epilogue

"I discussed it with Dongxi, and we both shared the maintenance cost equally. As for the bets...... "Gu Junhao looked at Ah Jiu under the tree in the distance: "You all take it, it should be regarded as compensation for being frightened today." ”

"Call me next time." Li Dongxi still looked like he was not convinced, but when he looked at Ah Jiu, there was already a layer of respect in his eyes.

"Thank you."

Lee Dong-hee looked at Park Chan-young and patted Gu Jun-ho on the shoulder: "Fatty, let's go." ”

"People who lose are still so arrogant?"

"I didn't lose to you."

"You're going to lose anyway."

"Say whatever you want."

The two of them each got into their own cars, and Park Chanyoung watched the two leave and breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, he was frightened, and he was terrified, and when he heard Ah Jiu rushing down the cliff, he was even more frightened and cold. If Ah Jiu really died, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

Park Chanyoung took a deep breath, stabilized his mood, and walked to Ah Jiu, who was talking to someone in the distance. At the same time, Taeyeon, who was hiding in the crowd, finally mustered up the courage to walk over.

……

Under the tree, Ah Jiu was talking to someone. This person is none other than the 'man in black' who went to Beicun to find his junior brother 'The Man in Black' a few days ago, and Ah Jiu now knows his name.

"Senior brother, my name is Long Sanba." Leather jacket and jeans, the expressionless cool brother, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching when he said this.

“……”

For the first time in his life, Ah Jiu felt that his name was good, compared to the one in front of him.

"You're here to go on a mission? What are you looking for me for, do you need my help? ”

"No, it's not." Long Sanba reached into his arms and took out a sealed envelope: "I am now Minister Yang's bodyguard, and I am the one who accompanied him to South Korea." I came to you this time to deliver a letter. ”

"Letter?" Ah Jiu looked at the envelope in Long Sanba's hand, revealing a puzzled look.

"Yes." Long Sanba handed the envelope to Ah Jiu: "The last time I returned to China, Master Fat contacted me and asked me to go back." He gave me the letter and said he wanted me to bring it to you. ”

"Did he write it?"

"I don't know, I'm just a messenger." Long Sanba said coolly: "Senior brother, I have to go, Minister Yang will return to China tomorrow morning, and there will be no delay." The next time I have the opportunity, I will definitely have a trick with you, and the fat master said that you are the most talented of the younger generation, I don't believe it. ”

"Believe it or not, you can't beat me, but if you want to be a punching bag, I won't stop you. Next time, don't be sneaky, just come to me. ”

Long Sanba nodded, pulled the door and got into the car, honked the horn, and drove away.

Ah Jiu had already heard the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer, and took the letter into his arms.

……

Taeyeon saw Park Chan-young walking over, his steps became slower and slower, and he stopped. She didn't want to cause trouble to Ah Jiu, so she saw the two chatting. Taeyeon bit her lip and turned to walk towards her car, where she was going to wait and wait for Ah Jiu to be free for a while, and then go to him.

"Wait a minute!" Ah Jiu's voice suddenly came, and Taeyeon subconsciously turned around and saw Ah Jiu waving his hand to him.

"Come here."

Taeyeon's eyes showed a happy look, and suddenly she couldn't suppress her feelings, and strode over, ignoring Park Chanyoung's presence, and hugged Ah Jiu's waist.

"Yo, sister-in-law?" Park Canrong was happy and said, "Sister-in-law, you are here, you see this thing, I became a light bulb?" ”

"Brother, am I particularly annoying it now, if you think I hate you when you say it, I will disappear if you say it, brother, do I hate it?"

"Very nasty!"

"Okay, I'm gone!" Park Chanyoung sold a photo and ran away in the posture of PSY horse riding.

Taeyeon hugged Ah Jiu's waist, very tight, and suddenly mustered up the courage to look up into his eyes, opened her mouth and didn't say anything, hugged it tighter, leaning against his chest.

"I was really scared."

"Me too." Ah Jiu smiled and helped Taeyeon take off her mask: "I thought it was you, so I was very worried." ”

"Really?" Taeyeon looked up at Ah Jiu again, "Can I understand it as liking?" ”

"I can't."

"I just want it." Taeyeon looked at Ah Jiu and suddenly felt so shy that she closed her eyes gently.

Breathing as if it was getting closer, Taeyeon felt her heartbeat, plopping and getting faster and faster.

"Chanrong, what did you say about cash just now?"

When his lips couldn't get any closer, Ah Jiu suddenly broke away from Taeyeon's embrace. Taeyeon stood with her hands down, and suddenly felt empty and uncomfortable.

……

It was almost midnight, and most of the people had dispersed, leaving Park Chan-young's camp with only himself, Ah Jiu, Taeyeon, and a few repairmen stationed here.

The dinner BBQ was over, and what was still burning was the remnants of the charcoal fire, which flickered on and off, as if echoing the stars in the sky.

"BOSS, LET'S GO TO SLEEP FIRST."

A repairman came over to say hello, Park Chanyoung nodded, and the repairmen walked to the west side of the camp, where they had cleaned up a few rooms that were their dormitories.

Only Park Chan-young, Taeyeon, and Ah Jiu sitting on a three-meter-high wall are left in the courtyard.

There he drank, alone, silently, drinking.

I don't know how much he drank, no one knows what happened to him, and he exudes a momentum that no one should enter, resisting, dangerous, and decadent.

"Alas......" Park Canrong sighed, opened the beer and took a sip: "Sister-in-law, I really didn't expect you to be together." I now understand why he fought for you......"

"No, it's not," Taeyeon shook her head slightly, "We didn't have a relationship, and he never said he liked me." He...... I don't think I have a good crush on me. ”

Park Canrong smiled and said, "I've known him for a long time, do you know what is wrong with him?" ”

"Huh?"

"He's disgusted by people touching him, uh...... Anyway, maybe it's not disgusting, but if it's someone he hates, or a stranger, he'll react. ”

"Reaction?"

"It's like a reflex, he's going to hit people." Park Chan Young said matter-of-factly, and Taeyeon didn't understand it even more: "He didn't beat me either." ”

"So, I don't think he's like you. Do you know what would happen to him if someone he didn't like hugged him like you just did? ”

Park Canrong smiled: "If it's a man, he'll kick it away, and if it's a woman, he'll push it away very irritably, he's such a person, don't get close to anyone." ”

Taeyeon looked at Ah Jiu's back under the full moon and said dumbfoundedly, "But the person I know is not like you said......"

"That's because of another of his quirks...... Sister-in-law, let me tell you something from the past. ”

"Hmm."

"When I first met him, do you know what it was like?" A look of memory appeared on Park Canrong's face, and he said, "It was also on this road that he fought with more than forty people. ”

"Huh?"

Park Chanrong exhaled: "I will never forget what he looked like at that time, more than forty people first chased him, and then they were chased by him in turn, and as a result, from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, all the people who were beaten down by him." The next day, more than a dozen ambulances came...... He looked like Bruce Lee in the movie at that time, he was completely invincible, and I have never seen someone so capable of fighting. ”

"Sister-in-law, do you know, this used to be the territory of the bikers, and we couldn't play racing here, so he single-handedly knocked down the two bikers who were fighting for territory here."

"I really adore him, I didn't ask him who he was, but I knew he must be a man with an extraordinary past."

After Park Chanyoung finished speaking, he looked at Taeyeon: "So, I must tell you about his problem." ”

Taeyeon was caught up in the imagination of the scene that Park Chanyoung said, and when she heard his words, she was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?" ”

"He's a drinker, and if he really drinks too much, he'll forget something that happened." Park Chanyoung said seriously: "Just like what I told you just now, he doesn't remember it now." I've mentioned it to him many times, and he doesn't remember. I don't know if he really doesn't remember or fake, just like a formatted USB stick, that memory seems to have been formatted. ”

"And he'...... After each such thing, there will be some changes. I can't tell, but there will be changes. ”

"Seeing him like this today, he will definitely drink too much, you will feel it slowly, I just give you a reminder first."

Park Canrong drank the beer in his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, the easternmost room is reserved for you, so be quiet at night." ”

He laughed, got up and went to his room to sleep.

Taeyeon blushed, looked up at Ah Jiu on the wall, got up and walked over.

Suddenly, Ah Jiu fell off the wall. Taeyeon snorted softly and quickly ran over and helped him up.

"Are you alright, did you fall?"

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me." Ah Jiu pushed Taeyeon away and climbed two steps on the ground, trying to support himself up. But he had drunk so much that his body had lost control, and his arms were bent and he fell to the ground, his face buried in the weeds.

Ah Jiu grabbed the clump of weeds, trying to hide his face in it. On the face, on the hands, on the chest, there was a lot of dust on it quickly.

"What's wrong with you, don't scare me......" Taeyeon wanted to help Ah Jiu up, but was pushed away again: "You stay away from me, don't come near me, don't ...... Don't come near me......"

Ah Jiu's voice became smaller and smaller, and it seemed that he had no strength to struggle. Taeyeon approached again and tentatively put her hand on Ah Jiu's shoulder, and seeing that he didn't react, she slowly picked him up. Ah Jiu was too heavy, beyond the limit that Taeyeon could bear, but she still gritted her teeth and persevered, helping Ah Jiu step by step to the room that Park Chanyoung had just said. She didn't ask Park Chanyoung for help because she didn't want Ah Jiu's friends to see him now.

The distance was less than 20 meters, but it took more than 20 minutes. Ah Jiu was like a walking corpse, unconsciously opening his eyes and not cooperating at all. Taeyeon gritted her teeth and insisted, wanting to give up several times. But looking at the door that was getting closer and closer, she cheered herself up again and again, and finally miraculously carried the man who weighed almost twice as much as her into the room and threw him on the bed.

Ah Jiu was lying on the bed, and suddenly burst into tears, without any sound. Tears washed away the dust from his face and turned into mud.

Taeyeon didn't care about the pain all over her body, she crawled onto the bed, hugged Ah Jiu's head, and couldn't control her tears: "What's wrong with you, why did you suddenly become like this?" ”

"I ...... I always thought it was possible...... Even if I never go to them, they will live in the same world as I am...... At least they're all alive......"

Ah Jiu put her arms around Taeyeon and buried her in her arms, tears soaking her chest and scaling hot.

"Now there is no hope...... I'm really an orphan......"

"I have no relatives in this world."

"I'm the only one left......"

……

Ah Jiu fell asleep, and Taeyeon helped him take off his coat and touch the letter.

Unable to control the curiosity in her heart, she took it out and looked at it, there was only a piece of paper in the envelope, on which was printed a person who looked like Ah Jiu.

It's all in Chinese, she doesn't recognize it. But the portrait is gray with a bracket below, 1968-1993.

Taeyeon suddenly understood everything, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and stuffed the envelope back in.

She wanted to go find a towel to help Ah Jiu wipe her face, but as soon as she put Ah Jiu on the pillow, her hand was grabbed and she was held tightly by Ah Jiu.

"Don't go ......"

"I'm not leaving, I'm going to find a towel to help you ......"

"Xiujing, don't go, don't ...... Leave me ......."

After saying that, Ah Jiu was silent again, and Taeyeon was stunned, sobbed, and patted his hand gently.

"I won't leave you, I'll always be with you, you won't be alone, you won't be ......"