Blade and Swift

Yan Xichen woke up in the middle of the night, and when he woke up, he found himself curled up in Du Yachen's arms.Yan Xichen was a little dazed, he found himself naked, he should have been carried directly from the bathroom to the bed by Du Yachen just now.

The room was very quiet, and he could hear the rustling leaves outside. He vaguely recovered the memory before he lost consciousness, got up and sat quietly for a few seconds.After a while, he quietly lay down again, tracing the outline of Du Yachen's face with his eyes in the dark.Du Yachen's blurred facial contours in the darkness gradually overlapped with those in his memory, and he became the person in his memory.

He put his face on Du Yachen's chest, listening to his steady and strong heartbeat, he wanted to cry again.He is more mature, more confident, and more attractive than before.It is not unreasonable to say that the sharp edge of a sword comes from sharpening, but it is unknown how much suffering has been suffered behind that face that always smiles indifferently.

Yan Xichen remembered the past about Du Yachen as he wished, but did not feel happier as he wished.

He recalled that they met after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in [-]. The Hawkeye team established in Kiev was greatly traumatized by political reasons, and that was also the mercenary group he belonged to.At that time, the world-famous American Blackwater Mercenary Corps was already moving towards the establishment of a company, and almost everyone in Hawkeye was involved in the war before disintegrating.In the chaos of ruin and reconstruction, Hawkeye had to cooperate with mercenaries from other countries to slow down the ruin.Hawkeye's strength was greatly reduced, the so-called trees fell and the monkeys scattered, seeing Hawkeye walking away, rebelling.It was at that time that America's Blackwater reached out to Hawkeye.

Blackwater is a very strange organization. At that time, it could not become a mercenary company, and the leader of their class had a very weird temper.At that time, Blackwater completely ignored the harsh political environment and extended a helping hand to Hawkeye, supporting and protecting them from manpower, economy, and many other aspects, on the condition that people in the two organizations cooperate within five years and do not turn against each other.Hawkeye naturally agreed.

Du Yachen was the first mercenary from Heishui that Yan Xichen cooperated with.

Du Yachen, who was only 26 at the time, was already one of the top ten elite mercenaries in the Blackwater Corps' single-person employment list. It is said that the price he was hired once was more than the money many veterans had saved over the years.

In April [-], Yan Xichen led people to cooperate with Du Yachen.The early stage of their cooperation was not pleasant, and they were all quite famous and powerful among the young mercenaries.Before meeting each other, they guessed what kind of person each other would be.

Yan Xichen was beyond Du Yachen's expectation.Du Yachen looked at a handsome and gentle young man like Yan Xichen, with a little childishness that hadn't completely faded away, he looked like some kind of particularly harmless creature.But he was carrying a gun and a cannon on his back. While talking and joking with others, the mast and scull were wiped out, and he was a king of destruction when he picked up a weapon.This feeling is very strange, like greengage on the tree, with a seductive taste in the acid, planting a seed in Du Yachen's heart.

Du Yachen grew up in the fire of swords and guns. He was young at the time, and he smelled like a bastard and scum, and he could smell it from afar.Seeing a handsome man like Yan Xichen, he would always make a few dirty words.

The first time he met Yan Xichen, he looked Yan Xichen up and down, and the first sentence he said was "his butt is up", which made Yan Xichen instantly disillusioned with him, an elite on the single-person employment list.

The second sentence asked him "Are you a virgin", which caused Yan Xichen to bear it no longer and directly gave him a shoulder slap.

Du Yachen didn't fight with him, lying on the ground and smiling at him indecently, the laughter made Yan Xichen's scalp numb and goosebumps all over his body, and he yanked Yan Xichen's ankle again, knocking him down in a blink of an eye Under the body: "I don't know the rules here. In our place, whoever is stronger is the master in the partner."

Of course, Yan Xichen was very excited by him. On the one hand, he felt that this prickly boy treated him like a woman when they first met, and on the other hand, he felt that he was underestimated, so he hit Du Yachen six or seven times on the spot.Only once or twice managed to hold him back.

All in all, the initial cooperation was by no means harmonious.

Du Yachen is always calm, rational, and has the best solution of mercenary awareness in combat.But he is arbitrary, and he always likes to do things that kill first and play later.As for Yan Xichen, who was just in his early twenties, he was impulsive, sensual, emotional, and extremely gentle when he put down his gun. He was exactly the kind of person Du Yachen thought was the least suitable for being a mercenary.

The two had a lot of unhappiness as a result.But it's very strange that they dislike each other, but they are attracted to each other because of some unspeakable charms in each other.

Later, Yan Xichen rescued Du Yachen's brother once at the risk of danger, and then Du Yachen rescued him once.The relationship between the two gradually improved this time, and in the end they were always fighting each other. In addition, they were already attracted to each other, so the relationship naturally became a little delicate.

Yan Xichen still remembers that they were in Japan once, serving sushi as sushi in a red Japanese-style shrine, with ordnance and bullets beside them, warm and violent, unharmonious but comfortable atmosphere.

Du Yachen told him that he was not like any mercenary he had encountered.He is sometimes too gentle, although he is fearless when he picks up the gun, but when he puts down the gun, he becomes soft and has no edges and corners.

"A swift breaks through the wind and rain, thunder and lightning, in order to live under someone's roof... such a feeling." Du Yachen suddenly became poetic in the Japanese romance.

Yan Xichen laughed unsteadily.

"Your skills are not at all like what you can have at such a young age." Yan Xichen prepared the dipping plate and shochu for Du Yachen, sat cross-legged opposite him, put the gun beside him, and teased, "I really want to ask you , how can it always be as precise as a combat machine."

At that time, Du Yachen was happy when he heard this: "Is it a combat machine? I like this name more than dying in the hands of the enemy."

Later, Yan Xichen found out that Du Yachen, as a Chinese, was left on the other side of the Pacific Ocean because of his parents. He was adopted by retired veterans of the Blackwater Corps since he was four years old.He grew up in Blackwater, and it can almost be said that he grew up in the cruel and twisted group of the Mercenary Corps.

His blood was that of a mercenary, cold blood.Because the environment in which he grew up told him, either fight or die, the world is always more cruel than gentle.And the relationship between people is very fragile, only the guns and bullets in your hands will never betray you.

But all this changed after meeting Yan Xichen.

They are very different people, but they gradually became dependent on each other. Du Yachen was gradually amazed by the enthusiasm and hope that Yan Xichen always persisted in, even in the cruel world rules, even if the suffering hurts him. Even bigger, he didn't change a bit because of this.

In the past, he believed that the invisibility of emotions and anger was a powerful capital.After getting to know Yan Xichen, he realized that a powerful person may not need to be protective, and laughing and cursing are completely genuine, because they have enough capital.

They have always kept in touch, and even after the cooperation ended, they made appointments to meet up from time to time.Something secretly grew wildly in the chest, and neither of them pierced it.

All this until the nuclear leak in Kiev --

What happened later was vague, and it seemed that I couldn't remember it clearly.

It seems that after learning about this incident, he will return to Kiev even if he dies, but Du Yachen does not allow it.

Forcibly withdrawn from the memory, Yan Xichen felt that the night was a bit chilly.He turned his head, and the moonlight stared at him coldly.

He lay on Du Yachen's chest, and slowly let his past memories float, letting the memories pass through his body like running water, washing every inch of his skin.

He gradually fell asleep, breathing evenly and muscles relaxing, while the other man opened his eyes in the dark.

His gaze fell on the sleeping man in the darkness, as it had never been before more than a decade ago.

When Yan Xichen woke up the next day, Du Yachen hadn't gotten out of bed yet.He was leaning against the bed and writing with a notebook in his hand. Yan Xichen leaned over and found Du Yachen recording the recent events in Anding District.

Yan Xichen stretched out his hand and lightly covered his notebook. He saw that the writing tip stopped for a moment, and Du Yachen looked down at him.

"What happened to me last night?"

"You want me to tell?" Du Yachen raised his eyebrows and smiled lazily, "Maybe it's because I'm too skilled."

Yan Xichen didn't look away with a shy face like usual, but instead moved his fingers along his hand and took away the pen in his hand, with a meaningful tone: "Then you just went to sleep like that? Didn't you solve it?"

Du Yachen simply closed the notebook, his voice sounded hoarse: "Are you sure you want me to say this early in the morning?"

Yan Xichen laughed, and used his eyes to describe his face, brows and eyes, no matter how you looked at it, it was different from usual.

Du Yachen naturally also noticed the change in him. Compared with him who was a little shy about this kind of topic before, today his eyes are more straightforward, and there is some faint content in it, and there is a little bit of excitement and exclamation that cannot be restrained.

An unexpected possibility soon appeared in Du Yachen's mind.He threw away the notebook, lifted the quilt, turned over and pressed Yan Xichen under him, looking at him with probing eyes.

Yan Xichen met his gaze and reached out to caress his ears and neck.He was still smiling, but his eyes became a little moist: "You chased me once, I chased you once, I think it's fair, I'm not angry with you. I have to say sorry to you, I really made you so sad back then .”

Du Yachen didn't react, he hummed with a nasal sound at first, and the ending sound rose, and then he froze.

Du Yachen raised his head, Yan Xichen saw some kind of ecstasy flashing in Du Yachen's eyes.

Du Yachen leaned on his chest and kissed him deeply, with uncontrollable excitement in his tone: "When did you remember? After ejaculating yesterday?"

Yan Xichen couldn't hear his bluntness, so he covered his mouth: "Well, I remembered a lot of things, including the thing about going to Kiev later! I should have remembered, you bastard, after so many years, see Stand up calmly, restrain your sharpness, but you are the only one with thick skin!"

The black head arched against his chest, Yan Xichen felt itchy and wanted to hide, Du Yachen looked so happy that he was a little unscrupulous.

"But actually I don't remember everything." Yan Xichen stopped Du Yachen from messing around again, and looked at him seriously, "Do you remember the time when the Kiev accident happened? It seems that from this point in time, the subsequent things are remembered again. I don't know."

In [-], the largest nuclear leak in history occurred in Kiev, affecting thirteen cities.As the core, Kiev was reduced to hell on earth, and the world was shocked.

Seven months after the tragedy, it is no longer taboo to discuss it.Some said it was the result of political struggle, others said it was the revenge and price of the war, and more people thought it was just an accident.

Regardless of the nature of the matter, Kiev is considered half of Yan Xichen's home, and the place where he has lived for the past five years is also the place where he has the greatest sense of belonging.

Yan Xichen only remembered that he and Du Yachen were on a mission outside, and it was too late when he heard the news, but he desperately wanted to rush back to Kiev, and Du Yachen couldn't persuade him.No matter how Du Yachen tried hard and soft, Yan Xichen was extremely determined to return to Kiev. In the end, Du Yachen had no choice but to forcibly control Yan Xichen.

Yan Xichen always felt that something was wrong about the fact that he was desperate to go back to Kiev regardless of his life and death.

Even if he had been younger, more impulsive, more emotional, he was by no means stupid.

Why he had to rush back to Kiev at that time always made him feel that there were other reasons behind it.

"I seem to have an impression, but I can't remember exactly. I seem to be going back to meet someone...or save someone."

Du Yachen put his arms around Yan Xichen with one arm, picked up the wine beside the bed and poured himself half a glass: "Although I think you are a little desperate every time you save someone, but I really want to talk about someone who makes you willing to sacrifice your life." , I will still be jealous."

Du Yachen's tone was understated, even teasing him a little bit, Yan Xichen still liked this trick very much, leaned over and rubbed his face: "But I can't remember, it's so uncomfortable."

Du Yachen snorted lightly and took a sip of his wine.

Yan Xichen put his troubles to the back of his mind for the time being: "It turns out that you should have been with me a long time ago. If you tell the truth, I will talk about my relationship after I remember about you. I don't know when I will remember."

Du Yachen touched him face to face: "You are right, you are the most right, okay?"

Yan Xichen rolled happily on the bed. This was the happiest day since he came to the inner world. Even the bizarre world outside couldn't stop him from being elated at the moment.

He decided to temporarily put aside those old memories that tormented him all night and enjoy the sun, white clouds, and new lover.

Yan Xichen even wanted to ask Du Yachen if there is any beautiful scenery in such a strange place in the other world, so they can make a date.

He picked up the cowhide notebook that Du Yachen had thrown on the bed, and opened it curiously.

Du Yachen was dressing beside the bed, and he didn't bother to see him flipping around. He turned his head slightly and looked at Yan Xichen over his shoulder.That gaze seemed to have substance, which was hard to ignore.

Feeling that he was about to be burned by the sight, Yan Xichen rolled half a circle on the bed and wrapped the sheet around his body.He saw "Basilica Theater" written in the upper left corner of the notebook, and circled it for a key reminder.

"What is this?" Yan Xichen clicked on those words.

Du Yachen glanced at it: "The Basilica Grand Theater in District Z, there will be a battle to be fought soon, and there may be another 'key' hidden."

He spoke casually, but Yan Xichen's heart was suddenly turbulent.He jumped off the bed, accidentally stepped on the quilt, and almost tripped, but it was Du Yachen who helped him to stand still.

Yan Xichen remembered that Du Yachen had told him before that Cain's skeleton was a "key", because blowing it up could severely damage the will of space, that is, Cain.Once the spatial order is disrupted, the door to the real world can be opened, because this is when the power of the inner world is weakest.

Now Du Yachen told him that they found another "key".This also means that the door to the real world is likely to be opened again.

In an instant, he threw away the thought of dating just now, and replaced it with another kind of eagerness.

Yan Xichen sat on the bed, picked up Du Yachen who was already dressed and started to tie the gun belt, and closed the notebook with a snap: "Tell me, what are you going to do next?"