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“Yeah.”麦蓝点头，她在这里生活大半年，确实也快麻木了。如果不是为了给夏洛蒂提供精神源泉，她完全不想再接触以前的世界。
“But…I couldn't have made it through that time without Charlotte.”杰西卡耸耸肩，“Well,forget it.”
说到夏洛蒂，麦蓝就想起索菲娅，她忍不住试探：“When did you meet Charlotte at the first time?”
“She was working as a part-time waitress on a cruise ship during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.That day was my birthday,too.”杰西卡平静地陈述，但提及夏洛蒂她还是不免紧张。
“Part-time waitress?”麦蓝好奇，“How old is she?”
“24.”
麦蓝咽了咽嗓子。
这可不对劲，夏洛蒂在Charchar&Sophia那个账号里提到的年纪是28岁……麦蓝开始心慌意乱，“呃，you sure?”
杰西卡拧着眉头：“You act so weird today!What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing.”麦蓝决定还是不说了。
后来她们又回归到先前数尸体的工作中去。大概是因为清除了相当一部分人口，今天停尸场里的新尸体很少，只有原来的三分之一。麦蓝忽然意识到一个问题，这些天她们的工作内容一直都是数尸体，数完的尸体用白色丝带标记，汇报个数字就算工作结束。至于这些尸体会被如何处理，她一直都感到疑惑。焚烧？酸溶解？埋进土里？那么多人口，处理起来应该很费劲儿吧。
完成当晚尸体盘点工作后，两人腰酸背痛走出停尸场。由于今天是领物资的日子，两人没有直接开车回家而是去楼上管理中心领取物资。在经历先前火灾后，医院加强了安保工作，电梯重新修缮改造。与此同时，麦蓝还注意到，30楼的按钮不见了。
“Strange.”她摸了摸原先存在30楼按钮的地方。杰西卡轻瞥一眼，大概是又想起索菲娅，脸色不由一冷。
“Do you know why she suddenly became happy recently?”杰西卡忽然问。
麦蓝硬着头皮：“Maybe…I don’t know…maybe she just accepted everything.”
杰西卡摇摇头，“I don’t think so.”
现在已经是凌晨一点半，她们在物资领取窗口并等待了好一会儿，仍然没有等来员工。杰西卡只好联系医院管理人，被告知这个时间点没人坐班。“Fine.”她摊手，“Let’s go home.”正准备离开的时候，远处走来一个护士。
“Hey,guys.”
穿着护士服装的女生怯生生地看向她们二人，开始自我介绍，“I’m Vera, and I just came here to work as a nurse. If you need supplies, I can help you go to the staff lounge to get one.”
护士叫薇拉，刚来医院工作不久，她说她可以帮她们去员工休息室领取一份物资，那里还有几份备用的。麦蓝和杰西卡对视一眼，彼此都感到不好意思。但家里冰箱确实没有任何多余食物了。如果今天不领，明天一整个白天都得饿着。
“Thank a lot.”她们决定领了这份人情。
麦蓝总感觉她哪里眼熟，想了好几分钟才想起：当初她莱奥纳多咬伤脖子住院期间，薇拉经常来看护她，而且，薇拉和夏洛蒂的关系很是要好，毕竟她们俩是同事。
两人跟随护士薇拉走进员工休息室，薇拉转身走到她们身后，将门关上。紧接着下一秒突然跪地。
“啊。”麦蓝被吓呆。
“Please,help me,Miss Mai, I really need your help! Please help me!”跪在地上的薇拉忽然上前拉住麦蓝的手，泪流不止，“I just feel like I can't live another day! Please,I beg you,help me!”
麦蓝也快被吓哭了：“Wait wait wait wait what? You're scaring me to death!”
薇拉边哭边说：“I hope you can provide me with my information in the utopian world. Please I really want to know. My life is utterly terrible right now, I have no family left. If you can't help me, I'm afraid I really won't be able to go on.”
杰西卡在一旁一头雾水，麦蓝继续装傻，勉强扯开薇拉的手：“the utopian world?I don't know what you're talking about.Sorry.”
“No no no, you must know something. You can provide information about the utopian world, can't you? Charlotte told me. It's been so long since I've seen my mom, I just want to see what she looks like now.”
杰西卡眉头一皱：“Charlotte told you?Told you what?What’s the utopian world?”她扭头看向一旁麦蓝，麦蓝此刻战战兢兢，满头大汗。“Millie, are you keeping something from me?”
面临杰西卡此刻的质疑，麦蓝犹豫很久最终决定和盘托出。
那天晚上，杰西卡在知道真相后一言不发，直到后半夜天快亮的时候，她房间里的哭声才逐渐停下来。麦蓝也几乎一晚上没有合眼，首先她被迫答应薇拉，找到她在A+岛世界里的社交账号，然后把所有视频图片等内容都打包压缩发到她的邮箱。
麦蓝几乎快要跪下来求薇拉别再说出去，谁知第二天，她的邮箱里又多出几份陌生人发来的邮件，主题内容都是："Hello, could you please help me find my information in the utopian world? My name is..."(您好，请问您能帮忙找到我在乌托邦世界的信息吗？我的名字是…)
第三天，麦蓝心惊肉跳地打开邮箱，发现有80封未读邮件。
“惨了。”麦蓝关上手机，闭眼为自己祈祷。
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