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After watching the fireworks show, there are less than two hours before closing.Playing from nine o'clock in the morning to now, it has been almost eleven hours, and the two of them are almost as tired as the previous high-intensity case handling.

Thinking about going to work tomorrow makes me even more tired.

They planned to go home early to rest after watching the fireworks display. Yan Cun thought about it for a while. There are probably a lot of people going back to the subway at this moment, and there is still enough time. It will not be too late to go home after experiencing the last project, the Ferris wheel.

There was still one most important thing that hadn't been done - to give Ji Liao a birthday present.

For those who are not afraid of heights, the Ferris wheel can almost be regarded as a retirement project. There are not many people in the venue at night, and the queue only takes 5 minutes.

While Ji Liao wasn't paying attention, he quietly put his hand into his pocket and grabbed the gadget hidden inside - he had seen it in advance last night, the pocket of the sweater had a zipper, the gift was small enough, after so many exciting rides, the things were still safe It stayed in the pocket safely, without any bumps, and Ji Liao didn't realize that he had hidden a small gift at all.

He thought about it for a long time, he was thinking about it after the quarrel in the car last time, and he planned to explain it on Ji Liao's birthday, so as not to give himself any chance to escape.

So not long after the two of them sat down, he summoned up his courage and hesitantly started a conversation: "I, I have something... I have something..."

A tenth-level performing artist withdrew, and couldn't speak half of it.

He immediately stopped talking, wanting to do some psychological construction first: "No, it's nothing, forget it, wait a minute..."

"What do you want to say?" Ji Liao had already figured out something was wrong. Seeing that he was stuck in the middle of what he said, his heart was half cold. "What is it that has been entangled for so long? It has been entangled for a week? Why do you have to say it here?" ?”

"...Ah?" Yan Cun was stunned for a few seconds, then scratched his head a little awkwardly, "You, when did you find out? Is it so obvious?"

"It's not obvious," Ji Liao recalled the previous scene, "I see that you just yawned a few times, you must be very sleepy and tired, there is no reason why you have to take another Ferris wheel, I guess you have something to say. "

He added: "Last week when you said that you came here for a date, you seemed to be a little entangled. At that time, you didn't understand what you were entangled with. Now that you think about it, you should have wanted to say something to me since then?"

"..." Yan Cun nodded, "Yes."

He organized his words for a while, and then took a deep breath: "That's right... What I want to say is... Actually, my purpose for being with you at the beginning..."

After a long time, he finally managed to squeeze out a few words through his teeth: "Not too simple."

"..." Ji Liao was in a daze for a few seconds when he heard the words, and soon he said "um", his expression returned to normal.

"I, what I want to say is actually the same as that night..." Yan Cun's voice was a little hoarse, "That's right... At the beginning, I was afraid that I was really cold to the bone, and that I had only learned how to deal with it over the years. It’s just pretending, but it’s not really getting better…”

"So... so at first I was just trying to pin my hopes on you..."

"In fact, I am not so confident. Maybe when I was young, I didn't talk to people because I was aloof, but timid. I was afraid of getting along with other people, because I knew I had a bad personality. When I said that I didn't want to have an intimate relationship with people, it was not true. Dare, because I know that no one will like the real me, and because I know that, I escape even more, fearing that one day I will fall in love with someone, and that person will not accept me like this... I am afraid of losing, so I dare not expect to have it.”

"But you showed up...I'm glad that the person I like is you, you are such a good and outstanding you..."

"In the beginning, I just wanted to take this opportunity, I wanted you to save me, I wanted you to tell me... In fact, I can get along well with people, in fact, I can be liked by people..."

"Stop," Ji Liao interrupted him, hearing the subtext in the words, and his tone became cold, "What do you want to say? So what did you think at the beginning?"

"..." Yan Cun uttered a syllable, "I..."

"What kind of mentality do you have with me?" Ji Liao kept asking, "What kind of sustenance is your so-called 'trying to pin your hopes on me'?"

"No...you listen to me..."

"You thought at the time," Ji Liao said coldly and without any emotional analysis, "this might be just a dream, just a dream you dare not dream of? You actually don't even think about staying with me from now on?"

"Do not……"

"You came to be with me with a decisive attitude? So you please me, so you think it's okay if we break up in the future, and you want to talk about this life without regrets?" Ji Liao said, "So you now Tell me this is to want to..."

"...No!" Yan Cun stretched out his hand and slammed Ji Liao on the seat, and said in a low voice, "Listen to me first! This matter is my fault in the final analysis. After I finish talking, what should I do?" Can I let you handle it?"

"If you want to express your attitude and say you want to separate from me," Ji Liao pushed him away, lowering his eyes, "then don't say it."

"..." Yan Cun gritted his teeth, "At first I really thought about it, I really thought that 'this dream must be woken up', until the day before we quarreled, I thought so too... because everything is beautiful It's so unreal."

"You seem to understand all my thoughts, and keep telling me that you will like the real me. For me, you can accept the big personality flaws. You are so good, so good that I am a little... Got stuck."

"So after the quarrel that day, I was thinking, you have been trying so hard to catch me, why do I always run away, why do I always stay where I am? So I think... I should also cheer up and have a good time If you think about it clearly, you should try to take a few steps forward.”

In retrospect, this desperate attitude at the beginning can be regarded as self-moving, too stupid, too hypocritical-so from now on, he doesn't want to do this again, he wants to keep this pure emotion.

"So I figured it out. I have to tell you about this. I can't pretend nothing happened, or I don't think I'm worthy of being loved."

"At the beginning, I was really pessimistic. The purpose of being with you was not pure, but from now on, I will not think so."

"Everything is slowly getting better, and I'm sure I'm really getting better."

After he finished the last sentence sincerely, he praised in his heart that he didn't have stage fright and spoke fluently, and he also praised Ji Liao. He had been with Ji Liao for a long time, and he had successfully acquired the title of "Master of Speech" a skill.

After boasting, after waiting for a long time, Ji Liao didn't speak for a long time.

He began to feel uneasy again, and took a few seconds to recall what he had just said—should he have said the right thing, right?

"..." Ji Liao paused for a while, no emotion could be seen on his face, and he hadn't had time to take back the frosty tone just now, "...said so quickly, I didn't know whether to praise you or scold you."

"Don't punish," Yan Cun couldn't tell whether it was fear or nervousness, his heart was pounding, and he replied in a low voice, "I can't punish you. If you are afraid of punishment, you won't tell the truth anymore."

He glanced out of the window from the corner of his eye. The Ferris wheel was running almost a quarter of the way, and the distance between the carriages was far away. Others should not be able to see the unharmonious posture of the two of them.

"No," Ji Liao said fiercely, "Let me think about how to punish. If I punish you, you won't dare to tell lies."

The serious expression didn't last for a few seconds, he sighed, stretched out his hand and hugged back: "To be honest, I guessed a little bit before, and I guessed a lot after the last quarrel, but it's still good to hear you say it so honestly." Really... quite angry."

"Well..." Yan Cun said, "The last time I quarreled, I didn't understand it. At that time, I really didn't take my attitude and feelings seriously... Now I think about it, I have to make it clear to you, otherwise I feel that I am very bad. .”

He muttered in a low voice: "I have a bad personality, but if I add these few shortcomings, I might not even like you."

"Who said you have a bad personality?" Ji Liao raised his eyebrows, "It's good to know how to change."

"That's not true," Yan Cun said proudly, "I'm working hard."

"But I still have to talk about your frank scene..." Ji Liao said helplessly, "Do you have to go on the Ferris wheel to tell? Those who didn't know thought you were going to break up."

"Hmm..." Yan Cun thought for a while, "You are illogical. If you want to break up, you have to go to the downtown area. After you break up, you can't find it among the crowd. Those who get on the Ferris wheel are all confessions because they are afraid that the other party will run away. , the marriage proposal is afraid of being rejected--I'm afraid that you haven't listened to my explanation."

He pretended to say something: "Look at you, I just let it go and get angry before I finished speaking, but luckily I chose to go on the Ferris wheel and say it, otherwise you would have to run away?"

"No," Ji Liao bit the inside of his lips lightly, "You just startled me by speaking, I was thinking a little too much at the time, I thought that letting me out to play was just the calm before the storm, the last joy before dying... You should lay the groundwork before you talk, for example, ask me if I had a good time today."

"That's so wicked," Yan Cun first replied to his last sentence, "Normal people can't do such a thing."

He paused for a while, then smiled: "Then are you happy today?"

"Happy," Ji Liao nodded and said sincerely, "This may be the second happiest day I've lived in more than 20 years."

"?" Yan Cun took advantage of the situation and asked, "Which day was the first happiest?"

"The day I was with you," Ji Liao thought for a while, "No, let me modify it. Every day after being with you is very happy, but today is especially happy."

Yan Cun was stunned when he heard the words, as if he had noticed some clues, remembering that Ji Liao said before, 'I hope I can be a person without secrets'.

He asked again in a daze: "Is...?"

Ji Liao didn't say much, and nodded.

"Then... I hope that Ji Xiaoliao will be as happy as today every day..." Yan Cun said firmly, "No, every day will be happier than today."

Ji Liao smiled, nodded and said "OK", feeling a little depressed for some reason.

"Also, there is another thing... I said I had 'no home' at the Express Hotel before, and I have to apologize for that," Yan Cun scratched his head, "I regretted it after I said that, I said the wrong thing, The main reason is that I was affected by my adoptive father during that time, and I felt a little uncomfortable. Later, I realized that I would not be like before, with an extreme style of doing things and not afraid of anything. I will think more about you... um... …Add parentheses, outside the scope of duties, I will be a little bit afraid of death."

"I know," Ji Liao hugged the other party tightly in his arms, as if he didn't feel very safe, his voice was very low, "I know."

Yan Cun seemed to be keenly aware of something, so he didn't say anything, he just breathed a sigh of relief, and let Ji Liao hug him for a while.

He quietly put his hand into his pocket and touched the small gift. The Ferris wheel was about to reach its highest point. Although it was a bit silly to stick to this point to pursue a sense of ritual, he still stepped back a little distance, pulling away nervously. He said: "Everyone goes to the Ferris wheel to confess their love, do I have a share?"

"Yes," Ji Liao thought for a while, then let go of him and coughed lightly, "Um...I..."

"Forget it, let's talk about it later..." Yan Cun couldn't wait any longer, sighed, took out the thing in his pocket first, and held the pendant in front of Ji Liao with the back of his hand facing up, "I'll give it to you first." Give presents."

He solemnly said: "Happy birthday, Ji Liao." Spreading his hands, his fingertips hooked the chain, and the silver ring pendant in his hand fell down and hung in the air.

——It is a relatively small silver ring formed by two small fishes. It is very considerate. Knowing that it is not easy to wear this at work, it is also equipped with a chain.

"Is there a gift?" Ji Liao was stunned for a while, his eyes lit up obviously, and he carefully reached out to take it, "Why is it a fish again? Want to eat me so much?"

"No," Yan Cun said, "before I only picked gifts for those in the team. The girls gave dolls, and the boys gave thermos cups... There is no creativity, and I can't hide clothes secretly until night, so I picked a gift. Smaller ones with commemorative value for you."

When I first picked it, I really didn’t think too much about it. I just saw that this little thing had a special design, and Ji Liao’s family also happened to raise fish, so I bought it on impulse.

He scratched his head in embarrassment: "At first, I wanted to engrave some words or order something else for you, but then I thought about the time rush, and I have a lot of things recently, so I didn't have time to do it... so I made a crude tone, don't dislike."

"No." Ji Liao took advantage of the light outside the carriage to look at it for a while, holding it carefully in his hand, as if afraid of damaging it, "I don't dislike it, it's very beautiful...you help me put it on."

Yan Cun responded, stretched out his hand around Ji Liao's neck and hung up the small ring, and stared blankly for a while.

The hustle and bustle of the venue was still there, but it was a little far away from them. The Ferris wheel had already passed the highest point and began to descend slowly. Maybe it was because they were a little sleepy and confused. The dark night sky set off the bright lights of the amusement park venue a bit. Flashy, the scenery outside the window is somehow dreamy.

In the narrow space of the carriage, the hot breath envelops both parties, as if there is nothing else in the pupils except the other party.

The two started to kiss, touch, and explore. They didn't go too far, and they didn't have to do anything. They just wanted to absorb each other's breath when they were in love, it was just out of instinct.

One hand circled around Ji Liao's neck, and lightly grasped the small ring hanging around Ji Liao's neck.Ji Liao closed his eyes slightly, groped to cover the hand, and held it tightly.

"Ding ding ding-"

"...?!"

The two of them stopped, and at the same time they were startled by the vibration and ringing sound coming from the pocket of the sweater, almost biting each other's tongue.

The Ferris wheel is also approaching the ground, and the straight-line distance between them and the staff is only a few meters.The two quickly separated, sat back on their seats, and followed the source of the sound to find the phone.

"Your." Ji Liao unlocked the screen, "Jiang Huai is calling."

"Ah?" Yan Cun was stunned for a while, Jiang Huai seldom called at this time, and if it was not a big deal, he would usually send a WeChat message.

He took the phone and quickly pressed the answer button: "Hello?"

"Gao Kuiliang is awake," Jiang Huai said. "The test results are not very good. The next time you get sick, you may not be able to be saved, and you may not be lucky if you are saved... You may have to go to the hospital first."

When the carriage reached the ground, the two got off the Ferris wheel together, left the park, and found a quiet place to take a taxi to the hospital.

"How is he now?" Yan Cun asked, "Can he talk?"

"Yes," Jiang Huai said, "As soon as I woke up, I asked to see you and Ji Liao by name, and I didn't say anything when I asked. Didn't I call you in a hurry?"

After getting into the car, Yan Cun answered, hung up the phone, and asked the driver to drive a little faster.

Fortunately, there is a simple white top under the sweater, which can still be seen after taking off the sweater, but it is not stable enough to wear light pink.

When they arrived at the hospital, apart from Jiang Huai, there was Zhang Jingze, a laborer who had just returned home and was called by a phone call, and a full-time driver, Xiao Zhiyu, was by his side.

Zhang Jingze yawned, probably tired from playing all day.

Jiang Huai handed them a recording pen.

Yan Cun nodded, and told them to wait outside first, and after the nursing doctor came out of the ward, he entered the room with Ji Liao.

It is estimated that He Jiu had also called in advance, saying that he had to be rescued no matter what. Gao Kuiliang's hospital gown was covered with monitoring equipment, and he was lying half dead on the hospital bed, in a very poor mental state.

Seeing the two of them enter the room, Gao Kuiliang didn't say a word, took a few breaths, stretched out his hand from the quilt very slowly, and threw the thing in his hand directly onto the bed.

It is a metal plate engraved with the word 'through the rain'.