A figure came running fast, raised his right hand, bounced a crystal with a ding, and grabbed it accurately, all the movements were done in one go. Immediately after a miracle happened, there seemed to be suction under his feet, and the vertical building was like flat ground to him. It only took a few seconds to climb from the bottom of the building to the top of the building. .
Ling Xiao didn't know why he suddenly flew up, and his feet had already touched the ground safely. The principal who lifted him up just like that only released his hand and asked Ying Feng who was still outside the wall, "You Can you do it yourself?"
In response, Ying Feng grabbed his hand on the edge of the wall with a force, jumped back from the outside, and then strode towards Ling Xiao. With that aggressive look, Yaotai and the principal who were present thought he was going to attack Ling Xiao. Subconsciously blocked the front.
Even Ling Xiao himself thought so, but seeing Ying Feng unceremoniously pushed the two away, put his hands on his shoulders, and kissed him without warning.
Because of the shock, the kiss lasted for an extraordinarily long time, and everyone was stunned, especially Ling Xiao, who was the party involved, his mind was blank, and his thinking ability flew beyond the clouds.
After the kiss was over, Ying Feng let him go, the petrified Ling Xiao was in a daze for a second, two seconds, three seconds, and then his body fell forward softly. He catches.
If the two audience members were still stunned just now, then this moment can no longer be described as stunned. It seems that the two people were staring at them uncomfortably, so Ying Feng reluctantly explained: "I Seeing this method in the book can hypnotize and relieve emotions."
The principal and Yaotai twisted their necks stiffly, looked at each other in disbelief, and twisted back stiffly.
"Did you know?" Yaotai said bluntly in a tone that was definitely not a compliment, "Since you became the deed master, the only thing that makes me think is that you have mastered all the deed master skills at a god-like speed. "
Ying Feng automatically ignored the irony in her words, hugged Ling Xiao by the waist, and was stopped by the principal before he took a step.
The principal is much more calm, and has come out of the shock just now, "Will you leave him to me?"
Ying Feng looked at him puzzled.
"I want to try to persuade him, we are all Qizi, it may be easier to communicate."
Ying Feng thought about it for a while, and sent Ling Xiao forward in his arms. The principal was a little embarrassed, "I can't hold it."
The lack of adequate rest for a long time has greatly reduced his physical strength. The current principal, in terms of this kind of endurance support, is not even better than an ordinary infant, and the set of movements just now is his limit.
"Where do you want me to take him?"
"The infirmary will be fine, I'll be there waiting for him to wake up."
When Ling Xiao woke up, only the principal was by his side. He didn't know how he fell asleep, but the memory before he fell was still there. The two events were very short. He would rather believe that the kiss was a dream.
"You're awake," the principal saw Ling Xiao at this moment, and remembered himself who woke up in a daze and was at a loss many years ago.
"Principal?" He looked down at the bed under him in confusion, "Why am I sleeping here?"
"You fell asleep. I asked Ying Feng to send you here." Ling Xiao felt reassured by his light gray eyes, "Are you feeling better now?"
Ling Xiao nodded hesitantly, even forgetting that he didn't jump off on his own initiative.
"So, do you want to visit someone with me?"
"Who?"
"Your good friend, Lan Sheng."
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This was Ling Xiao's first visit to the Mental Disease Control Center. He originally imagined that the center should be a hospital, but after arriving, he realized that it was more like a prison.
"Long time no see," a man in a white uniform greeted them personally outside the main entrance.
"If possible, I hope I don't see you in this lifetime," the principal greeted him with a smile, and introduced Ling Xiao by the way, "This is the director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qianji, who was my attending physician back then. Promoted to dean."
"Is it surprising that a doctor becomes a dean, or is it even more incredible that a patient becomes the principal?" Qianji sarcastically said, "Time goes back a hundred years, and I am still worried about whether you can survive. Who would have thought that the time would come? Today, you are already the head of the school."
"Then I really lived up to your expectations," the principal joked.
Qianji responded with a slight smile to his joke, and then patted Ling Xiao on the back gently, "Is this your student you mentioned in the newsletter?"
"Yes."
Qianji turned to Ling Xiao, "Your principal told me that Lan Sheng, who was admitted to the hospital not long ago, is your friend, right? He is a very strong person. I can't let you meet, but I can allow you to see him."
Ling Xiao knew little about this, and under the leadership of Qianji, he came all the way from the main gate to the main building.
"This place has changed a lot," the principal said as he walked and looked at the buildings along the way. He remembered that when he left, some buildings were not what they are today.
"I think when you were here, you almost demolished all the houses. As soon as you left, we immediately applied for funding from the superiors and repaired the entire center."
"Don't listen to his exaggeration," the principal said helplessly to Ling Xiao.
"I knew you wouldn't admit it, so we kept the evidence specially." He led them to a ward and said to Ling Xiao, "Look, this is the room he lived in."
This room—no, this prison, to be precise, is extremely small, with nothing but a single bed in it, closed on three sides, and the side near the corridor is made up of cold railings. Ling Xiao took a closer look and found that the material of the wall was exactly the same as the material used in the training room. However, what was shocking was that on such a solid wall, there were marks left by the blow of gravity everywhere, some of which were sunken or even deep. half a foot.
"Why is there nothing in it?" Ling Xiao couldn't accept it for a while. He thought that even if the central environment was not comfortable, it would at least allow people to live.
"Because no matter what is, it will end up being smashed. Any inconspicuous object may be used as a tool for self-mutilation," Qianji saw the headmaster fell into deep thought in the room, and quietly pulled Ling Xiao, Signal him to avoid.
"Your principal has lived there for six years," Qianji said when she walked to a place where the other party couldn't hear.
"For so long?" Ling Xiao was shocked, he felt that it was unbearable for him to live in that environment for six days.
"From the day he was sent in until he left, for six years, the day he left was the sixth anniversary of his admission."
"How could this be..." Ling Xiao couldn't believe it.
"At one time we thought he wouldn't come out, but we didn't expect him to come out in the end. We thought he wouldn't live long after he went out, but he refreshes our expectations every year," Qianji's appreciation came from the bottom of his heart. , "Your principal is really a respectable person, and everyone mentions him with admiration until today."
Ling Xiao only knew that the principal, as an undeveloped pawn, had lived independently from the pawn for many years, and even secretly targeted him, but he never thought that his life would be so difficult.
"I think back then, he was also a figure in Bikong. Together with Fu Yao, he was called Tiansu's Hope of Tomorrow. He received the attention of the military just in the elementary school, and he had a bright future for a while."
"It's a pity that things are fickle, Fu Yao has found the most suitable life partner for him, and now both of them are shining brightly in the military, but your principal has not even grown physically because of a wrong behavior."
"The two young people who were high-profile in the past ended up like clouds and mud. Every time I recall it, I can't help but sigh."
After Qianji sighed, she saw the principal walking in their direction.
"The silence is over?" He deliberately put on a relaxed tone.
"Why didn't you fix that room?"
"Such a place of commemorative value must be preserved intact. Every time a new person comes in, the center will take you as an inspirational example and tell them that they will leave here one day. Although you are gone, your spirit will always be there. Shine brightly and shine on future generations.”
The principal smiled slightly bitter, "That's really my honor."
"Since the mourning is over, let's move on."
They walked along the corridor, and they met more and more people along the way. Ling Xiao passed through the wards and saw people behaving strangely. People were irritable and roared, and some people slammed their heads against the wall without knowing the pain. The more they watched, the heavier their hearts became.
"Patients who come here for treatment must sign a contract when they are admitted to the hospital. There are two types of contracts, a death contract to survive, and a life contract to seek death."
Ling Xiao didn't understand, "What is a birth contract?"
"The so-called life contract means that the terms of the agreement are very loose. We will try our best to help the patient survive, but once he feels unbearable and wants to give up, the center will respect their decision."
Qianji pointed to those who were wearing hospital gowns but could come and go freely, "They are the signatories of the birth contract. It is luck that they are cured, but most of them will never walk out of this door again."
"What about the death covenant?"
"The covenant of death is a covenant of crucifixion, no matter what happens, no matter what the patient demands, we will ensure his survival, no matter what means are used."
"It's hard to describe the pain you have to go through in words. Few people would choose to sign it. Your principal signed the death contract back then, and so did he."
Qianji stood at the door of a room. The railings of this ward were down. Ling Xiao walked over and saw Lan Sheng.
"Now that you know how strong your friend is, you should be proud of him."
The moment Ling Xiao saw the long-lost person, tears almost fell. He was forced onto the bed, screaming and struggling in pain. Around him, three medical staff forcibly restrained his limbs, although it seemed laborious.
"Why," Ling Xiao couldn't understand, "why didn't you give him a tranquilizer?"
"What you see now is him during the day, relying on manual control as much as possible, and sedatives can only be used at night when the symptoms are more severe. Tiansu people's resistance to drugs builds up quickly, and he now uses the dose of sedatives, which is an ordinary person. More than ten times, there is no way to add more."
Ling Xiao felt a burst of soreness in his nose, and now he finally understood why Qian Ji didn't let them meet. Even if Ling Xiao stood in front of Lan Sheng, the other party might not recognize him.
"He has a very serious sleep disorder. It should be said that everyone here is. They can't sleep all night, and even if they fall asleep, they will wake up very quickly. Many people give up because they can't stand it. More and more developed, but for these groups of people will never do anything.”
"The influence of the deed owner on the deed child is too great. The deed child who loses the deed owner cannot have a sense of security in his life. It is like a water plant whose roots have been subtracted, drifting away day after day until it withers."
"I used to be very puzzled as to why Tiansu people have such a deformed spouse system, so I checked a lot of ancient books and found that the absolute control of the deed master over the deed child is not plunder, but concession."
"Concession?" Even the principal had never heard of this expression.
"Yes, although most of the ancient books are vague, but according to a very rare historical record, the earliest spousal relationship of Tiansu people is not like this, their situation is much crueler than ours, people who love each other can only kill each other. Growing up, descendants could not bear such a tragedy, so the blood contract exists."
"In the content of the contract, the deed owner transfers part of his soul to the deed child, and the other half exchanges life at the cost of giving up all his rights, and lives with the deed owner as a deed child. This is why the deed owner can control the deed child, Because what he controls is his own soul."
"So on the surface, the deed owner and the deed child are the relationship between oppression and the oppressed, but in fact the original intention of this blood deed is the concession made by the deed owner in order to keep his deed child alive, and it is an active sacrifice. . As for why both parties in love had to fight to the death in the first place, it is not even recorded in ancient books."
"Now you know why it is difficult for the pawns in the developmental stage to survive after leaving the pawn, because the souls they got from the pawn can't belong. And the rescue work we are doing now is the opposite. Yes, someone said that we did this out of humanitarianism, but over the past 100 years, I have witnessed the suffering of so many people, and I have become less and less aware of the word humanitarianism."
After he said this, he sighed, "I'm so sorry that you were forced to share my negative energy."
"No," Ling Xiao shook his head, "Thank you for telling me this."
Qianji looked at him with concern, "Dr. Yao also told me about your situation. The Qizi who received treatment here either died early or was abandoned. In comparison, you are much luckier than them. many."
"Now you have seen everything here with your own eyes. Your principal said that he doesn't want to see me again, so why don't I want to see him here, and you, and anyone else. The CDC has always been A place where you shouldn't come, even if there is a little chance, you have to stay far away, not everyone can be as strong as your principal, most people will never get out once they come in. "
As if to confirm his words, there was a commotion in the room at the end of the corridor.
"What's the situation?" Qianji stopped a passing medical staff.
The other party lowered his eyes slightly, "Patient No. 31 has decided to give up and is making the final confirmation."
Qianji's eyes also dimmed, and he turned to the principal, "You should be familiar with such a scene."
The principal nodded silently.
He turned to Ling Xiao again, "Let's go take a look too."
Ling Xiao and his party arrived following the medical staff. The patient No. 31 they mentioned was in the next room, and a female doctor was questioning her. Through the glass, Ling Xiao couldn't hear the content of their conversation, and could only see her shaking her head and nodding for a while, and after a while, the female doctor withdrew.
She shook her head gently, and everyone present understood the meaning of this action.
The bell rang in the sky above the center, one after another, long and distant. In such a tragic and somewhat desolate bell, everyone bowed their heads collectively.
The doctor went in with the needle tube, bowed halfway to Patient 31, and then steadily pushed the needle through her fair skin and inserted it into her blood vessel without error.
She raised her head, her baby face and light gray eyes, from awakening to death, the color of her eyes was the only change in this life. She will soon bid farewell to this world and start a new life, perhaps because everyone else has their heads lowered, and her eyes are on Ling Xiao, who is the only one looking this way.
Their eyes met each other, Ling Xiao was the last scene she projected on her retina in this life, and she in Ling Xiao's eyes smiled sweetly at him.
Goodbye, Ling Xiao saw her mouth and said, even though they had never met before.
The girl's body became transparent and disappeared little by little, and finally turned into a beautiful blue soul, just like the appearance of Pingzong that morning.
This was the second time, Ling Xiao watched helplessly as a soul flew away, disappearing into the sky less than two meters away from his eyes in a blink of an eye.
"Did you see it?" The principal's hand quietly put on Ling Xiao's shoulder, "This is the CDC, a place where once you have been here once, you will never want to set foot in it again."