Three people and one ghost solved 43 mysterious cases.

Memories are like a fast-playing movie in dreams.

After that the fate of the lovers developed in completely different directions.

Xu Yixian went to prison, and Su Suzhen came to see him every month. She kept her promise and waited for Xu Yixian to come out.

But soon an accident happened and she was interning in the hospital.

One night, she was so tired that when injecting medicine into a patient with encephalitis, she mistakenly mistook "Metronidazole" for "Mannitol" infusion, which directly led to the patient's sudden death from acute necrotic encephalopathy.

That night, she was called to the office by her superior doctor Liang Hai.

"I'm sorry, I really...I really am."

She was extremely regretful and thought about the future. If this matter was reported to the authorities, both the patient and the hospital would be held accountable. Her years of hard work would be ruined.

"It doesn't matter. I think this incident is just an ordinary accident." Liang Hai said.

"Accident?" She looked at Liang Hai.

"This patient has been suffering from encephalopathy for a long time. Maybe death is a relief for him."

Liang Hai comforted Su Suzhen, put his hands on her shoulders, and took Su Suzhen into his arms.

Su Suzhen knew what this meant. No one would help her for no reason, and no secret did not require a price.

Liang Hai took out an empty bottle of mannitol from the drawer, "Go and replace this medicine with that metronidazole. Don't worry, no one will know."

In a sudden thought, Su Suzhen did it.

Everything was just as Liang Hai said, no one knew. From that day on, she became Liang Hai's lover.

This man was somewhat capable and well-rounded. After working in the hospital for three years, he switched jobs to Jinshan Pharmaceutical Company as a consultant.

Su Suzhen followed Liang Hai to change jobs.

A few years later, Liang Hai became the general manager of Jinshan Manufacturing Company. And Su Suzhen became his secretary.

She used her special identity to wander among various pharmaceutical factories, hospitals, and importers, helping Liang Hai collect benefits.

She owns a house and a car, and these properties actually belong to Liang Hai.

She felt guilty and was under great pressure. During a prison visit, she broke up with Xu Yixian.

"I'm sorry, I may not be able to wait any longer." She held the microphone and looked at Xu Yixian, "Maybe it's impossible for us to really live up to what the sign said."

She decided to leave, and Xu Yixian collapsed in prison.

In the midst of a breakdown, he raised his fist when faced with a provocation from a prisoner.

He was beaten once, and again, and his sentence was increased.

But before he knew it, five years had passed and Xu Yixian was released from prison after serving his sentence.

Su Suzhen went to pick up Xu Yixian. Take Xu Yixian to eat.

Xu Yixian sat in Su Suzhen's car, holding on to the seat belt with his hands, awkwardly resolving the gap between "two lives".

Su Suzhen bought him clothes and took him to a single apartment. The house was not big, but it had everything.

"This is the house I found for you."

Su Suzhen had paid a year's rent. She took out her newly bought mobile phone and a bank card from her bag and gave them to Xu Yixian, "If you like anything, go buy it."

When she said this, her tone was as if she had woken up in the dark night, and Liang Hai left drunkenly. He also put down a bank card, "If you like anything, just buy it."

"There's really...no need. I...I worked in prison and saved some money."

In the past five years, Xu Yixian might not be able to afford the mobile phone Su Suzhen gave him with the money he earned from working.

"It's okay, let's keep it for now." Su Suzhen said, "By the way, I found a job for you, working in the security department of Jinshan Manufacturing Factory."

The dream continues...

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Meanwhile, in the hospital.

Xu Yixian has been transferred to the intensive care unit and is not yet awake.

In his coma, his mind was vaguely recalling these years.

After he was released from prison, he found that the world was different. He was very anxious and wanted to get closer to Su Suzhen.

During the day, he worked as a security guard at Jinshan Pharmaceutical Factory, and at night he found a job as a security guard at a performing arts bar, hoping to make more money.

At twelve o'clock every night, there is the bar's finale show, the "Mermaid" show.

There was a large transparent fish tank on the stage, with a red-haired woman swimming in the fish tank.

The woman wears a blue silk top, and below her waist is a tail with blue fish scales.

Props and fireworks were set off on the stage, and the atmosphere reached its highest point. The "mermaid" jumped out of the fish tank and sat on the broken bridge next to the fish tank.

The mermaid woman is a supporting role, to highlight the singer's performance.

The singer is singing, she is like a prop,

The show ends, the guests leave, and the bar closes.

There was only one light left on the stage, and the "Mermaid" was still sitting there.

Xu Yixian came in to collect garbage.

The mermaid coughed, her voice becoming hoarse.

"Hey, why are you still sitting here?" Xu Yixian asked when he saw the mermaid on the stage.

"Can you..." the woman paused and said, "help me down."

Xu Yixian walked onto the stage and took a closer look. The mermaid woman's lower body was particularly thin.

She only had one leg and the other was amputated.

She said self-deprecatingly, "How can I play the role of a mermaid if I have two legs?"

"My name is Xiaoqing, nice to meet you."

"My name is... Ah Qi." Xu Yixian said.

Suddenly there was a burst of smoke on the stage. Maybe there was a special effect that was not released just now.

Then the smoke became thicker and thicker, rising into the roof of the stage and triggering fire sprinklers.

Countless sprays of water were sprayed from the nozzles. Next to the fish tank and on the broken bridge, water fell from the sky like a shower, drenching the stage and getting them wet.

Xu Yixian picked up Xiaoqing with both hands, Xiaoqing hooked his hand around Xu Yixian's neck and walked off the stage.

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In the locker room, Xiaoqing put on a prosthetic leg for her left calf and attached it to a white sneaker.

Then she put on a loose sweater and a long skirt, took off the red wig, and had medium black hair, looking fresh and clean.

After leaving the bar, they walked slowly down the street at [-]:[-] in the morning.

The prosthetic leg of Xiaoqing's left calf collided with the ground, making a "click-click" sound from the aluminum alloy, just like the traces left by the second hand passing through the long years.

They talked about the topic word by word.

Unknowingly, after walking for more than an hour, we arrived at the river.

It is a small river about ten meters wide, and on the other side of the river is a row of lanes.

There was a wooden boat on the river bank. Xiaoqing jumped on the boat and called Xu Yixian to get on the boat too. He loosened the rope and the boat floated slowly in the river.

The tall buildings of K City are looming in the distance, and the houses in the ancient alleys across the river bank are hundreds of years old.

The past and the present seem to complement each other.

The boat traveled more than ten meters and leaned on the opposite bank. Xiaoqing tied the rope and jumped out of the boat.

She pointed to a small room next to the door god and said, "Thank you for sending me back. This is my home."

As dawn approached when we parted, heavy rain suddenly fell from the sky.

After Xiaoqing got home, he took out an umbrella from behind the door and handed it to Xu Yixian, saying, "Take it and use it."

"Then I'll return the umbrella to you next time."

Xu Yixian opened the umbrella and saw a green snake embroidered in it.

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Returning the umbrella, Xu Yixian would take Xiaoqing home every night after the bar was over.

The two gradually became familiar with each other, and Xu Yixian would go to Xiao Qing's house every Thursday afternoon.

At home, Xiaoqing would sit in a wheelchair or lie on the floor and read a book.

Xu Yixian helped with housework and mopping the floor.

If the weather is nice, or when Xiaoqing is too lazy to "walk," Xu Yixian will push Xiaoqing outside in a wheelchair.

They go to the market to buy vegetables and come back to cook. Steam a fish and a dish of rapeseed.

Xiaoqing asked Xu Yixian, "Ah Qi, why don't you eat fish? Fish is very delicious."

Xu Yixian said, "Don't you think the fish is scary? It's like a corpse lying in front of you with its eyes still looking at you."

Xiaoqing smiled and picked up a fish eye and put it in his mouth.