Pollution throughout the territory

When he woke up in the morning, Xia Ren started to have a headache again for no reason. He opened his eyes and was stunned.

The world in front of me seems to be covered with a layer of haze. It feels like I have suddenly come to a desolate desert with no human beings around. The sky is shrouded in the afterglow of the setting sun and is lifeless. Being in it, I can only passively experience the indescribable feeling. of fear.

And in the gray sky, a huge human silhouette appeared vaguely, floating with the clouds.

He rubbed his eyes, the hallucination disappeared, and the picture in front of him returned to normal. He was still lying on the bed.

[The huge silhouette projected on the distant sky, its floating figure cannot be seen...]

His temples were swollen and painful, and a sentence just appeared in his mind.

"What's the meaning?"

He sat up, rubbed his head, and repeated it in his mouth according to memory.

[Warning, the host has been contaminated, the current pollution value is 6/100]

"I..."

Just saying a word, why was it inexplicably contaminated, and suddenly changed from two to six?

"No, maybe it's not the reason for these words, but the fact that I saw that shadow."

"Is the floating figure invisible to prying eyes...?"

He didn't ask the system what was going on. According to the system's principle that the less you know, the longer you can live, he probably wouldn't tell himself.

Moreover, he also had a vague guess as to why he could see hallucinations.

"It seems that the distortion in the brain must be corrected quickly. Otherwise, if I do this from time to time, no matter how much anti-pollution fluid I have, it won't be enough."

The afternoon he just came out of the hospital, he had seen similar indescribable creatures in high-rise buildings in the city, but that time it was tentacles, this time it was shadows.

Since being bound to the system, he has rarely experienced such hallucinations. Today is the first time.

It was still bright outside, so he simply washed up, found a breakfast stall outside, sat down and started eating.

Chinese Valentine's Day has just passed, and discarded flowers can be seen everywhere in the trash cans on the roadside. Many people have just experienced fierce physical fights. There is an endless stream of people coming out of the hotel, and most of them continue to go to work. .

Xia Ren, who was born single, looked at this scene with only envy.

Because his attention was a little distracted, he didn't notice that a figure had quietly stood behind him.

"Hello!"

A hand tapped his shoulder.

Xia Ren bit half of a fried dough stick in his mouth and turned around.

"It's really you."

the man said.

Xia Ren was about to run away, but she grabbed his arm.

"I'm not Xia Ren, you admit your mistake."

He explained in a panic, but he didn't bother himself.

"I haven't called your name yet, how do you know that the person I want to find is named Xia Ren?"

Yu Jingjing had a complicated look in her eyes, "You are indeed not dead."

Countless thoughts popped into Xia Ren's mind, but he decided to sit down first and take a step at a time, "How do you know I'm not dead? And why did you find me here?"

The reason why he wanted to hide himself was because he was afraid of dragging his relatives around him into danger, but since he was unlucky enough to be caught, there was nothing he could do about it.

Yu Jingjing sat next to him, just holding his hand and never letting go: "Last night I went to have a barbecue with Gao Le. Guban said you went too. I tossed and turned and didn't fall asleep. I had planned to go this morning. I went to your house to have a look, and I happened to see it when I passed by here."

She bit her lip and said, "Can you explain to me what is going on? We obviously watched you being cremated. Could it be that the body was not yours?"

"It's a long story."

She must not let her know about the pollution. Xia Ren was vague and said with a serious face: "You must not tell other people about this, at least not for the time being. Don't ask for the specific reason, okay?"

"Can."

Yu Jingjing stared into his eyes until Xia Ren's heart was pounding, then she continued: "You just have to agree to my request."

"you say."

Yu Jingjing didn't say anything immediately. She picked up the soy milk placed in front of Xia Ren and took a few sips. Then she finished the remaining fried dough stick, then wiped her hands and said, "Stay with me for one last day."

"but……"

Xia Ren discovered traces of the infected body last night. Today, he originally planned to investigate Yu Jingjing and Gao Le one by one...

Wait, is it such a coincidence?

His eyes turned to Yu Jingjing's face.

Although she was not good at expressing her feelings, her reaction was too bland?

Xia Ren couldn't see anything wrong with her appearance, but she felt a strong sense of disharmony.

"Is the infection on her body? But why didn't the system remind me?"

There are not many people he cares about, and Yu Jingjing is a very important one among them. He will never tolerate anything happening to the other person under his nose.

Xia Ren decided to take advantage of the situation and observe her first, then agreed: "Okay."

"By the way, aren't you going to work today?"

he asked.

"Took two days off." Yu Jingjing replied.

Xia Ren was sure there was something wrong with her.

They know each other very well, but the job of an undertaker is not as easy as ordinary people imagine. Even the at least one day of holiday per week in the contract is actually very generous. She often even gets a call to go back to work overtime after work in the evening. She It has been nearly a year since she switched her career from forensic medicine to this job, and Xia Ren has never seen her ask for leave.

He thought it was impossible to ask for leave because of what happened last night that seemed absurd to ordinary people.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"Kind of."

"Where do you feel uncomfortable? When did it start? Have you seen a doctor?"

Xia Ren asked.

"You ask so many questions, which one should I start with?"

She smiled, and seeing Xia Ren's anxious look, she explained, "I just didn't sleep well. I went to see him last night. The doctor said that he would be fine after a while of rest. He didn't even prescribe medicine."

"You said you didn't sleep well, was it a nightmare?"

"It's just that I've been under a lot of pressure at work recently, so I often can't sleep at night."

Although Yu Jingjing was happy to see Xia Ren, she still felt that something was wrong with him today: "Why do you suddenly care about me so much? It's nothing like you before..."

The appearance of elm knots.

She hid the second half of the sentence in her heart and didn't say it.

Xia Ren also asked for leave. Yu Jingjing's family can be said to be a family of doctors. Her parents are both engaged in the medical industry. Although she majored in forensic medicine at university, she still has a clear understanding of her physical condition. Yes, she wouldn't be so willful and ask for leave just because she couldn't sleep well.

She must be hiding something.

The two chatted for a while, and as the weather gradually became hotter, Yu Jingjing suggested going to the mall.

In the car, Xia Ren kept asking Jingjing how you were feeling during this time, whether you felt uncomfortable anywhere besides sleeping, and whether you had been to any strange places before, and how it felt to come home from work. She didn't feel like anyone was following her, and told her to pay more attention to her health, and to tell him if she had any problems, so that they could work out a solution together.

Yu Jingjing couldn't laugh or cry. If Xia Ren looked like this now, if he didn't know him well, he would really misunderstand whether he wanted to pursue her.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

The two got out of the car and came to the mall.

Jingjing went upstairs, and Xia Ren followed him; Jingjing bought two cups of milk tea, Xia Ren took one, and then continued to follow him; Jingjing went to the lingerie store, Xia Ren... Xia Ren paused. , also followed in; quietly walked into the toilet, Xia Ren...

Xia Ren wanted to go in.

But this time, he could only hold the underwear he just bought and guard the door.

"Do you want to buy anything else?"

When she came out, Xia Ren asked.

"It's gone for now."

The two sat on the armchairs and didn't speak for a long time. Xia Ren didn't feel embarrassed. Yu Jingjing had been relatively quiet since she was a child. Among the three, she was the least talkative.

"How about I go buy something to eat? I didn't eat much in the morning. I'm afraid I won't be hungry again until noon."

Yu Jingjing nodded, "I'll pay."

She knew that Xia Ren's book had been blocked some time ago, so she had no source of income.

"No, I'm not short of money now."

"Really?" She obviously didn't believe it.

Xia Ren looked around and said in a slightly self-deprecating tone: "Now I am being taken care of by a rich woman. I am given money and a house. My life is very corrupt."

This is not entirely a lie. The rich woman is of course Zhao Mingyue, and the house is the real estate certificate with their names on it.

Hearing what he said, although Yu Jingjing thought he was joking, she didn't insist anymore.

Not far from them, there was a German chicken restaurant. There were two or three people queuing up. As soon as Xia Ren stood at the end of the line, an old woman in her 50s or 60s led a grandson who was only a few years old and jumped straight into the front of the line. .

The person she cut in line was a girl, and she subconsciously asked: "Why did you cut in line?"

The old woman didn't look back: "I'm so old, do you have the nerve to ask me to wait? Besides, what's the matter with jumping in line? Didn't you see me with the child?"

The girls remained silent.

Seeing that everyone acquiesced to this behavior, Xia Ren thought for two seconds, took two steps forward, and squeezed in front of the old woman.

The latter immediately became angry and asked in a sharp voice: "Why did you jump in line?"

Xia Ren turned his head and explained with a serious face:

"Because I don't have the qualities."

Old woman "..."

Everyone "..."

Can't refute.

When Xia Ren went back after buying fried chicken, he found that Yu Jingjing was missing.

He thought that the other party might have gone to do other things temporarily, so he sat there and waited for her to come back. However, half an hour passed and the fried chicken was cold, but he still did not wait for the other party.

After hesitating for a moment, he took out his mobile phone and called the other party. He was prompted to turn off the phone.

"Where are you going?"

He looked at the flow of people in the mall and felt that something important was disappearing.

…

…

Half an hour ago, in the bathroom.

Yu Jingjing finished washing her hands and was about to leave when she saw in the mirror that she was still washing her hands and didn't move.

She slowly raised her head in the mirror, her eyes filled with dark holes.

"The wish has been fulfilled, and I have to pay the price."

Yu Jingjing pinched the corner of her clothes, pursed her lips tightly and said, "Give me a little more time, I still have something to say."

The person in the mirror didn't answer, just closed his eyes and slowly disappeared.

Yu Jingjing calmed down, opened the door, and heard Xia Ren say:

"Do you want to buy anything else?"