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在一个偏远的小山村深处，那座老 drug 店总是静静伫立在村民们的中间。店门上挂着一块褪色的招牌，上面写着“ 本草纲目 药铺”。这天，一个年轻的中年人走进了店门，他手里拿着母亲写的那张药方，眼神中充满了困惑与担忧。
“ mother ，你需要这个。”他的手指轻轻摩挲着药方边缘，仿佛在抚摸某种古老的回忆。母亲皱着眉头，眼神中的颤抖似乎要穿透纸张本身。“ son , you need this too.”
年轻人走到药铺的角落，找到了一个不太起眼的位置坐下。他取出一张草纸，开始细心地为母亲计算每一种药效。而母亲则站在一旁，安静得可怕，仿佛连一根针掉在地上都能听见。
突然，一个穿着白大褂的身影闪过。年过六旬的老医生缓步走来，他的目光扫过年轻人和母亲，似乎在寻找什么。年轻人的心跳漏了一拍，他能感觉到父亲的目光中带着某种复杂的情绪。
“ young man , you have a prescription for something heavy.” 医生微微一笑，声音中带着一种难以察觉的危险感。“ your mother needs this, but it’s not easy to carry.”
年轻人愣了一下，似乎对医生的话感到有些震惊。“ doctor , why would you say that?”
“ because your mother has been searching for something in the mountains .” 医生的目光变得深邃起来，“ she wants to find a cure for her disease before winter comes.”
年轻人点了点头，他知道医生的话并非简单的劝告。他能感觉到，医生的眼神中藏着某种未明说的威胁。
“ so you found it?” 医生微笑着问道。
“ yes .” 年轻人低声应道。
医生的目光在年轻人和母亲之间来回扫视，似乎想从中看出些什么。“ this is not an easy prescription, son.”
年轻人感到一阵寒意从脊背窜上额头。他知道，医生的言下之意绝非 friendly 的劝告。他能感觉到，自己的命运即将发生翻天覆地的变化。
“ let’s go , mother .” 年轻人站起身，试图说服母亲放下药方。
“ no, son, you have to stay with me.”
母亲的声音中带着某种难以言说的颤抖。“ I’m getting old, doctor. Maybe… maybe it’s time for me to leave.”
医生沉默了片刻，似乎在思考什么。突然，他点了点头，脸上浮现出一种复杂的表情。
“ i’ll let you stay for now .” 他说。
年轻人心中一震，他知道医生的意思绝非简单的同意。但他没有再多问， simply thank him and went back to the drug shop.
The young man sat at the corner of the drug shop, holding the mother’s prescription tightly in his hands. His heart was full of a mix of emotions—fear, hope, and confusion. He could feel the weight of responsibility pressing down on him every moment.
As he worked on the mother’s prescription, he couldn’t help but notice how different her mood had become since she left. She used to be so energetic andFull of life, but now… there was something missing in her.
She would often talk about the mountains, about the old stories passed down through generations. Her eyes sparkled with memories when she spoke of them. But now, whenever he tried to touch those subjects, a strange sense of unease settled over him.
He also noticed that she didn’t seem to be herself. There was something different in her demeanor, almost as if she had been touched by some unseen force.
But the most striking thing was what happened when he looked into her eyes for too long. There was a certain… emptiness… that seemed to linger even after they had said their goodbyes.
That night, as he stood at the drug shop, staring at the prescription in his hands, he couldn’t help but wonder what had happened between him and his mother over these past few days. And worse than that, he couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was not quite right—something bigger and darker was lurking somewhere out there.
And just then, a shadow passed by, and it made him stop cold. There was a man standing in the shadows, his eyes glinting with an insatiable hunger for knowledge.
The young man knew he had to act quickly if he wanted to understand what was going on. He must find that man and confront him—he had no time to waste.
But as he turned around to leave, he couldn’t help but feel a strange sense of… oddness. There was something wrong with the air around him—a tension that he couldn’t quite place.
The drug shop seemed empty now—no customers, no familiar sights, just darkness and the faint sound of breathing somewhere in the distance.
His heart raced as he made his way towards the village square. The further he went, the more unsettling things became—the streets grew longer than they should have been, and the shadows seemed to move with an unnatural speediness.
At last, he reached the edge of the village and paused, listening for any sound that might indicate where that man was hiding. But nothing was there—a lone figure in the distance, but no—there must be someone else…
Wait a minute… There were two of them.
The young man’s heart leaped into his throat as he saw another figure approaching from behind. Together, they moved towards him with a purpose.
But what was that purpose?
As they drew closer, they both stopped and faced each other in a silent exchange of greetings—or rather, warnings.
Their eyes met for the first time in days, and there was no mistake—their expressions spoke volumes.
The young man backed away slowly, knowing that whatever was coming for him was not going to be easy. But at least now he had an idea of what he was up against—if only he could understand it before it overwhelmed him…
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