Abnormal

Chapter 81

The train traveled all the way, crossing villages and towns, mountains, rivers and rivers, crossing telephone poles, passing through most of China, and finally arrived in Tianjin in the evening.

Gao Tong's legs and feet were numb, and he walked out of the platform with his suitcase. The cold wind turned his breath into white mist.He called home, but there was still no one answering.

The phone has less than [-] batteries left, so use it sparingly.Gao Tong yawned and walked towards the bus ticket station.It takes several hours to drive from the station to the small remote town of his home, surrounded by bumpy and rugged mountain roads.

"Mom! I'm at South Station! Where are you!"

Gao Tong was taken aback by the loud voice, and at first glance, it was a girl dressed as a college student, full of luggage, and squeezed out a hand to make a phone call.After the girl put down the phone, she looked around and suddenly dropped her luggage and ran forward.A smiling middle-aged woman stood there, welcoming her with open arms.

Seeing the mother and daughter hugging each other tightly, Gao Tong unconsciously smiled.He lowered his head slightly and covered his jacket tightly, and was about to leave when the phone rang unexpectedly.It was Lin Jingyue, he answered the phone.

"... Gao, Gao Tong?? Is it really you!!"

"It's me." While returning, he walked to the ticket counter and said, "Hello, a ticket to X County."

"How did you lose your mobile phone?... How did you lose contact for so long without using any social software? We even found Manager Zhao, and the subsidiary company also said that you didn't report it." Lin Jingyue asked in a low voice. : "Did something happen?"

"It's nothing serious, I found a place to be quiet for a few days." Gao Tong got a headache when he thought of work: "Thank you for your concern these days, I'm sorry."

"Where are you right now then??"

The other party's voice was so embarrassing, Gao Tong didn't know what happened, so he had to comfort him first: "I just got off the station when I arrived in Tianjin. Don't worry, what happened?"

"..."

Instead, there was silence.I could feel that the other party wanted to speak several times, but the lingering sound seemed to be blown away by the cold wind, and suddenly disappeared.

Gao Tong frowned, and finally noticed something was wrong in the silence.He opened his mouth and asked, "Jing Yue, what's the matter?" He reviewed the contents of the other party's message, and when he caught a word, his throat suddenly became dry.

"You said on WeChat that my mother called the company," Gao Tong clenched the paper ticket in his hand tightly, his voice hoarse.

"Gao Tong, calm down first, and listen to me." The other side finally spoke: "Your mother called three days ago and said she couldn't reach you. I was swiping my card at the front desk and I happened to hear my aunt's call. "

"Auntie didn't know that you were transferred to Shanghai, so I told her by the way. She asked me if I could contact you, but you didn't reply when I sent you a message in those few days, so she said that you might be playing in Shanghai or your mobile phone was missing. What's the problem? During the phone call, my aunt's mood has been unstable, so I asked what happened." After a pause, he said: "I don't know the specific situation, but uncle is still in the ICU for rescue. It is an acute Myocardial infarction. This disease..."

"I talked to my aunt on the phone yesterday, and she said that if she can contact you, she will tell you to go to the X County Hospital."

The ticket was crumpled.His palms were sweaty and his fingertips were trembling.

Gao Tong's lips trembled a few times, but in the end he didn't know what to say, so he murmured thank you.The other end seemed to be at a loss, and the girl replied softly: "It's nothing...Gao Tong, go back and have a look. I'm sorry too."

What are you sorry for?Gao Tong thought in a daze.

Get in the car and sit by the window.There were only a few returnees on the last bus, and the car started within a few minutes, buzzing and heading into the distance.

The winter night in the north is so long, and the road to my hometown seems to have no end.There was no cloud in the sky, just a bare full moon hanging in the black night.Gao Tong couldn't even say what he was thinking, his mind went blank.

For a moment, he hoped that there would be such a large piece of ice skating protruding from the road, and it would be better if the car overturned into the endless abyss of the winding mountain just by chance.Car crashes, people die, everything disappears in the explosion just fine.

How did that happen.Why is this so.

The more I slept, the colder it became, and I didn't wake up until my face hit the glass with a "bang".The first thing I did was to look at the phone call records, and then fell into a brief silence.

It was not a dream.

The heating of the bus was not good, and it was so cold that my legs and feet were cold.Now he couldn't fall asleep anymore, so he just wrapped his coat tightly and stared blankly.

He doesn't really know what the concept of acute myocardial infarction is.I only vaguely remembered that a certain colleague died of a sudden myocardial infarction, and everyone sighed with emotion.Gao Tong didn't know that colleague well, so he didn't follow the greetings, but he turned back to work after a moment of regret.

Human life is inherently in danger, and it is common to worry about the day and night.In the end, no one would rush to suffer if the disaster didn't hit him.But my parents are only in their early fifties, and they have suffered from morning to night for most of their lives. Why did the disease come without warning?

Is life really fair?

A phone call suddenly brought him back to reality.Gao Tong looked at it in a daze, and the caller ID was "Mom".

"..." He didn't dare to answer at all.

Fear of all the information you might receive.He was ashamed, humiliated and even terrified of what he was doing these days.Just because of lust, I fooled around with a man for more than half a month, engaged in some kind of fucking captivity, but I couldn't even think of talking to my parents.

The ringing continues.The voice resounded alone in the silent night, and it was extremely ear-piercing.

"Hey, Mom."

In the end he answered the phone, Gao Tong pretended to be calm, and said: "...I just came back, and I'm still on my way to the hospital, and I'll be there in about half an hour. How is Dad?"

There was a heavy sigh from the other end of the phone.Gao Tong's hand holding the phone suddenly became unstable, and it took a long time for him to yell tremblingly, Mom, talk.

"...Your father just finished the operation and is still in the intensive care unit. The doctor said that he is not out of danger, so we should be prepared."

The brain buzzed as if suddenly hit by a blunt object.

"Why, how did you suddenly get sick? Did you have any symptoms before?"

"No. The two of us went to the town to go to the market that day. When the stall was closed at noon, I suddenly collapsed, foaming, and my legs were still twitching....Never woke up again."

The familiar voice is much older, with obvious tiredness.Gao Tong grabbed the phone and said in a hoarse voice, "Mom, don't worry, I'm going there. Dad will be fine."

He himself has no bottom, and he is also at a loss to the point of collapse.But as the eldest son, the man in the family, he must bravely support everything.

The silence at the beginning gradually turned into soft sobs.

Perhaps because of the late night, there were not many people in the hospital.This sound was made very clear.

Gao Tong gritted his teeth, his eyes were red, but he still held back his tears to comfort him.In his youth, he only had books and rarely communicated with his parents.Even so, I know that they are practical, capable, strong and kind people.Why does God always play tricks and destroy the lives of honest people so cruelly? !

Gao Tong took a deep breath and said: "My mobile phone is almost out of battery, hang up the phone first, and see how Dad is when we meet." He said hoarsely: "Mom, I'm here, it's okay."

When his mother answered, Gao Tong wanted to hang up the phone.However, there was another faint call from the other end.

"Tong, you...do you still have money?"

"……what?"

The woman's voice held back her crying, "Mom knows it's not easy for you to be outside, and you can't save much money just after graduation. But the doctor said that your father's situation needs to be bridged, and there is money to live in the intensive care unit... Our family really can't afford it." But your dad, I can't just give up on your dad, I'm only 52, why..."

"What kind of crime is this..."

Gao Tong felt a string snap in his head, and the car wobbled, making him want to vomit.

"I'm looking for your old uncle to sell our house for me, and I don't know what price I can sell it for. But it's okay for Mom to suffer, Qiuqiu is still so young, we can't live without a house..."

"...Mom, I still have the money. Don't sell the old house. If you sell it in a hurry, it must be sold at a low price. Wait a minute, let's find a way together." Gao Tong comforted a few words patiently, and finally hung up Dropped the phone.

After putting down the phone, Gao Tong stared blankly at the seat in front of him. After a while, he slowly covered his face, panting heavily and trembling.

Money, money.Every word my mother said resounded in the eardrums, beating the heart repeatedly.His savings is less than five figures, and the rest of the month is almost sent home. How can he have any money.

Poor families like them must never get sick.Normally, you can only ensure that you have enough food and clothing, and you have to carefully calculate the money for adding a big item. A serious illness is enough to take away everything.However, he didn't have the strength to react violently.Most things are impermanent, so they can only accept it weakly and incompetently.

After a while, Gao Tong slowly calmed down, and suddenly handed over a package of paper behind him, Gao Tong was stunned for a moment, and thanked in a low voice.

Not long after, the car slowly leaned against the side of the road and stopped.The driver was so cold that he rubbed his hands, and said with a snort, "Is there someone from the People's Hospital?"

Gao Tong got out of the car with his luggage.Looking at the phone, there is very little battery left.Just as I was about to put my phone in my pocket, a message came.

He clicked on the familiar name, avatar and background.Looking at the message sent, Gao Tong suddenly laughed.

Tartarus: Send a message when you get home.

"--go to hell."

He pressed his hand on the screen and typed out these words through gritted teeth.However, for just that moment, a deep sense of powerlessness came from his heart—what is he doing?How much does this matter have to do with the other party?He asked for everything.

In the last few days, he was not without free time. He could use the new calling card to call his parents.The world has evaporated for so many days, in the name of recuperating and playing, but in fact it is irresponsible to escape reality and play sex games.

Everything is his fault, from his youth to the present, from the wrong beginning to the end, every step of the road is twisted and wrong.

He stared at the other party's words for a long time, and finally entered Mr. Bai's homepage calmly, deleted and blocked the other party.

It was cold, but the face was radiating residual heat because of the wet liquid.Gao Tong put the phone back into his pocket, but at that moment——

Dazzling light suddenly shone on his face, and a speeding car rushed over from a distance, wrapped in a biting wind!Gao Tong looked sideways.At that moment, time seemed to stand still, and only the car whizzed by in the world.

He stood straight on the spot without moving a step, but his heart was very peaceful.Suddenly I remembered the question on Zhihu: What is the thing you regret the most?How has this affected your life? "

--boom!

everything is over.

The sound of slamming on the brakes was heard, and the snow tires rubbed against the skating road urgently, drawing two streaks of green smoke.Gao Tong felt himself falling lightly to the ground.

The driver jumped out of the car and ran over to check on the situation.

Gao Tong thought that he would gradually lose consciousness, but he was still very conscious.Apart from a little pain, I didn't feel anything else on my body, and it didn't look like I was bleeding.

...Life is hard.Gao Tong gritted his teeth in pain, and slowly opened his eyes.

In front of him was a bald man with a very strong figure.The other party was startled when he saw him open his eyes. After sweeping him up and down, he suddenly stood up and kicked him!

Gao Tong shuddered, but showed no expression. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the hood of the car, far away from him.But he did feel he was hit, but it was probably just an edge, so nothing serious.

"You fucking idiot, walk and see if it's okay! What the hell, it's bad luck!" After saying this, the driver slapped his butt and was about to turn around cursing: "Get up and make way!"

Gao Tong stared coldly at the man's back, and suddenly said, "I can't stand up anymore."

"Say it again? My car didn't even touch your hair, who the hell do you want to blame for falling on the ground?!"

"You hit someone with your car, don't you pay for it?"

After saying these words, Gao Tong lost all strength in his whole body.In such a cold day, he wiped the sweat from his back.

"Fuck you little bastard, Pangcipeng is on my head! You try to blackmail me again, believe it or not, I will run over you with a car now?!"

"One thousand, medical expenses plus mental damage expenses, not a penny less." Gao Tong said calmly.The car the other party drove was a new model BMW. He had seen it downstairs in the hotel, so it should be a luxury car.

He is shameless.He lost all his dignity as a person, and begged for money on the spot.He has no face.

The other party came over suddenly, stepped on his lower abdomen fiercely, and said roughly: "I drove the driving recorder!"

"Then your every move now will also be recorded."

"You fucking..."

The driver's cell phone rang suddenly. He glanced at the back seat of the car suspiciously and answered the call.

"Hey, all right. This kid doesn't have a long memory, so I'll clean it up..."

The sound faded away, and the man turned and got into the car.

Gao Tong lay on his back on the ground, staring blankly at the moon, thinking that the car would just run over him.

However, after a while, the car door suddenly opened.The sound of footsteps came, and a few red banknotes were thrown directly on the face——

"This is 500 yuan, get out of here."

After being kicked again, Gao Tong slowly got up.Seeing that he had moved, the other party just gave him a hard look, returned to the car, kicked the accelerator and drove away.

Even at night like this, the red cross on the hospital at the end of the road still shines with compassion.Gao Tong slowly pulled up the suitcase and walked over.

……

After taking a bath, Bai Xiuwen leaned against the bed and read a book as usual.Reading is almost an unshakeable item in his day, even during training.

Gao Tong should have gone home, but he probably didn't have time to look at his phone, so he hasn't replied yet.Bai Xiuwen frowned slightly, and turned to the next page.After a while, he suddenly rubbed his temples.For some reason, I couldn't read it.

He took off his glasses and brought the phone over.I opened the software interface with only one friend, and just clicked on that person's avatar, only to find that the friend was deleted.

--what happened.Bai Xiuwen ground his teeth, but before he could take any action, a phone call came suddenly.

He frowned slightly, but seeing the name displayed on it, he still picked it up.

"Hello, old cypress?"

"Ah."

He got out of bed and first went to get a glass of water to drink.Then he walked to the master bedroom, which was the room where Gao Tong slept.

"How about booking my hotel for the party? It's more convenient. This time, I'll treat everyone as an invitation."

"I have no objection." Bai Xiuwen picked up the handcuffs on the bedside with downcast eyes.Said: "But you don't need to spend money, how can you let girls spend money."

The other end smiled, and said, "It's all booked in my dad's hotel, so I'm a little embarrassed."

"Where is it."

"Hey, come to think of it, old cypress, who do you think I ran into today?"

Bai Xiuwen hummed rather coldly, "Student?"

"Guess right! It's Gao Tong. I remember a dormitory in your high school!"