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Yue Renge and Zhao Shengyan stopped quarreling, and they are now negotiating with the hospital and funeral home to arrange Liang Chuan's funeral.

Colleagues leave at Yue Renge's behest, someone wants to pull Li Mu away, but Li Mu refuses.

The colleague knew that he and Liang Chuan had a deep relationship, so after a few words of persuasion, he left.

Li Mu was sitting alone on the bench in the hospital, and he suddenly remembered that many years ago, in a small city in the northwest, thousands of miles away, he was also sitting on the bench in the hospital, watching the sun warm and indifferent, the whole corridor.

At that time, he had just lost his father.

At that time, my elder brother had already been in middle school, and he was a young adult, running around with his mother to handle various affairs with a mature face.Li Mu and his younger sister were even younger, so they could only sit obediently where they were, and it was already a great help not to cause trouble for the adults.

Although Li Mu is small, his sister is even younger after all. She is still a little child who is only hungry and can't control herself to suck her finger for sixteen hours a day.He took out the chocolate from his pocket, and shared half of it with his sister—after thinking about it, the younger sister was younger, so he broke his share of chocolate and gave her some more.

A few years later, Li Mu actually had a strange sense of déjà vu.

Pain, but enduring the pain; sadness, but not too sad.Man is such a fragile yet strong, contradictory and unknowing creature.He suddenly thought of his mother's face, serious and always indifferent.At that time Li Mu didn't quite understand the meaning behind that expression, he only knew that his father suddenly collapsed pale and was sent here again.

He watched Yue Renge come out of the doctor's office, stood up and went to meet him.

When the wind came, so did the light, the sun became scorching, and he returned to the world again.

"We will take care of things here. The bar will be open as usual tonight. You go back and inform everyone what to do. As for the specific rest time, we will decide later." Yue Renge's eyes had already started to turn red, then It was after crying, but he didn't cry after all.Li Mu nodded, and Yue Renge said again: "Who is in charge of the official account now? You go back and tell him, and release the news about Liang Chuan first. In the store, you also need to help support it."

Li Mu felt that he had grown up for a moment, yes, he was caught off guard and pushed forward.There are still many things, and everyone has their own responsibilities.

"I know." Li Mu said, noticing the bruises on the corners of Yue Renge's eyes, he asked in surprise, "What's wrong with your eyes...?"

"Old Zhao was too excited just now." Yue Renge said, "I didn't hide well."

Li Mu lowered his head, unable to bear to look.The bruise looked too strange on Yue Renge's beautiful face, like a worm climbing a beautiful satin.

"How could Lao Zhao be like this?" Li Mu's heart was tightly clenched, and he wrung out a thin soreness, "I'll go talk to him..."

"Li Mu." Yue Renge called him softly, "No need."

"But……"

Yue Renge pressed his hand, "I can understand. It was already late when Liang Chuan found out. I went with him. He refused to say anything, but I respect his intentions. Old Zhao... I informed him. It’s because I didn’t do enough, and he should have hit me.”

Li Mu looked at him in disbelief.

"It doesn't matter between them...don't talk about it, but no one is wrong. Liang Chuan didn't, and neither did Lao Zhao." Yue Renge's eyes were full of tiredness, "But you have to know, this world is not a perfect sandbox game. People will get sick. You will die, you will be unlucky, you will be too late. But every step, every step you take, as long as you follow your own wishes, that's enough."

Why did he tell Li Mu these things?Yue Renge seemed to excuse Liang Chuan, Lao Zhao, and himself.But what Li Mu couldn't understand was that Li Mu was still young and hadn't experienced too many unavoidable things. Even if he understood the meaning of the words, he still lacked a sense of empathy.

Li Mu held his hand instead, didn't speak, just looked at him.

That's enough.

What is the relationship between Zhao Shengyan and Liang Chuan can probably be guessed, but no one is willing to go deep into it at the moment.

So what?After all, everyone can't go back.

"Where's Old Zhao?" Li Mu asked.

"He went to see Liang Chuan." Yue Renge said, "Let the two of them stay for a while."

Li Mu nodded, and after a while, he said, "I should go back."

"Wait." Yue Renge called him again.Li Mu turned his head.Yue Renge fumbled in his pocket, finally found something, and slapped it on Li Mu's hand.

Li Mu looked down, his eyes couldn't stop getting hot, as if tears were about to come out of them again.

That is a piece of chocolate.

It has been slightly melted by the body temperature, and the packaging is intact. Of course, it is not the one that Li Mu ate when he was a child, and it is not big enough. It is bitter and sweet when stuffed into his mouth.

"You haven't eaten all morning." Yue Renge said, "Go out and buy some breakfast to fill your stomach. Don't be too tired."

"...Don't be too tired." Li Mu said, holding the chocolate in his hand.

Yue Renge smiled, his eyes were full of tiredness.He waved his hand, "Don't worry, I know."

It's already bright.

The sun is shining brightly, gently caressing this noisy and bustling world.

After coming out of the hospital, the sights and sounds filled my ears, the surrounding breakfast shops had already opened up, the steamers were stacked high, and there was a long table at the entrance of the shop, on which were placed soy milk, milk, and various beverages.The proprietress with a round face hurriedly packed breakfast for the guests.

Li Mu stopped, waited for the customers in front to buy their breakfast, and said to the proprietress, "Two steamed buns, one meat and one vegetarian... plus a tea egg."

"One meat and one vegetable..." The proprietress opened the steamer, grabbed two steamed buns lightly in a plastic bag, turned around and fished out the boiled eggs from the rice cooker.

"It's four and five yuan in total." The proprietress raised her head and glanced at him, "Oh, young man, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Li Mu was a little surprised, "You recognize me?" He had no memory of this at all.

"Why don't you recognize me, but it's been half a year." The proprietress smiled and filled another customer with steamed buns, "It was also in the morning, and you still had bandages on your hands at that time. Young man, you can't eat so much all the time." Less, I need to replenish my body."

Li Mu smiled, how many people are greeted and sent to such a small store next to the hospital.It's rare that the proprietress still remembers him. "Then I'll have another bottle of milk." Li Mu said, "The boss's business is booming."

Li Mu ate the steamed buns and drank the milk while walking, and threw the garbage into the pail by the side of the road.He walked across the North Bridge, the Notre Dame Cathedral with its gleaming spire, and the Peace Square, all in a daze.Someone put a hand on his shoulder, Li Mu turned around, it was Amy.

"You've been here for a while."

Yes, Li Mu has been standing at the door of Dionys for quite a while.He stood obsessively at the door like a homeless child.Down the long stairs, it seems that someone will pour base wine handsomely at the bar, cut ice cubes, and shake the jug.

"Sister Amy." Li Mu opened his mouth, "How about everyone?"

"It's all downstairs. It was too late last night. It's a mess. I'll let everyone clean it up first." Amy looked at him with concern, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." Li Mu nodded, "I...I'm fine, I just feel a little unreal."

"I'm the same as you." Amy took Li Mu downstairs, "Maybe you need to get busy."

The crumbs of ribbons all over the floor were swept away, food residues and wine stains were wiped off one by one.The carnival of last night looked more like a dream at this moment—it was a dream without a trace, making it impossible to verify whether all of this really happened.

"Li Mu," the colleague in charge of the operation of the official account saw him and ran over, "You come."

Li Mu followed into the office, and the screen of the computer was the news editing page.The colleague's eye circles were still red, and he wrung his hands, wondering: "I'm choosing photos of Brother Chuan, but there are really too few of his photos."

Liang Chuan didn't like to take pictures, usually when everyone got together or went out to play, he would take more or less two pictures.But Liang Chuan always had a bad face, even in a group photo, it looked like everyone owed him a huge sum of money.Not to mention single-person photos, there is only one passport photo, which was taken ten years ago, with arrogant eyebrows and a youthful appearance.

Li Mu was stunned, he thought for a while, took out his phone, and made a call.

"Hello... May I ask if this is Annie's manager? I'm Li Mu. I was wondering, can I ask you for a favor?"

"Liang Chuan? How come?" Annie turned pale with shock, "He was fine yesterday."

"He has not been well." Li Mu said calmly, "He was sent to the hospital this morning, but he was not rescued."

Annie shook her head in disbelief, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it...he's so young."

Yes, he was not yet forty.

"I don't believe it either. I still don't believe it." Li Mu bitterly tried to force a smile, but no one could see his expression through the phone, "I just want to ask you, in the footage shot yesterday, can you Can't help finding a photo of Liang Chuan? One is to put it in the obituary, and the other is...to be used as a posthumous photo."

Annie pondered for a while, "Okay, I'll start picking now. I'll pick out ten first, and give them to you, and you can pick again." After a pause, "Where is he now?"

"...Still in the hospital." Li Mu said, "But soon, we will bring him back."

"...Condolences."

"Brother Chuan will be very happy if he knows that you personally selected photos for him." Li Mu said, "You are his idol."

There was no answer. After a while, Annie's voice trembled like a thread, "It's a pity. Liang Chuan is a very, very good bartender."

All the bitterness surged up like a tide until the tip of the nose.

But Li Mu has learned not to cry.If Liang Chuan was around, he would definitely be tired of venting his emotions.He likes to leave freely, carelessly, and chicly. Those fine wines, people's approval and smiling faces are all that he has worked hard for all his life.

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