Fortunately, Chen Xuan strongly requested that someone be sent to follow and protect Li Qiqi. The news of Li Qiqi's self-harm was quickly passed back to the police station. After learning of Li Qiqi's actions, Chen Xuan rushed from the police station to the hospital without stopping.
After a day and night of sleeplessness, Chen Xuan's chin grew a layer of fine stubble and his skin became darker, but he still stood up straight as much as possible to hold up his police uniform.
After passing through many patients, he walked to an independent ward and pushed the door in. The first thing Chen Xuan saw was Li Qiqi, who was sitting on the edge of the bed and curled up. She was hiding in the darkness, hugging her body, dazedly. Looking out the window.
At this moment, doctors and police officers were surrounding her not far away, wearing strict blue medical protective clothing, silently observing and talking, their hazy faces reflecting worry.
"Officer Chen, you are finally here."
"Put on your protective clothing first..."
The police officers looked forward to the arrival of the savior, and they showed helpless expressions, but Chen Xuan was actually not a savior.
When putting on the protective clothing, everything that needed to be said had been informed. Chen Xuan groped his way to Li Qiqi's bed and sat down. The protective clothing made a friction sound. He felt as if he was in the universe, and his voice was particularly loud. .
"Qiqi? Are you okay?"
Li Qiqi's voice was faintly visible. She was wearing a mask at the moment, and her eyes were much hollower than before. Her hands were flat on her thighs. Little by little, her body trembled and squirmed from time to time, rubbing against the bed. He looked at Chen Xuan and said:
"Officer Chen, hello, we meet again."
"Qiqi, why do you want to harm yourself?"
Now Chen Xuan must be careful with every question, otherwise it is very likely that a certain mechanism in her body will be triggered again, causing her to have a mental breakdown.
Li Qiqi pulled her mask to make her breathing easier, and then said in a trembling tone:
"I, I don't know, I just can't help it, I have... a rash on my body, yes, it should be a rash."
"I felt very uncomfortable. The longer the rash grew, the more uncomfortable I became, so I scraped it off with a knife. After scraping it off, I felt much better."
"Officer Chen."
Li Qiqi paused, and this time, her voice sounded a little crying.
"I'm itchy, I feel so uncomfortable, and I have a rash again, but they won't let me scratch or scrape it off."
"Can you tell them and let me shave it off? It'll be fine...it will feel much better."
"But if you scrape it off, you will be injured. If it is serious, you will die. Please bear with it for now."
Chen Xuan lowered his head and comforted.
"But will I really survive?"
Li Qiqi raised her head and stopped abruptly when she said the last word. She looked at Chen Xuan blankly, her eyes asking for help.
Chen Xuan touched Li Qiqi's hair and said softly:
"Yes, we will protect you."
Li Qiqi's eyes flashed with confusion and complexity, and she finally looked human. She didn't say anything more, she just wanted to be quiet again.
Chen Xuan also gave her some room to rest, stepped aside, and started talking to the doctor.
"What exactly is growing on Li Qiqi's body, and why does she feel uncomfortable?"
The doctor paused and gave his professional opinion:
"The current tests appear to be special cadaver spots, physical changes caused by decreased body activity. This situation also occurs in the bodies of some ordinary people. Corpse spots themselves are not contagious. What is the cause? We Still investigating.”
"However, I feel that the "itch" she refers to has little to do with physical feelings and is more of a psychological issue."
"She feels 'uncomfortable' and 'can't help' having cadaverous spots, and 'feels' itching is the problem."
The human body has a tolerance range. If it is too itchy or painful, people will faint, fall into self-protection, and then gradually become numb and reach a balanced position. Very few people will continue to be itchy unless they have psychological problems.
It was precisely because Li Qiqi had a psychological problem that she hurt herself with a knife.
"Case, wipe, wipe… wipe, wipe…"
The sound of friction sounded again, this time attracting the attention of the police and doctors. Everyone looked at Li Qiqi, and the conversation was paused for a moment.
Li Qiqi was seen holding up the vase on the table. She was trying to force herself to stop, but her instinct always defeated her rationality. She smashed the vase, picked up a piece of glass and pointed it at her arm. Thighs will cause self-mutilation again.
"Control her!"
Chen Xuan quickly locked Li Qiqi's body with quick eyes and hands.
"Let me go, let me go! Officer Chen, I feel so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable. I feel like something is about to grow on my body. My pores are full of roots. They have penetrated my blood vessels and passed through My skin and flesh are stirring, breathing, I’m so itchy, I’m so itchy!!”
"Calm down, you will only bleed to death!"
Chen Xuan forcibly pressed Li Qiqi onto the bed. The powerful force made Li Qiqi unable to move, but Li Qiqi was like a crazy wild dog at the moment, losing her mind in her eyes, wailing and crying bitterly.
"I feel so uncomfortable, I feel so uncomfortable, let me go, let me go..."
Her consciousness was blurred, and she didn't know whether she was begging for mercy from her body or from Chen Xuan.
"Tranquilizer!"
Medical staff swarmed in and took control of Li Qiqi's body. With the injection of sedatives, Li Qiqi's struggle finally became easier. She squinted slightly, with the painful expression still on her face, shaking her body unconsciously and trembling slightly. Even in her sleep, she didn't feel relaxed at all. Her body moved and rubbed slightly, as if it was really itchy.
"Is she... asleep?"
Someone asked, but Chen Xuan didn't answer, because Li Qiqi's appearance was all in her eyes. She narrowed her eyes slightly, but didn't close them completely, and stared blankly at the ceiling. It's exactly like sleepwalking at night.
Chen Xuan peeled off a corner of her clothes. Sure enough, her skin seemed to be breathing. With each expansion, spots appeared one after another.
"Fortunately, we are in the hospital. With such a crazy phenomenon, even if we forcefully control her, I'm afraid she will hurt herself."
"It's useless. This is just treating the symptoms and not the root cause."
The doctor retorted:
"And taking too much sedatives will cause irreversible damage to the brain. She can't just take sedatives when she feels itchy. Her body won't be able to bear it."
"Then what can we do...at the rate she is growing, she will be covered with them soon, right?"
"Do you think...could it be that she felt itchy during the growth process? Will it feel better if it is finished growing?"
"So do you think we should keep sedating her until the corpse spots on her body stabilize? This is not a good thing. Maybe she will die if she is covered with corpse spots."
"But Wang Sanbei died of self-inflicted wounds, so this can be considered a solution."
"I don't agree. Tranquilizers cannot be abused like this..."
Chen Xuan listened to their argument, each of them had their own reasons. Looking at Li Qiqi who was sleeping, Chen Xuan interrupted their conversation:
"Perhaps there is a way to calm her down without sedating her."
