Chapter 11
Chapter 11
The cemetery was silent.
Jiang Yu stared blankly at the bouquet of white magnolia flowers in Pei Xiaobai's arms.
He never thought that he would meet Pei Xiaobai here, and what the bouquet in the other party's arms represented and who it would be given to, he did not say anything.
"How will you be here?"
Jiang Yu murmured softly, straightening his back slightly.He suddenly remembered that he had shed tears just now, and hurriedly turned sideways and wiped his face under the cover of the bouquet.
Pei Xiaobai didn't seem to notice his embarrassment, he looked away, his expression normal.
"Come and see Aunt Jiang."
Pei Xiaobai lowered his eyes halfway, and breathed a sigh of relief, his breath condensed into white mist in the cold air.
Also, look at you.
Pei Xiaobai silently added in his heart.
Why didn't he want to use his WeChat friends, and why did he move out of the hotel so soon?If it wasn't for Aunt Jiang's death day, he took a gamble and waited here since the opening of the cemetery early in the morning. Would the two of them lose contact again?
Pei Xiaobai had a lot of things to ask in his heart, but thousands of words came to his lips and were swallowed back.
He blinked, raised his hand and stuffed the small curly hair on the edge of Jiang Yu's cap, and glanced at the remaining tears on Jiang Yu's side cheek.
Jiang Yu was startled by this sudden intimacy, tilted his head reflexively, and widened his cat eyes, "...what are you doing?"
"My hair is messed up."
With a pause, Pei Xiaobai withdrew his fingertips, and said flatly: "Help you fix it, or you won't look good in front of Aunt Jiang."
He nodded and asked Jiang Yu, "Shall we go together?"
It felt so strange to meet her mother Jiang Yue with Pei Xiaobai.
Jiang Yu followed behind Pei Xiaobai, unable to control his gaze, falling on Pei Xiaobai over and over again.
The two stopped and stood in front of Jiang Yue's tombstone. Pei Xiaobai did not put down the bouquet, but stuffed it into Jiang Yu's arms, and said in a low voice, "Go."
After finishing speaking, Pei Xiaobai left a distance away, leaving all the space to Jiang Yu.
The tombstone was unexpectedly clean and tidy, as if someone had been taking good care of it. Jiang Yue in the black and white photo had a gentle smile.
Jiang Yu also subconsciously showed a slight smile, hereditary Jiang Yue's small dimples were looming, and the spreading tears made the scenery in front of her hazy.
Jiang Yu originally thought he had a lot to say, but he half-kneeled on the ground silently, and after a long time, he put the white chrysanthemum and white magnolia flowers next to each other and spread them on the stone platform.
He took out an envelope from his pocket and threw it into the brazier. The paper was swallowed by the flames and instantly annihilated into ashes.
"I probably know why my father made that choice."
This letter had been carried on his body for eight years, and it finally returned to the place where it should go across time and life.
——That was the last letter left by his father, Qi Rong.
"Now that the country has been promised, it will be difficult for Xu Qing. I am ashamed of you, Ah Yue."
The predecessor of the garrison unit in the Icefield Gobi area where Jiang Yu retired was the Exploration Force in the Icefield Gobi Area.
Qi Rong, an A-level exoskeleton combatant, assisted his team in encircling and suppressing domestic and foreign traffickers.When fighting against the poisonous forces, he sacrificed heroically.
In order to avoid retaliation by the remnant forces, under the care of the Republic, Jiang Yue carried the unborn Jiang Yu through several twists and turns, concealed her name, changed to a new identity and a new environment, and started from scratch.
When Jiang Yu was 5 years old, they moved to City A.
In order to keep it secret, Jiang Yue did not tell Jiang Yu that his father was a hero.
The day after Jiang Yu split into Alpha, Jiang Yue had a car accident. Commander Zhang, as Jiang Yue's secret contact, buried Jiang Yue overnight and brought Jiang Yu back to the army.
The drug-trafficking force colluding with domestic and overseas has long been completely uprooted. After careful investigation, the car accident was indeed an accident.
Jiang Yu was detected to be able to control the S-level super-talented Alpha mental power of the exoskeleton mecha, even better than his father Qi Rong.
"Living is harder than dying."
Facing Jiang Yue's tombstone, Jiang Yu lowered his eyes wearily, and said softly, "I can't forgive myself."
At the moment when Commander Zhang told him the whole truth, Jiang Yu got the thin letter from Jiang Yue, which was left by Jiang Yue on the day of his separation and the day before the car accident.
Jiang Yue originally wanted to tell him everything completely.
It's a pity that good fortune tricks people.
At the end of the letter, Jiang Yue's handwriting was smooth and neat. Her lover was sleeping in the ice field, but the most resolute and fiery traits in the blood of the two gradually emerged in Jiang Yu's body.
——Don't protect me, protect the people I love, protect this homeland, do whatever you want, live your own life.
——Xiao Yu, you are better than your father, and I am proud of you.
Commander Zhang was the chief officer of Qi Rong back then. After sending away the outstanding subordinates, he signed with his own hands and included Jiang Yu's name in the list of secret special training.
Jiang Yu half-kneeled in front of Jiang Yue's tombstone for a long time, his fingertips gently stroking the stone wall.
The inspector of the cemetery walked over from a distance, and when he saw Jiang Yu's movements, he gave a suspicious "Huh".
"Tsk, are you?"
He stopped in front of Jiang Yu in puzzlement, carefully scrutinized Jiang Yu's face, "Young man, the face is new, I don't think I've seen it before."
Jiang Yu thought he had admitted the wrong person.
"No, no, there is also a young man who comes here every year, about seven or eight years, and every time he asks me to take care of this tombstone, and clean it up if there is dust or grass."
The inspector of the cemetery stretched out his finger, "Here, isn't that? Magnolia flower bouquet, only that young man will bring this strange thing, I am deeply impressed!"
"It snowed heavily one year, and I thought he might not come, but when I saw it the next day, hey! I didn't miss the appointment!"
Jiang Yu was taken aback.
"The flowers are all here, did people come here long ago and leave again?"
The inspector of the cemetery looked around subconsciously, his eyes fell on a certain figure, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "Look, there, I am really old and my eyes are dazzled, I didn't see it just now."
What he was worth was Pei Xiaobai's back.
Pei Xiaobai was standing far away in the open space, with his back turned to them. He seemed to be biting a cigarette between his lips, but he hadn't lit it. His long eyelashes were hanging down to half cover his eyes, so he couldn't see his expression clearly.
Jiang Yu's slightly bent fingertips trembled.
"Okay, since I'm here, I'll go first."
The inspector of the cemetery did not notice the unusual and strange atmosphere, so he said cheerfully to Jiang Yu: "Young man, you two know each other? Then remember to tell me, I will remember his instructions, don't worry."
Jiang Yu gradually lost his mind in the sound of distant footsteps.
In the eight years since he left, it turned out that Pei Xiaobai still remembered Jiang Yue's death day, and came to visit her every year with Bai Lihua in his arms, rain or shine.
Everything that Jiang Yu missed, Pei Xiaobai made up for in his name.
More than once or twice, eight years, eight bouquets of magnolia flowers.
Jiang Yu suddenly realized that apart from the "resentment and hatred" in his mouth, between him and Pei Xiaobai, there probably was a trace of complicated and indistinguishable friendship.
That year when he learned the result of predicting gender differentiation, he squatted on the ground and wailed loudly, while Jiang Yue bent his eyes and smiled lightly. Pei Xiaobai sat beside Jiang Yue, looking at Jiang Yu's round cat eyes that were surrounded by bright red.
"Xiaobai, wait until Xiaoyu really differentiates into an Omega."
Jiang Yue squeezed Pei Xiaobai's face, and whispered into his ear, "Auntie is the master, marry Xiaoyu to you, okay?"
Jiang Yu keenly heard that whisper.
As soon as he sniffed, he saw Pei Xiaobai's cold, honey-colored face, as if he looked disgusted, "Is there anyone else who wants him besides me?"
Jiang Yue still pursed her lips and smiled, with crescent eyes and pearly teeth, but Jiang Yu got up from the ground with a "crack", grabbed a plush toy and threw it at Pei Xiaobai.
"Who wants to be your Omega!"
"You wait, Pei Xiaobai! I will definitely be able to differentiate into Alpha, and then be stronger than you! Stronger than all of you!"
After that, the words came true.
In the cemetery, Jiang Yu's thoughts gradually returned to their place.
He took one last look at Jiang Yue's tombstone, covered his eyes and walked behind Pei Xiaobai, patted him on the shoulder, and softly recounted what the cemetery inspector had said.
Pei Xiaobai's eyes were raised up, his cold and indifferent arc drooped down in front of Jiang Yu, and he hurriedly pinched the cigarette butt between his teeth and stuffed it into his pocket with his fingertips.
"Thank you." Jiang Yu said softly.
No matter how much friction had occurred between the two of them, Pei Xiaobai's actions did ease his mood a little, so that he would not be completely overwhelmed by guilt and embarrassment.
In the secret throbbing of his chest, he showed a little helplessness in front of Pei Xiaobai for the first time.
How would Pei Xiaobai guess the reason why he didn't come back these years?
Would he ask him why he didn't even come back on the anniversary of his mother's death?
Jiang Yu thought, it seemed that from the first second he saw Pei Xiaobai, he was covering up, and he could only lie.
But Jiang Yue's tombstone stood behind him, and the people in front of him cleaned up the eight years of blank time for him.
Jiang Yu's worries were unnecessary.
Pei Xiaobai didn't ask anything.
Pei Xiaobai stretched out his hand again, and pressed Jiang Yu's little curly hair that was stubbornly protruding from the brim of the hat, but this time, Jiang Yu's breathing was stagnant, and his body did not dodge.
"It's okay." Pei Xiaobai's voice was low, "It's just some... small things."
Everything has changed.
It turns out that not only he is changing, but Pei Xiaobai is also changing.
Jiang Yu tried his best to straighten his back, thinking quietly, actually meeting Pei Xiaobai again was not as bad as he imagined.
Pei Xiaobai is the only proof of his connection with the past.
Before the "eight bouquets of white magnolia flowers" are paid off, he will continue to maintain this "youthful friendship". If his mother Jiang Yue is still around, she will definitely ask him to do so.
It's a tough thing to do.
But as long as he doesn't let the other party know his real situation, there is always a way to hide it.
Jiang Yu's silence seemed to be distracted.
This wonderful change did not escape Pei Xiaobai's eyes.
Sensing that Jiang Yu's attitude was different from the previous two days, he tentatively stretched out his hand, and under Pei Xiaobai's gaze, Jiang Yu slowly raised his eyes to meet each other, then held half of the opponent's palm, shaking it up and down shaken.
This is a friendly signal.
Welcome back.
Pei Xiaobai whispered in his heart, welcome back to my side.
Let's get to know Pei Xiaobai again.
Jiang Yu vaguely smelled the sweet fragrance of magnolia flowers in the air.
The hands of the two lightly overlapped for half a minute, and Jiang Yu drew his hands to leave the place.
He still remembers going to see the house, and calculating the distance, it is estimated that he will arrive half an hour earlier than the agreed time by taking a taxi, which is exactly right.
But what about Pei Xiaobai?
His current status was a nuisance.
Jiang Yu frowned slightly, and asked with a side face, "Do you have work soon?"
Pei Xiaobai answered quickly, "No, I'm resting these days."
Seeing Jiang Yu coming out of the cemetery and looking around towards the road, he seemed to be looking for something, so he said calmly, "I drove the car, do I need to take you back to the hotel?"
hotel?
Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, and shook his hand.
Pei Xiaobai probably doesn't know that he changed hotels, it's hard to explain, so let's forget it.
"Something else."
Jiang Yu was considering whether to tell Pei Xiaobai the news that he was looking for a house, and said vaguely, "But... cough, cough cough."
Such a harmonious and friendly conversation made Jiang Yu extremely nervous. He frowned, his throat was itchy, and he clenched his fist against his lips and coughed twice.
Seeing this, Pei Xiaobai immediately turned around and pulled him towards the parking lot.
Jiang Yu sat in the co-pilot seat in a daze, took a sip of the mineral water that Pei Xiaobai had opened, and immediately relieved the discomfort in his dry throat.
Before he could thank him, Pei Xiaobai had already put on his seat belt, put in the key, and the car made a faint roar.
"Are you still suffering?"
Pei Xiaobai answered the words familiarly, "Where are you going, I will take you there."
Jiang Yu subconsciously held the mineral water bottle and reported the destination.
Seeing that Pei Xiaobai really went on the road according to his words, Jiang Yu suddenly realized that something seemed wrong.
He wanted to get to know Pei Xiaobai again, but the two of them seemed to have skipped the running-in stage of getting acquainted again, and directly entered the state of "old husband and wife" with perfect understanding.
Most importantly, Pei Xiaobai didn't think there was anything wrong.
After a long time, Jiang Yu's eyes widened in shock, his voice became a little more dull under the cover of the mask, "I'm going to see the rented house, do you want to come together?"
Corresponding to him, the other party nodded silently.
It wasn't until they arrived at Anyuan Jingyuan and the two got out of the car that Jiang Yu calmed down, let out a sigh of relief, and acquiesced to Pei Xiaobai's following behavior.
The two passed through the security with ease. Jiang Yu didn't think too much about it, thinking that the agent should have made arrangements in advance. He patiently searched for the apartment building for a while, and pressed the corresponding elevator number.
Pei Xiaobai was always by his side, occasionally asking him how the environment was and whether he was satisfied with it.
The agent was right, the environment of the community is really good, Jiang Yu is very satisfied, if the real condition of the house is as described, he should be able to make a decision.
Hearing his answer, Pei Xiaobai nodded slightly and lowered his eyes.
The house was on the 16th floor, and there were two families on the first floor. When they arrived, the front door of the house on the right was ajar. It was the house Jiang Yu was going to rent.
It seems that the owner of the house has arrived early.
Jiang Yu curled his fingers subconsciously and took a deep breath. Just as he was about to step forward, the people in the room seemed to have heard the visitor, and suddenly opened the door.
A figure sprang out, and an excited and passionate shout came instantly, "Hello, hello, dear snail omega, welcome..."
The familiar face appeared in front of Jiang Yu again, and before the other party finished speaking, the smile froze on his face.
Jiang Yu looked at Qiao Sen in front of him, this scene seemed familiar.
After a while, Qiao Sen looked at him, then at Pei Xiaobai, and finally uttered the last word, "... Welcome."
The author says:
Qiao Sen: This is different from what Xiaobai told me!How about a snail omega as big as I imagined?This is not right!
Author: Hey, there is no snail omega, but Jiang Xiaomi with a bald tail has one!
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