Wen Ran knew very well what Xia Yu wanted to do, but in Wen Ran's opinion, Xia Yu's idea was too naive.
"I have said that fate is not immutable. If you are single in the future, it means that you will not die today, not that you get a gold medal for immunity from death. And don't you think that putting all your life on one person is a bit of a waste? Is it not too narrow?"
Xia Yu lowered his eyes: "I..."
Wen Ran said: "Before you want to do anything, go back and see your parents."
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Although the environment of Xia Yu's family is not that rich, it is still pretty good.
His father went to sea early, so he accumulated some wealth. When Xia Yu entered college, his father bought him a house with full payment. When he was studying, he also had the most living expenses in the dormitory, so he live quite lavishly.
But his parents were already a little old when they had him. Xia Yu hadn't graduated from college yet, and his parents had already reached the age of retirement.
In addition, Xia Yu had no interest in business matters at all, and wanted to go into the journalism industry. So his father had transferred the business in the past two years, recovered a sum of money, and then lived a retirement life with his mother at home.
Xia Yu goes home often, at least once or twice a month, but in the past, he only went home to have a meal and get some clothes to change. Seeing that his parents' life was as usual, he continued to work hard at his job.
When he came back this time, whether it was because his mood was different or something else, looking at his father sitting downstairs chatting with a group of old neighbors, Xia Yu's eyes suddenly started to heat up.
His father seemed to be getting old. He have always been a man with a strong heart. Xia Yu didn't know when hid father started to have so many gray hairs.
Xia Yu's father has very sharp eyes. He could see his son at a glance even if he was standing far away. He was having a lot of fun chatting with his neighbors. When he saw his son, the smile on his face instantly became bigger: "Xiao Yu!"
The neighbors looked at Xia Yu and praised him with smiles. He is really a big boy. They remember when he was as tall as a carrot and he chased cats and dogs all over the neighborhood. In a blink of an eye, he grew tall and handsome.
They couldn't help but tease: Dad, your son is so handsome, and you're going to have a daughter-in-law soon.
Xia Yu's father smiled from ear to ear. He put his hand on Xia Yu's shoulder and said to the neighbors: "Okay, okay, my son finally came back. My family never presses for marriage. He can do it whenever he wants. No pressure!"
Xia Yu responded with a smile, but felt sour in his heart. What he used to feel his extremely tall father was now shorter than him.
Xia Yu's mother, who was also playing downstairs, received a call from her husband saying that her son had returned, so she quickly went to the nearby vegetable market to prepare Xia Yu's favorite dishes.
His mother was cooking in the kitchen. The woman who was slender in the past has now become plump. Although there are wrinkles on her face, she always has a smile.
Xia Yu leaned against the door of the kitchen and listened to her mother's chatter: Is it good to eat outside? Have you ever forgotten to eat when you are busy? Do you have takeout all day long? You can't eat takeout because it is too dirty. Since you live outside, you have to learn to cook by yourself, etc.
Every time he come back, actually what is said is the same. In the past, Xia Yu had casually listen and respond, now listening this his heart is uncomfortable.
During the meal, Xia Yu's father asked him about his work and told him not to feel wronged if his work didn't go well. He had two apartments at home and their door is always open. It was not impossible to find job. There was no need to work so hard.
In the past, Xia Yu was always a little impatient when he heard this. He knew his father meant well, but he also felt that he was being underestimated and seemed unable to do anything.
Now his mentality has changed. He only feels that he is really happy, with the love of his parents, they never concealed it from him.
So he couldn't imagine what would happen to this family if something happened to him. Maybe his parents would no longer be as happy as they were, and this family would even become as deserted as death.
Their hair would become grayer and whiter, the wrinkles will become deeper and deeper, and when they get older, they will have difficulty moving, and there won't even be anyone around to take care of them.
Xia Yu understood Wen Ran's intention of letting him come back, but it was one thing to understand some things, and another thing to truly feel them.
Xia Yu lived at home that day, in the dust-free room that was still cleaned even if he was not at home. Looking at the memories of his childhood and youth on the desk and on the wall, Xia Yu smiled and suddenly thought, why is he so stubborn?
Sure enough, people with a love brain, they are not really that wise.
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The team transfer that Fang Kai applied to Xia Yu was quickly approved. Xia Yu accepted it calmly. Before leaving, he even invited the whole team to have a meal.
After everyone had finished eating and drinking, Xia Yu looking at Fang Kai who was sitting motionless, he asked, "Aren't you leaving?"
Fang Kai said, "Xiao Yu."
Xia Yu looked at him without saying a word.
Fang Kai said: "I can't..."
Xia Yu interrupted him directly: "I know, I understand, I understand. You can't ignore the child, you can't give up your job, but you can give up your life, or give up on me."
Fang Kai frowned: "Xiao Yu, although the epidemic area is dangerous, I am not a doctor. I will not have direct contact with infected people. I will have sufficient protection. It is not as dangerous as you think. And fortune telling..."
Xia Yu threw the cup in his hand on the table. It made a clattering sound and stopped Fang Kai's words: "Don't believe it if you don't believe it. Life is yours.
"I have thought about it a lot these days. I even thought to simply find someone to break your legs to give you a reason not to go, and ask the higher ups to send someone else, and then I will pick up the child for you.
"The child is infected, and I may not be able to pick him up at all and like his parents he had to stay there forever, but if I went, you would not feel guilty for the rest of your life, and the disaster would be over.
"But then I went back home and changed my mind."
Fang Kai: "Xiao Yu, if I come back, can we get married?"
Xia Yu smiled directly: "No, Fang Kai, I will formally inform you that we broke up. If something happens to you over there, I will take care of your funeral, but that's all.
"You are the first person I like. I don't know if I will meet someone who makes my heart beat in the future, or it will be like what Wen Ran said, but it doesn't matter.
"I was wrong before. I thought that what Wen Ran said about a lonely life was that I couldn't let you go, so I couldn't accept others. But now I find that maybe not, maybe it's just that I haven't met the person who makes my heart beat again, so I would rather be alone.
"If that's the case, it doesn't really matter. There is nothing wrong with it. At least this is the life I choose, and I am willing to do it."
Xia Yu looked at Fang Kai and said: "I would rather choose to live alone in the future, and I don't want a lover who doesn't put me first.
"Your dream, your principles, your obsession and the bottom line once made me admire you. Really, I especially admire you. You are like a shining point. Even if you just stand there, you are like a beacon.
"But when the identity changes and I am ranked last by you, I still admire these things that make me admire you, but being hurt is really hurt. Sometimes I really would rather you be more selfish, but if you are selfish, then you are not you, so I give up.
"Fang Kai, maybe you think this is just an unnecessary fortune-telling, but this time, I have already understood a lot of things. We are not suitable."
Fang Kai did not say anything, and did not even hold back when Xia Yu left.
In his heart, Xia Yu is definitely more important than his life, but before that, there is indeed something that he cannot give up. If it was the choice between the death before his eyes and Xia Yu, he will choose Xia Yu without hesitation, but that is not the case.
He thought, wait until he comes back. He will be very careful and come back safely to tell Xia Yu that his Celestial Master friend's calculations are not accurate.
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On the day Fang Kai left, Xia Yu didn't look for anyone. He stayed in the empty house that his father had bought for him in full, but now it was simply decorated and didn't even have a bed, and drank countless bottles.
He was so drunk that he disappeared for several days, which caused Yuan Cixuan and Yang Xi so worried and anxious. They were so frightened that they quickly asked Wen Ran to calculate his location.
Wen Ran naturally didn't calculate it. Even if he didn't calculate it, he could still see clearly what happened. He just asked them to wait, and Xia Yu would show up in three days at most.
Sure enough, after waiting for three days, Xia Yu invited them to dinner as if nothing had happened.
The appointment was in an empty house without much furniture: "My dad bought this when I was admitted to college. I plan to renovate it after a while. From now on our gathering will not just be in Wen Xiaoran's place, I will also be a land-owning person."
Yuan Cixuan, who was about to buy a house, visited it inside and out: "How are the house prices in your community?"
Xia Yu Said: "It has increased a lot now. I remember when my dad bought it, it was less than 2 million. Now it must be 3 million or 4 million."
Wen Ran said: "The Fengshui here is not bad, and the magnetic field of the entire community is not bad."
Yuan Cixuan: "How about I become your neighbor? I looked at the house recently, and I was spoiled for choice."
Xia Yu thought of something, and quickly pulled Yuan Cixuan and said, "Do you mind if someone dies in the house? There is a family just above me with twins, a son and a daughter. But that day, after the mother put the two children at home to sleep, she went downstairs to get a package.
"When she got home, they didn't how he do it, the little boy climbed to the bay window seat, and then fell. He hit his head on the ground and bleed all over the floor. He was sent to the hospital for rescue, but he still couldn't be saved."
Yang Xi said: "Then what? Their family planning to sell their house?"
Xia Yu nodded: "I'm planning to live here, so I was added to the property group chat here, and then saw the news that they were selling the house. It also showed that the house price would be cheaper because of the death."
Yang Xi and Xia Yu looked at Yuan Cixuan: "How about you? Are you afraid?"
Yuan Cixuan looked at Wen Ran: "Do you have time to look at the house with me these days?"
Wen Ran smiled and said: "Okay. If you buy the one upstairs, it will be much more convenient for you visit each other."
After chatting, they saw that Xia Yu was fine and started to put various ingredients into the pot. They looked at each other, and Yang Xi spoke first: "Have you gotten over it?"
Xia Yu smiled: "What can't you get over? Isn't it just a short-lived first love?"
Yang Xi sighed silently: "Well, it's good as long as you can move on.
"Fang Kai, if born in troubled times, he would probably be a heroic figure, fearlessly moving forward for his ideals. This kind of person can only be looked up to in the position of an idol, and is not suitable for being a lover."
Xia Yu poured a plate of fat beef into the hot pot: "Eat, eat, as long as the sun still rises tomorrow, there will be nothing difficult to survive."
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Fang Kai, who went abroad with the team, successfully arrived at the epidemic area. The core of the epidemic area is the isolation area, where all infected people who have contracted the disease are all being treated.
This area is considered the most chaotic area. The national boundaries are not clear, and several bordering countries do not care.
It is poor and backward, with extremely poor sanitary conditions. There are even still some habits of eating raw meat. And those diseases that are extremely contagious are first acquired through eating.
It was almost ten years ago. A child was infected, with pustules on his body and severe subcutaneous bleeding. Soon, it spread from the child's family to the entire village, and later, because of people who left from here, it even infected a small country.
Then the World Health Organization paid attention to it. This is a pathogen that has never been discovered before. It is highly contagious, has a high mortality rate, and has very terrifying latent potential.
In order to control the epidemic, all infected people have been gathered together.
However, the terrible thing about this virus is that it constantly adapts to the human body's survival function and mutates. In addition, there is no powerful and useful drug. All viruses will remain unless they kill everyone who has come into contact with it, otherwise it will not be eradicated at all.
However, to kill everyone, there will be at least hundreds of thousands of lives, or even more. It might have been possible a few hundred years earlier, but now, this kind of massacre is absolutely not allowed.
MSF treats those infected here and studies the virus at the same time. However, a few months ago, a new mutated virus was discovered.
This virus is more powerful than the previous one. As long as it comes into close air contact, there was a 90% chance of being infected, and soon the virus broke out throughout the epidemic area.
In order to control the spread of the virus, the entire epidemic area was under quarantine.
This situation is considered a first-level alert, and the situation is extremely serious, so the international medical team came to visit, and Fang Kai's assigned task this time was to follow up and take pictures in real time and send the situation back to his country.
If necessary, they may even venture into epidemic areas to shoot.
Although the situation is dangerous, as long as you wear protective clothing and don't take it off, disinfect your entire body when leaving the isolation area, and don't have close contact with patients, there won't be any big problems.
Although Fang Kai didn't completely believe in the so-called fortune telling, he was alert in his heart. So when he followed the team into the epidemic area for filming, he was very careful and paid great attention to contact with people.
But also because he saw this scene that was simply like purgatory on earth, he did not regret coming here even more.
There is always something left behind in life.
When looking at these angels in white who are struggling with death, and seeing those people who have been tortured beyond recognition by the virus, but still desperately want to live, Fang Kai feels that if maybe he is destined to die, by coming here, he can at least let more people see the life and death, despair and hope here.
However, what made him regretful was because the child was born prematurely, he was too young and his body was too weak to resist the virus. On the fifth day after Fang Kai arrived, he was declared dead. Those who died here, even the ashes must be treated specially and are not allowed to be taken away at all.
Fang Kai had expectations for this child. Although he had never even had contact with him, he still felt as if something had been dug out of his heart.
It was an unexpected accident that finally broke everything that has been going smoothly.
This is a region where many countries have no control, it is poor and backward, and the children here are skinny.
That day outside the epidemic area, not far from the camp, while Fang Kai was taking pictures of the barrenness here, he saw a child who was so thin that he had looked like a handful of bones squatting on the ground digging for grass in the soil.
So he stepped forward, and handed him two pieces of candy.
The child took it with bright eyes. At Fang Kai's gesture, he peeled off the wrap and took the first bite of sweetness in his life.
Fang Kai was holding a camera to capture his smile when the child suddenly fell to the ground, his whole body convulsing violently like an epileptic seizure.
Fang Kai quickly called for help from others, but he was afraid that the candy he give was choking his throat, so he opened the child's mouth and prepared to dig out the candy.
The accident happened at this moment. The convulsing child trembled suddenly, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. The people on the side who thought the child was suffering from an emergency retreated in panic, shouting something with extremely frightened faces.
Fang Kai could not understand the language here. But after these few days of contact and shooting, he also had a little understanding of some individual words. What he heard those people shouting was, virus.
The child's blood was spurted into his eyes.