Mountains and seas have a home

When Ji Yao woke up, it was still dark and the sun would not rise.He turned over, the blanket and quilt on his body made him a little sweaty, Ji Yao lifted the blanket, the cool morning chill made him shiver, and he felt comfortable all over.There are glowing lights flying outside the dark room, like stars, but Ji Yao knows it's fake.He lay on the bed with his eyes open, and he, who had just escaped from a long sleep, inevitably showed fatigue.

He looked at the pillow next to him. The pillowcase was smooth and flat, as if it had been empty all night.Ji Yao stretched his hand over there, there was still a little bit of residual warmth in the bed, but it was no different from ice cold.Fu Zhong got up early and left quietly.

A strange sense of loss and loneliness struck him, Ji Yao became more and more irritable as he thought about it, he buried his head in the pillow and covered it hard.After venting, he habitually touched the head of the bed, found the phone, opened it, and found that it was 09:30 in the morning.

It has been three hours since the reveille was blown, Ji Yao reluctantly let go, planning to smash the jar.At this time, someone called in, and seeing that it was Shanhua, Ji Yao answered, "Just got up, what's the matter?"

"God, you just got up? Santu, do you know that there is a regular meeting today?"

"I know. Is the regular meeting over? Points are deducted, it doesn't matter." Ji Yao sat up from the bed, buried her head, and straightened her hair back.

Shanhua said kindly: "The regular meeting has just ended, there is nothing important, the main thing is to talk about the daily management of the time bureau. You were absent from the meeting, and the minister told you to go to his office at noon, and you will consciously go to receive the punishment."

Ji Yao was silent for a while, curled the corner of her mouth, closed her eyes and rubbed her eyeballs: "Understood, thank you for conveying."

He hung up the phone and threw the phone aside, then he seemed to remember something, took out the phone and looked at the chat box between him and Fu Zhong, but Fu Zhong didn't send him a message.Ji Yao held his breath in his chest, and now he completely threw away the phone.He turned up the pillow and put it behind his waist, stretched out his long arms and took the dark green glass cigarette case on the cabinet, took a thin cigarette and touched the lid.

Unhurriedly lighting the cigarette butt, he leaned on the soft pillow and smoked by himself.The smog filled the dark room with only the flickering light of the cigarette butt. Through the smog, he vaguely saw someone's reflection.

Fu Zhong got up at six o'clock for morning training.The first is quality training, and then chanting and running circles.After running, he was sweating all over. As soon as he took off his coat, Chen Wei threw the towel that smelled bad after wiping off his sweat on Fu Zhong's head.Fu Zhong was furious, pulled off the towel and tied Chen Wei's head, making him scream strangely.Chen Wei yelled and yelled, twisting his flexible body to break free from Fu Zhong's grasp, while Wu Ye and Ba Pang next to him laughed and stretched out their hands to touch his ass.Fu Zhong loosened the towel and did not forget to patch Chen Wei's buttocks.

"Fugou, let me tell you something." Chen Wei took a sip of light salt water, and said while stepping on the barbell used to train one-armed horizontal raises, "I called you last night, why did Ji Yao answer it?"

Fu Zhong raised his eyelids and stared at Chen Wei's face, trying to make a hole in him: "He asked me to help with shopping, so I went, and I forgot to bring my phone with me. So you should know what it is Is something wrong? You just made a call, and he just picked it up. Stop your messy guesses, my mobile phone was not confiscated, and I'm not a heartthrob."

Chen Wei's eyes widened, he quickly ran to sit down beside Fu Zhong, and put his hands on his knees: "It was so late yesterday, and the chief ordered you to do this or that?"

This time, Fu Zhong didn't speak. He smiled and unscrewed the bottle cap of the light salt water, and raised his neck to take a sip.Ba Pang patted Lin Cheng next to him: "Sixth Brother, didn't you say that Seventh Brother's mobile phone was confiscated because of flirting?"

"Wait a minute, I am sixth, Fugou is seventh, and you are eighth. Why am I the sixth brother and he is the seventh brother?"

"Does it matter?"

Fu Zhong plucked Lin Cheng's hair with a smile, Ba Pang picked Lin Cheng up and shook him in a circle.Chen Wei whistled contentedly at the side, the rest time after morning exercise is always so beautiful!A few people walked over from the other side of the runway, and they saw the signs as operators of the Internal Investigation Section.Lisuo's female operator came over, she spread out the folder, and examined the group of people one by one.The operators of the investigation department all have a pair of eagle eyes and a shark-like face.Finally, she called Fu Zhong's name and asked him to leave for the minister's office immediately.

"Chen Gou, I'm going to the office. If there is a roll call, tell me." Fu Zhong threw the water bottle to Chen Wei, took off the coat hanging on the railing and put it on his body, "Remember to explain the situation to me , I don’t want to come back and get a ticket.”

Chen Wei hummed, nodded, and raised the water bottle in his hand towards him.Fu Zhong tied up the belt of his coat and walked to the outside of the training ground along a concrete road full of Danish grass. His long legs were particularly eye-catching.Chen Wei and his good friends squinted their eyes to watch Fu Zhong go away, and then these guys made a fuss again, and cheerful laughter could be heard all the time on the training ground.

Ji Yao put on his robe and went into the bathroom, the sensor light automatically turned on, illuminating him who was extremely tired in the mirror.Ji Yao doesn't sleep well, no matter how long he sleeps, he will always feel tired after waking up.This kind of fatigue has been with him for many days, but Ji Yao has not yet adapted.He looked up after washing his face and saw that the scars that had been covered up were exposed.He touched and slammed the bathroom door angrily.

After putting on his uniform, he went to the kitchen, and upon entering the door, he caught a glimpse of a bright green sticky note on the refrigerator.Ji Yao stopped, took off the sticky note and looked at it, the name left was Fu Zhong.

— Chief, there are fresh strawberries in the refrigerator, I just bought them last night, remember to eat them quickly.

He looked at the note and laughed, his eyes were crooked, and his frown was loosened.Ji Yao opened the refrigerator and took out the strawberry basket, picked the one with the reddest and brightest skin and put it in his mouth, the sweet juice seeped into his lips and teeth, until it penetrated to the deepest part of his heart.Smelling the sweet aroma of strawberries, he ate four or five in a row before walking out the door contentedly.Along the way, he was reminiscing about this rare sweetness, and the fruit Fu Zhong bought was the best.

He happily went to collect the penalty and ran around the playground.He didn't go to the gymnasium where the teachers were training for fear of embarrassment.After finishing the work, he stopped by to inspect the training ground. He is now the leader of the group, and one of his duties is to supervise the daily training norms of the executive department.Ji Yao drove in from the gate of the training base in an open jeep, and he could hear "Hello, Chief" wherever he passed.

Ji Yao went to the squadron where Fu Zhong trained, and he parked his car outside the 11th training ground.

"Line up! Roll call." Ji Yao took the sign-in booklet from the squadron leader, spread his legs shoulder-width apart, stood in front of the executive officers who had lined up in the phalanx, and glanced at them.

"0126!"

"To!"

"0367!"

"To!"

......

"0578!"

No one should.

Ji Yao raised his eyelids to look at the team, raised his voice and shouted again: "0578! Where is 0578?!"

"Report to the chief, 0256, Chen Wei, I have something to say!"

Ji Yao called the man out and asked him what he wanted to say.Chen Wei was a little nervous to face the chief, after all, he still vividly remembered the phone call yesterday.Chen Wei stood at attention before saluting, and reported: "0578 went to the office of the executive department!"

"Why doesn't he come to practice and go to the office?" Ji Yao didn't go to see Chen Wei, he closed the sign-in booklet and pinned the fountain pen to the folder.

"I don't know. Someone from the office came to ask him to go."

Hearing this, she stepped on her heel silently, and Ji Yao lightly waved Chen Wei to return to the team.He opened the sign-in booklet again, and ticked off the last "0578" number, which means "all attendees".

Fu Zhong was sitting at the desk of the head of the executive department. The minister was wearing glasses and looking at the computer screen. He seemed very busy and asked Fu Zhong to wait.Fu Zhong sat with his back straight, looked around, and saw "Regular Meeting Sign-in Form" written on the folder opened on the desk.Fu Zhong secretly looked at the sign-in form, the number one, two, three and four came down, and the second one on the top was 0002, which was Ji Yao's number, with a small tick on the back.Just as he was about to continue reading, the minister turned his chair, packed away the folders, and took away the sign-in form.

"You sent us an application form at 12:40 last night. I want to confirm with you." The minister pushed his glasses and pulled out a piece of paper from under the printer.

Fu Zhong nodded.The minister browsed through the information and asked: "Why did you apply for the 'backtracking' program?"

"Because we have to think about the future of mankind, and the 'backtracking plan' gives us room for thinking."

"But this plan was just proposed yesterday, and you were the first to fill out the self-recommendation application form. In these short hours, have you figured out why you want to do this?" The minister sat Looking at Fu Zhong with kind eyes behind the table.

Dark green velvet curtains hung in the office, and the oil paintings on the walls gave off a soft glow.There is a mellow bitter aroma here, the aroma of coffee permeating into the cracks of the wood over the years.Fu Zhong put his hands on his knees and looked at the minister calmly. He did not forget the etiquette taught by the Time Bureau: "It's not just these few hours. I wanted to do this a long time ago. I don't think human beings should live in In the dark. 'Project Backtracking' is a good chance to realize my dream, so I'm determined."

He didn't say that Ji Yao asked him to participate in the plan, he didn't mention it at all.What Fu Zhong said is the truth, he does have such a great ideal in his heart, and he feels that he should muster up the courage to do it.Ideal has nothing to do with age, how good it is to live in the world, no matter what you have to do an earth-shattering feat!

The white-haired minister nodded thoughtfully, and Fu Zhong's attitude left a good impression on him—he was not without ridicule towards the world, but he was also full of fighting spirit.The buzzer on the desk rang, the minister turned on the loudspeaker, and heard the secretary say that 0002 was coming to report.

The minister's face fell, and Fu Zhong noticed this.The minister blocked the man back to the buzzer: "I still have something to do, tell him to wait outside."

Hearing the number 0002, Fu Zhong looked back, but saw nothing, the wall of the office blocked his sight.He knew that Ji Yao was right outside the door, and he could see him when he walked out.

"I know you care about your chief, just like in the past three months, you have written several applications to visit Ji Yao in Chengdu Medical Center, and we have approved them all. I want to ask you why Why do you care so much about him?"

Fu Zhong smiled and replied calmly: "He is my officer, he cares about me and takes care of me. Of course I can do anything for him."

When he said this, Ji Yao was standing outside the door, and he didn't hear anything.Ji Yao focused his eyes on the paintings on both sides of the corridor, his mind was boundlessly thinking about some bizarre things, thinking about the symbol inside the door, thinking about himself.

"Ji Yao has not been in the time bureau for four whole years, and you may not have seen him, why do you think he takes good care of you?"

"I was specially approved by Chief Ji to come in, so I always thank him very much." Fu Zhong said, he calmly faced the problems raised by the minister, "I am good at keeping the favor in mind, even if it is just a little bit."

Fu Zhong didn't say what he really thought. To him, Ji Yao couldn't be summed up in just one or two sentences.Some words were on the verge of coming out of his mouth, Fu Zhong wanted to say it and tell the world, but he still suppressed those words.

The minister didn't say anything else, he packed up the application form and put it in the storage bag.After Fu Zhong said goodbye, the minister called Ji Yao in.After the door was opened, the two met at the door. Ji Yao was a little embarrassed because he came here to be trained.Fu Zhong kept a normal distance from him, and then saluted according to the rules.Fu Zhong smiled at Ji Yao, which made Ji Yao's embarrassment more complicated.Ji Yao hurried in, and the secretary closed the door afterward.

Fu Zhong couldn't hear anything in the office, but he was in no hurry to leave.The coffee machine was placed in a small hall next to the office. Fu Zhong went to get some hot water and pressed the "brew" button repeatedly.He was trying to buy time and try not to look deliberate.There were several people sitting in the small hall talking, and occasionally someone looked towards Fu Zhong.Fu Zhong deliberately went to the window to look at the flowers, shaking the cup of hot water to let it cool down. In fact, all his attention was on the door of the minister's office.

The sumac clattered and shook the canopy, and Ji Yao opened the door and came out.He habitually walked to the small hall, intending to make himself a cup of coffee there.Ji Yao met Fu Zhong by the window, he was depressed for a moment, he suddenly got better, and gave Fu Zhong a look of annoyance: "Why don't you go to train here?"

Fu Zhong pointed to the clock, it is now 11:45, a beautiful lunch break, and the afternoon is for theoretical study.Ji Yao lost his temper by him, so he went and poured coffee beans into the machine to brew.Just now Minister Cai's lecture still made his eardrums buzz, Ji Yao shook his head gloomily, trying to drive out all those annoying bad emotions.Fu Zhong had been waiting by the side, and Ji Yao crossed his arms and asked him, "What are you doing standing here?"

"Wait for you. The tallow tree downstairs is beautiful with its leaves falling, let's go together."

These sincere words stunned Ji Yao, what kind of heart can say such words frankly, and look at herself with sincere eyes that cannot be rejected?He couldn't figure it out, but when Fu Zhong came, his thinking was disrupted, and his heart was pounding.

Fu Zhong didn't wait for Ji Yao's answer, and didn't hear him say yes or no, but Fu Zhong tacitly agreed to the proposal.He looked happily at the autumn scenery in the darkness, the sky was so high and far away, it urgently needed light to illuminate it!

"Is the chief up late today?" Fu Zhong asked, walking downstairs with Ji Yao.

Ji Yao raised his eyebrows and patted Fu Zhong's head, scolding: "Why didn't you wake me up? You left early, leaving me asleep alone?"

"I'm afraid something will happen after I wake you up. Your mood is not very stable yet, so you need to be cautious." Fu Zhong stopped on the steps and looked back at Ji Yao, "I'm sorry, sir, I won't do it next time .”

"Where is the next time?"

Fu Zhong stopped talking.He suddenly remembered the way Ji Yao curled up on the sofa and fell asleep yesterday, and his voice calling out to him in a sleepy state.He is so charming that people just want to stay in the same room with him and never leave him, for decades or hundreds of years.

Ji Yao was captivated by Fu Zhong's eyes, and in those eyes he saw something that he couldn't even imagine.Ji Yao went downstairs in a panic, Fu Zhong caught up with him, took his arm, and proposed to have lunch together.

There were voices on the stairs, and someone was walking down the stairs, talking and laughing.Afraid that people would see Fu Zhong holding his hand, Ji Yao quickly tore his arm away.Fu Zhong was staggered, almost stepped on the air, and hit the corner of the railing with his waist, causing him to gasp in pain.

The people on the stairs came down and saluted Ji Yao.After they left, Ji Yao hurriedly went up to check, Fu Zhong didn't resist, he obediently asked Ji Yao to lift a corner of his shirt, revealing half of his waist.The impact just now was not light, and it left a black and blue mark on the muscle.Ji Yao took a closer look, and his warm breath touched Fu Zhong's skin, bringing a sense of freshness.Fu Zhong looked down at him, his heart jumped with joy.

"It's so tender." Ji Yao put down the shirt for him and rubbed it through the fabric, "I got bruises when I hit it. Go back and use ice cubes for cold compresses, and then heat them up a day later, and apply some blood circulation promoting and blood stasis medicine The medicine will be fine."

Fu Zhong trembled from his rubbing, and he didn't understand a word of Ji Yao's words.Ji Yao withdrew his hand, twisted his fingers, and walked away with an indifferent look again.

"Do you think we can have lunch together?" Fu Zhong tucked up his shirt and chased after Ji Yao.

"No. I'm your officer. You can't make friends like this. You will fall into gossip."

Fu Zhong shook his head: "I'm not afraid of gossip, and I didn't want to do it for promotion. I just want to stay with you for a while, there are too few such moments in a day."

"Soldier!" Ji Yao snapped, and he silenced Fu Zhong immediately.Stern words are Ji Yao's weapon to disguise himself.

Don't always say such things for granted, Ji Yao thought silently, you have confused me.Someone was walking in the stairwell, Ji Yao took the opportunity to take a step and covered Fu Zhong's mouth, and pushed him into the elevator, the elevator door just closed.

Watching the numbers on the electronic screen drop slowly, Ji Yao leaned against the cold wall beside him, let out a long sigh of relief, took out a cigarette and smoked it slowly.There was a bright red glow in his peripheral vision, and the sound of trees shaking their leaves could be heard in his ears.He stood in front of the ventilation window of the elevator and finished smoking a cigarette, when he suddenly remembered Fu Zhong's face in the smoke.It was a face so young that it often appeared in dreams, when they were in college together.