Death of Zhou Xubai

    Zhou Xubai died on the afternoon before her twenty-first birthday.

    That afternoon, Lin Jin had to finish handling the company’s affairs, so he took a special detour and went to the hospital where Zhou Xu’an was located and checked in. The reason was that when he turned the book with his fingers, he got a small cut on the page.

    Zhou Xu’an looked at the wound that almost required a microscope to see clearly, and cursed angrily, “Ah Yao, you are really a talent. Fortunately, you came early. If it had been later, the wound would have healed on its own!”

    “…”

    Lin Jin wanted to ignore it, with a slight smile on his lips, and let him curse while wrapping gauze on his fingers.

    Staring at the work badge on Zhou Xu’an’s white coat, he seemed to mention it accidentally, “Tomorrow is Saturday.”

    “Yeah, I know. What’s wrong?” Zhou Xu’an didn’t even raise his head.

    Lin Jinyao sighed and lowered his voice, “Xiaobai’s birthday.”

    Zhou Xu’an suddenly raised his head, his eyes were so wide that he almost dropped the tape in his hand, “Ouch! My memory! Damn it! I’ve been so busy lately that I completely forgot about this matter! Fortunately, you reminded me, otherwise neither of us would be able to have an easy time tomorrow.”

    Lin Jinyao muttered in his heart, “Sure enough,” but his face showed no expression, “Then, I’ll go shopping later, and you can come to me directly after work.”

    “Okay, it’s settled.” Zhou Xu’an tied a knot neatly and patted his fingers wrapped into rice dumplings, “I promise to arrive on time.”

    Lin Jin raised his finger and looked at it, even speechless.

    Who is exaggerating?

    Zhou Xu’an got off work on time and drove to the entrance of a large supermarket near the hospital. As soon as he stopped, he saw Lin Jin coming out of the supermarket holding a huge shopping bag in each hand.

    Good guy!

    Zhou Xu’an quickly got out of the car, jogged a few steps and took one of the bags, which was heavy.

    “Buy so much?” Zhou Xu’an put the bag in the trunk and couldn’t help but be speechless.

    Lin Jinyao rubbed his sore wrist, got into the passenger seat, and put on his seat belt, “Yeah. I was afraid that the birthday girl would be picky, and I didn’t know which cuisine she wanted to eat, so I bought some.”

    Zhou Xu’an clicked his tongue twice, put the bag in the trunk, closed the car door, and looked at Lin Jinyao with a bit of confusion in his eyes, “Tell me about you, you are obviously caring about people and think about everything, why do you always do this in front of me?”Why do you blame me for showing up in front of Xiaobai, or just give me the credit?That girl always thinks that my brother is a careless person, why do you want her to hate you for nothing?”

    Lin Jin’s hand that was about to open the car door paused, and he was silent for a second before uttering four words, “To make me happy.”

    “Prude!” Zhou Xu’an rolled his eyes at him.

    The car drove smoothly into the underground garage of the community.

    The two of them carried the two big bags and walked upstairs one after the other.

    The bag contained Zhou Xubai’s favorite fresh shrimps, exquisitely packaged steaks, fresh and large milk strawberries, and the grape wine she had talked about wanting to drink.

    Zhou Xu’an had even thought about how to tease her at night, while Lin Jinyao was silently planning to make the birthday cake first thing in the morning.

    The two of them chatted and laughed all the way to the door of the house. Zhou Xu’an took out the keys in his pocket and turned back to Lin Jinyao with a smile and said, “I bet that stinky girl must be sitting on the sofa playing games at this moment. Even if she is so hungry that her chest is pressed against her back and there is food in the refrigerator, she is too lazy to move. She is just waiting for us to come back to feed her!”

    Lin Jin wants to smile and remain noncommittal!

    The key clicked softly and the door opened.

    Zhou Xu’an took the lead and took the first two steps. The smile on his face froze before it could fully unfold.

    He seemed to have been nailed hard to the entrance by invisible nails. His whole body froze in place, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

    “Why aren’t you leaving?” Lin Jin was about to follow him, but his sight was blocked and he asked doubtfully.

    There was no reply.

    With a “snap” sound, the bag filled with fresh fruits and vegetables in Zhou Xu’an’s hand fell to the ground.

    Several oranges rolled out and rolled across the floor. One of them hit the red area in front.

    “Xiao Bai——!!!” Zhou Xu’an shouted heartbreakingly.

    Lin Jin had to take two steps forward before he saw the scene in front of him clearly.

    That was a scene he would never forget in his life!

    The living room is well lit, the sun shines in slantingly from the balcony, bright and sunny.

    Zhou Xubai was wearing that ice blue dress and lying on the off-white fabric sofa, his face as pale as paper and lifeless.

    The wrist of his left hand hung weakly on the edge of the sofa. On the floor, there was a large pool of blood that had almost solidified.

    The amount of blood was astonishing, almost soaking most of the carpet in front of the sofa, and there was a strong, sweet smell of rust in the air.

    On the coffee table, the lilies that had just been replaced yesterday were in full bloom. Against the bright red all over the ground, they looked shockingly white and cold to the bone.

    “Clang!”

    The bag in Lin Jinyao’s hand also hit the ground without any force, and the soy sauce he just bought was shattered.

    Just for a moment, Lin Jin wanted to see the world as if the mute button had been pressed. All sounds disappeared, and only his own heart was beating crazily.

    He watched Zhou Xu’an stumble to the sofa, kneeling heavily on the cold floor, desperately covering his sister’s wrist with his hands, the wound had long solidified…

    “Xiao Bai! Xiao Bai, wake up! Look at brother! Xiao Bai…” Zhou Xu’an’s voice was trembling, with a cry, and he shouted over and over again, shaking Zhou Xubai’s body, trying to get some response.

    Lin Jinyao stood in place as if he was frozen.

    He looked at the blood on the ground and felt that his own blood had also drained away, and his limbs were so cold that they were numb.

    He opened his mouth, but no sound came out, and his mind was buzzing.

    He didn’t even remember how he took steps to walk over, one step, two steps… It was as heavy as lead.

    Lin Jin walked to the sofa very slowly, stood behind Zhou Xu’an, lowered his head, and looked at Zhou Xubai’s bloodless but still delicate face with his eyes closed and a calm expression.

    Tomorrow is her twenty-first birthday.

    He bought a lot of vegetables, the prawns were still jumping alive in the bag, and the strawberries were as red as the blood in his heart.

    But there is no tomorrow.

    Lin Jin didn’t know how he could survive what happened next. When Zhou Xu’an wanted to do an autopsy, he would accompany him.

    The forensic doctor said it was suicide by cutting his wrists!

    And there was not such a large amount of blood at the beginning, but as time went by, the less became more!

    It’s been a long time!

    Lin Jin’s whole body went numb!If only I could come here earlier, instead of going to the hospital to find Zhou Xu’an, would I be able to…

    The forensic doctor said, “People slit their wrists with the intention of dying. The paradox is that the amount of bleeding at the beginning is not large, just drop by drop. If you don’t want to die, you can always call for help and stop it. But it doesn’t. In other words, the deceased is very conscious and waiting to die!”

    Zhou Xu’an couldn’t accept this answer!

    Even Lin Jin couldn’t accept it!

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

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