Looking forward to the stars

When Zhanchen returned to the courtyard by taxi, there were already a few shimmering stars in the night sky.

He came out of the shower, took a few pills of the headache and fever-reducing medicine prescribed a few days ago, looked at those medicine bottles, feeling uneasy, still thinking about those far-fetched and muddled things just now, he might as well do something practical. Yes, turn on the computer and check the manuscript.Xiao Yu got off work early today, and when he came back, he was called out for dinner by some friends from his classmates. He didn't drive, and after separating from his friends, he was alone in the alley.

Zhanchen should be back by this time.He felt that he was a little anxious recently, and wanted to know more about Zhanchen.

Just as he was engrossed in his thoughts, a car of a different brand roared and galloped from behind, and the airflow from the friction whistled. He walked on the sidewalk without paying too much attention to the vehicle, and dodged in time when he noticed something strange. Abrasion, the impact of the fast-moving car caused him to throw his whole body to the side. His arm was in severe pain and then went numb. His right hand was hanging weakly. He looked up at the car, and the car had already turned into another street and disappeared. trace.Maybe the lights were too dim, and I couldn't see the license plate at the rear. It seemed to be painted with a light yellow layer. I walked around and checked the ground, but there was no trace of braking. The tire marks were fast, and my nerves tensed. Most of them are elderly people who go to bed early, and basically disappear after ten o'clock at night. If they didn't just pass by but directly flew into the air, it would be the next day when they were discovered, and I still have lingering fears.

When encountering such a nonsensical matter, even if you report it to the police, I am afraid it will be nothing in the end. After all, there is no evidence, and the perpetrator has already escaped. Doctor Xiao smiled helplessly, thinking he was unlucky.Before he had time to think about it, the burning pain in his arm made him unable to concentrate. This place is not far from the courtyard house where he lived, so let's go back first.

Zhanchen was bored at home, the medicine took effect and relieved his headache a little bit, he was feeling drowsy when his phone vibrated, he thought it was Haohui calling, but when he took it, it turned out to be an unfamiliar city number, he hesitated for a moment, then picked up :

"Hello... hello?"

He responded twice, but the other party did not answer. After a few seconds of silence, a hoarse mechanical voice came, as if it had been processed by a voice changer, and the gender could not be distinguished.

"Are you Zhanchen?"

He thought it was some classmate who changed the number to confirm, and gave a tentative "hmm".

"Excuse me, are you...?"

Before he could finish asking, there was only blind beeping on the phone, and the other party had already hung up.Zhanchen stared at the fluorescent screen in a daze for a few seconds, vaguely feeling strange, then dialed the number again, but the other party had already turned off the phone, feeling embarrassed, who would play such a boring prank at this time.

After lying on the bed for a few minutes, I heard someone knocking on the door outside, the sound was very soft but continuous.When he just came back, he took a closer look at Yu Shao's side room. It seemed that he was not at home when he went out. He has an apartment in the urban area, and sometimes he would spend the night there. Now that he is not at home at this time, he probably is there.Zhan Chen thought to himself while coming out to open the door, and asked inside the door:

"Who?"

"it's me."

With a faint trembling sound, Zhan Chen heard that it was Xiao Yu, and quickly opened the door, only to see Xiao Yu leaning on the door knocker with one arm, his face was slightly pale under the bright moonlight, and a layer of water stains appeared on his forehead.Zhanchen's face changed drastically:

"What's wrong with you? Your hand?"

"When I came back, I was accidentally wiped by the car..."

Before Xiao Yu finished speaking, Zhan Chen hurried back to the house, and came out again after a while.

"Do you have the car keys with you?"

Xiao Yu saw his brows knit into a pimple, with an anxious expression on his face, and instantly understood that he was going to send him to the hospital now, and felt a sense of cramped pleasure in his heart.Zhanchen came up to help him, and muttered in dissatisfaction:

"What do you mean there is no serious problem? For a surgeon, your hands are the lifeline. Although I don't know what you people think, common sense tells me that I should be sent to a doctor immediately."

Xiao Yu didn't speak, but looked at his right hand thoughtfully, why didn't he know, it's just that it didn't hurt a muscle, it was probably a muscular abrasion, there was no need to go to the hospital, take some anti-inflammatory drugs internally and externally, and rest for a few days That's fine.

"You're too nervous, it's just a scratch, it's okay, I have medicine in my room."

"Really, it doesn't look that easy."

"I was a little tired from walking just now, and my arm was numb, so I leaned against the door to rest. I didn't expect that it would become a big deal in your eyes. I am a doctor myself, and you still don't believe me?"

Xiao Yu talked about a large basket of comforting boys with zero medical knowledge, and finally coaxed him into the room, feeling very warm in his heart, remembering that when he was sick a few days ago, he didn't pay much attention to him, but now he is for a new acquaintance The landlord is so and so, this is too much for him.He saw Zhan Chen looking at him seriously with big round eyes, he couldn't help reaching out to stroke his hair, the corners of his eyes and brows were full of smiles.

"Come in and apply the medicine for me."

"You can still laugh, it seems that there is really no big problem."

Zhanchen smiled embarrassedly, his blushing face blushed, he didn't know what kind of feelings he had for this landlord, if he was just a landlord, he was like a friend; Smile, you can be ignorant, you don’t have to think about thousands of things in your head every time you say a word, the other party will not look at him contemptuously, and even rub his hair dotingly, how much he likes this action, just like, Zhan Xu Same.That brother who doesn't know if he is still alive, his favorite brother, is like this, he likes to watch him be silly, then smiles lightly, and rubs his hair lovingly.

Zhanchen followed Xiao Yu into the room, watched him take out the first-aid kit from under the last row of items, opened it, and found that it was full of various medicine bottles, needles, and syringes.Zhanchen was surprised, could it be that all doctors are like this, and he opened a small pharmacy at home.Seeing that Zhan Chen was so startled that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, Xiao Yu held up his chin and explained with a forced smile:

"You didn't have a fever last time, so I sent you to the hospital directly. At that time, I didn't have these medicines at home, and I bought them back from the hospital later, just in case of emergency."

Zhan Chen felt guilty: Could it be that this was all prepared for me.His face became hot again, and he grinned naively, he was careless, vague and unscrupulous on health issues, and Haohui often talked about himself.

When talking about having a fever, Zhan Chen remembered the unpleasant incident at Feng Fan's house today, his face gradually darkened, and his heart was full of resentment.Xiao Yu was looking for some medicine, when he looked up and saw Zhan Chen lowered his eyes, his eyelashes trembling twice.

"what happened?"

Zhan Chen raised his head to respond to him, his eyes were clear, clear and bright, the pearls were round and bright, and Xiao Yu was dazzled for a while.

"Oh, I was just thinking, I don't want to go to the hospital again, and when you recover from your injury, I'm going to work out with you."

"Well, if you have this awareness, as long as you don't get out of bed."

Xiao Yu said with a smile, Zhan Chen took the medicine bottle and unscrewed the cap, poured some into his palm, attached it to Xiao Yu's arm, and slowly and gently spread it out.

"How did you get scratched by the car?"

He exerted very little force on his hand, and while rubbing it intently, he asked.

Xiao Yu told him what had happened, and he also found it inconceivable that such a big living person was walking on the sidewalk, how could the driver not notice it, even if the street lights in that alley were not very bright, the car lights should be able to illuminate it, no As for the right person to hit, what he thought at the time was that it might be drunk driving.

The smell of medicinal wine gradually swayed in the air and permeated the room. The two people under the light were covered with a layer of white light. There was no dialogue, each thinking about their own thoughts, and the rubbing sound of skin touching each other was silent. Sliding back and forth in the night.Zhanchen pondered for a while after listening to him, then suddenly asked a question:

"What time was it?"

Xiao Yu didn't take it too seriously, now that Zhan Chen asked in detail, he felt that he was a little concerned, and after thinking about it for a while, he took the time to answer him:

"It should be around 10:30. I got off at the alley at about [-]:[-]. Did you find anything?"

Zhanchen was just asking casually, but he didn't expect to find a clue that might be related, and suddenly became excited. He took out his mobile phone and checked the anonymous call just now. It was 36:[-], which was exactly five minutes away.

Zhanchen always gets off at the entrance of the alley when he comes home from get off work, and walks another 25 minutes to get home. Because of work, he spends a lot of time sitting every day, and the time standing is naturally precious, so he walked that road countless times in the past three months , knowing exactly how long each road segment takes.Calculated from the road where the incident happened that Xiao Yu mentioned, the time it takes to walk back home is 15 minutes, but it takes less than half the time to drive, five or six minutes is just right.Of course, this is an average time, and it will vary from person to person.Assuming that the time they took was the average time, then the call just now was within 6 minutes after hitting Xiaoyu, that is to say, the car could just arrive at his door and call him.

Thinking of this, his face became serious. Combined with what Xiao Yu said just now, what was painted on the rear plate of the car looked blurry. If it was accidentally stained with paint or dirt, a few numbers could always be seen. If it was artificial, It is very likely that you will not be able to read a single word. Thinking of the voice processed by the voice changer, all inferences point to a possibility: this car came here to investigate the actual situation of this courtyard, and happened to scratch Xiao Yu when passing by. I didn't brake to stop to see the situation, because the lights were dark at night and the license plate was covered, so no one would notice.