"Father." He Qing stood up abruptly, wiping the corners of her eyes with her white fingertips, she looked up at Dr. He and said, "Ah Wei is also the child of Berent and me, and you are not the only one waiting for him. Losing him, we As sad as you are."
Marshal Brent looked at his wife, the imperceptible pain in his eyes was fleeting, he gently held He Qing's hand comfortingly, as if giving her strength, nodded to her, and then Doctor He calmed down. Said: "Dad, it was my fault back then, you should be angry with me." He glanced at Clovis, and said to Dr. He: "But you and Xiaoqing, Clovis rarely meet, don't be angry because of this. This incident has affected you, today you have a good reunion together. I... go back to the military headquarters."
Dad never forgave him for what happened back then.
And he couldn't forgive himself.
Berent picked up his coat and prepared to leave.
"It's like this every time." Clovis heard everyone's ears with a deeply tired voice, "It's been so many years, our family has never been together properly, and every time we break up unhappy."
Leng The stiff red-haired boy looked at the people around him, and his eyes fell on Dr. He: "Grandpa, why don't you wake up. Brother——" "
He's already dead——" the boy calmly explained this cold In fact, it was just the trembling under his calm voice that only he could detect.
"Clovis——" He Qing turned his head to stop interrupting Clovis, and hurriedly said, "Ah Wei is just missing." "
No, he's already dead. No one can survive the explosion, even brother's The rescue capsule was ejected, and the rescue capsule can only drift outside for three days, and it will take half a month to get to that place from the nearest planet." Clovis met He Qing's gaze, without flinching at all, and said every word Speak up.
He tore open the festering wound deeply for everyone present to see.
Clovis looked at the grandpa and dad who were at odds, and the mother who was in a dilemma.
This scene has been repeated for twelve years like a strange circle, deeply tormenting everyone trapped in it.
Everyone suffers.
He remembered that on the day of the attack, he and his brother were on the spaceship, the spaceship was surrounded by Zerg, and the person responsible for protecting them was killed by the Zerg striker. He still doesn't know what happened, but his brother took him into hiding and told him not to tell anyone his father's name.
Later, someone found an escape ship, and when he boarded the escape ship, he and his brother were dispersed by the crowd.
My brother was originally in the front, but he was behind. But he accidentally fell down, and his brother went against the crowd, helped him up, and pushed him forward.
He escaped. The elder brother was left on the battleship.
Since then, his happy family only exists in memory.
He misses his brother, but the memory of his brother is blurred, and he misses the warm home in his memory even more.
Clovis looked at the old man who hadn't shown a smiling face for many years, pursed his lips and begged, "Grandpa, can you put it down?" The old
man sat down on the chair for a moment.
Didi in Xia Yi's arms woke up, jumped from Xia Yi's knee to the old man's knee with difficulty, and kept rubbing against the old man.
The old man's wrinkled hands stroked Didi's dull hands, and he closed his eyes—
but scenes from the past flooded into his mind.
During the time, the little child he cared about ran towards him with a smile, hugged him and said--
Grandpa, where are you, I have been looking for you for a long time.
He and Didi looked at each other.
Didi seemed to understand what he was thinking and rubbed his palm.
"I know that there is only one ten-thousandth chance of Ah Wei surviving. But no matter how young you are, there is still some." The old man leaned back on the chair and said hoarsely to several people: "Didi and I will continue to wait here. , until we have no choice but to wait. You are still young, go ahead."
It's just that Didi may not survive this winter.
At that time, he will be left alone, and he will be somewhat lonely.
"I also know that we may not be able to wait for the day when Ah Wei comes back." Grandpa He's voice weakened all of a sudden, and he said slowly: "But I think, if one day Ah Wei really finds it after going through untold hardships, Lu, even if we are no longer here, he will know that he has not been working hard alone, we have been with him and waiting for him." "
Ah Wei will not be sad."
"Dad, I will leave first "Brent made a sudden sound, he turned around quickly, and walked quickly, but his trembling fingertips exposed everything about him.
He Qing lowered his head sadly.
Clovis clenched his palms, turned his head away, bit his lips tightly, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.
Xia Yi understood what Dr. He meant.
Just like before, no matter how difficult the road he and Heinz took, as long as he thought that he was not alone on that road, Heinz, and the group of friends, he would not feel difficult, but full of hope.
He tilted his head and looked at Heinz. Heinz remembered something, and his eyes were dim.
Xia Yi couldn't help thinking—
it's been more than three hundred years—
is Heinz waiting for him like this?
Holding vain hopes, waiting alone for a person who can't come back.
He reached out and took Heinz's hand under the table, trying to give him strength.
Heinz turned his head to look at Xia Yi, was taken aback for a moment, then his eyes were relieved, and he squeezed Xia Yi's hand tightly.
Grandpa He forced a smile at Heinz and Xia Yi and said, "You guys are laughing at some of our family affairs."
Heinz and Xia Yi looked at each other, and Heinz stood up and said to Dr. He, "Sorry, I remembered Xiaoyi and I still have some things to deal with—"
Walk out with Heinz.
Xia Yi and Heinz didn't let go of their hands either.
Heinz and Xia Yi explained: "Brent's family was originally a pair of brothers, and Clovis was the younger brother. But an accident happened twelve years ago." "
What accident?" Xia Yi asked with raised eyebrows.
"The Black Pearl was hijacked by the Zergs, and the Zergs didn't know how to know that the Marshal's two children were on board." Heinz said, this matter was not a secret in the military department: "At that time, the Marshal was not a Marshal, just The general of the Mayflower Regiment of the Expeditionary Army attacked the fort on the front line with the Zerg. The Zerg asked the general to withdraw his troops. But the general refused. He captured the fort immediately and led troops to help, but it was too late, and the Black Pearl exploded. This time After the incident, the general was determined to be the successor of the marshal."
Xia Yi sighed, he was a soldier, and he knew that no matter what, he should not back down at that time.
It's just that the family, and the country will always give up one.
"However—" Heinz's voice stopped, looked at Xia Yi's expression, and said uncertainly: "Some people also said that the Zerg would not be so stupid, and talked to Berent clearly about the conditions. Some people said that at that time The Zerg made another request to Berent through a secret channel."
"What request?" Xia Yi asked.
Heinz shook his head: "No one knows, but it's not important anymore."
Because no matter what the request was, Berent did not agree.
The two walked side by side on the boulevard.
It's early winter, the wind blows and the leaves dance.
Xia Yi raised his head, looked at the falling leaves, and remembered that he and Heinz were on the same road back then.
At the end of the road, there is a towering tree, and a sign is erected beside the tree.
Xia Yi poked his head over, and the book was already five hundred years old.
He said to Heinz in surprise, "Look, we may not have walked on this tree back then." As soon as Xia Yi came to Blue Star, he found that Blue Star was a little different from three hundred years ago. Variations, but well preserved.
There are traces of the past everywhere.
For example, the place where he and Heinz lived, such as the dark alley, and even the sweet tea shop in front of the dark alley, he often glanced at it casually on the street, and he could vaguely see the shadow of that year.
This is also the reason why he chose to stay in Blue Star.
Heinz just looked at him with a smile on his face.
Xia Yi walked in front, dragging Heinz who was walking behind unhurriedly. Xia Yi kicked the stone on the sole of his foot, he turned around, facing Heinz, walked backward step by step and asked, "Are you waiting for me at this time?" This was the first time he seriously Ask Heinz that question.
Heinz nodded with a smile.
Xia Yi scratched his hair and couldn't help asking: "How do you know I'm here, um, I'm here at this time."
He couldn't figure it out, even he didn't know himself How did Heinz know why it came to this era?
Heinz stopped.
Xia Yi also stopped.
Heinz described Xia Yi's facial features inch by inch with his eyes. He smiled slightly, but his eyes were filled with too many heavy things, but he said lightly: "I don't know." He was just
betting— —He put his all on a big gamble.
Fortunately, he won the bet.
Xia Yi lowered his head, raised his head after a while and said, "The deep sleep experiment is dangerous."
Even if he didn't know anything, he knew how dangerous the experiment was.
Until now, this technology has not been made public, which is enough to show the immaturity of the technology—
let alone more than three hundred years ago.
Was Heinz just betting on a possibility when he tried such a dangerous experiment?
Heinz was taken aback for a moment, he bent the corner of his mouth, and smiled straight to the bottom of his heart: "It's worth it."
Xia Yi looked at Heinz, couldn't help throwing himself into his arms, and hugged him, as if he was afraid that Heinz would see Seeing his expression, he buried his head in Heinz's clothes, and asked sullenly after a long time, "What if you lose the bet, and you wait until your hair is all gray and you don't see me?"
Hai Inz hugged Xia Yi tightly in his arms, resting his chin on the top of Xia Yi's hair. He looked into the distance and smiled wryly when he remembered the moment when he made the decision: "Then I have to admit it.
" I made a few groundless inferences, and concluded that after Xiao Yi returned, all the friends around him thought he was crazy.
Even he himself thought he was crazy.
The two continued to walk forward, and accidentally walked to the house where they lived before.
It's very close to Dr. He's house.
Xia Yi looked at the yard inside through the iron railing, and said regretfully to Heinz, "It's a pity that this place doesn't belong to us anymore."
Heinz smiled and didn't speak.
With a flash of inspiration, Xia Yi asked Heinz, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Heinz stretched out one hand to cover Xia Yi's eyes, and held Xia Yi's hand with the other, saying, "Follow me!" Come."
Xia Yi, who was caught in the darkness before him, held Heinz's hand tightly unaccustomed, his hand in the darkness seemed to be his only support, but Xia Yi felt inexplicably at ease.
He didn't walk for long, Heinz led him through a few steps, and within a few minutes, Heinz's voice rang in his ears with a moist and hot breath: "Look."
Xia Yi blushed, trembling and Feeling a sudden jump up from the spine, he forced himself to calm down and said, "Speak well, I—"
He stopped halfway through speaking, and after his eyes recovered from the darkness just now, he saw the scene in front of him ——
The familiar wood rose, the same table and chairs, through the glass, he saw the layout of the room, and the sealed memory came out little by little, and there was a bronze door plate hanging on the corridor in front of the door, which was exactly the same as in memory. lips, turned to look at Heinz.
Heinz nodded at him.
With trembling hands, Xia Yi turned the front of the house number. On the
opposite side of No. 23 Rose Street, the home of Heinz was beautifully carved with curlicues on it, and the word "He Wing" was carved on the line below with a knife.
Together they are the home of Heinz and Tsubasa.
Unscrewing the brass-carved doorknob, Xia Yi walked in. The old house already had a taste of time, but it was well repaired.
Every inch is exactly the same as in memory.
Xia Yi looked at Heinz.
Heinz smiled and threw a key to Xia Yi and said, "This is my home in Blue Star."
Xia Yi looked at the key in his palm, and didn't know what to say. Soon he reacted again, remembering being arrested by the patrol team. That night when I was very embarrassed after chasing him, I came to Heinz and said, "You didn't say it earlier." This house is only tens of meters away from that one. I knew why I was so embarrassed at the beginning!
Heinz said innocently, "You didn't ask."
The two of them didn't have dinner, and there was still some food prepared in the kitchen of the house.
Xia Yi looked at every corner of the house in surprise, reluctant to leave.
Heinz had no choice but to prepare dinner in the kitchen of the house.
Xia Yi walked to the backyard. The backyard was a meadow with hills. In the past, Heinz would plant various herbs here.
Now Heinz is not in a hurry to come, it is still empty.
He looked at the hill behind him. Under the setting sun, the hill was dyed golden yellow, which was consistent with his memory. Even the entangled tree on the hill remained unchanged.
Xia Yi climbed over the railing of the yard and walked to the hill.
However, there was a man standing on the hill.
Xia Yi walked over and found that the man turned out to be Marshal Berent who had already left.
"Who?" Xia Yi just wanted to leave when Marshal Brent turned around and asked warily.
Xia Yi could only go up, and said bravely, "I, Xia Yi." He pointed to the house next to him, and said, "I came from there." He looked at Berent's marshal, Berent There was a tree beside the marshal, with a thick bowl mouth, about ten years old. Just now, Berent was holding the tree and didn't know what he was talking about.
Berent restrained all the emotions in his eyes, and carefully examined the boy in front of him.
He recognized the youth's abilities, but he didn't agree with the youth's attitude towards life, it was too ruthless, without awe.
He nodded to the boy, ready to leave.
Although he disagreed, he didn't intend to say more.
"Hey—" He was about to leave, but the boy behind him stopped him.
Berent turned around. It had been a long time since anyone asked him to feed him.
Xia Yi glanced at Berent. He didn't like Berent very much at first, but just now Heinz said that, and he felt a little pity for Berent.
Xia Yi hesitated and said: "Ah Wei—I mean Ah Wei is dead."
Berent suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Xia Yi.
Xia Yi explained: "Don't look at me that way, I just think that with the capabilities of the expeditionary army, it is not possible to find a rescue capsule that can only float for three days." of. It's just a question of how long it takes.
And Berent has never said that there is only one possibility-
it is not good news.
Berent was silent for a moment and said: "The fragments of the rescue capsule were found in the sixth month, and the rescue capsule has been broken."
A shattered rescue capsule only means one possibility—the people inside are dead.
When he got the news, he stayed alone for a whole day, and went home to see his tearful wife and his old teenage father. He finally decided to hide this matter in his heart and leave the only hope left to them.
The fragment was buried under this tree. A Wei liked to play here before, so he thought that A Wei would be willing to stay in this place.
Sure enough.
Xia Yi was not surprised.
"I mean—" He looked at Berent hesitantly, and finally decided to say: "You still tell them that the living should always move forward, and it may not be bad to have a conclusion." Holding
hypocrisy It is better to face the bleak truth than face the hope.
It may hurt, but only then is there any chance of healing.
Facts are never changed by lies.
Berent's eyes dimmed slightly. He always thought it was best for his family, but just now he wasn't sure if it was right for him to do so.
Xia Yi originally just tried to persuade him casually.
He is about to leave.
A soldier in the distance suddenly ran over panting, even Xia Yi didn't shy away from being by his side, and excitedly said to Berent: "Marshal, there is a news just now...someone..."
"Someone claims that you have missing 12yr old child."