Mountains and seas close at hand

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After hanging up Pan Xiaohong's phone, Song Banyan stood by the window for a long time until Bai Xunhua walked in from the outside.

"Chubb's surgery was successful, and he is now in the ICU for observation."

Song Banyan turned around when he heard the words, looked at Bai Xunhua and didn't know what to say, so he heard the cat on the bed ask anxiously: "ICU? Is Chubu's injury serious?"

Bai Xunhua explained: "Don't worry, after undergoing intravenous anesthesia surgery, there will be an observation period after coming out. There is no recovery room in the hospital here, so I went directly to the ICU."

Song Banyan stood quietly by the side, listening to the conversation between the two in a trance, until Bai Xunhua turned to her and said, "Medical expenses must be paid as soon as possible. I don't know if the ATM here can withdraw cash without a card. I want to go back to the scenic spot for a while." Come on, can you stay here?"

Bai Xunhua's tone was as usual, but his words were very tactful.Song Banyan pursed her lips tightly, and thought for a while before saying, "Let's go to the ATM to check it out first. It takes seven or eight hours to go back and forth, and it's really tiring."

"...That's fine." Bai Xunhua thought about it for a while, and felt that it was not a good decision to go back. She nodded slightly and said, "Then I'll go out and have a look. What do you want for lunch?"

Song Banyan looked down at the little lynx spinning around her feet, and said in a low voice, "I'll go with you."

No matter how dull Maowazi was, he sensed that something was wrong, so he quickly interjected and said, "Yes, yes, yes, sister Song, you can go with sister Bai, it's fine for me to be here alone, and I can ring the bell to talk to a little nurse sister later. "

Bai Xunhua was noncommittal, patted the little lynx on the head, turned around and went out the door, Song Banyan dragged his feet to follow.

The two walked out of the hospital one after the other.

There are few people on the road, and the snow that fell last night has been crushed into ice slag.This small town in western Sichuan, which has risen due to tourism, looks so deserted in this non-tourism season that it reveals a desolate loneliness.

Song Banyan followed behind Bai Xunhua, like a listless little beast.The ice surface formed by the repeated rolling of wheels and footprints is like strange rocks.She was walking absent-mindedly, the sole of her foot slipped, and she fell to the ground with a "plop".

Bai Xunhua was full of worries, at first he didn't pay attention to the sudden sound, but when he realized something was wrong, he turned around and saw Song Banyan lying on the ground, he was a little startled for a while.

Song Banyan silently got up from the ground, clapped his hands, and dusted off the ice scum on his clothes.Seeing that she was fine, Bai Xunhua pursed his lips tightly, and continued walking along the road without saying a word.

Song Banyan raised his hand in a daze, and the cut wound on the palm slowly overflowed with blood, which was particularly dazzling on the frozen pale skin.

The ATM machine was very new, Bai Xunhua stood in front of the machine to operate it, and Song Banyan stood outside and watched her.Across the transparent small room, the two of them seemed to be separated by thousands of rivers and mountains.

Bai Xunhua's fingertips touched the cold metal keyboard, and he couldn't help trembling slightly.She has been afraid of touching anything since she was a child, because even the slightest sound may irritate her fragile mother.Amidst her hysterical crying and trembling, the young Bai Xunhua could only huddle in a corner, quiet, quiet... so quiet as if she didn't exist.

Fortunately, for a considerable part of the time, my mother was relatively calm.It's just that he is more sensitive to the sound of footsteps and the ups and downs of other people's speech, which has also cultivated Bai Xunhua's tone of voice no matter how urgent the situation is.

It was that Bai Xunhua was very envious of Ji Bao, she was always so cheerful, even if she got bruised and swollen with the gangsters outside the school, she would chatter like a little yellow eagle when she opened her mouth.

This is what my mother said, she likes Ji Bao very much.

The ATM machine's cash outlet made a "squeaky" sound, and the corners of Bai Xunhua's lips slightly raised.She remembered that under the shade of the trees on the playground, Ji Bao was chewing potato chips, dancing and praising how chic the school grass's three-step layup was, and at the same time, he didn't forget to complain that the love letter he wrote to Bai Xunhua was so old-fashioned that his teeth ached.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."

Song Banyan put her hand into her pocket impatiently, and the moment she saw the caller ID, she immediately had a bad feeling.Staring at the string of unfamiliar numbers in the middle of the phone screen until the vibration disappeared, and a red dot appeared on the currency record.

Song Banyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his unconsciously tense cheeks, and was about to stuff the phone into his pocket while holding it.

"Ong!"

The voice of the text message reminded me lightly, but it hit Song Banyan's heart like a heavy hammer.

She looked up at Bai Xunhua's back, hesitated for a while, and slowly withdrew her hand from her pocket.For some reason, the phone held in the palm of the hand, the battery board on the back emits a scorching temperature, which makes Song Banyan's palms sweat.

She swallowed dryly and made a grunt in her throat.

Press the power button, swipe your thumb, and the screen lights up.After hesitating for a second, he lightly touched the SMS button with his thumb, and a message box popped up, which was the message from that strange number just now——

1598 334896 #

(no subject)

Song Banyan was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that what the other party sent was a photo.This time she didn't hesitate any longer, she immediately reached out and opened the text message.

The picture is an old-fashioned white letter paper with red lines and yellowed paper.The lower case written vertically is neat and thick, and the silver hook painted on iron shows the boldness and smoothness of Mr. Hu Xiaoshi's calligraphy. ①

Mr. Zeng Zhaoyu's handwriting.

Song Banyan's heart fluttered, and he hurriedly brought the phone to his eyes, holding his breath and carefully staring at the screen——

To you who have never masked:

Child, I sometimes think that you may not be here, but because I am always thinking about it, you are really here.This is extremely unscientific, but I hope you are here, really.On a certain day that I don't know, I opened this letter.

The contents of the letter came to an end, and Song Banyan frantically swiped on the screen of her mobile phone. In the end, she was disappointed to find that the other party only sent a part of the letter, the top and most insignificant part.

This is a bait.

However, without any hesitation, Song Banyan dialed the number.

Lancinate's deep and hoarse voice sounded from the other end of the phone as expected: "Da Yuan Bao Treasure, I just want one thing."

Song Banyan's bloodshot eyes were full of determination, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth: "With your abilities, why should I do it. Hmm? I think the less people who know a secret, the safer it is. "

Once she made up her mind, she turned back to the alert and wise Song Banyan.

Zhou Rao glanced at Lancinate on the hospital bed, and then returned to the screen.The software is automatically trimming so that Lancinate's weakened voice sounds more like it usually does.

"This is a deal." Lancinate's voice was as calm as ever, "You can choose to deal, or you can refuse the deal."

Song Banyan noticed that Bai Xunhua left the ATM machine, turned around and walked to the door.

Seeing Song Banyan holding up the phone, Bai Xunhua was a little surprised, and a bad premonition faintly rose in his heart.Her hand touched the door handle, and the cold metal startled her fingertips.

Song Banyan looked at Bai Xunhua calmly, already thinking about it, and she replied to Lancinate: "I don't want to reject this deal, but you know that things in this world are not something you can just think about."

Lancinate raised her eyes - on the screen opposite the hospital bed, everything captured by the surveillance camera thousands of miles away was being rebroadcast.

Bai Xunhua opened the door and walked out of the 24-hour cash withdrawal hall. Song Banyan gestured to her, then pointed to the mobile phone, and drew an "L" in the air.

Lancinate lowered her eyes, looked at the microphone in front of her, raised her strength and said: "The belated freedom, like a lady, finally takes pity on her lazy servant and gives you a gentle glance. Then you, for the shepherdess in front of you Missed it?"②

Song Banyan strode forward and held Bai Xunhua's hand, raised the corners of his mouth, and smiled slightly: "I'm drunk and want to sleep, and I'll go, Ming Dynasty intends to hold the piano."③

After speaking, he pressed his thumb and hung up the phone.

Zhou Rao couldn't help smiling as he watched the two people who gradually disappeared in the surveillance camera and finally disappeared.The little prince's face and sapphire eyes smiled like an angel, so that even Lancinate could not speak to him.

She could only ask helplessly, "Are you so happy?"

Zhou Rao sat on the chair and swayed his legs, picked up the bone china cup he was sitting on, held it with both hands and brought it to his mouth, took a sip, and then said cheerfully: "She is a very interesting person."

Lancinate was silent for a while, then spoke slowly, and said firmly, "She is our companion."

Zhou Rao didn't take it seriously, and shrugged slightly.He took another sip of milk tea, licked his upper lip, and thought for a while before saying, "She doesn't think it is, um, I don't think it is now... the identity of a partner requires mutual recognition."

They disagree on this point of view. Lancinate stubbornly believes: "Some things are destined, and if they are not for the time being, it does not mean that they will not be in the future. Besides, her identity is destined to walk on the same path as us."

"Honey, your tea is cold." Zhou Rao didn't intend to argue with her, he got off the chair, removed the microphone in front of Lancinate for Lancinate, put the cup and saucer on it, lifted the sterling silver teapot to half a cup, Finally, according to Lancinate's habit, add milk and tweezed three cubes of sugar.

A gentle smile appeared on Lancinate's usually stern face at this moment. She reached out and pinched the handle of the teacup, and said softly, "Thank you."

"You're welcome, it's my honor to serve ladies. Your taste has never changed, and you still love sweets like you did when you were a child." Zhou Rao picked up the milk cup bottle, shook it at Lancinate, and showed a pure smile, "I still like it now. Lick the milk jug?"

The author has something to say: ①Mr. Zeng Zhaoyu studied under Mr. Hu Xiaoshi

②The ancient Roman poet Virgil's "Pastoral"

③Li Bai's "Drinking with Youren in the Mountains"

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