Lemonade

Chapter 121: Finale (below)

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Four days later, Xun Yuming officially took leave, and embarked on a journey to Los Angeles with Zhuang Yi.

Last year the awards ceremony was held in Vienna, and this year it was held in Los Angeles, which happened to be very close to San Francisco, so they could stay a few more days to revisit their hometown and stop by Stanford.

Xun Yuming originally wanted his grandfather to go with him, but unfortunately the old man has inconvenient legs and feet, and the long-distance flight is a burden on the heart and blood pressure. Although he really wanted to see him on the podium, he regretted that he could not make the trip.

Before leaving, grandpa drove the wheelchair to the door, waved to them reluctantly, and told them to go back early. His expression and attitude are the same as those when Xun Yuming was sent off by his grandfather every time he left home when he was studying.

After so many years, my grandfather is no longer what he used to be. His temples are gray, his skin is loose, and his eyes full of wisdom are cloudy and white due to the pain. Xun Yuming looked at him, feeling as sad as if he had bitten a lemon, which made his heart sore.

He agreed, got into the taxi, and looked out the window silently all the way.

Zhuang Yi didn't make a sound, went to check the luggage by himself, and started to read the email with his mobile phone when he came back. He didn't say a word until he boarded the plane and took his seat. People who are usually considerate and thoughtful, but today they don't even have a word of concern.

Ever since the marriage proposal was rejected, he couldn't hold back his face and felt a little hurt in his heart, so he never gave Xun Yuming a good face. The plane lifted off slowly, the flight attendant knocked on the cabin door with a blanket, Zhuang Yi opened it, took it, and threw it on Xun Yuming without looking at it.

The corner of the blanket was dragged to the ground, Xun Yuming picked it up, and took the opportunity to push him: "Can we stop making trouble?"

"I didn't." He still refused to admit it.

Xun Yuming sighed: "If you say you don't have it, you don't have it, don't be angry, I'll tell you something serious."

On the second day after the award was announced, news came from the United States that Professor Ma Christopher, the former commissioner of the Field final review, took the initiative to reveal the inside story of last year's award ceremony in an interview about the award ceremony, accusing the recent Professor Angus, who was in the vortex of public opinion, forcibly changed his score during the selection period, resulting in a tie. After triggering the additional election, he interfered with him with false information, which caused the previous winner Xun Yuming to almost miss Field.

People thought that he was outspoken for a while, and he didn't control his mouth in front of the media. Unexpectedly, on the night of the incident, he released a statement on social platforms, describing the incident in detail, to the Field Organizing Committee and Xun Yuming himself I apologize and express my legal responsibility for all my remarks.

Immediately afterwards, another eight judges issued a joint statement, confirming that what Professor Thomas said was true, and saying that they would jointly resist unfair competition and say no to the scandal of tutors suppressing students.

Because the status of several professors is quite high, once this statement was issued, it caused a huge storm, and since the award ceremony was approaching, everyone's eyes were on this matter, which quickly ignited public opinion. Seeing the trend, other professors also joined the boycott camp one after another. Now Angus has become a poison in the industry and his reputation has been ruined.

In desperation, he called Xun Yuming, wept bitterly and said that he was dazzled by jealousy, and asked him not to kill them all. After Xun Yuming sternly rejected him, he turned his face completely, and scolded him as "a person who doesn't know how to be grateful." mouse".

Xun Yuming listened to the hysterical voice on the phone, his heart was so indifferent that he didn't even bother to smile. Now that he and Angus had nothing to say, they hung up the phone without hesitation.

Within two days, Angus was arrested due to criminal investigation. It is said that the ANG genetic laboratory controlled by him and his son has long-term data falsification and helped people in certain cases get away with crimes.

The matter was transferred to the country by the media, and everyone's patriotic sentiment was aroused, accusing Angus of being despicable, Zhuang Yi's account was hit by traffic again, and a large number of people under the "little ear" photo he posted not long ago, or Comforting or pitying or feeling sorry for Xun Yuming, showing him a lot of kindness out of thin air.

Xun Yuming knew that all this could not be just a coincidence, so he asked Zhuang Yi: "Did you do something?"

"What can I do?" Zhuang Yi glanced at him and said coldly, "No one will appreciate anything!"

"Didn't you say you weren't angry?" Xun Yuming stretched out his hand to pinch the bridge of his nose, but he turned his head away, "Stingy, it's because I didn't agree to your marriage proposal, I want to wait."

"What are you waiting for?" Zhuang Yi asked angrily, "Liu Hongxiang was arrested, Sun Zhuo resigned, Angus was arrested, and now no one can do right with you. Your research is over, grandpa is in good health, and the patients are also healthy." They got better and were discharged from the hospital, even Xue Jiayan and Fang Buyu are planning to hold a make-up wedding, what else do you have to worry about?"

He had been accumulating resentment for a few days, and now he vented it all out, full of emotion every word, "What are you waiting for?"

"I..." Xun Yuming was so trained that he couldn't lift his head up, and admitted his mistake with drooping head: "I didn't say I don't want to, I just want to wait until I finish receiving the award and I am worthy of you before I agree."

"Lie." Zhuang Yi didn't believe it, "You don't care about winning the award for a long time, how could you think that you are not worthy of me if you don't receive the award?"

"I… "

"Forget it, if you don't want to, I won't force you."

The more Zhuang Yi talked, the more upset he became, and he couldn't help hating his current state. Whenever he became so impatient, so rude, so aggressive, and begged for mercy from others with such low self-esteem.

If you don't agree, you don't agree. Does he have to cry about it

It's so indecent.

Xun Yuming looked at him cautiously, the two were relatively silent, sitting side by side in the silent cabin, neither of them spoke.

Zhuang Yi covered his coat, closed his eyes and fell asleep, and waited for Xun Yuming to fall asleep, tucked him in a thin blanket, flattened the seat, stared at his picturesque eyebrows, and sighed, "You must be sent by God. Come to torture me." It not only brought him endless joy, but also made him suffer from the hardships of love.

Xun Yuming didn't sleep soundly, he woke up in a daze when he touched him, his pair of twinkling peach blossom eyes were like two pools of autumn water at the moment, he stared at him for a long time before he realized: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Zhuang Yi was so soft-hearted by him, he hooked the corners of his mouth helplessly, lowered his head and kissed his brow, "I'll wait for your promise."

Sixteen hours later, the plane landed at Los Angeles Airport, Xun Yuming and Zhuang Yi picked up their luggage, and took a taxi directly to check in at the hotel they had booked. They set off in the morning, and it was exactly midnight when they arrived. They were delayed for a day on the way, and the time was quite tight.

As this year's winner, Xun Yuming needs to communicate with the staff in advance. Zhuang Yi knew the map here well, rented a car early in the morning, took him to the theater familiarly, and didn't come back until the afternoon.

Early the next morning, the first ray of sunshine in California shone through the window, and the wake-up call at the hotel bedside rang on time.

Xun Yuming dragged his tired body to sit up, dazed for a long time, then lay down again. Zhuang Yi poked his cheek and said with a smile: "Get up. Although the award was only presented in the afternoon, but Cen Ji and the others came over this morning, I also have a surprise for you."

"Why are you so surprised?" Xun Yuming seldom stayed on the bed, turned over and hugged his arm and refused to let go, "Tell me now."

"Get up first, I'll tell you." Zhuang Yi coaxed him to get up, wash up, put on casual clothes, and go to the restaurant for breakfast together.

When the two came out of the hotel, Xun Yuming saw him driving towards the airport, and asked casually, "Are you going to pick up Cen Ji?"

"You'll know when you arrive." Zhuang Yi drove to Los Angeles Airport, parked the car outside, and took him through the VIP passage to enter the private apron. After waiting for a while, he saw a Gulfstream G550 falling from the sky through the clouds and fog.

Xun Yuming followed Zhuang Yi suspiciously, the spiral staircase in front descended, and two security guards in black suits and a man in purple clothes came out. They were carrying a wheelchair in their hands. When they came closer, they were grandpa, " elder brother?"

"Are you happy?" Zhuang Yi tilted his head and blinked his left eye at him, "On the big day, of course grandpa will accompany you."

Xun Yuming was overjoyed, hugged his neck, and kissed him on tiptoe, "That's great!"

The two picked up grandfather and Xiao Yang, met Cen Ji and the others, and went back to the hotel for a light meal. It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.

Everyone split up and went to the room to freshen up. Xun Yuming changed into the sea blue suit and bright black leather shoes, and stood with Zhuang Yi in the black suit and white shirt, just like a couple made in heaven, fashionable and perfect .

The lengthened Lincoln sent by the Field Organizing Committee was waiting at the entrance of the hotel. A group of people pushed the grandfather over, sipped champagne and chatted, and arrived at the theater not long after.

Zhuang Yi led the others to get the invitations and went to the backstage first, Xun Yuming walked in from the red carpet alone, facing the cameras and spotlights all the way, surrounded by reporters and experts, walked to the first place in the theater Row, sit next to Zhuang Yi.

He came late, and the theater was packed with people, all dressed up, like Hollywood stars attending the Oscars, all glamorous. Xun Yuming exchanged pleasantries with the people around him for a while, the music on the stage started, and the awards ceremony officially began.

When the host comes on stage, it is customary to first summarize the major events that happened in the medical field last year, then introduce the new projects that are under research and are optimistic about the medical field, and then invite the previous winners to come on stage to recall the great medical scientists who passed away in one year. The band performance is arranged in advance good track.

Zhuang Yi listened from the beginning to the end, pretending to be concentrating on his face, but in reality he was so bored that he felt drowsy, and kept pinching the bridge of his nose to refresh himself. Afraid that he would be bored, Xun Yuming whispered an explanation in his ear while watching the ceremony.

It happened that there was sparkling wine on the small table in front of them, Zhuang Yi poured him a small glass, "Drink less."

Taking advantage of the camera not scanning over, Xun Yuming drank a glass of "Gudu" and "Gudu". Just as he put down the cup, he heard someone say in English: "The following is the winner of this year, the only doctor who has won twice in history. — Xun Yuming, speak on stage."

A beam of chasing light followed, and Xun Yuming's exquisite and clear facial features instantly lit up. He pursed his lips slightly, let go of his left hand tightly clasped with Zhuang Yi's ten fingers, and walked up with warm applause.

Since he was also the winner of the previous award, this year's award presenter was specially invited from the UK, and he is the double winner of Field and Nobel. Xun Yuming took the crystal trophy from him, stood behind a small podium, in front of a group of top medical scientists in the world, his heart beat like a mountain beating a drum, and his head was dizzy.

He hurriedly looked at Zhuang Yi, his eyes met, and the eyes met. The calmness in the other's eyes came continuously through the air, and not making a sound was enough to make people feel at ease.

Xun Yuming calmed down, cleared his throat, and said in English: "Hello everyone, thank you very much for the affirmation of the organizing committee and the judges for their recognition. Today, I am allowed to stand on this sacred podium again. At the same time, I would like to thank my team , without you, I would never be able to do so many things by myself, and I would like to thank my grandfather, thank you for giving me a second life, thank you!"

"The topic I bring today is nerve regeneration and transplantation. You may ask, nerve cells are non-regenerative cells, which is already a consensus in the medical field. How can I bring it back to life?"

He turned sideways slightly, opened the huge circular screen behind him, and flipped to the case page on his speech, "What you see now are the magnetic resonance images of my three patients. They are young and healthy adult males, An elderly man over eighty years old, and a baby girl under one year old. Each of these three people suffers from…”

The total speech time was 120 minutes. Xun Yuming tried to keep the medical content within 90 minutes, and finally released the film of Zhuang Yi's arm, "Recently, I tried to apply this technology to the peripheral nerves, successfully replacing the traditional After transplantation, the patient has basically recovered."

Having said that, he smiled happily, and a burst of intense applause broke out from the audience. Now everyone has heard about the grievances between him and Angus, and knows how much pressure he is under, but he can achieve such amazing achievements under high pressure, how can people not applaud willingly.

Xun Yuming smiled, and glanced at the time on the teleprompter, there was still the last half hour. He pointed to the big screen, took a deep breath, and shook his hands down, "This patient is actually my lover. With the approval of the organizing committee, I would like to borrow the remaining 30 minutes from everyone." , do one thing."

He tugged at the hem of his clothes, straightened his back, and turned to Zhuang Yi: "Brother, thank you for your support and encouragement all the way. Without you, I would not be standing here at this moment. Now, I have something to tell You, please come up on stage, okay?"

Everyone's eyes followed the light and immediately locked Zhuang Yi firmly in place. Grandpa and Cen Ji sat around, looking at him in unison, wondering how he would respond, if he got up immediately, he would appear frivolous on such a grand occasion, if he didn't get up, it would embarrass Xun Yuming.

Zhuang Yi paused for a moment, then stood up slowly in time, concealing the faint trembling of his left ring finger, strode onto the podium, and walked across from him calmly.

He was only three steps away from Xun Yuming, but it seemed that thirteen years had passed between his youthful youth and his steady maturity. He looked at him with excited and gentle eyes, "I'm here."

"Thank you for being here." Xun Yuming stood in front of Zhuang Yi with a trophy in his hand at the brightest moment of his life in front of hundreds of millions of viewers and guests present, and said affectionately, "Today will be my The most dazzling day of my life, not only because I received this long-awaited honor, but also because when the day comes, you are still standing by my side."

"It has been thirteen years since we met in college, and we have gone through countless ups and downs in the middle, and finally returned to the same place after going round and round. I am still the same me, and I am no longer the same me; you are still the same That you is not exactly that you. We have all become better selves, and we have both witnessed each other's growth, and each other has made each other who we are today."

"Some people say that even if a broken mirror is reunited, it will always have a crack, as if it is a gap that cannot be crossed. But there is a crack in everything, and that is where the light comes in. During the eight years of separation, every day makes me more I clearly realize how much I love you; every day after the reunion, I also realize again how much you love me because of the eight years of separation. This experience is not perfect, there are shortcomings, but also Let us understand love better, learn to love, and cherish love."

"Today I stand on this much-anticipated podium, holding this glorious crystal cup, becoming the youngest doctor in history and the only doctor who has won twice, not because I am luckier than others, nor because I am better than others More genius, but because I have enough love in my heart. It is this love that is so strong that even after eight years of separation, it is still endless, supporting me through those days without you, and it is this love that keeps me forever Don’t give up, stick to it.”

"This love was given to me by you. It took you thirteen years to pour this love to me with all your life and enthusiasm, and to make me pour it to others without hesitation. Only now Xun Yuming. It was you who took me out of loneliness and accompanied me through hardships. As always, your patience, your tolerance, and your understanding all made me grateful and ashamed. You redeemed me and made me more successful For me, this trophy not only belongs to me, it belongs to you."

At the end of Xun Yuming's speech, tears rolled in the sockets of his eyes a few times, hanging precariously on his eyelashes, stubbornly refusing to fall.

He raised the crystal clear trophy, knelt down on one knee, and brought it to Zhuang Yi: "I didn't agree to your marriage proposal a few days ago, because I have been looking forward to this moment for too long. You gave me so much Love, now it's my turn to give it to you. Now I want to ask you personally, Mr. Zhuang Yi, brother with small ears, would you like to spend the rest of your life with me?"

I don't know who shouted "promise him", but the guests in the audience clapped their hands and cheered in unison.

Zhuang Yi's Adam's apple rolled, watching him kneeling in front of him, the shock in his heart could not be subsided for a long time, Xun Yuming's words were like a drop of cold water falling into hot oil, and instantly exploded into clouds in his mind .

He lowered his head to accept the trophy, stretched out his hand to pull him up, his voice trembling uncontrollably: "Of course... Of course I am willing."

There were thunderous cheers from the audience, and a pair of lovers finally got married, as if the whole world followed in praise of love. With a persistent smile on Xun Yuming's face, Zhuang Yi held him into his arms with one hand, and kissed the corner of his mouth in full view.

The awards ceremony ended successfully, and it was getting dark outside as it was getting dark outside.

Zhuang Yi asked Cen Ji and the nurse to take his grandfather back to the hotel, and he took Xun Yuming and drove to Santa Moka for a drive. They drove along Route 66 to the end, parked the car by the side of the road, and walked slowly side by side on the beach under the night.

Not long after walking, a band suddenly appeared on the high stage in front of him. Xun Yuming stopped for a long time and looked at Zhuang Yi with a smile. The two seemed to have a good understanding, Zhuang Yi immediately understood what he meant, went over to discuss a few words with the other party, picked up the acoustic guitar, and sat in the lead singer's seat.

Xun Yuming thought that he would sing "When A Man Loves A Man" again like before, but unexpectedly, the accompaniment sounded slowly, but it was Ed Sheeran's Perfect.

Zhuang Yi's bass is deeper than the original singing, but the treble is generally clear. He replaced all the Girl, Woman, and She in the lyrics with Boy, Man, He, and sang it one by one, as if telling about their thirteenth birthday. The experience of knowing each other for many years.

The tourists in the past were attracted by his singing, and they came to watch one after another. The crowd gradually gathered around, and countless eyes gathered, casting a layer of dazzling light on him.

Zhuang Yi always lowered his head slightly, looking at Xun Yuming for a moment, just like when he won the Rose Bowl that year, no matter how much love was projected, his ray was always thrown at Xun Yuming.

The time of a song is as long as the whole life, but the life of more than ten years is as short as the same song. Because of a love that is unbroken and timeless, it shines brightly from afar.

After Zhuang Yi sang the last sentence, he took off his guitar, jumped off the high platform, and walked towards him step by step facing the brilliant neon lights at night. His tall and handsome appearance remained the same without any change.

Xun Yu's starry eyes twinkled, and the deer bumped in his heart, he hugged him on tiptoe, "I love you, brother."

Zhuang Yi smiled slightly, lowered his head and kissed, "I love you too, little ear."

The moonlight is just right tonight, the sea tide rises and falls, people come and go at the pier, the Santa Monica beach is bustling and lively all year round, and the evening wind blows through each other's hair, as gentle as ever.

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The author has something to say: Thank you for your company and encouragement all the way, this is the end of this text, bow.

There will be a follow-up episode with two protagonists. After the episode is over, the story of Cen Ji and Ren Xuechuan will be updated on Weibo. It will be a short story of about 20,000 words. It will focus on the first person in the year, and will include the true love series.

By the way, Amway's next book "Strawberry Candy": The appearance is gentle and abstinent, but the inside is a rogue and scum professor Gong X. The appearance is arrogant, but the heart always wants to be a pure student scumbag. superior.

Finally, the author changed his name to Yingdu, don't forget, goodbye.