Chapter 1

May is the month of rainstorm disaster in the south. The weather forecast has long said that there will be strong convective weather in the next few days and rainstorms in some areas. It's really unwise to go out in such bad weather. However, Lin Haihai ignored the warning of his colleagues and went out with an umbrella and a medicine box when it was as dark as falling down.

It was an old man who had been sent home to die. He was an old patient of Lin Haihai. He was in his 90s. He had been tortured by emphysema for a long time and was in the late stage. Every organ of the body is declining, the stomach is bleeding, and it hurts as soon as you eat. During his hospitalization, he always relied on acupuncture and medicine to maintain his life. Now he has gone home. The children feel that even if they want to go, they should let the old father eat a meal and be a full ghost. So when he was discharged from the hospital, he asked Lin Haihai to take a heart shot and cook a meal at home. The old man was very happy and ate nearly a bowl. After eating, the old man was still happy to chat with his children. However, after nearly an hour, the old man began to feel pain. Then he desperately called Dr. Lin and begged his children to find Dr. Lin for help. The children really had no choice but to call Lin Haihai and explain the situation. In fact, Lin Haihai could not go because she knew that the old man had no way to return to heaven. Her going had no real effect, and the old man's children knew it, so they did not hold the hope that the doctor would come. This call is just to comfort the old man and let the old man wait with hope. Unexpectedly, Lin Haihai hung up the phone and went out without saying a word.

When he arrived at the old man's house, the old man was in pain. As soon as he saw Lin Haihai, the old man's turbid eyes immediately looked. Out of breath, he called out, "Dr. Lin, help." Lin Haihai immediately went up, put down the medicine box, held the old man's hand, comforted and said, "it's all right, relax." She knew that the old man was aware that he was about to leave, so he placed his hope on the doctor like a life-saving straw. Because many times when he was critically ill, it was the people in front of him who robbed him from death. He hopes so this time. Lin Haihai knows that this time she will not be like before. What she has to do now is not how to rescue the old man, but to leave the old man painlessly.

She took out morphine injection from the medicine box and skillfully injected it for the old man. Originally, morphine was used to ask for the signature of relatives, but now Lin Haihai has obviously made a mistake. However, I believe no one will blame her. Lin Haihai said in the old man's ear while injecting: "it'll be fine in a while. It won't hurt slowly. Take a deep breath and relax. I'll always look at you." The old man looked at Lin Haihai confidently and relaxed slowly. His clenched hand began to open slowly. He felt the pain began to move away slowly, and he began to calm down. But there were many people in front of him. He looked at the crowd in surprise. How did all the dead stand in front of him? Shit? Father? Mother? wife?

He gently called, "Dad, mom, the child's mother, are coming." Lin Haihai looked at the old man's behavior. She saw a lot of this situation. It is not that people often say to see their relatives on the verge of death, but in the later stage of emphysema. Patients often have hallucinations. She saw the old man's blurred eyes and empty expression, and knew that the old man had entered the illusion world. Soon, the old man began to breathe slower and lighter. This situation lasted for half an hour. Finally, the old man took a long breath, but he never inhaled again. With some grief in her heart, she turned and said, "he has gone." All of a sudden, people in the room were crying loudly. Some people of the older generation shouted, "get down on your knees and send the old man the last way." Then, the old man knelt in front of the bed. Lin Haihai held back his tears, picked up the medicine box and fled the sad scene. I've been a doctor for several years. I've seen all the parting of life and death, but I can't face it calmly every time. My mentor once said that she was too emotional, which would be a big obstacle to her career. But she just can't face death coldly, because she is a person who competes with the God of death. She has a strong love for life.

Lin Haihai drove his car and drove up the highway to the city. The wind began to be strong, and the black clouds in the sky gathered quickly, and soon covered half of the sky. From time to time, thunder roared overhead. Lightning makes a beautiful arc in the sky, but it emits a terrible light. The speed of Linhai Haijia express is fast. The car is running wildly. The thunder is getting denser and louder. The frequency of lightning became more and more urgent, and frightening fire snakes flashed out of the sky. A few seconds later, the thunder shook the sky. Lin Haihai began to worry, and the highway vehicles began to be scarce. Suddenly, a thunderbolt and lightning across the sky reflected the chaotic world, and then the rumbling thunder exploded and echoed on the road for a long time. The sky cracked and the mouth was huge, and there was a torrential rain. In the roar, she could clearly hear the clatter of Hail on the roof. She screamed in her heart, but she couldn't find any shelter from the rain on the highway. She had to let the car run like a runaway wild horse.

When she was about to reach the exit of Da Nang, she suddenly saw an old woman standing on the roadside with a broken umbrella. His clothes were all wet, his hair was close to his forehead, the water flowed down his hair, and his worn cloth shoes showed a few toes. At first glance, I knew it was an old lady from a poor family, but I didn't know why she was standing on the highway on this rainstorm day. Without much thought, Lin Haihai immediately stepped on the brake and the car stopped in front of the old woman. Lin Haihai opened the left door and shouted to the old woman, "get in the car quickly“ The old woman threw away her broken umbrella and got on the bus with trembling steps.

As soon as the door was closed, Lin Haihai immediately smelled a stench. Experience told her that the old man had rotten wounds. As she was driving, she looked at the old man and asked, "old man, how can you walk alone on this highway? It's very dangerous. You know what? " The old woman's mouth closed one after another and did not speak. She didn't even say thank you. Look a little bleak, but Lin Haihai saw that she had no signs of pain. She was a little confused and asked again, "old man, are you not feeling well? You tell me I'm a doctor. Maybe I can help you. " The old woman still didn't speak. She looked ahead and didn't move.

Lin Haihai felt strange, but she didn't ask again. She wanted to go back to the hospital as soon as possible and help the old man do an examination. The car is running at high speed, and the rain is getting bigger and bigger. Occasionally, some hail hits the front glass and makes a loud noise. Lin Haihai felt a little cold, and the old woman's clothes were all wet. She stretched out her hand to turn up the heating. Her eyes unconsciously swept onto the old woman's thighs. At a glance, she startled her. I saw a big hole in the old woman's trousers, which was bleeding, and the beige car blankets were dyed red. She quickly stopped, turned sideways and said loudly, "Oh, you're hurt. Why didn't you say it earlier? Too much bleeding will kill you. Let me see. " She opened the medicine box, took out the scissors and wanted to cut the old woman's trousers. The old woman grabbed her with such strength that she didn't look like an injured man at all. Lin Haihai was caught by the old woman and couldn't move. She didn't think so much, but was anxious. She thought the old woman was afraid of hurting her, so Lin Haihai explained, "don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. I can help you stop bleeding by cutting my pants. Don't be afraid. " But the old woman still held on to her as if she couldn't hear it. His eyes stared at Lin Haihai, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He wanted to talk but didn't say anything.

Lin Haihai estimated that the old woman couldn't understand her words. She struggled and found that the old woman's strength was amazing. She couldn't earn her hand. So she gently opened the hole in the old woman's trousers with her other hand to see what kind of wound it was. The old woman didn't expect her to be so persistent. She was not aware that Lin Haihai's hand had touched blood. The old woman shouted, "no!" As soon as the voice fell, the old woman vomited a mouthful of blood, grabbed Lin Haihai's hand and suddenly loosened it. The whole person collapsed on the car chair. Lin Haihai was frightened. Her fingers covered the old man's pulse. The old woman squinted at the blood on Lin Haihai's hands and sighed deeply. Slowly said, "son, you'll be dead in a few minutes."

Lin Haihai was funny and didn't speak. The old man's pulse was strange, weak in disorder, and sometimes hurried. She frowned, suddenly felt chest tightness and bloating, her throat was fishy and sweet, and then a mouthful of blood gushed out. Then the world whirled around. She held the steering wheel and began to muddle along. The old man held her hand. She felt a warm current slowly passing from her palm to her arm, slowly to her internal organs. An unspeakable comfort filled her heart. She looked at the old woman suspiciously. The old woman sighed and slowly opened her mouth: "I am not a human, but a snake demon who has been practicing for thousands of years. Today just entered the final stage of the decline of heaven and man. On this day, my mana will become very weak. Any small demon that doesn't become a climate can kill me. I wanted to find a hidden place to spend today. As long as I pass tonight, I will become an immortal. But a wolf demon found my hiding place. I had a war with him and was hurt by him. Fortunately, there was a sudden flash of lightning. The wolf was afraid of strong light. At the moment of his uneasiness, I ran away. But when I ran away, the wolf demon suddenly sprinkled a kind of corpse poison on me. This poison will slowly invade my internal organs and run my whole body before midnight. There is no doubt that I will die. "

After that, the old woman gasped in a hurry, her face as gray as death, her eyes closed as if she were suffering great pain, and her hands and feet twitched. Lin Haihai has completely believed the old woman's words in her heart. She has always been a materialist. She doesn't believe in souls or gods and monsters. But now she has no doubt. She hasn't made good psychological preparation for death, but after many years as a doctor, she knows that death is often a moment. She had imagined before how she would feel if she faced death. She thought of panic, fear, despair, horror, but she was calmer than ever. It seemed that it took only a minute to accept the fact that he was about to die.