When going through the discharge procedures, Zhou Yu learned that Chen Wei had paid for his treatment and hospitalization in advance. Because I didn’t have my ID or medical insurance card with me when I arrived, I had to pay for the medical treatment entirely at my own expense. Not only did Chen Wei pay the deposit, but even the settlement had to be paid entirely by Chen Wei.
"...I will return it to you when I get back."
When Chen Wei swiped his card, he tried not to show his embarrassment without a wallet.
"I'll pay it back when it's convenient for you. I'm a local and I'm a bit more comfortable when it comes to money."
Chen Wei replied nonchalantly. Although Zhou Yu didn't know what his family's financial situation was, looking at his usual clothes, he didn't look like a rich man. He was presumed to be upper middle class.
Although I had no choice but to borrow money from others, fortunately, since I paid for it myself, there was no particular trouble in getting out of the hospital. Chen Wei quickly helped him outside the hospital.
"Rather than borrowing a bike, it's better to say you're borrowing my legs."
"I don't mind if you let me ride away." Zhou Yu, who was sitting in the back seat, replied. In the process of going downstairs just now, he had experienced firsthand the seriousness of the injuries to his legs. The bone fracture in the knee was relatively minor, but the fracture in the right ankle was more severe. Even with assistive devices such as crutches, it is quite painful to walk, and it is impossible to continue for more than 300 meters. Even if pedaling is better than walking, I probably won’t be able to reach my destination alone.
He put his left hand into his pocket, where he now placed the bamboo flute he found in the hole.
"Where do you plan to go now, just go home?"
"No, just go to the subway station."
Chen Wei immediately turned around, stared at him and said, "You're not planning to go collecting folk songs now, are you?"
"No, this is an itinerary that has been decided a long time ago."
Zhou Yu replied calmly. This sentence was not a lie, it was a decision he had made after he came out of the cave.
After getting his answer, Chen Wei said nothing more and just started pedaling to the nearest subway station. While the bicycle was riding, Chen Wei suddenly asked: "Do you believe in Yuan?"
"...I should have stated that I am an atheist a long time ago, right?"
"That's not a contradiction. I'm not asking about things like ghosts and gods, but simply people's wishes. According to Buddhist theory, people's 'wish' will form karma, which is the power to deduce the direction of one's own destiny. .”
"That's just doing things according to your thoughts. If you want to drink water, you will find water to drink. That's just the truth."
"No, I think it's closer. When you want to drink water, the water source will appear on its own initiative. The situation you described that affects reality like this should be closer to karma."
When the yellow light flashed, there was no one at the intersection, but Chen Wei stopped and waited in an extremely honest manner. Not long after the rainstorm ended, there was still a lot of water on the road. His steady riding speed was really speechless.
Zhou Yu stared at the red light a little gloomily. The color reminded him of the twinkling ghost eyes on the skull ring.
"I don't believe in that kind of thing. People's thoughts can only control their own bodies, and the body changes the external world. It's that simple. If you skip the intermediate steps, nothing will happen. Otherwise, everything will happen. Anyone with murderous thoughts should be put in jail."
"You are really a very stubborn materialist. However, even in physics, isn't there an observer effect? The more observations of the quantum system itself, the more certain the nature of its performance will be. On the other hand, if there is no If you observe it, then it is just a chaos with an undeterminable nature."
"So? I don't know what you want to express."
"So, sometimes I am curious. Which step completely determines the nature of this system? From the infinite possibility of 'nothing' to the unmistakable 'one', the initial directionality can be counted as ' True Heart'? Then describing this idea of determining the original direction as a 'wish' should be quite appropriate, right?"
"Is that different from random thoughts?"
"There should be. The word 'wish' in religion is a state of promise. When expressing a wish, it also implies that you agree to pay a price for it. 'The gods who realize the wish will be rewarded', making a wish It itself contains such meaning.”
Zhou Yu laughed silently. Probably sensing this from the slight trembling of his body, Chen Wei asked: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just curious. If God really exists, what can humans want that God wants? For example, is there anything you want to get from an ant? To do this, you have to dig for it. A cave? Make sure it has enough food and clothing throughout its life?"
"Well... I don't have much to offer me in terms of material things. But if that ant can really recognize me, I will feel quite happy. Maybe I will find food for it, or give it and its The family found a fiberglass box to raise it. This is on the premise that I have the same kind. If I am unfortunately abandoned on an isolated island and there happens to be an ant that can recognize me, maybe I will take the initiative to be friends with it. "
"...You are basically suffering from autism, right?"
Chen Wei laughed.
"Haha, that's true. However, after all, we and ants are still creatures in the same world. If there is a god, it must be more different from us than humans and ants. Ants can't predict the living conditions of humans. ? Perhaps just the act of 'acknowledging its existence' is enough as a reward for God? Something like the power of faith."
The extraordinarily long red light finally stopped flashing and jumped to green allowing passage. The bicycle slowly turned the corner and arrived in front of the subway station.
"That's it. Thank you for your help."
Zhou Yu got off the car with her left foot on the ground, thanked Chen Wei and walked towards the subway station. He didn't bring the pair of crutches that were in the way, so he could only hold on to the elevator handrail and lean his weight on his left arm as much as possible.
"Let me help you in."
Chen Wei, who parked his bicycle next to the station, chased after him, supported Zhou Yu, and walked to the ticket vending machine. He took out his wallet and bought two tickets with his change. After seeing Zhou Yu's eyes, he shrugged and said, "It's already here anyway, good people will do it to the end."
"...No need. I will walk the rest of the way myself."
"If you could walk, you wouldn't have fallen into such a deep hole, right? Do you think of yourself as an assassin?"
Although he didn't know what Chen Wei's last words meant, Zhou Yu suddenly didn't want to talk to him. With the help of the other party, he walked through the ticket gate and untied the corner of his skirt that was caught by the iron railing. He suddenly realized the problem.
"Classmate Chen, this isn't my dress, is it?"
Although the light cyan silk skirt could be considered Zhou Yu's style, he was pretty sure he didn't have this one in his wardrobe. What's more, he was wearing a set of black clothes when he climbed down from the cave.
"Well, because when I found you, you were covered in mud and water, and you could hardly recognize your original appearance. Although your body was cleaned after being sent to the hospital, it would be more time-consuming to wash and mend your clothes - let me explain first, The person who wiped your body was a nurse, and I avoided it at the time."
"...I didn't ask you this either, right?"
"Anyway, because I didn't have any replacement clothes, and there was something wrong with the hospital gown I was given to you, I went to buy a set nearby. I bought it according to your usual dressing style, so you can improvise."
"How much?"
"It's only two hundred yuan. Consider it a thank you gift for helping that dwarf."
Zhou Yu added this amount to the medical expenses. After entering the train, Chen Wei still had no intention of leaving, but helped him sit down near the door.
"...You can just send it here."
"I even bought the ticket anyway, don't waste money, just give it to the end."
Zhou Yu stared at Chen Wei speechlessly. He began to feel that things were getting into trouble.
