"Chu Mian, have you slept more often recently?"
As soon as Fang Zhao finished asking, he saw Chu Mian covering his mouth and yawning uncontrollably.
Chu Mian lowered her head to pick up the vegetables, and said lightly, "It's okay, maybe it's time to change the dressing this season."
In the past six months, Chu Mian basically dozed off slowly, and there were not many cases of sudden sleep in a conscious state. However, since the beginning of summer, his symptoms have obviously aggravated a little. Although it has no effect on memory, the quasi-senior senior will face the first round of review, and he can't keep up with the teacher's lecture rhythm at all these days.
"I see that your position is directly blown by the air conditioner, why don't you move to the side?"
"Yeah." When Chu Mian nodded, one of the chopsticks in his hand dropped, and he was about to pick it up when his eyelids suddenly closed. Fortunately, the people next to him supported his shoulders and head so that he didn't plunge into the rice.
Sudden sleep during the day usually doesn't last long. Chu Mian woke up in a few minutes. Looking at the half bowl of food on the table, he asked blankly, "Who can help me fill up some more?"
Several people shook their heads, "No, you only ate so much before going to bed."
Chu Mian knew that they were definitely not playing a prank, so this meant that she experienced a short-lived hallucination before falling asleep. He still thought that he was eating just now, he could hear the sound of the outside world clearly, and he could smell the smell of the food in front of him, but the vision of eating was an illusion, and he had actually closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Seeing that his eyes could not be opened, Cui He said with concern: "You might as well ask for leave and go home now, I think you still won't be awake in the afternoon like this."
Chu Mian rubbed the space between her eyebrows, feeling that she really didn't need to hold on, so after lunch, she told her homeroom teacher to pack her things and leave school. He went home and rummaged through the medicine cabinet, and took out several different anti-sleeping pills for his recent symptoms.
Seeing that it was rare for him to ask for leave, Yu Ran couldn't help feeling worried, wondering if something was wrong. Chu Mian smiled at him, and explained: "It's okay, the class in the afternoon is all writing exercises, I brought my homework back, and I will review it by myself after I get enough sleep."
"It's fine... Sister Heng cooked mung bean soup for lunch, shall I bring you a bowl?"
Chu Mian shook her head, "Forget it, her soup is too bad to drink."
Yu Ran didn't have time to stay in the bedroom. After confirming that Chu Mian was in normal condition, he immediately went back to the study to continue painting. He has practiced more than half of the sketch questions in previous years, and he can finish it within half an hour, so he can start sketching with confidence. The current efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary studios outside.
Chu Mian slept all afternoon, and woke up in the evening, not too hungry. While reading a book to adjust her thinking, she turned on the TV and listened to the sound. Just in time to hear McDonald's advertisement that the "One Piece" toy will be officially on sale with the package in the third quarter, and it will end in mid-to-early August. Chu Mian remembered that at this time last year, Yu Ran went around asking which classmates were going to McDonald's, and gave them money to help them buy limited-edition toys.
Seeing that Yu Ran's birthday is approaching, Chu Mian decided to take some time to go to McDonald's to collect a set for him.
After taking the medicine, Chu Mian felt much more awake and did not feel sleepy again. Ran fell asleep in the middle of the night, so he quietly got up and went to the living room, finished up yesterday's homework, and reviewed the annotations of a few classical Chinese essays.
Hearing from Chu Heng, Yu Ran's painting has been going well recently and he has made rapid progress. Chu Mian is relieved and at the same time has a sense of urgency. He was ranked fifteenth in the district in the final exam last time, but the difficulty of the exam papers in Jiangdong District is below average, so Chu Mian estimates that his current level is barely in the top 100 in the city. To achieve his ideal goal, he must Put in several times more effort than before, and have to overcome sleep disorders.
From the perspective of possibility, Chu Mian knows that he is far closer to his dream than Yu Ran. But he has no room for slack, even if the chance is zero, he must desperately earn chips for himself, otherwise he will fall too far behind Ran, and will never be able to move forward side by side.
In July, the sun is scorching hot, and watermelon stalls sell intensively on the street, forming a dark green sea under the dazzling white light.
There is no limit to the lunch break during the make-up classes during the holidays, and prospective high school seniors can enter and leave the school at will. Chu Mian invites Fang Zhao and the others to eat McDonald's, the main purpose is to buy "One Piece" limited edition toys, and everyone knows that it is given to Yu Ran without asking.
"It's only been a few days since Yu Ran stopped class, why do I feel like I haven't seen him for a long time." Ye Xi pondered, "And the class seems to have become quieter."
Cui He picked out a fried French fries that were burnt yellow, and said, "Of course, once Yu Ran leaves our class, we will lose a speaker. Can we not be quiet? You see Chu Mian always sleeps during the day recently, maybe at night he will be caught Yu Ran is so energetic."
Chu Mian smiled lightly and did not express her opinion, but said, "I will ask him to come to school to bring some books back when the weather is not hot, and we will have dinner together."
He carried the paper bag and walked out of the restaurant. He will continue to ask for leave this afternoon, and he can go home for lunch.
The air was hot in midsummer, Chu Mian squinted her eyes and flipped through her schoolbag, and found that she had forgotten to bring a parasol, so she subconsciously quickened her pace.
While waiting for the red light, Chu Mian remembered that there was something wrong - he is not going home with Yu Ran now, but Yu Ran is waiting for him at home. There seems to be no difference between the two, anyway, they both give him a sense of security, just like dry tea leaves soaked in water, they will always stretch out relaxedly.
When the green light came on, Chu Mian crossed the zebra crossing without looking sideways. Halfway through, the paper bag in her hand suddenly slipped to the ground. He bent down to pick it up without thinking, but the next second, the bag fell down again.
He picked it up two or three times, but failed, so he hesitated to realize a problem——
At this time, am I in reality...or in a dream
Chu Mian felt his fingertips itch, but he didn't tremble, so he stretched out his hand to touch the ground, it felt cold to the touch.
-wrong.
Chu Mian slowly judged the error. The asphalt road in summer should be scorching hot. Then what he touched was probably just a sleep hallucination.
The strength to support her body was gradually losing, Chu Mian couldn't open her mouth, so her breathing became slower. Sleepiness prevailed, he just wanted to close his eyes and fall asleep immediately, and his body would automatically abandon his reason.
So, he threw away all the burdens on his body and fell on the crosswalk.
The sky was light blue, and the pure white clouds were crowded together. After spending the hottest afternoon, the scorching heat slowly put away its flames, and a rush of rain fell after a long absence.
Chu Mian was the first to detect the smell in the ward, and the perceptions of other organs were also awakened one after another. Seeing that the strange environment appeared in his vision, he quickly opened his eyes and prepared to get up.
When his arm was shaking, he bumped into something furry. He lowered his head and found that Yu Ran's head was lying next to his arm, and his hair was a bit messy.
Chu Mian breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed, and lay down again.
When Yu Ran heard the movement, he immediately opened his eyes and looked at him urgently, "Is there something wrong? I'll call the doctor right away."
Chu Heng pressed Yu Ran's shoulder, "I'll call."
Chu Mian cleared her hoarse voice, and Yu Ran quickly poured him a glass of water. When the four eyes met, Chu Mian noticed that there were many red bloodshots on the whites of Yu Ran's eyes, and the eye sockets were also slightly red and swollen, obviously he had cried not long ago.
This kind of face made Chu Mian's chest tight, who didn't feel anything strange at first. He raised his hand to touch Yu Ran's cheek, and asked, "What time is it, and how long have I been asleep?"
"Six o'clock, almost five hours of sleep."
"That's okay." Chu Mian quickly accepted the situation.
"What's the matter, you slept on the road." Yu Ran was extremely regretful when he mentioned this, his eyes moistened instantly, "Fortunately, there were few cars at that time, and many people found you on the street, so they called an ambulance directly."
Before Chu Mian could speak, Yu Ran grabbed his palm, sat on the edge of the hospital bed and said seriously with red eyes: "It's my fault, I haven't come to pick you up from school recently, I will come every day from now on, I will follow you wherever you go .”
Chu Mian moved a little to the side, raised her chin, and motioned for Yu Ran to lie down beside him.
After Yu Ran came over, Chu Mian hugged him and said, "Don't worry, it's just an occasional emergency. I hadn't eaten at the time, and I might have low blood sugar."
"The doctor checked it earlier, and your blood sugar level is normal."
Yu Ran spoke in a hurry, so Chu Mian lightly touched his head to comfort him a few times.
The neurology doctor came in with Chu Heng, sat down and took out the report to read, "Chu Mian, seventeen years old, started to have lethargy symptoms in 2010, right?"
Chu Mian nodded, "I went to the United States for a diagnosis."
"Well, narcolepsy has indeed been a research hotspot abroad in recent years." The doctor briefly introduced to them, "The exact pathogenesis has not been found yet, but experiments have shown that the 'Orexin' produced by hypothalamic nerve cells also Orexin, which has a lot to do with sleeping sickness, is a neuropeptide that regulates the sleep and wake cycle of the human body."
The doctor said to Chu Heng: "Chu Mian's previous examination report showed that the orexin in the cerebrospinal fluid was low, and it was also accompanied by the onset of cataplexy. I suggest that the child take Modafinil and add oxybutyric acid. sodium combination therapy."
Chu Heng frowned, and asked: "He hasn't been in such a serious situation for the past two years, why is it difficult to control in the past few days?"
"I think it's because he is now in the third year of high school, and the study pressure has increased, and he has not relaxed mentally; in addition, the weather here is getting hotter and hotter, which may also trigger his sleep. Although the specific cause of narcolepsy has not yet been studied, But environment and lifestyle habits can definitely affect the condition."
The doctor glanced at the two teenagers on the bed, hesitated for a moment, and continued: "Just in case, let's do a general physical examination tomorrow morning. As for the cerebrospinal fluid, there is no need to check it again. Also, sodium oxybate is addictive. Sex, when his condition improves later, he will come back for a review to see if he needs to be replaced with a new medicine."
Chu Heng hurriedly thanked him, Yu Ran twisted his neck and asked, "Then when will he recover?"
The doctor stood up and replied: "If you mean to make sleeping sickness disappear completely, medicine can't cure it completely. But if you maintain a healthy diet and living habits, keep your mood at ease, and take medicine for a few years, your body will be healthy in adulthood. May heal on its own."
"En." Chu Mian nodded, "Thank you."
Chu Heng went out with the doctor and learned about the precautions for sleeping sickness outside the ward. Yu Ran didn't get out of bed, but still leaned against Chu Mian's arms, and said in a deep voice, "Grow up quickly."
"how?"
"You'll be fine when you grow up." Yu Ran said firmly.
Chu Mian heard a hint of superstition in his tone, and couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, saying, "It's just luck."
"You must be very lucky. I will be a vegetarian from today to help you accumulate virtue."
"No, you should eat well and have a balanced diet." Chu Mian raised her hand and patted his shoulder a few times, "And I don't want to grow up so quickly."
"why?"
"Because if I grow up..." Chu Mian murmured, "You will grow up too."
"Is that bad?" Yu Ran raised his face and asked.
"Not good." Chu Mian shook her head, "You are fine now."
Yu Ran was silent for a few seconds, and said, "But Chu Mian, I will be seventeen soon, and I will grow up no matter what. So it doesn't make any difference to me, I just hope you get better soon."
Chu Mian moved forward slightly, the corner of her lips touched Yu Ran's cheek, and softly called out his name.
"Ok?"
Chu Mian opened her lips and remained silent for tens of seconds, but finally said nothing. He remembered an important thing, and started a new topic: "I bought a McDonald's toy, did I lose it on the road?"
"Oh, here." Yu Ran turned around and reached for the paper bag on the table, "Someone picked it up for you."
"That's for you."
Chu Heng had almost talked with the doctor, and opened the door to come in and call them both: "Baa, do you still want to sleep? Why don't you go home and sleep now?"
"Very energetic." Chu Mian helped Yu Ran up, and the two got out of bed one after another, tidied up and prepared to go back.
Chu Mian tapped the slightly red and swollen corners of Yu Ran's eyes with her fingertips, and said, "Don't draw when you go back, your eyes are redder than a rabbit's."
Yu Ran held the toy paper bag tightly and asked him: "The sheep bleat, do you know how the rabbit bleats?"
Chu Mian shook her head, in my impression she had never heard of it.
"Rabbits love to eat grass, so when they open their mouths, they say 'Grass! Grass!'." Yu Ran said seriously, and managed to make Chu Mian laugh out loud, leading him into the elevator by the hand.
Chu Mian went home to take a shower first, but just as she took off her shirt in the bathroom, the door was suddenly pushed open by Yu Ran.
The two looked at each other, Chu Mian hesitated whether to cover up her bare upper body, after thinking about it or not, she just asked Yu Ran what's the matter.
Standing two meters away, Yu Ran said earnestly, "I have to watch over you. What if you fall asleep in the middle of washing? It hurts to hit the bathtub."
"I won't sleep again in a short time, don't worry, go out." Chu Mian put her fingers on the edge of her trousers, waiting for Yu Ran to leave before taking them off.
Yu Ran stubbornly refused to leave, so Chu Mian had no choice but to tell him, "I'm stared at and can't wash away."
"Then I won't stare at you, I'll spy on you." Yu Ran backed out immediately, poking half of his head through the crack of the door to look at him.
"This is even scarier, okay?" Chu Mian laughed.
But Yu Ran's worry was not unreasonable, he did have accidents of falling asleep in the shower a few times before, and his forehead was bruised.
After thinking about it, Chu Mian agreed with Yu Ran to stay in the bathroom.
Yu Ran agreed, turned his back to Chu Mian, and obediently squatted at the door.
Chu Mian didn't want him to stay squatting for too long, so she unscrewed the shower head, hurriedly applied body wash and shampoo, and rinsed it off quickly within a few minutes. He didn't wipe his body carefully, and put on the bathrobe directly, with many drops of water remaining on his skin.
"Get up." He walked behind Yu Ran and supported his arm.
Due to the sudden adjustment of posture, Yu Ran immediately became dizzy and lost his sense of direction, and was hugged by Chu Mian. The bathroom was filled with moisture, and the water droplets from Chu Mian's hair dripped onto Ran's shoulders, soon soaking the T-shirt.
Yu Ran yelled "baa baa" in a low voice, Chu Mian agreed slowly, and did not stop him from yelling.
"When I was squatting here just now, I thought, since your name is 'baa-baa', then I will be called 'ooooo'."
"What's the meaning?"
"Doesn't the wolf bark mean 'Aww'?"
"You want to be on my food chain?"
"It's fine down below, but sheep eat grass just like rabbits, so I can't call it 'grass grass'."
After Yu Ran finished speaking, the two laughed together, and he added: "The name 'baa-baa' sounds really nice, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered."
Chu Mian twisted his waist hard, but unfortunately she couldn't grab much meat.
"Let's go out, your clothes are all wet." Chu Mian let go of her arms.
"Really, it's as if I washed it with you." Yu Ran looked down at himself.
Chu Mian stood at the door of the bathroom, looked back at Yu Ran, "Come wash with me next time."
"Ah?" Yu Ran thought he had misheard.
Chu Mian didn't want to repeat the same words a second time, her body became hot after taking a hot bath, and her heart rate also became faster. He said quickly and vaguely, "You can wash with me next time", covered the side of his face with his hands, and walked quickly towards the closet.
As soon as he took two steps, he heard Yu Ran happily yelling from behind: "Aww!"