Shake.
collision.
Vague.
The sirens wailed. Yi Wan lay on a stretcher. His soul seemed to have left his body. He could not open his eyes or make a sound.
When Bo Jiang, An Yelin and Ding Biehan arrived at the scene, Chi Jixia was already standing there. Yi Wan was being carried to the ambulance by the doctor, with his eyes closed. An Yelin was the first to rush over, and the doctor said: "… Vital signs are stable. There was a slight impact on the head."
"Uh-huh!"
Brother Liu and An Yelin surrounded the ambulance. After confirming that Yi Wan had no vital signs, Bo Jiang strode towards Chi Jixia who was standing there.
He had just arrived from the theater and hadn't even had time to take off his costume. He was angry, scared, and confused about everything. People around him were busy walking around, so he could only ask Chi Jixia, who had arrived here first, "What happened?"
"Kidnapping...fire..."
The few words sounded like a fairy tale. Bo Jiang had no idea how this could be related to Yi Wan. He looked to the left and saw Qin Xuexin, who was wearing burnt clothes and a coat, with a lot of scratches all over her body. Her calf, which was burnt and bloody, had been simply bandaged. She was sitting beside him blankly.
He followed her gaze and saw the ordinary-looking, unconscious assistant in another ambulance, receiving emergency treatment.
His intuition told him that Qin Xuexin should know more. Bo Jiang walked towards Qin Xuexin, passing the whispers.
"The beam... fell down..."
"He smashed a middle-aged man to death, killing him instantly... The young assistant... was protected by him..."
"Qin Xuexin's other assistant was burned to death."
"No heartbeat! She has no heartbeat!"
He saw Qin Xuexin tremble all over. Bo Jiang frowned, his worry for Yi Wan overwhelmed everything.
"What the hell happened?" he said.
"… "
She suddenly covered her face and burst into tears, her voice still hoarse from inhaling the smoke: "It's all my fault... It's all because of me joining Lan Guang, Nian Zi, Yi Wan... It's all me, it's all me!"
The huge sadness and regret in her were enough to overwhelm everyone. Bo Jiang stood beside her. Ding Biehan reached over his shoulder, pressed his shoulder with his hand, and whispered, "I will investigate."
“… The heartbeat has returned!”
There was an ecstatic voice coming from the ambulance. Qin Xuexin's crying was interrupted, and she ran towards the ambulance, rolling and crawling, and her arm fell to the ground without feeling any pain.
“… Even so, you have to be mentally prepared to have your heart stop for five minutes and inhale so much smoke and dust.”
“… Maybe, I will never wake up again.”
The ambulance took the two away. Another ambulance also completed the preliminary examination of Yi Wan and was going to send him to a local hospital for treatment.
"Let's go there together by car." said Bo Jiang.
He looked into the distance. Part of the temple ruins was still burning, and the billowing black smoke and the enchanting blue flames formed the last afterglow before sunset.
Even many years later, this scene still burns in their hearts.
"I will definitely find out the truth." Bo Jiang heard Chi Jixia say this when walking past her.
The boy lowered his head, a cold fire burning in his eyes.
…
Yi Wan was lying on the hospital bed.
“… There is no brain damage. He should have woken up by now.” Bo Jiang said to the person on the other end of the phone.
"Maybe he is just too tired and doesn't want to wake up for the time being." Yu Rongshi said.
Bo Jiang said: "This accident is very strange. Qin Xuexin won't speak up, and no one from Lan Guang will tell the truth. We will find out the truth."
Yu Rongshi paused, his voice very tired, and replied briefly: "I'm using the wifi on the plane to call you. The plane will land in two hours, and I will join the process after it arrives. Before that, don't act rashly. Keep an eye on Yi Wan, and don't let Xie Ziyu get close to him."
Bo Jiang: "I mean—"
"I mean, you've already caused him a lot of trouble." Yu Rongshi's voice was cold and slightly angry. "You still have a lot of things of your own to sort out, don't you?"
For Yu Rongshi, who takes "good temper" as his mission, this is really the first time in history - it's like his personality has been shattered.
Bo Jiang felt as if he had been stabbed by a sword, and his limbs became stiff due to the cold and blood loss. Finally, he said in a hoarse voice: "You are right."
An Yelin, him, Chi Jixia, Ding Biehan... who all has been causing trouble for Yi Wan.
Yu Rongshi paused, as if he knew that his anger was inappropriate. He said, "I'll be there soon."
"Your cousin just woke up and he left already. Is everything okay?"
"… He can't speak yet, he just opens his eyes and stares blankly ahead." Yu Rongshi said hoarsely, "But Yi Wan is more important."
Yu Rongshi's relatives must have said something about this, they must have. But he still came.
Bo Jiang hung up the phone. The other two sat in the corridor. An Yelin asked Bo Jiang, "Why hasn't he woken up yet? The doctor said that his head hit the ground when he fainted, but it was only a minor impact and shouldn't be..."
"Maybe he himself wants to rest for a while." Bo Jiang said.
Chi Jixia stood there like a silent statue. He looked more miserable than anyone else.
"He knows how to survive in the wild, doesn't he?" he said hoarsely, "But when he stabbed him in the thigh, he almost severed the artery..."
An Yelin stood up and grabbed his collar: "Weren't you the one who took care of Yi Wan in his room that day? You took the initiative to say that you would stay to take care of him, so why did you let Yi Wan be kidnapped? Did you know that two people died? There was a fire and then an explosion. Yi Wan almost died in there! He was also sick!"
Chi Jixia let him shake her, and the usually sharp-tongued man didn't say a word this time. It was as if he himself felt that he was a sinner.
Finally, Bo Jiang grabbed An Yelin's hand and said, "That's enough. There should be a limit to venting your anger on others. This is not Chi Jixia's fault."
An Yelin: “…”
"And we have already caused Yi Wan a lot of trouble. Do we still have to quarrel with him outside now?" Bo Jiang said.
This sentence... An Yelin took a few steps back and unknowingly sat down on the chair dejectedly.
"Yeah." His voice, which he was once so proud of, began to cry. "So what if I was reborn... I'm still causing trouble for Yi Wan."
Before they knew it, Yi Wan had become the most important person among the three of them in the group.
"I got the hotel's surveillance." Ding Biehan walked towards the three people with a computer in his arms. Only then did the three people realize that Ding Biehan was missing.
Ding Biehan: "I sneaked into the hotel computer room and stole it. But it seems to be of no use."
The four of them watched the surveillance video. Bo Jiang watched it and said with a wry smile: "Yi Wan told me about the surveillance video before..."
This time, it was he who came to help Yi Wan watch his surveillance video.
But the suspects were obviously very careful. They kept walking along the blind spots of the surveillance cameras, and there was no footage of them taking Yi Wan away. Only a little bit of footage was revealed during the five seconds of the surveillance. An Yelin pointed at the two people and said, "Look, these two people. This doctor and this nurse, aren't they a little strange?"
When he looked up and discussed with Ding Biehan, he found that Chi Jixia had left at some point.
…
The water was rushing. Chi Jixia looked at herself in the mirror and punched the mirror hard.
Finally, he held his head and uttered hysterical silence.
"It was me... I saw those two people when I was going out. I should have noticed that they were sneaking around, right? But I was thinking about getting porridge for Yi Wan, so I didn't pay attention."
"They are waiting for me to leave the room, right? If I hadn't left, would Yi Wan not have been taken away? Would Qin Xuexin not have been hurt?"
The surveillance camera didn't capture the nurse's face clearly, and the police didn't know who the murderer was. But Chi Jixia remembered what he had seen, and he scratched his head, trying to get his thoughts out...
"It's Qin Nianzi." The system said in his mind, "It's Qin Nianzi's face."
Qin Nianzi, Qin Xuexin's assistant? !
Why, why did she attack Yi Wan
Chi Jixia couldn't understand. He walked out of the toilet and walked to the corner of the corridor in a daze until he bumped into someone.
"What are you doing here?"
Chi Jixia suddenly became alert, like a cat that saw a demon. Xie Ziyu leaned against the railing, holding a cigarette. The cigarette butt flickered, and his expression flickered as well.
"I was originally planning to leave today. Before leaving, I wanted to say goodbye to Yi Wan." Xie Ziyu said, "I didn't expect such a mistake to happen. Lin Meng... really put on a good show. But Yi Wan deserved it."
His tone was very indifferent, not at all like his usual frivolous self. Chi Jixia looked at him and sneered, "Sorry, you should leave now. I won't let you go to see him."
"Oh, really?" Xie Ziyu said, "Didn't you also have some credit for causing him to be kidnapped by Lin Meng? The person who jointly caused this result acted like a messenger of justice in front of me... Haha, I didn't cause Yi Wan to get hurt."
He was just careless. No one knew that an accident would happen. But Chi Jixia couldn't say a word.
He finally caught a sentence: "Lin Meng? Did Lin Meng bribe Qin Nianzi?"
Xie Ziyu looked at him with a dull expression: "Huh, can't you see anything?"
"What?"
"Such a powerful system, such a powerful cheat code is useless in your hands. If it were someone else, he would have used the resources in it to do whatever he wanted, right? Use the cheat code to travel to various movies to learn. Possess magic, superpowers, proficient in high-end technology, and proficient in business warfare. Such a cheat code can make the owner the king of the world. Conquer the world, maneuver, and simulate wars. Do you think this is just a simple cheat code for acting? In the end, you are a waste, and you can't even use it to act." Xie Ziyu stared at him without blinking, "Just like you now, you don't even have the ability to deduce the truth."
Chi Jixia's blood ran cold. At that moment, he suddenly realized that Xie Ziyu was right.
He could have the highest limit, and even, as he said, he could use others, manipulate others, and become the king of the world, but he was content to treat the golden finger as his friend, chatting and joking with it. He never thought about conquering the world, saving the world, or using the golden finger to seize other people's resources to make himself stronger... He did nothing. He was like a young boy who didn't realize what he had and just wanted to play happily with his friends.
Just like now, he is facing the truth and is powerless.
…Is it also a sin to have no ambition and not use one’s abilities to the fullest
"You look devastated, don't you? Then I'll tell you the truth. Lin Meng committed suicide - she used her golden finger to be reborn into Qin Nianzi's body. This was her revenge on Qin Xuexin and Yi Wan who helped Qin Xuexin. But I didn't expect that she would take Yi Wan with her." Xie Ziyu said lightly.
"she… "
"Yes. Yi Wan was harmed by her. Just like her, just like you, both are monsters who are the 'protagonists'." Xie Ziyu sneered, "Just like your teammates too."
"You..." Chi Jixia suddenly became angry, "You are also a monster, aren't you?"
"Oh? Think about you, An Yelin, Bo Jiang, and Ding Biehan, think about how much trouble you monster 'protagonists' have caused Yi Wan? That idiot thought that by staying away from me, he was rejecting this world and could live the life he wanted. What was the result? Letting you live a peaceful life? How much effort did he put into saving An Yelin? How much energy did he spend on changing Bo Jiang? How much trouble did he get into comforting you? And that Ding Biehan who couldn't understand human words wanted to kill him at the beginning. Is this the life he wanted to live away from me?" Xie Ziyu looked at him gloomily, but did not retreat, "Just like this time. You useless waste male protagonists almost took his life. Do you know..."
“Having power but not using it to develop it is also a sin after tragedy strikes?”
Chi Jixia retreated step by step.
“… It’s my fault, isn’t it.”
"Yes, it's your fault. Now, do you still want to ask me why Yi Wan doesn't want to wake up?"
"..." Chi Jixia said hoarsely, "I have a way. I will cure him. I will also, I will find a way to make Lin Meng pay the price and make sure Qin Xuexin and Qin Nianzi are not wrongly accused..."
"Come on, the surveillance camera clearly showed that it was Qin Nianzi who set the fire."
"… "
Chi Jixia showed a look of despair. He actually understood better than anyone else.
"Besides, first it was Chi Qiu, then Chi Xu, then your career, and then Yi Wan... Chi Jixia, how many chances did you have to change your fate with your golden finger? What's the point of saying all this now? It's too late. Chi Xu is dead, Chi Qiu is in the hospital, Yi Wan is injured, and Qin Nianzi is about to go to jail." Xie Ziyu said word by word, "You missed them all. You didn't catch up with all the butterflies, and all the doors have been closed - let me think about which movie this is? The Last Emperor."
Actually, what he said made no sense. Chi Jixia was only fourteen years old at that time. What could he do if the adults couldn't crack the conspiracy
He is such a tragic and contradictory boy: he is a child, but he has the power of a golden finger that can change the world, at least in the eyes of others; but as a child holding a sword, he did not use it to hurt others, did not use it to take other people's things, and when he was desperate, he just gave up, which proved that he was better, kinder, and less ambitious than most people. This kind of "uselessness" can even be said to be kind - let's think about what other people with malicious hearts would do with this golden finger.
But at this moment, Chi Jixia felt more than ever that Xie Ziyu was right, and it was all his fault. He should have been able to take responsibility since he was 10 years old, and he really should have been able to change the world. Having the ability but not fully using it is a kind of evil.
Even now, he is only 20 years old and has spent 6 years without any family supervision. "… "
Xie Ziyu crushed out the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can: "Forget it, I have to go. Your story no longer interests me in the slightest."
He turned around and went downstairs. Chi Jixia stood there like a piece of wood.
He floated back to Yi Wan's ward like a shadow puppet. Bo Jiang said, "Ding Biehan, An Yelin and I plan to split up and investigate this matter..."
He therefore ignored the guilt in An Yelin's eyes as the other party had accused him without any reason, and just said softly, "Okay."
"Brother Liu will be here soon. You wait here. Yu Rongshi will be here soon. Tell him what happened." Bo Jiang pressed his shoulder hard. "This is a big task."
"… Um."
All three were anxious to investigate, so they all left.
Once again, only Yi Wan, Chi Jixia, and the nurse who changed Yi Wan's water were left in the room—this time it was a real nurse. Chi Jixia sat next to Yi Wan and placed his hand in her palm.
Yi Wan was also having a nightmare at this moment.
Just like his previous nightmare.
"… "
The system said: "Jixia."
"… If only it weren't me."
What.
"He's right. You shouldn't have bound me from the beginning. Look at what kind of disasters these superpowers have brought." Chi Jixia whispered, "Chi Qiu is the same, Chi Xu is the same, Bo Jiang is the same, Bo Mingyuan is the same, Qin Xuexin is the same, and now Yi Wan is the same... It would be great if these didn't exist."
…
"They are right, I am a coward. I am useless." I can't have my own superpowers like those decisive and murderous protagonists.
"Do you wish I never existed?" said the electronic voice.
Chi Jixia's tears rolled out.
"I hate it so much. I hate it so much..." He didn't say what he hated, "Yi Wan, me. What a fool."
…
… …
… … …
An undesirable tiredness came over him. At the same time, the signal was also transmitted to Yi Wan, whose skin was touching his.
…
When the nurse came back from changing the water, she was puzzled to see Chi Jixia sitting on a chair beside the bed. He was holding Yi Wan's hand and fell asleep in a very uncomfortable position.
Yi Wan also seemed to be asleep, just like Chi Jixia... But the nurse looked at them and suddenly felt a creepy feeling.
Very weird and very scary.
She reached out and pushed Chi Jixia's shoulder. The moment she touched him, she felt a strong sense of sleepiness.
It spins and spins, as if it wants to take everyone to a new world.
…
After the dream ends, it will be forgotten by humans and eventually disappear.
"Somewhere, there is a very small dream. Although I don't know who made it."
"This little dream thought:"
"I don't want to disappear like this. What should I do to make people keep looking at me?"
"I kept thinking about this little dream, and then it finally came to me."
"Just let humans get lost in their dreams and let them create a world" (the above lyrics are taken from "Human Pillar Alice")
…
Yi Wan opened his eyes on his arms.
The skin of his arm was stained by the hair, and the tabletop under his arm was hard, like a high school desk. He sat up, a little dazed, and for a moment he didn't know where he was.
here it is…
Zongnan Foreign Language School.
The name of the school flashed through his mind. He still couldn't remember what he did before waking up. Until the classmate on duty wiped the blackboard and said, "Yi Wan, are you still sleeping after school?"
"Um… ?"
Yi Wan still sat at the table in a daze. Until the girl on duty put down the blackboard eraser. She finished her work and glanced at her watch: "It's past seven... Oh, my mom is here to pick me up. Yi Wan, are you going to take the bus home later? We're going the same way, come with me."
"Oh... OK."
Yi Wan stood up from his seat with his schoolbag on his back. He remembered that he was fifteen years old and a high school student at Zhongnan Foreign Language School. The girl who gave him a ride was called Tang Xue, a classmate who lived very close to his home.
Tang Xue didn't mind giving Yi Wan a ride. Although Yi Wan was silent and dull, she had good grades and looked good without her glasses. She was very popular among the girls and was nicknamed "wooden beauty". When she went down from the teaching building and passed by the Roman Square of the school, several girls greeted her, winked at her, and whistled.
There is a honor roll in the Roman Forum, with the photo of this year's top scorer in the college entrance examination posted on it. Yi Wan saw the photo and the name below from afar. The handsome boy looked very familiar, and his name was two characters.
Tang Xue turned around and talked to Yi Wan: "Can you see clearly without your glasses?"
Yi Wan then remembered that when he was packing up just now, he saw a pair of glasses on the table.
But his vision was clear. Why did he have to wear glasses to school? Was it to cover something? This little discordance flashed through Yi Wan's mind.
Tang Xue didn't pay much attention. Zhongnan Foreign Language School is a private boarding school. Every Friday, the school gate is full of luxury cars. She walked across the green field, out of the Romanesque school gate with carved columns, and got into a black BMW. The driver sat in the driver's seat, her mother sat in the passenger seat, and Tang Xue invited Yi Wan to sit next to her.
Yi Wan sat down. Even now, his mind was still a little unclear, as if covered by a thin layer of fog. Tang Xue's mother smiled at him. She was wearing a professional suit and should have rushed over from the company to participate in the "parent-child pick-up" every Friday afternoon.
It was obvious that she had some impression of Yi Wan, and Yi Wan and Tang Xue probably had a good relationship.
The street scene was moving backwards. Tang Xue's mother said, "Xiao Xue, how did you do in this monthly exam?"
Tang Xue said, "Mom, didn't the home-school communication system send you a report with the grades of each subject, and also included line graphs showing the changes in the monthly exams. You didn't read it."
This is the only advantage of private schools: they have to report everything to parents.
Tang Xue's mother said, "Let me see... Chinese has improved, English has improved, science has remained the same, but why did math fall behind this time? I only scored 120."
Tang Xue: "Mom! The questions this time were difficult, the average score was just over 120. Didn't you see that my overall score ranking has improved? I'm in the top 70 in the whole grade."
Tang Xue's mother said, "There are only 500 students in your school, including liberal arts and science, plus the study abroad class. And you are in one of the two experimental classes, which is the best class in the grade. Let me see... Isn't the highest score in math still 150 this time? Yi Wan, you got 150."
The car stopped at the red light at the intersection. Tang Xue said, "Mom, Yi Wan has always been good at math, you know that. When Mr. Liu sees him, he's like his own son."
Mr. Liu is their math teacher.
Yi Wan leaned on the car window and looked out. He always had a sense of detachment from what others were doing. There were advertisements on large screens on tall buildings. The star of the advertisement looked familiar to him.
He is a beautiful boy.
Tang Xue's mother said, "Yi Wan, you have a good relationship with Tang Xue. Can you help Tang Xue more with math? Thank you very much, Auntie. By the way, do you want to come to our house on Sunday afternoon to study together?"
Tang Xue said, "Mom, what are you talking about? Aren't you afraid that I will fall in love too early?"
Tang Xue's mother said, "I didn't know you yet. You like chasing stars all day long. First you chased the singer An Yelin, and recently you've been chasing the actress Chi Jixia."
Sounds so familiar.
What a familiar name.
But... I can't remember.
Tang Xue and her mother had been arguing in the car all the way. Finally, they arrived at Yi Wan's house. After seeing the familiar tube-shaped building, Tang Xue said, "Yi Wan, we're here."
Yi Wan got out of the car.
The BMW drove away. Yi Wan stood at the entrance of the alley leading to the tube building in a daze. The wind blew over his body, making him feel cool. There was a small newsstand on the street, still the same as before.
Once upon a time
Why did he say once upon a time
He was looking through his backpack on the side of the road, and inside was his test paper. Chinese 121, English 147, Math 150, Science 291… His grades looked too good to be true. There was a small octopus pendant hanging on his schoolbag, with the year written on its head, like some special New Year doll. I don't know who gave it to him. Yi Wan was sure he wouldn't buy this thing.
He pinched the little octopus and looked at the label hanging on its butt. There were indeed a few words written in a flamboyant style on the label: "Happy New Year, Little Silly—Gu Ruchao."
The date of the gift was also written on the back. Gu Ruochao is 16 years old this year.
He walked towards the newsstand again. The content sold at the newsstand began to shift towards the demand side, with many posters and magazines of celebrities and idols. Yi Wan squatted next to the magazine rack and read.
"Look at the character: The Chosen Voice, An Yelin."
The young master of the An family, the apple of the family's eye, has enjoyed the best music education since childhood and was admitted to the best music school in the world. He recently released a new album, which was sold out. He has a bright and bright road along the way, and the An family has escorted him without any setbacks.
There was also a movie magazine. The youngest actor, Chi Jixia. Yi Wan stared at his face and found that the boy in the previous advertisement was Chi Jixia.
But the magazine said that he announced his retirement... at the peak of his popularity and when he won the Grand Slam. Chi Jixia said: "My career has reached its peak. I want to go back to spend time with my family, my mother and brother, and my good friends."
There was also an extreme sports magazine. The cover character of the magazine was a teenager... He successfully challenged the most difficult slide at a young age, and countless organizations extended olive branches to him. Yi Wan skipped it.
A feeling of happiness. It's strange. Why do I feel so peaceful and happy
But... it's weird.
He squatted there until night fell. The newsstand owner asked him, "Yi Wan, why don't you go back? Your aunt is going to scold you again."
Yi Wan left semi-voluntarily at the urging of several people.
The more he climbed the stairs of the tube building, the stronger the feeling of being half asleep and half awake became. The corridor was very lively, with familiar neighbors eating sunflower seeds, eating dinner, and discussing how much compensation the government would give for the demolition. In his eyes, everything seemed to be an illusory, orange-yellow beauty.
cold.
The wind blew out of the car window in the corridor and it was a bit cold.
He stopped at the staircase on the fourth floor. The one with a big "Fu" character hanging in front of the door was his home. Yi Wan looked at the "Fu" character and hesitated to move.
It's a bit cold.
Cold wind.
"Yi Wan..."
It sounded like a man's voice, calling him anxiously.
until.
Wow.
"I'm dying! I saw you downstairs, but you took so long to come up. The soup is getting cold!" The woman in the apron said loudly, "Why don't you come in and eat? Really!"
And then... she froze.
A boy with black hair and black eyes stood at the door. His skin looked especially white in the moonlight. He was carrying a schoolbag, and he was frail, looking like a 16-year-old boy. His face was like a blank and simple period, and he was also a bit childish.
But he looked at her... Two big tears rolled out of his eyes and flowed down his cheeks.
One drop, another drop, and another drop.
Then there were more drops, forming a stream that kept falling. The apron woman was at a loss and asked him, "What's wrong? Did you not do well in the exam? Who bullied you? Tell me?"
"I… "
So happy.
So happy.
"Yi Wan, Yi Wan... Xiao Wan!... Shen Zhong!"
The man's vague voice became more and more anxious, but more and more distant. Yi Wan was still crying. He looked at the woman who didn't know what to do, and his feelings emerged word by word.
He is saying: I am so happy.