Burning Heart[ABO]

Ten p.m.

Ye Huaining walked out of the inpatient building exhaustedly, glanced at his watch, and let out a long breath.

After receiving the call yesterday afternoon, he had barely closed his eyes for a whole day and night. His father was rescued from the gate of hell again, and he was still unconscious at the moment. People have been guarding until now.

In two hours it will be a new year.

The car drove out of the hospital.

On New Year's Eve, the city is brightly lit and full of people. Ye Huaining looked out the window while waiting for the traffic lights, and said to the driver, "Pull over, let me go for a walk."

The driver worriedly reminded him: "Boss Ye, there are too many people outside, and you are the only one..."

Tomorrow's New Year's Day, he gave his assistant and bodyguard an early holiday.

Ye Huaining smiled: "It's okay, what can happen if there are too many people."

The driver stopped the car on the side of the road, and Ye Huaining walked along the river beach.

There are many people. This river is the oldest inland river in the city. There is a large square in the middle. There is a New Year's Eve countdown every year. This spot is already crowded with people.

Moreover, the weather has been fine these two days, and it is not particularly cold at night.

With his hands in his coat pockets, Ye Huaining stopped and walked, taking out his phone from time to time to take a picture of the night scene near and far.

When I was tired from walking, I sat down on a bench by the street. I was obviously very tired, but I didn't want to go back.

From time to time, new WeChat messages came in from the phone, and someone asked him to go drink, Ye Huaining lost interest, and the idea of ​​finding someone to play with on Christmas Eve was interrupted, and now he can't think of it anymore.

Click on the circle of friends, and be swiped by all kinds of New Year's Eve sharing, as if everyone is having a carnival.

Ye Huaining thought for a while, and picked out a picture of the night scene that was not bad and sent it in.

"Another year."

Ji Rao has just stepped off the stage, his performance tonight is over, and he is waiting for the countdown to zero.

Xiao Zhang reminded him in a low voice: "Brother Ji, Mr. Ye just posted a circle of friends, do you want to read it?"

Ji Rao raised his eyes, and Xiao Zhang consciously handed the phone screen in front of him.

Xiao Zhang didn't have Ye Huaining's new WeChat ID either, but someone he knew in Sheng Xing before did, so he took a picture of him.

Ji Rao's eyes stopped on the picture, and he asked, "Is the place in the picture the area around Hexin Square?"

"Ah, it seems so."

Ji Rao nodded: "Go and ask for a vacation for me and the director."

"what?"

Ji Rao smiled: "Let's just say, I'm not feeling well. I was just discharged from the hospital yesterday. It won't be until midnight, so go back first."

The nanny car took Ji Rao to Hexin Square. In the car, he changed into a dusty down jacket, put on his hat and put on a mask. He was unremarkable in the crowd of embarrassment, and he was not worried about being recognized.

But Xiao Zhang was worried, and hesitantly asked Ji Rao when he got off the car: "This place is so big and there are so many people, Brother Ji, can you find Mr. Ye? Maybe he left early."

Maybe he came with other people, Xiao Zhang thought about the latter sentence but didn't say it, he couldn't bear to hit Ji Rao.

Ji Rao raised his eyelids and said calmly, "Maybe I'm lucky today."

Xiao Zhang was a little speechless, and finally choked out a sentence: "Brother Ji, I wish you good luck."

Ji Rao smiled: "Thank you."

The nanny car drove away, Ji Rao turned around and looked around.

It was nearly an hour before zero o'clock, and tens of thousands of people had already gathered here. If he wanted to find Ye Huaining, even if he only had a glimpse from a distance, he really needed very good luck.

But he still wanted to try.

Ye Huaining walked a little further, and was attracted by a group of roller skating kids by the side of the road, so he squatted down to look.

Children wear glowing roller skates that change color with the frequency of sliding.

After watching for a while, Ye Huaining waved, called the boy who was closest to him, and handed over a 20 yuan bill.

Then Ji Rao saw Ye Huaining.

He squatted among a group of children, and those children circled around him, shouting and laughing, and the various lights from the roller skates reflected on his face and eyes, setting off a rare smile.

Ye Huaining gave these children money to play with him.

Ji Rao didn't approach, but watched from afar.

Maybe he was really lucky today, but seeing Ye Huaining like this, the joyful emotions in his heart only rose for a moment and then were suppressed.

Ye Huaining supported the youngest child who almost fell, and smiled softly: "Don't run so fast, you will fall."

Looking up again, the grizzly bear doll who had been handing out leaflets on the side of the road came over, squatted down beside him, and started playing with the group of children.

The doll man tilted his head and waved with the children. His body was too bulky, and soon he couldn't support himself and sat down on the ground, causing a burst of laughter.

"You are so stupid." The children chirped and laughed.

The dollman didn't take it seriously, and continued to move his hands and feet. He sat on the ground and danced to the sound of music wafting from the shopping mall not far away, making a group of children giggle.

Ye Huaining turned his head with great interest, watching the clumsy performance of the puppet.

The doll's head was tilted to his side, and he twisted his body in a cute way, Ye Huaining smiled and rolled his eyes.

Seeing this, the puppet danced even more vigorously, jumped up from the ground, danced around Ye Huaining and the group of children, showing off his funny dancing skills like presenting treasures.

Ye Huaining laughed along with the children.

The children lined up in a row, pulling one by one, following the bouncing and jumping dolls around Ye Huaining, and the colorful lights always surrounded Ye Huaining.

The puppet reached out its hand towards Ye Huaining.

Ye Huaining hesitated a little, and the doll man turned his hand to a little girl next to him as if nothing had happened. The little girl put her hand on the doll man's thick palm with a smile, and the doll man picked her up, pulled her up, and led her around under his hands. two laps.

The little girl flushed with excitement.

One by one, the children came to hold the doll figure's hand, and he was pulling him around in circles. The doll figure even picked up the youngest child, let him sit on his shoulder, and led him to twist and jump together.

The children were screaming in excitement, dancing on the shoulders of the dolls, all the children were laughing loudly, surrounded by loud music and singing and laughter from the crowd, Ye Huaining seemed to be infected by such happiness, for the first time in a long time The emotions were not withdrawn in a short period of time.

He also kept laughing, and when the dollman put down the child and reached out to him again, he put his hand on it.

The palm of his hand sank into a thick softness, and Ye Huaining was held tightly by the doll figure, only then did he realize that this man was so tall.

Something flashed through his mind, Ye Huaining didn't have time to catch it, he was already held by the doll and led him to dance together.

He was circling under the arms of the puppet man, the pure laughter of the children filled his ears, and the colorful lights dazzled his eyes. At this moment, Ye Huaining got the long-lost happiness. He didn't have to think about anything, and he didn't have to bother , no hatred, only the simplest happiness and laughter.

The dollman held his hand all the time and never let go.

Unknowingly, the surrounding crowd began to boil, and the countdown sounds gathered from all directions, and soon became very powerful.

The group of children were still playing beside them, and the doll was still holding Ye Huaining's hand, and after turning around for the last time, he squeezed his palm hard and let go.

The four eyes met, the doll figure in front of him seemed to have calmed down, Ye Huaining was inexplicably dazed.

He didn't think much, and asked, "I saw you handing out leaflets on the side of the road. Are you going to work on New Year's Eve?"

He thought that this person was a work-study student at a nearby university.

The doll didn't say anything, just tilted his head, raised his hands, and waved them lightly.

Ye Huaining raised his eyebrows: "No?"

The doll nodded again, bouncing up and down a few times, looking very silly.

Ye Huaining thought for a while, took out a business card, and stuffed it into his front pocket: "It's hard work, this is my business card, if you want to work, come to me later."

The doll held the business card in both hands, stared at it for a while, then carefully retracted it, tilted his head, and raised his hand to give Ye Huaining a big heart, as if thanking him.

Ye Huaining was amused again: "You're welcome."

The countdown has entered the final stage, and Ye Huaining's eyes fell on the huge LED display on the other side of the river.

The puppet man stopped playing tricks, and stood beside him silently, without leaving.

"what--"

There was a sudden shout from among the group of children, Ye Huaining and the doll figure turned their heads at the same time, an older child fell to the ground, the youngest child who came with him was picked up by a young man and ran away.

traffickers.

The word flashed across Ye Huaining's mind instantly, and the doll beside him rushed up quickly.

When Ye Huaining ran over, the doll figure and the young man were already entangled and fighting together, Ye Huaining quickly pulled away the crying child who was thrown to the ground.

The doll has an advantage in height and physical strength, but the attire is too clumsy, and he didn't subdue him immediately, and the hood on his head was thrown out during the fight.

He gave up entanglement with that person, covered his face and hurriedly picked up the headgear, but fortunately, other people around had stepped forward to help.

It may only be a few seconds, the doll put the hood back on its head, got up and subconsciously looked at Ye Huaining.

At midnight, the crowd burst into cheers, and all the high-rise buildings on both sides of the river began to change at the same time and put on a brilliant and extreme light show.

Ye Huaining stood in the lights, with a bright expanse behind him, but the expression on his face was already cold.

Ji Rao tried to step forward.

Ye Huaining turned around and walked away quickly.

The car drove out from the parking space on the side of the road. Ye Huaining leaned back into the back seat exhaustedly. His eyes flicked out of the window. He saw the man standing across the street. He had already taken off his headgear and was holding it in his hand. near.

Happiness is false, laughter is false, everything is false.

Ye Huaining closed his eyes, the ups and downs of the whole night were separated at this moment, and his mind was completely cold.

Ye Huaining's car disappeared into the night.

Ji Rao was still standing there, not moving for a long time.