Xiao Tangqiu opened his eyes suddenly and what he saw were the dazzling light of the incandescent lamp and a snow-white ceiling. And there was the smell of disinfectant in the air – this was obviously a hospital.
…Hospital?
Why was he in the hospital?
Xiao Tangqiu stared blankly at the ceiling, but his brain was blank as if he had been drunk. He couldn’t remember why he was in the hospital, he couldn’t even remember what happened a few days ago.
At this moment, a surprised scream came from beside him, “Xiao-Qiu! Xiao- Qiu, you are awake!”
A middle-aged couple crowded in front of him. They were originally worried, but now they were surprised and relieved, “You are awake! You are finally awake!”
Xiao Tangqiu’s brain felt rusted. He turned his brain with difficulty and finally remembered the identity of the middle-aged couple, “Dad… Mom…”
The middle-aged couple burst into tears, and the middle-aged woman spoke with tears in her eyes, “Xiao-Qiu, you finally woke up! You’ve been in a coma for three days and three nights! We almost thought… almost thought… .”
“Coma? Three days and three nights?” Xiao Tangqiu took a lot of effort to organize these words, “I’ve been in a coma? Three days?”
“That’s right! Mom and Dad have been so worried about you!” The middle-aged woman said while crying, “You suddenly disappeared for a week, we were all going crazy with worry, looking for you everywhere! But we couldn’t find you anywhere! Sobsobsob…”
“Three days ago, the police found you and the others in an abandoned warehouse. It turns out that you were all kidnapped! After they rescued you, they sent you to the hospital… but you never woke up! We were worried to death!”
“Kidnapped?” Xiao Tangqiu thought hard, “I was… kidnapped?”
“Xiao-Qiu! Do you remember what happened before? Who the hell kidnapped you?”
Xiao Tangqiu frowned, “Who kidnapped… me?”
At this moment, a doctor came in, and seeing Xiao Tangqiu woke up, he nodded, “It seems that another one has woken up.”
“Has anyone else woken up?” Father Xiao asked.
The doctor nodded, “Just a few minutes ago, several patients woke up… But you have to be prepared.”
Mother Xiao asked worriedly, “Prepared for what?”
“These patients all appear to have suffered varying degrees of brain damage, which, while not affecting the brain much, may cause memory loss.”
“Amnesia?” Xiao’s mother was very worried, “What degree of amnesia?”
The doctor said, “Different people have different degrees. You can observe the specifics yourself.”
Mother Xiao immediately turned her head and asked Xiao Tangqiu, “Xiao-Qiu, how much do you remember?”
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Xiao Tangqiu thought hard for a long time before he said intermittently what he remembered. Although his mind was blank when he just woke up, now he slowly recalled most things.
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Xiao Tangqiu shook his head, “I don’t remember…”
Although he tried hard to remember everything related to the disappearance, he couldn’t remember anything. He could recall something about everything else, but only about this matter, he couldn’t think of a clue.
“The patient just woke up, let him rest well, don’t force it.”
Mother and Father Xiao nodded. After sending the doctor off, Mother Xiao pressed Xiao Tangqiu back to the hospital bed, “Xiao-Qiu, you lie down and rest. You’re very weak now, don’t move around. Are you hungry? What do you want to eat?”
Xiao Tangqiu’s stomach growled and he nodded, “I’m so hungry, I want to eat everything…”
“You may have to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation. Would you like us to bring anything to the hospital for you?”
Xiao Tangqiu thought for a while, “Bring my computer.”
Usually, his mom and dad would definitely scold Xiao Tangqiu for a round. What kind of situation was this to still be playing on a computer? But now that Xiao Tangqiu had managed to escape from death, they couldn’t bear to be harsh at all, so they all let Xiao Tangqiu do as he liked.
The family of three chatted and Mother and Father Xiao went to get food for Xiao Tangqiu. Xiao Tangqiu laid on the hospital bed and stared at the ceiling for a while, then he gradually recalled some scattered scenes from before… He seemed to be chatting with CottonCandy online at the time? CottonCandy seemed to have recommended a game for him?
After?
What happened after that?
Just as Xiao Tangqiu was desperately thinking about it, someone wearing a hospital gown suddenly passed by the door of his ward. He stared at that person’s person and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
“Wait! Stop!”
The man turned around and said, “Who are you? A fan of mine?”
Xiao Tangqiu blurted out, “You, a soy sauce cannon fodder, still want to have fans?”
The man was stunned for a moment, “How do you know that I’m a cannon fodder? You really are my fan!”
Xiao Tangqiu was also stunned for a moment. Right! Why would he know that this guy was a cannon fodder? He obviously didn’t know the guy before him at all!
Just as the two of them stared at each other, the man suddenly shouted, “Ah! This voice! I remembered it! It’s you!”
Xiao Tangqiu looked blank, “…Ah?”
“LittleCandyBall! You’re LittleCandyBall, right!” The man smiled, “I’m CottonCandy! Can’t you recognize my voice? I’m CottonCandy!”
Only then did Xiao Tangqiu react, “So you are CottonCandy!”
“Fuck! It’s fate! We are actually staying in the same hospital! It’s so fateful!” CottonCandy glanced at Xiao Tangqiu’s hospital gown, “But why are you in the hospital?”
Xiao Tangqiu subconsciously replied, “Kidnapped…”
CottonCandy shouted, “Fuck! Destiny! So coincidental! I was also kidnapped!”
Xiao Tangqiu blinked, “I was in a coma for three days and three nights.”
CottonCandy called out again, “Fuck! Destiny! So coincidental! I was also in a coma for three days and three nights!”
Xiao Tangqiu, “…”
He paused, then continued, “I lost my memory.”
CottonCandy shouted again, “Fuck! Destiny! So coincidental! I also lost my memory!”
At this moment, the little nurse who was patrolling the rooms finally couldn’t help but said, “Don’t be so loud, it will affect the rest of other patients. The two of you were obviously sent here by the police together, of course it’s coincidental!”
Xiao Tangqiu and CottonCandy looked at each other again. They were sent here by the police together? What the hell was this fate?
“Let’s go in and talk?” Xiao Tangqiu pointed to his ward.
CottonCandy scratched his head and was a little embarrassed, “I just woke up feeling starved to death and was going to get something to eat…”
“Where’s your agent?” Xiao Tangqiu raised an eyebrow.
CottonCandy laughed dryly, “I’m a [tn content=”1,888th line”]T/N: an “18th line” celebrity is basically bottom tier, no-name actor. TMM is making an exaggerated joke on the number[/tn] cannon fodder, what agent? Of course, I have to do everything myself.”
Xiao Tangqiu asked again, “Where are your parents?”
CottonCandy said carelessly, “They are both abroad and haven’t arrived yet.”
Xiao Tangqiu nodded, “My parents just went to buy food, you can eat with me.”
CottonCandy smiled, “Then I won’t be polite! By the way, my name is Tang Mianmian, what’s your name?”
Xiao Tangqiu, “Tang Mianmian? My name is Xiao Tangqiu…”
The two looked at each other and blurted out at the same time, “Your name sounds familiar…”
Xiao Tangqiu frowned, “I seem to have heard your name somewhere.”
Tang Mianmian also scratched his ears, “I also seem to have heard your name somewhere.”
The two looked at each other, and Xiao Tangqiu asked first, “Do you remember what happened during your disappearance?”
Tang Mianmian shook his head, “I don’t remember, do you?”
Xiao Tangqiu also shook his head, “I don’t remember either, I don’t even remember what happened before I disappeared… The last thing I remember is that you sent me a game.”
“Game?” Tang Mianmian looked puzzled, “I didn’t send you a game!”
Xiao Tangqiu was stunned, “Didn’t you recommend a game to me?”
Tang Mianmian nodded, “Yes, but didn’t you say you were going to visit a grave, so I did something else!”
Xiao Tangqiu was stunned again, “…Visit a grave? Yes, I was going to visit a grave.”
After Tang Mianmian recommended the game to him, he went to visit the grave, but after he came back, didn’t Tang Mianmian send him that game again?
However, Tang Mianmian refused to admit it, “I didn’t send you that game, and I didn’t talk to you after you went to the grave! If you don’t believe me, look at the chat history yourself!”
“Chat history? Right, the chat history!” Xiao Tangqiu immediately took out his mobile phone. Although he and Tang Mianmian were chatting on the computer at the time, the chat history of the mobile phone and the computer were synchronized. He quickly turned to the last chat between him and Tang Mianmian.
LittleCandyBall: I go to his grave every year, maybe tomorrow is the last time. People can’t indulge in the past forever, I want to try to let go
Tang Mianmian came over to take a look, “Look! Right! I didn’t send you that game at all!”
Xiao Tangqiu frowned, did he remember it wrong? Or did something go wrong? …Game? Right! Game!
He grabbed Tang Mianmian’s shoulder, “Game! Do you remember the name of that game? What’s that game called?”
Tang Mianmian scratched his head and scratched his head for a while, “I think… it seems to be called Abyss.”
“…Abyss?”
Xiao Tangqiu said the name softly, his eyes suddenly became hot, and a tear fell.
Tang Mianmian was stunned, “Hey, why are you crying?”
Xiao Tangqiu shook his head blankly, “I don’t know… but I seem… it’s as if I forgot something very important…
Yes you did forget something very important! now quickly remember and go get Meng Xinghe!
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i havent cried but i think this book is what you call bittersweet