They Regretted it After Their Hearts Turned to Ashes

Luo Chi slept differently that night than usual.

Unlike waking up in a dream, I don't have so much energy to control the thoughts in my head.Like the dark shoal before dawn, it is full of dangers, and it is impossible to see whether the water is turbulent or reef.

He had grown accustomed to wading through these dreams, until the long night was over, and it would be all right by dawn.

But this time, Luo Chi held something in his hand.

I don't know what it is, I only know that it feels soft to the touch, and there is a constant force that has been penetrating from above.

He followed slowly, the road ahead became interesting, the shadow of the lamp hugged him on the surface of the water, and the fish shoveled gently against his legs under the water.

Luo Chi suddenly wanted to catch up and take a closer look.He tried to run, and the current pushed him forward.There is no problem, his direction is very clear and smooth, he speeds up, aims at the shadow in front of him, jumps up and rushes towards him...

Luo Chi woke up from the dream.

He opened his eyes and froze for two seconds, his eyes gradually opened round.

For a long time, Luo Chi firmly believed that he must be very honest when he sleeps at night - after all, his physical fitness is here, even if he is wrapped in the quilt, he can only be pushed around on the bed obediently.

Luo Chi regarded it as a dream, quickly closed his eyes and fell asleep, and then opened them little by little after two seconds.

Luo was so hot that he didn't move, he held his breath, raised his eyes more cautiously little by little, and aimed at Mr. Shadow who was being held by him like a guitar.

Ming Weiting seemed to have been awake for a long time.

He was reading a few paper documents when suddenly Luo Chi threw his arms and shoulders in his sleep and hugged him tightly. His expression also showed surprise, but then a smile gradually appeared in his eyes.

Ming Weiting put down the documents in his hand, turned around, and said slowly: "Three years old—"

Luo Chi wanted to slide back into the quilt immediately, but Mr. Shadow's hand was already behind his back, and it seemed very easy to make him into a quilt roll.

Mr. Ming's criteria for judging this time were much more lenient, and he rejected himself: "You can also hug when you grow up."

Ming Weiting stroked his hair: "You can hug him at the age of 23."

Luo Chi heaved a sigh of relief, he still cared a lot about yesterday's negotiation, of course he nodded without hesitation: "93 years old is fine."

He slept all night, and he didn't know that he had several headaches in the early morning.When tossing and turning back and forth, he pressed against the pillow unconsciously, and his hair was a little curled up. With the current actions, it seems that there is no convincing age at all.

Ming Weiting was trying to straighten out those upturned short hair, his movements seemed to stop at this sentence, and then he made up with the other hand, and carefully carried Luo Chi out of the bed and quilt.

Ming Weiting supported him on the bedside, touched his forehead: "93 years old."

The force behind him was gentle, and the movement was gentle enough that the dizziness was only fleeting.Luo Chi regained his composure and blinked slightly.

Ming Weiting looked into his eyes: "Yes?"

Luo Chi also looked at him, his ears were red: "Yes."

Ming Weiting laughed suddenly, the strength in his hand suddenly increased, and it was rare to ruffle Luo Chi's hair with force.Luo Chi is no longer dizzy now, he was rubbed dangling back and forth, and he couldn't stop laughing: "Okay, okay..."

At the age of 20, Luo Chi actually only did one thing.

He copied a perpetual calendar in his room, from dawn to dusk, until his hands were sore, and he finally finished copying every day for the next 60 years.Next, paint over the day with a paintbrush every day, so that you will have motivation.

Luo Chi thought anxiously, why there are so many days.

I had no energy when I woke up.Luo Chi laughed so hard that he couldn't sit still, being hugged by Mr. Shadow, he closed his eyes and rested for a while, then gently pressed his hand on his chest.

... Auntie.

In his original vision, there was an unreachable end point, and he had to work very hard, no matter how tired he was, he couldn't stop wading across the water.

If he is lucky enough not to be engulfed by the turbulence hidden under the dangerous shoal and reef, he can slowly walk to that day, and then he can finally fall into the water with ease and never stand up again.

At some point, the end point that he put there suddenly disappeared.

I didn't even want to look for the perpetual calendar that I had so hard to copy. The brush didn't stop there, and it was still thrown out in one go, and it didn't stop until it was beyond the edge of the paper.

There are too many things he wants to do, and there are only so many days, no matter how you look at it, it is not enough.

Luo Chi pressed his chest, he whispered to Aunt Ren in thought, thinking very quietly.

aunt.

We lived to be 93 together.

……

The weather finally cleared up today.

The rain for several days has washed the sky thoroughly, turning it into a blue without impurities, like a whole piece of paint that has never been used without seeing the edge.

The sea water in this weather will turn pure green, and when the waves rise, it is almost completely transparent, and there are white waves when photographed.

Lucky fans finally seized the rare opportunity, and when the hottest part of the day passed, people set up parasols in a shady corner shaded by reefs.

This beach is a private beach in Wanghai Villa. Unless the owner specially invites it, no one else will approach it rashly—but it doesn’t mean that there are no other creatures at all.For example, the scallops and conch left by the sea at high tide, and the lost crabs that are not as big as fingers can be seen when you lift the stones.

Luo Chi was finally able to come out of the room to breathe, and he was ambitious to help, but when he came out, he found that he couldn't help at all.

The beach here is quite clean, the sand is fine, and there is hardly a single stone.As soon as the rain stopped these days, the sun intensified and exposed to the sun for most of the day like revenge, and it became warmer and softer.

Luo Chi couldn't even stand on the soft sand, so he obediently took the popsicle stuffed by Uncle Lu, was carried by Mr. Shadow to the bottom of the reef, and lifted the stones around him to find crabs to fight.

When Ming Weiting walked over, Luo Chigang beat a small crab with a small wooden stick he had asked for from Uncle Lu, and chased the crab into a waterway that could return to the sea.

Spotting the familiar shadow cast beside him, Luo Chi immediately put down the small wooden stick and looked up quickly.

Because he was going to play on the beach, Mr. Shadow didn't wear a shirt today, but also changed into loose casual clothes, looking softer and more relaxed than usual.

But if you think about it carefully, Luo Chi usually doesn't think he is strict at all.

Luo Chi is actually not afraid of strict people.As long as it is not the kind of moody, harsh and completely unreasonable, the stricter the person, the more disciplined he is. He likes to get along with this kind of person very much.

The grandfather of the founder who is far away from abroad is strict, and Aunt Ren is also strict when speaking to the outside world.Luo Chi was five years old when he first met Aunt Ren on this beach.The Ren family held a beach party, and a few boys jumped up and down chasing after him to play war, and when they went crazy, they rolled into a ball, which caused a lot of trouble for the guests.

... Later, those boys were all taken away by Aunt Ren and punished to stand, and they were scolded super severely, and all of them behaved on the spot.

At that time, Luo Chi was building a sandcastle with his younger sister, and happened to be nearby. He witnessed Aunt Ren's aura with his own eyes, and he was fascinated by it all the time, thinking that it was so cool.

He chatted quietly with Uncle Lu occasionally, and actually caught a little glimpse of Mr. Ming's aggressive style outside, and was gearing up to draw a picture.

He actually wanted to draw many pictures of Mr. Shadow, wanting to draw Mr. Shadow at every time, every dress, and every state.

Ming Weiting knelt down and touched his forehead: "Do you feel uncomfortable?"

Luo Chi smiled and shook his head: "It's super comfortable."

The sea breeze will hardly allow the sweltering heat to exist, as long as it is where the sun does not shine, it will be cool.

Before the shadow of the reef slowly turned around, this beach was also chased by the sun and fried, and the water had already evaporated, so it would not be cold and humid.

Seeing his pretty good complexion, Ming Weiting felt relieved, did not move his hand immediately, and brushed Luo Chi's forehead upwards: "It's a bit long."

Luo Chi actually thinks so too.He has been wearing the simplest short hair all these years, but he is not used to the length now, and the back of his neck and eyelashes are often pricked by the hair tip and itches a little.

But he's going to have surgery soon, and he'll have to shave it off anyway.There are only a few days left, and there is no need to take care of it.

Luo Chi put his forehead on Ming Weiting's palm, and put all his hopes on the future: "I don't want this hairstyle in the future."

Ming Weiting was slightly surprised by his actions, then smiled lightly, and simply sat with him on the beach so that Luo Chi could rest comfortably against his hand.

"What hairstyle do you want?" The lucky fan asked seriously, "I'll take notes."

Luo Chi was already comfortable, but it was even more comfortable to touch his hand, so he relaxed and said casually: "Dye it golden brown, then weave it into dirty braids, all the way up to here."

He gestured on his chest, and continued to dream: "Colorful small wooden beads as decorations, red turban, and then..."

Ming Weiting asked: "Going to the Caribbean to sail?"

Luo Chi was a little surprised, and suddenly opened his eyes and raised his head: "Mr. Shadow, do you watch movies too?"

"I just started watching it a few days ago." Ming Weiting helped him part his forehead hair, exposing his forehead, "You said in the program that your favorite movie is "Pirates of the Caribbean."

Mr. Ming is well-informed, and he corrected after a moment of pondering: "There are certain elements of beautification, and real pirates are different."

Luo Chi was surprised for a while, couldn't help laughing out loud, and nodded: "I haven't seen this movie."

Ming Weiting was slightly stunned, he stood up and walked under the rock, found a suitable position, and let Luo Chi lean on him.

The beach is not easy to focus on. Luo Chi was originally left on the beach chair to rest, but he turned around the little crabs under the rocks and moved far away without knowing it.

Luo Chi leaned on his left hand to support his body, his back was already a little stiff.Being held by Mr. Shadow's shoulders, the strength of the body was completely relaxed, and he exhaled lightly in comfort.

"That question, I originally wanted to answer "Sea Pianist"."

Luo Chi thought about it carefully for a while, and found that memory: "But the interactive arrangement of the next program is to dress up a person as the captain of the Pirates of the Caribbean, so I just follow the script."

At that time, Luo Chi still thought that outfit was cool, but when he heard that there was an element of beautification, he couldn't help regretting: "Is the captain really different?"

The lucky fan paused for a moment, then changed his words very calmly: "It can be the same."

Luo Chi opened his eyes slightly.He was distracted thinking about drawing Mr. Shadow while chatting, but now he couldn't stop his imagination and brainstorming, and he laughed until he couldn't stop himself: "No, no, no, no..."

Ming Weiting didn't know what he was thinking, but when he saw Luo Chi was so happy, his expression softened, and he stroked his hair: "If you are interested, you can go to the Caribbean in the future."

It's not as dangerous as the movie describes.On the contrary, the sea is very suitable for diving and surfing. When the weather is good, the sea water will show an exceptionally clear blue.

There are many sunken ships sleeping underwater, and schools of fish will lead divers into deep sea caves.There are beautiful natural stalactites inside. Only when you really enter those mysterious caves will you know how spectacular and shocking the scene is.

Ming Weiting slowly told him that Luo Chi was just wondering if he should take the time to read "Pirates of the Caribbean" again, and was immediately attracted by the content described by Mr. Shadow, and became more and more fascinated: "Is diving easy to learn?"

"It's not easy, but it's not difficult." Ming Weiting thought for a while, and described it objectively, "It depends on whether you can overcome your fear."

Many people are born with a fear of the deep sea. The deep and mysterious feeling of sinking and falling seems to be endless, and even the imagination will inevitably feel suffocated.

Ming Weiting paused for a moment, then added: "When I was young, I was also afraid of the deep sea."

Luo Chi was measuring the extent of his fear, how long and how much practice it would take to overcome it, when he heard this, he turned around in surprise: "Really?"

Ming Weiting nodded: "The first time I dived, I saw a sunken ship at the bottom of the water. That sunken ship is very similar to the boat I live in."

Luo Chi leaned on the beach and turned around, listening attentively to what he said.

Being looked at so seriously by him, Ming Weiting had a smile in his eyes: "It doesn't matter."

He stopped to recall for a moment, and then continued: "It's just that I was too young at that time, and I had nightmares for several nights, thinking that I was sleeping in that sunken ship."

This old fact is so long ago that Ming Weiting himself can't remember it clearly.I went to ask Uncle Lu specifically, planning to play truth or dare with Luo Chi next time, to answer questions like "Tell me something about Mr. Shadow's past".

Now tell it as a story to relieve Luo Chi's boredom, and in the evening, he will disturb Uncle Lu to rest and ask for a new one.

Ming Weiting suddenly stopped talking, raised his hand, and tapped Luo Chi's forehead lightly: "Thank you, Uncle Lu."

"Thank you Uncle Lu." Luo Chi repeated without thinking, and then remembered to ask, "Why?"

Luo Chi immediately diverged his associations, connected the context reasonably, and continued the next plot: "I had a nightmare, so did you go to sleep with Uncle Lu?"

Ming Weiting didn't have this habit, so he shook his head: "I've been sleeping by myself since I was three years old."

He recited and repeated what Luo Chi had said, and Luo Chi's figure paused.

Thinking of the self who swore at that time, and thinking of what happened when he woke up this morning, Luo Chi couldn't explain it clearly, and the heat quickly seeped into his collar along the back of his ear: "Really!"

"Me too." Ming Weiting smiled.He handed over one of his hands, and despite Luo Chi's efforts to bury it in the sand as revenge, he continued to say, "I changed a boat later."

"After changing the boat, I no longer had nightmares, but the fear of the deep sea still persists." Ming Weiting said, "Later, my father asked me to take me to deal with the sunken ship."

Luo Chi had already buried his hand halfway with sand, but when he heard this, his chest moved slightly for some reason, and he raised his eyes.

"The sinking ship." Luo Chi thought for a while before asking again: "How to deal with it?"

"Salvage, dismantling, recycling of parts that are still valuable. There are precious treasures, just after restoration and safekeeping.

Ming Weiting said: "The remaining waste will be sent to the smelting furnace for complete destruction."

They seemed to be talking about a sunken ship, but for some reason, Luo Chi seemed to slowly think of something else.

Luo Chi looked at Mr. Shadow's hand, which was half buried by fine sand, but there was still a faint outline, but this outline had begun to become unclear.

Ming Weiting thought that he was tired, so he took over the follow-up work. He just moved some fine sand with his other hand and wanted to bury it, but was stopped by Luo Chi: "It's time to disassemble."

Luo Chi paused, and organized his thoughts: "When dismantling, if there is a structure that you don't want to break, what should you do?"

"Is it the hull structure?" Ming Weiting pondered for a while, "There is no way, the loss during the dismantling process is unavoidable."

Luo Chi asked: "You don't want to break it?"

Ming Weiting was startled slightly, raised his gaze to look at Luo Chi.

He didn't actually think about this issue—in fact, before telling this story to Luo Chi, he didn't think about why Uncle Lu chose this story for himself.

Luo Chi carefully cleaned the sand covering the back of his hand, picked up the small wooden stick, and traced the outline along the edge of his palm.

The beach was very warm and dry, and the fine sand quickly leaked down again.The outline drawn in front quickly faded and blurred, and disappeared without any trace in just a moment.

"Huomiao." Ming Weiting said softly, "I'm sorry."

"Not a good story, I should have chosen my topics more carefully."

Ming Weiting held his right hand holding the wooden stick: "Go to the sea to play for a while, the water is very shallow, I won't let you slip."

Luo Chi's right hand had no strength, so it fell to the side and landed on the beach after being held by him.

Ming Weiting frowned, he raised his head to speak, but was suddenly startled.

Luo Chi looked at him, still bending his eyes.He was already very familiar with those eyes, so he could easily distinguish emotions that rarely appeared in them.He didn't want to make Luo Chi sad at all—before he recovered, the light in those eyes suddenly changed.

"It may be a little more troublesome than the most troublesome situation I expected."

Luo Chi put his left hand on Ming Weiting's.

He supported his body like this, and looked up at Mr. Shadow from the bottom up: "How much will I forget?"

Ming Weiting looked into those eyes, but didn't speak immediately.

……

He was sure that he didn't open his mouth, but Luo Chi just waited quietly for a few seconds, then sighed distressedly, rubbed his temples: "Why are there so many?"

Ming Weiting wasn't going to really tell him about it, so naturally he didn't know what to say at this time.

For the first time, he couldn't help frowning because of his reticence. He didn't want Luo Chi to think about this matter again, so he put his hands around the other's head and neck, and said in a low voice: "Huo Miao——"

Luo Chi followed his strength and lowered his head to his shoulder.

Ming Weiting stopped talking, tried to rub his hair slowly, and let him lean on without moving.

He noticed that the cloth on his shoulders was starting to be soaked by the cold moisture, and realized that Luo Chi must have started to have a headache and sweat again. He checked the time, only to realize that their conversation was much longer than expected.

"Huomiao." Ming Weiting said in a low voice, "You should take painkillers, let's find Uncle Lu first."

He was worried that Luo Chi's attack would be violent this time, he lifted his head up with the person on his shoulder, but was startled suddenly.

Luo Chi's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but his eyes were calmer and brighter than his, and he even bent slightly towards him: "Thank you, Uncle Lu."

"Thank you Uncle Lu." Ming Weiting repeated, "Why?"

Luo Chi couldn't help pursing his mouth this time. He coughed twice, first took out the painkiller he had asked for from Uncle Lu from his jacket pocket, squeezed out a few pills and swallowed them.

Ming Weiting supported him to lean against the reef, walked quickly to the beach chair, and fetched water: "Fire."

Luo Chi closed his eyes slightly, leaning against the reef to adjust his breathing.

Ming Weiting hugged him, opened the water glass, and touched his lips.

Luo Chi was patted on the shoulder by him, and then he woke up.She smiled at him first, and then took the initiative to let him hug his head and neck, and swallowed a few mouthfuls of the water being fed.

Such headaches occur many times a day.It happened once when Xun Zhen was giving Luo Chi a physical examination. Dean Xun, who specializes in psychology and has never done clinical work, was even more panicked than the patient Luo Chi. Luo Chi guided him to swallow painkillers .

"It doesn't matter." Luo Chi eased over in his arms, opened his eyes, and smiled at him, "Mr. Shadow."

Luo Chi whispered: "You have to hurry up and coax me to issue an IOU."

"Not good." Ming Weiting shook his head, "When the time comes, you won't remember anything. When you see me holding an IOU, you will inevitably regard me as a black-hearted creditor."

Luo Chi stared at him with wide eyes.

Ming Weiting waited for a moment, then asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"Mr. Shadow." Luo Chi said, "I remember everything now."

Luo Chi was in so much pain that he had no strength left, so he moved his fingers as hard as he could, and squeezed his hand solemnly: "You are also a black-hearted creditor."

No matter how heavy Ming Weiting's heart was, he couldn't help laughing when he disturbed him like this: "So serious?"

Luo Chi held a grudge: "It's so serious."

Ming Weiting also saw a smile in Luo Chi's eyes.

He washed water over his hands, wiped away the cold sweat between his pale eyebrows, and adjusted his posture slightly so that Luo Chi could rest his head and neck on his hands.

Ming Weiting bent his shoulders, touched his cold forehead with his forehead, and said softly: "What can we do?"

Luo Chi grabbed his sleeve.

That hand was holding onto his sleeve, but it wasn't for calling him, it was just borrowing strength to go up little by little, and hug Ming Weiting back.

"I'll figure out a way." Luo Chi said.

This sentence does not seem to correspond to how to solve the black-hearted creditor's accusation—Luo Chi is softly assuring him, assuring another thing, assuring that the sunken ship will definitely be destroyed by dismantling the hull.

Luo Chi closed his eyes and pressed his forehead against his: "I'll figure out a way."

……

Although the situation is completely irrelevant, Ming Weiting suddenly realized why Mrs. Ren repeatedly told Luo Chi not to take care of his brother that day.

Because no matter what happens, Luo Chi will always be the first to be firm, the first to be sober, and the first to rationally think about how to deal with it.Therefore, weak people will rely on him without a bottom line, and selfish people will slander him unscrupulously.

That family put the most shameless malice on him, just because they found Luo Chi's appearance dazzling.

Ming Weiting folded his arms, letting him lean into his arms, blocking the wind with his side.

This headache is completely without warning, and there is no other way to relieve it except taking painkillers.You can only wait for the attack to pass, and finally rely on surgical resection of the lesion to completely cure it.

Luo Chi adjusted his breathing between his arms, and after an unknown amount of time, his body finally relaxed, and he raised his hand to wipe his sweat.

His strength was insufficient, so Ming Weiting helped him hold his arm: "Any idea?"

Luo Chi blinked slowly, looked at him, hesitated to speak.

This kind of hesitation seems too obvious, almost writing "quick question" on his face.The lucky fan was a little dumb, rubbed his hair, and asked in cooperation, "What's your idea?"

"Secret." Luo Chi raised the corner of his mouth, "I'm preparing."

What he said was "preparing" instead of "willing to prepare", which means that he did have a premonition before.

Ming Weiting thought of Xun Zhen's words, and worried that his movements would make him hurt again, so he gently rubbed Luo Chi's ears: "So powerful?"

Of course Luo Chi agreed, and he responded confidently, and continued: "There is something that requires the cooperation of Mr. Shadow, and I can't do it alone."

Ming Weiting nodded immediately: "Okay."

This time it was Luo Chi's turn to laugh: "Don't ask what is it?"

"Don't ask what it is." Ming Weiting waited for two seconds and asked, "What is it?"

Luo Chi laughed so hard that he almost got a headache again, he finally took a deep breath to suppress his smile, held Mr. Shadow's hand, and pressed his forehead against the soft and warm fabric of the casual clothes.

"I just finished the operation, so I definitely don't remember what happened." Luo Chi reasoned, "If you don't consider this period of time, my greatest ideal should be to wander around the world with a guitar and a drawing board on your back."

If he really didn't remember anything at that time, Mr. Shadow would undoubtedly be unable to stop him.

"I know." Ming Weiting said, "I can chase stars."

"What if I've been on shore?"

Luo Chi gave him an analysis: "I should have to walk. It may take more than ten years to stop and go, make a big circle and then reach the beach."

Ming Weiting thought for a long time, and learned without a teacher: "I am a black-hearted creditor, and I will go to you to collect the debt with the IOU."

Luo Chi couldn't help laughing, coughed twice, and continued: "This is also a solution, but it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause."

"I'm going to wander around because I'm going to forget that I have a home now."

Luo Chi said: "We need to find evidence so that I can immediately determine where my home is even based on logical reasoning."

Ming Weiting actually thought about video recordings and witnesses, but these were undoubtedly too cold, and he didn't think it was such a good idea to let Luo Chi, who had no memory at all, watch them.

But Luo Chi always has good ideas, and that fire seems to be able to do anything forever.

Ming Weiting held his hand and asked in a low voice, "What evidence?"

"Did I have to sign my name during the operation?" Luo Chi's voice was also low, leaning on him and muttering, "I have already returned that identity to their family, and it is not suitable to use this name anymore. I actually want to follow Aunt Ren's name." , but there are people who don't like it with this last name..."

Ming Weiting gradually guessed what he meant.

He looked into Luo Chi's eyes, as if being scalded by something inside, and held Luo Chi's hand little by little.

At the end of Luo Chi's speech, he exhaled slowly.

"Mr. Ming." Luo Chi smiled at him, "Can you lend me my last name?"