Half a catty

He Yue's fingertips were rubbing against the sharply cut blue diamond, looking down at the two inconspicuous letters around the diamond, like wildly growing branches, forming a little-known code.

He was still concentrating, when he suddenly heard someone calling his name, he looked up and saw Men Changnan who was also in formal attire.

Today is He Xincheng's birthday party, and Men Qi was undoubtedly invited, so it is not surprising that Men Changnan will appear here.

It's just that it came a little early.The banquet hall is not ready yet, Mother He is still in the lounge next to her, watching the cake shop staff assemble the giant cake.

As for He Yue, he has been staring at the cufflinks at the entrance of the banquet hall in a daze since just now.

"Uncle Men is here?" He Yue asked.

Men Changnan smiled shyly: "Father hasn't arrived yet, we don't live together, we go on different roads, I was afraid of traffic jams on the road, so I set off earlier, I didn't expect to miss two red lights."

He Yue raised his hand and pointed inside: "Then go in and sit for a while, please be yourself."

Men Changnan nodded, walked two steps, turned around again, hesitated and said, "Recently...you don't seem to have been to the company."

He Yue didn't bother to explain too much, so he shrugged his shoulders, nodded his chin in the banquet hall, and said, "We need to be busy with these things."

"Well, I thought you were avoiding me."

"Hiding you? Why?" He Yue was puzzled.

Men Changnan looked at him deeply: "Because of what I told you at the hotel entrance last time."

With such a mention, He Yue remembered that that day Men Changnan poured out his thoughts to him, and confessed to him by the way, which really made him care for a while, and then he was replaced by Wang Chengyi who suddenly appeared in a strange posture. Can't remember this anymore.

"I thought you were drinking too much at that time, talking drunk." He Yue said.

Men Changnan was a little nervous, he took a light breath, and said, "It's true that I drank too much and I was drunk, but I meant it from the bottom of my heart."

He Yue once had an idea of ​​what kind of people around him would be when he hoped to settle down one day in the future. They should be gentle people like Men Changnan, neither noisy nor brilliant, even a little plain, suitable for live.

but--

"Sorry, I have someone now."

Men Changnan was shocked for a moment when he heard the words, but he didn't see much frustration from being rejected, so he asked immediately, "Did you meet that person in the company lobby before?"

"It's him." He Yue admitted.

"You two have reconciled?" Men Changnan blurted out.

"Already—" He Yue followed Men Changnan's question and answered without thinking, but he just said two words and suddenly realized something was wrong: "How did you know we had a fight?"

Men Changnan's eyes shook for a moment, scratched his head, and whispered: "I, I heard something outside your office, I didn't mean it, He Yue..."

He Yue didn't like this kind of behavior of listening to the corner, but Men Changnan's attitude was sincere, and he had nothing to say: "Forget it, it doesn't matter."

"Can we still be friends?" Men Changnan asked.

"Ah."

Men Changnan smiled, still feeling a little embarrassed: "Then you go ahead, I won't waste your time."

He Yue nodded his head and didn't ask to stay, while Men Changnan didn't enter the banquet hall to wait, but walked to another place.He Yue checked the time and was about to go to the lounge to care about He Mu's progress.

He was walking in the corridor, and there was a T-shaped dead end in front of him. Turning to the left, not far away was the lounge where He's mother was.He Yue walked to the end and turned around, but he didn't want to see a figure jump out from behind, clamp his body, and drag him into the corridor on the right.

He Yue was slammed against the wall, the strange thing is that he didn't struggle.

"Surprise inspection." A voice that obviously lowered its pitch on purpose said viciously behind him.

"What are you looking for?" He Yue was very cooperative.

"The smell of you." After speaking, he put his nose on He Yue's neck and smelled it.

He Yue couldn't bear Wang Chengyi's rubbing against him like this, so he couldn't help breaking away: "Don't make trouble."

"Did you change your perfume?" Wang Chengyi asked.

He Yue turned around and leaned his back against the wall, Jiang Wang Chengyi pushed away a little: "You can smell this."

He stayed in the cake shop for several days, and his whole body was almost marinated. Today, he specially sprayed on a spicy perfume to cover up the sweetness.

"Not only can I smell the perfume, but I can also smell it. You're talking to that family member again." Wang Chengyi was annoyed.

Wang Chengyi definitely didn't smell it through his nose, He Yue knew it without thinking, it must be when he was talking to Men Changnan just now, when Wang Chengyi bumped into him.

He Yue pondered for a while, then deliberately said: "I told you, what can you do?"

Wang Chengyi pouted his lips at first, his displeasure was evident in his words, seeing that He Yue was unmoved, he couldn't hold back any longer, and showed his true colors: "I'm not really a jealous person, the premise is that you can give me a little favor... ..."

He Yue raised his hand: "Do you want to blow your mind?"

Wang Chengyi closed his eyes reflexively, and tensed his facial muscles, but he waited for a long time, and He Yue's brain collapse didn't land on his head.Wang Chengyi opened one eye and squinted, only to find that He Yue was just raising his hand, that's all.

Wang Chengyi gave He Yue a narrow look, but the movement of his hand was completely different from his expression. He gently grasped He Yue's wrist, pulled it to his lips, and kissed it lightly.

"It's so pretty, I have really good taste." Wang Chengyi said, looking up at He Yue.

Taking advantage of this posture, He Yue bent his fingers and rubbed his knuckles against Wang Chengyi's cheek: "Are you talking about cuff buttons, or me?"

"You, and forever only you." Wang Chengyi said affectionately.

He Yue shook off Wang Chengyi, and walked to the lounge on the left without looking sideways: "You are so slick, I can't even say your shameless words."

"You don't believe it?" Wang Chengyi caught up in two steps.

"Do not believe."

"You believe it once." Wang Chengyi said coquettishly.

"Do not believe."

In the lounge, Mother He stood next to the cake that was one and a half tall, and placed a small decorative pearl in the right position, while chatting with Wang Lei who was beside her.

"I heard from our old He that you have even registered a domestic company, and you are fully prepared to take root in China." Mother He said.

Wang Lei said bluntly: "It's also for Cheng Yi, I think he really wants to live in China."

Mother He understood: "Which girl are you looking at?"

"I don't know either. He refuses to say, and his mouth is very strict." Wang Lei was helpless, and before he finished speaking, Wang Chengyi pushed the door open and entered.

"Are you talking bad about me?" Wang Chengyi asked suspiciously as soon as he came in.

Wang Lei lowered his face: "It's impolite."

But Mother He burst into laughter, seeing Wang Chengyi now is as close as meeting her own son: "It's okay, come and sit for a while."

He Yue walked in the door one step later, seeing He Mu and Wang Chengyi enjoying themselves happily, he didn't know whether to laugh or sigh.

With Wang Chengyi around, Mother He always talked about him. First, she asked Wang Lei how to raise the child to be so versatile, even making cakes. Then she ran to Wang Chengyi's little "girlfriend" Going over, He's mother slapped Wang Chengyi sideways, but He Yue, who had been silent all this time, sat on pins and needles.

Just like you and I said, more than half an hour passed.

He's mother asked He Yue: "Yue, why isn't your father here yet?"

He Yue said: "It should be soon." He Xincheng sent a message to He Yue before departure, logically speaking, it should be almost here now.

"Go and remind him, his character is Moji." Mother He said bluntly.

He Yue accepted the errand, got up and walked out of the lounge, but instead of contacting He Xincheng directly, he went directly to the lobby.He asked the hotel manager for a cigarette, and he puffed and smoked outside the main entrance for a while.

In the scorching summer, He Yue was dressed in a suit, which was as stuffy as wearing a cotton padded jacket. After taking two puffs of cigarettes, he couldn't stand still. When he took out his mobile phone to call He Xincheng, there was a sudden burst of noise from the intersection. The crashing sound.

He Yue paused, looked in that direction, and continued to make calls, but no one answered.

He Yue, who was already very hot, smoked a whole cigarette at the door, and called He Xincheng again after 3 minutes.

Still no answer.

Mother He didn't know when she came to him.

"What are those people rushing to see?" Mother He looked at the sidewalk from a distance, many people were walking in one direction, as if something happened, she asked curiously.

It was convenient for He Xincheng to find a hotel under his name that overlooks the river. The downstairs is one of the busiest roads in J City. Even in the dog days, there are many pedestrians, and now many people are attracted by the movement of the car accident. past.

He Yue was taken aback for a moment, and replied, "There must have been a car crash over there."

"Oh, there's going to be a traffic jam. Don't your dad get stuck on the road." Mother He was worried, and took out her mobile phone from her handbag: "I have to tell him to make a detour."

Suddenly, He Yue pressed He Mu's hand: "I'll tell him."

Mother He looked at him inexplicably.

"You go back and make the cake first, I'll wait for my dad at the door." He Yue raised the corners of his mouth, but the curve was slightly stiff: "Go back, it's so hot outside."

"That's right, it's too hot today, and I'm wearing a long skirt, and it's your father who made me wear it." Mother He blamed.

"Let's go back." He Yue didn't say anything else, he insisted on watching He's mother walk back to the lobby, gradually going away, then he put away his smile, turned and left the hotel.

He Yue didn't know why he suddenly had the obsession to take a look, but the slight uneasiness made a voice that couldn't be ignored, telling him to go over there and take a look.

In fact, you can see the big truck emitting white smoke from a long distance away. No matter how many people are surrounded by three floors inside and outside, the smell of burning and gasoline cannot be blocked.

He Yue pushed aside the crowd layer by layer, and walked inside until his eyes passed over the head of the last person, and the whole picture of the accident was displayed in front of He Yue, making his eyes go dark.

There is a hollow area between people and the accident scene, and no one dares to cross this "thunder pool" half a step.

But He Yue didn't hesitate and stepped in.

The ground was covered with dark, viscous liquid, whether it was gasoline or blood, but it was always pungent.He got closer, and found that what was pressed underneath was a car, the cab was beyond recognition, and only the color of the car could be accurately distinguished.The rest of the characteristics, such as the brand and model, were all crushed under the wheels of the heavy-duty truck and became a discus.

In this case, the driver would not have any chance of survival.

He Yue's heart seemed to be empty, and he had a feeling of falling from a height. He touched his heart with one hand unconsciously, calmed down for a few seconds, and then he lifted his foot and walked towards the front of the truck.

There was a large piece of blood on the windshield of the truck, and the glass cracked from the blood to the surroundings, blocking the view inside the car.

He Yue continued walking, bypassing the front of the truck, and came to the other side.Compared with the front part, the rear half of the car is much better, at least not so exaggerated, but the severely sunken roof and broken chassis do not reduce the shocking coolness at all.

He Yue found the missing front license plate of the car on this side, and it was buckled upside down on the ground in front of him. He picked up the corner of the deformed license plate with the tip of his shoe, lifted it lightly, and turned it over.

Suddenly, he clenched his hands on his chest, and He Yue looked at the devastated area with trembling eyes in disbelief.He stumbled over and lowered his body. In the twisted window frame, he saw He Xincheng being pressed into the cramped space, with his eyes closed and unconscious.

"Dad!" He Yue's world was shaken, his face was pale, he threw himself on the car whose original shape could not be seen, and looked into it hastily.The broken glass still attached to the car blocked his vision, so he knocked it off with his bare hands, regardless of whether it would scratch himself or not.

He Xincheng in the car remained motionless.

He Yue pulled the doorknob, obviously it would not have any effect, and then he began to violently pull the stubborn iron sheet, but no matter how hard he tried, the door still didn't budge.He stretched his hand along the deformed car window frame and pulled the handle inside the door, but the car door was stuck by the deformed compartment, and it was no longer a problem that could be solved by unlocking the door lock. He Yue's strength was no different from that of An ant may shake the tree, but the car door cannot be shaken.

He Yue suddenly thought of something, and stretched out his hand to touch He Xincheng. His arm was squeezed due to the narrow and embarrassing gap, and the blood was difficult to circulate. When it reached his fingertips, it was already pale and cold.Trembling, He Yue put his white fingers under He Xincheng's nose, held his breath and felt carefully.

Suddenly, He Yue breathed a sigh of relief: "Dad..."

Two fire trucks arrived with sirens and dispersed the crowd that tightly wrapped the scene of the car accident into a circle.

A dozen or so firefighters jumped out of the car and ran over, some of them stayed on the outside and kept chasing the unrelated people around: "Let's go! Let's all! Don't watch!"

Desperate He Yue finally saw hope. He repeated to the firefighters over and over again: "He is still alive, my dad is still breathing..."

The firefighter answered briefly, saying "yes", and then took over the control of the door handle from He Yue, picked up the tools and did it without delay.But He Yue was pushed aside. If the firefighters needed more space, he would take a step back, but he still refused to walk away.

"Captain, if you can't open it, should you use the cutting machine?"

"No, sparks are too big, it will ignite gasoline." The man called the captain said firmly.

In the blink of an eye, the ambulance arrived at the scene, and the doctors and nurses skillfully set up the stretcher and took the person from the firefighters.The scene was extremely hectic and noisy, but certain words and sentences could always reach He Yue's ears accurately.

"The truck driver lost consciousness."

"The driver of the sedan has no vital signs."

Every similar sentence made He Yue, who was like a frightened bird, fear for a while, for fear that these words were pressed on He Xincheng.Through the broken glass, He Yue stared blankly at He Xincheng, whose eyes were closed, among the busy figures in front of the door.

Although it was separated by three or four meters, He Yue could see very clearly that the wrinkles at the corners of He Xincheng's eyes and the silver-white hair stubble emerging from his sideburns were long gone, but this was the first time He Yue saw his father's hair The old man looked into his eyes.

There was no progress here, so someone raised his head and shouted for support: "Call someone to come over and pry together!"

The firefighters who came and went rushed past He Yue in a race against time, and bumped into him when they couldn't dodge, knocking the distraught He Yue staggeringly.

A firefighter noticed him and ran over, saying, "Stay back a little so you don't get in the way of rescue work."

He Yue didn't realize it, the fireman grabbed his arm and pushed him, but He Yue's body only swayed, and his feet seemed to have taken root.

He glanced at the collapsed and deformed roof of the car nearby, the hard steel was easily crumpled like a ball of paper, and looked sideways at the crowd who were originally shoulder to shoulder, but now they scattered like birds and beasts and hid far away.

Taking the place where he was as the center, the surroundings suddenly became empty, He Yue felt a sense of unreality for some reason, just as unreal as the main road of J City would be so deserted.

"Please..."

It was like dreaming.

"gentlemen……"

All the voices seemed to come from the other end, separated by a thick barrier, he seemed to be in the deep water, indistinct, the only thing He Yue could hear clearly was the whistling wind passing by his ears, His skin was cut like a sharp knife, causing bursts of pain.

He struggled to turn his cervical spine, trying to look at the place where the wind was blowing. The distance was so far away. When he rolled his eyes, the soaring fiery red color almost scorched his eye sockets, and the heat wave made the hairs on his face involuntary. The ground shrank back, and the scorching heat made him wake up suddenly.

It burst like a bubble in an instant, and what poured in was not cold water, but scorching flames.

The flames sprang from the head of the truck, and quickly spread on the road paved by the leaked gasoline.

"Can you please cooperate! It's dangerous here!" Seeing that the situation is not good, the firefighter shouted anxiously, even breaking his voice.

At this time, a streak of white streaked across their heads, the firefighting foam was squeezed out of the gun by high pressure, and the splashed fine water droplets fell all over He Yue's shoulders, and directly crushed the arrogant fire.

The firefighter was right, he would only hinder the rescue work here, He Yue thought after regaining some sanity.

"...I'm sorry." He felt as if his throat was choked by a pair of hands, and the tone of his words changed.

He Yue moved his feet slightly, ready to go further away, but his knees suddenly softened, and he almost knelt down. Seeing this, the firefighter greeted the captain, followed up to support He Yue, and propped him up.

When He Yue turned around, the cutting machine used to rescue He Xincheng passed him by.Now that the fire has been ignited, it is meaningless to worry about the sparks. What matters now is efficiency.

The sound of the cutting machine running sounded behind him, and He Yue didn't have the courage to look back.

Every step he took was like stepping into a swamp, and it took all his strength to pull his leg out of it.Although He Yue staggered, he didn't dare to stop. He walked in the opposite direction with one foot deep and the other shallow. He was afraid that if he stopped, he would be dragged in.

Suddenly, someone hissed——

"Captain, something is wrong!"

He Yue was stunned.

"Quick retreat—"

In an instant, everything was fixed at this moment by this word, and He Yue opened his eyes wide in the almost frozen time, his eyes were about to split open.He couldn't take it anymore, he wanted to turn around, to rush back to the car, but before he could even call out "Dad", he was firmly held down by the fireman's hand and led him forward With a pounce, he blocked his last look back.

The explosion happened so fast that people were caught off guard. In the next second, greater power gushed out from behind him, like a ferocious beast breaking out of its cage, roaring like thunder.

The shock wave oscillated, and in an instant, He Yue fell into the endless darkness.