Heart fire

The taxi drove slowly in the pouring rain.The heating was not turned on in the car, and no one spoke, only the rain hitting the roof of the car heavily, and the dry sound of the wipers scraping on the windshield.

A small piece of hazy light fell on his legs through the water-stained glass, and his soaked shirt was pressed against his skin. Xi Yang was embraced by Zhou Tong, and his cold body was covered by the heat radiating from him in no time. It's warm.

Zhou Tong was like a ball of fire, scorching Xi Yang at a loss what to do, loving and panicking, and reluctant to stay away.

The rain was so heavy that the driver was so engrossed in staring at the road conditions that he didn't have the time to carefully look at the two men sitting closely next to each other in the back row.

The two hands hidden in the shadows clasped together.The young man's palm was warm and dry, slightly callused, and his fingertips unconsciously rubbed against the back of the other hand, with long, full patience, as if they were conveying some kind of secret that only each other could decipher.

Xi Yang turned his head to look at Zhou Tong's straight nose bridge and perfect chin with a little light, and caught a faint, satisfied smile on the lips that kissed him just now.

The child is still thinking about it secretly, secretly happy.

But he couldn't believe it for a long time. In the past ten minutes ago, he had kissed this boy in the cold wind and torrential rain.

It was this wet but still warm lips that first fell on the end of his tearful eyes, leaving a tender and affectionate kiss, and then gently caressed his cheeks, sipping every drop of rain and every ray of sadness , and finally covered his lips, touching, staying, and then gently holding, gently asking, half reserved and half enthusiastic, obviously skillful, but a little clumsy due to excessive cherishing and love.

There is still the sticky sweetness of crabapple between the lips and teeth, and the sour, bitter, and astringent tastes are all swept away, and the rest is only bitterness and sweetness.Zhou Tong kissed Xi Yang, called his name, and whispered to him, "It's still your delicious food, you are so sweet."

No one has ever said such love words to Xi Yang.At that moment, the wind and rain seemed to stop, and time stood still. His heart was kissed away by Zhou Tong, and he fell into a cloud of tenderness and sweetness. Ups and downs with it.

It was like having a dream that was too illusory. Now that he woke up, he felt a stronger anxiety than before, and Zhou Tong in front of him became distant and strange.

He tried to withdraw his hand several times, but in the end he was hugged even tighter and held even tighter.Zhou Tong seemed to be able to perceive everything about him, and guessed that he was shrinking again and wanted to escape, so he pinched his fingertips and whispered to him: "Is it cold? It's almost here, and I can take a hot bath soon .”

"I'm here. Instructor, happy Mid-Autumn Festival. I'll go to the cafeteria to steal mooncakes for you later."

Mid-Autumn Festival... Yes, today is Mid-Autumn Festival.

He has nothing, Xi Yang thought suddenly.There is no home, no relatives, no one to care about and go to when the moon is full, but there is such a strong and gentle heart, and all the sense of security he can give, all given to himself.

So why do I have any reason to shrink back, what reason do I have to abandon him, like that coward before, hiding in the shadow of the past, wearing a temperatureless mask and living a lifetime?

Isn't he the splendor and enthusiasm that he once couldn't ask for, and wanted to have in his life?

"Zhou Tong." Xi Yang squeezed Zhou Tong's hand back with a little force. "I didn't see the moon today, and I lost the things I bought."

Hearing that he finally spoke, Zhou Tong finally felt more at ease. "Just throw it away, it doesn't matter, the process of shopping with you is more important."

"On the fifteenth day, the moon is only full on the sixteenth. Let's go to the roof to have a look tomorrow night, shall we?"

"En." Xi Yang responded, pursed his lips and stopped talking, but leaned gently on Zhou Tong's shoulder after hesitating.

He is 25 years old and Zhou Tong is only nineteen, but he is extremely tired now, he does not want to be a calm and steady trainer, a warrior with heavy responsibilities, he just wants to be that ignorant Yang Yang, even if only for a moment.

He also laughed at himself, as if he had never been sensible, even worse than a 19-year-old child, desperately holding on to a foregone relationship for five years and refusing to let go, ignoring the beauty and preciousness of the process, and not knowing that the moon is full There is a lack of people and separation, but tomorrow will always come, what is lost will be regained in another way, and what is missed will definitely meet again at a certain starting point in life.

...

The time to turn off the lights has passed, except for the duty room in the entire camp, only the police lights on the top of the training tower are still flickering, which is particularly eye-catching in the dark night.

When the car arrived at the door, it was still raining, Zhou Tong wanted to take off his shirt to cover Xi Yang without even thinking about it, but he involuntarily pulled him out of the car, braving the heavy rain, trotting all the way in with dead branches and leaves soaked in stagnant water. out of the camp.

"I'll catch a cold." Zhou Tong whispered to Xi Yang when the soldiers on duty were not paying attention when signing the contract.

"If you have a cold, eat soup dumplings." Xi Yang wiped off a drop of rainwater falling from Zhou Tong's temples on the paper with his fingers, winked at him, and secretly said, "I really want to catch a cold."

The tips of her hair are dripping with water, her eyebrows and eyes are moist, and the small mole on her lips also looks like a coquettish child.Zhou Tong was in a daze, and his heartbeat became chaotic again.

The day was long and short, and when we parted at the corner of the stairs, Zhou Tong held onto Xi Yang's cuff, reluctantly but reluctantly told him, "Go take a bath, I'll make soup dumplings for you if you don't catch a cold."

"Got it. You too..."

The phrase "you too" stopped on the lips, and Xi Yang's pupils reflected a figure, and the light flickered.His ears turned red, he looked at Zhou Tong hesitantly, and then he was pulled into the corner of the blind monitoring area by Zhou Tong, hugged in his arms, and heard him say softly: "It's okay, you wash first, I'll do it later go."

"En." Xi Yang put his hands on Zhou Tong's back, and unconsciously tightened his clothes with his ten fingers. "Then, have a good rest, good night."

"Late..." Zhou Tong just responded with one word and then suddenly changed his mind. "Wait a minute, give me another ten seconds."

He grabbed Xi Yang's hand from behind and brought it back to his front, pressing it on his chest.

"Instructor, I like you so much, I like you so much, I like you so much."

After he finished speaking, he sighed softly, let go decisively, stepped back two steps, and stood in a straight military posture.

"Good night, instructor."

The undisguised liking is full of dignity.Xi Yang looked at Zhou Tong, feeling a burst of sweet sorrow in his heart, he quickly turned around to restrain himself, and left a sentence before leaving: "Go back quickly, if the squad leader criticizes, just say that I took you out to do errands, and you are late."

...

In the dormitory, Tu Ke was still awake. He was fighting with Grandma Tu through his mobile phone to fight landlords. Millions of happy beans were gone in a blink of an eye, leaving only a pair of underpants. Yang pushed the door wet and came in, went to the table and put down something, even took a book to block it, then turned around and went into the bathroom, picked up a towel and a washbasin, and left without looking back.

He seemed to have something on his mind, but it was difficult to figure out whether it was good or bad from his expression, and he never glanced at Tu Ke from the beginning to the end, and never even said hello.

Tu Ke: "..."

I'm so handsome and obviously lying here alone, yet I'm being ignored?

Sure enough, Zhou Tong calculated the time and did not come to the bathhouse. Xi Yang worried that he would catch a cold if he waited too long, so he took the time to take a quick bath.

The hot water dispels the chill all over the body, and also soothes and relaxes the spirit.When the water hit his body, he inevitably thought of Zhou Tong, the kiss in the rain, and the accompanying warm current, and finally reminisced generously, making his face reddened by the steam.

After taking a shower, he went back to the dressing room to get dressed.The locker was unlocked, and when I opened it, I found a small packaging bag on the neatly stacked clothes.

When I picked it up, it was a moon cake filled with jujube paste.

Xi Yang recognized this brand, and the local manufacturer in the north is not so popular but has a good reputation and guaranteed materials. He chose it before the festival, and Fang Jianhua went to purchase it.

Zhou Tong slipped to the cafeteria to "steal".

He turned around and leaned his back against the closet, letting the water drip from his hair fall on the clean clothes he had just changed, and didn't bother to wipe it. He closed his eyes and pressed his heart that was beating wildly for the umpteenth time, and then opened his eyes. That bright and handsome smiling face Still coming to mind.

I also... like him so much.

Returning to the dormitory with candied thoughts, he saw Tu Ke lying on the desk furtively when he entered the door, he was startled by him without warning because of his guilty conscience, he had no time to put down the things in his hands, so he had to pretend to be calm , waved his hand and asked: "Where did you pick it up? It's all wilted, do you like this? I'll plant a piece of it later..."

Xi Yang stepped forward quickly, snatched back the rose in his hand, turned his back, and said unhappily, "Don't touch my things."

When did this gentle, courteous and thrifty Xi team, a pure-hearted and ascetic trainer, become so stingy, caressing about every detail, and still picking up broken flowers and rotten leaves outside?Tu Ke's head was full of question marks, and he stretched his neck to inquire: "Tch, I don't want any precious things if you give them to me."

The rose was rubbed and squeezed in the shirt pocket all night, and several petals were about to shatter.Xi Yang ignored Tu Ke, rummaged around and found a small round aluminum box in his drawer, poured out all the paper clips inside, put the rose in it, and placed it by the window. After looking at it, Tu Ke unknowingly opened his mooncake again, leaving only one corner after one bite.

Xi Yang's face turned pale with anger: "I told you not to touch my things!"

Tu Ke's mouth was bulging, and there was still a piece of cake crumbs on the corner of his mouth: "There are still a lot in the cafeteria! These bastards don't like to eat, so you can take care of the leftovers!"

Xi Yang didn't bother to pay attention to him, and climbed onto the bed after glancing at him, lay down and opened Taobao to search for a recording bear for a while, then suddenly remembered to ask: "Where's Zheng Jiang?"

"I don't know." Tu Ke went to brush his teeth after eating the mooncakes, biting his toothbrush and said vaguely, "This man is sick, and he made the team run wild all day today."

Xi Yang refused to comment, and asked, "What do you plan, Lao Xiang?"

Tu Ke walked out of the bathroom stroking his clean-shaven chin, lifted his T-shirt to reveal a row of neat and well-shaped abdominal muscles, and fell on the bed: "As long as he is healthy and he has his own wishes, no one can force him to retire." .Rescue coach or training guide, whichever he can’t do, even go to the driving class as a driver, as long as he can stay in the team, he is willing.”

"I want to persuade him to quit." Xi Yang looked at the dazzling light tube in the center of the ceiling, hesitantly said: "It's time for him to rest. Jiajia will go to elementary school next year, and his sister-in-law is not in good health, and the family is old and sick. The little ones have to be taken care of by someone."

"It's up to him, let's go to his house sometime next week."

"Yeah." Xi Yang turned over, licked his lips, and was about to fall asleep.

At this time, Tu Ke said again: "The bidding has come down, and it's still An Qi. I read the information sent by your little fan girl. In the past two years, the Wucheng Squadron had three records of fire extinguishing suits, but the final cause of death was excessive smoke and dust." , collapsed, buried and suffocated, no flaws could be found.”

Xi Yang let out a muffled "hmm" under the quilt, and said, "If there is really a problem, it is impossible to leave a clue and be caught easily."

Of course Tu Ke also understood. He rested his arms on his head and said slowly, "But I found something interesting."

"Huh?" Xi Yang spent a day with Zhou Tong crazy and got caught in the rain, so he was really tired at the moment.He thought about Zhou Tong, and guessed that Zhou Tong should have finished taking a bath at this time, and he was also lying on the bed thinking about himself, and his heart was filled with fine thoughts and sweetness, and his eyelids began to fight.

Tu Ke in the lower berth was still talking: "Wucheng is a small place, and the detachment is tight. The same department is responsible for requisitioning, purchasing, and acceptance. The staff of the brigade compares the prices of the three suppliers, and then submits them for approval."

"The finance department of the detachment is responsible for the approval of a young woman named Zheng."

...

However, just when Xi Yang thought that Zhou Tong had already fallen asleep, Zhou Tong hadn't even changed his wet clothes yet. He stood with his head held high under the bright incandescent lamp in the dormitory, staring straight ahead, and answered sonorously. He asked Deputy Team Zheng's question.

"Report, myself, went to get my hair cut, and saw a play."

No mention of ballet.Zhou Tong is not good at lying, so he blinked quickly while responding.

Zheng Jiang snorted coldly as if he didn't believe it.

Among the people in the room who were arrested, Zhang Siqi stood up first and said, "Captain Zheng, Zhou Tong's fake is Tu..."

He didn't interrupt until he finished speaking.Holding a teaching stick behind his back, Zheng Jiang took a rest, turned to him and said angrily, "Did I let you talk?"

Zhang Siqi was at a loss for words.Zhou Tong didn't move, and replied: "Report, I'm late, and I'm willing to accept punishment, but it has nothing to do with the squad leader. When he left in the morning, he told me to return to the team on time."

Zheng Jiang stared at Zhou Tong inexplicably, with evil intentions in his dark eyes, he suddenly smiled and said: "What kind of revolutionary friendship is better than Jin Jian in front of me, get out together and carry fifty laps."

Du Wei and the others seemed to be unable to hold back, but Zhang Siqi rushed ahead of them and said again: "Captain Zheng! If you don't let me say it, I have to finish. Zhou Tong is the son of a martyr. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Tu Corps has a day off. , let him go to see his teachers and classmates, there is nothing wrong with that? He should be punished for coming home late, but it is raining heavily outside, so there is no regulation to punish him so heavily!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a stick on the shoulder.Zheng Jiang's teaching stick was an enemy-grabbing stick used by the armed police for training. It was made of all metal.Zhang Siqi broke into a cold sweat from the pain, so when the second stick fell, it was too late to dodge, but this stick landed on Zhou Tong's forearm who was standing in front of him.

"A bunch of unruly trash." Zheng Jiang hit him with another stick, and Zhou Tong didn't hide, just stood up and beat him without fear.Immediately afterwards, Zheng Jiang pointed at the five or six people who were gnashing their teeth with a teaching stick, and shouted: "Don't use the Tu team and the Xi team to suppress me! The rules are the rules! There is no vacation for the first year of recruits! If you leave the team without permission, I can be expelled immediately For you, the crime of covering up and connivance will be given a higher level, and you will be fined by running fifty laps, understand?!"

"Understood." Zhou Tong replied calmly, turned to Zhang Siqi and said, "Squad leader, I'm sorry, I've troubled you. I'll wash your clothes for you this week. Let's go."

Zhang Siqi understood Zhou Tong's meaning, stopped arguing with Zheng Jiang, and gave an order after a moment of calmness: "All intervention teams, rest! Attention! Run!"

After Zhang Siqi came back, there was no bed for Zhou Tong, but it happened that a teammate had just left after his service period, so he was able to stay.So there were exactly eight people in the dormitory, no one bothered to look at Zheng Jiang at the moment, they all raised their arms and took a step, running with the monitor.

Zheng Jiang, who was hanging in the room, was stunned. After a while, he sneered and walked away with his teaching stick.

The heavy rain drowned out the panting and the sound of footsteps in the water.The eight soldiers with heavy equipment on their backs braved the wind and rain, silently but ran neatly, no one was left behind, and they didn't care whether they were supervised or not, and they didn't miss a lap.

Every time he passed the dormitory building, counted four floors from bottom to top, and found the window with no light, Zhou Tong couldn't help but slow down and take a look.

Did he sleep?Didn't catch a cold?Is your hair dry?Have you eaten the mooncakes?It's all my fault to eat a piece of moon cake, and he will be punished anyway. Why don't you buy an umbrella and take him to eat a bowl of hot wild wonton before coming back.

I miss him so much, can I see him tomorrow?Shouldn't you push me away again?

I really want to kiss him again!

Thinking about it this way, Zhou Tong felt that any punishment tonight was worth it.

But when he turned his head and looked at a group of teammates who were drenched in water, he suddenly felt a little guilty.

"Brother, leave me alone next time." He said to Zhang Siqi and the others while holding his breath.

"Damn it, don't talk to me, it's already raining." Du Wei complained.

Then he yelled in the wind again: "It's so cool!"

"Idiot..." Wu Wei rolled his eyes and scolded angrily. "Walk around, if you get too close to him, your IQ will decrease."

"Hey, whoever will be the last one later will drink soda for a week, dare you bet?" Du Wei ran away after speaking, he was so sleepy, and he made a strong effort, and in a blink of an eye, he swayed everyone .

"Gambling!" Wu Wei also quickened his pace, and turned around to greet the others: "Fuck him bastard! Drink until he goes bankrupt!"

"coming!"

"Don't run!"

"You spicy chicken!"

"You fucked up and threw me in the face"

Zhou Tong couldn't help running wildly and laughing.The torrential rain was pouring, and every part of his body that was beaten was aching, but he was so happy, he wanted to shout, brother, dad, I understand!It turns out that you once lived such a happy and lively life!

At this moment, no matter how heavy the rain was, it could no longer cover up their wanton slogans, and no matter how cold the rain was, it could not quench their enthusiasm that they used to support their youth.