The Cyanided Heart

Amy was fiddling with the lock tied to the large iron box that was placed horizontally, and soon there was a crisp click sound, which seemed to be unlocked, and Amy sighed.

What's in it?As the lid extension lifted, Amy was both nervous and curious.

Under the dim light, a thin and pale body lying in an iron box was emerging from the shadows.Amy almost stopped breathing, and the crash of the closed box lid echoed in the empty room.

Could it be... a dead body?Amy clutched her throbbing chest and stared at the iron box in shock, for fear that the thing would jump out.

But... no, if you don't open it up, you won't have any more clues.After making mental preparations, Amy swallowed and slowly lifted the lid of the box.Followed by the unexpected pungent smell of formalin, the small body was still lying in the box, and Amy could see his face clearly - the eyes without eyes and the mouth half-closed , just like a model expression.

It turned out to be a model... Amy sighed, but it was still scary to look at.With the help of the dim light, Amy carefully unfolded the human anatomy diagram just now. The place where the red circle is located is the left chest.Amy closed her eyes and carried the model out. The slightly rough touch felt like a real person, if not without body temperature.Putting the model on the iron bed in the center, Amy quietly looked down at it.

This feeling...is it the same as when Leia looked at herself at that time?Thinking of this, Amy couldn't help covering her painful head.

The scalpel on the side was shining coldly, as if to attract her.

...

"Are you in there, Leia?"

Dr. Gray's voice came from outside the door.Leia just stood motionless with her eyes closed, her back against the door.

"Are you in a bad mood?"

"..."

Leia hesitated for a moment, put her hand behind her back on the doorknob and pressed the handle lightly.

"Well, at least let me confirm, otherwise I will be worried." Gray smiled bitterly, "You are not really in a bad mood, are you?"

"..."

Speaking of which...what the hell is he worrying about?Leia stared down at her toes.

"Leia, what happened to you at the orphanage?"

It was an ordinary evening.When Leia stepped through the door, she felt Gray's suspicious, hot gaze.

"I fell down..."

Leia grumbled.But Gray ignored Leia, just staring at her with complicated eyes.

"Honestly, okay?" Gray sighed.

Leia didn't dare to meet Gray's gaze, but just looked at the surrounding decorations evasively.

"It's...to help a friend..."

"Friend?" Gray frowned, "Well, I probably know what happened. Leia, look at the scars on your face. If you can't even protect yourself, don't say anything about protecting your friends!"

Leia gritted her teeth, tears streaming from her eyes.Gray seemed a little angry, but it was just silent.

"...Sorry, I don't mean to blame you, I'm just really worried about you." Gray sighed, "If there's something you can't solve by yourself, just tell me and let me hear, okay?"

Leia buried her head in Gray's arms, crying uncontrollably.

...

I'm such a clumsy lousy guy, I've been thinking so viscerally all the time because I can't seem to get anything right.Departure full of expectations, in exchange for always frustrating disappointment, I am fed up... But I will not give up, if I want to say my only shining point, it is probably foolish persistence.

Even trying to protect Yael and my friends from being bullied, I failed.Don't use excuses to persuade me, it's all because I'm too incompetent, I know it.

I'm not afraid of failure, I'm just afraid of responding to those expectant eyes.It's just that this kind of failure... I have to repeat it a few more times before I'm reconciled.

This answer, after all, is given by itself.

...

Gray wrapped the gauze around Leia's forehead, and the oozing iodine solution outlined a dark oval mark on the gauze.

"Your approach is right, but you have to learn to be smart." Gray unwrapped the new cotton swab, "If everything can be resolved with violence, then there is no negotiation."

"..."

"At the end of the day, you're just doing volunteer work." Gray cut off some gauze, "Even if you don't care about your friends..."

"...But she's my friend!" Leia was a little annoyed, "I can't be so selfish, if I don't help her, no one will really help her!"

"You are too reckless, Leia. Even if you leave her alone, the teacher at the orphanage will interfere with this matter, right? Then let me ask you, have you talked to her teacher about this?"

"No...no..."

"That's it." Gray smiled wryly, "Why don't we write a letter to her teacher to reflect this."

...

Leia managed to find the direction of the teacher's office. The door was open, but there seemed to be no one inside.Leia sneaked into the office, and finally found a desk with "Jale" written on it. Presumably this is the place where Yael's teacher works?Leia held her breath, gently placed the unsigned envelope on the table, and slipped out again.

When going downstairs, Leia met a few girls who seemed to be domineering with their arms folded, but their eyes always gave people a sense of unkindness.

"Yo? Your gauze is cool."

Leia gave them a hard look, and one of them seemed startled.

"We are telling the truth." A girl curled her lips, "Your temperament is completely different, especially compared with that blond haired brat who is easy to bully..."

"Ha... I broke all the pencils of that guy, I really want to see what kind of expression she has!"

"I don't see her changing into that white dress. I'll make her a black dress another day? Hahaha..."

Several people chattered together.

"…shut up!"

Leia covered her ears and ran all the way, ignoring the dust and pedestrians she hit.

Yael... You guy, you live such a life every day, why do you keep your smiling face for me?

I don't want to listen to it anymore... Those insults like knives seem to be pierced into my body, and they will never heal.

I will definitely help you!

...

Yael just looked at herself blankly, no matter how Leia called her, she just sat there like a wooden figure.

"Leia. Here you come..."

"What's going on, what happened?!" Leia asked anxiously.

"Leia...I'm sorry!" Yael shook his head, "I know you want to help me! Did you put that letter..."

"Teacher, he read that letter in front of the whole class...now everyone knows..." Yaer's eyes were full of emptiness.