Sheng Yao did not return to that temporary home.

He walked aimlessly until the dark clouds above his head fell raindrops again, and he had to stop at a bus stop.

There is only one bus stopping at this station. Except for Sheng Yao, there is no one near the station.

The dense rain curtains and the rumbling sound of rain enveloped Sheng Yao. The surrounding scenery became blurred and the sound became distant.

Sheng Yao's cell phone rang again under this situation.

Instead of answering the phone immediately, he felt a sense of absurdity.

The first time he found that he was quite busy, with many friends... but he received so many calls at this time...

Sheng Yao took out a light breath and took out his phone.

After seeing the caller's name clearly, Sheng Yao's mind shook slightly. He calmed down before pressing the answer button.

"Shengsheng..." As soon as Sheng Yao uttered these two words, he felt that something seemed to be blocked in his throat.

"How is that child? Is that child okay?" Bai Xiao's voice was calm and there was a hint of concern.

Sheng Yao leaned against the cold railing of the station, "Ah, I just sent to the hospital and am being rescued. But... it should be fine. After all, it is..."

After all, he is a patient in the Monster Clinic.

"...Well. That's good." Bai Xiao sighed and changed his tone, "Where are you? It's raining outside again. I'm already home. Do you want to pick you up?"

"No need. I'm hiding from the rain. I'll just take a taxi back later. It's okay." Sheng Yao smiled.

"Okay. Then I'll wait for you to come back. By the way, what should we have for dinner? On a rainy day, I'll order a takeaway. It probably takes a long time to deliver it... What do you want to eat? I'll order it now."

"Ah, you can eat anything. The fried rice the day before yesterday was good."

"I also think that restaurant is delicious...will it be called the fried rice from that restaurant?"

"Um."

Sheng Yao and Bai Xiao agreed on these trivial matters before hung up the phone.

For a moment, he felt that his inexplicable thoughts were really boring. Such a life was already very good. What was he still thinking about?

That baby...

Just a patient.

Why did he meddle in other people's business again and again? Without him intervening, everything... probably... is OK...

Sheng Yao thought so.

The heavy rain above my head did not stop.

"Call the taxi back now..." Sheng Yao stretched out his hand and felt the weight of the rain hitting his palm, "Just go back..."

...

On the small TV, Bai Xiao's figure was like a figure in an oil painting, with his back straight and his head slightly lowered, revealing a side face that was not very clear in the dim room.

Her jaw was tense. As the camera narrowed and focused on her skin, you could see the blue and black marks gradually emerging on it, like complex tattoos, or a strange disease, with a strange feeling, climbing up Bai Xiao's side face little by little.

The skin under the markings gradually contracted like a stimulus.

Bai Xiao also seemed to have suffered some kind of pain and moaned in depression.

The lens suddenly moved away.

Bai Xiao curled up his back and his cell phone fell heavily to the ground. She grabbed the armrest of the sofa with one hand and grabbed the clothes on her abdomen with the other.

The head buried in the bend of the arms was trembling slightly.

Boom boom boom...

Dada dada...

Dingding Ding Ding...

There was constant rain outside the window, and raindrops falling on the awning and clothes rails made different sounds, which combined together and evolved into a heavy music.

"That... kid..."

A broken sound penetrated into the music, a long sucking, followed by an equally long exhalation.

Bai Xiao's body calmed down.

The two hands she exposed to the camera were blue and black on the back of her hands, with blue veins bulging, looking at limbs that were not like humans.

The doctor's ten nails were talking in a low voice in non-human language.

Bai Xiao's fingers bounced like a spasm, and the markings suddenly subsided.

Everything returns to normal.

Bai Xiao raised his head and picked up the phone on the ground with a look of nothingness. While getting up and turning on the light in the room, he lowered his head to order takeout on the phone.

clatter.

The doctor tapped his finger lightly.

The picture reflected in the dark blue eyes turned into Sheng Yao's face again.

Sheng Yao walked out of the station, opened the door of the roadside taxi, and got into the car with a short body.

The car drove out, the camera kept pulling up, looking down at the taxi turning around at the intersection and disappearing outside the screen.

...

Sheng Yao returned to the emergency room of Longcheng University Affiliated Hospital.

He looked for the nurse's desk, and before he could ask, the nurse had already recognized him.

"Oh, are you back? The child has just been sent to the pediatrics department." The nurse said on his own initiative.

"It's okay?" Sheng Yao was not surprised.

"Well. The vital signs are stable, so you don't need to go to the iCu. But..." The nurse hesitated for a moment, "He has some congenital problems..."

Sheng Yao raised his eyebrows, and felt that this situation was expected.

Longcheng First Hospital called him before and notified that the baby had abnormal chromosomes.

Sheng Yao couldn't help but think of the questions he had previously been puzzled.

"Can I go and see him?"

"You go directly to the ward on the top floor of the pediatric department in Building 8 and just go there and say it. They also know that you picked up the child." The nurse pointed out the way to Sheng Yao.

Sheng Yao thanked the other party and found Building No. 8 as she pointed.

The entire building No. 8 is a pediatric department, and the interior decoration is very different from that of the emergency room. Cute cartoon stickers, nurse tables, seats, doors and windows can be seen everywhere on the walls.

Not only are the decorations different, but the atmosphere inside is also different. Children's laughter and crying fill this space.

Sheng Yao’s five senses are now stronger than ordinary people. At this moment, he feels that his ears are buzzing and there is a wonderful experience - a rare life force that can be perceived in the hospital.

He didn't stay at the outpatient department on the first floor for much, so he took the elevator to the top floor.

As the elevator rose, Sheng Yao felt that the surrounding environment became quieter and quieter.

After arriving at the top floor, this quietness turned into a kind of dead silence.

The vitality I felt before seemed to sink to the bottom of the building.

Sheng Yao's breathing stagnated and returned to normal again.

He walked out of the elevator, and the sound of footsteps broke the dead silence of this floor.

After turning a corner, Sheng Yao heard some noise.

Obviously, this distance and the unblocked corridor, he should have heard these movements long ago...

"You are..." The nurse on this floor of the nurse's desk raised her head and showed a puzzled expression.

"Hello, I want to see the...abandoned baby sent in today. I am the one who picked him up." Sheng Yao said.

"Oh——" the nurse's expression relaxed, "He is pretty good now. Our three senior directors of pediatrics have shown him, and now the head nurse is taking care of him. You don't have to worry. Oh, Teacher Fang." The nurse stood up and waved to the nurse who walked next to him, "This one picked up the child..."

"My surname is Sheng." Sheng Yao added, turning around and looking at the Nurse Fang who was walking towards him.

His eyes lowered and he glanced at the work permit he had clamped on his uniform pocket - Fang Simin, head nurse of the neonatal critical care department.

"Hello, Mr. Sheng, thanks to you, otherwise this kid..." Fang Simin's tone was full of gratitude and sympathy.

"Is he...what is there a problem?" Sheng Yao asked nervously.

"Congenital disability." Fang Simin shook her head, "There are problems with vision and hearing."

Sheng Yao was stunned.

"Retinal hypoplasia and neurodeafness should be what medicine the mother used during pregnancy." Fang Simin tried to briefly talk about the baby's condition, "Maybe it just knows this problem... the eyes can tell that something is wrong at a glance..." She said, shook her head again and sighed.

Sheng Yao pursed his lips, "Can I see him now?"

"Of course." Fang Simin led the way for Sheng Yao.

There were not many patients' families in the neonatal critical care department. Sheng Yao walked over and saw only two patients lying on the glass window, staring tightly at the families of the patients in the ward. The patients here were not lying on ordinary hospital beds, but were trapped in the incubator one by one. Most patients had various tubes inserted, their bodies were covered by the pipes of the instrument, and their exposed skin was red and wrinkled. They could not imagine that they were the cubs of "human". They were more like unconscious pieces of meat. They could not see the ups and downs of their chests, and they could not see the reactions of humans. They could only connect the beating lines and changing numbers on the instruments that proved that they were still alive.
To be continued...