Ren Yi took a three-day short vacation and planned to relax.
When he got home, he took off the uniform of the fire brigade, put on a T-shirt and jeans, drove to the supermarket, and bought a bunch of his father's favorite food and daily necessities.
There was a little traffic on the way back, and while the car was moving forward, he made a phone call.
The phone rang for a long time before it was connected, and a lazy voice came from the opposite side: "Hello."
Ren Yi smiled and said, "Have you drank too much?"
"Ah... What time is it..." There was a pause, "How can someone call someone so early in the morning." The tone was a little coquettish.
"It's almost ten o'clock and it's early in the morning."
"You thought I was you, morning training at six o'clock every day." There was a rustling of the mattress on the phone, "Why did you call me all of a sudden and miss me?"
"Well, miss you, are you in Tianqi?"
"Coincidentally, I just came back from wrapping up."
Ren Yi smiled and said, "How about treating you to a drink tomorrow?"
The other party chuckled twice, and said warmly and ambiguously, "Bring wine to my house."
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When he got home, Ren Yi parked the car and walked home with two big plastic bags.
From a distance, I saw his father walking towards him with a cane, his whole body trembled with each step, but he still struggled to take the biggest step, which made Ren Yi terrified.
The nanny anxiously tried to stop him, but couldn't stop him at all.
Ren Yi hurried over: "What's going on?"
"Your father insisted that he heard the alarm bell, so stop him quickly."
Ren Yi handed the bag to Aunt Wang: "Dad, what are you doing!"
Ren Xiangrong stared straight ahead, no one seemed to exist around him, and he kept yelling: "The sensitive police are out, the sensitive police are out." His voice was trembling, full of excitement.
Although the fire brigade was right across from their community, at this distance, even in the dead of night, they might not be able to hear the alarm bell.
Ren Yi tightly hugged Ren Xiangrong's shoulder: "Dad, you are not leading the team today, you are not leading the team today!"
"Send sensitive police, I'm going to call sensitive police!" Ren Xiangrong slammed into Ren Yi hard, but he didn't knock him away, so he waved his crutch angrily.
The head of the crutch hit Ren Yi's instep impartially.
Ren Yi cried out in pain, tried not to let go, and dragged his father back: "Dad, it's really not you who lead the team today, but the deputy team. Let's go home, let's go home, okay?"
Neighbors in the community stopped and looked sideways.
Aunt Wang sighed again and again.
In the end, Ren Yi endured the pain in his feet and carried his father home.
His house is an old-fashioned building without an elevator. Fortunately, it is only on the third floor, but Ren Yi is still sweating from exhaustion.
In fact, there is another house in their family, not far away, and the environment is much better. As early as when his mother was still there, the family of three had already moved there. He moved back here for the convenience of taking care of his father nearby.
Ren Xiangrong sat in the chair, no longer stubborn as before, and began to quietly look out of the window in a daze, as if nothing had happened, but he was still murmuring vague words.
Ren Yi jumped to the front of the sofa with one leg, and didn't have time to check the back of his feet, but collapsed on the sofa from exhaustion, panting heavily.
Aunt Wang came over with iodine, helped him take off his shoes and socks, looked at the swollen instep, and sighed: "Auntie, rub some medicine for you."
Ren Yi muffled, "Thank you."
After taking the medicine, Aunt Wang opened her mouth and said with difficulty: "Captain Ren, your father's condition is getting worse and worse. He used to spend more time awake, but now...he spends less and less time awake."
Ren Yi nodded: "I know."
His father has done meritorious service and was discharged from the army due to injury. His pension and medical insurance are very high, so it doesn't cost much to see a doctor, but there are some diseases that money can't help.
"Last night... when Xiaowen was giving him a bath, he pushed Xiaowen somersault."
Ren Yi was stunned: "Is Xiaowen okay? Auntie, I'm so sorry, my dad..."
Aunt Wang patted his knee reassuringly: "It's nothing serious."
Xiaowen is Aunt Wang's son, and the mother and son take turns taking care of his father day and night.
Ren Yi scratched his hair, feeling suffocated and uncomfortable. He couldn't help but glanced at Ren Xiangrong, that hunched body, that gray hair, that hand that was still trembling slightly on his knees, he had seen this man's indomitable appearance before, but now there was only endless loss and sorrow left.
"Captain Ren, you are so busy at work, you have few vacations, and you are the only one at home. Have you considered... considered a nursing home, where there are professional nurses and doctors."
Ren Yi shook his head resolutely: "I won't send my dad to a nursing home, and he doesn't want to go either."
Aunt Wang said in embarrassment: "There is something I wanted to tell you a long time ago, but I haven't found a chance. My wife is about to retire. After retirement, we plan to go back to our hometown. In this place, we can't afford a house even after a lifetime of hard work. .”
Ren Yi was silent. After changing so many nannies, Aunt Wang, mother and son are by far the most reliable. Although their salary is about 10,000 a month, he would rather spend more money, as long as he can take good care of his father.
Aunt Wang said: "I'm sorry, Captain Ren, you are all good people, and you are very kind to us. In fact, we don't trust your father, but there is nothing we can do. There are still a few months, you think about it, and look for it. Someone new."
Ren Yi said helplessly, "Okay, thank you."
At noon, Ren Yi personally cooked some of his father's favorite dishes, but his father refused to eat a bite. In the afternoon, he suddenly cried out that he was hungry. He reheated the dishes and ate again with his father. a meal.
He often persuaded himself not to be sad, but to be grateful, after all, sometimes, he can still have a normal father.
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When he woke up the next day, Ren Xiangrong regained his sobriety. He even watered the flowers with a cane while singing a little song.
Ren Yi was very relieved, and suggested: "Old Ren, it's rare for me to have a vacation. I want to have a big cleaning with Aunt Wang later. You will command? We will fight wherever you point."
Ren Xiangrong snorted softly: "Let me direct this? I'm too talented, you can toss it yourself, oh, be careful of my trophies and medals."
"Don't worry, those babies of yours, who dare to move around."
After Aunt Wang came, the two started to work.
Ren Yi's feet were still swollen, but there was nothing serious, so he limped to sweep the floor, clean the windows, and throw things.
After working all morning, the house was much cleaner. Finally, Ren Yi took a brand new, clean white rag, wrung out the water, and wiped Ren Xiangrong's "Honor Wall".
The wall of honor is placed on the TV cabinet, with certificates, trophies, medals, and pennants, recording the veteran firefighter's 30-year military service. Behind every award, there may be a thrilling story.
While wiping, Ren Yi recalled to Ren Xiangrong: "This is the time when you made a third-class meritorious service and defended the second-class meeting, right?"
"Well, collective third-class merit." Ren Xiangrong walked over on crutches.
"This pennant was given by the family of the twins you rescued."
"Yes, the pennant I received can fill a box, and it's very meaningful to display these few."
Ren Yi smiled: "I know, I can almost memorize the stories behind everything here." He stroked those symbols of honor, and his heart was full of admiration for his father, just like when he was young.
He admired his father who was a hero firefighter since he was a child, so despite his mother's opposition, he still followed his father's footsteps without hesitation. Today, no matter how hard, tiring or dangerous the job is, he has never regretted it.
"This is your second-class merit." Ren Yi picked up the medal, "That chemical plant explosion accident."
Ren Xiangrong nodded: "It's been eighteen years, and that was the closest I've ever been to death in my life. It was a big accident that shocked the whole country."
Ren Yi clearly remembers this story, remembering how Ren Xiangrong was buried under the rubble for eight days with a war warrior and two employees. He was only eleven or twelve years old that year, and during the eight days he stayed with his mother at the scene, he really realized what it means to live like a year.
"More than a hundred people died." Ren Xiangrong's expression was a little sad, he must have thought of the sensitive comrades he sacrificed.
Ren Yi carefully wiped the medal clean: "You survived a catastrophe, and you will surely have future blessings."
Ren Xiangrong laughed mockingly: "If I'm blessed, I won't be like this."
Ren Yi said seriously: "Don't say that, Lao Ren, you are already a blessing if you can retire safely."
Ren Xiangrong sighed: "Sometimes I can think about it too. I have taken back so many lives from King Yama, and he always wants to punish me, but I don't know when he will accept me."
Ren Yi sneered: "Don't put gold on your face, people are so busy every day, so I have time to take care of you." He put the cleaned medal back to its original place, "By the way, I seem to have a little impression, yes Not a few months later, the boss of the group to which the chemical plant belongs also had an accident."
"Yes, and I was the one who called the police. At that time..."
"Captain Ren." Aunt Wang's voice came from inside the room, "Help me move the cabinet."
"coming."
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After the cleaning was over, Ren Yi took a quick shower, brushed his hair in front of the mirror, changed his clothes, took two bottles of red wine from home, and left before the evening rush hour.
He drove to a community in Guomao, entered the password of the unit building with ease, and took the elevator to the top floor.
After getting out of the elevator, he knocked on a door. A fair and handsome young man leaned against the door frame and looked at him with a smile: "Have you brought any wine? You are not allowed to enter without wine."
Ren Yi lifted the bag in his hand, and twitched the corner of his mouth: "I brought the wine, and I brought the people."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and the next moment, he was dragged into the door.
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When Ren Yi woke up, it was just dawn.
Even though he was crazy late last night, his biological clock would wake him up at around six o'clock. When they were in the squadron, they used to run in the morning at this time every day.
He wanted to sleep a little longer, but he couldn't close his eyes anyway, so he simply got up to wash up, and then went to the kitchen to make breakfast.
When he came out with breakfast, someone had already consciously sat at the dining table and waited.
"You're a dog's nose, you get up when you smell it."
Qi Xiao yawned big: "I was woken up by you, okay?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I made you breakfast as compensation."
Qi Xiao scooped a spoonful of purple potato porridge into his mouth, sighed and nodded: "I can forgive you."
Ren Yi also sat down, and asked while eating: "You just came back from Hengdian? How long did you rest?"
Qi Xiao is a young actor, long before his debut, the two met in a bar, and their contact has not been broken all these years.
"I don't know, there is a movie company talking about, and I don't know if I want to do it or not." Qi Xiao scratched his hair, "Hey, it's boring, it's just some bad scripts and bad characters."
"Take your time, you will be popular sooner or later."
Qi Xiao shrugged his shoulders: "I'm tired of listening to this kind of comforting words. There are too many people like me in the circle, and I don't have much advantage." He raised his chin at Ren Yi, "Hey, you are the type It's rare, how about you, do you consider changing careers?"
Ren Yi laughed and said, "I'm so attractive, I'm so embarrassed that I've robbed you all of your jobs."
"Thank you?" Qi Xiao also laughed, "It's been a long time since I've seen you, and I'm the only one talking about me. What about you, how are you doing? Has anything changed?"
"I've been in the squadron most of the time, what can make a difference."
Qi Xiao squinted at him: "I haven't... met anyone?"
Ren Yi was startled, then smiled and shook his head: "I have so little vacation time, and I have to take care of my dad. I don't have much private life, and I don't have the chance to meet people."
Qi Xiao sighed: "Me too, I'm too busy filming, I don't have time to fall in love, but falling in love is also annoying, making money is more important."
The two chatted about other things, Ren Yi looked at his watch and said, "I have to go back, my dad is about to wake up."
"Then I won't keep you." Qi Xiao kissed Ren Yi, "I will stay in Tianqi for at least a month, and then come to me."
"Okay, see you later."
Ren Yi put on his shoes and was about to leave.
Qi Xiao suddenly called out: "Ren Yi."
"Ok?"
"You are very attractive." Qi Xiao winked at him, "At least you are my favorite."
Ren Yi's heart trembled slightly, and he had the urge to stay for a moment, but in the end he just smiled, turned and left.