absence

The exhausted blood of the rush, with a firm belief in saving the situation, seems to be a personal prayer.

Please, bring him back.

The latter and other team members gathered together to study as if they had found a treasure. Ye Xiu was stunned for a while before realizing that he could not be of much help here for the time being. He took another look at Lan He and then slowly withdrew. In the laboratory, go clean up your mess.

Ten minutes later, wearing the wet but clean spare clothes, he returned to the door of the laboratory. He hesitated when he pushed the door. After thinking about it, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and leaned against the door outside the door. There was a cloud of smoke on the wall, and nothing was said.

Tongcheng has now cleared up after the rain, and the smell of rain and mud from last night's tossing and turning seems to still linger on the neckline.Recalling yesterday afternoon, when Lan He left the station with his people, he even chatted and laughed with himself, saying that he would bring some fried chestnuts with sugar or other delicious pastries back from the town.In the evening, I saw Qiao Yifan returning alone, and then found out about the sudden change.

Now think about it, what if the superior had not issued an order to reinforce Tongcheng?

There is no need to hesitate for the answer, Ye Xiu will definitely rush over, and at worst, he will bring his own team members.This time, I used the radio station privately to contact the underground party organizations in Chongqing and Shanghai to help study the treatment plan. The risk is very high and I will be punished.But he doesn't care about punishment, and he has been punished for so long in the military command, as long as he believes that what he does is valuable and effective.

It is really unimaginable to rush here from Wuhu overnight with such an overloaded and rapid march.Ye Xiu disregarded Tao Xuan's obstruction when setting off, and selected 100 of the most elite people to follow him as the advance army. In fact, Tao Xuan's reason was correct at that time. He might encounter the Japanese army at any time along the way. When it came to the large Japanese army, what did these 100 people do to fight with others?Not enough to get between the teeth.

But Ye Xiu at that time, the anxiety in his heart just ignited his hidden self-confidence, and firmly believed that even 100 people could save the day when encountering the enemy.Of course, the subtext may be, whoever stops me, I will have trouble with anyone.In this way, the large army followed Tao Xuan and advanced at a normal speed. Fortunately, Ye Xiu's advance team of 100 people did not encounter a strong enemy, but just wiped out a group of Japanese scouts when they were about to reach their destination.

After going through all kinds of hardships, they finally arrived. For Ye Xiu, who didn't understand medicine, there was no room for hard work, and he could only resign himself to fate.

Rao is like Sun Wukong who has always been in heaven and earth, now he is also looking up at the sunny sky, silently begging all the gods and Buddhas he knows.

At night again, calm replaces the dead silence of life-threatening moments.

Lan He's vital signs have finally stabilized, but the fever has not subsided, and he is still in a coma in a dangerous period.

Ye Xiu led troops during the day, together with the soldiers of the 26th Group Army, repelled the Japanese attack on the periphery, once again prevented the encirclement plan, returned to the station at night, dropped his gun and went to the infirmary.

It was expected that Lan He didn't wake up.But he could see his unharmed face, hear his steady breathing and weak heartbeat, and felt that life and death on this day were worth it.

The people in the medical team replaced him with new drip medicines, and went out to treat patients in the army.In the lab that was still busy in the morning, only Ye Xiu and Lan He were left, and there was no sound.

The slightly dim light seemed to make Lan He's face not so pale.Ye Xiu remembered that in the military academy, Lan He always covered his head with a quilt and read in the middle of the night in order not to disturb other people's sleep. Gently took the flashlight and book from his hand, and helped him cover the quilt.

At that time, Lan He's sleeping face was half buried in the pillow and half facing him, making him want to reach out and rub his hair.

And back then in the Northeast, Lan He, who had lost his loved one, was brought back to the inn by himself, his face full of tears reflected the moonlight, and he just lay on the bed with his eyes closed.Ye Xiu only took one look, then gave up the idea of ​​standing up and lying on the table to sleep, and held his hand all night until the dawn of the next day.

No matter what he goes through, he really wants to be with him all the time, from smiling in the sun to closing his eyes in the dark.

This is still the case now, taking all of Blue River with his own strength, lying quietly on the bed, his life still waiting to be revived.

When there was no one around, Ye Xiu gently held the hand that was not on the drip, feeling the weak but steady pulse, knowing that he was still by his side.With tired eyes, he looked at the sleeping face on the bed, just like before.

In a trance, Lan He felt that there was light in front of his eyes.

He opened his eyes and met Ye Xiu who was standing by the bed. It seemed that he was not fully awake yet, and he was still recalling what happened yesterday in the blink of an eye.

Ye Xiu stretched out his hands to rub his hair, "Wake up, Lan He, as the squad leader, you can't be late for the morning run."

Oh, by the way, the military academy starts its morning run at 05:30 every morning, and today is no exception.

He sat up, stroked his hair messed up by Ye Xiu, got dressed and jumped out of bed, packed the washing utensils, and went forward to open the door of the dormitory.

The sun rushed in presumptuously, and it was a little dazzling for a while.

Lan He rubbed his eyes, and opened them again, but he was on the wooden bed in the inn.

Ye Xiu leaned against the bed like a big bear, his hand was still holding on to his, and when he felt that he was awake, he raised his head, seemingly mocking, and fetched water from the table.

"Are you awake? Come and take the medicine."

That was...the time of his father's funeral. Last night, the family's internal strife just ended, and his father was sent to rest in the loess of the earth.When it was raining heavily, a car parked beside him, with Ye Xiu's familiar face in the window.

There is always wind and snow in the world, and some people are willing to accompany them thousands of miles away.

He put the medicine warmed by Ye Xiu's hand into his mouth, closed his eyes and looked up to drink a glass of hot water.

It seemed that he drank a little too much, and his chest and back were aching.

He hurriedly opened his eyes, but the surroundings were dark, and someone was panting and running wildly with his back on his back.

He subconsciously called out the person's name.

"Finally woke up, don't move around, we are on the way to retreat."

Just remembered that in order to save Tao Xuan, he blocked a bomb explosion.The moment he lost consciousness, he vaguely heard Ye Xiu yelling his name, his voice was terrified and anxious like never before.

He secretly wanted to laugh, laughing at the rare embarrassment of the two of them being chased and running.His chest was pressed against Ye Xiu's back, and his heartbeat could be heard, which was another burst of genuine emotion.However, his physical condition was really bad, he only woke up for a while, and then fell asleep on Ye Xiu's back again.

Gradually, the pain began to subside and began to move away from the body, replaced by the sound of gurgling water and the warmth of the sun shining on the eyelids.

Opening his eyes, he saw the clear blue sky, followed by Ye Xiu's familiar but slightly tired smile.

"Wake up, it turns out that the way to retreat can't be taken, let's change the way and go to a safe place."

Then he was helped to sit up, leaning against Ye Xiu's arms, saw enough of the lake and greenery along the way, and fell asleep peacefully without knowing it.

Every time I wake up, the position of my heart becomes warmer.Thinking about the ups and downs and joys and sorrows of such a long time, there has always been such a person who handed me a smile when I woke up, telling myself that a new period of life has begun, and everything is still going on.

Whether he is lost in the grief of losing a loved one, or in the pain of gunfire.

There is always such a voice that takes him out of the chaotic night sky, waiting for the moment when the sky breaks.

blue river.

That's how he said his name, even though sometimes his lips didn't open and his vocal cords didn't vibrate, but he would hold his hand tightly, so that the sound passed through the pulse of the blood and knocked on the heart.

blue river.

He symbolizes the sun, which will bring irreplaceable warmth, all he needs to do is to open his eyes.

What is the significance of the first flower blooming after the cold winter to the earth?

Perhaps only the earth itself knows.

This flower will bloom very slowly, very hard, wake up after three or four months of ice and snow, be reborn in the frozen land, have to use all your strength to grab every ounce of nutrition and water to supply your own life .

The flowers and leaves will experience the baptism of the cold wind, and the buds will hold back the lonely tears.They understand that not choosing to bloom means death and farewell to this world forever, so they will work hard inch by inch, seize every minute and every second, and put it into growth and awakening.

Once it is opened, it means the arrival of spring, and the momentary dream can be drunk and warm, which can move the whole earth and bring the hope of rebirth to this world.

Just like Lan He slowly opened his eyes.

Only Ye Xiu could understand what it felt like at this moment.

The soul returned to his body, the world returned to the past, and everything became meaningful.

After experiencing fear, sorrow, parting, and despair, this kind of gratitude that has not been lost is simply more precious than dying and waking up suddenly.For Ye Xiu at that moment, love, hate, honor and disgrace were all hurdles that could be overcome. As long as he was alive, in this world, it was the best thing.

Countless scenes flashed through his mind. In the past years, Lan He woke up in his own eyes and by his side, smiled after a good dream, persisted after a catastrophe, and relieved after a grief.

At that time, he would think, Lan He's smile when he wakes up is so beautiful, like a painting.Now he understands that every time he wakes up, it is the best gift he can get.He really wanted to stay with him like this for the rest of his life, watching him fall asleep at night and waking up in the morning, and face the ups and downs of the decades to come with a smile.Until Mu Xue's hair turned white, they could no longer lift their guns or fight, and they could use the remaining strength to lift the muscles at the corners of their mouths, smiling and sleeping together, and sleeping together forever.

After he had figured everything out, he had the courage to pull himself back from the void of stupefaction, raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Lan He's eyes, opened his mouth, and made a somewhat hoarse voice.

"Wake up..."

Before I knew it, tears were streaming down my face.

Three days and three nights of fright and trembling finally ended without incident.The successful trial of the treatment plan saved the lives of more than 400 people at this critical juncture, and the morale of the 26th Army was also revived.With the assistance of the New Fourth Army, everyone went through five days of hard work and completely shattered the Japanese army's plan to encircle them while in danger, and Tongcheng temporarily turned the corner.

The two sides received different orders. After the national army rested and reorganized, it marched to Wuhan for reinforcements. The New Fourth Army withdrew to Wuhu and started guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army behind enemy lines.

After recovering a bit, Lan He refused to stay in the original ward where he was pampered. His job was as a doctor, and he got up at dawn every day to treat and bandage the wounded, and he often didn't come back to sleep until late at night.

Ye Xiu couldn't stop him, so he followed him when there was no fighting, helped him get medicine and injections, and became a capable little assistant.However, Dr. Lan is sometimes very impatient. This person is like a dog's leg, so he is inseparable. Isn't it worrying?Really look down on people.

Thinking of this, Lan He liked to order Ye Xiu even more, but he didn't realize when he had such a childish temper.

"Ye Xiu bring me a glass of water, I'm a little thirsty."

"okay!"

"The gauze is almost used up, go and wash the ones that are still usable."

"okay!"

"I'll find a pair of splints and I'll use them. If I don't have one, I'll make one myself."

"okay!"

During the operation, Lan He was the chief surgeon, and Ye Xiu was also doing the surgery beside him in a white coat.Every time Dr. Lan paused in the movement of his hands, he looked up at Assistant Ye, who would hold a cotton ball with tweezers and wipe the sweat off Dr. Lan's forehead.

Hmm... Dr. Lan thought, generally speaking, Assistant Ye's work attitude is quite positive, forget it, let him follow.

Those who knew them on both sides laughed to themselves as they watched Ye Xiu, who usually flaunts his might with a cigarette, following behind Lan He and looking after them.

Ye Xiu, you also have today.

This kind of life together day and night is also very good, but the two of them were busy during the day, and went back to the infirmary at night to find an empty bed that no one was using. However, I didn't have time to say a word, and I was holding back in my stomach.

There is no way, this is not a place where children love each other.Ye Xiu sometimes looked at Lan He's busy back, watched him chatting and laughing with the wounded while taking medicine, and would also think about it. Perhaps before joining the army, when Lan He was seriously studying medicine, he also talked with thousands of doctors. Like the former, he worked hard with the ambition of helping the world and hanging the pot.Now that he has achieved it, he must be very happy that he can save many people with his medical skills.

Why should I interrupt him?Anyway, the future is long.

Sure enough, Lan He's smile was always so pretty.Under the simple medical tent, the sun shines irregularly through the holes or gaps. The face looking at the wound seriously and the smile comforting the wounded are really like angels.

Another busy day from morning to night.After Lan He finished dispensing a dose of medicine in the infirmary, Li Yuan knocked on the door.

"Team leader, ready to receive the Chongqing telegram."

"Ok."

Lan He looked at Ye Xiu beside him, and followed Li Yuan back to the temporary station of the action team.

Ye Xiu was very bored by himself, so he started to pack the medicines and tools in the infirmary, so as not to save Lan He from looking for them the next day.

Unexpectedly, Tao Xuan came.

"Ye Xiu, come here, I have something to tell you."

Wang Shan thought that he was in the safest position because he had the food in his hands.

So he woke up not on the bed in the back room of the office, but in the attic on the top floor of the grain warehouse, his hands and feet were tightly bound, and two unidentified men who looked like Qinggang were watching with guns. When he was there, he was really taken aback.

He squirmed his obese body, leaned in front of the small window in the attic, only glanced downstairs, and was scared out of his wits.

Wei Chen and Fang Shijing divided the brothers of the Qing Gang into two groups. One group took advantage of the rest of the national army guarding the granary, handed over their weapons, and put them together for centralized guarding. The other group took over the warehouse and distributed the grain in the warehouse to others for free. Refugees gathered in Zhengzhou.

In order to avoid looting, the brothers of the Qing Gang are all armed with live ammunition, which is much more effective in deterring civilians than the army.These victims were displaced, and all their hopes were pinned on food, but after all, they are not fools who don’t know right from wrong. The role of the Youth Gang is between the government and the common people. It can be said that they have never done bullying, murder and arson on weekdays. , No one will believe it.However, compared to the high-ranking government that only cares about making money and corruption, ordinary people would rather believe that this time it is really the youth gang that is helping.

That is the existence they are afraid of, but they understand that such an existence is definitely not a fellow traveler of the government.

So instead of waiting to be dragged down to death by the government's gang of corrupt and law-breaking people, it is better to listen to the command of the Green Gang and get the life-saving food first.

The situation was under control, which was expected by Wei Chen.His brother is very capable, but he is not an unscrupulous devil. He still has some blessings for the common people in Henan.

The grain in the warehouse is being distributed, and there are also grains redeemed by the Green Gang from various grain stores and lost through black market transactions, and then, there are also embezzled funds obtained from Wang Shi and others, which are also used by the Green Gang to purchase The food was distributed together.

The news quickly spread to the headquarters of the Zhengzhou National Army. The division commander with a heavy soldier in his hand dropped the report phone, angrily dragged another internal phone, and put the receiver to his ear.

But a strange hand pressed on the phone.

The teacher had lost his former prestige, and now he was motionless, and the hand holding the receiver was trembling.

Because he has a gun in the back of his head.

Huang Shaotian put the phone back to the distance, leisurely turned to the front of Liu Hao, and smiled slightly.

"Are you planning to instigate against Blue River?"

"no."

"He is very capable, I can see that, but if you don't want to instigate him, why are you so concerned about his affairs?"

"We were classmates in the military academy, and we were comrades-in-arms who went through life and death when we came out. According to you, as long as you know someone who is capable, you must instigate them?"

"Can't you?"

"No."

"why?"

"Because he won't come."

"reason?"

"Zhiyu, the kindness of cultivation, and his comrades in arms."

"You know those reasons are far-fetched."

"But it is very important to him. Another reason is because of his father. He stayed there to inherit his father's last wish."

"I know, as long as you are willing to use some tricks, there is always a way to force him to come and instigate him."

"Then don't think about it, he doesn't want to, and I won't think about it."

Tao Xuan was very surprised, this Ye Xiu, who planned all kinds of schemes and schemes, and this person who sometimes used unscrupulous means to achieve his goals, unexpectedly rejected him so decisively on the issue of Blue River.

One must know that Ye Xiu had used a lot of perverted ideas to obtain a lot of materials, weapons and talents from the Chongqing government for the New Fourth Army.But Lan He obviously held a lot of weight in Ye Xiu's eyes, and he was a very talented person. Why did Ye Xiu respect and protect him so much, and was unwilling to use any means?

From the first moment he saw Lan He, to the cooperation in the mission, to the injury Lan He got when trying to save him, to Ye Xiu's rarely seen flustered expression when he heard that Lan He had gone to Tongcheng a few days ago, Tao Xuan always Thinking about this question.

Now that he had the opportunity to ask Ye Xiu personally, after eliminating many conjectures, the most unlikely became possible.

"You don't like him, do you?"

He simply said it bluntly, thinking that maybe Ye Xiu would be provoked by this sentence to tell the real reason.

But Ye Xiu looked calm and said something that he couldn't believe until now.

"That's not it."

Ye Xiu took a puff of the cigarette in his hand, and then exhaled the cloud, as if he felt relieved a lot.He raised his head, met his gaze, and left without a moment's deviation, as if he was taking an oath to join the party seriously.

"I love him."

Like the sudden sound of spring thunder, it awakened all things in hibernation, and also awakened the sleeping heart of the earth.

In an instant, the solid ice broke, hundreds of birds flew to the sky, and thousands of flowers burst into new stamens.

The words that had been hidden for a long time finally came to light, and the heavy burdens in his heart disappeared. Only sincere emotions are the motivation for him to stand here and say these things.

The moment he said the words out of his mouth, he became more determined in his heart, like a rock that cannot be turned around.

That's right, it's love, not liking.He is convinced.

When Blue River is happy, he will be happy, when Blue River is sad, he will be unhappy, when Blue River is away, he will feel lonely, and when Blue River is injured, he will feel scared.These emotions had never appeared before meeting Lan He, and even at the beginning, he thought that such care and concern were only due to the emotions between comrades-in-arms and friends.

But a few days ago, looking at Lan He lying on the bed with his life hanging by a thread, he suddenly felt that if Lan He fell asleep like this and never woke up again, his life would seem to lack a big piece.

Then at the moment when Blue River woke up, he tasted the happiness that was lost and found that he had never had before, and he wanted to understand everything.

It was love, it was the tacit trust when they stood side by side, it was the light that supported him to live in the dark night, it was the desire to stay together for a lifetime.

He is willing to love him like life, and only willing to live in a world with him.

"Have you thought about the consequences?"

"What consequences?"

"As a party member, you fell in love with a military command agent."

"Did I break the law by falling in love with someone?"

"You know what I mean! This will not be tolerated in the party! Have you forgotten the original oath? Have you forgotten to be loyal to the party?!"

When it came to belief, both Tao Xuan and Ye Xiu unconsciously became serious.

"I have not forgotten, and I have never betrayed."

"But you are betraying your faith for someone you love! For him, you don't even want your own faith?!"

"Faith born in the heart will never disappear, but Blue River, there is only one Blue River in this world."

Ye Xiu claimed that he didn't lose his composure in front of Tao Xuan, but he knew that his heart was already in turmoil.

Tao Xuan's meaning couldn't be more clear.This kind of love will not be tolerated by the world, let alone by one's own party.This is a love that is shady in the eyes of others. Once it is made public, everything he has in the party will be ruined, and even his and Lan He's lives will be lost.

Of course he wouldn't join the military command for Blue River, but he really couldn't guarantee that his party or any party in the military command would not get rid of them, no matter in terms of belief, organization, or the so-called morality they insisted on.

When this love is revealed to the world, it may be the time for them to bid farewell to this world.

But he admitted it anyway.

"I can die for what I believe in, I have no doubts about it. But I am only willing to live for him."

Love is love.

Life or death, love does not change.

He, Ye Xiu, has been a stubborn and unrepentant evil star since he was a child. He seldom accepts his fate obediently when others can't resist him.

Even if Tao Xuan, who was standing in front of him, would shoot him after he said those words, he didn't regret saying those words.

I have been an agent for so many years, hiding my identity, acting on every occasion, walking in the daytime wearing a mask, and my life will always belong to the night.

He can pretend to be a wealthy businessman colluding with the Japanese to make money, and be accused by thousands of people. He can also hide his name and become a shady weapon in the dark, carrying out assassinations and thefts in silent nights.

But at this moment, he would not say to Tao Xuan, "I don't love him, you made a mistake."

It doesn't matter whether others recognize or accept this feeling.

As long as they face each other honestly, they can live in each other's world and live under the sun.

This is also a kind of belief.

"You love him, but you can't be honest with him."

In a calm, even cold tone, Tao Xuan said the rare words that could make Ye Xiu feel guilty.

"Back then, his father was assassinated within the military command. In order to protect the comrades lurking in the military command in the party, you told him that it was the Japanese who did it. The revenge of killing his father is irreconcilable, but you deceived him."

Ye Xiu was silent.

His silence was not out of fear, but in acquiescence.

This is indeed where he was ashamed of Lan He, even if the comrades in the party were transferred to other places later, he personally killed the two officers who planned the assassination.

But these blue rivers don't know.

When he lost his loved one, he was touched by his help, but he told him a big lie.He frankly admits here that he loves Lan He, but he dare not confess this matter in front of Lan He.

Sometimes it is really contradictory.

Lan He, who was standing at the door, burst into tears, and in his hand the telegram from Chongqing ordering the action team to withdraw to Nanjing was seized beyond recognition.

He felt that at this moment, everything could come to an end.

They love each other, but can't stay together.

They know each other, but they can't be honest about everything.

He would not join the Communist Party for Ye Xiu, nor did he want Ye Xiu to ruin his future for him.

Everything is clear and obvious, but there is no way to have both.

He had been looking forward to this confession, this love for a long time, and finally he could hear Ye Xiu say it himself.

Enough is enough, don't be greedy.

He raised his head to send back the tears in his eyes, pushed open the door next to Ye Xiu, and disappeared into the night.