Mr. Chu

To Gu Yang's surprise, when he informed Chu Jinye of his decision and request, he did not arouse the anger he imagined.

In other words, the man is very calm.

"Have you made up your mind?"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Gu Yang to respond, he said again: "I forgot... what kind of character you are, if you can tell me like this, it must be a decision."

"Okay, you can go."

"I'll finish what I'm doing and go with you."

"no!"

Gu Yang retorted reflexively, and he couldn't help explaining: "Mr. Chu, it's dangerous there, isn't it..."

He couldn't continue because the other party glanced at him and put a finger on his lips.

"If it's dangerous there, I can't just watch you go alone, and I don't know anything." He said lightly: "One of two options, either I go with you, or no one goes, huh? "

The ending sound rose slowly, indicating that this matter has been settled.Whether it is Gu Yang or Chu Jinye, they are very stubborn people. If they make up their minds, they will not hit the south wall or look back, and there will be no hesitation.

Gu Yang also knew this, he was silent for a long time, and then said: "I see, let's go together, Mr. Chu."

It didn't take much time to prepare in the early stage, sufficient food, water, first aid, camera equipment, etc., the personnel were those in Wei Yu's crew who were willing to follow him to go crazy-they called themselves the Death Squad, and jokingly said that if you die, you will die. To drag Crazy Wei to die together.

The news that Chu was going together tonight did not cause much turmoil. The two men who had never been very friendly met and shook hands.

"You'd better not wear a suit." Wei Yu suggested sincerely, "You can't run, and you're a living target."

"You don't need to say that." Chu Jinye replied, he stared at the other party's calm eyebrows for a long time, and said with a half praise: "It's a good life."

Wei Yu laughed at himself, but did not refute. He pulled Yuan Ye out and said, "He wants to go with us."

"no!"

Gu Yang couldn't help but said, and cast a reproachful glance at the other party: "He's still a child!"

"But there is my hometown for me, big brother." Yuanye said, raising his eyes to look at him. After these days, his skin has become much whiter, but there is still that kind of jumping in his bones and eyes. The untamed wildness cannot be changed. It is something flowing in the blood. This child has followed his mother through the hail of guns and bullets since he was born, to capture the beauty and shock of that moment. He has seen too much, experienced Too much, as he said, there is his hometown.

"Believe me, big brother, I'll be fine, and I'll protect you." Yuan Ye said, tugging on Gu Yang's clothes: "I dreamed of my mother, and she also wants me to go."

"Let him go." Chu Jinye suddenly said, he watched the boy's immature eyebrows for a while, and said slowly: "I think, you know what you want to do, right?"

Yuan Ye raised his head and smiled at his unapproachable face, not afraid at all: "That's right."

Gu Yang stopped talking.

They flew to the war zone on a cloudy day. On the plane, everyone was silent, and some even took a pen to write a suicide note just in case.The closer they were to the war zone, the more they could hear the roaring artillery fire and the sound of earthquakes, those brilliant and terrifying flames, and the hysterical screams, the more they understood what kind of place this was.

After arriving at the destination and getting off the plane, the soldiers and local contacts surrounded them. After confirming their identities, they led the crew to a relatively safe place, which they called the rear area.

There, according to Wei Yu's request, a very simple house and an attic have been built, which is where the filming will take place in the future.

"We stay here for three months." Wei Yu said: "After three months, no matter whether the filming is finished or not, we will leave. If someone can't bear it in the middle, tell me immediately, and I will send you back home." , okay? Now, if anyone wants to quit, please tell me immediately, I won't mind."

No one spoke, and the members of the crew looked at each other without moving.

"Very good, very good." Wei Yu said, and bowed deeply to them: "Thank you, everyone, we are going to make the greatest movie."

In the next few days, he really followed what he said, and did not waste a single minute. Under his arrangement, Gu Yang was taken nearby to observe and talk to the people here. The expression is numb, or with a strange smile, every day you can see someone sent back with blood and bruises, this is lucky, those young people who greeted you in the morning and went out in a pickup truck full of ammunition Man, probably only came back with a helmet in the afternoon.

Among them, Yuan Ye played the biggest role in helping them integrate into the local area. As the child said, this is his hometown. He can speak local slang and help Gu Yang and the crew to find a safe place. Corners and places, he was born to survive in such places, that is the restlessness flowing in his bones.

After Gu Yang confirmed that he was ready, the filming started.

In the beginning, under the bombardment of war.Teenage Will rushed into his house in a hurry.

"Has the war started?"

"Starting again?"

The one who was talking to him was the old lady at home. Her wrinkled face was already numb, and she turned a blind eye. For a person of her age, there must be some twists and turns and stories to live to this day. , and don't care too much about anything.

Wearing a dusty plaid shirt, Weir answered her hastily: "It's dangerous this time."

The artillery fire roared outside the window, making deafening noises on the street. He couldn't help but hold his breath, and heard the rolling sound of pickup truck wheels and the heavy sound of rolling.

The camera was shifted to Gu Yang's face, which was full of thoughts. He seemed to be thinking about serious things, and he was full of confusion.

"Go in and hide."

The old woman said that she didn't move. This scene was very strange, but in the war zone, people with such a heart like a dead tree are often seen. There is not much difference between them alive and dead, and the enemy will not care, because it is difficult to learn from them. Get high.

Will obeyed her instructions and rushed to the attic of the house. It was a secret place hidden behind a bookshelf, and it was difficult for ordinary enemy soldiers to find it. Although he never went in, because since his mother died, It was blocked there.

But today is too late.

He took down the book that was used as a secret key, and the bookshelf was cut open, revealing a small staircase. He rushed up, choked on the oncoming dust, and coughed a few times.

Above that, there is a small room with a small window for ventilation.

The room was littered with small messy things, it was messy, but there were empty seats for someone to sit on.Will sat down on the ground, took a breath, and couldn't help coughing again.

"Are you ok?"

At this time, a voice asked, he trembled all over, raised his eyes in shock, and found a little girl in front of him.

That little girl was played by a local Chinese girl Wei Yu found, and her mother was a staff member here.

Why is there anyone here?How did she get in?

"Who are you?" Weier couldn't help asking, his body moved, and there was a small pistol in his pocket, which was a self-defense weapon carried by the residents here. He held it and looked at her vigilantly .

The other party raised his eyebrows and said, "My name is Liya, and this is my home."

Weier almost couldn't help laughing, this is the house he has lived in for so many years, how could it be her home.He looked at the other person, and felt a kind of inexplicable kindness. Those eyes and that face gave him a feeling of deja vu.

He said: "Don't be kidding, this is my home, my mother used to live here, she..."

His voice suddenly stopped.

Leah.

Leah.

It's his mother's name.

His mother died in the flames of war less than a year after he was born.

The little girl in front of her said that this was her home.

Looking carefully, the figure of the other party turned out to be somewhat illusory.He subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch it, but his fingers just passed straight through the opponent's body!

It was a phantom, a mirage.

Wei Yu mobilized the light and brought out the best he could. In that small, dilapidated attic, the whole scene was unbelievably dreamy, with a faint yellow sun, a dark floor, and a little girl in a white dress. , Weier who felt lost, all of these were included in his lens.

Gu Yang opened his eyes and looked at the girl. His face was full of confusion and confusion. He pinched himself hard and asked himself: "Am I dreaming?"

"You... How old are you this year?"

"I'm... eight years old this year."

The girl named Liya, who claimed to be his mother, smiled slightly, with a very satisfied and satisfied expression. She said, "I'm still in school."

Gu Yang remembered at this time, at the beginning, there was a school here, but when the last teacher was killed, it became a ruin. He, and the children around him, have not been to school for a long time. learned.

But his mother went to school.

"Our teacher taught us a lot of things, but the homework is so difficult. I struggled to do it, and it was so difficult to do the homework." She picked up a tattered notebook from the ground as if by magic, and showed it to Will looked at it and said, "It took me a long time to finish this question."

The twisted handwriting seemed to show the girl's level of education, and Weier was speechless for a while, because he didn't know what to say.

He touched the notebook, and a lot of paper scraps fell down. At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the door!It seems that an enemy army has broken in!

He suddenly became nervous, but Liya took his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, they won't find us."

She covered his eyes, and he closed them even though he didn't feel anything.

It seemed that a moment passed, and then a long time passed-the sounds, the noises, all disappeared, and the enemy army seemed to find no valuable place, and withdrew from his home.At this time, he dared to open his eyes again.

The camera zoomed in on his eyes, tired, terrified, indifferent...

Aftermath.

He turned his head again to look at the phantom, and was about to say thank you, but was stunned...

The girl before had disappeared, replaced by a young girl with an embroidery needle in her hand, looked at Weier, and said curiously, "It's you, why did you come to my house again?"

From that moment on, Gu Yang had to play two roles by himself.

He put on women's clothes and a wig, and appeared in Wei Yu's camera like a real girl. Her expression was strong and calm, with tenderness and hope for the world.At this time, Liya still had expectations for the actions of the national government. She believed that the war would end soon, and she believed that she could gain a new life through hard work.She has graduated from school and is a nurse.

"Can you imagine, those people, those injuries, I can't believe it, how they survived..."

She sat next to him, and chatted with him about some things. At this time, Wei Yu would prepare the material and intersperse it later.But Gu Yang also had to follow his request, wearing a nurse's uniform, running in the flames of war, and serving the wounded soldiers. If he ran slower, he might lose a life.

She stood in the back, raised the curtain, and shouted, "Quick—come!"

Holding the first aid kit, she rushed towards the flames of war. A stray bullet passed her by and exploded less than 50 meters behind her.

She fell on the ground, but she still had to stand up and run persistently. She ran faster than the god of death, faster than the sick, the wounded, and the car. She couldn't slow down. If she slowed down, she would die herself.

When Gu Yang was filming, Wei Yu couldn't help pinning his face with the camera. Those eyes were terribly big, and the expression could overflow from the camera. It was crazy, firm, like Burning like a fire, they run there with a certain belief.

"...Yeah, I can't even imagine it."

When the picture turned to Will's face, it was different again, compared to his mother's strong and brave.Half of the boy's expression was confused and melancholy. He asked, "Were you also like this at that time?"

"We are still like this now."

"What's the point of that?"

The bitter fruit created by the previous generation has not improved in this generation. He remembered that he and his friends were eating out, and the next moment, the entire restaurant exploded...a sea of ​​flames...he stumbled and ran Come out, there are friends who never come out again...

"Vill!"

The other party called for help and shouted his name, and his whole body was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames—he shivered and felt trembling all over. When he regained his composure, he realized that he was still in the warm and safe attic that smelled of rotten wood.

"Is that so?" the girl Liya said, with a puzzled look on her face again: "I thought it would get better, we all thought so, through our efforts, we can save more people, war It will be over soon, and our country will be fine."

When she said this, she was innocent and joyful, like a newborn baby looking forward to the world.She naively believed what the government said, thinking it was just a temporary pain and they could save their country.

"That's impossible." Will couldn't help but pour cold water on her.The young man's face was full of confusion and despair, and half of his face was hidden in the black shadow. He said, "I tell you, it's all a scam. The current government will be overthrown soon, and the new government will be overthrown soon." Yes, it’s still the same set of words, it’s useless, it’s useless at all, they’re all liars, don’t believe their words, it’s useless.”

He paused for a moment, and said maliciously: "Besides, those people you saved may not necessarily survive to the end."

If it is a disability, then in this environment, it would be easier to die. Who says it is not? This is not a place that emphasizes respecting the old and caring for the young, and human virtues. There is only bullying here, and whoever is strong is the last word.

"Really?" Liya repeated with some doubts. She stood up, picked up the first-aid kit at hand, and said, "But I still want to try. If I can save one, I will save the next one. There is hope. It is better than the first-aid kit." There is no hope..."

After finishing speaking, she smiled at Will, her big eyes blinked innocently up and down, and then rushed out, Will couldn't help standing up, and called her: "What are you doing! Come back! It's dangerous outside!"

As if responding to his words, there was a sudden loud noise outside, shaking the whole house, dust rushing towards his face, he couldn't help but hugged his head and curled up in a corner.

"Turn on the lights."

Wei Yu calmly instructed his assistant, fine beads of sweat appeared on the other's face, the voice just now was not prepared by them...it was real...the flames of war.But he didn't say anything, and turned on the lights according to the director's instructions. To put it bluntly, who wouldn't be crazy to be able to hang out with Madman Wei until now?

Chu Jinye stood aside with no expression on his face. He changed into casual clothes and just stared at Gu Yang like this. From a distance, it was a position that he could step forward to protect at any time.

Gu Yang wasn't afraid—once he entered the play, he didn't know what fear was, and he was simply ignorant of reality.He played Will, after the flames of war, raised his head again and shouted: "Lia—? Lia—? Mom?"

"I am here."

He suddenly turned his head and saw her. She had grown up again, from a young girl to a more mature one. She was wearing a camouflage uniform, and her expression was completely different from before.

If I must say it, it is a kind of vicissitudes and exhaustion.She curled up in a corner, looking down at the floor.

Will walked over cautiously, sat down beside her, and asked her, "What's the matter with you?"

Lia raised her head and looked at him with those red, big and amazing eyes, and she said hoarsely: "...my best friend is dead."

"She grew up with me, became a nurse together, and went to the battlefield as an emergency doctor."

"Now, she is dead, right in front of me."

"That bullet picked her, not me."

After finishing speaking, she burst into tears, every detail of her body was trembling, and her toes were shrinking in pain. Weier observed carefully and found that her left ear was missing a third.

"... your ears?"

"Scratches, sequelae." She said calmly, "It's not a problem, it doesn't matter."

Will didn't know what to say. He stared at his mother. Before, less than a few minutes ago, the youthful, hopeful girlishness disappeared from her body, and her expression began to mature. As for the vicissitudes, he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

"I see what you mean, Val," Leah told him. "We, as honorary nurses, were chosen to have the opportunity to be honored elsewhere, and I went to another country that was nothing like ours. no the same."

"It was a beautiful place, blue sky, white clouds, no smoke, no war, I was there with my sister, I felt out of place, people were friendly, kissed you, hugged you, their streets were It is clean, and the convenience store is full of fruits and bread. I never thought that there could be such a good place, where the children are so cute, and they can go to school on time every day, without worrying about the school being bombed.”

She paused for a long time, and then slowly said: "It was there that I realized... I'm already, a monster..."

The camera looked at her, clearly showing her vicissitudes and complex expressions. She said: "I just know now that there is a disease called post-traumatic stress disorder... I can't escape from the flames of war. When sleeping in a hotel, I can’t help thinking, how can it be so quiet? It’s too quiet, it shouldn’t be, I tossed and turned, tossed and turned on the bed, and felt that the bed was too soft. My mind was full of gunfire, blood and blood, and being destroyed Street. I always feel like I'm half asleep and a bullet is coming out of the window...and hitting me...'

Speaking of this, Liya began to tremble, and the panic on her face appeared in the camera like a black hole, sucking everything around her, and she muttered to herself: "I'm a monster, I can't stand it The environment is too quiet, if there is any trouble, I want to get down, people want to kiss me and talk to me, but I think they have ulterior motives and are ridiculously ignorant."

"I always thought that our life is the normal state of the world, but later, I discovered that we are the exception."

Saying this, she covered her face.Will sat beside her and didn't say a word for a long time.

"...if you." Finally, when he gathered enough strength to speak, he said slowly: "If you have the opportunity...to leave here and go to a peaceful place, you can go..."

"You are a beautiful girl, young and skilled in medicine. You can live a good life. I heard that the hospital there is also willing to accept nurses who know first aid like you."

When he said these words, it was very difficult at the beginning, and then slowly became fluent. Liya stared at him for a while, and the two pairs of eyes looked at each other for a long time. Finally, the woman smiled, although, there was Some bitterness.

"That won't work..." She said slowly, "Because this is also my hometown, you have to let me think about it, think about what to do..."

"Then are you going to stay here forever?" Will said, suddenly excited, stood up and shouted: "Are you going to watch your friends around you die one by one, just like your current friend?"

Liya didn't speak, she lowered her head again, and buried her head deeply, deeply into her knees.

Weier didn't continue to speak, and the camera shone on his face, which was absent-minded, filled with sadness and sadness, as well as hopes that he didn't know...

After a long time, this Liya also disappeared, and what appeared in front of him was a mature woman in military uniform, smiling at him.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"Long time no see." Weier said, suddenly hanging his arms a little weakly, he saw the other party, and murmured: "I guess you still didn't listen to me, you still stayed here, right?"

Liya smiled apologetically, and said, "I want to understand something."

The camera was drawn to her face again, her edges and corners became more distinct, those confusions seemed to have dissipated, she is already a truly mature and rational woman, a blooming flower, strong and beautiful.

"I feel like, I don't fit in there, I grew up here, I matured as a person here, I have something I can do, I want to see if I can succeed."

"Impossible." Weier said pessimistically, "I've already told you."

Liya didn't talk about it anymore, and she didn't seem to care as much about the government as before.She walked up to Will and whispered to him, "I met someone."

"He's a war correspondent. His name is Vic."

"We met at the logistics office. He is so handsome and gentle. He is a child of a developed country. I don't know why he came here."

"I like him so much."

When she said this, her face blushed, like a red apple, she picked up a yellowed photo, handed it to Will and said, "Look, this is him."

Will looked at the photo, there was a handsome and tall young man on it, how familiar it was, how could he forget it?That's what his father looked like.

His eye sockets became moist, and he said: "He is a good man."

"Yeah, I'm surprised that someone can understand our pain like this. He said he's going to stay here, marry me, and wait until the war is over. Do you think... is what he said true?"

She turned her head and asked Will expectantly, but panic appeared on the woman's face, and she asked, "Why are you crying?"

"What are you crying for?"

Will couldn't say a word. He covered his face and burst into tears, crying like a real child. He wanted to say, it was true, and everything he said was true.

He actually stayed here, married you, had a child, and died tragically on the battlefield.

That's my dad.

That's my hero.

There was a sigh in the air.

"do not Cry."

The voice seemed to have changed again, he raised his head in panic, and saw the woman again, staring at him with more mature and gentle eyes.

She changed into casual clothes, and her abdomen bulged slightly. After many years, she once again had the atmosphere of home.

"you are pregnant!?"

Will asked tremblingly, looking at the position of her abdomen uncontrollably, the woman smiled, gently held his hand, and put it on her.

Although he couldn't touch anything, at that moment, Will still felt a certain suffocation.He looked at the other, and the other looked at him.

"I'm pregnant with a baby...it feels like a boy and I want to name him Will and hope he'll be a brave and good man like his father."

She smiled and said, "I hope so, hope is always good."

This woman who had youth and vicissitudes, was brainwashed by the government, and then discovered the shortcomings of the government, woke up on her own, found her own woman, and passed her expectations for the next generation through the phantom of space and time, I told my children that it is expectation and growth, and it is the inheritance of new wishes.

She knows that hope is slim, but she is still willing to believe in hope. People are like this, small and great.

She said she was going to name her baby Will.

Will looked at her, and suddenly covered his face, he asked: "Mom, if there is no war, will it be better?"

Liya was silent for a while, her eyes flickered slightly, she stared at him, and replied gently and sadly: "Fate cannot be changed, people are lonely."

Under the general trend, people are divided into fragile individuals. Your choices, your joys and sorrows and despair can only affect yourself. You should understand from the beginning that the long road in this world is only you. One can go on.

This is a lonely road, a person's confusion and sadness, only he himself knows and understands.

One generation, one generation suffers, even if it is a similar encounter, it will have a different feeling.

No one knows whether Liya's current mood can be perceived by her children.Now, the mother and son have temporarily achieved harmony in their hearts under the quiet gaze. It doesn't need to be particularly sensational, and the onlookers can understand it.

After a while, this Lia also disappeared. This time, Weier's eyes were calm. He looked at the illusory sky, watching the woman struggling to give birth, the gunfire was still going on outside the window, and the baby was crying. pierced the whole room.

"Forcing—good! Come on! Liya!"

"It's a boy!"

He looked at her with a happy and joyful smile on his face, and his eyes couldn't help becoming sour...

Time passed again.

When Will, seeing the woman take off the widow's veil and put on the military uniform again, he knew that the time had come.

She picked up the first aid kit and was about to go to war again, she smiled at him and he smiled back.

"If I say, I want you not to go." He asked softly, "Will you stop?"

Liya didn't speak, but just watched him quietly. She is no longer young, and there are shallow wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. The evil consequences of the war are reflected in this woman. The long-term irregular work and rest, and the mentality of fear cannot be guaranteed. Food and water, as well as her husband's departure, made her health worse and worse.

However, her eyes were still bright.

Back then, the girl who was full of hope, with the cessation of the war, the yearning for peace, and the trust in the government, after the polishing of time, has become a calm and sad woman again, but she still has hope, isn't that right? What the government does is to oneself and to the next generation.

Maybe the war will still not stop, but if she can save someone, she will still save someone. She gives them hope, and they also give her the courage to live.

She wants to move on.

Lia took a deep look at Will, then opened the door, and walked out of the attic. Her back was melted in the light and shadow, and then there was another cannon shot outside.

"...No." The young man said, "Don't go."

He suddenly rushed forward and knocked on the door frantically. Tears and snot flowed down his face. He called his mother's name, Liya, Liya, don't go, please...

But it was useless, that phantom disappeared right in front of him, as if it had never been here before, he saw her through the wall, rushed to the street, rushed to the war zone, a stray bullet flew over, exploded, what? It's all gone... The first-aid kit that accompanied her for many years was thrown high into the air and turned into ashes...

He was struggling, panting, and crawled on the floor, his eyes were wide open, and he saw the whole sea of ​​flames...

Mother……

The gunfire seemed to ignite the window, he felt so hot, his eyelids were heavy, he was drowsy, hallucinated, someone called his name, hit him hard: "Ville...Ville..."

He suddenly opened his eyes, and what appeared in front of him was the wrinkled face of his mother-in-law. She shook him and said that this place was too dangerous, and he fell asleep in the attic, hurry up, go to a safe place.

Weier stumbled to his feet and looked around. The clock had only passed 10 minutes. The air here was so heavy that he fell asleep. What was he fantasizing about just now?Is it a dream?

He didn't care to think much, so he was pulled out by his mother-in-law and ran to the opposite block. Just as they ran past the bullets, there was the sound of bombing behind him. Weier turned his head and found that the attic had collapsed and became a Part of the sea of ​​fire.

Mom's attic, never again.

The light illuminated his pale face, what was he thinking, what was his purpose.The mother-in-law asked: "It seems that we have to find a new place to live. Do you still want to study?"

The young man turned his head and looked at the backs of those Zhan Luan. He pondered for a long time, and a ray of sunlight shone on his face again. He said slowly, "I think so...we need, some hope..."

The light on his face, his eyes, all formed a strong contrast with the gunpowder smoke behind him, who knows what will happen?Will the war end?These things and these questions are unknown to people who walk in the dark, but you have to go a little farther and longer to see the day after the darkness.

"After all we..."

"There is still hope..."

As these words landed gently, the film, which had been filmed for three months, finally landed.During the filming, both the actors and crew were under tremendous pressure, and now it's finally over.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and soon, Wei Yu arranged a plane and could leave tomorrow.

That night, they got together with the people in the neighborhood, and these numb soldiers only cheered up when they saw fireworks and wine.

Gu Yang accompanied Yuan Ye and Chu Jinye to the opposite side to buy some things. The prices here are very expensive, and there is demand but no supply.After three months, all three of them lost weight.

There are very few things sold here, Gu Yang picked some fruit, and comforted Yuanye: "Go back and buy jelly for you."

"Lemon flavor!"

He answered, and then, just as they were going out, the familiar voice sounded.

"Boom!"

At that moment, Gu Yang didn't understand what happened.

It was as if time was so slow, almost to a standstill.

He just watched Chu Jinye showing a terrified expression and rushing towards him, his face was distorted, looking very funny.

what happened?

It seemed that there was a majestic air wave, and Gu Yang felt his brain was hit by something, and it hurt like a burst, so painful, he only felt that his eyes were suddenly dark.

Nothing can be seen.

Then he was plunged into darkness.