[Full-time Chusu] Dreaming of death

We didn't talk much about it.

"What position does he have to criticize me?" Su Mucheng pursed her lips and smiled, "He is also a war reporter, saying something every day, 'If the photos you take are not good enough, then you are not close enough to the artillery fire.', do things Crazy as hell, Ye Xiu used to talk about him a lot, but he never listened, and then we just ignored him."

"Ye Xiu?" Chu Yunxiu caught an unfamiliar name, which seemed to be from country C, "Who is that?"

"Oh, him." Su Mucheng showed a very understanding expression, "He is from country C, the one with a passport, and seems to be sent by his family to invest and do business here. I don't know how they know each other. , but he is a good friend of my brother. I can’t have today without his help. But he left City B last summer, it is said that his family was worried about him and told him to go back here to avoid the limelight—” she said Here, I paused, and then said, "I happened to be away from country I when he left, and he had been away for a long time when I came back. At that time, the United Nations began to impose blockade sanctions, and international routes were severely restricted. We never got in touch again."

At the end of the conversation, Chu Yunxiu's tone changed sharply, and Chu Yunxiu's mouth was dry. She wanted to comfort Su Mucheng but didn't know what to say.After brewing a few words, I always felt that it was inappropriate, but in the end, I just patted Su Mucheng on the shoulder, "I will see you again."

"I think so too," Su Mucheng smiled at Chu Yunxiu's reassurance, "We'll see each other again when everyone is doing well, so he has to come back and continue doing business."

Chu Yunxiu was thoughtful, "You said that Ye Xiu has a passport from country C? Then I can try to check his records in the embassy, ​​maybe I can find his contact information in China."

"Eh?" Su Mucheng was surprised and delighted, "Is it convenient?"

"It's not a big problem, is it?" Chu Yunxiu didn't know much about it, "This Ye Xiu is a businessman, so he shouldn't have any sensitive identities that need to be kept secret? I can ask the ambassador's opinion first..."

Seeing her like this, Su Mucheng immediately shook her head gently but firmly, "Then don't bother, we all know what's going on at the embassy, ​​it's inappropriate to mention such personal matters now, but should you tell us about your situation? I've said a lot about myself."

"I have nothing to say." Seeing Su Mucheng's objection, Chu Yunxiu didn't say any more, but secretly kept this matter in her heart, planning to choose an opportunity to surprise Su Mucheng. "Go to school step by step and then work. This time, I was sent here because I had the most suitable conditions in the department, and I was sent here without the burden of a partner or child..." She paused, feeling a little inexplicably disappointed, "Here and I The previous imagination is completely different...but even so, the task must be completed."

"Then you must be very good," Su Mucheng said approvingly, "otherwise it would be impossible to send you alone."

"I don't know," Chu Yunxiu smiled wryly, "I can only say that I did my best."

"That's enough." Su Mucheng's expression became a little complicated, "I can always do what I want to do—whether it's a necessity like a hobby or a mission—I don't think it matters even if I sacrifice my life."

This is the second time Chu Yunxiu has heard words about death from Su Mucheng. Before, she only thought that Su Mucheng, as a professional war reporter, had some insights into life and death. Now, the inside story is far from being as simple as just perception. .The policemen with ferocious expressions walking around them are annoying no matter how you look at them.Respect for other people's privacy and concern for friends are at war in her chest - her attitude towards Su Mucheng is not to be treated with polite words.Chu Yunxiu hesitated for a long time, but in the end feelings overcame everything, "Hmm... did something happen to you?"

As soon as she said this, reason prevailed, and she immediately became overwhelmed with regret—how could she ask such a question, it would be good if Su Mucheng didn't turn against her!Fortunately, Su Mucheng didn't care about Chu Yunxiu's inappropriate question this time. She struggled with telling the truth for less than a minute before deciding to confess to Chu Yunxiu—even though she hadn't figured out what to say to Chu Yunxiu. The reason why Xiu is so "sincere".

"Actually, I'm fine." She finally decided to say this, and her relaxed enough posture gave her the courage to continue, "Although a war reporter is a dangerous profession, I have always been lucky, otherwise I would not have survived intact Live till now. It's just..." Her throat started to feel rough, but she continued, "Maybe the family's luck is conserved. My luck is good, so my brother's luck is not so good."

Chu Yunxiu swallowed subconsciously. She has never experienced the eternal separation between heaven and man, let alone it happened to her closest relatives. "You mean your brother..."

Su Mucheng nodded, "It's passed away. It's been a few years. He accidentally stepped into a minefield in Africa. He would always try to lean in front of the artillery fire for better photos. That time he was probably too far away. It's close."

Her demeanor was calm when she narrated, and she didn't look sad at all.Unpredictably, Chu Yunxiu suddenly remembered the brief conversation she had with Wang Jiexi at Hotel L on the day she arrived in Bcheng, when she said that a photo, a piece of news, no name, no life may be all they left behind.Her original intention was to refer to the innocent civilians who lost their lives in the war, but it is not inappropriate to put them on the war reporters who did not participate in the war but rushed to the front line to record the truth as much as possible.After all, there are a small number of people who have left their names in history. Most of them fought for their sense of mission in obscurity, and then were ruthlessly engulfed by artillery fire—this is probably one of the reasons why war is so disgusting.

The conversation ended there, Chu Yunxiu wanted to say a few more words to reassure Su Mucheng, but she swallowed the words—what can she say, Su Mucheng’s words are clear and clear, no matter what she says It can only bring out his own paleness.

After that, the atmosphere in the city became a little calmer, and various "commodities" that were "unified" by the I army from the K area appeared on the shelves of many shops.The number of military police patrolling the streets has declined, but restrictions on journalists remain harsh.In fact, even that slight easing of the situation is very likely to be just a temporary illusion - in a few days it will be the Army Day of I, and everyone in this land clearly understands its significance.

The development of the actual situation is not surprising. In the early morning of January 1, the bearded president of country I publicly delivered a speech on the Army Day. Reporters who got the news flocked to the government office to get the fastest news.The content of the speech quickly spread around the world through various means, and the bearded president's actions immediately caused a lot of controversy. However, no matter what the actual attitudes of all parties are, at least on the surface they "vigorously condemn" him.

After listening to Gao Yingjie's translation, Chu Yunxiu glanced at the TV. On the screen, the bearded president was continuing to speak impassionedly, "Is he crazy? Want to play himself to death?"

"Don't talk nonsense," Wang Jiexi said.

Gao Yingjie glanced left and right, and finally decided to keep silent.Chu Yunxiu took a deep breath on his cigarette, "It's not obvious. In the past two days, I took pictures outside and saw a lot of exiled people from K. The multinational troops have all arrived at the door. He still said such things, thinking that the bushes What can't be done about him?"

Wang Jiexi still behaved very calmly, "That's not your business, but you should be more careful when you go out for interviews recently, and don't forget to wear your helmet."

Chu Yunxiu was a little impatient.In fact, this restlessness started after she parted ways with Su Mucheng on January 1. At the end of the interview in the refugee camp that day, Su Mucheng’s camera seemed to have a problem, and she kept fiddling with the assembled motor outside the crowd. , when they returned to City B, they took their own cars again, and they never said a word to each other—now this emotion was instigated by the bearded president on the screen, and they spoke more politely. With a slanted look in his eyes, he asked directly, "What do you think?"

"I don't have any opinion." Wang Jiexi answered impeccably, with a non-standard diplomatic expression on his face, "But you have to pay attention to safety."

"How else can I pay attention to safety?" Chu Yunxiu felt that Wang Jiexi's words were redundant. "The dangers that can be encountered in the country are at most [-], and here are at least [-]. It is not a problem that I can solve by paying attention to safety."

"No." Wang Jiexi shook his head, "It means that you should pay more attention recently."

Chu Yunxiu's expression changed, "What do you mean?"

"The United Nations will not be unresponsive." Wang Jiexi said, "Don't get yourself involved."

"..." Chu Yunxiu opened her mouth slightly, and turned her eyes in a daze to look at Gao Yingjie, who was sitting upright and listening to the bearded president, and suddenly had the urge to ask him to also translate what Wang Jiexi had just said.But Wang Jiexi clearly spoke standard Chinese without the slightest accent—he never said anything meaningless.

It's just that as a war reporter on the front line, it can even be called unprofessional ethics if he completely keeps himself out of the matter.Although Chu Yunxiu lacked experience in the field, she was not courageous, and what Wang Jiexi said could only be implemented by remembering to wear a helmet when going out for interviews.She turned her gaze, then stood up and shrugged, indicating that she would go back to her room to rest first.The youngest Gao Yingjie stood up abruptly to express his politeness, Chu Yunxiu threw away the cigarette butt, looked at him and smiled.

However, within a few hours, she was awakened by the intensive gunfire, and she did not dare to turn on the lights in the room facing the street, so she had to turn on the flashlight under the quilt and glance at her watch as soon as possible—it was four o'clock in the morning, and the sky was still dark, but there was no one outside the window. Serenity to speak of.Chu Yunxiu hastily turned off the flashlight and jumped out of bed