Darkness covered my eyes, I couldn't see anything, I didn't know where this was, and could only grope forward.

  Suddenly, there was a bright light in front of me. When I looked up, I saw that a family of three night foxes had appeared on the empty ground ahead. The mother night fox was holding a red sparrow that was jumping around and teasing her children with it. Watching this scene, I suddenly felt very warm inside, so I walked forward. But after they discovered me, they looked at me with extremely venomous and sorrowful eyes.

  Then their heads fell to the ground with a thud.

  "Is this what you call justice!!!!!!!!!!"

  "Ahhhh!!!!!!"

  I let out a scream and woke up. It was just a dream. After waking up, I found myself lying on a soft bed, with cold sweat seeping into the wound on my back, which was throbbing with pain.

  It's warm around me and I smell a disinfectant odor, where am I? Is this a hospital?

  I sat up, and a swelling pain came from my right arm again.

  "Brother, you're awake?"

  I followed the sound and looked to the side, only to see Yi Xingxing with a cast on her foot, lying on the hospital bed next to me. I found that my left hand was currently receiving an IV drip, with a fairly thick needle inserted into it, apparently I was indeed in the hospital. It seemed to be daytime now.

  Yi Xinxing saw that I was awake and said with a smile: "We had quite an adventure last night, almost froze to death!"

  Last night? My head hurts, and I remembered what happened after I defeated the Night Fox. Because I was seriously injured, plus it was really cold outside, after Yi Xin Xing supported me to walk onto the highway, I lost consciousness.

  Yi Xinxing told me that originally, carrying the already unconscious me was impossible to get back, not because I was too heavy, but because it was too cold. If I hadn't been treated in time, I would have frozen to death for sure. Luckily, a long-distance truck happened to be driving by on the highway at this moment. So he stopped the vehicle recklessly and told the driver that we had been robbed and suffered a vicious beating from bandits before being dumped in the outskirts.

  Northeasterners are down-to-earth, and the driver really believed it, so he hurriedly took us to the hospital, that's why I was able to survive.

  After listening to him, I suddenly felt at ease. It seems that my buddy is not destined to die after all. I thanked him gratefully, but I remembered that he didn't seem to be injured either, so why was his leg in a cast now?

  So I asked him: "What's wrong with your leg?"

  All he did was scratch his head and give me a wry smile, saying: "Dude, don't even mention it. Originally I didn't have anything wrong with me, but after sending you to the hospital and finishing the admission procedures, I felt an urgent need to pee. Who would have thought that when I went downstairs, I'd slip and fall, fracturing my fibula? Now I'm in a worse state than you."

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  I'm speechless, this big brother is so talented.

  The cost of my hospital stay was first covered by him, but I couldn't use his money. I thought to myself that I still had some money left in my savings account, which I had been saving up for a new computer through frugal living. Alas, it ended up being used for medical expenses instead. My compensation this time was only 50 yuan. Not only did I let out a bitter laugh, but this is no longer important. After all, through this experience, I learned many things and came to understand many things that I previously didn't know about.

  Fortunately, my spine and arm are fine, just muscle strain and some frostbite. I suddenly had a feeling that the two night foxes didn't intend to kill me at all, because if they really wanted to put me to death, there were many opportunities. Moreover, they are so intelligent.

  Perhaps they also knew that this era had no place for them. Rather than living alone after the death of their own children, it was better to die together and return to the yellow spring.

  I'm afraid it's the same for all parents.

  Who was wrong? Did justice win? If justice is the golden crown of victory, why do I now have a feeling that it's just a shiny golden crown clasped over a bloody skull?

  This is beyond my comprehension. I suddenly had an urge to scream, but I held it in. It seems that next time on the 15th, I'll have to have a long talk with Ninth Uncle.

  Maybe this question will give me an answer.

  I let out a sigh and struggled to sit up, even with the soft quilt on my bedhead, I still gritted my teeth in pain after leaning back. Damn it.

  I suddenly remembered that I still had to go to work today? If Wen Shu saw that I wasn't there, wouldn't he be furious? So I hastily grabbed my phone from the bedside and called Wen Shu. As soon as the call connected, he recognized my voice and indeed got angry, asking me how I had disappeared for almost a day. I bitterly smiled and told him that I was robbed last night and am now in the hospital.

  Wen Shu's heart is still good, he asked me if there was any major problem, or if I lacked money, and if so, he could advance some salary first.

  I told him, no need, Uncle Wen, thank you.

  Wen Shu asked me which hospital I was in and said he would come visit me if nothing else came up.

  I told him the hospital's address and after chatting with him for a few more sentences, I hung up the phone.

  It's really uncomfortable lying down like this. I might have caught a chill last night, and now I seem to be running a fever too. So I forced myself to sit up.

  As I sat up, my nicotine addiction acted up. But since I was still hooked up to an IV drip, it wasn't convenient for me to walk to the smoking area to have a cigarette. Seeing that there were only two people in this hospital room, me and Yi Xinxing, I secretly pulled out half a pack of Zhongnanhai cigarettes from my clothes, lit one up, and took a drag.

  After taking a drag, I felt a bit more comfortable. Yixinxing saw that I was enjoying it and asked me: "Brother, do you have any left? Give me one, I want to try too."

  No matter what, he saved my life last night and I really appreciate it. Although we've only known each other for less than a day, it feels like we've already formed a bond that can withstand life and death, and this friendship has continued to this day.

  I tossed him the remaining half pack of cigarettes along with the lighter, and after taking a drag, he asked me: "Buddy, now that it's just the two of us here, I'm really curious where you learned 'The Three Pure Ones' from, and why you also showed up there last night. Can you tell me?"

  I took a deep drag on my cigarette, slowly exhaling the smoke. Of course, I could tell you. After all, you're also a successor of the "Three Pure Ones" book. So I said to him: "It's hard to put into words. My story is quite long."

  So I told him my experience from start to finish, and he listened with great interest, just like listening to a storytelling session. He even exclaimed "brilliant!" When I told him that I'm actually working at 'Fuzetang' now, his expression was the same as mine last night.

  After I finished speaking, he exclaimed in surprise: "This is too coincidental! I didn't expect that our workplaces are so close to each other!"

  I smiled wryly and said to him, "Who would have thought that the two of us White faction members are now working for Lao Dao's old gang, and it seems like there's some deep grudge between them."

  He nodded and said to me: "Is it that Lin Shu's usual 'rubbish' is actually your boss?"

  I helplessly nodded, thinking that these two bosses were quite something, one calling the other "rubbish" and the other calling him "old X".

  Just as we were chatting, the door of the ward opened and a nurse came in. I thought this was not good, if we were caught smoking in the ward, at least we would be scolded. That wouldn't be worth it, so I quickly rolled my tongue around and hid the small half cigarette in my mouth.

  To say this trick, smokers should all know, right? Use your tongue to hide the cigarette in your mouth, as long as you have the skill, it won't burn your tongue, and when you spit it out again, the cigarette is still lit.

  Yi Xinxing saw how I hid the cigarette and he also swallowed it in one gulp. Then he lowered his head, at which time the nurse had already walked up to us.

  The nurse, while taking our temperatures, said: "You're awake, so you're fine. He's not going to make it, though - a fracture, at the very least he'll have to stay here for three weeks. Hmm, why does it smell like smoke?"

  She sniffed all around and then asked us: "Did you two smoke in this room?"

  The two of us shook our heads silently, and she saw that there were no cigarette butts on the ground, so she said to us: "Smoking is prohibited in hospital wards, and fines will be imposed. If you want to smoke, go out and smoke, understand?"

  We nodded again, and then the nurse left.

  After seeing her walk out, I quickly flipped my tongue and spat out the smoke, continuing to smoke comfortably. In my heart, I thought, when I was in junior high school hiding from people to smoke, you were still selling fish balls somewhere, how could you let them catch me?

  I turned around and looked at Yi Xin Xing who was still hanging his head, then said to him: "Yi Ge, everyone has left, hurry up and spit it out, don't hold back anymore."

  He turned his head and looked at me with a nauseous and painful expression, asking: "You didn't swallow it?"

  I'm dizzy! Did he swallow it? This silly genius, maybe he still doesn't know my ultimate move, just now I thought I was swallowing the cigarette into my belly, so he also learned from me.

  But I'm not hiding, this is concealing, what he's doing is real hiding.

  I'm speechless, this scene is just like a movie "A Better Tomorrow"! I remember when I saw Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan acting out the same scene in the hospital, it's exactly the same as what's happening to us now.

  I just thought at that time how could there be such a naturally silly existence, until now I saw Yi Xin Xing, and finally believed it. It turns out that this world really does have natural silliness.

  Moreover, this natural fool is actually a genius who has mastered the extraordinary skills of Qigong.

  Heavens, you really have a long eye, is it the five evils and three lacks haunting?

  So I asked Yi Xinxing: "By the way, Brother Yi, a cultivator has five flaws and three shortcomings. What are your shortcomings?"

  Yi Xinxing shook her head and said to me: "I don't know what I lack either, can you see it?"

  I stared at him, actually I really wanted to tell him that he was blind. But I didn't have the nerve to speak up. So I changed the subject and asked him: "Now that you can't go to work, haven't you informed your boss?"

  He answered me while picking his nose: "Of course I told him, he even said he'd come visit me in a bit."

  Just then, a noisy sound came from the corridor, and I seemed to hear Wen Shu's voice, who was scolding someone. Then, the female nurse's voice stopping them from making a loud noise was heard. Before I could listen carefully, the door of the ward opened.

  Wen Shu walked in first, followed by a middle-aged man. After they entered the hospital room, they stared at each other without saying a word, as if trying to kill each other with their eyes.

  Only Yi Xin Xing beside him said: "Lin Shu, you're here."

  Heavens! So that's the "Old X" Uncle Wen was talking about. Never thought I'd run into them both in the hospital today.

  All I saw was that man, about the same age as Wen Shu, but a head taller than Wen Shu, wearing a leather jacket, with a square face. His small eyes already had some crow's feet. He had a neat and tidy crew cut. It seemed he was Lin Shu of 'Yi Fu Guan'.

  He just saw him with a fake smile and said to Wen Shu: "I said why today is so depressing, I can even run into you in the hospital."

  Wen Shu listened and replied with a similarly expressionless face, "Yes, I think so too. My apprentice is sick, I came to take a look at him. What are you doing here? Got prostatitis?"

  Mr. Lin saw Mr. Wen taking the conversation to tease him, so he suppressed his anger and continued to say to Mr. Wen: "My prostatitis has been cured long ago, I'm also here to see my apprentice, but you, I'm quite worried about your kidney stones, how is it? Does it not hurt when urinating now?"

  "Wen Shu saw that he had hit his own sore spot and couldn't help but scold loudly: 'You old X, I came to see my apprentice, what are you doing here joining in the excitement? Are you also here to see your apprentice? How interesting! Did your apprentice break a leg? Letting you be so concerned?'"

  Yi Xinxing heard this and stammered: "I...my leg is really broken..."

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  The two of them only then focused their attention on us, and the atmosphere in the entire room suddenly became more awkward than ever.