Chapter 16: Waiting
"The latest news, the situation in Walia has escalated again, at 6:33 p.m. local time, the militants continue to press the border, and now all the southern Saint-Sau area has fallen."
"In addition, the relevant departments are dispatching elite personnel to Walya to protect and evacuate our citizens, and once again solemnly remind that if you are not necessary, do not go to the war zone, and if you are already in Vanua, please pay attention to the emergency shelters and contact the embassy in Vanuatu for help."
All radio and television platforms were broadcasting this message, and Yan Ci was lying on the sofa, flipping through all the periodicals from her in her hands, but she didn't read a word.
She was still sighing a moment ago, her parents said they didn't support it, but they secretly collected and preserved all her footprints, and the next second, she was attracted by the news on TV.
Yan Ci has a habit of paying attention to news in various places, but he is only preparing for his own travel and settlement.
Before she did that, the most she could do was to look at her plans to see if she wanted to make changes, follow the advice, and avoid this place of right and wrong.
Now, she has a rebellious psychology that prefers to go to Tiger Mountain, and she has the urge to find out.
The more restrained I was, the more I missed it, and the more I missed it, the more irritable I became, so I simply turned off the TV and carried a rocking chair to the balcony to enjoy the cool breeze.
Nanqiong's climate is warm, it gets dark late, and the mosquitoes are also poisonous, which makes her sullen and evolves into a nest fire that she can't finish catching mosquitoes while sitting on a rocking chair.
"You're so capable, why don't you go to that place!"
She lost her temper at the mosquitoes and tried to pack up these creatures with brains no bigger than sesame seeds and throw them into the flames of war in Valya.
She was reasonable in front of Shen Pingxiao, argued with reason in front of her parents, and finally couldn't coax herself anymore when facing herself.
There was a muffled thunder like the roar of a giant beast, and like the fury coming from the ground.
Yan Ci experienced an earthquake, she almost thought that another natural disaster had struck, so she jumped down from the rocking chair and wanted to call her parents when she returned to the house.
When she stood still, she realized that she was the only one who was staggering, and the illusion of the earthquake was her own horror.
She turned her head and raised it slightly, and saw a large rain cloud in the distance, dragging her heavy body, approaching from the southeast.
The light is fading, the sky is getting darker, and families are busy putting away small items that are easy to be blown off from their balconies, closing doors and locking windows.
She sighed heavily as she gathered her things, and then stood motionless in front of the glass window, watching the rain clouds drift mercilessly.
"Boom ......"
She clenched her fists, still feeling like she was coming from underground.
Keep telling yourself that it's not, it's not.
The black clouds pressed down, and the rain poured down, and the uninterrupted water curtain in front of the window instantly formed a curtain, blurring everything, as if everything she saw in front of her was a mirror.
Short-term heavy precipitation comes and goes quickly.
Yan Ci still looked at the washed glass window.
She didn't believe it, so she pushed open the window, and the dripping water beads on the window frame fell vertically, and the sound of the downpipe rushing was very clear.
Swiped the phone, dialed Shen Pingxiao's number, and put his breath to his ear.
"Toot ......"
He didn't turn it off, he could still be reached.
She didn't believe it.
She didn't believe that she and Shen Pingxiao were like this vigorous rain.
"Toot ......"
……
"Sorry, your call is temporarily unreachable, please dial again later, Sorry......"
The phone hung up, Yan Ci restrained the willfulness that was aroused, put the sadness that could no longer be suppressed in his heart on his face, and looked at the banana leaves in front of him that were washed green by the rain.
She didn't hear Yan's mother open the door to deliver fruit, she looked for traces of rain in the wind, in the smell of wet soil, looking for the sweet smell of sunshine, she needed a proof.
Prove that this world is not a dream in a hurry.
Proof that the sun has planted seeds in the soil, and that the rain has melted in the wind.
proves that Shen Pingxiao's appearance is not a flash in the pan.
Prove that he really is.
Prove that he will come.
"Excuse me!"
Yan Ci was awakened by his mother's call, his eyes were scarlet, and his eyes were full of transparent tears, and while turning to look at people, he squeezed down from the corners of his eyes, and the rain like a curtain of water slipped down his cheeks.
Mother Yan looked at her with distress, helplessness, remorse, and the numbness and tiredness that people who had come over had long been accustomed to, she just smiled at Yan Cici, and then wiped the tears on her face with her fingertips, and said nothing.
It seemed that the eyes that could see through her at a glance comforted her at this moment more than anything else.
"Dad made you white fungus soup, remember to come out and eat it later."
At night, she cleaned herself up, lay in the room where she had not lived for a long time, smelled the scent of the shampoo between her hair that was different from before, and searched on her mobile phone for flights to country C.
Only one flight to the neighboring city of Valia was found.
She shut down and lay down with her arms outstretched.
Are you really going?
There was only one reason for her to go, just like she persuaded Shen Pingxiao to follow her heart's choice, in fact, the answer was obvious.
The reason is simple, but when it comes to action, it is full of challenges.
She thought about it, exited the ticket search interface, and even deceived herself so much that she deleted all the search records and slept with her head bored.
Don't mess around.
She admonished herself.
At this moment, she picked up her mobile phone like a sharp heart, and the vibration of the incoming call rippled in her palm.
She glanced at it, and instantly sat up from the bed, and picked it up quickly.
"Shen Pingxiao!"
There is a bit of whirring wind in the background, and the dripping sound of heavy machinery like a crane loading goods.
Shen Pingxiao took advantage of the gap between changing clothes and equipment, while wearing combat gloves, while holding his mobile phone between his shoulders and head, and made this call to her.
"Yan Ci, I only have three minutes, and I didn't receive a call from you in the afternoon, I'm sorry."
"It's okay, you can still call me, haven't you left yet?"
Shen Pingxiao looked back at the loading progress of the transport plane.
"Well, it's not too soon."
"Then when you get there, can we still get in touch again?"
"Not necessarily."
This answer, as Yan Ci expected, smiled bitterly at the air, but she was still persuading Shen Pingxiao in reverse.
"Okay, don't worry about me, just concentrate on your own business."
Shen Pingxiao finished dressing, put on the helmet on his elbow, pinched the mobile phone in the palm of his hand, and called her name with mixed tastes.
"Yan Ci."
Only that, he no longer knew how to express his feelings at the moment.
He wanted to say sorry, but something else came out of his mouth.
"Thank you."
Electromagnetic signals can only convey sound, but even so, they can hear each other's inner cries strangely.
The sharp whistle blew behind Shen Pingxiao and also reached Yan Ci's ears.
"Assembled."
"Shen Pingxiao, you must be careful, I'll wait for you to come back."