Chapter 7 Chapter 7
"It's getting late, I'm leaving first." Su Xing also said.
Bai He nodded, but before he left, he couldn't help but say, "I know you doctors are very busy, but health is the capital of revolution, so you should also take care of yourself."
Su Xing also has fair skin and the dark circles under his eyes caused by staying up late are particularly obvious on his face.
Bai He's sudden concern made Su Xing stunned for a moment. Then he stretched out his hand, and seeing that Bai He didn't resist at all, he tried to hug him.
"I will." "You have to take good care of yourself. I'll come see you when I have time." Their heads and necks were touching, so close that Su Xing could clearly smell the scent of Bai He's shower gel and shampoo, and could also feel his scorching heat. Su Xing also closed his eyes, and a hint of melancholy appeared on his face in a corner that Bai He couldn't see.
"You don't even need to tell me that," Bai He patted his back, a bit impatiently. Sensing this, Su Xing, somewhat impolitely, tightened his grip. All the gaps between them vanished, their skin touching in many places, their body temperatures blending. Su Xing, ignoring Bai He's resistance, held him tightly for several seconds before releasing his hand.
"I'm leaving."
Su Xing was also standing at the door, talking to him. His cold and handsome face looked like jade in the morning light under the sunlight, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off him.
"Let's go! Let's go! Do I have to tell you to be careful and go home early like I'm sending a child? You're an adult, but you're still so hesitant." Bai He couldn't help but complain.
"It's not impossible." A word that Bai He said made Su Xing's eyes light up.
"You really are..." Bai He was speechless.
"Let's go! It's going to be rush hour soon and the traffic will be very congested." Bai He smiled and waved his hand. When he smiled, his eyes would naturally bend like two small moons, with the natural sunshine and cheerfulness of a young man.
Su Xing also walked out of the house with a smile. The moment the door closed, all the calmness and reserve on his face disappeared, and his light-colored lips were pursed into a line.
The several medicine boxes he had seen on the TV cabinet resurfaced in his mind. There were only a few medications for treating mental illness, and even though Su Xing wasn't a psychiatrist, he knew the effects of those medications.
Bai He had been acting strangely since they met, and now he had found the reason. His heart felt like it was being tangled in wire, a suffocating pain welling up inside him.
Su Xing also walked to the community store in a mess and bought a pack of cigarettes. He lit one and put it in his mouth awkwardly.
The pathological knowledge and cases he had seen before flashed through his mind like slides.
A qualified doctor will never have any prejudice against a mental patient, but in another identity, they who are familiar with various pathological knowledge are the ones who are most likely to get stuck in a rut.
After Su Xing left, Bai He in the house slowly walked to the TV cabinet, looked at the medicine box on the table, and said self-deprecatingly, "I hope he won't come again!"
He sat casually on the ground. The white tile floor was clean and bright, and the messy house was tidied up in order.
"A pretty good person," Bai He muttered to himself.
It's just not suitable to be involved with him.
Bai He laughed at himself and let himself lie on the ground. The ice from the tiles penetrated his skin and entered his brain, starting a battle with his racing thoughts.
Heidou walked over to him and lay down, his furry head nodding against Baihe's arm.
"I'm fine." He scratched Heidou's chin with his backhand. Baihe's face was calm.
But it was time to change his medication. Bai He glanced at the medicine box on the table. His current dosage had increased, and the side effects were greater. Under the effects of the medication, his thinking had become slower and he was more prone to drowsiness, which had already affected his normal life.
Qing City couldn't stay there any longer. The epidemic had already begun to spread, and if it continued as he had imagined, it would be a global disaster.
Qingshi is a first-tier city with a large flow of people. If an epidemic breaks out, the risk will be very high.
Moreover, he has no relatives or friends here, nor any particularly close friends. If anything really happens, there will be no one to turn to for help.
Having made his decision, Bai He called the boxing club where he worked part-time. He chose to work there for two reasons: first, boxing exercises help the body metabolize medications, and second, it reduces the amount of inexplicable thoughts in his head during exercise. Third, Bai He didn't want to completely disconnect from society. Appropriate social interaction is essential for recovery. Mental illness rarely improves when confined at home. Only by constantly interacting with the outside world and strengthening one's perspectives can one avoid being so easily overcome by the illness.
He thought quitting a part-time job he went to three times a week would be easy, but when he submitted his resignation, his boss refused to let him go and even offered to increase his salary. Bai He was quite confused by this.
What Bai He didn't know was that the competition within various sports clubs has become so intense in recent years that simply offering training isn't enough to satisfy client needs; they even have to sell their looks when necessary. Some fitness clubs explicitly prioritize attractive candidates when hiring. This is a case of selling dog meat under false pretenses.
Bai He has a superior appearance and a clean and harmless temperament, but his attacks are fierce and precise, which is a very cute contrast. He is very popular in the boxing hall and has attracted many customers to the boxing club. Therefore, how can the boss let go of such a cash cow easily?
But Bai He was a stubborn man, and once he made a decision, he wouldn't change it easily. The gym owner kept pestering him, so Bai He simply hung up the phone, refusing to even take the remaining half month's salary.
Bai He planned to return to his hometown as soon as the house was finished. He had a house and land there, enough for self-sufficiency. Furthermore, his grandparents were still alive, and he had relatives like his uncle, so he had someone to rely on if he ran into any problems.
Bai He negotiated with the construction company about the mobile home, and even with expedited processing, it would still take three months to complete. Clearly, he couldn't wait that long. If the pandemic broke out three months later, it would still be a question of whether he could leave Qing City. So, Bai He paid the construction company for damages and purchased a model home from them in exchange. Because the equipment Bai He installed in the mobile home was all relatively advanced and intelligent, installation was time-consuming. But money talks, and with Bai He's willingness to pay extra, the installation of all the equipment was reduced to five days.
Bai He could accept this time. Besides, since the house was here, he would have to spend some time to deal with it.
It wasn't very convenient to go shopping in the village. It took more than 20 minutes to drive from the village to the town. There was no express delivery point in the village, so if you bought something online, you had to go to the town to pick it up. So it was most convenient for him to buy all kinds of things in Qing City first.
When the epidemic broke out, roads and cities were closed everywhere, and the trading system was paralyzed for a time. Some people could only rely on government subsidies to maintain basic survival.
Bai He felt that he was lacking everything and wanted to buy everything.
It has to be said that the online trading platform is a blessing for him. He can buy anything he wants at the most favorable price without leaving home.
Clothes for every season, pet supplies, nutritional supplements for Bai He's fitness needs, and various health supplements for the elderly. People who eat a variety of grains are bound to get hurt! Painful! He bought some of the medicines available online. Bai He recently discovered that time flows twenty times slower around the withered tree in his space than outside. So, he could buy too much medicine without worrying about it expiring. And even if he couldn't use it in the end, it would only be a waste of money. If the future world really developed as he had seen in his dream, then money would be worth less than paper, and medicine would be worth more than gold. A pill could mean a life.
Thinking about this, Bai He couldn't help but increase the order quantity for cold medicine and various hemostatic drugs. He also placed an order for several medications he was currently taking. Since prescription drugs were limited in quantity, Bai He could only buy them from each store, accumulating little by little. Bai He had experienced a severe relapse of his illness before, and compared to his condition back then, he felt very lucky to be able to maintain this normal state now. Compared to the worst case scenario of a relapse, needing to take medication for the rest of his life was not so unbearable.
Just in case, Bai He also ordered various self-defense weapons.
Food and daily necessities are such a large quantity that if you buy them all online, it will attract too much attention. To be cautious, Bai He drove to the supermarket to buy them in batches, and planned to go to some villages and towns on the way back to his hometown to buy some grain, cooked food, specialties, etc.
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