Return to the Road of God

Ian sat cross-legged on the ground with his guitar in his arms, and after a few adjustments, he began to play. His slender fingers moved nimbly between the strings. While playing, he hummed a string of tones in a nasal voice——

"Are you going to Scarborough Fair...Parsley...sage...rosemary and thyme..."

His voice is beautiful, with a hint of intoxicating magnetism. Unlike Jiang Bing, even if Jiang Bing sings a gentle song, there is still a hidden power in his voice, as if he is ready to take this power away at the next moment. Energy is released, but Ian's voice is like water, flowing naturally.

After finishing one piece, Ian flipped his wrist and started another piece, which was completely different from the folk-style "Scarborough Fair". The second piece he played was "Hotel California", which was more inclined to rock.

Ye Yufan was a little surprised, just now he thought Ian was only good at lyrical ditties!

"Onadarkdeserthighway, coolwindinmyhair... warmsmelofcolitas, risingupthroughtheair..."

The gentle voice sings country rock full of vicissitudes of life, but it has a special flavor!

The slightly drooping eyelashes covered Ian's eyes, and his sideburns were softly attached to his ears, making him look like a big boy who was still in school. Qualified "Girl Killer"!

After playing two pieces, Ian finally stopped and fine-tuned the strings for the last time. Then he smiled at Ye Yufan and said, "Good piano." There was no desire for affirmation on his face.

There is only one quality that makes a man so at ease--confidence, and confidence in just the right amount.

He is aware of his own strength, he is not afraid to show himself, and he does not need to show his charm through these actions. He only does this because: he happens to know how to play the piano, he likes to play the piano, and he can help Ye Yufan try the piano, that's all It's only three o'clock.

Ye Yufan praised: "You play very well too..."

"Are you tired?" Ian leaned the guitar against the corner, closed the box, and walked to the bed.

Ye Yufan was indeed tired, the injuries all over his body made him unable to wake up for too long, and coupled with the tossing just now, bumps and bumps were inevitable.Just now because I was worried that the guitar would be broken, I barely cheered up. As a result, Ian's two songs became a lullaby...

Ian supported Ye Yufan to lie down: "Okay, let's go to bed early."

Ye Yufan: "Hmm..."

Ian: "If you feel uncomfortable, call me directly, or call Sara's name."

Ye Yufan said weakly, "Thank you for taking me in..."

Ian patted Ye Yufan's head lightly, with a touch of intimacy: "Fool."

"..." The drowsy Ye Yufan didn't have the mood to refute, and soon fell into a dream.

He started to have strange dreams again, like a continuation of the previous dream...

The soul-form self was circling anxiously in the strange room, he was here now, would He Yuexi and the others be worried?Will you look for yourself everywhere?No, he had to go and tell them...

In an instant, Ke Jing's house appeared in front of him, and his soul entered through the door. He saw Ke Jing and his brother-in-law leaning on the sofa watching TV.The man on the sofa stared at Ke Jing next to him, and then stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around him, rubbing his thumb lightly against his shoulders. Ke Jing twisted uncomfortably, but was grabbed by the other party with even greater force. To his arms... The young man frowned and turned his head to curse something, the man lowered his head and kissed his lips at that moment, his strong arms tightly restrained the other party's struggle...

Not daring to look any further, he fled aimlessly in the darkness and arrived at the airport in Xili unknowingly. He saw He Yuexi and Guo Zhekai in the crowd and flew over excitedly. Fortunately, they Not gone yet!

"Wait for me--!"

He wanted to shout, but he couldn't make a sound with all his strength. He could only watch He Yuexi and Guo Zhekai leave talking and laughing, as if they had no intention of waiting for him at all...

Why didn't you wait for me?You agreed to go together, why do you treat me as if I don't exist... Could it be that you don't exist?

Yes, he is already dead!Ke Jing, He Yuexi and Guo Zhekai didn't know him at all!All the people and all the things are all imagined by him!

He covered his heart in horror, feeling like vomiting...

"Van... are you okay..."

In a daze, someone was calling his name, but he was too tired to open his eyes, and every part of his body was aching...

"My forehead is so hot, I seem to have a fever... Hurry up and get a wet towel..."

Don't talk, it's noisy...

Don't touch me, it hurts...

Seeing the bruises on the boy's body, Sara couldn't help covering her mouth, and began to whisper again: "God!"

Ian took the hot towel, frowned and wiped away the layers of sweat from the boy on the bed.

"Don't..." the young man whispered unconsciously.

"Okay, okay, good..." Ian comforted him softly, wiped off his sweat with one hand, and gently rubbed the other's hair with the other.

The young maid's face was burning hot from the side, she had never seen such a gentle Ian.

"Ointment." Ian calmly ordered Sara to do the job. This was the latter's job, but Ian did it himself.

"...Sir, did you really just meet him today?" the maid couldn't help asking.

"Well," Ian smiled slightly, "I saw him for the first time, but the moment he opened his eyes and looked at me, I felt that I had known him for a long time..."

This... Looking at Ian's drowning sight, Sara's nose bleeds almost!Don't tell her it's a "love story"!

After Ye Yufan was injured, he developed a high fever, which was fierce. He was lethargic all day, and only took food and medicine when he woke up twice. It seems that Ian even invited his family doctor to see him.

I don't know how long it has been like this, Ye Yufan opened his eyes, it was very bright outside, after a while, a warm morning light came into the room, and he suddenly lost sleepiness.

After moving his arm, he found that the fixing plate had been removed, and there was no serious problem except that he had no strength.Ye Yufan breathed a sigh of relief and sat up, feeling that the bruises on his body were almost healed.

The door was ajar, and it was quiet inside and out, Ian and Sara might not have woken up yet.

Ye Yufan didn't want to disturb anyone, he leaned on the bed, looked out the window, and suddenly remembered that two years ago in winter, he was leaning on the hospital bed like this when he was still recovering from a serious illness... From that moment, he thought, maybe he could try to draw look.

Ye Yufan got out of bed, because he hadn't walked for a few days, he was a little unsteady standing up.

He fumbled to find his backpack. He remembered that day, those people dumped all the things in their bags on the ground, stomped on them, and threw them away... Fortunately, the sketchbook didn't make them feel that important, it was only slightly worn some rind.

He found the half-cut pencil ends in his bag, and Ye Yufan imagined that Ian would have to help retrieve these things when he rescued him, and his mood was a bit complicated.

Back on the bed, he took a breath and turned his gaze out of the window again.

The light is moving, the morning breeze is very slight, everything is about to wake up...

His heart floated up and sank; his hands lifted up and down again...

The rustling sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper was extremely clear at this moment. He had never felt that his mood was as peaceful as this moment...

There is the smell of green leaves, floating in from the window, with the fragrance of soil...

Gently, as if he didn't use much strength; slowly, but like a flash of magic...

In the sketchbook, a picture of "green leaves in midsummer" has appeared, stretching and swaying freely outside the quiet villa in the twilight of the morning sun.

……

another room.

Ian squinted at the vibrating phone.

"Hello..." With a muffled sound of getting up, "Brother, please, it's only seven o'clock, I don't go to bed until four o'clock... Well, I know... When he wakes up, I will ask you ...You are so annoying, I'm going to hang up..." Throwing the phone to the pillow, the man lazily turned over.

After lying down for another ten minutes, I opened my dry eyes. The sun was shining outside the window. Ian squinted his eyes and murmured: "Ilfaitbeau..."

Putting on his pajamas, Ian went out and asked Sara who was frying eggs in the kitchen: "How is Van?"

Sara: "I haven't visited him today, I haven't heard anything, maybe I haven't woken up yet."

Ian: "I'll go and see..."

Gently pushing open the door of Ye Yufan's room, Ian saw such a scene——

The pale boy was leaning on the bed, holding the sketchbook in both hands, quietly looking out the window...

What is he thinking? Ian leaned against the door and watched him with interest.

But how long he stood there, Ye Yufan just stared out of the window for so long!Just when Ian gave up and was about to go in, Ye Yufan made a slight movement, his fingers gently rubbed the edge of the sketchbook, and then he smiled, very lightly, and disappeared in a flash.

Ian, who caught that smile, froze for an instant, and there was a layer of heat in his brown eyes that he had never seen before.

-

43 Old Ham Street, another sleepless night.

Guan Hongze stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the sunshine outside, his depressed mood couldn't get better at all, remembering Fang Yi's extortion of a confession the night before, everyone was furious after learning the truth, even he, who was always calm, couldn't help shaking his fist... …

The living room was lifeless, and everyone was haggard. After calling the police yesterday, they could do nothing but wait for news at home.

Tang Zhen was crying until her eyes were swollen into peaches, and Bai Qing comforted her: "Stop crying, it's not your fault, it's all Fang Yi... I really didn't expect him to do such a thing!"

"Xiaoqing, I feel bad..." Tang Zhen's voice was already hoarse.

Hearing this, Ke Jing said sinisterly: "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Hehe, the first time someone troubled Ye Yufan downstairs in the restaurant was because of you. Even if you can't control your nympho mind, please take care of those around you." Dog, Ye Yufan disappeared because of you, if there is something wrong with him..."

"Ke Jing!" Bai Qing yelled to stop him, but it was too late, the stubborn Tang Zhen couldn't stand being accused of Ke Jing's poisonous tongue, jumped up and shouted hoarsely: "Yes, it's all my fault, but I just like him, Now that he is missing because of me, I suffer more than any of you!"

"How much is your liking worth? Back then, Wu Jie was hospitalized because of your broken ribs, and he lay in the hospital for half a year. Have you ever visited him? Didn't you also say you liked him, bitch..." Ke Jing became excited and couldn't help being rude.

Qiu Song frowned: "That's enough, stop making trouble."

"What are you talking about Wu Jie?" Tang Zhen stared at Ke Jing, his lips trembling slightly.

Ke Jing sneered: "You still ask me how he is?"

Tang Zhen: "At the beginning, I only heard that he had gone abroad...and I called him, but he didn't answer."

Ke Jing looked disgusted: "...you really don't know, or do you pretend you don't know? Stop playing hypocritical!"

Tang Zhen slumped down with a pale face, and Bai Qing asked incredulously, "Could it be Fang Yi too?"

The author has something to say: Note:

Scarborough Fair Scarborough Fair (song)

Hotel California (song)

Ilfaitbeau the weather is so sunny (French)

PS: I saw someone write Ian as Lan in the comments, no, the initial letter of Ian is I (lowercase i), the English translation is "Ian", and the pronunciation is very similar to "Yan".