Heart fire

"Where were you on October 13?" In the office, a leader of the Political Department of the Provincial Fire Brigade put the teacup on the table and asked the young officer sitting opposite.

"Just a reminder, at about [-]:[-] that morning, a magnitude [-] earthquake occurred in Yongqing, and the earthquake was clearly felt in the north. Team Xi should have an impression?"

"I remember." Xi Yang closed his tired eyes, and replied calmly: "I came to the headquarters in the morning to report to Deputy Yao, and then went to the Armed Police Hospital to visit Team Tu. When the earthquake happened, I was in the hospital to assist doctors in evacuating patients. .”

The leader then asked him the specific time when he would return to the secret service, and questioned: "Yongqing is less than [-] kilometers away from the north, and the corps has already issued an order to prepare for war, and the command force is obviously insufficient, why didn't you return immediately? "

Xi Yang lifted his eyes from the table and calmly said to the director surnamed Li: "I am a firefighter, and it is my duty to assist in the evacuation. Moreover, I didn't know the source of the earthquake was very close at the time. I will immediately evacuate." Back to the team."

"But that's not what your teammates said." The director of the Standards and Specifications Department sitting next to Office Li suddenly said.

"My teammates? Are you referring to Deputy Team Zheng?" Xi Yang turned to him and asked indifferently.

The other party did not answer, but continued to ask: "November [-], Saturday, where were you that night?"

"Go out normally." Xi Yang pursed his lips lightly, his eyes flickering slightly. "Take care of some private matters."

Li Chu can be regarded as Xi Yang's direct superior in political work, and he has always valued Xi Yang very much in the past.He didn't speak any more, just listened silently to the other person pointing to a few photos thrown on the table, and said harshly: "You call going to this kind of occasion to spend time and drink as dealing with private affairs? You are a firefighter and a soldier, and you don't even go out to the police." You know, this is serious dereliction of duty!"

"Also, in the early morning of that day, your intervention team exposed serious problems in the fire incident at the Yingbin Hotel on Xinguang East Road. It violated the commander's order to ventilate prematurely! This is what caused the subsequent changes in the fire and the injuries of our personnel. main reason!"

Xi Yang did not defend himself, but simply analyzed and explained the problems of the intervention team: "When the water belt burst and there was no clear instruction from the commander, according to the structure and voids of the building, as well as the Ventilation is the correct operation based on the judgment of thermal conditions, I have confirmed this with the team leader, and I don’t think they have made any mistakes.”

Li Chu looked at Xi Yang with a complicated expression, and sighed helplessly after a while: "Let's wait for the investigation results of the fire department for the issue of dereliction of duty." The establishment of the Special Service has been very controversial from the very beginning. It enjoys too many privileges, and it is always coveted by others, and it is always watched by countless pairs of eyes. Once people have privileges, it is easy to go astray, but now they are still looking back. It’s too late, you, a person engaged in political and ideological work, should know this better than anyone else.”

"During this period, we have received a lot of anonymous reports, which reflect many situations, such as you wasting police force to solve rescue problems that can be solved by community fire stations, acquiescing, and even opening the back door for logistics personnel for a long time, earning kickbacks by purchasing military rations, Then there's the poor leadership, loose management of the water rescue squadron, blah blah blah."

Speaking of which, he slowed down, took a sip of tea from his cup, and gave Xi Yang a little time to accept and think about it, and then continued: "Maybe these can be resolved through internal communication, but at the end of the year the bidding In this matter, we already know that the supplier representative is your former comrade-in-arms, and there is evidence to prove that you communicated in private during the bidding period, shouldn't you explain it well, or say, confess it?"

"You should be glad that we are the ones talking to you today, not the Military Discipline Inspection Commission, understand?"

Xi Yang sat upright on the chair, looked at the overly rigid faces of the people opposite and the military uniforms on them, and suddenly felt very strange about all this: "Why not the Military Discipline Inspection Commission? What you said, including the welcome hotel In this fire, none of the six discipline inspectors survived. The investigation result given by the fire prevention department was that the thermos was overheated and caused the fire. Does the Military Disciplinary Commission know about all these issues? Accept it? Shouldn’t someone be sent to investigate? I It is not excluded that they investigate me and talk to me."

"What kind of attitude is this!" Li Chu got a little angry, and slammed the table, shaking out a lot of tea in the cup. "I advise you to think clearly before answering! Otherwise, when that day really comes, no one will be able to protect you, including me, Deputy Yao, and your hard-working captain!"

...

It has been two days since the fire broke out.In the past two days, this same kind of probing and interrogation has been repeated several times. From rushing to the scene to participate in the rescue, so far Xi Yang has only been accompanied by the Political Department, or under the supervision, and returned to the team to change clothes once. , taking materials and documents, continued to have a low-grade fever and never rested, never relaxed the tense nerves, and never saw Zhou Tong.

That day he was awakened by the cell phone next to his pillow, and he left in a hurry without thinking or looking at anything out of instinct. Later, he found that no one in the secret service notified him as soon as he received the alarm. In the call log, except for Huo Ci, There were no other missed calls at all, for reasons that are self-evident today.

It was also later that he discovered that there was a page of comments in the memo, and there was also a starred friend on WeChat with the note "Puppy" on the top, and sent him a voice message.

The memo read: Instructor, I will buy you medicine and breakfast.Don't be afraid when you wake up, if you are afraid, you will miss me, cover the quilt, and wait for me to come back.

Signature: Love your boyfriend.

Xi Yang listened to that voice several times, hid in the fire exit of the headquarters office building, secretly, nervously, and clicked to play with lowered eyebrows.Zhou Tong's voice was as deep as the one he heard in his dreams and hallucinations that night, with a hint of anxiety and full of tenderness, repeating the cycle in his ears over and over again.

"Where are you? I'll look for you now. It's cold outside and the road is a bit far away. Don't go alone. Wait for me."

The body hidden under the military uniform is still covered with deep and shallow hickey marks, but the residual smell has been covered and plundered by thick smoke when passing through the fire scene, and disappeared without a trace.Xi Yang was really drunk that night, and he was sober as never before. He remembered every drop of Zhou Tong's sweat, the scalding heat when it fell on his skin, the illusory lights above his head, and the foggy mirror in the bathroom. There is a strange, cold touch to the tub and the tiles.He clearly felt the process of the body being opened, the soul being released, the fire of love being ignited, and the emotions being conquered. Even after waking up, he found that he had no regrets or shame, but was extremely attached to those who came too late but left. The feeling of going too fast, I miss Zhou Tong who warmed him all night.

Xi Yang remembered everything.He wanted to extinguish the raging fire immediately, and then throw away all his burdens and turn around to find Zhou Tong desperately, but he also remembered the phone call with his parents, and remembered that when Zheng Jiang threatened him with the most important person around him, it was inevitable. expression.He had to be calm, he had to solve all the hidden dangers, he had to bear all the injuries to offset the guilt in his heart, and then he could raise his head and walk towards Zhou Tong, face him frankly, and calmly say he loves him.

The sudden crime of desire made Xi Yang understand that Zheng Jiang's so-called "do nothing and do nothing" is not to make him turn a blind eye to their actions, but to let him know when things are revealed. Silently being a scapegoat Even though they have frantically blocked countless mouths and cut off countless pairs of honest and jealous hands, they still cannot stop those endless disclosures and reports. The fire at the Yingbin Hotel is enough to illustrate their The situation is precarious, they are dying, they are taking risks.

Just one step away.

"I have nothing to say, and I am willing to accept investigation at any time." Xi Yang threw out these two sentences expressionlessly.However, the moment he closed the door and walked out of the oppressive office, the exhaustion and pressure of days finally dragged down his straight back like a boulder, making his eyes darken and his knees weak, and he almost fell head-on fell to the ground.

"careful!"

A pair of dry and warm hands appeared at the right time, firmly supporting him from behind.

It was only by supporting Xi Yang that he stood firm. Just as he turned his head and wanted to say thanks, his gaze suddenly met a pair of dim and sad eyes without warning.

"You... why are you here..."

For some reason, Zhou Tong also looked haggard, with his brows furrowed like Zhou Yi, his short short hair was soaked in the cold air brought in from the outside, and he was still wearing the cold training uniform that still smelled of alcohol. .He approached without anyone else, as if he had searched and waited for a long time, as if he was afraid of losing again, he almost hugged Xi Yang who had already stood still, and whispered in his ear: "Do you still have a fever? Does your stomach hurt? ? Are you tired?"

The close eye contact and body contact made Xi Yang flustered, and his cheeks began to feel hot.He quickly pulled out his hand, turned around and pushed Zhou Tong away, and looked at him hesitantly, keeping his lips slightly parted, but he only said one sentence: "I'm fine."

Zhou Tong's gaze was locked on Xi Yang, and he never moved away for a moment.

"I'm looking for Uncle Yao." He broke the embarrassment first, and his tone was flat as if he was talking about an unimportant matter. "Uncle Yao asked me to report to the Science and Technology Department of the Headquarters before No. 15. I discussed with him, and I should wait until I represent the secret service to participate in the skills competition before coming."

"En." Xi Yang nodded to avoid his scorching gaze. "Come on, you can..."

"Instructor." Zhou Tong didn't want to listen to his perfunctory words, so he took a step forward and interrupted him: "I have something to tell you."

After coming out of Yao Hongwei's office, Zhou Tong has been guarding the door of the Political Department, waiting for nearly two hours.During the process, he kept telling himself to be calm and control his emotions, but now every time he took a step, Xi Yang would take a step back, unable to tell whether it was disgust or resistance to escape, so he just retreated to the wall, refusing to confront him no matter what comminicate.

"It's time to go back." Xi Yang said with his head down, and then squeezed out from a little gap sideways. "Let's talk about it later."

Even if there was a big quarrel, this kind of deja vu indifference made Zhou Tong instantly lose the urge to explode, and suddenly felt helpless and powerless.

The tide receded forever, and the heart seemed to have lost its supply, and stopped beating for everything, good or bad.

Zhou Tong followed Xi Yang downstairs, walked to the parking lot in silence, stepped forward and snatched the key from him before he opened the car door, and ordered him irrefutably: "Go to the side and rest. "

This was the first time Zhou Tong spoke to Xi Yang with a strong tone and attitude under normal circumstances.Xi Yang froze for a moment, although he felt embarrassed, he finally went around to the other side without saying a word, opened the co-pilot's door and sat in.

The whole journey was silent, and outside the car window was the receding birch full of cracks and the setting sun that could not be caught up. Zhou Tongan drove the car quietly, and turned on the car radio at a gap of a red light halfway, and called out the time when he went to the exhibition last time. The frequency he and Xi Yang had listened to together.

Accompanied by elegant music one after another, Zhou Tong drove the car back to the camp.After turning off the engine, he didn't get out of the car immediately, but suddenly asked Xi Yang who was still looking out the window: "Instructor, what is this song?"

Xi Yang's eyes were empty, and after a while he replied unconsciously: "The second scene of the show, the hallucination of the prince and the princess."

Zhou Tong smiled and asked again: "Which of us is the prince and who is the princess?"

Xi Yang didn't speak, Zhou Tong guessed that he didn't hear or didn't want to hear, so he continued to ask and answer: "You are a prince, there are many still photos on the official website of the dance school, I feel that you should look very good in that kind of gorgeous royal costume. I can't describe it."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Xi Yang, and sure enough, he caught a flash of panic and uneasiness on that indifferent and quiet face.

"Instructor." Zhou Tong shouted, at the same time, a hand stretched out failed to stop Xi Yang from quickly opening the car door, jumped off and left without looking back.

"Xi Yang!!"

Zhou Tong finally shouted angrily.He slammed the door and got out of the car, walked behind Xi Yang, who had froze in place, and said to the thin-looking figure in an uncontrollable trembling voice: "Instructor, I'm leaving, you can take the Give me my book back?"

Xi Yang didn't look back, he had a premonition but still followed Zhou Tong's meaning and continued: "What book."

Zhou Tong resisted the pain like a needle prick, and after a while he replied slowly: "The one that left in your office last time had a suicide note in it."

"The one my brother gave me, and the one you wrote to my brother."

Xi Yang closed his eyes, a tear that had been held back for too long slipped out from the corner of his eye without a sound, and landed on the golden olive branch on the neckline.

After a while, he said, "Okay, I'll pay you back."

Return the book to you, return the brother to you, return the trust and admiration to you, and this heart, this pulse is also beating and rushing because of your love, let’s return it to you together now.