January 1078.
The winter in Ursus was colder than expected. Zhou Jinru wore thick clothes to make himself look no different from others.
He sighed, walked out of the house, and rode his bicycle to go to work.
The neighbors are a young couple with a lovely daughter. They go to the mailbox at the door to pick up newspapers at this time every day.
The jumping little girl saw Zhou Jinru passing by the door and said cheerfully: "Good morning, uncle."
"Hello, little Louisa, are you going to school today?"
Louisa put her hands on her hips: "Of course not! Today is the weekend!"
"That's great."
Zhou Jinru said goodbye to the little girl and continued on his way. He worked in a clinic in Chernobog. Although the salary was not high, it was stable and he was usually very leisurely.
The main reason is that patients who are accidentally infected with Originium Disease are occasionally treated here. Of course, this is a secret that is not a secret in Chernobog.
The Ursus Empire has always been strict with infected people, but when it comes to implementation at the grassroots level, there will always be omissions or man-made loopholes.
Zhou Jinru believes that he is an upright person. As a doctor, he should do his best for the patient's pain. This is definitely not because Kelxi does volunteer work here every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Absolutely not!
When he arrived at the clinic, the door opened, and the film woman was sweeping the snow at the door with a broom.
"You are late."
"Traffic jam."
The broom stopped and she looked at her watch: "It's now 6:45 in the morning. It's not the morning rush hour yet. Besides, can the traffic jam block the non-motorized lane?"
Zhou Jinru parked his bicycle and didn't care at all about Kelxi's questions. After walking for such a long way, he always felt that this woman was not as difficult to get along with as he imagined.
"Are you asking me what happened on the way that made me late? Thank you for your concern. I can already feel it."
The big lynx's hand tightly grasped the long handle of the broom and said word by word: "I don't care about you."
"Okay, if we don't talk about this, where are we going today?"
Kelsey turned her head and said calmly: "Slums, the thirteenth infected person this month, they can't hide it soon."
"You are worried that Chernobog's military police will harm them, so you are preparing for the transfer?"
Zhou Jinru heard the implication of Kelxi's words. She was not discussing with him, but had already made a decision.
But it takes courage to leave a mobile city with relatively complete infrastructure in the ice and snow. Many poor people who thought they could survive turned into frozen bodies in the extremely cold wilderness. corpse.
"Okay, we're getting ready to go, who's going to drive the carriage?"
"You come."
Zhou Jinru nodded, and after speaking to the person in charge of the clinic, he took out the carriage from the stable. He saw that two boxes of medical drugs had been placed in the carriage.
He climbed onto the frame and grabbed the reins, but Kelsey did not get into the carriage, but sat next to him.
"A lot of people will die this winter, so you have to be careful."
Kelsey looked straight ahead, her profile looking as beautiful as ever. Her beauty needs to be felt with your heart.
"Drive carefully, your eyes should be on the road, not me."
"You look good."
"drive!"
Zhou Jinru immediately gathered his thoughts, who let Kelxi have the final say.
The carriage drove down a road filled with snow, and the wheels made two deep tracks. There were gradually more pedestrians around. Unlike the urban area, people in the slums had to work every day for a living. Only work can buy money. to enough food to feed a family.
The prosperity of this city has nothing to do with them.
"This winter is so cold, there are people who can't survive every day."
"I know."
They arrived at the designated location. When the two doctors carried medical kits and walked through the criss-crossing slums, countless pairs of eyes fell on them from the cracks in the windows.
Their patient was a miner.
Zhou Jinru felt that no matter what era he was in, miners were a high-risk profession, especially on the land of Terra, where the probability of being infected with Originium Disease was hundreds of times higher than that of ordinary people.
"In this kind of weather, the mine is still open?"
"Yes, as far as I know, almost all the warehouses storing Originium raw materials in Chernobog are full, and Boris has prepared a large amount of ore energy."
Zhou Jinru was silent. His actions aroused Kelxi's suspicion. Looking at his face, the two looked at each other in silence.
"Is there a problem in the mine?"
"..."
"Is this problem related to me?"
"..."
“Boris is going to open up a new business route?”
"No."
Kelsey nodded thoughtfully: "Thank you for reminding me, I understand."
"Feel sorry."
"How are you doing?"
As time approaches his active years, Zhou Jinru's own state becomes more and more unstable. He rests most of the time and only shows a relaxed side when facing Kelsey.
"It's not good, but I can still hold on, and maybe I can find a solution soon. I think it's best if we don't meet again in the future, because the time is coming."
Kelsey pursed her lips, gently pushed Zhou Jinru with her shoulder, and whispered: "It's been nearly a hundred years and this is what you want to say?"
"Otherwise, Kelsey, we two monsters should fall in love. Do you want to hear this? I can tell you every day, really..."
"No thanks."
Pushing open the wooden door of the simple shack, a breath of hot air with a choking smell hits your face. People living here can barely use some combustible materials as heating tools, but what follows is further deterioration of the environment.
Kelxi is an expert in this area. She diagnoses and treats patients with skillful techniques. Zhou Jinru can only help from the side.
"The situation is really bad. They can no longer stay in this mobile city. There is a risk of being sent to the ice farm to die at any time."
"You think of a way, I will help you."
"Um."
On the way back, they agreed to visit the hospital together next Wednesday and send the infected patients out of Chernobog this month at the latest.
"Beware of Marquis Boris."
"I will."
After get off work, Zhou Jinru returned to his place of residence and prepared himself a loaf of bread, a pot of vegetable soup, and a fried steak, which fully met his current living conditions.
Just after dinner, there was a knock on the door. It turned out to be a neighbor visiting.
"Mr. Four, Lilia and I will return to the institute tomorrow, so I have to ask you for help next week..."
The young couple worked at the research institute in Chernobog for a long time and had no time to take care of their family. They first entrusted little Louisa to an old man. Later, the old man passed away and Zhou Jinru happened to move here. After some consideration, they decided to entrust little Louisa to the old man. he.
