16 years

When Fu Yan came out of the building, Liu Ruosong was standing beside the car in front of the building waiting for him.

The guard who drove Fu Yan over was not nearby, probably Liu Ruosong called him away first.

"Why are you here?" Fu Yan said, "Shouldn't you be working at this point?"

"I was not at ease. I went to No. [-] to look for you later. I heard that you came to see Shao Xuefan, so I guessed that you wanted to ask him something." Liu Ruosong tilted his head and gestured: "He said ?"

Fu Yan shook his head.

"Not surprising." Liu Ruosong said.

This is a public area, there is a guard room downstairs, Liu Ruosong didn't say much, he opened the car door and made a gesture of please.

"Come on, sir." Liu Ruosong smiled with his eyes bent: "The guards are off duty, I'll pick you up today."

Fu Yan gave him a funny look, and cooperatively supported his hand to get into the car.

"The nature of R-01 cannot be defined. Now that the outside world is in a mess, it is normal for Shao Xuefan not to admit it." Liu Ruosong sat in the driver's seat, locked the door, and then said: "But the deputy team is in the hands of the other side. , He has to weigh it no matter what, and I think he will give you some news after he weighs it."

"I think so too." Fu Yan said, "It's just that he said he was worried about Shao Qiu, but at the same time he had reservations - no wonder Shao Qiu couldn't get along with him."

"Loving your son and protecting yourself are not in conflict, but they are not so selfless." Liu Ruosong said, "Where do we go next?"

"Listen to you, it's okay to accompany you to work." Fu Yan leaned on the back of the chair and said casually: "I contacted the second team before, and their action records are too complicated. They said they would hand over a written material to me later. , better transfer."

Liu Ruosong snorted, didn't discuss with him any more, and started the car on his own.

"I want to steal you away." After a few minutes, Liu Ruosong suddenly said, "Find a place where no one is around to hide."

When he said this, he didn't turn his head to look at Fu Yan. He stared straight ahead, and his eyes fixed on one corner. A clue.

Fu Yan turned his head to look at his expression, didn't say anything, just stretched out his hand silently, and held the back of Liu Ruosong's hand.

He is serious about Liu Ruosong, and this kind of seriousness is not only his loyalty to love and his attitude towards getting along, but also permeates every bit of their getting along.

Fu Yan never gave him uncertain promises, so he could only remain silent.

"After this matter is over, please take a long vacation and let's go to the Tibetan area." Liu Ruosong said in a relaxed tone: "Although it is not good to avoid post-disaster reconstruction, it is necessary to be self-willed occasionally."

"Okay." Fu Yan said quickly.

Liu Ruosong smiled with the corners of his lips curled up, took Fu Yan's hand behind his back, and squeezed the back of his hand.

After the sensitive topic was over, the two of them were silent for a few minutes. Fu Yan looked outside and found that Liu Ruosong was driving in a familiar direction.

Twenty minutes later, Liu Ruosong parked the car under the administrative building of the military area, jumped out of the car first, and went around to open the car door for Fu Yan.

"What are you doing here?" Fu Yan was a little confused: "Is there anything else you haven't told No. [-]?"

"No." Liu Ruosong said, "Come."

As he spoke, he held Fu Yan's wrist loosely, and led him twisting and turning, into the stairwell through the side door of the administrative building.

The administrative building is where the headquarters of the military region is located. Countless orders are concentrated and dispersed here all day long. The footsteps are fragmented and dense.

Through a partition door, Fu Yan could even hear the whispered conversations of the secretaries in the corridor.

However, Liu Ruosong turned a deaf ear to these things, and he was not too tired. He dragged Fu Yan all the way up the dark stairwell, climbing twelve floors in one breath.

...Fortunately, no one used the fire escape stairs, Fu Yan thought, otherwise he and Liu Ruosong would have to be locked up today.

Liu Ruosong didn't know how many times he had sneaked here. He climbed to the top floor familiarly, and then stepped on the handrail of the stairs to pull down a rusty maintenance ladder from the ceiling.

The flaps at the end of the maintenance ladder were pulled back together, and the outside sunlight fell through the narrow square entrance, illuminating the little floor.

"You go first." Liu Ruosong said, "If you feel dizzy, I will support you."

Fu Yan smiled and said: "It's just a little height, no need."

As he spoke, he grabbed the maintenance ladder and tugged it. After confirming that the thing was still strong, he stretched out his hand to hold the ladder, swung his whole body up, stepped on the baffle and flipped up.

"It's okay." Fu Yan said: "I haven't had physical training for almost three years, and I thought I would regress."

As he spoke, he leaned over from the entrance, reaching out to catch Liu Ruosong.

Liu Ruosong looked at him, feeling uncomfortable with his casual emotion.

"No." Liu Ruosong said, "The worst thing is muscle memory."

Liu Ruosong seemed to want to prove his words, so he simply accepted his intentions, held his hand and used his strength to climb up.

It was obviously not the first time for him to come here, and he was familiar with the movements, and he didn't scratch any rust on his body when he came up.

"You didn't even ask why you came here?" Liu Ruosong patted the ashes on his hands, went to a clean space by the roof and sat down familiarly, and said hello to Fu Yan: "I'm not afraid that I will sell you. "

Fu Yan sat beside him and said in a low voice, "That's fine."

"Forget it." Liu Ruosong said, "You are a priceless treasure."

If Fu Yan were to use this kind of words to describe Liu Ruosong, he would not be stingy, but on the other hand, he seemed to be uncomfortable, and he felt goosebumps all over his body.

He coughed dryly and changed the subject lamely: "So what are you doing here?"

Liu Ruosong stretched his legs, put his hands behind his back, raised his face slightly, squinted his eyes and looked at the sky.

"To fulfill your birthday wish," he said.

Fu Yan was stunned.

"Get up from where you fell." Liu Ruosong said, "And then start again."

Fu Yan subconsciously followed his gaze to the sky.

The administrative building is the tallest building in this area. The weather is fine today, with layers of clouds covering the sky, creating beautiful patterns—in another hour, there should be a nice sunset to watch.

"It's a pity that you don't have good eyesight." Liu Ruosong laughed and said, "I'm a well-known photographer with superb technique, composition and artistic conception. You are at a disadvantage if you didn't see the photos I took."

He was trying to weaken the hoarse farewell into a painless separation, Fu Yan could hear it.

But Fu Yan didn't feel relaxed, he just felt heavy.

Responsibility is heavy, and so is family. Liu Ruosong's words are like a light catkin, but when it falls on his heart, it becomes as heavy as a weight.

"Ruosong." Fu Yan suddenly called him.

Liu Ruosong blinked: "Huh?"

"I love you." Fu Yan said.

Liu Ruosong didn't answer for a while.

Fu Yan was like this, Liu Ruosong suddenly thought, if it was someone else, he should go down the steps smartly and easily and happily overturn this topic, but Fu Yan refused to do it.

Fu Yan was the one who left first, and he left Liu Ruosong alone in the world to suffer the pain of losing his loved one, and he tasted it twice. Although he didn't want it, it was Fu Yan's fault in the end.

When Liu Ruosong mentioned this matter, he wanted to obliquely erase Fu Yan's "justice", but the more he wanted to weaken this point, the more Fu Yan had to raise this matter seriously.

He couldn't say sorry—because it was an insult to Liu Ruosong—so he had to say love.

He refused to evade what had happened, and he would never allow Liu Ruosong to make fun of his pain to accommodate him. He must take up this responsibility seriously—whether he is alert to himself, or anything else, it cannot be taken as a joke. open.

"You really..." Liu Ruosong forced a smile, and said, "It's lucky that you found me, otherwise, if you go out to date others with your temper, how much will you suffer?"

He seemed to want to talk about this topic in a relaxed tone like before, but Liu Ruosong didn't succeed this time.

After he finished speaking, he was silent for two seconds, most of the smile on his face disappeared, and he whispered, "I love you too."

Fu Yanyan hugged him.

Liu Ruosong seemed to have been pressed the mute button by him, and he grabbed the clothes behind him tightly, completely silent.

A few seconds later, Fu Yan felt a trace of heat and humidity spreading from his shoulder.

He sighed a long time in his heart, and stretched out his hand to wipe Liu Ruosong's tears in silence.

The two of them hugged each other quietly for a long time, the sun was gradually setting, the dazzling sunlight gradually gathered up, the orange halo spread along the clouds, and the warm color of the setting sun sank and fell on Fu Yan.

Fu Yan's eyes fluttered, and he looked at the laboratory building not far away.

"I know you are special, but this time..." Liu Ruosong said in a low voice, "Stop talking."

Fu Yan hummed.

Liu Ruosong was a little surprised, apparently he didn't expect Fu Yan to agree so happily.

Fu Yan wanted to say this sentence from the moment he woke up, but he didn't know how to say it after replaying it thousands of times in his stomach.

He never wanted Fu Yan to choose between ideals and family.

"Why is it so unexpected?" Fu Yan lowered his eyes to look at him, and wiped the remaining tears on his face with the palm of his hand: "Do you think I will not agree?"

"No." Liu Ruosong said, "But I did make preparations to convince you."

"I don't evade my responsibilities. If necessary, I will go through fire and water - but this is under necessary circumstances." Fu Yan said: "I don't have the obsession to die for the country, since this road doesn't work , there is no need to go any further.”

Liu Ruosong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Actually, you don't know." Liu Ruosong said, "After I woke up this time, I didn't intend to let you enter that building again."

"Speak directly next time." Fu Yan said: "In my heart, you are as important as the country...not just equally."

It was rare for Liu Ruosong to be embarrassed by Fu Yan's words. He licked his lips and said softly, "Then I am quite important."

"You can always ask me." Fu Yan said, "I can't guarantee that I will do it, but I will try my best."