memory hole

talk. "Is the situation stable?"

The man in the next bed groaned, "It's much better. I ate what you sent—er, I...he was in a bad state in the morning, otherwise I wouldn't have called you. I couldn't eat anything... …Uh, he's miserable. All I can think of is you."

"Where's his friend?" Deng Yi asked after a pause.

"You mean his colleague. Go to work. I haven't told you all about it on the phone. No one has come to take care of him for the past two days. I'm really worried." The man next to the bed is not very kind lie.Zhong Xian was worried for him because the preface of the speech did not match the postscript.It is difficult to deceive Deng Yi, who is a policeman, in this way.

Deng Yi didn't ask any more questions.There was no movement after that.

"I'll go and see if my list is ready." The man in the next bed made excuses and slipped out.Then there was the sound of the door closing.

The room was quiet.

Zhong Xian was lying facing the wall, and he couldn't hear Deng Yi's movement for a long time, so he could only slowly turn his head and squint his eyes.Deng Yi was not by the bed, but stood far away by the window of the ward, staring out the window in a daze.He was wearing a black sportswear today, probably going to play, or planning to go.

From this angle, Zhong Xian still can't see the familiar elements.But it doesn't feel strange either.

Zhong Xian sat up slowly.As Dake said, he used too much thought where he shouldn't.

Probably sensing that Zhong Xian had woken up, Deng Yi turned around, his face looked very serious.After hesitating for a few seconds, he took out a few slips from his pocket, walked towards the hospital bed, and threw the slips in front of Zhong Xian. "When I took you to the hospital, I found your medical insurance card in your wallet and found your medical insurance card. The hospitalization is handled with your medical insurance. I paid a deposit of [-] in advance, and I paid another [-] just now. It is estimated that when you leave the hospital, the medical insurance will be removed. , you only need to pay me back five thousand. Why do you transfer twenty thousand to me? Is it too much money to burn?"

"Yes... Thank you Fei." Zhong Xian stared at Deng Yi and said sincerely. "You take care of me so much..."

Deng Yi was not impressed, "Taking care of you can make money."

"Don't think this is humiliating you. It's because I don't have a high EQ." Zhong Xian laughed at himself hastily, "How do you want me to thank you? I have to thank you. Just say it."

"What should be given to me, no more and no less. There is nothing else to say."

"There are also these things to eat." Zhong Xian said, "Oh, I don't want to settle it with you. It is true that my method is wrong, so don't be angry. You can't make your mother work hard for no reason."

"My mother didn't do it. She wasn't a nanny...and of course I didn't do it. I don't know how to do it. You can eat it. I really want to thank you and think of a different way."

Seeing Deng Yi's serious face, Zhong Xian became anxious.

"I apologize. Don't be mad about the money, please?"

"I'm not angry." Deng Yi went to the window again. "How could I be angry with a donkey?"

"You came just in time, help me look at my back. It's hurting." Zhong Xian showed pain.

"Call the nurse if you feel uncomfortable." Deng Yi was indifferent, "The person who never complained of pain suddenly changed his personality?"

"Help me." Zhong Xian said.

Deng Yi hesitated for two seconds, then walked to the hospital bed.Turn Zhong Xian over and let him lie face down, lift the hospital gown behind him, and check his wound. "No problem. Does it really hurt?" As he spoke, he carefully removed the gauze.

"It's very itchy. Rub the side..."

Deng Yi hesitated longer this time, for five seconds, but he still sat down on the edge of the bed.Zhong Xian turned over and sat up to face him. "I've been lying all day. Sit down and come."

"Whatever you want, but you have to turn your back on me." Deng Yi said.

Zhong Xian did not turn around, but still faced Deng Yi, and slowly grabbed the latter's arm and wrapped it around his body, "How about this, okay?" This became a gesture of hugging.

Deng Yi was stunned, and after a while, he put his hand behind Zhong Xian with a confused face.Zhong Xian rested his head on the shoulder of the person in front of him logically.

"...I can't see it." Deng Yi murmured.

"By feeling."

"What if I touch your wound?"

"It's just a pain."

Deng Yi's hand poked in from under Zhong Xian's hospital gown and touched the skin.Zhong Xian heard the heart beating faster in the opponent's chest.

This heartbeat gave him great confidence. He put his nose close to Deng Yi's neck and sniffed. "You use perfume..."

Deng Yi suddenly pushed Zhong Xian away. "There is something wrong with your mind. Don't you want to thank me?" He stood up from the bed and walked away two steps with his back to the clock string. "Give those songs you wrote... to me. Now." It took him a while to turn around, "OK? Don't deny it."

ice hole

54

like a gust of wind,

Blowing through people's ears with cool rain,

It is also like a soft and gentle trickle, a melodious melody drawn out by spiritual fingers, echoing in the advanced ward of the third room of the Brain Department.

After a few bars of the slightly sad prelude played by the flamenco guitar, a childish boy who had just passed the voice change period joined in and sang slowly:

[do you know?

Being your friend is hard.

I don't want to disappoint you...]

The music suddenly stopped.It was Zhong Xian who turned off the sound of the phone.

Deng Yi looked at him rather dissatisfied: "Do you want to go back on your word?"

"Forgive me." Although Zhong Xian was smiling.His complexion has deteriorated. "I was only 16 years old at that time." He began to regret that he had just agreed to Deng Yi's request - to pass on all the songs he wrote in his youth to him.I didn't expect that guy to be so impatient, he couldn't wait to play and listen to a song as soon as he passed it on.

"16 years old? You are a genius." Deng Yi said. "I don't know why you are embarrassed?"

"Immature work."

"The lyrics and music are very smooth." Deng Yi looked at Zhong Xian, paused for a moment, and suddenly grabbed the phone from the latter's hand.The man also immediately stood up from the bed, walked a little further away with his mobile phone, and pressed the play button.Then, the music and singing sounded again.

[do you know?

I'm afraid of being seen through by you,

I don't want to disappoint you...

where should we go,

How will it all end,

right now,

Let's hold nothing back from each other,

I will never mention it again, upon waking up tomorrow,]

Slightly sad, the boy's voice has a wonderful texture mixed with immature crispness and hoarseness.

"Good song." Deng Yi couldn't help admiring, cast an admiring look at Zhong Xian, and walked back to the bed involuntarily. "You are a genius."

Zhong Xian couldn't stand it.While Deng Yi was amazed, he suddenly jumped up from the bed and snatched back the phone.Zhong Xian's sudden strong reaction made Deng Yi dumbfounded.

Zhong Xian intends to delete the song.

Deng Yi immediately sensed his intentions. In order to stop Zhong Xian, he used the grappling technique. A few seconds later, Zhong Xian was pressed face down on the bed, and the phone was taken away again.

"This is your hard work, are you willing to let it disappear?" Deng Yi looked at Zhong Xian who was subdued by him. "Why are you embarrassed?"

The man in the next bed came back at this time, Deng Yi hastily let go.

"I want to say goodbye, you...why are you eating shit?" The man on the next bed looked at Zhong Xian who was still in a subdued posture in amazement.Zhong Xian slowly turned over and got up.

Deng Yi sat down beside Zhong Xian, pretending to rub his back. "It's nothing. You also know that he has a brain disease, and he keeps having seizures."

The man in the next bed smiled a little coyly, and glanced at Deng Yi.

"I'm discharged from the hospital. You can stay and take care of him at night. Sleep in my bed." The man gave Zhong Xian a wink that only they understood each other.Then he made a mischievous grimace, "Goodbye. I hope I won't see you in the ward next time."

"Thank you for helping to take care of him these two days." Deng Yi said.

"I am very honored."

55

People are always willing to give a little help to strangers, but they care about the people around them.

After the man in the next bed left, Zhong Xian looked at the closed door, and a thought popped into his mind—this honest-faced, sincere guy should have many friends.The fact is that none of his friends ever came to visit him.

His kindness is in vain in this city.

Maybe it's because he has a low-level job, maybe it's because he has no money and can only be a nuisance to others.Zhong Xian thought wildly about the reason.

Deng Yi's mind is only on the phone.When there were only the two of them left in the room, he pressed the play button on his phone again without hesitation.The sound of music continued to echo in the ward.

This song seems to bring Zhongxian into the other side of time.An uncontrollable sadness welled up in his heart.

[Silence drowns us,

The world is boundless,

There's always something to figure out, I know.

We are meant to be, hear me out.

Or forget it tomorrow.Mind free from bondage.

Can't we leave together?

Is there anywhere else we can go?

Can we leave together?]

"What does the lyrics mean?"

"Means nothing."

"What does it express?"

"Scribbled."

"Could it be written to a certain girl?"

"I was only sixteen!"

"Sixteen can fall in love."

"This is not a love song. Ba Po."

Deng Yi couldn't ask anything, so he said it. "Give me the other songs."

Zhong Xian put his fists on his head, begging for mercy. "You beat me up. It's like you're on trial. I have free will, don't I. Can you ask for another way of thanking you?"

"It's you who want to thank me. It's you who said that I can make any request. If it is done in the way you want, is it sincere?"

Zhong Xian sighed, "Okay. I can pass it on to you. But don't listen to me."

"Deal. But why?"