He and him in another life

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Cao Pi didn't move or make a sound, but just stared at his black shadow, which could only be vaguely discerned as an outline.

Sima Yi patiently waited for the reply, but after 5 minutes passed, the only thing that could be heard in the darkness was the rapid breathing of the young man. Just when he was about to say something more, he heard the youthful voice of the young man, "Can you put that lamp on?" Are the lights off too?"

"Of course." After Sima Yi finished speaking, the room was completely dark. Fortunately, he was familiar with the layout here, so he didn't get in the way. "Do you mind if I sit next to you?"

After thinking for about ten seconds, Cao Pi replied, "I don't mind."

In fact, not only did he not mind, he probably really wanted to have someone by his side.Sima Yi couldn't help thinking this while holding Cao Pi's hand that was covered in cold sweat.

After a period of silence, Cao Pi began to describe to him his nervousness on the battlefield, his fear when he killed someone for the first time, and so on. His words were slightly incoherent, but Sima Yi could feel his emotions in the process of talking. gradually stabilized.

About four or ten minutes later, Cao Pi firmly shook Sima Yi's hand, "I'm fine, thank you doctor."

Sincere and grateful tone, even if Sima Yi couldn't see it, he could still imagine the boy's expression at this moment.

"Can I come again in the future?" After thinking for a while, Cao Pi added: "Still turn off the light like this, listen to me."

Cao Cao's order echoed in his mind, but Cao Pi's request could not be ignored.Sima Yi considers himself not a gentle person, most of the time, he is rational and calm.

"Is it possible?" Cao Pi asked again, cautiously and full of expectations.

"Yes." Before answering rationally, Sima Yi smiled wryly and sighed in his heart—very occasionally, but not without exception.

In the end, Sima Yi still violated Cao Cao's order privately, and did not impose compulsory treatment on Cao Pi, but gave him a place where he could be weak, fearful, and not have to hide himself.

However, the growth rate brought about by war and killing is staggering.Sima Yi listened to his every word and every sentence in the dark; felt the youth's sadness, joy, kindness, cruelty, compassion, and contradictions.

Two years later, Cao Pi received more and more tasks, and the number of visits to the consulting room also decreased accordingly.Every time we see each other again, Sima Yi can only listen to the voice that is getting stronger and even revealing a little coldness, and laments that the world is like this.

"Doctor, I will go to Xisiwan to perform a difficult task in a few days." After a certain treatment, Cao Pi let go of Sima Yi's hand and said suddenly: "Maybe I won't be able to come back."

Sima Yi's heart trembled, and he subconsciously wanted to keep his hand, but he didn't grab anything.

Walking to the door in the dark with ease, Cao Pi stopped and turned to face Sima Yi's direction, "Doctor, thank you for disobeying my father's orders and taking care of me all these years."

Sima Yi frowned.He didn't like this sort of farewell conversation.

"Hmm." A meaningless monosyllable came out of his nose. Cao Pi was probably thinking about what to answer. Finally, he said, "Doctor, tell me your name."

"Let's meet next time." Sima Yi wanted to keep something in mind, hoping that he might come back, but never thought that this "next time" would be six long years later.

Cao Pi smiled and said, "Okay."

In the Xisiwan battle, too many people failed to come back, and some died, such as Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang.And some people don't want to come back, for example, Cao Pi.

Sima Yi heard that he was sent to the last island, but there is no way to know anything else.

Cao Pi just left his life.

In my mind, I kept recalling everything that Sima Yi told me in the data building the night before, until the end of the discussion, Xun Yu was a little absent-minded.

"Teacher?" Guo Jia reminded, shaking his hand in front of Xun Yu's eyes, "The meeting is over."

After regaining his senses, Xun Yu responded and pushed the medical kit beside Guo Jia, "Here is Cao Pi's blood sample. From today onwards, you are solely responsible for analyzing and researching his abilities."

Guo Jia looked incredible, "Wow, teacher, how did you convince him to cooperate with the experiment?"

"Listen to me." Xun Yu said with a serious expression, "You can extract his genes, blood, and even bone marrow samples, but you must never do in vivo reaction experiments. All experiments must be performed and recorded by you. During the experiment, except Sima Yi, you , I do not allow a fourth person to contact Cao Pi."

Although he felt a little strange, Guo Jia solemnly nodded and agreed.

After a pause, Xun Yu dropped a bombshell, "After three months, issue Cao Pi's death certificate."

"Hmm... um? What?!" Guo Jia felt that he probably heard it wrong.

"Cause of death: The experiment subject died due to the failure of the living body reaction experiment."

Obviously, Guo Jia heard correctly.

TB

life imprisonment

The temperate oceanic climate of the last island makes it humid and warm all year round. Sima Yi closed the notebook in his hand, turned his head and looked out the window at the clear blue sky, and his mind was full of thoughts.

After getting angry at Cao Pi that day, he left in a hurry and left the notebook in the interrogation room. When he remembered to retrieve it, there were several pages of new records in the notebook, presumably Cao Pi added it.The content of the new record is all about the Battle of Xisi Bay, and every detail on the battlefield is clearly reproduced, so detailed that people can almost go back to the battlefield of that year through these words.The last few paragraphs of the record are about the process of Cao Ang’s sacrifice, and the details of the description have reached the level of outrageous, yes, outrageous, Sima Yi made a positive evaluation in his heart, and at the same time was deeply puzzled—— Based on his many years of treatment experience, it is rare to see soldiers who are willing to take the initiative to recall the tragic battles they have personally experienced, let alone write down the details of the war in detail.And Cao Pi, under the circumstances of no one's request, wrote down this memory in an extremely peaceful way of narrative, as if he was just telling a very ordinary story, but in the story there were more killings and more A farewell to a loved one.

Sima Yi turned his eyes back to the notebook. The words on it were neatly written, and the handwriting was exactly the same from beginning to end, making it difficult for anyone to see the author's emotional fluctuations.Sima Yi didn't know whether to lament the healing power of time or lament that Cao Pi was not inferior to his father's hard heart at this time.

Maybe not.

Sima Yi can still think of the young man who was terrified and mourning for the dead in the dark, with such a soft heart and such a strong appearance.

If a person is really cold, it is probably impossible to still clearly recall the events of the year after six years. Today's comprehensiveness is not a recollection of the past day after day.Being so absorbed in the past, it is really hard to associate with the word ruthless, even if he is neither sad nor hurt.

A gust of strong wind came in and blew several pages of the notebook on the desk. Sima Yi instinctively raised his hand to press the notebook, and turned back page by page, but suddenly found that there was a line of himself on the back of the end page of the record. Words I hadn't seen before——

The last ten seconds before his death were ten years of my long life.

What do you mean?

Sima Yi didn't understand, so he read it again.

There is only such a sentence on the empty, white paper, which is a bit shocking.

Sima Yi still didn't understand, and his heart began to panic for no reason.After a while, he got up and went out with his notebook, and decided to ask Cao Pi to clarify in person.

When rushing to the observation room Xun Yu arranged for Cao Pi in the research institute, Sima Yi met Guo Jia who came out of it.Both of them had a meal, and it was Guo Jia who shook off his smiling face first, "Hey, Chief Sima, why are you here?"

"It has nothing to do with you, get out of the way." Attention was not on him at all, Sima Yi's words were as merciless as ever.

"..." Guo Jia pursed his lips, feeling that he really didn't have a long memory, and every time he was frustrated by this poker face, "We just performed a bone marrow extraction operation on Cao Pi, and he needs to rest now."

"I said," Sima Yi finally turned his gaze to Guo Jia's face, "Get out of the way."

"Guo Jia." Xun Yu appeared at the right time, and stopped Guo Jia's intention to speak again with his eyes, "Let him in, and follow me to the laboratory."

"Oh good." Seeing that it was Xun Yu who spoke, Guo Jia naturally said nothing, and obediently stepped aside to open the door.

Turning sideways and giving Xun Yu a slight nod, Sima Yi walked into the observation room.

Seeing him step by step approaching Cao Pi who was still in a coma through the one-way window, Guo Jia said to Xun Yu with some concern: "Cao Pi should not be mentally oppressed now, do you really want Chief Sima to conduct an interrogation now?"

"He has a sense of proportion." Xun Yu glanced at the person standing beside Cao Pi's bed, and smiled at Guo Jia comfortingly, "Don't worry, come with me."

In the observation room, Cao Pi was still asleep, and Sima Yi looked down at him carefully—the vicissitudes of his face that did not match his age, the gray hair that appeared prematurely, and the deep-knit brows—six years gave the boy back then a lot of pain. With such a big change, what he saw with his eyes stimulated Sima Yi's heart.He sighed deeply, put the notebook lightly on the bedside table, hesitated for a long time, and finally leaned over to brush Cao Pi's sweaty forehead hair, "What secret are you hiding? Tell me, Cao Pi."

The sleeping person snorted slightly, subconsciously turning over as if avoiding interruption.

Sima Yi left without getting the answer he wanted, but left his notebook to Cao Pi.He thought, maybe there is another way to continue the days of talking and listening they once spent together.Nothing to worry about, he can always find the answer