star hunter

This hospital was completed half a century ago. It has gone through countless winds, frosts, rains and snows. Every plant, every tree, every brick and every stone reveals a little melancholy of time wasted.

Two rows of jagged ginkgo trees stand opposite each other, and a stone road passes through it, extending straight forward.

The wheelchair ran over the half-dried moss between the stone slabs mercilessly, and the bluestone slabs that had been laid out for a long time were slightly loose, and the wheelchair seemed a bit bumpy when passing by.

"Will it be too bumpy?" Xiaotao, who was pushing the wheelchair, asked worriedly, and the girl in the wheelchair raised her face and smiled brightly at her: "No, I feel fine."

Today's weather is good, the sun is shining brightly, the sun is slanting down through the branches of the trees, and the girls' slender bodies are covered with mottled light and shadow.

The wind was blowing towards the face with a biting chill, Jiang Chuchu closed her eyes, faced the wind, and took a deep breath, a clear and pure taste rushed into her lungs.

"I thought of coming here a long time ago." Jiang Chuchu was almost wrapped into a big rice dumpling by the heavy clothes on her body. Most of her face was hidden behind the scarf. She raised her hand with difficulty and pointed to the ginkgo on both sides, "before A patient told me that the ginkgo leaves have turned yellow and are very beautiful, and I have always wanted to see them.”

After she finished speaking, a piece of withered and yellow leaf danced like a butterfly, circling lightly in the air a few times, and finally landed on her lap silently.

She twisted the slender petiole, and the leaves with distinct veins are like a delicate fan, but it is a pity that it has withered too much and lost its best color.

She looked at it carefully for a moment, then sighed dejectedly: "It's a pity that I'm late."

Hearing this, Xiaotao subconsciously raised her head and glanced at the ginkgo tree, which was like a rotten tree. The branches were staggered, and a few crumbling dead leaves were scattered on it.

Now there is only devastation left.

She didn't know whether the girl's sigh meant something, and she didn't dare to delve into it. She just pulled the corner of her mouth forcefully: "Come early next year..."

"Next year..." The pale and sickly girl smiled faintly, and then blew into her palm, the ginkgo leaves floated lightly, and dangled back to the dust.

This scene made Xiao Tao's nose sour.

These dead trees and rotten plants will sprout new buds when the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, ushering in an endless reincarnation, but the dying person has no chance to repeat the cycle, resigning to fate or being unwilling, there is no difference, there is nothing but helplessness Waiting patiently for the day when the dust settles.

"Chuchu." A voice sounded faintly, Jiang Chuchu and Xiaotao both turned their heads, Jiang Qiyan stood not far away with his hands behind his back, with a slight smile on his face, staring at his sister, "It's windy here, we Let's go back."

He was also a participant in this early morning walk, but it was inconvenient to mix in the whispers between the girls, so he was always separated by a few steps.

But Jiang Chuchu's words and deeds are always within the scope of his attention, and he can clearly see her helplessness and loneliness.

Helpless frustration gradually surrounded him, he closed his eyes and expelled all useless emotions from his mind.

I didn't see the scenery I wanted to see, and Jiang Chuchu lost interest even thinking about it. It was rare that she didn't argue with her brother, but nodded obediently: "Since brother said so, then go back... How about you Xiaotao?"

Xiaotao's face was paler than usual, she wondered if it was from the cold, she lowered her eyelids, and whispered: "I have no objection."

When returning along the road, Jiang Qiyan still lagged behind by a certain distance, his eyes shifted from Jiang Chuchu, and fell on another girl with impunity.

>>>

"Didn't I tell you?" In Dr. Xu's laboratory, this amiable middle-aged man was smiling and rubbing disinfectant on the girl's thin arms, "With this child alone, There is no way to save Miss Jiang."

Yes, I have been told the result a long time ago, but I still can't help but look forward to it.

That's why this moment is full of inexplicable disappointment.

Jiang Qiyan glanced at the girl who was unable to move due to the injection of anesthesia. She looked at him sadly with tears in her eyes, but he just looked back blankly.

Dr. Xu's hand has now been replaced with a blood collection needle. The sharp triangular needle quickly pierces the skin and penetrates into the blood vessel. The bright red blood is quickly squeezed out and flows back into the needle tube along with the air pressure. , About one hundred milliliters of blood has been collected.

Xiao Tao's face paled sharply.

Jiang Qiyan was just watching quietly at first, but it can be seen that after Dr. Xu put down the needle, he found a scalpel again. The girl's eyes widened in panic, and her body convulsed uncontrollably. ?"

"I'm just testing how long it takes for her to recover after being severely injured." Dr. Xu replied cheerfully. He lifted a corner of Xiaotao's skirt, and his smooth and flat abdomen glowed faintly under the pale and cold light.

He glanced at Jiang Qiyan, smiled and said, "Captain Jiang, don't worry, she won't die."

The thin and sharp blade of the operating lamp was coldly attached to the girl's young and fair skin, Xiao Tao's tears burst out, she struggled to look at Jiang Qiyan, her lips opened and closed like a fish in a rut.

"help me!"

Jiang Qiyan heard her silent cry for help, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered that when he was seriously injured and dying, in the dark and cold cave, she kept saying in his ear while shivering: "Don't be afraid!" , just wait for this time to pass..."

She should never have imagined that the snake she kept warm in her arms would one day bite her back.

Jiang Qiyan knew that he was a complete bastard and a scum, he walked all the way, and he didn't intend to soften his heart, but at this moment, because of her trembling lips, his heart, which was as hard as iron, was scraped out by three points. weak.

Probably because the face in front of him overlapped with the seven-year-old Chu Chu who desperately hugged her enemy's thigh to make her brother run away.

Dr. Xu saw that Jiang Qiyan didn't say a word, he only thought that he had acquiesced, and was about to use the knife, but someone grabbed his wrist unexpectedly.

He turned his head in surprise, Jiang Qiyan looked at him coldly.

"What do you mean by this?" He was cautiously hidden in surprise, Jiang Yan couldn't hear it, he took a deep breath, the corner of his eyes glanced at the paper-like girl, and said lightly: "There is no need to do this, If you want to know how long it will take for the wound to heal, just ask me."

Dr. Xu's eyes flickered for a moment, and soon he recovered a friendly smile: "Since you disagree, then forget it."

Jiang Qiyan let go of him, turned around and picked up Xiaotao who was unable to move on the operating table, and walked towards the door.

"It's enough to soften your heart once." When he was about to walk out of the room, Dr. Xu's voice reached his ears meaningfully, "If you do it again, I won't accompany you."

Jiang Qiyan's footsteps paused, then he picked up his speed and strode away.

The effect of the anesthetic on Xiaotao's body hadn't passed yet, so she could only let him hold her, feeling overwhelmed, not knowing where he was going to take her.

After walking the entire long corridor, Jiang Qiyan finally stopped. He led her into a small room. After turning on the light, she looked around. The room was very simple and tidy. It looked like a single room. The ward was changed.

"Sometimes when I'm with Chuchu in the hospital, I'll take a rest here." Jiang Qiyan put her on the bed and covered her with the sheet, "You'll be here for one night."

There was a faint smell of this person between the pillow covers, and it wasn't bad to be honest, but it made her feel cold all over her body, and no matter how thick the quilt was, it couldn't warm her up.

"Then... what about after tomorrow?" She said with difficulty, her voice was dry, he sat down on the chair beside the bed, glanced at her, and replied blankly: "Don't worry, I will send you back It's white there."

"I didn't ask this..." "I know what you want to ask," he interrupted her, pulling the corner of his mouth, "They will stay with me for a while... But I assure you, it won't be too long For a long time, I will also arrange them with good food and drink."

Xiaotao naturally couldn't accept this answer, she was startled and angry: "Why don't you..."

"Because of you." He chuckled, "I'm afraid you'll sue me at Su Xian, that guy is hard to deal with."

She was short of breath, her chest heaved violently, and it took a while to calm down a little: "I promise, I will never reveal a word to anyone else..."

He pressed a finger on her lips, and she froze, and heard again: "No, there are too many bastards in this world who are like me, and I can't trust others. Don't worry, when this incident is over, Naturally, I'll let him go... After all, I don't really want to raise two people for nothing."

She took a breath, then opened her mouth and bit him hard.

Her bite was really ruthless, Jiang Qiyan gasped, his fingers were bleeding soon, but he didn't show any anger, instead he laughed: "That's right, I should let you take revenge for my kindness. "

The bloody smell in Xiao Tao's mouth soon became unbearable. Even though she wanted to bite off his knuckles, she finally let go.

Jiang Qiyan covered his bleeding fingers and raised his eyebrows: "If it were me, I wouldn't let go so easily."

Xiaotao closed her eyes tightly, and said bitterly, "I wish I could bite you to death."

Jiang Qiyan smiled slightly: "Okay, I'll wait."

>>>

Probably because of his unscrupulous scrutiny, Xiao Tao seemed to feel something, and shivered involuntarily.

Seeing this, Jiang Qiyan raised the corners of his lips and smiled, then looked away.

Jiang Chuchu's depression did not last for too long, but after a few steps, she returned to her lively nature, and she could be excited for a long time even if she flew over a sparrow casually.

"Hey, Xiaotao, did you see it? A bird flew over just now! Hey, hey, it stopped in front of me! Hey, hey, it jumped! It jumped... ah, it flew away gone."

She raised her head melancholy and asked, "Why do you think it is in such a hurry? Can't you play with me for a while?"

Xiaotao didn't have the nerve to tell her that the sparrow was probably scared away because you were too loud, so she responded vaguely: "Probably...you're hungry..."

Before she finished speaking, the girl yelled again: "Look, look! That sparrow suddenly fell down!"

She pointed her finger excitedly, Xiao Tao was startled, and looked in the direction she pointed, and she saw the sparrow falling straight from the sky.

It was still flapping its wings hard, but there seemed to be an invisible force oppressing it in the air, making it unable to continue flying.

The two girls stared at the weird sparrow in novelty and bewilderment, not noticing the person in the distance for a moment.

But Jiang Qiyan knew that the sparrow was coming as soon as he saw the sparrow's strange appearance.

"Zhang Jibai." He said the name in a deep voice, his mood was as gloomy as his face, this guy came to visit suddenly, presumably he was not a good person.

The hearing of the two girls is quite good, especially Jiang Chuchu, who is extremely sensitive to this name, her ears moved, and she immediately looked away.

Xiaotao also looked around, and on the other side of the stone road, a person came slowly. He was slender, with a supercilious indifference all over his body. It was Zhang Jibai.

"Doctor Zhang!" Jiang Chuchu almost jumped out of the wheelchair in surprise, her cheeks were flushed, and she kept waving to the other party, "You finally came to see me!"

Zhang Jibai stretched out a hand and caught the limp little sparrow, then looked towards them and smiled in greeting.

Of course Xiaotao was not as excited as Chuchu, but she was refreshed, and even felt like she was alive after a catastrophe.

Especially after the torment of last night.

Jiang Chuchu didn't even need her help, she rolled the wheelchair to Zhang Jibai's side, the latter shook his head, held the trembling sparrow in his palm, and walked towards Chuchu at a faster pace.

Xiaotao also pursed her lips happily, and wanted to go there together, but Jiang Qiyan stopped her.

"I know what you're thinking."

His voice was so beautiful, but the words he said were shocking.

"Is this sparrow going to be given to me?!" Jiang Chuchu happily pulled Zhang Jibai's skirt, Zhang Jibai showed a rare wry smile: "It's not for you, who else can it be?"

He was entangled by Chu Chu, for a while, he didn't take into account the situation on the other side.

Jiang Qiyan walked behind Xiaotao and lowered his voice: "You can go back with him. But there is something I must tell you in advance."

His lips moved a few times imperceptibly: "Zhang Jibai, you know what you should say and what you shouldn't say, right?"

The girl's face turned pale in an instant.

After he finished speaking, he brushed past her, walked slowly towards Zhang Jibai who was suffering from a headache, and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Jibai smiled slightly: "Of course I have nothing to do with you when I come here."

Jiang Chuchu grabbed his cuff, and yelled at her brother happily: "That's right! Doctor Zhang came to see me! Of course it has nothing to do with my brother. Brother, you can go!"

Jiang Qiyan's teeth were itchy from the anger of his younger sister who was elbowed out.

Zhang Jibai calmly freed his sleeve from Chuchu's clutches, but his eyes fell on Xiaotao who was a few meters away.

Her complexion was very bad, and from his doctor's eyes, he could see the problem at a glance.

It looks like... a symptom of blood loss.

His eyes turned cold, and he looked at Jiang Qiyan with a sinking face, the latter noticed his eyes, but just raised the corner of his mouth meaninglessly.

Zhang Jibai could hardly hide the icy anger all over his body.

As slow as Chu Chu, she also sensed something was wrong, she glanced timidly at Zhang Jibai who was looking uneasy, and then let go of the fingers hooking his sleeves.

Seeing this, Jiang Qiyan secretly regretted provoking Zhang Jibai at this time.

The atmosphere fell into a stalemate. At this moment, Xiao Tao, who had been silent for a long time, fell down without warning. Jiang Qiyan caught the unconscious girl with quick eyesight and quick hands.

"What did you do to her?" Zhang Jibai asked in a deep voice, and he replied nonchalantly, "A little blood was drawn."

"What about other than that?"

"Nothing."

Zhang Jibai did not find any other symptoms in Xiaotao, but his complexion did not become any better because of it: "Why did you do this?"

Jiang Qiyan hugged the girl by the waist, and walked towards him: "You are so smart, you should guess it?"

Zhang Jibai glanced at the ignorant Jiang Chuchu, endured and endured, but in the end he didn't break his words in front of Chuchu.

"It seems that you have not achieved your goal." He sneered, and Jiang Qiyan smiled bitterly: "Yes, the bamboo basket fetched water in vain... So, I returned the person to you."

As he said, he really handed the unconscious Xiaotao to Zhang Jibai, who took the thin girl, stared at Jiang Qiyan coldly, and lowered his voice: "This time Chuchu is present, forget it. I found out that you have this little trick..."

Jiang Qiyan looked at him with a smile, his face was calm, and when Zhang Jibai spoke, he could feel the air around his body surging violently, as if it was an invisible undercurrent, turbulently surrounding him.

"I won't let you go."

After Zhang Jibai finished speaking, he took Xiaotao and left without looking back. Jiang Chuchu looked at his back, full of disappointment.

Volume Three: I Don't Know Where to Go