Urban Oddities: Strange Tales of Mountain Villages

Chapter 12 Back to City

At around six o'clock in the morning, the neighbor came and she lent Yang Chunhua the Little Sheep motorcycle.Yang Chunhua secretly gave her a red envelope, but she didn't want it, saying that the old neighbor still talked about money.Yang Chunhua saw her holding a bucket in one hand and a net bag in the other, and asked her if she was going to catch fish.Since Uncle Liu "gone", the villagers had to catch fish themselves if they wanted to eat it.The neighbor's husband is a good fish catcher, but he doesn't come out.The neighbor said that her husband had a cold and was not feeling well, so she went to the battle to catch a fish for him to replenish his body.

The two chatted for a while, the neighbor left, and Yang Chunhua yelled into the house: "Qiqi!"

After shouting a few times, Liu Qi was nowhere to be seen, obviously following him downstairs just now.Yang Chunhua searched around, and finally found the baby girl curled up in a ball under the blanket in the room.

"Qiqi, I'm leaving!" Yang Chunhua looked at the time, it was 06:30, "If you don't leave, you won't be in time to see a doctor!"

"Heh, heh..."

"Qiqi, don't make trouble." Yang Chunhua carried her daughter out of the bed, and Liu Qi lowered her head, hiccupping and shaking her head.When I went downstairs, I happened to meet Pu Junying and Lin Yang.

Lin Yang dragged his luggage, looked up, and stopped in his tracks.Pu Junying smiled: "Miss Boss, go to the hospital?"

"Yes, the appointment is this morning." Yang Chunhua apologized, "You two are going back?"

Pu Junying said casually: "There is something at home, I have to go back temporarily. The house will be vacated, lady proprietress, please register!"

Yang Chunhua went to the counter, took out the booklet to register, put away the room key, and when she turned around, Liu Qi disappeared again. "Qiqi!" Yang Chunhua chased to the stairs, "Qiqi! Where did you go?!"

"Hiding in the utility room." Luo Yi carried Lin Yang's backpack and went downstairs.Yang Chunhua ran upstairs, and after a while, she came down again holding the struggling Liu Qi. "Qiqi, don't run around, we have to go!" Yang Chunhua held her with one hand and picked up the helmet with the other.Liu Qi fought hard, shook off Yang Chunhua, turned around and ran away.Yang Chunhua chased to the back of the farmhouse with a helmet on, watching Liu Qi bypass the clothes rack and run like a wild horse running deep into the bushes. "Qiqi! Come back! Qiqi!!!" Yang Chunhua bypassed the clothes rack, a figure was faster than her, Luo Yi chased Liu Qi and rushed into the bushes.Lin Yang stopped Yang Chunhua: "Miss Boss, don't go, we'll just chase after you!"

Liu Qi and Luo Yi disappeared in the blink of an eye, Lin Yang guessed that they would not be able to catch up, so he said to Yang Chunhua, "Borrow a car!"

Lin Yang rode the little sheep motorcycle all the way, and stopped at a position more than ten meters away from the red brick building. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement. Lin Yang shouted in the direction of the farmhouse: "Luo Yi——!!!"

From a distance, Luo Yi's voice came: "Stop her quickly——!!!"

The weeds as tall as half a person swayed for a while, and Liu Qi came out in a disheveled manner. He was about to rush into the yard of the red brick building, but Lin Yang raised his hand and missed. The tiger caught the sheep and threw Liu Qi to the ground.Lin Yang took advantage of his height and hugged Liu Qi tightly from behind. Unexpectedly, this seemingly frail little girl struggled to stand up!Lin Yang knelt on the ground, maintaining the posture of hugging her, and was dragged several meters by her.This is not the strength of a child at all, Liu Qi has become something else.Lin Yang didn't dare to let go, for fear that Liu Qi would turn around and attack him if he let go.Lin Yang, who was unable to get off the tiger, tried to stand up, but Liu Qi struggled when he moved, and Lin Yang could hardly hold him anymore.At this moment, Luo Yi arrived in time, and a swoop pressed Lin Yang and Liu Qi under her body. The two big men pressed Liu Qi so tightly that she could not move. She twisted her body and made a giggling sound.Luo Yi grabbed her little hand and gasped, "Qiqi, don't make trouble!"

Liu Qi struggled, and Lin Yang, who was caught in the middle, felt like he was lying on the back of a wild horse covered with an electric blanket.Luo Yi held Liu Qi tightly across Lin Yang, and said, "No! Your mother said no!"

Liu Qi kicked his legs, Luo Yi said: "I won't go to the hospital! Your mother said, I won't go!!!"

Only then did Liu Qi calm down.

"Qiqi is good, don't make trouble, don't go to the hospital!" Luo Yi signaled Lin Yang to get up, and Lin Yang let go tremblingly.Luo Yi took Liu Qi's hand and motioned for Liu Qi to stand up too.Liu Qi was quite obedient, not noisy, stood up and drooped his head in silence.Lin Yang rode on the little sheep motorcycle, and Luo Yi also got on with Liu Qi in his arms.Liu Qi was sandwiched between Luo Yi and Lin Yang, still kept his head down and said nothing.Luo Yi clapped her little hands while singing nursery rhymes to her.Luo Yi had a good voice, and he sang well... Although the song was in English, Liu Qi didn't know if he understood it, and kept his head down all the way without making a sound.Lin Yang drove the car back to the farmhouse as quickly as possible. Yang Chunhua was already waiting at the door, and immediately went to meet the car as soon as it came.Luo Yi shook his head at her, Yang Chunhua understood, and swallowed the words again, and hugged Liu Qi with a smile: "Qiqi, where did you go? Look at your clothes are dirty, Mommy will take you to change clothes , change clothes and eat noodles, Mommy will add a piece of your favorite ham sausage for you!"

Lin Yang stood beside the car, trembling slightly.Liu Qi ran such a long distance, but he didn't sweat at all.When Lin Yang hugged her, it felt like he was holding a piece of ice.Luo Yi also noticed it, but he kept silent.

Liu Qi has no body temperature... Her hands are cold, and her body is also cold.Fortunately, she was more obedient and did not go crazy and bite people.Huang Dafa hasn't come down yet, so he is probably sleeping late, so that's fine, so I don't have to explain to him.Before leaving, Pu Junying checked Liu Qi's pulse for the last time, and said that he was suffering from a cold and should eat more ginger.

"No wonder, I just said why Qiqi's hands are so cold these days!" Yang Chunhua sighed.Yang Chunhua may be the most aware of Liu Qi's changes.Lin Yang felt that she had been deceiving herself - she believed in the hospital's diagnosis and Park Junying's diagnosis.Yang Chunhua herself couldn't understand her daughter's situation. Pu Junying casually comforted her, and she believed it. It was like giving her a life-saving straw. She had no choice but to hold on tightly.

Luo Yi sent them out for a while, and handed the backpack to Lin Yang: "Be careful on the road, safe journey."

Lin Yang picked up his backpack and seemed to have something to say.Luo Yi knew what he wanted to say, and said: "Don't worry, I will watch Dafa and not let him cause trouble."

"Come back quickly if you have nothing to do." Lin Yang thought for a while, then changed his words, "Leave quickly!"

Luo Yi: "Got it."

Lin Yang turned his head three times a step, until he turned the corner and couldn't see Luo Yi.

At this moment, Pu Junying was finally relieved, heaved a long sigh of relief, and asked Lin Yang, "What do you think Liu Qi's pulse is?"

Lin Yang was most afraid of his gloomy tone, and his scalp went numb: "Could it be...there's no heartbeat?!"

Pu Junying shook her head: "There is still a heartbeat."

Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

Pu Junying was silent for a moment, then said, "Seven times."

"what?"

"Her pulse...only 7 beats." Pu Junying said, "I counted, and it only jumped 1 times a minute... an average of about nine seconds, Lin Yang, can you imagine? At first I really thought she didn't My heart beat, and I waited for a few seconds before it happened!"

Park Junying sent a voice message to the teacher, and he couldn't wait to report the situation to the teacher.

After a while, his teacher also spoke: "Did you have your blood checked?"

"No, it's just that I sent you the inspection report before, and she only went to the hospital once."

"There is nothing wrong with that report... It would be better to have her current inspection report... Does she still have a fever?"

"There should be no fever, her hands are cold."

"Take her back and have a look."

"Teacher, I dare not! I'm on the road now, go back and tell you."

After a few minutes of silence over there, he said, "Okay."

Pu Junying put away the phone and explained: "Teacher Chen is very powerful. He is an expert in the field of viruses... I suspect that Liu Qi is infected with a certain virus... It can directly affect the human body."

"...It's really scary." Lin Yang Yuguang caught a glimpse of two faint light spots, as if something reflected the light.He looked quickly, only seeing Pu Junying's face.

"It would be great if I could take her back to the research institute, maybe I can find something." Pu Junying pulled her hair angrily, "But I really don't dare, I don't have the guts... What if she eats me up on the way?" what to do?"

Lin Yang didn't say a word, and silently observed Pu Junying.Pu Junying's complexion is rather bad, maybe he has been tortured by being frightened and frightened in the past few days.The spot of light did not reappear, and Park Junying looked very normal.

Lin Yang said: "Then Liu Qi is really hopeless?"

Pu Junying sighed: "It's hard to say, she has a heart problem... If her heart stops, but she can still move, then do you think she is human? Do you want to save her?...I brought a few Root Liu Qi's hair, and hope to get something tested."

Going out of the mountains in the morning, they didn't return to the familiar city until the sun went down.Pu Junying said goodbye to Lin Yang and went back to school, saying that she was going to the research institute to find a teacher.Lin Yang didn't know what level he had read... It must be very good to be able to study in a research institute, maybe a doctoral student!In Lin Yang's view, those research institutes are quite mysterious.

Lin Yang returned to the rental house, put down his luggage and went out to eat food stalls.The food street is bustling and bustling, not like a remote mountain village at all.The barbecue restaurant he often went to was full. The boss asked him if he would mind sharing tables, and he said he didn't mind.Sharing the table with Lin Yang were a few young men who called themselves brothers and sisters. Lin Yang ate the barbecue silently, watched them punch and drink, and hooked their shoulders and backs, and suddenly had the illusion of being in a farmhouse.A few days ago, they were still drinking and punching, and Lin Yang was left alone in the blink of an eye... Lin Yang was startled by his own thoughts, he thought it was too unlucky.Halfway through the barbecue, the phone rang, and his mother called him to ask him how his internship was. Lin Yang said that he was not in a hurry, but before he started looking, his mother urged him to find a unit for an internship. He has work experience, and he can only find a job after graduation. .The two chatted for a while, and Dad answered the phone and asked Lin Yang if he had found a girlfriend.Lin Yang has lived among tens of thousands of flowers without touching her body. From a bachelor in kindergarten to university, she has no girlfriend after graduation.Father Lin thinks this is amazing. His son is handsome and tall, so why don't girls fall in love with him?Lin Yang sweated a little, and said that there is no rush, fate cannot be rushed, so take your time.After talking on the phone, Lin Yang checked out and left the barbecue booth.He wandered the streets aimlessly... KFC, McDonald's, clothing stores, milk tea shops... There are shops playing Jay Chou's Qilixiang...the surroundings are brightly lit and people are coming and going.This is the normal world. Lin Yang was immersed in the lively atmosphere, wandering alone until 10:30 before returning to the rental house.After taking a bath, Lin Yang lay on the small bed, recalling everything that happened in the mountain village, as if it was a dream.

Thinking about Daling Mountain, Lin Yang tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. He was obviously very tired, but he just couldn't fall asleep.He saw that the time was almost twelve o'clock in the morning, so he searched in the address book, wanting to chat with someone, and finally he clicked on Xuebada, and sent a message to the other party asking if he was asleep.Luo Yi replied quickly: "Aren't you sleeping so late?"

Lin Yang spoke on a whim, and teased in a strange way: "I can't sleep without you by my side!"

Luo Yi didn't know what his expression was, anyway, Lin Yang couldn't see it.Lin Yang was secretly amused, feeling that the prank had succeeded.After a while, Luo Yi also sent a voice, Lin Yang clicked on it, Luo Yi's magnetic voice was full of smiles: "Don't worry, I will hug you when I get back."

Whispers seemed to whisper in the ears.It was obviously a joke, but Lin Yang felt a little hot on his face.

After returning to the city, Lin Yang decided to forget about the mountain village. The old woman of Uncle Liu's family, the black cat, and Liu Qi had nothing to do with him.Lin Yang looks for a job during the day and chats with Luo Yi at night.Luo Yi chatted with him a few days ago. On the fourth day, Lin Yang asked when they were going to come back, but Luo Yi didn't reply.Lin Yang saw that it was already 01:30 in the morning, and Luo Yi might have fallen asleep, so he turned off the phone and fell asleep.After waking up in the morning, Lin Yang clicked on the message, and there were a lot of group chats. Luo Yi's profile picture was still hanging, and there was no new news.Lin Yang clicked on the dialogue and said good morning.Until the evening, Luo Yi still did not reply.

The weather forecast said that due to strong convective weather, there will be moderate to heavy rain in the past few days, and citizens are urged to pay attention to safety.Lin Yang checked it, and Daling Mountain would also be affected.

Lin Yang made a voice: "Is it raining over there? It is said that there will be continuous heavy rain."

Half an hour later, Lin Yang sent another message: "It's raining and the road is slippery, be careful."

Waiting until the early morning, Luo Yi did not respond.Lin Yang checked the time and decided to call him. Unexpectedly, when the call came, a mechanical female voice rang out: The user you dialed has shut down...

Luo Yiping has no habit of turning off the phone, could it be that he forgot to charge it when the battery ran out?Lin Yang called Huang Dafa, but Huang Dafa's phone also prompted to shut down.

Lin Yang didn't have Wang Jingxiang and Jin Minxian's phone numbers, so he had to send a voice message to Pu Junying, asking if Huang Dafa had contacted him.After waiting for almost half an hour, Park Junying's voice came: "No, what happened to them?"

Lin Yang heard something wrong with Pu Junying's voice, and asked him if he was sick.After more than ten minutes, Park Junying said that he was a little tired and stopped talking.Lin Yang had no choice but to give up and said to take a good rest.

So the conversation ended.

Counting the time, Lin Yang has been unable to contact Luo Yi for several days... Did something happen to him and he forgot to charge his phone?