gentle collapse

Before I could get through the story about him, the living room phone rang and I went to answer it.After hearing the other party's voice, I carefully looked into the bedroom, frowning and hung up the phone.Sister Xiaoyan wants me to go to the system company right now.

After my dad moved in, he lived in my bedroom.It's cold in winter, I don't want Zhang Ran to sleep on the wooden sofa, so I asked him to share a room with me.Now my dad is still resting in the bedroom, but Zhang Ran heard the phone ringing. If I want to go out now, I must give him an explanation.Otherwise, my dad would be anxious if he didn't even give an explanation after waking up.

I looked at Zhang Ran uncomfortably, and babbled and lied: "I submitted a resume online a few days ago, and they asked me to go for an interview. If my dad asks, just tell him not to worry."

"Then come back early, and I'll reheat the dishes for you when I get back."

I nodded quickly.

System company, reception room on the first floor, Xiao Xiaoyan handed me a kraft paper envelope bag, very thick.

She said: "This is your reward for completing the task last time. It took a while to approve it."

I put the envelope on the varnished solid wood desk and asked her: "I have been thinking for the past few days, is it possible for me to work here? What kind of requirements do you have for employees' education, ability, and work experience?" ?”

"We don't hire LA natives."

"why?"

"There are not so many whys, the rules are the rules."

I stood up and walked out, feeling that I was wasting my time here this time.I even had this idea... If I tie up the employee of the system company, what are the chances of getting him to tell the secret here?

Xiao Xiaoyan stretched out a hand to block the door. She moved quickly and resolutely. She looked at me with clear eyes: "I asked you to come this time because of a more important thing. Do you have two friends named Xie Yuhe?" Zheng Yi's friend?"

"How do you know them?"

She handed over two documents with the names of Xie Yu and Zheng Yi signed on them.It was a non-disclosure agreement, which I had signed.

"Where are they now?" My head was in a daze, and I grabbed Sister Xiaoyan's wrist, "Take me to see them..." I was so scared that my teeth chattered, and I was soberly watching the memory of being ripped apart. I can't believe that Zheng Yi and the others are also encountering such a thing.

Sister Xiaoyan led me into a room. The room was full of white things, and Zheng Yi's short black hair stood out from the outside.I lifted the white quilt, Zheng Yi frowned and moved his head, he looked like he was about to wake up.I lifted a corner of his clothes, ready to inspect his injuries.

Zheng Yi's palm hit my arm all of a sudden: "What are you doing, you are playing a hooligan."

He pulled down the hem of his coat and stretched it taut with both hands.

"Let me see." I leaned over and removed his hand.

He said angrily: "What's so interesting, you're crazy." Then he opened my hand again.

"You are crazy. What are you trying to do here? You don't even know how dangerous it is here." I was a little angry, put his hand on the pillow, and asked him, "If you are not careful, how can you even yourself?" You don’t even know if you’re dead, can’t you think about it before doing something?”

"It's not all because of you." His lips were unbelievably white, "Have you got a fucking brain? If you don't have a brain, can you have a snack? It was clearly agreed that we will discuss countermeasures together on the weekend, but you Well, it disappeared suddenly, and I couldn’t find anyone no matter how I searched. Can you be more reliable? I was afraid that you would not know how you died, so I wanted to come here to see if I could receive the body for you. "

I let go of his hand, and found that he didn't have much strength at all, and his hands were still on the pillow, slipping slightly.

"I was a little stimulated that day..." I put Zheng Yi's hand into the quilt, still feeling uneasy, and unbuttoned his hospital gown a few times, looking at the bandage wrapped around his abdomen.

"Are you satisfied? If you are satisfied, go out and cook some chicken buns for me."

"Why did you come in?"

"For my brother, I was stabbed in the ribs. I just got stabbed in the stomach. But this system company is too dark. Could it be that they are actually engaged in organ trafficking?"

My heart tightened: "Did they poach your organs?"

"No, I thought it was because they didn't think it was fresh after opening it and then sewed it on."

"Zheng Yi, you..." I simply didn't know what expression to use to face him. Seeing him lying here was worse than my own injury. I never thought that I would hurt others.

Zheng Yi stretched out his hand again, and spread it out: "Come, come, throw yourself on me and cry, and sing about my great dedication, and you won't feel too guilty because of excessive guilt."

"Who wants to hug you." I carefully observed the back of his hand to confirm that the needle tube on the back of the hand did not deviate from the blood vessel, and then put it down again.I sighed heavily, feeling numb all over.

"No, where is Xie Yu? Where is he?" I suddenly thought of Xie Yu, and I broke into a sweat.

"He left, he left after completing the task." Zheng Yi said, "I was really scared during the operation, and I couldn't feel at ease when I was sent here to recuperate. Until I saw a very familiar person ...I met her when I came to your house, and you called her Miss Xiaoyan. So I stopped him and said a few words to her. I asked her about Xie Yu, and she told me that Xie Yu was Walked away this morning without injury. When I learned that you had gone back, I really wanted to turn back time so I didn't have to come in and get stabbed. Also, I would definitely have to lock you in the house and not let you out. Thinking like this I think it’s a bit cool to travel through time.”

I sat down next to him and watched him go on and on, seemingly in high spirits.I said: "Zheng Yi, this is the first few days after your operation, can you get out of bed? I will take you home."

"Take me back to your house, I can't let my mother see me like this, and I haven't removed the stitches yet, if I continue to go to school, there is no chance to go to the hospital to remove the stitches."

"Okay, go back to my house, I'll cook pork ribs for you." I helped him up, carefully pulled out the needle, and led him out of the room.Sister Xiaoyan stood at the door with her back facing her, her long hair was coiled up, revealing her white nape.She turned her head at the sound, glanced at us, and led the way.

I said to her, "Thank you."

She smiled lightly and pressed the button to go downstairs. While waiting, she looked at Zheng Yi and said to me directly: "Lin An, you have to learn to think, to get the answer, the most important thing is to use your head to deduce .Reckless behavior will not only cause losses at the time, but also trigger a series of chain reactions. Do you think it is worthwhile to exchange a few lives? And how many times can I help you? I hope I will never see you here again Here you go, I heard your name."

"I see." I tightened the hand holding Zheng Yi's shoulder.

Sister Xiaoyan walked me to the door, pushed the envelope into my hand, and said softly, "See you again."

When I helped Zheng Yi in, my father and Zhang Ran were in the living room.After Zheng Yi went in, he called his uncle. My dad nodded with a sullen face. I helped him to my bedroom and took off his shoes.

I said to Zheng Yi: "I'll be back soon after going out for a while, you rest first."

My dad said: "Finding a job brought Zheng Yi back?"

"It's hard for me to explain all this now, Dad." I stood in the living room for a while, handed the envelope to him, and then went into the kitchen to pour hot water for Zheng Yi, "Both Zheng Yi and I worked in the same place for a few days, The nature of the work in that place is a bit special, so I can't explain too much to you. Anyway, we are all back safely now...I want to keep Zheng Yi at home for a few days."

He poured out the money, and began to count with veiny hands: "2 yuan... only worked for a few days? Your father and I are worthless, but my brain is not just a display."

"If possible, I don't want to earn this money." Holding a steamy water glass, I comforted me, "Don't worry, everything is over. I will go out to look for a job tomorrow. If I can't find a good one for a while, I will go to the original Ask the supermarket where you work. This school doesn’t want me, I can find other schools, if it doesn’t work, after they finish the college entrance examination, I will use the money to go to a middle school for my senior year.”

"You really think so?"

I nodded: "I have thought about all the feasible methods. I will leave this money to you for safekeeping and use it as living expenses."

My dad stood there, thinking about something.Zhang Ran snatched the cup from my hand and went back to the bedroom ahead of me. He put the water on the bedside table and watched me help Zheng Yi to sit up.

Zhang Ran said: "Today the Municipal Bureau of Time and Space called. They helped me find a job in a factory that provides board and lodging. It's far away from here. If I take a car, I'm afraid I'll be delayed on the way. In the morning Can't work..."

"Have you worked hard?" I sat on the edge of the bed, wanting to take a breath.

"Work eight or nine hours a day, and take half a day off a week. If you're worried, I don't have to go and wait for the next opportunity. After all, the body belongs to your brother..."

I didn't know what to say, Zheng Yi interjected, "Isn't the relationship too delicate for you to hold back so much? I don't know what Lin An thinks, anyway, I don't think it's necessary..."

I said to Zhang Ran: "You decide for yourself. If you don't want to do it, you can come back at any time."

"Then I'll go tomorrow."

Later, I found the cat curled up by the stove to keep warm, gave it to Zhang Ran who was sitting on the window sill, and turned around to help him pack his luggage.I opened the closet and took out my brother's clothes one by one, from underwear to coat, from socks to gloves.I found a bag in the corner of the closet with a trench coat neatly folded and the tag still hanging from it, indicating that my brother hadn't worn it even once.I half knelt down, packed the things, thought for a while, ran back to my previous bedroom, took out the shoe dryer under the bed, and stuffed it into the suitcase.

While Zhang Ran was going to reheat the leftovers at noon, Zheng Yi asked me: "Are you reluctant?"

I didn't answer this question, and opened the bedside table again, wondering if I could give him something more, and finally put a few hundred dollars in it. "Zheng Yi, I feel like I'm in a panic."

"It's right to panic. Howl hard, I won't laugh at you."

I said, "No matter how poor you are, I will throw you out."

Zheng Yi laughed a few times, probably because he felt a little pain in his stomach, so he pressed his hand.I checked the gauze and found no blood, so it should be fine.

"Does it bother you?"

Really, at this point in time, I don't really want to hear that voice.