16 years

The piece of wild goose feather was finally hung by Liu Ruosong in the living room of their new home.

He took two pieces of hard plastic from the back office, and Fu Yan nailed a frame with wooden strips for him, so that Liu Ruosong could make a simple specimen of the feather and hang it in the living room the most conspicuous place.

After returning from the military region of C Department, Fu Yan seemed to have entered the state of vacation all of a sudden.

While He Feng and He Tang were still busy running all over Yancheng, Fu Yan had already taken care of himself.He went to the military area in the morning to make a job, and he came back in about an hour. He usually sat in the small yard of his new home and knocked, making some sheds for Liu Ruosong to grow vegetables.

Now that the weather is warm, Fu Yan moved a large bluestone and placed it in the yard as a stool. Every time Liu Ruosong came back from work outside, he could see Fu Yan sitting there tapping and beating, with piles of stones scattered around his feet. Wood and wire.

Liu Ruosong was used to him running around and not being able to relax, but now he was not used to this state, so he asked him a few times overtly and secretly, Fu Yan only said that it was because he had no mission, and didn't say much about it.

And forget about Fu Yan, what surprised Liu Ruosong the most was that when Fu Yan didn't go out, Zhao Jincheng didn't ask anyone to come to him, and just let him toss about Liu Ruosong's three-acre land at home, just like he was urging people in a hurry It's not like he's coming home.

"The guard told me before that Uncle Zhao called three times a day, and the table was going to be smashed." Liu Ruosong squatted beside Fu Yan, watching him wrap the iron sheet around the wooden support, and couldn't help shaking his hands The fixed wire: "I thought he had something big to ask you to do."

Fu Yan wiped his hands, handed Liu Ruosong a small pliers, and motioned him to use this, so as not to hurt his hands.

"It's nothing serious now, it's just finishing work and patrol work." Fu Yan said, "I told No. [-] that I was not feeling well, so he granted me sick leave."

Several restarts have had a big impact on Fu Yan. He still suffers from neuralgia from time to time, but he is well controlled each time, and the interval between attacks is getting longer and longer.

Because he had confronted Joe Eden, after returning from Wrangel Island, Zhao Jincheng hired a psychological counselor for Fu Yan to do post-war psychological counseling.

But in fact, psychological counseling is not very useful, because the bizarre and non-scientific events such as "restart" cannot be explained, so that Fu Yanneng rarely confessed to the psychotherapist, and most of the time he had to rely on self-regulation.

Because Fu Yan used to have dissociative symptoms of being unable to distinguish between reality and hallucinations, his self-regulation method sometimes needs to rely on Liu Ruosong. topic, to verify that their memory is real.

There was even one time when Fu Yan accidentally joked with Liu Ruosong, saying that everything seems to be over now, so if there is another accident, will he open his eyes and find that he has restarted again.

Fu Yan had no intention of speaking, but Liu Ruosong listened with intention. He was taken aback, fearing that Fu Yan's mind hadn't turned the corner, so he stared at him vigilantly for several days. That's it.

But even so, Liu Ruosong still didn't dare to take it lightly. He was always sensitive to such topics, so he moved forward nervously, held Fu Yan's knee, looked up at him, and asked, "Are you feeling uncomfortable again?" ?”

"No." Fu Yan wiped off a little oil on the side of his face with the back of his hand, and said with a smile, "I just want to take a rest."

Too many years have passed, and he is already worthy of responsibility, the world, and the epaulettes on his shoulders. Now that everything is settled, he still wants to save some time for himself and Liu Ruosong.

Liu Ruosong tilted his head and looked at his face for a while, but didn't see any clues, then he was slightly relieved, sat down on the spot, and watched him hammer nails into the shelf.

Fu Yan was afraid that he would be thinking blindly by himself, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, let me tell you something."

"What?" Liu Ruosong asked.

"Didn't you say before that you want to grow vegetables at home and raise a dog?" Fu Yan said, putting the nailed shelf by his feet, patted the floating ash on his hands, and said to Liu Ruosong: "Military Dog Base There's a puppy over there, just eight months old, retired because of a broken leg while on a rescue mission—"

Fu Yan paused as he spoke, and said with a smile: "Originally, this dog was going to be sent to the farm, but I thought you wanted it, so I went to ask No. [-] to come over."

Liu Ruosong's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he said, "Really?"

"Really." Fu Yan smiled, and rubbed Liu Ruosong's side face with the back of his hand: "I greeted He Tang in the morning, and she should be able to deliver the dog after a while—"

Before Fu Yan finished speaking, there was a sudden exclamation from the door, and Liu Ruosong subconsciously turned his head to look out the door, only to see Major Sparrowhawk dragging a wolf dog, running quickly from the path outside the courtyard door.

Liu Ruosong: "..."

Fu Yan's concept of "puppy" is obviously a problem, Liu Ruosong thought.

The dog in He Tang's hand was as tall as half a person, with erect ears and black back, majestic. It's just a villain going crazy.

"Chestnut!" Fu Yan dropped the wrench in his hand and scolded in a low voice.

Strange to say, Chestnut actually listened to Fu Yan's words inexplicably, suddenly stopped suddenly, stuck out his tongue and sat down on the spot, looking terribly obedient.

"Good guy, Captain." He Tang couldn't help wiping the sweat off his forehead, and said with lingering fear, "This dog hasn't passed the military dog ​​test yet, and it's too lively when it's crazy."

Chestnut Mania is crazy, but it looks very friendly, its tail wagging like a small propeller, staring at Liu Ruosong wheezingly, Liu Ruosong couldn't help but stood up, leaned over and patted its head.

Chestnut sniffed his hand, and easily accepted the new master, circling Liu Ruosong's legs back and forth a few times.

"Thanks for your hard work." Fu Yan said to He Tang, "Go into the house for a rest?"

"It's not hard, it's not hard." Seeing that Liu Ruosong likes chestnuts, He Tang simply handed him the dog leash and let the two of them play. He sat down beside Fu Yan and shook off the sweat on his hands: "It just so happens that I do too. I have to come here, on my way."

As He Tang said, he touched his body, took out a folded envelope from his pocket and handed it to Fu Yan, and asked casually, "By the way, captain, I haven't asked yet, why is your communicator turned off?"

"It's in the house, it's useless anyway." Fu Yan turned around and fumbled in the toolbox, took out an unopened bottle of water and handed it to He Tang, squeezed the envelope in his hand, but didn't open it: " What's up?"

"The awarding ceremony." He Tang said: "For the matter of Eden No. [-], you are the first to do it, and the higher-ups will call for your promotion."

He Tang unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip of water, smiled and gestured, and said, "Captain, stop talking about this number."

Liu Ruosong was teasing the dog at the side, but when he heard this, he couldn't help thinking, and turned his head to look at He Tang's gesture.

She made a comparison of 2, which obviously meant two full levels. Fu Yan was already a colonel before the end of the world. If he jumped up according to this level, he might be the youngest general officer in the military region.

This rate of promotion was obviously difficult to achieve in peaceful times, so much so that even He Tang's eyes were bright, and he couldn't hide his excited expression.

But Fu Yan seemed much calmer than her, and he hummed lightly, and he casually put the envelope in the toolbox without opening it.

On the contrary, Liu Ruosong was more concerned than him, and asked enthusiastically, "When?"

"The day after tomorrow, at nine o'clock in the morning." He Tang turned his head and said, "No. [-] said, there's no need to make a fuss, we just do it internally."

"Do you want to go?" Fu Yan asked.

"Of course." Liu Ruosong blinked, and made a joke with him: "Who doesn't want to see a partner get promoted and get rich—how about it, will the allowance also increase?"

Fu Yan was amused by him, looked at him gently for a while, and said, "Then go, I'll tell No. [-] to save a seat for you."

Liu Ruosong had never seen a live version of the honor ceremony in his life, and he was much more nervous than Fu Yan, so excited that night that night he didn't sleep well, tossing and turning until midnight, before being hugged tightly by Fu Yan , Forcibly lulled to sleep.

However, the plan did not change quickly. On the day of the scheduled award, Liu Ruosong was suddenly thrown a lot of work in the face-someone in the first batch of vaccinators had a rejection reaction, which made the vaccine ineffective.

Obviously, this matter could not be delayed, so Liu Ruosong had to stay at home and sort out all the vaccination lists, and then cross-compared with the invalidation list, trying to find out the problems in it.

He was so worried about not being able to attend the award ceremony in person, and when he sent Fu Yan out, he reminded Fu Yan not to forget to leave some video files for him so that he could review them later.

Fu Yan agreed with a good temper, and Liu Ruosong felt that he was at a disadvantage again, so after thinking about it, he pushed Fu Yan out of the house and added: "Forget it, I'll finish here quickly, and I will find you soon -"

Liu Ruosong had asked He Tang before, and he heard that the award ceremony started at nine o'clock in the morning and didn't end until noon.

And after the end, they seemed to have some group activities, Liu Ruosong thought about it in his heart, and felt that there was still plenty of time.

However, what he really didn't expect was that just after ten o'clock, Fu Yan actually left and returned, and pushed the door of the house very naturally.

Liu Ruosong was standing by the window talking with Fang Sining, when he turned around and saw Fu Yan standing at the door, he was startled, and subconsciously cut off the call.

Fu Yan's military uniform has been replaced with a brand new one. Today he is wearing a formal dress military uniform. On the dark blue epaulettes, there are two glittering gold stars beside the golden ears of wheat.

The communicator was buzzing in his hand, but Liu Ruosong turned a deaf ear to it. He stared blankly at Fu Yan, not knowing whether to be amazed at his triple jump, or to ask him why he came back so early.

Fu Yan looked at him for a while, seeing that Liu Ruo pine couldn't get back to his senses, so he smiled, took off his hat and put it on the porch of the door, and approached him proactively.

"Why do you..." Liu Ruosong managed to regain his composure, and said hesitantly, "At this moment..."

"I'm retiring." Fu Yan "announced" flatly: "I just handed in my resignation letter to No. [-]."

Liu Ruosong: "..."

In a short period of time, Liu Ruosong was suddenly hit by the second pie falling from the sky and was a little dizzy.He had thought many times that Fu Yan would withdraw from the front line and never go through life and death again, but he also knew in his heart that Fu Yan's ideal was in the army, and he couldn't easily give up this kind of life, so he never mentioned the possibility of changing his career. thing.

Later, in the end of the world, Liu Ruosong gradually got used to Fu Yan's omnipotent appearance. In his impression, it seemed that getting together less and leaving more was a matter of course. time is possible.

"But--"

Fu Yan didn't disclose any information to him in advance, and Liu Ruosong didn't know why he made this decision suddenly. He was very worried that Fu Yan did it because of guilt, so he couldn't help but want to persuade him.

"But you are still young—" Liu Ruosong said with difficulty.

He is only in his thirties, and he has his current military achievements in his forties. After the society is stable, and after the reconstruction of the last days, he still has a future.

"I'm not young anymore." Fu Yan interrupted him very gently, he took Liu Ruosong's hand and put it on his epaulet, and smiled at him lightly: "I'm not in my 30s anymore, Ruosong. "

Those years folded in time actually happened to them. Fu Yan's body is still in his thirties, but his actual experience has long been stretched by those folded times.

After returning from Wrangel Island, the idea of ​​retirement has been lingering in Fu Yan's mind.But before the successful development of the vaccine, he still had a string in his heart, and he never dared to say it.

It wasn't until this time that he came back from several major military regions and witnessed the post-disaster reconstruction work that is now on the right track, that Fu Yan really felt a "dust settled" feeling in his heart, so that he could relax Come, get out of this vortex that has engulfed him for many years.

Fu Yan didn't know about the award ceremony before, but he didn't reject it after learning about it.Because for him, military exploits are nothing more than rewards for everything he has experienced—including those known to the world and those not known to the world.

In the past that the world cannot know, he felt that he was worthy of everyone except Liu Ruosong.

"I think it is enough." Fu Yan said: "I am worthy of many people, and I am worthy of the oath I have sworn. I have performed my duties from beginning to end. Now is the time for me to be selfish."

Liu Ruosong's fingers curled up unconsciously, and the fingertips touched the shining gold star on Fu Yan's shoulder.

"In the next time, I don't want to go through life and death." Fu Yan said: "I want to spend all that time with you."

"I can go to work from eight to five in the morning, and I can go home every day. You don't have to worry about what happened to me, and you don't have to be separated from me in two places, always losing contact." These words obviously weighed on Fu Yan's heart For a long time, he spoke slowly but fluently, and he did not know how many times he had typed: "We can be very ordinary people. If you want to go out to take pictures, I will go with you. I will also go with you if you want to see any scenery." can be with you."

Fu Yan lowered his eyes slightly, clenched Liu Ruosong's hand a little nervously, and whispered, "Do you think it's okay?"

Liu Ruosong's nose was sore, he couldn't help but squeezed Fu Yan's hand tightly, stepped forward and hugged him.

"Okay." Liu Ruosong said, "Anyway, it's you, so it's fine."

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