Mr. Gu, please respect yourself

The house in my hometown collapsed into ruins, the walls were burnt black, and there was a scorching smell all around, as if telling a story of a sky-eating fire.

Gu Andong quickly approached to take a look, and wiped a thin layer of dust from the wall with his fingertips.

There are indications that the fire happened not long ago.

A terrible thought came to Gu Andong's heart, he suddenly stopped breathing and felt a little distressed.

No, probably not, Dad is not the kind of person who can't think about it.

Dad often said a word, contented people are always happy.

He is such an optimistic person, so he should not do such a stupid thing. If something happened to him, Gu Andong will never forgive himself for the rest of his life.Dad was not found in time.

The village of my hometown is very dilapidated, almost no one lives here, what needs to be demolished, and what should be left, only some frail old people are left. They have stayed in this place all their lives and do not want to leave their hometown. .

Gu Andong managed to find a neighbor and wanted to ask him about the situation, so he called out to the old man, who frowned and asked, "Speak louder? What are you talking about?"

"Grandpa, I want to ask you, where did the people who lived here two days ago go?" Gu Andong pointed at the house, gesticulating while talking.

"What? I can't hear you." The uncle shook his head and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Gu Andong took a deep breath, frowned and sat back in the car, turned on the phone silently, and called Lu Yuanzhou back.

The bell rang for a long time and Lu Yuanzhou didn't answer it, Gu Andong felt devastated for no reason.

So he calmed down and called him again, this time it was good, Lu Yuanzhou hung up directly.

Gu Andong felt as if he had fallen directly into an ice cellar, his heart became cold in an instant, and his whole body was chilled from head to toe.For some unknown reason, he suddenly felt particularly frustrated.

Why are you not by my side every time I need you the most.

Gu Andong smiled wryly, turned on the car key, and drove forward for a while, but he didn't know where to drive, all kinds of accidents were playing out in his mind, his mind was buzzing and chaotic, and he couldn't think at all. .

At this moment, Qi Fei suddenly called him and asked him where he was. Gu Andong told him the specific situation, drove the car to the entrance of the village, smoked another cigarette and asked, "Brother Fei, what should I do?" manage?"

"Calm down." Qi Fei said, "Wait a while, I'll go over right now and go find someone with you."

Gu Andong inexplicably felt particularly at ease, threw the phone aside, opened the car window and remained silent for a while.

In fact, he had mixed feelings in his heart at the moment, and it was really uncomfortable, not only because his father ran away and his life was uncertain, but also a small part was due to Lu Yuanzhou's recent behavior.

Although the two have never lost contact on the Internet, no matter how much they talk on the phone, it is not as good as a few words when they meet each other. Sometimes talking about things that cannot be solved in 800 years, maybe a hug can resolve everything.

But even though they were in the same city, it was difficult for them to meet each other.

Gu Andong felt a little disappointed in him for no reason, that kind of disappointment sprouted from the bottom of his heart, which made people feel a little scared.

This was the first time that he felt such emotions towards Lu Yuanzhou, and he was afraid that even if his mother hadn't yelled at them to break up, they would have exhausted their feelings over trivial matters.

Under the double blow, Gu Andong felt very tired.

Not the tiredness of the body, but the deep exhaustion of the heart.

When Qi Fei arrived, he saw him squatting in front of the car smoking a cigarette, the ash had been accumulated for a long time, and he didn't see him move.

Qi Fei walked over and patted Gu Andong's shoulder, Gu Andong squatted motionless, and raised his head after a long time, his eyes were red.

"Brother Fei." Gu Andong licked his lips and said, "The people from the police station just called me again, saying that my father and Uncle Qin were burned to death together."

Originally, my father planned to recuperate in the countryside and spend a peaceful time without medical treatment.Because I'm going to die anyway, and I don't want to suffer in the last stage of my life, so I discussed with Uncle Qin and said that I would leave the hospital behind my back and live here.

As a result, I didn't expect that the liquefied gas tank in my hometown was a little old and couldn't cook.The liquefied gas tank was terribly heavy, and Uncle Qin didn't take it away. He just put it in the kitchen and ignored him. Then he bought a new induction cooker and used it on the stove.

This day, after Uncle Qin finished cooking, he went to take a nap.

Unexpectedly, the induction cooker was splashed with water and connected to the electricity, and encountered liquefied petroleum gas, which caused a fire.

Dad and Uncle Qin were sleeping soundly, completely unaware of the disaster.When the two woke up, there was no way to escape from the house surrounded by fire.

According to the police, the two hugged each other tightly, probably because they were in great pain from being burned by the fire.In the end, they were burnt to the point that only two charred skeletons remained, and their inseparable poses looked like a whole.

Gu Andong and Qi Fei rushed to the police station and listened to the police narrate everything completely. Gu Andong's face was as white as paper, and when he turned around, his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

This accident came so suddenly that people were caught off guard.

Life is too fragile, people always don't know what to do.

Gu Andong forcibly held back his tears, turned his head and asked, "Where's my father's ashes? I want to bury him."

The policeman shook his head and said: "There is no one in the village. When we were found, the fire had been burning all night, and the liquefied gas had exploded. When we arrived this morning, we only touched the charred skeleton lightly. As a result, it instantly turned into a pile of ashes."

After listening to his description, Gu Andong suddenly collapsed, it is hard to imagine what kind of pain his father endured during his lifetime.

"We had no choice but to bring in the ashes next to it." The police handed him a small square wooden box, which was heavy, and contained two people - Uncle Qin and Gu Andong's father.

Gu Andong hugged the box tightly all the way without saying a word, from now on he is a person without a father.

It was like losing the strongest backer in the world, losing the power that could guide him.

Gu Andong's whole body has entered winter.

Qi Fei drove the car and reminded him: "Dongzi, your phone keeps vibrating, why don't you answer it?"

Not to mention that Gu Andong didn't feel it at all, he took out his phone and saw that Lu Yuanzhou had already sent several messages in a row.

"where is it?"

"I was busy just now and didn't receive your call. Are you angry?"

"Dongzi?"

"Well, I've been preparing birthday presents for you all day today, and I planned to surprise you at zero o'clock. Don't be angry, okay?"

"Just to be honest, I'm worried."

When seeing the three words "I'm worried", the string bouncing on Gu Andong's heart broke instantly.

Yeah, it's his birthday tomorrow, and he almost forgot.