Chapter 1 Silent Heart
Ahem~
Vomit ~
The violent cough accompanied by vomiting made the young man on the bed turn sideways and curl up into a ball. The veins on his forehead swell and the pale skin shows a sick flush.
The brain seemed to be stirred into a ball of paste by a scorching iron rod, and even basic rational thinking became a luxury.
When I opened my eyes, the surrounding scenery became blurred lines, and I could only vaguely see a contour.
Lu Jiu struggled to get up, and his hands were unconsciously groping around.
"Water...water..."
The sound in his throat was hard and hoarse, as if he was stuffed with a handful of hot sand, scorching flesh and blood, forcing Lu Jiu to open his eyes wide and find everything around him that seemed to be able to drink.
Soon he found a bamboo tube with a length of forearm at the head of the bed, and quickly reached out to grab it, opened his mouth and pulled off the top of the block.
The rich smell of blood came to his face. Lu Jiu was stunned at first, and then he felt as if he was summoned to some extent. Without hesitation, he poured the thick liquid from the bamboo tube into his already hungry throat. As his throat continued to swallow, his tired body was like a long-drought wasteland ushering in spring rain, and every cell was shouting happily.
Plop!
The sound of the heart leaping in his ears. In a trance, Lu Jiu saw a strange dark golden heart appearing in front of him.
The shadow of the heart is mostly covered by a shadow, and only the central part is clearly visible. Several purple transistors embedded in each other are more faintly exposed at the outer edge of the heart... It is better to say that it is a mechanical craft that looks like a heart, which is ingenious!
This illusion did not exist in my mind for too long, and it disappeared without a trace after a few seconds.
At the same time, as the liquid in the bamboo tube continued to decrease, Lu Jiu's vision gradually became clear.
The moment when rational return, Lu Jiu sat on the edge of the bed, looking blankly at the bamboo tube with blood stains on the edge of his hand. The smell of blood in the air had not yet dissipated.
But the bigger problem is...
That's here?
The clothes I was wearing were very strange. The upper body was a dark brown linen short coat, and the lower body was a pair of straight trousers similar to casual pants. However, the fabric was still smooth to the touch. However, this style looked a bit like the ancient costumes I had seen in movies and TV dramas in the past.
‘I bought clothes in Chengdongfang City a month ago, fifty cents, bargains.’
Lu Jiu was confused, but information about the clothes suddenly appeared in his mind, as if he had already had memories.
Market? Fifty-month?
Lu Jiu stood up straight, turned his gaze hesitantly, and looked around.
This is a room less than 20 square meters. The center is the bed where Lu Jiu is sitting now, and the half-open glass window next to it, and the orange-red sunset is shining in from outside.
On the east side, there is a cabinet about one person tall standing. The upper part is a wardrobe. There are two loose "Fu" on the cabinet door. There are three grids and one row at the bottom, which are a total of three rows of drawers.
Next to the cabinet is a desk, neatly stacked with several books and an iron candlestick with more than half of burning candles.
Seeing this, Lu Jiu suddenly looked towards the door. He "remembered" that there was a lamp on the left wall of the wooden door. It looked like a lantern, but it was made of glass, and it was only the size of a fist. It was a metal pedal at the bottom, connecting two pipes embedded in the wall, leading directly to the outside of the door.
‘The gas lamp, the pipe installed by my father when he was alive, is very useful.’
Another moment when the memory emerged, Lu Jiu felt a severe pain like a torn apart in his brain, and then a large number of broken memory fragments suddenly emerged in his mind with dizziness!
Lu Jiu, a native of Qingdingcheng, Zhiyuan Prefecture, Anqing Province, Shuoming Dynasty, was only twenty years old and had only attended public schools. He had not been admitted to the National Higher Education Institution. He is currently working in the Yunling Newspaper in Xixi of Cheng...
My father built a senior factory for Xu's craftsman. He died five years ago due to an accident that occurred while participating in the construction of a dragon boat. His mother was an ordinary female worker and raised herself with work-related injury pensions. She became ill in overwork a few years ago. She died suddenly after she became an adult. Since then she has lived alone...
Now is the 23rd year of Shenglong. With the increasing number of treasures called "technology" found in the depths of the vast sea, unprecedented changes in the times are underway...
"hiss!"
A sudden thrust of pain in his heart made the memory retrace abruptly stop, his forehead was filled with cold sweat, Lu Jiu was breathing heavily, and his palm subconsciously covered his heart.
The moment he contacted, Lu Jiu suddenly widened his eyes, and after a few seconds, he began to try to press his heart.
However, his always silent heart made him feel extremely frightened.
He didn't feel his heartbeat!
Dongdong ~
The knock on the door suddenly sounded, awakening Lu Jiu, who was in confusion in the house, turned his head and stared at the door.
At this moment, he was surprisingly calm.
The complicated thoughts were suppressed by two muffled sounds outside the door. I held the bamboo tube and pressed my feet down and walked towards the cabinet next to me.
Never let others discover what they are doing now!
"Who?"
Putting the bamboo tube into the inner side of the wardrobe and closing the door, Lu Jiu then asked.
"Xiao Jiu, it's me."
A gentle voice came from outside the door, and then a tender childish voice sounded again.
"Brother Xiaojiu, open the door quickly, I've brought you something delicious!"
‘The neighbor opposite the door, Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao are good friends of their parents. They usually take good care of themselves, and their daughter, Zhao Wanhua.’
The image of the family of three appeared in my mind. Lu Jiu almost instinctively walked towards the door and answered, "I'll open the door now."
Raise your hand and wipe your mouth with the hem of your sleeve to confirm that there are no blood stains left. At the same time, your tongue sweeps back and forth in your mouth and swallows a few sips of saliva to ensure that you will not show any sags when you speak later.
When you walk to the door, stop again, look around the room, making sure you don't see anything strange.
He reached out and rubbed his cheeks twice to make it look a little bloody, and then opened the door.
"Uncle Zhao, Aunt Zhao, what delicious food does Xiao Wanhua bring to her brother?"
According to the image in memory, Lu Jiu first smiled and said hello to the couple outside the door, then squatted down and looked at the little girl who was wrapped in a small cloth in her arms, with two black buns on her head and a little baby fat, which was particularly cute.
"Ding ~ It's a delicious jerky beef~"
Xiaowan raised the cloth wrapped with a faint smell of flesh like a flower offering treasure, and stuffed it directly into Lu Jiu's arms.
"Uncle, aunt, you are usually enough to be taken care of by you, I can't take this."
I handed the cloth back to the girl. Although this era has changed a lot, beef jerky is still something that ordinary people are qualified to enjoy during festivals.
"Take it, we just ate it, and these are all packed."
Behind the girl and the woman, the honest middle-aged man persuaded him. Only then did Lu Jiu realize that he was wearing a thin white mourning suit and a white cloth hat. He must have just participated in a funeral.
"You...I wonder which elder died?"
"I'm not an elder, but a friend from the south of the city. I don't know why I suddenly had hysteria and brought his family..."
Thinking of the situation over there, Uncle Zhao's expression was a little ugly, and he subconsciously wanted to mention it.
"Old Zhao, don't say this in front of Xiao Jiu!"
She glared at her husband and the woman whispered softly, the former immediately seemed to realize something, and scratched her head with an awkward expression.
"Xiao Jiu, just keep this beef jerky. It's just right to take your face so bad. You're exhausted when you go out. It's just right to make up for it."
After all, it is still a woman who is meticulous and has no trace of the topic to change.
Lu Jiu wanted to continue to refuse, but then he thought that if something suddenly happened to his current state, it would be difficult to end.
So I took the jerky in my hand and thanked the two elders again.
Close the door again, pull out the beef jerky from the cloth and stuff it into your mouth, the meat is dry and hard.
In the past life, Lu Jiu would probably throw it aside for two or three slices to accumulate dust, but now he eats it with relish.
With the energy supplement of serious food and the visit of Uncle Zhao's family, Lu Jiu's chaotic and tense thinking gradually relaxed.
Realizing this, Lu Jiuyuan wanted to take this opportunity to try to recall what happened recently and figure out what had happened to him.
But he really overestimated his ability to withstand pressure, and the successive mental shocks had already made him exhausted.
This relaxation made the whole person immediately drowsy.
Not to mention keeping thinking, all I have left in my mind is lying on the bed... the real "lying on the corpse".
It was meaningless to force it, so Lu Jiu chose to follow his body's wishes, locked the door and lay on the bed without even taking off his clothes.
The pillow was just stained with the back of my head, and my consciousness began to blur, and soon the snoring sound gradually started.
Pong ~
The crisp sound of the porcelain when it landed on the ground and the faint screams mixed in between woke Lu Jiu in his sleep and glanced at the clock on the wall in a daze.
He had only slept for less than five hours.
The noise outside continued. Lu Jiu got up from the bed, leaned against the head of the bed, and distinguished the source of the sound.
At the same time, what surprised him was that no matter what his mental state was, his body was not only free from soreness and fatigue, but also felt a sense of strength and strength!
"Help! Save..."
The cry for help sounded again outside the door made Lu Jiu convinced that what he had just heard was not an illusion, and immediately got up to check the situation.
Ga~ga~
Just at this moment, two low crows suddenly sounded outside the window that was closed before going to bed.
Somehow, when Lu Jiu heard this cry, he felt inexplicably bored. He frowned and clenched his fists involuntarily.
After taking a few deep breaths, this irritable mood barely eased.
Just two crows, how could this happen?
Lu Jiu, who came to his senses, was a little surprised by his emotions that had just lost control... Maybe it was because of the previous change that made him a little sensitive?
Bang bang bang!
The door vibrated, and the sound of smashing the door sounded, and Lu Jiu grabbed the short footstool beside him.
"Xiao Jiu! Xiao Jiu! Open the door quickly, your Uncle Zhao is also hysterical!"
Aunt Zhao's panicked voice mixed with Xiao Wanhua's crying sound came from outside the door to the room.
Chapter completed!