A Bug’s Desire To Survive

Li Xun did not stop Yuan Chu from trying the new drug in the end. Although he didn't believe in miracles, the girl might still have a chance.

On the day of the trial, Li Xun was by Yuan Chu's side, watching her swallow the pills without hesitation, and at the end, she thanked Dr. Song Zhicheng obediently. She didn't know what she was about to face, so she couldn't help but want to get angry. .

"Don't drink water or eat anything for 3 hours." Song Zhicheng urged, "After 3 hours, you can eat a small amount of liquid food."

"Okay." Yuan Chu nodded seriously, indicating that he remembered.

"So good." Song Zhicheng touched her head and praised with a smile.

Li Xun sat beside him without saying a word, staring at them with cold eyes.

When Song Zhicheng left, there were only two people left in the room. Li Yan squinted at Yuan Chu, and saw that she had covered herself with the quilt, leaned comfortably on the pillow, closed her eyes and rested, with a peaceful appearance.

Li Tan: "...how do you feel?"

"It's okay." Yuan Chu glanced at him, "It would be even better if you could tell me a story."

"Huh." It's a beautiful thought!

Li Tan stood up: "lie down by yourself, I'll go first."

He stretched out his long legs and strode out of the ward.

Originally, he was lying alone in a quiet ward, his thin body almost sunk into the pillow, and only a pair of black eyes were piercing.

Half an hour later, the door of the ward was pushed open, and Li Chen stepped in again, holding a shopping bag in his right hand.

"You choose one." He threw the contents of the shopping bag on the bedside table, showing a look of disgust and impatience.

Yuan Chu looked sideways and saw four or five hardcover picture books on the bedside table. What "Little Girl Selling XX", "Prince of XX", "Daughter of X", "Dancing Shoes of X"...all tragic .

Yuan Chu: "..." Is it really good to read this kind of book to a terminally ill patient?

Li Xun stared at her condescendingly and said critically, "These are all very popular fairy tales, have you seen them?"

He specially ordered people to buy them according to the fairy tale classic ranking, so there should be no problem.

If you say it, you may not believe it. Li Xun has never seen fairy tales, and naturally he doesn't know that they are all tragedies.

Yuan Chu picked out a copy and handed it to Li Xun.

"Can't you read it yourself?" He complained, he already took the book in his hand and looked down: "The Little Girl Who Sells xx".

Li Tan opened the pages of the book and read out in awe: "It's extremely cold, it's snowing, and it's getting dark again..."

Yuan Chu listened with great interest, feeling the kindness that came from him.

The story is very short, only one or two thousand words. Thinking about it, Li Xun suddenly felt that something was wrong. When he finally remembered that the little girl froze to death in the dream, he darkened his face and forcibly changed the ending: "The next morning, when the little girl woke up, she found that her dream had come true... Since then, I have lived with my grandma. happy life!"

Yuan Chu: "..." If her tone wasn't so gritted, she might really believe in happiness.

"What kind of messed up story? The plot is sloppy and illogical." Li Tan mercilessly threw the book into the trash, then picked up the second book and browsed it quickly, followed by the third and fourth books ...MD mentally retarded! The author is poisonous!

After reading these stories, Li Xun felt bad.

At first, I wanted to laugh, but I held it back and pretended to be drowsy: "Don't you read it?"

Seeing this, Li Xun quickly put all the books, including the one that was thrown into the trash can, back into the shopping bag, got up and said, "Don't read, you can go to sleep."

After speaking, he left without looking back.

Yuan Chu closed his eyes with a smile, but for a moment, the white skin oozes blood droplets, and the organs in the body are also decaying a little...

In the evening, Li Tan was awakened by a clutter of footsteps, he frowned, got up and went out to check.

The patient in the ward at the end of the corridor was pushed out by medical staff and rushed to the emergency room. A group of people hurried past Li Xun, and he quickly recognized that the patient was one of the three volunteers who tested the drug. His face was pale, blood was spewing from his mouth, and the scarlet blood flowed all over the place, extending to the elevator entrance.

Li Tan followed them silently, came to the floor where the rescue room was located, leaned against the cold wall, and stared at the tightly closed door.

Ten minutes later, a doctor walked out of the emergency room and said to the nurse beside him, "Have you contacted his family?"

"They're on their way."

The doctor sighed: "The rescue failed, and the time of death was 2:21 in the morning."

This patient was the first volunteer to try the drug. His condition improved for a few days, but he did not expect it to suddenly deteriorate.

Li Xun stood stiffly in place for a long time, until the family of the deceased came over, and he left blankly.

When I came to the door of the original ward, I was about to push the door in but stopped, and the hand holding the doorknob trembled slightly.

The new drug failed, not only did not have any therapeutic effect, but also accelerated death!

Thinking of the tragic state of that person just now, Li Tan only felt that his heart was blocked by something, heavy and depressed.

Standing at the door for a few minutes, Li Yan slowly released his hand, the look in his eyes faded little by little, and finally turned into indifference.

Didn't you already know that? They're all dying, what's the point?

Li Xun turned around, walked into his ward step by step, closed the door gently, and cut off all sounds from the outside world.

Yuan Chu opened his eyes with a little regret on his face. During the day, there was a vague feeling between her and Li Yan, but just now, the feeling disappeared again.

In the morning, Yuan Chu reluctantly drank a bowl of porridge, and then went to the next door to find Li Xun, but he didn't even enter the door, so he was driven back.

Yuan Chu was not discouraged, and when he seized the opportunity, he ran in front of him to brush his presence.

Li Tan's face is cold and warm-hearted, and his mouth and body are righteous. Although his milk is fierce, he has not refused her closeness. Anyone who can help in life will help, but their relationship has never made any progress.

As time went by, the law of primordial feeling rejected her more and more strongly, and the side effects of the drug gradually appeared. She can no longer live and dance like before, and she can only stay in bed for most of the day until she can't get out of bed at all.

Li Tan found that the little girl hadn't come to him for two days. He finally couldn't help but took a peek. Seeing her lying on the bed, he didn't bother her.

Just as he was about to go back to his room, he suddenly heard a nurse's voice coming from the corner of the corridor: "I really want to change shifts with someone else. I'm about to collapse when I take care of that patient every day."

"Isn't it? It's so miserable, I look at it with sympathy and fear."

"I heard from Director Song that he probably won't survive for three days."

"Life is so painful, it's better to get rid of it sooner..."

The two nurses passed by in the corridor without paying any attention to Li Xun who was hiding behind the door.

Who are they talking about? Another volunteer?

Li Xun's heart trembled, his hands clenched tightly, and finally he opened the door and walked towards the room where the patient was.

"Ah—" A scream came into Li Tan's ears, causing him to stop. Looking through the half-opened door, he saw two medical staff pressing down on the patient on the bed. The patient has been thin and completely out of shape, his whole body is stained red with blood, his hair is loose, his skin is sallow, and he is struggling weakly like a dried fish.

Li Tan took a step back abruptly, then staggered away and ran straight to the original ward.

Song Zhicheng just came over to check, and when he saw him rushing in, he quickly pulled him out.

"What are you doing in a hurry?"

"What am I doing? What do I still want to ask you?" Li Xun's eyes were filled with suppressed anger, "This is the new drug you developed? Not only does it have no effect, but it also tortures the patient into a human form?"

"The drug is not ineffective, but the side effects are too strong and need to be improved." Song Zhicheng said as calmly as possible.

"Oh, do we still have time for you to improve?" Li Tan's eyes fell on the door of the ward where Yuan Chu was, "How is her condition?"

"not too good."

Li Tan pushed him away, walked into the ward, stood by the bed and quietly looked at the little **** the bed.

No wonder she hadn't come to him for two days. Was she too sick to get out of bed?

"Her side effects appeared four days ago." Song Zhicheng whispered.

Four days ago? He didn't even notice it at all. That little girl always smiled so brightly in front of him, and her eyes were always so bright.

"What are the side effects?"

"At first, there will be dizziness, vomiting and other symptoms, then frequent vomiting of blood, weakness of the limbs, extreme weakness, accompanied by severe pain all over the body." Song Zhicheng did not hide it.

Li Xun clenched his fists, and his shoulders couldn't help shaking. If only he had stopped it at the time, rather than dying in pain, let her spend the rest of the time peacefully.

"This girl is very special." Song Zhicheng added, "It stands to reason that with her age and physique, she would not be able to survive after being infected by the poison-gas, but it is amazing that she has carried it so hard."

"What's there to marvel at?" Li Yan glared at him, "Do you feel lucky to be tortured by the pain for another year?"

Song Zhicheng was speechless and felt a little guilty. Although they had done their best, seeing these patients die in front of his eyes one by one, he couldn't let go no matter what.

"You accompany her, I'll come to check later." Leaving these words, Song Zhicheng walked away with heavy steps.

Li Tan ignored him and sat silently beside the bed, his eyes were blank and he didn't think about anything.

"...Brother?" A weak voice suddenly sounded in the room, making him recover from his daze.

Li Xun looked down at her.

"Have you come to see me?" Yuan Chu gave him a happy smile, "I knew you wouldn't be able to bear to see me."

Li Tan scolded with a dark face: "Stop laughing, laughing so ugly." There is still a wound on his face, doesn't it hurt at all?

Yuan Chu raised his two skinny hands, covered his face, and said sullenly, "Is it ugly? Then I won't laugh anymore."

Seeing her like this, Li Xun wanted to get angry again.

"I'm afraid you'll hurt your face!"

"Oh." Yuan Chu put down his hand covering his face again and pointed at his dimples, "So, it's not really ugly when I smile?"

"Yes yes yes." What you say is what. He is so old, what does he care about with a stupid girl?

"I'm hungry." Yuan Chu looked at him expectantly, "Can my brother buy me something to eat?"

"Well, wait a minute." Li Xun stood up, ready to go to his room to get his phone.

Just as he was just walking out of the door, he suddenly heard a faint sound of vomiting behind him.

He turned his head abruptly, and saw Yuan Chu lying on the side of the bed, his thin body trembling constantly, a large mouthful of blood spewed out of his mouth, sprayed on the ground, and a huge blood flower bloomed, scarlet and dazzling.