Di da, the call was connected.
Gu Jun frowned, and his heart skipped a beat. His ear that was pressed against the phone could hear some rustling sounds. It seemed like the signal was not good. He paid attention to the surroundings of the alley and did not make a sound. In fact, he did not intend to make a sound. He just wanted to know if there was anyone else in Gu Rong Village.
There was still no one on the other end of the phone. The low, hoarse voice was getting louder and louder.
Listening to this voice, the restlessness that Gu Jun often had recently rose from the bottom of his heart.
Who is it? Who is it? Who is on the other end of the phone?
He wanted to ask loudly, but he tried his best to hold back. Even his breathing was suppressed so that his voice would not be exposed.
It was as if once his voice was exposed, an ominous disaster would befall.
"..." Gu Jun did not take the initiative to hang up the phone. Despite the increasing pressure in his heart, he still listened to the hoarse whisper. Was this a language? He only knew that it was not the language he muttered in the Longkan video.
No, that was not right. It was like the sound of a throat constantly rubbing and squeezing.
There was a creature on the other end of the phone, and it was trying to speak.
Gu Jun tried hard to hear clearly, but the surrounding environment was very noisy. The passing motorcycles, the conversations of the neighborhood residents, and the music playing in the shops all mixed together and covered up the strange sound. He continued to listen to the phone as he walked deeper into the alley.
Rustle, rustle...
The surrounding noise was getting smaller and smaller, and the strange sound on the other end of the phone was getting louder.
When Gu Jun walked to a secluded place near the garbage dump at the end of the alley, he could suddenly hear it. It was very soft, but he could hear it clearly.
"Save me..."
In the hoarse whisper on the other end of the phone, these two Chinese characters came out. Save me.
It was a human voice. Although it was so low and trembling, he could recognize the human tone and emotion, or rather, fear.
As if the throat had opened, the voice on the other end of the phone said, "I'm not... dead... I'm not... them... I don't have... the thing in the banyan tree... Let me out, ah... I don't want to die... Save, save me..."
This voice revealed a great deal of pain, making Gu Jun's heart feel very uncomfortable.
He vaguely heard that the other party should be a villager of Gurong Village. He was not dead yet, but he could not evacuate because he had been infected and his body had become distorted. Therefore, he was confined within the village.
A few days ago, Gu Jun was still shrouded in the shadow of a terminal illness. He knew what it was like to live well but be powerless to fight against death.
"Save me, please, save me …" The voice on the other end of the phone was still wailing.
Gu Jun's grip on the phone tightened. To his own surprise, he was reminded of the first day of university. During the first class, he and the whole class stood up to make the Hippocratic Oath as usual.
At that time, he didn't care about the oath at all. It was just a formality.
"As a medical worker, I officially swear to dedicate my life to humanity …"
"I will practice my medical skills with purity and holiness for the rest of my life."
Gu Jun was silent. Treating and saving people was the destiny of a medical dog. But now, there was nothing he could do.
He couldn't save the chief of Gurong Village, couldn't save the child climbing the tree, and couldn't save the person on the other end of the phone.
"The thing in the banyan tree …" The strange voice on the phone became more and more painful. "The thing … is not … don't …"
Suddenly, the phone was cut off. Beep beep beep …
Gu Jun looked down at the phone in his hand, took a deep breath, and whispered, "I'm sorry. If I can, I want to save you. I don't have that ability, not yet … "He looked up at the evening sky and exhaled. But a part of his heart became more determined.
That was what he wanted to do. To be a real doctor and save people.
There were not so many noble reasons … He felt that he just couldn't bear to do it.
After standing for a while, Gu Jun sorted out his messy mood and silently pulled out the new SIM card.
"The thing in the banyan tree?" He began to think about the dying villager's words. What thing? Is the source of the disease the big banyan tree?
The twisted giant branches, the rugged tree tendons, the tangled roots … the deformed limbs …
These images gradually overlapped in Gu Jun's mind, and a thought naturally came to mind. The deformed limbs of the bodies were very similar to the branches and roots of the banyan tree.
How did a banyan tree become the source of the disease?
As Gu Jun pondered, he turned his head and walked back.
The sky was getting dark, and a cool breeze blew. A strange feeling suddenly flashed through Gu Jun's mind. He looked around. This area was called "Fortune Gathering Alley". There were no tall buildings, only old buildings, narrow alleys, broken shop signs, and traditions that were gradually disappearing.
He used to come here often because Jufu Alley had many authentic Eastern Zhou local food stalls. Eastern University students liked to come here for a taste.
Although this place was extremely messy, he was very familiar with every electric wire and every signboard in this area.
But now, walking on the rotten cement road at the end of the alley, he felt a strange chill gradually surround him.
Drip, drip, like the sound of rain falling.
Although the sky was gray, there was no rain.
Drip, drip … Gu Jun suddenly looked back. There was nothing in the narrow and dilapidated alley.
Only the old signs swayed slightly. "Stylish Hair Salon, Professional Hairdresser", "Wing Lung Hotel", "Copy, Type, Fax".
"It's the man who's been following me …" But Gu Jun was sure that the man was following him in the dark! He thought about what to do. He retracted his gaze from behind and turned around, only to see a middle-aged man with a crew cut standing less than five steps in front of him.
The man was wearing ordinary casual clothes. His face was a little haggard, his cheeks were sunken in, and his eyes were bloodshot.
It was the man who had been following him for so many days.
What should I do? Gu Jun told himself to stay calm. Should he turn around and run? Or should he pretend that he knew nothing and walk past him?
But he noticed that the eyes of the man with the crew cut were staring at him without hesitation. The gloominess in his eyes was not concealed at all.
Gu Jun suddenly understood. "He knows that I've discovered that he's following me …" It was because of this that the man with the crew cut would show up like this.
In an instant, Gu Jun decided to make the first move. He pretended to be an ordinary person with no other implications. He pretended to be frivolous and asked loudly, "Buddy, who are you? I think I've seen you a few times recently, and you've been staring at me. Who are you? What are you looking at? "
"Mr. Gu." The man with the crew cut smiled. Like a puppet, the corners of his mouth were pulled open. "Hand over the thing, and everything will be fine."
Gu Jun's expression did not change. He was thinking about how to deal with this. Li Yuerui's phone was in the inner pocket of his shirt. So he was here for it …
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