Chapter 121 Garden
Qin Mengmeng never likes to deceive herself.
Self-deception is something only the most incompetent people in the world would do.
Qin Mengmeng would rather be a shrewd bad guy than an incompetent, cowardly, self-deceiving person. Of course, if she had a choice, she wouldn't want to be a bad guy either...
Why be a bad guy when you can be a good guy...
Qin Mengmeng looked around, lowered her head and stared at the little bear doll in Wang Mianmian's arms, put on a very serious attitude, and said: "Let's find a place to talk in detail."
So I walked through the grand main entrance of the Second Hospital with its huge red pillars, and entered the outpatient building opposite the main entrance.
The outpatient building is luxurious, just like any hospital in an economically poor but densely populated area, where the number of patients surges like the tide every day and even becomes the economic pillar of the area.
Brand new, clean and tall.
This might even be the newest, best, and most luxurious building in the entire new city.
The floor is sand-washed continuously by cleaning staff every day, and it is even cleaner than the clothes Qin Mengmeng is wearing.
Qin Mengmeng simply sat on the ground.
Put the doll on the metal chair used for patients to wait in line, so that each person with the doll can look at each other's face.
"First of all." Qin Meng and the others cleared their throats, "We are fully aware of your situation and demands."
[The 47th Skull Fragment: Ah...]
[AAA second-hand book wholesaler: It suddenly feels so official. ]
【Little Bear: I’m sorry.】
…
The little bear slid to his knees.
Qin Mengmeng looked at the comments in shock and thought, could it be that catchphrases like "sorry" and "I'm sorry" are also contagious?
"That's not what I meant..." Qin Mengmeng wiped her face, pondered for a moment, and said, "I mean, we can have a frank talk next."
She really understood what Little Bear did, and she didn't think she did anything wrong or anything. It was just a compromise, and to be honest, it was a pretty smart one.
It can not only reduce Qin Mengmeng's sense of guilt to the greatest extent, but also greatly increase the possibility of getting help - not everyone is willing to assist others in suicide. For many people, both moral and legal aspects are problems and obstacles.
Given such a request, most people would choose to refuse.
However, just briefly turning off the power for ten minutes is another story.
In short, there is really no need for Little Bear to say sorry.
Qin Mengmeng looked at the rigid stitched features of the rag doll, sighed softly, and said, "It's like this, if it really comes to that, I will help you."
"Don't worry."
Qin Mengmeng said: "Even if you tell me everything, I said I would help you, even if it means killing someone, I will do it, don't worry."
[The 47th skull fragment: Good.]
The rag doll on the iron chair jumped down, and moved its two short legs made of cotton, moving forward bit by bit on the clean and smooth floor.
Qin Mengmeng sat there and looked around.
She knew that Little Bear wanted them to follow him and take them to the scene, but...
Qin Mengmeng glanced at the doll's short legs and felt a little helpless.
She could only say with a little embarrassment: "Are we going to the inpatient department?"
The inpatient department is behind the outpatient building and is connected to the building by a glass-topped sun corridor. It is a beautiful landscape, but its main function is to ensure that patients will not be affected by weather factors such as wind and rain when passing between the two buildings, which might aggravate their condition or cause them to fall due to rain.
The doll said, "Yes, yes, yes."
Qin Mengmeng then silently walked forward to pick up the little doll, held it in her arms, and ran straight to the inpatient department.
This is faster.
The distance from the outpatient building to the inpatient department is not far at all. What is even more rare is that there are no obstacles along the way. The outpatient building is empty, with no one in the room.
"Is it that simple?" The dormitory head looked around curiously. The hospital was cold and dark late at night, and looked like a wilderness. Walking in it, one would inexplicably feel lonely.
Humans are social creatures by nature. In such a desolate and lonely place, even ghosts who have long been accustomed to seclusion would feel a little sad.
"It seems like there's nothing unusual outside of school..."
Yu Jiuye walked along the way. Every time he saw a light turned on, he would run over to turn it on and then return to the team, leaving behind a blazing white light. Hearing this, he said, "Where there is no one, it's all the same..."
Just some empty, lonely buildings.
Qin Mengmeng was walking in front and heard Yu Jiuye's words, she remained silent in her heart.
In fact, what he said is not wrong. If they are just some simple buildings, with no one living in them, no human needs, and no concern for their lifespan and functions, then there is essentially no difference whether they are made of bricks, cast concrete and steel bars, or even made of paper.
What the layout of the house is like and where some unique craftsmanship and design are used doesn’t matter if no one uses it.
Many inanimate objects in this world become important and unique because of people's attention and emotional attachment.
Just like before she met the teddy bear doll, to Qin Mengmeng, this hospital was just one of all the nameless buildings in the New City Underworld, submerged in the huge building complex of the entire city, just like a passerby submerged in the crowd, and there was nothing special about it.
Qin Mengmeng might stay in the live broadcast room for another four or five years and never remember to come here.
But because of the little bear's invitation, this hospital has special meaning and value.
Qin Mengmeng, holding the teddy bear in her arms, slowly walked into the inpatient department.
Old Man Ma, who knows this hospital well, told Qin Mengmeng that the top floor of the inpatient building has a very special name when old patients and hospital staff talk about it privately.
garden.
An ordinary garden is filled with plants.
The hospital garden is full of vegetative people.
Perhaps the only thing in common between the two is that in modern cities, owning a garden and growing some plants are both very luxurious and high-consumption behaviors.
Vegetative patients are money-eating beasts that cost more than human babies. One can support a family of a vegetative patient simply by paying out of one's own pocket, without relying on the social system or welfare relief. This can definitely be considered the top predator entrenched at the top of the city.
After the elevator door opened, Qin Mengmeng and her group walked into the garden.
Yu Jiuye went out first to explore the way and turned on the lights. This action seemed to be aimed at reducing the terrifying atmosphere brought by the darkness, but it brought the opposite result.
The corridor was brightly lit, but the small square rooms on both sides were pitch black, and it was impossible to see what was inside.
They could only see their own reflections in the glass windows.
[Xiao Tuanyuan: I feel like those small rooms are like coffins...]
[Skull fragment 47: Ah, actually I think coffins look much friendlier.]
[The 47th skull fragment: It's okay, there's nothing inside. I'm in Ward 2, and Little Bear is in Ward 4.]
Qin Mengmeng lowered her head and saw the rag doll in her arms raised its cotton arms to point the direction for them.
Ward 2 is closer to the elevator entrance.
Ward 4 is farther from the elevator.
But in fact, there is no difference, because the rooms here are arranged side by side, and the interior is actually very small, about the same size as the dormitory of Xincheng High School. Ward 2 and Ward 4 are only two steps apart, both on Qin Mengmeng's right hand side.
The dormitory head was not afraid of the darkness. He turned around twice and came back with his hands on his hips, looking very angry.
“The people here live in much better places than us.” She gestured and said, “Although the rooms are about the same size, only about 20 square meters, the people here live in single rooms, while the ones in school are eight-person rooms!”
"Why?" She looked really angry: "Normally speaking, shouldn't the living live better than the dead?"
Wang Mianmian said, "Well, they are not dead yet, right? Or maybe it is just to store the life-sustaining equipment? The equipment takes up a lot of space."
The dormitory head said, "But we also have pots, pans, and other things. It's normal that the living have more things than the dead."
Qin Mengmeng smiled and said, "People here may spend more money in a day than you do in a year."
[The 47th Skull Fragment: I don’t really understand this… If it costs a lot of money, why keep people to suffer…]
【Little Bear Doll: Because mom and dad love us, they don’t want us to die. 】
[The 47th skull fragment: Those are your parents, not my parents.]
…
When the story got to the deep end, everyone shut up.
Just like before, when Qin Mengmeng and Xiao Xiong were sitting on the ground talking, the two ghosts and three people following behind them didn't say a word.
After hearing 47 say this, no one in the live broadcast room said anything.
It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm. It is also human nature to seek light emotions and avoid heavy emotions.
With a click, Yu Jiuye turned on the light in Ward 2.
Qin Mengmeng saw 47's true face.
He was a very frail young man, probably in his early twenties, with a shaved head and a pale face. He was wrapped in plastic tubes and looked like a dead tree that had been sucked dry by dodder.
Looks like a dead person indeed.
It's really pitiful.
But the first thing Qin Mengmeng thought of was: How did he get into the live broadcast room? ? ?
Since Qin Mengmeng thought so, she asked.
"Is it really you? Why didn't I see your phone? Can you tell us how you can watch the live broadcast in this state?"
No wonder it started from the first day Qin Mengmeng started live streaming.
47 and Xiao Xiong stayed in the live broadcast room all the time, never leaving.
In this state, it is really too difficult to find a way to kill time...
[The 47th skull fragment: I can’t explain this clearly, but after lying down for a long time, I feel like I have grown new organs, antennas and the like... I can see a lot of things that I couldn’t see before.]
[Skull Fragment 47: Sometimes I even think I might be able to predict the future.]
[AAA melon wholesaler: Incense...]
[AAA melon wholesaler: Someone made a statue for you and offered you sacrifices, right?]
Incense.
It seems that 47 did give some donations before.
At that time, Qin Mengmeng didn’t think anything of it and thought it was normal for anyone to appear in the live broadcast room.
Now that I see that he is just a vegetable, I think about this incident. It seems to be somewhat unusual.
She does burn incense for herself, but that was only after she got the app.
Normally, no one would burn incense for a living person.
Although the dormitory head just said that vegetative patients are dead, whether they are dead or alive still needs to be flexibly adjusted according to the situation. If we talk about burning incense and offering sacrifices, then vegetative patients should be considered living people in this context.
[AAA melon wholesaler: Living sacrifice to the gods. ]
【Blood and Flesh Monk: This is a murder.】
【Little Bear Doll: Eh???】
[The 47th skull fragment: ...]
[Skull fragment 47: Um, well, I guess it’s not really important.]
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