murder begins in summer

Qiu Shili could be said to be out of breath, which is rare for him, but that day was different.Recently, in order to save money, he went out to file lawsuits by flight, but the return flight was controlled, and he was stuck at the airport for more than two hours before taking off.

Although it is a first-class seat, the surroundings are fairly spacious, but the sealed cabin is still annoying.During the period, Qiu Shili once wanted to jump off the plane and beat someone up. For example, the big-bellied ground attendant who was circling around the wing seemed to be in need of a beating. He endured it, flipped through the newspaper and found the news about himself going to court, so he took the newspaper again. Close it, looking out the window manicly.The ground staff was still there, so he pinched the ring on his ring finger and twirled it around the base of his finger.

In fact, Qiu Shili really wanted to make a call to Shi Zhanyang. While there was a signal, he should probably make a call, or at least send a message, but he suddenly lost the courage.This impulsive weakness lasted for several hours, and it didn't seem to ease until he landed.

It was already two o'clock in the middle of the night when he left the terminal building. Qiu Shili's phone was out of battery, but he didn't want to charge it. He continued to be weak, went back to the office and slept all night, cleaned himself up the next morning, and then drove back home. .

Shao San was waiting for him at the gate of the manor. He couldn't be contacted before, and he didn't know that he had gone to the company.

Qiu Shili has been refraining himself from smoking, he just doesn't want his elder brother to find out that he is addicted to cigarettes, although the process of enduring is tiring, although he also knows that paper can't cover fire, but he is willing to do some meaningless struggles.Seeing Shao San get into the car and sit down, Qiu Shili asked patiently, "What's going on?"

"Brother woke up three days ago, but we only found out yesterday," Shao San settled down, "Last night, the fourth young master also came back, and there were many brothers, and he was in front of us. , also called the notary to come over and do that."

Shao San avoided saying it, but even if he didn't, Qiu Shili knew what "that" was.

"Have you called the doctor over to look at the leg?" He asked lightly.

Shao San was a little surprised, "I don't know, no one dares to discuss this matter." After thinking for a while, he asked again, "Sister-in-law, you don't want to know... What did the elder brother notarize?"

Qiu Shili drove through the elegant holly forest in silence.

Shao San swallowed and spit, turned his face sideways, and looked at Qiu Shili cautiously.He tried to explain: "Brother means... After his death, no matter what the cause of death is, half of the property must be transferred to your name, and the other half will be donated to child protection organizations."

"I see." Qiu Shili nodded, and he didn't say a word until he drove through thousands of acres of gardens and arrived at the door of his house.

He put on the handbrake, and sprayed Tom Ford's neroli oil on his cuffs a few times. The first note of this perfume is soapy and incense-burning lemon, and later it turns into a peaceful neroli scent, but it's not sweet. Qiu Shili recalled that summer in Shanghai, he was washing his clothes in the water room with his cell phone in his hand, and he was talking on the phone with his elder brother who was working all night.The soap I used at that time had this kind of green taste, the sound of cicadas melted in the shade outside the window, and the leaves of those sycamore trees were as green as if they had been splashed with new paint.

In the past six months, long-term smoking may have left something indelible on Qiu Shili's body, and he hoped that this juicy citrus could more or less cover him up.

Shao San stopped the car knowingly, Qiu Shili forced himself to breathe evenly, and walked into the porch.

The housekeeper was waiting at the door. Qiu Shili said good morning to him, handed him his coat, walked into the living room, and was about to ask "Where's the eldest brother?" when he heard movement in the restaurant next door.I saw a large area of ​​sunlight smearing on the mahogany door. From the corner, first a pair of shoe toes appeared, followed by wheels, calves, and knees on the wheelchair...

Shi Zhanyang came out from the corner, dressed neatly, his eyes were still extremely bright, the blades in those eyes were still there, as if he hadn't been unconscious for seven whole months.But it was precisely because of the opening of these eyes that Qiu Shili suddenly realized one thing - the eldest brother had lost too much weight, and his face had also turned gray too much. When he closed his eyelids tightly, Qiu Shili looked at him so many times. , but can't see it.

"ナナ," Shi Zhanyang was smiling at him, hearing this long-lost voice, the long-frozen ice shell on Qiu Shili's mind was shattered, "I slept for a long time." Shi Zhanyang said again .

Qiu Shili was still immersed in a huge sense of illusion. He walked over and took the handle of the wheelchair from the maid. Only then did he feel a little real. "It's been a long time," he said blankly, "the camellias are blooming." pass."

Just now he passed by the few bushes of camellia in front of the house.That is Shi Zhanyang's favorite flower. The flowering period is from January to April. It comes from the snow and walks in the spring sun.

"Fortunately, I didn't miss your birthday." Shi Zhanyang raised his face to look at him.

Qiu Shili pushed the wheelchair slowly. For some reason, he didn't even dare to look down. Before, he liked to suddenly attack from behind while his eldest brother was sitting and reading a book. , the action is quite brutal.

He likes to observe that straight ridge and those fluffy hairs from above and from behind. He wants to rub his nose and eyelids, and he wants to kiss quietly and contentedly.

But now the eldest brother is not sitting on a chair.

"Brother," Qiu Shili pushed the wheelchair into the living room. Under the morning light, he lightly touched Shi Zhanyang's shoulder, "Why didn't you wait for me to come back?"

Shi Zhanyang was silent for a while, and answered irrelevantly, "I know everything, you have worked hard these past few months."

Qiu Shili clasped his five fingers, walked in front of him, and was about to continue asking, when his eyes suddenly glanced at the left hand resting on his lower abdomen.

Empty, ring missing.

And Shi Zhanyang, as if nothing had happened, was still saying "Thank you for your hard work" to him, as if reminding him that the elder brother knew everything about what he had done during this period of time, and he already understood it.

Qiu Shili's heart suddenly became empty, he didn't know what to do, but instinctively quietly put his left hand behind his back, grasping the gap between the belt and shirt, he wanted to hide it, he wanted to cover it!But at this moment, this small movement is more difficult for him than lifting a rock.

"I mean," he bit his stiff lips, and said with a splitting headache, "why didn't you wait for me to come back, brother, to do the notarization of the will... just do that kind of shit!"

"Wouldn't Nana be sadder seeing me do it?"

"...so why do you have to do it?"

Shi Zhanyang raised his eyes, his dense eyelashes were like two rows of needles, his eyes seemed to be darker, and so was his hair.He was as relaxed as if he was chatting about what red wine to drink at noon, "just in case. If this happens again in the future, if I don't wake up and I don't have a legal heir, don't I have to hand over to the public. What have you done in the past few months?" Isn't it all in vain?"

"There will be no chance!" Qiu Shili became more and more at a loss. In front of his elder brother's business affairs, he felt that his spine was being pulled out joint by joint, making him want to squat down low.

He thought, it really won't happen, I won't make mistakes again, and I won't be that kind of cowardly fool who wants to save his life.

"ナナ." Shi Zhanyang just called him like this, and said word by word, "Don't be afraid. I don't want to die, but I will die, and you will too. This matter is over, we survived by luck, But it's also a good example of our vulnerability."

"..." Qiu Shili turned his head and looked out the window, pinching the tear duct above the bridge of his nose.

"Anyway, we're going to cut off our children and grandchildren a long time ago. It's best to cut off, so as not to give birth to one day, and live the same life as the two of us. It's too pitiful." Shi Zhanyang smiled, "This matter has been notarized , I also expressed my opinion that it will be more convenient for you to do things in the future. I didn't expect you to be able to do this by yourself. "

"I didn't expect that either." Qiu Shili turned his head and inadvertently saw the empty finger again. He imagined the situation when his elder brother woke up, imagined how he saw the ring and how he took it off.There was sharp pain on the tip of his heart, but he suddenly laughed, "I didn't expect my brother to do this to me."

Shi Zhanyang's smile suddenly darkened on his face.

Qiu Shili didn't want to see him like this, as if everything he said was wrong now.He sniffed and tightened the fabric of his shirt, knowing his embarrassment, but it didn't matter, he was quite good at strengthening his spirits, "Brother, you are right, it is necessary to do notarization, I really signed a letter recently. I'm tired of the lawsuit, donating to the children is also a good deed." He lowered his eyelashes, and there was still a thin smile on the corners of his eyes and lips, "The half you want to give to me... I can guess, if you want to say only Don't worry, leave it to me, you know I won't really die even at that time, I can't just let it go like a loser, but I'm actually a loser... I want to die, I want to die, I can't to imagine."

After a pause, he added: "If you're dead, it's not fair to me to be alive."

Speaking of this, Qiu Shili stopped again, obviously still smiling, but no matter how you looked at it, it seemed that he was laughing out of tears, "No, no," he shook his head blankly, "It's so unlucky," he said at the time. Zhan Yang squatted down on his side, holding the hand that almost touched the opponent's thigh, "Brother woke up, we should have a good chat."

"Okay." Shi Zhanyang looked at him intently and said softly.

"Xiaofeng stopped practicing martin cars and started playing Formula [-]. The coach said he was very talented. Although he liked to fight sometimes, he won all the fights. He is not boring when he is fierce," Qiu Shili stroked. Kneel down, "Also, brother, do you still remember those Vietnamese children who were rescued six years ago? They became adults last year, and they all worked on the railway. They even sent a few letters over Christmas. Of course, Vietnam I can't read the language."

Shi Zhanyang frowned, "I can't tell the difference between Vietnamese and Burmese."

Qiu Shili lowered his head, "Also, Ba Zai got married, and a Ukrainian girl, four years older than him, is a transgender person. They met in a strip club, and they held a wedding banquet at a Chaoshan hotpot restaurant during the Lantern Festival. Also, I I learned how to make Okonomiyaki, and the Avengers will have a movie lineup soon, we can watch it..."

He himself said that he wanted to chat, but he himself couldn't continue chatting soon. What's the joy?Only these trivial matters, he counted on his fingers.Shi Zhanyang kept looking at him, listening to him quietly, seeing that he was silent, suddenly said: "ナナ, close your eyes."

Qiu Shili was taken aback for a moment, and froze.

"Close your eyes, okay?" Shi Zhanyang's voice was so gentle that it could kill people.

Qiu Shili lowered his hidden left hand, silently placed it on his knee, and closed his eyes obediently.He knew his eyelids were trembling erratically, and maybe his shoulders too, but let it all go, he felt the heat on his eyelids, rough and steady to the touch, with the same trembling as himself.

Shi Zhanyang stroked him slowly like this, describing his facial features without showing any signs of expression.

"Brother..." Qiu Shili became more and more unwilling to open his eyes. Once he opened them, tears would roll down.He has been tense for so long, until today, he found a pair of eyes to see how miserable and exhausted he is.

"You are really an adult," Shi Zhanyang laughed, sliding his fingers from his chin to behind his ears, "When we first met, your face was as big as my palm. In a snowy day, you Wearing a white haori and holding a lantern, it seems to be transparent. At that time, I thought, this is what the fox fairy looked like when he was a child."

Qiu Shili also recalled that day. His childhood memories were blurry, and some things were made clearer. The snowflakes that day floated into the darkness in front of his eyes. "You first recognized me as your younger sister."

"Yes," Shi Zhanyang seemed to be nodding, "Yes."

Qiu Shili wanted to say something else, such as the drumbeat by the lake that day, the half-melted liqueur chocolate that day, and the bright young man who carefully spoke slow Japanese to himself and claimed to be his big brother that day. Hold your neck high.

But when he heard it, Zhan Yang suddenly said again: "Nana, I have seen my legs."

Qiu Shili held his breath.All he could think about was how his elder brother woke up and wanted to get out of bed but found that he couldn't move.He couldn't figure it out.

The elder brother's palm was covering his eyelashes, and the other hand was holding onto his right hand, "Have you seen it?"

I've seen it countless times, and every time I wipe my skin and apply medicine to the sores there, I hate myself all over again.Qiu Shili thought.

"No." He said so.

Shi Zhanyang didn't seem to care whether the words were true or not, "Don't look, it's so ugly," he put Qiu Shili's hand down, and then unbuttoned his pants. Then, he grabbed Qiu Shili's hand again, He reached into the waistband of his trousers and placed it on the hideous scar, "Just touch it."

Qiu Shili only felt that his fingernails were sweating. He rested his fingertips on them and couldn't move.The healed incision and the fatigued muscles are all fires, the fires that scorched him.

"I don't think I can stand up anymore, I don't feel any sensation here now," Shi Zhanyang patted the back of his hand on his thigh, and then rubbed the bridge of his nose with his knuckles, "There is no need to waste this time The house is not peaceful, since I woke up, I can't continue to lie down."

"I can take care of those things, and they are almost resolved...Brother, you can recover. I have already found a doctor, and the doctor said the same!" Qiu Shili said anxiously, "At least the right leg... the right leg The legs are just lying down for a long time now, too lack of exercise..."

"Have you finished your exercise?"

"At least I can use crutches." Qiu Shili said that he was in pain.His teeth began to turn sour, and his mouth also became bitter.

Shi Zhanyang laughed, "It doesn't make any difference to me to use a cane or a wheelchair. It's not good to have one hand for balance."

Qiu Shili was stunned, and withdrew his hand. Shi Zhanyang didn't stop him, but let go of the hand covering his eyes.

"We don't have time to be sad." Shi Zhanyang said.

Qiu Shili raised his eyes, and his eyes met the deep shadows in his eye sockets, "But brother, I need to rest."

Shi Zhanyang shook his head, "That's enough. Did Libya bully us a while ago?"

Indeed, as a long-term buyer, the local anti-government army is the one who likes to delay the payment. A few days ago, they took advantage of the chaos and became more and more rampant because they had no boss to manage things. They even lied about not asking for compensation after receiving the goods.And Qiu Shili was busy protecting himself during the official purge. Although he ignored their demands for compensation, he didn't have time to settle accounts with them.After all, going to that kind of war-torn world at such a time is really time-consuming. In addition, he is indeed just a top-ranking person in front of outsiders, and is of no importance at all.

"Still the same," he said.

"Let's go tomorrow." Shi Zhanyang said.

"Then I'll go prepare, people need to bring more," Qiu Shili stood up, and pressed his red eye sockets, "There will be thunderstorms in the forecast tomorrow, and the flight may take off the day after tomorrow."

"Okay." Shi Zhanyang nodded, and said "hard work" again.

Qiu Shili thought, I don't work hard, you always say this, I only work hard when I listen to it.But he didn't say a word.The weather forecast was inaccurate, a strong wind came and the clouds were blown away, and the next day was a clear sky.The private jet that Zhan Yang used the most at that time departed from his cargo airport, crossed the mainland, and flew over the Pacific Ocean.

Qiu Shili sat next to him as usual, sometimes squinting for a while, sometimes going to the cabin next door to play cards with the guys, and sometimes coming back to work quietly, Shi Zhanyang had the illusion of a world away, and this illusion was peaceful.More than ten hours later, when it was time to land, the altitude of the plane was indeed dropping, but Shi Zhanyang saw the sea through the porthole, the blue and endless sea.

This is not what should be in the Middle East.In other words, there are few such rich and primitive oceans in the northern hemisphere.

He turned his gaze to Qiu Shili.

Qiu Shili was very nervous, his eyelashes fluttered and his forehead was sweating. He didn't know it, but Shi Zhanyang could see it clearly.

"I'm sorry." Qiu Shili said with difficulty.

Only then did Shi Zhanyang turn on the satellite positioning on his notebook. He had never thought about it before, so he was so careless and dull, and he didn't even pay attention to the east-west route. "South Pacific." He looked at his pale younger brother again.

"Yes, Palmerston," Qiu Shili lowered his head deeply, "it's very clean and safe here, and I started preparations last year... I also invited the best doctors, and the equipment, and I have Bought an old house, new decoration will have harmful gas..."

Shi Zhanyang looked at the phone again, there was no signal at all.He looked at Qiu Shili suspiciously, with obvious surprise and puzzlement in his straight eyes, which was something he had never done before.

"Nana, if I don't obediently recover, will I not even have a chance to leave the island?"

"No!" As soon as he landed, Qiu Shili stood up regardless of the bumps, "Brother, you can tell me where you want to go, and I will come to pick you up at any time."

After speaking, the pulley hit the runway with a loud noise, and Qiu Shili shook with the small plane.

Shi Zhanyang looked out of the window again, the airport is very small, and the signs on the runway are brand new.Qiu Shili did prepare a lot.He was a little dumbfounded, in fact, he didn't blame Qiu Shili, he even understood it.He was well aware of his fate to be imprisoned on the island, but he didn't want to call it deception or coercion.

But he still felt a great unhappiness, an unhappiness brought on by his own situation.

"Libya..." Qiu Shili said tentatively, "I'll do it, I've already done it, and I will definitely be careful."

"Brother," he asked wearily again, "do you want to smoke? I brought it."

"I haven't touched it for a few months, it seems that I quit it myself," Shi Zhanyang said lightly, supported by his arms, sat in the wheelchair, slowly turned the wheel, and walked along the aisle towards the door of the cabin, "Let's go, go Check out my new nursing home."

Qiu Shili chased after him almost gratefully, and pushed on the handle behind the wheelchair.He is grateful because his eldest brother didn't use words like "prison" to describe the place he made, but for some reason, the sadness in his heart overflowed silently, becoming unconvincing tears from the corners of his eyes, what made him move forward? It's all blurry.

But these few tears were too thin, and as he pushed his eldest brother off the boarding bridge, they were quickly scattered in the sea breeze and scorching sun at the end of April in the south of the equator.