atypical dependency

Like a frightened little animal, the woman's thin body was tightly huddled in the arms of the firefighter, almost completely wrapped up.

In the distance, Xiao Yi has already recognized that woman is his assistant - Ji Yi.

Although he really wanted to go over the keepout cordon to check on the wounded, but knowing that going in now would only disrupt the firefighting process, Xiao Yi controlled the restlessness and stood still.

In the field of vision, Ji Yi was quickly carried to the side of the ambulance.

However, as soon as she was carefully escorted onto the side of the ambulance, the stubborn woman seemed to be holding on to the last straw, and suddenly reached out quickly, grabbing the arm of the firefighter who was about to turn around and leave.

Xiao Yi saw the firefighter who was still wearing a gas mask being dragged to a standstill, turned his head and seemed confused.

Ji Yi's spirit was quite broken, and she held on to the firefighter's uniform with both hands as if praying, but did not let go.

Xiao Yi moved his steps outside the warning zone, and Xiao Yi's face wrinkled a little.

If this disaster happened in his company, then he has an unshirkable responsibility.

With this in mind, just as Xiao Yi was about to try again to cross the cordon, the firefighter in front of Ji Yi did not leave in a hurry, but turned to face her, reached out to take off his gas mask, and lowered his head as if following What does she communicate.

Stuck in the crowd, Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and watched the situation ahead, guessing that the other party should be trying to comfort Ji Yi.

However, after repeated persuasion, Ji Yi still didn't want to let go.

The firefighter was quite patient, he squatted down slowly, raised his head and spoke seriously to Ji Yi who was sitting on the side of the ambulance.

After a while, the woman's face finally eased, and she let go tremblingly.

Seeing that her mood had stabilized, the firefighter stood up quickly, nodded friendly to Ji Yi, and then rushed towards the burning building behind him again.

Although he couldn't see clearly from a distance, Xiao Yi could barely recognize that it was a man with a slender figure and quick movements.

Watching the other party put on the gas mask again and rush into the fire scene, Xiao Yi stood there in a daze for a while.

Some fragments of memory from 5 years ago suddenly broke into my mind without warning.

The sound of burning flames, the sound of tense commands, the groans and groans of the wounded, the sound of hurried firefighters carrying water guns to put out the fire, and...

——Young man, hold on, don't you get dizzy? ——

— stay awake, calm down, we can get out. ——

and also--

The man's deep and firm voice of encouragement.

That's right.

The man he had been looking for for five years was also a firefighter.

It was because of the other party that he was able to escape by chance.

It's just that he was still in City X back then, and unfortunately encountered that rare catastrophic fire, and was finally rescued by the other party because of his serious injuries, so he was transferred to the University Hospital of City A to save his life.

The chest was also branded with that distinctive imprint.

He was in a coma for 3 full months, and when he woke up, he was forcibly sent abroad by his parents in City A for further treatment, and finally missed the best time to find a savior.

It was already a year later when his physical condition barely stabilized.

Although during this period of time he persistently asked people to inquire about the situation of the firefighters who participated in the fire rescue in X City in China, the search results were not satisfactory.

His eyes fell on Ji Yi again.

The other party has been sent to the car by the medical staff waiting in the ambulance, and is going to be sent to the hospital together with the previously rescued people.

Xiao Yi was just immersed in the alternately brilliant lights of ambulances around him, looking at the windows on the top floor of the building with thick black smoke on a snowy night with a complicated expression.

Now when he sees these self-sacrificing firefighters, there is always an indescribable strong emotion in his heart.

The most important thing is that although it has been 5 years, what he remembers most about the disaster that year is not his own despair in the dangerous situation at that time, not the pain on his body, but——

The man's voice was deep and mellow like a deep spring.

At that time, he was just 22 years old, and he was trapped in a narrow passageway in that building, and he was already delirious due to the smoke.

The only thing left in my memory is the scene of myself lying on a wide and solid back.

The chin rested on the opponent's shoulder socket, and the limp legs were firmly protected by the two strong arms of the man in front of him.

The other party was not wearing a fire hat, and the ends of his sweat-soaked hair were wrapped around his neck obediently.

Xiao Yi could see a few rough old scars on the opponent's neck.

After all, he doesn't know what the other party looks like, and he can't remember how the other party rescued him.

Only the words of encouragement from the other party are engraved in his mind, and he will never forget them no matter what.

But now that he came to V City, he never stopped paying attention to X City.

After so many years, repeated searches were fruitless, and he had almost begun to consider the possibility that the person might have died in the line of duty.

The fire in Yongjie Building was finally brought under control, and all employees of Xiao Yi's company were rescued. Except for two employees who suffered serious leg injuries, the rest were only bruised and not seriously injured.

When he arrived at the hospital with Yan Tian, ​​Xiao Yi waited in the corridor with his hands behind his back for a full-body examination by all the staff.

During the period, he repositioned Ji Yi at the corner of the corridor.

The woman was standing by a bench at the moment, holding the hands of a man with an excited expression, nodding her head again and again, sincerely thanking him.

Standing at the corner, Xiao Yi's eyes fell on the man opposite her who was smiling wryly, and noticed that the man was the firefighter who had persuaded Ji Yi earlier.

Standing at the corner for a while, Xiao Yi unconsciously walked over there, and arrived at Ji Yi's side in a short while.

Ji Yi, who was still thanking the firefighters frequently, noticed Xiao Yi's expression suddenly changed.

She looked at Xiao Yi in embarrassment, and the corners of her lips turned white: "Mr. Xiao."

Seeing the woman in front of him in awe of him, Xiao Yi couldn't help but smile wryly: "How's your body, are you okay?"

Ji Yi couldn't help being a little flattered to hear that superior leader greet her, "Oh, I'm fine, Mr. Xiao doesn't need to worry." When she said this, she suddenly remembered something and immediately turned to the savior standing on the other side of her, "By the way, Mr. Xiao, he was the one who saved me—" The expression of Shengguang, who was forcibly suppressed by him before, reappeared, and Ji Yi looked at the firefighter with crazy eyes, "I really thank him!"

Unable to bear it, she stretched out her hand to grab the fireman's arm again, Ji Yi really wished to tie this man by her side forever.

Xiao Yi turned his head, and his eyes fell on the firefighter who had been standing beside him very quietly.

The other party was about half a head taller than him, and his face was blackened by the miasma of the fire, but his dark eyes were extremely bright, giving Xiao Yi an instant illusion that his soul had been captured.

Staring at the calm man, Xiao Yi nodded solemnly at the other party, and said sincerely: "Thank you very much, my company's employees are all thanks to you."

The man looked at Xiao Yi's sincere face, tightened the helmet he held in his hand, and nodded in response: "This is what we should do."

Xiao Yi looked at the other person and guessed that this person was probably in his early 30s.

Although the smoky face almost covered the opponent's entire face, but the rigid jaw line and the three-dimensional facial features of the opponent were not hard to think that under the black barrier, there should be a rather handsome man.

It's no wonder that Ji Yi has such an exaggerated feeling of inseparability.

——This woman is a lifelong member of the Company Appearance Association.

"Wei team!"

However, a few people were in the midst of a conversation, when suddenly there was a loud cry from the end of the corridor not far away.

The man standing in front of Xiao Yi and Ji Yi glanced sideways in the direction of the source of the sound, nodded apologetically to them, and quickly ran over there.

Watching the other party go away, Xiao Yi slowly slipped his hands into his pockets, and mixed emotions gradually stirred up in his eyes.

From the perspective of encountering a fire, Ji Yi should be unlucky.

However, from the opposite point of view, the other party is lucky——

Live safely and have the opportunity to personally thank the savior.

His face was covered with a cemetery-like gloomy color, Xiao Yi watched silently as the man who had gone away and his comrade-in-arms merged and disappeared around the corner.

Afterwards, Ji Yi kept talking about the "life and death catastrophe" that he experienced that night by his side.

Xiao Yi didn't interrupt her excited speech, but just listened silently.

It wasn't until almost two o'clock in the morning that all the trapped employees were hospitalized, and those who went home were finally resettled.

The hospital after midnight seemed to be submerged in the deep sea, quiet, quiet and vaguely eerie.

Xiao Yi walked slowly in the somewhat cramped corridor, looking at the sporadic patients who walked past him hunched over, his vision was as unpredictable as a deep valley.

He remembered the dazed feeling he felt when he got out of bed and wandered like a homeless man in this space filled with disinfectant water.

He could empathize with Ji Yi's reaction.

If you don't really fall off the cliff, you won't understand the joy and gratitude of being saved.

For those saviors who always put their lives on the line of life and death, Xiao Yi understands that these saved individuals are like inconspicuous water droplets in a thousand rivers, fleeting in each other's life, and will not leave even a mark .

But on the contrary, to them, those saviors are very dazzling.

Dazzling like a star, imprinted in the universe in their hearts.

When he left the hospital, Yan Tian noticed that Xiao Yi had been in an unpredictable and gloomy state since his accident at the company at night, so he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Although the fire was under control, the catastrophe was not a trivial matter after all. The customer database, information and internal secrets accumulated by the company over the past few years could not be guaranteed without loss.

The destruction of equipment and equipment is a small matter, and if it really affects the backup resources of the software, the loss outweighs the gain.

Yan Tian was still thinking about things for his boss, but the person concerned had calmly ordered him to take him back, and the rest of the matter would be postponed to the next day.

Just as they were thinking about the situation below, the phones of Yan Tian and Xiao Yi suddenly vibrated in unison.

Stopping, Xiao Yi glanced at Yan Tian who was also throwing him a surprised glance, and raised his lower lip in a rare way.

Xiao Yi took out the phone.

However, when he saw the name displayed on the phone screen, he couldn't hide a trace of hesitation on his face.

After a moment's pause, he pressed the button abruptly, and he stuffed the phone straight back into his pocket.

Yan Tian beside him had already picked up the phone, his tone sounded very serious.

After a few words, Yan Tian hung up and turned to look at Xiao Yi with an expression so focused that his next move was to salute.

Confused by the other party's serious expression, Xiao Yi frowned, puzzled: "Why?"

"Mr. Xiao—" Yan Tian deliberated, sifted through, and finally spoke after a while, "There is a little news from X City."

Xiao Yi's face suddenly brightened without warning, and Yan Tian even had the illusion that the man's originally pale face suddenly had a tinge of blood overflowing.

"Really." His eyes converged, as if he was about to burn Yan Tianzhuo, Xiao Yi nodded, "Then?"

"The fire brigade said that although they are not sure if it is the person you are looking for, not all the people who participated in the fire fighting back then stayed in City X."

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

"Some people resigned, some were dispatched, some people retired—" Yan Tian nodded, "If there is nothing wrong, that person should be among them."

Suddenly there was an illusion of seeing the dawn while standing in the dark, Xiao Yi paused for a while before chuckling and nodding:

"Okay, let's start the investigation from these people."