Chapter 008: A Man Like the Wind
"Is there something wrong with my brother?"
Zhong Lingyue hurriedly ran a few steps to catch up with Xing Anxiong, grabbed his hand, and said hurriedly.
Although she was in a darker environment and couldn't see her expression, Xing Anxiong could feel her emotions from the tone and speed of her speech.
After brewing for a long time, under Zhong Lingyue's repeated questioning, Xing Anxiong finally told the truth about the death of the sunspot.
For Zhong Lingyue, he felt that there was no need to hide it at all, and even the fact that they went to Africa to be mercenaries was all revealed.
Because with Zhong Lingyue's ingenuity, if she found a reason to fool her, she would sooner or later find out that something was wrong.
Hearing that her only dearest brother had died tragically, and that she couldn't even recover her body, Zhong Lingyue collapsed.
"Why! Why did he go to be a mercenary! How could he be so stupid! ”
She cried and shouted hysterically, and she didn't know if she said this to herself or to Xing Anxiong.
When she was tired of crying and her voice was hoarse, Xing Anxiong took out a dog tag from his pocket and handed it to her: "This is a relic of Heizi, you can keep a memory." ”
Zhong Lingyue took the dog tag with trembling hands while sobbing, and the stainless steel chain was as cold as her heart at this time.
After another while, she finally stopped crying, Xing Anxiong waited for her to wipe away her tears before continuing to say to her: "Heizi asked me to take good care of you before he died, and you will be my Xing Anxiong's sister-in-law in the future!" He left you a dowry, and I will give it to you on the day of your marriage. ”
Zhong Lingyue raised her head, her dark eyes were still shining in the dark environment, and she asked, "Why are you still alive when my brother is dead?" ”
"What?"
Her voice was a little small, and Xing Anxiong didn't hear what she said clearly for a while.
"Why are you still alive!"
"Why is it my brother who died!"
"You tell me! Here's why! ”
Zhong Lingyue's roar echoed for a long time in the dark wilderness, and it also echoed in Xing Anxiong's heart.
By the way, why did Kuroko die in battle instead of me?
Xing Anxiong kept asking himself this.
He stood motionless like a statue for a long time, and he didn't even notice that Zhong Lingyue had left him.
That night, Xing Anxiong locked himself in his room when he returned home.
Fortunately, when he went home, the second elder had already fallen asleep, otherwise he would have to worry about death when he saw his dejected state.
That night, he dreamed again.
In the dream, Kuroko sat with her back against a rock, her pants stained red with blood coming out of the bullet holes.
He shook off Xing Anxiong's hand that was about to support him, and yelled at Xing Anxiong beside him while holding his gun and shooting at the enemies who rushed up.
"Fucking get out of here!"
"I can't live, kowtow a few more times for me in front of my parents' graves!"
"Take good care of Satsuki!"
"Let's go! Walk! ”
Poof, poof, two sounds, the sound of bullets entering the flesh, two balls of blood burst out of Kuroko's chest.
"Kuroko! Sunspot! ”
Xing Anxiong woke up from his dream and sat up from the bed covered in sweat.
His tank top and large pants were all soaked, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
Ever since Kuroko's death, he has often had the same dreams, and the scene of Kuroko's tragic death and the words he said have been lingering in his heart.
It has even become his obsession.
Xing Anxiong turned on his phone and looked at the time, 4:30.
He got up and washed, got dressed and went out for a run with a marching bag full of weights and a total weight of 30 kilograms.
30 kilometers of weight-bearing running every day, thunder can't move.
Of course, in addition to training himself, he also has to numb his nerves through a lot of exercise, only in this way can he dilute the nightmare in his heart.
Otherwise, he might go crazy.
Kuroko, this fat boy and comrade-in-arms he played with since he was a child died in front of him, he could only watch and be powerless, and he couldn't even take his body away.
The experience was a great stimulus for him.
After Kuroko's death, Xing Anxiong felt that something was wrong with him, he became irritable, restless, and did not sleep well, and he knew that something must be wrong.
A psychiatrist diagnosed him with severe post-war syndrome.
However, neither medication nor psychotherapy helped.
After trying many methods, he found that only by exercising a lot of exercise to vent the pent-up emotions in his heart could he stabilize his condition.
But after Zhong Lingyue's stimulation yesterday, he felt that his emotions were more unstable than usual, and his condition should have worsened.
That's why he ran extra hard today.
Breathing gradually became difficult, the air in his lungs was constantly squeezed out, and the entire chest cavity was on fire, this almost masochistic exercise finally brought him a sense of pleasure, and he was no longer mentally tortured for a while.
As the day gradually dawned, Xing Anxiong met a team of dozens of people on the way to run, wearing uniform camouflage vests, who were members of the special brigade and the security brigade.
The two brigades are conducting joint training.
Xing Anxiong ran without distractions, not caring about these people at all, and he quickly left this group of people far behind.
However, a pretty figure with a ponytail was watching Xing Anxiong in the crowd, it was Chu Jiamin, the captain of the security brigade of the Chengnan District Bureau.
In order to improve the physical fitness of the members of the public security brigade, Chu Jiamin pulled all the members of his team out to train with the special brigade when the new officer took office.
In the Jiangcheng Special Brigade, the training in the Chengnan District is relatively strict, and the standards are higher than those in other places, and the 10-kilometer cross-country results are assessed according to the regular troops.
However, without carrying weights, they were easily thrown away by Xing Anxiong, and sure enough, this young man was tired.
Chu Jiamin immediately moved her mind, she was going to find a relationship to check this person.
Xing Anxiong felt a lot better after venting the suppressed emotions in his heart, which gave him the courage to face Zhong Lingyue again.
That's right, he's going to see her again today, even if it gets worse.
What he promised Kuroko must be done, this is his character, and it is also his criterion for life.
This time, he went to Zhong Lingyue's company early in the morning, because he was going to have dinner with Xiao Li of the real estate company in the evening, which he had promised a long time ago, and it was not good to break his promise.
It was only 7 o'clock when Xing Anxiong arrived at the food company, and at this point, none of the company's management had yet to work, and there was no one in the office building.
After waiting for less than 10 minutes, Zhong Lingyue entered the company with hurried steps.
A beautiful girl who has just graduated from college not long ago should have enjoyed the age of love and a better life, but she shouldered the burden that did not belong to her early, and carried a company with assets of hundreds of millions by herself.
She had to force herself to be a strong woman, only then could she leave proof of her brother's existence, because this company was bought by her brother with his life.
Looking at Zhong Lingyue who walked into the office building, Xing Anxiong felt a little worry in his heart, the little girl who was soft and weak and easy to be shy had changed and became a person with a completely opposite personality to her.
What kind of pressure does it have to be to make people like this?
Xing Anxiong stood at the elevator entrance and watched her like this, Zhong Lingyue also saw Xing Anxiong from afar, but she turned a blind eye, there was no fluctuation in her eyes at all, and she was completely different from yesterday when she lost control of her emotions.
"Wait, Satsuki! If there's anything I can do to help, just ask. ”
Xing Anxiong grabbed her slender arm and said in a deep voice when she staggered past and was about to walk to the elevator.
Zhong Lingyue turned her head and looked at him without the slightest emotion in her eyes.
The two looked at each other in silence, but it didn't take long for Xing Anxiong to dare not look at her beautiful peach blossom eyes anymore.
"Let it go!"
Zhong Lingyue just coldly spit out two words.
"Don't do that, Satsuki! I promise you, brother......"
"Don't mention my brother! You don't deserve it! ”
Zhong Lingyue suddenly erupted, she shook off Xing Anxiong's hand forcefully, and roared loudly.
Her chest heaved rapidly, and the sound of heavy breathing was clearly audible, and it was clear that her heart was not as calm as she had just appeared, she was just suppressing the emotions in her heart.
Xing Anxiong stood on the spot, his hands still outstretched. He was completely overwhelmed and didn't know where to put his hand.
Zhong Lingyue quickly pressed the elevator button, and after getting on the elevator, she tidied up her clothes, and her face returned to her previous calm.
"Don't show up in front of me again! I don't want to see you! ”
After coldly spitting out a few words, the elevator door slowly closed.
Although he had been mentally prepared in advance, Xing Anxiong's heart was still very uncomfortable when he really faced this result again.
After a haze, he didn't get back to normal until Xiao Li called.
The time for the two to meet was advanced, it was Xiao Li who took the initiative to propose it, and the meeting place was also changed to the largest shopping plaza in Chengnan District.
Xiao Li was already waiting when Xing Anxiong arrived, she was dressed up carefully today, and she didn't wear her glasses that were a little dirty.
Xiao Li is actually not bad-looking, but she is not suitable for wearing too formal professional clothes, she is the kind of lively and cute type of girl.
Obviously, this point is not suitable for eating, and Xing Anxiong didn't ask why he changed the time and place of the meeting, he was a little absent-minded.
Xiao Li saw that he was not in a good mood, and he was also very considerate and didn't say anything superfluous, just picked up some happy things and told him.
Xing Anxiong was relatively dull all the way, and only occasionally replied to Xiao Li's words.
Before they knew it, the two of them had wandered into a store selling men's clothing.
"Brother Xiong, try this jacket."
Xiao Li picked up a casual jacket on the hanger, gestured a few times in front of Xing Anxiong, and handed it to him.
"What?"
Xing Anxiong came back to his senses a little at this time, he looked at the clothes handed over by Xiao Li and did not reach out to take them.
"Oh, you try!"
Xiao Li said coquettishly.
I have to say that the lethality of the Sichuan and Chongqing girls is really great, and even a straight man like Xing Anxiong is a little shaken when such a cute beauty is spoiled.
He took the jacket and didn't go into the fitting room, so he just changed into it.
Xiao Li's eyes lit up, and he kept circling around him, and he was amazed as he turned back.
After trying on the clothes, Xiao Li directly called the salesman and paid for it on the spot.