Yesterday was like Death

I never thought I would say those three words in this situation.There are so many situations in the world, this is definitely not a good time.It's not romantic, and the environment doesn't even meet the passing mark.

"I didn't hear..." Xi Zonghe wiped my lips with his thumb, "Say it again."

I was a little amused, but still fully complied with his request.

"I love you."

"Say it again."

"I love you……"

I don't know how many times I said it, but he seemed like he couldn't hear enough, and asked me to repeat it over and over again, until my mouth was dry and my voice was hoarse, and he reluctantly asked me to stop.

He may then be exhausted and fall into lethargy again.

During the period, the two boys came to deliver food again. I wanted to feed Xi Zonghe some, but he woke up and complained that he had a headache and couldn't eat.This inevitably made me more worried, fearing that he had a concussion.I can only cross some water to him, so that he will not be dehydrated.

It was already the second day, and the unknown was scary.Even though I have shot so many zero-shot films, no matter how calm I pretend to be on the surface, I am no less scared than ordinary people in my heart.

What scares me even more is that Xi Zonghe started to have a fever.His skin was hot, but his body couldn't stop shaking, and his teeth were chattering.I wrapped all my clothes around him and hugged him tightly, but there was still nothing I could do to make him feel better.

"Xiao He, don't scare me." Holding his palm tightly, I was at a loss.

He didn't know if he woke up after hearing my words, or he didn't die from sleep all the time, and suddenly asked me: "Gu Tang, the fireworks I prepared...have you watched it?"

I froze for a moment, and then quickly realized which night of fireworks he was referring to—the dinner he prepared for me, the night he hoped we would start all over again.

"I watched it, I watched it with Gu Ni."

He let out a soft snort from the end of his nose, as if he was dissatisfied that I went with others.

"I've been preparing for a long time, do you... like it?"

I could hear the uneasiness in his short words, thinking that he has spoiled half his life, and at times like this, it seems that he has a deep affection for me.

"I like it, I like it very much."

Thinking about it now, that night was quite dramatic.Missed, misunderstood, suddenly realized, heartbroken and decadent, accompanied by fire trees and silver flowers outside the window, it is unforgettable in this life.Every time I recall that night in my midnight dream, I have to wait for a long time.It was a sweet torment, a blessing taken back from heaven.But undeniably, I love it.Even if we are strangers to Xi Zonghe later, someone will ask me a hundred years later: "Gu Tang, what are your favorite moments in this life, and make a ranking?" This night, I will definitely be ranked in the top three.

"Then do you want to?"

I raised my head, trying to see his facial features clearly from the darkness: "I've said so much that I love you, isn't the answer obvious?"

He seemed to open his eyes slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said again: "From now on, you can only treat me well. I don't like that you are so gentle to everyone... You swear, you promise... only to you I'm good."

Normally, I would have to argue with him that how can I be gentle with everyone, making me feel like a central air conditioner, but at this moment, I just want to follow him.

"Okay, from now on, I will only treat you well." I coaxed him, "I will only treat you best."

He seemed satisfied, and slowly closed his eyes again.

I pushed him and called him again, but he didn't respond.I was so frightened that I didn't dare to sleep well all night. I kept an eye on his body temperature, and felt that my hands were getting hotter and hotter, almost burning my palms.

At dawn, Xi Zonghe woke up briefly again, but I saw that his eyes were hazy and out of focus, as if he was still in a coma, not fully awake.

There is no way for him to continue burning like this...

Just as I was thinking this way, someone unlocked the door, and then several tall figures entered the room with guns behind their backs.

I hadn't seen the sun for a long time, so I squinted my eyes for a while to get used to it, and gradually recognized that one of the tall figures was Harlan.

"I already asked your friends for a ransom two days ago, 100 million US dollars per person, in cash, and let them go with the money. But they only raised 100 million so far, so I have to choose one of you to let go." With his hips up, Harlan spoke in a relaxed tone like picking a potato in a vegetable patch.

"Let him go first!" I said without thinking, "As you can see, he is very sick and needs timely medical treatment. Besides, I am his lover, he will not fail to save me, so let him go. I voluntarily stay."

The word "lover" caused Harun to raise his eyebrows. His eagle-like gaze scanned my face, as if he was considering my words, and then moved to Xi Zonghe after a while.

"He doesn't look too good."

Xi Zonghe's face was blushing, his lips were chapped, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Anyone who looked at him looked seriously ill.

He must have heard the conversation between me and Harlan, and opened his eyes with force, looking at me with red corners.

"No...don't..." He gasped for breath, wanted to get up, but fell back because of his weakness.

It may be that the wound was affected, he let out a subdued groan, his eyes were closed tightly, and he looked in pain.

I held him down and whispered to him in Chinese: "I'll be fine, trust me."

Harun gestured to his subordinates behind him, and the two stepped forward to set up Xi Zonghe on the ground without saying a word.

"No..." Xi Zonghe fixed his eyes on me, "Gu Tang!"

He struggled very weakly, in the eyes of the tall black kidnapper, this little strength was nothing at all.Their hands gripped him firmly like iron pincers, and they carried him out without moving.

His eyes looked at me from beginning to end, as if he was about to bleed.I moved the corner of my mouth to show a smile, thinking that if this is the last time between us, at least in his heart I said goodbye to him with a smile.

I actually have a lot to say to him. I want to say don’t forget me this time. I want to say that you know that I really love you. If we can return to China safely, we will never be together again in this life. Separated... But I was afraid of scaring him, making it like confessing my last words.So in the end I didn't say anything, and watched him leave without saying a word.It wasn't until the door was locked again that I slumped my shoulders and put away that shaky smirk.

A person, especially a person is kidnapped.Fear of the unknown can drive people crazy. Xi Zonghe had only left for a day, and I was imagining all kinds of his reactions after I was unfortunately torn apart in my mind.

He's supposed to be sad for me for a few years, but we still have kids and he has to pull himself together for them.By the time the child is seven or eight years old, he may have gradually lost sight of it, and will try to date one or two reliable but not so outstanding partners.It may succeed, it may fail, but he will remember me all his life.

I almost burst into tears from the bitterness in my head. When I think of my child calling someone "Mom" or "Daddy", my desire to survive has never been stronger than before.

After five years of hard work, all the way through the level, the power was suddenly cut off just before the level was about to be cleared, and I returned to the first level.After finally spending so much effort to break through the barrier again, and I was about to succeed, how could I be willing to fall before the banner of victory like this?

I sat in the corner with my knees in my arms, and I kept thinking silently: "I will be fine, I must go back... I will be fine, I must go back..."

Another day and night later, the door was unlocked again, and Harlan appeared in front of me with a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, they raised another 100 million in cash." He raised his chin, and two people came towards me with ropes in their hands, "Actually, you don't have to be afraid, we are just doing it for money, and we don't want to attract too much attention , and I don’t want to be an enemy of your government, and I won’t kill you. Even, you can continue filming here, and I guarantee that no one will hurt you again.”

I put my hands behind my back and let them tie me up, the corners of my lips twitched and said, "Forget it."

He shrugged and said nothing more.

After binding my hands, they put a black cloth bag over my head just like when they came.Then they pulled me out of the house and I got in the Jeep and drove for maybe an hour or two before they pulled over and threw me in.

I fell on a piece of soft loess, and before I got up, the sound of the Jeep's engine was getting farther and farther away from me, and they left.

Struggling to sit up, I wiped off the cloth bag on my head with difficulty.The glare of the sun shone on my eyelids, I squinted my eyes for a moment to adapt, and gradually saw everything around me clearly.As far as the eye can see is an open grassland, there are some wheel marks on the ground, and there are a few wildebeests grazing not far away.

This could be somewhere in the sanctuary...

I stood up on my knees, and took two steps forward in a daze, feeling something was wrong, and took two steps back.

That bastard said they won't kill me, does that mean that although they don't kill me, they want to let me die?

There are a few vultures circling and flying lower and lower in the sky. According to the common sense I got from "Animal World" when I was a child, this means that there are probably dead bodies around.Where there are dead bodies, there may be predators...

I rubbed my arms and watched the movement around me vigilantly, afraid that a lion and cheetah would jump out of nowhere and kill me.

I was hesitating and uneasy, not knowing whether to stay put and wait for rescue, or to save myself and seek a chance.A small black dot appeared in my field of vision in the distance. It came from far to near, and came towards me around the bend.After a while, several same small black spots appeared behind it, and they approached me extremely fast.

After my initial nervousness, I quickly discovered that it was a couple of off-road Jeeps.

This is really the road to heaven and earth!

Overjoyed, I jumped up and down to get their attention.They drove closer and closer, and finally stopped in front of me with a sudden brake.

Several people got out of the front jeep, including unfamiliar African faces, as well as familiar Sang Qing and Li Xinping.

"Gu Tang! Gu Tang! I found you!" Sang Qing ran towards me and started crying. When she came to me, her face was covered with tears, "I was scared to death, I was scared to death!"

He hugged me, kept patting my back, grabbed my arm and looked me up and down, as if to make sure that I was intact.

"I'm fine." Meeting them also meant that I was truly safe, and my apprehension subsided, and I smiled unconsciously, "How is Xiaohe?" his safety.

Li Xinping also came to me at this time, and put a big blanket on my shoulders: "Mr. Xi is receiving treatment in the hospital. We will send you there now. You also need to check your body." He let out a long breath, "Human It's great that it's okay."

Yes, it's good that people are fine.