Pretending to be good

The earliest flight to the United States was half an hour later. After everything was ready, Yuan Shen handed the boarding pass and other things to Xiaoxi, stared at him face to face, and said, "Xiaoxi, you Follow him to the United States first, and someone will pick you up there."

Xiaoxi looked at the boarding pass Yuan Shen handed over, and slowly lowered her eyes, staring at her own toes, and asked softly, "What about you?"

Yuan Shen frowned slightly, he wanted to take Xiaoxi away with him, but the incident happened suddenly, and there were still many things in the country that had not been properly arranged, so he couldn't leave everything behind and take Xiaoxi away.

The earliest flight to the United States was half an hour later, everything was ready, Yuan Shen handed the boarding pass and other things to Xiao Xi, stared at him face to face, and said: "Xiao Xi, you first Follow him to the United States, and someone will pick you up there."

Xiaoxi looked at the boarding pass Yuan Shen handed over, and slowly lowered her eyes, staring at her own toes, and asked softly, "What about you?"

Yuan Shen frowned slightly, he wanted to take Xiaoxi away with him, but the incident happened suddenly, there were still many things in the country that had not been properly arranged, he couldn't leave everything behind and take Xiaoxi away.

"Xiaoxi, you go first. In a few days, my brother will definitely come to you." Yuan Shen tried his best to comfort him, "Don't worry, I will go there right away after I have settled the domestic affairs. Trust me, okay?"

Xiaoxi didn't say whether he believed it or not, he just lowered his head and said after a while of silence: "Then can I go to the bathroom?"

Yuan Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his hand to touch the top of Xiaoxi's head, but Xiaoxi hid him and found nothing.

"Go, I'll wait for you here."

Xiaoxi nodded, turned around and walked towards the bathroom.He walked very slowly, with the hesitant and slow temperament of a child. He stopped several times and wanted to turn around, but he restrained himself.

The airport was noisy and noisy, with countless travelers coming and going in a hurry, Xiaoxi finally mustered up the courage to stop, he turned to look at Yuan Shen, separated by the crowd.

For the first time.

First time leaving alone.

Xiao Xi fearfully thought, he can't be discovered, let alone caught, otherwise he won't be able to leave.

He actually wants to go with Yuan Shen very much, if Yuan Shen is willing today.

Unfortunately, he doesn't want to.

With only 10 minutes left before boarding, Yuan Shen sat on one side and waited, frequently raising his hand to check the time.

The person beside him bowed and asked, "Mr. Yuan, if you don't board the plane, it will be too late."

Yuan Shen got up suddenly, "I'll go find..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiaoxi's expression and behavior just now suddenly appeared in Yuan Shen's mind, and an uncontrollable terrifying thought emerged in his mind.

"Mr. Yuan? What's wrong with you?!" The three or five bodyguards who followed followed Yuan Shen to the toilet on the side of the airport hall.

Panting, Yuan Shen kicked open every toilet door, but Xiaoxi was nowhere to be seen.

Yuan Shenxin immediately fell to the bottom, turned around, and sternly said to the bodyguards: "Go find it! Find it immediately!"

People who really want to leave are not easy to find.

Yuan Shen searched inside and outside the airport for a long time but couldn't find anyone. Later, after checking the surveillance, he found that after Xiaoxi left the airport, he took a taxi and left the city.

While Yuan Shen was chasing down the taxi, Gu Nange and his party successfully stopped Yuan Shen, and the two met with jealousy.

Without any explanation, the two directly fought each other.

After a while, the faces of the two people who refused to give in to each other were filled with color, and the bodyguards of the two parties restrained and separated the two of them.

"Yuan Shen! Are you sick? You meddle in everything! Are you responsible for what happened to Xici?"

"Gu Nange, if I knew that you would deal with Xi Ci like this, I would never have handed him over to you back then! Are you trying to force him to death?"

"I'm saving him!"

"Save him? Have you asked him if he is willing?!"

"Okay!" Huo Chengyu frowned, and said sharply, "Stop arguing, the first thing to do is think about where Xici will go?"

After finishing the sentence, several people present fell into a long silence.

***

Walking along the coastline, there is a large deserted area.

The rocks here are rough, the sand is large and not fine, and the sea water is not as clear and blue as other places. Looking around, there is only an endless sea and an endless road.

On the rocky beach, Xici leaned on one of the smooth boulders, looked at the blue sky above the sea level, smelled the salty smell of the sea water, listened to the surging sound of the sea water hitting the beach, and occasionally A white and black seabird leaned over and fluttered its wings from the sea to rest on the rocks on the beach, cooed twice and then flew to the vast blue sky with its companions.

It was getting late, the tide was rising, and the distance from the sea to the beach was getting closer and closer. Xici watched as Xiaoxi sat on the gravel beach and built a small castle with pointed houses and gardens. There are walls, but no gates.

The most innocent age should play some innocent games.

Xiaoxi patted the walls of the castle for reinforcement, stood up, patted the sand on his hands, and looked at the castle he created with a satisfied smile.

"Brother Xici," Xiaoxi raised her face, looked at Xici, and said, "I'm leaving."

Xici looked at him and didn't speak.

Xiao Xi kicked the sand with her feet and smiled, "Actually, I wasn't afraid when I was five years old, but I know that only when I am afraid will people care about me, so I pretend to be afraid."

"You learned to lie at a young age?"

Xiaoxi put her hands on her hips, raised her eyebrows and smiled proudly, "Because whenever I cry, Brother Shen will hug me, comfort me, and sleep with me!"

"Wouldn't it be nice to keep lying?"

"Not good," Xiao Xi pouted, "He wants to leave me again, I don't want to wake up without seeing him."

Xici looked at him silently, not speaking.

Xiao Xibai kicked the sand tenderly, stepped on a door on the wall of the castle, and tilted his head to look at Xi Ci, "But I don't want to deceive people now, because no one will be deceived by me."

"Brother Xici, I really have to go, do you want to hug me?"

Xi Ci looked at the baby fat on his immature cheeks, and stretched out his hand towards him.

Xiaoxi grinned and bumped into Xici's embrace.

"I'm sorry," Xi Ci murmured, "It's my fault, it's my cowardice."

"No," Xiaoxi narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Cowardice is in nature, and courage is to overcome cowardice. Brother Xici, you are very brave now."

"Okay, I'm leaving, brother Xici, goodbye." Xiaoxi let go of him, smiled sweetly at him, turned around a small figure, suddenly the figure stopped, turned and looked at Xici again, "Xici Brother, don't tell Brother Shen that I'm leaving, okay?"

"Okay, I won't tell him."

Xiaoxi's eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and there were stars shining in the crescent moon, "Thank you, brother Xici."

Xi Ci watched Xiao Xi stepping on the sea water, picking up shells while walking, walking farther and farther along the coastline, until there was only a small dot left.

At the far end of the coastline, he seemed to see Xiao Xi turning around and waving at him.

A seabird leaned over and flew over, blocking Xiaoxi's little point of sight, and after flying to the endless sea, that small point also completely disappeared on the coastline.

A golden golden retriever dog came from a distance with its tail flicking. The sea water soaked its hair and was blown wet by the sea breeze.It sticks out its tongue, stops, and stares blankly at Xi Ci not far away, and Xi Ci also looks at it.

Like a ghost, Xici waved at it.

The golden retriever's eyes seemed to light up, and the vertical tail flicked vigorously.

Xici stroked the golden hair, watched it stick out its tongue in a friendly manner, and licked the palm of his hand. The sensitive palm felt sticky and wet, a little itchy, and Xici couldn't help hiding his hand and laughing.

He is afraid of dogs. He has been afraid of dogs since he was a child. He is the shadow of his childhood, until today.

With the golden retriever's head resting on his shoulder, he rested his chin on the golden retriever's head, hugged it, felt its breath, felt its temperature, and felt its gentleness.

Really good.

Why were you so scared before?

"This is the most docile golden retriever, of course he is good."

Xici turned around and saw Gu Xici sitting on the big rock where he was sitting on just now.

Gu Xici rested his head on his hands, tilted his head and looked at him, his face was unconcealably pale, his lips were bloodless, and he smiled mockingly, "Oh, I saw, you used to be a coward who was afraid of even puppies. , what? Are you not afraid now?"

The golden retriever in Xici's arms howled twice at Gu Xici.

Gu Xici sneered, and threatened: "Tell me again, believe it or not, and I'll pluck your hair!"

The golden retriever seemed to understand, and hid in Xici's arms sobbing.

Gu Xici jumped down from the rock, glanced at the castle built by Xiaoxi on the beach, smiled disdainfully, was about to step on it, but changed his mind, curled his lips, "Childish! Forget it, anyway, after the high tide will will be washed away."

Xici looked at him hesitantly, "You..."

Gu Xici turned his eyes sideways and asked, "What am I?"

"Are you ok?"

"Are you blind? I can't see it like this, okay?"

Xici looked at him sadly.

"Don't, don't look at me with pity," Gu Xici sneered, took out a pack of cigarettes from his pants, a lighter, pulled out a cigarette, and wanted to light it, but the sea breeze was too strong, and the lighter would go out at a touch, so he turned Turning around, sheltering from the wind in his arms, he lit the cigarette.

After lighting it, he took a deep breath, blew the cigarette into the sky, raised his head, and suddenly smiled on his thin side face.

He tilted his head and smiled at Xici, "Aren't you scared anymore?"

"what?"

Gu Xici picked his chin at the dog, "Aren't you afraid of dogs?"

Xici hugged the golden retriever's neck, rubbed the golden retriever's long hair, and shook his head, "Don't be afraid."

Gu Xici was smoking a cigarette, "It's pretty good."

After finishing speaking, he calmly looked at the sea level, and suddenly said: "You said that if you were not afraid back then, would I have no chance to appear?"

Xici is quieter than the sea breeze.

"I've been afraid for so many years, how come I'm not afraid all of a sudden?" Gu Xici's words were very soft, drowned in the sound of the waves crashing on the beach.

The setting sun at the seaside was sinking, dyeing the sky on the coastline red, the sea water gradually spread to the rocky area, the ebb and flow of the tide washed away Xiaoxi's castle, and finally there was no trace left.

"Hey," Gu Xici crushed the cigarette butt on a stone and handed it to Xici, "Help me throw it in the trash can next to the road."

Xi Ci glanced at the distance between the trash cans on the road.so far.

Gu Xici plausibly said, "It is everyone's responsibility to protect the environment."

Xici stroked the golden retriever, took Gu Xici's cigarette butt, and walked towards the road.

Gu Xici still smokes, when did he learn it?

Xi Ci twisted his cigarette butt and thought, he is always more courageous and rebellious than himself.

Suddenly, a golden retriever's cry came from behind him, and Xici turned around to see that the golden retriever was standing on the dividing line between the sea water and the beach and barking towards the sea.

Gu Xici's figure had long since disappeared by the beach, and Gu Xici's lower body was immersed in the sea far away from the beach, and the waves of the sea occasionally forced him to stop.

"Gu Xici!" Xici yelled, and ran towards the beach.

This person is terrible, Xici thought.He is not afraid of death.He wants to die.He is looking for death.

"Gu Xici! What are you doing! Come back!" Xici ran all the way into the sea, the sea water wet his shoes, his trouser legs, and his shirt. get wet.

The sea water receded, and the wet sea water flowed down from the head and into the eyes.

He didn't care about wiping, got up and ran towards Gu Xici's direction.

"Gu Xici! You stop! What are you doing?!" The sea reached his knees, waist, and chest. He grabbed Gu Xici and dragged him to the shore tremblingly, his voice trembling with fear. , yelling at him, "What are you doing? What are you going to do?"

Gu Xici didn't struggle, he still dragged himself to the shore.

The golden retriever on the shore yelled at him, impatient, and flicked his tail wildly. Seeing that Xici hadn't come up for a long time, he couldn't wait, so he ran into the sea, bit the corner of Xici's clothes, and pulled him to the shore.

Seeing this scene, Gu Xici actually laughed. He grabbed Xici's hand and stood where the sea water submerged his knees.

"Xici, I don't want to die on the hospital bed."

Xi Ci gritted his teeth, "No, I won't let you die on the hospital bed."

"Sooner or later I will die on the hospital bed."

"No, I won't let them do that."

Gu Xici looked at him strangely, "Why are you such a saint? I was the one who wanted to occupy your body in the first place, and you repay your hatred with virtue like this?"

"No, we...we can find a milder doctor, there must be a way."

"Aren't you going to die on the hospital bed?"

"No... no, if you don't want to, I can live with you... together, as long as you agree, I can share it with you."

Gu Xici looked at him indifferently, the setting sun in the sky was only a ray of light, and he, with the light behind him, looked at the water drops winding down Xici's face, not sure if it was tears or sea water.

The sea is cold, and the sea breeze is even colder. Xici is shivering from the cold.

Gu Xici hugged him silently, wanting to give him some warmth.

Xi Ci hugged him even tighter, endured the trembling, and said firmly: "This is my business, I can choose by myself, I choose to live with you."

"But what's the point of living?" Gu Xici rested his head on his shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Subjectively, there is no one in this world worthy of my nostalgia, and there is no one who likes me. Say, my existence is only to bear for you what you are afraid of, you see, whether it is subjective or objective, I have no reason to continue to stay."

"Yes... yes, I, I hope you stay."

Gu Xici was silent, and smiled, "Oh, thank you, but I don't want to pretend to be good anymore."

Several suvs stopped abruptly on the road next to the coastline, and many people got out of the cars, climbed over the fence of the road, and rushed to Xici, where the sea was waist-deep.

Gu Xici looked at the group of people galloping forward, "I begged many people before, trying to survive, but in the end I still died without a problem. I think, no one likes a person with a dark heart like me. Xici, you are different. Many people like you. My father doesn't like me, my mother doesn't like me, and Gu Nange doesn't like me either. I thought Song Yao... Forget it, he is a bastard. You should stay away from him in the future. He can lie to me so much. For a long time, it shows that he is not a good person."

As he said that, Gu Xici pulled Xici's hand forcefully, trying to make him let go of himself.

Instead, Xici hugged him even tighter, pleading, "No, no, Gu Xici, don't go. I'm scared...I'm really scared!"

"What are you afraid of? You ran down like this just now, you are not even afraid of death, what are you afraid of?"

Xi Ci trembled violently, gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"Don't be afraid, be brave, look, there are still many people who love you," Gu Xici hugged him, and pointed out to him the people who ran down the road, "Look, there are still many people who like you , they will protect you, and no one will hurt you in the future."

"Don't go, don't worry, I will definitely protect you, don't go, okay?"

Gu Xici sneered, "Why didn't you hug him and cry when Xiao Xi left just now?"

He sighed, and seeing the group of people getting closer to the beach, he forcefully opened Xi Ci's hands holding him with one finger and one finger at a time, and pushed hard, Xi Ci staggered back a few steps and sat on the ground .

The sea water submerged his shoulders, and he watched Gu Xici turn around and go deeper into the sea.

"No! Gu Xici! Please, don't go! I'm scared, I'm really scared!" Xici rushed into the sea like crazy, but was restrained by a pair of strong hands, pulling him to the shore.

Gu Nange held him tightly in his arms, "Xici, calm down!"

Xici's ears were full of the sound of the wind and waves, and he could only hear the sound of the wind and waves. He stared at a certain direction in the sea, tears welled up from his eyes, and broke down and shouted: "Gu Xici!"

Hearing this sound, Gu Xici, who was covered in sea water above his shoulders, stopped.

Xici was taken aback for a moment, and looked at him with red eyes.

Gu Xici raised his hand and waved his back.

The turbulent waves beat down, and the white foam waves rolled to Xici's feet.

The setting sun sank into the sea completely, and the howling sea breeze blew in all directions. At a glance, only the bright moon hanging high in the sky could be seen.

Through the moonlight, he saw the endless sea.

"Goodbye." He heard Gu Xici say.

***

Five years later, Shanghai International Airport.

Before dawn, Jiang Mingcheng waited to block people at the exit. Jiang Mingcheng, who had been working in Jiang's for two years, had already faded away from his green body. He was wearing a suit and showed a calm atmosphere, but the anxious expression on his face betrayed his current mood.

"Fatty, are you sure it's today's flight?"

The person Jiang Mingcheng called fat on one side was not fat at all, and at 1.8 meters tall, he looked about one hundred and thirty-four. He gave Jiang Mingcheng a cold look and snorted coldly.

Neither of them liked the other.

When a flight lands, people dragging their luggage stagger out of the exit, all with excitement after landing on their faces.

But until everyone was gone, Jiang Mingcheng still didn't find the person he was waiting for at the exit.

"not here?"

Jiang Mingcheng and Fatty looked at each other, each picked up their mobile phones to call their own people.

"Hey, did you make a mistake in your investigation? Is Xici the plane at six o'clock this morning?"

"Yeah, I checked, that's right, it's the plane at six o'clock in the morning."

Jiang Mingcheng looked impatient, and the moment he looked around, a young man in a black windbreaker pushing a suitcase came out from the exit, and passed in front of him expressionlessly.

Jiang Mingcheng saw him at a glance, and followed him out of the fence at the exit.

The fat man was still on the phone to inquire, Jiang Mingcheng walked towards the young man quickly, his pace became faster and faster, as he got closer to him, Jiang Mingcheng did not slow down, and directly bumped into the man's shoulder.

"Sorry, sorry," Jiang Mingcheng apologized repeatedly, and when he saw the young man's face clearly, he suddenly realized, "You are Xici!"

Xici looked at him warily, blankly, "Who are you?"

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Jiang Mingcheng, your former stepbrother. Your mother asked me to pick you up. Are you tired? Let's go, I'll treat you!" Jiang Mingcheng put his arms around his shoulders affectionately.

"Fuck! Xi Ci!" The fat man rushed over from behind, grabbing Xi Ci's shoulder with one hand, "Me, fat man!"

Jiang Mingcheng kicked the fat man, "Xi Ci, ignore him, you can tell he's talking nonsense just because he's so thin, don't listen to his nonsense, I'll take you to dinner."

"Jiang Mingcheng, get out!" The fat man kicked back, unable to show weakness.

"Who are you, you, I don't know."

"I'm your patron father! Your company's investor!"

Jiang Mingcheng snorted, "Isn't it just that you have two stinky money? It seems like no one has it. Just wait, I will kick you tomorrow."

Xi Ci rested his forehead, "I told you how long the two of you are going to argue, I'm starving to death."

Jiang Mingcheng and the fat man looked at him together.

Xi Ci chuckled and pointed to his temple, "It's all good."

"I... remember? Didn't you say you lost your memory?"

Xici pushed forward and saluted, "Amnesia is the most unreliable thing, you can remember it after hitting a car."

Jiang Mingcheng and Fatty said in unison, "Crash? Is it true?"

Xici glanced at him twice and smiled, "It's fake."

Jiang Mingcheng: "... By the way, your brother asked me to..."

"Wait, don't mention him, I haven't completely forgiven him yet."

"Not yet... okay, Gu Nange really went too far and lost your memory, but hahahaha, your father beat you up and sent you to the hospital hahaha..."

Xici glanced at him, "You seem quite happy."

"Ha... No, no, no, I don't mean to gloat, I'm just complaining for you, don't talk about it, let's go eat and eat, is there anything you want to eat?"

"Anything is fine."

Fatty: "Go! My treat!"

"Is the sun out in the west?"

The fat man pointed at Jiang Mingcheng, "You aa."

"..."

The three of them walked out of the airport hall, just as the fiery red sun rose from the horizon, dispelling the surrounding mist.

Several people stretched their waists and were full of energy.

Xici looked at the rising sun, and Jiang Mingcheng looked at him.

Look at the starlight in his eyes.

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