Ambush from all sides

On the morning of early winter, there was a heavy rain and snow last night, and the sky has cleared up.At dawn, the smog is blurred, the waning moon is light, the sparse woods on the side of the mountain are hazy, shrouded in a thin cold mist, and the distant mountains are looming.

A very familiar scene, but some time ago it gradually became unfamiliar.This is a scene that people who live in no fixed place and wander around often see, and now it reappears in front of their eyes.

This is the third day of leaving Kaifeng.

When he left the Kaifeng government office that night, Dead Ye didn't have any money on him, he only carried a bundle of clothes on his back.There is an expensive fur cloak in the baggage, which can be pawned for a lot of money at the pawn shop, but it is something Zhan Hao gave him, and it is not suitable after all if it is pawned.

After all, it is not willing.

Leaving does not mean breaking up, but precisely because of the fear of feelings.He didn't understand before, but now he likes it and has someone he likes, only then did he realize that there are so many loopholes in him.As long as it is related to that person, it can be said that my body is riddled with holes, which can be broken in one blow.Too dangerous, too uncertain... so he fled.

After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, the dead leaves went west all the way.In fact, he didn't know where he was going, he just chose a direction at random, and just wanted to leave quickly.It was night when I left, and there were still some snowflakes in the sky. The thin cotton coat I was wearing was not enough to keep out the cold, and it was still a bit cold.Withered leaves practice their kung fu while walking, the Tianshan school's unique mind method, even after only two months of practice, the effect is already very good.It's just that the cheeks are facing the wind, and they are still icy cold from the rain and snow.

I walked all the way to the next town hungry, but I had no money, so I could only endure it.In early winter, the street was still lively during the day, and when he was walking on the street, many people stared at him consciously or unconsciously.Withered Ye lowered her head and turned her face, trying to make herself less conspicuous, but the short hair and the strange mask on her face still attracted the attention of many people.Dead Leaf felt a little uncomfortable - remembering that when he was walking in the market, others often avoided him, but now he was alone again, but the situation seemed to have changed.

Of course, he himself didn't know that the cold and murderous aura that was once exposed to the body no longer existed. After these encounters, getting along and parting, what now settled on the dead leaves was only the dignified aura of alienation and loneliness.Like every wandering traveler, he walked through the lively crowds in strange streets.The expression on his face does not need to be too clear, but he has already told others that he does not belong here.

For every town, all travelers are just passing through, there is no need to greet them, and there is no need to keep them back.They just come and go in a hurry, rushing aimlessly to the next unknown place.

Dead Leaf really didn't know where to go, but compared to this, the more urgent problem was his hungry stomach.He has something that can be taken from him, but he is not willing to give it up, so money is out of the question.However, when he was about to leave the city, Dead Leaf saw a person in the gradually thinning crowd, a person who was well-dressed and well-dressed.It seems to be the son of some family, who is wandering leisurely by himself.

Dead Leaf naturally didn't want to rob, or anything else, at that moment he just knew that there was such a person walking towards him, and he didn't have any thoughts in his mind.However, when he saw a wretched-looking gangster narrowly passing by that person, Dead Leaf suddenly had an idea in his mind.

He had done this before, and it was quite easy.Dead Ye followed the gangster into the alley calmly, and when he came out after a while, he was already holding a royal blue embroidered pouch with a jade pendant in his hand.Although his aura is not as intimidating as before, his masked face and withered leaf knife are still easy to use. As soon as his expression became cold and the knife was out of its sheath, the little gangster honestly handed over his purse, and by the way, he also took the bag he had stolen before. Get two hangs of stolen money.

About seven or eight taels of silver, plus these two hanging copper plates, save a little, and it should be fine for half a year.Dead Leaf didn't know if he was lucky, or if God was going to help him go further. At this point, he had no reason to go back, only to move forward.

It's just that he doesn't know where to go.

So aimlessly, on the third day after leaving Kaifeng Mansion, Dead Leaf walked twenty miles outside Luoyang City.

The air in the morning was very cold, so cold that he wanted to unpack his bag and put on the thicker cotton coat.The dead leaves hesitated when tidying up that cotton coat.The clothes Zhan Hao left for him were all newly made, beautiful and eye-catching, but this one looked a bit old, so he took it with him.But the dead leaf walked a long way before it vaguely occurred to him that the reason why the cotton coat was old was probably because it was worn by Zhan Hao.

That is to say, when it is deep winter, he has to wear Zhan Hao's clothes.

For a while, the silent thoughts became a little commotion again.Thinking of Zhan Hao's wide palm once grasping his wrist, Zhan Hao's breath on the back of his neck when he was dressing him, and the few kisses that he didn't remember in detail.Walking on the deserted road outside the city, Dead Leaf opened her mouth slightly, breathing in the cold air deeply, her chest clenched with emotion.After persisting for a long time, I finally couldn't help but slowly stopped.

There was no sound around, not even the birds woke up, only the cold wind was blowing.Standing on the side of the cold road, Dead Leaf blinked vigorously, her throat felt dry and hoarse for some reason.Behind the mountains in the distance, the thin red of the morning sun is gradually spreading, and the cold morning mist turns pink, gradually dissipating from the woods under the slowly bright light, and disappearing with the track of the wind.

For a moment, Dead Leaf felt like a big fool. It was freezing cold, standing on a strange road early in the morning, blowing the cold wind and watching the rising sun.In fact, the scenery is beautiful, but he has seen enough and is tired of seeing it. When he was a killer, he lived like this every morning.He has seen all kinds of magnificent sunrises, sunsets, winds, flowers, snows and moons. He has seen too many, and he doesn't want to watch any more.

It wasn't good being alone, really, he didn't like being alone as much as he seemed, he just had to get used to it.Day after day, year after year, I gradually got used to it until it became a part of my body, rooted in my character, deeply ingrained.

In Kaifeng Mansion, the light snow a few days ago has stopped, the sky has cleared up again, and the snow has melted into water.On the main road outside the South City Gate, Yin Lanci and Zhan Tianxing were heading south in a carriage to their hometown in Changzhou.

Regarding the departure of the dead leaves, everyone in the yamen was a little stunned at first, thinking that he should be practicing somewhere, after all, he seemed to have quite a lot of clothes.Only the fourth son felt that something was wrong, so he searched everywhere.It wasn't until noon, when the dead leaves were nowhere to be found, that the little guy realized that the dead leaves had left in a hurry again.

He left in such a hurry, so naturally he couldn't be returning to Changzhou Mansion.Zhan Zhao was stunned, for a moment he didn't understand why he left without saying goodbye, and didn't go back to Changzhou—isn't the elder brother still waiting for him in Changzhou mansion?

Gongsun was not surprised. Seeing that the room was empty, he tidied up the ward on his own, cleaning the utensils without saying a word.Sitting on the steps of the door, the fourth son was unhappy, watching the people coming and going in the yamen.Zhan Zhao went to hug him, lowered his head, and saw the little guy biting his lips and turning his eyes red.The fourth son grabbed his collar, his little brows were tightly frowned, and his face was full of regret and self-blame: "I should have thought that Xiao Yezi was going to leave, and I clearly saw that he was in a wrong mood. Xiao Yezi loves you." I'm at a dead end, and no one can talk to him, so I went to find Xiao Liangzi again... I should stay with Xiao Ye Zi, woo woo woo..."

Seeing him blame himself, Zhan Zhao panicked for a moment, not knowing how to comfort the child.Maybe there are some things he still doesn't understand, and his personality is very different, so he can't empathize with them.He obviously thought it was nothing serious, and if the dead leaves could take care of their bodies for another two days, they would be able to go back to Changzhou well and stay with their eldest brother.But... what was wrong?

Faced with such a result, Yin Lanci and Zhan Tianxing didn't know what to say.In fact, from the very beginning, Yin Lanci felt that this child was too thoughtful, and she couldn't be enlightened in a short while, and she really didn't have the thought of once and for all.But...she didn't expect that the child's worries would be so serious that he would stop, and even retreat and run away.

He left, he gave up, so what should Ah Hao do?

Facing the cold wind, Yin Lanci and Zhan Tianxing bumped back to Changzhou Mansion at high speed.When they were on their way, they were still worried, fearing that their son would be sad and unable to bear it if he found out, and they kept thinking about how to tell him in a gentler way.The two were worried, but they didn't know that Zhan Hao already knew about it.

the second?Ah, no, it was the third one, and the third one knew about it.

Entering winter, the weather is cold, but Changzhou Mansion is more lively than before.Winter has come, which means that the New Year is approaching, and many merchants are starting to think about stocking up on New Year's goods, and all restaurants, restaurants, and businesses are also starting to sort out the odds and ends of this year's accounts.

Therefore, when he returned to Changzhou Mansion, Zhan Tianxing felt a little more at ease looking at the lively atmosphere on the street.But not long after the carriage had been on the street, he couldn't relax.

He knows that his adopted son is smart and capable, and has made a lot of achievements after taking over the Zhan family. Now, a small half of the shops on Changzhou Fu Street are actually owned by him.So at this moment, when the shopkeepers saw him coming back, they all walked to the door to greet him, but there was no joy in their eyes. Instead, they all seemed a little worried and hesitated to speak.

Zhan Tianxing leaned against the car window, lowered his eyes involuntarily, and felt a little bad in his heart—at home, Ah Hao, something might have happened.

Standing in front of their deserted door, Zhan Tianxing and Yin Lanci were a little nervous, and even the rhythm of knocking on the door was hasty and out of order.No one came to answer inside. Yin Lanci stood in front of the door and breathed heavily, feeling that she couldn't wait any longer, she would have just flown in just now.But it didn't take long before there were subtle footsteps from inside the door.Yin Lanci listened for a while, and couldn't help shouting anxiously: "Ji Tang, it's me! I'm Madam, open the door!"

"Ma'am!" Ji Tang's voice inside sounded like he was overjoyed, but it was more like the happy and anxious tone of finally waiting for a savior.The door opened immediately, and Ji Tang greeted them both happily and sadly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Master, madam, go and see the young master, he is now..."

"Where is he now?" Yin Lanci took off the fur while walking resolutely, and walked quickly to the backyard with a vigorous figure.Ji Tang took their luggage and clothes, hurried to catch up and said, "The young master is over the back mountain, next to the lake."

"By the lake? It's cold now, it's very cold there, how do you let him go there?"

Ji Tang bit his lips with a weary expression, and said, "Madam, we can't stop you. Go and have a look, and you'll know, you really can't stop..." Zhan Tianxing saw this mature and sensible person There was already a hint of crying in the little girl's voice, and she couldn't help but gently comforted the lady by pressing on the lady's shoulder: "Lan Ci, don't worry. Ji Tang, put your things away first, we'll go there now, don't be sad. When we come back, the matter will be resolved." As he spoke, he patted the little girl's head, then grabbed the lady's hand and walked towards the backyard.

"It's okay. Ah Hao can still run to the lake, which means he's fine. He probably knows about that and is in a bad mood. Let's comfort him and let's go." Zhan Tianxing pulled Yin Lanci hand, patting her while comforting her.Yin Lanci bit her lips with some discomfort, and said in a low voice: "I always feel that things are not that simple this time. Ji Tang is rarely so sad. There must be a big problem."

"If there is a problem, let's help Ah Hao solve it properly, don't worry." The two walked through the front hall and walked to the middle courtyard.Passing around the big-leaf crape myrtle covered with snow, Yin Lanci sharply saw Zhong Yunde walking from the direction of the backyard with a gloomy expression, her heart twitched, and she couldn't help shouting: "Ade!"

Zhong Yunde raised his head upon hearing the sound, and his solemn eyes could not help showing excitement: "Master, madam! Why are you back?"

"I'm back, I just entered the door. Ade, what happened to Ahao? Why are all the shopkeepers looking like that, and Ji Tang and you are also worried?" Zhan Tianxing asked, subconsciously stretching out his arms to embrace Yin Lan Porcelain shoulders.Hearing his question, Zhong Yunde's eyes showed the heavy and sad look just now, and he lowered his head and sighed.

At this time, a person slowly walked over behind him. Yin Lanci raised her head when she heard the movement. Are you alright?"

Both Zhan Tianxing and Zhong Yunde looked back, and saw a man in black walking slowly towards this side, with a solemn expression and a little pale face, but after all, everything was fine, and it seemed that there was no serious problem.Yin Lanci rushed forward eagerly, but just as she was about to hold the other's arm, the visitor reached out and bowed to her respectfully: "Boss Zhan, Mrs. Zhan, next Nie Qi, Zhan Hao's!" biological father."

Hearing his words, the couple were suddenly dumbfounded, their expressions were half surprised and half at a loss.Zhong Yunde sighed, walked up to them and whispered: "This is the young master's biological father. During this time, the young master has been poisoned. Mr. Nie has been helping the young master to get rid of the shopkeepers and bosses. It was fine, but A few days ago...Master, madam, please go and enlighten the young master. He is not going out now, and he will not ask Mr. Nie to go to the shop below to inspect the account. Recently, there have been some dirty rumors outside, and many people are It is said that the young master's life is not long, and the shopkeepers are all flustered!"

Yin Lanci stared blankly at Nie Qi's identical facial features and posture to Zhan Hao's. While shocked, she couldn't help but feel even more worried.This person has always been indifferent to Ah Hao, and now that he appears, regardless of whether he has any purpose, at least it can show that Ah Hao has really had a big problem.

Thinking of this, Yin Lanci's heart tightened, and she didn't care about whether she had a biological father or not, so she directly bypassed Nie Qi and ran towards the back mountain.Seeing her go, Zhan Tianxing saluted Nie Qi and hurriedly chased after her.

Watching the backs of the couple leaving one after the other, Nie Qi's silent face slowly showed a vague calmness.There are some things that others can't do anything about, and they will not help Zhan Hao's condition when they come back.Heart medicine still needs a doctor of heart medicine, Zhan Hao's medicine introduction is not here, no matter how others try to persuade him, it will be useless in the end.

By the icy lake, Zhan Hao was wearing fur, sitting quietly in the snow, with his feet on the hard ice.

In front of his eyes was a vast and peaceful lake.The water of the lake was frozen, in a big piece, stretching to the grove over there, connecting to the pale sky.The bright light shone on the ice surface, reflecting strong and dazzling light, but this was nothing to Zhan Hao, even meaningless.

His head was wrapped in gauze, with a white circle, and there were some traces of gray and black medicine stains around his eyes.He sat motionless with his hands folded, looking at the ice—if he could see.There was a slight wind by the lake, blowing his hair scattered around his cheeks, the black hair streaked across his face, and then stuck to the bandage, fluttering again and again.

When Yin Lanci ran to the lake on the snow, this was what he saw.The son was dressed in a snow fur, and if it weren't for the black hair, he would almost melt into the snow and become a snowman, a motionless dead thing.

Facing the icy lake with nothing, he seemed to have nothing else to ask for.

Seeing such a son, Yin Lanci couldn't help feeling cold.She couldn't stop her trembling voice, and shouted hoarsely and hastily: "...Ah Hao!"

Hearing the sound, Zhan Hao's body moved slightly, and he slowly turned his face away.His eyes were covered with bandages, and now only his flat forehead and nose and chin were exposed.His face was pale, his jaw was sharp, and his lips were no longer red, but a light red.

He looked at this side, as if he already knew the identity of the visitor.He twisted his body, facing them with a calm face, smiling at them from a distance.

—He was still laughing.

Yin Lanci bit her lip, and walked over the snow step by step, towards her sick, blind, lonely and indifferent son, her throat trembling with pain.Zhan Hao heard her rustling footsteps, but he seemed unclear, so he turned his head and turned his ear to this side.Seeing this action, Yin Lanci felt as if her heart had been severely twisted.She walked over, slowly stretched out her hand to caress her son's face, her voice couldn't help trembling: "Ah Hao, what's wrong with you? You can't see, what's going on?"

Behind him, Zhan Tianxing also rushed over, with an unbelievably solemn look in his eyes.Zhan Hao stretched out his hand to cover his mother's palm, curled his pale lips again, and said lightly: "I'm fine, it's just that the poison in Yagi's living water was poisoned earlier."

His voice was very cold and low, as if he had been frozen in the snow, without any warmth.Yin Lanci bit her lip, and was about to ask him something more, but saw the Bilizhu hanging around his neck sharply - red, round and beautiful, the color that can only be produced by human blood.

"You, you know everything?" Yin Lanci opened her eyes, feeling a little nervous for a moment.Her breathing became short, and her eyes were fixed on Zhan Hao's face.She saw that Zhan Hao's head was tilted to the side, as if he was thinking about something, and his expression was a little puzzled.Then, he slowly raised his eyebrows, as if remembering.Yin Lanci saw him smile, it was short and subtle, and it flickered across the corner of his mouth.

Zhan Hao said, "Ah, yes, I already knew about it."

"Then you..." Yin Lanci's question rushed out, but suddenly her throat was choked again, not knowing what to ask.On the other hand, Zhan Hao relaxed his eyebrows calmly, showing a calm expression, resigned to fate, and let him go.He turned his face to the wide ice surface, his blindfolded eyes seemed to be looking at the boundless sky, and he seemed to lower his eyelids, thinking lightly: "I'm fine, nothing, just returning to my previous life."

However, he became alone again.

Zhan Hao has never thought about the so-called bad luck, the so-called misfortune, when these things happen to him, how he should react.

Are you angry or hateful?Or scold the injustice of fate?He is Zhan Hao, so naturally he will not howl like a bereaved dog, nor will he chatter and complain like a resentful woman.He understands some things. Who doesn't come and go alone? In the past dozens of lives of their family, they should have taken parting seriously.He has always been indifferent, not used to doing too much, and he doesn't like to force.After the other party has completely passed by, no matter how painful his heart is, no matter how much he misses him, he can only let go.

Therefore, no matter how many emotions, no matter how many feelings, in the end it just turns into a flat expression on the face, and nothing else can be shown.He doesn't know how to cry, and there is no way to talk about crying. The water in his eyes has no ripples, and it is estimated that there will be no more in the future.

He is still the same as before, and he has no choice but to return to the way he was before.

After the Zhan's couple came back, the Zhan family, who had been silent for the past two months, gradually began to come alive.The common people saw Zhan Tianxing and Yin Lanci going to the restaurants under their control one after another, and they contacted Di Deqing a few times afterwards.It's just that the young and the young of the Zhan family still stay behind closed doors, and the master and wife of the Zhan family never mention it.Combined with the previous rumors, people became more and more convinced that Zhan Dashao was seriously ill, and one by one worried or sighed, saying that the steady generations of Zhanjia in Changzhou Prefecture were about to decline.

Di Deqing didn't believe it at first, after all, Zhan Hao looked good when he saw him before.But when he saw that both Zhan Tianxing and Yin Lanci were gloomy and frowning, he couldn't help being a little worried.Zhan Hao, what a young man, why...?If Di Deqing knew the reason why Zhan Hao became like this, I believe he would not be so surprised. The word "love" is difficult for most people, such as Zhan Hao, or himself.

These days Zhong Yunde is also running around, taking Minwei and Qiu Langxing with him, and Chonglian who is in charge of the place.He is also old, and the successor should take good care of him on the road.Min Wei is a shrewd and cunning girl, and what is commendable is her temperament, she is not stage fright in front of anyone.Although Qiu Langxing is smart and tactful, he is not from the Zhan family and cannot be a housekeeper.

Min Wei was somewhat disapproving of this.The little girl rolled her eyes and thought secretly, as long as Big Brother Zheng works harder, Qiu Langxing will enter Zhan's house safely.When the time comes when he becomes the housekeeper, he will be able to enjoy himself at leisure. If she is a girl, just take care of the housework.Min Wei didn't think much about going to the business world, she preferred to be idle at home, chatting with Ji Tang, stroking Sister Yu Ke's hair, and then hugging Fang Qiu.

Speaking of which, Fang Qiu's current mental state is not very good.Zhan Hao didn't tell him that the dead leaves are gone, so the little guy is still looking forward to it every day, when will his brother come back, Fang Qiu can talk, so there are many things he hasn't said to him.The little guy is now obediently taken by Yu Ke to private school to read and write every day. Although he is young and speaks late, his brain seems to be quite smart.Many words can be learned immediately, but it is still difficult for him to speak.

After spending a few days inspecting all the industries in Changzhou, Zhan Tianxing and Yin Lanci breathed a sigh of relief.But when they returned home, thinking of Zhan Hao's current situation in the carriage, the two of them couldn't help feeling worried again.

"Tian Xing, you talked to Ah Hao last night, he...how is he?"

Zhan Tianxing gave Yin Lanci a serious look, shook his head and sighed: "He said he was fine, and told us not to worry. Hey, the poison on his body, to be honest, I'm really worried that he won't be able to survive it. He himself said that this Business can’t help for a while, and I don’t know if it will be better in the future, let us see who will take up this burden.”

"He..." Yin Lanci panicked, unable to speak, "Is he really planning such a thing?"

"Hey, yes. He said, if we don't dislike it, we can teach Fang Qiu as a grandson. Anyway, he has already registered with the Zhan family, and he is not afraid that the Ma family will come to ask for a grandson. Hey, Ah Hao is a real kid. , always thinking about these things, and not thinking about it for myself!" Speaking of this, Zhan Tianxing couldn't help but sighed forcefully, his face full of worry.Yin Lanci couldn't help it anymore, she hugged her husband's arm, buried her face on his shoulder, and tightly pursed her lips.

I don't know what to do, and I don't know what to do.Zhan Hao didn't let them worry about it, didn't let them tell Zhan Zhao, and didn't want people to look for dead leaves.He said: "The sky is big and the earth is big, do you know where he will go? He just left. Some people think I am good, but he just doesn't care. The twisted melon is not sweet. You should take care of your business, I It's okay, it's really okay. My eyes are just like this, let fate."

His words are always so light and casual, the speaker seems to have no intention, but the listener always has the heart.Sometimes when she thinks about it, Yin Lanci can't even understand it, nor can she feel relieved—why did Zhan Hao encounter such a thing?Why can't he be like Zhao Zhao, be smooth and peaceful?Although the personalities of the two are very different, they are both kind and good children. How can God be so partial?

Back home, the door was open, and Yin Lanci and Zhan Tianxing walked in leaning on each other.Just after passing the front hall, I saw Zhan Hao sitting in the hall, talking with Fang Qiu in his arms.The child took the books from the private school and put them on his knees. He was reading to him word by word in a soft voice.Zhan Hao's eyes were still covered with cooling and detoxifying medicine, his lips were slightly hooked, his big hands were holding Fang Qiu's small body, and his head was lightly pressed sideways.

"Breeze, sit in a frightened evening, come to... 扖, think leisurely, open the door and move the bamboo again, suspect, the old man is here." The child recited the five-character verse in a continuous voice, intermittently, and sometimes the pronunciation was not very standard.Zhan Hao also slowly followed him to read, and would remind him when he encountered a word he hesitated.He smiled and said slowly, "It is suspected to be an old friend." Yin Lanci stood outside the house. Although he couldn't see his eyes, he always felt that his eyes were downcast, revealing a calm emotion.

It is suspected that it is an old friend who came - but it is not an old friend who comes, the sweetheart has gone far away, and is not here at this moment, only at the end of the world.

In the evening, Zhan Hao followed them to the dining room for dinner.He hadn't eaten in the dining room for a long time, and he used to always order it to be delivered to his room, so the Zhan family's dining table was usually filled with those little girls, and Quan Jing was with him.Now his eyes are inconvenient, so Yin Lanci can only drag him to the dinner table.

He eats less, it was like this before, and it still is like this now.Usually, when Uncle Zhong and the others were still eating, Zhan Hao would put down his chopsticks, and Nie Qi was doing the same.Yin Lanci looked anxious, fearing that he would be weak, so she kept helping Zhan Hao pick up vegetables.Although Zhan Hao couldn't see, he could still hear the movement inside the bowl.He held the chopsticks, smiled with his head down, and said, "Mom, don't add more food for me, I can't eat so much."

"Why can't you eat? You're such a tall person, how can you not eat more? You look so thin!" Yin Lanci refused to let go, and added a spoonful of soup to his bowl.Zhan Hao had no choice but to poke into the bowl slowly with his chopsticks in the end, put something in his mouth, chew it, and then ate it slowly.Almost everyone at the dinner table looked at him with suspicion, saw him take a few mouthfuls, and then reached out to fumble for the wine glass beside him.Nie Qi picked it up and handed it to him, he reached out to take it indifferently, said thank you, and drank the wine with his head raised.

Every day, every meal.He couldn't see, but he got up early every day to face the window.Behind the mountains in the distance, the winter sun is slowly rising, the cool wind is blowing, and the birds are flying.He waited for the sunrise like this, and he also waited for the sunset like this.

And in every scene, there is still no one else around him, and he is still alone.

In the east courtyard, the lotus flowers in the pond have already withered, and the lotus leaves have withered and died, leaving only some black and thin branches exposed on the lake.The surface of the lake was frozen, and occasionally there would be a few little Taipings playing in the snow on it, and their chirping sounds were very crisp.Sometimes after dinner, Zhan Hao sent Ji Tang away, and walked slowly along the path he remembered to the east courtyard by himself.Along the road next to the lotus pond, I walked slowly to the small yard where the dead leaves used to live.

The cats are still there, but it's cold, so they lie on the bed every day.Zhan Hao slowly walked into that all-too-familiar room, groped all the way to sit down by the bed, and immediately heard the hoarse and lazy cry of the little mandarin duck.He stretched out his hand to touch it, and there was a small fluffy thing under his hand, and he didn't know which cat it was.Now, Qiangqiang has been brought to Zhong's house, and Guanyin is taken away by the little girl in the kitchen. Now only Wuyun and Xiaojiao are left as kittens.

Some time ago he had been sick in bed and had no time to look here. Now that he is blind, he is much more comfortable.When I came to see it two days ago, I only felt that Xiaojiao's body was rubbing against his feet, and his back was close to half of his calf. He must have grown into a slender and vigorous juvenile cat.

Now, the three cats were lying warmly on the pillows on the bed, and the summer dress that Dead Leaves wore under them was still covered with cat fur.Zhan Hao stretched out his hand to feel along the corner of his clothes, and slowly touched the sleeves, but he felt soft and bulging inside.Squeeze it carefully, and Xiaojiao's frantic scream came from inside.Zhan Hao couldn't help laughing faintly, this little guy actually got into his sleeve, letting the clothes wrap her tightly.I don't know what this is called a complex. I guess she was hugged by a little fox since she was born, so she likes his smell.

Recalling that time, the way Dead Leaf held the kitten in his hands and wiped the hair with a hot towel, his drooping eyelids, his slightly frowning... The smile on Zhan Hao's face gradually disappeared, Instead, it turned into an emotion that was so thick that it couldn't be melted.He was blind, so he could hope that maybe the little fox was not willing to leave where he could not see, but peeped at him secretly in a dark place.

As soon as he imagined this, the little mandarin duck beside him suddenly became excited, jumped up and jumped under the bed, and ran towards the door meowing coquettishly.Zhan Hao couldn't help but his heart tightened, he turned his face to look there in a daze, his body became stiff involuntarily.In front of the dark field of vision, it seems that someone is walking over, with the noisy little mandarin ducks around their feet.The man walked up to him and said, "Don't look at me, I'm not him."

It was Nie Qi's voice, low and hoarse and gentle.Zhan Hao relaxed his body for a moment, he didn't know whether he was nervous or frustrated, but his head drooped heavily, and the corners of his mouth silently pursed.Nie Qi hugged the little mandarin duck into his arms, and remained silent for a while, not knowing what to say.He doesn't know what his son's thoughts are, he knows himself, and naturally he also understands Zhan Hao.They are all the same, with similar growth paths and ways of thinking.Just like now, because I am used to losing, when the person I like also leaves, the pain in my heart is not very serious.What's more, it's hard to get rid of the loss and the longing that can't be freed.

After all, what is life?The so-called difficulties actually have solutions, and the unavoidable ones are just loneliness.

The entangled fate, the lingering harshness, still cannot get rid of in his generation.

Caressing the thick and thick long hair of the little mandarin duck, Nie Qi raised his head and looked at his silent son quietly.Zhan Hao was expressionless, unconsciously clutching a corner of the dead leaf's clothes in one hand.Nie Qi looked at it for a while, then said seriously, "I'm leaving."

Zhan Hao paused for a moment, then slowly straightened up to look at him: "Are you leaving?"

"Well, Boss Zhan and the others are back anyway. With them taking care of you, I'll be fine."

"Your birthday is coming soon, do you still want to go?" Zhan Hao said, reaching out and rubbing the gauze on his eyes, as if he felt a little uncomfortable.When Nie Qi saw it, he stood up and helped him carefully untie the gauze and bandage it again: "Before my birthday, you should be twenty-nine years old, and take good care of your illness. You can get through it, and there is still time in the future So long. Ah Hao, listen to me, you are not me, your lover is not dead, this is the turning point. As long as you get through it, there is still hope between you, understand?"

"Take good care of your body and live a good life... There is no precedent in our family for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person, and you are no exception. I am gone, and I will come back before I die. When the time comes, I will have to trouble you to bury me in your mother's house." Next to it." After speaking, Nie Qi also helped him bandage his eyes.He stretched out his hand to stroke the back of Zhan Hao's head, and couldn't help brushing his gradually thinning cheeks: "I'm leaving, you have to be well."

Zhan Hao sat in front of the bed and faced him quietly, with his head lowered slightly: "You must come back before you die, otherwise no one will be interested in looking for you."

Nie Qi glared at him, patted his cheek half-truthfully, and said angrily: "What are you talking about, you have to bury me with your own hands, and you can't push it to others, understand?" Smiling, she turned around and walked slowly towards the door, followed by the little mandarin duck meowing along the way.When he reached the door, Nie Qi turned his face to look at his son for the last time, and the corners of his mouth curled up worriedly.Zhan Hao faced him quietly, after a while, put down the clothes in his hands, supported the bed frame and stood up: "I'll see you off."

Nie Qi stared at him blankly, and after a while, a faint wry smile appeared hastily on his lips: "...OK."