Chapter 2

  In the southern coastal city, the scorching summer sun casts a shadow over every moving figure. The sky is blue to the point of being illusory, weaving soft dreams. Young and old, dreams are staged incessantly.

  Clouds are like cotton candy, melting sweetly in the pupils.

  A castle, happily suffocated in a gentle breeze.

  The distant din of the streets was weakened by half in the hospital room, vague as a dying moan. She sat in the hospital room, reading a book. The content of the book was dull, and the heat had also made her lose the power to be invigorated. The unique smell of the hospital sneaked into her nostrils with indifference, passing through the throat several centimeters wide, through the stomach, and transformed into a depressing substance in the lungs. It was a feeling similar to death.

  She lifted her clothes and saw a scar on the right side of her abdomen, left from when her appendix was removed. She slowly stroked the scar with her fingers. Suddenly, she felt an urge to self-mutilate: she really wanted to pull out the stitches, tear open the wound, and look at the tangled intestines and internal organs inside her belly, maybe some undigested food residue would flow out.

  She felt a chill at the thought of that disgusting scene, and quickly shook her head to get rid of the terrible idea. The spinning fan seemed to blow away the thought and heat from her side in an instant.

  She put down her book, picked up the phone on the desk and quickly sent a message.

  "I'm so bored. Jiayun, what are you doing?"

  "I'm in the dance studio at this time, of course. Teacher Wen taught a new dance again. It's so hard! I'll show it to you when I visit you tomorrow. Youyou, how much longer will you be in the hospital? Can't you come back sooner?"

  "Aw, the doctor said I still need to stay in the hospital for observation for a week. My appendix was removed. It turns out that the human appendix is useless. Do you want to get yours removed too? I heard it can make your figure slimmer."

  "Just kidding! Haha, silly! Oh, never mind, the nurse is here for a check-up."

  The nurse walked into the room and asked Youyou some simple questions. It seemed like nothing was seriously wrong. The nurse finished her record, turned around and left again. Just as Youyou was about to pick up her phone to continue texting Du Jiajun, she had already thought of what questions to ask Jiajun about that mysterious boy who was said to be attending supplementary classes on the floor above the dance studio. Jiajun really liked his looks, and even another good friend, Hua Qizhen, said that the boy was Jiajun's destined true love.

  However, she expected Jiajun to receive such a message and might ask herself: What about that boy at your bus stop?

  Hehe, she didn't want Jiajun to know that guy's true nature so quickly. She also had to keep up appearances in front of her good friend.

  In fact, she didn't even know his name yet. A girl's concerns are always hard to express.

  In the leisurely mind, that beautiful scene appeared again. The boy with a guitar on his back, messy hair, summer green dripping from leaves to shoulders, rippling. It was like a delicate MV, jumping out of ambiguous rhythm in my heart.

  She smiled blissfully.

  Suddenly, the noise outside the window grew several times louder. She put down her phone and walked to the window in confusion.

  An ambulance suddenly drove in below the building. Several cars followed behind it. People ran down from the car, holding cameras and video recorders, with flashlights flashing constantly. Someone held a microphone and spoke desperately. The hospital dispatched many security guards to maintain order, blocking all those people outside the door, but the crowd did not disperse, and instead more interview cars drove in through the entrance.

  Something big must have happened. This spectacular scene is still the first time I've seen it. She thought, could it be that some celebrity has also moved into this hospital? Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many reporters guarding the hospital.

  She left the window and opened the door of her ward. She saw that the flow of people in the corridor suddenly became busy. Some nurses were carrying medicine trays and walking quickly, while two patrolling nurses were whispering to each other not far from her ward.

  She couldn't help but perk up her ears and listen intently.

  "Do you know? The female star Fang Yanmei has just been sent to our hospital."

  "Really? So it was her after all. No wonder it caused such a big stir. I'm also one of her fans! By the way, is she okay?"

  "I don't know, I just heard that she was injured unexpectedly on the set. She's currently being treated in the emergency room and even Dr. Li, who is the best, has been urgently called back. Yeah, it seems like a very serious situation."

  "Really?"

  Two nurses walked away while chatting. Youyou hurried back and reported the gossip to her friends in the dance room as soon as possible.

  "Breaking news! Superstar Fang Yanmei has just been admitted to my hospital! The situation is critical!"