To Raise a Soul

Three days after the morgue, Yu Zhen buried Grandpa Yu with the help of Lianhuagou village officials.

The funeral ended before lunch. Yu Zhen invited the village cadres to have a meal in the small restaurant in the village, and bought a good cigarette to share with the invited coffin bearers. Go in the direction of Taoism.

The oldest village director looked at his receding thin back, sighed and shook his head, and said, "It's also pitiful, it seems that the Chinese New Year is about to come, but old man Yu... oh, I will take a share of the New Year's subsidy later." Give it to him, even though we don’t have much contact with each other, he is from Lianhuagou after all.”

"But now there is only Yu Zhen left in the Yu family, and the Taoist temple is so partial and broken, will he stay in the Taoist temple for the New Year?" The cadre in charge of subsidy distribution reminded aloud.

The village director frowned when he heard the words, thought for a while, sighed again, waved his hand and said, "Then keep it for now, and I will go there in person when the New Year's day comes. If he is not here, then the subsidy will be forgotten."

Although Qingxu Temple belongs to Lianhuagou Village, it is quite a distance away from the village. The road out of the village is also separate and not connected to the village road. If it is not a detour, Yu Zhen and his father can hardly touch Lianhuagou Village. folks.

Yu Zhen was a little silly when he was a child, and he didn’t remember anything until he was in primary school. Grandpa Yu was afraid that he would be bullied when he went to the village primary school, so he paid him to go to the boarding primary school with strict management in the town. people do not have any intersection.

There were unfamiliar faces along the road, and Yu Zhen knew that these villagers were secretly looking at him and whispering old gossip, but he didn't have the energy to pay attention to them.

It was so cold, it was obviously a sunny day after heavy snow, and I wore a few more clothes than usual, but it was still cold.

The hands in the pockets were cold, the legs were stiff and numb, the back was chilly, and even the brain seemed to be frozen and unable to move.

are you sick?

He pursed his lips tightly, and found that his lips were unconscious, so he hurried back to the Taoist temple.

Going around the house, crossing the farmland, climbing a small slope, turning into the dirt road into the forest, his pace became faster and faster, and finally he rushed into the Taoist temple almost at a trot, found the boiled water bottle in the corner and poured a large glass When the boiling water came out, I poured it down without feeling hot at all.

Heat spread from his throat to his stomach, and his limbs seemed to warm up a bit. He took a long breath, looked at the black and white portrait hanging in the hall, was in a daze for a long time, and then smiled ugly.

"Grandpa, I'm so cold."

There was silence in the hall, and the familiar nagging sound could no longer appear.

He lowered his head and rubbed his eyes vigorously. Seeing that it was late, he put down his cup and began to pack his things.

He came back this time with the intention of giving his grandfather a hard time and letting him go to the provincial capital to celebrate the New Year with him. For this reason, he specially rented a new two-bedroom apartment to make his grandfather live more comfortably. The only ones are the coffin placed in the hall and the old man lying in the coffin whose body temperature is gradually disappearing.

As if knowing that he was coming back, the old man took the time to tidy himself up, and then died the moment he pushed the door open.

...and didn't even see the last side.

There was a pause in closing the suitcase, he raised his head and took a deep breath to suppress his tears, then closed the suitcase, and when he went out, he glanced at the brazier in the corner, paused, put down the suitcase and turned around.

The paper ash in the basin was piled up to the point. He poked his hand inside and pulled out a small round ball that was covered in black ash but was firm and undeformed.

"Not plastic."

Plastic is not so burn-resistant.

Stuffing the ball into his pocket, he picked up the suitcase again, and left the dilapidated Taoist temple without looking back.

When he passed the accident scene that day, he glanced sideways at the broken branches and the trampled snow, and found that his brain seemed to be frozen again, and he couldn't remember the appearance of the male patient, so he couldn't help frowning .

Really sick?

He beat his head and continued to walk forward, pulling the scarf to cover the lower half of his face.

Let's go to the hospital sometime, otherwise Grandpa should worry about it again.

Back in the provincial capital, Yu Zhen went to the nursery to look at the precious flowers he raised, and then took a car back to his newly rented small house. After tidying up his luggage, he took a good hot bath and threw himself on bed.

During the past few days of the funeral, he hadn't closed his eyes for a moment. At this time, he was extremely tired. As soon as his head touched the pillow, his consciousness sank into darkness.

"stand up."

"You really want to?"

"You and I are master and apprentice, why bother..."

……

"kill!"

Yu Zhen opened her eyes in a flash, sat up from the bed covered in cold sweat, raised her hand to press her forehead, and found that the tentacles were cold, like a dead person, her heart trembled, she hurriedly got up and rushed into the bathroom, turned on the hot water and rushed to her head .

It was like a dream, but what was the dream?

……forget.

The palpitations brought about by the dream gradually disappeared, and his limbs warmed up. He looked at his blurred self in the mirror in the hot air, and swallowed.

Is it really sick?

In the best tertiary hospital in the provincial capital, the doctor took the inspection report handed over by Yu Zhen and looked at it carefully, then looked at Yu Zhen's pale face and exaggerated dark circles under his eyes, frowned, and said: "The inspection report is not The problem is, you are too tired, go back and have a good rest, eat something good to nourish your body, young people, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, you should eat and drink, relax your mind, ah.”

"But doctor, I'm really uncomfortable. I feel cold all over, have insomnia and dreamy dreams, and I can't remember the content of my dreams. My head is always groggy. I..."

"But your examination report does show that you are fine, so you are under too much pressure, take a good rest, and take some good supplements. Alright, next one." The doctor waved his hand and interrupted took his word.

Yu Zhen shut up and saw that the next patient had come in with the support of his family members. He paused, got up and packed his examination report, turned and walked out.

After a heavy snowfall, the temperature in H Province began to rise steadily, and the weather was getting better day by day.

Yu Zhen walked out of the hospital gate. The sun was very warm, but he still felt his limbs were cold and his brain was dull.

Is it really too much pressure?

Holding the bag containing the inspection report and medical records, he was thinking in distress. Seeing the traffic light on the sidewalk turn green, he hurriedly walked two steps, preparing to cross the road to the opposite bus stop to catch a car to the nursery.

It was obviously the entrance of the hospital with a lot of people, but Yu Zhen was the only person crossing the road this time. The sidewalk was empty, and even the number of vehicles waiting to pass on both sides was unscientific.

"Stop."

A low, cool voice suddenly sounded in his ear, which was somewhat familiar.

Yu Zhen froze for a moment, turned around and looked behind him, but found nothing, frowned in doubt, and never stopped walking.

"Don't go any further."

The voice sounded again, this time it seemed to be directly in his head, Yu Zhen stopped suddenly, and found that with the sound of the words in his head, his limbs, which had always been cold, actually warmed up a little.

what happened?

He raised his hand to support his forehead, and seeing that the green light was about to end, he raised his leg and was about to move forward, when a hurricane suddenly blew in front of him, and a royal blue sports car almost whizzed past his body, then swung its tail arrogantly to a stop When we got to the side of the road, there was a cloud of dust.

"Shhhhhh!"

The traffic policeman on duty on the side of the road blew his whistle angrily, strode towards the sports car that ran a red light and parked illegally, and waved his hand to signal Yu Zhen to cross the road quickly, the green light was about to end.

Yu Zhen recovered from the fright, took two quick steps across the sidewalk and stopped by the side of the road, and pressed his chest with lingering fear.

Almost, almost, if he didn't stop just now, at the speed of that sports car, he would definitely be knocked over to reunite with grandpa.

The policeman over there was talking loudly to the owner of the sports car who was still sitting in the car. The originally empty sidewalk was crowded with people at some point. His gaze inadvertently swept across the road, and he saw a handsome man in a hospital gown looking straight at him. He was startled, and was about to take a closer look when the green light on the sidewalk turned red, and the vehicles waiting on both sides started, and a bus drove However, it blocked his view.

Wait for the traffic to pass by, and then take a closer look, and there is no figure of a handsome man in a hospital suit on the opposite side.

Is it an illusion again?

He frowned slightly, and glanced sideways at the sapphire blue sports car that was stopping towards the corner following the traffic police's instructions, and found that the shape of the car was exactly the same as the red sports car that had an accident a few days ago. Thinking of the bloody eyes that day, he suddenly panicked , I stopped a taxi and got in it.

"Go to Jinxiu District."

"okay!"

The taxi started, and Yu Zhen leaned on the car door and looked outside. From the receding scenery, he could vaguely see a tall man stepping out of the royal blue sports car, with a faint red mist floating on his body, frowning, looking up. Pulling the scarf with his hand, he turned his head back.

Maybe it's time to take a break.

"elder brother!"

Yin Le rushed forward to support the crumbling Yin Yan, took off his coat and put it on him, and said with red eyes: "Isn't Wu Xuan coming to pick up Han Ya? What's the use of you rushing out! Brother, wake up!" Okay, Han Ya almost killed you this time, can you choose someone you like, please brother."

"it is good."

Yin Le was taken aback, looked up at the elder brother who had become very silent since the accident, and asked in a daze, "Brother, what did you say?"

"Xiao...Le."

With a deep and cool voice, and a slightly weird tone, the man called Yin Yan finally looked back at the road, tilted his head slightly, his pale and handsome face was bathed in the sun, and he seemed a little more unapproachable to ordinary people. Inviolable sense.

"Xiao Le." The tone changed from jerky to natural, but there was always a slight coolness in his voice that he had never had before. He asked, "What is your wish?"

"Brother what happened to you?"

Yin Le looked at the overly calm expression on his face and his almost emotionless eyes, couldn't help but grasp his arm tightly, feeling a little flustered in his heart.

The big brother now is so different from before, he no longer has all the emotions on his face, and he speaks inexplicably, he, he is a little scared.

Sensing the change in his mood, Yin Yan lowered his eyes slightly, did not continue this topic, turned around and let him walk towards the hospital with his support, shook his head and said, "It's nothing."

After speaking, he remembered the speaking habits of the people here, and added: "I'm fine, let's go, it's time for an examination."

Yin Le was led passively by him and walked a few steps forward. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Wu Xuan striding into the hospital. Alarm bells were ringing in his heart. Walk towards the hospital.