lark

Different from the atmosphere in the hospital, there is no warmth in the Qi family's old house.

The willows in the courtyard hang down a whole tree, and clusters of wild pansies and yellow roses bloom quietly. Unfortunately, no one has the time to stop and admire them. Only the part-time workers are still pruning their branches hard.

Gradually the sky became dark, the moonlight was like water, and the shadows of the trees whirled, making the villa even more deserted.

Mrs. Zhou has been busy in the kitchen since the afternoon, and the range hood has not stopped working for a moment.Qi Zhonghui came downstairs, looked at the table full of golden rice and sea cucumber soup, frowned slightly.

"Sister-in-law Zhou, didn't I tell you that Yubai couldn't drink these now, and if you did it, it was for nothing?"

"I know."

Mrs. Zhou's rare reaction was a little cold, and she took out a few sets of bowls and chopsticks from the kitchen and arranged them neatly.

"Ali checked it online for me. After a while, the young master will be able to eat some of these things. Now I will find a chance to practice. The young master has a mouthful."

Qi Zhonghui knew that he was an image of a villain at home and was not welcomed by everyone, so he simply opened the door and went to the front yard to change the stale air in his lungs.

Zhou Li just came back from the outside, and when he saw him, he called Director Qi respectfully.

Seeing him sweating from running, Qi Zhonghui asked: "What did you do, why did you come back so late?"

"I went to the vehicle management office. The young master's car was scrapped, and there are some procedures to go through. Then I went to the hospital to deliver some necessities, and asked the nurse to bring them in."

The collision was so severe that night that the coupe was already beyond recognition.

"Which one is it?" Qi Zhonghui asked.

"The one I bought last year, a black Rolls-Royce."

After buying this car, the only few times Qi Yubai went home was to drive it.Everyone in the Qi family can see that he likes this car very much, and those left in the garage seem to have fallen out of favor.Later, when Qi Yubai moved back home, he suddenly didn't like it anymore. He parked it in the garage for more than a month without touching it.

At first Qi Zhonghui thought that he was too fresh, and that liking cars was just like liking horses, it was a young man's hobby for toys.Only after the accident did I know that my son was just not in good physical condition to drive again.

Thinking of this, regret welled up in his heart.

"Zhou Li, ask Lawyer Pei to come over tomorrow, and tell him that I have something to do with him."

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Li, who had always been obedient, changed his expression in a panic.

"Director Qi, you don't really want to sever the father-son relationship with the young master, do you?"

Strictly speaking, Zhou Li's mother and son were taken in by the Qi family. One was in charge of cooking, and the other was in charge of household chores. Before Qi Yubai went abroad, Zhou Li had been his little follower.

"Master..." He changed his address and said anxiously, "You should think about it again, young master, he was angry with you just on the spur of the moment. After all, he is your biological son..."

"Who said I want to sever the relationship between father and son." Qi Zhonghui frowned.

He is going to make a will in advance.

The father and son have been facing each other for several years, and finally stopped the car when they were only one step away from death, leaving a way out for each other.But almost losing Qi Yubai still shocked Qi Zhonghui's soul, and the death knell sounded again and again, and he was only a hair's breadth away from being a real loner.

After a while, Qi Zhonghui didn't eat dinner, but went back to the study alone, locked the door, and turned on the projector again.

But this time, the protagonist of the video changed from Bai Shaoyin to Qi Yubai.

The dark room quickly changed with light and shadow, and pictures from a few years ago appeared on the wall.Because I haven't revisited it for too long, everything in front of me is as strange as my first experience.

In the field two hundred kilometers away from City Y, the carriage and the tent are in the lower right corner of the screen.

"cousin!"

As soon as the machine was set up, Ou Chan jumped in from the side.At that time, she had just entered college, she was an out-and-out green girl, and she was still wearing denim overalls that seemed a bit outdated today.She ran to a tree in the picture, put her hands in her trouser pockets, and raised her head to express her dissatisfaction to Qi Yubai who was on horseback, with her ponytail hanging down long.

"You don't mean what you say! I agreed to take me to ride a horse today, but I rode away by myself as soon as I came, and ran back for more than an hour. I am bored to death with the two of them here alone."

Qi Yubai's face, which is a little younger than now, is mostly exposed from under the helmet, and his face is full of youthful air, but the tone of his speech is the same as now, or even more irritating, clearly showing that he doesn't bother to pay attention to the little girl in front of him. girl film.

"Before I came, I just said, I will show you how to ride a horse. As for teaching you, since you don't even have a horse, how can I teach you?"

"Then can't you let me ride Lambeth?!"

Qi Yubai paused for two seconds, then slowly uttered two words: "No."

The status of the mount and the wife is equal, how can anyone else ride it casually.

"You—!" Ou Can was so angry that he gestured with his fingers for a long time, and watched Qi Yubai ride away on the horse, turned around and complained, "Auntie, why is my cousin talking nothing..."

The figure on horseback ran farther and farther away, and slowly disappeared into the camera. The story behind it was not recorded by the machine, but Qi Zhonghui's memory still existed.

In fact, Qi Yubai's liking for riding horses may be hereditary, because Qi Zhonghui also likes riding.

Wild riding needs a companion, and father and son are ready-made partners.They would go out for a ride almost every season, come to a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, fish for a day, ride a horse for a day, and then return with their families.

The two were tired from riding, Qi Yubai walked side by side with him, and looked at him with a smile and teasing: "Dad, you have regressed."

"Stinky boy." Qi Zhonghui looked at his son with some helplessness and pride, "You practice much longer than me every week. What can I be proud of if I win? If one day I retire, you come and sit down." My seat, within a year or two, will be as unfamiliar as me."

"Then I don't want to sit in your seat." Qi Yubai smiled and stroked the rein in his hand, "In case you overtake me."

Qi Zhonghui wanted to blow his beard and stare at him immediately.

"I don't know what is good or bad. Who is your father and I doing business so hard for? Is it to increase taxes for the country? Leaving this aside, you will not take over such a large family business in the future. You are going to let those employees who depend on Qi's for a living Drinking northwest wind? If you dare to say such a thing again, be careful and I will let you finish your studies and return to China right now."

Birds chirping in the mountains, and clear springs in the distance.The father and son refused to give in to each other, and it was obvious that Qi Yubai had the better skills, whether it was riding a horse or fighting with each other.

"It doesn't matter to me to return to China early. But I don't think my mother will agree. If you really want to do this, just discuss it with her in a while and see how she responds."

After speaking, he looked at Qi Zhonghui with a half-smile.

"Don't tell your mother." Qi Zhonghui warned him in a deep voice, "I just said it casually."

"Yeah." Qi Yubai nodded while suppressing a smile, "I just said it casually, and I didn't say that I really wouldn't sit in your seat."

"It's almost..."

……

The machine went dark, and it took Qi Zhonghui several minutes to slowly withdraw from his memories.Family and winning are the two driving forces for a man to fight, and it is obvious to him that it is the former.In recent years, he has gradually faded out of the actual management of the Qi family. In the final analysis, it is also because of the disintegration of the Qi family.

The beautiful picture is fixed for eternity by the machine, but the reality is like a flood, rushing down helplessly wrapped in mud, destroying roof tiles, soaking tree roots, leaving a piece of broken walls and ruins.

Is this the result he pursued all his life?

Qi Zhonghui asked himself, perhaps he had indeed broken his promise to protect his family back then.This deadlock has trapped the father and son for a long time. If Qi Yubai's life finally leads to the break, even if the people in the circle can get out, there is no point in everything.

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Another two days passed, and there was no news from the hospital.

"Okay, this is the end of our event today, and I would like to thank all fans for coming and supporting. Finally, let our Lin Nan say hello to everyone!"

Lin Nan took the microphone and smiled at the fans in the activity area of ​​the shopping mall below the stage, "Thank you for coming today, everyone has worked hard, be careful on the way back."

Brand promotion is a very cost-effective activity. The location is usually in a shopping mall, where there is no wind or rain. You just need to cooperate with the host to say some advertising words and interact with fans appropriately.

After getting off the stage, Lin Nan was escorted by the staff all the way to the underground garage, and unexpectedly saw Zhang Hong's car.

He turned to look at He Shan and asked in a low voice, "Is Zhang Hong here?"

During the event, He Shan waited in the background for a while, Lin Nan didn't know what happened.

She leaned close to his ear mysteriously and said: "Now that there are no fans coming over, you hurry up and get in his car, and I will cover you with the nanny car."

The tone was a little anxious.

Lin Nan panicked immediately.

With Zhang Hong's behavior style, it would definitely not be a trivial matter to come to him directly at the event site.Could it be that something went wrong with Qi Yubai?

Thinking of this, his heart instantly rose high, and he didn't care about cover or not, so he got into Zhang Hong's car in three steps at a time.

"Why are you here? Is something wrong with Mr. Qi?"

Zhang Hong looked at him tensely: "He was transferred to the general ward in the afternoon, but his condition suddenly became not very good."

"what?"

Lin Nan was startled, and the blood on his face faded completely, so he didn't have half of his calmness and composure on stage.

"What's going on? He was fine last time, didn't the doctor say, didn't he say that he was getting better?"

"His situation is very complicated." Zhang Hong's voice was low and serious, "It may be because of the transfer to the ward, or it may be pure recurrence of the disease."

"Repeated illness..."

These four words are really the four words that Lin Nan is most afraid of hearing in the world.He grabbed Zhang Hong's arm and said hurriedly, "I want to see him, can you help me find a way?"

Zhang Hong nodded: "I'm here to take you to the hospital. I found someone I know, and you can go in and see him by yourself later. But..."

"But what?"

"However, according to the doctor, he is a little delirious now. If this continues, even if he wakes up, he may not be able to remember the past."

Can't remember the past?

What does it mean……

Lin Nan suddenly stopped talking.

Will Qi Yubai forget himself?Will they not remember everything they have been through?Could it be that the body is getting better gradually, but it is as if there is no one in his memory, and he opens his mouth to ask who Lin Nan is.

His breathing was stagnant, and the nerves in his brain were buzzing.

I thought that the rain will finally pass, but who knows that I have to face the possibility of everything returning to zero.

Seeing his appearance, Zhang Hong had a rare look of unbearable expression on his face.

"Don't panic, it's just possible, not necessarily that you really don't remember anything. Talk to him more when you stay with him later, maybe it can play a subtle role."

"it is good……"

Lin Nan nodded in confusion and couldn't say another word.

When he arrived at the hospital, Zhang Hong led him to a female doctor, and after a few instructions, he was about to leave. He also said that he could not send him back because he had something to do at home, and asked him to take a taxi by himself.

Lin Nan ignored the strangeness, followed the doctor to an unfamiliar floor, and stopped in front of a single ward.

"Boss Qi is inside."

The female doctor was wearing a mask, her eyes looked very kind, "There is a calling bell on the wall, just in case there is anything wrong, just call me, I am on duty tonight."

"Thank you doctor."

Lin Nan put his hand on the doorknob and was about to go in when he suddenly remembered and asked, "How long can I stay tonight?"

"This one……"

The doctor's business seems not very skilled, "It's okay to stay a little longer, I'll call you when the time comes."

Lin Nan expressed his thanks with a heavy heart, and finally pushed the door and walked into the ward impatiently.

click-

The door slammed shut.

The Qi family is still very concerned about Qi Yubai.

The ward in front of me is spacious and clean, and it can almost be called luxurious among all the wards Lin Nan has seen.There is a TV on the wall, a sofa on the opposite side, four translucent windows, and you can see a bright moon in the sky when you get close; a large hospital bed, the bedding should be specially sent by the Qi family; a few plants on the bedside drawer The calla lilies are placed in a tea-color thin-mouthed vase, which is white and elegant.

The ventilator has been withdrawn, and Qi Yubai's face is much ruddy.Although there are still a lot of detection equipment on his body, it doesn't look so scary any more.Lin Nan approached the bed, sat on a round stool that had been prepared, and kept his eyes on the person in front of him for a moment.

I haven't seen him for two days, and his heart is already filled with longing.

"I am coming."

He greeted softly.

Qi Yubai's chest rose and fell slowly, and his breathing was even and long, as if he was just asleep.The quilt on her body was loosely covered to her shoulders, with one hand exposed.

Lin Nan reached out and hid his left hand in the quilt, and tucked it in for him worriedly, and then slowly chatted with him.

"Isn't everything getting better? Why are you still asleep?"

The eyelashes of the person in front of him trembled, but Lin Nan didn't see it.

"Do you know that your condition has deteriorated again." He stopped and took a deep breath, "Zhang Hong said, if this continues, even if you are fully awake, you may forget me. But you don't Yes, right."

He put his hands under the quilt and gently held Qi Yubai's palm, "You won't forget me, right?"

Qi Yubai was still breathing steadily and did not give him the slightest response.

"Why didn't you answer me?" Lin Nan looked down at the bed and asked in a low voice, "Are you not sure..."

Qi Yubai, who once dreamed of him, will one day never see him again.Thinking of the strange eyes that fell on him when they first met in the hotel, Lin Nan's fingertips trembled slightly as if afraid.

He looked up at Qi Yubai's deep facial features, feeling like he was in Bohai at the moment, the person in front of him was just too lazy to talk to him, and he listened with his eyes closed, while coping with a few words casually.

He thought he had to say something to arouse Qi Yubai's interest back, and he couldn't let this man with limited patience fall asleep too quickly.After much deliberation, there was only one thing that Qi Yubai didn't know yet.

"Let me tell you a secret." Lin Nan said.

"After you rescued me in the parking lot, I went back to look for you, but unfortunately I couldn't find you. I asked the staff in the parking lot and thought of other ways, but you just appeared there suddenly, No one knows who you are. I don't have a picture of you, so I can only describe your appearance from memory."

The other method he mentioned refers to returning to the parking lot at the same time several nights in a row, using the most stupid method, and so on.

"I still remember that the most I said in those days was, 'May I ask if you saw a very handsome man in a suit on Wednesday night, with a dark blue tie, a straight nose, and taller than me. Some.'"

This was all his impression of Qi Yubai that night.

"It's too vague to describe, isn't it? So no matter who I ask, there is no result. After more than a week, when I was almost about to give up, I suddenly saw you in the entertainment news, although it was because you were with other stars scandal..."

He smiled bitterly, "But I'm still very happy, before I forget your appearance, I finally let me know who you are. I think this is God's hint that I don't give up on you, as long as I always remember your appearance , I always remember the scene where you saved me, and one day I will see you again. If you are lucky, maybe you will know me, know my name, remember my appearance, and create some memories that belong to us. "

Two warm tears hit the quilt, soaked in as soon as it touched the fabric, leaving no trace.

"Thinking about it this way, it really took me a lot of effort to meet you again. If I had a poor memory, I might forget what you look like the next day or the third day. In that case, even if you Even if you appear in front of me, I won't recognize you..."

He couldn't help using a little force in his hand, as if he wanted to make sure that Qi Yubai would not run away, he firmly held the palm under the quilt.

"So to be fair, you should remember me at least once. You can't easily forget who I am, what happened to us, and what we said."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he took another step back, as if he was afraid that the previous request was too much and Qi Yubai would not be able to do it.

"If you really can't remember everything, at least you can remember my name and appearance, okay? At least... at least we still know each other, and we can still be friends."

The ward was still silent, and no one answered him with a "yes".

After finishing what he could say, Lin Nan sat alone for a while, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and slowly fell on Qi Yubai's body, with his eyes pressed against the quilt, weeping quietly.He didn't want to disturb anyone, and he didn't even want to destroy this peaceful night, but a low whimper still ran out from his throat, like a wounded animal, curled up and waiting for treatment.

The overhead light was so blinding that he even wanted to get up and turn it off, so that the most reliable darkness could keep a secret.

"Who says I can't remember it all?"

Accompanied by this hoarse and weak voice, a hand gently smoothed the hair on the nape of his neck.

Lin Nan's whole body was shocked, and he was stunned for two seconds before reacting, and raised his head suddenly.

Qi Yubai opened his eyes and looked at him steadily.

Like a person who has been walking alone in the snow all night, he finally walked into a wooden house burning with charcoal fire. Lin Nan's body and soul were redeemed at the same time.

"You..." There were still two wet tears on his face, "Are you awake?"

It's been a long time since I saw Qi Yubai with his eyes open, it's not real, it's like a hallucination.

So in the next second, Lin Nan raised his index finger and touched his eyelids with his fingertips.Qi Yubai's neck was stiff, and he made it a little itchy, but he couldn't hide it.

He spoke more slowly than before: "You cry so sadly, I can't help but wake up."

Lin Nan still couldn't believe it, and pointed at himself foolishly.

"Then do you remember who I am?"

The room was quiet for two seconds, Qi Yubai seemed not expecting him to be so stupid, and smiled at him while lying on the bed.

"Want me to recite your phone number and birthday?"