Midnight Bookstore

Outside the ICU, Zhou Ze leaned against the wall and sat in the corridor. He was holding a burning cigarette in his hand. Below him, there were cigarette butts all over the floor.

Old Zhang was still lying inside. His condition did not improve. Instead, it continued to worsen.

A night had passed,

perhaps for old Zhang..,

his days had lost another night. His life could be counted with his fingers. Moreover, it was not measured in “Days”, but in “Hours”.

Even if Zhou Ze did not want to admit it, as a doctor, he knew in his heart that in terms of illness and treatment methods, old Zhang was really powerless.

Not all illnesses could be expected to be miracles. People always liked to preach the spirit of optimism, positivity, and upward mobility. They could create miracles and defeat the illness.

But that’s just a way that people instinctively talk to themselves to amuse themselves,

otherwise, the hospital would not need a doctor. It would be able to treat the disease by inviting the speakers who gave chicken soup and chicken blood lessons to the third-year high school students in the hospital.

The cigarette butt in his hand was pressed against the tiles in the corridor and put out,

zhou ze lowered his head,

his eyes were slightly closed,

rather than saying that he was continuing to observe the situation, it was more appropriate to say that he was waiting for the soul of Old Zhang to appear after he really died.

At least..,

he could still accompany old Zhang for a few last words,

talk

Ask Old Zhang if there was anything that he couldn’t let go of,

then ask him if he had the habit of digging holes everywhere or hiding the passbook under the sofa. He could help him find it and give it to his son or ex-wife.

Birth, old age, illness, death,

yin and Yang rotate,

even if you became a ghost, you still couldn’t resist this general trend and couldn’t really change it.

Boss Zhou had not felt so powerless for a long time. The last time he felt this way was many years ago. At that time, he had just entered the industry. He still had ideals, dreams, and that very simple desire.

But after repeatedly failing to save the patient and seeing the patient finally die..,

that kind of helplessness, that paleness, that sense of failure and decadence..,

it was the most torturous feeling.

But later, he got used to it.

Zhou ze smiled,

he originally thought that after becoming a ghost, he could change some things, but it was nothing more than experiencing the emotions that he didn’t want to face before all over again.

This feeling..,

was really very bad.

But what should be moved on, whether you wanted to or not, you still had to move on.

“You’re in pain too, right?”

Old Zhang, who was in the intensive care unit, was probably in pain as well.

Death..,

perhaps to him, it was a kind of relief.

Just like how Zhou Ze wanted to save the old man who had reached the end of his life, the old man probably only wanted a quick death.

Lying there with a large area of Burns, even if he was unconscious or under anesthesia, that kind of pain was unavoidable,

an ordinary person would have to suffer pain for two nights just to have their appendix removed, not to mention this kind of situation.

With that thought in mind,

zhou ze actually thought it through,

when Old Zhang died, when he was freed from the pain,

when his soul was not in Hell,

he would have another cigarette with him,

and Brag a little more,

it seemed that..,

it was also quite pleasant.

It seemed that..,

the shadow and oppression of death had also dissipated a lot at this moment, and it was not so hard to accept.

Outside, there was the sound of hurried footsteps.

It should be old Zhang’s subordinates or people from the Bureau who had come to visit him,

since old Zhang was sent to the resuscitation room yesterday afternoon, there had been an endless stream of people who had come to visit him. Many of them had rushed over immediately after their shift ended, just to accompany old Zhang outside the ward.

Logically speaking, with this guy’s personality, he should not be so popular.

Perhaps it was also because he was about to die. As he was on the verge of death, he didn’t care about the past grudges. What was left was respect for his personal character and integrity.

However, the person who came this time seemed a little young.

He was wearing jeans and a blue short-sleeved shirt. After running over, he directly faced the window and shouted at Old Zhang in the intensive care unit:

“Dad! Dad! Dad!”

Zhou Ze was a little surprised,

he raised his head and looked at him,

he saw that he had the urge to force open the intensive care unit and enter,

boss Zhou immediately stood up and reached out to press on the other party’s shoulder:

“Don’t be rash.”

The other party’s body trembled and he took a deep breath. However, the tears in his eyes had already flowed out uncontrollably. In the end, he still leaned against the wall and slowly sat down. He hugged his head and cried bitterly.

Boss Zhou stood beside him and watched the young man vent his emotions.

After a long time..,

the young man raised his head and looked at Zhou Ze:

“How’s my father’s condition, doctor?”

Before he came, he should have received a notification. He should have called him on the way back to ask about it. There was no need to hide such things. Family members had the right to know the truth.

Therefore, the reason he asked Zhou Ze now was to seek some psychological comfort.

Not many people had the courage to face the bleak reality. Most people still needed to be coaxed. If no one coaxed them, they would coax themselves.

But unfortunately..,

he asked the wrong person.

“Oh, he’s about to die.”

“…”the young man.

It could be imagined,

if it weren’t for the fact that old Zhang’s son was also a police academy student and had inherited some of old Zhang’s good qualities..,

if it were anyone else..,

zhou Ze would definitely have been beaten up by now.

“I tried my best, but there was nothing I could do. The area of his burns was too large, and his postoperative reaction was very bad.”Zhou ze continued, “It’s now eight o’clock in the morning. He should be able to live until tonight. It would be a miracle if he could live through tonight.”

“I don’t believe it. I don’t think my father will die.”The young man gritted his teeth and said.

“Okay.”

Zhou ze reached out and patted the young man’s head to comfort his remaining stubbornness.

He was old Zhang’s brother, so this young man was naturally Zhou Ze’s nephew.

“Where’s Your Mother?”Zhou ze asked.

The hospital’s critical notice had been issued a long time ago. Director Lin had also notified the police station about the specific situation.

“She’s living abroad and called me, but she won’t be coming back for the time being,”the young man replied. “According to what you said, she won’t be able to come back in time either.”

Naked… Officer?

Zhou ze frowned slightly. He thought to himself that after old Zhang really died, he would have to speak to his deceased soul properly. As a police officer, he actually asked his ex-wife to defect to the United States, where his heart would never die, it seemed that family ideology was not working well at home.

“Moreover, my mother’s current husband seems to be in the hospital. She can’t come back either.”

The young man slowly stood up. He first glanced at the cigarette butt on the ground, then took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze took the cigarette,

he nodded,

then this was not considered a naked official, right?

After all, he was already married.

Fortunately, the young man did not know what Zhou Ze was thinking. Otherwise, no matter how good his character was, it would not be able to stop his impulse to hit others.

To be honest, old Zhang was quite pitiful. His family’s hardship was comparable to Zhou Ze’s childhood friend, Old Wang,

but he still could not reach Old Wang’s height.

Zhou Ze had always felt that if Wang Ke was willing, he could use his own experience to write a book. It would definitely be more popular than those so-called bitter novels.

At that time, he would set up a column in the bookstore for his books, focusing on this.

“I have never thought that my father was a good father,”the young man said.

“Yes,”Zhou Ze agreed.

“But he was a good policeman.”

“Yes.”Zhou Ze still agreed.

“Now, he is about to die.”The young man sighed, “Until now, I have the illusion that he will survive. It’s just like when he went out on missions to capture fugitives in the past, my mother and I were both on tenterhooks at home, but he would return home the next day.”

“I have good news to tell you,”Zhou Ze said.

“What Good News?”

“That criminal didn’t make it through last night. He’s already dead.”

“Thank you,”the young man said.

He didn’t think about revenge now. He only thought about his father’s safety.

Zhou Ze was a little uncomfortable. When that man died, he was busy performing surgery on Zhang Yanfeng. When he went back, his soul had already gone to Hell. He couldn’t be found.

If he had been at the scene, he definitely would not have let him die so easily. When he was alive, Zhou Ze could not touch him, but after his death, he would be under Zhou Ze’s control.

No matter how much injustice and misfortune he suffered in society and life, the person who imposed anger and harm on the child was not worthy of sympathy at all.

At this moment, there was another commotion outside.

Turning around, they saw a group of children with their parents standing behind them.

Each of the children was holding a bouquet of flowers in their hands. Some of them even brought their own origami cranes and airplanes. Everyone walked over quietly. As for the adults, they stayed where they were.

These..,

were the children that Zhang Yanfeng had rescued from the hands of the gangsters.

The children might not know what gratitude was. After all, they were still in kindergarten. They probably did not understand any great principles. Most of them might not even remember what happened yesterday because they were too shocked.

However, their parents remembered that they had organized everyone to come together in their parents’wechat group. No matter how busy their parents were, they would take leave to accompany their children.

When these children grew up, their parents would tell them about it. In the future, these children would believe that there were good police officers in this world because their lives had been saved by a police uncle.

When the young man saw this scene and saw the children arrange the flowers and paper cranes neatly outside the custody room, he cried again. He buried his head deep in his mouth and sobbed very hard.

Zhou ze subconsciously took out another cigarette, but after looking at the children around him, he put it back.

Two of the braver children leaned against the window and looked inside. When they saw Zhang Yanfeng lying inside, one of them jumped in fright and retreated continuously. The other one started crying.

It was really..,

too scary!

“PFFT!”

Zhou ze laughed.

As he laughed, Zhou Ze put his arm around the young man’s shoulder and pointed at the crying child, gesturing for him to look.

The young man raised his head,

crying and crying, he looked at the child and laughed as well,

laughing..,

tears..