Qizi

A figure rushed towards it, raised his right hand, bounced a crystal with a ding, and grasped it accurately, all movements were done in one go.Immediately after a miracle happened, there seemed to be a suction force under his feet, and the vertical building was like flat ground to him, and he climbed from the bottom to the top in just a few seconds, picked up Ling Xiao's collar, and the two jumped onto the platform together .

Before Ling Xiao knew why he suddenly flew up, his feet had safely touched the ground, and the principal who lifted him up just like that let go of his hand at this moment, and asked Yingfeng who was still outside the wall, "You Can you do it yourself?"

As a reply, Yingfeng clasped his hand on the edge of the wall, jumped back from the outside, and then strode towards Ling Xiao with such a menacing look that the Yaotai and the principal present thought that he was going to attack Ling Xiao. Subconsciously blocked in front.

Even Ling Xiao thought so, but seeing Yingfeng unceremoniously push the two away, put his hands on his shoulders, and kissed him without warning.

Because of the shock, the kiss lasted extraordinarily long, and everyone was stunned, especially Ling Xiao, who was the party involved, his mind went blank, and his thinking ability flew beyond the sky.

After the kiss was over, Yingfeng let him go. The petrified Ling Xiao was in a daze for a second, two, and three seconds, and then his body limply fell forward. He catches it.

If the two audience members were still stunned just now, then this moment can no longer be described as dumbfounded. It seemed that they were uncomfortable being stared at by the two people, so Yingfeng reluctantly explained: "I Seen in the book that this method can hypnotize and ease the mood."

The principal and Yaotai twisted their necks stiffly, looked at each other in disbelief, and twisted back stiffly.

"Do you know?" Yaotai said bluntly in a tone that was definitely not flattering, "Since you became the owner, I think the only saving grace is that you have mastered all the skills of the owner at a god-like speed. "

Yingfeng automatically ignored the sarcasm in her words, and hugged Ling Xiao by the waist. Before he could take a step, he was stopped by the principal.

The headmaster was much calmer after all, he had come out of the shock just now, "Can you leave him to me?"

Yingfeng looked at him puzzled.

"I want to try to persuade him, we are all Qizi, maybe it will be easier to communicate."

Yingfeng thought about it, and sent Ling Xiao in his arms forward. The principal was a little embarrassed, "I can't hold it."

The lack of adequate rest for a long time has greatly reduced his physical strength. The current headmaster, in terms of endurance support, can't even compare to an ordinary baby, and the set of movements just now is his limit.

"Where do you want me to send him?"

"The infirmary will be fine, I will wait there for him to wake up."

When Ling Xiao woke up, only the principal was by his side. He didn't know how he fell asleep, but the memory before he fell down was still there. The time between the two events was so short, he would rather believe that the kiss was a dream.

"You're awake," the principal saw Ling Xiao at this moment, and thought of himself who woke up in a daze many years ago and was at a loss.

"Principal?" He looked down at the bed under him in confusion, "Why am I sleeping here?"

"You fell asleep, Yingfeng sent you here at my request," Ling Xiao felt relieved with his same light gray eyes, "Do you feel better now?"

Ling Xiao nodded hesitantly, even forgetting that he didn't take the initiative to jump down at that time.

"So, would you like to visit someone with me?"

"Who?"

"Your good friend, Lan Sheng."

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This is Ling Xiao's first visit to the Psychiatric Disease Control Center. He originally imagined that the center should be a hospital, but after arriving, he realized that it was more like a prison.

"Long time no see," a man in white uniform greeted them personally outside the main entrance.

"If possible, I hope I will never see you in this life," the principal greeted him with a smile, and introduced to Ling Xiao by the way, "This is Dean Qianji of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who was my attending physician back then. Promoted to headmaster."

"Is it unexpected for a doctor to be promoted to the dean, or is it more incredible for a patient to become the principal?" Qianji mocked him, "Time goes back 100 years, and I am still worried about whether you can survive. Who would have thought that today , you are already the head of a school."

"Then I really failed your expectations," the principal joked.

Qianji smiled slightly at his joke, and then gently patted Ling Xiao on the back, "Is this your student you mentioned in the newsletter?"

"Yes."

Qianji turned to Ling Xiao, "Your principal told me that Lan Sheng, who was admitted to the hospital not long ago, is your friend, right? He is a very strong person. I can't let you meet, but I can allow you to see him."

Ling Xiao knew little about this place, and under the leadership of Qianji, he walked all the way from the main entrance to the main building.

"This place has changed a lot," the headmaster looked at the buildings along the way as he walked. He remembered that when he left, some buildings were not what they are today.

"I think when you were here, almost all the houses were demolished. As soon as you left, we immediately applied to the superiors for funding to renovate the entire center."

"Don't listen to his exaggeration," the principal said to Ling Xiao helplessly.

"I knew you wouldn't admit it, so we specially kept the evidence," he led them to a ward, and said to Ling Xiao, "Look, this is the room he lived in."

This room—no, to be precise, this prison is extremely small, with nothing but a single bed inside, closed on three sides, and the side near the corridor is composed of cold railings.Ling Xiao took a closer look and found that the material of the wall was exactly the same as that used in the training room. However, what was shocking was that on such a solid wall, there were marks left by gravity everywhere, and some depressions even went deep into it. half a foot.

"Why is there nothing in it?" Ling Xiao couldn't accept it for a while, he thought that even if the environment of the center was not comfortable, it could at least allow people to live there.

"Because no matter what there is, it will end up being smashed. Any inconspicuous object may be used as a tool for self-harm," Qianji saw the principal lost in thought in the room, and quietly gave Ling Xiao a hand. motioned him to avoid.

"Your principal has lived there for six years," Qianji said until he was out of hearing.

"So long?" Ling Xiao was shocked. He felt that it was unbearable for him to live in that environment for six days.

"From the day he was sent in until he left, it has been six years. The day he left is the sixth anniversary of his admission."

"How could this be..." Ling Xiao couldn't believe it.

"We used to think he wouldn't be able to get out, but we didn't expect him to come out in the end. We thought he wouldn't live long after he got out, but he refreshed our expectations every year," Qianji admired from the bottom of his heart , "Your principal is really a respectable person, until today everyone mentions him with admiration."

Ling Xiao only knew that the headmaster, as an immature Qizi, lived independently from the Qizhu for many years, and even secretly targeted him, but he never thought that his life was so difficult.

"Back in the day, he was also Bikong's man of the hour. Together with Fu Yao, he was known as Tianxiu's hope for tomorrow. He received the attention of the military department only in the elementary school, and his future was boundless for a while."

"It's a pity that the world is impermanent. Fu Yao has found the most suitable life partner for him. Now both of them are shining in the military. But because of a wrong behavior, your principal has not even been able to develop physically."

"The two young people who had attracted much attention in the past ended up like clouds and mud. Every time I think about it, I can't help but feel embarrassed."

After Chiaki sighed, she saw the principal walking towards them.

"The silence is over?" He deliberately put on a relaxed tone.

"Why don't you fix that room?"

"Of course such a commemorative place must be preserved intact. Every time newcomers come in, the center will take you as an inspirational role model and tell them that they will leave here one day. Although you are gone, your spirit will last forever. It glows and glows, illuminating future generations."

The headmaster smiled bitterly, "That's really my honor."

"Now that we're done mourning the past, let's move on."

They walked along the corridor, and gradually more and more people met along the way. Ling Xiao passed through the wards and saw people behaving strangely. People yelled violently, and some people slammed their heads against the wall without knowing the pain. The more they watched along the way, the heavier their hearts became.

"Patients who come here for treatment must sign a contract when they are admitted to the hospital. There are two types of contracts, the death contract for survival, and the life contract for death."

Ling Xiao didn't understand, "What is a birth contract?"

"The so-called life contract means that the terms of the agreement are very loose. We will try our best to help the patient survive, but once he finds it unbearable and wants to give up, the center will respect their decision."

Qianji pointed to those who were wearing hospital gowns but could come in and out freely and said, "They are the signers of the birth contract. It is luck to recover, but most of them will never walk out of this door again."

"What about the death contract?"

"A death contract is a contract of crucifixion. No matter what happens, no matter what the patient asks, we must ensure his survival, no matter what means are used."

"The pain of a death contract is hard to describe in words. Few people would choose to sign it. Your principal signed a death contract back then, and so did he."

Qian Ji stood at the door of a room. The railing of this ward had fallen down. Ling Xiao walked over and saw Lan Cheng.

"Now you know how strong your friend is and you should be proud of him."

The moment Ling Xiao saw the long-lost person, tears were about to fall.He was forcibly pressed on the bed, howling and struggling in pain.Around him, three medical staff restrained his limbs forcibly, even though it seemed exhausting.

"Why," Ling Xiao couldn't understand, "why didn't you give him a tranquilizer?"

"What you see now is him in the daytime, relying on artificial control as much as possible, and sedatives can only be used at night when the symptoms are more severe. Tianxiu people quickly build up resistance to drugs, and the dose of sedatives he is using now is normal. More than ten times that, there is no way to add more."

Ling Xiao felt his nose sore, and now he finally understood why Qian Ji didn't let them meet, even if Ling Xiao stood in front of Lan Cheng, the other party might not recognize him.

"He has a very serious sleep disorder. It should be said that everyone here is. They can't fall asleep all night long. Even if they fall asleep, they will wake up soon. Many people give up because they can't bear it. The more medical science more and more developed, but will never be able to do anything for these people.”

"The owner has too much influence on the Qizi. A Qizi who loses the owner will not have a sense of security for the rest of his life, just like a water plant whose roots have been subtracted, drifting away day after day until it withers."

"I used to be puzzled why the Tianxiu people had such a deformed spouse system, so I consulted many ancient books and found that the absolute dominance of the deed owner over the deed son was not plunder, but concession."

"Concession?" Even the headmaster had never heard of this statement.

"Yes, although most of the ancient books are vague, but according to a very rare historical record, the relationship between the spouses of the earliest Tianxiu people was not like this. Their situation is much crueler than ours. People who love each other have to kill each other to survive Growing up, future generations can't bear such a tragedy, so there is a blood contract."

"In the content of the contract, the owner transfers part of his soul to the indentured son, while the other half sacrifices all his rights in exchange for his life, and lives with the indentured owner for life as an indentured son. This is why the indentured owner can control the indentured son, Because what he controls is his own soul."

"So on the surface, it seems that the indentured and the indentured are oppressed and oppressed, but in fact the original intention of this blood contract is the concession made by the indentured to keep his indentured alive. It is a kind of active sacrifice. .As for why the two lovers had to fight to the death in the first place, it is not even recorded in ancient books."

"Now you know why it is difficult for the developing Qizi to survive after leaving the Qizhu, because the souls they obtained from the Qizhu cannot find a home. And the rescue work we are doing now is in the opposite direction. Well, some people said that we did this out of humanitarianism, but after witnessing the suffering of so many people for hundreds of years, I don’t know the word humanitarianism any more.”

After he finished speaking, he sighed, "I'm so sorry that you were forced to share my negative energy."

"No," Ling Xiao shook his head, "Thank you for telling me this."

Qianji looked at him with concern, "Doctor Yao also told me about your situation. The Qizi who received treatment here either died young or were abandoned. In comparison, you are much luckier than them." many."

"Now you have seen everything here with your own eyes. Your principal said he never wanted to see me again, so why don't I never want to see him here, and you, and anyone else. The CDC was originally A place that shouldn't come, even if there is such a slight chance, you have to stay away. Not everyone can be as strong as your principal. Once most people come in, they can't get out again. "

As if to confirm his words, there was a commotion in the room at the end of the corridor.

"What's the situation?" Qianji stopped a passing medical staff.

The other party lowered his eyes slightly, "Patient No. 31 has decided to give up and is making the final confirmation."

Qianji's eyes also dimmed, and he turned to the principal, "You should be familiar with such a scene."

The principal nodded silently.

He turned to Ling Xiao again, "Let's go and have a look too."

Ling Xiao and his group arrived following the medical staff. Patient No. 31 they were talking about was in the next room, and a female doctor was questioning her.Through the glass, Ling Xiao couldn't hear the content of their conversation, but could only see her shaking her head and nodding for a while. After a while, the female doctor withdrew.

She shook her head lightly, and everyone present understood the meaning of this gesture.

A bell rang in the sky above the center, one after another, long and distant.In such a tragic and somewhat desolate bell, everyone lowered their heads collectively.

The doctor went in with the needle, bowed halfway to patient No. 31, and then steadily inserted the needle through the fair skin, piercing her blood vessel accurately.

She raised her head, her nascent face, her light gray eyes, from waking up to dying, the color of her eyes was the only change in this life.She will soon bid farewell to this world and start a new life, perhaps because everyone else lowered their heads, and her eyes met Ling Xiao, who was the only one looking this way.

Their eyes met, Ling Xiao was the last scene projected on her retina in this life, and she in Ling Xiao's eyes smiled sweetly at himself.

Goodbye, Ling Xiao saw her mouth saying, even though they had never met before.

The girl's body became transparent and disappeared little by little, and finally turned into a beautiful blue soul, just like Pingzong's appearance that morning.

This is the second time, Ling Xiao watched a soul fly away, less than two meters away from his eyes, and disappeared into the sky in a blink of an eye.

"Did you see it?" The principal put his hand on Ling Xiao's shoulder silently, "This is the CDC, a place where once you have been here once, you never want to set foot in it again."