Thousand Islands

Chapter 23: Fireworks (1)

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Ye Fei returned to the dormitory downstairs, it was almost midnight. She stopped the motorbike, put her foot on the ground, touched the wound, and took a breath of pain. I moved my legs, and I felt that I was struggling too hard. At this moment, my body was sore and my arms were too heavy to lift up. I don't know if I twisted my shoulders.

She staggered and walked towards the stairs. She had just moved two steps, and saw the tall figure standing up from the steps, flicking the cigarette butt in her hand, and walking step by step, with a heavy foot, seeming to suppress full of anger.

Ye Fei didn't want to say to him too much: "Boss, you haven't rested yet? It's getting late, good night."

She had obviously changed clothes and wore a long dress he hadn't seen before. Chen Jiajun knew at a glance that this was not her usual style. She lowered her head, her stray hair covered half of her face, band-aids on several places on her legs, and obvious bruises. And she didn't have a word of explanation, holding the wet T-shirt in her hand, she wanted to squeeze past him. The anxiety and anger in Chen Jiajun's heart broke out together, and he grabbed her by the arm and dragged her to a place with a street light.

"Hey, hey, it hurts!" Ye Fei gritted his teeth, "What are you doing? It's a convulsion!"

He didn't speak either, he held her shoulders and lifted his hair. Ye Fei held the clothes with his left hand, and quickly covered it with his right hand. His face sank, he grasped the slender wrist in front of him and pulled it away vigorously.

I couldn't stop it, the big black green at the corner of my eye.

Ye Fei turned away, hid the bruise in Deng Ying, and twitched the corner of his mouth: "Don't look, it's all swollen into a seam."

Just now, Qiu Meixin put down the phone, and rushed to the police station with Chloe, and called back after half an hour. Chloe sobbed softly on the other end of the phone, Qiu Meixin was still calm, and briefly talked about the current situation. The scene she described was almost the same as what Chen Jiajun saw now.

Before Ye Fei came back, although Chen Jiajun was uneasy, he did not believe, and he did not want to believe that that kind of humiliation would happen to her. However, looking at the unobstructed horror in front of him at the moment, he couldn't help but think about it.

Ye Fei, who was covered in scars, had an indifferent and indifferent expression.

He stayed under the street lamp, not knowing how to speak, his hands did not relax, and he firmly held Ye Fei's arm.

"Don't hold me like that, your arms are about to be folded..." Ye Fei softened, his voice lowered, and it sounded a little weak, "I know, it's my fault again."

As soon as her arm was loosened, she also let out a sigh of relief. I didn't finish my breath yet, I just felt a flower in front of my eyes, his vision was instantly filled with Chen Jiajun's soft white cotton shirt, the street lights were blocked behind him, and there was a dark shadow in front of him. She was pulled by the opponent, swift but not reckless, just like this, fell into his arms and was hugged tightly by a pair of strong arms. Ye Fei's cheek was pressed against his neck, and he seemed to be able to feel the blood vessels under his skin beating with the heart, fast and powerful.

His chest is wide and warm, his touch is firm and flexible, and he is very comfortable to lean against. Ye Fei couldn't breathe well, his legs were a little weak, and he felt that he was leaning forward slightly, and the weight was about to press on the opponent.

The hug came too suddenly, and her mind was blank, as if she had been casted a holding spell, she didn't know if she should raise her hand to hug.

The girl who has always been twittering, it is rare to be so quiet, being held in his arms, is slender and softer than imagined. Probably it's just too noisy at ordinary times, and there is a strong aura around him. Chen Jiajun's heart melted little by little, as if she had been poked a few holes, with a slight pain. He rubbed Ye Fei's hair: "You...just come back."

"I..." Ye Fei was a little confused, she didn't go anywhere, but she came back a bit late, but the boss was too excited. She was a little out of breath. On the one hand, she felt that the hug came too suddenly, but on the other hand she was reluctant to leave.

"Just... Where did you go?" He asked hesitantly.

"Over the mountain..."

"Why did you come back?"

"I encountered heavy rain as soon as I set off, so I had to return." The weather was very different across the mountain. She is telling the truth, but part of the truth is hidden.

Chen Jiajun let go of Ye Fei, still holding her shoulders, just a little distance away, frowned and asked: "This injury... What's the matter?"

"Riding a motorcycle and fell."

"Really?" He didn't believe it. The location of the scar was obviously not.

Ye Fei pursed her lips, cast her eyes to the side, and asked timidly, "Can you... Don't you? I'm tired."

Chen Jiajun's face became more and more serious. He was silent for a moment, and when he spoke again, his voice was low and firm: "Ye Fei, no matter what happens, I will protect you next." He stared at her face, his eyes deep and quiet, which made people feel that Reliable and secure.

Ye Fei's heart was about to jump out of her throat. Boss, is this a confession! She was blessed just like this when she went to worship in front of the Bodhisattva. It was too efficacious! Or is it too late at night and dreaming

Ye Fei was still in a daze, and Chen Jiajun took her hand. He said grimly: "If you want to... go now. I'll accompany you."

"where to?"

"Police station."

Ye Fei was in a daze: "I... won't be."

Not so much? His hands tightened: "With me, don't be afraid."

Ye Fei couldn't laugh or cry: "I just made a little mistake, so it won't happen."

Chen Jiajun turned to look at her, frowning: "Make a mistake?"

Ye Fei hesitated: "Yes, I smashed some corals. I know this is a protected area, and there is a fine for harming the corals. But I really have no choice, life is at stake!"

His face became cold a little bit, and his tone became severe: "What the hell did you do? What life is the matter?"

"Save people... I met a Chinese girl and I took her to swim." Ye Fei knew she couldn't keep it, so she said in a long story short, "I taught her waist-deep and let her continue to practice. I will swim in the deep water Who knew she was chasing after her, choked on her water, and panicked. Fortunately, I..."

Chen Jiajun's face was stiff, and she let go of her hand: "Really?"

"Yes, really! I really want to save people and want to hold her up. As a last resort, I stepped on the coral." She smiled flatteringly, "I know I was wrong. Didn't someone plant coral? Don’t you teach me? See if you can replant some?"

My heart was about to be pierced just now, and the heartless girl in front of me could actually laugh!

Chen Jiajun rushed into anger, grabbed her by the arm, and said gruffly: "Go, go to the dive shop with me!"

"Ah, it's midnight..." Ye Fei groaned in his heart. With Chen Jiajun's love of the ocean, she wouldn't want her to write a review immediately, right

"You also know it's midnight? You know how long we have been looking for you!" He emphasized, "Everyone, went to different beaches!" He stayed near the dive shop and had already turned over the surrounding streets and alleys. With a dry tongue and anxious heart, she came to the dormitory three times, and her heart became a little bit cold. Seeing her exhausted and staggering, I just wanted to hug her tightly, wishing to shove her into her chest.

"Huh? Everyone is looking for me?" She didn't know why.

"Yes, it's almost time to call the police!" He said fiercely, taking a deep breath, "I'll call them now and ask them to come back."

Ye Fei was dragged and dragged by Chen Jiajun, listening to him dialing out one by one, complaining inwardly. She left all day, and usually went to bed in the middle of the night. What happened today? The sole of her foot was scratched by broken coral. Although she had done a simple treatment, she had to trot to keep up with his rapid strides, gritting her teeth and bearing the swelling and stinging pain on the soles of her feet.

On the terrace of the dive shop, the atmosphere is very solemn. Qiu Meixin, Yanes and Wanpeng have returned, and several others are still on their way.

Jaynes just received the call and knew that Ye Fei was fine, and greeted him jokingly: "Little Nightingale, I heard that you were in trouble. What's wrong with your eyes? Did you hit a tree on a motorcycle?"

"I'm very careful when riding my bike." She limped up the steps. "It's a long story. It was the first time I rescued people in the water today. I didn't expect it to be so difficult. Thanks to seeing her following, I turned around. I swam back. She had just choked on her first saliva, and I immediately rushed over to support her neck. Even so, I was hit by her elbow in the eye socket... It’s so hanging, I’m almost blind..." The more excited I said, the more I drew and danced.

Turning his head, Ye Fei shrank his neck when he saw Chen Jiajun staring at her coldly.

He suppressed the anger in his chest: "Save people, it's raining, don't you know to call back?"

"It was too busy at the time, the phone fell into the sea, and the screen went black..." Ye Fei dragged Ruoyu, who was trembling all over, to the shore, pulled out a bath towel from her schoolbag to help her wrap it, and the phone was taken out too hard. Fell on the edge of the beach. A spray came up, the phone pierced and the screen flickered twice, and it was short-circuited in the salt water.

The electrolyte solution is indeed a good conductor of electricity. Thinking of the chemistry class many years ago, Ye Fei wanted to cry without tears.

"There are also public phones." His tone was stiff, and he didn't give Ye Fei a good face.

"That is, but how can I remember the phone number of the diving shop?" Ye Fei squashed his mouth, "Besides, I am an adult, do I still have this freedom?"

"You can't make everyone worry about you!"

"Who made you worry about me. Don't you have to wait twenty-four hours for missing the police?" Ye Fei's heart was mixed, and because of his concern, he was a little bit happy, and then he was sad and melancholy. If it's impossible to be together, don't have extra concerns about me, don't play this kind of specious ambiguity.

Everyone in the shop came back one after another, and they couldn’t understand what they said in Chinese.

Qiu Meixin stepped forward and grabbed Ye Fei's wrist, tears flashed in her eyes: "Ye Fei, everyone is really worried about you... I just came back from the police station..."

Chen Jiajun turned around in silence and walked two steps farther, leaving room for the girls to talk.

"Police station?"

Qiu Meixin said in a low voice, "Something happened to Jasmine... Chloe is still there, staying with her, testing her injuries, and recording her confession."

Ye Fei's heart tightened: "Jasmine, she..."

"She went to the beach by herself and met two locals. She was..." Qiu Meixin couldn't say. "The police set up a card on the main road and the pier to stop one suspect, but one was not caught. Jasmine's mental state was very bad. , There is no way to describe the characteristics of the suspect."

Ye Fei was shocked and turned to look at everyone. Some were sweaty, some were covered with mud and sand on their legs, and some had two leaves hanging on their heads, but their expressions were relaxed and relieved.

"The police suspect that they took the medicine, and they are worried that besides Jasmine, there are other victims." Qiu Meixin said, "Jia Jun said, we must find you."

"What? How could Jasmine..." Ye Fei felt sad again and blamed herself, her nose sore, and whispered, "I'm sorry... I, I really don't know... I'm so sorry, it's me that is not good, so everyone is sorry. Worry for me."

Qiu Meixin took her shoulders: "It's okay, it's okay. It's okay for you to be safe. Everyone, please go back to rest earlier, and have classes tomorrow morning."

Everyone came over to comfort Ye Fei, or ask Qiu Meixin to convey their condolences to Jasmine.

Jaynes hugged Ye Fei gently: "It's okay, don't blame you, everyone likes you, so that's why we are so anxious, seeing you safe, we feel very happy."

Ye Fei nodded with hot eyes.

"Would you like me to send you?" he asked, "you are tired too, go back and rest early."

She wiped her eyes: "I'll wait a second to see if Chloe needs a helper."

Jaynes comforted her again before turning to leave.

The terrace calmed down again, and only Chen Jiajun was still standing on the other end of the diagonal. Ye Fei looked at him, a little grateful, and a little self-blaming. He gave her a hard look: "What do you look at! I want to tear you apart now."

Qiu Meixin came over to make a round: "Classes will start tomorrow, Jia Jun, you should go back and rest."

"I'll wait for the news from the police station." He said, "I know them well to communicate. You can go back."

Qiu Meixin and Ye Fei said in unison: "I will wait with you."

The two looked at each other.

"If Chloe needs help, it's more convenient to have a girl here." Qiu Meixin said, "Let Ye Fei accompany you. The class is ready, and I will take care of it tomorrow morning. The first session is also from Sir Wang. , You rest for a while."

Chen Jiajun nodded: "It's okay, I can get up."

Only Chen Jiajun and Ye Fei were left in the store. They sat at a wooden table and were silent to each other and refused to speak.

Ye Fei was a little guilty. Although she told herself that she should keep a distance from Chen Jiajun, even as a friend, everyone was worried and always felt ashamed. And I don't know if I bit Lu Dongbin and annoyed him. After thinking about it, there are still fruits bought during the day in the backpack. I left some for Ruoyu, and more than half is left. She took it out and handed it to Chen Jiajun as if to please: "I bought it on the road, it should be grown by myself, it's very fresh."

"Don't eat!" His face was bad and fierce, "I want to eat fruit in my shop again! I have said you several times, are you afraid of recruiting ants?"

Ye Fei stuck his tongue out: "Then, you can sit on the steps and eat like last time."

Chen Jiajun snorted coldly, but he took it and walked to the platform to sit down. Ye Fei followed him and sat far away. "I was wrong, I was really wrong." She sincerely apologized, "I didn't expect that this happened. I'm sorry everyone, I will invite you to dinner tomorrow, okay?"

He was still irritated: "You don't need to ask, the tuition includes three meals a day, I don't want to take advantage of you."

Ye Fei was taken aback. Boss, are you mad, don't you think this sentence sounds like an ambiguous ambiguity

She was a little embarrassed, pulled a piece of fruit, and peeled it ugly: "Eat, eat fruit, what is this called?"

"Langsat." He replied, "I don't know the Chinese name."

"I haven't seen it in China." She stuffed a petal of fruit into her mouth. "It's a bit like longan in size and tastes the same, but it tastes more like... like... grapefruit."

"You know how to eat." Chen Jiajun glanced at her, "There is another similar one called Duku."

"I haven't seen it, I think it's fresh." She shook her feet, "It's delicious. But I still prefer mangosteen."

"Look at you like a mangosteen."

"Where is it?"

It is a bit, the outer shell is hard, the heart is soft. Chen Jiajun did not continue this topic, and asked: "Where did you buy Langsat?"

When Ye Fei talked about what happened in the morning, he would inevitably be mocked again: "You can run out of oil. If you don't meet a kindhearted person, it depends on what you do!"

"Then I can only walk a little longer by myself and go to the gas station." Ye Fei touched the front side of the arch of his foot, "Just after walking for a long time, the flip-flops started to grind their feet."

Chen Jiajun glanced at the slippers under the steps: "Inferior quality, better pair next time."

Ye Fei rolled his eyes: "I am a poor student, how many times can I wear it in a year?"

The inside of the back of her instep was frayed and sand was stuck to it, so she lowered her head and fiddled with her hands. Chen Jiajun looked at her hand and saw her thin calves curled up, long skirts piled on top of her knees, showing a few scratches on her knees, conspicuous red, and slightly bulging.

Thinking of what she said about holding up tourists in distress in the water and stepping on the corals, he asked, "Is there too on the soles of your feet."

Ye Fei nodded.

"Let me see."

She turned sideways obediently, moved back, and put her feet on the wooden floor. There are several red marks on the soles of both feet, and the flesh is turned up, almost into one piece. Fortunately, the wound is not deep. The soft skin under the arch and toes was punctured by coral, with blood stains, and some swelling around it. The wound hasn't dried out yet, and there is a lot of sand sticking between the skin and the flesh. Chen Jiajun remembered how she was limping when she got off the motorbike, and she just dragged her into stride, and he couldn't help but regret it.

He also turned sideways and let the light shine: "Did you deal with it? Also on the calf?" He frowned and stared at the scratches, "What band-aid!"

"Fortunately, it hurts and itches."

"Sit under the lamp and wait." Chen Jiajun got up, found Bomai's small plastic bucket in the tool room, walked to fill with seawater, poured it on Ye Fei's wound, washed away the sand, and gently pressed with his fingers. The edge of the red mark.

Ye Fei "hissed" in a cold breath, just like him, and pressed: "Wow, why is it stiff? It's okay."

"Slightly allergic. You may get a rash, don't scratch it."

Ye Fei nodded: "I want to pour it with sea water, I use all the water."