Sparkling

When Ye Lin woke up, his whole body was extremely hard, as if his whole body had been cast with hard plaster, and his body didn't look like his own.

He moved his arm, only to realize that it was dripping.

I lowered my head and saw red characters printed on the quilt, which said "Xiaoshan Village Health Center".The tip of the nose smelled of strong disinfectant, and all the pain disappeared, leaving only the tiredness and weakness all over the body.

He is in the clinic.The health center of Xiaoshan Island.

It took Ye Lin 3 minutes to realize this reality.

He raised his other hand, which was wrapped with a thick bandage, which was beautifully tied layer by layer.

Seeing his situation clearly, he lay back on the pillow and let out a long breath.

If only I could be this happy every time I wake up.

He clearly remembered that he lost consciousness surrounded by pain, and after waking up after a long sleep, he didn't have to face himself in a mess.

He was on the bed, facing the ceiling with his eyes open, when the curtain on the side was suddenly lifted, and a 50-[-]-year-old aunt, wearing a nurse's uniform, walked in with a small tray.

At the first glance, she saw Ye Lin who was in a daze with his eyes open.The loud voice startled Ye Lin,

"Yo wake up, why don't you make a sound? How about it, does the wound still hurt?"

Ye Lin rolled his eyes mechanically, staring at her blankly, like a fool.

Facing such gazes, the aunt was very calm.Maybe it's because of seeing too many patients, playing tricks or being nervous, the aunt is not a problem, she glanced at him, put the tray on his bedside, and went to the kettle Poured the water and walked back to him.

"Why am I here?"

When Ye Lin spoke, her voice was so hoarse that she lost her voice.

The aunt inserted a straw into the water glass and handed it to his mouth,

"Xu Feng sent you here, you know him, right? Hey—be careful it's hot."

"Ah."

Ye Lin nodded, concentrated on drinking water, and didn't speak any more.

After feeding the water, the aunt went out again after checking the situation of the drip, and asked him to ring the bell when he had something to do before leaving.

After she left, Ye Lin was left alone in the room.There are two other beds next to them, the bedding is rolled up and empty.There is no window in the room, only the incandescent lamp that shines down from the head, creating a stuffy and depressing feeling.As soon as he turned his head, he saw his clothes folded on the chair next to him, and his mobile phone on it.

Ye Lin's eyes stayed on the black screen of the phone for a moment, he thought there might be some unread messages in the phone, but he didn't have the courage to look at it.

He said he wanted to run away because he really wanted to leave, but in reality things were inextricably linked, such as the handover of work, negotiations with his boss, and even the cancellation of the rent of the house.Just thinking about it for a while, it hits like messy fragments, there are so many trivial things in this world.

But it is also easy to cut off.

He has already made up his mind to make a clean break with everything in that city.

After taking a deep breath, Ye Lin leaned over and picked up the phone, he needed to make a decision.

Open WeChat, the interface actually stays in an unfamiliar dialog box.

It was a friend application from a stranger, and he had already passed it while he was in a coma. The message from the other party was very simple, only two words, "Xu Feng".

Ye Lin paused expressionlessly, and closed the dialog box with a swipe of his finger.

Unread messages marked with dazzling red jumped out, not as many as he had imagined.

There is no hasty questioning in anger, the words are ordinary, with thorns.He hastily glanced at it twice, wanting to put down his phone and go back under the bed to ignore anything, but he restrained himself.

He sent a message to his boss about resigning.I didn't care about the exhortation sentence pattern, but simply stated my intentions, and also sent messages to the landlord and roommates respectively.

Once it was sent out, there was no response for a while, it was like throwing a stone into the sea, very calm, but also a little nervous.

After finishing these necessary things, he casually put his mobile phone on the table next to him, and wanted to tuck himself into the quilt, but found that he couldn't do it because he was on the drip, so he could only lie back in an awkward position. on the pillow.

Although he had slept for a long time, he soon fell asleep again, like sinking into the sea, the air seemed to be pressing on his body, and his whole body was almost sunk into the white sheets.

He stayed in the health center for a day and a night, and basically fell asleep.

My mind was groggy, as if I couldn't get enough sleep.Except for the aunt who came in every few hours to check on his condition, no one else came.

This is the small attic on the second floor of the health center, where three beds are set aside for patients to receive IV drips, and the clinic is downstairs.

The sound insulation here is not good. Ye Lin was lying on the second floor, listening to the voices of people coming and going. For a while, it was the high-pitched voice of the aunt, who seemed to be chatting happily, and for a while, there was the thick man's smoking voice, tearing The sound reminded him of his father's voice in the past.I also heard the warm voice of the only doctor in the health center, an old man, speaking in a calm manner, patiently explaining how to use the medicine to the patient.

The next day, Ye Lin changed his clothes and planned to leave.

When he was slowly putting on his sweater, the aunt was beside him tidying up the bedding he had slept on and chatting with him.

"Where are you going after that?"

"Hmm..maybe go home."

Ye Lin put on his coat and said slowly that he really thought so too.

"By the way, have you told Xu Feng? You're leaving."

"not yet."

I wanted to talk to him, after all, he was the one who brought himself here.

After going downstairs, he went to the cashier to settle the bill.

While calculating the bill, the aunt chattered,

"Xu Feng has already paid the previous diagnosis and treatment fees, you just need to pay for the rest."

Ye Lin said "Oh", and paid the bill silently.

After coming out of the health center, he sent Xu Feng a message, thanked him, and transferred the money to him by the way.

It's not far from his grocery store, but Ye Lin didn't want to make a special trip there, mainly because he didn't want to meet people, and he didn't want to meet people face to face.

When Xu Feng replied to his message, he was squatting in the weeds studying the broken glass in front of his house.

Xu Feng's message was very simple, and he replied with "OK." After accepting the bill, there was nothing else to say.

Not enthusiastic, just what Ye Lin wanted.

He put the phone in his pocket and continued looking at the broken glass.

There were his own bloodstains on it, and he was admiring the discolored and solidified bloodstains, hidden in the long weeds, looming under the blowing of the wind.

Ye Lin raised his right hand, there was still a bandage on his arm, and through the thick bandage, the splitting pain also became dull.

Looking up, he saw the empty window frame.Through the window frame, you can see the dusty interior, with messy footprints and rubbing marks on the floor.

It was also a cloudy day, and it was dark in the house.The sky outside was not bright, but it was dazzling.

He got up and walked to the stone wall next to him. He used to think that this wall was very big and high, but now he could sit on it with a little footsteps, and it was not as long as he remembered, and he could see the end at a glance. .

He sat on the low wall with his legs hanging in the air, closed his eyes and thought he could hear the sound of the sea, but in fact he couldn't hear anything.

When he was in the city, he had to count the time when doing everything, and often one thing was not finished, and another one followed, like a spinning top that couldn't stop being whipped.He gradually felt that he was out of strength and couldn't keep up with the strength of the rotation, but he couldn't slow down and was dragged forward.

But here, freed from everything, with nothing waiting ahead and chasing after him, he can finally indulge in his slow steps, close his eyes and imagine the undulating seawater under the sky, and finally merge into his own Rhythm.