North to Hanchuan

This guess came without warning, like a small fish that has visited in the long river of Gu Hengbei's memory. Gu Hengbei has seen it wagging its tail countless times, but never tried to catch it.

Until last night, maybe it was because of the passage of time that people were outside the field, and all the details that he had overlooked during the rampage in the nursing home were turned into zoomed-in shots frame by frame, clearly frozen for him to re-examine.

That day, Ji Hanchuan stumbled and followed Gu Hengbei all the way, his footsteps were flimsy and unsteady, his face was so pale that there was almost no color, his forehead and cheeks were dripping with sweat, his hands caught Gu Hengbei several times, his bones were cold and weak... ... No matter how guilty Ji Hanchuan was, he still couldn't be like that.

Gu Hengbei preconceived that Ji Hanchuan must be accompanying others in the nursing home, but in fact he stayed there for a whole month, and the biggest possibility was that Ji Hanchuan himself was in the hospital.

"Ji Ningsheng, when I returned to China four years ago, Ji Hanchuan entered the HHW Sanatorium. What kind of injury did he suffer from? What disease did he have?"

The straight-forward question was like a whip with a voltage of tens of thousands of volts whipping Ji Ningsheng, he jumped up from the sofa, and stared at Gu Hengbei as if facing an enemy: "You...what do you know? "

Before Gu Hengbei could speak again, Ji Ningsheng had already shaken his head frantically, "Impossible, you can't possibly know, the information in the nursing home is confidential, no one dares to tell you..."

Gu Hengbei leaned forward, put his elbows on his knees, crossed his fingers, and stared at Ji Ningsheng with all-knowing eyes. He really didn't ask anything from HHW, but Ji Ningsheng's face was written all over.

Ji Ningsheng also immediately realized his gaffe. He hugged his arms and tensed his expression, as if covering himself with a thick ice helmet, trying to block Gu Hengbei's visiting eyes: "I don't know What are you talking about, I don't know any nursing homes."

Gu Hengbei looked at Ji Ningsheng, the light in the living room was a bit dark, Ji Ningsheng was wearing light gray coral fleece home clothes, his body was thin and frail, he was curled up in the loose clothes like a shivering mouse, his exposed hands, small Arms and ankles were trembling, with a cold bluish-white glow.

Gu Hengbei slowly approached the back of the sofa chair, and said to himself: "Since Ji Hanchuan is in the hospital, you must be close to each other. You were also there the day I went to HHW, right? But I didn't see you at that time, let me think about it." , where will you be?"

The cheekbones on Ji Ningsheng's face twitched violently.

Gu Hengbei lightly raised his chin, put his thumb on the chin, and stroked the piece of skin where the mandible connects to the throat, as if he was really lost in thought.

However, Ji Ningsheng felt that Gu Hengbei was strangling his throat, his breathing was blocked in his chest cavity, and his hands hanging by his sides were trembling like spasms.

"HHW Nursing Home, Area A, Room 009," Gu Hengbei's gaze swept over Ji Ningsheng's pale face, his voice was soft and steady, and every word he uttered was like small gravel rolling on the bluestone road, clearly Incomparable, "I have already opened the door of the room, and there is a woman sitting there. She has long hair as thick as seaweed. I always thought it was Ivanka. I haven't seen Ivanka for a long time. Her hair The color is changing every time, sometimes it is golden, sometimes it is flaxen, and sometimes it is wine red...Ji Ningsheng, why don't you tell me what color Ivanka's hair was that day?"

"Tell me about Ji Ningsheng," Gu Hengbei repeated the question softly, "What color was Ivanka's hair that day?"

Ji Ningsheng didn't say anything, he just stood there stiffly, letting Gu Hengbei's gaze cut the skin of his face like a file.

"The back view I saw that day was you."

Gu Hengbei made a firm conclusion, and as expected, he saw Ji Ningsheng's body tremble like an electric shock.

"That's weird..." Gu Heng's eyebrows furrowed, confused, "Why didn't Ji Hanchuan let me know about his illness? What kind of illness did he have and couldn't move for a whole month? Why would he rather let me misunderstand that it was Ivan? Ka didn’t even explain it to me? If it’s a woman, she can still give birth to confinement there, but what kind of disease can Ji Hanchuan have?

Gu Hengbei raised his head, and countless fragmentary clues kept flashing before his eyes. He recalled, pondered, and analyzed: "All his examination indicators are normal, and there are no serious injuries or wounds left by major operations on his body. I can't think of anything else that would keep him out of action for a month, unless—"

A sudden thought flashed into his mind like lightning, Gu Hengbei's voice suddenly rose, and his sharp voice pierced the frozen air like an ice-hardened sword:

"He covered up the wound again by repairing it after a certain operation!"

"What kind of surgery failed to leave traces in the body and easily deceived all the doctors?" Gu Hengbei's speech was suddenly fast and urgent, like rain and drumbeats, crackling into Ji Ningsheng's eardrum, "Drainage Which one did he do for excision, repair and transplantation? HMM is a designated nursing home for Roy's laboratory. The biggest research achievement of Roy's laboratory is the re-cultivation of human organs, heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, stomach, gallbladder, pancreas and intestines... Which organ has he replaced? ?”

"No..." Ji Ningsheng suddenly fell down on the sofa as if his leg bones were broken, he curled up his legs, and shrank to the corner of the sofa as if avoiding a scourge, "Stop talking, I don't know, I do not know anything……"

"The left side of the human body is narrow and long, and the right side is wide and short, but Ji Hanchuan's kidneys have the same shape. He has had a kidney transplant! But he doesn't have any kidney disease..."

Gu Hengbei slapped his hands on the coffee table, his blood-red eyes fixed on Ji Ningsheng, his handsome face was distorted, he asked Ji Ningsheng sharply:

"He transplanted his kidney to someone else four years ago and then replaced it with a new kidney Ji Ningsheng, who did he give the kidney to?!"

"No! I don't know I don't know I don't know!!!"

Ji Ningsheng desperately covered his ears, he curled up on the sofa, his bulging feet kicked wildly on the sofa, he screamed so loudly, even the chandelier above his head was covered by this extremely penetrating force The sharp sound shook violently.

Gu Hengbei slowly sat back on the sofa, there was a loud bang in his brain, like countless shells exploding directly in his brain!

This conjecture was so earth-shattering, the moment Gu Hengbei said it, even he thought it was absurd. He was completely subconscious, and even blurted it out to scare Ji Ningsheng on purpose.

But Ji Ningsheng's reaction told him:

"...I guessed everything right."

He wished he hadn't guessed right.

Gu Hengbei's blood flowed backward crazily, rushing towards the limbs and bones, and then solidified in the blood vessels bit by bit, turning into ice.

Dazed in front of his eyes, Gu Hengbei shook his head. He touched the lighter and cigarette case on the table with trembling hands. He shook out the whole pack of cigarettes. He picked up one and put it in his lips. The taste was all over the tip of his tongue, and he realized that what he was biting was shredded tobacco, so he turned the cigarette around and bit the filter again.

The flintstone seemed to be malfunctioning, Gu Hengbei hit it several times in succession, crack, crack, crack, finally there was fire.

The thick smoke swallowed into the lungs, and the hot and spicy breath collided in the chest cavity. Gu Hengbei closed his eyes fiercely. He suppressed the bloody liquid that was about to rush out of his eyes, but he couldn't suppress the rapid rise and fall of his chest. .

"Ji Ningsheng," Gu Hengbei's voice was messy and broken, trembling lightly, "Tell me, Ji Hanchuan... did he give Ivanka his kidney?"

"No!" Ji Ningsheng raised his head suddenly, his face was already full of tears, his scarlet eyes were like a trapped beast in a desperate situation, refuting Gu Hengbei's words seemed to be his only lifeline, "It's not Ivanka..."

"Who is that?!"

"I can't tell!"

"Ji Ningsheng!"

"I can't say..." Ji Ningsheng covered his face, hot tears leaked from between his fingers, as if his internal organs were melted into blood flowing from inside, "Gu Hengbei, Xiao Chuan didn't feel sorry for you at all, he suffered so much Take it all by yourself, I beg you, stop bullying him, I beg you..."

After a long, long time, Gu Hengbei finally spoke hoarsely, from his throat to his mouth, there seemed to be endless blood permeating: "It's already at this time, and you still refuse to tell me what is going on between the two of you brothers?" my secret..."

"Gu Hengbei," Ji Ningsheng slid down and knelt on the floor, as if all the bones and blood in his body had been drained, he only begged one after another, "My brother really didn't let you down, please treat him better. He really didn't apologize to you..."

"Then am I the one who's fucking sorry for him?!" With a loud bang, the swan-shaped crystal decoration on the coffee table was slammed to the ground, and the crystal clear swan's neck broke and rolled out on the floor. Far.

Blood rushes against Gu Hengbei's lungs, his throat bursts with fishy sweetness, his eyes are tearing apart, "Is it Gu Hengbei who is sorry for him? Are those concealments fake? Is it fake that he pushed me away?" ? All four years of breakups are fucking fake?"

There was deathly silence in the living room.

The two people in the room also seemed to have died once.

Gu Hengbei smoked two more cigarettes in succession before calming down.

"Ji Ningsheng, there is one thing I have never doubted. The person who treats Ji Hanchuan the best in this world is you. No matter what he becomes or how he treats you, you will always love him as if he were your child. I I believe that even if you are asked to exchange your life for his, you won't even frown...I ask myself that I can't do this..."

The tip of Gu Hengbei's tongue, which was so acrid and bitter from the cigarette smoke, lightly pressed against his cheekbones, and he extinguished the burnt cigarette butt in the ashtray:

"If you want me to treat him kindly, you have to let me know what happened to him. I, Gu Hengbei, will not be a muddleheaded fool. I will only tell you this time today, what happened four years ago, You told me exactly what happened, no matter how many reasons there are in it, I will let it go."

This is Gu Hengbei's biggest concession.

However, Ji Ningsheng was just paralyzed there like a lump of mud, his mouth was like a clam shell closed tightly, and he never pried it open again.

It wasn't until Gu Hengbei walked straight out of the door, and his right hand landed on the doorknob, that Ji Ningsheng seemed to be wandering, and said quietly behind him:

"Gu Hengbei, please be nice to my brother, you will never meet someone who loves you more than him in your life..."

----

"Your brother is about to explode." On the screen in the study, Fang Ting put a mask on her face, and kept patting her face with her hands to promote the absorption of the essence. She spoke through the gaps between her teeth, her tone was full of gloating, " He called me all the time, asking me to 'order' you to drive Ji Hanchuan out on the grounds of protecting Ozawa's physical and mental health!"

In the evening, Gu Jinnan came to see Gu Yuze, but when he opened the door, he saw his precious son and Ji Hanchuan sitting on the living room floor head to head playing games together.

And Gu Hengbei also came out when he heard the sound of the door opening. At that time, he was wearing an apron and holding a spatula in his hand, looking like a virtuous family.

If a stranger came in and saw this scene, he would definitely believe that this was a happy family of three performing their duties.

Gu Jinnan almost had a cerebral hemorrhage at that time.

Although Ji Hanchuan didn't recognize Gu Jinnan, he felt Gu Jinnan's extraordinary hostility towards him, so he also stared at him.

Seeing that the scene was on the verge of chaos and it was not easy to clean up, Gu Hengbei could only drive Gu Jinnan out first and let him go home to be quiet.

Gu Hengbei was watching the video with Fang Ting while holding a tablet in his hand to read the information, he said casually: "You can ask your precious son's opinion, if he also wants to drive Ji Hanchuan out, then I will Consider it."

"I asked a long time ago." Fang Ting was overjoyed. "Guess what Ozawa said? He said that Ultraman is his best friend! How can you say that the two of them became good friends... No, the two of them What is your seniority?"

Gu Hengbei thought for a while: "Good brother, how about loyalty?"

Fang Ting's eyes widened: "Ji Hanchuan and Ozawa are brothers, so what should he call you?"

"To tell you the truth," Gu Hengbei snorted, "He called me Dad."

Fang Ting: "..."

Fang Ting hesitated for a while before asking, "So you want to raise him as your son now?"

It was an obvious joke, but Gu Hengbei's expression became dazed.

Gu Hengbei put the tablet on the table, folded his hands on the back of his head, his slender neck drew out a curved and lonely line, and the faint blue veins protruded from the cold skin.

Even through the screen, Fang Ting could feel the breath from his body, extremely tired and extremely cold.

"I don't know." If there is anyone who can calmly talk about Ji Hanchuan with Gu Hengbei, Fang Ting is the only one. ...There is no way to ignore him now."

"Xiao Bei..." Fang Ting tried to speak.

"I know what you want to ask." Gu Hengbei smiled, the smile was more bitter than crying, "Really, don't ask now, I don't even know."

Fang Ting looked at Gu Hengbei's blankness that had never been shown before, and her heart was twisted hard.

Gu Hengbei, that radiant and unrestrained Gu Hengbei, every time he feels lonely and lonely, hesitates and struggles, it's all for the same person.

On Gu Hengbei's desk is a desk lamp with a unique shape. On the rectangular base is a hexagonal crystal shell, which is filled with tiny light bulbs. When it is turned on, the stars are shining brightly.

He turned on the desk lamp, turned it off, turned it on again, and turned it off again. Between the opening and closing, his eyes flickered and dimmed from time to time.

Fang Ting took off the mask on her face and looked at him quietly.

"It doesn't feel good to have your thoughts subverted," Gu Hengbei's mood was so complicated that it was hard to describe. After he came out from Ji Ningsheng's place, he was still in a daze, and he couldn't find any truth. He seemed to be in a nightmare. Can't wake up, "The most uncomfortable thing is that some puzzles have been solved, which brings about even bigger puzzles... I have a hunch that it's better not to know the answer behind this than to know."

"Then you don't want to know!" Fang Ting said, "You men just think simple things very complicated. If we are women, as long as he loves me, it doesn't matter whether he is a man, a ghost, a bird or a beast. No matter what he has done to deceive me, as long as he loves me, don't cheat on me, he is a thief, robber and murderer, and I will forgive him for being with him—"

Gu Hengbei laughed: "You..."

"Listen to me!" Fang Ting waved her hand to prevent Gu Hengbei from interjecting, "Let me give you an example, your third brother Gu Wangxi, is his work a first-class secret?"

Gu Wangxi is a top-secret special soldier, even Gu Hengbei and the others only know a general identity, and no one knows what specific tasks Gu Wangxi does.

Gu Hengbei was slightly taken aback.

"Gu Laosan's job is a real miracle, but he doesn't marry a wife? Don't his bosses and subordinates marry wives? The wives of each of them don't know their men. What you will do outside is the top secret of the country, can you say that Gu Lao San is a bastard who conceals his wife and is not worthy of love in this life? Gu Lao San is a hero!"

Fang Ting's voice was high-pitched and intense, and Gu Hengbei's eardrums buzzed like an electric shock:

"I don't think the secrets of a man who loves the country so much, understands righteousness, is full of feelings and is dedicated to his feelings are so dirty. Xiaobei, other people may go to the bottom of this kind of thing. Why don't you understand? In our family, who doesn’t hide secrets like spider webs, have you told Ji Hanchuan about every secret in the Gu family?”

"I..." Gu Hengbei's throat was so tight that he couldn't speak.

"Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself. What you were worried about was that he failed to accompany you back to see grandpa on his last journey. Now you know that he has no choice but to think about it. Can you get over it? ——Yes, you can think about whether you still love him or not, and if you can’t make it through, then you can kick him out! That’s how I divorced your brother back then, and I just asked myself, can I tolerate those women? The result is No, I'll leave! What a simple thing, isn't it?"

Gu Hengbei supported his forehead: "A woman's logic."

Fang Ting raised her eyebrows: "How?"

"Simple and rude but reasonable."

"That's what it is!" Fang Ting sighed, "Xiaobei, the relationship between two people is complicated and complicated, but it's really simple. It's better to be together than not to be together, so stay together, otherwise, get out Damn it! But—”

Fang Ting's face showed a hint of worry and hesitation, "I saw him in the video with Xiao Ze earlier, he looks a bit silly now, he won't keep doing this, right? Then really stop eating Well, the mental age of a minor is also a minor, Xiaobei, I'm afraid you can only watch but not eat!"

Gu Hengbei didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What's going on in your mind?"

Fang Ting said jokingly, "Are you sure you want to know what we rotten girls are thinking?"

"Brother."

There was a time difference between Fang Ting's side and Gu Hengbei's here, and after sitting with him for a while, he went offline. Gu Hengbei leaned on the back of the chair and was lost in thought for a long time.

Jingle bell--

The ringtone of the mobile phone made people startled, Gu Hengbei sat up straight, the caller was Xu Jin.

"Hey."

"Heng Bei," Xu Jin asked, "Are you free? Can you do me a favor?"

"Say."

"I'll fax you a power of attorney now, and you can stamp Han Chuan's personal seal for me. Have you seen the small safe in his blue suitcase?"

"I see," Gu Hengbei pinched his forehead, "I don't know the password."

"Ah, I know, I'll send it to you now."

"Okay, do I have to send it back to you after I cover it?"

"Yes, thank you."

The fax machine spit out documents, Gu Hengbei pulled out the steaming paper, the phone also beeped at the same time, he opened the message:

Xu Jin: [Password, ccbb3344].

The author has something to say: The following article has not been revised yet, and I may ask for leave tomorrow. If you can’t read it at 12 o’clock, see you the day after tomorrow. I am very, very sorry (bow).