Later, Cheng Wei called again, and the call lasted about four or five minutes. Cheng Wei strongly asked Hao Junqi to tell him where we were, and in order to make him die, Hao Junqi told him the details, and Cheng Wei gave up. Considering that her colleagues would no longer call Hao Jia's affairs, Hao Junqi simply turned off her mobile phone.

I also turned off my phone.

"It's finally clean now." Hao Junqi sat back down beside me and rested her head on my shoulder again. "I feel so happy."

"Me too. That's when the world really belongs to the two of us. "My head rests on Hao Junqi's head. I snorted deeply.

"Brother wants to sleep?" Hao Junqi asked softly.

"A little." I say.

"But I don't want to sleep at all."

"Really?"

"Hmm." Hao Junqi closed her eyes. The firelight emanating from the fire danced on Hao Junqi's face.

"Then I'll tell you another ghost story?"

"I don't want to. Brother, can I tell Junqi the story of you and Ding Ying again? Hao Junqi opened her eyes lazily.

"Why do you want to hear about my past with Ding Ying again?"

"Didn't you say she was waiting for you in the north? I suddenly felt sorry for her. It's very uncomfortable to wait for someone. ”

"It's been all these years......" Ding Ying's figure filled my entire mind in an instant.

"Brother is saying that after so many years, Ding Ying has forgotten you, right?"

I don't speak.

"Of course it's very likely," Hao Junqi asked herself, "but with my woman's intuition, I feel that it is likely that she is still waiting for you." Brother, what if she is still waiting for you for so many years? ”

"Why bring up this topic?" I choked.

"Brother's heart hurts and hurts, right? Ah, Junqi likes her brother's affection and righteousness. Did you know this was Junqi's temptation? Hao Junqi sat up straight and looked at me. The flames of the fire had weakened significantly, and many dead trees and branches had burned to ashes.

"Temptation?" I don't understand.

"If you were calm and calm when I mentioned Ding Ying, how painful Junqi would have been. That means that in the eighteen years since we left, you have been calm and calm when you mentioned me. Can I not be in pain? ”

...... "I didn't expect Hao Junqi to think like that."

"Do you think my thinking is peculiar? Ding Ying has been with you for three years, six years apart, and you choked up at the mention of her. We've been together for 12 years, we've been apart for 18 years, and I can't imagine how uncomfortable you must be at the mention of me? ”

"Junqi—" I finally couldn't hold back my sobs.

Hao Junqi stretched out her hands and took me in her arms, "Brother, our hearts are connected, how similar are our emotional journeys?" I can understand you. Because, when I felt very happy, my heart hurt very much when I thought that Qi Zhengzhe was still lying upright on the hospital bed. You must be like me. It's just that Ding Ying is waiting in the far north, while Qi Zhengzhe is waiting in the hospital bed. ”

"So I can't figure it out," I straightened up from Hao Junqi's arms, "why did God give us such a setting?" We have been entangled for so many years, and in the end we still have a sense of guilt when we reap happiness. To tell you the truth, Junqi, I was even so worried. ”

"Ah, brother, don't say it, let Junqi say, see if we think of a piece?" Hao Junqi's eyes have long been "full of oceans".

"You say."

"You're worried about Qi Zhengzhe, aren't you?"

I nodded.

"You're worried that when we're enjoying happiness, Qi Zhengzhe will ...... You would think that Qi Zhengzhe's strong desire to survive stems from the expectation of me, right? ”

I nodded.

"You see, we've even thought of that. So we can't be pure happiness, we can't forget our happiness, right? Tears flowed down Hao Junqi's face.

I nodded, "But ......"

"But," Hao Junqi put her hand over my lips, "but we won't regret it, will we?" You can't be purely happy, but after all, you can't forget your happiness, but after all, you're happy, right? ”

"Yes." I took Hao Junqi into my arms.

"So we have to think like this," Hao Junqi said with my clothes in her mouth, "No matter what the result is, it is a setting of God, whether it is Ding Ying or Qi Zhengzhe." Because, all living beings are set by God. ”

"So, no matter what the outcome is, we have to face it." I say.

"Yes. I can only think so, and I can only think so. ”

……

That night, after adjusting my mood, at Hao Junqi's request, I talked about the past between me and Ding Ying again, but before I could say anything, Hao Junqi fell asleep on my shoulder.

We had already done a "bad thing" before this by removing the wooden door from the inside of the hydropower station to make a bed. After Hao Junqi fell asleep, I carefully let Hao Junqi lie down on the door panel.

Hao Junqi slept soundly. I added some firewood to the fire and then put my clothes together and fell asleep next to Hao Junqi. I gently said goodnight to Hao Junqi.

I don't seem to be asleep, because I'm always on high alert.

I had to keep adding firewood to the fire, I had to keep wild boars and wolves and other beasts from breaking into the hydropower station, and I had to watch out for people—people like that ill-intentioned old man.

But I didn't last long and fell asleep, holding the stick in my hand. Luckily, nothing happened that night, except for Hao Junqi's shouting "brother-brother-" in a dream that woke me up.

The man the old man had brought with him when it was not yet fully dawn.

The rumbling of the flood water drowned out the sound of them approaching us, and we didn't notice them until they appeared at the door of the hydroelectric plant. A total of six people came.

The old man didn't show up.

We were sleepy-eyed.

"Where did a pair of dogs and men come from to dare to come to us to spread wild? Come out, get out of here! "Headed by an urn, the sound of the urn was angry.

We quickly stood up. Horror was written on Hao Junqi's face. I held Hao Junqi's hand tightly with one hand, and the wooden stick with the other.

"Brother, they're looking for trouble."

"Don't be afraid." I say. But anyone could hear my voice trembling. It's been a long time since I've experienced a fight like this.

"Get me out!" The man then scolded.

"yes, get out, get out of here!" A few younger ones chimed in.

"What's the matter?" I tried to calm myself down and walked out.

"What's the matter? Damn, did you hurt my grandfather? "The man came up and kicked me indiscriminately. It's a middle-aged man who is half a head taller than me.

"What do you want to do?" I roared.

"What? What do you say I want to do?! The man reached out and grabbed me by the collar. The collar tightened my neck. I struggled.

A man stepped forward and snatched the stick from my hand.

"Everyone, everyone, there must be some misunderstanding, if you have something to say, say it well." Hao Junqi was at a loss.

I felt a lot of pain in my neck, I couldn't speak, and I struggled to no avail, so I clenched my right fist and slammed it against the man's façade.

The man was very responsive, and he let go of my collar and flashed to the side.

"Fuck, dare to fight?" The man steadied himself and quickly rushed forward. He punched me, my head flashed, he punched the air, but then he kicked me in the calf. I was about to fight back when several other people rushed up and pushed me directly against the back wall of the hydropower station. They punched me in the stomach a dozen times in a row. I squatted down in pain.

"Stop fighting, please stop fighting." Hao Junqi desperately tugged at their hands. With a wave of her hand, she took several steps back and almost fell to the ground.

"Junqi be careful." I screamed.

Hao Junqi was in a hurry to find the older person who had never done anything.

"Big brother, please tell them to let go, please." Hao Junqi begged.

"Junqi, don't beg them! See if they dare to kill me? I said.

"Yay, it's a hard mouth. Believe it or not, we threw you into a reservoir and drowned? The middle-aged man who took the lead said.

"You dare?" I say.

"Lift him up!" The older ones finally spoke.

Several people lifted me in the air with their hands and feet.

"Carry him out!"

"Don't! Please, don't! Hao Junqi was hysterical.

I was carried to the reservoir dam. The water in the reservoir is noticeably clearer than yesterday. The morning breeze blows, and the waves rise and fall.

"I don't think you're old?" The older ones said.

I struggled, but I didn't say anything. Looking at the posture, if I say anything back to them, they will really throw me into the reservoir.

Hao Junqi caught up, "Don't, big brother, I beg you." I'll get down on your knees. ”

"Junqi—"

Hao Junqi knelt on her knees.

I heard the sound of my heart breaking.

"Then let me ask you if Kunyue's grandfather was kicked by you?" The older man asked.

"Tell me, isn't it?!" The younger one asked.

"I really don't know who your grandfather is?" Hao Junqi begged, "Can you please put my brother down?" ”

"You still have garlic?" An older man next to him said, "It's useless not to admit it?" It's just the two of you. If you hit someone, you lose money. ”

Hao Junqi and I both understood what was going on.

"If we do hit someone, we are willing to accept the punishment, but you also have to explain the matter clearly so that we know what is going on." Hao Junqi calmed down.

"Nephew Kunyue, you can put people down first." The older man said.

"I won't let it go." The men holding me up didn't move.

"You listen to Uncle Wang Li. There are so many of us, can they escape? ”

"Then I'll listen to you." The man relaxed his hand. The others lowered me to the ground.

I tugged at my clothes.

"Wang Li? Are you the king of Yongtai Village? Hao Junqi asked.

"What? Do you know me? Wang Li looked surprised.

"I'm Hao Junqi. This is my brother Zheng Qihang, the son of Mr. Zheng. We're classmates. ”

"Are you Hao Junqi?" The man named Wang Li asked.

"That's right. of Dongmen Village. Didn't you sit behind me? ”

"Are you Zheng Qihang?" Wang Li looked at me.

"Yes." I say.

"yes, yes, the more I look at it, the more it looks like it. Oh, it's really the flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family anymore. Sorry, sorry. ”

"Uncle." The one named Kun Yue said.

"Hurry up and apologize to your Uncle Sailing. They were classmates of their uncle, from Dongmen Village. He kicked your grandfather, and you hit him again, so you can offset it and don't pursue it anymore. Wang Li said.

"Wang Li." I say.

"Forget it, brother," Hao Junqi tugged at my hand, she was afraid that I would say something unpleasant.

"I said, how did you get here?" Wang Li asked.

"Let's take a look at the East Gate. After all, it's been eighteen years. Whoever thought that it was raining heavily, ran here to take shelter from the rain. I said.

"I see. How did you get here? ”

"I came by car. I parked the car in front of the Yongtai stage and walked over. When I came, the plank bridge was still there, and as soon as the water rose, the bridge collapsed. We spent the night here. ”

"Then come with us, just go to my house and sit down."

"The river is so big, how do you cross the river?" I say.

"We have bamboo rafts. This little bit of water is nothing. Let's go. ”