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He clearly remembered the day that made him collapse, and it was November 1937, 11 when he finally got off the operating table.

The surgery lasted fifteen and a half hours, with a blood transfusion in the middle.

He resolutely refused to use the plasma that Yuechun specially prepared at the blood bank, and insisted on drawing his own.

"Are you crazy? You're still in surgery."

"I can hold on. Ah Ci's body can only flow into my blood."

"Ah Chu, don't be willful."

"If I don't pay back the blood he shed for me, who will pay it back?"

In the end, Yuechun couldn't resist his persistence, and in order to save Ah Ci first, he had to listen to his unreasonable troubles.Even during the two days after he got off the operating table, he didn't close his eyes, and stayed quietly by Ah Ci's side all the time.

He never knew that it was so difficult to wait for someone to wake up.

If there is no accident, he can wake up within three days, and other injuries will leave some sequelae, but they can all be considered in the long run, only this life must be saved.

He stared intently at Ah Ci's tightly closed eyes, for fear of missing the moment of opening them, but he waited for an hour after another, until the next day passed, and there was still no movement.

He became anxious, began to fidget, and even impulsively wanted to grab Ah Ci's hand and shake him to wake him up, but finally tried, but it still didn't work.

He didn't know when he fainted. When he woke up, he was lying on the sofa in Yuechun's office, and he jumped up and was about to rush out.His Ah Ci didn't know what was going on, how could he just fall asleep like this.

"Achu!"

He heard Yuechun's call behind him, but he rushed to Ah Ci's ward in spite of everything.The person lying down was still so calm, without any movement, not even the slightest sign of waking up.

"What's going on? What's going on!!!" he growled.

"After anesthesia, you should wake up soon."

"I know this kind of thing!!!"

"Ah Chu, listen to me, have you ever thought that he won't die, but he won't wake up."

It was as if his head had jumped off a building and hit the ground. With a buzzing sound, he felt his brains were about to be splashed everywhere by this heavy stone-like sentence.

No, no.He kept shaking his head weakly, repeating those three words silently between his lips and teeth.

With a heartbeat, I couldn't wake up.

what is this?What is this!

"Ah Chu..." Yuechun still wanted to comfort her.

"You get out! Let me accompany him."

Ah Ci, can you wake up?I'll be here waiting for you and with you, as long as you wake up.

Ah Ci, can you wake up?I promise it doesn't matter if you quit smoking, as long as you wake up.

Ah Ci, can you wake up?I will light a lamp for you every day at the intersection of your soul. When you see that lamp, remember to wake up and walk back to me, okay?

Aji, open your eyes!You can't see the lights with your eyes closed, so you'll get lost and never come back.

That night, Ah Chu ignored the hospital's regulations and made the ward brightly lit.Not only did he turn on all the lights, but he also asked Ah Si to borrow a big light used in the ballroom, and shine all the light from the four corners of the room to the ceiling above the hospital bed.

Bright enough.Really bright enough.

I don't know if Ah Ci can see it.

He exhausted his heart and shed all his tears, he really didn't know what else to do in order to regain Ah Ci's waking up.

The heat came up, his head hurt more and more, his whole body became weaker and weaker, and he was about to be unable to support himself, so he propped himself up with his hands, trying to find some antipyretics.

The hand propped on the side of the bed seemed to be touched by something suddenly, he slowly moved his gaze down, and the next moment, he was almost excited and cheered.

He saw that Ah Ci's hand moved slightly, even if it was just a slight flick of the fingers.He even forgot that he had a fever, opened his eyes wide in excitement, and continued to watch and wait.

In the early morning, when he heard the birdsong, he saw a miracle.He saw that the eyes that had been closed tightly for many days finally moved, and slowly, slowly, those dark eyes were revealed.

"Ah Ci!!!!"

Unable to restrain this excitement, he yelled out, and immediately rushed out of the corridor to tell Xia Yuechun.

Yuechun also excitedly rushed over with a large box of inspection instruments. Just as the two of them were immersed in this feeling of turning the corner from danger, another thunder mercilessly struck them both.

"This is where?"

Ah Ci looked around suspiciously, and finally fixed his eyes on the two of them.

"Hospital! Are you sleepy?" Ah Chuben laughed from ear to ear.

"You...are...who?" Hearing this sentence, his mouth that was originally laughing turned into a surprised one.

"I'm your brother, it's you..." He didn't continue.

"Then I... am... who?"

"Ah Ci! Ah Ci! What's wrong with you? What's wrong? I..."

He rushed up and grabbed Ah Ci's shoulder and shook it violently, even pinching the wound on his shoulder accidentally, Ah Ci frowned and let out a cry, blood was already reflected from the white bandage.

Shockingly red.

He couldn't remember what happened next. It is said that he was so dizzy due to the fever and excitement.

After he had a good night's sleep, calmed down, and figured out what Ah Ci's symptoms were, he had no choice but to convince himself to accept the reality.

As long as he's alive, he's fine.

"elder brother?"

Ah Ci's voice brought him back to reality, and it turned out to be that crazy memory of days and nights again.

Ah Chu's head was covered with cold sweat, he wiped it with the back of his hand, and continued to put on a charming smile, "What's wrong?"

"Did you choke while eating?"

Ah Ci's suspicion was not unfounded, Ah Chu hadn't moved since biting half of a cookie.

"I... no... no... I'm thinking about something."

Quickly stuffing half of the cookie in his mouth, Ah Chu seemed to remember something, and looked at his watch.

"Ci, you have a good rest. Brother has an important dinner tonight. It's almost time, so I'm leaving first. I'll come back to see you."

"Brother, you are busy with your work, I am fine."

As if to prove that he was fine, Ah Ci deliberately moved his body.

"Hey, hey, don't move! You want to be crippled, don't you!?"

Ah Ci smiled and obediently leaned against the back of the bed.

Ah Chu smiled gratifiedly, made a gesture of waving, and walked out with the door behind her.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with it, Ah Ci lived an easy life on the contrary.Without the complicated life experience memory and identity restrictions, it is more conducive to his recovery.

But it's not without sadness. Could it be that the relationship between them before will be wiped out like this?

No, even if it is, he is not afraid at the beginning, and will attack again.

However, he is the only one who still remembers the most complete and purest emotion between him and Ah Ci, right?

"Boss, we should go."

Ah Si had already parked his car at the entrance of the hospital on time to pick him up, Ah Chu nodded, letting go of his little feelings for now.Tonight, he still has one important thing to do.

Shanghai Peace Hotel

Tonight, there are staggered toasts and neon lights.

In today's Shanghai, there are not many people who can book a banquet at the Peace Hotel, and there are even fewer people who can book the entire restaurant for a banquet like today. Today, Boss Huang, a tycoon in the Shanghai financial industry A birthday banquet was held here to celebrate my 50th birthday, and various celebrities from Shanghai were entertained. The luxurious banquet venue and the delicious food and wine are beyond words.

On such an occasion, Ah Chu was naturally invited. Ah Si parked the car at the entrance of the Peace Hotel smoothly. Ah Chu tidied up his suit and put on a long black soft buffalo leather windbreaker. Come out, it seems that the whole person is elegant and calm, and there is another piece of tough fruit.

Ah Si drove the car to the parking space beside the big lawn behind the hotel and entered the Peace Hotel with his boss.

When he stepped into the restaurant, Ah Chu stopped. He felt a strange feeling. He couldn't tell what it was, but his intuition told him that there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring straight behind him like a ghost.

His instincts have always been sharp and accurate.With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Ah Chu entered the hotel leisurely, looked around at the well-proportioned and neat pillars, elegant and gorgeous buildings, stepped on the stairs, and walked up to the curved balcony of the corridor on the second floor. On the balcony stood aristocratic ladies and gentlemen in twos and threes.

The waiter walked up to him with a tray, Ah Chu took a glass of red wine from it, leaned against the balcony railing, took a sip from the goblet, and dangled it in his hand.

"Hey, Boss Rong." A hearty voice came over, and Boss Huang, the host of the banquet, came over with a big glass of champagne, looking like a rich man: "Why are you standing here when Boss Rong is here? It seems that I am neglecting you if it spreads." It's a distinguished guest."

"Don't dare." Ah Chu walked up to shake hands with him, with a perfect polite smile: "It's not long, isn't it? I'm about to congratulate you. Ah Si..." Ah Chu turned his head and gestured, Ah Chu Si nodded, and offered up the things in his hands. Behind Ah Si were two waiters standing, holding a piece of coral half a person's height.And what Ah Si is holding in his hand is a wild ginseng, the whole plant is sturdy, its five shapes are perfect, its six bodies are tender and horizontal, its fibrous roots are sparse, delicate and not scattered, like a strip of whip, flowing from top to bottom Next, a discerning person can know that this ginseng must be the best product that has been grown in the mountains for many years.

Such a big gift made Boss Huang feel that this young man should not be underestimated, and he felt honored to receive this gift, and his greasy face smiled even brighter: "Boss Rong, you are so polite, It’s really a shame to spare you the expense.”

"You and I have been in business for many years, why is Boss Huang so polite?" Ah Chu responded well, and the two reached out to clink glasses and chatted.

"The current situation is not good, and it is difficult to do business."

"It's difficult to do, but it can be done. Boss Huang is a caring person. I... can only make some small achievements if I hang out with you."

"Boss Rong should punish himself three cups for what he said. You call it a small performance? I think the whole of Shanghai will go to the Huangpu River to find people tomorrow." Boss Huang laughed teasingly.

"How do you say?" Ah Chu smiled.

"I'm ashamed of myself." Boss Huang laughed, and led Ah Chu to the banquet in the main venue.

Ah Si handed over the gift box in his hand to Boss Huang's subordinates, and then ordered the waiters to carefully remove the coral plant, and then stood behind Ah Chu and followed him to the main banquet hall, meticulously.

In the main hall of the Peace Hotel, the huge crystal chandelier was magnificent. Ah Chu walked down the escalator, and suddenly felt his heart tense. The feeling of being stared at in my mind was not an illusion. Ah Chu followed Boss Huang to the main banquet hall with no expression on his face. disturbed.

"Boss?" Ah Si stood behind Ah Chu, feeling something strange about him.

"I don't know." Ah Chu saw some celebrities raising their glasses to him in the distance, and he smiled back and said to Ah Si in a deep voice, "Maybe there are 'ghosts'."

Ghost?Ah Si was in a daze for a while, watching his boss go to the dining table to the side and chatting with others, he had no choice but to quickly put aside the question just now and walk over to stand behind Ah Chu dutifully.

At this moment, with a "pop", a smoking object fell to the ground of the main venue.

The people standing in the main venue were all stunned and couldn't get back to their senses, looking at the object that suddenly fell on the ground as if time had been frozen.

"Get down!" The moment Ah Chu glanced at it, he felt terrified.

A sense of fear occupied his heart, and his first reaction in a crisis was to push the people around him down as much as possible...

There was a loud "boom", thick smoke enveloped the entire Peace Hotel, and the birthday banquet venue, which was still full of joy and laughter just now, was full of tragic cries... Injured or uninjured people ran in panic, just to get out of this place. A place full of smoke and fear.

The huge crystal chandelier also collapsed, smashing debris and blood all over the place after the explosion.

It is full of the smell of blood, full of people's fear, full of dangerous world, like the end of the world.

At 35:[-] in the middle of the night, the people from the firefighting association finally basically extinguished the fire caused by the explosion, and the sound of sirens gradually subsided. The doctors and nurses of Tongji Hospital quickly carried out the rescue work. When he was sent to the hospital for treatment, the entire Peace Hotel was still full of smoke, and the lawn outside the wall of the Peace Hotel, which had been blackened by the smoke, was full of wailing.

The upper-class celebrities who were well-dressed a few hours ago were shivering in the cold wind.

Ah Chu was the last one to come out of the Peace Hotel. He wrapped his black leather windbreaker tightly. He was the first one to take precautions and lay down in time. Therefore, he only suffered a little concussion and scratches. Boss Huang, the owner of the banquet that was supposed to be festive, was looking at Ah Chu tremblingly at this moment. If Ah Chu hadn't reacted and pushed him down at that time, then maybe there would be more people among those who were killed and injured. one of his names.

The gathered people who hadn't dispersed were mostly whispering, and most of the content was nothing more than a vendetta about who Boss Huang had offended, or who caused the terrorist attack.

Of course Ah Chu could see the fear and joy in Boss Huang's eyes. The fear was that his status as a financial tycoon would not be guaranteed from now on and there would be countless troubles. The joy was that he finally kept his own. Life.Born in troubled times, what is more important to businessmen like them than their own lives?Ah Chu knew that if he wanted to perform better, he should go up and say a few words of comfort, but he was powerless to deal with these people at the moment, and he himself had become somewhat exhausted from running around to save people.

"Boss, why don't you take a rest in the car?" Ah Si handed over a handkerchief, "Your forehead is still bleeding." Ah Si had practiced martial arts and was even more sensitive than Ah Chu when the explosion happened. It can be said that he first kicked over the tables and chairs to block his boss and himself, thereby protecting a group of people well.

Ah Chu looked at him, but still accepted the kindness and took a handkerchief and pressed it on the bleeding spot on his forehead: "How are you? Are you injured?"

"Thick-skinned and rough-skinned, it's fine." Ah Si replied.

Ah Chu hummed, his eyes looked around like a falcon, until he noticed a few figures hiding in the shadow of the street lights on the cross road, suddenly Ah Chu snorted coldly and laughed out loud.

"Boss?" Ah Si was very puzzled by his boss's sudden ironic sneer.

"Ah Chu? So you are here? I can't find you anywhere. I thought..." Xia Yuechun ran over panting, and when he saw Ah Chu, he showed a clearly relieved expression. Not easy: "It's fine, it's fine..."

There are too many casualties and heavy losses here, and even one city hospital is not enough to accommodate all the wounded and sick. Of course, the adjacent Chunhe Hospital also came out to help.

Han Zhengqi followed Xia Yuechun, obviously he shouldn't be dealing with the British Concession, but he still appeared here as a private server out of concern for Ah Chu.

At that moment, Ah Chu was slightly moved.

Wiping the blood on his forehead, Ah Chu forced a smile: "It's not easy, you can get a bomb for a meal these days."

Xia Yuechun laughed in relief: "I'm relieved to hear you say that."

"Huh? Hey...you are too heartless, look at my head is still bleeding." Ah Chu showed an exaggerated expression, and held the front of the car: "No, Ah Si, I am dizzy."

"Sir, are you okay?" Han Zhengqi came late, didn't hear Ah Chu and Xia Yuechun's teasing, thought that something happened to Ah Chu and rushed forward.

"Pretend you, seeing that you can speak well, run and jump, I know you won't die, you... are the life of cockroaches." After such a commotion, Xia Yuechun also let go of the tension in his heart, and adjusted his glasses: " Director Han, don't worry, he's just pretending."

"Hey..." Ah Chu, unable to pretend, took down the bloody silk handkerchief: "At any rate, I'm really hurt, why pretend?"

"Okay, okay, comrade wounded and sick, go to our hospital and bandage you." Xia Yuechun smiled and grabbed Ah Chu and was about to send him to the ambulance of his hospital.

"Wait a minute." Ah Chu took two steps, as if thinking of something, hurriedly took off his windbreaker and handed it to Ah Si carefully: "I'll send it to the dry cleaner tomorrow to wash the clothes and be sure to iron them. Good wax."

"Okay." Ah Si agreed, took the clothes and prepared to get into the car.

"Wait a minute." Xia Yuechun stopped him: "It would be better for you to go to the hospital with us for an examination, in case there are any hidden internal injuries, it won't be a big deal."

Ah Sizhen's movement of turning around stopped, and he turned to look at Xia Yuechun, with a subtle astonishment on his face.

"Yeah, Si, I asked you to go tomorrow, not now." Ah Chu said, "It's more reassuring to check together."

"Yes." Ah Si nodded.

Han Zhengqi said: "I'll check with the policemen in the British Concession to find out more about the situation, and tomorrow I'll go to Chunhe Hospital to visit my husband."

Ah Chu sincerely said to Han Zhengqi, "Thank you for your hard work."

There was some joy or relief in Han Zhengqi's eyes, he didn't speak any more, he just watched them leave.

It was already past one o'clock in the morning when they arrived at Chunhe Hospital. At this moment, their physical and mental strength had reached their limits, and someone as energetic as Ah Chu couldn't help showing an exhausted look on his face after the intertwining of life and death. .

However, Xia Yuechun took a cotton ball and dipped it in hydrogen peroxide to wipe the wound on Ah Chu's forehead, but he was still meticulous. "What do you think this time? The Japanese want to destroy Shanghai's economic system, so they will take advantage of this time to..."

"It's not like that." Hearing Xia Yuechun's words, Ah Chu snorted, pulled the wound on his forehead with a movement, and grinned: "Look, the Japanese will issue a statement tomorrow demanding to talk to the financial elites in the British Concession. Cooperation."

Xia Yuechun paused for a moment, looked at Ah Chu, then turned around to get the gauze that was in a hurry.

"This is not an occasional 'accidental murder', let alone a vendetta against Boss Huang. Today, if someone wanted our lives, they could have dropped a few more bombs or even closed the door and fired with machine guns, but they didn't. First, After all, it is a place in the British Concession and they dare not act rashly. Secondly, how can they control Shanghai’s economic circle by killing a few people? How can their brains comprehend the intricacies of it.” Ah Chu let out a cry Contemptuous laughter: "What they want is to use this as a threat to force the bosses and businessmen who control the lifeline of Shanghai's finances to cooperate with them, so that they will subjugate the country without shame, and betray the country without shame."

Xia Yuechun didn't speak, he started to fix the bandage and gauze on Ah Chu's forehead.

After a while, he asked, "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, you can report this to your superior." Ah Chu looked at him with a serious expression.

"Okay." After Xia Yuechun was completely done, he patted Ah Chu on the shoulder; "Don't forget that they are your superiors now, don't just say it as if you are out of it, Boss Rong."

Ah Chu didn't answer, and closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair.

"Sleep in my hospital today? Seeing your eyelids fighting while sitting here." Xia Yuechun compromised to Ah Chu's appearance.

Ah Chu nodded, he didn't have the habit of being aggressive, especially in front of Xia Yuechun, "Okay." He stood up: "I'll go and see Ah Ci, he should be sleeping soundly at this moment. I'll go to bed soon Go back tomorrow in the duty room."

"Isn't it the same if we go tomorrow?" Xia Yuechun shook his head disapprovingly.

"No." Ah Chu stopped at the door and said solemnly, "If he can't see me like this for two days, he will be worried." As Ah Chu closed the door of the consulting room, the sound of footsteps followed. Go down the corridor.

Standing behind Ah Chu for a long time, Ah Si, who pretended to be a piece of wood, mechanically wanted to go out together, but Xia Yuechun stopped him: "Hey, where are you going?"

"Uh...follow the boss..." Liu Ah Si said dully.

"Come back, he's going to sleep, why are you going with me?" Xia Yuechun said angrily, "Come and sit down and take off your clothes."

"Ah?" Liu Ah Si's expressionless face finally showed a very surprised look.

That expression made Xia Yuechun feel very fresh and interesting.

"Ah what? How can I check for you if you don't take off your clothes?" Xia Yuechun showed a sly expression: "Hurry up."

"Oh..." Liu Ah Si reluctantly sat down in front of Xia Yuechun, and then took off his clothes to reveal his strong body.

Liu Ahsi didn't know why suddenly very, very... very, very much hoped that his boss would show up at this place immediately and say to him, Ah Si, let's go.

but……

"Well, it feels good, and the muscles are very well-proportioned." Xia Yuechun muttered to himself while checking.

Liu Asi looked expressionlessly at the long dark night outside the house, and at Xia Yuechun who had a strange expression he didn't understand for some reason, and suddenly felt that it was a very bad thing that the boss didn't ask him to go with him. matter!