Night, street, dog on the roadside.
Why does the fluffy white dog only appear in places other than the soft nest at home in the middle of the night? It can only be said that it is not a human being.
Life is not easy, the dog sighed.
The dog, which looked a little gray from stumbling and rolling along the way, ran quickly through the street where it was located. Its movements were so fast that humans returning home late or wandering at night on the side of the road thought they had encountered something strange.
White dogs appear on other people's retinas, leaving only a gray or black shadow.
It had just returned from a low-level house in another corner of the city. Since it was separated from the place where it lived in two directions, the white dog had to return home quickly to ensure that it returned before dawn.
It can't be too late. If it's too late, the non-human body might pinch another one——
The white dog ran halfway and suddenly stopped.
It stood on the ground with three legs, raised only its right front limb, and turned its small head to the left, towards the building on the left.
It is a coincidence that when White Dog travels from one corner of the city to the other, he will pass by the hospital in the center of the city.
Human hospitals are brightly lit, and people are coming and going even in the early morning.
In this case, the figure standing by the hospital wall with his head raised looked a bit ominous.
The dim streetlights illuminated from above, and the lingering flies dropped black spots, illuminating the dark figure a little.
Bai Quan stared at that for a while, and finally took two steps back, then turned towards the black shadow.
As the halo shifted, Bai Quan saw a face, the face of a human boy.
The boy with a slightly round face had been standing there for a while, and there were several bites on his legs... There were no mosquitoes in the weather, but he couldn't stand it, so he wore boxer shorts with both legs exposed. outside.
Aren't humans cold?
...Probably not cold, because strictly speaking, the round-faced boy in front of the white dog is not considered a human.
Weird smell, aroused appetite.
The white dog, which had already eaten a few meals on the way back, wasn't actually hungry, but it didn't mind eating more.
The white dog sharpened its paws on the ground, thinking about which angle to jump up from and how to avoid possible human sight.
At this time, it felt that white was no longer white. At night, the color was so blinking that anyone could catch it at a glance from a distance.
In particular, the size of a human teenager is not small. If you wrap it up at once, it will form a cocoon that is as tall as a person.
The white, person-high cocoon is a dazzling target at night.
Or does it start from the hands or shoulders? This takes a little longer but is less eye-catching... "Woof?"
The barking of dogs in the middle of the night was extremely clear. A little louder might attract the attention of the distant doorman.
There was a reason why the white dog suddenly screamed. The round-faced boy in front of it suddenly kicked up the wall two or three times at a speed that ordinary people could not match, and crossed the high wall, leaving only a few black footprints.
The movement was so fast that even the unprepared White Dog could not react.
So much so that it only made a short bark.
In human words, it would probably be like "Huh?"
The white poodle tilted its head in confusion under the wall. It looked at the high wall, then at the deserted streets around it, and finally took a few steps back.
The small dog suddenly ran, then jumped up, drawing a gray parabola in the night sky, and landed inside the hospital with a crash.
The guard who sensed some movement and ran over to check could only see an empty street and... a few gray dots on the wall.
The flashlight shined in all directions, and the guard who found nothing came back.
Among the trees within the courtyard wall, white shadows moved, and finally jumped out of the low haystacks, avoiding human sight, and ran towards a certain building in the hospital.
…
All human actions need to have goals or reasons.
You can take a walk aimlessly and rest in a corner of the city, or you can take an adventure in the city and hand it over to the dice to choose the direction when you encounter a fork in the road.
In any case, a purposeful walk to the hospital in the city center is difficult to circumvent with a casual walk.
He wasn't here to visit the patient, although An Xiangwen seemed to be still living in the hospital, and community worker Xiao Jiang was also there.
So, Bai Su is now holding a mobile phone in his hand, and the screen of the mobile phone displays a map and the direction he wants to go.
First we took a taxi to get close, and then we walked all the way.
The arrow pointed to the location of the locator in the pet collar. Bai Su followed it for a while and finally stopped at the entrance of the hospital.
The hospital could still enter and leave normally, so he pretended to be a doctor and walked in.
If anyone asked him after a while, he would say that he was looking for a dog.
As for how his dog ended up in the hospital? Let humans ask the dog, as the owner, he is also very confused.
After entering the hospital, the mobile phone used for directions was thrown back into his pocket.
The horizontal positioning is acceptable, but the vertical height... I guess you have to judge it yourself.
Fortunately, he is the main body and Bai Quan is the clone. They are closely connected. If he really wants to find it, he only needs to close his eyes and look around.
Anyway, the purpose of his coming today was not to find a dog, the white dog was just his excuse.
Bai Su climbed up the stairs and bumped into a short boy who was running downstairs in a hurry at the corner of the stairs.
The former could avoid it but did not hide, while the latter was thinking about things in his mind and did not see the way.
When the young man's butt came into contact with the ground, he felt pain. The pain made his eyes filled with tears. Then he raised his head and saw a familiar face in his blurred vision.
"Brother Bai..." Gao Tianyi shouted vaguely, "Why are you here... Forget it, I'm in a hurry, I'll leave first-"
The human boy jumped up from the ground. He turned to the side and was about to pass through the gap between the stair railing and Bai Su, but unexpectedly, a force came from the back of his neck, forcing him to stop.
Baisu slipped Gao Tianyi's school uniform collar and lifted him up like a kitten.
However, the quality of the high school uniform was not very good, and with the weight of a minor, the zipper of the uniform slipped open and the teenager fell out.
Regardless of whether Bai Su could catch it or not, Gao Tianyi could land flexibly, but Bai Su still stretched out his hand again and grabbed the collar of the T-shirt underneath the human boy.
Gao Tianyi: "...I'm just saying, can you change your position...or can't you breathe!"
Still carrying the kitten, Bai Su reluctantly turned around and placed the person on the platform in the middle of the stairs.
The underage high school student who could breathe again touched his throat, bent down and picked up his school uniform jacket from the ground.
Then he turned to the black-haired young man, his face full of trouble: "Brother Bai, what can I do? I still have something to do. If you can, wait a moment..."
"It won't take up too much of your time." Bai Su took out his phone from his pocket, and it still showed the spinning arrow, "Have you seen my dog?"
A normal question, a cute photo, it would be nice if the place of inquiry wasn't on the stairs of a hospital.
The human boy who was questioned was strangely silent. Rather than answering that he didn't know, what he wanted to ask more was, who would go to the hospital looking for a pet at home? This is not a pet hospital yet.
Gao Tianyi thought so, so he complained like this.
After showing the photo, the black-haired young man quickly turned his phone back to the positioning screen. The arrow tried to move towards a certain location, and the specific distance was written on it.
"Because——" Bai Su tapped the screen of his phone, "The location is displayed here."
"...So why did your dog run to the hospital, Brother Bai?"
"Well, I don't know if you ask me this. When you find the dog later, can you ask it yourself?"
"Wait a minute...I didn't see the dog you raised, Brother Bai. I have something else to do now-"
"Oh? What's going on?" Bai Su still pulled the human boy's collar, expressing that he wanted to participate.
The dog can wait to find it, since it is his clone and can't escape anyway. Human beings missed this opportunity to join in, so they have to wait a while to find the next one.
Gao Tianyi was choked again. In desperation, he simply said a few words: "I'm looking for someone, my classmate."
"That's right." The black-haired young man nodded, and then said, "Let me help you find it together."
"……ha?"
A few minutes later, the human boy walked forward suspiciously, and a few steps behind him dropped a black-haired young man who was much taller than him.
Gao Tianyi felt that Bai Su was not very interested in finding a dog.
That's right. How could someone's dog run into the hospital and into the building? He must have been chased away at the gate——
"Woof."
A barking sound coming from nowhere made the minor stop. He looked suspiciously at a certain angle in the building, as if to confirm that his hearing was correct, and a second barking sound sounded.
"Woof woof——"
It came from outside the open window, and it seemed to be upstairs by the window, not on the same floor as them.
The human boy twisted his neck and looked at Bai Su strangely: "There really is..."
In response, Bai Su shrugged: "I said here, if you can't find it... just go back and leave a negative review for the seller of pet products."
Gao Tianyi took two steps forward: "Brother Bai, you should go upstairs to find your pet. I'll just be here by myself."
Bai Su did not leave, still following behind the human boy.
"There's no rush." Bai Su replied, "The locator is very easy to use. You can still find it even if it runs away. It's more important that you find someone."
"I heard you tell the nurse when we were passing by that we were looking for your...classmate who disappeared from the ward, right?"
The human boy nodded slightly. Seeing that he couldn't drive away the people behind him, he could only let Bai Su follow.
The black-haired young man followed behind at a leisurely pace, completely different from the hurried pace of the people around him. He even had time to chat with someone when passing by a ward.
The minor entered a ward to check, while Bai Su stood in the corridor, side by side with a curly-haired young man who had gone out to watch the excitement.
An Xiangwen: "What are you doing, Brother Bai? I asked the nurse sister earlier, but she still didn't tell me."
Bai Su: "Look for someone, I don't know the details."
An Xiangwen: "Oh, I thought you knew the situation when you followed that kid..."
Bai Su knew for sure, he even held the answer.
However, he did not reveal the answer in advance and let humans copy the homework. Looking at the process of humans finding people, we can look at the efficiency of humans' work for reference.
Bai Su didn't chat with An Xiangwen for too long. The minors who were exploring other wards had already arrived at the door where An Xiangwen lived.
The young man looked at An Xiangwen for a few times, said "borrowed" and got in.
Out of curiosity, An Xiangwen followed and returned to the ward.
A few minutes later, the young man who had gained nothing came out with a frown on his face.
"Haven't you found it yet?" Bai Su asked.
"No..." Gao Tianyi was very troubled, "Obviously the door of the ward has never been opened, and there is no one hiding in any space in the ward. The only thing that can lead to the outside world is the window, but I found a little light color on the wall. mark, but that’s impossible…”
"Light marks?"
"Yes." The young man said dullly, "I didn't see it at first. I only saw it under the light after the sun came out. I put two small paper figures outside to take pictures."
"Then have you ever considered..." Bai Su suddenly stopped while walking. They were now in the passage between two buildings, "Go to the next building to have a look?"
The black-haired young man was standing under the sunlight pouring in from the window, and the golden halo shifted slightly, which seemed to represent the sun gradually rising.
His finger points to the right.
Half of the passage that was not completely shrouded in light was still in darkness. The lights in the distant building were turned off early. From where they stood, they could only feel that the corridor of the building next door was getting darker and darker.
On the other side is the staircase going up. Logically speaking, they should finish searching this building.
But for some reason, the human boy unconsciously took a step toward the passage.
The young man heard his own voice and replied: "Okay."
…
The people in front and back were reversed.
Bai Su walked in front, Gao Tianyi followed behind him.
The black-haired young man picked up his mobile phone again, listening to the intermittent barking of dogs, and adjusting the direction according to the arrow display on the screen.
The minor who was half a step behind followed and couldn't help but wonder whether Bai Su was looking for a dog or a person.
On each floor, they would stop at the place pointed by the arrow. If they did not find the white dog, they would move to another floor.
Just when the human boy's desire to complain was about to reach its peak, Bai Su stopped.
"Okay." He said briskly, "Found it."
Due to the obstruction of Bai Su's figure, Gao Tianyi could only see a little bit of white exposed from the opponent's left foot. The young man tilted his head slightly and saw the gray figure squatting on the ground and screaming twice. The pouncing dogs.
Yes, after running outside for a long time, it is normal for the hair to be dyed dirty... Gao Tianyi was thinking, now that he has found the dog, the next step is to find someone - ah?
Bai Su walked forward, squatted in front of the white dog, and rubbed its head twice.
As the black-haired youth moved, the human boy finally saw the object in front of him that was completely obscured by Bai Su's figure.
His classmate was sitting on the ground wearing a hospital gown with his hands wrapped around his knees, his head buried between his knees, as if asleep.
Found it, found it.
Not only were the dogs found, but the people were also found.
(End of chapter)
