Xingchuan

The hotel was unusually quiet that night, the sound of the waves beating against the rocks was dull and muddy.

Li Xingchuan took a shower and went to the balcony, changing the wound dressing while walking.

The balcony faces the sea.

He fumbled for a cigarette.The evening wind was not weak, he used his left hand to block the wind and lit a cigarette, and when he lowered his eyes, he saw that the lights next door were still on.

That was Ling Yi's room.

The faint wall light casts a vague silhouette on the curtains.

The wet and cool sea breeze brushed against the back of his neck, and the moment he saw Ling Yi, the tiredness that he felt day and night slowly disappeared.Li Xingchuan bit his cigarette and leaned against the railing, choosing an angle with the best view.

That outline is very shallow.

Ling Yi should be sitting on the sofa.He folded his legs in front of him as a table, with something spread out on his lap, and a pen in his hand.

Write something?

The smoke was transferred from the fingers to the hand, and the smoke mixed with the salty sea breeze slowly evaporated, and when it was about to burn out, he finally figured it out.Ling Yi was drawing, and what was on her lap should be manuscript paper, or some other notebook.

In the quiet room, he lowered his head slightly, focused his eyes, and pursed his lips lightly.

In fact, Li Xingchuan couldn't see it, but he had already sketched his expression at this time in his heart, just like the one he saw outside the window every time he went to the studio to pick him up.

I didn't go to the studio many times before, but every time I went to Li Xingchuan, I would lean under the tree outside for a while, doing nothing but waiting for Ling Yi.When he looked up, when he was satisfied with the painting, when he stretched his waist and paid attention to the clock on the wall, Li Xingchuan would walk in through the main entrance with leisurely steps.

In fact, nothing has changed in five years.

Ling Yi likes drawing very much, before and now.Li Xingchuan is willing to support him in painting for the rest of his life, before and now.

There was a cat in the garden, and it meowed upstairs from a distance.

Li Xingchuan turned around, his eyes stayed downstairs for a short time, and then slowly looked at the lighthouse in the distance.The light on the top of the tower never goes out. He propped his elbows to smoke quietly, and stayed with him until the lights next door were turned off before going to sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, the group packed up and set off.

The seven-seater sedan chair was already too crowded, not to mention Cheng Kaiji's leg was injured.Fortunately, Li Xingchuan has an international driver's license for motorcycles, so he got up early and went to the dealership to pick up a Ducati, saving a seat.

Along the way, the motorcycles went hand in hand with the peloton.

The limousine slowly lowered the right window, and Xie Siyun lay on the window with his hands pillowed, watching his friend ride while blowing the air.After looking at it for a while, he curled his lips, "Ling Yi, Ling Yi."

Ling Yi only slept for four or five hours last night, and she is a little bit out of spirit at the moment.

"Ok?"

Half of the seat was given up by the window, and the two of them stood next to each other without making too much noise.

"It's the first time I saw Xingchuan turn red, it's quite appropriate."

The whole body of this supercar is bright red, while Li Xingchuan is dressed in pure black, only the helmet has fire patterns, and his broad shoulders and long legs exude wild hormones.

It really suits him.

Ling Yi was still thinking about what happened last night, although his face was facing out of the window, only his peripheral vision was left for the car, "Yeah."

The tone is light.

Looking at it, a bee flew outside, Xie Siyun tried to catch it, but failed.Ling Yi gently pressed his forehead from the side to prevent him from poking his head out, "Be careful."

He smiled sideways: "Got it."

After speaking, he leaned shoulder to shoulder with Ling Yi, looking a little worried.After silently staring blankly for a while, he said, "How about I go to Dijing to buy an apartment when I go back to Linjiang, so that we can see each other right away, and you can come to my house to cook."

Ling Yi's hair was a little itchy from rubbing against it, and his words made people clueless.Ling Yi turned her face away: "Don't you already have a house?"

"What does that matter, buy another set."

Buying a house is like buying cabbage.Cheng Kaiji in the back row was closing his eyes to rest his mind, when he heard a disapproving syllable from deep in his nasal cavity.

Xie Siyun turned his head away: "What's your opinion?"

"It's nothing great." Cheng Kaiji slowly opened his eyelids, and then slowly closed them after taking a glance at him, "I just can't understand how easy it is for you to become celebrities."

"My money is also shot one shot at a time. If it's not stolen or robbed, why don't you like it?"

"You earn a lot of people's salary for a year with one shot."

The long car slowed down at the turn, Ducati passed from the right in an instant, and the warm wind rushed past the ear.

Ling Yi listened absently to their bickering.

After fighting till his face was blushing and his neck was thick, Xie Siyun was turning around with lingering anger, "If it wasn't for Xingchuan's refusal to give me a ride, I wouldn't be bothered to take a car with this man, wasting my tongue."

He unscrewed the mineral water bottle and took a sip of the water, then handed it to Ling Yi, who shook his head, "Won't you take a ride?"

"Yeah." Xie Siyun threw away the bottle, "I guess he is afraid that you will be unhappy. You said he is really weird, isn't the back seat empty for people to sit in? Given the friendship between the three of us, isn't it Are you still mad at me for this?"

Ling Yi said softly: "Why am I angry?"

"That's right." Xie Siyun rested his chin on his shoulder, raised his jaw and looked out the window, "His fate is really good. I met you in this life with a good temper. No matter what happened, you never got angry with him. "

The wind made his eyes dry.

Ling Yi was quiet for a while, then slowly closed the car window.

After driving around half of the outer islands for two hours, we arrived at the other side of the island at noon. It is also the most tourist attraction, the whale watching port.

As the name suggests, this is the place to go for whale watching.

The wind and waves are not big today, and the sunshine is especially good. The sea is shimmering like diamonds, and the sparkle is so beautiful.The boat is packed by the guide in advance, and there are no outsiders.Cheng Kaiji, who was handicapped in legs and feet, was arranged to sit on the bow of the boat to enjoy the best view, while the others were free to move about on the boat.

"Let's go over there and have a look."

Ling Yi was pulled by Xie Siyun, and was about to passively move to the stern of the boat, but felt a little resistance in his right hand.

"Wait." Someone grabbed his wrist.

Because he was looking for a place to park, Li Xingchuan was the last to come.The eyes of the two collided, and Ling Yi looked away lightly, but felt that his face seemed to be tanned.

"Life jacket." Li Xingchuan held two orange life jackets in his hand.

Ling Yi had no choice but to stretch out her hand: "Give it to me."

Li Xingchuan handed one of them over.

"What about that one?" He took it for granted that it belonged to Siyun.

Li Xingchuan frowned slightly, but didn't give it.Ling Yi stretched out his hand to ask for it, and pulled it out with a little force, and then let go of the hand holding the life jacket.

But after getting it, he found that Si Yun had left earlier and was putting on the life jacket beside the guide, and the other three had already put on their own.

The rest is Li Xingchuan's own.

Ling Yi stopped with both feet, put the extra one on the ground, and lowered her head to put on her own.Li Xingchuan came over and tied the rope for him, then picked up the one on the ground and put it on.

"Help me tie it."

The hull rocked slightly in the sea.When helping him tie the rope, Ling Yi's body was shaking, and so was his heart.Before he finished tying it, Li Xingchuan held his hand, and he was pulled into his arms.

Ling Yi didn't want him to hug her, but her body didn't have much strength.

Time froze like this.

Ling Yi thought that he could survive the past few days, but when he was hugged for no apparent reason, his heart was throbbing alive and painful as if he had been wounded by a sharp knife.

The waves are gentle, and the scorching sun burns people's heads.It didn't take long for him to feel chest tightness and nausea, and rushed to the bathroom in the cabin to retch a few times, but he didn't spit out anything.

After rinsing his mouth with water, he looked at himself in the mirror.The face of the person in front of him was pale, and his hair was damp from sweat or the sea breeze outside, and it was wet and embarrassingly draped over his forehead.

He turned around and leaned against the pool, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, until he heard footsteps before opening his eyes.

Li Xingchuan approached, frowned and looked at his face: "What's the matter, are you uncomfortable?"

He turned his face away: "Don't worry about it."

He is taking revenge on him.

Who said he never got angry with him.

The water from the tips of his hair dripped down his cheeks, making him even more embarrassed.Li Xingchuan frowned tightly. After staring at him for a while, he wiped his forehead and face with the back of his relatively clean hand. His movements were not careful enough, but his strength was not great.

"You're seasick, didn't you take your medicine before departure?"

The waves beat against the ship's side, Ling Yi pursed her lips tightly.His sore throat was unable to make a sound, so he could only turn his head away and silently watched the waves turning outside.

"Ling Yi," the arms beside him tightened, and the veins protruded little by little, "Do you not like this place?"

That throbbing feeling came back.

"If you don't like it, I'll take you back tomorrow."

Ling Yi restrained herself from trembling, clenched her fists and nodded slowly: "I'll just go back by myself."

Immediately afterwards, he pushed Li Xingchuan away and fled back to the deck.

"Ling Yi!" Xie Siyun grasped the guardrail tightly with one hand and waved at him with the other, not afraid of being swept away by a wave of the Pacific Ocean.

Ling Yi wiped her face with her sleeve indiscriminately, feeling that her cheeks were full of water, and rubbed vigorously again until her face was completely dry before walking over.

"Where did you go with Xingchuan just now?"

"I didn't go anywhere, I'm a little seasick."

"Oh..." Si Yun had a sudden realization expression, originally he wanted to laugh, but when he took a closer look, he found that his eyes were red, so he slowly put away his smile, and leaned over to look into his eyes, "What's the matter, in argument?"

"It's nothing."

Xie Siyun originally wanted to continue asking, but at this moment he heard a burst of exclamation, "Look, look, there are killer whales ahead!"

Attention was drawn instantly.

The little killer whales in black clothes and white bellies scrambled out of the water, one after another, their fins stuck on their backs like crescent shuttles. They were obviously clumsy, but their movements were cute and light.

Everyone rushed forward, even Cheng Kaiji walked to the deck with a cane.Ling Yi was also pulled over by Xie Siyun, but he stood on the edge instead of going in the middle.Li Xingchuan came late and stood beside him.

Those little killer whales had round heads and slippery bodies. The moment they got out of the water, their skin reflected the colorful sunlight, and the water splashed on everyone's face from a distance of more than ten meters.

Ling Yi retreated for a while, and Li Xingchuan blocked the water for him with his hands.

The scene in front of him was unforgettable for a lifetime, everyone was watching the whale, only Li Xingchuan was watching Ling Yi.

Taking advantage of this excitement, the guide introduced to everyone in unproficient Chinese: "Here, the whale represents rebirth. There is a record in the Bible that the prophet Jonah was eaten by a whale in a shipwreck and lived for three years." After three days and three nights, they have a second life after they come out. For us, whales are the most docile animals, but also the most brave and fearless animals.”

The most docile, yet the most courageous and fearless.Xie Siyun heard half of it, turned his head, and found that Xingchuan was looking at Ling Yi fixedly, and there were many more incomprehensible things in his eyes.

Hanging his eyes and thinking for a while, he took out his mobile phone and walked to the middle of the deck, "Xingchuan, Ling Yi, let me take a photo for you."

Ling Yi shook her head, "No need."

"Hurry up, while the whale is still around."

Ling Yi still wanted to refuse, but Li Xingchuan grabbed his face and kissed him without warning.

There is a touch of salty sea water between the lips, and there is also a touch of smoke.Ling Yi felt her back trembling slightly.Li Xingchuan's hand was so strong that he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.

His heart was overwhelmed by great reluctance.

Since then, he never spoke again, and Xie Siyun didn't tell them if he had taken a picture, but just put the phone away without saying a word.

After returning from the sea, most of the day has passed, and even the sea breeze is blowing and it is cool.Back to the hotel by car, on the way Chu Ran was resting on Lu Xingzhou's shoulder, Cheng Kaiji was also resting with his eyes closed, and Xie Siyun was swiping his phone.

Ling Yi still sat by the window.Li Xingchuan didn't leave his car at all, as if guarding him.

Back at the hotel, dinner is being prepared in the kitchen. The guide greets everyone to come down for dinner in half an hour. At this moment, you can take the time to go back to your room to rest.

As soon as she came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, someone knocked on Ling Yi's door.

"Ling Yi."

It was Li Xingchuan's voice.

Thinking that he came to tell her to go down for dinner, Ling Yi wiped her hair, walked to the door and replied softly: "You go down first, I haven't changed my clothes yet."

After a long silence through a door, Li Xingchuan said, "Si Yun and I are going out for a while. Don't run around at night, and don't wait for me."

Ling Yi paused for a while, then slowly put it down, "Now?"

"Ah."

"where to?"

Li Xingchuan still refused to speak.

Ling Yi had difficulty breathing and said nothing.

It was quiet outside for a long while before the sound of footsteps was heard, and people left.When passing by the garden, Li Xingchuan paused, looked back at the room on the second floor, and then strode away.

The sun on the island had already set, and the red light between the sky and the earth gradually faded away, and the blue sky and sea gradually turned into pitch black.

At seven o'clock, the downstairs was busy for a while. The waiters set up the tables and lit the lights, and arranged the dishes with various seafood.There were only four people eating, they opened a bottle of good vintage red wine and drank two glasses, Ling Yi also drank two glasses, Cheng Kaiji tried to stop it.

After dinner, Ling Yi declined the invitation of others and went upstairs alone to pack her luggage.He folded and took back the clothes that had just been hung out for two days, and tidied up the quilt.Later, I saw the sketch of the character I drew last night, looked at it quietly for a while, and finally tore it off, crumpled it up and threw it away.

After putting it away, he sat on the edge of the bed and lost his mind.I want to keep something as a souvenir, but I can't take away the scene, let alone the kiss, at most I can only take away the shells I picked up last night.

He went downstairs to look for it, but it wasn't in the garden, and he couldn't find it.

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Time passed slowly under the dark sky, and someone was racing against time.

Around midnight, the phone suddenly vibrated anxiously, and the sound was very loud in the dark night.

Li Xingchuan put down the tool in his hand and took a look. It was Chu Ran who had never called him before.

He picked it up, and before any syllables came out of his throat, he heard the other side ask: "Did Ling Yi call you?"

Standing up straight for a second with his slightly arched back, he frowned: "What's wrong?"

"Ling Yi is gone, and I haven't seen anyone since dinner. Lu Xingzhou and I searched all the hotels after we went to the night market and came back. There was no sign of him, and the phone couldn't be reached."

Chu Ran enunciated clearly and spoke calmly, but Li Xingchuan's nerves were throbbing.

"The law and order in this place is very poor, and he drank a lot of alcohol at night, I'm worried—"

"I'll be right back." Li Xingchuan interrupted in a deep voice, "You tell a few people to go to the beach to look for it first, he went to the beach last night."

"I've already gone to look for it." Chu Ran replied eloquently, "Lu Xingzhou brought someone there, and I'll let you know as soon as I have news."

After rushing back in less than a quarter of an hour, only Cheng Kaiji was left sitting in the front hall of the hotel.

"How is it?" Xie Siyun rushed in first, dragged him and asked, "Did anyone find it?"

"Not yet." Cheng Kaiji's face was ashen, "They took a few people to look for it separately, and there was nothing on the pier or beach."

"It's so late, where will Ling Yi go?"

Before the words were finished, Li Xingchuan parked his car and rushed in. Looking at the expressions on the faces of the two of them, he knew that they had gotten nothing, so he turned around and strode upstairs.

Rushing into Ling Yi's room, the packed suitcase jumped into the eye sockets, and there was a crumpled paper ball on the carpet.When I picked it up, I saw that the vague outline was vaguely him.

Li Xingchuan's heart was beating wildly, and he strode towards the front desk to check the surveillance, but Cheng Kaiji stopped him directly: "Wait for you to check?! I've already watched all the videos tonight. He went out around eight o'clock. He didn't know anything." Did not bring."

It has been four hours since eight o'clock. No matter where I go shopping, it is impossible to go without hearing for such a long time.

Xie Siyun rubbed his hands on the spot and paced back and forth. After a few seconds, he suddenly raised his eyes to look at Li Xingchuan: "Did you two quarrel on the boat during the day? Could it be... Could it be that he got angry and hid?"

Li Xingchuan didn't speak immediately, Cheng Kaiji had already pulled up his collar, "What are you going to do to him!"

Xie Siyun hastily stepped forward to stop him, "Don't do it!"

Before it was opened, there were suddenly noisy footsteps at the door, and it was Chu Ran who came back with someone.

"Chu Ran!"

The three asked in unison, "Is there any news?"

Chu Ran's face was like black iron, and when he glanced at them, his expression changed.Li Xingchuan's face turned cold instantly.

"Someone saw him on the trestle by the sea. The nearest surveillance camera only took pictures of him passing by, but he didn't come back." Chu Ran paused, and looked at Li Xingchuan with cold eyes, "I now suspect that he drank too much Lost his mind, stumbled and fell into the sea."

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