brave and coward

Hua Lin swears that he never expected such a direction——

Since he made excuses to alienate Xue Younian, Xue Younian's enthusiasm for selling Ralph to him has greatly increased, and sometimes he sold out others, which made Hualin amazed, and even couldn't hold back several times and wanted to show up to eat with Xue Younian A meal or something.

Wen Dong firmly held him down, and persuaded him to give up the idea of ​​not being calm.

Hua Lin tried to explain: "The main reason is that I was afraid that he would give up if he couldn't see me. The situation is so good now, let's strike while the iron is hot. If he lowers his head, he will be gone later. I can't bear the child and can't catch the wolf..."

"They have arrangements. They only let you continue to hide, and they don't let you play wolves. Don't go out rashly, in case you disrupt their arrangements." Wendong said.

Wen Dong coaxed and threatened Hua Lin finally gave up the idea of ​​showing up, but he was still a little nervous.

However, it turned out that he was overthinking: Xue Younian seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. The more he was placed, the more eager he was to "make meritorious service" and provide information to Hua Lin.

The Chinese New Year is not long, and Hualin is still hiding in Wendong's small house.During this period of time, he was on a long vacation, and he didn't dare to go home, fearing that Xue Younian would block the door.To his parents, he only said that he was going on vacation with his friends in other places.For such an adult, his parents didn't ask much other than gossip about whether he was his girlfriend or not.

On New Year's Eve, Wen Dong and Hua Lin had lunch, and then Wen Dong went back to have a reunion dinner with his mother.Hua Lin either spoke in the family group or the bad friend group as if nothing happened, or hugged the pillow and watched TV in a daze.He didn't know exactly what was happening on TV, anyway, it was colorful and lively, so let's create a festive atmosphere.

He hasn't taken such a long vacation for a long time, dating back to the last winter and summer vacation when he was studying.He rarely takes annual leave after work.Wendong sometimes asks him if he is tired, but he thinks it's okay, and he is still idle, not to mention that his daily work is not heavy, much easier than his counterparts in public hospitals.

When it was almost midnight, Hua Lin got up to stretch his muscles, glanced at the two boxes of fairy sticks on the coffee table, and curled his lips in disgust.Wendong bought this, saying that it is a sense of ritual for the Chinese New Year.

Oh, the sense of ceremony.Childish and boring.

One minute later, Hua Lin came to the balcony with a childish and boring sense of ceremony and Wendong's lighter.

Xue Younian stood in a dark corner, raised his head, and looked tenderly at Hua Lin who was playing with the fairy wand.

At first, Hua Lin just held it still, watching the fireworks from burning to extinguishing with cold eyes, and then mechanically clicked the next one.

Not long after, Hua Lin picked up the phone.Xue Younian guessed that Wendong might be calling.

Hua Lin's expression was full of disgust at first, but he laughed after he didn't say a few words.

Later, he simply found a place to put the phone on the shelf, and while videoing with the other side, he tapped the fairy wand and drew circles in the air for the other party to see, as if having fun.

Xue Younian couldn't hear what they were saying, but that didn't seem to matter.

The important thing is that Hua Lin was coaxed very happily.Unlike him, he only makes Hualin angry.

Hua Lin was always worried that he would hurt Wendong, but he really never thought of doing so.The only time when Wen Dongfei got a fight was when he refused repeatedly.

He is really grateful to Wendong for bringing a lot of happiness to Hualin.It's just that Hua Lin didn't believe him a long time ago, what he said was a lie in Hua Lin's eyes.He deserved it.

That year at the airport, when everything was still on track, Hua Lin asked him if he looked like his father, and he replied that he didn't... From this subconscious lie, he gradually lost the ability to be honest .

Hualin and Wendong counted down the New Year's Eve together in the video, and fireworks exploded in the sky, illuminating the night.There is a faint smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, which is not unpleasant, and even Hua Lin likes to smell it.

Looking up, he suddenly remembered a poem in "A Dream of Red Mansions", which was also a lantern riddle.

Hua Lin thought for a while, then looked at Wen Dong on the phone: "Guess a riddle for you."

Wen Dong said: "Okay. You say it."

Hua Lin memorized the poem: "It can make demons lose their courage, and their body is like a bundle of silk, and their energy is like thunder. One sound makes people frightened, and when they look back at the Prime Minister, they have turned to ashes. Guess."

Wen Dong clapped his hands, gave a thumbs up, and said, "Brother Lin is amazing! You can also write poems! Fuck, I don't understand, but it sounds awesome." I haven't watched "Dream of Red Mansions." Hua Lin raised his forehead, "Have you always watched TV dramas?"

Wen Dong said "Oh", but he was not embarrassed. He smiled and said, "I haven't watched it. Did someone stipulate that I must watch it?"

"Isn't it in your junior high school textbook—" Hua Lin paused, "Forget it, if there is, I guess it has nothing to do with you." God knows what Wen Dong was doing in class at that time, or whether he went to class.

Wen Dong shrugged and said, "Although I haven't read this book, I can definitely guess this riddle. Fireworks?" He said with a very awkward look.

"Beep beep." Hua Lin learned the sound effect when the guests guessed the wrong answer on TV, and said, "It's firecrackers."

"It's almost the same." Wen Dong said, "It's all set off at the festival."

Hua Lin said with disgust: "The difference is that you and Shen Zhixing are both men, how can you two be similar?"

Wen Dong accepted this metaphor for a second, and said: "Then Brother Shen is not as handsome as I am, hahahaha." But then he showed a little unconvinced look and said, "You are watching fireworks and suddenly let me guess, it turned out to be a firecracker. , aren't you deliberately misleading me?"

Hua Lin immediately grabbed his braids and said, "So you didn't guess the firework, you got it out of your cleverness, didn't you?"

"Hahaha I was discovered by you."

"..."

As the two quarreled, the fireworks at midnight came to an end temporarily.

Hua Lin finished the video and sent and sent New Year greetings and red envelopes to his parents, relatives and friends. Suddenly, Xue Younian's name jumped up.He sent a very simple blessing: Linlin, I wish you a happy new year, happy every year, and happy forever.

For the new year, Hua Lin still replied "Thank you, happy new year to you too".

The next second, Xue Younian called.

Hualin: "..."

As expected of you, you really know how to put your nose on your face.

But still the same sentence, big Chinese New Year.

Hua Lin hesitated for a few seconds, but finally answered, "Hello."

"Linlin, happy new year."

"...Happy New Year to you too." Hua Lin said.

It's just out of politeness, no matter how he is, if he greets me today, I should also pay him back, but if he says some messy and disgusting things again, I'll hang up, and then it won't be my fault.Hua Lin told himself so.

Then, he heard Xue Younian say: "Can you contact these people who have been with me all this time? Please tell them that I am willing to cooperate with all their investigations, and ask them to show up, and I will go with them." Pause He nodded and said, "I'm downstairs."

Hua Lin was startled.

Sometimes, when people make some decisions and do some things, they will feel that they have experienced a long period of hesitation, which seems to be half a century, but when they look back, it is actually only a few minutes.

However, it still feels like a dream in a fog.

During this period of time, Hua Lin and Xue Younian looked at each other from a distance that seemed not too far away, and neither moved.Another round of fireworks began in the night sky.

Xue Younian's dressing habits have not changed over the years. He still wears a three-piece suit and vest, and at most wears a woolen coat and a cashmere scarf.He never seemed to wear a down jacket or a padded jacket.Hualin once asked him if he had idol baggage, he smiled and said yes.Hua Lin put warm stickers on him, saying that in this way, he could have both grace and warmth, but he became inexplicably shy, saying that he seemed to be cheating.

...that is, inexplicably childish in an inexplicable place.

I don't know how long it has passed, maybe not too long, a few plainclothes people appeared.Xue Younian looked away, exchanged a few words with the other party calmly, then he put the delicate bouquet of white roses in his hand on the bench in the neighborhood, and left with plain clothes.

It was past one o'clock in the morning when Wen Dong came back, and Hua Lin was still awake, sitting on the sofa in a daze.

Wen Dong smiled and asked, "Wait for me?"

But in fact, he guessed a little bit, and it probably has something to do with Xue Younian.

When he just came back, he saw a beautiful bouquet of white roses on the bench downstairs. It was very expensive at first glance. People who live in this community probably won’t spend so much money to buy a bouquet when they are full during the Chinese New Year. The white flowers were thrown away in the end.

Just... I don't understand.Uncle Xue, who celebrates the Chinese New Year, at least buys a bunch of red ones, right?

Hua Lin looked at him calmly, and said, "Xue Younian was just arrested."

Wen Dong was stunned, all the slots in his stomach were blocked.

……

For Hualin, this is a bad new year.

Even though he was full of hatred and hatred for Xue Younian, the fact that this person surrendered himself on New Year's Eve in front of him still had a huge impact on him, making him spend the year in a trance.

——The day after Xue Younian was taken away, Hua Lin went back to his home.He stayed at home for a few days, eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating, or in a daze.His parents thought he was dumped by his girlfriend at first, and tried to gossip, but failed, and after a while of discussion, they didn't bother to talk to him.

On the eighth day of the lunar new year, Hualin ended the long vacation and returned to the hospital to start work.

As soon as he drove the car to the gate of the parking lot, the security guard at the guard box said to him excitedly: "Director Hua, happy new year! Do you know that Dr. Luo is back?"

Hua Lin was stunned for a moment, then looked at him: "Who?"

"Doctor Luo, Luoyang!" said the security guard, "Are you surprised? I was shocked when I saw him too! He drove over not long ago, and when I saw him, I..."

Hua Lin didn't care about anything else, he just said "I'll go see him" and quickly drove the car in, parked it, got out of the car, walked at first, then started running after a few steps.

He ran all the way to the elevator entrance and pressed the button several times in a gaffe.

After going upstairs, Hua Lin barely controlled himself from running, but his pace was still much faster than usual.But at this time, other people didn't care much about Director Hua's strangeness, who had always been calm. Everyone was discussing that Luoyang, who had been missing for so long, suddenly returned with good arms and legs.

To be honest, although everyone felt sorry, they really thought that this person had been killed for a long time, and he died in a foreign land with no bones left, which was very, very miserable.

Luo Yang was packing things in his office, when he heard the sound, he raised his eyes to Hua Lin who was at the door, and smiled: "Actually, there is nothing to clean up, just these things are all from the hospital, haha."

Hua Lin didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only stare at him.

Luo Yang spoke German: "I came here today mainly to say goodbye and thank you. If you don't know what to say, you can sit down and think slowly. I'm not in a hurry to leave."

Hua Lin took a deep breath and looked back. Although there was no one around the door, he still closed the door. Then he walked to Luoyang, lowered his voice, and spoke German: "What's going on?"

Luo Yang said: "It's very simple, Xue Younian must be punished, and I used you. In your Chinese words, it is probably called a 'divorce scheme'? I let you think that I was killed by him, and you will definitely replace me. I'm taking revenge. In fact, I'm just betting on a possibility. My strength is too weak. As I once said, his only weakness is you. I can only pin my hopes on you."

He paused, took a small step back, and bowed seriously to Hua Lin, "Director Hua, I'm sorry, and thank you...I thank you for Peter."

Hua Lin closed his eyes and breathed repeatedly.

He had no way to blame Luoyang, because Luoyang stood on a position that he could not blame.

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