Chen Bin found that he was different from usual.
Not only did his appetite increase greatly and he loved eating raw meat, but scales also grew on his arms and chest, making him irritable and bloodthirsty.
Even like snakes, they shed their skin while sleeping.
…
The air in midsummer is a bit hot.
Chen Bin leaned on the sofa and stared blankly at himself in the window.
The mirror reflected a dull and pale face, with sunken eye sockets and clear red bloodshot eyes. His back was slightly stooped, and his neglected hair was a bit messy, making him look like a sloppy middle-aged uncle.
But in fact, Chen Bin just celebrated his 26th birthday.
Three years after graduation, he has been working in Lincheng, working hard from 9 to 5 every day and working overtime. He just hopes to save a few more taels of silver so that he and his girlfriend Tang Qian can become successful as soon as possible.
Until half a month ago, Chen Bin, who was on a business trip, rushed back to Lincheng overnight, planning to celebrate Tang Qian's birthday and create a romantic surprise.
Unexpectedly, when he rushed to the downstairs of his girlfriend's house, he accidentally saw her passionately kissing a second-generation rich man.
Unable to accept the reality of betrayal, Chen Bin rushed up to her and asked her why she betrayed him.
What awaited him was the fists and kicks of a bunch of gangsters, and the sarcasm and sneer from Tang Qian lying in the arms of the rich second generation.
"Look at your useless appearance, what makes you worthy of me? A man with no future is not worth wasting my youth."
After three years of hard work, Chen Bin was fed the dog. Chen Bin was depressed for a long time. After get off work, he walked into a food stall alone to get drunk.
In fact, Chen Bin doesn't like drinking. Alcohol can easily paralyze the brain and make people lose their minds. However, during this period, he was too lost and his work was not going well. He could only use alcohol to relieve his depression. He drank until early in the morning and did not remember that he was... How to get home.
It was already past midnight when he woke up. Fortunately, it was the weekend and he didn't need to go to work. Chen Bin rubbed his sore forehead and got up. The first thing he saw was vomit on the floor and smelly socks scattered beside the bed.
"Is it worth it for a woman?"
He smiled self-deprecatingly and grabbed a broom to clean up the dirty floor.
At this time, a cold wind blew from outside the balcony, which made his brain, which was already dizzy from a hangover, feel strong discomfort. Chen Bin lost his balance and fell to the floor.
The swelling pain and dizziness coming from his brain made Chen Bin realize that he might have a fever. The sanitary conditions of the food stalls were not up to standard. It seemed that he should avoid going to such cheap places in the future.
He dragged his tired steps to the living room to get medicine, took several fever-reducing pills, and leaned on the sofa to squint for a while.
He bought the antipyretic medicine last year. The last time he read the news, a migrant worker died suddenly in a rental house due to an acute illness. His body was not found until it started to stink.
In order to avoid the same fate, Chen Bin prepared a lot of medicine in the rental house for emergencies.
Fortunately, the antipyretic medicine worked well. After sleeping for two hours, he was sweating all over his body. When he woke up, his forehead was no longer so hot. He felt sticky and uncomfortable. He was going to the bathroom to rinse and take the saved food. Wash the dirty clothes.
But when taking a shower, Chen Bin discovered that he had started to lose hair. After wiping the water mist on the dressing mirror, he found that his cheeks were sunken, his forehead was sallow, and there was almost no blood on his face, giving him the appearance of a tuberculosis ghost.
"It's probably the sequelae of long-term overtime work."
Chen Bin lowered his head and smiled bitterly. It's not easy to live these days, especially for an ordinary white-collar worker like him with no qualifications or background. He works overtime day and night in exchange for a meager salary. Coupled with his ex-girlfriend's excessive demands, it hurts. He was destitute.
As usual, Chen Bin adjusted the water temperature and took off his shirt to take a bath. However, inadvertently, his arm crossed his chest, and a strange rough feeling made him sluggish.
He touched his chest under his shirt. It was hard and slightly twitching, as if he had touched the crocodile skin, which had obvious unevenness.
Chen Bin was a little confused and quickly took off his shirt, and then he became even more confused.
I don’t know why, but the skin on my chest turned greenish-brown, hard, and covered with tortoise shell-like lines, which extended to my shoulders in layers. There were even a lot of lumpy cuticles on my arms, with scaly texture. sign.
The teeth were pointed, becoming finer and sharper, much sharper than usual.
how so?
Chen Bin felt a little weird. He usually pays attention to personal hygiene and brushes his teeth carefully every time, so he remembers what his teeth look like.
Thinking it was a hallucination after being drunk, Chen Bin blinked hard and looked at the dressing mirror again. He found that his canine teeth were more protruding than the other gums, and they were pointed, like an inverted cone.
He was frightened, and almost out of instinct, he ran to the living room to find a fruit knife and tried to scrape off the "scales" on his arms and chest.
The scales are so hard that when the knife is scraped on it, it makes a banging sound, as if it is chiseling into stone.
"Could it be that you drank fake wine?"
Chen Bin looked frightened and hurriedly put on his coat. He didn't even bother to take a shower and ran to a hospital near the community.
The patient who treated me was an old Chinese medicine doctor with a kind face. He asked Chen Bin to stretch his hand to check for pulse.
Chen Bin obeyed the instructions. The old Chinese doctor took his pulse and told him that he was fine.
"It's nothing serious. Open your mouth and let me take a look at the tongue coating. Well... the tongue coating is white and moist. It may be caused by staying up late. I will prescribe you some vitamin tablets. Young people should know how to exercise restraint and drink more hot water when they go home. , pay attention to rest."
After talking a lot, Chen Bin was confused and quickly asked him about the "spots" on his body.
"It could be eczema, or a skin disease like ichthyosis."
The old Chinese medicine doctor pushed up his glasses, which were as thick as beer bottles. "It's probably caused by endocrine disorders. I'll prescribe some ointment for you. You can apply it at home for a few days. Come back to me in a few days."
"Thank you, doctor."
Chen Bin went out carrying a bag of medicines, his mind still dazed.
He has always been clean and tidy. Although he often works overtime and has an irregular schedule, he still insists on exercising and running when he is free.
He has maintained this habit for three years, and his physical condition has always been good. He rarely even catches a cold. How could he contract a skin disease?
"Forget it, let's go home and get some sleep."
The harsh sunlight made Chen Bin's dizziness worse. He felt light-headed and walked slowly back against the corner.
At this time, a voice that made him hate came to his ears,
"Chen Bin, it's really you."
Chen Bin was stunned, and when he looked up, he saw a well-dressed woman walking from a private car, accompanied by an arrogant man.
His face turned dark instantly.
The world is so small, I didn’t expect to meet my ex-girlfriend Tang Qian and her mistress here.
While he was in a daze, Tang Qian had already walked over with her rich second-generation boyfriend, and said hypocritically, "You look bad, are you sick?"
Chen Bin didn't want to pay attention and turned around to avoid them.
The rich second-generation boyfriend said in a joking tone, "It seems that this kid has suffered too many blows and has become mute."
"Liao Tao, don't talk nonsense."
Tang Qian rolled her eyes at him. Not only did she not feel any shame, but she looked proud, "Let me tell you something, Liao Tao and I are planning to get engaged. Today we are here for a pre-marital check-up. Will you give me your blessing?"
bless?
Chen Bin clenched his fists, and the disgust in his bones made him sneer, "Then you should really check it out. Don't marry into a wealthy family with gynecological diseases."
"Boy, what are you talking about? Are you looking for a beating?" Liao Tao's face sank and his tone was quite unkind.
Tang Qian was as coy as ever, "Chen Bin, I know you are in a bad mood, and I hope you can accept the reality. It is impossible for us. You don't have to deliberately go to the hospital to block me..."
Chen Bin smiled, this woman is really capable.
Once upon a time, he really regarded Tang Qian as his Bai Yueguang, and would rather eat glutinous vegetables than meet all her needs.
What can be exchanged for?
After being together for three years, this woman actually spent half of the time cheating on her. I don’t know how many spare tires she had to replace. She was a standard piece of shit.
"I'm afraid you have misunderstood. I am indeed in poor health. I feel sick to the point of vomiting whenever I see your face. Can you please stop being embarrassed here?"
"you……"
Tang Qian was choked until her face turned pale.
When will this pustule-licking dog learn to speak with this attitude?
Liao Tao was more like a dog guarding food. He roared and punched fiercely.
"How dare you talk to my fiancée like that!"
He wasn't worried about hurting Chen Bin at all. Anyway, he was just a loser with no power. At worst, he would have to pay for it.
But this time he miscalculated. The punch that seemed to be made in anger seemed to be slowing down in Chen Bin's eyes.
Chen Bin did nothing but subconsciously raised his arms to block.
With a bang, his fist hit the hardened "scales" hidden under his shirt, causing Liao Tao's fingers to almost dislocate in pain.
Chen Bin took advantage of the situation and locked the space between Liao Tao's legs with a kick.
There was a click.
You can vaguely hear the sound of chickens flying and eggs being beaten.
"Ah..." Liao Tao immediately squatted down holding his crotch, his eyes almost bulging out from the pain. Tang Qian was so frightened that she screamed and looked at Chen Bin in disbelief.
"How dare you, a barbarian, fight back?"
hehe.
With just one look, Chen Bin scared Tang Qian to shut up, and then stepped on Liao Tao's face, "Female cousins match dogs, forever. Since you like to use other people's leftovers, it doesn't matter if I give them to you." .”
"Friendly reminder, be sure to clean it repeatedly before use. After all, she has an ex-boyfriend who strengthened the platoon and fired enough cannons to destroy an aircraft carrier."
After sweeping away the bad breath in his heart, Chen Bin turned around briskly, but his heart was far from as relaxed as he appeared. As soon as he returned home, he closed the door and quickly rolled up his sleeves.
There are a lot of dark blue veins squirming on the arms, and the cuticle on the cortex is obvious, as if covered with a layer of scales.
What's going on here?
Chen Bin didn't understand why he became so violent just now. For a moment, he even had the idea of killing someone.
"It seems it's not as simple as endocrine imbalance."
He had never heard that skin diseases can cause people to become irritable, and he found that his strength had become stronger and his ability to withstand blows had also been strengthened. He even felt no pain at all when his arm was punched by Liao Tao.
Ding ding.
The phone suddenly vibrated, interrupting Chen Bin's thoughts.
Open WeChat and receive a voice message from the department manager,
"Chen Bin, where did you go? It's already Monday afternoon and you still haven't come to work!"
etc.
Today should be Saturday. Chen Bin remembered clearly that he had a date with friends for a drink on Friday night, and then he became drunk and passed out...
Did he fall asleep for two whole days?
Chen Bin looked at the markings on his arm absentmindedly and murmured,
"What the hell kind of disease is this? Am I going to mutate?"
