scalpel, soft around fingers

Chapter 31

When Xie Moji sent the message, Shan Wangchen was exchanging the latest progress of the vaccine with the staff of the same group in the laboratory.After a few days of intensive work, he had a solid idea of ​​the properties of the vaccine and the possible evolution direction of the virus.It's just that he hasn't found a reliable basis to support his hypothesis.

The leader of the research team is a middle-aged man in his early forties who has always admired Shan Wangchen and insisted on him talking about his ideas.Shan Wangchen did not refuse, knowing that there is no room for arrogance or modesty when it comes to scientific research.

In the middle of his speech, Yin Xiangwei came in with the latest experimental report.Several people browsed around the report roughly.After reading it, Shan Wangchen found happily that the content of the report just proved his point of view.

"I have a very bold hypothesis." He glanced at the content of the report, nodded slightly to Yin Xiangwei and said, "This virus may not be from our era. Those who say that the virus may come from space on the Internet are not unreasonable. "

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd was in an uproar.Only the group leader stood still, as if he still felt that such a scenario was credible.The others all showed amused expressions.

"It may not be a virus at all," Shan Wangchen said with a smile, "it's just a way to restrict people's behavior. For example, people in the future may not need to rely on a marriage certificate to determine their relationship. Two people who love each other Co-implant a virus, and the longer you live together, the less virulent the virus will be."

"Old Dan, you can write science fiction novels now." A colleague pursed her lips, apparently feeling that his statement was too wild and unimaginable.Not only did he not believe it, but most of the people showed expressions of disbelief.

"I think what Dr. Shan said makes sense." Yin Xiangwei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted when the atmosphere started to freeze.As soon as she spoke, everyone started booing.Since Yin Xiangwei joined the group, the common pleasure of everyone in the group is to make jokes about these two young people.

Because there were a few elders whom he had always respected, Shan Wangchen didn't comment on everyone's jokes, and lowered his head to read the report again intently.But seeing that everyone was talking more and more enthusiastically, and Yin Xiangwei had no intention of explaining at all, he cleared his throat and said with some helplessness: "I already have a girlfriend anyway, so I am not afraid of you making jokes if I have a thick skin. But the girl has a thin face." , Raise your hands high, everyone."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone booed even more, but the focus of the topic had changed from the messy mandarin ducks just now to the question of asking who Dr. Shan's girlfriend is.

"I will definitely bring it for everyone to see next time." Shan Wangchen said with a smile.I noticed that Yin Xiangwei's face changed slightly, but she continued: "She is a reporter. This time the epidemic broke out, she was also sent to City B."

"Remember to ask her to come to the celebration banquet. I'm curious, what kind of girl can hold back such an outstanding young man as Xiao Dan." The atmosphere suddenly became more lively.

After everyone dispersed, Yin Xiangwei walked up to Shan Wangchen and whispered, "If you want to separate yourself from me, there's no need to lie to everyone that you have a girlfriend."

"I do have a girlfriend, Xiangwei." Shan Wangchen frowned and explained patiently.

"Who? Xu Manjing?"

"No, it's Xie Moji. You should have seen it."

"Why her? She's just one of your patients..." Yin Xiangwei covered her mouth in shock.She had already vaguely sensed that there was someone in Shan Wangchen's heart, but no matter how much she guessed, she couldn't guess that he finally chose someone who was inferior to her in all aspects.

"Emotions don't make any sense." Shan Wangchen said flatly.Then he took out his cell phone.When he saw the message from Mo Ji, he subconsciously smiled.

"What about Xu Manjing? I always thought you would be with her..." Yin Xiangwei felt a bit of bitterness in his mouth.If she was defeated by someone who was much better than herself, maybe she would be more reconciled.But now...

"Man Jing and I are just friends." Shan Wangchen smiled, and continued to browse the few documents at hand with a calm expression.

Yin Xiangwei's eyes were wide open, still somewhat unacceptable: "You liked her so much back then, for her, not..." She still remembered how the scar on Shan Wangchen's hand came about.It seems that from that day on, she fell in love with this man, and at the same time, she inevitably became the light bulb for him to go out with Xu Manjing.

Her words were quickly interrupted by Shan Wangchen: "Xiangwei, stop talking. I'm going to rest for a while." Shan Wangchen frowned, picked up a stack of the latest information about the virus, and walked out of the laboratory.

In the past few days, there have been frequent reports of good news about the development of virus vaccines.

First, the live test of the vaccine was successful, and it could be put into clinical trials immediately; then, a foreign virus expert had the latest research results on the type and composition of the new virus.Not only are the media busy as never before, but many ordinary citizens have also become scientists, discussing viruses as soon as they meet.

When Shan Wangchen sent a message to Xie Moji, he told her that he would be able to join the team in a week.Compared with the previous ones, this news made Xie Moji even more excited.Since she received the news, she began to look forward to the scene on the day of the meeting.Even the clothes to wear and the location of the date are well thought out.

Everything is ready, I only owe my boyfriend.

The night before the meeting, Xie Moji received a call from Shan Wangchen, asking her to wait for him at the hotel the next day.In fact, she couldn't wait to meet, but she could only suppress the joy in her heart when facing the phone, pretending to answer calmly.

"Mo Ji, we haven't seen each other for almost a month..." Shan Wangchen said with a light smile, with an indescribable allure in his tone.

"Have you lost a lot of weight?" Although the matter about Xu Manjing has been on her mind, reunion is a wonderful thing after all, not to mention that the other party is someone she has always missed.

"We'll meet tomorrow, you can check and accept it yourself." Shan Wangchen seemed to have something else to say, and spoke in a hurry.But to Xie Moji's ears, there was a bit of ambiguity and a bit of flirting.

After hanging up the phone for a long time, these words still caused ripples in Mo Ji's heart.She couldn't sleep well that night.When I woke up the next day, I saw several small pimples on my face.

This afternoon she returned to the hotel after finishing the interview.Also brought back a lot of fruit.After carefully washing one by one, she cut the fruit into small pieces and poured a layer of salad with an attractive aroma on top.After finishing the fruit salad, she took out the packed pizza and steak and lined them up on the small round table.After making sure there was nothing wrong, he sat on a chair foolishly and waited for Doctor Shan.

It was past four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was no news from Doctor Shan.

Xie Moji called him, but no one answered.It was only then that she became a little anxious, but thinking about it, he might report to the hospital first after leaving the group, and he would inevitably have some exchanges with his colleagues, which would definitely take a lot of time.When I think about it this way, I don't feel so impatient.

She waited almost another two hours.It was getting dark, and she panicked again.Even if there is a delay, Dr. Shan should call her and tell her. What's going on now?
After thinking about it, she called Zuo Xiaojian, but no one answered, and now she felt even worse.

After about ten minutes, Zuo Xiaojian finally called back.His voice was urgent and suppressed, and he said to Xie Moji, "Xie Moji, come to the hospital quickly. Something happened to Lao Dan!"

something wrong? !A layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on Xie Moji's back.Before she had time to ask what was going on, Zuo Xiaojian had already hung up the phone.She could only put on her coat and shoes in a hurry, and when she rushed out of the door, she ran into Yang Xiaorui who was about to knock on the door.

Seeing her expression, the other party followed her out of the hotel without saying anything.It was not until the car that Yang Xiaorui dared to ask her carefully what happened. Xie Moji only said that something happened to Dr. Shan, and then fell silent.Occasionally, when she turned her head out of the window, Yang Xiaorui caught a glimpse of moisture in the corners of her eyes.

The two came to the hospital with big strides, and Zuo Xiaojian was waiting in front of the elevator.Seeing Xie Moji, he grabbed her sleeve and said, "No matter what we have to face in a while, we must be strong."

Xie Moji didn't have time to delve into the meaning behind his words. When he saw Zuo Xiaojian, it was like seeing a savior. He grabbed his arm and followed him into the elevator.

"Old Dan's car had an accident near the Dongyi overpass. His head was hit, and the blood clot pressed the optic nerve, and he may be blind." In the elevator, Zuo Xiao briefly explained the situation of Shan Wangchen. .

After listening to his words, Xie Moji stood silently, neither screaming nor crying, but his face became paler.

Yang Xiaorui patted her on the shoulder, comforting her in a low voice.But I also know that this is just a formality, and it is impossible for her to substantially improve her mood.

There were several traffic policemen standing at the door of the ward, and one of them was carrying a bag of items and asked, "Who is the relative of the client? Take these things away quickly."

Zuo Xiaojian glanced at Xie Moji, went up and whispered something to the traffic policeman, and then waved to her.

When Xie Moji walked over, the police handed her the bag of items. She took a quick look, and found that it contained Dan Wangchen's mobile phone, wallet and other personal items. "You are Shan Wangchen's fiancée, right? You will keep these things for him." A policeman said.

Xie Moji took the things expressionlessly, and was about to enter the ward when he was stopped by the nurse, who said that he had to put on a sterile suit before entering the sterile ward.

Xie Moji was originally confused by the chaotic situation, but now when he heard the words "sterile ward", he was so stimulated that he panicked, his legs went limp, and he almost fell to the ground.

Suddenly there was a burst of crying in the ward, Xie Moji's hand clenched into a fist unconsciously, she looked at Zuo Xiaojian, then at Yang Xiaorui.How I wish someone could tell her that Dr. Shan is fine.But Zuo Xiaojian just patted her trembling back and said, "Remember what I just said, be strong, and give him strength too."

She quickly put on the disinfectant suit, and when she entered the ward, the crying continued, it was a woman's crying, deep and depressing.Only then did Xie Moji understand what Zuo Xiaojian's repeated warnings meant.She sniffed and pushed away from the ward.

A house of white.

White sheets, white walls, white machines, and the white woman beside the bed.

Xie Moji glanced at the woman whose face was probably as pale as hers, with tears on her face, and then turned her gaze to the person lying on the bed.

He really lost a lot of weight, with slightly protruding cheekbones and almost no flesh on his cheeks.There were several shocking injuries on his face.His eyes were slightly closed, his face was gray and black, only his lips were murmuring something.

The woman listened closely, gestured "shh" to Xie Moji, then picked up a glass of water and a dropper from the table, and poured a few drops into Dan Wangchen's mouth.

Xie Moji didn't say a word, silently watching the woman take care of Shan Wangchen.For a moment, she wanted to rush forward and take care of him herself.Especially when I saw the painful expression on his mouth, my heart was completely in pain.

"Wangchen, you should rest first." The woman whispered in his ear.Shan Wangchen nodded slightly, licked his lips with his tongue, and then closed his mouth without any response.Eyes never opened.

Is he thinking about himself?Does he know that it is not himself who takes care of him?Xie Moji covered his face with his hands, and it took him a long time to restrain the tears that kept welling up.

The woman backed away silently, and when she passed by Xie Moji, she gave her a hand and motioned her to go out together.After the two came to the outer room, the woman took off her mask, revealing her delicate face.Xie Moji recognized her as the person he had met at Lu Yu's school that day, and he already had some understanding of her identity in his heart.

There were several scratches on Xu Manjing's face, she lowered her head and rubbed her face lightly, and whispered to Xie Moji, "I'm sorry, it's all because of me that Wangchen got hurt like this." Then she bowed politely, and behaved very decently .

"Are you his friend?" Xie Moji asked unwillingly even though he knew who she was.

"Yeah, I'm Xu Manjing." Xu Manjing pointed to herself and said apologetically, "Today they went out of the group, and I went with a few colleagues from the regiment to celebrate them. When we came back, we took a ride on Wangchen. We were arguing about something Things, I was too emotional at the time, I hit his face with my hand, and there was a car coming from the opposite side..."

"The matter is already here, and there is nothing to say now." Every word in Xu Manjing's words hurt Xie Moji's heart.She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I still want to go in and have a look at Wangchen, so you can do it yourself." She walked into the inner room as if avoiding it.Xu Manjing smiled wryly, said goodbye politely, and left the ward.

When Xie Moji returned to Shan Wangchen's bedside, it seemed that Shan Wangchen had already fallen asleep.The respirator next to the nose was filled with water vapor, and Dan Wangchen's expression was incomplete.Xie Moji sat down gently, looked at his quiet and bruised side face, the sharp-edged face, the warm expression, and the words of concern on the day of parting appeared in his mind, but in an instant, the world was turned upside down.She suddenly wanted to cry.After being busy for so long, only now did she have the strength to feel and appreciate the sadness.

How can a car accident happen?How did he get involved with Xu Manjing?Even though Xu Manjing explained, her mind was still a little unclear.She was still holding Dan Wangchen's belongings in one hand, and the other hand rested on Shan Wangchen's quilt.Now she let go of her hand on the quilt, and started to open the bag, digging things into it one by one.

His wallet turned out to be brown and simple in style, with a lot of cards in it.When she turned to the innermost layer, she saw a picture of a woman.The person in the photo is not her, if she reads it correctly, it is Xu Manjing who just went out.She was standing in the sun with a full smile, wearing a long green dress.She suddenly felt a little suffocated, and when she went to take out the doctor's mobile phone from her bag, she felt a little sad.

It turned out that she was not the first person to reach his heart, and maybe she would not be the last one.So she was just a passerby, blowing past Dan Wangchen like a gust of wind, without a trace.

There is no password set on the phone. When Xie Moji clicked in, he saw that his Bluetooth was turned on, and there was a notification on it that there was a transmission message, and the capacity was several M.After she clicked to open it, the phone switched to playback mode, and it turned out to be a video.

She knew in her heart that it was not good to watch other people's videos privately like this, but her mind was in a mess, and she accidentally placed on the phone.

The video starts playing.On a green lawn, a boy in a striped shirt appeared, followed by a girl holding a kite.The two of them first touched their heads and fiddled with the kite in their hands, and then started to run and fly the kite.When the kite was flying into the sky, the girl hugged the boy excitedly, and the boy patted her shoulder with one hand, smiling happily.

Xie Moji didn't know who took the video for the couple, but she knew that the boy was Shan Wangchen and the girl was Xu Manjing.

Shan Wangchen, who is around [-], and Xu Manjing, who is [-] or [-] years old.

The best age, the best companion.

The point is... each other is still in each other's current life.

Xie Moji's eyes were a little sour, and a trace of envy rose in his heart.She didn't get to know him at that time, and no matter how hard she tried to catch up, she couldn't catch up with time.

After turning off the video, her heart felt sad.

Shan Wangchen's head moved, and when Xie Moji looked over, his eyes just opened.

"Wangchen." She called softly, holding his hand.

"Moji?" Shan Wangchen stared blankly at Xie Moji, and asked uncertainly.

"Wangchen? You!" Xie Moji's heart gradually sank.Her hand shook in front of his eyes, but Dan Wangchen was still lying quietly.A hand stretched out, looking for something in the air.

"Here is my hand." Xie Moji stuffed his hand into Shan Wangchen's palm.There was warmth in his hands soon, but his heart was piercingly cold.Doctor Shan really can't see... can't see...

"I don't have any injuries on my body, and it will recover in a few days." The corner of Shan Wangchen's mouth twitched, and when Xie Moji leaned over to listen, his other hand was also tightly held by him.His eyes were weak and dazed, but his strength in holding her hand was extraordinarily strong, as if he wanted to promise something through this.

Seeing him like this, Xie Moji hurriedly said: "I know, I know. Get some rest and tell me if you need anything."

Shan Wangchen nodded.He finally let go of her.Hanging on his quilt.He looked tired, and after turning his head a few times, he fell asleep again.

Because companions in the sterile ward cannot stay overnight, Xie Moji was kicked out of the ward after the nurse came to check the room.The corridor where there were people coming and going just now has become quiet.Zuo Xiaojian and Yang Xiaorui are no longer there, and the traffic policemen are also missing.Xie Moji sat on the empty seat with the bag in his hand, feeling even more restless in his heart.

Zuo Xiaojian came back at some point and sat down beside her.Handed over a bag of steaming buns. "Xiaorui asked me to bring it to you. No matter how sad you are, you have to eat something. Lao Dan still needs you to take care of it!"

"Where's Yang Xiaorui?"

"I left her in my office. I have something to tell you."

"Doctor Zuo, what happened to this car accident?" Xie Moji pushed Baozi away, turned around suddenly, and looked at Zuo Xiaojian's eyes with a somewhat distressed expression.She couldn't stop shaking all over her body, no matter how much Zuo Xiaojian patted her on the back, it was useless.

"Xu Manjing's art troupe went to the research team for a condolence performance today. The two of them came back together after the performance. Don't think too much, I heard from Lao Dan that she is already with... Lu Yu." Zuo Xiaojian said while looking at Xie Moji Looking at her blankly, I feel a little bit sad in my heart.As a friend, he is aware of Lao Dan's feelings.It's just that the old love suddenly appeared. For Xie Moji, this was not something that could be easily digested anyway.What's more, with Lao Dan's current state, the misunderstanding may deepen.

"Xu Manjing and Shan Wangchen are not just friends." Xie Moji suddenly grabbed his white coat, his eyes gleamed coldly.

"I've been in love for a while. I'm sorry, I didn't tell you before. But who hasn't been in the past." Zuo Xiaojian said.

Xie Moji nodded and stopped asking questions.After a while, she stood up and went to the window of the sterile ward to look around. Seeing that Dr. Shan was sleeping peacefully, she felt a little more at ease.Seeing her delicate and pitiful expression, Zuo Xiaojian felt a little worried.I can only be by my side all the time.

In the middle of the night, Xie Moji was awakened by the sound of footsteps coming in and out.When she opened her eyes, she realized that she had fallen asleep on the seat.Covered with a blanket.When she saw nurses entering Dr. Shan's ward, she suddenly became nervous, grabbed one and asked what was going on.

"A few more hidden blood clots were found. An operation may be needed." The nurse hurriedly explained.

Xie Moji's heart turned cold, and he leaned against the wall in front of the ward, tears streaming out.A nurse carried her to a nearby office.Several doctors there were discussing around several CT scans of the brain.Seeing Dr. Zuo standing beside him, Xie Moji knew that he was discussing Shan Wangchen's condition.Judging from the expressions of several doctors, the situation seems not very optimistic.

"The operation must be performed immediately, Xie Moji, otherwise you will lose your sight permanently and damage your brain." Dr. Zuo squatted down and explained patiently when he saw her come in.Xie Moji nodded numbly, searching his mind for the handsome face of Dr. Shan when he was healthy, but found that no matter how hard he tried to miss it, that face was still so blurry.

"I forgot what Doctor Shan looks like, what should I do, what should I do?" Xie Moji cried.

Several doctors turned their heads to look at her, and signaled Zuo Xiaojian to take her to another office.

As soon as he walked out of the office, Xie Moji went to Shan Wangchen's ward.When I saw that pale and distorted face through the glass, my heart ached.Almost cried out.She said to herself over and over again: "Xie Moji, remember this face, remember this face." But the brain was like a paste, all frozen in one place, unable to work at all.

As soon as her head moved away from the glass, the face in her mind became blurred again.She anxiously grabbed Dr. Zuo and said, "What should I do? I find that I can easily forget Wang Chen. What should I do!"

Dr. Zuo didn't say anything, he just supported her and sent her into his office.There was an unfolded folding bed, on which lay Yang Xiaorui, who was already asleep.

(End of this chapter)