From the evening to the present, Bai Yi has been busy in this room.

First, change the charcoal basin in a ventilated place, then gently wipe Bai Ling's lips with a wet cotton wool ball, and then cover the cucumber slices on it, changing them from time to time.

When he sat down on the edge of the bed, and had said all he could, and did not know what to say to Bai Ling, he sat down in his chair tiredly, and said nothing.

Outside the house, the wind began to blow, whimpering, like a traveler wailing.

Bai Yi changed his posture, supported his chin with his hand, and looked at Bai Ling's fingertips stretched out outside the quilt.

"Why don't you open your eyes and look at me?" Bai Yi muttered, "When Fourteen was here, you woke up so many times......"

He glanced up at Bai Ling, who still had his eyes closed.

Bai Yi sighed, straightened up, folded his hands behind his head and stretched.

"I should have told Fourteen earlier, but whenever you wake up, whether I'm awake or asleep, you can call someone to call me over."

After a while, Bai Yi suddenly remembered something, and frowned, "...... Do you blame me? ”

Bai Ling, who was lying on the couch, frowned slightly, as if he had dreamed of something painful.

This wasn't the first time Bai Ling had shown such an expression, and after nightfall, she looked as if she had been dreaming intermittently.

Bai Yi stretched out his hand and pressed the tip of his thumb to Bai Ling's eyebrows, trying to smooth out the frowning brow.

"I'm not sad." He said softly, as if coaxing Bai Ling in a dream, "The sad things have passed......

Bai Yi wanted to say something, but the voice suddenly stopped in his throat - he saw Bai Ling's eyelashes move slightly, and he spoke in vain but did not make any sound, and his wrist could even feel the warm breath of Bai Ling's exhalation.

Bai Yi's breathing was almost stagnant, and he looked at Bai Ling, watching her slowly open her eyes.

Bai Ling's gaze, which had just opened her eyes, was out of focus, and she looked at the familiar bedtop curtain, always feeling that this scene seemed to have been seen many times.

After a moment's pause, she heard a voice calling her name.

As she looked, she saw a figure sitting beside the bed.

The room was very dark, except for an oil lamp on a table not far from the bed.

Bai Ling was frightened for a moment, and instinctively wanted to retreat to the other side of the bed, but heard the man anxiously stop her and tell her not to move.

The voice...... Also familiar.

But in front of her, she really couldn't recognize who it was.

In the past few years of separation, the frost and wind and snow in the north have carved earth-shaking changes on Bai Yi's body, and the original thin and handsome young medical officer has now grown a short beard like Chen Yicong back then.

But after four years, the corners of his eyes have become slightly wrinkled when he laughs, and his shoulders and arms are no longer as thin as before.

The bitter cold here not only did not destroy his spirit, but only aroused his stronger will, and he had to fight against all unknowable fate, against all the burdens that oppressed him, like weeds and thorns, in this long winter north.

In the dim light, Bai Yi sat there quietly, but at this time, he didn't know what to say to Bai Ling.

The two looked at each other quietly.

But even if Bai Yi in front of him is almost reborn, those eyes Bai Ling will never admit that he is wrong - "There is only one person in the world who can gather the light and meaning of all his life." ”

She softly called out Bai Yi's name, these two words were so low that they were almost inaudible, and Bai Ling's breathing was already a little rapid, "...... Is that you? ”

"yes...... It's me. ”

"How are you ......" Bai Ling furrowed his eyebrows in disbelief, "How are you ......"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and reached for Bai Yi's cheek.

Bai Yi hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to put his face on Bai Ling's palm.

Bai Yi's upper lip beard is very short, just a thin layer of stubble, and the short beard of the lower jaw is like a hard, dry straw, coiled and growing.

"When you go to the countryside to see a doctor, you have a beard, and everyone believes that you are a capable doctor." Bai Yi held Bai Ling's hand, "Although I look old, after growing a beard, it will be much easier to do things." ”

Bai Ling couldn't help but laugh.

She never dreamed of Bai Yi's current appearance, Bai Yi is now twenty-six or seventeen years old, but this old and serious goatee grows, and he looks more than a round older than Bai Ling.

She looked at Bai Yi's face silently, as if she had seen him look like when he was old, new and happy, and then sighed very lightly, very lightly.

"I see it...... You write on the wall...... Poem. Bai Ling said softly, "Mu Xin's ...... That one. ”

Bai Yi was briefly confused for a moment, and then suddenly remembered.

"David?"

Bai Ling nodded, her eyes lowered slightly, "I was ...... at that time I just want to ...... right away Come to you. ”

Bai Yi chuckled and squeezed Bai Ling's hand tighter.

"Bai Yi, I'm afraid I'm dreaming......" Bai Ling looked at him, "You're real, aren't you?" ”

"yes."

"But if ...... Is this a dream? ”

Bai Yi grabbed Bai Ling's hand and gently bit the back of her hand.

The corners of Bai Ling's mouth calmed, and he retracted his hand a little.

There was a playful smile on her face, but the expression in her eyes grew sad.

“…… In dreams, it hurts too," Bai Ling said seriously, "I've done a lot...... A dream like that. ”

"It doesn't hurt if it's a dream." Bai Yi answered softly, he pressed the back of Bai Ling's hand to his cheek, "So that you are asleep and awake, and I will be here." ”

Bai Ling closed his eyes and laughed.

Bai Yi's palms were still as rough as before, and even on a cold night like today, his hands were still dry and warm.

However, she looked at Bai Yi's shadow cast on the wall, feeling the slight pressure from the quilt, the sound of the wind outside the window, and the tingling sensation in her throat...... These details still look a little suspicious.

"I ...... during the day It's like seeing fourteen. Bai Ling asked with some uncertainty, "Is he...... Also there? ”

"Hmm." Bai Yi nodded, "We learned about you from the deer hunters, and we chased you to Aquili for the fourteenth and night before we rescued you. ”

Bai Ling frowned slightly, as if he was smacking this sentence repeatedly.

"I seem, too, listen to him...... Speaking of it. ”

"When you came back, you were very badly injured." Bai Yi said in a low voice, "Who hurt you?" ”

Bai Ling shook his head, "Where's Dad......?" ”

"Dad is still in Jingzhou." Bai Yi said softly, "He's too old to withstand our tossing...... This is a county seat in Fuzhou, and when you are healed, we will go to Jingzhou to reunite with my father. ”