fleeting story

097 (final chapter)

After learning about the situation, Zhou Xun immediately contacted Police Officer Zhang and led the search and rescue team to search the downstream river until dawn, and finally found the dying Yan Qi in a pile of muddy rocks.

The skin was soaked in the river water into a pale white color, and the knife wound on the tattoo under the collarbone had already suppurated, showing a shocking purple color.

Bites, bruises, a large piece of blood soaked skin, Zhou Luo frantically ran over the river, hugged Yan Qi into his arms, tears dripped down with the rain, hot lips pressed against his cold forehead.

"Yan Qi." Zhou Luo called Yan Qi's name with red eyes, "Brother is here."

He held Yan Qi tightly in his arms, and refused to let go no matter who came forward.

"I'm sorry, Yan Qi." Zhou Luo unconsciously repeated the same words over and over again, "I didn't handle many things well and hurt you. It's my fault. Please forgive me."

Zhou Luo tightened his grip on Yan Qi's body, and kept murmuring, "Forgive me."

Yan Qi lost his body temperature, and leaned against Zhou Luo's hot chest in a cold mass.

His lips and teeth were slightly parted, his consciousness was not completely disconnected, he could vaguely hear Zhou Luo's voice, but he couldn't make a sound.

He felt that his body was sinking, uncomfortable and painful. Even with all his strength, he could only move his fingers a little, and his fingertips lightly touched Zhou Luo's palm.

Zhou Luo felt it, but felt even more painful, and kissed him more deeply at the corner of his eyes.

On the way to the ambulance, Zhou Luo held Yan Qi's hand all the way, trying to pass all the heat on his body to him.

Looking at Yan Qi's pale face, his heart ached so much that he couldn't speak anymore, he just stared blankly.

Thinking about the years of living with Yan Qi, Zhou Luo suddenly realized that Yan Qi had been taking care of his feelings all along. As a brother, he thought he could take care of everyone, but in the end, he hurt the person he loved the most.

Yan Qi has never changed since he was a child.

He believes that Zhou Luo, who likes Zhou Luo, who loves Zhou Luo, can be hysterical in front of outsiders and try his best. Facing Zhou Luo, he bears the burden and is obedient. No matter which side he is, he wants to be with Zhou Luo. .

People always think that underage children are always ignorant and unable to distinguish right from wrong. It can be said that Qi has been clear about what he wants from the beginning to the end, and he only aims at that goal and strives for it.

Zhou Luo blamed himself, thinking that Yan Qi had done too much for him, so much that he felt that it was too short to spend a lifetime to make up for it. In the next life, the next life, he wanted to never be separated from Yan Qi.

The ambulance arrived at the No.1 People's Hospital. Director Xiao was already waiting at the door. He helped Zhou Luo find a surgeon who was ready for surgery at any time.

Three nurses rushed forward and pushed Yan Qi all the way to the operating room. Director Xiao followed closely, stopped Zhou Luo before entering the operating room, and said comfortingly, "I'll follow in to see the situation. Don't worry. I will tell you the truth."

"Please." Zhou Luo looked at Yan Qi who was getting further and further away from him, and said with red eyes, "Please."

The door of the operating room was closed, Zhou Luo collapsed decadently on the blue plastic chair, bent his back and crossed his chin with his fingers crossed, his eyes fixed on the operating light on the door, without saying a word.

Zhou Xun was by his side, also silent, recalling Yan Qi's appearance in the river in his head, and couldn't stop the heart-wrenching pain.

Time passed by, Tan Yingying, Cheng Ye, and Chen Ze rushed over in a hurry, and waited with Zhou Luo worriedly.

The whole operation lasted for more than five hours. Director Xiao helped the chief surgeon throughout the whole process, and understood Yan Qi's injury in detail.

The operating light went out, the door opened, Zhou Luo jumped up reflexively, and hurried forward, Director Xiao came out first.

"I have a high fever." Director Xiao took off his mask and said with a sigh, "I suffered a relatively serious injury. It should be that I hit a rock when I fell into the river, and two ribs were broken."

Zhou Luo frowned and asked, "Is Yan Qi in danger?"

Director Xiao said: "As long as you can wake up from the coma, there will be no problem."

Yan Qi was sent to a separate ward, and the nurse put him on a drip.

Zhou Luo handed over the work of the publishing house to Cheng Ye, and guarded Yan Qi every step of the way.

He stayed up at night for two days without daring to blink his eyes. Although he still couldn't resist the drowsiness in the end, his sleep was always very shallow. Even if it was only a very slight touch, he could wake up quickly.

On the afternoon of the third day, Yan Qi slowly opened his eyes in the bright sunlight coming through the window. Although his consciousness was still unclear and he could not feel the strength of his body, he could clearly feel the warmth in the palm of his left hand, which was delicate and tender. touch.

He turned his head and saw Zhou Luo leaning against the pillow. After hesitating for a while, he put all his strength on his fingertips and lightly stroked the back of Zhou Luo's hand.

Zhou Luo woke up suddenly. When he saw Yan Qi smiling at him wearing an oxygen mask, his nasal cavity was sore, and he warmed Yan Qi's icy cold fingertips.

"Brother." Yan Qi murmured a word weakly.

"I'm here." Zhou Luo clenched his hand tightly.

Yan Qi smiled and waited for a long time before asking: "Are you going to leave?"

"No more." Zhou Luo raised his hand and rubbed his hair, "Never again."

After many years, Police Officer Zhang and Yan Qi faced each other in the ward again, but this time, Yan Qi was very gentle and willing to talk more.

But he didn't confess about Qin Shu and Yan Jie, he only said that he fell into the river by mistake.

Officer Zhang looked at Zhou Luo, and finally turned his attention to Yan Qi. The child he knew back then, the child who had a rough experience, has not changed until now.

He closed the note, stood up with a smile, and squeezed Yan Qi's shoulder twice.

Tan Yingying came to visit Yan Qi the most while he was recuperating from his injuries. Besides, Gu Fan and Xie Yi basically came to the hospital to see Yan Qi every week, chatting with him, telling him interesting things in school, quarreling with him, etc. Yan Qi was restless and very irritable.

But the mood is always happy.

Yan Qi's body recovered quickly, and on the last day of August, Zhou Luo brought Tan Yingying, Cheng Ye and Chen Ze to pick him up and go home.

In fact, they didn't take it with them, but these three people had to follow, especially Tan Yingying, seeing Yan Qi who had fully recovered, was emotional for a while, and her eyes were red.

Back home, Zhou Luo asked Yan Qi, "How do you feel?"

Yan Qi smiled and took his hand, saying: "In addition to being down-to-earth, it's still down-to-earth."

"If your physical condition allows, take me somewhere." Zhou Luo said.

Yan Qi asked in surprise, "Why am I taking you?"

Zhou Luo pointed to his collarbone: "I want to go to the place where you used to have tattoos."

Sensation has been transformed into a video game city, and the tattoo parlor of the strong man is still open.

When the strong man saw Yan Qi again, he smiled knowingly. He had already had a hunch that Yan Qi would definitely not come alone the next time he met.

Zhou Luo took off his shirt and lay on the bed, chose the same cursive characters as Yan Qi, and carved his name under the collarbone.

Yan Qi felt sorry for his brother, and kept asking him if it hurt, Zhou Luo shook his head, compared to what Yan Qi endured, this pain was nothing at all.

Although the word "Yan Qi" was engraved on the skin, Zhou Luo felt his heart beating violently, as if every stroke was firmly engraved into his heart.

Yan Qi switched to commuting in his third year of high school, and Zhou Luo picked him up by car. He tried not to work overtime, and spared a lot of time to learn a few of Yan Qi's favorite dishes, and cook them for him in different ways every day.

Gu Fan and Xie Yi wailed at the empty dormitory every day, either on the phone or text messages, and went crazy/boom/chaotic/bombed at Yan Qiyi.

Yan Qi had to spend two days a week to stay with them in the dormitory. As long as the three brothers were together, they would feel happy even if they were doing homework with a desk lamp overhead.

Grandma has never been followed by suspicious people again.

Zhou Xun found a quiet afternoon, and explained everything about Zhou Yuan to his grandma and Zhou Hao. The family was silent in the living room. Zhou Hao's face drooped, and he finally felt a little bit of remorse and shame.

But to everyone's surprise, Yan Qi's attitude was unusually friendly. He and Zhou Luo often went back to grandma's house together on weekends. They were not as sharp and mean as before. Instead, they lost the sense of distance and estrangement. Like a family.

Zhou Luo knew very well why Yan Qi had such a change. Of course, it was because he didn't want Zhou Luo to be caught in the middle of family affection and love. He was in a dilemma, so he tried his best to accept those people he had rejected, and let his sharp personality In order for Zhou Luo to become smoother, he tried to reconcile with everyone in the Zhou family.

Time passed without any haste, and Jin Yan returned to Jinlan Publishing House, taking over Jincheng's seat and becoming the president.She was finally able to let go of her attachment to Zhou Luo, and only after becoming friends with him did she realize that this relationship was much easier and more comfortable than before.

Jinlan and Yuanli have established large and small book cooperation, and the business between the two is getting better and better.

In June of another year, the college entrance examination was over, and no matter what the grades were, the three teenagers would go their separate ways in a blink of an eye.

On the morning when they returned to No. [-] Middle School to attend the graduation ceremony, they sat side by side on the stage where they had performed, and looked at the empty audience together.

Gu Fan said: "One day we will be on stage again."

Xie Yi said: "My youth has no regrets."

Yan Qi stretched out his right hand towards them, the fists of the three of them pressed together tightly, and then he raised his other hand.

"This is Yin Chen." Yan Qi said.

Tan Yingying finally passed the editorial exam, officially became an editor of Yuanli Publishing House, and obtained the editorial certificate she had been thinking about.

She scoffed at Cheng Ye for a while, and said, "Don't underestimate me, you will soon be squeezed out of your editor-in-chief position!"

Cheng Ye didn't care about the small title of editor-in-chief of the publishing house. Chen Ze's bookstore was running very well, and he had long planned to occupy the position of store manager.

Chen Ze said, "No, I am the boss."

"Then what am I?" Cheng Ye asked.

Chen Ze said, "Of course it's the proprietress!"

When Tan Yingying heard this, she was out of breath from laughing.

Cheng Ye pointed at her angrily: "Laugh at me again, I curse you that you will never find a partner."

Tan Yingying stroked her ponytail: "That may disappoint you."

Cheng Ye's eyes widened: "Hey, what do you mean, is there something wrong?"

"Hmm." Tan Yingying stepped on the ground with her high heels on the ground and said with her hips on her hips, "My girl is now my own owner."

Chen Ze leaned over curiously and asked, "Who is it?"

Tan Yingying triumphantly said: "Guess, you all know each other anyway."

"We all know each other?" Cheng Ye was stunned, "Could it be someone from the publishing house?"

Tan Yingying said: "Since I met him, I feel that none of the men in the publishing house are qualified to be my boyfriend."

Cheng Ye gave her a pair of supercilious eyes.

Chen Ze was in a hurry: "Grandma, tell us quickly."

At this time, the door of the president's office was pushed open, and Zhou Luo heard their conversation in the room, and said with a smile: "If I hadn't bumped into him, I don't believe that the two of them would get together."

"Who is it!" Cheng Ye frantically grabbed Zhou Luo's shoulders, "Hurry up, I'm still part of her natal family, and I hate others hanging on to me."

"It's true that you all know each other, but you really can't guess." Zhou Luo smiled and sighed, "It's Director Xiao who had surgery on Chen Ze and took good care of Yan Qi."

"Fuck!" Cheng Ye was stunned, "Is it true?"

"Really." Yan Qi poked his head out from behind Zhou Luo, "During my hospitalization, my pretty sister came to visit me all day long, and she talked to Director Xiao the most, and as time goes on, handsome men and beautiful women, at this age, it's a firewood, you know. "

"Little handsome guy." Tan Yingying smiled brightly, "Now he is my little lucky star."

Cheng Ye thought carefully about Director Xiao's face. To be honest, he was really handsome, but he still had a gap compared to himself.

Tan Yingying said to Cheng Ye: "I know what you are thinking, don't be sour, let alone envious, I'm afraid you will regret it."

"I regret it!" Cheng Ye snorted, "I'll give you a big red envelope when you get married, and scare you to death."

Tan Yingying leaned over and took his arm, and elbowed his waist: "Really?"

Cheng Ye raised his hand and rubbed her hair, and made a promise: "Of course, my greatest wish is to see you move towards a happy marriage."

Tan Yingying smiled and embraced Cheng Ye with one hand and Chen Ze with the other, patted their backs vigorously, and said to Zhou Luo and Yan Qi, "Thank you, my favorite natal family."

Life finally returned to normal, ushering in a stable and practical time of ease.

Yan Qi will never forget the three most important people in his life, Dean Gao of the orphanage, adoptive mother Su Jin, and his best friend, Yin Chen.

Bai Yanming has been away from here for a while, and he has disappeared and lost contact with everyone.

But Yan Qi knew that one day, they would meet again, and at that time, Bai Yanming would definitely live the way Yin Chen most wanted to see.

After Yan Qi went to university, he took a part-time job at Yuanli Publishing House in his spare time, helping Zhou Luo share some trivial work.

Tan Yingying taught him by hand, no matter who was the secretary, she was not at ease, but Yan Qi was the most suitable candidate in her opinion.

On a cozy and warm winter afternoon, Yan Qi pushed open the door of the president's office, brought a cup of brewed black tea to Zhou Luo's desk, turned around and picked up the documents on the secretary's desk, unfolded them and handed them to him for review. Point to the spot at the bottom of the page: "Sign here."

Zhou Luo took off the cap of the pen, stopped the signing hand, looked up at Yan Qi, and asked with a smile: "The book order that we negotiated this time is such a large amount, is there any reward for Secretary Yan?"

Facing the sunshine through the window, Yan Qi smiled and leaned forward to place a kiss on Zhou Luo's lips: "Brother, you can act like a baby now."

Zhou Luo grabbed Yan Qi's tie to prevent him from leaving, curled his lips and said, "You've grown up, it's time for you to love me."

Yan Qi went around the corner of the table and came to Zhou Luo, squeezed his hands and knelt down, raised his head and said, "Although time has been passing, I never stopped loving you for a moment."

Whether it was me when I was young or even a little bit of me growing up, I have always loved you.

Zhou Luo looked deeply into Yan Qi's eyes, and embraced him lovingly.

Yan Qi touched Zhou Luo's earlobe with his lips, and covered his ear with hot breath: "I won't call you brother anymore, I will only call you Zhou Luo."

Zhou Luo said: "It's really uncomfortable to hear you call my name suddenly."

"Then try to get used to it as soon as possible. After all, I never thought of being your younger brother." Yan Qi smiled and kissed Zhou Luo's lips again, "From the beginning to the end, I just want to be your lover."

Now, they are in love.

May this life last forever, love is not old.