Liu Gen returned to the dormitory to pack his luggage. Half a year of his military career was over. If he still had a trace of nostalgia for this place, it was the days and nights he and Yan Yu trained here.
The driver who picked him up moved his packed luggage downstairs.
"Instructor Liu, I have been notified that I no longer need to pick you up or drop you off." The driver said after the car drove out of the gate of the base.
"I was expelled from the military." Liu Gen looked out the car window at the sycamore trees drifting backwards. The setting sun filtered through the broad sycamore leaves, like weaving golden lace around the edges of the leaves.
"Is it because of what happened at the airport in the morning?" the driver asked. He only knew that Liu Gen and Yan Yu were from the special task force. Generally, people from the special task force were very mysterious. He didn't know what the two people did specifically, and he didn't know.
I asked and rarely even spoke.
"Yes." Liu Gen replied casually.
"Didn't you explain to the leaders..."
"I can't explain it. You are also a veteran. You know that obeying orders is a soldier's bounden duty." Liu Gen was in a bad mood and didn't want to talk to the driver anymore, so he blocked his question.
The driver was used to driving for the chief minister and knew that silence is golden, so he wisely stopped talking.
Liu Gen took out his phone and called Qiu Ye: "How are Xia Yang and Ouyang...Aren't they awake...I'll be there in an hour...Has Guanghui come back yet..."
Qiu Ye's answer was as expected by Liu Gen. Xia Yang and Ouyang Xue were still asleep, which added another layer of lingering haze to his bad mood.
The conversation with Yan Song and the others echoed in his ears from time to time. The two female agents who had their heads cut off had a horrifying look in their eyes. What worried Liu Gen the most was that they knew the whereabouts of Li Gan's money.
This would bring disaster to Wen Hanmei and herself.
Liu Gen regretted not listening to Yan Yu's advice at that time.
But regrets are regrets. Now that they know about it, they can only try their best to handle this matter properly.
However, Liu Gen thought about the last time the two Interpol officers came to his door. His mailbox was monitored, and maybe they also monitored his mobile phone.
Liu Gen didn't believe they were worried that Li Gan would use Wen Hanmei's help to give money to terrorist organizations.
It was probably because he was worried that Li Gan had revealed something to Wen Hanmei that would threaten their vital interests, that they allowed overseas agents to risk exposing their identities to find out Wen Hanmei's whereabouts.
Thinking of this, Liu Gen felt cold all over. Fortunately, he did not give Yan Song the mobile hard drive that Li Gan gave him. If he had not called Xiangzi back at the airport, he would not have known the situation of Ouyang Xue and Xia Yang, so he was smoothly taken to the base by the driver.
, when he sees Yan Song, he will immediately hand over the mobile hard drive.
This may be God’s deliberate arrangement!
Liu Gen raised his head and looked at the sky from the car window. The sunset was dyed red by the setting sun, like a shy big girl, floating in the sky and looking down at the earth.
God, please, let Ouyang Xue and Xia Yang wake up as soon as possible! If you are really smart, you shouldn't let them suffer such torture. Those who deserve to be punished are the bastards who have done all the bad things!
Liu Gen silently prayed to God for Ouyang Xue and Xia Yang to open their eyes.
If Ouyang turns into a vegetative state as Professor Li said, then I will protect her for the rest of my life!
Liu Gen seemed to be swearing to God.
The driver took Liu Gen directly to the inpatient building of the hospital, and the sky was about to fall dark.
Qiu Ye was always waiting outside the intensive care unit. Sitting with her were Xia Tian and Ouyang Xiong. Liu Gen didn't see Ouyang Xue's mother, nor were Li Jiahe and his daughter.
Liu Gen left his luggage at the nurses' station, and all the nurses here knew him.
After saying hello to Xia Tian and Ouyang Xiong, Liu Gen pushed open the door of the intensive care unit. Ouyang Xue's mother sat beside the bed, but she stopped crying. A different nurse sat next to the testing equipment.
Xia Yang has no more infusions, but there is still an infusion bag hanging on Ouyang Xue's bedside.
"Auntie, go and have a rest." Liu Gen saw Ouyang Xue's mother, who seemed to have suddenly aged ten years. The elegant woman who looked in her prime was gone.
Ouyang Xue's mother took a long breath and said sadly: "Liu Gen, my mother has raised Xue for twenty years, but you took her away from me in just two years."
, she stopped going home during the holidays because of you. In the past year, except for talking to me on the phone, Xue has not been able to see her in person. During this meeting, Xue closed her eyes tightly and did not even look at me.
This mother's glance... I should hate you, but I can't, because my beloved daughter and her choice, as a mother, I should respect. If there is still a glimmer of hope for Xue to wake up,
That's you Liu Gen..." At this point, Ouyang Xue's mother couldn't help but burst into tears again.
"It's my fault, it's all because of me." Liu Gen lowered his head, as if confessing in front of Ouyang Xue's mother: "I will wake up Ouyang, and I will always stay with her."
Ouyang Xue's mother stood up and said, "If you talk to her more, maybe she will wake up immediately when she hears your voice." In fact, she knew best in her heart that this was just a beautiful hope in despair.
After Ouyang Xue's mother walked out of the ward, Liu Gen sat on the chair where Ouyang Xue's mother had been sitting and still had residual warmth. He first stretched out his hand to tuck Ouyang Xue's quilt, then put her somewhat cold hand into the palm of his hand, and then used it.
Cover it with the other hand.
"Ouyang, did you hear that? Your mother blamed me for taking you away from her. Wake up quickly and tell her yourself that you were not taken away by me. You will always be her daughter and you will never let her go again.
She shed tears for you..." Liu Gen stopped crying and forced a smile on his face: "Ouyang, let me tell you some good news. I don't have to go to work at the base anymore. They fired me from the military. From now on, on weekends, I
Then I can go on outings with you, go hiking and mountain climbing, we can live in a farmhouse, and go hand in hand to the fields in the evening to watch fireflies flying like stars, and hear the croaking frogs and the chirping of crickets... My hometown
There are no fireflies or frogs in Gangou Village, because they know there is no water to drink there. That’s why I grew up so old that I only heard the frogs chirping when I got to the South China Sea. It sounded like wonderful music. The fireflies I saw were like
When I was a child, my mother and I sat on the stone mill in the middle of the courtyard at the entrance of the cave dwelling and looked at the stars. However, you lying like this without looking at me or saying a word made me feel that the sound of frogs was so monotonous.
, the fireflies no longer shine like stars for me... Wake up quickly, don't let all the beautiful things in my heart disappear because of your deep sleep..."
Liu Gen seemed to be reciting a prose to Ouyang Xue, which made the little nurse sitting in front of the testing equipment so moved that her nose became sore and she began to sob.
Unknowingly, Liu Gen sat by Ouyang Xue's bedside for more than two hours, talking to her many, many things, starting from the first time they met at the train station, as if he was telling her a beautiful story.
love story.
In the meantime, Xia Tian and Ouyang Xiong came in and stood quietly listening to Liu Gen's murmuring talk. The nurse changed the infusion bag once, and Xiangzi brought mutton steamed buns, but seeing Liu Gen so focused, they did not disturb him.
.
But Yang Guanghui came back from the expressway toll station, walked up to Liu Gen, and patted his shoulder.
Liu Gen looked up at Yang Guanghui: "How is it?"
Yang Guanghui shook his head: "No suspicious vehicles were found. We checked both the entrance and exit. After entering the highway from the entrance, only Ouyang Xue and Xia Yang's car failed to get out of the exit. There were many other vehicles.
I didn’t see anything unusual.”
Liu Gen turned his attention to Ouyang Xue: "Ouyang, are you really driving too fast? Wake up and tell me. I don't believe you are driving fast at night or in heavy rain. I know you and you have always been cautious when driving.
You'd be more careful in weather conditions like that, right?"
"How is Xia Yang? Have you not moved again?" Yang Guanghui asked, walking to Xia Yang's bedside: "Xia Yang, wake up when you have had enough sleep. Brother Gen and I want to know the true situation of the car accident."
"It's time to wake up." Liu Gen left Ouyang Xue's hospital bed and stood in front of Xia Yang's bed. Because Yang Guanghui was there, he couldn't hold Xia Yang's hand, but he leaned down and whispered in Xia Yang's ear.
: "Xia Yang, I am your brother Liu Gen. I know you heard my voice. I am by your side. Don't be afraid. Be strong. Open your eyes quickly and tell me how the car accident happened and whether someone was driving.
Chasing you? Or hitting your car and knocking your car out of the guardrail on the highway... You saw that person, right? Don't be afraid, no matter who that person is, I will not let him go.
!" Liu Gen said this to stimulate Xia Yang's brain.
Xia Yang's fingers began to tremble, first the little finger, then the index finger, and then all five fingers on Liu Gen and Yang Guanghui's hands began to move.
The nurse sitting in front of the monitoring instrument reacted to the information transmitted from the sensor on Xia Yang's finger to the instrument screen: "She moved...Xia Yang's finger is moving..."
Liu Gen and Yang Guanghui shouted almost at the same time: "Xia Yang..."
Xia Yang slowly opened his tired eyes. At first, his big eyes did not move. After a few seconds, tears filled his eyes. Then his eyes moved towards Liu Gen and Yang Guanghui, and the tears also rolled down. The transparent oxygen mask
The lower lip moved.
"Xia Yang, what did you say? Louder." Liu Gen took off the oxygen mask on Xia Yang's mouth and looked at her with a smile: "Do you recognize brother? I am brother Liu Gen!"
Xia Yang's lips were still moving, but no sound came out.
Liu Gen put his head close to her lips: "Xia Yang, please speak louder, I can't hear you."
Xia Yang seemed to have used all his strength before he said softly: "It was... Ren Jiaju... bumped into me... and Sister Ouyang... Sister... I saw... his... face... so scary
...Then...our car...I...don't know...anything..."
"Ren Jiaju! It was Ren Jiaju who did it!" Liu Gen raised his head and told Yang Guanghui loudly.
"You bastard! I'm going to find him right now!" Yang Guanghui took a few steps toward the door, turned back, looked at Xia Yang and said, "Xia Yang, let Brother Gen stay with you here, and I'll catch that bastard Ren Jiaju.