Chapter 31: Death?
Zhou Zhongmou is sick, the cause is unknown, and his condition is serious. The body that was as strong as a beast since eating live insects and drinking raw water after crossing over and never running out of stomach, headache and brain fever was now suffering from a high fever and slumping weakly on the bed in the apartment. It had started a few days earlier, when he was about to go to the arena for a gladiatorial fight, but as soon as he stepped out of the door of his apartment, he suddenly felt weak, and then he fell to the ground unconscious uncontrollably. The sound of the tall body falling to the ground alarmed his downstairs neighbors, so the ordinary townsman went upstairs to see what was going on, and they carried the tall man back to his room.
The downstairs neighbors were ordinary families - his father, Ivansevich, was a squad leader in the city defense corps, his mother Levna was a housewife, his son Ivan Jr., who was only eight years old, had just received a literacy education from a private tutor in the city, and his sixteen-year-old daughter, Christie, worked in a bakery outside. Usually Zhou Zhongmou often meets with them, "Boss Zuode" This is the first time that the little guy Ivan shouted when he saw the face of this male-looking upstairs big man on the fighting arena, and then it became the name of Ivan's whole family for Zhou Zhongmou. Zhou Zhongmou has a good relationship with them on weekdays, this guy often brings some small snacks and toys back to give to the Ivan family downstairs, of course, at the same time, he did not show any bad intentions for Ivan's daughter, so as to win a certain trust of old Ivan, and there is a certain reason.
In fact, Zhou Zhongmou is a prodigal in their eyes, some time ago he stayed all night in the flower street and willow lane, and old Ivan expressed his disdain for young people who didn't know self-love with envy more than once, but every time he was finally beaten by Aunt Levna, who saw through the half-old man's heart, with a hard pan and a rolling stick. And their daughter, in fact, also has a little secret with Zhou Zhongmou - Zhou Zhongmou has seen little Christie secretly tryst with a young man estimated to be about his age in the small garden behind the apartment more than once, and the shy Christie once secretly asked him not to tell Zhou Zhongmou because he found out about their tryst - Zhou Zhongmou did keep his mouth shut, and of course he won a little trust from this daughter.
And now, the friendly family is taking care of the man they thought was lonely. This man has no family, and only when you are familiar with it do you know that this vicious-looking man is actually only nineteen years old, only three years older than Christie, and he is actually a kind and good man except for his absurdity. Therefore, when this man was sick, little Christie specially asked for leave to take care of this "poor" man.
Fortunately, although Zhou Zhongmou is young and absurd, one of the advantages of being young is that he is uncertain, although he was very addicted to carnal desire at first, but just a few months ago, he suddenly lost most of his interest in carnal desire, and only occasionally went to absurdity. Because of this, he saved a little money - he went to the gladiatorial fights in the arena every once in a while, and even signed a long-term contract with the mercenary guild to fight in the arena. In this way, he can also compensate for the kindness of his neighbors - because he is alone, and he is not in the same relationship with people from other worlds at all, Zhou Zhongmou is very reluctant to trouble them. Only now that he has a high fever and is weak, he has nothing to repay for the kindness of his neighbors, but to make up for their losses with the money he won from the arena.
Ivan specially invited a doctor for Zhou Zhongmou, but the cause could not be found and his condition did not improve, and then old Ivan went to the temple area again to find the servants of God, but after paying a sum of money, those white magic still had no effect on Zhou Zhongmou who fell on the bed...... "Could it be that Lao Tzu has returned to his position like this?" What kind of life have I lived? If I die, I hope to be able to return to Earth in another world, and I can see my parents .........."In the occasional moment of wakefulness, Zhou Zhongmou thought so, he had already realized something.
It's just that sometimes when he was awake, little Christie, who was taking care of him, didn't notice it, and at this time, Zhou Zhongmou found that little Christie's eye sockets would be a little swollen and slightly red. At first, he thought it was a quarrel between the little **, but a few times later, when he was in a semi-coma, he also heard little Christie praying for him and a small sob...... Although he knew that this was the sympathy of the kind girl for him, he still felt a little shocked: "I didn't expect that there would be people in this world crying for me......" The man didn't know how to express it, and he didn't know what he should do now. His condition was getting worse and worse, and the body of the Berserk Tiger, which was once as strong as the legendary beast of the strongest beast in the kingdom of Southern Yuktopania, was rapidly emaciating, and its loose skin wrapped around the thick skeleton made it look almost dead.
Zhou Zhongmou knew very well that little Christie had no love for him, of course, he was the same, but at the last moment of his life, it was also a very lucky thing to have such a girl who gave him comfort and allowed him to wait for the end of his fate peacefully and joyfully at this moment. "It's a pity that I don't have anything more to leave for you......" Zhou Zhongmou didn't have much strength to speak, he just calmly looked at the girl next to him who was sleeping on the side of the bed due to fatigue. "Now that you look closely, does little Christie look okay, and it really resembles justice in Crimea......... It's really not as beautiful as those top brands, but it's much more beautiful than them...... Lucky boy. He struggled to curl the corners of his mouth into a difficult smile - there was not the slightest desire in his smile now, it was a smile of extreme purity, and his skeletal countenance, emaciated by a serious illness, became very visible for a moment.
Time passed bit by bit, and Zhou Zhongmou's breathing became faster and shallower. Breathlessness is a very painful thing, but Zhou Zhongmou did not show a trace of pain, his face was always very calm, and there was even a little smile - he had already prepared, he had nothing to be nostalgic for in this world, and the only blessing was to give the Ivan family, but unfortunately he didn't know any magic in this regard. "Fortunately, there should be about ten gold coins....... which can finally repay the family a little. In the end, Zhou Zhongmou thought so.
Christie, who was beside the bed, suddenly woke up, and she saw that the eyes of the Zuode boss on the bed were closed, as if he was sleeping, and the pain had disappeared from the man's face at this moment. Christie covered her mouth with one hand and tried to test the man's breath with the other......... Then the sound of footsteps came down from top to bottom, and the Ivan couple downstairs had already heard the voice, the door, and saw their daughter covering her mouth and crying. Old Ivan sighed, patted his wife, who was also crying, and motioned for her to comfort her daughter, and she went up the stairs to deal with the young man's last business.