Chapter 22: Atonement

In the past three years, the old octopus has rarely mentioned his past.

In Lu Xun's eyes, this old man was a strange man.

Many of the other side's actions are incomprehensible.

He was really curious, what was the reason for a money-hungry, cold-tempered, and selfish person to be willing to risk his life for an inconspicuous pendant?

Even at the last moment of his life, he never showed the slightest remorse.

Instead, he held the pendant tightly, and there was a kind of relief that the mission was completed.

This stimulated Lu Xun's desire to explore.

The world of memory is magical, it is a false time and space made of "thinking", the speed of thinking is very fast, and after spending years in it, only a few seconds may pass in the real world.

So, he directly traced the video back more than 30 years.

……

This year, the old octopus was employed in one of the largest prosthetic hospitals in the inner city.

No, now he has not been implanted with a robotic arm, and he does not have the nickname "Old Octopus".

His name is Lin Sheng, and he became the chief surgeon at a young age, gaining fame and fortune, and envying others.

At a surgical seminar, the dean convened a group to discuss a plan for a special surgery.

The patient is a 4-year-old boy.

While the law prohibits the implantation of prostheses or booster injections for minors and secondary school students, there is one exception.

When a patient is critically ill or physically disabled, and must rely on prosthetics to save his life and perform daily activities, an exception can be made for modification surgery.

The little boy suffers from congenital heart disease, pumping failure, and urgently needs a mechanical heart.

This job was too tricky, and after the discussion of several leaders, it was finally decided to let Lin Sheng take charge.

……

"Is this the medical accident that led to the revocation of the old octopus's license?" Lu Xun couldn't help frowning.

He pulled the progress back.

The night before surgery.

Lin Sheng has already drawn up a surgical plan and is confident that he will not fail.

After recuperating his energy, the next day, he walked into the operating room with his head held high.

Unfortunately, there was a small accident in this operation, which caused the little boy to die on the operating table.

Originally, this was just a normal medical accident, but this was a heavy blow to Lin Sheng.

He couldn't accept his own defeat, let alone the death of the little boy.

He felt like a murderer!

Caught in deep self-blame and guilt.

But that's just the beginning.

The patient's death was like a fuse, triggering a series of tragedies!

First of all, the mother of the little boy, because of excessive sadness, suffered from depression and committed suicide by jumping off the building.

Then there is the father of the child, who was deeply stimulated by the death of his wife and children one after another, and also became mentally disturbed and suffered from bipolar disorder; After beating a pedestrian for no reason one night, he was sentenced to three months in prison and committed suicide in prison.

A failed operation killed a family of three.

This incident has also become Lin Sheng's inner demon and nightmare.

Three unjust souls want to haunt him for the rest of his life, so that he will not be at peace.

Moreover, the matter was even bigger, and it was on the news, and the hospital was forced by public opinion to revoke Lin Sheng's medical qualification to calm the people's anger.

After his reputation was ruined, he was pointed out by thousands of people, spurned by thousands of people, and became a street rat wherever he went.

Soon, Lin Sheng was also depressed...... Major depression.

Just as he was about to commit suicide, an accident happened.

He received the news that the little boy also had a twin brother.

The family isn't dead yet!

Lin Sheng suddenly found the motivation to live.

He asked a friend to adopt the orphan and worked hard to send all the money he earned to his friend to raise the child.

Because of the guilt in his heart, he never dared to visit the child, but just silently paid and atoned for his sins.

The white horse passed by, time flickered, and decades passed.

The orphan has grown up and has a happy family.

It wasn't until three years ago that he responded to the call and participated in the rift exploration team in Jinghai City, and was infected by Medusa's toxin and became a waste......

The old octopus was so anxious that in order to make money to save people, he picked up the scalpel that he hadn't touched for a long time.

……

"it!"

Lu Xun couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

He felt like his brain cells were dead in an instant!

My uncle once said that many people were infected by Medusa toxin during the rift exploration operation, and only two are still alive today.

In addition to the uncle, another patient ...... It turned out to be the orphan adopted by the old octopus to a friend?!

Is this a coincidence?

No!

The old octopus knew everything, but he chose to hide it.

It's all connected!

Three years ago, Lu Xun learned of the existence of the black clinic by chance.

At that time, the old octopus's black clinic had only just opened, and he needed a surgical assistant.

Lu Xun was only 14 years old at the time, and he was still a young boy, and he was kicked out for the first time when he came to apprentice.

The old octopus didn't want to take in apprentices at all.

But Lu Xun was stubborn and insisted on becoming a prosthetic doctor and making a lot of money, so the old octopus had to impatiently ask him why.

Lu Xun told his uncle about his situation, and after the other party was silent for a few seconds, he agreed unexpectedly.

Now it seems that the old octopus is thinking of what happened to the orphan.

Both were involved in that operation, and both were infected with Medusa's toxin, and their lives were in danger, and they needed to spend 200,000 a month to hang themselves.

Out of sympathy, he accepted Lu Xun.

This would explain why the old octopus is so money-hungry.

And when he talked about profit sharing before, he refused to let Yicheng live or die.

Because Lu Xun's uncle and the "creditor" of the old octopus, both of them need 60 million life-saving money!

……

Airplanes~

Consciousness returns.

Lu Xun returned to the bedroom.

At his feet, the corpse of the old octopus was already cold, and the piercing blood was dripping all over the ground.

His gaze was slightly complicated.

The old octopus thinks he's a sinner!

This became his obsession.

For this reason, he spent the rest of his life to atone for his sins, never married, and lived a simple life......

The pendant that never leaves his body is not the beloved thing of the old octopus, but the life of a family of three!

He has to gaze at the photo in the pendant every day, not to remember the deceased, but to remind himself: for the rest of his life, don't forget to atone for your sins!

Regarding the tragic life of the old guy, Lu Xun didn't know how to evaluate it.

After all, everyone is dead, what else is there to say?

He rummaged around his bedroom, and soon found five pieces of Ugin in a refrigerator, as well as more than 10 million dollars in cash.

"So, you didn't bring the money on the plane. Asking me to mail your old furniture to an acquaintance is just an excuse, but it's actually the one I want to send to you...... The object of atonement? ”

"Can't you say it can't be done? It's such a roundabout thing, are you really afraid that I will swallow your money privately? ”

Lu Xun glanced at the corpse, and couldn't help sighing:

"You died cleanly, but you left a mess for me to clean up! Granny dripping! ”

He said a few angry words.

Then he found a large travel bag and filled it with cash and black gold bars from the fridge.

Take out the note and look at it-

Old furniture: refrigerator

Mailing address: Room 302, Building 5, Shuiyunjian, District 17

Attn: Li Zhongxian

Contact:****

……

The rest of the furniture is left alone.

In the whole list, only this refrigerator needs to be sent.

But Lu Xun was in no mood to help him take care of these things now.

He's not out of danger yet!

The top priority is to recover the old octopus's brain from the man in black first.

He dialed your's phoneβ€”

"Hey Brother Lu, what's the situation? If you really can't do it, I'll go to look for you, and I'll be repatriated if it's a big deal, it doesn't matter, send it all buddy, I'll protect you! ”

"I've already seen the murderer. Big bone, you find a safe place, the holographic projection comes to me, and teach me the method of arranging the ritual and the spell. ”

"Okay, you wait, I'll teach you in minutes!"

……

It's nice to have a necromantic at the table!