Sure enough, most of the front part of this notebook is recording some scribbled data:
I even saw how much money someone borrowed from me, how much I wanted to buy toothpaste and toothbrushes when I got home today, and the man who opened the door half-opened and winked at me and wrote about the trivial matters of Uncle Xu's life.
Fang Linyan flipped through most of the book before he saw Xu Bo start writing seriously. His handwriting was a very distinctive Weibei fountain pen font, especially after the "捺" stroke, he would put a little more effort into it, which showed that the whole font was full of energy and spirit.
Very enough
Xiaofang, when you read this letter, I believe you are already a middle-aged man, because I believe that my brother will strictly follow my requirements. Before you have enough strength, he will not
Give this letter to you.
I hope you don’t blame me for setting such a high threshold for you, because if you don’t know enough about many things, it will not be for your own good, but will harm you.
I want to investigate the reason for your life experience. I believe that my elder brother has already told you, so I won’t say more.
When I first saw you back then, you were huddled in the rain and had passed out.
You asked me several times why I adopted you back then, but I never told you the reason, because I wanted to save you not because of pity or compassion, but because I saw your fingers.
Seeing this, Fang Linyan was a little confused. He couldn't help raising his hands and looked at it, but he didn't find anything special.
As a result, after turning the page of the work notes, the answer was given:
Because your fingers look exactly like mine, with the unique little finger being longer than the index finger! At this moment, when I looked at you, I seemed to see myself when I was a child.
I feel that my life is over and I have wasted the talent God gave me. Maybe this child with fingers that look exactly like mine can make up for my regrets?
The words above were added by me later, and the next two pages are some of the things I wrote that can be considered both a diary and a memorandum when I was searching for your life experience. I hope it can be helpful to you.
Then Fang Linyan turned two pages and found that a series of records began to appear here:
Xiao Fang's disease is very troublesome, and we must find a (bone marrow) match for him!
(turn page, turn page)
We finally arrived at the place. Badong County Fengshou Welfare Home should be the place where Xiao Fang grew up. The strange thing is that after I arrived in Badong County, I inquired for a long time, but they all said that there is only one called Xiangyang Welfare Home here.
I heard Xiao Fang talk about things when he was a child several times. Did he remember it wrong?
But this is no longer important. I heard that the Xiangyang Welfare Institute was abandoned several years ago. It was said that it suffered a fire.
I was dumbfounded when I heard the news, but the doctor said that leukemia can only be cured by bone marrow transplantation, so I could only continue to think of a solution.
Fortunately, I remembered one more thing. Xiao Fang once told me that you had a good friend in the orphanage at that time, named Liu Qiang. He had a red birthmark the size of a palm on his face.
The mayor and his wife adopted him, and they were all envious of his good luck.
Today, I went to the local police with the letter of introduction issued by my elder brother. Obviously, the letter of introduction issued by China Second Heavy Machinery Group was of some use. They helped me enthusiastically.
So it was discovered that your friend had changed his name to Xie Wenqiang, and the birthmarks on his face had been eliminated by every possible means.
Not only that, he still remembers the friendship between him and you, and keeps talking about the fact that the first bite of chocolate he took in his life was the one you gave him.
Mr. Xie and his wife have no children, and Xie Wenqiang is very filial to them, so with Xie Wenqiang's persuasion (it may also be the letter of introduction issued by the eldest brother), I have gained the connections of Mr. Xie.
This saved me a lot of worry as I was very afraid of social interactions, because Mayor Xie’s wife was a very energetic and enthusiastic person. Soon, even if I didn’t go around looking for anyone, I got a lot of information.
Taken together, these information indicate that the orphanage where Xiao Fang once stayed was very evil.
Seeing this, Fang Linyan always felt that something was wrong, because he couldn't remember Liu Qiang at all! If this guy had an obvious palm-sized red birthmark on his face, it would be impossible for him to miss it.
And he doesn't even remember it, let alone the fact that he asked him to give chocolate.
As for the evil sect in the welfare home, Fang Linyan was even more shocked. For him, he didn't remember having such an experience. Maybe it's because children have narrow vision and only see some weird things.
They find it fun, and their attention tends to be focused only on the playmates around them.
So he continued to look down and saw the note saying:
Yang Ahua, the wife of Township Chief Xie, told me that there are four official internal staff of the welfare home, and the rest are recruited temporary workers. Every year, temporary workers cannot bear to leave, and after these temporary workers leave, there will be some problems.
Strange reaction.
For example, crying in the middle of the night, behaving abnormally, wandering outside alone in the early morning, etc.
In my opinion, she talked about a lot of things, such as committing Tai Sui, being possessed by ghosts, etc., but I believe in science and feel that these people are suffering from schizophrenia or neurasthenia.
As for why these temporary workers are sick, it should be because they are under greater pressure.
After staying here for three days, I felt as if someone was following me, day and night. Although I found no evidence, I believed in my intuition, because in our line of work, intuition is the most important thing.
After arriving here, I have to turn the pages of my work notes again.
Fang Linyan was not in a hurry to turn to the next page, but frowned and fell into deep thought.
After reading this work notebook, many mysteries have emerged, and Fang Linyan also believes in the intuition mentioned by Xu Bo.
An excellent fitter does not need any measuring tools. He can tell whether the workpiece is thick or thin by just touching it. This relies on intuition.
Subconsciously, Fang Linyan turned to the third page and found that there were a lot of messy words on this page, and then many lines indicating abandonment were drawn on the words. If he looked carefully, he could still see some fragments of words:
"I don't believe in dead people."
"Call brother?"
"Bullshit."
"not going back!!!!!!"
"I will never go back. I want to find a way for Xiao Fang to survive! This is his only hope."
"Liu Xudong is actually eldest brother's comrade?"
""
Especially for the penultimate sentence, Xu Bo's writing can be said to be very heavy, even scratching the paper, which shows that he was very excited at the time.
Fang Linyan looked at these words in silence and suddenly covered his face.
At this time, he was alone, and Uncle Xu's voice and appearance suddenly appeared in his mind, so unknowingly, his tears flowed down and fell on the yellowed paper bit by bit.
After a while, Fang Linyan calmed down and then continued to look down. After opening the page, he saw a large pool of shocking blood!
Almost ten years later, this pool of blood has turned black, but it still looks shocking and shocking.
Fang Linyan continued to turn the pages and found that Uncle Xu quickly explained the above things:
"It's so strange that I have a nosebleed out of nowhere? Is what that person said true? Although my health is not very good, this is the first time in my life that I have a nosebleed!"
"There seems to be a slight turning point today. I found out about an important person again. He was the director of the welfare home at that time. His name was Zhang Kun. Not long ago, this guy actually surrendered and went to prison. He was sentenced to a heavy sentence. He was sentenced to eight full years.
Year!"
"According to that person, we can find out where Zhang Kun is serving his sentence. This is not something that needs to be kept secret, so I think I should get this information soon."
"This guy has been the director of the orphanage for more than ten years. He must know some clues about Xiao Fang."
"The eldest brother said that he had contacted Liu Xudong. Although he didn't say anything, I could feel that he was a little impatient. I couldn't disturb him anymore."
"I called home, and He Cui said everything was fine, but I knew that she must have asked her mother-in-law to take care of Xiao Fang. That woman is not an economical person. Hey, Xiao Fang is going to suffer."
At this point, it is time to turn the page again. The words above did not shock Fang Linyan much, because he had just cried. To be precise, after experiencing a huge emotional shock, he entered the refractory period of the human body.
Therefore, Fang Linyan did not expect the impact that the next page would bring to him! On the full next page, there were a few shocking words written in a very scrawled font.
Yang Ahua is dead.
The second aunt of the Xie family died.
I feel very uncomfortable too. Am I going to die?
Although Fang Linyan knew that Uncle Xu was not dead, he couldn't help but feel tight in his heart when he looked at the dripping blood stains remaining on the paper and the despair revealed in the scrawled handwriting.
Then Fang Linyan couldn't wait to turn to the next page, but his eyes suddenly widened.
There are a lot of words on this page, they are densely packed, but they are all dirty.
It seems that when the notebook was opened, the page on which it was written fell directly into a puddle of engine oil, and then was stepped on several times!
Then Fang Linyan turned to the next page again, only to see three pieces of paper appearing in front of him. To put it simply, the next three pages had been torn out, leaving only about one-fifth of it.
These three one-fifth fragments of the page were all densely written with words. Fang Linyan looked through them but could not find any valuable information.
Fortunately, there is writing on the entire page at the back.
It seems that this matter should be solved! I hope it can be solved. I don’t want to worry about anything anymore. I just want to take the medicine back. As long as this thing can really cure Xiaofang, then I will do this.
Accept it, and live a few years less.
In order to ensure that the medicine that the old monster gave me was not just to fool me, I decided to make a remote-controlled shooting mechanism. I saw a seagull camera in Xie Wenqiang's house. As long as the shutter sound was eliminated, the medicine was dispensed by the old monster.
When the time comes, I can think of ways to take a lot of photos.
My plan was successful. I should have captured the whole process of him dispensing the medicine. Now I have the medicine and am ready to go back. I don’t know why, but I have been having diarrhea recently and I feel very weak. I need to drink less.
After I got home, I took the film to Lao He for development. Xiao Fang's condition still showed no change. This was a good thing, but also a bad thing, because it meant that the treatment for the past half month had almost no effect.
Can this pinch of powder wrapped in paper in my pocket really cure his illness?
No, I have to wait for the results.
(turn page)
Oh my god, the film is developed!
It’s hard for me to believe my eyes. That old monster actually prepared medicine for Xiao Fang. I couldn’t tell what it was, but I swear I’ve never seen such a thing in my life, not even on TV, in pictorials, or even in textbooks.
!
(turn page)
no solution anymore,
The doctor said they tried their best,
This time the heavy bleeding was barely over,
But the doctor made it very clear that Xiao Fang would die the next time heavy bleeding occurs.
The time for the next major bleeding may be the next minute, it may be tomorrow, but it will not exceed a week.
He is still a child!
I have no choice, it's a dead end anyway, let him use it.
***
The diary ends here.
Fang Linyan turned around and found that they were all trivial matters in Uncle Xu's life.
For example, today’s wine is good,
Another example is that my nephew’s birthday is tomorrow and he wants to make a phone call.
I have a stomachache today and have diarrhea again.
Third brother likes to smoke, so I have to remember to get him two cigarettes.
It can be seen from these trivial things that Uncle Xu has indeed always maintained close contact with the family. This is also human nature.
But soon, Fang Linyan noticed something, and his expression quickly changed.
If we put aside the experience of traveling to Badong County in the middle, this notebook would completely record Xu Bo's life, which spanned almost three or four years, right?
It can be seen that if the experience of going to Badong County is used as a dividing line, in the second half of the notebook, Uncle Xu mentioned that he had an upset stomach a total of four times, while in the first half of the notebook, he never mentioned this matter once!
!
Fang Linyan knew very well that the cause of Xu Bo's death was diarrhea and intestinal granulation caused by Crohn's disease, which led to malnutrition and then death of organ failure.
Xu Bo himself probably didn't expect this when he wrote his diary. In other words, no one could have imagined that he would die of diarrhea.
But at this time, Fang Linyan looked back and immediately realized that there was something wrong. At this time, he didn't even notice that the muscles on his face were trembling slightly! Because a terrible thought suddenly appeared in his heart
:
"Uncle Xu did not die normally, he was killed by someone!"
Originally, Fang Linyan had no feelings for the orphanage where he was born, and he had no unforgettable memories. Looking back at it now, it was just a gray experience.
He didn't want to step in at all, which inexplicably caused some negative emotions to rise and affect his mood.
As for his biological parents, Fang Linyan only thinks that Uncle Xu is his father in his heart, and everyone else should get out of here. Don’t talk about any last resort or difficulties. There are many embarrassing things in the world, but it’s really hard to throw away your biological children.
There is no one in it.
After taking a deep breath, Fang Linyan picked up the pen and began to write a personal name on the white paper next to him:
Xie Wenqiang
Liu Xudong,
Zhang Kun,
Yang Ahua,
old monster,
After thinking for a while, he finally added the last name to the list:
Lao He!
Of course Fang Linyan knew this person, because there were only a few drinking buddies in Uncle Xu's narrow social circle.
Lao He's nickname is Yu Lao He. He runs a fish stall and kills and sells fish every day. The fish has a strong fishy smell. Among his usual hobbies is taking pictures, which makes him a serious enthusiast.
However, this guy's real hobby is lustful, and taking pictures is just a way to tease women. He has stolen money several times by taking artistic photos of women.
Fang Linyan discovered that the key point of the matter was what was captured by the camera that Uncle Xu built. As the person who developed the film, Lao He must have known what was in the photos.
In addition, Fang Linyan was also very curious. He had indeed been admitted to the hospital because of bleeding due to tooth replacement. He really couldn't remember the life and death decision that Uncle Xu mentioned, but this was normal, because at that time he had already
He was in a semi-asleep and semi-coma state.
Just like the injured in a serious car accident, usually they have passed the critical stage when they regain consciousness, so they have no impression of the sorrow of their families or the tense atmosphere in the operating room at that time.
"So, what exactly did I eat that allowed me to recover from extremely serious terminal leukemia?"
With such confusion, Fang Linyan was about to call Qizai directly. At this time, these old neighbors must be reliable. However, after he touched his body, he found that he had thrown away the previous phone number. He had no choice but to call Qizai.
I can apply for one again.
Fortunately, before Fang Linyan threw away the phone, he had copied the address book on the previous phone into a memo, otherwise it would still be a big trouble to find someone now.
After putting on a new mobile phone, Fang Linyan directly dialed Qizai's number. Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Qizai had already said in a trembling voice:
"Wrench! Wrench, where are you?"
Fang Linyan said curiously:
"What's wrong?"
Qizai took a few quick breaths and said with a cry:
"I just came out of the police station. Don't you know? It's fried to death!"
Fang Linyan frowned:
"This kid is dead? How did he die?"
To him, killing someone was really nothing, but at that time Fang Linyan could be sure that he was very measured in his actions. Although Zhiyouqiang had a bad mouth, he never thought about killing him. Those two slaps were just to let him down.