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The next morning, Longmen Central Hospital.

It has been a whole night since yesterday's office building incident.

In the ward, the TV hanging on the wall broadcasts the morning news.

Seeing the familiar scenes and characters on the TV, the Li Boli girl sitting on the bed in a hospital gown was full of complexities.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu to...to be accepted by others?"

This Li Boli girl is none other than the person involved in yesterday's office building incident, a researcher at the Longmen Research Institute——Xuezhi.

As for the reasons for her complicated mood, it goes without saying.

When you, looking at yourself in the TV camera, disregarded all dissuasion, after jumping from a high altitude with the feeling of committing suicide, your mood is the same.

Jumping off a building due to suicide is not a glorious thing, especially after the failure of "suicide".

Snow Pheasant has gradually begun to regret his original decision.She is already worried about whether her scientific research institute will choose to accept her in the future... a person with psychological problems who has a tendency to "suicide".

Even if Snow Pheasant has a deeper reason for making this choice, it is an unchangeable fact that if you do it, you do it.

"What should I do... alas."

Getting up from the bed and getting out of bed, Snow Pheasant's mood was extremely complicated.

Since she was sent to the hospital for a physical examination by the police officers of the Guards Bureau and was hospitalized for observation last night, the worry in Xuezhi's heart has never stopped.

I am not worried about my physical condition of "falling from the 26th floor", but about my future, which is becoming more and more blurred and cannot see the light.

Although I did what the group of mysterious people wanted me to do, Xuezhi didn't know what would happen afterwards.

Her parents are still lying in the ICU intensive care unit, and the daily medical bills are as high.

On the premise of surviving, whether those mysterious people will fulfill their promise as before is not something that can be reassured.

Moreover, after doing that kind of thing, what face do I have to face others...whether it is my relatives, or the person who persuaded me not to commit suicide.

"Oh... go out and get some air."

The smell of hospital disinfectant lingered in her nostrils, and the girl named Snow Pheasant sighed faintly.Putting on the shoes beside the bed, I planned to walk towards the door of the ward.

Maybe the fresh air can clear her mind...for the hazy future.

【Boom, boom, boom】

But at this moment, the sound of knocking on the door suddenly resounded.

"...?"

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No.16

Who could it be...?

Snow Pheasant had doubts in his heart.

She was the only patient in this ward. If it was doctors and nurses who came to check, they would directly push open the door and enter instead of knocking on the door.

Snow Pheasant, who returned to Longmen to work, has always been single.Because of the short time in the new environment and his own personality, Snow Pheasant has not had a friend who can be called a "friend".Therefore, the possibility of being visited by someone is not too great.

Could it be someone from the Guards Bureau? ...should be the only ones.

"Here we come, please wait a moment!...."

With this in mind, Xuezhi hurried to the door of the ward.Slowly pull the door open from the inside——

"Hehe, it seems that I did not go to the wrong room this time. Good morning, Miss Xuezhi."

"...Dr. Blaine?"

Opening the door, Xuezhi froze when he saw the smiling man standing outside the door.

This man is none other than the male psychiatrist Dana Bryan (Xu You) who persuaded her mind last night and saved her life by some means.

"Doctor Bryan, why are you...well, sorry, please come in first!"

Looking at Xu You's appearance standing on the corridor with a black curved handle umbrella, and the faint smile under the monocle, Xuezhi felt a little at a loss.

But soon, she realized that standing blankly by the door of the room was a bit out of control, and hurriedly took a step back to get out of the way behind the door of the ward.

Dr. Bryan.....Did he come to visit me specially?

"You don't need to be too polite, Miss Xuezhi. You have just experienced something like that. No matter how you feel about yourself, it's still not suitable to walk around."

Picking up the umbrella, she stepped into the door of the ward under Xuezhi's restrained words and deeds.Seeing Li Boli's girl's gaze that was always downcast and not daring to raise it, Xu You smiled and said:

"This time I didn't think carefully, knocked on the door and asked you to open the door for me. It was mainly because I went to two wrong wards in a row when I was looking for the room you placed, Miss Xuezhi. It was my personal negligence that affected your rest. Please don't worry about it." She bowed slightly to the Li Boli girl, as if expressing her apology.

"No, Dr. Bryan, please don't be like this, I'm fine! Just now I was planning to leave the ward and go out for a walk, so there is no question of whether to interrupt, you don't worry too much..."

Seeing Xu You solemnly apologizing to herself, Xuezhi really panicked.

She really didn't expect that this Victorian psychiatrist could be so humble and considerate to herself, even if it was just a small matter, she could be meticulous.

Obviously, as the person he saved, he should look like this...

"Then... from last night to now, Miss Xuezhi, do you feel any discomfort?"

"No, thanks to the care of you and the Guards Bureau, doctor, I am in good condition now." Without any hesitation, Xuezhi hurriedly replied.

She felt that she had already endured too much kindness from others, which had caused great psychological instability to Xuezhi, who had no social experience.

She is not the kind of person who can blindly accept other people's gifts with peace of mind... If possible, Xuezhi would like to do something herself, to try to repay the kindness.

"In that case, I'm relieved..."

Although the snow pheasant is very cramped, but there is no strange look in his eyes.Xu You nodded slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about.

But immediately after, he took out a classic mechanical pocket watch from his pocket and handed it to Snow Pheasant.

"Doctor Bryan, this is...!" Xu You suddenly stuffed a piece of something that was worth a lot of money at first glance, and Xuezhi suddenly fell into panic again.

"Miss Xuezhi, do you know that when we Victorians visit sick friends, we often bring him some gifts. I didn't make much preparations when I came to visit Miss Xuezhi this time. I only heard that you are a Researcher, I really like things like machinery."

Seeing Li Boli's girl becoming overwhelmed again after taking the pocket watch, Xu You shook her head and smiled.

"This is a pocket watch that I carried with me when I was living in Victoria. It's been a few years. For various reasons, I don't use it very much now. If you don't mind, Miss Snow Pheasant, I will accept this pocket watch as a pawn." Let it be a gift for me to visit you, and I hope it can accompany you to feel the beauty of life again."

"But... well..."

Listening to Xu You's words, Xuezhi was a little panicked, but also fell silent.

Turning over the pocket watch in his hand, he looked at the inscription "God always likes people who love to laugh" engraved on the brass on the back of the dial, and looked up at Xu You's face that always had a smile on it. , I don't know what kind of waves are going on.

"Doctor Bryan... Do you think... I am the kind of person who deserves to be treated like this by you? I have listened to your persuasion before, but I still insisted on making that choice... ...."

Lifting his head slightly, he held the pocket watch in his hand.Seeing this Victorian man whom she had only met once, Xuezhi mustered up her courage and spoke softly.

Friend... He, could he be my friend?Obviously how useless I am....

"Doctors should be responsible for each of their patients, and the same is true for psychiatrists. If Miss Xuezhi is willing, I will be your friend."

Xu You nodded lightly and responded to Li Boli's girl: "As a friend, this little thing should be done. Presumably, Miss Xuezhi, you have taken the business card I gave you before, it has my phone number and work location on it, respect Please come after you are discharged from the hospital."

Leaving such a sentence, he turned around holding the umbrella handle.Xu You waved to Xuezhi, and then walked out of the ward.

Yes, how unbelievable.In this kind of world, a person like myself would be treated like this by...a kind stranger.

There are thousands of words in my heart that I want to say, but in the end, they are all stuck in my throat.While immersed in thinking, Xuezhi didn't notice the departure of the "stranger" figure that made her miss her heart.

"Dr. Blaine...can you... um?"

When I recovered from my thoughts and subconsciously wanted to turn around and say something again, there was no shadow of that Victorian male figure in this ward.

The TV on the wall quietly broadcast the morning news. If it wasn't for the touch of the metal mechanical pocket watch in his hand, Xue Zhi suddenly thought that he was in a dream.

"......thank you."

Facing the empty door, I don't know who to say thank you to.Snow Pheasant pulled himself together, and looked out the window at the gradually brightening sky with a slightly different gaze than before.

Clenching the pocket watch in his hand, he closed his eyes and thought about something.Until the corner of his mouth, there was a faint smile.

She's going to see him again...after the family recovers and she returns to work, and everything is hopefully calming down.

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The world is a mirror, when you smile, it smiles. —Charlie Chaplin

Can Chapter No.17 be considered self-defense?

No.17

Longmen Central Hospital, the gate on the first floor.

"Chen sir, I've been waiting for a long time, let's go."

Walking out of the glass gate, Xu You, who was holding a black umbrella, saw the dragon woman waiting for her under the beams and pillars in front of the gate at first sight.Without hesitation, he greeted her.

"You... gave her your pocket watch?"

"Well, this girl is not very old, I'm worried that she can't take care of herself well."

"But this is the center of Longmen City... so you don't believe in the security capabilities of our Guard Bureau? I don't think the other party has the guts to attack her even if they want to."

Looking at Xu You who walked out of the hospital holding an umbrella like a cane, Chen's eyes were complicated.

Although there is no clear expression in the words, some emotions of "unwillingness and envy" can be heard more or less.

"Hehe, of course I believe in the ability of you and your subordinates, Mr. Chen. But everything needs to be taken just in case. If you were the person involved, maybe I don't have to do anything extra."

"... Alas, it's up to you."

Staring at Xu You's expression that didn't take his actions seriously at all, Chen secretly sighed in his heart.

This guy is like this, it's fine if he doesn't show kindness at ordinary times, but once he has compassion, he is more generous than anyone else.

Except for Xu You himself, only Chen knows what the pocket watch that Xu You gave to the researcher girl named Xuezhi means... Before thinking about it, when the two met for the first time on a certain bus, this pocket watch was Important things that lead to their intersection.

Although Chen, as the leader of the special inspection team of the Guard Bureau, is in charge of almost all affairs in the Guard Bureau.But because of various reasons such as human resources, even she had to go out to arrest people in person when most of the police forces were insufficient.

For example, that time, as a plainclothes policeman, Chen followed a wanted thief onto a bus and witnessed the thief stealing a passenger.

It was a male passenger in Victorian attire, wearing a rare monocle, lying on the bus seat with his eyes closed and taking a nap, completely unaware that the pocket watch in his pocket was being touched by the thief.

But just when Chen Ben planned to make a surprise attack on the thief during the theft and seize the stolen goods, an incredible scene happened before her eyes.

The thief who had been stealing from the man suddenly froze in place as if he was fascinated by something the moment he took the pocket watch out of the man's pocket.

Immediately afterwards, Chen saw the thief open the metal interlayer of the pocket watch with ease, took out the spare monocle and put it on the eye socket.

Together with the man who "woke up" who didn't know when, he turned his head and smiled slightly in Chen's direction, and then voluntarily chose to surrender and obey.

You may not know how surprised Chen was when he saw that scene, so inevitably, as the superintendent of Longmen, who is obliged to be responsible for Longmen Anwen, she also "invited" the man back to the Guard Bureau for investigation and questioning .

This is the opportunity for her to meet Xu You for the first time... this man who always has a smile on his face is always hard to see through.

A pocket watch with the ability to control the mind, and a mind-boggling origin stone skill (as Xu You said).No matter from which level you look at it, he is a man full of inconceivable.

"...can I ask you a question?"

"?"

"Besides asking you to assist me in chasing down gangsters last time, I still see you carrying this umbrella with you for the second time. If I read correctly, is it the same umbrella as before?"

"Chen sir has good eyesight, yes, indeed."

"Actually, I wanted to ask you this question at that time. At that time, I clearly saw you being shot by more than a dozen bows and crossbows by the group of gangsters, but in the end I regained my senses, and you were unscathed... this umbrella It's not an ordinary thing, is it?"

"Hehe, it counts. After all, I don't have the strength of Chen sir, so some self-protection measures are still necessary when I'm alone."

"...Sometimes I really want to search the place where you live to see how many secrets you still have."

Hearing Xu You's answer, Chen raised his eyebrows.While walking to a car in the parking lot outside the hospital gate with Xu You, he said.

"I'm afraid this idea, sir, will be difficult to realize in the short term. After all, I'm living in Miss Beatrix's mansion for the time being. It may not be easy for you to go in and search."