The off-road vehicle roared and sped away, and Yu Tang's body was also changing little by little under the adjustment of the system.
When a tool character joins the plot, his appearance will fit the employee's own data. Luo Ran and Yu Tang's facial features are not much different, but their temperament is different.
Luo Ran was a wild child who grew up in the family quarters of the Science Department.
He has no memory before the age of ten. Fifteen years ago, a scientist couple found the unconscious boy at the door, and they were unable to find out his origins and identity.
The scientist couple had no children, so they went through the adoption procedures, brought him home, and named him Luo Ran.
Maybe it was because the name was not chosen well, Luo Ran's temperament and personality were incompatible with the entire Science Department's family compound.
The political and military departments of the alliance were in the imperial capital, and the headquarters of the scientific department was separated and located in Star City. Whether it was the scientists who came to do research or the family members and children who moved with them, they all had the same temperament.
—Serious, silent, interesting and meticulous.
Excellent academic performance, passionate about science.
I am determined to devote my limited life to the infinite cause of scientific research.
In the first month after little Luo Ran was brought back, he devoted himself to lifting the roofs of three villas in his limited life.
The scientist couple had never seen such a child before. They were so troubled that they took Luo Ran to apologize to others all day long. When they came back from the laboratory at night, they had to worry about Luo Ran's failed test papers.
After a long and torturous time tutoring little Luo Ran in his homework, Luo's father, who had been a gentleman all his life, finally learned it on his own. He rolled up his sleeves, raised the only broom in the family, and chased Luo Ran around the villa area three full laps.
The family lived through ups and downs like this for more than ten years.
When he was in college, Luo Ran came across an extreme climate observation by chance and has been obsessed with this hobby ever since.
He likes chasing thunderstorms in the rain, driving into typhoons, looking for exits in the drastic changes in air currents, and he likes lightning that can penetrate the clouds and connect heaven and earth.
Luo Ran seems to have endless energy. He has the passion and courage, as well as the inexhaustible artistic talent. The stunning nature shown in his photos has driven countless people crazy. He has reserved positions in several photography and geography magazines. If this continues, Luo Ran may leave the Science Department sooner or later.
…until three years ago.
Three years ago, the Ministry of Science made personnel changes and replaced the head of the general research institute with the youngest one in the entire alliance.
The person in charge is Wen Er, whose main research project is electronic storms. Under his leadership, professional "storm chasers" are publicly recruited and enjoy the same level of allowance as researchers.
Luo Ran didn't care about the allowance. He never knew how much money he had and had never calculated it carefully.
Each of his photos can be sold at a high price, and the copyright fees alone are enough to cover his daily expenses. Occasionally, one of his photos becomes particularly popular and the auction price is so high that even he finds it outrageous. He does not have any pressure in life.
He just wanted to get a researcher status and go home to show his parents.
He had never done anything to make his father and mother proud. Luo Ran actually always remembered that when his neighbor's child became a formal researcher at the research institute, his father and mother couldn't hide their envy when they went to congratulate him.
Luo Ran wanted to be closer to his adoptive parents, and closer to the home he loved but had made so chaotic because of him.
…
Moreover, on the day of the job application, Luo Ran fell in love with Wen Er at first sight.
People are always attracted to beings that are completely different from themselves. Wen Er is different from him, and also different from those nerds in the science department with wine bottle bottoms on their faces.
Wen Erren is not as good as his name suggests. He looks gentle and cold, and looks at people with a nonchalant sharpness.
Luo Ran had good eyesight. He stood far away, separated by countless groups of people who were trying to join in the fun, and discovered that Wen Er's eye color was lighter than that of ordinary people, close to some organic gray.
Luo Ran thought, this is really exciting.
He had lived for more than 20 years and had never seen such an exciting person. His artistic talent fanned the flames and he was bewitched by that face, so he fell headlong into the trap of this person called "Wen Er" without hesitation.
On the day of the formal interview, Luo Ran deliberately spent more than half an hour in front of the mirror to carefully dress himself up, and even secretly used Luo's father's perfume and hairspray. When it was his turn, the fragrant little rooster stood in the interview room with his neck raised. Wen Er sat up straight, and his light gray pupils suddenly burst into an almost intense surprise.
Look and look.
Luo Ran thought happily in his heart.
He was so handsome that Wen Er fell in love with him at first sight.
In the following plot, over a timeline of nearly a year, all of Wen Er's behavior really seemed like he fell in love with Luo Ran at first sight.
Luo Ran was recruited to the General Research Institute almost without any special interview. Some people pointed out that Luo Ran had no relevant scientific knowledge, and the extreme weather he was pursuing was completely different from the electronic storm. Those proposals did not even have the opportunity to be submitted, and were directly thrown into the shredder by Wen Er.
Wen Er personally took Luo Ran with him and taught him the rules of the research institute, what an electron storm is, and how to observe and record it while being safe.
Wen Er didn't allow anyone to say anything about Luo Ran. He took Luo Ran with him wherever he went, and even brought Luo Ran home and cooked for him himself.
Wen Er took Luo Ran to buy clothes, cut his hair personally, and dyed Luo Ran's little red hair back to black.
When Luo Ran complained that it was not cool enough, Wen Er showed a faint smile in his eyes and patiently told him that this is how scientific research should be done.
Luo Ran thought, that’s right, this is how scientific research should be done.
Luo Ran did as Wen Er said, put away the cool leather jacket with rivets, and put on an exquisite shirt vest.
Luo Ran dyed his hair back to black, grew it a little longer, and wore a pair of plain glasses that Wen Er had bought for him.
Wen Er said that this kind of glasses can block blue light, and Luo Ran always faces the screen, so he should pay attention to protecting his eyes.
Wen Er said that Luo Ran's standing and sitting postures were incorrect, which would affect his spine and muscles over time. He should stand and sit straighter, and it would be best if he walked more slowly and not in a hurry, and he could put his left hand behind his back.
Wen Er said that in order to better integrate into the institute, Luo Ran could try to change his accent and learn to speak the imperial capital dialect.
…
Luo Ran sometimes wondered if it was because he had never listened to his father and mother’s nagging since he was a child, so Wen Er returned all the nagging to him.
However, Luo Ran felt that Wen Er was doing this for his own good and was taking special care of him, so he shouldn't be ungrateful.
Luo Ran felt a little embarrassed by the special treatment. He sat in his own independent small office, eating the lunch Wen Er brought him. He blushed and his heart beat fast, and couldn't help wondering if this was a lot like what they called the unspoken rules in the laboratory.
But Luo Ran also has his own skills. His mission is to chase the electron pulses generated by the stars. At the moment the storm is generated, he rushes into the core of the storm like taking a photo, and records all the relevant data with an instrument that is not much different from a camera.
The safety rules state that each entry must not exceed 30 seconds, and the number of entries cannot exceed five times, with one minute between each entry.
Those half-baked observers that the research institute had previously called in went in with their instruments and took some random photos. After three attempts, they refused to go in again.
But Luo Ran is the best.
Luo Ran's heartbeat is once every 0.75 seconds. He can accurately exit the storm before the 40th heartbeat. The core data collected each time is enough for this group of researchers to produce dozens of extremely valuable research reports and published articles.
After this observation, no one in the institute dared to gossip about Luo Ran anymore.
Basic data are the lifeblood of scientific research. Many experimenters even tried their best to get close to Luo Ran, just to get more observation data from him when he comes back next time.
Luo Ran was sent to university by his father who beat him with a broom. He had never been able to concentrate on reading since he was young. He got a headache whenever he saw those formulas and letters. He didn't understand what the point of observing electron storms was.
When he heard that Luo Ran had entered the research institute, his father was always worried, fearing that his son would be bullied in the institute because he was too stupid to understand even calculus.
...But now all these researchers have to turn back and look for him.
Luo Ran was so happy that he wanted to go upstairs. He tried hard to imitate Wen Er's behavior, pushing his glasses and nodding coldly.
This vacation, he thought.
He has been in the research institute for a full year, and as soon as the holiday comes, he will take Wen Er home to meet his parents.
Tell the whole story and let Mr. and Mrs. Luo glare at you.
Yu Tang turned the car around and got off the highway, but instead of heading towards the Star City Research Institute, he headed towards the seaside on the outskirts of the city.
According to monitoring data, this is where the next electron storm is most likely to occur.
"Host, host." The system said, "We have detected that the target person is also approaching. He should arrive six minutes later than us."
Yu Tang nodded.
Six minutes is exactly the time for four observations plus the rest period between them.
The capital is not far from Star City, nor is it close. After driving for most of the day, the sky is gradually getting dark. Especially in the suburbs where lighting is sparse, the night falls earlier than in the city.
At night, the electronic storms can be incredibly brilliant.
Wen Er once took Luo Ran to the dark room, asked him to stand in front of the VR observation platform, and showed him the recorded "electronic storm".
This is a super-fast pulsed electron flow released by a star. After the electron flow collides, it forms a magnetic storm vortex, which causes a temporary distortion of space and time.
Luo Ran shook his head blankly. He didn't understand what this meant.
Wen Er was stunned for a moment, but not angry. He smiled and nodded and said, "It's not your fault. You just—"
Wen Er didn't say anything else.
Wen Er held Luo Ran's hand and led him closer to the observation platform.
There were only the two of them in the dark room. Luo Ran could feel Wen Er coming up from behind him, putting his other hand around Luo Ran's shoulders to help him adjust the focus of the observation platform.
Luo Ran seemed to be held in Wen Er's arms.
He was so nervous that he dared not move. He stood straighter than Wen Er required. Behind his stiff shoulders and neck was the scent of Wen Er, a light bitter fragrance, like the smoke that rose silently when a fire was put out.
"… It's just a fake one, just for show." Wen Er said in his ear, "Come and see."
"It's a high-definition simulated 3D effect made in the laboratory. This is not a real electronic storm, but just a substitute for people to see."
“You don’t have to understand an electron storm… you just have to know what it looks like.”
Wen Er said: "It's enough that they look the same."
Luo Ran did not have time to think about these words, as a brilliant curtain of light blossomed in his field of vision. The bright and dazzling light condensed into a band of light, which radiated endlessly in all directions after only a breath.
Master Luo Ran immediately understood what the electronic storm he was chasing was.
He has chased rainstorms, hurricanes, hail that could bruise people, lightning that could easily split thousand-year-old trees and engulf the forest in a sea of fire...
These are all extreme natural phenomena that can be touched, but there is another kind that can be seen but never touched.
This time, Wen Er asked him to chase the aurora.
Yu Tang put on his protective gear, took out the observation equipment from the trunk of the SUV, and put on goggles.
He has been in charge of this book for three years.
The character of Luo Ran was extracted and synthesized from the day Wen Er was transferred here. He will exit the stage after completing his task as a tool man and completely disappear from the story line of the protagonist cp.
He joined the research institute as Luo Ran. As Luo Ran, he had been chasing electronic storms around the world for three years, so he was already very familiar with the process.
The system helped him to adjust the data of the instrument, and couldn't help asking: "Host, why did Wen Er come this time?"
When the system got the new plot, it actually didn't understand it at all.
The main characters, top and bottom, have already met on the timeline and are entangled in an endless struggle. Logically, Wen Er should not have time to chase this electronic storm.
What's more, Wen Er never chased the electronic storm himself.
"Didn't Wen Er know this a long time ago?" the system said, "The safety manual is incomplete. Electronic storms are harmful to the human body. You can't have frequent close contact..."
Yu Tang did not answer immediately. He used a climbing rope to climb up the reef closest to the electronic storm and fastened the safety rope.
A brilliant curtain of light resembling the aurora appears faintly in the night sky.
"Yes." Yu Tang said, "He knew it a long time ago."
There are some research reports in Wen Er's office that have not been submitted to the Ministry of Science for filing, and only Wen Er himself has the right to access them.
One of the reports mentioned that long-term exposure to strong electron storms is suspected to have negative effects on the human body and cannot be completely isolated by protective clothing.
But the research was not continued.
Wen Er needs experimental subjects. Without experimental subjects, there is no way to verify all the speculations.
This kind of research would not pass ethical review, so Wen Er could not report it to the Science Department. But by some strange coincidence, Luo Ran rashly came to apply for the job, and just happened to become the most suitable experimental subject for this research.
… What’s more, Luo Ran had a red birthmark from his collarbone to the back of his neck, exactly the same as the protagonist’s.
Nothing could be more serendipity than this one.
"It's such a coincidence."
Yu Tang counted his heartbeats and typed in the system in his mind: "Will there be any problems this time? The time when Wen Er held me and took me to see VR, if he got any closer, he would have rubbed off the birthmark that I got by chance..."
"It won't be a problem." The system assured confidently, "We have money, and we bought the best paint this time!"
Yu Tang felt relieved a little, counted to the thirty-ninth time, retreated in time, and left the electronic storm.
The protagonist is called Pu Ying.
The script that Yu Tang got was incomplete. He only knew that the Wen family and the Pu family were old friends. Wen Er and Pu Ying were half a year apart in age. They grew up together and had never been separated before the age of six.
When she was six years old, Pu Ying disappeared during a game of hide-and-seek with Wen Er.
Wen Er is responsible for finding, and Pu Ying is responsible for hiding.
At first, when he couldn't find Pu Ying, Wen Er didn't feel anxious. Pu Ying was very good at playing hide-and-seek, and every time she hid, Wen Er would have to look for her for a long time.
But this time, Wen Er found it until dark.
… Pu Ying did not go home.
The Pu family searched everywhere but couldn't find the person. Wen Er refused to go back and searched desperately for a week. Finally, he passed out with a high fever and was sick for more than half a year before he could barely get out of bed.
What happened afterwards was no longer something that Luo Ran, a spare tire, could know.
All he knew was that one year after he and Wen Er had been together, Wen Er met Pu Ying, who had returned to the Pu family, at a banquet.
Pu Ying no longer remembers her childhood, and naturally doesn't remember Wen Er either. The two even had a conflict due to a misunderstanding.
After returning from the banquet that day, Wen Er was drunk with red eyes. He pushed open the door of the darkroom and pulled over Luo Ran who was humming a song while developing photos.
Luo Ran was grabbed by the collar and pushed to the ground. He looked up in surprise: "Are you crazy? Why-why did you drink so much..."
Wen Er stared at his birthmark.
Luo Ran felt uncomfortable being looked at by him and wanted to push Wen Er away, but when he saw the almost miserable, crazy and desperate look on Wen Er's face, his heart softened again, and he hugged Wen Er and patted him: "What's wrong? Did the experiment go wrong? Don't drink if it doesn't go well. Drinking is not good. I'll take you to ride the bungee jumping machine..."
He didn't finish his words.
He heard Wen Er call him "Pu Ying".
"Pu Ying..."
Luo Ran forced a smile, his voice was very low, and he asked stumblingly: "Who is Pu Ying? Are you drunk and stupid..."
This was the first time that Luo Ran encountered such a thing. He lay on the ground with his back touching the cold floor. For the first time, he felt his body getting completely cold inch by inch.
He knew who Pu Ying was.
Today's daytime science news just talked about the change of leadership in the Ministry of Science, and Pu Ying was mentioned in the news.
Luo Ran didn't like watching this news at all. It was Wen Er who said he should like it, so he yawned and watched TV.
He was so sleepy that he was dizzy. He endured it for ten minutes and stood up. He was about to go to the observatory to watch the electron storm for a while when someone called him.
"Luo Ran! Look quickly." Someone pulled him back, "Why is Pu Ying's birthmark so similar to yours?"
At that time, Luo Ran thought that it was just a birthmark, what was the big deal.
…It's just a birthmark.
During that holiday, Luo Ran did not go home, nor did he bring Wen Er back to see his father and mother as originally planned.
Luo Ran hacked into Wen Er's laptop.
Luo Ran would more or less do all these frivolous and cool-sounding things. It's not that he's stupid, it's just that he can't calm down and likes to play, and he's unwilling to focus on the so-called serious matters.
He used the skills he had learned before to bypass the first firebreak without disturbing anything, and found Wen Er's diary.
It turns out that the one with black hair and who likes to wear shirts is Pu Ying.
It turns out that the one who sits upright, walks straight, and always likes to carry one hand behind the back like an adult is Pu Ying.
It turns out that the person wearing glasses is Pu Ying.
Luo Ran sat in front of the computer in a daze, listening to Pu Ying's fluent imperial capital accent.
… He wants to break up.
He wanted to break up with Wen Er, leave this broken place forever, and go back to chase his Lightning and Hurricane.
He told himself that it was embarrassing, it was just that he worked in the research institute for a year and then packed up his bags and left in disgrace, it was not the first time he had embarrassed himself.
Mr. and Mrs. Luo would definitely not think that he is embarrassing.
Luo's father might beat him, but after that he would still drag him to have a few drinks in the middle of the night. Luo's mother would scold him, but after that she would still drag him to the table to eat.
Luo Ran returned home quietly without telling anyone. Just as he was about to turn the last corner, he heard a familiar voice.
It was Mr. and Mrs. Luo chatting with someone.
Someone asked him where he worked. Luo's father said he was at the General Research Institute. Luo's mother immediately added with a little pride that it had been a whole year and he got along very well with his colleagues. He would also have to carry out scientific research tasks after the New Year.
Mr. Luo was not good at speaking. He just lowered his head and smiled, saying that the child was smart.
Luo Ran hid in the corner of the street.
He couldn't move and looked at the umbrella in Luo's father's hand.
It was an employee benefit he got back from the main research institute. It had a very conspicuous logo printed on it. Luo's father used it for a year regardless of wind or rain. The umbrella cover had faded and he had to have a new rib added.
Luo Ran heard hurried footsteps. He turned back blankly and saw Wen Er running towards him.
Wen Er ran so fast that she didn't even have time to put on her coat. She held his arm, panting, and called his name.
"Luo Ran, what happened?"
Wen Er sobered up and had no memory of what happened last night: "I heard them say you went home alone, what happened? Why didn't you tell me?"
Luo Ran looked at him, moved his lips, but said nothing.
He suddenly wished more than ever that he was the child of Mr. and Mrs. Luo.
If he was their biological child, he would grab Wen Er by the collar and drag him in front of Luo's father and mother.
He wanted to have a good cry and tell his parents that this scumbag used him as a substitute for someone else, deceived his feelings and took risks with him, and he was done with it and was going to quit his job and go home.
…but he is not.
Luo Ran actually always knew that Luo's father and mother once had a child.
She is two years older than him, very well behaved and smart. Everyone who sees her praises her intelligence.
Everyone said that the child would definitely be able to join the research institute when he grew up, but unfortunately the family was unlucky. One year when they went back to visit relatives, they had a car accident in a rainstorm.
The couple managed to save the child, but the child was too badly injured to survive and be taken to the emergency room.
Luo Ran had just been brought back to the Luo family at that time. He had no memory and no identification. When filling in his age, Luo's mother wrote that he was ten years old.
Luo Ran stepped on the roof to catch cicadas, half of his body hanging on the tree trunk, listening to the low sighs of the people below.
"What a pity - the child in their family was only ten years old..."
Only ten years old.
If that child grows up, he should be very outstanding, not make trouble, not get into trouble, wear glasses and a shirt, and work in a general research institute.
Luo Ran looked at Wen Er and calmed down little by little.
He had never really thought about this before, but Wen Er reminded him.
He is a substitute... and not just a substitute chosen by Wen Er.
A stand-in must do his job well.
"What's wrong?" Wen Er touched his forehead, "I didn't think it through. I should have accompanied you home to meet your parents. We—"
Luo Ran said softly: "No."
Wen Er frowned imperceptibly.
Luo Ran asked him: "Do you want me to be Pu Ying's shadow?"
When he heard the name, Wen Er's light grey pupils shrank sharply. He stared at Luo Ran, his expression slightly changed: "You—"
"Sure." Luo Ran said, "If I learn well enough, can I continue to stay in the main research institute?"
Wen Er was suddenly and bluntly told of his thoughts, so she stood there and didn't speak immediately.
Luo Ran's face was a little pale, his little red hair was dyed black, he was not wearing glasses, and his eyelashes were curled, making his eyes look bigger and moist.
He was not as calm as his tone indicated. He held his head high in a bluffing manner, like a little rooster who refused to admit defeat.
Wen Er looked at the birthmark on the side of his neck, and her pupils dimmed slightly.
Pu Ying's strange and resistant look popped up again, burning his nerves.
Wen Er stretched out his hand, embraced Luo Ran, and bent down to touch his fiery red birthmark.
Luo Ran shuddered and his face turned even paler.
He already knew the secret of the birthmark, and he didn't like Wen Er anymore, but he couldn't leave. Luo's father and mother were very happy because he had worked hard all his life, and he could enter the research institute, which was the happiest thing for them.
He knew that his parents would be happy, but he didn't expect them to be this happy.
He had never seen Luo's father and mother so happy, and he wanted this happiness to last longer and longer.
He can't leave, he has to please Wen Er.
Luo Ran suppressed his nausea and, imitating what he had seen on TV, raised his hands to hook Wen Er's neck.
Wen Er said softly, "It doesn't look like this."
Luo Ran froze.
"Not so..." Wen Er touched Luo Ran's hair, "Not decent."
He chose a gentler word, said no more, and motioned Luo Ran to follow. He became like before, and even considerately opened the car door for Luo Ran.
"I'll tell you what to do." Wen Er said, "Come on, come home with me."
Yu Tang took the fourth test, stepped out of the electronic storm, and saw Wen Er’s car from a distance.
It was not the usual silver Aston Martin, but a pure black SUV, very sturdy, with its headlights piercing far into the night, and it was approaching rapidly.
Yu Tang shook his head: "I can't figure it out either."
The system had forgotten what it had asked and was stunned for a moment: "What is it that the host cannot figure out?"
Yu Tang: "Human emotions are complex, volatile and unfathomable."
system:"… "
Too frequent electronic storm shocks would put a great burden on the human body. Yu Tang did not immediately conduct the fifth monitoring and quickly closed his eyes.
Wen Er's appearance triggered a new script. At the same time, Luo Ran's ending line was also sent to his backstage.
… Luo Ran turned himself into Pu Ying.
He became an introverted, silent researcher who focused on scientific research. Apart from chasing electron storms, he spent all his time in the laboratory.
He was smart enough, and after he was willing to put in the effort, he even published two articles that received good responses.
He and Wen Er asked for leave and took the article home, hoping to make their parents happy, but Luo's father and mother hugged him worriedly, asking him if something had happened and if he was unhappy.
Luo Ran was confused, but he didn't feel unhappy.
His parents forced him to take a long vacation and travel. Luo's father took him to the rain and to see the storm, but he didn't feel anything.
Luo's father had a heart-to-heart talk with him and gave him the best camera, hoping that Luo Ran could go back and pursue his original dream.
Luo's father told him that they never regarded him as a substitute for their first child. Luo Ran was Luo Ran, the child they raised and loved the most.
Luo's father said that what they wanted to see most was the passionate and free look of Luo Ran when he was chasing the storm.
Luo Ran didn’t understand.
He also wants to go back to do scientific research, as he still has two projects to complete.
Luo Ran secretly returned to the research institute without telling his parents.
—In that plot, the relationship between the protagonist and the supporting character had its first serious crisis, and they had even been separated for a while. Wen Er returned to being single, and no longer looked for Luo Ran, and the boys around her changed every day.
Luo Ran actually doesn’t care much about this. In his opinion, it doesn’t matter whether Wen Er is with Pu Ying or with someone else.
In Wen Er's eyes, he is Pu Ying's stand-in, but he didn't learn it well and doesn't look like her enough.
So there is no problem with Wen Er going to find someone else, someone more like Pu Ying.
He remembered that there was a report in his office, so he went upstairs to get it.
When he reached the stairs, he suddenly stopped.
…
He saw Wen Er kissing a young red-haired boy.
He was a passionate and outspoken boy, wearing a cool riveted leather jacket. He stood with his hand arrogantly hooked around Wen Er's shoulders and neck.
Wen Er was almost panicked when he saw Luo Ran. He pushed the boy away and moved his throat but didn't say anything.
Luo Ran felt that he should smile and asked him softly, "Why?"
Wen Er frowned: "Luo Ran..."
Luo Ran took a step back.
"I was wrong." Wen Er held him back, "You don't have to pretend to be Pu Ying anymore. You are not him, you will never be him. You are Luo Ran."
"The matter between Pu Ying and I should be resolved between the two of us, and no one else should be involved."
Wen Er pulled Luo Ran: "Change back to your old self and stop imitating Pu Ying. Luo Ran, you don't know how dazzling you were before. Wherever you stood, everyone could only see you—"
Luo Ran brushed his hand away.
Wen Er stood there in a daze.
"Wen Er." Luo Ran said, "You can't do this."
You turned me into him, and you blame me for becoming him.
It was you who asked me to chase the aurora, I gave it to you, and then you asked me for the storm.
Wen Er frowned: "Luo Ran..."
Luo Ran smiled and tore up the experimental report.
He returned to his office, dug out the keys from the deepest drawer, and went to the garage to pick up his dusty SUV.
A fiery red car.
Luo Ran put his face against the steering wheel and rubbed it gently.
When he was very young, he knew that the Luo family had been in a car accident. In the most terrible rainstorm, Luo's father and mother lost their most beloved child.
His biggest dream at that time was to buy the sturdiest car and practice his driving skills to perfection so that he could drive steadily no matter how heavy the rain was.
…
He didn't do it well, he let everyone down.
Why had he never asked his parents what kind of child they wanted
The weather that day was extreme and had not been seen in fifty years. The weather station issued four red alerts in succession. Strong winds blew cumulonimbus clouds from the sea, and lightning tore through the dark and gloomy clouds.
Luo Ran drove the off-road vehicle and rushed to the highest point of the cliff.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
The intercom in the car was on. Luo Ran didn't know who he was talking to, but it seemed like he wanted to talk to everyone.
He knew he was wrong, but he didn't understand why he was so wrong, and why it was only at this time that they told him that they liked the Luo Ran.
He himself didn't know where Luo Ran had gone.
"I'm sorry. I was wrong."
"I'll give it back to you."
"I'll give it all back to you."
He didn't brake and stepped on the accelerator even harder.
The off-road vehicle roared, drowning out the sound of the breaking electric current, and disappeared forever with him in the hurricane and rainstorm.