"Ivan, what's wrong", I didn't pay attention to Caini's words just now, Lu Tianyu was a little distracted, and vaguely didn't seem to hear Ivan's news, which made me a little uneasy. In this expedition team, except for Ina, only Ivan let himself be worried, and the life and death of the others had nothing to do with him.

"Ivan......", Zeni looked at Lu Tianyu, the car had arrived at the hotel, Zeni led Lu Tianyu into the hotel's restaurant, and invited Lu Tianyu to have a good meal.

Looking at the sumptuous dishes in front of him, Lu Tianyu said worriedly: "Ivan, what's wrong, is there something wrong", he didn't have anything to worry about eating, and now he wants to know Ivan's news.

"Ivan can have a friend like you, and he will be ......blind to death", Zeni lowered his head, his eyes were a little moist and said: "Ivan and I are also friends, when I heard that Ivan entered the cannibal tribe, I knew that he wanted to find the legendary holy fruit, if I knew it at the beginning, I would have persuaded him, I didn't expect that there would be no chance again." ”

"You mean ......", an ominous premonition arose, making Lu Tianyu feel a little sour in his nose.

Zeny took a sip of the coffee in front of him and stabilized his sad mood: "Why do you think I went to save you......." ”

Lu Tianyu shook his head and didn't speak, waiting for Zeni to continue, he had already discovered that Zeni was not a rescue team member, and he had the temperament of a soldier between his gestures, and he should be a small officer.

"When Ivan was rescued, he was already dying with a high fever, and when I went to see him, he told me that in order to save him and Ina, you stayed without hesitation, and hoped that I could save you. I agreed, Ivan has never begged anyone, this time in order to save you, open your mouth to me, I don't care about 100,000 Xingyuan, what I care about is that he treats you as a friend, it's rare!

Knowing that there is still someone alive, I know that it must be you, and Ivan will be happy for you in heaven and live well, these are Ivan's last words. He hopes that you will not forget him, that you will not care about the holy fruit, and forget about the holy fruit, and treat it as a dream, and after waking up from the dream it will be dawn", Zeni got up and left.

Lu Tianyu sat there in a daze, his eyes were blurred, for some reason, after listening to Zeni's words, he felt very painful, that somewhat obscene face was smiling at himself, he gave his life for the last promise, and in the end he still thought about his friend who had just met.

I had doubted him, knew that his motives were not pure, and knew that he was paying attention to the expedition, but he had never harmed anyone. He just wants to improve the living conditions of his loved ones, is he wrong? He was worried about his own safety until he died, this is a man who values love and righteousness, a husband who knows cold and hot, although he is a little selfish, but he has never hidden his thoughts, he is Ivan.

Lu Tianyu felt that his chest was pressed by something, making him breathless, Ivan's words of advice to himself at the end were a kind reminder and a hint that he had something to say to himself, but he would never have a chance.

After a sleepless night, Lu Tianyu decided to go to Iwan's house to have a look, although Ivan is no longer there, but this love must be returned.

Walking on Arica's bluestone pavement, the two or three-story buildings on both sides are dilapidated, stretching to the end of the line of sight, where wealth and decay are so close. Lu Tianyu suddenly found that he had forgotten to ask Caini, where Imawan's family was, and asked a few passers-by, but no one knew Ivan.

Trying to find someone in a small city of tens of thousands of people is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the police station gives itself a long list of forty or fifty people, and knows too little about Ivan, and now I don't know where to look for it.

Passing through a square, the Latin dance procession on the street caught Lu Tianyu's attention, and he pulled a pair of young people to ask Johnny and Maria, and the young man enthusiastically pointed out a way to himself, telling Lu Tianyu that he could find them in the dance hall not far away.

Lu Tianyu followed the direction pointed by the young man to a dance hall, where the warm and unrestrained music of Latin dance came out, and a couple of men and women were dancing to the music, teaching Latin dance to more than a dozen children.

His sudden appearance interrupted the dance steps of the man and woman who were teaching dance, and the people in the dance hall looked at Lu Tianyu standing at the door, and Lu Tianyu was about to ask, when he saw Johnny and Maria in the dance hall.

"How are you?"

Johnny didn't recognize Lu Tianyu, but Maria next to him recognized him at a glance, after all, he left too deep an impression on Maria, and it is estimated that when he sees Lu Tianyu, he will remember that he was kicked, Maria didn't say it, but last time from her eyes, she could see that she was the stupidest of the students she taught.

After more than a month, Maria still remembered Lu Tianyu, and made herself a little embarrassed, "Excuse me, there is something to do today, I don't know if you know Ivan's home, I want to go to Ivan's family", Lu Tianyu was afraid that the two would misunderstand, so he hurriedly said his intention.

Johnny and Maria only knew Ivan at most, and they didn't have a deep friendship with Ivan, and Johnny lamented: "You don't know? Ivan died after returning from his last expedition, what are you doing at his house? ”

"I want to go and see", I heard Ivan talk about what happened to his family, and now I want to go and see: "After getting along for a few months, although they are not good friends, but they have suffered and suffered together, Ivan is gone, and he has not given him a ride, and now he is back, and he wants to see his wife and children", Johnny and Maria did not know about themselves, and they did not want to tell them both.

Maria glanced at Johnny beside her, turned around and said, "I'll go with you, Ivan's house is not far from here, and he is also buried in the mountain behind his house, and I also want to send him a bouquet of flowers." ”

Leaving the dance hall, follow Maria to the outside of Arica's city, Ivan's home is on the outskirts of the city, it is a dilapidated civilian house, everywhere is flowing dirty water, the garbage everywhere emits a pungent smell, from time to time a few bare-ass children rush out of it, running and frolicking, seeing Lu Tianyu and Maria ignore it, just look at the two with curious eyes.

I heard Ivan say that his family used to be very wealthy, but since his wife fell ill, the cost of medicine of a few hundred stars a month has made a family quickly fall apart, Lu Tianyu expressed doubts about Ivan's words at first, and now it seems that everything is true.

Standing at the door of a house made of iron sheets, Maria motioned for Lu Tianyu to go in, and she stood outside and waited.

Pushing open the door, a strong smell of herbs came over, Ivan no longer had money to buy medicine for his wife, and his wife was not willing to spend the money on herself, hoping that Ivan could send the child to school.

The light in the house was very dim, and after getting used to it, I heard a woman's voice coming from the room, low and weak: "Who is outside, the family has no money, just me, a sick woman and two children, ......." ”

Lu Tianyu couldn't listen to it anymore, Ivan's wife regarded herself as a local hooligan bully, thinking that she was here to collect debts, so she hurriedly said: "Is this Ivan's home?" I'm Ivan's friend", Lu Tianyu lifted the rag curtain and walked in.

There was an oil lamp lit in the room, and a woman was lying on the dirty bed looking at Lu Tianyu who walked in, with a desperate look in her eyes full of suspicion: "Ivan is dead, if he owes money outside, you can see if there is anything valuable here, just take it." ”

Lu Tianyu's nose was sore, he couldn't say a word, he choked up and looked at the woman on the bed, took out a thick stack of money from his arms and put it next to the bed, and said with difficulty: "I'm not here to collect debts, this is the money I owe Ivan, I owe Ivan a life, if it weren't for Ivan, I might have died, I'm here to pay off the debt, I hope this money can help you live a good life, if it's not enough, I will send some more." ”

The woman on the bed froze, looked at Lu Tianyu blankly, her lips trembled and cried: "Who are you, I don't know you, and I haven't heard Ivan talk about it before, what did he do outside?" ”

Ivan didn't do anything, he didn't lead the expedition into the abyss for a million star dollars, if Ivan wanted to wipe out the expedition, as long as he unknowingly brought the expedition to death, he and the expedition team would not be able to get out of this forest. Lu Tianyu owes Ivan a life, no amount of money can buy a life, there is only so much he can do, I hope that Ivan's family can get rid of poverty from now on.

"My name is Lu Tianyu, this time I entered the Amazon with Ivan, Ivan is a good person, he is the best guide, without him, we can't come back alive......?"

The woman on the bed understood Lu Tianyu's words and struggled to get up, but her body couldn't move. At this moment, two children rushed in from outside the house, and when they saw Lu Tianyu standing in the house, they pounced on the woman on the bed and made the woman cry, punching and kicking Lu Tianyu: "You are a bad person, you made your mother cry, you are a bad person, you are not welcome here", and wanted to push Lu Tianyu out as he spoke.

The thin bodies of the two children couldn't push Lu Tianyu at all, and the small fists hit Lu Tianyu's legs, as if they were tickling Lu Tianyu, and the woman on the bed stopped the two children's actions when she saw this: "The two children are not sensible, please don't be surprised, this money is too much, you better take it back." ”

Lu Tianyu squatted down, ready to touch the two thin children in front of him, but he didn't expect his actions to cause their fear, "Don't be afraid, your father is the best person in this world, he didn't give up his conscience because of money, I hope you will grow up to be an upright person like your father." ”

The two children looked at Lu Tianyu as if they didn't understand, and then heard the woman on the bed say: "After the expedition team learned that Ivan died, they subsidized 30,000 star yuan to the family, and Ivan used all the money to pay off the debt, and the family owed a lot of money for my illness in the past few years." I can't take this money, if I accept Ivan, I won't forgive me, please take it back! ”

"This money is for the children to go to school, if Ivan knows about it, he will definitely agree, for the sake of the children, please accept this money", after saying that, Lu Tianyu turned around and walked out of the room.

Everything here makes me feel sad, there is an indescribable sadness and pain, I didn't expect Ivan to use the last money, pay off all the debts owed, and leave this world without regrets.

At this moment, Lu Tianyu really discovered that Ivan is a really good person, integrity, honesty, and kindness are not lacking in Ivan, but the burden of life is bent over, and it is in this environment that he still does not wear out his will.

"You're crying", Maria said as she stood outside the door and looked at Lu Tianyu.

"No, there was some sand in my eyes just now", Lu Tianyu rubbed his red and swollen eyes and replied: "I didn't expect Ivan's home to be like this, a cheerful person, a man who has never been crushed by life, at the end of his life, he actually thought of paying off all the debts he owed, hearing these things, I couldn't help but be moved." ”

Maria led Lu Tianyu through the shantytown to the front of a slope, which was a cemetery, with simple decorations, dilapidated steps, and weeds everywhere, and from time to time one or two wild cats and dogs sprang out from the side and disappeared into the distance.

bought a bouquet of flowers on the side of the road, and walked down the steps to a tombstone, Lu Tianyu and Maria placed the flowers in front of the tombstone, staring at the tombstone silently, and no one spoke.

When people are sad, the sky is always gloomy, as if they can feel the oppression of the atmosphere, and a gust of wind blows, as if they hear Ivan's laughter.

Wangcai seemed to be able to feel Lu Tianyu's mood, always quietly following behind him, and when he saw a wild cat passing by, he didn't roar.

Lu Tianyu didn't ask Maria why she came back to worship Ivan, Arica's investigation was over, and she was about to leave here, and there was no longer anything to worry about here.

Returning to the hotel, the service desk told Lu Tianyu that there was a message from Antekan.

Lu Tianyu returned to the hotel room, turned on the computer screen, and his mother appeared on the screen. I have been missing for more than a month, my mother must still be worried about herself, when I returned to Arica yesterday, I called home, but my mother was not at home, I called my father, but no one answered, just in my anxious waiting, I finally had news of my relatives.

Hearing his mother's voice, Lu Tianyu couldn't control his tears anymore, his mother's cheeks were thin, and her happy expression couldn't hide the anxiety in her heart. I'm finally going home.

Before going home, I still have two things to do, I want to go to Los Angeles to see Ina, I heard that Ina has not recovered well since her injury, I don't know if it's heart disease or other reasons. Then Lu Tianyu has to go to Freeport, which has been discussed before the inspection, and now it has been delayed for a long time, and he doesn't want to lose this opportunity.

(End of chapter)