drowning tide

Most of the Xingang side is a passenger terminal, so apart from locals traveling, tourists and tour groups can be seen everywhere.

A majestic multi-storey luxury cruise ship is docked beside the long pontoon bridge, and a little further away you can see the white lighthouse.The wet sun hangs on the half-waist of the White Tower, and groups of seabirds spread their wings and glide towards the direction of homing.

The two walked along the promenade where coconut trees were planted one after the other. The wind on the beach was so strong that Yi Huai was blinded by the blow several times and had to raise his hand to cover it. At a certain moment he felt the wind He stopped, and opened his eyes to find that Yin Yuan had moved to his left, blocking the sea breeze blowing from there for him.

"Are you so gentlemanly towards everyone?" Yi Huai looked at him from between his fingers in this posture.

Yin Yuan was unmoved, "Because you are Mr. Wen's guest."

"Don't mention him at a time like this, don't you feel sick to your stomach?" After Yi Huai finished speaking, Yin Yuan stopped talking, "Okay, thank you."

"There is no need to thank you for such small things." Yin Yuan put one hand in his pocket, and there was not much emotion on his handsome face, "You asked me to accompany you, so these should be counted as mine." Within minutes."

Even though the sun was about to set, the day was still hot and humid. It was fine in the air-conditioned room before, but after a while Yi Huai felt like he was going to sweat.He unbuttoned his neckline and felt a little better. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Yin Yuan rolling up his cuffs, revealing a forearm with smooth and smooth muscles.

"I used to think that to do this business, you have to have two tattoos on your arms first." He said something nonsensical.

"Then do you have it?"

Yin Yuan looked at him with scrutiny, and Yi Huai shook his head sincerely, "No, I'm afraid of pain. I heard that tattoos hurt, and laser tattoo removal hurts even more. I don't want to suffer."

"That's it. Manager Yi, you'd better watch less weird gangster movies." The corners of Yin Yuan's mouth raised slightly, as if he was in a good mood, and Yi Huai smiled unconsciously after watching it.

"I basically don't watch these kinds of movies."

As for why it would be too troublesome to explain, he didn't want to waste the time he had won so hard on such things.

Fortunately, Yin Yuan didn't continue talking about this topic, and silence spread between the two of them.Yi Huai secretly glanced at the tall man next to him several times, and one time he suddenly met Yin Yuan's gaze, and before he could react, he staggered away, leaving him alone in astonishment.

"The scenery here is very good."

Although they promised Wen Zhicheng that they would come back within half an hour, in fact they did not walk very fast, so that they would have time to enjoy the scenery along the way.

"is acceptable."

Perhaps the embarrassment from the previous moment continued. Yin Yuan's answer was very brief, but Yi Huai did not intend to let him go like this. "Assistant Yin, you seem to have stayed abroad for a long time from the accent? Is it England or the United States?"

"U.S."

"America." Yi Huai said with emotion, "It's a bit embarrassing to say, although I was born in Rongcheng, the number of times I wandered on the streets like this can be counted on two hands."

Yin Yuan's expression froze for a moment, "Really?"

"It's true. I studied abroad in university. High school is a private boarding school with strict regulations. It is difficult to have the opportunity to go outside."

He seemed to realize something, and said softly, "Ah, sorry, isn't it boring to keep talking about myself like this? I won't say anything boring."

Yin Yuan, who was caught off guard, frowned, "No, I..." He didn't seem to know how to answer this question at all.

Less than half a month had passed since they were in Wen's mansion, and the positions between the two seemed to be completely reversed.

Finally, he nodded, as if he had made up his mind, "Speak, I will finish listening."

"Before I joined the company, I was with Mr. Luo. In the first year of high school, I took my report card back to show him. After reading it, he said contemptuously that such things should not be an eyesore. Then I didn't One day I woke up after dawn." He lowered his head a little embarrassedly, "In the second year, Mr. Luo threw me a document, saying that I should apply for this school. If I can't apply, I can figure it out. My language skills are not good enough. , there is no way, apart from other things to learn, I can only spare a few more hours for language classes."

He has worked so hard to apply to that university, and Luo Yi's academic demands on him are almost abnormal, so he dare not relax during the university even if it is a holiday.

After all, he couldn't bear the consequences of angering Luo Yi.

"There is no moment of freedom." He curled the corner of his mouth mockingly, "Fortunately, I finally graduated. Assistant Yin, how about you?"

Seeing that the topic fell on him, Yin Yuan instinctively refused, "I have nothing to say about my affairs. Aren't you going to the old port? If you don't go, it will be dark."

"It's hard to talk about Yin Yuan's affairs, or it's hard to talk about your affairs..."

Yin Yuan took two steps, and seeing that he didn't follow, he stopped and waited, "What did you say?" Because Jia Yihuai's voice was not loud after a while, he couldn't hear what he was saying clearly.

"It's nothing." Yi Huai followed his footsteps, "It's just some boring words."

The promenade is not long, and it will end soon. After the last short transition, they have completely set foot on the territory of the old port: Unlike the new port, which has become half a tourist attraction, the old port is mostly cargo ports and warehouses. The infrastructure is relatively old, not as good as the new atmosphere of Xingang.The Shengtian Wharf that Yi Huai is looking for is one of the countless cargo ports. Through the grid iron gate, you can see countless spectacular containers and huge cranes.

Yin Yuan's expression was somewhat gloomy, and Yi Huai pretended not to see his expression, "I've always wanted to come here to take a look."

He took a few more steps forward until he was stopped by a locked iron door.Because sometimes valuable goods are stored, Shengtian Wharf is never easily opened to the outside world. If you want to go in, you have to go through the relevant procedures with the relevant personnel, and then go to the front to register.From his point of view, Shengtian Wharf is like a classic place in a gangster movie. After nightfall, there will be local mafia bosses in the depths of the container talking with people about some shady smuggling business. The alarm bell rang in the sky, followed by endless gunshots.

In a sense, there was nothing wrong with his association.

"Assistant Yin, won't you come over?" He asked Yin Yuan again.

"No need, I'll be fine here."

Seeing that this person was determined to keep a distance from this place, Yi Huai didn't force it anymore.

"I never had a chance before, but I finally got a chance today. Please, Assistant Yin, come with me."

"What is there to miss about a place like this?"

Yin Yuan's tone was stiff, with a bit of resistance in it.

"It's not that this place itself has any meaning to me, it's because a person who is very important to me was once imprisoned here." Yi Huai pointed to the warehouse behind the container, turned his back to Yin Yuan and said softly, "It's over there , but I don’t know exactly which one.”

"Is it okay for you to tell me this kind of thing?"

"Do you talk around?"

"……Won't."

He didn't look at Yin Yuan's expression, and continued, "I'm a very useless person, I know he's here but I can't do anything..."

Unexpectedly, Yin Yuan suddenly interrupted his narration, "Wait a minute, tell me how old were you at that time?"

He thought for a while, "15 years old...maybe not even 15 years old."

His birthday was in winter, and that incident happened in September, so technically speaking he was not yet fifteen years old at that time.

After hearing his answer, Yin Yuan sighed helplessly, "No one would count on a child to save others, if that person counts on it, then it only means that he is not only incompetent but also cowardly."

Even if a very important person was evaluated as cowardly and incompetent, Yi Huai did not get angry, "Someone told me that too." He locked the cold iron fence and looked in the direction of the warehouse intently, "But I still want to save He, this is the only thought in my mind. I won’t talk if you interrupt again.”

Yin Yuan paused for a long time, "And then?"

"I have an enemy. This person forced my parents to death, and then wanted me all over the world. When I was desperate, I suddenly thought that this enemy had power." A strange smile appeared on his face, "Power , I have never longed for those things brought by power—before that day, all that this person’s power brought me was night after night of nightmares and fears. I mustered up the courage to use my life to make a pen with that person Business, he helped me rescue that person, my life is at his disposal... Now that I think about it, I was really stupid at that time, the person who protected me died, it was only a matter of time before he found me, but this is that I can think of the best way."

"To my surprise, my enemy agreed. He told me not to regret it, or I wouldn't want to know the consequences. I looked at his face with horror, but I nodded. To tell you the truth, I I almost collapsed on the ground in fright. Why did he agree to my conditions, and would he promise me to save that person on the surface, but he didn't actually send someone there? What should I do if that person dies? ...then I have been thinking about these questions without answering them until some time ago."

He didn't say who this enemy is, but it's not hard to guess based on what he said before.

Even though he was threatened like that before, Yin Yuan couldn't help but say again, "Didn't you ever think about hating that person? Your whole life was ruined by him!"

"Who knows." Yi Huai turned around and looked at him gently, "I thought I was going to die, but I didn't die, I just passed ten years like this, compared with those people outside who couldn't even eat , I can even say it very well. Why are you so angry? It's obviously nothing to do with you." He still remembered what Yin Yuan said to him when the night and dusk intersected.

Yin Yuan glared at him, "I just think your lifestyle is not normal."

The huge sunset sank behind Yi Huai, covering his whole body with a layer of gold, and also allowed him to clearly see the subtle pain and anxiety on Yin Yuan's face.

"Really? I haven't lived a normal life for a few days, so I don't know what a normal person would do."

"Normal people would not give up their lives so casually in the first place."

"Probably." He said easily, "I just know it's all worth it. Compared with many things about myself, his life itself is worth everything."

Yin Yuan was speechless for a long time, he took a step back and looked extremely embarrassed.

Yi Huai just watched him quietly, not saying anything to force him.

"That's why I..." The previous perfect mask was gone, and Yin Yuan's expression was between fury and pain, "That's why I...ah."

"What do you want to say?" Yi Huai took a step closer to him, and slowly stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to give him a hug, or to comfort him.

"do not come."

Yi Huai stopped, keeping a subtle distance between them.He still didn't touch the man.If he goes against his will now, he will suffer even more.Realizing this, he felt a little sad.

Yin Yuan's chest rose and fell violently.He covered his face and suppressed those things vigorously, and when he raised his head again, he put on the mask called Yin Yuan again.

But Yi Huai could tell that his pupils were still a little dilated, and his whole body was like a clump of dead ashes that might rekindle at any time.

"I said half an hour has passed, and it's time to go back."

After speaking, he strode towards the direction he came without looking at Yi Huai.