"Gong, Dr. Gong?" Ren Yi asked anxiously, "Are you okay?"
He wanted to turn around, but was tightly held by Gong Yingxian's two arms, every tremor from his skin shocked him.
Gong Yingxian's rapid breathing hit Ren Yi's neck, and his body was frozen like ice, unable to move, only the uncontrollable trembling proved that his heart was still beating.
His skin, his blood, his memory, all relived what it had been like to be near the flame, like a blade licking a throat, like an arrow past an ear, like a devil missing a shoulder. He hugged Ren Yi like a life-saving straw. For eighteen years, he had never experienced human body temperature, which could give him such a sense of security in nightmares.
He couldn't let go of his hand, he was afraid that if he let go, he would fall into the abyss of flames and be burned to ashes.
Ren Yi took a deep breath, and said softly, "Dr. Gong, it's okay, we are far away from the fire, and the fire can't hurt you."
Gong Yingxian was silent.
"Believe me, with me here, the fire won't hurt you." Ren Yi caressed Gong Yingxian's arm, "You can let me go, I won't leave, I will accompany you." As a firefighter, he Having seen countless victims trust and rely on them in times of crisis, Gong Yingxian is also a victim. Although it was not the case of the fire, the arms around him are so strong, but he knows that such strength is for Cover up the vulnerable soul at this time.
Gong Yingxian's restraint was finally loosened, and Ren Yi took the opportunity to turn around. He looked at Gong Yingxian's dilated pupils, pale complexion, and profuse sweat, and knew that his current condition was very bad. Sometimes it may induce myocardial infarction and memory disturbance, which requires the help of a professional doctor.
Gong Yingxian was able to walk into the ruins of the fire scene and put out the open fire with a fire extinguisher. He must have undergone long-term treatment and has some resistance, but he walked directly into the fire source for his own sake... Thinking of this, Ren Yi's heart ached. They all grabbed it.
He hugged Gong Yingxian with his back, stroked his hair, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's okay."
Gong Yingxian's consciousness was still anxious and dazed, and his body was still rigid and trembling, but the voice from his ear and the touch of his body quietly comforted him like warm drizzle.
A black dot appeared in front of his eyes, a small black dot. He tried hard to see it clearly, so the focus began to return slowly. Finally, he saw clearly that it was a mole on Ren Yi's nose.
The blazing red flame in the background hugs his firm and gentle arms, and a mole on the bridge of his nose.
As if a gust of wind had blown away the dust in the memory, old and yellowed pictures emerged one after another in my mind. Such a scene, such a person, seemed familiar.
Who is it? Why can't he remember.
In the distance, the sirens and sirens of fire trucks and ambulances came into my ears.
Ren Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
Due to the quick arrival of fire engines, the car on fire was extinguished, and no more serious accidents such as explosions were caused.
After the ambulance personnel carried Zhou Chuan into the car, they came to carry Gong Yingxian again.
Gong Yingxian grabbed Ren Yi's arm and shook his head.
Ren Yi said softly: "I'll accompany you, I'll accompany you to the hospital, okay?"
"No..." Gong Yingxian spat out a word awkwardly.
"You have to go to the hospital. You listen to me. I just want to check you up. If you don't do anything, I will let Sheng Bo come to pick you up."
Gong Yingxian still shook his head.
"Be good, be obedient." Ren Yi winked at the emergency personnel and asked her to give Gong Yingxian a tranquilizer.
The emergency personnel understood, and quickly gave Gong Yingxian an injection, and he slowly closed his eyes.
"You guys get in the car first, wait for me, a minute." Ren Yi helped the first responders carry Gong Yingxian's stretcher onto the car.
The commander of the Harmony Police Squadron came over: "Comrade, what's going on?"
Ren Yi carefully picked up the kitten he rescued from the ground, and quickly said: "Brother, I am the squadron leader of the Phoenix Squadron in Hongwu District, and that is the criminal and police officer of the Hongwu Sub-bureau. Arsonist, please notify the Hongwu Sub-bureau immediately."
"You are...Captain Ren?" The other party looked carefully at Ren Yi's blackened face, "Oh, it's really you, I've seen your promotional video."
Ren Yi shook hands with him: "Brother, I leave this to you. The cat is still alive. I'll deal with it."
"You go, I will save the scene."
Ren Yi got into the ambulance that belonged to Gong Yingxian. He inspected the kitten's body, which was only the size of his palm, but the flesh and hair were sticking together. He couldn't tell how serious the injury was. He said to the first responders: "Comrade, can you save it?"
The first responder frowned and said, "I haven't handled pets before. I can only cool it down first. After a while, I will pass by a 24-hour veterinary hospital and send it in."
"it is good."
The first responders wrapped several layers of ice cubes in gauze, and gently pasted the wound on the kitten. The kitten curled up in pain, and let out a hoarse cry from its throat. She said distressedly: "Such a small Cat, I don’t know if it will survive.”
Ren Yi sighed, feeling very uncomfortable.
He has experienced too much this night, his mind is in a mess, and now he doesn't even have the strength to be angry. When he thinks of what Zhou Chuan and the man in black have done, and those people who are hiding behind the screen and watching with gusto, he only feels cold , Braving a horribly cold air from the bottom of my heart.
After passing the veterinary hospital, Ren Yi handed the kitten to the veterinarian on duty, and left 1,000 yuan and his phone number. When he left, the kitten had already fallen asleep, its dirty fur was tangled together, and its slightly undulating body looked so fragile that anyone could take its life away, but it was still breathing tenaciously.
He stroked the kitten, praying silently in his heart that it would survive. Then he returned to the ambulance and accompanied Gong Yingxian to the hospital.
When they arrived at the hospital, the doctor listened to Ren Yi's description while examining Gong Yingxian. Afterwards, the doctor put down the stethoscope: "He is fine physically, but he has suffered a severe psychological impact. Please transfer to the psychiatry department."
Ren Yi hesitated for a moment: "Doctor, please open a ward for him to rest for a while, and I will contact his family to make a decision." He added, "Single ward."
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The effect of Gong Yingxian's sedative has not yet expired, and he is in a deep sleep, nothing seems to have happened on his quiet face, only the sweaty bangs prove that his experience just now was not easy.
Ren Yi called Uncle Sheng, but it was Qiu Yan who arrived before Uncle Sheng. Obviously, the fire brigade who put out the fire notified the Hongwu Sub-bureau. Ren Yi briefly described to her what happened that night.
When Uncle Sheng arrived, he looked at Gong Yingxian who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed, his face was full of distress, and he hugged the clean clothes, unable to say a word.
Ren Yi comforted him and said, "He's fine, he just took a tranquilizer and he'll be fine when he wakes up."
Uncle Sheng said sadly: "The young master has been doing psychotherapy since he was a child. He was able to barely face the fire when he was thirteen years old, but he has never been so close to the fire. Because of the fire, he even rejects hot food."
Ren Yi lowered his head guiltily.
Qiu Yan said softly: "Uncle Sheng is not blaming you, Captain Ren, don't think too much, it's not your fault."
Uncle Sheng also hurriedly said, "Captain Ren, that's not what I meant."
Ren Yi nodded: "I know, it's just... I didn't expect his condition to be so serious."
"It's much better now. I haven't taken medicine and don't need to see a doctor for many years." Uncle Sheng sighed, "The young master hates getting dirty. I'll clean him up and change his clothes so that he won't wake up uncomfortable."
Ren Yi and Qiu Yan left the ward.
Qiu Yan's expression was solemn, with an unconcealable sadness on his face: "Go out and get some air."
"Let's go."
The two walked to the courtyard outside the hospital, Qiu Yan took out a cigarette and handed it to Ren Yi.
Ren Yi hesitated for a moment, and pulled out one. He used to smoke cigarettes when he was in college. He was young and energetic at that time, just for fun, but he quit when he joined the squadron. There are hundreds of fires caused by cigarette butts every year. As a firefighter, he always feels a little awkward when he smokes.
But he's really upset right now and needs to calm down.
Qiu Yan sat leaning on the stone table, holding the cigarette between her slender fingers, and exhaled the mist from her lips. The cigarette butt flickered like a star in the dim light, and her long hair was like a black Milky Way. This picture has a boundless beauty.
Ren Yi also took a sip, and the acrid taste entered his throat, making him cough twice uncomfortably.
Qiu Yan chuckled: "Have you smoked for a long time?"
"Well, but your cigarette is too strong, it's the first time I've seen a girl smoke such a strong cigarette."
"The work is intense, so it's refreshing." Qiu Yan looked at the cigarette in his hand, "Smoking is so harmful, but many people still can't quit it, and neither can the country. After all, there are a lot of taxes."
"yes."
"Do you think it looks like fire?" Qiu Yan's side face was as exquisite and beautiful as a sculpture, but he couldn't hide his loneliness. "There are great benefits and great disadvantages."
"Yes, fire is the origin of human civilization, but it is also a major killer that destroys human civilization."
"Ying Xian has studied fire before, from various aspects such as history, religion, theology, folklore, and science." Qiu Yan said with a wry smile, "He said he was doing it to cure his fear of fire, but I think he was paranoid and he let go of fire." Instead of getting angry, he wants to find the truth from the fire, that is, whoever has experienced such a thing can get out of it."
Ren Yi took a deep drag on his cigarette, and when he thought about everything that Gong Yingxian had encountered since he was a child, he felt heavy breathing.
"You know everything, right?" Qiu Yan asked, "It's about his family."
"I know a little bit, I know from the side. I haven't asked him, so I dare not ask."
"No one dares to mention it in front of him." Qiu Yan glanced back at the hospital building. The square shape of the building looked dull and depressing. Only a few of the dense rows of windows were lit. Eerie and hair-raising, "Do you know why he hates hospitals?"
"His parents..."
Qiu Yan shook his head: "His parents never came out of that house alive, and it was his sister who was sent to the hospital."
Ren Yi was stunned.
"His sister is my best friend." Qiu Yan took a puff on a cigarette and whispered, "We have been in the same class since kindergarten, and have been in the same class since junior high school. We have been inseparable since childhood."
Ren Yi clenched his fists secretly, he knew he was about to hear a heart-piercing story.
"She is... she is the most beautiful girl I have ever seen, smart and kind, she can play the piano well, she is as perfect as an angel. But that fire burned her beyond recognition..." She took a deep breath, her voice was already Choking, "Ten fingers are glued together."
Ren Yi gasped, his eyes were red. He has seen the horrors of burning human bodies, he has seen too many.
"She lay in intensive care for six days..." Qiu Yan's tears rolled down silently.
Ren Yi's hand holding the cigarette couldn't stop shaking.
Qiu Yan wiped away tears without a trace: "Captain Ren, Ying Xian has shut himself up for eighteen years. You are the only friend he has made. We are very grateful to you and hope you can help him a lot in the future."
"I will definitely." Ren Yi took a deep breath, and a powerless anger welled up in his heart. He couldn't help but said, "Why did his father do such a thing..."
Qiu Yan was silent for a while: "No matter what you heard, it's not the truth."
Ren Yi looked at Qiu Yan in surprise.
"They were murdered."