This news came too suddenly, just as sudden as the Xishan Genping yesterday, leaving him with no sign of warning and no preparation.
He stood there like a log, silent for a long time before he asked, "Chi, today is not April Fool's Day, if this is a joke..."
"Qingyou!!" Ye Sichi shouted at the boy with a trembling voice, directly shattering his self-deceiving thoughts
"Today is not a holiday at all! I... really want to take Xiaoyu with me to go abroad."
Qingyou was silent. He turned around and faced his partner. He wanted to take a step forward, but suddenly stopped.
After a moment of silence, he asked, "The reason is related to Xiaoyu, right?"
"Yes..." Ye Shichi's chest rose and fell, and his hoarse voice tried hard to suppress countless emotions. "None of the medical equipment here can stabilize Xiaoyu's condition."
"That can't be done even in Tokyo. Only by going abroad can there be a possibility of recovery."
"The doctor also said..." His body trembled slightly. He suppressed the grief in his heart and tried to make his tone sound calmer. "If we delay any longer, Xiaoyu may...be in danger of death."
"Qingyou, we can't delay any longer"
Looking at the anxious and painful partner in front of him, Qingyou was stunned.
He pursed his lips, and the black hair on his forehead fell down. "Do you have to go with Xiaoyu? Is there nothing trustworthy in your family..."
"Qingyou."
Ye Shichi understood what the boy meant. He interrupted him again in a low voice, "Can you bear to let Xiaoyu be alone in a foreign country?"
"He is still lying in bed and is at risk of becoming a vegetable at any time. This incident was caused by me. If I just randomly send some people to take care of him, then what is the difference between me and an animal!"
"Not only am I sorry to be called a brother, but I can't get over the hurdle in my heart!!"
He questioned this, and his trembling tone also expressed his determination.
Qingyou was silent, the five fingers holding the phone in his pocket had turned white, and the light on the surface of his eyes gradually disappeared.
He took a step back, and the distance between the two of them gradually widened, just like an invisible film that gradually appeared in his heart.
Breathing heavily, he asked, "Hanyu-senpai, did you say that?"
"I've already said it all." Ye Sichi hummed, "I told her everything about Xiaoyu's situation, and she agreed to let me take Xiaoyu abroad for long-term treatment."
"That's good."
Exhaling a breath of foul air, the young man's gentle voice gradually became a little hoarse, like an old man in his twilight years, "When are you leaving?"
Ye Shichi closed his eyes, holding back the sadness in his heart, and said in a calm tone, "Afternoon, four o'clock."
"I see."
Qingyou nodded, he looked at the other party, and the hand holding the phone in his pocket quietly loosened, "Chi, can you agree to my last request?"
Ye Shichi opened his eyes and met the boy's dead eyes, like a faint candlelight swaying in the cold wind, with only a little residual warmth left.
"Come with me and go to the arcade again."
----
On the way, both of them were silent, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was quiet and cold.
The facilities in the arcade were still the same as when the four of them came last time, with no changes.
The bodyguard who had been following behind them went to the counter to help them exchange the game coins. Ye Sichi shook the large amount of game coins in the small box, and then looked at the overwhelming entertainment equipment items around him, but he didn't feel happy at all.
I glanced at the boy beside me. His eyes were drooping, his handsome face was calm, and his eyes were still dead silent without any ripples.
Ye Sichi sighed slightly without leaving any trace, and forced a smile on his face, and said in a light tone to ease the atmosphere, "Qingyou, do you remember that when we came here last time, the four of us were very excited."
Putting his arm around the boy's shoulders, he teased, "Especially you, you got so addicted to playing with a claw machine. It's so embarrassing. If the three of us hadn't stopped you in time, you would have played until dawn."
"Yeah, it was really embarrassing at that time." Hearing this, Qingyou smiled faintly.
"After that, no one will hold me back."
He said this softly, with a mixture of repression and self-mockery, "It's pretty cool to think about it this way. You can play whenever you want."
The smile on Ye Shichi's face faded, he turned his head to look away, and forced himself to suppress the bitterness welling up in his heart.
"Qingyou, let's go play on that arcade machine." He pointed at it casually, bringing up the topic, "I lose to you every time we play, this time, I have to get back at you!"
After saying that, he hurriedly pulled the boy over there, looking excited and impatient.
...
The final result was that he won, completely crushing the game character operated by Qingyou with a score of 3 to 0.
He laughed smugly and pulled the boy to continue playing other entertainment activities.
After a whole circle, they played all the entertainment games related to PK, and the result every time was that he won with the greatest advantage.
"Hahaha, I won again. Qingyou, how come you have become such a loser now?" He laughed heartily, pointed at the young man tauntingly with one finger, with a smug look on his face.
"Come on, let's go play something else. You're such a newbie that I don't even feel any sense of challenge." As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the boy's arm, wanting to go play the next amusement facility.
"Master." The bodyguard wearing sunglasses walked up to him and reminded him, "Time is almost up."
The smile on Ye Shichi's face froze, his arms suspended in mid-air, his expression gradually becoming dazed, "Is the time almost up..."
How does it feel like time has passed so quickly...
"Then let's go to the airport now."
Qingyou, who had been silent until now, stood up and spoke slowly, "I will see you and Xiaoyu off for the last time."
After saying that, he walked towards the entrance of the video game arcade.
Ye Shichi stood there in a daze, with a complicated look in his eyes.
After a few breaths, he started to catch up with the young man.
Passing by several photo machines, the thin figure in front of him suddenly stopped, turned his head away and looked at him silently, lost in thought about something.
"Qingyou..." Ye Shichi walked to the boy's side, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something to comfort him, but the boy looked away and said in a flat tone, "Let's go. We'll be late to board the plane."
Ye Shichi closed his mouth, slowly lowered his hands, and glanced at the photo machines next to him. His expression was gloomy, and a dry tone came out of his throat, "Hmm."
----
"We have already booked this flight."
Walking through the security check channel, Ye Sichi pointed to the men around him who were all wearing sunglasses and said, "There are a total of 6 bodyguards and top doctors. They will protect Xiaoyu's safety throughout the journey. Don't worry."
Qingyou hummed calmly, "Got it."
Ye Shichi also nodded without saying anything else.
The atmosphere suddenly fell into silence again.
They stood side by side, looking in a certain direction silently.
Maybe you have a lot to say in your heart, or maybe you don’t want to say anything.
"Master, it's time to board the plane."
It was not until the subordinates came over to remind him that the long yet short silence was slowly broken.
"Take good care of yourself over there. Call me as soon as Xiaoyu shows signs of waking up."
"Ah."
"Okay, that's it." Qingyou put one hand in his pocket to keep warm, patted Yesi Chi's shoulder with the other hand, turned around and left, "Let's go."
Under the lights, the boy walks away
His lonely shadow was stretched very long, and behind his silent face was unspeakable fatigue and loneliness.
Looking at the lonely limping figure of the young man, Ye Sichi clenched his fists, and ultimately failed to suppress the emotions that had been suppressed deep in his heart.
“Qingyou!!”
He called out loudly towards the other person's disappearing back.
The young man paused, without turning his head, but just turned half of his face to the side, quietly waiting for what was to come.
"Thank you for all the time!"
Ye Shichi said loudly, all the repression in his heart burst out in an instant, so that his tone was a little hoarse and crying, "Don't worry, I will definitely wake Xiaoyu up!! "
"Also, I'm sorry!"
He straightened his body and bowed very neatly to the boy, "I'm really, really sorry!!"
The sound of crying mixed with guilt echoed throughout the airport
Qingyou closed his eyes, turned his back to his companions, and his body trembled slightly.
After a moment, he opened his eyes again, raised his arms and waved them behind his back, then continued walking forward.
Something has come to an end, and also come to an end at the end.
----
Walking on the deserted street, the cold wind blew on his body. He shrank his neck, leaving traces along the way on the snow-covered ground.
As the sun sets, dusk falls silently, and thick and heavy clouds hover in the sky. It seems that because of the continuous wind and snow in the past few days, the sky has not been stained with the golden red color of dusk.
The thick snow broke several tree branches, and the rows of street lights along the street flickered dimly, barely illuminating the road ahead.
Breathing hot air, Qingyou limped along the street in silence for a long time.
It seemed as if he was unaware of the passage of time, and he didn't even notice that the sky was gradually getting dark.
When he came to a convenience store, he stopped, looked around, was silent for a while, and then walked in.
"Boss, are you still selling the double cream stick?"
The middle-aged man covered himself with a quilt and leisurely lay on the recliner listening to some music. "Same old, it's in the freezer, take it yourself."
"Ah."
He trudged to the freezer and took out two.
When I took out the change from my pocket and was about to pay, the boss's lazy voice rang out, "No need, young man. Your friend paid a little more for popsicles not long ago. These two popsicles are the ones I didn't have time to give you."
Hearing this, Qingyou put the change back into his pocket, said "thank you", and limped away.
At this time, the boss's voice with laughter sounded again, "Come to think of it, it's so cold today and you still come to buy popsicles. You four kids are really weird."
He said so jokingly.
Qingyou didn't say anything, but just responded politely with a polite "hmm".
"Huh? Why don't I see the other three guys?" Noticing that there was no one else outside, the boss asked curiously, "Aren't they waiting outside?"
Qingyou was stunned, and followed the boss's gaze to the door.
In the darkness, only the cold wind was blowing.
He clenched the popsicle in his hand, looked away, and answered in a low voice, "They all went to a very far place..."
"I see. After all, the weather is cold." The boss nodded without thinking too much. "Then hurry over and don't keep them waiting."
Can I still go...
Qingyou lowered his eyebrows to hide his self-mockery.
Already, can't pass
In the small shop, he muttered to himself in a low voice.
----
When I walked out of the store, it was snowing heavily outside.
Qingyou unpacked two cream sticks and walked aimlessly
The goose-feather-like snow fell vertically like a meteor, floating and rippling. Soon, my shoulders and head were covered with crystal snowflakes like cotton balls.
A lot of snowflakes also fell on the double stick of cream in her hands. The white and the white blended into one, not appearing abrupt, but instead giving it a layer of clear halo.
The wind was very cold, my hands were frozen red, and snowflakes drifted onto my neck, stirring up a biting cold.
Qingyou, however, had a blank expression on his face as he slowly and staggered along the unknown streets in the snow, heading towards a destination he didn't even know where it was.
Passing by a small park, he stopped walking and sat on a bench with two sticks.
Not far ahead, there were a few children running in the snow.
They were stepping on each other's shadows and playing snowball fights. Next to them was the little snowman they had just built.
