[Comprehensive British and American] Safe Neighborhood

Not long after, the ambulance arrived and Lucas was taken to the hospital, accompanied by Sally.

Along the way, Lucas's beautiful face was as pale as paper due to blood loss. The doctors and nurses surrounded him and asked him several questions, but he didn't say a word or answer, and Sally watched from the side. Impatient and helpless.

...But at least it's not life-threatening.

She breathed a sigh of relief.

After being sent to the hospital and in the emergency room, the doctor first performed emergency disinfection and treatment on Lucas's wound, and then asked Lucas to do a series of physical examinations. Corridor awaits results.

Sally was one meter away from Lucas. During this period, she secretly glanced at Lucas, and found that he was always looking down at the left wrist wrapped in white gauze, and the whole person was surprisingly quiet.

She also followed his gaze, feeling familiar with this scene.

...If she remembers correctly, three years ago, Lucas couldn't play the piano because of school violence because of this hand injury...

In this place where doctors and nurses kept coming in and out of patients, Sally looked at Lucas' profile and suddenly felt that he was lonely.

...Why did Lucas suddenly become like this?

Sally guessed, and then recalled that a few days before she went to China, he called to ask her out, and seemed to have something to tell her, but she refused because of unnecessary trouble.

... At that time she thought she and he would never see each other again.

After a while, the results came out, which showed that Lucas's indicators were normal except for slight anemia. On the doctor's suggestion, she took another bottle of glucose with Lucas.

During the injection, a female doctor in her 30s understood what was going on, said some words of advice to Lucas, and told her not to do anything with this hand for the next month.

Then he told Sally separately that if the blade was going down a little bit and cut to the position of the arterial nerve, no matter how soon it was delivered at this time, there would be a high chance of shock due to massive blood loss. In short, Lucas was lucky .

After saying this, the doctor looked at Sally meaningfully, and said that between lovers, they must deal with things calmly, and they must not use suicide to solve the problem, so the two of them should communicate well in private.

"..." Sally, who was inexplicably regarded as Lucas' lover, opened her mouth to refute, but she couldn't speak when Lucas stared at her with burning eyes.

...Forget it, misunderstanding is misunderstanding.

A few hours later, the two left the hospital, and it was already 5:30 in the morning.

There was no one around in the street, and Sally and Lucas walked side by side on the street. After a toss, she almost lost sleep, and her brain was extremely energetic.

Lucas has been silent since he said the words to her in the bathroom that she will never forget, and never took the initiative to speak to her again.

She peeked at Lucas out of the corner of her eye, and found that his expression was a little tired, and his sharp-edged face looked extremely melancholy under the illumination of the street lamps.

...still very wrong.

Sally's mind came back to the look of Lucas in the bathroom a few hours ago, as if he had exhausted all his strength and put all his eggs in one basket. The words he said with tears were so sad, and they kept ringing in her ears. Resounding, lingering...

She began to think about what Lucas had said.

...can she be with Lucas?

...Can't go back to the original world, can't be the true self, put on Ashley's skin, and then accept Lucas' feelings...

With her living like this, how will she change in the future?

...doesn't matter what?

Sally looked up at the night sky, eager to see any guiding stars, but there was nothing in the dark sky, neither moon nor stars tonight.

She couldn't help but sighed, feeling particularly relaxed.

The troubles that had been piling up suddenly disappeared.

After making up her mind, she stopped, looked at Lucas' slender back, and said aloud, "Shall we be together?"

Lucas' figure paused, then turned around slowly. There was no exaggerated expression on his fair face, but his brows and eyes were full of joy.

Sally looked at him and saw that his dark eyes were shining with a little bit of starlight as usual.

.. When did you have this look?

Was it the first time she traveled into the movie to give Lucas a lesson in chicken soup for the soul to lull him to sleep, or was it that she moved to another city and Lucas came to school alone to find her...

And he was being bullied by the school, she stopped by to see him, and he stood at the door of the house and watched her quietly.

Or, after she went to China and couldn't return home, she had to return to the United States alone, and Lucas was waiting for her outside the airport...

...The light in his eyes has always followed her.

It was only when she was crying in the bathroom today that she noticed these eyes.

It was so clear, and at that time, her bewildered face was reflected in it.

"Let's talk about it first," Sally looked at him, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and her brows stretched, "...if it's not suitable, it's better to get together and break up, and you can't stalk or do anything that hurts the other party. can you do it?"

"Yes." Almost immediately, Lucas nodded and promised.

...how could it be inappropriate?

In this world, he and she are the most suitable.

...he'd do everything in his power to be able to match her.

Sally stood where she was, watching Lucas walking towards her step by step.

"...Then can I kiss you now?" The brown-haired boy stood in front of her, looked down at her, his green pupils were as clear as glass, and asked hoarsely.

He was so straightforward that Sally panicked, but thinking that she and Lucas are now lovers, they have done everything...

No, she has to get used to it slowly...

After twitching for a few seconds, she looked up at him, and nodded solemnly, with a serious face, "... yes."

Like a fish short of water finally getting water, or like a snake waiting for an opportunity to finally approach its prey, Lucas chuckled lightly, pinched her chin impatiently, held her face in both hands and kissed her deeply. go up.

Nostrils intertwined, articulate.

In this cold winter, it's not just clothes, heaters and fireplaces that keep you warm.

And two beating hearts.

A few months later, Sally graduated from Chinese University of Pittsburgh.

Since she and Lucas confirmed their relationship half a year ago, until now, she and Lucas have gotten along very well.

Before that, she had always had a deep stereotype of Lucas, thinking that he was a selfish and paranoid person who had no heart at all and only cared about what he got. After getting along with him intimately, she accidentally discovered the difference in him , also getting to know him more and more.

At the beginning, they didn't tell anyone about their relationship together, and then, for some reason, almost all the friends and classmates around knew about it.

Only the Naleys were missing, and Sally hadn't told them yet, and she thought it was too early.

In the few months before her graduation, she was busy doing her thesis at school and preparing for the graduation ceremony with other graduates of the same class. She was very busy every day.

Lucas got the notification letter from Pitt just after they confirmed their relationship, and that's when she knew that Lucas had applied for the University of Pittsburgh's medical school.

The University of Pittsburgh ranks first in Pennsylvania as a comprehensive research-oriented public university. Students who graduated from it have won 10 Nobel Prizes. Compared with this university, although it is only two words away, the university that Sally attended is simply Equivalent to Pheasant University...

When Lucas went to report, Sally visited the school environment, only to find that Xueba is the same no matter where he is, and the library is basically full in the morning.

There is a little bit of unbalance in my heart, but I am more happy for Lucas from the bottom of my heart. His intelligence is used in the right way, not in those side ways.

In fact, she was also very curious about why Lucas chose to study medicine, and she asked about it in private, but Lucas said something unclear to her.

"Doctor is not a profession, but a mission and vocation."

"...I'm trying to be what you want me to be."

Sally was dumbfounded at the time.

...does she have it?

...When did she say to let Lucas apply for medical examination to be a medical staff?

Although I don't know where Lucas guessed that she wanted him to be a doctor... But that's it, let this beautiful misreading continue...

After the graduation ceremony, everyone went their separate ways and went their separate ways.

Some people chose to continue their graduate studies, some chose to go to China for further studies, and Sally stayed in Pittsburgh. Combining her financial management and "Chinese" skills in the original world, she was hired as a secretary by a small-scale company after submitting her resume. , currently an intern.

After graduating, she moved out of the dormitory to live with Lucas. She went to work every day, and occasionally got together with Flynn Rob's other friends on weekends, and she lived a relaxed life.

When we first moved in together, something happened.

One day when Sally came home from get off work, she found that the little white teddy bear that Lucas had given her four years ago was missing. The bear cub was found in a trash bag.

When I took it out, the little bear was almost unrecognizable. Its snow-white body became dirty after being polluted by other garbage, its stomach was ripped open, and the cotton inside flowed out, and its two round black eyes were also cut off.

No one else in the family knew that Lucas did it, and Sally was very angry about it.

She repaired the little bear with needles and threads, replaced the original black beads with buttons, and cleaned the little bear white with a brush.

When Lucas came back from the library at night, he was taken aback when he saw the little bear who had been deliberately placed on the table and recovered to its original state.

"Why did you throw the bear away?" Sally stared at him and asked in a sullen tone.

Apparently, she didn't expect her to be able to find this little bear from the trash. Lucas was silent for a long time before replying, "...I gave it away before, and it felt too naive, so I threw it away."

So Sally smiled kindly at Lucas.

Taking advantage of Lucas's unpreparedness, she grabbed his ear, gritted her teeth and whispered in his ear, "Now repeat what I said."

"..."

"Say!"

"...Say."

"I'll be in the future." Sally said word by word.

"...I will."

"Never again!"

"Never again."

"Hurt yourself or those around you."

"...harming yourself or someone close to you."

"Over."

"...Over."

... Xiao Mian, I can't cure you anymore!

After it was over, Sally let go of Lucas' ears with satisfaction, happily picked up the little bear on the dining table and put it back on the bookshelf.

Lucas stood behind her, looked at Sally's cautious and cherished gesture, and said puzzledly, "...but it's just a teddy bear."

In short, it has neither life nor soul.

Hearing this, the blond girl turned her head, looked at him and corrected her earnestly, "Who said it was just a toy?...It has memories and meanings for me, and I endowed it with feelings."

Lucas looked at her fixedly, although he didn't quite understand, but he still remembered it in his heart.

A few days later, due to the end of winter, Sally's obsessive-compulsive disorder, must put all those winter clothes in the locker.

While arranging her clothes, she saw that the discounted $13 gray scarf she had given Lucas had been worn for several years.

Now she works, the two live together, Lucas is still in college, but all the expenses and expenses in the apartment are borne by Lucas, almost every month Lucas regularly helps her clean up her online shopping Clothes list.

Sally knows that his family is not short of money, but she doesn't want to spend his money, so she also tries to spend part of her salary on daily expenses. She likes cooking, so she bought a cookbook and puts her mind on it when she doesn't work on weekends. above.

For so long, she hasn't bought any gifts for Lucas since she gave him those two books after he was bullied by the school.

Looking at the scarf, which was cheap and old, Sally threw it into the trash can without hesitation, thinking of spending more money on giving Lucas a gift in the coming year.

Unexpectedly, after returning home from get off work, Lucas deliberately dug the scarf out of the trash can.

"...Why did you throw away my scarf?" He looked at Sally with a pair of green eyes with grievance on his pretty face, and asked reproachfully.

"..."

Seeing Lucas questioning her, Sally suddenly realized that this scene really seemed familiar!

"...that scarf is too old, I want to give you a new one this year, throw it away?" Sally asked beseechingly.

Unexpectedly, Lucas turned his head sullenly, and whispered, "I won't throw it away, and I don't want a new one either."

After finishing speaking, he folded the scarf neatly, and deliberately pulled out the suitcase, put it in and locked it with a combination lock.

"..." Seeing Lucas acting like a thief, Sally was speechless like a fairy.

...isn't it just a scarf!As for it!

After Lucas locked the scarf, he put the suitcase in the tallest cabinet. He could take it down while standing, but Sally's current body is 160, so she needed a chair to reach it.

After putting away the suitcase, Lucas was relieved and in a good mood. He raised his eyebrows at Sally, "Just like that little bear has special meaning to you, this scarf is also very precious to me. I also gave it emotion."

He repeated what she had said to her, and seeing the smug and sly smile on the corner of his mouth, Sally felt as if water was flowing through her heart, and slightly throbbed and warmed up.

The author has something to say:

Guess why Lucas wanted to kill the bear.