Chasing Tides

Chapter 76

If Ning Lan's "washing white" is a small stone thrown into the lake, causing ripples on the lake surface, and then it calmed down soon, then Sui Yi's "surrender" is a giant meteorite that fell from the sky, and the splash of water is ten thousand zhang. No one for thousands of miles is unaffected.

The next morning, even the aunt who sells vegetables in the vegetable market can comment on this matter.

"That child named Ning Lan is really pitiful. Being bullied like that by her family, she finally became a star and was slandered and scolded by others."

"Tsk, how can there be such a mother? If my son is so good-looking and promising, it won't be too late to hold it in his hands."

"No wonder you want to hide. Let's see how the children are forced."

The girl who was at home helping her mother buy groceries also joined the chat: "I said back then that Ning Lan was not that kind of person. They swarmed him to blackmail him. There must be an inside story, but no one believed it."

"Little girl has good eyesight, isn't it better now, what can I call that... I can come back!"

The girl happily chose a bunch of dishes at the aunt's booth, and said, "It's up to him whether to come back or not, as long as he likes it."

The vegetable seller weighed the catties and bagged them and asked, "That Sui Yi who plays the little policeman, who is he? Standing up to speak for him is also a good baby."

At that time, "Night Play" became popular in the streets and alleys, and once pushed Sui Yi to the altar of national idols.In recent years, he has also been active in the public eye. In a program that went into the mountain village the year before last, he was humble and polite, not afraid of hardship or tiredness. He even taught the children in the mountains to play the piano, and the crowd posted "Although The label of a young man who was born into a wealthy family but is not arrogant but also works hard” means that people of different ages and classes can call him by his name and have a good impression of him.

"He's the one, can't you tell?" The aunt selling eggs next to her smiled ambiguously with her mouth crooked, and asked as if seeking approval, "Isn't that right, little girl?"

The girl smiled until her eyes were narrowed into slits, she nodded her head, and said repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes."

There was a lot of noise outside, and Ning Lan didn't hear any movement in the hospital.

My mother-in-law had a severe reaction to chemotherapy recently, and her fever reached nearly [-] degrees. When she was confused, she couldn't even speak clearly.

Ning Lan took care of her in a daze, and when the heat finally stopped repeating, two full days and nights had passed.

Ning Lan relaxed, held her mother-in-law's hand and fell asleep on the edge of the bed. Sui Yi helped him up and put him on the bed. Just as he was laid flat, he heard the old-fashioned mobile phone vibrate beside the bed.

Afraid of waking people up, Sui Yi hastily pressed a button, and Lu Binghua's male duck voice came out from the phone: "Hey, Brother Ning Ning, is what they said true? You were really a star before? "

Sui Yi quickly walked outside the house, put the receiver to his ear and said, "Yes."

Lu Binghua heard that the other party was not Ning Lan, and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

"I'm Sui Yi."

Lu Binghua took a deep breath, then lowered his voice: "You and brother Ning Ning, are... is it true?"

Sui Yi didn't understand what he was asking. She just reminded him that if he wanted Ning Lan's best, he shouldn't mention it casually in front of Ning Lan.Lu Binghua knew that Brother Ning Ning had a heart disease, so he agreed and stopped guessing and asking questions.

Sui Yi hung up the phone and posted on Weibo on his mobile phone.He changed the password first and then, and the company staff couldn't go up and delete the Weibo. Whether it was Wang Xu or someone from the PR department who called, his response was only two words - don't delete.

He has never participated in the hype since his debut, but this time he used his enthusiasm to whitewash Ning Lan. Fortunately, the effect was as he expected, and he was very satisfied.

Being rushed to the forefront, there will naturally be a small group of negative voices, such as "If you didn't stand up back then, what's the use of being an afterthought now", "It can't be that the surname Ning is coming back, it's a scene arranged by the company", but just now As soon as he appeared, the fans cut off the signs with a pot of water, saying that with Sui Yi's wealth, is it necessary to help Ning Lan to hype it?His willingness to help must be out of a sense of justice.

Then the style of painting changed again, and some people began to speculate about the relationship between Sui Yi and Ning Lan. After all, they went to the funeral specially, which was not something that their former teammates could do.This one stone caused a lot of waves, and all the fan circles related to AOW were shaken. A certain high-end CP station that had existed for five years quickly announced its closure. Weifan and CP fans were miserable in their respective super chats Wailing, all kinds of small compositions swiping the screen to express sadness and anger.

On the third day, a well-known Wei fan of Sui Yi posted a long Weibo to express his position, saying: Stop making trouble, are you fans of this person or your own fantasies?If it's the latter, get rid of your fans as soon as possible, our family does not lack you, and Sui Yi doesn't rely on this traffic to make a living. What I am a fan of is his character and talent. Anyway, I love Wu Jiwu, and I like whoever he likes.Most of the sisters present followed suit and beat Ning Lan, right?I am the same, my idol is not avoiding, so I have nothing to be afraid of, here I solemnly say sorry to Ning Lan, if you can come back one day, I will definitely come to the scene to support you, single and double, The choice is yours.

The fan's open-minded attitude infected and encouraged many people, and the figured-out Wei Fan cheered up from the sluggish atmosphere and devoted himself to the list of new dramas.The Gaohua CP fans are off-fans off-fans, and Zhuanwei on Zhuanwei. After all, the two masters support Ning Lan, and they have nowhere to turn the blame if they want to.

Then, the topic "Ninglan I'm sorry" was purposefully brushed up by some fans, coupled with the promotion of someone in the background, it was easily sent to the top three on the hot search list. Click on the topic to see the integration of fans Ning Lan's science popularization from her debut to being hacked and then to quitting the circle.

In the end, all the entertainment headlines reported the incident, which in turn sparked discussions about cyber violence and really pushed the attention to a climax.

Ning Lan didn't know how big the trouble was until she received a cake co-signed by the nurse station of the hospital on her nominal birthday.

There are many people on the Internet who picked out that he and Sui Yi are guarding a widowed old man in this hospital, and there are fans who want to sneak in to visit. Fortunately, the hospital has strict management and strong privacy, and no one will disturb you when you stay in the hospital. clean.

Ning Lan didn't ask Sui Yi directly, but just casually asked during dinner one day: "Did it affect you because of that incident, so you haven't worked recently?"

Sui Yi truthfully said no. Ning Lan didn't quite believe it. He took out his mobile phone and checked online. Sui Yi's personal super chat ranking was still at the top, so he was relieved.

Seeing that he was willing to pick up the smartphone, Sui Yi felt happy, and couldn't help but hypothesize: "If I'm really mad, baby, do you still want me?"

Ning Lan was flipping through the ledger, when she heard the words, she raised her head, fixedly glanced at him, curled her lips into a half-smile, and said nothing.

Sui Yi was terrified by his expression.Although Ning Lan does not contradict him now, and is gradually willing to accept his care and care, after all, he has not stamped his seal or even verbally admitted it. Not only that, but Ning Lan has never been able to see the two as a couple on the Internet and around him. Nothing happened, as if he didn't care what other people thought.

Maybe it's not indifference, but numbness.This is even worse, he would rather Ning Lan hate him than have no feelings for him and no longer have any expectations.

Sui Yi couldn't be more optimistic. In the afternoon, when she played the piano for her mother-in-law, her mind was often distracted. A layman could tell that she made several mistakes, which made her mother-in-law say that she might as well listen to her Huangmei opera.

Ning Lan came in after washing the fruit, and asked him if the bow was not easy to use. Sui Yi felt that he had no position to ask him for a bow with love lettering, so he changed to a simple tune. Ning Lan listened to it for a while, The movement of throwing apples back and forth with both hands suddenly stopped, and then the eyebrows were creased, and he said very tiredly: "I have heard it, change to another song."

When Sui Yi came to his senses and showed an ecstatic expression, Ning Lan suddenly felt that he had slipped his tongue, his cheeks flushed, and he stood up and ran.

This piece was exactly the one that Sui Yi recorded in the recorder on Ning Lan's birthday and put it on his window sill, Schubert's "Singing on the Water".

Ning Lan's feet recovered well under the recent careful maintenance, and she slipped back to Quanxi after this run.

Under the winking of her mother-in-law and the urging of the whip, Sui Yi cheekily followed.When Ning Lan tallied, he wiped the table, when Ning Lan cooked, he plucked onions, when Ning Lan delivered the goods to him...he just stood on the small cart and refused to let him go.

"Give me the address, I'll deliver it, you rest."

With Sui Yi's nearly 1.9-meter-high body, standing on the scooter is ridiculous.Ning Lan couldn't step on the bicycle, so she raised her foot and kicked the scooter violently in a panic. The bottom wheel slipped, and Sui Yi lost her balance and almost fell, but she still held the handle and refused to get off.

In the end, Sui Yi rode the bicycle, and Ning Lan sat on the back seat to guide the way, with a small scooter attached to the tail, and delivered goods from door to door.

Some street residents didn't recognize Sui Yi, and kindly teased Ning Lan: "It's different for those who have been big stars, and now there are delivery guys."

Wearing a mask, Sui Yi reached out to shake hands with customers from the commissary: ​​"Hello."

Ning Lan jumped into the back seat and punched him on the back, urging him, "Hurry up, there's still time to go."

Carrying both people and cargo, it took most of the day to deliver it, and it was really exhausting.In the evening Sui Yi lay paralyzed on the sofa in the ward, saying that she had cramps in her legs and that she might not be able to shoot commercials tomorrow.

One is half true and half true, and the other is dubious.Ning Lan wasn't sure if he was playing tricks, and under her mother-in-law's nagging, she reluctantly stepped forward and pinched his calf: "Does it hurt here?"

Sui Yi's expression was painful, but Ning Lan finally couldn't bear it, so she sat down and put a plaster on him, and then pressed him gently for a long time.

The next day, Sui Yi got up early to catch up with the announcement. Her mother-in-law didn't know whether she was asleep or just woke up. She was leaning over the bed and reading the newspaper. Sui Yi added hot water to her mother-in-law, thanking her for her assist yesterday.

The mother-in-law looks good today, with a smile on her wrinkled face, and said with relief: "You two are fine, so I don't worry."

Sui Yi never imagined that this was the last sentence her mother-in-law said to him.

When he received the call from the hospital, he had just come out of the shed, and within three seconds after the connection, he heard a buzzing sound in his ears, and his heart seemed to stop beating for an instant. On the way back to the hospital, he slowly returned to normal. breathing rate.

The doctor's explanation was: "There was a sudden cerebral hemorrhage during sleep, and it was impossible to save it when it was discovered."

Entering the ward, Ning Lan sat on the edge of the bed with her back to him. The old man on the bed had her eyes closed tightly and a smile on her lips, proving that she walked peacefully as the doctor said, without suffering much.

Sui Yi personally covered her mother-in-law's face with a white cloth, while Ning Lan just sat motionless, as if she had lost all response to the outside world.

Sui Yi pulled out a piece of paper from his hand, on which were written two lines:

[Grandma is very happy, don't read it.

Sell ​​the house and go with him. 】

They later found out that when the two of them went to G City to deal with Zhao Jinshan's funeral, the mother-in-law contacted the lawyer who had been here before and made a detailed will, including that the sole heir of Quanxi's house was Ning Lan.

Granny Zhang has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world in her life, and the little family happiness she enjoyed in her later years has made her feel that this life is complete enough, and she no longer has any regrets.She knew in her heart that she was exhausted and it was time to go, but the pace of the years was forced to lengthen during the painful treatment process, and she didn't want this extra time.

Passing away peacefully in her sleep was a kind of fulfillment for her.

On the day she sent her mother-in-law away, Ning Lan still didn't shed tears.

In a short period of time, two important relatives in his life passed away one after another, both of whom gave him life.Sui Yi knew that no matter what he said at this time, it would sound grand. He had lost his mother, but his so-called "empathy" was only one percent of what Ning Lan endured.

Sui Yi was very worried. After the funeral, he tightly held Ning Lan's hand and would not let it go anywhere, for fear that he would be overwhelmed and do something stupid.

When eating, Ning Lan picked up the chopsticks with his right hand, and was about to hold the bowl with his left hand. When he found that his hand was still being held by Sui Yi, a smile appeared on his pale and bloodless face: "What are you doing, I want to eat."

He obviously didn't cry, but his voice was hoarse.Sui Yi felt pain in his heart, and slowly let go of Ning Lan's hand, watching him sipping rice without daring to blink.

In the evening, Sui Yi took Ning Lan back to Quanxi, and followed him into the house.

It was cold in late autumn, Ning Lan lay down after washing, Sui Yi covered him with a quilt, but still refused to leave after covering him, picked up the book beside the bed, and said that he would tell him a story.

What she took was "One Thousand and One Nights", a book that Ning Lan would often read when she couldn't sleep.

"Do you know how "Arabian Nights" came about?" Ning Lan huddled under the blanket and asked him.

Sui Yi flipped through the pages at a loss, feeling that none of the stories were positive enough or sunny enough, and while flipping through, she replied: "There was a king in ancient times who would marry a girl every day, and kill her the next morning, and finally it was the prime minister's turn." The daughter of the family, she is very smart, and she told the king stories every day for one thousand and one nights, but the king wanted to hear the stories, so he didn't kill her."

Ning Lan asked again: "How do you know?"

"My mother told me that when I was a kid."

After Sui Yi finished speaking, she was stunned.Ning Lan lost two mothers in a row, and he just kept his mother in front of him. The more anxious he was, the more mistakes he made, he was so stupid.

Sui Yi was very annoyed, but Ning Lan didn't show any sadness on his face.

He bent his lips and said, "I don't want to hear the stories in the book." Then he stretched out his hand and tugged on Sui Yi's clothes, "I want to hear the stories about you and your mother, is that okay?"

Sui Yi only wondered for a moment, then calmed down again. He leaned against the head of the bed and organized his words for a while, then slowly said: "My mother...is very beautiful."

As soon as she got up, Ning Lan burst out laughing.He looked up at Sui Yi: "I know, I'll know it just by looking at you."

Sui Yi couldn't help but blushed, cleared her throat, and continued: "She...is a spoiled young lady, she has never experienced hardships or setbacks since she was a child. The only setback...probably was meeting my dad. My father has another love, and my mother refuses to admit defeat, and she is stubborn and will not listen to persuasion, she is used to being conceited, she must get what she wants, and then it will last for 20 years." At this point, Sui Yi paused, "You can imagine the tossing process by yourself. As for me, I am the product of her unwillingness to admit defeat."

Ning Lan blinked, these rich and powerful entanglements that can only be seen in gossip magazines are too far away from him, maybe there is a reason why Sui Yi said it too easily, he can't imagine it, and he doesn't have a sense of reality.

Sui Yi's body was very warm, he couldn't help leaning against him, and asked in a low voice, "Is it gone?"

"No more." Sui Yi blushed, "I'm not very good at telling stories."

Ning Lan was silent for a few seconds, and said, "I'm asking about the story between you and your mother, you're digressing."

Sui Yi was even more embarrassed: "My mother and I... have no story, just like an ordinary mother and child, nothing special."

"What is an ordinary mother and child like?" Ning Lan asked.

Sui Yi's eyes drifted away, as if he was thinking, and after a long time he said: "She loves me very much, and I love her very much."

A simple sentence calmed Ning Lan for no reason.The flickering light in his eyes suddenly settled, and the hand holding Sui Yi suddenly loosened.

Sui Yi regarded this move as wanting to give up, and his heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "They all love you, there are so many people who love you, you should live well, live well..."

He became more and more anxious, and suddenly stopped speaking halfway through.What was in his heart that he had been trying to cover up for several days, unexpectedly blurted out in this situation.

Ning Lan looked blank: "Live well...what are you doing alive?"

Sui Yi's words were poor, and he searched his brains and said: "You haven't taken revenge on me, and you haven't made me suffer..."

Ning Lan shook her head: "I have no strength."

Sui Yi would rather Ning Lan not forgive him now, it would be better to hate him terribly than to have no concern for this world.

He took a few breaths, suppressed the panic that was going to swallow him, squeezed Ning Lan's outstretched hand, hugged him into his arms, and said forcefully: "Then I will share half of your strength, and half of your strength. Your life is also divided in half. Whatever you want, take it from me. You, you took my things, and I will follow you every day. I will follow you wherever you go... You can never get rid of me. "

Each word weighed more than a thousand gold, was crushed unreasonably, and then burst out from between the teeth.

These words have been deeply suppressed and screened layer by layer, but they still sound incoherent to the point of childishness and madness.

Ning Lan's body trembled with him, but she didn't feel scared, nor did she want to run away.

He thought of Sui Yi's birthday three years ago. At that time, the two of them were separated by thousands of rivers and mountains, and their hearts were silently tied to each other.

20-year-old Sui Yi asked him to make a wish on the phone, and said loudly: "My wish is very powerful, I share it with you."

At that time, Sui Yi was in high spirits, unrestrained and unrestrained, but now he became miserable and frightened.

But at that time, I only listened to that as a joke, but now I think it's serious.

Ning Lan raised her neck, brushed her cheek against Sui Yi's chin, lifted the broken hair on his forehead with slightly trembling fingers, let her dazed face be reflected in his amber eyes, and uttered a light syllable in her throat: "Ok."

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