They Regretted it After Their Hearts Turned to Ashes

The conch was not found.

It's not anyone's fault, it's Conch himself who is too impatient, too impatient, and too eager to be discovered at a glance.

Although he hid obediently behind the reef, he was afraid that people would not find him, so he specially placed a lot of star lights around, and drew the biggest smiling face on the beach.

Those bright stars are too conspicuous, too unprepared, which attracts the cold undercurrent hidden in the trench.

The vicious undercurrent rushed up from the bottom of the sea, snatched the conch, and wiped away the smiling faces.

……

Even so, this incident actually did not lead to any bad results.

Of course there will be no misunderstanding, how could there be misunderstanding.Luo Chi trusts Aunt Trust more than herself, and Aunt Ren likes Little Huo Miao more than anything else.

It's just because two people are too worried about each other and don't want to make each other feel uncomfortable and unhappy.

Because she cared too much and wanted to repair all the scars that had been worn down by the world, so she naturally had infinite patience and caution.

Aunt Ren stood behind the reef, thinking about the empty beach.Little Huomiao has encountered too many bad things, she must still feel nervous and dare not say what she wants bravely, so be patient and not rush.

Luo Chi curled up on the bed, leaning on his arm and tossing and turning, thinking.Aunt Ren has been worrying too much lately. Of course, such a big matter as bringing him home must be carefully and fully considered. You have to wait slowly, not in a hurry.

Don't rush, take your time, don't rush.

Until Aunt Ren suddenly fell ill without warning.

Lying on the hospital bed, Aunt Ren sighed and flicked the infusion tube because she was bored, and finally made up her mind completely, and grabbed Luo Chi who was busy taking care of her.

...Until Aunt Ren nodded her head and asked when the wish in the conch would be fulfilled, Luo Chi suddenly realized in astonishment that there must be something wrong.

He buried the conch, but failed to reach Aunt Ren.

Something must be wrong.

It was only then that Luo Chi realized that something was wrong.

"Little squirrel." Aunt Ren didn't know yet, she knocked on her forehead and questioned him, "Where did you hide the conch?"

When he was first sent to Ren's house, ten-year-old Luo Chi was still easily disturbed.When you receive something you like, you are never willing to use it, and you must hide it all.

Aunt Ren was moved by his diligent hoarding of treasures, she simply found a tree in the garden, and hid a super secret safe for him in the tree.

At that time, Luo Chi carried any good things in his bosom, and ran up the tree quietly when no one was around.

Aunt Ren stood under the tree, her stomach ached from laughing, and when she teased him, she deliberately said that she had raised a little squirrel.

The little squirrel stood still, his heart beating so fast that it almost burst through his chest.

……

There must be no rush.

Aunt Ren's illness must not have severe mood swings.

In the exceptionally short few seconds, Luo Chi had quickly figured out what to do.

The little squirrel lowered his head and was scolded obediently, apologizing in a low voice, saying that he liked conch so much that he didn't want to bury it in the sand.Also, I can only make one wish, which is too little, and I am afraid of wasting it, so I keep thinking about it.

Aunt Ren was angry, laughed and felt distressed, and pinched his face, telling him not to write letters at all, but to write a bunch of small notes and stuff them in.

Of course Aunt Ren knew that Luo Chi knew everything, so she didn't even make up the story.

Aunt Ren assured him openly that he could write whatever he wanted, whatever he wanted, and Aunt Ren would help him turn all the little notes into real ones.

The little squirrel also blushed and repented, and swore at attention that he would hand over the conch within three days.

……

After dark, Luo Chi took care of Aunt Ren to sleep, ran back to the beach alone, and searched the beach all over.

With a flashlight, he searched all the conch shells he could see on the beach, but they were all empty.He thought about it for too long, maybe it was brought into the sea by the high tide, so he went to the sea to search back and forth.

It's been too long, it's normal to not find it.

The inside of each conch shell is empty, only sea water, aquatic plants and wet sand.

The conch that Aunt Ren gave him was lost.

Don't let Aunt Ren know.

Luo Chi's right leg was a bit disobedient again, he tripped and fell into the sea water.What I heard the doctor say in the hospital during the day finally came out of my mind.

Luo Chi threw himself into the sea without moving.

It wasn't until all the water vapor in his body gushed out that he sat up abruptly, wiped off the sea water on his face vigorously, and panted heavily.

He shouldn't have made that kind of wish. He should have made a wish for Aunt Ren's health and longevity.

Why did he forget to make a wish for Aunt Ren to live a long life.

The conch was lost.

Can't tell Aunt Ren, can't let Aunt Ren know.

Luo Chi was sitting in that piece of sea water, he sensed the tide was rising, he stood up with all his strength, dragged his right leg and struggled ashore before the tide submerged him.

"Don't be afraid." Luo Chi taught his right leg, "Don't be afraid."

He pressed that leg hard, and whispered to himself: "There is a way."

There is a way for everything.

He came to find a way.

Probably because he had listened to his lesson, that leg had no other problems except that the skin was scratched when it fell, and it was scorchingly painful from being soaked in sea water.

Luo Chi returned to the beach and collected all the conch shells that he had thrown away.

He compared them carefully with a flashlight, found the one that was most similar to his memory, and took it back to his hut.

After all, there are subtle differences in the edges and corners of the conch shell. He carefully cut off the slightly different parts with a knife, polished them smooth with sandpaper, and soaked them in water to wash them extraordinarily clean.

He also had to take care of Aunt Ren, so he washed himself with hot water, treated the wound carefully, cooked warm meals for himself, and changed into comfortable home clothes.

He took care of himself so that Aunt Ren could rest assured.

Then Luo Chi took the conch shell and sat under the lamp, making a wish with all his heart.

He stuffed it with little scrunched up paper.I want Aunt Ren to be happy, Aunt Ren is to be healthy, Aunt Ren is required to take care of her work and take a good rest, Aunt Ren is required to get well soon, and Aunt Ren is not to worry about anything.

Luo Chi sat at the table and checked all the notes.He also felt that it was impossible to get through with Aunt Ren, so he held his pen again and tried to fill in a few more things about himself.

…to live to be 80 years old.

He hoped that Aunt Ren could live to be 110 years old, so he lived to be 80 years old so that they could fall asleep together.

Be happy, be happy.

I found a lot of people who like me and a lot of happy things, so Aunt Ren can rest assured.

Find someone you like the most and bring it back to Aunt Ren.

Grow up faster, become an adult faster, get a driver's license, and drive Aunt Ren to travel.

Learn to drive a boat. It seems that you need a driver's license to drive a boat. When the time comes, buy a small boat and take Aunt Ren for a ride in the sea.

Aunt Ren also wants to play skydiving, bungee jumping and deep-sea surfing.He's a little afraid of the deep sea, but he can swim alongside, and he thinks he won't be afraid soon.

Luo Chi wrote all night, and the next morning, he ran back to the hospital with a conch.

Aunt Ren leaned against the head of the bed, reading those small notes one by one.

Luo Chi's heart almost jumped out of his throat.

Fortunately, Aunt Ren didn't seem to notice the strangeness of the conch, but after reading the notes, she happily praised the brand new and best quality surfboard that Luo Chi brought for a long time.

Aunt Ren didn't ask more questions, she just hugged Luo Chi, chatted softly with Luo Chi, and slowly explained a lot of truth to her little flame.

Aunt Ren said that the most important thing in a person's life is to live happily, not to live long.

Aunt Ren said that sometimes, some things are unreasonable and unavoidable.Well if it happens, it's not anyone's fault.

Aunt Ren said that the surfboard is so good, it must be taken away.She likes the sea the most, wishing she could sleep in it forever.

Aunt Ren told him that if Xiao Huomiao wants to live well, she must live well, otherwise Auntie will be sad.

……

The cruise ship is silent in the lights of the harbor.

The wind opened the curtains a little, and the pale moonlight slid to the bed.

Luo Chi gritted his teeth in the unconscious chaos, curled up his body in a daze, and buried himself in the cold moon.

Probably treating it as sea water, Luo Chi didn't say a word, just letting the water vapor seep out from under his tightly closed eyelashes.

Ming Lu turned on the switch of the oxygen generator and said in a low voice, "Sir."

The current situation is not suitable for waking Luo Chi rashly.

Luo Chi, who was trapped in the mist, didn't care about his body. Although he didn't resist the treatment, it was just because Mr. Shadow asked him to take these medicines and injections, so he followed suit.

But the memory that was unexpectedly brought up by the conch tonight made him struggle with all his strength in such a chaotic stupor to protect Aunt Ren in that memory from being sad.

...It must be much better to have such a clear emotional reaction than that kind of dazed calm.

Ming Weiting nodded, he made his movements more light, and lifted Luo Chi out of the cold sweat bit by bit.

Luo Chi was trapped in a dream, his shoulders, back and arms were tense instinctively, but because the strength that could be gathered in this body was too weak, only a slight trembling overflowed from his muscles and bones.

Ming Weiting wanted to massage him to relax, but every joint of Luo Chi was stiff, and his body was so cold that he really couldn't pick a place to attack.

So he carried Luo Chi into his arms, making every part of Luo Chi close to him.

Getting along day and night these days, Luo Chi is already familiar with his aura, even if he falls into a nightmare, he will no longer resist.Unknowingly, the half of the body leaning against him began to become warm and soft.

Ming Lu adjusted the oxygen flow rate, walked over lightly, and handed the mask to Ming Weiting.

Ming Weiting raised his hand, and with the back of his hand touched the half of Luo Chi's cheek that was leaning on his shoulder.

Feeling that the temperature there had warmed up, he carefully turned Luo Chi over in his arms, took the mask, and put it on for Luo Chi: "Who made it?"

"That son of the Ren family." Ming Lu's voice was very soft, "He...should not know what it is."

Ren Chenbai doesn't want to see someone like Luo Chi, and doesn't want anyone to give Luo Chi a gift.

Ming Lu even suspects that even taking revenge for Mrs. Ren is just a cover—maybe even Ren Chenbai himself doesn't know it's a cover.

Ren Chenbai was just using this kind of thing as an excuse to destroy Luo Chi with more peace of mind.

He prevented Luo Chi from saving himself, destroyed the things Luo Chi cared about, and blocked all the goodwill around Luo Chi... just to extinguish the fire that was too hot for him.

Ren Chenbai probably fell into some kind of strong and distorted paranoia long ago, he dealt with Luo Chi by all means, and even forgot what his original intention was for doing so.

Ren Chenbai has probably forgotten that he did these things in the first place because he felt uneasy.

He found out that Luo Chi didn't have to rely on him or the Ren family to live at all—he finally found out that Luo Chi couldn't be hidden at all.The fire attracted attention no matter where it went, it was so bright and hot that he felt stinging just looking at it.

Ren Chenbai began to feel strongly uneasy and irritable, he always felt that Luo Chi would leave sooner or later.

Ren Chenbai always felt that Luo Chi would not stay, would not stay in such a boring place, would not stay with someone like him... He destroyed Luo Chi's things angrily, throwing away Luo Chi would have saved him. arrived gift.

But he didn't know that he also threw a conch.

……

Ming Weiting understood Ming Lu's meaning.

"I have already told the other party about this." Ming Lu whispered, "He will know what he did."

Ming Lu made arrangements before returning to the cruise ship. He lowered his hands and continued to say, "He was not sent to their hospital. Dean Xun doesn't mind admitting one more patient."

Ren Chenbai's car can't reach his family's hospital, unless there are still people in the Ren family who are not clear-headed and refuse to give up a half-crazy heir.

...The people of the Ren family are of course very clear-headed.

Ming Lu checked the message, he had already received Xun Zhen's reply, and raised his head: "Sir, do you want him to wake up?"

"No rush." ​​Ming Weiting said.

Ming Lu waited for his order, but Ming Weiting stopped talking again.

Ming Weiting lowered his gaze, stroked Luo Chi's hair, and put the freshly made conch back into Luo Chi's palm.

He could understand why Luo Chi didn't want Mrs. Ren to know about it no matter what.

Even though this matter itself was nothing more than a mishap, it happened to happen to Mrs. Ren's illness, so that this mishap finally diverted fate to the coldest and cruelest direction, and it will no longer be made up and corrected Opportunity.

If Mrs. Ren really learned about this matter while she was ill, no matter how open-minded and optimistic she was, her mood would definitely fluctuate violently—this wish was already impossible to realize at that time.

Patriarch Luo can throw a son out of sight and out of mind, but he won't tolerate Ren Shuangmei actually bringing this child home and completely becoming a member of the Ren family. Tell people to point and laugh.

Ren Shuangmei's body is the biggest sticking point. If she is in good health, no matter how much trouble the Luo family makes, she will take revenge unceremoniously.

According to Ren Shuangmei's temper, maybe she will deliberately bring Luo Chi to appear on various occasions where the Luo family is present, and push Luo Chi to the most dazzling and eye-catching place, so that everyone in the Luo family can see how cold they are. How good your child is.

But Minglu had already gone to investigate, and Ren Shuangmei was diagnosed with aortic dissection at that time.The location is too bad, and the risk of surgery is so high that there is almost no fluke. He must stay in bed and rest, and his life will be in danger if he is not careful.

Ren Shuangmei didn't want her family members to cry, worry, and fear endlessly, so that people suppressed the diagnosis result, but she couldn't hide it from Luo Chi who was taking care of her in the hospital.

It was probably at this time that Luo Chi learned for the first time without a teacher, and quickly and extremely concealed a part of himself.

……

In that state, Luo Chi no longer has the ability to sort out all his memories.

Luo Chi didn't want Aunt Ren to be sad because of that incident, so he could only ask Mr. Ying to help hide it from Aunt Ren.

Luo Chi didn't know, but Mr. Shadow was there that day.

"I should get off the boat." Ming Weiting said, "Behind the reef is a very good location."

He might catch Ren Chenbai who was making trouble there, tie him up and throw him into the sea, and rearrange the star lights again.

The shadow behind the reef is very deep, it is very suitable to stand there and watch a bright and dazzling fire.

Ming Weiting was not in the habit of disembarking at that time.In fact, he couldn't imagine what kind of development that would be. After thinking quietly for a while, he still held Luo Chi's hand.

Luo Chi's nightmare seemed to be over.

I don't know if it was because he was too tired, or because he felt safe in the familiar atmosphere, Luo Chi slept deeply and his body relaxed.

Ming Weiting held his hand, he found that Luo Chi didn't have the habit of grabbing something in his dreams, that hand was always curled up completely effortlessly.

Perhaps it was also because, since a long time ago, there was no longer anything Luo Chi could hold on to.

The culprit who caused all of this, until now, doesn't even know what he has done or destroyed with his own hands.

"That person." Ming Weiting asked, "Isn't he having a dream?"

Ming Lu was stunned for a moment: "Ren -- what dream do you want him to have?"

Xun Zhenzheng looked at Ren Chenbai himself, and it was actually not difficult to make Ren Chenbai hallucinate.

That person's current mental state was already extremely unstable, as long as he was properly guided with a little stimulation, he could fall into a dream that was difficult to wake up on his own.

Ming Weiting held Luo Chi's hand, and together with the conch full of shells, shook it lightly.

The conch rustled in Luo Chi's palm.

Ming Lu suddenly realized: "I'll arrange it."

...How can we not let the culprit go and see for himself?

Go to that dream and see with your own eyes how good the future should have been—a future that even Ren Chenbai himself would feel intensely happy and satisfied.

Ren Chenbai took great pains, and would rather destroy Luo Chi than what he wanted, and it was nothing more than this kind of future.

As it should have been, as it would have happened.

The possibility of being completely destroyed by him.

How could he wake up so easily without seeing clearly in the dream?

……

The original conch should have been picked up by Ren Shuangmei.

Ren Shuangmei, who picked up the conch, would run all the way over, hugging Xiao Huomiao and lifting it up.

Luo Chi might be playing the guitar at that time, he might be startled, he might blush, his eyes would widen and he would not dare to move.

Ren Shuangmei would hug Xiao Huomiao and shout loudly that her wish had come true, she would take Luo Chi home without saying a word, and she would unceremoniously let everyone in the Luo family go away—Luo Chi would really become a family with them.

The people around would clap their hands and applaud loudly, they would scramble to come over and touch Luo Chi's head, they would praise him for being sensible and smart, and at first sight he was the most likable good boy.

The bonfire party will definitely become more lively, perhaps this kind of excitement will spread to the pier not far away.

Luo Chi will probably be scalded into a small boiling kettle in Aunt Ren's arms, and maybe she will be moved to tears by the strong surprise that seems to have plunged into a new life, and then Ren Shuangmei will laugh and shave the bridge of her nose.

But anyway, Luo Chi will be happy in the end.

Luo Chi will jump to the highest place, sing loudly without restraint, hold the guitar and strum his strings amid people's laughter and beats - what else is there to be afraid of?

He was taken home.He was so happy that he was about to fly.

That would be a completely different world line.

In that world line, that hot, bright color will spread along the sea surface and touch the boat moored there.