Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

Since Xu Liandong came out of a coma this time, and Lian Qiao had taped his mouth, no one could hear the vague words.But entanglement is useless anyway, Xu Rendong is too lazy to care about it.

Back to the present world, the years are quiet and good.The two spent a peaceful and sweet weekend at home, and arrived at the hospital early on Monday.

Lian Qiao's foot injury was not due for reexamination, but Liandong was worried that his excessive exercise in the dungeon would affect the prognosis, so he made an appointment with the chief surgeon in advance.

The Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology was overcrowded, and every wounded patient was accompanied by at least one family member, so the entire waiting area was in chaos.Liandong lined up for Lian Qiao, intending to find a place to sit and wait, but Lian Qiao said: "Let's go to the cardiology department first."

Xu Rendong was taken aback: "What are you doing in your heart?"

Lian Qiao was surprised and said: "Why did you forget? You promised me that you will come to the cardiology department after you get the copy to find out what's going on with your heart."

Only then did Xu Rendong remember that just after he was revived in the elevator during this reincarnation, his heart hurt like hell, and he curled up into a ball, unable to straighten up for a long time.

He didn't take it seriously at first, after all, he had experienced more pain than this.But even Joe insisted on taking him for an examination, but he couldn't help it.

It is hard to find the first number of cardiology specialists. Xu Liandong is a first-time doctor and without an appointment, naturally he cannot get a number.Lian Qiao was limping, and wanted to go to the triage desk to ask which specialist would be better, but Lian Dong tugged at his sleeve and shook his head.

"It's not necessary to see a specialist, just get an ordinary number. I'm so young, what kind of problem can I have with my heart?"

In fact, he knew why his heart ached - in the last reincarnation, Lian Qiao had just died tragically in front of him, so it's no wonder he didn't feel ache in his heart.It's just that Lian Qiao couldn't say this, so he could only pretend to be careless and didn't care about his condition.

Lian Qiao frowned, obviously unwilling to agree.The nurse in front of the triage desk pushed her glasses, and interjected: "It's your first time here, you really don't need to rush to see a specialist. Go to the little doctor first, ask about your condition, and do any tests first. Wait for the results to come out." Wouldn’t it be more time-saving to show it to an expert after that?”

Lian Qiao thought about it and agreed.The two went to the registration window to line up again, and registered for an ordinary account of the cardiology department.This time, Xu Rendong's name was quickly called on the radio, and he was arranged to go to the last clinic in the corridor for treatment.

"Hello." Xu Rendong greeted habitually as soon as he entered the room.

On the desk is a pile of medical records and a desktop computer.The young female doctor with a ponytail raised her head from behind the desktop, her clear eyes behind black-rimmed glasses shrank slightly when she saw Xu Rendong.

"It's you?"

"why you?"

Lian Qiao and the female doctor both exclaimed, but Xu Rendong was taken aback.He looked at the female doctor and then at Lian Qiao: "Do you know each other?"

Hearing this, Lian Qiao was even more surprised.He opened his eyes wide and pointed at the desk: "Jiang Li! You don't recognize him? The one in the Russian matryoshka!"

Xu Rendong looked along his fingers, and sure enough, he saw a nameplate on the desk with the words "Jiang Li's Attending Physician" written on it.Matryoshka, his first copy, is 40 words away, and he certainly doesn't remember the woman's face.But when he saw the word "Jiang Li", he subconsciously shivered, and immediately remembered this person.

Isn't this the one who wiped revenge on his neck!

Xu Rendong's expression changed involuntarily, and he let out a complicated "Oh".

"...Let's see a doctor first." Jiang Li was wearing a white coat, after all, he was still professional.She glanced at the registration form in Lian Qiao's hand, and with a click of the mouse, Xu Rendong's medical information appeared on the computer screen.She began typing on the keyboard while asking the doctor, "Why are you uncomfortable?"

Xu Rendong was not at ease. He really didn't dare to see a doctor in Jiang Li's hands, and he was even more afraid that his ID card, home address and other information would be displayed on the computer.Lian Qiao didn't know anything about the tragedies he had experienced. Instead, he felt that he had met an acquaintance, and told her about Xu Rendong's situation with great peace of mind.

Jiang Li repeated while recording: "I've been in pain before, but it's gotten worse recently, right?"

Xu Rendong nodded.

Jiang Li handed out a bunch of checklists and explained them to him one by one, why he had to do it, where to do it, how long it would take to get the report... patient and meticulous, with a calm tone, but she didn't mention a word about the copy, as if Xu Rendong was just A strange ordinary patient.

When the two left the consulting room, Xu Rendong still felt a sense of unreality.On the contrary, Lian Qiao had already started searching for the location of the blood draw window.

Lian Qiao leaned on crutches, obviously he was still a crippled patient, but he held a checklist in his hand and took Xu Rendong around for a checkup.Seeing that he was familiar with the road, Xu Rendong seemed to be very familiar with the hospital.While queuing at the door of the electrocardiogram room, he asked, "Is there someone in your family who is a doctor?"

Lian Qiao's expression was suffocated, and then he turned his head and smiled at him: "Yes. My parents are both."

Xu Rendong let out an "oh", without thinking too much, and moved his gaze to the distance.Lian Qiao slowly moved the two crutches together, freed up a hand, and gently held Lian Dong's hand.

The corridors were full of people, and no one, not even Joe, with his sleeves covered, would have noticed the two young men secretly interlocking their fingers.

Liandong felt a little strange and looked at him questioningly.Lian Qiao rubbed his nose and said uneasy and apologetic: "I'm sorry, I should have brought you home to meet my parents earlier. But..."

Xu Rendong remembered that they had talked about this topic.Although Lian Qiao is an Internet celebrity anchor with millions of fans, he is actually still running away from home.His parents think that playing games is not doing business properly, let alone staying at home all day long and doing live broadcasts.The conflict has not been resolved until now. Bringing a gay man back at this time is obviously adding fuel to the fire.

Xu Rendong was not in a hurry to meet his parents, but felt that as the elder, he should give Lian Qiao some help and advice.But he is an orphan himself, and without experience in this field, he really can't think of any way.

Fortunately, Xu Rendong's name was called in the electrocardiogram room at this time, and this embarrassing topic was stopped.

After closing the curtain, Xu Rendong took off his shirt and lay on the examination bed.The examiner for him was a very young female doctor, wearing a hat and a mask, she couldn't see her face clearly, only a pair of big black eyes were exposed, looking at him shyly and shyly.

"It's a bit cold, bear with it." The young female doctor whispered, and then neatly connected the instrument to his chest.

Xu Rendong looked at the ceiling, still thinking about what happened just now.Suddenly, I heard the little doctor say "Hey".

"What's wrong? Is there any problem?" Xu Rendong turned his head sideways, and the little doctor stared at the computer screen, his delicate eyebrows deeply frowned.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she comforted: "There is a small problem on the electrocardiogram, don't worry, I will call your outpatient doctor first."

Xu Rendong was used to seeing strong winds and waves, so he didn't care about such small problems as heart disease.He stared at the pale fluorescent lamp on the ceiling, feeling calm, and vaguely heard the little doctor say to the other end of the phone:

"ST-segment elevation... Well, it doesn't look like an acute myocardial infarction... No medical history? Haven't you been checked before? It's hard to say..."

When the little doctor came back, Xu Rendong had already put on his clothes.He sat on the examination bed and looked at the petite female doctor calmly: "How is it?"

The little doctor said: "Dr. Jiang asked you to have another echocardiogram... well, it is a color ultrasound of the heart. She said that the order has been given to you."

Xu Rendong wasn't sure if Lian Qiao had Xin Chao in the list in his hand, so he called him in.Lian Qiao felt that Lonicera had stayed inside far longer than the others, and he had already started to feel uneasy, and now he was called in alone, and he was even more nervous.

The little doctor showed them the way to the B-ultrasound room, and finally comforted: "Don't be afraid, it's nothing serious, just rule out other problems."

Therefore, Xu Rendong had a very good impression of this little girl.

When I came to the B-ultrasound room, there was another large group of people queuing up.This time it was a middle-aged bald male doctor who examined him, not as gentle and meticulous as the little doctor.

The male doctor squeezed some cold transparent liquid onto his chest, and then took the instrument and smeared it on his chest.It's not uncomfortable, but it's weirdly cold and itchy.After the examination, the male doctor threw him a stack of toilet paper and said blankly, "It's done. Wipe it yourself."

Xu Rendong: "..." It was as if I met a ruthless scumbag.

The report will be out soon.Lian Qiao frowned when he saw it.

Although Xu Rendong couldn't understand the above description, just seeing the words "regression" and "loss of movement", he knew that the heart was not normal.

After finishing all the inspections, the two went to find Jiang Li with the report.Jiang Li sat in front of the computer, and as soon as he saw Xu Rendong, he said, "I have already read the report on the computer. There is something wrong with your heart..." She paused for a moment, as if she was considering her words, and then signaled with her eyes Lian Qiao closed the door of the consulting room.

Lian Qiao quickly closed the door and asked, "What's the problem? Is it serious?"

Jiang Li didn't answer him, but just looked at Xu Rendong and said, "Have you been emotionally stimulated recently?"

Xu Rendong thought for a while and said, "I'm a little nervous."

"It's not just nervousness." Jiang Li took out a pen and paper, and drew a section of ECG on the white paper, "Look, a normal person's ECG looks like this. And yours—" She pointed to a few of Xu Rendong's ECG The strangely shaped waveform said, "Look at these waves, don't they look like earthen jars?"

Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao looked at the electrocardiogram together, and they really saw the meaning.

Jiang Lidao: "This is a very special waveform, indicating that you may be suffering from a very rare heart disease. The Japanese who discovered this disease gave it a vivid name called 'Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy', Because this electrocardiogram looks very similar to the pot that the Japanese use to catch octopus. In fact, this disease has a more common name..."

"—Broken Heart Syndrome."

Lian Qiao was stunned, and immediately turned to look at Xu Rendong.Xu Rendong was not very surprised by this result. He nodded, accepted the reality, and asked, "Will I die? Is there any help?"

Jiang Li smiled: "It's not that serious. This kind of disease usually doesn't show much, and it only happens when the mood fluctuates violently. But the problem is...you know."

Xu Rendong nodded calmly.In the dungeon, ghosts and ghosts are rampant, and people die at every turn. How can the mind be as calm as water?

You can't bring a rosary into the 24-hour chant to keep your mind calm.

Lian Qiao frowned and moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

Jiang Li said that there is no cure for this disease.It is a disease caused by severe emotional stimulation. As long as it is not stimulated, it will be fine, and there is no possibility of a cure.She prescribed some emergency medicine for Liandong, and was about to exhort her habitually, thinking that Xu Liandong could not do it, so she stopped talking.

The two were about to leave the consulting room, but Jiang Li called them back and said, "Do you still remember Yuan Xueming?"

Xu Rendong thought for a while, and finally remembered the big brother-like character in the first dungeon.

Jiang Li said: "He lives in the ICU of our hospital. Do you want to visit him?"

Xu Rendong turned to look at Lian Qiao: "Go?"

Ever since Jiang Li announced the diagnosis, he felt that Lian Qiao's heart had been heavy.He wants to go home early to coax Lian Qiao.Unexpectedly, at this moment, Lian Qiao had returned to his normal expression, smiled at him, and said with crooked eyes, "It's all here."

OK, let's go.

ICU visiting time is only half an hour a day.It stands to reason that family members are not allowed to enter the ICU during non-visiting hours, but Jiang Li, wearing a white coat, led the two of them through the staff passage, and entered the ICU without any obstacles.

There is a nurse sitting in front of each bed in the ICU, lowering her head to record something, and raising her head from time to time to glance at the monitor.Yuan Xueming's bed is the one in the back.Lonicera Lianqiao walked all the way and found that all the patients were comatose, their bodies were covered with tubes, and the atmosphere was very oppressive.

When he came to Yuan Xueming's bed, Xu Rendong saw a completely unfamiliar face.The person on the bed had sunken cheeks, and his face was as black as a dead person. Only the beating numbers on the monitor proved that he was not dead yet.

Although Yuan Xueming in his memory had a sick look on his face, he was far less scary than this time.Xu Rendong thought of what Yuan Xueming said at the beginning, "Only here I feel that I am still alive", and he was deeply moved.

Jiang Li still had something to do, so he entrusted the two of them to Yuan Xueming's bed doctor and left.

After all, Xu Rendong was not Yuan Xueming's family member, so he didn't ask any more questions after briefly understanding the illness.The bed doctor has been in charge of Yuan Xueming for several months, and he has never seen these two people among the family members who came to visit, so he couldn't help being curious: "Are you acquaintances of Jiang Li?"

Xu Rendong said "yes" casually, and the bed doctor suddenly sighed and said, "Jiang Li is also pitiful."

Liandong Lian Qiao Qiqi showed a surprised look, and only then learned from the other party that Jiang Li's boyfriend had passed away not long ago.

No, it's not her boyfriend, it should be her husband.As early as a few months ago, after they came out of the nesting doll dungeon, Jiang Li married her boyfriend.Jiang Li is the young backbone of the hospital, and works in the busy cardiology department, treating patients on the front line every day, and he doesn't even have time for honeymoon.

They planned to take a wedding leave at the end of the year to make up for this regret.Unexpectedly, Jiang Li's husband died as soon as the itinerary was confirmed.

The cause of death was simple, acute myocardial infarction.

Coincidentally, Jiang Li was on night shift at the hospital that night and happened to rescue a patient with acute myocardial infarction.In the early hours of the morning, when she came out of the operating room and informed the patient's family members that the operation was successful, she received a call from her father-in-law, telling her that the patient was gone.

According to the father-in-law, his son felt chest tightness and discomfort before going to bed at night, but he didn't take it seriously.The old couple thought that their daughter-in-law was a doctor, and they planned to wait for the daughter-in-law to come home the next day before showing him, but they didn't expect that this delay would be a separation between heaven and man forever.

"Acute myocardial infarction, even though it's urgent, it's kind of a sign. If Jiang Li wasn't on the night shift that day, he might have been able to detect it earlier. He sent him here for an emergency operation, and his life was saved. It's a pity..." The bed The doctor said so.

It sounds like he missed the chance to rescue him, but Xu Rendong felt that the real cause of Jiang Li's lover's death might not be a heart attack, but something he encountered in the dungeon.As for why Jiang Li didn't enter the dungeon with his lover that night, but stayed in the hospital on night shift, that's unknown.

Xu Rendong recalled the short contact with Jiang Li just now, and he couldn't see the slightest sadness from her.Back then, in order to save his lover, Jiang Li chopped off his benefactor Xu Rendong without hesitation.Now that her lover died suddenly, it was impossible for her not to be sad.

Xu Rendong suddenly thought that Jiang Li once said that Broken Heart Syndrome is a very rare disease.

So rare that she was able to diagnose it at a glance.Have you studied this disease specifically, or...

After coming out of the ICU, the sun was just right.Xu Rendong turned his head and saw the sun paint a layer of gold on Lian Qiao's side face, like a beautiful boy in a Japanese drama, with a gentle sense of sadness.

Sensing his gaze, Lian Qiao suddenly turned around, his brows and eyes curved, and he showed a warm smile.The color of sadness is long gone.

Xu Rendong stared at him bewilderedly for a long time, and suddenly thought: I can't die.

Xu Rendong's sorrows and sorrows stopped after he left the hospital.But Lian Qiao's thousands of melancholy really started at this time.

A few days later, Lian Qiao suddenly packed up his things and said he wanted to go home.

Xu Rendong asked him, why did he suddenly want to go home?How soon will you be back?

Lian Qiao pulled the suitcase and said with a smile: Do you need a reason to go home?

Xu Rendong felt that what he said made sense, but ignored it. He didn't answer the second question.