher hang his head suddenly.

Immediately afterwards, the butcher's body began to slowly blur and become transparent, until it finally turned into a small chess piece and fell into Zhang Zhengkai's palm.

Out of curiosity, Xiao Yao stretched out his head to look at Zhang Zhengkai's chess piece, but the latter subconsciously tightened his badge.

Immediately afterward, everything around him began to blur and become white.

Shen Jie's voice to herself became inauthentic.

Xiao Yao heard a sharp ringing in his ears.

……

……

……

Xiao Yao woke up.

He slowly woke up from his deep coma.

The boy's eyes were dark, and only the faint sound of instruments echoed in the silence.

A wave of dizziness hit him, and he struggled to remember what had happened.

...... the River of Blood? Abattoir......? Cyberpunk city ......? There is also the king game farce of cash cabinet KTV......

He tried to raise his hand, but there was a slight tingling pain from the back of his hand, and the strange feeling in his lower body made him frown.

Consciousness gradually returned, and he noticed the medical equipment and white walls around him, creating a faint blue light in the dimness.

Slowly, he realized that he was lying in an unfamiliar hospital bed.

Ah, yes, I was celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival with my whole family and relatives at that time......

Then, and then he fell asleep and said.

When I woke up again, I was here.

Had a long, long dream, a long, long ......

No, that's not a dream.

It's not just a dream.

The boy's gaze shifted to the head of the bed.

In the faint light, he made out a fuzzy outline...... A man's figure? Sitting there, it seems to be dozing off.

The silhouette of the black shadow appears blurred in the dim light, giving it a mysterious and strange feeling.

Xiao Yao's heart tightened, as if he was enveloped by an uneasy emotion.

He tried to speak, but a hoarse sound came from his throat, shattering the silence.

The black shadow raised his head suddenly, and a pair of eyes that were still sleeping just now froze on Xiao Yao's body, making him feel a chill.

It all seemed to oscillate between dream and reality, and Xiao Yao struggled to gather his thoughts, trying to make sense of where he was.

"You...... Are you awake? The man seemed to be a little surprised: "Nurse, nurse!" ”

The man desperately pressed the bell at the head of Xiao Yao's bed, pressed it twice and ran out of the ward, shouting at the corridor: "Nurse, nurse!" ”

It's noisy...... My head hurts.

There was a lot of noise in the hospital, what a quality.

With a "snap", the light in the room was turned on, and the dazzling light made Xiao Yao's eyes squint suddenly.

He gradually saw the man's face clearly.

This is a middle-aged man, with unkempt hair, a crumpled light-colored trench coat, and the overall look is sloppy. But his melancholy but bright eyes, angular handsome face and sparse beard scum, made Xiao Yao feel that this man was indeed quite handsome even as an iron straight man.

Not only handsome, but also a little familiar.

Xiao Yao even felt that he looked a bit alike...... There are three points like Yu Luying.

What hell jokes......

Yes.

Xiao Yao knew who this byd was.

"What's the noise...... a big dream woke up, and a sleepy female voice came from the tent of the hospital bed next to it.

"Oh my God, Ying Ying is awake too!" At this moment, the man was really excited: "Ying Ying, Ying Ying!" ”

The man went to the next hospital bed like a frog.

"It's really ......" Xiao Yao muttered to himself, reaching out and trying to pull out the urinary catheter on his body.

"Why are you?" He heard the girl's exclamation in his ears: "Get out of here, I don't want to see you." ”

"Yingying!"

At this time, the nurse sister on duty wearing a mask was finally late.

At Xiao Yao's strong request, she removed the hanging needle on the back of Xiao Yao's hand and pulled out the tube inserted in her body.

"What about her? What about Shen Jie? Xiao Yao held a cotton ball in his right hand and pressed it on the back of his left hand.

Yu Luying and Xiao Yao walked into another ward downstairs one after the other - Shen Jie, who was wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, trotted up all the way when she saw Xiao Yao, jumped hard, and hung directly on Xiao Yao's body.

This reminded Xiao Yao of the time when she first touched Shen Jie's bedroom, she did the same.

"Alright, alright, alright, alright." Xiao Yao patted Shen Jie's back, but the latter was still like a little monkey, treating Xiao Yao as a big tree, and kept climbing up: "It's all over, it's all over - don't climb, you really are still six years old, my thin arms and legs can't hold you up." ”

The accompanying head nurse also discouraged: "You two have just woken up, and you haven't done a comprehensive physical examination yet, don't do it so dangerously...... Such a strenuous exercise. ”

Shen Jie completely ignored Yu Luying's (biological) father, head nurse and others who were still standing next to Yu Luying, Yu Luying, and slammed her cherry mouth up.

Xiao Yao was stunned for a moment, and had to subconsciously open his mouth and let her drive straight in.

In just a few seconds, Xiao Yao couldn't tell which was saliva in her mouth and which was her tears.

He thought that in this case, he should also cry to show his importance and respect for love, and two huge tears immediately poured out.

"Sister, this is the hospital." Immediately after, Xiao Yao heard the voice of dissatisfaction and reproach in his ears.

Of course, it was Yu Luying's voice.

A long mess ensued.

Yu Lihua is here, and Yu Bo is also here.

Grandma also came, and so did my uncle.

What made Xiao Yao feel even more outrageous was that in the middle of the night, Teacher Lin also came, and even the principal came.

Xiao Yao, Yu Luying, and Shen Jie all insisted that they were in good health and should be discharged immediately, but unfortunately no one listened to them.

At four or five o'clock in the morning, the adults finally left one after another, and Xiao Yao and Yu Luying's wards finally stopped for the time being.

"Mom, go back to sleep too, the two of us are really fine." Yu Luying said: "Really. ”

"But......" Yu Lihua moved her ass uneasily.

"Mommy—cough, no, Auntie," Xiao Yao said, "Me and Apple—me and Yu Lu—I have something to talk to Yingying." ”

"Then, you guys are talking," Yu Lihua stood up a little reluctantly: "I'm just in the corridor outside, call me if you have anything." ”

"Well, definitely." Xiao Yao nodded.

……

"So," Xiao Yao asked, looking at the ceiling above his head, "how long have we been sleeping?" ”

"Today seems to be the 17th, October 17th," Yu Luying replied to him lying on her bed, "We slept...... 19 days. ”

"19 days," Xiao Yao muttered, "it's two-thirds of a month." ”

"yes, what's wrong?" Yu Luying asked puzzled.

"What time is the 17th?" Xiao Yao asked Yu Luying.

"Sunday?" Yu Luying hesitated and said, "When my phone is charged, I'll know it by looking at it." ”

"Sunday, I'll have to go to Mass." Xiao Yao smiled.

"If the doctor allows us to be discharged." Yu Luying said: "They said that they would arrange a comprehensive physical condition review during the day. ”

"Re-examine a ghost, we know that there is nothing wrong with our bodies," Xiao Yao said: "Talk to Brother Bo, let your little uncle do it, and let the three of us out as soon as possible." ”

"Well, oh, ah," Yu Luying said, "Okay." ”

Xiao Yao didn't speak again, he held his breath.

There was silence in the room, and only the subtle movement of the second hand could be heard.

"Don't you have anything you want to explain to me?" After waiting for a minute or so, Xiao Yao spoke calmly.

"Nope." Yu Luying blurted out: "What to explain to you?" ”

"For example," Xiao Yao saw that she was still pretending to be stupid, and his tone was a little impatient: "For example, where did you go after leaving the slaughterhouse, and for example, what happened to you and Zhang Zhengkai?" ”

"Slaughterhouse? What are you talking about? Sleeping too long and not waking your mind? Yu Luying said in surprise: "Zhang Zhengkai? What can Zhang Zhengkai and I have, I've never met him alone - and I can't meet him alone, right? ”

"You're still pretending to be stupid, aren't you?"

"What am I pretending to be stupid?"

"You!"

So, Yu Luying began to tell the story of the long dreams she had in the past 19 days.

It was a completely different dream from Xiao Yao's dream, an independent dream.

(End of chapter)