When I woke up, I was beaten to death by a stranger

Chapter 6

One morning in early April Valentin took me into town with him.The snow on the road had not yet melted and was blindingly white. I grabbed the doorknob and asked, "Where are we going today?"

"I'll show you your mind first, and then wander around the city." Valentin said with a glance at me.

Having said that, the car did not drive in the direction of the hospital. After driving through the busy city, Valentin drove onto a snowy road, which was uneven. His car repair tools were in the trunk, making a rattling noise.I didn't know how long the wobbling lasted, and I woke up when I bumped my head against the glass window. When I looked up, I saw a red-faced old man grinning at me from outside the car window.

Valentin turned off the engine and got out of the car, and shouted something to the old man, and the two of them laughed, huddled together, pounded and made noise, like two noisy bears.When they finished laughing and finally remembered me, Valentin pointed at me, and the two of them walked over shoulder to shoulder, I rolled down the car window and said reservedly: "Hello, hello, first time meeting, I'm Yi— —”

"Ivan!" The red-faced old man wrinkled his face with a smile, and patted the car window with a white breath, "Do you remember who I am?" Before I could answer, he turned his face and winked at Valentin, "Remember that?" No wonder! If you remember, you won’t come here! Come down quickly, and they will be back on duty in a while.”

I got out of the car in a daze, and entered the house only to find that it was a small hospital with complete equipment. The red-faced old man pushed me to the bed and urged: "Hurry up, you will suffer if you are found out." .”

So I hurriedly lay on the bed, and let the red-faced old man use the instrument to take photos. After the eyes and ears were touched, Valentin stood guard at the door, answering the red-faced old man's questions from time to time.

"Sight is fine, hearing is fine. Is there any abnormal behavior?"

Valentin turned his head and said, "A few days ago, it snowed heavily and ran out to chase the dining car."

"That's not unusual!" I retorted.

The red-faced old man clicked twice: "The muscle atrophy is not too bad, I need to take him out for more activities." Then he pinched my whole body, asked for a photo, and motioned me to go inside.

After I went in and lay down, listening to the equipment running slowly, the voices of the red-faced old man talking to Valentin also came faintly.

"...you don't remember anything now?"

"I remember the street and the road, but I don't remember the car accident, and I don't remember me."

"Don't remember that you still live with you honestly? Tsk tsk, really..."

"What's the use? This kid thought I was a kidnapper when he woke up."

"Hahahahaha! Don't blame Ivan, you looked like a savage when I saw you last time, tsk tsk, this time I shaved my beard and cut my hair. Why, I'm afraid he won't recognize you?"

"Fuck you. Forget it if he doesn't recognize it, and don't tell me."

"...But, what did you tell his family?"

"..."

I was closing my eyes and stretching my ears, when the door was knocked open suddenly, and a short and fat nurse shouted angrily: "—Kuznetsov! You are here again! How many times have I told you that we will not accept—— "She saw me sitting up in trepidation, her eyes widened, and she didn't finish speaking for a long time.Taking advantage of her daze, the red-faced old man took me off the stage with one step, turned around and ran towards the exit, shouting as he ran, "The last time, the last time, I won't come again!"

I was staggered all the way by him, finally rolled to the side of the car, and looked back: "Where's Valentin?"

"How can you lose your husband?" He sat in the driver's seat cursingly and started the car. "He knows the exits of this place better than I do. Get in quickly!"

My ears were burned by those two words, and I didn't dare to say anything more. When he drove the car to the corner and Valentin, who had been waiting for a long time, opened the car door and jumped up, I was finally relieved.

After getting into the car for a long time, I was still out of breath and asked, "Why did you run, aren't you a doctor in this hospital?"

Valentin sneered, and the red-faced old man said vaguely, "It used to be."

"Before?" I wondered.

The red-faced old man moved his mustache and said listlessly, "The license has been revoked."

"..." I couldn't speak, and looked at Valentin in shock, and it took me a long time to say, "He was the one who took care of the car accident before?"

"What can I do!" He yelled impatiently, with his arms folded in front of his chest, his cheeks and lips were flushed, and he looked a bit pitiful, "The hospital won't accept you when they see you!"

"Tsk tsk, Ivan was miserable back then," the red-faced old man echoed, "he was covered in blood, and he looked like no one."

"Stop talking." Valentin interrupted him, the old man shrugged, curled his lips, and winked at me.Although I pursed my lips and nodded, smiling awkwardly, my heart trembled, all I could think about were those bright eyes, and I was so frank that I didn't dare to turn my head to take a look.

The red-faced old man drove to the downtown and got off. Before leaving, I wanted to say something to Valentin. I pretended to be asleep and leaned against the glass window to listen to their speech at the rear of the car.The old man said: "The photo was not taken today, and another day will be taken in another hospital. I have a friend who is in the city hospital and can open the back door without checking his ID card. I don't think there is anything unusual about his actions. There should be no big problems in other things. Let's observe first." As for the amnesia... I suggest you take him to the old places, stimulate his subconscious, and see if he can recall something."

The two talked again and made a few jokes, the old man finally said: "I have nothing else to do, I will leave first, you remember to take him for a review next time, you have worked hard during this time, I did not expect you to ... Forget it, don't mention it. Let's go!"

I opened my eyes, and the old man waved to me in the rearview mirror: "Goodbye Ivan!" I hurriedly rolled down the car window and waved to say goodbye to him.

After that, Valentin drove around slowly on the road, first circled around my undergraduate university, and then wandered around my former residence. I could recognize it, but I couldn't contact Valentin. , I can’t say what he wants to hear; I’m afraid he’ll be upset, so he pretends to be a tourist and looks around, only to find that the city has really changed a lot.As I was driving, a scent rushed into the car. Looking around, I found a dining car singing songs diagonally ahead. The car was painted with shiny cheese, which made people unable to take their eyes off it.

Valentin saw me like this, shook his head, stepped on the gas pedal, accelerated and overtook the car to be side by side with the dining car, stretched out his head and shouted: "Master, stop!"

Afterwards we parked the car on the side of the road, Valentin was smoking, and I held a hamburger steak and gnawed on it, raising my eyes to look at him from time to time. He forgot to shake the soot and landed on the car seat.That flower shop is not big, but it is very conspicuous, because the temperature is still low, but there are large bouquets of roses in the window at the door, which must be expensive.Seeing that I had almost eaten, Valentin put out his cigarette butt, opened the car door with determination, paused before leaving, then turned to me and said, "I'm going to buy something, you wait in the car." After speaking, he went straight to the car. The florist went.

Not long after, Valentin came out.

I think I must have been stunned at the time, and I forgot to blink. The wind outside was so strong that it blew the pendant in the car and messed up Valentin's hair; A bouquet of roses was used to shield him from the not-so-warm winter sun. The flowers hung down on his face, making his lips blush and his eyes blue—I didn't know that roses would suit him like this.

He crossed the road, opened the car door, and a scent of fragrance came to my nostrils. Before I could react, the bouquet of hot flowers had already reached my hand.

"W-what?" I slurred my words and bit my tongue.

He looked awkward, unsure of what to do in the face of my disbelief, rubbing his fingers on the steering wheel.I carefully confirmed: "For me?"

He nodded quickly and vaguely, and turned his eyes to observe me, and I was so emotional at the time that I was completely stunned, unable to think of anything, nothing.