Strangers Ten Years Later

Ye Ziqin suddenly had a stomach ache and a headache, causing all the bodyguards at the door to focus on her. No one cared about Ye Ziyuan. On the surface, Ye Ziyuan said that he was going to call a doctor, but in fact he ran away as soon as he left the ward.

He was still wearing a hospital gown, and when he rushed downstairs in a frenzy, he was seen by many nurses, who stopped and dragged them all, but he resisted them all, but accidentally opened the wound further.

Ye Ziyuan finally rushed out of the hospital, quickly dodged to the side, he didn't dare to stop, for fear that his elder brother would catch him after he found his tracks, so how could he go find Lin Jin?

When he was far away from the hospital, Ye Ziyuan took a breath of cold air with a "hiss", and lifted his clothes up, the wound that had been bandaged had been torn open, and the white gauze was smudged with a piercing red, the piercing pain made him feel sick. A circle of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Ye Ziyuan cursed in a low voice, put down his clothes, and got up.

He thought to himself, when he saw Lin Jin, he must scold him well, otherwise it would be hard to get rid of the hatred in his heart today.

He, Ye Ziyuan, has he ever done this to someone?

Ye Ziqin came in a hurry, and in the end the wallet he gave him was only a few thousand, only the card contained a lot of money, Ye Ziyuan was careful, and directly used the card to withdraw cash, for fear that Ye Zichen would react and freeze the card .

He found a hotel to stay for a while, bought alcohol himself, pulled off the bandage and squirted wildly, tearing up in pain.

After everything was dealt with, Ye Ziyuan started calling.

Ke Zhun's phone call was written down on purpose, and it just came in handy now. The other party answered quickly and said, "Hi, who are you looking for?"

Ye Ziyuan opened his mouth, and suddenly felt that he was a bit shameless, and after holding it in for a long time, there was only the sound of breathing.

Ke Zhun got a little impatient and said, "Who is it? He didn't speak even after calling."

Talk about hanging up the phone.

"...It's me." Ye Ziyuan finally blurted out, "Ye Ziyuan."

"Ye Ziyuan?!" Ke Zhun's voice was surprised, "Why are you calling me-I tell you that I don't do those 419s anymore."

"..." Ye Ziyuan was speechless, "I want to ask you something."

"what?"

"Where is Lin Jin?" Ye Ziyuan held back for a long while, and finally choked out this sentence.Asking about Ke Zhun always gave him a feeling of being very upset, even embarrassed and slapped in the face, but there was nothing he could do about it. After much deliberation, he felt that the only person who was most likely to know Lin Jin's whereabouts was Ke Zhun, except for Su Hua.

He had already asked Su Hua, but he refused to say anything.

Hearing Ye Ziyuan's words, Ke Zhun laughed immediately: "Did Lin Jin, the co-author, tell you where he went?"

"You..." Ye Ziyuan gritted his teeth, "Where is he?"

"Why should I tell you?" Ke Zhun's voice was clearly filled with joy, "Ye Ziyuan, I never thought you would have such a day. Before, when he couldn't find you and was tortured and joked by you, you I never thought there would be such a day, did I? Oh, I think it's funny to think of you now, are you crazy? I won't tell you unless you beg me—"

Ye Ziyuan endured it for a long time, but when Ke Zhun uttered the last sentence, he finally couldn't hold back, raised his hand and threw the mobile phone in his hand violently.

The phone hit the ground with a loud "bang", Ye Ziyuan kicked the head of the bed, his temples twitched violently, and the rage that had nowhere to vent put him in an extreme emotional state.

On the other end, Ke Zhun heard the busy tone from the phone, rolled his eyes and said "bah": "I fell in love with you when I was blind."

Then I was free to do my own thing.

After Ye Ziyuan smashed everything that could be dropped in the room, he slowly calmed down. He looked at the cracked phone, clicked on Ke Zhun's phone number, and his mind suddenly became calmer than ever before——

Ke Zhun said that if he begged him, he would tell him where Lin Jin was.

What this sentence means is that Ke Zhun does know where Lin Jin is now.

Ye Ziyuan held the phone tightly, his body trembling slightly because of extreme anger, and he just watched it for about 10 minutes.

He didn't say a word during that time, his mind was full of Lin Jin's face, the way Lin Jin smiled at him back then, and the back view when he decided to leave when he was 28 years old.

... He couldn't bear it.

Ye Ziyuan lowered his head in resignation, and dialed Ke Zhun's cell phone number again.

Ke Zhun hung up directly, and Ye Ziyuan dialed again, and then dialed again, so stubbornly dialed for four or five times, before Ke Zhun got through impatiently: "Are you annoying? What about the phone call? Ye Ziyuan, you are sick! Don’t you want all kinds of men and women, why are you pestering me for Lin Jin’s traces, you crazy!”

"……I beg you."

Ke Zhun's irritable voice suddenly stopped.

Ye Ziyuan almost choked out these three words from his throat.

For a while, no one spoke on the phone, only the sound of each other's breathing was very clear.

Ye Ziyuan sat dejectedly on the carpet that was smashed by him, the curtains were half drawn, the night was rising outside the window, the neon lights illuminated the light and shadow on the window, and there were fragments of color that cast mottled and swaying shadows in front of the window. .

With his back facing the boundless night, Ye Ziyuan lowered his head slightly, his hands trembled slightly, and with a hoarse voice, he exhausted all his strength and repeated again: "I beg you, tell me where Lin Jin is now."

"I……"

"I want to see him," he said.

His shoulders trembled slightly.

The silence spread silently again, and the time passed by every minute and every second. Finally, Ke Zhun spoke abruptly: "Ye Ziyuan, you..."

"Are you really crazy?"

I have known him for a long time. Ke Zhun has never seen this man beg for help. Because of his family background, because of his upbringing environment, he was born a proud son of heaven. How has he ever begged others?

But now for Lin Jin...

Ke Zhun's hand holding the phone trembled for a moment, and after a pause, he gave a wry smile, pursed his lips, and said, "Let me think about it."

"I'll give you an answer tomorrow morning," he said.

The phone over there was cut off again, Ye Ziyuan listened to the busy tone on the phone, his hand relaxed little by little, and drooped.

He closed his eyes tightly, covered them with his raised hands, and fell back. The thoughts almost drove him crazy—he had never seen Lin Jin like this for so long.

He misses him, misses him madly, misses him desperately.

That person, obviously no matter when he turns his head, he will follow behind.

He was always by his side.

Ye Ziyuan never lacked company, but for so many years, Lin Jin was always alone.

Ye Ziyuan suddenly realized that perhaps what Liu Jin said before, what Lin Jin lacked was nothing more than that.

Lin Jin's medicine was almost finished, and he began to think about calling Liu Jin to send the medicine, but he kept hesitating.

On the third day of his hesitation, he unexpectedly found several bottles of the medicine he had taken earlier on the desk in his room. In the living room, Tong Tong was playing a two-player game with Xu Fangzhi. Lin Jin hesitated for a moment, took a bottle of medicine Go to the living room.

He shook the medicine bottle and asked directly, "Did you help buy it?"

Xu Fangzhi glanced at it: "Yes."

"Is there anything for sale here?" Lin Jin was slightly taken aback. He had already visited the hospital before, but there was no such medicine here.

Xu Fangzhi's expression was flat, as if he had done something very ordinary: "I have a friend who happened to be coming over yesterday, so I asked him to bring a few bottles of medicine by the way."

Lin Jin lowered his head slightly, looked at the medicine bottle for a while, and said, "Thank you."

Xu Fangzhi waved his hand indifferently.

On the contrary, Tongtong asked curiously: "Uncle Lin, what kind of medicine is this?"

"Vitamins," Lin Jin said, "so you have to eat vegetables and fruits well. Don't wait until you grow up to lack these trace elements. You need to rely on vitamins to supplement them—especially bitter melon."

What this little guy hates the most is bitter melon.

Tongtong's face wrinkled as expected, and he frowned tightly and said, "Yi——I'd rather take vitamins!"

Xu Fangzhi smiled: "Do you really hate bitter melon so much?"

"Yes, it's bitter—" Tongtong nodded seriously, "It's worse than life."

Lin Jin also laughed: "Where did you hear these words?"

"Mom said that," Tong Tong said innocently, "every time when mom misses dad, she would go to drink, get herself drunk, and then say that life is so bitter, life is so bitter—and then fall asleep !"

Lin Jin suddenly couldn't laugh anymore, he stepped forward and rubbed Tongtong's little head, and asked, "Do you miss Dad?"

"Sometimes I think about it," Tongtong said, "but Tongtong is not sad, because grandpa said that daddy wants to let the world know that there is a place where many people are dying, and he is doing great things, so, Even if a person who did such a great thing passes away, don’t be sad, but be proud of him.”

"Grandma said that the person who passed away will watch over us in another world, take care of us, and turn into the brightest star in the sky, guarding us forever..."

"Yeah." Lin Jin hugged her tightly, his eyes were slightly red, and said in a low voice, "Tongtong is so good."

He involuntarily raised his head and looked out the window—here in Syria, stars can be seen at night.

These stars may include those soldiers who died in the war, war reporters, civilians...

Lin Jin didn't know if there would be a star belonging to her mother here.

Xu Fangzhi stretched out his hand and pinched Tongtong's little face: "You have the most truths." He patted Lin Jin's shoulder as if to comfort him: "Go for a walk?"

"Okay." Lin Jin hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

The two went out for a stroll holding Tongtong in their arms.

There are very few people in the old city at night, and there is nothing else on the main road except for the dim street lights, and some places are even completely dark - no one will repair the broken street lights, and the masses are tired of dealing with the war. Still thinking about so much.

The two adults and one child walked together on the street, no one spoke, but the night was so peaceful and silent.

There is a wind blowing, as if letting all the sadness go with the wind.

Tongtong fell asleep after a short stroll, Xu Fangzhi carried her on his back, and the two walked back.

When he was almost downstairs, Xu Fangzhi said, "You don't plan to stay in Syria forever, do you?"

"I don't know," Lin Jin answered him honestly, "Maybe I should go to more places, but I'm too lazy to move. Since Yu Yan still needs me, I'll stay here for now. Anyway, I'm The work is relatively free and does not need to be on duty.”

Xu Fangzhi nodded thoughtfully: "My work is also very free."

Lin Jin's steps stopped suddenly, his body was slightly stiff, he turned his head to look at him, and said, "...Actually, you don't need to do this."

Xu Fangzhi just smiled: "Isn't it very happy to be with my friends? I didn't think too much about it, but I just feel very comfortable with you. As a person, I will never wrong myself. You can rest assured."

In the narrow corridor, there was wind blowing in from the door. Under the gentle moonlight, Lin Jin noticed that the expression on Xu Fangzhi's face was extraordinarily gentle.

He looked at him quietly, without any persecution, and suddenly felt a little moved at that moment.

He couldn't help thinking, if he had met Xu Fangzhi when he was a teenager, what kind of scene would he be in front of him.

But time never turns back.

It wasn't Xu Fangzhi he met either.