Thirteen prisons

Chapter 50
Lao Hu has been away for more than ten days, and he didn't say hello in advance when he came back.Zhou Yuan was awakened by Lao Hu in a dream.

Lao Hu's cheeks have lost a lot of weight, and the stubble on his chin is messy. It can be seen that he has stayed up for several days and nights.He looked at Zhou Yuan with a complicated expression, as if he was making a decision.

Zhou Yuan was taken aback by him, and it wasn't until a few minutes later that Lao Hu said word by word: "Zhou Yuan, now you need to make a choice!"

Zhou Yuan found that Lao Hu's eyes had become a little different from before, and he couldn't tell what the difference was, but the aura was very similar to the feeling when Lao Hu interrogated himself as a criminal policeman a few years ago.

The first sentence that Lao Hu came back was so serious that Zhou Yuan lost all sleepiness and sat up straight unconsciously: "What choice?"

Lao Hu said seriously: "I have decided to leave here. I seriously ask you, do you want to take Lin Jing with you?"

Zhou Yuan snorted, wondering why Hu Dongdong suddenly said he wanted to leave?

He thought for a while: "There must be a reason to leave, right? Even if we want to leave, we have to discuss it carefully. We haven't figured out the problems in our bodies, so going out like this will bring danger to people outside?"

Lao Hu sneered and grinned: "Zhou Yuan, tell me the truth, do you think our illness can really be cured here?"

Zhou Yuan couldn't answer this question.

Now the four people in the small building have all been confirmed to have contracted this strange disease.Not to mention Yan Aihua from far away, both Lin He and Xiaoqing died in front of Zhou Yuan watching, Yan Yi, such a good professor of medicine who returned from overseas, studied desperately for so many years, and finally died of this problem.

Although Lu Ming is smart, he also has a paranoid tenacity when he studies.But to say that his medical knowledge is better than that of Yan Yi, Zhou Yuan actually thinks it is impossible.Yan Yi is gone, who among the four will suddenly have an accident in the next second, and now only Lu Ming is left alone, can they really find a solution?

They have tried all kinds of methods. In fact, Zhou Yuan has long agreed psychologically that there is no cure for this disease, and staying here is just an expectation for survival.There is a silver lining to fantasy.

It stands to reason that in this case, it doesn't really matter whether you stay here or not.But the choice given by Lao Hu still made it difficult for him to choose: if he left, he would really give up that vague hope and face death proactively.

Seeing Zhou Yuan's hesitation, Lao Hu said slowly: "If I say, get out of here. We can cure it?"

"Really?" Zhou Yuan didn't have much reaction.Although he admired Lao Hu very much, after all, Lao Hu knew nothing about medicine. After going out for a few days, he suddenly said that he could be cured, but Zhou Yuan didn't find it convincing at all.

"Zhou Yuan, there is something you may not know. Even if you haven't met Lin He, there is a great possibility that you will... die in the past two years."

"What?" Zhou Yuan was really surprised. It was impossible for Lao Hu to curse him. There must be a reason for saying this.

"Do you still remember that Yan Yi did not hesitate to invite someone to kidnap you and bring you here? At that time, we were guessing, what is special about you that deserves his treatment like this."

"Because I'm different from other people who contracted the disease. I didn't die soon after the onset, but somehow got better." How could Zhou Yuan not remember: "But it turns out that there is nothing special about me."

"It's just that we didn't find the reason." Lao Hu took out a stack of documents: "I went back and found the information of your biological parents."

Zhou Yuan took it with trembling hands, and slowly opened it.He knew that he was adopted since he was a child, and he didn't feel that there was any shame in this life experience. His parents were very kind to him, so Zhou Yuan never thought of looking for his biological parents.For him, those two people who had never met had nothing to do with him.

Lao Hu didn't stop, and continued: "Your biological father was from a village near Beiyang City. He died before you were born. He was in good health, but he began to vomit blood after a cold, and his condition deteriorated in a very short time. .This disease is not accidental. After my investigation, I found that four people in three generations of your father's family died of the same cause. It can be concluded that this is a recessive genetic defect inherited in the family. I suspect that you too Carrying this gene defect, that is, it is likely that it will erupt before you are 30 years old, resulting in death."

"You didn't die from blood mutation like Xiaoqing, Lin He, and Yan Yi, maybe because of your family's genetic disease. Although it is fatal, it has resisted the erosion of blood mutation and achieved a certain balance in the body. So you To survive. That's the only explanation."

"So, the most rational thing to do now is to go to the hospital. Maybe starting from this aspect, we can find a way to resist blood mutation."

Zhou Yuan believed the old nonsense, although the information in his hand was crude, but those few simple medical records, and the photos on the household registration information, that strange young man was simply a copy of himself.

"That's all I want to say. Stay here or go, it's up to you." Hu Dongdong's tone was very calm.

Zhou Yuan put down the materials, hesitating a little, Lin Jing should have no problem.Yan Yi is no longer here, and she must have no nostalgia for this place.

Zhou Yuan asked worriedly: "What about Lu Ming?" If he left like this, Zhou Yuan felt that it would undoubtedly be a kind of betrayal for Lu Ming who was still obsessed with research and treatment.

Hu Dongdong's eyes flickered: "His character, most likely he will insist on believing in himself, stay here and continue to study. But you can ask him."

Lu Ming was silent, Hu Dongdong saw Lu Ming very clearly.But Lu Ming came here for himself, the hospital took a long vacation, he was busy day and night, and he also got sick.Asking him to give up now is equivalent to negating all his previous efforts.
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Zhou Yuan originally thought that Lu Ming would be angry, but when Lu Ming heard his decision, there was no expression of surprise on his face, he just silently stopped his work, sat on a chair beside him, and picked up a water glass.

Zhou Yuan wondered if he was trying to suppress the anger in his heart, and felt very uneasy.Lao Hu looked out the window leisurely, as if the embarrassing scene in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Lu Ming took a few sips of water, and finally raised his head and asked, "You three, have you all decided to leave?"

Zhou Yuan noticed that the person Lu Ming was looking at when he was asking questions was not himself, but Hu Dongdong.But Hu Dongdong didn't make eye contact with Lu Ming at all, he just looked out the window with a cigarette in his mouth.I looked over and found that there was nothing outside the window, and I didn't know what Lao Hu was thinking.

It seemed that the two of them were still a bit angry with each other, so Zhou Yuan could only take the initiative to say, "Lu Ming, come with us."

Lu Ming smiled slightly, put the cup on the table, turned around and waved his hands, "No, I'll stay here. It's your choice where you want to go."

Zhou Yuan never thought that Lu Ming's indifferent attitude would actually make him feel very uneasy.He thought for a while and said, "Then let's have a good meal tonight, we... we are going to the hospital in Chengdu tomorrow."

Lu Ming nodded, and said simply: "Okay. Nothing else? I'm going to continue the experiment."

Seeing Lu Ming's busy and methodical movements, Zhou Yuan suddenly felt a kind of strangeness that he had never experienced before.After all, after this walk, we may never see each other again.Lu Ming is here, and the three of them are in other places. The future is unknown. Maybe one day, one of them will burn like a match, leaving only a pile of charred marks.

Even at this moment, Zhou Yuan thought of many different endings.Maybe Lu Ming lived longer. After his death, he researched a solution.Or, one day, when they come back here again, they find that this small building has been abandoned, but there is a charred corpse inside...

Zhou Yuan tried hard to stop himself from thinking this way.Old Hu is right, no matter what, the choice is made by oneself.My own choice is to leave this ghost place!
The moment they spoke separately, Zhou Yuan felt an invisible barrier between him and Lu Ming.

He went to town with Lao Hu.The matter of the store needs to be explained. In addition, by the way, Zhou Yuan ordered several bottles of liquor. He has not drunk alcohol since he contracted the disease, but today he really wants to get drunk.

Lin Jing stayed alone in Yan Yi's room.Zhou Yuan didn't bother her, he was leaving here soon, so she was saying goodbye to Yan Yi in this way.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Yuan and Hu Dongdong settled down and came back.Hu Dongdong was very thoughtful, and bought a lot of local specialties for Zhou Yuan to bring home to his parents.

The food and drinks were delivered quickly, and the boss helped to set up the table, took the money and left happily.

Then came the last supper.

Zhou Yuan went to call Lin Jing, and Lao Hu had no choice but to go to the second floor to find Lu Ming.

When he arrived at the laboratory, Lu Ming was busy at the laboratory table, seeming to be preparing some medicines for infusion.He raised his eyes and saw Lao Hu coming in, and waved his hand, motioning to leave him alone.

Lao Hu didn't mind either, so he sat down beside him.At this time Zhou Yuan pushed open the door and came in, and said with a confused look: "I don't know where Lin Jing went."

Old Hu frowned: "Isn't Lin Jing in Old Yan's room?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head: "I've seen her house and Lao Yan's house, but I haven't seen her."

As he spoke, he asked Lu Ming, "Lu Ming, do you know where Lin Jing went?"

Lu Ming didn't speak, but raised his head.

Zhou Yuan had never seen Lu Ming's eyes like this before, and felt that there were many, many emotions in those eyes, but he couldn't see anything clearly for a moment.

But when Hu Dongdong saw his eyes, he stood up as if he was facing a big enemy, his face was full of vigilance and defense.

The strange behavior of the two of them made Zhou Yuan at a loss.Although he didn't know what happened between the two of them, he had a hunch that something very, very bad was about to happen.

After Lu Ming glanced at them, he slowly walked aside, and slowly opened a white curtain beside him.

Behind the curtain is a bed.There was something red lying on the bed.

Zhou Yuan could tell at a glance that this familiar thing was a blood cocoon.

In the middle of the blood cocoon lay Lin Jing who couldn't move.

It was clear that the second stage had passed, but Lin Jing's body was once again covered with bloodshot things.

Her illness relapsed.

(End of this chapter)