The fireworks ended, and the night sky returned to silence.
Tourists scattered around in twos and threes. It was windy outside the viewing platform, so Su Yao leaned towards Su Chi, "Brother, it's so windy here, I'm so scared."
Su Chi's hand hanging by his side slightly bent, he was silent for two seconds, "Go back."
The two took the elevator down the observation tower with other tourists.
There is a pedestrian street outside the observation tower, and taxis cannot come in, so you need to walk to the street outside.
The tour group just now also came out, and a group of people crowded the pedestrian street noisyly. Su Yaoyi tugged at Su Chi, "Let's go back by the river, there are fewer people."
Su Chi said yes.
At night, the Qingfu River was slightly rippling in the night wind. The two of them were walking on the embankment, and the street lamps lit up at a distance of about ten meters, and the shadows under their feet continued to lengthen and shorten.
Su Yaoyi kept babbling along the way, her slender eyelashes casting shadows on her eyelids, shaking slightly with the ups and downs of her speech. Su Zhi looked at him sideways.
Su Yaoyi babbled for a while without hearing an echo, turned his head to meet Su Chi's deep eyes, and his voice stopped suddenly, "Brother?"
"What's wrong."
Su Yaoyi took a small step back, "I suddenly understand my mother's feelings a little bit."
"What mood?"
"You look at me like this, I feel like you want to throw me here..."
"Su Yaoyi." Su Chi took a deep breath, "You were the one who said you wanted to go this way."
Su Xuanyi's logic was meticulous, "The crime was improvised."
"..."
Su Yaoyi's heart was tightened by Su Chi's eyes, the latter's hand moved, and he flashed to the side reflexively—
The moment he landed, Su Yaoyi knew he was going to die again.
Plop! His knee hit the road, and an arm across his chest buffered most of the force.
"Why are you flashing!" Su Zhiyi was picked up by Su Chi like a piece of dried noodles, "Do you think you are a falling star in the night sky?"
Su Guamian said softly, "Brother, I was wrong..."
There was a moment of silence between the two, and Su Chi's voice slowed down, "Can I go?"
Su Yaoyi gave it a try, "I can jump."
Su Chi, "..."
The tall body fell short in front of him, and Su Chi squatted with his back facing him, "Come up."
Su Yaoyi was flattered, "Brother, this is not good!" He said and climbed up with hands and feet.
The weight on his back sank. Su Chi got up, supported the person upside down, and walked forward without saying a word.
"Brother, you are very good tonight."
Heartbeat thumped in the chest. At this moment, the two bodies were close together, Su Chi slowed down his breathing, his palms were firmly supported on his legs, but he did not move.
"Only this one time."
"Okay." Su Yaoyi was very content.
Su Chi didn't respond. For the first time in more than 20 years, he fell in love with his younger brother, which is really bold and absurd.
Reason told him that he should stop the loss in time, let this person jump back, and stop intervening. But the turbulent emotional tide has not subsided, pushing him to carry the man on his back.
This time the situation is special, this is the last time. Su Chi thought, he would definitely not do it next time.
Not long after returning from a business trip in Ning City, December entered.
Su Yaoyi felt that Su Chi was busier than before. He was out of the office for half of the day, and the time they spent together was greatly shortened.
It was rare for Su Chi to sit in the office until the afternoon today. Su Yaoyi was sorting out the documents, and Xiao Qin knocked on the door and came in. "Su Dong, the flight notice you asked me to book has been cancelled."
Su Chi flicked his hand on the computer, "Then change it to the nearest one."
"Okay Director Su, are there still two?"
"Um."
After Xiao Qin went out, Su Yaoyi probed, "Brother, are you going on a business trip again?"
Su Zhi stood behind the computer without looking up, "This Friday."
Su Yaoyi grasped the key point, "I only booked two air tickets, I didn't expect that I had already replaced Secretary Qin~"
The sound of typing on the keyboard stopped, "Who said Xiao Qin won't go?"
Su Yaoyi was surprised, "Aren't you going bro!"
"..." Su Chi pressed down the computer screen and looked straight over, "You stay behind."
Click. Su Yao's intentions froze.
"Why didn't you take me, big brother?" He grabbed the edge of the table and fought hard, "Once you leave, there will be only me, as lonely as snow, left in the empty top floor."
Su Chi was unmoved, "That's great, we can make snowmen when we come back."
"..."
The two brothers of the Su family were having an awkward fight recently, and the whole family, from Su Jitong to Driver Lin, noticed it.
At the breakfast table, Su Yaoyi pinched a loving rice ball and pushed it onto Su Jianchen's plate, "Second brother, eat."
Su Jianchen has gotten used to it now, and can even trim the uneven corners by himself, "Oh, thank you."
Su Chi on the opposite side held his chopsticks and raised his head with a calm face, looked at Su Yaoyi for a few seconds, then lowered his head and continued eating.
Su Jitong was anxious in his heart, he smoothed things over, "Did Xiaoyi forget to make dumplings for your elder brother?"
Su Yao sipped the milk and glanced at Su Chi, "Brother, do you want it?"
Su Chi put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth, "Don't dare to ask for extravagance."
Su Jitong and his wife, "..."
Su Jianchen held up the half-eaten rice ball, not knowing why.
After breakfast and going to work, Su Yaoyi stopped outside the co-pilot's door and hesitated for a moment. The window was lowered, "Hurry up and get in the car."
He opened the car door and got in.
The private car was driving steadily on the road, Su Yaoyi lowered his head and picked his hands. He felt ashamed that he was riding in Su Zhi's car and having trouble with others.
But he didn't want to be left alone.
"Brother, I can apologize to you. But I want to know why you didn't take me on this business trip?" Su Yaoyi said, "Do you think I'm causing you trouble?"
The hands on the steering wheel tightened, "There is no such thing."
"Why is that? It can't be that the budget is not enough. I know our family has money."
"Knowing that you are rich, you still want to touch porcelain all day long?"
"..."
The topic went off track again, and the question was fruitless, and the two entered a new round of quarrel.
There was the sound of pages turning in the office, Su Chi raised his eyes slightly from behind the computer, and his eyes fell on the wimpy hair.
He also wanted to find a suitable reason, but none of them could be established, and the only valid reason was ulterior motives.
The awkward atmosphere between the two lasted until the day before Su Chi's business trip.
The flight was changed from morning to afternoon, and he collected luggage in the room the night before.
The door was knocked twice, and Su Yaoyi slid in through the crack of the door.
Su Chi put down the clothes in his hand, straightened up and looked at him. The two looked at each other for a while without saying a word, and in the end Su Yaoyi rubbed over first.
"Brother, although you don't take me with you, I still wish you a smooth trip."
Su Chi's eyelashes drooped, and then he reached out and touched his stupid hair lightly, "I'll bring you a present."
Su Yaoyi shyly said, "Then I want the expensive one."
Su Chi sneered, "Vulgar."
The two tacitly reconciled, and Su Yaoyi finally felt much more at ease. Although his eldest brother left him alone, he still thought of him in his heart.
He said good night to Su Chi and went back to his room to sleep.
The next day, Su Chi didn't go to work, and driver Lin wanted to send Su Jitong to his friend's house as a guest. Su Yaoyi was about to take a taxi when Su Chi stopped him, "I'll give you a day off today, so you don't have to go."
Su Yaoyi, "Why?"
Just as Yu Xinyan sent Su Jitong out, she turned around and said, "It snowed last night, and the snow on the road is likely to freeze. What if an inexperienced driver skids?"
Su Yaoyi followed the order with peace of mind, "Okay then, brother, you should also pay attention to safety when you go out."
"I know."
…
However, Su Chi did not make a business trip in the end.
After ten o'clock in the morning, a call came to Yu Xinyan's cell phone.
The call ended in only half a minute. She called Su Yaoyi and Su Chi who were still at home, "Your father fell down and is now in the hospital. We will go there now."
Although her tone of voice was steady, she didn't move her coat even a few times.
Su Yaoyi's heart bumped, "Is it serious?"
"It is preliminarily determined that it is a fracture, and the rest is unclear."
Su Chi took the car keys without saying a word and pushed the door out. The three of them got into the car in a hurry and drove all the way to the hospital.
It was almost noon when they arrived at the city hospital, Su Jitong was staying in the luxurious VIP ward, Yu Xinyan and Su Yaoyi went straight up, and Su Chi went to go through the formalities.
Pushing the door open, Su Jitong was lying on the bed in the spacious VIP ward. A few doctors and nurses stood around, saw them coming in, and gave a general account of the situation.
Su Jitong mainly suffered a broken leg and a slight injury to his tailbone. It was a blessing among misfortunes, and he needed to rest in the hospital for a month.
He didn't pay attention when he got out of the car. He stepped on the snow on the side of the road and slipped on the soles of his feet. At the age of 50 or 60, his body was not as strong as when he was young, and he lay on the ground after falling and couldn't get up. Driver Lin called an ambulance to take him to the hospital.
After the doctor and nurse left, Yu Xinyan sat by the bed and said to him, "Look at you, you don't pay attention to how old you are, you know it's snowing and you still... Oh, forget it, let's not talk about you, just lie down."
Su Jitong felt guilty.
Su Yaoyi ran over and leaned on the edge of the bed, "Does Dad drink water or eat fruit?"
Su Jitong hurriedly shifted his gaze, "Then I'll drink more hot water."
Su Yaoyi was pouring water for someone, when Su Chi came in from the door, "Dad, how is it?"
Su Jitong explained the situation, and then said, "I'm fine now, boss, don't you have to go on a business trip, hurry up."
"It has been cancelled." Su Chi sat down, "It's not an important matter."
The three of them stayed in the ward until the afternoon, when Su Jianchen came again, and after dinner Su Jitong started to rush people away, "Okay, okay, it's time to go back."
Yu Xinyan said, "You three go back, someone has to watch at night, I'll stay."
Su Jitong chased her away, "It's not convenient for you to stay here."
"What's the inconvenience, old couple."
"Oh, I mean you are weak, if I get up, can you help me?"
Yu Xinyan hesitated. Su Yaoyi said, "Then I'll stay, the eldest brother and the second brother still have to manage the company, and I'm the most salty."
This plan was reasonable, and even Su Jitong couldn't raise any objections. He stretched out his hand with difficulty and went over to help someone stroke his hair. "I've worked hard on you tonight, Xiaoyi. I'll see and find a nurse tomorrow."
Su Yaoyi poked his head over to make it easier for him to stroke, "It's not hard, it should be."
There is an accompanying room in the VIP ward, which is dedicated to the accompanying staff.
Su took the three of them out the door, Su Yaoyi settled down for Su Jitong, and turned to tidy up the bed in the escort room.
The quilt on the bed was still autumn and a bit thin. He went out to the front desk to ask for a bed, but when he returned to the ward, he saw Su Chi.
"Brother?"
Su Chi stood in front of Su Jitong's bed, "I just went to send my mother off, and I will stay with you tonight."
Su Yaoyi's mouth slowly opened wide, and he looked at Su Jitong, who pursed his mouth, apparently failing to convince Su Chi.
It was already past ten o'clock, Su Jitong went to bed early, and Su Yaoyi and Su Chi also went to the escort room after washing up.
There is only one bed in the nursing room, and the newly added quilt has been placed on the bed. Su Yaoyi spread out the quilt, "Let's take turns sleeping, but it's a bit cold at night, it's best to lie down and cover yourself."
Su Chi sat down on the sofa chair, "Sleep in yours."
Su Yaoyi still wanted to persevere, but was suppressed by the former's gaze, "Go to bed first, and I will wake you up in the middle of the night and we will change."
"OK then."
The lights in the intensive care unit dimmed, leaving only a reading light against the wall.
Su Jitong outside had already fallen asleep. Su Yaoyi also wrapped herself in a quilt and fell asleep slowly. In the quiet room, only his even breathing and Su Zhi's strong heartbeat could be heard.
He shouldn't have come back, but he couldn't let go of Su Jitong and Su Yaoyi.
It turns out that rationality will sometimes be overwhelmed by sensibility. His emotions are surging like a flood, and once the gate is opened, it can't be stopped, and he can only temporarily block and suppress it in the bottom of his heart.
One day, it will either be diluted by time without leaving a mark, or it will be flooded and overwhelming.