Title: "Typhoon Signal No. 8"
Author: Capichu
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The domineering president took over the story of the blind dodder flower raised by his late brother.
Day 0.
The typhoon in Xiangdao came quickly and urgently.
When Huo Changzhi's flight landed at the outlying island airport, thunder and lightning struck near the wing, and a long, thin blue-white lightning split into the air layer.
He raised his hand to turn off the reading light, leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest.
When Huo Changzhi received the call from the hospital, he was negotiating and fighting with others at the negotiating table. When he was exhausted, the secretary pushed the door in and said that there was something urgent and he had to answer it in person. The hospital told him that his younger brother Huo Jiu'an suffered from acute myocarditis while running a full marathon, and his condition was very serious. He was asked to come to Xiangdao as soon as possible.
It all seemed unreal.
Huo Jiu'an hadn't contacted him for a long time. Their parents broke up peacefully twenty years ago, Huo Changzhi stayed in Haishi with his father, and Huo Jiuan went to Xiangdao with his mother.
Huo Changzhi is a workaholic with a cold personality. When his mother passed away a few years ago, he came to Xiangdao to attend the funeral. Later, he came several times because of business, but he never asked Huo Jiuan to sit out. He did not expect this meeting. It would be such a dangerous situation.
Huo Jiu'an is much more humane than him, and he is more diligent than him in dealing with his father. He also knows that his father discovered a malignant tumor not long ago and had a partial lung resection, so he strongly asked Huo Changzhi not to inform his father.
"An eventful autumn."
The word suddenly popped out in Huo Changzhi's mind. August is not yet autumn, but the rain makes the temperature in Xiangdao look like autumn.
The fuselage trembled violently when it landed, and hit the ground heavily. It was still swinging from side to side while taxiing, and the hearts of the passengers also fell to the ground with the plane.
Huo Changzhi rushed to Ren'an Hospital, and Huo Jiuan was sleeping in the intensive care unit wearing a breathing mask for observation.
The doctor briefly introduced Huo Jiuan's situation to him. In a word, the situation is very bad, so we must prepare for the worst.
Huo Jiu'an has a strong willpower and a strong desire to survive, but what he needs more is the little luck he lacks to fight against the god of death. At five o'clock, he woke up and insisted on seeing his brother.
Huo Changzhi walked into this cold ward wearing an isolation gown.
"Brother," Huo Jiu'an called him, his voice was weak and logical, "Listen to me."
Huo Changzhi listened carefully.
"If I can't make it through, you can do one thing for me. Find a man named Xu Chu... in Room 1603, Block B, Haichang Building. You must hurry up. He can't go out alone. I will take my Donate the cornea to him," Huo Jiuan said in a hurry, because the visiting time was only five minutes, "... you have to help me look at him, watch him heal his eyes...don't tell me I... just say I'll go I’m working overseas. The key, the door key is in the inner layer of my bag. There’s a safe in my office with the password ucs85d36, and there’s… the blueprint in it. You need to take it with you, otherwise…”
Huo Changzhi looked at Huo Jiuan's anxious expression, and finally nodded.
"Thank you," Huo Jiuan wanted to reach out to hold Huo Changzhi, but finally moved his fingertips a little before he spoke a series of words eagerly, exhausting all his strength, "Haichang...Haichang Building...password..."
He wanted to repeat it again, his chest was suffocating, so he could only hiss inhale.
"Room 1603, Block B, Haichang Building, Xu Chu," Huo Changzhi repeated for him, "Password ucs85d36, take the design with me, I'll remember it."
"You have to... look at him..." Huo Jiuan worried that he didn't understand clearly enough.
"I will watch him heal his eyes," Huo Changzhi said, "I will not break my promise."
Only then did Huo Jiuan feel relieved, his whole body seemed to have exhausted his last ounce of vitality, his hands were limply hanging on the side of the bed, and he closed his eyes.
If it weren't for the pulsating lines of the ECG, implying his physical symptoms, Huo Changzhi would almost suspect that he had left this world.
When the visiting time came, the nurse took him politely, and when he was about to leave the intensive care unit, Huo Jiuan stopped him again: "Brother... tell him... I'm sorry."
Huo Changzhi waited in the corridor for a while, thinking about Huo Jiuan's request.
It's not difficult, but it's a bit strange to combine them together. Huo Jiu'an said that the person who lives in room 1603 is called Xu Chu...
Huo Changzhi felt that the name was a bit familiar, and he couldn't remember where he heard it, so he didn't recall it, he just went to see it.
Day 1.
2:00pm
Huo Jiuan couldn't make it through the night, his heart broke at nine o'clock, and he couldn't be rescued.
Huo Changzhi and Huo Jiuan don't have much relationship, they are more like strangers, so it's just a little regretful. He contacted his father, who was on his way from Australia.
He entrusted Huo Jiuan's funeral to his assistant to arrange. Thinking of his promise to his deceased brother, Huo Changzhi went to the Haichang Building that Huo Jiuan was talking about, passed by the technology company where Huo Jiuan worked, and went to his office to get the blueprints.
Huo Jiuan can be regarded as a middle-level member of the company, his body is not completely cooled, and the fast-paced technology company has already packed all his things and is going to return them to his family. The trophy of the Design Award he won last year was also strapped to the packing box, and it never looked like it was placed in the closet.
Only his safe is embedded in the wall, and no one knows the password, so he cannot open it.
Huo Changzhi's status is different from Huo Jiuan's, so he was warmly received by the boss of the company. He didn't have time to talk to them, so he opened the safe, and there was only a thick file bag inside. The boss of the company originally wanted to stop him, but the other party was Huo Changzhi. He didn't dare to speak, so he had to watch Huo Changzhi take it and leave.
Huo Changzhi went downstairs, hailed a taxi, and went straight to Haichang Building.
The location of Haichang Building is not bad near Jordan Road. It is an apartment building that has been repaired for more than ten years.
In the cubicle downstairs in Building B, a grey-haired security guard was sitting, wearing presbyopic glasses, reading Playboy magazine. When he saw Huo Changzhi walking in, he raised his eyes from the magazine, glanced at him, and then He lowered his head and said, "Turn left in the elevator."
Huo Changzhi got into the cramped small elevator, pressed the elevator to go up to the sixteenth floor, 1603 was in the deepest part of the corridor, Huo Changzhi looked at the dark corridor, frowned, and walked forward.
In his hand was a bunch of keys taken from Huo Jiuan's bag. Huo Changzhi didn't know which ones they were, so he took them all, stopped at the door of room 1603, tried two or three times, and then opened it.
The room was very dark, the curtains were half-closed, the house was bigger than he imagined, about 100 square meters, the design was very simple, only the ring light in the living room was turned on, and it cast a dark circle on the furniture.
There is no sharp corner in the house, it is all soft arcs, and the floor is covered with thick wool carpets, which should be very warm, but because of the dim indoor light, it looks nondescript.
Huo Changzhi took off his shoes and walked in. He was standing by the sofa looking at the furnishings of the room when a hand was placed on his back.
Huo Changzhi quickly turned around and clasped the opponent's hand, and pushed him onto the sofa. The opponent let out a small exclamation, and was pressed on the soft seat by him, struggling slightly.
"Huo Jiu'an, let me go!" The other party's voice was very cold, Huo Changzhi looked down, and the person pressed by him was a young man, his bangs were long enough to cover his eyes, only his sharpened chin and chin The lip line that was drawn, this should be Xu Chu.
Huo Changzhi let go of his hand and stood up. Xu Chu immediately withdrew his wrist. Huo Changzhi noticed that there was a two-finger-wide black plastic ring tied to his wrist, which was flashing green light one after another.
"Sorry, I'm Huo Changzhi, Huo Jiuan's elder brother," Huo Changzhi introduced himself, and told Xu Chu according to Huo Jiuan's instructions, "He has something urgent to go to work overseas, let me come and see you."
Xu Chu was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't see any unnecessary expressions. After a while, Xu Chu let out a chuckle and said, "Overseas?"
"Emergency aid in Africa, I went to a place with poor communication." Huo Changzhi talked about the pre-planned rhetoric and observed Xu Chu.
Xu Chu sat blankly for a while, seeing Huo Jiuan not moving, got up to see off the guests: "After reading, you can go."
Xu Chu didn't wear socks, and stepped on the carpet with bare feet, and there was a green plastic ring on his left ankle.
Huo Changzhi didn't know what to say for a while, the relationship between Huo Jiuan and Xu Chu didn't seem to be as simple as he thought.
"You—" Out of a promise to Huo Jiuan, Huo Changzhi wanted to say a few more words, but was interrupted by Xu Chu.
"Why don't you leave?" Xu Chu suddenly turned around, staggered and pushed Huo Changzhi, trying to push him out of the door, but Huo Changzhi was pushed by him without knowing it. When he approached the door, Xu Chu's footsteps suddenly stopped Suddenly, the alarm sounded in the room. The alarm sound was silent and not fast, as if warning the people in the house: Don't cross the line.
The anklets on Xu Chu's hands and feet also glowed orange, but he couldn't see it himself.
He took a step back and the alarm went off.
Huo Jiu'an's gentle voice came from the speaker: "Xiao Chu, don't run around."
"Let's go." Xu Chu slowly walked back to the sofa. He was wearing a loose house coat, and his left foot was a little lame. Huo Changzhi could only see the top of his black head, with long hair covering half of his thin white back neck.
Huo Changzhi frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
"Didn't your brother who came to Africa tell you?" Xu Chu narrated without emotion, "It's just what you saw."
"I'll call the police for you." Huo Changzhi took out his cell phone and found that there was no signal.
Xu Chu seemed to know what he was doing, and sneered: "Huo Jiu'an, you