windy city rainy season

Adrian received a call between rehearsals, showing Tao Yu's number, but a stranger who spoke, saying that he picked up this phone while walking the dog, and his name was listed first in the address book, and asked him if he recognized Get to know the owner of the phone. Adrian said they were friends, but they were not in the same city, and then gave the other party Changzheng's phone number.Before hanging up, Adrian asked one more question, where did he find the phone?The other party answered Lake Michigan.

It's very cold in Chicago this season, and Lake Michigan hasn't thawed yet. The more Adrian thinks about it, the more something is wrong. What is Tao Yu doing by the lake?Thinking of the other party's state when he was on the uninhabited island, he was a little worried.Calls to Chang Zheng were not answered, and it was still the stranger who called Tao Yu. Adrian asked the other party to help see if there was anyone on the ice.

"Man, it's freezing cold here!" The other party sniffed and complained, "I'm not gonna walk on the ice. If caught by police, I'll get afive hundred bucksticket for violating acity ordinance." You will be fined 500 yuan for violating city regulations.)

Adrian asked: "You don't have to walk on the ice. Just look around. By the way, is the ice thicken enough to walk on?"

"I think so..." The other party saw that there were no police cars around, stretched his feet and walked a few steps on the ice near the shore and said, "It got pretty hard. I don't see anyone here...wait, there sees someone on the other side of the bridge." (Translation: I think so... The ice is thick. I don't see anyone around... wait, there seems to be someone on the trestle.)

"Canyougocheck, pleeeeease?"

"I'm heading there now... man, even my dog ​​is freezing!"

After a while, the other party suddenly exclaimed on the phone: "Ohmygod! That'saguysittingontheice! Jesus, doesn'thefeelcold? Ibethisassmustbefrozen!" Is it cold? I bet his ass is freezing!)

Adrian asked the other party to take a photo and send it to himself. Although it was a little far away and it was just a silhouette, he felt that it was Tao Yu.

"How farishe from the shore?" Adrian asked urgently, "Isthereaway you can pull him back?"

"About 30 yards...man, ItoldyouIwouldnotwalk ontheice. Doyouwantmetocallthepolice? Theysurecanhelp." can help.)

Worried about people's safety at this moment, Adrian replied without thinking: "Yes, yes, whoever can help! Call the police!" (Translation: Yes Yes, whoever can help! Call the police!)

When the other party was about to call the police, Chang Zheng's call came in, and he just heard the message on the phone.The other party's description made his whole blood freeze, his mind went blank, he hung up the phone and ran out without even changing his doctor's clothes.At the door, a colleague came in from the outside. Before he had time to explain, he took off his coat and borrowed some cash, took a taxi and went straight to the location mentioned on the phone.

When he saw Tao Yu, Chang Zheng could no longer describe his mood. The other person's face was pale, his lips were purple, and he seemed unconscious. He called out softly, but got no response.Tao Yu was as stiff as an ice lump, Chang Zheng pulled him up from the ground, took off his coat to wrap him around him, carried him on his back and walked carefully towards the shore.The ice was slippery, and it took a long time to walk a short distance of 30 meters.Chang Zheng only had a thin layer of doctor's gown on his body, and when he stepped on the sand, he was already frozen and unconscious.

The person who picked up the mobile phone stayed on the shore and did not leave. At this time, he stepped forward and asked, "Isthere anything I can help?" (Translation: Is there anything I can help?)

"Please grab a cab for usif you can. I appreciate." Seeing the other party running to hail a taxi, Chang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and continued walking towards the side of the road with the person on his back.

Tao Yu was left in the emergency room to observe, and the doctors, nurses and yelling patients all around couldn't attract his attention. He was lying quietly on the hospital bed, looking at the infusion tube, but his eyes were out of focus.Seeing him like this, Chang Zheng has no intention of working at all, so he can only ask for leave and stay with him all the time.

In the evening, Tao Yu suddenly came to his senses and insisted on leaving the hospital.

"You still have a fever, can you stay in the hospital for observation overnight?" Chang Zheng persuaded patiently.

"Go home." Tao Yu sat up and pulled out the needle by himself. When he got out of bed, his legs gave way and he almost knelt on the ground, but this didn't make him change his mind, and he insisted on leaving.

"Okay, you wait here first, I'll get you discharged from the hospital." Chang Zheng reluctantly compromised and helped him to sit by the bed.

When the discharge form was brought out for him to sign, Tao Yu had already put on his coat and shoes, and after taking the form and signing it, he was about to go out, unwilling to stay for a minute longer.

Chang Zheng had nothing to do with him, so he had to hand over the hospitalization form to the emergency doctor in a hurry, and drove him home.

Returning to the familiar environment, Tao Yu's tense defenses relaxed slightly, and he sat on the sofa in the living room, his face was half-lit by the dim light of the floor lamp, and he couldn't see any expression.

Chang Zheng came over and touched his forehead, his hands were still hot, he sighed and said, "Go to bed and lie down."

Tao Yu looked up at him for a while, then suddenly said, "Let's break up."

Chang Zheng couldn't believe his ears: "What did you say?"

"I can't help myself." He said without looking away. "This kind of thing will happen again in the future, and it will mess up your life."

Chang Zheng felt that he was about to collapse, he didn't know what happened, the other party refused to cooperate, and simply broke up with him, so that his anger and distressed emotions were mixed together, and he had nowhere to vent.He walked back and forth in the living room twice, and finally couldn't help punching the wall with his fist. The CD rack hanging on the wall fell down, and the discs crackled and scattered all over the floor.

Both of them were silent, at this time Tao Yu's cell phone rang untimely, and the caller ID was Luo Feng.Tao Yu ignored it, Chang Zheng hesitated for a moment, took the mobile phone to answer the call for the other party, and wanted Luo Feng to ask Tao Yu for leave tomorrow, but before he could speak, the other party yelled first.

"Tao Yu, get on the BBS soon, Song Xinming posted a post scolding you, saying that you and the school bullied him, what happened?"

Chang Zheng glanced at Tao Yu suspiciously, and while turning on Tao Yu's computer, he said to the phone: "Luo Feng, I'm Chang Zheng, Tao Yu is inconvenient to answer the phone right now, what did that post say?"

"I don't understand the situation either!" Luo Feng said, "It was the younger brother who sampled Tao Yu before, who suddenly posted on the BBS just now, saying that he wrote a paper by himself, but Tao Yu's professor came to talk to him and forced him to talk to him. Let him withdraw the paper and ask Tao Yu to post something."

Chang Zheng used Tao Yu's account to log in to his school's BBS. At a glance, he saw the post that had countless followers and was ranked the first.Among the people who posted, the students in this department were criticizing Tao Yu and the old man, saying that they were not such people.However, students in the Department of Environment are a minority after all, and most people who don't know the truth are commenting that they really didn't expect the United States to engage in academic hegemony.

Chang Zheng knew a lot about the Tao Yu project. He knew that those who participated in the project had to sign a non-disclosure agreement with the sewage plant, and that the junior was only helping with sampling, and did not authorize him to use the data to write articles.Chang Zheng thanked Luo Feng, found old Andrew's number from Tao Yu's cell phone and dialed it directly.

The old man didn't know about Song Xinming's slanderous post on the Internet, and he was very angry after hearing it.The old man did talk to Song Xinming today. His behavior is not just academic plagiarism. He violated the contract and confidentiality agreement. The sewage plant can sue him in court, and the school may lose the project due to poor management.The old man's original intention was to persuade him to take the initiative to withdraw the article, and this matter ended at the school level, and any punishment would be internal, so that the students would not face court charges.Unexpectedly, the other party was so ignorant of good and bad, and Tao Yu was a complete victim in this matter, but in the end he was scolded for engaging in academic hegemony with the professor and bullying the lower grade students.The old man said that tomorrow the department will deal with the matter with the board of directors, and a detailed explanation will be given on the school website and forums.

After hanging up the phone, Chang Zheng closed that bastard's post, walked over and squatted in front of Tao Yu, and said to him: "I know you feel uncomfortable, and the matter will be resolved soon, don't think about it anymore, okay?"

Tao Yu closed his eyes and murmured: "How could I live like this, my parents, work, and life are all messed up by me..."

"Don't take all the faults on yourself." Chang Zheng held his hand and said, "These things are not smashed, and they will all get better. I will always be with you and be your backing."

Tao Yu couldn't express the sadness in his heart: "I have a mental illness, and I don't know when I will lose control of myself. You may receive a call from a stranger at work, asking you to pick me up, because I don't know what to do. What embarrasses yourself and embarrasses you..."

Chang Zheng remembered what his colleagues in the psychiatry department said in the afternoon. At that time, Tao Yu refused to respond to any questions. His colleagues said that he was still in an uncontrollable emotion. feel ashamed.Don't mention what he did before, and don't ask why he did that. It happened under circumstances beyond his control. Repeated reminders will make him feel desperate and even more unable to face himself.

"Tao Yu, look at me..." Chang Zheng put his hands on his shoulders and encouraged him, "Depression is just a disease, just like a cold, you just have an emotional cold, which can be cured. Let's see A professional psychiatrist, okay?"

Tao Yu asked anxiously: "Will you put me in the electric chair and send me to a mental hospital..."

Chang Zheng rubbed his hair with a smile: "You don't want to see a psychiatrist because of these?"

Tao Yu was noncommittal.

"Don't worry, it's just psychological counseling. The therapy for PTSD may remind you of the scene when you were traumatized. The doctor will help you relax your limbs and breath, and adjust your emotional, physical and psychological responses to those traumatic memories. This process may Let you suffer, I will always be with you, okay?"

Tao Yu hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded. He was still afraid of seeing a psychiatrist, but he didn't want to disappoint Chang Zheng. It was hard for him to imagine how he would go on without this person in his life.He said that he was not angry when he broke up, but he really felt that he had become a burden to the other party. He was afraid that in the end both of them would be dragged into an exhausted situation, hated by the other party but unable to get rid of it because of their responsibilities.Agreeing to see a psychiatrist is also an idea of ​​giving myself a chance to get cured and return to a normal life.