Chapter 53: The person who suddenly appears

The incident back then was entirely caused by ignorance and greed.

Although Mayor Yuan and the people in charge were both state cadres with higher education, their superstition still made them do such an outrageous thing.

In fact, it's just cholera!

More than a decade ago, a flood disaster hit this place. Although many rural areas in China were already rich at that time, it was still a remote and poor place with poor medical conditions. Because health and epidemic prevention work was basically not done, and it was the peak period between May and September, cholera broke out in a place called Malian Village, a subordinate of Hongqing Town.

At that time, almost all adults in the village were infected with cholera, but because the initial symptoms were not as high as fever, it was similar to diarrhea, the villagers who had no medical knowledge thought it was just diarrhea caused by drinking unclean water.

But later the situation became more and more serious. Some people began to die in the village, and most of the adults in the village could no longer walk. As the village chief, the third uncle sent a child who was not infected with cholera to the town to find Zhang Xinxin who worked in the town hospital.

Zhang Xinxin is the only daughter of the old Zhang family and the top female scholar in Malian Village. She is the only person who went out of the mountains to study in college and then returned to work in the town. Although she is young, she is the vice president of the town hospital because she graduated from a prestigious medical university. In the hearts of the villagers, she is the savior of the village.

Malian Village is located in the deep mountains, and the winding mountain road was not built at that time, so when Zhang Xinxin rushed back to the village with a few people and some simple medical supplies, most of the people in the village had already appeared in a "cholera" face due to severe dehydration - their eyes were sunken, their cheeks were deep and concave, their lips were dry, their minds were indifferent and even unclear. The skin was wrinkled and wet and cold, and the elasticity disappeared; their fingers were shriveled like laundry women, and their abdomen were sunken like boats.

This scene made Xinxin feel worried and immediately started treatment. From the medical knowledge she learned, although cholera is extremely contagious and the vaccine is not useful to everyone, and it is toxic, as long as it is handled properly, it is no longer a difficult disease with a high mortality rate in today's society.

But even though she thought so, the people she brought were frightened. Although those people also had the sign of hospital doctors, in places where medical conditions were poor and medical staff were scarce, they were actually just practitioners who had received some simple medical training, and even the level of nurses in urban hospitals could not reach the level of nurses. In remote rural areas, this phenomenon exists in many places, allowing people who do not have medical skills to become doctors.

Before the outbreak of cholera in Malian Village, there was a village called Dayang Village a few years ago. Because the location of Dayang Village was still remote, the whole village only became known to the outside world after they died of illness. Because the corpse was improperly handled, the plague almost spread, which caused great panic in the local area.

In the eyes of the locals, this is not a disease at all, but someone offended the God of Plague, so he was surrendered to the crime of destroying the village. He would be implicated when contacting these people, and even saying this will be punished the same!

For some reason, the locals called cholera "Zero 2", perhaps because of the bacteria. Anyway, due to rumors, the locals changed their qualities when they heard about "Zero 2". It is said that this bacteria cannot be killed no matter what. People who are infected will die. Only fire, and only the burning fire can kill the disease!

Those who came to Xinxin thought that the terrifying "Zero II" came again when they saw the village, and completely gave up the doctor's heart and fled in a hurry. Xinxin couldn't stop it, and couldn't understand them, so they had to let them report to the cadres in charge of medical care at that time. It was also the current Mayor Yuan, who asked him to find a way to mobilize medical forces to save the people in the village!

Xinxin maintained an ambiguous relationship with the married Mayor Yuan at that time. She thought that Mayor Yuan, who was knowledgeable and upright, would definitely find a way to find the medical power of the provincial hospital to help these villagers who had not yet reached the end of their lives.

From the perspective of a doctor, this is just the symptoms of uremia and acidosis manifested by the mass loss of potassium salt. The dead people died of organ failure and had nothing to do with the plague god. Although the number of infections is extremely high, most of them are within the cure range. And she firmly believes that the man she secretly fell in love with, the man she loved and admired, and trusted, would definitely save them!

However, what she did not expect was that the mayor Yuan, who was trusting and waiting, calmed the patient's emotions and took away the ancestral process of burning kilns from the village chief San Uncle's family, and even took more than a dozen town staff members to set fire to Malian Village one night, burning all those who might have recovered completely in the village.

The whole village was too ill to afford the bed and was unable to escape the death-seeking fire. The uninfected children who were able to escape were forced back into the fire by the people surrounded by the village entrance. As for Xinxin, she was tied to the door by her sweetheart, and watched him leave ruthlessly and burned into a charred corpse in front of him.

She wouldn't know even if she died. Mayor Yuan coveted the secret recipe for kiln making for a long time. This cholera was the opportunity for him to threaten his third uncle to hand over the secret recipe and would not have any chance to get involved in the future! Of course, he understood that cholera is no longer a terminal illness under the current medical level, but he wanted to become the mayor, rely on the secret recipe to gain huge wealth, and to soothe the hearts of everyone in this place.

So, she and her villagers had to sacrifice and were eliminated in this barbaric and cruel way, just to avoid endangering other people! But that kind of harm does not exist! Being killed like this, so innocent, and so regardless of gender, age, how can they not be resentful!

So, not long after this incident, Mayor Yuan and a group of more than a dozen people began to stay in peace. As a last resort, he had no choice but to invite his uncle, Master Yuan Long.

Master Long was very angry at the beginning and even wanted to send his only nephew to justice. But he could not get rid of the bonds of family affection and the so-called regret of Mayor Yuan, and guided these people to make bricks and tiles that had never been buried, so that they could not leave the place, and then he trapped them with the Feng Shui array.

After doing all this, Master Long died, but Yuan Zhenzhu buried him in a beautiful land in the deep mountains as he ordered before his death, allowing him to guard the Feng Shui array for more than ten years and try to save the dead!

Malian Village is located in a remote area, and there was a precedent for Dayang Village to destroy the village due to cholera. Therefore, when the fire to eliminate the plague started, no one knew that it was not the dead bodies, nor did it kill bacteria, and the people who were burned to death were living people! Later, their souls were tortured by the high temperature of the kilns blessed by talismans and formations! Their disappearance brought about the rise of Mayor Yuan, his good reputation and the subsequent prosperity of Hongqing Town.

This unjust case was concealed by the powerful people in Hongqing Town, and was not exposed. Soon, the forgetful people either forgotten it or they were afraid of the plague god's crime and refused to mention it. These unjust people were ignored and forgotten, and were left in vain, which caused their indiscriminate resentment to linger in the new town!

"This mayor Yuan is really a bastard and level 3. He will definitely be severely punished by law!" Wan Li was still angry when talking about this matter.

Ruan Zhan didn't speak.

Wanli grew up in a normal environment. Although as a psychologist, he has come into contact with many patients, that is also the normal side of human beings after all. He is different. He has seen the most sinister and darkest parts of human beings, and he has faced and experienced them, so he understands that devils are all transformed by humans!

"Is the evidence true?"

"No matter how big or small, it's conclusive."

"That's great, so please give these people justice." Ruan Zhan sighed, "The people or their descendants died almost in the new town. Only Mayor Yuan and a few small people were left outside. You should be careful not to let them escape."

Wanli smiled, "Don't worry, those thugs who Hong Haohao recruited were scared by me and ran away. There were still a few people who were left to lose their merits and were staring at the people of Mayor Yuan. Don't worry, whoever deserves the cause will bear the subsequent consequences. No matter who he is, he will not be able to escape."

He said, looking up at the sky, "Hey, it's almost dawn, you must prepare early. In this way, seeing that you are hurt by this kind of virtue, I probably don't have much strength, so I will go to the tower to eliminate your "crime traces". Then send Zuo De to reporter Ma and Mao Fu, let them study the unified foreign arguments, and then take Mao Fu back to the town. Don't be idle, wake up this dead girl." He pointed to Xiao Xia in Ruan Zhan's arms, and then sighed as if he remembered something, "I want to say goodbye to Abai. Oh, such a good woman is unique in the world. She is so miserable because she loved the wrong man!"

Wanli's words made Ruan Zhan feel cold. He looked down at Xiaoxia's cute face and gently stroked it until he felt that she had slowly woken up, making Ruan Zhan suddenly feel reluctant. He already loved her deeply, but he had to tear this love from his heart. He wished he could be with her forever, but he knew that the time they snuggled together like this could only be calculated in seconds.

She didn't know that all this was better, he just wanted her to forget anyway. He remembered that when they first collaborated, Xiaoxia saw him manipulating the memory of the police in the detention center and once asked him to swear that he would never treat her like this. He swore, but unfortunately he was going to break his oath today.

Because he never thought that he would fall in love with her so deeply, that he would have such a gentle connection with her, nor did he think that he could not do this. He had a three-dimensional disaster, and his father and Sima Nan both said that he could not survive this death disaster, which means that he did not have the ability to give her happiness.

He had no choice but to provoke her. It was his weakness after being injured, because he was in this maze, because he was too worried about her and the uncontrollable passion when meeting him, which made him careless!

He kissed her, and made the love between her and him burst out without reservation. If this relationship was allowed to develop, all she had to face was sadness and despair, which was definitely not what he wanted to see.

So, he had to make her forget, forget everything that happened here, forget their love, forget that he used to treat her so enthusiastically!

Xiao Xia in her arms struggled for a moment and slowly straightened her body. As soon as she looked up, she saw Ruan Zhan’s dark eyes, looking at her with a complex emotion, gentle, sad, passionate and painful.

"Is it over?"

Ruan Zhan nodded and looked at her without a moment, as if in the blink of an eye, he would disappear in front of his eyes, as if he wanted to deeply engrave her appearance in his heart. This made Xiao Xia's heart jump around and a little inexplicably scared.

"You are seriously injured and may need to be recuperated for a while. Can you please let me take care of you?" She tried to relieve the anxiety in her heart with a smile, "Let you see, if necessary, I can be very gentle."

Ruan Zhan didn't say anything, but just looked at her.

"Oh my God, it must be very painful!" She noticed that his shoulder was covered in blood and touched it gently with heartache. The uneasiness in her heart suddenly became worse. She wanted to hold him and not let go, "That--I want to hold you, okay?"

Ruan Zhan stretched out his hand and gently touched the thin hair on Xiao Xia's cheek, "Okay. But I want to say something to you before. You should keep it in the deepest part of your heart when you hear it, but don't remember it, as long as you know it."

"What?" Ruan Zhan's contradictory tone and extremely gentle eyes confused her.

"I love you! I love you very much. Even if I die, this kind of love will not stop, forever!" Ruan Zhan said softly, then hugged Xiao Xia in his arms, leaned down and continued to murmur between her hair, and the scorching kiss penetrated her hair and permed her heart.

"I love you very much, too." She responded to him in a daze.

"Can you help me do something, okay?"

"What?"

"Forget me!" Ruan Zhan said as he reached out to rub Xiao Xia's head.

Xiao Xia only felt a heat coming in from her head, which made her a little confused, but suddenly she realized that something was wrong! She wanted to resist, but it was too late, and she felt that her mind was blurred and she didn't know the situation.

Ruan Zhan hugged Xiao Xia tightly, but the steel-like person almost burst into tears. Although he couldn't bear to let go, he had to murmur in her ear.

After a while, Wanli's voice came from behind, "What did you do to her?"

"I told her that she was sick in Hongqing Town and had a nightmare and could never remember what was in the dream. Then Ah Bai found Sima Nan and took him back to Miaojiang, and you took her back." Ruan Zhan said quietly.

"What? You-" Wanli was stunned, but then he understood what was going on, "Where are you? Where have you been?"

"I haven't shown up before, I went back to my hometown to worship my ancestors."

"Make her forget everything that is scary here?"

"yes."

"what else?"

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"Tell me, as an insider who eliminates and changes Xiao Xia's memories, I have the right to know why you are?!" Wanli's expression was very serious, "I know you don't like this. Didn't you always think that no one has the right to deprive others of their memories? Even the most unbearable and terrifying."

"I just made her forget what happened after coming to Hongqing Town. The rest were intact and intact. Everything had not changed." Ruan Zhan still held Xiao Xia and refused to let go of it. Every word he said made his heart feel like a knife.

"But why is this? I have to know, otherwise I will find a way to restore her memory!" Wanli threatened.

Ruan Zhan raised his head, his eyes full of pain and helplessness, "Because I told her that I love her. Because I kissed her! Because I still have a year of life, because I can't let my momentary impulse, but I will make her sad for the rest of my life!"

"You bastard!" Wanli couldn't tell whether he was shocked or jealous. "I have been with her for so many years and I have never been willing to touch her. I didn't expect you to take action first and then want to leave!"

"I'm sorry, I can't do it!"

"You are not sorry for me, it's her!" Wanli pulled Xiao Xia out of Ruan Zhan's arms and asked her to lean on him. "No matter what kind of pain it is, you have no right to help her choose. You wait and see. If she remembers all this, she will hate you!" He said as he put a small cloth bag in Xiao Xia's pocket.

That was what Abai asked him to hand it over to Xiaoxia just now. She said that the stone could test the man's sincerity. She didn't need it anymore, so she wanted to give it to her best friend. She said that she had completely petrified the stone, so the stone would no longer be invisible. Once it settled down, she would teach Xiaoxia how to use it in her own way.

But now, he was very suspicious, what is the use of Xiaoxia asking for this stone? Women want men's sincerity, but only sincerity can not be achieved. He understands Ruan Zhan's heart and his own, but what choice will fate make?

Ruan Zhan couldn't answer Wanli.

Even though he did this, his heart was filled with blood. Although he was suffering the greatest pain, he could not defend himself. He wanted to live happily with her!

But if that would bring her disaster and pain, then he would rather be the evil man who cuts off everything, and would rather she hate him!

"Alas--" An exaggerated sigh came from behind Ruan Zhan and Wanli, "What a poor girl!"

When was there someone behind it? Why didn’t neither of them notice it?

Ruan Zhan and Wanli looked in shock.

I saw a young man of medium figure standing in the pergola behind them, with beautiful eyebrows and smiling eyes, and a carefree look on his body, emitting an indescribable sense of elegance.

The two looked at each other and recognized the uninvited guest at the same time.
Chapter completed!