under the tower

Yan pushed Ji Xi away, then got up, closed the door and went out.

He only left one sentence.

"Since it's all right, just stay there."

There was still thunder and lightning outside, and the sea where the ship was sailing was not calm. Under the huge waves, the whole room was constantly ups and downs, and even the small sling on the roof was shaking and flickering.

Ji Xi grabbed the quilt under her body, instinctively feeling that her chest was extremely dull and she couldn't breathe.

On the one hand, it was because of his own emotional depression, and on the other hand, it was because, shaking upside down on the boat like this, it was really... too uncomfortable.

Ji Xi's stomach, which had been empty for a long time, was churning, and the scorching stomach acid kept rushing up. His face was pale, and he couldn't take it anymore. He half-crawled and fell off the bed, pushed open the door, and rushed out staggeringly.

The moment he opened the door, he couldn't stand it anymore, and rolled on the ground clutching his stomach, but because he didn't eat, he could only vomit thin and blue water.

Ji Xi's eyes turned black for a while, curled up on the ground in pain, and vomited faintly.

The sea breeze was blowing against his face, the thunder was deafening, and the torrential rain outside poured on him, immediately drenching him thoroughly and freezing him to the bone.

He was lying in the middle of the rainwater and his own vomit like a mass of garbage that no one wanted. Opened the line of sight.

After a while, a black umbrella covered his head.

Ji Xi's heart was shocked, as if he had been given a shot in the arm. He struggled a few times on the ground and tried to open his eyes with all his strength, only to see that the person holding the umbrella for him was wearing sunglasses and wearing a suit and leather shoes. , man in bodyguard costume.

Ji Xi turned her head slowly.

The door of the cabin on the other side opened, and Chang Huai sat in a wheelchair, staring at him with calm eyes that were almost pity.

Ji Xi closed her eyes numbly, even thinking a little funny in her heart.

... I will also have such a day when I will be looked at with pitiful eyes like this.

Even anyone passing by casually, when they see this guy, they will sigh "how miserable".

All the demeanor and restraint he was proud of in the past disappeared, all the beautiful and elegant masks were torn apart, and his pride was scattered all over the ground. maggot.

Later, smoke rose from the other side of the cabin.

The torrential rain subsided, leaving only fine raindrops still falling icy cold. Ji Xi went to the back of the splint and took a tap to wash his face, but his face was covered with tears.

They are in the sea, and fresh water is a precious resource that cannot be met.

Chang Huai sat in a wheelchair and was supported by a bodyguard with an umbrella, following him gloatingly without making a sound to remind him.

According to him, with Ji Xi's current status, it is quite good to be treated like this.

Ji Xi wiped her face and asked, "What is my identity now?"

Chang Huai raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Are you now, our hostage, captive, or something else, whatever you think, anyway, that's pretty much the status."

The other "men" refers to Yan Yi, of course.

Ji Xi didn't have the consciousness of being a prisoner, and was about to ask again, when a brass bell hanging on the bow rang.

"Oh." Chang Huai turned around excitedly, "...go to eat first."

His bodyguards pushed him away.

Ji Xi stood up, patted the drenched clothes, and followed behind them.

There is a transparent cabin on all sides at the bow, with a wooden table in the center covered with a floral plastic tablecloth.

A man was bending over to clean up, but he was an acquaintance, Mao Hei.

There are four hot cans on the table, which are probably prepared potatoes, carrots and other foods.

Chang Huai and his bodyguards took their seats, Yan Yi walked in from the cockpit next door, and happened to meet Ji Xi face to face.

Ji Xi suddenly understood that he was not at the dinner table.

Mao Hei glanced at him, and chuckled: "It's better not to eat than to spit it out afterwards."

Ji Xi froze in place, extremely embarrassed.

Yan Yi didn't say anything, turned around and went back to the kitchen to get another box of canned food, skillfully opened it with a knife, and put it on the stove to heat it up.

With her head down, Ji Xi silently pulled out her chair and sat on the edge of the dining table.

Five people sat down at the wooden table, Yan Yi sat at the head.

Ji Xi actually didn't have much appetite, but he was afraid that Mao Hei would say that he was wasting, so he could only swallow it hard.

A lot of preservatives have been added to this can, and the taste is not fresh. I am afraid it has been stored for many years.

But he also knew that it was very precious to have such a little food in the sea.

Everyone ate in silence, and the air on the whole table seemed to freeze.

Ji Xi hesitated for a long time, raised his head and asked softly, "Where are we going?"

Yan Yidao: "Shencheng."

Ji Xi's fingers paused.

"Go to Shencheng?" He looked blank, "What are you going to Shencheng for?"

Chang Huai: "What's the matter? Going back to your base camp, is Young Master Ji not happy?"

"You are in Beicheng...but you are wanted by the whole city." He said leisurely, "My father personally issued an order. First-degree felons, if caught, you don't need to report for approval, and you will be shot immediately."

"It's a pity, you, a commanding officer with great reputation, has only been in office for a few days, and in a blink of an eye, you have become a death row prisoner that everyone shouts and beats."

Ji Xi put down her chopsticks and said nothing.

He changed the subject.

"That day at the restaurant...what the hell was that thing we encountered? A deformed person?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words came out, everyone on the table looked at him, and the meaning contained in their gazes was extremely complicated.

Ji Xi froze for a moment: "What's wrong?"

After a long time, Chang Huai said in a tone that he didn't know how to describe: "...you don't know?"

Ji Xi: "...Huh?"

Chang Huai said with a smile on his face: "Of course they are abnormal people, otherwise what else?"

"Have you ever seen a normal living person, no matter how hard you beat him, you won't die, and you have to slap all the brains out to die?"

"……Oh."

It seems that this is indeed the case.

Ji Xi consciously asked a stupid question.

After dinner, they went back to their rooms, Mao Hei was in charge of cleaning up, and Yan went back to the cockpit.

Ji Xi stayed where she was, unwilling to leave.

Mao Hei moaned and wiped the table, glanced at Ji Xi who was holding on to him, and let out a long sigh. The sound was like a mountain road with eighteen bends, ups and downs, like playing a musical instrument.

"Okay." He said, "Don't look at me so pitifully, I didn't bully you."

Ji Xi was speechless: "..."

I looked at you pitifully, what are you doing?Do you have flowers on your face? "

Mao Hei raised a finger and gestured to the cockpit behind him: "I'm leaving." He put the rag aside, "You can figure out the rest."

With that said, he turned off the light, opened the door and left.

The night was vast and the ship was still sailing forward. Ji Xi opened the door handle and walked into the cab.

The pilothouse is at the bow of the ship, which is a fully transparent glass room. Yan Yi's back is facing him. His tall and straight figure looks lonely, facing the gorgeous sky of the Milky Way above his head. To the depths of endless darkness.

He heard the sound of the door opening, but didn't look back, Ji Xi closed the door and stood silently behind him.

The complex operating system was dimly lit, and on the screen was a satellite image showing their distance from their destination.

Ji Xi glanced at it and knew that the operating system of this ship was very old. It only had a semi-automatic driving system. It didn't matter if you walked away for a while occasionally, but someone still had to keep an eye on it.

After hesitating for a long time, Ji Xi said softly: "... Shall I drive?"

"...you can... rest for a while."

Yan Yi directly put on the automatic transmission, then turned around and looked at him coldly.

"What do you want to say?" He said, "I'll give you 10 minutes."

Ji Xi choked for a moment, and smiled bitterly: "I have no other meaning..."

"I just... want to stay with you for a while."

Yan Yi looked at him silently, his eyes were bottomless.

After a long time, he said, "Ji Xi."

He said in a very solemn and calm voice.

"It's impossible for us."

Ji Xi shook uncontrollably.

"I'm sorry..." He avoided it almost instinctively, he said in a panic, "Yanyi, I'm sorry, I was too anxious that day, I said the wrong thing, I really didn't mean that..."

His eyes were red: "Are you still angry? Then you can scold me. If you scold me ten thousand words that are even worse, I won't even reply..."

"I was wrong, I really know I was wrong, you are my most important person, I will treat you well in the future..."

He humbled himself into the dust, and only wanted to ask for forgiveness from this man.

Yan Yi looked at him quietly, but just shook his head.

Ji Xi suddenly opened his eyes wide, as if being dragged by a boulder in his heart, leading him to fall into an endless abyss.

Mingmingyan compromised with him so many times in the past, why can't he do it this time?

Ji Xi felt extremely pained in his heart, he lowered his head and forced a wry smile.

"How did this happen?" He murmured blankly, with tears on the verge of falling, "...Why did we become like this?"

"We were fine before..." Ji Xi looked at him in pain, "Give me one more chance, I understand now, I understand everything now, can you give me one last chance?"

Yan Yi looked at him calmly, and even smiled, with a cruel arc on the corner of his mouth: "What do you know? Huh?"

Under his gaze, Ji Xi felt as if she had been stripped naked, and there was no way to hide anything she wanted to hide.

Ji Xi's face was pale, but she couldn't say a complete sentence: "I..."

Under the moonlight, the man's tall figure completely enveloped him in thick and dim shadows.

An absolute coercion emanated from him, making Ji Xi unable to move at all.

Yan Yi leaned down, and whispered in a lover's tone: "Say, what do you know?"

Ji Xi's face was reddened, she was extremely embarrassed.

"I……"

The word "love" stuck in his throat like a hot iron, unable to move up or down.

He never knew how cruel it was to cut open the softest and most vulnerable side of his heart.

It turned out that it was to allow the other party to use the most painful strength to pierce himself dripping with blood.

Ji Xi closed her eyes, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks.

"I love you so much..." His voice trembled, "Yanyi, I love you so much."