Nan Zhiqiao drove the car and took Ye Zhenzhen to the downstairs of the Xincheng apartment.

Under the incandescent street lamp, Ye Zhenzhen stood next to the car and waved goodbye to Nan Zhiqiao in the driver's seat, "Senior Nan, go back quickly, I will go to the airport early tomorrow morning to see you off." ”

"Wait a minute. ”

Nan Zhiqiao got out of the car and walked in front of Ye Zhenzhen, "There is a small park nearby, can you take a walk with me?"

Sensing that Nan Zhiqiao was a little strange, Ye Zhenzhen still nodded although she had some doubts in her heart, "Well, let's go." ”

The small park in Nanzhiqiao's mouth is just east of the Xincheng apartment, and the two are close to each other, separated by only an antique fence wall in the middle, and in the middle of the fence wall, a fence gate.

The fence gate is usually hidden, and it is not locked at night, and Nan Zhiqiao took Ye Zhenzhen to enter the cobblestone path of the park from the fence gate.

It was past ten o'clock in the evening, in the dead of night, and there was no one in the park, and occasionally a small couple holding hands passed by the path between the trees.

The cobblestone path was more than a meter wide, just enough for the two of them to walk side by side, and Nan Zhiqiao walked beside Ye Zhenzhen, not fast or slow.

Nan Zhiqiao was silent all the way, Ye Zhenzhen was immersed in the subtle atmosphere of the full moon hanging high and the bamboo shadow shaking, and after walking for a while, Ye Zhenzhen began to be curious, Senior Nan rarely asked him to take a walk, and it was on the eve of going abroad to fight the epidemic and rescue, he must have something to say, Ye Zhenzhen broke the silence and said first, "Senior Nan, you are quite familiar with this small park." ”

"Well, I've been here twice before. ”

Ye Zhenzhen began to mutter, she has been here twice? Senior Nan's apartment is four blocks away from here, and the environment of his community is much better than here, what are you doing here? Is it exercise?

The two were silent for a while, and played the winding path, and soon came to the end of the cobblestone path, where an octagonal pavilion was located on the hillside.

Standing in the pavilion, overlooking the bamboo forest on the hillside, the flower garden and the artificial lake under the hillside, it is quite a feeling of a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

There are four palace lamps around the pavilion, and the soft light is reflected on the stone tables and stone benches inside the pavilion.

"Senior Nan, do you want to sit for a while?"

"Sit down, I've got something to tell you. ”

"What's the matter?" Ye Zhenzhen didn't sit down, but curiously took a step closer to Nan Zhiqiao.

"Don't send me at the airport tomorrow. ”

"Why?"

"I don't like parting, and I don't like to say goodbye. ”

Nan Zhiqiao's expression was a little sad, and his hand unconsciously touched the "Life Ring" ring hanging between his neck.

Ye Zhenzhen remembered that Nan Zhiqiao had said about the "Life Ring" ring and his mother before, when Senior Nan's mother went to Africa to participate in anti-epidemic relief activities, but died in Africa and was sent back to China with only a box of ashes and this ring.

"Senior Nan, do you think of your mother?" asked Ye Zhenzhen carefully.

"Hmm. ”

Nan Zhiqiao took off the ring necklace from his neck, put it in the palm of his hand, and said softly: "Actually, this ring is also related to the Ebola epidemic. ”

Ye Zhenzhen was thoughtful, thinking that Nan Zhiqiao's mother went to Africa to participate in protest and rescue activities, and this ring was sent back to China after the epidemic, and couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that the Ebola epidemic broke out in Africa back then?"

Nan Zhiqiao looked up at the moon in the sky and nodded quietly, "Well, there was an Ebola outbreak in Africa back then, but it was not the earliest one, but the one in Uganda around 2000. ”

Ye Zhenzhen looked at the tall and handsome man in front of her with some sadness and some sympathy, although Senior Nan had a rich material life since he was a child, he had no mother when he was a child, and his relationship with his father was stiff, and now he is going to Africa again to deal with the Ebola epidemic, facing danger at the same time, he also has to pick up the scars of his childhood.

"Senior Nan, don't be too sad. Although she felt that all the words of comfort were pale and weak, Ye Zhenzhen couldn't help but comfort her.

"I am not sad, but a little excited, excited that I will finally inherit my mother's will and fulfill my mother's last wish, so this time I am not worried or afraid, because I know that if there is really a spirit in heaven in the world, my mother will definitely watch me in heaven. ”

If a staunch atheist like Nan Zhiqiao can say such a thing, he must miss his mother very much.

Ye Zhenzhen followed Nan Zhiqiao's tone and said, "Well, I believe that Senior Nan, the Ebola epidemic will definitely be controlled by people." ”

Nan Zhiqiao: "You're right, since 1976, when there was the first outbreak of this highly fatal haemorrhagic fever in Zaire and western Sudan, hence the name of the Ebola virus. Three years later, the Ebola virus has ravaged Sudan again, and each time it is littered with corpses. After two outbreaks, the Ebola virus mysteriously disappeared for 15 years until 1995, when it re-emerged in Zaire and Gabon. Now, nearly 40 years after the first outbreak of the Ebola virus, and despite advances in detection, prevention and treatment, Ebola remains one of the most lethal viruses in the world. ”

Listening to Nan Zhiqiao's description, Ye Zhenzhen sighed slightly, "Although we already have a certain understanding of Ebola, it is still dangerous, even if it is dangerous, but a brave person like Senior Nan will still rush to the front." ”

Nan Zhiqiao looked up at Ye Zhenzhen's eyes, looking at each other, Nan Zhiqiao smiled and said, "Yes, you still know me best." ”

After speaking, Nan Zhiqiao handed the "Life Ring" ring in his hand to Ye Zhenzhen, "This ring is for you." ”

Ye Zhenzhen was stunned, thinking of the origin and purpose of the "Life Ring" ring that Nan Zhiqiao had said before, it is the heirloom of the Nan family, and it is to be passed on to the daughter-in-law of the Nan family from generation to generation, what does Senior Nan mean by giving this ring now?

After being surprised for a long time, Ye Zhenzhen finally squeezed out a sentence, "Give it to me?

Looking at the expressions of doubt flashing in the eyes of the woman in front of him, Nan Zhiqiao said solemnly: "Zhen Zhen, if you didn't understand my words last time by the river valley in the forest park, then I will say it again today, I like you." ”

Ye Zhenzhen suddenly had a fluttering feeling, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch herself, it hurt!

Everything just now is true.

"But this ring is for the daughter-in-law of the Nan family. Although Ye Zhenzhen's heart blossomed, she still had some sense, Senior Nan just said that she liked it, but it was not a marriage proposal, such a valuable gift, Zhen Zhen still didn't dare to accept it.

Seeing Zhen Zhen's concerns, Nan Zhiqiao explained: "I have a girlfriend for the purpose of getting married, but now you don't have to rush to answer me, you can think about it for a few days, I believe that in the end, you will agree, because you Ye Zhenzhen is the woman I have recognized in my life." ”