Ashes in the crematorium

"Where are you?"

Li Ran's brows were as cold as ice, twisted into a sharp arc.

On the other end of the phone, Li Xiao waited for a while, although he knew that Li Ran didn't want to see him, he said in an eager tone, "Are you unhappy that brother is out?"

Hearing this, Li Ran's eyes darkened even more.

"Why haven't you come to see me these years?" Li Xiao blamed in his tone.

Li Ran remained silent for a long time, and he on the other end of the phone was unbelievably quiet.

And Li Xiao fell into his own emotions, talking to himself.

"I haven't been home for a long time. The life in prison is really bad, bah!"

Li Ran heard the sound of spitting on the phone, and Li Xiao began to complain endlessly, "Every time I hope you can come to see me often, bring me some good things, and improve the food, too. Why are you all a family, but when you get out of prison, no one is there, you are heartless!"

"By the way!" After a pause, Li Xiao asked again, "Is Dad okay?"

"Dad is dead."

Li Ran's tone was very indifferent, and he looked calm, but there were continuous rolling waves in his eyes, which were about to sweep the embankment.

Now Li Xiao was silent, and after about 2 minutes, he asked, "When did it happen?"

"Not long after you entered, you went around looking for someone to borrow money, and you didn't pay attention to the car, and you were hit and killed." Li Ran's tone was flat and straight, without ups and downs.

Li Xiao on the other end of the phone smiled embarrassingly, "Father is really, so careless..."

Li Ran quietly listened to his elder brother treat his father's death in such a joking tone.

"Don't you still have two years?" Li Ran asked.

Li Xiao smiled smugly, and the embarrassment just now disappeared, "Your brother, I behaved well, and I came out early. By the way, where are you? Let's meet my brother. I miss you so much."

think?There was some irony in Li Ran's sharp and indifferent expression. To this brother, he really had nothing to say, not a single word.

All he could do was keep silent, but now it was very difficult for him to even keep silent.

Li Ran wanted to hang up the phone, forget about Li Xiao's voice, and then pretend that he didn't receive his call, and continue to live his own, peaceful life.

But he knew very well in his heart that this person was born to be a debt collector, like an evil ghost, clinging to his body, greedily and tirelessly trying to suck up every drop of blood until the oil ran out and the lamp dried up.

Li Ran can't get rid of it. In this respect, Li Xiao is exceptionally talented, like he can get a phone number and contact himself without any clues.

"I heard you're married? Why don't you tell me? You're still a family anyway. Let me meet my sister-in-law when you have some time." Li Xiao chuckled. Contains a handful of sand.

But to Li Ran, it sounded like the evil spirit's death talisman, and it also seemed like a reminder that everything was under the control of the devil, no matter where he fled.

"What do you want to do?" Li Ran didn't want to waste time circling with him, and directly asked his purpose.

Li Xiao stopped talking nonsense, and said simply and confidently, "Your brother, I just came out now, and I have no money, can you lend me some?"

borrow?It's better to say yes, and only Li Xiao can make a calm gesture that borrowing money is comparable to collecting debts.

"I haven't." Li Ran replied three words without hesitation.

Hehe... Li Xiao laughed again, "I asked you to sell the house at home, and you told me that you have no money? My father is dead, and half of my house is still there. I don't see your kid's appetite. It's so big."

Li Ran responded coldly, "The old house is not worth much, and I can't even pay half of the surgery fee!"

Li Xiao was silent for a while, then asked again, "Is there really nothing left?"

All he cares about is always money, the death of his father, his mother, and the life and death of other people are never in the scope of Li Xiao's concern.

"You said so much just for money?" Li Ran asked patiently, holding back his anger again.

"Of course not. Didn't I miss you? We are a family." Li Xiao lied a lot, and the words "family" were extremely serious.

The corner of Li Ran's mouth twitched into a smile, but the smile was without warmth, a hundred times more chilling than the autumn wind outside the window.

"I won't give you money, not a single cent." Li Ran said word by word, for fear that he couldn't hear clearly.

Hearing what Li Ran said, Li Xiao on the other end of the phone wasn't afraid at all, he wasn't even annoyed at all, and smiled disapprovingly.

Li Ran couldn't hear him laugh, every time he laughed, he felt like he was declaring war.

Li Ran hung up the phone and stared at the phone for a long time.

Can he really start over?Li Ran was not sure.

Yes, yes, Li Ran took a deep breath, clenched his fists to comfort himself.

Li Xiao couldn't find him, he no longer lived in his hometown.

He will not find himself.

There was a pungent smell of disinfectant in the air, and Li Ran could see blood all over the floor in the aisle, more and more blood was spreading gradually.

Li Ran crouched in the corner, seeing the blood spread slowly until his toes were stained red.

There were continuous hurried footsteps in his ears, stepping on the blood patter, not long after, when Li Ran looked far away, there were all red footprints.

He lowered his head and looked down, the white sneakers were already red, and the hurried footsteps caused blood to splash everywhere, staining the ground, all over the shoes, and all over the hands.

There was a creaking sound, as if the door had opened, Li Ran heard the sound and was no longer looking at his hands and shoes, he looked up, looking for the sound.

There was a long dragging creaking sound, which seemed extraordinarily empty in the empty corridor, as if amplified in his ears, Li Ran's ears hurt from the shock, and he wanted to cover his ears.

There was another loud bang, like a sharp sword stabbing Li Ran's fragile body hard.

With great effort, Li Ran suppressed his fear and opened his eyes.

There was no blood on the ground, and the white sneakers were as clean as ever, without the sound of hasty footsteps or rushing water.

There is only one long, endless corridor, and at the end of the corridor, something seems to be drawing closer.

Li Ran's eyes widened, looking at the things that drew closer.

Terrified, he wanted to run away, but his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, and he couldn't run.

Pulling closer, it is a door.

Li Ran tried to move his feet, and took the first step slowly and carefully.

Suddenly he could move his feet, but the only place he could go was the door.

The door was open, as if urging Li Ran to go in quickly.

Li Ran moved his feet and slowly approached inside.

Inside were two hospital beds covered with two white cloths.

Li Ran's eyes widened, he wanted to run, but his feet were pinned once.

A gust of wind blows, and the white cloth blows away, revealing two people inside.

Li Ran's parents.

Li's mother's face was pale, her face was painful, her lips could not see a trace of blood, she was as thin as a haggard, only the skeleton clinging to the skin remained, and Li Ran could still see two dry tear stains on the dry skin.

There was a hole in Li's father's forehead, and the blood continuously dripped from the hole, trickling down the bed frame, staining the floor red, Li Ran watched his father's blood stain his shoes again famous.

There is really a lot of blood on people's bodies, as if it doesn't dry up.

Li Ran, who was only in that year, watched his father push into the ward, looked at the blood on his hands, looked at the blood on his shoes, and looked at the blood all over the floor.

There are so many, many, like endless streams.

Li Ran's lips moved, his world was completely filled with red.

The wind howled and blew violently, and because the windows were forgotten to close, the two windows clattered crazily, echoing the thunder in the sky, and with a loud bang, the low-hanging chaotic night sky seemed to explode into pieces.

Li Ran woke up suddenly, panting heavily.

He sat up from the bed, looked at the dark room, and at the windows that were sometimes closed and sometimes closed.

Li Ran swallowed, his throat was so sore, it was as if someone had strangled his neck fiercely, taking away the last bit of air from him.

Getting up from the bed, he closed the window and went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water. The cold water flowed down his throat and into his stomach, but it didn't relieve the dryness and tingling in his throat.

He looked at the time, but it was only four o'clock, Li Ran couldn't fall asleep, his head was very clear, and he didn't intend to continue to sleep.

It was a real dream, real he thought it was like it happened yesterday.

Li Ran spread out his hands, the palms were very clean, except for some sweat, there was no other extra color.

Li Ran sneered, wiped off his sweat, and took out a cigarette from his pocket.

The cigarette butt was scarlet, Li Ran took a deep puff, then exhaled a puff of smoke ring, watching the smoke slowly float up from a puff, then dispersed, and then lost sight of the shape.

Li Ran didn't know how long he had been sitting like this, nor how much he had smoked. He only knew that when there was a knock on the door, he pulled out of this state.

Outside the door is his good neighbor, Chi You.

As soon as Chi You saw his appearance and smelled the strong smell of smoke on Li Ran's body, he couldn't help frowning, and then looked deeply at Li Ran's expression at the moment.

"What a bad mood you have to dare to smoke so recklessly!"

"I'm going to be late for work!" Chi You reminded him, but regardless of Li Ran's wishes, he went directly into his room, then went into the bathroom, squeezed out the toothpaste, and turned on the hot water.

Chi You inserted the squeezed toothpaste into Li Ran's palm, "Go wash your face and brush your teeth!"

Li Ran looked at the toothbrush in his hand, as dull as a machine that was about to be reimbursed, he went into the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face stiffly.

Chi You took out clean clothes from the cabinet and put them on the bed, then opened the windows to let the choking smell of smoke in the room dissipate faster, and swept and mopped the floor. It took a few minutes for the house to be seen some.

Li Ran had finished washing, Chi You saw him come out and handed the clothes to Li Ran, "I'll give you 10 minutes, I'll wait for you outside the door."

Li Ran looked at the clothes, paused for a while, and then took it.

Chi You looked at Li Ran twice, didn't say anything, didn't ask any questions, just closed the door and stood outside waiting.

Li Ran has already come out, there is nothing wrong with him except his expression is a little indifferent.

"Let's go." Li Ran said in a calm tone.

Chi You looked at Li Ran's back, his back was straight, with sharp edges and corners, full of murderous aura.

In Chi You's impression, Li Ran is like a docile calf, he can endure hardships, has a resolute personality, and works hard.

But he was also a lonely little calf.

For some reason, Chi You suddenly felt that this cow cub seemed different.

What has changed.

Chi You thought about it seriously, it seemed that the bull cub suddenly became the bull king in the bullring.

Chi You didn't know what happened, he wanted to ask Li Ran, but he knew in his heart that according to Li Ran's personality, he might not tell him.

He could only guess quietly and observe secretly.

During this period of time, Li Ran's cell phone was very busy, and it didn't take long for a call to come in, and it never stopped. Chi You saw that Li Ran turned off the sound indifferently, and left it aside. This is different from his two days ago. The difference between the state of shock and the state of being surprised is too great.

He casually asked, "Ren Wanlin?"

As far as he knew, only Ren Wanlin was left.

"Debt collector." Li Ran joked back.

"You still owe money?" Chi You heard the joke tone in Li Ran's words, and asked cooperatively.

Li Ran hummed, "Who doesn't have a creditor yet."

Chi You smiled, and then said, "If the debt collector comes to you, you can call me if you need a thug."

There was a faint smile on the corner of Li Ran's mouth, but he didn't respond.

Although Li Ran was in a bad mood, he didn't delay his work. After work, the two of them took the elevator down to the office building together.

On the side of the road not far away, a familiar car was parked.

The one who came here recently was too frequent, the familiar Bentley seemed to be parked in his own garage, Li Ran knew who it was at a glance.

Li Ran stopped in his tracks, followed by Chi You.

After a while, Li Ran turned his head to look at Chi You, "I have a heartfelt request."

"You said."

"Can the tool man you mentioned at the beginning still count?"

Chi You was silent for a while, his heart beating violently, "Of course it counts."

"I'm just..." Seeing that Chi You agreed, Li Ran decided to explain.

But Chi You seemed to know what he was going to say, and interrupted him, "I know!"

Li Ran looked at Chi You, pursing his lips tightly.

Chi You: "I know you have no other intentions, I am willing to help."

"Thank you."

Seeing Li Ran's figure, Ren Wanlin opened the car door and walked over, glanced at Chi You, and decided to ignore him.

"The air ticket has been booked, Xiaoran and grandma..."

Li Ran didn't finish listening to what Ren Wanlin said, and directly took Chi You's hand, intertwining his fingers intimately.

Ren Wanlin followed her gaze, and her eyes stopped on their hands. She had practiced what she was going to say for a long time, and she couldn't say it at this moment.

Li Ran laughed, looking very happy, the smile on his face was like a sharp knife.

And after preparing for a long time, before he could say it, Ren Wanlin cut off his head.

"We are already together, please don't bother us in the future." Li Ran said very seriously and sincerely.

It seemed that if Ren Wanlin dared to say no, she was just beating the mandarin ducks with a stick.

During this period of time, the efforts he has made are just a joke. His sincerity has been stripped bloodily and shown to everyone.

This process was very painful, and Ren Wanlin didn't know what to say.

Because of what he said, the pain will only get stronger.

But he was still unwilling, he had to struggle before he died, in case...

The summit has turned around.