Chapter 232: Still missing the mark

Qingcheng Xie waited for Yu He in the suite for a long time.

Without a cigarette, the wait became extraordinarily long, but he still waited.

The TV in the room was playing, almost all the channels received here were in English, the only Chinese channel, which was broadcasting entertainment variety shows, some celebrities were laughing and joking, Qingcheng Xie found it so annoying, but did not pick up the remote control to turn it off.

He leaned back on the couch and thought that if it hadn't been for the Hiroshima war, Yu He would have graduated from college by now. With his ability, he would have found a good job and started working on a project, and probably would have seen his work on TV or in theaters in a year or two.

After Qingcheng Xie matured, he didn't like to watch any films, and he rarely went to the cinema, but he thought that if Yu He had made it, he would have gone to see it.

Yu He is special.

He had a lot of things on his mind that he wanted to say to this special person tonight.

And only tonight was it finally possible to say to this person.

He wanted to wait for Yu He to come back, and said to him, "Kid, three years ago, you gave me your last trust in the world, but you died because of me.

I felt so guilty that no matter what you did afterwards, I never resented you, I just thought it would be good if you let out all your resentment so you could go back to the way you were.

After all, I owe it to you.

After all, I didn't want to live that much at the time.

He wanted to wait for Yu He to come back and say to him, "I'm sorry, Yu He, I hurt the only person in the world who said "I need you" so fiercely, and you gave me your whole heart with both hands, and guarded me with your life and dignity, rather than bear the name of crime than make me sad.

If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have believed that there would be such love in the world.

But such love has become a cold, nameless monument in the cemetery when I try to give a response.

I'm sorry, I actually hate even myself, why can I be so heartless.

I didn't expect you to let go of your grudge, but you finally told me that I don't hate you anymore.

-- "I don't hate you anymore, don't you be afraid."

Qingcheng Xie wants to tell Yu He that he is not afraid of death.

He is not afraid of death or pain, he is not afraid of the stigma added or a penniless.

He is a man who is upright and open-minded, seeking only a clear conscience. But Yu He let him have a guilty conscience, after the naval battle floating down that a suicide note, became the biggest guilt in his life.

He was actually very afraid that Yu He would always hate him.

So that day when Yu He hugged him and said he would never hate or fight again, he already felt enough and dared not ask for more. The time he spent in Dela Man Island made him feel like a dream. Sometimes he can even feel in this dream a warmth similar to that back then, but he is emotionally retarded and for a long time he is not sure if it is his own illusion.

Qingcheng Xie sighed softly and closed his eyes.

He wanted to wait for Yu He to come back, so he said to him, "Yu He, would you still like to dance with me?

In that tavern, or right here.

Are you still willing?

He wanted to wait for Yu He to come back.

He's going to wait for Yu He to come back ......

Qingcheng Xie was waiting for a minute in this thought.

By the end of the day, he was just leaning back on the couch and falling asleep in a blur.

patter ......

It seems to be raining outside. In the sound of rain, he dreamed of Yu He when he was still studying in school, Yu He was smiling a bit green and a bit gangly, sly and wicked in a gentle way.

In his sleep, he seems to have returned to the campus of Huzhou University four years ago, where he and Yu He were trapped on a dream island during a garden party.

The island is a bit far away from the school, and in the middle of the lake, Yu He used a shield to make it isolated, much like the present situation.

They were driven by a heavy rain into the cave, which had been named "Secret Utopia" after the graffiti of previous students, and Yu He asked him if he wanted to write something on the walls of the cave like the others before him, but he refused.

He vaguely remembers when Yu He asked, "Qingcheng Xie, don't you have any dreams?"

Back then he felt that his life had long since run out of meaning, possibilities, expectations, and aspirations, so he did not answer Yu He properly.

And at this moment, in the dream world, he felt that after these four years, he finally had an answer.

He looked at the face of the teenager in the cave, the cocoon inside was gently bitten, and a butterfly inside was about to fly out with trembling wings -

"Hmm. I have a wish." Unlike four years ago, he walked beside Yu He in his dream and stood side by side with the teenager in front of the secret utopia.

"Then you can write it here." The teenager handed him the stone.

Qingcheng Xie took the stone, but did not write anything on the cave wall.

He just turned around and looked at Yu He and after a long time, he raised his hand and hugged the teenager.

Qingcheng Xie closed his eyes, as if tears of blood were trickling down the end of them.

He said, "I hope that when I go back under the Ferris wheel one day, I will see you again. Yu He ."

Like tossing a coin in a wishing pool, the stone fell gently to the ground.

The next second, the ground suddenly became an icy lake, the lake turned into autumn water, autumn water swept away ripples, ripples infinitely expanding, into a huge Ferris wheel of flowing light, in the night rain shining with a fine light.

He embraced Yu He on the lake.

In the reflection of the lake, but only a tattered Muppet bear holding a balloon stands alone.

People come and go, people scatter, it does not know if it can still wait for the child who will say "can you hug me", it does not know if they can wait for the boy with the same soft eyebrows as back then.

It's about to get dark.

The amusement park is closing.

Muppet bear stands dumbfounded, waiting for the last hope ......

Will you come back ......

Yu He , you ......

"Clang, clang-"

There was a slight tingling on his wrist, Qingcheng Xie had a feeling of weightlessness with a foot in the air, he jerked his eyes open and woke up.

Outside the window, it had really rained, and a moist wind was wafting in through the slightly open window.

The morning light has broken, the light of the sunrise after the rain came through the clouds, the light is very pale, like the pale, feeble face of a long-suffering person. Qingcheng Xie calmed his heartbeat and slowly came back to his senses.

He lifted his wrist to see that it was the modified Bo Feng bracelet that was vibrating. He pressed it to his ear in an unobtrusive manner and picked it up, while scanning the clock on the wall.

It's already 7:00 am ......

His heart sank heavily.

Yu He has not yet returned to his room.

"Hello."

"Hey, Qingcheng Xie." It wasn't Yu He who called him with the bracelet, it was the commander-in-chief.

Qingcheng Xie's heart fell straight to the bottom, but he quickly answered, "I'm here."

" Yu He tried to contact you with the bracelet last night, around 3:30 a.m. You didn't pick up, and he thought you were asleep. He had a lot of eyes and ears around him and there was no way to make more attempts, so he contacted headquarters." The chief commander said, "He said he wanted to apologize to you and that there was no way he could see you alone before the mission."

Qingcheng Xie breathed slightly suffocated, he was not so concerned about the missing issue at this time, he asked: " Yu He what happened? He didn't come back all night last night, what happened to him? Did he talk to you guys?"

"Don't you worry yet, he's fine. But Dela Man has developed a device to expand the influence of the blood compulsion, and he was working with them all night yesterday to give that equipment a perfection." The chief commander said, " Dela Man knows that we will have a second attack soon and they want to get this blood compulsion equipment perfected before then, so they are scrambling."

Qingcheng Xie was slightly relieved to hear that Yu He was okay.

Fortunately, it is not the worst situation, if Duan Wen knows Yu He and himself will move this afternoon to destroy the island that the most advanced weapon radical speed cold light, then the consequences are unimaginable.

Qingcheng Xie said, "Then I will contact him now ......"

"You can't reach it."

Qingcheng Xie was stunned: "Why?"

"We couldn't get in touch either, he had to go turn on the equipment that was deployed once he finished the tests and take care of what he had to do today, these were the last round of lineups before the war, he had to be very careful, so he shut down all access to him."

Qingcheng Xie gritted his teeth: "Did he say when he would open the access again?"

"I guess it's going to be before the mission starts." The chief commander said, "Duan Wen and the others seem to have sensed his difference, he is being watched very closely, have to find a way to paralyze the other side, not to drag you into it. If all goes well, the time to start the operation will be four o'clock in the afternoon, before that, you must rest well and wait patiently for him to act at four o'clock."

"......"

When the commander-in-chief did not hear Qingcheng Xie's response, he became a bit anxious and asked, "Do you understand?"

"...... understands."

After Qingcheng Xie hung up the call, a deep sense of anxiety came over him.

He was worried about Yu He.

But he also knows that there is nothing he can do to help Yu He now. The commander-in-chief is right, to nurture his strength and wait for Yu He's active contact is the only thing he can and should do at the moment.

They have little time, after all, to talk about their personal matters.

As time passed, Sun showed its face from behind the heavy clouds and was dully covered by the overcast.

One hour ...... Another hour ......

Qingcheng Xie sits at his desk, his long fingers folded and playing, his eyes unblinking as he stares at the vintage alarm clock on his desk.

The clouds completely cleared and the sky cleared over Dela Man Island, but it was getting late and the sun lost its most fierce power and leaned lazily against the sky.

It's already 3:50 pm.

Qingcheng Xie was prepared beforehand, putting on his contact lenses, changing into mobility-friendly clothes, putting on the Bo Feng built-in headphones, and recuperating enough to do any final work.

Three point fifty-eight ...... Three point fifty-nine ......

Click.

The skeleton brass hour hand trembled and pointed to the four o'clock position.

Qingcheng Xie held his breath and opened his eyes, the time came, and he waited for the bedroom door to be opened.

Ta, ta, ta ...... He heard footsteps, from far and near, marching from one end of the corridor to the door of his room and stopping.

Qingcheng Xie got up, his heart racing, ready to match Yu He's catch, however -

"Mr. Xie." The door creaked open and the visitor caused Qingcheng Xie's face to change slightly.

Not Yu He.

It was the crew girl who had been brainwashed, her eyes open and vacant, carrying her sweeping and washing tools, "I'll tidy your room."

--This time?

Qingcheng Xie has a vague feeling of unease, but he still stabilized the scene, the more critical this is, the more chaos can not be, he feigned a calm response: "You care."

The girl came in with a shallow bow, carrying her tools.

As with hotel room service, Yu He's room is indeed cleaned daily, but not regularly, so I didn't expect it to happen today.

Qingcheng Xie sat down, pretending to look down and read a book, but in reality, she was not moving, using her afterimages and hearing to determine what the girl was doing, and how long it would take her to leave.

The sweeping and washing time is not long, the girl cleaned up for ten minutes or so, then mechanically bowed again towards Qingcheng Xie and withdrew.

By now the time was pointing to 4:13.

But Yu He still did not appear, and the wiring at the headquarters within the Windwave system could not reach him. Qingcheng Xie, unaware of any surprises ahead, stood up and hovered anxiously at the window. The headquarters attack was at six o'clock, which didn't leave them too much time, and now there was already a thirteen-minute delay.

What exactly did Yu He encounter?

Qingcheng Xie was caught in a fog when he heard another movement outside the door, and he turned around with a jerk...

"Sir, I'm sorry."

Like a bucket of ice water poured into his stomach, Qingcheng Xie was overwhelmed with disappointment.

Surprisingly, it was the girl again: "I left my wash cloth in the shower, can I go get it?"

"...... there you go."

The girl then went, walked through the whole house, went to the innermost shower room and took her cleaning cloth, then returned to the door, said hello again to Qingcheng Xie, and left.

Qingcheng Xie watched the heavy teak door click shut behind her, her tense body relaxed slightly, but her heart grew more and more anxious - five minutes had passed since this back and forth.

It was almost 4:30, half an hour had been consumed, and even the headset was filled with the uneasy voice of the headquarters correspondent: " Yu He still hasn't appeared?"

"Not yet."

"It's killing me, destroying the radical speed cold light originally takes some time, if he doesn't take care of it, I'm afraid the whole landing plan will have to change because of it."

Qingcheng Xie's heart was on fire as he listened, his lips moving very slightly as he lowered his voice and scolded the people in his headset, "Couldn't you have tried to force him to contact you through the Bo Feng system?"

Headquarters correspondent was a little embarrassed: "...... Yu He transformed the Bo Feng system and mastered the control end of the headset himself, his ability to write programs you are not unaware of, he ...... "

Qingcheng Xie was just about to curse when he heard a hissing sound in his headset, and the headquarters correspondent stumbled like a knot in his shoelaces as his twisted explanation suddenly broke off.

With that, an unmistakable voice entered the channel: " Qingcheng Xie, turn back."

Reflex, do as you are told, Qingcheng Xie in the moment of turning around pupils suddenly shrink, if not the situation does not allow, he simply want to curse outrageous.

It's outside the window!

There is a small helicopter hovering outside the window - that is, in the eyes of normal people is a mechanical Pegasus of that thing, these days Qingcheng Xie not often seen in the window, but not so close.

At such close range, Qingcheng Xie got a good look at the structure of the helicopter. In order to match the virtual reality projection, this small helicopter was carefully designed, it used almost all translucent material, under the aircraft is similar to the C-shaped open fuselage, the front of the fuselage has bulletproof explosion-proof device, also equipped with weapons. In addition to that, this small helicopter is also distributed with many flashing fluorescent emitters, which looks like it should be a projection targeting system.

Yu He was in the driver's seat, the wind blowing his black Dela Man uniform after the rain, and Man Chen was behind him, already brought out by him, waving to Qingcheng Xie.

"Brother Xie!"

" Qingcheng Xie ." Yu He looked at Qingcheng Xie's face against the sunlight outside the window. He had stayed up all day and night, his face was already a bit haggard, but he still smiled when he saw Qingcheng Xie, just because he did not come back on time, that promised to spend the night alone, after all, because of a mistake, became a race on the cattle and sheep empty promise, his smile was hidden in some sadness.

Originally he had a lot to say, but at this moment, he could only say, "...... sorry for the long wait."

Qingcheng Xie looked him in the eyes--

"It's okay. It's good that you're safe."

The more people get, the easier it is to be content, and the less they have, the easier it is to be satisfied.

So, at this moment Qingcheng Xie really feel that they seized a day and night of the heart are put down, at this moment can see Yu He is enough. Whether or not he came to last night's appointment is not the most important thing anymore.

Ten thousand words, a long time lingering, are not as good as still being able to say a sentence: "You are safe is good."

As long as it is safe, there will be plenty of days ahead.

After this mission is over, they will have countless days and nights to spend together.

According to the original plan, it was Yu He who tried to take them out of the basement, but now the situation has suddenly changed and Yu He has actually chosen the sky route.

With the window open, Yu He manned the special small helicopter and flew a little closer to facilitate Qingcheng Xie's approach.

Qingcheng Xie : "Are you ...... afraid that Dela Man will find out about this?"

"Here's my alternative, I did the trick yesterday. The virtual projection can fool the dream breaker, and in turn, naturally, it can fool Dela Man." Yu He said, "I have modified its projection, more than five meters can not see us up there. I will put the rope ladder, you come up."

Qingcheng Xie poor body, but good hands, capsize the boat to pull the rope ladder is not a problem. But when he was in action, Man Chen couldn't help but say, "Brother, be careful of its wings, the feathers are very sharp."

Yu He, however, said, "You should be careful about hitting the bulletproof glass."

Man Chen gave Yu He a very puzzled look and seemed to think that Yu He was crazy.

Yes, what Man Chen sees is the "sky horse", but what Yu He and himself see is the real helicopter.

This is a conversation that only they can understand, no one else can understand. The dragon song eventually only the same kind can understand and give a response.

Qingcheng Xie noticed the way Man Chen looked at Yu He. Although Man Chen did not have any malicious intent, but only felt strange, Qingcheng Xie suddenly felt particularly intolerant at that moment. In those days without himself, Yu He was alone, holding on to the truth that only he knew, being ridiculed and distrusted by everyone, what kind of loneliness would it be?

Here and now, this madman in everyone's eyes, just against the wind, in the cab, quietly looking at him with boiling red eyes, that is a long lonely waiting for a recognition of the gaze.

Qingcheng Xie thought, at this moment, Yu He did not have to wait any longer.

He said to Yu He, "Okay. I know."

The youth's eyes blinked, his eyelashes dropped quickly, and his eyes seemed redder, but not from exhaustion.

After the three of them had finished assembling, Yu He took control of the small helicopter and headed towards the cold light of the speed.

Along the way, Man Chen and Qingcheng Xie explain why they are late. It turns out that Dela Man had always kept an eye on Yu He and his team. It was clear that Yu He had confused the obstacles that had to be taken care of yesterday, but before he did it today, he found that there were several more in the dark.

Yu He confused those too and realized that Dela Man would most likely conduct a raid on their operation, and sure enough, at 4pm, the girl showed up, pretending to clean the house to observe if there was anything unusual inside, and after ten minutes, killed again to make sure Qingcheng Xie was still in the room as usual.

"Although I've tweaked the old surveillance treatment and replaced it into the picture, you can still be seen reading in your bedroom within the monitor during the time we're gone. But they don't really trust real-time surveillance anymore." Yu He said, "We had to hurry up, so I changed the plan to not go down the basement."

Very quickly, the helicopter arrived over the woods, swooping down from among the golden clouds, they successfully arrived near the radical cold light control room, but now Qingcheng Xie look again, the ground lying on the ground is not mecha, but all the dead people and hyenas ...... they are strapped with a lot of weapons, detonators, and a projection positioning instruments, all wearing control rings in front of their foreheads.

Yu He tapped him to take his eyes off the half-decayed corpses.

"Don't look." He whispered to him, "What's already happened can't be changed by looking at it."

He said he turned off the helicopter's operating engine and took the lead in disembarking, his combat boots stepping on the ground and shaking up the thin floating dust.

"Let's go."