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I have been afraid of needles since I was a child.

When I was a child, vaccinations were organized at school, and I was usually well-behaved and obedient, but every now and then I just clutched my arms and refused to go forward.Xu Yucheng and Xu Yuzhong had already received the injection, so they ran over to see me.Xu Yuzhong used this to scare me before, saying that the injection needle would break in the flesh, and at night many small needles would grow and pierce all over the body, and the pain was so painful that he couldn't sleep at night.I lowered my head and tugged at the hem of Xu Yucheng's clothes, begging him pitifully: "Brother Yucheng, I don't want to get an injection."

He looked at the radish heads wiping away his tears, frowned and whispered to me, "Then what should I do?"

"I'll hide in the toilet." I sniffed, "This way I won't be beaten."

He tilted his head and thought about it, but he held my hand: "Xiao Yan, if it hurts, you can pinch my hand. If you don't have an injection, you are not healthy, and the teacher will call the name, so there is no escape."

Xu Yuzhong made a grimace, and curled his lips at me: "There is no manliness at all."

In the end, I was dragged into the infirmary by the teacher. I had already cried once outside, so I walked in reluctantly, and Xu Yucheng cheered me on outside the glass window.When I smelled the disinfectant in the air, my tears fell to the ground. The nurse aunt had been quarreled by the children all day, and she didn't have a good face.When the needle went in, I was worried that the needle would break in the flesh, and more, it was really painful. After I went back, I had nightmares for many days in a row.

But I can't escape, I have to get an injection every year, even if I later found out that Xu Yuzhong was a prank to scare me, it still can't change the fact that the injection is very painful.But after realizing that no matter how much I cried, I couldn't escape it, so I naturally stopped crying, and I would be praised if I chose to frown and take the injection.

I said I was afraid of injections, but I was actually afraid of the pain.

So when I was kicked and fell to the ground, the first thing I thought of was the nurse who always had a cold face, and then I realized the abdominal pain later.The person who kicked me must have used all his strength, I reflexively wanted to vomit but couldn't vomit, the sharp and cold pain spread from my abdomen, I lost the strength to resist, and could only curl up under the punches and kicks.

I am really afraid of pain.

I couldn't say a word, the pain was so painful that I wished I could pass out immediately, but I could still clearly hear the scraping sound of the iron rod on the ground amidst the messy muffled sound of fists hitting my body, which made my scalp explode.

"Why—" I vomited for a long time while supporting the rough ground, barely uttering half a sentence, the rest of my voice was shattered by the iron rod.

I heard the sound of the iron rod waving in the air, and I could even judge where it would land. For a moment, I felt that I could transform into a superman, bursting out with superpowers and dodging handsomely like a cartoon.It's a pity that I am Xu Junyan, not Superman, so I only heard a miserable cry of pain, and it took me a while to realize that the sound came from my mouth.

It was a hard hit, right on my spine.I was beaten to the ground, my face covered with snot and saliva, until I was turned over by them, and my soul slowly returned to my body. This time, the pain was so painful that I couldn’t even curl up. I could only fight like a dog. Gasp, if I don't gasp like crazy I'm going to die of pain, I really felt that way at the time.

The leader stepped on my face, my face was swollen badly, my eyeballs were burning like they were being pricked by thousands of needles, I really couldn't see his appearance clearly.There was a buzzing in his head, and he couldn't hear what he said vaguely.

"Yang Chen".

The man spat on me, knelt down and pulled my hair to talk, and I heard him say the name.

"Stop pestering him, do you hear me?"

I lowered my head, obviously unable to see the perpetrator's face clearly, but I saw a drop of tear sliding down the wound, stained dirty by blood and dust.

"Yang Chen."

I said silently in my heart, the tears that I had been trying to hold on to before kept pouring out of my eyes.

"Yang Chen."

Hot and embarrassing.

Lin Ya peeled an apple for me, she was very poor with a knife, and only half of an apple remained after peeling off the skin.She smiled and said, "I've never done it myself at home, you are enjoying yourself."

I took a bite, the taste was like chewing wax, but I still looked up and smiled at her: "It's delicious." Then I asked her: "When will I be discharged from the hospital, and I will take the college entrance examination soon."

She held her chin indifferently: "It's just the college entrance examination, what's the rush."

"The college entrance examination is very important to me." I was numb in my heart, not anxious, but a little unspeakable anxiety, "Also, let me give you the medical expenses..."

Lin Ya lowered her head and peeled off an apple, her tone calmed down: "Do you want your family to know about you being beaten?"

I shook my head instinctively.I moved out in high school, and Xu Yucheng happened to be in college in the third year of high school. He was busy with his own affairs and didn't contact me. Xu's family didn't communicate with me except for sending money regularly. This is already the best state I long for. They think I'm busy.

"Then do the surgery, and the retinal detachment must be treated as soon as possible, just in time for the winter vacation." She shook off most of the flesh, pouted her lips unhappily, "I can still afford this money, I will pay for it." It doesn't look like you're very rich, if you feel bad about it, you can pay back slowly after you make an IOU."

The first meeting between Lin Ya and I was when Yang Chen introduced me to his friend in the bar, the second was when she pitied me and lightly persuaded me, and the third was when she picked up a half-dead man in the alley I take it to the hospital.I almost couldn't see through her, I just felt that she was too kind to me.

She raised her head and smiled at me relaxedly: "Don't get me wrong, I help you purely for myself. Do you know who the one who asked someone to beat you?"

A few names flashed through my mind, but I still shook my head hesitantly.Lin Ya seems to be born with a witty and smart, with a smile on her lips, and her tone of voice is like a little girl's tricks: "Then you probably don't know..."

"...Xue Keming wants to destroy you."