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6 wheat fields

Under Liu Rugui's gaze, this time Yi Teng knew that even if he jumped into the Yellow River, he would not be able to clean himself up.With a sudden reaction, he ran down and ran 200 meters, over the concrete guardrail of the slope, and chased the black figure running towards the foot of the slope.

Once Yi Teng was very proud of his running speed.But right now, because of insomnia, he feels only top-heavy when running.The black shadow in front of him quietly took a step closer to him, but he couldn't catch up no matter what.Like the end of a runway that can never be reached.

On the dim concrete road, he staggered under his feet.Stretching out his hand, he accidentally grabbed the black shadow's arm.On hot summer nights, the dark figure doesn't seem to sweat, the skin on his arms is cool and dry.

For a moment, this kind of touch reminded Yi Teng of something, and the vague sense of familiarity stunned him for a few seconds.

When he realized it, the black figure turned around and shook off Yi Teng's palm.Yi Teng felt his fingers and nails slashing heavily across Soi Ying's skin the moment they were thrown off.When he stretched out his hand again to grab the black figure, a dark gray light flashed in front of his eyes.Before he could dodge in time, there was a sharp pain in the palm of his hand.

Yi Teng hurriedly clenched his right wrist with his left hand, and chased after him a few more steps.All I saw was the black figure turning the corner under the streetlight ahead and disappearing without a trace.

Even though the blood vessels in his wrist were pressed tightly, warm blood still flowed down his palm to his arm, and then dripped onto the ground.Yi Teng turned up his palm, and under the weak light of the street lamp, the blood gushing out turned purple, losing the visual stimulation it should have had.

It all happened within a few minutes, and he had no time to react.Well now, are both hands useless now?

He muttered something in his heart, but Liu Rugui's call came from his ear.

"Are you okay?" Liu Rugui asked eagerly when he came after him.But when he saw Yi Teng's right hand, his brows furrowed.

Yi Teng felt an overwhelming wave of restlessness.He had never seen Liu Rugui like this.

Nothing.You go to the police.He raised his elbow and crossed Liu Rugui's outstretched hand and ordered.Try not to hear the pain in his voice.

Liu Rugui stared at him for half a second, then took off the short sleeves he was wearing without saying a word, bit the raw edge of the neckline with his teeth, pulled out a gap with a thud, and then pulled the front of the short sleeves with his hands. Tear into four strips.

"Don't move around." As he said, he pulled Yi Teng's right hand without doubt, and evenly and gently applied one end of the cloth strip to the wound on the palm, and then wrapped it around the palm.

After treating the wound briefly, Liu Rugui glanced back in the direction of home and said, "Wait a minute, I'll take you to the hospital."

Although the palm was still throbbing and hurting, the blood stopped rushing, and Yi Teng felt a little more at ease.It would be much better.He has broken his fingers before, so this kind of injury is nothing.

All right, all right, go back to sleep, I'll just go back and apply the medicine.As he spoke, Yi Teng took a few steps back, squeezed out a smile, and signaled to leave.

"No, you have to go to the hospital." Liu Rugui raised his tone for the first time, which was a little harsh in the quiet residential area.

Come on.I'm not a little girl, so what's wrong with this little injury.What... this time you know it wasn't me who smashed the window.Yi Teng took another two steps back, turned his gaze to look at the deserted street, the gray cotton cloth on his palm was soaked with livid blood.

Liu Rugui stared at him, sighed, walked over and grabbed his arm without any explanation, and said, "Okay, don't talk nonsense, go to the hospital."

Perhaps it was because their tone of voice was getting higher and higher. Before Yi Teng could open his mouth, he heard a window upstairs being pushed open, and a middle-aged man's voice sounded: "Why are you making so much noise in the middle of the night? Do you want to let people know?" Go to sleep, your mother."

After hearing this, Yi Teng's fire came up.Even if someone is dead, no one in this community will poke their heads out to take a look.But sleep is a big deal.

"Try to say something more." Before Yi Teng could speak, Liu Rugui pressed his wrist, raised his head and spoke Guanzhong dialect to respond to the person upstairs.Perhaps it was Liu Rugui's calm tone that made the people upstairs shut up, and the window was shut again with a loud bang.

Therefore, when Liu Rugui said to Yi Teng again, "wait here", Yi Teng didn't refute anymore, and asked him to call the police or something.Intuitively, he knew that Liu Rugui didn't believe in the futility of calling the police.He leaned against the edge of the low parallel bars on the open space opposite the residential building, and heard Liu Rugui knock on the door of the neighbor's house and say something.After a moment of silence, there was the sound of the door slamming, and then Liu Rugui, who was wearing a striped short-sleeve again, came over pushing a black and black motorcycle that looked awesome.

Coming in front of Yi Teng, Liu Rugui's brows under the brim of the red hat seemed to be stretched a bit, he stepped on the car seat, and raised his chin at Yi Teng: "I can't get a taxi so late, let's make do."

Yi Teng's hand hurt so much that he didn't have time to think about it, so he raised his leg and got on the back seat.

The District Central Hospital was still brightly lit in the middle of the night.The doctor in the emergency department saw the wound on Yi Teng's palm, and decided that there was no need for stitches, and gave him an order for anti-inflammatory and tetanus injections, and asked him to find a nurse to treat the wound.

In the ward where the needles are hung, a man with a bandage on his head is sleeping with his head up, and the hose on the back of his left hand is connected to the infusion bottle in mid-air.

Yi Teng sat down on the chair at the entrance and waited for the nurse.Liu Rugui stood in front of him, and asked in a low voice, "Hold on, the nurse will be here."

Yi Teng half-closed his eyes and smiled, raised his left hand and shook it at him, saying that it was all right.

Liu Rugui's expression stopped.A nurse outside the ward said "Here we are", and the sound of footsteps hurried past the door and disappeared not far from the corridor.

Yi Tengchong shrugged Liu Rugui, motioning for him to sit down on the wooden seat beside him.Liu Rugui sat down obediently, tapped the armrest of the chair with his fingers anxiously, turned his head and wanted to say something.

"This finger was also broken because I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night." Yi Teng blocked his words, raised his right hand wrapped in cotton cloth, made a "cut" gesture with his index finger and middle finger, and said.

Liu Rugui froze and opened his eyes wide.

When he said this, he suddenly explained in embarrassment that his original job was jewelry design for a certain studio, and his main direction was jade.

Yi Teng licked his upper lip, and continued: "For a while, I couldn't sleep no matter what. During the day, I couldn't see anything pleasing to my eyes. I lowered my head and turned around. Once, the boss was in a hurry to make a big show. He knew that he shouldn't be brave, but because of that I always stayed in the hospital for a while, and my work was too much, so I had to bite the bullet and work overtime. In fact, I didn’t need to do things like big samples by myself, but it couldn’t be done at that time! It just couldn’t! Why couldn’t it be done? Huh? I can’t do such a simple thing, so it’s useless? As a result, I hurt my hand, I can’t sleep more, and I can’t negotiate a contract. At this time, the boss said, Xiao Yi, why don’t you rest first Rest, don't be too paranoid...Grandma, I want to rest."

Yi Teng's lips were numb when he said this, just when he didn't know what to say, Liu Rugui reached out and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.His cool fingers brushed Yi Teng's cheek, and Yi Teng suddenly got stuck.

……

I know.You are just so tired.Liu Rugui withdrew his hand, as if saying so.Afterwards he added with a smile, this is called Leng Counseling.

It turned out that to the person in front of him, everything he said would be understood and forgiven.Yi Teng never had a chance to find out before.

The gears in his head idling as a nurse came in with a white medicine tray.After confirming the name on the medicine list, she started to treat the wound on his palm.Yi Teng glanced at the wound, and continued to say to Liu Rugui, "Tell me, am I a coward?"

After hearing this, the nurse looked up at him, and burst out laughing.

What are you laughing at?Yi Teng didn't get an answer from Liu Rugui, so he could only ask the nurse.

"I've seen a lot of idiots injured here, but I've never seen you so stupefied." The nurse skillfully disinfected the wound with a cotton ball soaked in hydrogen peroxide, without raising her head.

Yi Teng turned his face away, rubbed his eyelids with his free hands, covered his eyes and nodded with a smile, you are a doctor, you are right in everything you say.

The nurse tightened his wrist, said to hold still, and began injecting tetanus shots around the wound.The medicine was pushed into the muscles smoothly, and she raised her head and said, "I won't hurt myself, as long as it's for my own good, they can do anything, can you?"

Liu Rugui didn't speak the whole time, but just stood by.After the nurse finished speaking, he quickly reached out to grab Yi Teng's left hand, squeezed it tightly, and thanked the nurse.

The nurse put her head down and packed the medicine tray without saying a word. Before she left, she told Liu Rugui: "Okay, you can go to the pharmacy to get the rest of the medicine. Take good care of yourself. Don't get wet on the wound, and have a good rest."

Yi Teng didn't speak anymore.

When the two walked out of the hospital, it was already dawn.Yi Teng has waited for the dawn countless times with his eyes open, and this dawn seems to be interesting.And... it's been a fucking long time since yesterday afternoon.

He was starting to feel sleepy.Standing by the parking area and staring at Liu Rugui's back, he raised his voice and said, I'll take a taxi back.

If I take your car, I'll have to hang a steel wire over my head.

like this.

He said, gesturing above his head with a bandaged hand.

Liu Rugui ignored his words, got on the motorcycle, got out of the train, and looked back at him amidst the rumbling sound of the motor.

Can't go.Liu Rugui's eyes were bloodshot.He didn't speak, but the words flowed out with his quiet eyes.

Looking at Liu Rugui's eyes, Yi Teng lost his mind.

He waved the plastic bag containing the medicine box in his hand and threw it on Liu Rugui's shoulder.Liu Rugui didn't avoid it, and didn't even blink.

Yi Teng sat on the back seat of the car, rolled up the plastic bag and stuffed it into the side pocket of Liu Rugui's trousers.

Let me ask you, what is the point of wearing a red hat?When the motorcycle was driving fast, Yi Teng raised his spirits and asked.

Liu Rugui didn't answer.

did not hear it?Yi Teng made fun of himself.

"If you caught me in the rye." The car drove through a long line of birch trees, then slowed down and drove down a long slope.When turning the corner, Liu Rugui whispered.Knowing that Yi Teng didn't hear his answer, he smiled.

Yi Teng really didn't hear anything, because he was too sleepy.It wasn't until the car stopped that Liu Rugui shrugged his shoulders lightly and said "Here we are" that he raised his head from Liu Rugui's back and looked around blankly.

Arrived, where are you?

"It's my house. You come in and sit for a while. I'll go...to buy breakfast." Liu Rugui put one foot on the ground, and after saying this, his expression was a little embarrassed.

Thanks.The breakfast thing is still free.Yi Teng yawned and jumped up from the car seat, rubbed his eyes, looked at the middle school students passing by on the ramp above his head, and spoke inarticulately.

After he finished speaking, he came back to his senses, the person standing in front of him was no longer the same Liu Rugui back then.He seemed to have something to say when he came here last night, but he never had a chance to say it.

Give me a place to squat for a while.He shook his head and said to Liu Rugui, and walked towards Liu Rugui's home.

Liu Rugui locked the car and opened the door ahead of him.

On the sofa directly opposite the door, a boy about fifteen or sixteen years old was lying crookedly, sleeping soundly with his mouth open, a pair of dark legs stretched out long, resting on the edge of the coffee table.

Yi Teng stopped at the door.Liu Rugui walked over and patted the boy on the head.The boy jerked his head back, rubbed his nose and opened his eyes.

"Brother, you are back. Xiaobao is asleep on your bed." After that, he glanced at Yi Teng who was standing at the door, stood up suddenly, and asked Liu Rugui who was looking at the door of the bedroom, "Who smashed it?" Window, did you call the police? Did you catch him?"

Liu Rugui turned around, shook his head, put the medicine box in his pocket on the coffee table, and said in a low voice, "Thank you very much. Go back and get some sleep and study. I'll treat you to something delicious next Saturday."

The young man stared at Liu Rugui, and said a few words: "Take me to your studio to play..."

Liu Rugui didn't agree and pushed him to the door.The young man glanced at Yi Teng standing by the door, muttered something mean, walked to the door opposite, and took out the key to open the door.

"Come in." Liu Rugui beckoned Yi Teng to sit down on the resurfaced sofa.

Yi Teng looked up at the furnishings in the room, it was just the room of an ordinary salaryman.White TV cabinet, beige sofa.All furniture is designed to make the room look more spacious.

My hero is not a prince.This sentence suddenly popped up in Yi Teng's mind.He couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth.

Liu Rugui was flustered by his smile.Rubbing his hands, he glanced at his room and said, "Does your hand still hurt?"

Yi Teng leaned back against the sofa and shook his head.

Liu Rugui copied it in his trouser pocket, and said: "Let me see if Xiaobao got up... My aunt lives in my original bedroom, and the glass is broken all over the floor."

As he spoke, he walked into his room, Xiaobao was sleeping soundly lying on the head of the bed under the quilt of the towel, with a trace of saliva drooling from the corner of his pouting mouth, hanging on the pillow.

He almost laughed out loud.Yi Teng's voice came from behind, and I squeezed to the side.

OK?Liu Rugui looked at Yi Teng's sleepy eyes, and asked in his mouth. In fact, he had found out the vest and shorts from the closet and handed them to him, telling him to change them before going to bed, so that it would be more comfortable.

After watching Liu Rugui go out, Yi Teng carefully changed his clothes, and Yi Teng lay down at the end of the bed.He looked around at the many posters on the walls of the room.It's all sci-fi and fantasy.There is also a poster of MyBloodyVelantine I do not know when.

Yi Teng looked at the poster and whistled.

The manic and pure melody in the loveless album hovered in his consciousness again.In the lower right corner of that poster were written a few numbers in marker. 823 is the day he left Xi'an.Blinking red eyes, 11 years have passed.

Xiaobao turned over in his sleep, and Yi Teng hurriedly regained his senses.

Lying on the soft bed, he suddenly couldn't fall asleep.He stared at Xiaobao's little toes exposed outside the towel.If there were no series of accidents three years ago, his child might not be much younger than Xiaobao.

But now everything seems to be in line with his wishes.

Just as he was thinking, he heard the door gently open, Liu Rugui poked his head in, and asked him with his mouth: "What do you want to eat?"

Yi Teng hung his head on the edge of the bed, his hair was a mess after a whole night of tossing around.He rubbed his head on the edge of the bed, not eating anything.

Oh, there is spicy soup.Liu Rugui gestured at the crack of the door, and there were fried dough sticks.

Yi Teng turned over awkwardly and lay down on the bed, patted the space beside him, and looked at Liu Rugui.

Liu Rugui got in through the crack of the door, carefully climbed onto the bed, and lay down between Xiaobao and Yi Teng.He propped his head on one arm sideways, are you sleepy?

There is a lump in my head and I can't sleep.He still lay on his stomach, but turned his face away to look at Liu Rugui.

Liu Rugui smiled, stretched out his palm again to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and said, "If only I could cook, it would be great, and you can help me."

Yi Teng didn't dodge, but pressed his face against the bed sheet, half-closed his eyes and looked at Liu Rugui.

I am back.

Um?Hearing his uncoordinated words, Liu Rugui asked softly.

I'm back.Come to see you through long long memories.

Liu Rugui laughed, as if to say, you are so nasty.

Yi Teng rubbed his sleepy cheeks on the bed sheet, and continued without admitting defeat, I think that if I close my eyes now, I will definitely dream of you.But that is nothing compared to the you in front of me, so I don't want to close my eyes.

Close your eyes and sleep.Liu Rugui straightened Yi Teng's short hair with his fingers, and he fell asleep as if possessed by a demon.

"When will mom be back?"

oh.My mother may never come back.My dad can't do it now either.Will the two of them meet?somewhere?Is there such a place in this world?What would they say if they met?

haven't seen you for a long time?Long time no see.After that, "bye".

Answering the questions in his head without authorization, Yi Teng turned his neck, raised his head, and saw Xiaobao standing at the door of the room, facing the outside of the room, humming while grabbing the hem of his clothes.

"Brother, when is mom coming back?" He didn't notice that Yi Teng woke up, so he continued to lean against the door frame and ask.

"Your mother will be back in two days." Liu Rugui replied imitating Xiaobao's tone while heating up the food in the kitchen.

Xiaobao lowered his head, pinned his fingers on the wooden edge of the door frame, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Did Mom leave with Uncle Monkey and don't want me?"

Liu Rugui remained silent, put the plate with amaranth on the table, walked to the door of the house, and knelt down.

Yi Teng quickly closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Liu Rugui rubbed Xiaobao's face, and comforted her softly: "Why wouldn't mom want you? She has something to do when she goes out, so brother can play with you, okay?"

Xiao Bao kept silent, jumped back on the bed with low eyebrows, and lay down less than two feet away from Yi Teng like a puppy.After a few seconds of silence, he stretched out his hand to grab Yi Teng's earlobe.

Pulling it, Yi Teng didn't move.He pulled twice, but he didn't move.

Xiao Bao withdrew his hand and asked Liu Rugui: "Brother, who is he? Why is he on our bed?"

Liu Rugui walked over and held his little hand, and said, "He's my brother's friend."

Xiao Bao stared at Yi Teng's face pretending to be sleeping, and said in disbelief, "That's not true. Brother, you just want to play with him, ignore me."

Liu Rugui scratched his nose and said how is it possible.Xiao Bao pursed his lips, raised one cheek, and said, "Then brother, kiss me too."

Hearing the word "also", Yi Teng suddenly "woke up".He stared at Liu Rugui in disbelief.