half blind

In the silence, Jinglei spoke first.With the sound of thunder, the big raindrops fell down with a crackling sound. As expected of a tropical area, the downpour fell as soon as it was said, without even saying hello.

Zhou Nanchen stood up and went outside the cave to fetch water. Zhang Qing sighed, leaned against the cave wall and closed his eyes to rest.

Things got a lot better after a torrential rain.They temporarily solved the water shortage problem, so that the possibility of rescue became more and more likely.

It's just that Zhou Nanchen never mentioned that quarrel again, as if nothing happened.

The third day of living by the sea was a fine day with fine weather.When Zhou Nanchen woke up, it was still daylight. Looking out from the cave, a faint red light barely illuminated the sea level.A seagull swooped down extremely fast, picked up a fish and flew away.

Zhou Nanchen couldn't help chuckling, squinting his eyes and subconsciously wanted to hug the person around him, but felt a cold hand.

Zhou Nanchen was startled, and immediately turned over and sat up. The place where Zhang Qing was lying was empty.

"Zhang Qing?" Zhou Nanchen stood up, first searched the entire cave, and then ran out of the cave to look around the nearby rocks, but there was no sign of Zhang Qing anywhere.

As far as the eye can see, there is only the endless sea.

Lu Yu originally wanted to go back to the shore first, but was persuaded by Bai Ma Huai earnestly.

"Brother Qing and Brother Chen are still alive and dead, so it would be too irresponsible for you to go back alone."

So Lu Yu had no choice but to stay on the island with others full of resentment and wait for the rescue news.

Mo Mao originally wanted to call Duanmurou about this, but Yin Ling was probably afraid that Duanmurou would be worried, so she kept saying "wait a little longer".

However, although she said so, she was the most anxious one in the group, and she would go out to ask about the situation almost every hour.

"Have you found it yet?" Yin Ling grabbed a staff member and asked.

"Unfortunately, there is no news from over there..." The staff probably started to sweat because they were caught and questioned by Yin Ling too many times.

"It's been two and a half days!" Yin Ling stomped her feet angrily, "I said you should call the police, why don't you call the police!"

The staff looked embarrassed, "But this, we don't care about it, you still have to ask Mr. Kong over there..."

"What's wrong?" Kong Yishan's voice rang out behind them as the staff spoke halfway.

Kong Yishan's shirt was so neat that there was no wrinkle, and an assistant behind him hurriedly put on a parasol for him.

Yin Ling dodged back subconsciously at the first glance of him, but soon became tough again, "I was just saying that we have not been able to find anyone for two consecutive days, why don't we call the police?"

"Do you think the police are more efficient than my subordinates?" Kong Yishan smiled, looking straight into Yin Ling's eyes, "I know that as a friend, you are very worried about him. But as his patron, I have great respect for him. The worry is not too small. So I sent all my capable subordinates, and you have seen the number of people. If it were the police, they would not send so many police forces."

Yin Ling was at a loss for words for a moment, she had to admit that what Kong Yishan said might be right.

"However..." Bai Mahuai inserted cautiously, "This island is only this big, and we've been looking for it for two and a half days, will they..."

"Shut your crow's mouth!" Yin Ling gave Bai Ma Huai a hard look, before she could finish her sentence, she was suddenly interrupted by a shout from afar.

"I found it, I found it!" When the man was several meters away from them, he waved desperately and shouted, "Mr. Zhou Nanchen was found!"

However, when Yin Ling and others rushed to the edge of the cliff, they did not see Zhou Nanchen who was rescued.

"Where is the person?" Yin Ling grabbed a person wearing a yellow search and rescue suit and asked.

"It's like this, Miss Yin." The search and rescue service explained patiently, "At first, our drone found Mr. Zhou Nanchen in a cave at the foot of the cliff. But Mr. Zhou has been resisting our rescue and refused Come to the top of the cliff."

"Resist rescue?" Yin Ling was a little surprised at first, but soon realized the problem, "Where is Zhang Qing? Is Zhang Qing with him?"

"At present, only Mr. Zhou has been found."

"Why didn't Brother Qing stay with him?" Mo Mao's words were not so much a question, but rather a gritted tooth of reluctance.

"Mr. Zhou said that the two of them were in trouble together. They were both in the cave." The search and rescue service said, "But Mr. Zhang disappeared suddenly this morning, so Mr. Zhou didn't want to come up."

Mo Mao gave Yin Ling a look of "what should I do?" Yin Ling only thought for two seconds before making a decision.

"Okay, if he doesn't come up, let's go down." Yin Ling rushed to the search and rescue suit and said, "Fix the cable, Mo Mao and I will go down and have a look!"

When seeing Zhou Nanchen, Yin Ling felt that he was so emaciated that he was not the same person as he was three days ago.

The clothes on his body were dirty and torn, blue stubble had grown on his chin, and his face was so pale that there was almost no blood, only the thick dark circles under his eyes were the most conspicuous.

Zhou Nanchen's first sentence was "I have to find Zhang Qing".

"You wait for me." Yin Ling grabbed him, "You said that he fell asleep with you last night and disappeared this morning. Then he will not be far away from here, so I will hand it over to the search and rescue team You should go to the island to rest for a while like this!"

"No, I must find him." Zhou Nanchen grabbed his shaggy hair vigorously, "He must be because of me—I shouldn't have said those words, it's all my fault."

"What? What did you say?"

Zhou Nanchen didn't answer Yin Ling's question, but repeated: "I have to find him, I won't go up unless I find him."

"You man! Why are you so disobedient!" Mo Mao became angry immediately, "You are not the only one here, there are also professional search and rescue personnel, and us! What can you do by yourself? "

"Forget it." Yin Ling stopped the ink cat, persuaded in a low voice, and then turned his gaze to Zhou Nanchen, "I can understand your mood, otherwise, you can't find someone alone now , I'll ask them to give you a kayak, let's find it separately, okay?"

Zhou Nanchen nodded, "Thank you."

"No need to thank me, I can't do anything, I can only watch and worry." Yin Ling sighed, "You are the person who knows him best, I trust you. If there is a person in this world who can find him, that is you."

In this way, from noon on that day, almost everyone on the island dispatched to look for Zhang Qing.From a distance, there are kayaks everywhere in the shallow sea.

Fortunately, the weather is sunny today, and everyone can only pray that Zhang Qing doesn't run too far.

Zhou Nanchen paddled the kayak alone, with the endless ocean on the left and the steep cliff on the right.

"Zhang Qing!"

"Zhang Qing, are you there!"

The waves crashed against the kayak, pushing the poor inflatable back a bit.Zhou Nanchen strenuously swiped forward a few times, and continued to shout.

"Zhang Qing! Where are you?"

"Speak back to me if you hear it!"

However, the only reply to him was the sound of endless waves.

After an unknown amount of time, the distance between Zhou Nanchen and other search and rescue personnel became more and more distant.

The sky gradually darkened, the sun hid behind the clouds, and then the thin rain fell like needles, one by one on the lonely kayak.

Zhou Nanchen coughed for a while, and his whole body was sore from the excessive force.He leaned over the front of the kayak and let it float with the waves.

"Ah!" Zhou Nanchen roared with all his strength, and punched the rubber of the kayak hard.The boat tipped forward from the force and bounced back.

"Ah! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhss

Zhou Nanchen yelled in dismay, until his voice was so hoarse that he could barely speak, then he leaned over and coughed violently.

"Qing, I'm sorry, I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that, I apologize to you." Zhou Nanchen wiped the water from his face, only to realize that he was crying again, "But don't do this, don't leave Can I do it?"

Zhou Nanchen really exhausted his whole body this time. He was so tired that he couldn't even speak a word, so he lay down on the kayak and closed his eyes.

At that moment, Zhou Nanchen seemed to be asleep, but he didn't seem to be asleep.Half asleep and half awake, I remembered that the rain seemed to have stopped, and the salty smell of the sea was mixed with the sound of calling his name.

That voice was like a siren's song, like the love he couldn't ask for in his dream, calling out to his ears.

"Zhou Nanchen, Zhou Nanchen! Wake up, Zhou Nanchen!"

Zhou Nanchen opened his eyes suddenly and almost fell off the kayak.He opened his eyes and saw that he didn't know when he drifted to the edge of another cliff, and Zhang Qing was standing in the waist-deep sea water shaking his shoulders.

"Qing!" Zhou Nanchen turned over and hugged him, but he coughed because of his excitement.

"I'm fine, don't worry—"

But before Zhang Qing finished speaking, Zhou Nanchen coughed and interrupted him like a cannonball, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said those words...cough cough cough, I didn't mean to make you angry, I I promise never again, I—”

"Stop for a while." Zhang Qing was angry and funny, holding Zhou Nanchen's cheeks with both hands, "I'm not angry, ah."

"Are you not angry?" Zhou Nanchen repeated mechanically.

"I'm not angry, don't rush to apologize, it's not your fault." Zhang Qing said patiently.

Zhou Nanchen stared blankly at Zhang Qing for a while, then tears fell one by one like spilled beans, crying like a child, sobbing while crying, "Then why did you leave? Why did you run away without saying a word?" Don't you? Don't you want me? Why!"

Zhang Qing panicked all of a sudden, and in desperation had no choice but to hug Zhou Nanchen and pat him on the back, "Don't cry, don't cry, don't want you, am I here? I'm right next to you, no Crying, okay?"

Zhou Nanchen buried his head in Zhang Qing's chest as if he had never cried in his entire life, and wept loudly. No matter how Zhang Qing took pictures, it was useless.

In desperation, Zhang Qing had no choice but to turn his head and kissed Zhou Nanchen's neck.

It was as if some mechanism of Zhou Nanchen had been opened. He was clearly crying, but he turned his head without any hesitation, and almost bit Zhang Qing's lips with a domineering vigor. superior.

Zhou Nanchen's tongue had the salty smell of tears or sea water, maybe it was blood. With such a messy kiss, Zhang Qing actually tasted happiness from it.

About ten minutes later, Zhou Nanchen's sobbing finally subsided. When he raised his head, he shyly turned his head aside, wiped his face, and whispered, "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry you cried so much that I covered my clothes, or I'm sorry you gnawed my mouth open." Zhang Qing sighed.

Zhou Nanchen looked at Zhang Qing, the skin near the corner of his mouth was broken, and blood was still oozing out, "You deserve it for what I said yesterday."

Zhang Qing gave a "tsk", "I haven't finished my temper after crying."

"No." Zhou Nanchen said, "If you want to make me worry and sad, then your goal has been achieved, let's go home."

"What are you thinking? I just wanted to find this cliff, but I got lost."

"Cliff?" Zhou Nanchen frowned, "Why are you looking for Cliff when you have nothing to do? Do you know that my heart almost stopped beating when I found you disappeared!"

"I'm sorry." Zhang Qing smiled apologetically, "But after what you said yesterday, I really can't sit idly by. I want you to see this scenery no matter what."

landscape?

Zhang Qing took Zhou Nanchen's hand and pushed him onto the kayak, "The rain has stopped, it should be just right now."

"What's just right?" Zhou Nanchen was pushed onto the boat with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Go! I'll take you there!" Zhang Qing turned over and jumped into the kayak.

Zhang Qing rowed the paddle in front, and the kayak gradually moved away from the cliff. Only then did Zhou Nanchen realize that this cliff was indeed different from other places. Both sides were surrounded by cliffs, forming a small strait. They were heading towards the edge of the strait. Belly drove away.

The light rain that had been drizzling before had stopped at some point, and the sky was on the verge of clearing up. At the very edge of the strait, a trace of blood red could be seen looming through the clouds.

The kayak stopped in the middle of the strait, Zhang Qing stood up, turned around and stretched out his hand to Zhou Nanchen, "Come."

"What?" Zhou Nanchen didn't know why.

Zhang Qing pulled Zhou Nanchen, and the two struggled to stabilize their bodies on the rickety kayak.

"Weixia hits the waves and appears at sunset." Zhang Qing grinned.

The red was getting closer and bigger.Suddenly, the red color became clear and round, like a plump fruit jumping out of the cracked cloud.

The bright red light of the setting sun suddenly filled the entire strait, all the seas turned red, and all the waves were wrapped in a small piece of the setting sun.

The cloud was burnt red, burning most of the sky like a flame.The seabirds in the distance sang towards the red patch, and a group of flying fish suddenly jumped up on the sparkling sea, like a string of blood-red pearls in the fragments of the setting sun.

"This is..." Zhou Nanchen was completely shocked by the scene in front of him, speechless.

"Is it beautiful?" Zhang Qing asked him loudly amidst the sound of the waves.

"It's so beautiful, just like an oil painting." Zhou Nanchen murmured.

This fjord just frames the sunset in the center, and every light, shadow, and color seems to come from the hands of the world's top painters—no, it is difficult for even the world's top painters to paint such a breathtaking scene. picture.

"I knew you would like it." Zhang Qing smiled, "It's not in vain that I almost drowned."

"Why would you..." Zhou Nanchen didn't know what to say.

"The sunset is beautiful." Zhang Qing looked away from Zhou Nanchen and looked at the sunset in the distance, "I know that you were painting the sunset on the day your mother passed away. You never finished painting that sunset, right? .”

Zhou Nanchen was silent.

"Except for the sunset, you must have many unfinished paintings. The sea, the sky, the birds, your life, your dreams, and your hobbies are all like those unfinished paintings that you have abandoned forever." Zhang Qing turned around to look at Zhou Nanchen, showing a sad smile, "You seem to be able to give up everything about yourself for the happiness of others, but Zhou Nanchen, the setting sun will not stop shining because it killed your mother. Just being there, no matter what happens, it is peaceful and beautiful."

Zhang Qing's tone became softer, "The most important thing is that I am the one who will accompany you to watch the sunset now. I promise, you will never lose me, just like you will never lose this sunset."

Zhou Nanchen opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

He embraced Zhang Qing in the red ocean dyed by the setting sun, and they became a part of the setting sun just like the waves.

Two red, small shadows swayed into one.