In this situation, no one dared to tell Huo Zuo the news that Xinyi and Yaya were taken away. After a round of prevarication, the burden still fell on Shen Yigong.

At that time, Xinyi half-covered Yaya's mouth, as if she was afraid that her sister would poke out the matter of Daddy Huo if she was not careful, when she left with Jin Mu, she glanced back at Liang Qingwen, but she was afraid that the person would be suspicious, so she quickly turned back again. Because finding the two sisters was considered to have completed the task, Jin Mu no longer urged Qin Mingyue, and Minister Qin also pushed the boat to leave when he saw this.

Shen Yigong pushed open the door of the master bedroom with a heavy mood, and Huo Zuozheng took off the wig on his head and sat up. Song Qi stood beside him and took back the women's objects he had brought in before. He also saw that Shen Yigong's face was wrong, so he only glanced at him, and then didn't say anything and went out of the house.

Huo Zuo swept his face, as if he had expected something, he sighed without opening his eyes, and he spoke first: "Yaya and Xinyi have an accident?" ”

"Among the people who came were Cheng Changyu's subordinates, so ......"

"Did Xinyi ask to go?"

Shen Yigong nodded.

"I see." Huo Zuo looked at him, "Where is Lao Liang?" ”

"Qingwen is here."

"Let him in and I'll talk to him."

Shen Yigong went out and called Liang Qingwen in. He stood by the door and waited for these two people to speak, but Huo Zuo glanced at him strangely: "Why are you still here?" ”

"I'm going out?"

Huo Zuo raised his eyebrows, Shen Yigong glanced at Liang Qingwen, and then walked outside: "Okay, I'll wait outside." ”

He waited outside for about half a cigarette before Liang Qingwen came out and said to him: "The day after tomorrow, I still have to find a way to send the two little girls to the airport." ”

Without waiting for Shen Yigong to say how difficult this matter was, he added: "If you feel that it is inconvenient, go in and talk to Lao Huo." That's what he meant. ”

Shen Yigong dusted off the soot and took a deep breath. Think about snuffing out your cigarette: "I'll go in and talk to him." "I opened the door again and went in. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Huo Zuo getting up from the bed and trying to find clothes, and he almost fell to the ground with his steps. Shen Yigong hurriedly rushed over and helped the person up, and he couldn't control it for a while, and whispered to the person: "What are you doing with your injury!" ”

"Just a few bullet holes...... Don't make such a fuss. ”

"What I'm fuss about?" Shen Yigong picked the person up again and pressed him on the bed, frowning and staring at him, "Who fell at the door of my house with blood?" ”

"Okay, Shen Yigong, I don't have time to argue with you about this. The day after tomorrow, I have to send Xinyi and Yaya to the airport on time, and I have to arrange the rescue now. Huo Zuo said that he was about to move forward, but was pressed again by Shen Yigong: "Do you still want to participate in the rescue like this?" ”

Huo Zuo's temper came up a little, and when his voice sank, he asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

"You can leave the rescue to me."

"Nope." The other party refused without saying a word.

"Why?"

"Mr. Shen, you're not my apprentice, and you're no longer working under me—do you still need to ask why?"

"It's not just two of us. Liang Qingwen is my brother, and I admire You Yiman. ”

Huo Zuo pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Shen Yigong continued: "Miss Jin was also my friend at the beginning, and now I have no reason not to help in this matter." Besides, he Cheng Changyu relied on himself to be Japanese, but I am not without people here. ”

"And who are you going to use?"

"My people."

"The underground?"

"The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are going to cooperate, Mr. Huo." Shen Yigong saw that he finally loosened his originally tight back slightly, and he was relieved, and lifted the corner of the blanket for him and asked him to lie down, "I know this in my heart." I'll do the thing about sending those two little girls on the plane the day after tomorrow, so don't bother about it, take care of your illness. ”

Since he had already spoken like this, Huo Zuo could only agree. He lay back down and watched as the other man stood up straight beside his bed. When Shen Yigong was about to leave, he suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "I heard that this is your room." ”

“…… Be. ”

"And where are you going to sleep tonight? There seem to be quite a lot of guests. ”

"In the summer, I can just lay a bunk."

Huo Zuo stared at him for a while, thought about it, and said a sullen "um".

Everyone took turns to wash up and get ready to rest, and the tense night was finally coming to an end. Shen Yigong sent a message to Lao Lu and them in the small room behind the storage room where the radio station was hidden, asking them to meet at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon to discuss related matters. The information brought by Huo Zuo is very important for estimating the changes in the situation in the future, and seeing that the Yan'an negotiations may be successful, it shows that the Japanese all-out offensive will be within this year.

In the evening, Zhao's mother brought Shen Yigong a bed mat and laid it on the floor for him. When Zhao's mother was doing this, Huo Zuo leaned on the head of the bed and looked at the old aunt who was working hard. When Zhao's mother laid out the mat and was about to leave, Huo Zuo suddenly stopped her: "Auntie." ”

Mother Zhao turned her head and looked at him stiffly: "What's the matter, Mr. Huo." ”

Huo Zuo took out the gold bracelet from under the pillow, lowered his eyes to look at it, raised his head and handed it to her: "This bracelet is for you." ”

"Huh? Ah, this is golden! Mother Zhao looked at it and hurriedly waved her hand, "It's too precious, I can't ask for it!" ”

It happened that Shen Yigong was the last to come out of the bathroom after taking a shower, and when he saw this scene, he sighed secretly, raised his hand and held the bracelet in Huo Zuo's hand: "You can keep it for you." ”

"This ......"

Huo Zuo also nodded: "Yes, you can take it." ”

Mother Zhao saw that Shen Yigong said this, so she agreed to take the gold bracelet. Put on your left hand, but it's just the right size. Mother Zhao thanked Huo Zuo, and when she saw that it was not too early, she closed the door for them and went downstairs.

Shen Yigong wiped the wet hair on his head and sat down on the mat. Huo Zuo sat there with his head propped up, his eyes blank and he didn't know what he was thinking when he fell to the door. Until the man reminded him, "Turn off the light, on the bedside table on your left." ”

He was able to react and reached out to extinguish the lamp.

The room was dark for a while, and the two of them lay in the darkness with their own thoughts, and finally it was barely cool down after nightfall. The two of them each listened to each other's slightly unfamiliar breathing, who turned over, who pulled the blanket, as if they hadn't fallen asleep. I don't know how long it took, Huo Zuo's voice sounded in the darkness: "You...... Slept? ”

Shen Yigong put his head on his back to him, but his eyes were open. He licked his lips and didn't answer, and only then did he speak, "Not yet." ”

A voice came from the bed: "This is a double bed." ”

“…… I'm afraid that I will accidentally overwhelm your wounds when I fall asleep. ”

"Not really." Huo Zuo said and leaned closer to the edge of the bed, pulled the pillow over, and in the process, he grinned and didn't make a sound.

The other party seemed to hesitate for a moment, and soon heard another sound of rustling on the floor. Shen Yigong took the blanket and climbed onto the bed, and lay down on his side on the vacant seat left by Huo Zuo. It was still facing away from him, as if he didn't dare to approach it from a small distance. said that it was for fear of touching the other party's wounds, in the final analysis...... It's not the old cause. He was lying there, and Huo Zuo also slept with his back to him. However, the two big men are both big in the final analysis, and a double bed doesn't say how much space is left.

After Shen Yigong lay down, he said, "Then sleep." You have to rest, or the wound will not grow well. ”

"Hmm." Huo Zuo sighed and sighed, "When I get older, I can't get better as quickly as before." A single scar can grow for a month. ”

"Is that an exaggeration?"

"My knees still hurt in the winter, will you? You're much younger than me. ”

"Who's to say it won't? It's raining, and I have pantothenic acid in my bones. ”

Huo Zuowu laughed to himself: "It's too." No, you're only in your thirties? ”

"Thirty-two, some are penetrating wounds, no way." The two chatted somehow, Shen Yigong turned his head sideways as he spoke, and looked at the back of Huo Zuo's head, only to react back consciously, swallowed his saliva, and turned back slightly embarrassed.

The room was quiet for a moment. Huo Zuo spoke again: "The one surnamed Song who lives with you is your ......."

"Tenants."

"Tenants?"

"Hmm."

"I thought it was your lover."

"You guessing ......"

"He's the one, you can see it at a glance. At most thirty years old, it is estimated that it can still be young. Huo Zuo adjusted the position of his head on the pillow, "It's not like you've been looking for someone in the past few years." ”

Shen Yigong was inexplicably uncomfortable by what he said: "What about you?" You didn't look for it? Sister Yiman, didn't you find someone there? ”

"Now it's different from the past, there are so many people who want to kill me, how dare you give others a chance."

"Whoever can talk?"

"And me? Ha...... What are you talking nonsense. ”

His words reminded Shen Yigong of many of the past, and he sighed softly: "...... Not everyone will be afraid of you. ”

"When I didn't get to where I am today, people were afraid of me. They call me a monster. By the time I got to this point, everyone respected me, but they just kept their fears to themselves. Huo Zuo smiled to himself, his fingertips running the bandage on his shoulder towards the wound, "They still treat me as a monster." Who do you think I can talk to? ”

"You're not ...... He's a good guy. ”

"I'm not a good person in the first place."

"It's not too bad. I think it's hard to define what you're doing, but at least I don't think you should have died so quickly. ”

"Well, after all, my life has to be left until Qin Mingyue takes it personally, she has done so much if she has not been avenged in the end, she is too wronged."

Shen Yigong turned around when he heard what he said, and looked at his back, which was obviously much thinner than a few years ago: "You think so, you've always thought like this?" ”

"Not so."

"I just think...... You didn't before, and all those who tried to defeat you died miserably. After a pause, he added, "That's what you taught me." ”

Huo Zuo heard a muffled laugh, he turned around with a slight difficulty, and met Shen Yigong's gaze in the dark: "Do you know, since I came here today, I have found that Shen Yigong, you and I are really more and more similar back then......"

Shen Yigong opened his mouth, but before he could speak, he heard Huo Zuo continue with a wry smile: "But I, I am more and more similar to Huo Congyi and Qin Shengzhu. Did you know that I didn't believe in fate before...... Back then, Qin Shengzhu wanted to kill my sharp qi, and found a fortune teller who said that my Tiansha Lone Star was not long in life, but I didn't believe it. I feel like my fate is up to me, and I am providential. He wants me to die, but I don't die. So I was able to get everything I wanted by the time I was thirty. ”

As he spoke, he raised his uninjured hand, but stopped there just as he was about to touch Shen Yigong's face: "I have also lost everything I want to keep." ”

It's cold in the heights, probably that's it.

Sometimes, it's bitter.