[Net King] one step away

0,

The cannon fire grew louder.

The rickety oil lamp in the tent barely served as a surgical lamp, and was smashed to the ground not far from the stretcher under the heat wave that lifted the tent door a few minutes ago.

Fortunately, the sky is getting brighter.Without the shelter of the tent door, natural light replaced the oil lamp that had been in service all night.

Liu Sheng's face was covered with sweat.

His face was pale and his eyes were sore.The vision blurred in bursts as sweat hung on the eyelashes.

This blurred vision is almost fatal in an operation.

But here, no one counts that.

Neither did Liu Sheng himself.

He has no assistants, so no one can bring various surgical tools for him—nor here, the scalpel he brought is the only “resource” left.

The needles and threads on the low table made of broken tents beside him were kindly presented by war reporters who appeared in this temporary station not long ago.He used these needles and threads to save two disemboweled men, who returned to the arms of God in the attack not long after.

Liu Sheng couldn't help thinking at the time, is his persistence really meaningful?

But now he doesn't think about it.

He would only use the ordinary sewing needles originally used for sewing and only a small coil of cotton thread on the wounded who were sent to his "temporary operating room".

All he could do was this—cut off the rotting flesh of the wound, stop the bleeding with all means (even some folk remedies he scoffed at while reading), sprinkle a little herbal medicine, and finally sew up.

The rest follow God's arrangement.

Antibiotics that can reduce inflammation are very valuable. If you use them less, you won’t use them if you don’t disembowel your body and break your arms and legs.

But Yagyu didn't believe in God.

He is a rebel.

Although it's completely invisible from the outside.

He has no faith, and believes that matter makes consciousness.

He was tired of the so-called "elite life", so after telling his family that he planned to apply for a medical doctor's degree, he first applied to the school for gapyear, and then applied for a quota for African medical assistance.Of course, he can only go through volunteer channels instead of regular hospital medical assistance.But only volunteers will be involved in the most dangerous areas, and even in the name of "ideal", they can go to the position closest to the artillery fire in theory.

So now he stands here.

The round of bombardment ended when the sun jumped completely over the horizon.

Liu Sheng was almost deaf, and his tinnitus was mild and severe at times, but fortunately, he did not bleed, and he could recover after a few hours of rest.

He finally had time to wipe off his sweat.

Another volunteer who also came to the station came in from outside the tent: "Mr. Liu Sheng, do you still have enough herbs?"

Liu Sheng glanced at the seriously wounded man he had saved all night.

He couldn't hear the volunteer's voice very clearly, but he could guess what the volunteer meant by looking at his mouth shape (this gentleman probably also spoke in decibels of "roar", bombing can make everyone deaf).

He pointed to the basket next to him and shook his head.

The volunteer turned and walked out knowingly.

Liu Sheng stood there for a while.

The oblique angle of the sun almost spread to his feet.

Then a voice came from the door, and it penetrated clearly into his cochlea as if the heavy cloth curtain covering his ears was pushed aside.

"Willow."

Yagyu saw the men who had sent the seriously wounded to his tent.

The military uniform of the rebels, the too conspicuous silver hair, and the well-protected camera.

I will repay your needlework favor.

That's what he meant to say.

But his throat was against his will.

His frowning brows unknowingly stretched out, in the untimely smile of the person in front of him who was behind the light.

"He's fine," he said.

So the silver-haired man breathed a sigh of relief, holding the camera with one hand and leaning slightly against the broken tent door with his back slightly arched.

"Thanks, Doctor."

1,

The special tourist line to Antarctica has gradually become a new hot tourist route in recent years.Some people with extra money naturally pursue more extreme "beauty" after experiencing the "cookie-cutter" natural landscapes such as sunny beaches, forests and canyons.The development and exploration of the polar regions by human beings has also stimulated the curiosity of these people.

Of course, those who want to conquer nature with their own strength will not participate in such superficial tour groups.However, there are still many people who take a quick look at the flowers, so this special tourist line is becoming more and more popular every year.

Yagyu boarded the cruise ship with his luggage.

The booked single suite is no different from a star hotel. If you close the bed curtain by the window, you will not even realize that you are already at sea when the window is not open.

Liu Sheng paused at the door, pushed the box into the door and closed the door behind his back.He put the box behind the door, stepped forward and opened the window.So the noise on the deck and the faint smell of salt water poured in through the window together.

Liu Sheng showed a dazed expression at this moment.

He let out a breath, looking a little tired, but when he walked to the window to take a deep breath, he showed a relieved look.

This smell is very familiar to him.Living in a seaside city like Kanagawa, you will naturally know nothing about the taste of the sea and sea breeze.But at this moment, he felt that this smell was very strange.

The sea in the southern hemisphere is different from the sea in the northern hemisphere.

Yagyu has not been home for too long, and it has been too long that he has no free time to stop by the coastline.

In the six years of middle school, he saw all kinds of seas when he went to and from school along the coastline every day.

When the weather is good, the morning glow will dye half of the sea red, so the gorgeous, bright red and pink colors are connected with the pure blue in the field of vision like a special rainbow.Occasionally there will be fog.

The afternoon sun will sprinkle gold leaf-like debris on the sea, dazzling like stars in the daytime.

Half of the time at night the sea surface is quiet, reflecting the nearby lighthouse and the feasting lights in the distance.

How beautiful it is.

But when Yagyu walked alone on that section of coastline, he would not stop for such a scene.

He will "forced" to slow down when only one other person is walking with him.

"You can see it every day." He complained.

"But it's still beautiful." His companions were rarely so frank, "You think so, too."

"Do not."

"puri." The companion sneered unceremoniously, "then why do you slow down?"

"We walk together."

"Are you a middle school girl who always walks with others when going to the bathroom?"

"Speak carefully, King Ren." Liu Sheng frowned slightly, "Be more serious about your partner."

"Don't be like Sanada, the tone of the lecture is terrible."

Thinking about it carefully, back then I could see each other every day during training, I had more than three doubles training sessions a week, I often made appointments with colleagues to go to and from school, and I made phone calls every night. Chatting, they are doing their homework with Lianmai during the small class time, probably the "middle school girls who have to go to the toilet together" in the complaints are exaggerated.

2,

A day earlier, while hanging out in San Diego on the schedule of a tour group (or "visiting" with a group of strangers at the "request" of his guide), he suddenly felt alone.

Wonderful.

He was clearly in the crowd, with his theoretical "traveling companions," surrounded by San Diego residents (a group of Asians were also conspicuous) who cast curious glances at them with some enthusiasm.

But he feels lonely.

Same now.

He was theoretically comfortable and quiet in the room, and the laughter of the travelers on the deck came from outside the window.

But the hustle and bustle is theirs.

He is just himself.

This sense of loneliness has often accompanied him in the past six months.

Perhaps it is more accurate to say that from the moment he left Africa, he felt alone.

He remembered that the day he got on the plane, he wanted to wait for someone.We agreed to meet that day.

But that person didn't come.

3,

Meeting again on that barren land was something Yagyu never expected.

Seven years have passed since I was in middle school when I had to call every day.

After graduating from high school, he chose to study abroad, and has lost contact since then.

In order to apply for clinical medicine admission qualifications, he re-enrolled in a British high school to take the A-LEVEL exam (in fact, if he hadn’t been abducted into the tennis club by someone in an accident when he was in junior high school, his high school life in Japan would have There should only be one year), and it was almost isolated from the outside world that it was successfully admitted to the Cambridge Medical School.

After three years of undergraduate courses and two years of internship, he obtained the qualification of practicing physician after graduation.

The heavy study and practice made him seldom think of things in middle school.Those freedom, running and sunshine seem to exist only in dreams, while the reality is disinfectant water and laboratories.

Although this is the life goal that he has set long ago, Liu Sheng still feels that this cannot be done.

He reached a tipping point.

He stayed in the peaceful northern Africa for a while, and after adapting to the dry and hot sunshine that he hadn't touched for seven years, he chose to go all the way east.

Blood, poverty, and madness.

The notorious Somalia was unfolded in front of him like this.

It turns out that field doctors are like this.

After going through the process of "medical assistance" with insufficient medicines and equipment, Liu Sheng finally broke himself as if floating in mid-air (although he did not think that he was "arrogant" during his internship in the hospital), and reborn Landed on the wasteland.

Then that morning, the dilapidated pickup truck stopped in front of a station similar to a civilian village with material support that was said to be transported from North Africa.

A silver-haired man in a camouflage jacket and overalls jumped out of the car.

4,

"I'm just here to photograph lions," said someone he once knew very well. "By the way, I'm helping drive something."

"It's dangerous here." Liu Sheng said with a frown.

"There's a lot of new material, too."

The silver-haired man smiled with constant danger and sarcasm.If Liu Sheng didn't know him well enough, he would even mock him because of the person in front of him.But he knows him.He knew that this man was just aroused to the risk factor in his bones.

And he has nothing that can stop him.

5,

This is fate.

Yagyu thought so when he took the needle and thread from Masaharu Nioh.

6,

The boat sailed.

The entire journey from Ushuaia to the Antarctic Peninsula, including round trip, takes eighteen days.

On the way, we will stop in some straits and bays of the Antarctic Peninsula. There will also be plans to land on islands where penguins live, and we will pass through South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.

Just can't see the aurora.

Yagyu didn't know this until he signed up for a tour group.

If you want to see the aurora, the North Pole is much easier than the South Pole.Several famous cities in Northern Europe have places where you can see the aurora.And if you want to see the Southern Lights, you should go to Tasmania, Australia.

Really cheated by that guy.

fraud.

Turning around, Liu Sheng felt that his slander was unreasonable.It's strange that fraudsters don't lie to people.Being able to be deceived in this kind of natural science can only show that one's knowledge is insufficient.

A man who is called a gentleman has enough self-restraint.

But after self-reflection, Liu Sheng was still very angry.

It doesn't really make sense, but...

"Liar." Liu Sheng whispered to himself while facing the search engine.

7,

"It's so hot." A person who had "sunshine phobia" when he was young, hid in the dilapidated tent belonging to Yagyu, huddled in the corner like a boneless, holding the camera and adjusting it.

There was no bombing or armed conflict that day, it was very quiet.

So most of the people in the village went out to look for survival resources.

As a doctor, Liu Sheng was free.

He looked at Nioh holding the camera, curious: "What did you take?"

"I didn't shoot anything." Nioh said in a complaining tone, "I'm not very good at taking pictures of people."

"Oh?"

"I really just wanted to shoot lions." King Ni raised his head and smiled at Liu Sheng, "Don't you believe me?"

Liu Sheng snorted softly, but didn't reply.

And Nioh stopped fiddling with his camera.

"I'm leaving tomorrow." He said, "I should see you again, here."

"...Don't be too courageous, you."

"Puri." King Ni narrowed his eyes slightly.He looked at Liu Sheng for a while in the sunlight, and suddenly said, "I don't like this place very much."

Of course it is.Yagyu thought.

"I want to go to Antarctica to see the snow, see the icebergs, and see the aurora." The always willful person said endlessly, "We haven't seen the sea together for a long time. The southern hemisphere is the sea."

It's rare for this person who loves the new and dislikes the old to be so attached to one thing.

Yagyu looked at Nioh's calm side face, and suddenly looked forward to it.

8,

Yagyu still came to San Diego, carrying his luggage, intending to give his gapyear a satisfactory ending.

Apart from the aurora, sightseeing in Antarctica is indeed worth looking forward to.

All the unseen scenery is worth looking forward to.

It's just that he still has some regrets.

If only there could be a perfect encounter...

Tsk, what are you thinking.

Liu Sheng curled his lips in a self-deprecating manner, feeling that he was really infatuated.

9,

If I can foresee that I will have such weak thoughts one day, then before the first parting, I should be more reckless and say something out of line.

But it is clear that in the first two years, there is very little nostalgia.So much so that he did misunderstand, the "heartbeat" he thought was just an illusion.

10,

That is ambiguous.

Liu Sheng understood very well.

With the daily telephone connection for several years, even the male and female friends in the relationship may not be as close as they are.

When arguing, he also speaks bad words.The degree of clarity is not too much, but it still hurts my heart.

I want to hold on, to cover up all the emotions given by the other party perfectly, but there will always be flaws.

It's too special, another person who exists under the name of partner.

One thing is reassuring.

Such responses are not one-way.

So even the ambiguity is tacit.

Will such a relationship have a future?

Liu Yu was not sure.

So did another person, apparently.

So none of them said anything, let time go forward, and let each other go their separate ways.

— until we meet again.

11,

Sailing at sea is actually a bit boring.

Part of the time is not allowed to leave the cabin, which is not very safe.

In the other part of the time, the guide will lead the tourists on board to visit some historically significant landing sites.The landing point in the glacier area is not fixed, but depends on the weather and ice conditions.

Liu Sheng also gradually relaxed during the journey.

Yeah, he's here to enjoy life.

Why are you still worrying about another person.

Despite reminding himself so much, at night he would occasionally dream of sporadic scenes under the scorching East African sun a few months ago.

For example, in daylight, with the sound of bombing as the background, talking about the meaning of life.

The man said that there is no difference between man and beast.

Yagyu himself refuted this.He said, I can save some injured humans, but I cannot save injured lions.

The silver-haired man laughed and said, is this the dignity of a doctor?

Here, doctors have no dignity.Liu Sheng shook his head and said so.

Another example is the firefly in a mineral water bottle that was caught by that person and sent to him on a quiet night.

What a waste, Nioh-kun.

Isn't it beautiful?Like a miracle of life.

It turns out you're a romantic.

Puri~

Every conversation they have as adults seems to have a subtext.

But neither of them made up their minds to put their true heart into words.

Next time we meet, say something.

Willow always thought this way when he woke up.

Then he remembered the farewell he had said months ago, which hadn't materialized.

12,

The ship soon sailed to South Georgia Island.

"Another expedition ship will stay here in the past two days." The tour guide said, "You can make friends with the tourists over there."

To make friends?

While observing the king penguin, Yagyu saw the man who had troubled him for months.

This is not fate, this is evil fate.He couldn't help thinking about it.

Then he met the eyes of the person who turned his head.

13,

"You're angry?"

The tourists who visited sat together, in twos and threes.

Nioh sat next to Yagyu as a matter of course.

Of course, he could detect some dissatisfaction from Liu Sheng's calm expression, and he could understand the reason after thinking about it.

"I didn't mean it." He raised his hands innocently, "I really planned to see you off, but I didn't catch the plane."

"We agreed on the time in advance," Liu Sheng said.

King Ni touched his nose: "I thought I could catch up with... puri."

Liu Sheng thought "Where did you go that day?" This kind of question was too resentful.

He felt that he should be more generous.

"Forgive you," he said.

After speaking, Liu Sheng felt a little annoyed.

He saw Niwang laughing.

"Well, Yagyu, you are much cuter now than before."

"Speak carefully, King Ren."

14,

They watched king penguins together.

In other words, he watched Nioh set up the tripod and aimed at the penguins in a rather professional manner.

"Speaking of which, I never asked, are you a photographer now?"

"Probably." King Ni bent over, "Amateur."

"It doesn't look like it." Liu Sheng said.

"Do you know what my major is in college?"

"I don't know, it can't be the art department, right?"

"Don't look down on people." Niwang said casually, "But you are right, I study design."

"Is this considered changing careers after graduation?"

"It was the editor-in-chief of the magazine who discovered my hidden talent and decided to let me shine in another field."

There was a smile in King Ni's words, which made Liu Sheng bend his lips involuntarily.Of course he wouldn't take Nioh's words seriously.He didn't chat to chat with Niwang originally.

His line of sight should theoretically focus on the penguin not far away.

But God knows, his slight interest in penguins is completely outweighed by his interest in the people who photograph them.

"It's scary, the look in your eyes." King Ni didn't turn his head, and his tone was teasing, "Are you in love with me, Bilushi?"

Liu Sheng's heartbeat speeded up in vain, but at that second, it quickly fell back.

When they actually met each other, he was no longer anxious, nor worried about gains and losses.

They are always evenly matched "partners".

He looked at Nioh's silver hair that seemed to be integrated with the glacier.

Only the ends of her hair hang over the edges of her hat and padded jacket, like snow falling on her shoulders.

Follow your inner guidance.

Liu Sheng took a few steps forward.

Nioh, who didn't hear the reply, was actually sweating a little.When he turned his head to cover up his hesitation, he met Liu Sheng's face who was close at hand.

His eyes widened.

15,

The kiss was as light as if it never happened.

It is lighter than snow falling on the lips.

But such a light kiss seemed to last for a century.

Nioh took a step back in surprise.

He pressed the switch of the camera on the tripod by mistake, and the sound of taking pictures brought him back to his sanity.

He stared at Liu Sheng, as if confirming something.

And Liu Sheng stretched out his hand, and naturally brushed the broken hair on King Li Ren's ear.

"What about you, are you in love with me?"

16,

Later, Nioh left a message to his colleagues from the magazine and the tour guide on the ship who completed the trip together.

He boarded the boat that Yagyu was on.

The moment the door of the room closed, the two hugged each other naturally, like two bears hugging each other for warmth.

The jacket that blocks the wind is too thick, and I can't even feel the body temperature.

This made the two of them look at each other and laughed at the same time.

17,

There was a scar on Nioh's shoulder, and Yagyu knew it was caused by the penetration of a bullet.

"You went to the front line of the war zone." He said firmly.

He had arrived in North Africa a few months ago, and when he was about to leave the continent by plane, he heard the news of the renewed dispute in Somalia.

This is commonplace, and Liu Sheng is not surprised.

But then he had a hunch.

He thought that there was a high probability that someone would miss the appointment.

"Since we've come to this place, we should take some pictures."

On the day they agreed to meet at the airport, Nioh held the camera and said so.

And Liu Sheng sorted out the herbs in the tent: "You've seen it before, haven't you? By the way, the person you sent over..."

"I will take him away today." Nioh stood up and stretched his limbs, "Thanks, Yagyu."

It was a Japanese, and Nioh said he was a colleague when he sent it.

Liu Sheng almost used up the anti-inflammatory drugs he brought before he was able to save his life from death.

Also just one life.

And when that person woke up, he touched his side subconsciously, and then showed a disappointed expression: "The photo..."

At that moment, Liu Sheng had expected something.

He knows Nioh too well.

That person was much softer than others thought.

And the moment finally came.

Yagyu raised his head and watched Nioh stand up and walk out of the tent.

He wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

18,

Niwang rolled over and got out of bed.

He found his camera and rummaged through it, pressing the button.

"What's wrong?" Willow asked.

"found it."

Liu Sheng lowered his head.

In the viewfinder of the camera in front of him is a map of the starry sky.

But the starry sky in the picture was not what he could see when he raised his head in his impression, it was the starry sky shining with stars in the night.

Like a nebula, bright colors cover half of the night sky.

It's a miracle.

"The aurora was photographed two days ago." King Ni said, "It would be nice if you were here at that time."

19,

This is a confession.

20,

The cruise ship is leaving South Georgia.

The tour groups on both sides will also be separated.

Their routes are opposite, the starting point is the end point of each other.

"But we will meet again," Yagyu said.

"puri."

It was a complete farewell, and Yagyu was slightly overjoyed.

The loneliness that had plagued him for months was gone, though he would be alone now, and for some time to come.

Maybe more than a while.

None of them mentioned the topic of "together", after each expressed their love in their own ways.

But that's the bond between the two of them.

Involved with each other, but still free.

Because, people who love each other and are destined to be entangled with each other will always meet.

in any corner of the world.