Doctor, I'm really sick

January 24. 3:05pm.

Northeast Africa, Syrayal border gas station.

A thin eagle folded its wings and stood like cast iron under the dilapidated signboard of the gas station.In the distance are majestic mountains that undulate continuously, and in front of you are large expanses of withered and yellow grasslands.After months of drought, even the chirping of insects seems to have disappeared from this dry land.

A burly man with a majestic beard got out of a large truck parked next to the gas station.He was wearing a camouflage military uniform, with thick and curly golden-brown mid-length hair tied back, and an old pen pinned to his chest that didn't fit his style of painting.

Because of his leg injury, the bearded man was ordered by Chu Sinian to return to China for recuperation.However, although he said yes, he has been wandering around the border in fact.There has been a shortage of supplies recently, and the medicines and protective equipment of Doctors Without Borders are not enough.He always wanted to do something more for them.After all, Chu Sinian saved his life, and he didn't want to owe anyone a favor.

It's a pity that he stayed at this gas station for seven or eight days, but he didn't see many passers-by.Once upon a time, Syrayal was considered a relatively fertile transportation hub, but since the plague broke out and quickly spread throughout Africa, few people dared to come here anymore.

Beard smoking a cigar boredly, he squinted at the skinny eagle, then turned around and limped out a box of canned meat from his truck.

"Hey, old man!" the bearded man held up a piece of luncheon meat and shouted at the eagle.

The eagle turned its head, and the moment it was about to fall, it fluttered its wings suddenly in shock, and with a sound of "哗啦——", it shook its feathers and flew straight into the sky.

The bearded man looked back—it turned out that there was a burst of smoke and dust rising from the grassland.In the distance, two dusty medium-sized trucks were speeding towards the bumpy dirt road.

"There is nothing to talk about. No amount of money will do. If it doesn't work, it won't work." The truck stopped at the entrance of the gas station, and a local black Ethiopian jumped out of the truck and slammed the door heavily.

"That's right, I regretted it. How do I know that the plague here is serious again? No amount of money will do. Goodbye!"

The locals talked and gestured aggressively, and shouted a few times into the car behind.His companion got out of the car, and the two of them worked together to drag everything out of the truck and throw it on the ground in front of the gas station.

There are all big boxes and big boxes of goods, which look very heavy.Beard with a cigar in his mouth, he took a quick glance at the excitement.

"Yo—" The beard looked at the fancy and shocking English logo on the heavy cardboard box, and sneered.In this three-way zone adjacent to the border, AK is the law, and the US dollar is the passport. In addition, there is another item that is particularly popular with the locals.

Sex.

The intertwined local armed forces also regard women as currency in circulation.However, it is still risky to go to the village to rob women, especially in the past six months, the Deira virus has been rampant. In order to reduce the risk of infection, these wild beasts with live ammunition can only choose to use video tapes, color /Emotional magazines and adult toys to vent their desire/desire.

In recent months, the bearded man has seen many businessmen responsible for reselling these adult products.But it was the first time he had seen two medium-sized trucks filled like this.

While sighing, another person jumped out of the truck.It turned out to be an Asian man with black hair and black eyes. His face was so gray that he couldn't see his face clearly, but he was tall and straight.As soon as he jumped off, the young man waved his arms angrily and quarreled with two locals in English.

After hearing a few words, the bearded man understood that it was the Asian who had hired the trucks of these two locals to deliver the goods. Unexpectedly, halfway there, the locals repented and wanted to run away because they were afraid of the plague breaking out ahead.

The man was so angry that he pulled off his mask, and there were a few unfamiliar words in English from time to time, obviously cursing.The bearded man listened to a few words, although he couldn't understand the meaning of "hundan", "caonima" and "shabi" at all, but the way of speaking and pronunciation, he always felt that he had heard it somewhere.

"Hey!" The bearded man put on his mask.Walking over with arms folded, he said hello in a low voice: "Are you Chinese?"

Qin Zhao watched the two trucks run away in a hurry, and was so angry that his head was on fire, and he didn't want to touch his beard at all.He only pulled back the mask, and sat on the side with his head sullen and angry.

It has been nearly a month since Qin Zhao set foot on the land of Syrayal in Africa.He wandered around in the towns, villages and barren grasslands of Syrayal, but he still couldn't find any news about Chusinian.It wasn't until a week ago that he accidentally learned that a team of Doctors Without Borders had been stationed at the border, so he immediately hired a convoy and rushed over with a large amount of supplies.

Who would have thought that he would be picked up here by these two dishonest locals! !

It seems that we can only wait for a ride at this broken gas station.

The bearded man took care of himself, limped over and looked at the piles of goods outside the gas station, and stopped in front of a long box with some interest.He recognized it through the translucent box, it was an inflatable doll.This is probably the ugliest inflatable doll that Beard has ever seen, with thin scarlet lips, sallow skin, a flat face that looks like it has been crushed by a tire, and the cheap wig on the head is sparse and half bald.

No matter how hungry and mighty a tough guy is, he probably won't lift it when he sees this doll.So it's no wonder that he has so many adult toys, but he doesn't seem to sell much.The local armed soldiers and bandits are also very picky.

But the bearded man is not an ordinary person, he is born with a bit of bad taste, and he is very curious, so he can't help but want to study it carefully.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to take a closer look, Qin Zhao jumped up suddenly: "Hey! What are you doing!"

"take a look."

The bearded man shrugged disapprovingly: "Aren't you selling these cute things? Why, don't let them see? Maybe I can help you solve part of it. You know, I've never seen such an ugly doll—"

Before he finished speaking, Qin Zhao rushed up suddenly and grabbed the bearded hand that was trying to open the box: "Not for sale!"

"Why don't you sell it? You have so much goods, I have money—" Qin Zhao's blunt attitude made the bearded a little uncomfortable.

"If you don't sell it, you won't sell it! Let me go!"

"Look what's wrong? I want to see!"

After arguing for a few words, the bearded man also became angry.He didn't understand why the young Chinese man in front of him was suddenly so nervous.Isn't it just to make a lot of money that such a prosperous and powerful country refuses to stay, and is willing to come all the way to this ghostly place?Didn't sell it?

ill?

"Damn it!" the bearded man cursed angrily:

"You Chinese are all so bad-tempered?! When you come to this ghost place, don't both of you fucking do charity?! Shit!"

"You fucking mouth—" Qin Zhao was about to scold the bearded man, but suddenly he was taken aback: "What did you say?"

"Listen to my father saying it twice? Shit! I said you are all fucking doing charity?!" The bearded Hu raised his throat.

"No, it's the last sentence!" Qin Zhao's eyes lit up: "You said that we Chinese all have such a bad temper?! What do you mean by that? Have you seen other Chinese here?! !!"

"You don't care which country I've met, idiot!" The bearded man wanted to push Qin Zhao away angrily, but unexpectedly, the other party grabbed his arm even more excitedly:

"Have you ever met other Chinese people! Have you?!"

"So what if you've seen it, so what if you haven't seen it?" The bearded man stared at the young man who was almost as tall as him: "Don't sell it to me, only to people from your country? Haha, tell you, this Things, people really don't necessarily have to be rare!"

He shook off the opponent's arm and wanted to leave, but unexpectedly, he was stopped again before taking two steps.

"I'm sorry, if my attitude just now offended you, I apologize to you." Qin Zhao opened his arms and stood motionless in front of the bearded beard, his voice trembling with excitement: "But I want to ask One thing about you. Have you ever seen this Chinese man?"

As he spoke, he took out a photo from his pocket.Obviously, his whole body was covered in dirt, and even the mask was stained with a lot of dust, but the photo in his arms was clean without even a single scratch, and it was carefully protected by plastic packaging, and a red string was worn on it , hung around the neck.

The bearded man thought that what Qin Zhao took out was a work card, but when he looked down, he was stunned.

This seems to be a candid photo. In the photo, the young man is not looking at the camera, but is wearing a white coat, with thin metal-framed eyes on the bridge of his nose, frowning at the book in his hand.His expression was so focused, his eyelashes drooped slightly, his forehead, nose bridge and chin line formed a handsome and three-dimensional silhouette in the light and shadow, but there was a faint coldness that should not be entered by strangers.

Isn't this...?

The bearded man looked at Qin Zhao in surprise: "Are you looking for Captain Chu?"

Qin Zhao's eyes widened in an instant, and he grabbed the bearded shoulder, surprised and delighted: "You know Chu Sinian! You know him!!"

"I don't know anyone from MSF? I'm their pillar." The beard puffed up his chest, and he took out the work card of the organization without borders in his pocket and shook it:

"Why? Don't tell me that these goods are ordered by Dr. Chu. Their Doctors Without Borders are so busy that they don't have time to enjoy this. And you are too ugly, so I want it. If you If you are willing to sell it to me cheaply, I..."

"Too busy to touch the floor?"

Qin Zhao didn't listen to what his cheeks said at all, he just murmured and repeated this sentence, a smile suddenly parted from the corner of his mouth, and the boulder that had been hanging in his heart for a long time finally fell steadily, filling his chest with joy and comfort, But with a bit of sadness.

Since he is so busy, he must be alive and well.

Still alive and well.

"Hey! Hey!" Seeing that Qin Zhao ignored him, the bearded man shouted impatiently a few times: "Are you going to sell it or not? If you don't sell it, let go!"

Qin Zhao came back to his senses.

"Not for sale." Qin Zhao said, "Are you from MSF? Well, if you take me to meet him, all of these will be given to you. In addition, it doesn't matter how much money you want."

"what?"

The bearded man widened his eyes and waved his hands:

"Don't be kidding me. These two truckloads of toys, I won't be able to enjoy them in the next life-but, for God's sake, I also kindly remind you. Those two black people, they didn't run away for no reason On the road. The front is the place where the plague is the worst in Syrayal. Ten people go in, and five people have to lie down. Captain Chu’s MSF team is in a village there. If you want to go there to make money, I I advise you to wash your mind first!"

The bearded man thought that these words would scare away the man in front of him who was losing his head in order to make money, but to his surprise, the other party only smiled lightly, and then strode towards his goods.After pushing away the adult toys stacked on the top, a corner was exposed under the carton.

The bearded man leaned over curiously, looked away, and widened his eyes.

He recognized the English printed on the carton.It is the best and most expensive portable ventilator on the market today.

Further down, there are boxes of protective clothing and rare medicines that are rarely seen on the market.

The bearded man raised his head in shock, looking at the silicone doll boxes piled up like a hill in front of him.He finally understood that these adult toys were all under the guise of confusing the locals.For more than half a year, adult toy dealers have blossomed everywhere in Syrayal.The harsh appearance of these goods on the ground is not noticed by the local armed forces at all, and they are too lazy to grab them.Therefore, no one thought that these cheap toys were actually life-saving medical equipment that was priceless and could not be bought with money.

But it was these priceless treasures that everyone coveted that made him transport so much without money?Still traveling thousands of miles, not afraid of death, to send it to the place where the plague is the worst?

The bearded lips trembled, his eyes full of disbelief:

"It's not impossible to take you there. But you have to make it clear to me, you... What are you doing this for?"

"...for one person."

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South of Syrayal.Yam village.

In the village at night, a little bonfire was lit.A blue canvas tent was set up on the open space in the center of the village, and the red logo MSF of Doctors Without Borders flickered in the firelight.The whole village seemed to be enveloped by a heavy breath of death.In the jumping flames, the patient's unbearable wailing was faintly heard.Wearing a white protective suit and a mask, Chu Sinian looked at the patients in each tent seriously and recorded them with a pen.

This new strain of Della virus, much like the Ebola virus strain, spreads mainly through the virus in blood and saliva, and it spreads quickly.The only good thing is that if timely and effective treatment is given, [-]% of the patients can survive.

However, because Yamu Village was one of the first areas where the Deira virus broke out, there are many infected patients here, and most of them have reached the middle and late stages of the disease course.Medicines and ventilators will soon run out.

Chu Sinian frowned more and more tightly. The MSF headquarters had already approved the resources, but they haven't arrived for so long. Could it be that they were intercepted by local soldiers and bandits on the way?Chu Sinian's heart twitched.

While thinking about countermeasures worryingly, a local black volunteer ran over in a hurry. He was wearing a mask, gasping for breath, and his face was full of joy:

"Doctor Chu! A truck is coming from the entrance of the village! It's Andrew's car!!"

"Andrew!?" Chu Sinian was extremely surprised.Wasn't that bearded man ordered by him to go back to recuperate because of a leg injury?Why are you back again?

Chu Sinian took a few assistants and ran to the entrance of the village quickly.Sure enough, I saw the familiar heavy truck parked there steadily.The bearded man was rolling his sleeves, sweating profusely as he moved down from the carriage.

The cheap and explicit inflatables/dolls look ridiculous in the firelight.Chu Sinian looked at the big gaudy cardboard boxes all over the floor.Frowning, he immediately realized that things were not simple.He immediately stepped forward, tore open the top cardboard box, and opened the doll. Sure enough, there was a large box full of their most scarce medicine hidden in the cardboard box below!

"There are also ventilators and detectors!" the bearded man said while moving things.

"Why, Andrew, where are you from..." Holding the torch, Chu Sinian was surprised and delighted, and couldn't believe what he saw. He stammered and stepped forward to help unload the goods.But when he walked to the front of the truck, he suddenly realized that there was more than one bearded man beside the car, but because the light was too dark at night, and now that he was illuminated by the fire, the figure of that man appeared.

The man was tall and tall.He stood quietly in the darkness, as if he had been waiting for him, watching him.

With just a casual glance, Chu Sinian's breathing and heartbeat seemed to stop for an instant.He widened his eyes in disbelief, slowly and tremblingly raised the torch, and looked at the man.

In the bright firelight, Qin Zhao stood there in disgrace.He lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot.His arm was scratched by something, and there was still a long scab.Sweaty black hair stuck to his forehead, and his face was even more black with white streaks of gray, as if he had just crawled out of the mound.

But his eyes were so clean and bright, like moist stars filled with tears.

Qin Zhao did not shed tears, but pulled off his mask and showed Chu Sinian a brilliant smile.

"Long time no see, Doctor Chu."