Fire fighting

Chapter 6 The Bridge

Yan Qing rushed out of the hospital after finishing the infusion.

The evening wind blows from the river, refreshing.

He walked fast all the way. He was 10 minutes late when we met last time. This time he must arrive early.

After all, the building of the turret is in ancient style, and people can always see it at a glance. Yan Qing slowed down when he saw that there was not enough time.

He arrived at the destination 5 minutes earlier, but to his surprise, Xiang Rong was already waiting for him.

Besides Xiang Rong, there was another person standing beside him.

Jiang Ce shouted, "Here it is!"

Yan Qing emerged from the crowd with a smile on his face: "Brother Xiang Rong, brother Jiang Ce, you guys came so early."

Jiang Ce was always able to intervene first: "Xiang Rongfei is in a hurry to leave, and he still doesn't listen to me telling him to wait later."

Xiang Rong ignored him and said, "We just arrived too."

Yan Qing had been waiting for a long time, rubbed his hands and asked, "What are we going to do tonight?"

Xiang Rong replied bluntly: "Let's go eat first."

"That's fine, I happen to be hungry too," Yan Qing rubbed his stomach, "Let's go."

Xiang Rong looked down at him: "There is still one person missing."

Yan Qing counted with his fingers, 1, 2, 3.

One more person?

Jiang Ce's expression was complicated, as if he disliked Yan Qing's stupidity: "My girlfriend hasn't come yet, she's eating with us."

Yan Qing suddenly realized that when he was buying osmanthus cakes in Wuli Street last time, he heard Jiang Ce mention his girlfriend, who seemed to be working in a hospital.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from not far away.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I just took care of a patient's transfusion, and I worked overtime for a while, so I shouldn't be late."

Yan Qing followed the sound and saw Wen Yi trotting over.

For a moment, Yan Qing's face was filled with astonishment.

Wen Yi stopped in front of Jiang Ce, threw her backpack over, and was about to say hello to Xiang Rong, but was also stunned.

A second later, Wen Yi opened her mouth in surprise: "Yan Qing?!"

Yan Qing greeted embarrassingly: "Sister Wen Yi...I didn't expect it to be you."

Wen Yi hovered between Yan Qing and Jiang Ce with her finger: "Do you know each other?"

"I still want to ask you," Jiang Ce hesitated, "Why does everyone know this sweet-scented osmanthus cake?"

Yan Qing: "..."

Yellow sweater, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Yan Qing has many nicknames in his mouth.

Wen Yi answered truthfully: "Of course we know each other, Yan Qing is my illness..."

"Oh, that's right, Sister Wen Yi!"

Yan Qing's voice was so loud that it overwhelmed Wen Yi, he pushed forward: "Sister Wen Yi, I suddenly have something to tell you!"

Jiang Ce was forced to take two steps back, and Xiang Rong looked at each other in blank dismay.

Wen Yi was taken aside, with fire in her eyes: "Yan Qing, why did you sneak out again if you didn't rest in the hospital?"

Yan Qing let out a "hush", full of helplessness: "Isn't the observation period already over?"

Seeing his aggrieved face, Wen Yi didn't pursue it any further: "I don't think that room can lock you up. If you lock the door, you will jump out the window."

Yan Qing clasped his hands together: "Sister Wen Yi, can you not tell them about my illness? They don't know, and I don't want to."

Wen Yi was annoyed by his begging hand, she softened her heart, and said, "Okay, okay, I won't say anything, I don't want to see you like this."

Yan Qing grinned at this trick.

"What secrets are you talking about?" Jiang Ce wanted to eavesdrop but didn't dare.

"It's nothing," Wen Yi said as she walked, "Some things about work."

We chose a small restaurant along the river for dinner. It was delicious and affordable, and we could have a glimpse of the river view at night.

Jiang Ce chose a round table for four, with Wenyi on the left, Xiang Rong on the right, and Yan Qing on the opposite.

As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "Yan Qing, are you sick?"

These words hit Yan Qing's heart, and he clearly noticed that Xiang Rong was looking at him from the corner of his eyes.

"No, no." He smiled back.

Jiang Ce became even more curious: "Then how did the two of you know each other?"

"I, I..." Yan Qing was quick to wit, "I am sister Wen Yi's colleague."

After speaking, he regretted it himself.

Wen Yi almost spit out the tea after taking a sip.

Xiang Rong's voice was cold: "Nurse?"

Yan Qing bit the bullet and answered "Yes".

Xiang Rong said again: "Male nurse?"

"Isn't it possible?" Yan Qing asked back.

Xiang Rong didn't speak, but Jiang Ce listened with great interest, and asked, "Aren't you still a student? You started making money at such a young age?"

Yan Qing lowered his head and avoided his gaze: "My family is not well off, and I want to come out early to earn enough for college tuition."

This is the truth, Wen Yi knew it well, in order to avoid being exposed, she changed the subject: "Okay, let's order quickly, I haven't eaten much after a busy day."

Along the coast of Lucheng, the dishes are mostly seafood.

Three shredded fish, raw river crab, pie sheep, Muscovy duck, Lucheng wine and rice.

The shop owner held a pen and paper and wrote down the name of the dish: "Is that all?"

Jiang Ce glanced at the crowd: "Look again, see if you have anything to add."

Wen Yi squinted at him with disgust: "Are you a pig, eating so much?"

"Anyway, I'm treating you today," Jiang Ce patted his chest, "You guys open up and eat."

"Why are you so generous all of a sudden?" Wen Yi asked.

Jiang Ce put his arm around Xiang Rong's shoulder: "It's not good, brother, why don't you do it right away, I'll give him a practical meal."

Yan Qing raised his eyes and looked at Xiang Rong intently, only to see that his eyes were all on the menu, and he didn't pay attention to the words.

"Let's order these first." Xiang Rong said.

"Then I'll place the order, there is no requirement for the dishes." The boss asked one more question.

Just when Jiang Ce was about to answer no request as usual, Xiang Rong suddenly spoke.

"No cilantro."

Yan Qing's face turned red when he heard the words.

"When did you stop eating coriander?" Jiang Ce asked in surprise, "I used to be very anxious to stop eating it."

Xiang Rong ignored him.

Yan Qing wiped off the sweat from his forehead: "It's because I don't eat coriander, I didn't expect brother Xiang Rong to remember it."

Jiang Ce followed the boss to the front desk, and when he came back, he had three bottles of beer and a glass of orange juice in hand.

He put the beer in front of Xiang Rong, Yan Qing and himself respectively, and gave Wen Yi the orange juice.

Yan Qing hadn't drunk wine yet, so he took a close look at the bottle as soon as he got it. The aroma of malt fermentation mixed with alcohol was lingering. He held the bottle curiously, and was about to drink it when he heard Wen Yi's voice: "Yan Qing! You can't drink!"

After being scolded by her, Yan Qing was too frightened to move.

Xiang Rong and Jiang Ce were also shocked by the momentum, and they looked at the scene in front of them still.

"I'm an adult, can't I still drink?" Jiang Ce asked.

"No," Wen Yi stared at Yan Qing closely, "Don't forget you..."

Having said that, Wen Yi realized that she had lost her mind, and immediately stopped: "You, you, don't forget that you have to work overtime at night."

Yan Qing: "...that's right."

Wen Yi got up and handed the juice to Yan Qing: "You drink this, just as I want to drink beer."

"What do you drink?" Jiang Ce glanced at her.

"Why can't I drink?" Wen Yi glanced back.

"I'll get you another glass of juice."

"I'm going to drink this."

The two kept arguing, Yan Qing took a sip of the orange juice, the cold water dripped on the outer wall, he didn't want to drink any more, and vaguely saw the reflection of Xiang Rong in the cup.

There was a wind blowing from outside the door, making the door curtain softly squeak.

Xiang Rong picked up the beer in one hand, drank it unhappily, his Adam's apple moved with every swallow, his eyes were slightly closed, the light above his head fell into it, and his side face was outlined with a pair of sword eyebrows and starry eyes.

Xiang Rong put down the bottle, not a single drop of alcohol remained on his wet lower lip.

He noticed Yan Qing's gaze, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yan Qing smiled slightly, revealing a row of white teeth: "Your looks delicious."

After the meal, it was already dark, Jiang Ce was still chattering, hooking Xiang Rong's shoulder for a while, and holding Wen Yi's hand for a while, and turning around to chat with Yan Qing from time to time .

Originally, the four of them were walking side by side, but Jiang Ce took Wen Yi's hand and walked forward a few steps, as if to share a little secret between the couple.

Yan Qing had no choice but to walk behind with Xiang Rong.

Xiang Rong didn't talk much, and Yan Qing didn't know what to say, there was a bit of silence in the air.

Xiang Rong took the lead to break the embarrassment and said, "My colleagues all said that the painting you gave me is beautiful."

Yan Qing raised his face and smiled innocently: "Really?"

"Really, don't lie to you."

Yan Qing put his hands on his hips: "It seems that I haven't painted in vain these few years."

Xiang Rong turned his head to look at him: "How long have you been painting?"

Yan Qing pointed his fingers: "It's been almost seven or eight years, but I haven't studied it seriously, I just follow some free tutorials online, and I also help people draw on Xianyu. Almost never broke, practice makes perfect."

He was talking and laughing, and Xiang Rong saw it.

"Where are your parents?"

"They're not in Lucheng."

"You're the only one at home?"

"Ah."

Yan Qing turned his back and kicked up the pebbles on the road.

Xiang Rong paused for a while before saying, "Take care of yourself."

"I will," Yan Qing smiled, "You have to take care of yourself, Brother Xiang Rong."

Xiang Rong's heart was shocked, and he answered "Yes".

The moonlight fell on the river and was inadvertently broken by the waves.

Tired of kicking the little stone, Yan Qing hadn't raised his head when he heard Xiang Rong say, "Let's go another way."

He was puzzled, and followed Xiang Rong's gaze to look forward, only to see the couple in front of you, Jiang Ce was holding Wen Yi, as if whispering.

It was really embarrassing to follow the two of them, Yan Qing blinked: "...that's fine."

The second road has no street lights, so the night sky is clearer. There are no people here, only rivers and streams.

Yan Qing looked up at the sky: "Brother Xiang Rong?"

"Ok?"

"Brother Jiang Ce invited you tonight, why did you call me here?"

Yan Qing felt ashamed that he was going to skip this meal.

Xiang Rong didn't care: "It doesn't matter if you bring a child."

kid?

Yan Qing didn't expect that he would treat Xiang Rong as a peer, and Xiang Rong would treat him as a child.

Yan Qing pouted: "I'm not a child, I'm already an adult, and you're only three years older than me."

Xiang Rong glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and said calmly, "I judge based on my height."

"..."

There is a feeling of being extremely humiliated.

Yan Qing made a "tss".

Seeing his dissatisfaction, Xiang Rong asked, "How tall are you?"

"178." Yan Qing said without thinking.

Xiang Rong looked him over from head to toe, but didn't respond.

Looking at his eyes, Yan Qing knew that he didn't believe it.

"Okay, 175." Yan Qing said helplessly.

Xiang Rong still had this look.

Yan Qing was a little panicked: "You don't believe it?"

Xiang Rong said leisurely: "Wen Yi 172, you are about the same height standing next to her."

was spotted.

"I know you still ask," Yan Qing dismissed, "How tall are you?"

"186."

Yan Qing: "..."

Isn't asking him to humiliate himself?

"You are still young, and you still have time to grow up." Xiang Rong comforted symbolically.

Sounds like sarcasm.

Yan Qing crossed his arms and muttered, "Sooner or later, I will surpass you."

After the joke was over, Yan Qing turned his head aside. He had doubts in his heart, and he had had them since eating.

Seeing that he was fascinated by his thoughts, Xiang Rong asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Yan Qing took a deep breath: "Brother Xiang Rong, are you really not going to be a firefighter in the future?"

Xiang Rong slowed down and didn't answer.

"Why?"

"No reason."

Yan Qing saw with his own eyes that Xiang Rong's tone changed from being cold when they first met to warming up tonight, but with just this one question, his attitude returned to the original indifference.

Yan Qing realized that he had asked the wrong question, and didn't know how to ease it.

He seemed to feel that Xiang Rong had a secret that he didn't want to share, just like himself.

At this time, the oncoming car came with high beams, Yan Qing subconsciously wanted to close his eyes, Xiang Rong pulled him to the inner side of the sidewalk: "Stand inside."

Cars roared by, and the night returned to silence.

It seemed that there was no problem with the firefighter Xiang Rong by his side.

After a moment of silence, Xiang Rong asked what he was most concerned about: "How is your wish written?"

Yan Qing seemed to know that Xiang Rong would definitely ask today, the loneliness just now disappeared, and excitedly took out his mobile phone, opened the photo, and inside was the page of the book he had taken.

"I added some more, take a look."

Xiang Rong read silently, and added a few more lines to the densely packed words. In addition to the previous ones, he also tried a new activity, did an exciting thing, etc. Although he didn't say what it was specifically, he had a lot more wishes.

What caught Xiang Rong's eyes the most was the line of characters in the middle.

I'm saving up to buy a hearing aid.

"Hearing aids?" Xiang Rong asked.

Yan Qing told him about her grandmother's clinical experience, and said that she wanted to help her regain her hearing.

Xiang Rong pondered for a moment: "You really have many wishes."

The corner of Yan Qing's mouth never stopped: "Write a little more, you can live a little longer."

"Really?" Xiang Rong took his words, "Then if I don't help you realize it, will you be able to live forever?"

Yan Qing's smile froze.

Simply because it is night, Xiang Rong can't see clearly.

"I hope so," he said.

"What?" Xiang Rong didn't hear clearly.

Yan Qing forced a smile and said: "I said you were cheating, and you clearly agreed to help me realize it."

"Where did I not help you?" Xiang Rong choked.

"Where did you help me?" Yan Qing choked back.

Xiang Rong snorted and laughed: "If I didn't help you, why would you come here?"

Hearing this, Yan Qing was obviously taken aback.

He talked so much along the way that he didn't even know where he was going.

He settled down, and then saw a magnificent bridge at the end of the road ahead.

The bridge is suspended on both sides of the Shenjiang River by hanging ropes, like a full bow ready to go, it stands on the water under the moon, quietly sucking the green mountains and green forests on the north bank, and watching the lights on the south bank.

"It's the Shenjiang Bridge!" Yan Qing was taken aback, "I've never seen it look like it was renovated before."

Because the bridge is under maintenance, the lights are not turned on, and at night, the workers working on the bridge also get off work.The sound of the world seems to only leave the surging river, which is as quiet as a paradise.

Yan Qing followed Xiang Rong and stopped at the entrance blocked by the construction belt.

Xiang Rong found another way, instead of going on the bridge, he sneaked down and got into the woods beside him.

"Brother Xiang Rong, it's dangerous!"

"It's not dangerous, don't worry," Xiang Rong said, "This kind of construction project needs to be reported to the fire department before it starts. I have come to investigate many times, trust me."

With his words, Yan Qing dared to follow.

Passing through the woods, there is a shoal washed out by the river. Yan Qing walked around the last tree, and his eyes suddenly became clearer.

The night wind is gentle, the river flows far away, merges into the sea in front, and arrives at the home of Xinnian.

There is the estuary of Shenjiang River, a silver line is shining with sparkling waves, and the bright moon rises from the end that cannot be seen, illuminating the sea surface as a floating soft mirror.

Yan Qing was dumbfounded.

Looking at the sea by the bridge is one of the wishes on the notepad.

It is now achieved.

Standing by the river, Xiang Rong said against the wind, "The bridge can't go up now, but it will be completed soon, and I'll take you to walk it again when it's finished."

Yan Qing stood beside him, his eyes couldn't leave the scenery: "Okay!"

The majestic bridge, the sea where the water and the sky are the same color, and people standing in the middle are just a drop in Taicang, insignificant.

"Thank you, Brother Xiang Rong."

"You're welcome."

The author has something to say:

Wish card: 1/positive infinity

Xiang Rong: "Where do you have so many wishes?"

Yan Qing: "You control me!"