Bao Ye

Watchmen pass by outside the wall, the curfew is on, and the lanterns under the eaves silently illuminate a small circle of bluestone roads.

No one in the main courtyard dared to disturb, and the servants stood outside the door, waiting with bated breath.

The wind shakes the plum trees in the courtyard, bringing a faint fragrance, the tired birds return to their nests early, and the spring is cold, but Wen Xinyang doesn't seem to feel the cold at all.

The palms of his hands holding the cane were sweating, and after waiting for a long time, there was no movement in the room, so he closed his eyes helplessly and said, "Do you hate me that much?"

Chi Yunfei opened his eyes under the double gauze tent, tightened his fingers on the bedding, and clenched his teeth tightly.

The bottom of his eyes were moist, and a vague denial came out of his throat, but no one could hear it.

Wen Xinyang supported the door frame with one hand, and said: "Yun Fei, I also hate myself. I hate that I failed to protect you and Yang Yang, I hate that I fell into Zheng Luo's tricks, and I hate that I did nothing when you were being tortured." can not do this……"

His hand on the door was clenched into a fist, almost squeezing out water, his voice was full of remorse and powerlessness: "I have never failed like this before... I killed you and Yangyang, and my crime is unforgivable. You If you have hatred in your heart, come out and beat me until you get rid of the hatred, okay?"

Wen Xinyang has never been so submissive to his colleagues. He said all the good things and piously repented, but there was still no response from the room.

He felt desperate, facing the carved doors and windows that seemed to never be opened, he was even more desperate than he was under the cellar that day.He couldn't see Chi Yunfei's face, couldn't see his eyes, couldn't hear his voice.

They are so close, but they seem to be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.There is no second Zheng Luo that can be used to vent his anger on the other party, so that he can ask Chi Yunfei for forgiveness, he doesn't know what to do.

After a long silence, his injured leg could no longer hold on, and his arms and armpits were sore and numb due to the crutches he was leaning on.There was sweat on his forehead, and he changed his supporting position from time to time, just looking at the dark room without blinking.

He said, "You really don't want to see me?"

"...Aren't you going to see me in your life?"

"Do you hate me that much?"

Chi Yunfei shook his head in the quilt, but he didn't know how to answer.

Wen Xinyang's voice was as pitiful as an abandoned animal through the doors, windows, and gauze: "Are you so cruel?"

Chi Yunfei bit the pillow, and his voice was like a mosquito: "No, no..."

For another moment, there was no movement outside the house.

Chi Yunfei turned back hesitantly, and after waiting for a while, he slowly crawled out of the bed, put on his coat, carefully stepped on the ground with bare feet, and moved a little to the front of the door.

He clung to the door and listened for a while, it was quiet outside, only the sound of the wind remained.

He was disappointed and disappointed but relieved, but he also hadn't seen Wen Xinyang for a long time, and he missed him very much.

He couldn't hold back, hesitantly and slowly pulled the latch, and carefully opened the door a crack.

In the gap, the light of the lantern sprinkled faintly in front of the steps, and there was no one in front of the door.Being rejected so cruelly by myself, the other party is probably also very sad.

Chi Yunfei pursed his lips and waited for a while before fully opening the door. The night wind seemed to have finally found a chance to pour in. Before he could feel the cold, a black figure suddenly rushed over from the side, hugging him and pressing him in. into the door.

boom--

The door was closed.

The house fell into darkness again, the cold wind was isolated from the outside, and the windows and doors slammed back and forth unwillingly.

Wen Xinyang's embrace was so warm, but his cheeks were cold. He held Chi Yunfei tightly with his hands and refused to let go. The crutch fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

Chi Yunfei was stunned for a few seconds, then trembled uncontrollably, and stammered: "No...no...don't..."

He hurriedly wanted to back up and escape, and shouted out of control: "Let go—let go!"

Wen Xinyang hugged him tightly, and kept whispering in his ear: "I don't look at you, I don't look at you! Yunfei! It's very dark here, I can't see you, and you can't see me! Let me hug you , I'll just give you a hug! I don't do anything!"

He whispered eagerly and sadly: "I'll just give you a hug. Yunfei, I miss you very much, I really miss you."

Chi Yunfei was gasping for breath. He couldn't break away from Wen Xinyang, his eyes widened and he looked in the direction of the doors and windows, his teeth chattered like chills.

Wen Xinyang's whole heart was agitated. He had studied abroad and knew that this was a psychological disorder.It is normal for an ordinary person who has not received any training and has never seen so much blood and so many corpses to experience emotional breakdown or even go crazy after undergoing such torture and abuse.

He was afraid that Yun Fei would go crazy, he was afraid that Yun Fei would never recognize him again, he was afraid that no matter what he said from now on, the people in his arms would not notice and would not give him any response.

He was really scared.

Wen Xinyang closed his eyes, his eye sockets were swollen and sore, a hot tear slid down his resolute face and dripped into Chi Yunfei's neck.

He has never cried since he could remember in his short life, but he shed tears for Chi Yunfei twice.

Chi Yunfei seemed to be scalded by the hot tears, and suddenly calmed down. After a while, he slowly stretched out his hand to touch Wen Xinyang's face in the dark, wiped the tear with his fingers, his fingertips twitched slightly, and his voice was hoarse and authentic : "You...were crying?"

Wen Xinyang didn't speak, just breathed heavily and hugged him tighter.

They hid carefully in this darkness, no one could see the other, just listening to each other's breathing, as if they could deceive themselves and others.

Chi Yunfei touched Wen Xinyang's face with both hands, and finally said: "Brother Shen, don't cry."

Wen Xinyang's breathing stopped suddenly, he hadn't heard Chi Yunfei call his name for a long time.

At this moment, the tears couldn't stop like a gate opening. The tall man arched his back slightly, buried his face in Chi Yunfei's shoulder, and cried silently.

Chi Yunfei raised his arms and hugged the man, with a dazed expression, a little dazed, and a little helpless.

He knew something was wrong with him, but he couldn't say why.He couldn't sleep, he could only take a nap during the day, he was afraid of seeing Liu Qingchuan, afraid of seeing Wen Xinyang, afraid of hearing anything related to that day.

He even kept hinting to himself that nothing happened, and he wanted to forget what happened that day, but every time he changed the dressing for the wound, he would be forced to remember it again.

He was terrified of iron tongs, of any sharp metal object, and of seeing fire, and of seeing blood.

Even ordinary red, he was a little scared.

He had never felt that he was such a cowardly person. He could risk his life for Wen Xinyang, but after being saved, he became vulnerable.

During the first few days after waking up, he always felt that he hadn't left the cellar yet.If anyone came in, he would shrink into the quilt in horror, fearing that the other party would drag him out and burn him with iron tongs, and cut off his ears and fingers with a knife.

Occasionally he would feel that he was dreaming again, and when he woke up, he would still be in the cellar, facing endless torture.

It is most difficult in the dead of night.

He could always hear Zheng Luo's laughter, and always felt that someone was grabbing his ankle. When he woke up from the nightmare, and saw the gauze shaking, he suddenly thought it was Zheng Luo standing in front of the bed and looking at him.

Several times, he held his head and screamed heart-piercingly, and his servants rushed in the door, lit the lamp, and kept comforting him.

Wen Xinyang lived next door to him, and was the first to rush in every time, but when he saw Wen Xinyang's face, he screamed even harder.So Wen Xinyang had no choice but to back out and could only guard outside the door.

He needs tranquilizing medicine to fall asleep, and the censer is lit in the room, burning a faint and nice-smelling incense, but he must not be allowed to see a speck of fire.

He thought he might have gone mad.

In the dark night, he was carefully supported by Wen Xinyang and lay down on the bed.

He couldn't see Wen Xinyang's face, so he seemed to feel better.He asked in a daze, "how is your foot?"

Wen Xinyang sat by the bed and helped him tuck the quilt: "It's okay, don't worry."

Chi Yunfei stopped talking and just stared blankly at the top of the bed.

Wen Xinyang held his hand, and the other hand stroked his gauze-wrapped face gently, and helped him straighten his long hair.

Chi Yunfei said in a low voice: "My face is ugly." There was some grievance and sadness in his tone.

Wen Xinyang's heart ached so badly that he could barely breathe, he tried his best to steady his voice and comforted him: "It's not ugly, in my eyes, no one can compare to you."

Chi Yunfei said again: "I'm scared of Yang Yang."

"We're going abroad for treatment, when it's cured, when will we come back." Wen Xinyang said, "Take Yang Yang with you, we'll go abroad to relax."

"...overseas." Chi Yunfei hesitated for a while, "Aren't we at war?"

"With the Jinjiao camp here." Wen Xinyang said, "With my father and uncles here, we will definitely win this battle. From now on, the north and the south will be united, and there will be no more civil wars."

Chi Yunfei nodded, calmed down, and began to feel sleepy.

Wen Xinyang said: "Let me stay here tonight, is that okay? I'll sleep with you?"

Chi Yunfei realized that he would not go crazy if he couldn't see, so he nodded, stretched out his hand and gently grabbed Wen Xinyang's sleeve, with careful nostalgia.

Wen Xinyang's heart softened into a puddle of water, gurgling through his limbs and bones, wishing he could lock him into his own world, so that the other person would no longer have to be afraid of anything.

He carefully slept next to Chi Yunfei and held him in his arms. The familiar smell and warm body temperature made Chi Yunfei's eyebrows relax.The tip of his nose shrugged, smelling the ointment mixed with Wen Xinyang's body, and fell asleep without knowing it.

Early the next morning, birds chirped, and when Chi Yunfei woke up, he found that the people around him had left.The pillows and the bed were still warm, presumably because he had just left, and he was probably afraid that he would get sick again after seeing his face clearly.

Chi Yunfei stared blankly at the sunken pillow for a while, then turned around, lying on the place where Wen Xinyang had slept, and fell asleep next to the undispelled body temperature.

By noon, Chi Yunfei had a good night's sleep, and his spirit improved a lot.

The doctor came to change his wound medicine, he pinched his nose and drank the medicine soup, Yang Yang stuffed two plums to drive away the bitterness.In the past few days, Yang Yang came to watch him on time every day, read him stories from the storybook, told him what happened outside, and the funny stories about Feng Ying and Xiong Lie's quarrel.

Chi Yunfei listened, seeing that Yang Yang's soft face had lost a lot of weight, and knew that the child was not doing well.

Yang Yang is very clingy these days, he can't leave his side for a moment, he has to be hugged when he eats and sleeps, and he often has nightmares at night.

One big and one young drink the same decoction every day, but Yang Yang's portion is much smaller, just like a pair of suffering brothers.

He touched Yang Yang's face distressedly, and said: "Eat more, you will lose weight. The food in the closed city is not to your liking?"

Yang Yang shook his head and nodded again, hesitantly said: "It's not as delicious as home."

Chi Yunfei looked at him: "Can't you eat it?"

Yang Yang peeked at him and picked his fingers: "Brother, aren't you too? You've lost a lot of weight."

He reached out to lift Chi Yunfei's clothes, revealing his skinny body underneath.The ribs are clearly visible.

The young master who was originally a golden branch and jade leaf, who can eat, drink and fight crickets has become like this, even Yang Yang feels distressed: "Brother, every time Dad mentions you, he is always sad, he hasn't smiled for a long time."

Chi Yunfei pursed his lips and bowed his head in silence.

"Let's treat the disease well?" Yang Yang supported his knees, looked up at him, and said wistfully, "It will definitely be cured. Brother, you are not crazy, don't listen to outsiders' nonsense."

Chi Yunfei was taken aback, and tightened the quilt: "You, who did you listen to?"

"People outside..." Yang Yang was very unconvinced, and said earnestly, "Yesterday my mother took me out to buy food, and I heard people in the teahouses on the street talking about it."

The north and the south are fighting. Recently, there have been various news and war reports, and the radio station is also noisy.There were the most gossip in the teahouse troupe, and there were no less than ten versions of Chi Yunfei's story of how a hero rescued a hero.

The more exaggerated and bizarre it was, the more it was spread. Some people also said that the Wen family hired many doctors, and Chi Yunfei suffered a serious brain injury and went crazy.

"Brother is not crazy." Yang Yang said, "Grandpa said he would let us go abroad in a few days, we don't want to listen to those people's nonsense!"

After all, a child is a child. The fresh curiosity about foreign countries has overcome the fear of the past few days, and his mood is much brighter. He asked curiously: "I heard that there are people with blond hair everywhere in foreign countries, is it true?"

Chi Yunfei came back to his senses and shook his head: "I haven't been there either."

"Then let's go and have a look together!" Yang Yang swallowed another plum, so sore that his nose and eyes wrinkled together, very cute, "Where is the foreign country? Where is it?"

Chi Yunfei asked someone to get the world map, and he and Yang Yang identified the map and the country together.

In the afternoon, Commander Wen came after finishing his work.

He was also afraid of irritating Chi Yunfei, so he just stood outside the door and talked, and asked his servants to hand over the safety talisman.

"Your mother asked for it specially, one for you and one for Xinyang." Commander Wen's voice was majestic, but he did not hide his concern, "I have already contacted the doctor, and I will go to Japan first, and then go to the United States. Don't worry about domestic affairs. Come back when you recover, your parents have already agreed."

Commander Wen paused, and said, "Should I give them a call? They are very worried about you."

Chi Yunfei held the peace talisman, touched the delicate embroidery with his fingers, his eyes were moist, and said in a hoarse voice: "My mother, how is my mother? Are you okay?"

"..." Commander Wen wanted to say it's all right, but we are all a family, so what's the point of hiding it like this?

He sighed and said: "After hearing about your incident, I fainted twice and cried once. Your elder brother rushed to Fengcheng as soon as he got the letter. Recently, troops are being deployed everywhere on the road. It's very chaotic. He can't walk fast. It is estimated that it will arrive in two days."

Chi Yunfei's heart was stuffy and his mouth was bitter, so he picked up a plum and put it in his mouth.

He said: "... Where is my father?"

"Your father didn't say anything, but he was sick for a while, and he didn't go to the bank for several days." Commander Wen said, "But it's nothing serious. I sent the best doctor to guard them. Don't worry. You The most important thing now is to take care of your body, and they will feel at ease when you are well."

Chi Yunfei nodded, realizing that the commander outside the door could not see, and said in a hoarse voice, "Okay. Thank you, dad."

"I should thank you." Commander Wen sighed, "If it wasn't for you this time, both Xinyang and Yangyang would be in danger. You need to get better sooner, for yourself, for your parents, and for Xinyang. You are still young , the days to come will be long."

Chi Yunfei held the peace talisman in his palm, put it under his nose and sniffed it gently, there was a faint smell of incense belonging to the temple.

He closed his eyes and said softly, "Okay."