Lost [Transmigration Book]
Chapter 5
More than ten years, in front of the dying old man, is not a long time.
But in the eyes of young people in their 30s and [-]s, it is almost the same as most of their lives.
In fact, "Zhao Rong" and Qiao Nanqi in "The Return" did not meet so early, nor did they know each other for so long.
In the plot of this book, "Zhao Rong" is the cannon fodder that appeared in the second half of the book, and it was Qiao Nanqi's first step to suppress the Chen family.
The reason why Zhao Rong deviated from the plot and met Qiao Nanqi more than ten years ago can be said to be an accident, but it is not an accident.
Zhao Rong grew up in an orphanage in her previous life and had no relatives since she was a child.When he finally found a stable job that could support him, he was diagnosed with a genetic terminal disease—this may be the reason why he was orphaned in the first place.
He has been treated in the hospital for three years, and he likes to read books when he is bored. He has read the book "Return" no less than five times, and he is very familiar with the plot in it.
Later, when his illness came to an end, he thought that his short life was coming to an end, but unexpectedly, he opened his eyes again and came to a strange world, turning into a nine-year-old child.
When Zhao Rong woke up, he was lying in the dark corridor, the back of his head was dripping—it was blood.In the dirty corridor without light, with sticky and cold blood on his fingertips, he slowly realized his situation in a daze.
The original "Zhao Rong" seemed to have fallen down on the way home from school, kowtowed to the head, and died immediately.
But this nine-year-old body is not stiff, and what lives on in his place is a young and mature soul.
Zhao Rong rummaged through all the homework books and student cards in her schoolbag, and waited in the corridor for Zhao Ming who was shopping for vegetables and returning home.After Zhao Ming took him home, it took him a few days to fully understand his identity - he traveled to the childhood of a cannon fodder with the same name and surname as him in the book "Return" .
He had little to do with the plot, and even the so-called end of "Zhao Rong" in the original book was a happy ending for him who was an orphan and terminally ill in his previous life.
The new life is not easy to come by, Zhao Rong immediately decided to follow the plot to finish, to be a qualified cannon fodder, and then retire after being successful, to live his own chic life.
Zhao Ming was even more pleasantly surprised.
Although Zhao Ming was sometimes sober and sometimes stupid at that time, her affection for Zhao Rong was beyond reproach.Even if they live in a dilapidated old residential building in a cramped apartment, even if Zhao Ming, who has physical problems, can only do some housework for a living, even if her life is very tight, she still takes care of her. Give Zhao Rong the best that he can get.
She didn't know that it was Chen Fengnian, who had been with her for a while, but she was alone in this unaccompanied place, trying her best to take care of Zhao Rong.
Zhao Rong has never experienced such family affection in her previous life, and she cherishes it very much in this life.
Although his body is still a child, his soul is an adult who has experienced life and death.While he was going to school, he tried his best to find some hourly workers who could get paid even for children, helping people distribute leaflets and so on. In this way, he and Zhao Ming lived together in the old rented house for five years.
He originally thought that this kind of life would last until the beginning of the plot of "Return", and after he got through the plot, he would lead Zhao Ming'an to live a stable life.
But when Zhao Rong was 14 years old, Zhao Ming suddenly developed a high fever in the middle of the night, and couldn't get rid of it no matter what.
Zhao Rong made an emergency call, ran down the dark corridor with Zhao Ming on her back on her thin body, and sent her to the ambulance.When he arrived at the hospital, he realized that it was not an ordinary fever at all, but the outbreak of those problems in Zhao Ming's mind.
Sitting outside the emergency room, he recalled that in the plot of the original book, he only mentioned the identity of "Zhao Rong"'s mother, and then he realized that when "Zhao Rong" in the original book appeared, Zhao Ming might have died in the During this outbreak.It's just that he is not a 14-year-old child now, and the plot that should have happened has changed because of him. Zhao Ming not only did not die of illness, but also survived this level because of the timely rescue.
Zhao Rong couldn't breathe a sigh of relief.
He needs money.need a lot of money.
Although Zhao Ming was rescued, it is true that her condition is more serious and she needs to be hospitalized for a long time.
But they have no money.Not to mention those expensive treatment plans, just for the hospitalization expenses, all the savings in Zhao Ming's card would not be enough to pay for a week.
No matter how mature Zhao Rong's soul is, he is still just a child who has great restrictions on getting a card.
He was just an ordinary person before wearing a book, and he didn't have the ability to turn money out of thin air.Even if he knows the plot of "Return", those plots are closely related to the hero Qiao Nanqi, he has no way to start, and there is no way to find the Chen family who has not yet appeared in the air.
Zhao Rong couldn't remember the specific mood at that time.
He only remembered that he basically dialed Qiao Nanqi's phone number in a broken jar.That string of numbers was compiled in the original text of "Return". Perhaps the author wanted to make up the number of words. Whenever other characters contact Qiao Nanqi, this string of numbers will always appear.Zhao Rong has read this book so many times, and is very familiar with this series of numbers, and still remembers it after a few years.
He was actually not sure if Qiao Nanqi started using this number when he was young.
He was also not sure if the person on the other end of the phone would answer his sudden strange call.
But he still fought with the mentality of trying.
In the hot summer, the air conditioner in the hospital was obviously at a moderate temperature, but Zhao Rong felt that it was too cold, and his palms were cold.He held the phone tightly to his ear, the back of the phone was wet with sweat from his palm.
He waited with shortness of breath, the busy tone rang a dozen times continuously, and he was connected.
From the other end of the phone came the voice of a young man who had just changed his voice. It was clear and clean, with a hint of tenderness: "... who is it?"
Zhao Rong's Adam's apple moved slightly, and the hand holding the medical record book was tightened, and the not-so-thin medical record book was clenched into deep folds abruptly.
For the first time in his life, he borrowed money from a stranger who didn't know where he was. He took a deep breath, and then he leaned against the white wall of the hospital corridor and opened his mouth.
By the time he had finished describing his situation and purpose, he himself felt like a liar.And the person listening to the phone on the other side is the protagonist for whom this world exists and all the rhetoric about "excellence" is piled up on him.
But the other end of the phone was quiet for a few seconds. The 16-year-old Qiao Nanqi didn't hang up the phone, but asked him, "How did you get my phone number?"
Zhao Rong was stunned for a moment, and said lamely, "I just, just want to find someone to help me, messing around... give it a try..."
Qiao Nanqi seemed to laugh, and stopped asking, but just asked him the address and ward number of the hospital.
Zhao Rong was in a state of confusion, and stood in the corridor of the hospital waiting for a boy in high school uniform to arrive.
16-year-old Qiao Nanqi has just entered high school, with neat short black hair, carrying a schoolbag on one shoulder, and wearing a white sports school uniform with the zipper slightly open, and the size seems to be slightly loose.But he was at a straight age, not only did the loose school uniform not make him thin, but it made him taller and more outstanding.
At that time, Qiao Nanqi's mother hadn't committed suicide, and he hadn't broken with his father. He was still a young man growing up under the stars, confident and bright, far from the elusive depth and sharpness he is now.
When he stopped at the door of the ward, the passing nurses all turned their heads several times.
It is completely different from the cautious and careful Qiao Nanqi that Zhao Rong learned from the book.
Zhao Rong was still 14 years old at the time. Standing in front of Qiao Nanqi, he had to raise his head to meet the man's gaze.
He looked up at the other party slightly, opened his mouth, and before he could say what he had written just now, Qiao Nanqi turned his head to look at Zhao Ming who was lying on the hospital bed, and said, "It seems that he is not a little liar. "
The boy threw the schoolbag in front of him, unzipped it, took out the wallet inside, and asked him, "Where is the payment office?"
Zhao Rong blinked, and his green eyes were instantly filled with daze.
For the people in this world except him, he just dialed a series of numbers at random, and the stranger on the other end of the phone answered the call, and came to him in the same city without saying a word.
He also said that he would pay the money.
After all, he is not a real 14-year-old child, and he still has the experience and reactions that adults should have.
After being stunned for a while, Zhao Rong lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "Thank you."
He immediately turned around and led Qiao Nanqi all the way to the payment office.
In order to ease the unfamiliar and awkward atmosphere between the two, Zhao Rong tried to bring up a few topics.Just now, he didn't feel it in a hurry, but when he got in touch with it a few more times, he realized that Qiao Nanqi's character design was not different from the original book.
Although Qiao Nanqi seems to have come alone, there are obviously people dressed as bodyguards in the front and back of the corridor, and the young Qiao Nanqi next to him seems to be impulsive, but once Zhao Rong mentions something Qiao Nanqi can always put aside the topic of personal information without hesitation.
When a boy of this age was still wearing a school uniform and running wild in the playground, this man had already restrained his edge and showed his bright light.
Zhao Rong couldn't hold back, and looked at Qiao Nanqi a few more times.
——During the period, he was caught by Qiao Nanqi's eyes twice.
When Qiao Nanqi paid all the fees in one lump sum, Zhao Rong lay down beside the window at the front desk and wrote an IOU neatly.
He handed it to Qiao Nanqi, and the other party took it, spread it out on the palm of his hand for a brief look, then tore the note into several pieces, and threw them into the trash can in the corner.
"Not kindly," he said, "I'm not short of money."
Until now, Zhao Rong vaguely recalled this unexpected but unexpected first meeting, and realized that Qiao Nanqi's words were very serious.
In fact, all of this should stop at the kindness of money and goods, not at the beginning of wishful thinking.
In autumn, the daytime will always become shorter and shorter, Zhao Rong sat with Zhao Ming in the small courtyard for a while, and the sky has begun to turn dark.
He raised his hand and shook it in front of Zhao Ming's eyes, but Zhao Ming still didn't respond.After so many years, Zhao Ming's condition has become more and more serious. Even with the best medical conditions now, the days of sobriety are still getting shorter and shorter.The doctor also vaccinated Zhao Rong——Zhao Ming may go into complete dementia at any time, or even...
Zhao Rong is not particularly obsessed with Zhao Ming's physical condition.He also died of a terminal illness before wearing the book, and he knew very well in his heart that people are going to die sooner or later, as long as they do their best and don't regret it.
The only paranoia that he ignored and never repented in his two lives was Qiao Nanqi.
But now...
Not so paranoid anymore.
When Zhao Rong returned home, Qiao Nanqi was already at home.
It was just dark, and Qiao Nanqi was usually outside at this time. Zhao Rong opened the door and saw this man sitting on the sofa. He was stunned for a while, and then said, "Come back so early?"
Qiao Nanqi seemed to be working on something, looking at the laptop on his lap.This person usually handles official business in the company, but such a time is rare.
Zhao Rong had just changed into his slippers and walked into the living room when he suddenly heard him asking, "Didn't you go to work today?"
"Yes."
"What are you doing?"
Zhao Rong also wanted to ask him why he didn't return the call from last night.Instead, the man asked first.
It is Qiao Nanqi who dislikes him even after taking a shower, who smells of alcohol even after taking a bath, Qiao Nanqi who puts on his clothes and leaves after finishing business with him, and Qiao Nanqi who doesn't want to take him with him for social gatherings. It was Qiao Nanqi who didn't return all night, and it was Qiao Nanqi who was at Lu Xingping's house today.
As a result, as soon as he came home, the man was sitting on the sofa and asked him what he was doing.
He really didn't do anything.
He just went to the door of his ex-fiancé Lu Xingping's house to take a look, and went to the nursing home to stay with Zhao Ming for a whole day.
It is too easy to explain.
But he rebelled.
He blinked, his brows slightly curved, and a smile that couldn't tell if it was true or false. He folded his pocket with one hand, leaned back on the side of the sofa, and said casually: "Liu Shun told me last night that he found a new place." , it was quite fun."
There is no adulteration in his words.
"I should tell you once, if you don't want to stay in the company, don't go."
Zhao Rong glanced at Qiao Nanqi's angular profile.
He nodded his head a few times, raised his foot, and walked towards the bedroom.He said, "Okay, I won't go."
There was a quiet sound of closing the door, and Zhao Rong entered the bedroom.
Qiao Nanqi paused slightly with his hands on the keyboard.
But in the eyes of young people in their 30s and [-]s, it is almost the same as most of their lives.
In fact, "Zhao Rong" and Qiao Nanqi in "The Return" did not meet so early, nor did they know each other for so long.
In the plot of this book, "Zhao Rong" is the cannon fodder that appeared in the second half of the book, and it was Qiao Nanqi's first step to suppress the Chen family.
The reason why Zhao Rong deviated from the plot and met Qiao Nanqi more than ten years ago can be said to be an accident, but it is not an accident.
Zhao Rong grew up in an orphanage in her previous life and had no relatives since she was a child.When he finally found a stable job that could support him, he was diagnosed with a genetic terminal disease—this may be the reason why he was orphaned in the first place.
He has been treated in the hospital for three years, and he likes to read books when he is bored. He has read the book "Return" no less than five times, and he is very familiar with the plot in it.
Later, when his illness came to an end, he thought that his short life was coming to an end, but unexpectedly, he opened his eyes again and came to a strange world, turning into a nine-year-old child.
When Zhao Rong woke up, he was lying in the dark corridor, the back of his head was dripping—it was blood.In the dirty corridor without light, with sticky and cold blood on his fingertips, he slowly realized his situation in a daze.
The original "Zhao Rong" seemed to have fallen down on the way home from school, kowtowed to the head, and died immediately.
But this nine-year-old body is not stiff, and what lives on in his place is a young and mature soul.
Zhao Rong rummaged through all the homework books and student cards in her schoolbag, and waited in the corridor for Zhao Ming who was shopping for vegetables and returning home.After Zhao Ming took him home, it took him a few days to fully understand his identity - he traveled to the childhood of a cannon fodder with the same name and surname as him in the book "Return" .
He had little to do with the plot, and even the so-called end of "Zhao Rong" in the original book was a happy ending for him who was an orphan and terminally ill in his previous life.
The new life is not easy to come by, Zhao Rong immediately decided to follow the plot to finish, to be a qualified cannon fodder, and then retire after being successful, to live his own chic life.
Zhao Ming was even more pleasantly surprised.
Although Zhao Ming was sometimes sober and sometimes stupid at that time, her affection for Zhao Rong was beyond reproach.Even if they live in a dilapidated old residential building in a cramped apartment, even if Zhao Ming, who has physical problems, can only do some housework for a living, even if her life is very tight, she still takes care of her. Give Zhao Rong the best that he can get.
She didn't know that it was Chen Fengnian, who had been with her for a while, but she was alone in this unaccompanied place, trying her best to take care of Zhao Rong.
Zhao Rong has never experienced such family affection in her previous life, and she cherishes it very much in this life.
Although his body is still a child, his soul is an adult who has experienced life and death.While he was going to school, he tried his best to find some hourly workers who could get paid even for children, helping people distribute leaflets and so on. In this way, he and Zhao Ming lived together in the old rented house for five years.
He originally thought that this kind of life would last until the beginning of the plot of "Return", and after he got through the plot, he would lead Zhao Ming'an to live a stable life.
But when Zhao Rong was 14 years old, Zhao Ming suddenly developed a high fever in the middle of the night, and couldn't get rid of it no matter what.
Zhao Rong made an emergency call, ran down the dark corridor with Zhao Ming on her back on her thin body, and sent her to the ambulance.When he arrived at the hospital, he realized that it was not an ordinary fever at all, but the outbreak of those problems in Zhao Ming's mind.
Sitting outside the emergency room, he recalled that in the plot of the original book, he only mentioned the identity of "Zhao Rong"'s mother, and then he realized that when "Zhao Rong" in the original book appeared, Zhao Ming might have died in the During this outbreak.It's just that he is not a 14-year-old child now, and the plot that should have happened has changed because of him. Zhao Ming not only did not die of illness, but also survived this level because of the timely rescue.
Zhao Rong couldn't breathe a sigh of relief.
He needs money.need a lot of money.
Although Zhao Ming was rescued, it is true that her condition is more serious and she needs to be hospitalized for a long time.
But they have no money.Not to mention those expensive treatment plans, just for the hospitalization expenses, all the savings in Zhao Ming's card would not be enough to pay for a week.
No matter how mature Zhao Rong's soul is, he is still just a child who has great restrictions on getting a card.
He was just an ordinary person before wearing a book, and he didn't have the ability to turn money out of thin air.Even if he knows the plot of "Return", those plots are closely related to the hero Qiao Nanqi, he has no way to start, and there is no way to find the Chen family who has not yet appeared in the air.
Zhao Rong couldn't remember the specific mood at that time.
He only remembered that he basically dialed Qiao Nanqi's phone number in a broken jar.That string of numbers was compiled in the original text of "Return". Perhaps the author wanted to make up the number of words. Whenever other characters contact Qiao Nanqi, this string of numbers will always appear.Zhao Rong has read this book so many times, and is very familiar with this series of numbers, and still remembers it after a few years.
He was actually not sure if Qiao Nanqi started using this number when he was young.
He was also not sure if the person on the other end of the phone would answer his sudden strange call.
But he still fought with the mentality of trying.
In the hot summer, the air conditioner in the hospital was obviously at a moderate temperature, but Zhao Rong felt that it was too cold, and his palms were cold.He held the phone tightly to his ear, the back of the phone was wet with sweat from his palm.
He waited with shortness of breath, the busy tone rang a dozen times continuously, and he was connected.
From the other end of the phone came the voice of a young man who had just changed his voice. It was clear and clean, with a hint of tenderness: "... who is it?"
Zhao Rong's Adam's apple moved slightly, and the hand holding the medical record book was tightened, and the not-so-thin medical record book was clenched into deep folds abruptly.
For the first time in his life, he borrowed money from a stranger who didn't know where he was. He took a deep breath, and then he leaned against the white wall of the hospital corridor and opened his mouth.
By the time he had finished describing his situation and purpose, he himself felt like a liar.And the person listening to the phone on the other side is the protagonist for whom this world exists and all the rhetoric about "excellence" is piled up on him.
But the other end of the phone was quiet for a few seconds. The 16-year-old Qiao Nanqi didn't hang up the phone, but asked him, "How did you get my phone number?"
Zhao Rong was stunned for a moment, and said lamely, "I just, just want to find someone to help me, messing around... give it a try..."
Qiao Nanqi seemed to laugh, and stopped asking, but just asked him the address and ward number of the hospital.
Zhao Rong was in a state of confusion, and stood in the corridor of the hospital waiting for a boy in high school uniform to arrive.
16-year-old Qiao Nanqi has just entered high school, with neat short black hair, carrying a schoolbag on one shoulder, and wearing a white sports school uniform with the zipper slightly open, and the size seems to be slightly loose.But he was at a straight age, not only did the loose school uniform not make him thin, but it made him taller and more outstanding.
At that time, Qiao Nanqi's mother hadn't committed suicide, and he hadn't broken with his father. He was still a young man growing up under the stars, confident and bright, far from the elusive depth and sharpness he is now.
When he stopped at the door of the ward, the passing nurses all turned their heads several times.
It is completely different from the cautious and careful Qiao Nanqi that Zhao Rong learned from the book.
Zhao Rong was still 14 years old at the time. Standing in front of Qiao Nanqi, he had to raise his head to meet the man's gaze.
He looked up at the other party slightly, opened his mouth, and before he could say what he had written just now, Qiao Nanqi turned his head to look at Zhao Ming who was lying on the hospital bed, and said, "It seems that he is not a little liar. "
The boy threw the schoolbag in front of him, unzipped it, took out the wallet inside, and asked him, "Where is the payment office?"
Zhao Rong blinked, and his green eyes were instantly filled with daze.
For the people in this world except him, he just dialed a series of numbers at random, and the stranger on the other end of the phone answered the call, and came to him in the same city without saying a word.
He also said that he would pay the money.
After all, he is not a real 14-year-old child, and he still has the experience and reactions that adults should have.
After being stunned for a while, Zhao Rong lowered her head in embarrassment and said, "Thank you."
He immediately turned around and led Qiao Nanqi all the way to the payment office.
In order to ease the unfamiliar and awkward atmosphere between the two, Zhao Rong tried to bring up a few topics.Just now, he didn't feel it in a hurry, but when he got in touch with it a few more times, he realized that Qiao Nanqi's character design was not different from the original book.
Although Qiao Nanqi seems to have come alone, there are obviously people dressed as bodyguards in the front and back of the corridor, and the young Qiao Nanqi next to him seems to be impulsive, but once Zhao Rong mentions something Qiao Nanqi can always put aside the topic of personal information without hesitation.
When a boy of this age was still wearing a school uniform and running wild in the playground, this man had already restrained his edge and showed his bright light.
Zhao Rong couldn't hold back, and looked at Qiao Nanqi a few more times.
——During the period, he was caught by Qiao Nanqi's eyes twice.
When Qiao Nanqi paid all the fees in one lump sum, Zhao Rong lay down beside the window at the front desk and wrote an IOU neatly.
He handed it to Qiao Nanqi, and the other party took it, spread it out on the palm of his hand for a brief look, then tore the note into several pieces, and threw them into the trash can in the corner.
"Not kindly," he said, "I'm not short of money."
Until now, Zhao Rong vaguely recalled this unexpected but unexpected first meeting, and realized that Qiao Nanqi's words were very serious.
In fact, all of this should stop at the kindness of money and goods, not at the beginning of wishful thinking.
In autumn, the daytime will always become shorter and shorter, Zhao Rong sat with Zhao Ming in the small courtyard for a while, and the sky has begun to turn dark.
He raised his hand and shook it in front of Zhao Ming's eyes, but Zhao Ming still didn't respond.After so many years, Zhao Ming's condition has become more and more serious. Even with the best medical conditions now, the days of sobriety are still getting shorter and shorter.The doctor also vaccinated Zhao Rong——Zhao Ming may go into complete dementia at any time, or even...
Zhao Rong is not particularly obsessed with Zhao Ming's physical condition.He also died of a terminal illness before wearing the book, and he knew very well in his heart that people are going to die sooner or later, as long as they do their best and don't regret it.
The only paranoia that he ignored and never repented in his two lives was Qiao Nanqi.
But now...
Not so paranoid anymore.
When Zhao Rong returned home, Qiao Nanqi was already at home.
It was just dark, and Qiao Nanqi was usually outside at this time. Zhao Rong opened the door and saw this man sitting on the sofa. He was stunned for a while, and then said, "Come back so early?"
Qiao Nanqi seemed to be working on something, looking at the laptop on his lap.This person usually handles official business in the company, but such a time is rare.
Zhao Rong had just changed into his slippers and walked into the living room when he suddenly heard him asking, "Didn't you go to work today?"
"Yes."
"What are you doing?"
Zhao Rong also wanted to ask him why he didn't return the call from last night.Instead, the man asked first.
It is Qiao Nanqi who dislikes him even after taking a shower, who smells of alcohol even after taking a bath, Qiao Nanqi who puts on his clothes and leaves after finishing business with him, and Qiao Nanqi who doesn't want to take him with him for social gatherings. It was Qiao Nanqi who didn't return all night, and it was Qiao Nanqi who was at Lu Xingping's house today.
As a result, as soon as he came home, the man was sitting on the sofa and asked him what he was doing.
He really didn't do anything.
He just went to the door of his ex-fiancé Lu Xingping's house to take a look, and went to the nursing home to stay with Zhao Ming for a whole day.
It is too easy to explain.
But he rebelled.
He blinked, his brows slightly curved, and a smile that couldn't tell if it was true or false. He folded his pocket with one hand, leaned back on the side of the sofa, and said casually: "Liu Shun told me last night that he found a new place." , it was quite fun."
There is no adulteration in his words.
"I should tell you once, if you don't want to stay in the company, don't go."
Zhao Rong glanced at Qiao Nanqi's angular profile.
He nodded his head a few times, raised his foot, and walked towards the bedroom.He said, "Okay, I won't go."
There was a quiet sound of closing the door, and Zhao Rong entered the bedroom.
Qiao Nanqi paused slightly with his hands on the keyboard.
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