Today's weather is fine, and the sky is as blue as that person's eyes.
Lin Yifei's car was running on the highway to Washington Airport, and the car's radio was playing the news that he had listened to countless times.
"The 23-year-old American athlete Chris Ozben, who just won the Olympic Men's Saber Championship this year, was seriously injured in a car accident yesterday morning. He was sent to the hospital for treatment and died at 12:30 noon on the same day..."
After turning off the radio with a slap, Lin Yifei's shoulders trembled, his eyes began to blur, and he couldn't bear to stop on the side of the road. He lay on the steering wheel and couldn't stop crying. After more than one minute, he wiped away his tears and moved on.
When he got the call from Chris's father two hours ago, he thought it was all a joke, just to scare him into returning to New York sooner. But when the news was all over the radio, Lin Yifei knew that it was all true.
Chris Osborne, his best friend is really gone.
To catch the latest flight back to New York, Lin Yifei didn't dare to read all the magazines and newspapers. He just closed his eyes and waited for the moment of landing.
The person who greeted him at the New York airport was Kevin Phil, Chris' number one rival in the arena and Lin Yifei's good friend.
"Lin...Mr. Ozburn is still in grief, so I'll pick you up." Kevin's usual lazy and cynical expression was replaced by a serious expression, he took the luggage from Lin Yifei's hand, and led him to the parking place.
"What's going on? How could there be a sudden car accident?" Lin Yifei still couldn't accept Chris's departure, "He is a very calm and cautious person! It's impossible for him to..."
"According to the preliminary judgment of the police, it was because a reporter was chasing him. You know that Chris is very restrained and doesn't like being followed by reporters and wants to get rid of him. Reece tries to get out of the way... and hits the phone booth and the whole car rolls over..."
Lin Yifei took a breath, "I see... Can I still take a look at him?"
"It's ok...Mr. Ozborne postponed the funeral to wait for you not to close the coffin." Kevin smiled helplessly at Lin Yifei, "Because you are the most special."
"I...?" Lin Yifei looked out the window at the constantly receding scenery, like time passing by.
The Osborne family is very rich, but Chris was not born with a golden key in his mouth. His mother was originally a college student at the music college, but when she dropped out of school because she was pregnant with Osborne, life became difficult. In order to maintain the lives of mother and son, she had to stand on the street and suffer humiliation, and Chris was not taken back by Mr. Ozborne until he graduated from elementary school, and his mother did not live a good life because of too much hard work. Died of lung disease. The environment has created Chris's sharpness and indifference. Some friends once joked that all of Chris's only tenderness was given to Lin Yifei. This made Lin Yifei feel funny, because he understood Chris's fragility under the hard shell better than others.
Chris's farewell ceremony was held in a well-known church in New York, but all the relatives and friends of Chris were present, and there was no media or extra people. His coach sat next to Chris' father, eyes closed. Chris is the brightest stroke of his coaching career. Chris's father, Mr. Ozborne, was very quiet. He loves Chris very much, although the reality makes the gap between him and his son seem like a gap, and Chris has never forgiven him for abandoning his mother. Mr. Osborne, who was over fifty years old and experienced many storms in the mall, just looked at Chris lying there at the moment, as if his son had just fallen asleep.
Everyone took turns sending bouquets, and Lin Yifei came to Chris's side.
This guy is still handsome, with an elegant nose and deep eyebrows. Lin Yifei doesn't know how envious he is of his appearance. How many girls he attracted when he was in college together, and at the prom, thanks to this guy, he didn't even have a dance partner. .
When I called two days ago, this guy still said that he would be picked from the semi-finals in the World Championships, and that he would not be given a chance to enter the finals and play one-on-one with Kevin Phil. Really underwhelming. But if Chris can live, Lin Yifei is willing to be so angry with him every day.
Lin Yifei didn't want to attend the dinner after the funeral. He didn't plan to drink champagne while discussing what happened to Chris during his lifetime, because he knew Chris' personality, and he didn't intend to share the details of the relationship between himself and Chris. Take it out and share it with others.
"Hey, Lin..." Mr. Osborne came over, smiling faintly but couldn't hide his sadness, "I think you'd rather come to Chris' room with me." Of course. "Lin Yifei followed Mr. Ozborne upstairs, when they opened the door of Chris's room, what they saw was a simple and elegant room, just like Chris's personality.
"We haven't touched his things, I think you might like to keep some of them." Mr. Osborne opened a drawer and took out a photo album, "Chris has only two photo albums, one is with her mother when she was young, I kept it as a souvenir. The other one is this one, it's very thick... all of them were taken with you."
Lin Yifei opened the photo album, the first one was a funny photo of him when he first joined the university fencing team, he picked up his T-shirt, with a pig drawn on his stomach. Lin Yifei smiled, "I really don't know where this guy found this photo..."
"As long as it belongs to you, Chris will treasure it." Mr. Ozborne's words made Lin Yifei's heart tremble.
"Mr. Osborne..."
"Maybe you haven't noticed, you're not just 'special' to Chris. If you're just special, he doesn't have to run around because you can't find the right coach, and he doesn't get in because of your rank. Happy to be top seven in the world. Well, even good friends can do both. But what about being unhappy because you got a girlfriend? Maybe Chris hates me as a father, but I love him very much and watch his every move. "
"You... mean..." Lin Yifei's mind went blank.
"He loves you. He is not the kind of person who will talk about love. You have to experience everything yourself. Maybe it would be better for you to keep the impression that Chris is your good friend now, but As his father, I'd love you to know. Please don't hate him for that, he's gone after all."
Lin Yifei froze in place, the photo album slipped and fell to the ground, it happened to be the night when Chris won the world saber championship, the two of them escaped from the fencing gym to avoid reporters, and took photos with their mobile phones while eating hamburgers in McDonald's.
At that time, Chris smiled very warmly.
Only then did Lin Yifei realize that Chris really didn't smile often, only when he was with him.
In the evening, Lin Yifei lived in the guest room of Ozburn's house.
When Kevin left, Lin Yifei sent him to the garage.
"Look at your appearance, did Mr. Osborne tell you?" Kevin leaned on the car door and looked at Lin Yifei, with a slight smile in his eyes.
"...Even you know?" Lin Yifei was a little surprised.
"Those who are close to you all know that you can't play Lin's idea, because Chris will go crazy. We don't say anything, thinking that you will understand sooner or later. A guy like Chris will not allow us to tell his thoughts I’m here for you.” Kevin opened the car door and sat in, “Lin, Chris has already left, and I suddenly feel that the entire fencing arena is very lonely. You have to work hard, you will reach the finals of the next World Championships and win instead of Chris. me."
After speaking, the car galloped out and drove into the night.
So you like me? Is that so
Lin Yifei sneered.
You think I will understand sooner or later, but I understand too late.
Back in his guest room, Lin Yifei knew that he couldn't sleep well. There was the photo album next to his pillow, and he flipped through it many times. Maybe Chris hid his thoughts too well. If no one told Lin Yifei, even today, he would still think that he and Chris were just pure friends.
There was a sudden quarrel in the downstairs living room. Lin Yifei wanted to go down to have a look, but then thought that with Chris's departure, the Ozzy family should have a lot of family affairs, so it was inconvenient for him to go out.
It's just that this kind of quarrel became more and more intense, and there was even the sound of porcelain being smashed, and Mr. Osborne's roar made the situation tense.
Lin Yifei still decided to go down and have a look.
But as soon as I came down the stairs, I saw Mr. Osborne sitting down among the broken china, and his palms were bleeding. Opposite him are Chris's cousin Elizabeth and her boyfriend John who is not doing business. With a gun in his hand, John pointed at Mr. Osborne and yelled, "Why! Liz is your only niece! You actually left Chris's fencing gym in Washington to an outsider!"
"There is no reason! Chris' property is distributed entirely according to his will!" Mr. Ozborne stood up with a straight face, and seeing Lin Yifei standing behind him, he couldn't help showing a worried look, and waved his hands to show Lin Yifei Immediately went upstairs, "I advise you to stop making trouble! The housekeeper has already called!"
Sure enough, the sound of a police car had already sounded outside the window.
"You old bastard!" John was nervous and accidentally pulled the trigger.
With a bang, the entire space shook.
Lin Yifei stood there stunned, and Mr. Osborne rushed over screaming, but he was a step too late.
"Lin—" Mr. Ozborne clutched Lin Yifei's chest vigorously, he lowered his head, only then realized that the shot was not someone else, but himself.
Very painful, as if to burn the flesh and blood.
"Lin—you must have nothing to do!" Mr. Ozborne supported Lin Yifei to lie down, and Lin Yifei's breathing became difficult.
The empty roof of Oz's home made Lin Yifei feel dizzy, and his vision began to turn pale. The scene before his eyes was the first time he saw Chris in the university's fencing gym.
He was wearing a white fencing uniform, holding a saber in his hand, and saluted elegantly and sharply, as if the world had stopped because of him.
"I’m waiting for you."
Lin Yifei smiled slightly.
"I am coming."
Mr. Osborne's cries of pain and guilt faded away, all breaths were taken, thoughts overflowed.
If, I mean, if it happens again, what will happen to me and you