People say that when you meet the love of your life, time will stop. But what they don’t tell you is that when the needle starts spinning again, it will be so fast that no one can catch up. - Inscription of the American film "Big Fish".

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Spring 2003·T City Hospital.

At this time, all places are shrouded in the haze of COVID-19. City T is like a dead city at night, with every house closed and all the lively nightlife stopped.

Fear, uneasiness, and tension fill the hearts of everyone in T City!

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor of the critical isolation area of ​​the hospital. The white figure originally squatting in the corner raised his head blankly. Tears were crisscrossed on the young face, and even his expression was filled with confusion and panic. He looked at it.

Her father arrived staggeringly, and she stumbled a few steps before she managed to stand up and walk towards the middle-aged man with an unbelievable look on his face. Until this moment, she still felt that everything that happened before her eyes was a dream.

"What was said on the phone is not true... tell me that is not true!" Ye Dechang's voice was very tight. He didn't even dare to look at the white door of the quarantine area. He just stared at the front of his eyes, clearly just out of society.

Soon my daughter's eyes were wide open, and it was hard to tell whether it was pain or disgust for the person in front of her.

"The patient was in a high fever state when he was transferred to the hospital. When the patient was intubated with a trachea and assisted in breathing with a ventilator, the patient coughed violently and sputum with blood spurted out from the intubation site. All the medical staff present at the time were infected and started to fall ill one after another.

..." Ye Yining, who was wearing a white nurse uniform, could not help shaking her hands as she told her father everything she knew.

There was a loud snap, and Ye Yining's beautiful face was hit hard, leaving no trace of mercy for her. The sound even echoed in the empty corridor, shocking people's hearts.

"Your fault! It's all your fault!" Ye Dechang's voice came intermittently into Ye Yining's ears. She bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes were red but she stubbornly refused to let the tears fall. She had long been used to it.

She has long been used to being treated like this by her father, she... is really used to it!

Suddenly, another hurried footsteps came in the corridor. Ye Yining heard it and her heart trembled slightly. She was really familiar with these footsteps. She was so familiar that she subconsciously covered her face that was knocked away by Ye Dechang. Then

The tall and straight figure stood quietly in the light and shadow at the door of the isolation room. He looked frightening. His facial features were deep and three-dimensional. It could be seen that if this man smiled, he would be dazzling.

But at this time, he just had an expressionless face, his eyes were cold and could even be called cold, and he was walking forward. He wore a white coat with his arms open, and the light blue shirt underneath couldn't stop the increasingly rapid rise and fall of his solid chest.

It was so turbulent inside, but this man still had the ability to express the calmness on his face so vividly.

"I..." Ye Yining opened her mouth dryly. Before she could get closer, the other party turned to look at her, instantly stopping her in her tracks. Her terrifying and cold eyes matched her pale complexion.

, which made Ye Yining completely timid. She did not dare to take another step forward. She just looked at the man, clearly seeing the complexity and disgust flowing in his eyes... into her eyes.

The door to the emergency room is still closed. We are in an emergency period now, and there is an atmosphere of tension everywhere. The cleaning staff in the corridor are spraying disinfectant over and over again, and they even wear several layers of thick masks. This

At that time, no specific medicine had been developed. As long as patients showed suspected symptoms, they would be sent to isolation. It is no exaggeration to describe the environment at this time with four words: panic!

Time passed by, and the three of them remained silent, waiting for the results. The smell of disinfectant was so strong that it made Ye Yining's forehead hurt. Suddenly, she felt all the noise in her ears fade away, and she only heard the violent pounding of her heart.

It beats like an ominous omen.

She grabbed the chest fabric of the nurse's uniform and gradually tightened it with her thin fingers. Her joints turned white, but her eyes fell on the closed door of the emergency room. The door... the next moment was pushed open from inside.

Only a bang was heard, and medical staff wearing multi-layered protective clothing walked out. The heavy footsteps and depressed eyes were a heavy hint.

"Doctor, my daughter...my daughter..." Ye Dechang grabbed the other person's arm, firmly and forcefully, with a tense emotion in his hoarse voice. Ye Yining also tensed up and looked at the doctor.

After working in the hospital for so long, everyone is so familiar with each other, but you can understand each other's meaning with just a few glances.

"Uncle, please forgive me. We have tried our best." The words were like a bolt from the blue, making Ye Dechang collapse on the ground and couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Doctor Shen, you can't go in without wearing protective clothing..." Suddenly, Shen Shengxun's movements shocked everyone. He wanted to rush in, but was blocked by his colleagues. It was obvious that he was rushing from somewhere else.

I came here and didn’t even wear a mask.

Ye Yining opened her eyes wide and subconsciously reached out to grab Shen Shengxun's thick arm. She was also in pain and her heart was broken. But now we are in an extraordinary period and cannot be impulsive!

Unexpectedly, Shen Shengxun suddenly twitched his hand, and Ye Yining was not prepared at all. His whole body failed and he took two steps backwards. Finally, he fell to the cold floor in embarrassment, his clean and clear eyes widening.

"Why..." Shen Shengxun, who had been silent until now, finally spoke. His eyes when he looked at her were filled with frost, without any emotion mixed in them.

Ye Yining shivered coldly. She sat quietly on the ground and watched Shen Shengxun's mouth shape infinitely magnified in front of her. His thin lips had the most beautiful arc in the world. She only felt that her chin was being forced.

Lifting her head, she forced herself to face those eyes that made her despair.

"Why...it's not you who died?" Ye Yining heard this sentence clearly, as if the whole world was quiet, only echoing this sentence...

Why...it wasn't you who died?

She, Ye Yining, is the most dispensable daughter of the Ye family. The one she cares about never takes her to heart. The one she loves hates her to the core from today on...

That unprecedented and terrifying illness ended all Ye Yining's beautiful dreams and yearnings, and her youth... stayed in the spring of 2003 forever!

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It's summer now.

Summer has just begun this year, and the weather is already unbearably hot. But there is only one place where it is cool all year round, which makes people feel sad. When I listen carefully, I can occasionally hear bursts of sobs coming from it.

This... is the sound heard most every day in the largest funeral parlor in the suburbs of City T.

Having just finished handling a 'general body', Ye Yining straightened up with an expressionless face and bowed respectfully three times before starting to pack up the dressing box. The surroundings of the coffin were decorated with delicate flowers, all of which were the deceased's favorites while he was still alive.

The little girl inside, today... was supposed to be her sixth birthday.

Because the other party died in a car accident, his face was broken and incomplete. Although he had vigorously repaired it before, strange traces could still be seen. What Ye Yining wanted to do was to restore the deceased to his undead state and repair it.

Face and body, this is what she has to do every day now, and their line of work also has its own professional term...

Enter the undertaker.

The mother of the child walked in with the support of relatives. At this time, Ye Yining turned her back to the other person and continued to pack her things. She had been working here for many years. She had seen too many such life and death, and it was too much for her.

Her nerves were so numb that she had forgotten even the initial fear.

The girl's mother burst into tears when she saw the face of her sleeping child. She didn't have much hope at first. After seeing the child's broken appearance, she never thought that she would be able to see her intact again.

, I didn’t expect that the undertaker’s ingenuity would make his dream come true.

After packing her things, Ye Yining slowly walked out the door. Most of her beautiful little face was covered under the blue disposable mask. Her tall, model-like figure would have been eye-catching in any other situation.

In the lounge, Ye Yining washed her hands carefully, not even missing the gaps between her fingers. She always felt that there was a faint smell of blood spreading on her hands, although she knew in her heart that maybe this was just an occupational disease.

Her makeup skills are the best in the entire funeral home. Even the master who took care of her was ashamed. Every time Ye Yining painted it, it didn't seem like a rigid piece of art. Instead, it seemed like she had emotions. As long as

Show her the photos of the deceased before his death, and she will be able to restore the deceased to the greatest extent possible.

Ye Yining suddenly felt irritated and put her hands on the washstand, listening to the sound of water pouring down. Looking at the mirror, she seemed to see the sobbing face of herself many years ago, green and full of childishness.

traces of tears, his eyes were stained with tears, and he looked at each other with his expressionless face.

The person on the other side of the mirror was crying, and she was watching, as if she was interpreting someone else's story.

"Stop crying, no one will feel sorry for you." The soft lips under the mask slowly opened. This was the first sentence she said today. Her voice was slightly hoarse, and even her expression was indifferent.

The wind is light.

The ringtone of the mobile phone suddenly broke through the silent space, and the crying Ye Yining in the mirror disappeared.

First, she turned on the faucet, and then Ye Yining turned around and looked in the direction of her phone. The dancing numbers on the screen clearly told her that the caller was Shen Shengxun's younger brother, Shen Bolin.

"Hello?"

"Sister Yi Ning, come here quickly, my eldest brother..." Shen Bolin's voice was very urgent, and there were also voices of arguments on the phone...

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