sinovels Chapter 16 Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Chapter 16
Three years ago, London.
As soon as autumn comes, the temperature drops rapidly, pedestrians put on long coats one after another, and the sun sinks into the horizon at four or five o'clock in the evening.
The long, dark winter is coming, but Jimmy—
"my Lord!"
"Look at the road!"
"Are you looking for death? It's too uneducated!"
The passers-by who got rubbed against him spoke harsh words, but Jimmy ran all the way out of breath, and finally he was able to take a rest before the red light.He raised his phone, and there was a lively Pikachu inside.It took him three blocks to catch it.
Pikachu raised his tail to show that if you dare to mess with me, I will let you taste the taste of [-] volts, and Jimmy replied to his friend's text message with a smile on his face, planning to go to the dojo of the West End Theater at night and continue to upgrade and fight monsters.
As soon as the phone's light went out, it inexplicably brightened up again.
"Jeremy? I finally finished the final of inorganic analysis, so don't bother me this weekend! Promise me, okay?"
"Mr. Chen, where are you? I'll send a car to pick you up at Heathrow Airport now. I've already got your passport. Let's meet at the airport."
Jimmy remembers walking past the florist in Chelsea near his house.He saw flowers in the room through the glass window, like the bold colors in Van Gogh's paintings.And his reflection is also in it, a young man who doesn't know how to feel sad.
"Jeremy, didn't I just say you don't tease me? Heathrow? Are you kidding me? I have a show at 08:30pm."
"Jimmy, Edison wants you to go to country Z."
It took him a long time to understand that the phone call brought him back to the real world from his comfort zone of more than 20 years.There is no Pikachu in the real world.Flowers wither, people die, and love fades away.
Jimmy can't remember how he got to country Z.On a twelve-hour flight, he was extremely bored, played games for half a day, watched a heroic movie, and then landed at the airport.
He didn't know what his adoptive father, Edison Chan, wanted from him. He was so urgent that he insisted on flying halfway across the world for an interview.
But he also happened to have good news for him.That's really good news—he failed the written test for the small aircraft pilot's license four times, and finally passed the passing line at a low altitude for the fifth time.
A long time later, Jimmy still remembers that the plane belonging to Edison Chan landed in Saltwater City, and he wore earphones in the central control room and couldn't wait to show off to the plane.
No reply.The helicopter pilot, wearing sunglasses, turned his head and glanced at him.The beautiful lips under the sunglasses said something silently.
Intuitively, Jimmy thought he meant "sorry".
But what is he sorry for?
Five minutes later, Jimmy learned of Edison Chan's death.
Jimmy woke up from the back seat of the black box and stretched.Last night after he had quarreled with Lin Mu, he left the tent without looking back, and decided to make do with a night of sleep in the car - if he had known that his back was so sore and his back ached from sleeping, he would have rubbed himself into the bed with Lin Shu in his face.
But Lin Mu couldn't understand his choice.Lin Mu said that he wanted to "see him well", but defined good as "a lifetime of peace and security".
A cold smile rose in Jimmy's heart.Lin Mu had never seen that autumn in London.In the autumn of three years ago, he was safe and sound, and his studies were going smoothly. If he looked at it at a glance, he would probably continue to study for a Ph.D. in chemistry in this life, and go to a pharmaceutical company or a university as a scientist.
But life poured cold water on him.If he, Jimmy, only wants to be safe for the rest of his life but can't give Edison Chan justice, then isn't that bald fat man raising him for so many years in vain?And what face would he have to face his mother who was crying all day long?
Jimmy calmly realized that Lin Mu would not stay with him in Tal for the rest of his life.This desolate place doesn’t even sell shower gel, let alone——
He suddenly remembered that last night when he lay on top of Lin Mu and blocked the only gap between them, Lin Mu...was also moved.
Lin Mu's breathing became so rapid, but his face was turned aside.And the other little forest didn't sympathize with his shame, he slammed against Jimmy's and clamored for release.
Jimmy thought hopelessly, it's over, Tal doesn't even have that thing, how could Lin Mu live in peace with him forever.
He smiled self-deprecatingly, holding the satellite phone in his hand.A message came from Chen Yan: There are buyers approaching... two.
Jimmy didn't talk to Lin Mu since he got up early in the morning.It's not a deliberate cold war, it's just that the memory of falling from him on the sand is too cold, and Jimmy can't think of any words to make up for the temperature at the moment.
Lin Mu needed sunglasses facing the sun while driving, and he handed them over in silence.
Lin Mu filled the car with gasoline, and he silently helped.
Lin Mu leaned against the front of the car to smoke while he squatted on the ground and used a jack to change a tire.
Not a word was said.
Silence is like a prison, imprisoning them one at one end and the other at the other.
At noon they finished the peanut butter and peach butter sandwiches they had brought from Taal, he drank his salty soda and he drank his sweet soda.
In the afternoon, another cloud suddenly floated in the sky.After a while, there was a loud thunder, and the raindrops fell down.
Visibility suddenly drops too low, driving in the desert is easy to accidentally drive up the steep slope and roll over, which is too dangerous.So they parked the car to take shelter from the rain.
"I'll go down and change the tire." In the morning, he replaced the badly worn right front tire with a new tire, and now he thinks it's best to replace the new tire with the right rear tire.
Jimmy put on the handbrake and jumped out of the car, but he felt Lin Shu pressing against the car door, preventing him from closing it.So Jimmy didn't care about the car door, thinking that the right front tire and right rear tire could be replaced in just 10 minutes, and the rain might not stop when his clothes were dry.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the trunk to take out the jack, he saw Lin Mu get out of the car and walk towards him.
"What's the matter? It's raining, you go back quickly."
"It's nothing." Lin Mu pinched his forearm, opened the rear door, and carried him to the rear seat. Jimmy wanted to get up suspiciously, but Lin Mu carefully put him down on the spacious back seat.
Lin Mu paused, as if making up his mind—then he also climbed into the back seat, and knelt with his left leg between Jimmy's knees.
"You..." Jimmy wanted to ask him what he was going to do, whether he thought the same as himself, but found that the answer to this question was too obvious - Lin Mu had already untied his armed belt neatly, and the slightly cool arc of his fingers directly It rested on his lower abdomen.
Jimmy visibly shuddered and closed his eyes.
Lin Mu seemed to have thought about it for a long time, pressed his chest tightly, and asked softly in his ear: "You asked me that day... I want to ask you. You have wanted this since that day Bar?"
Jimmy's only response was to reach out and clasp his tight back, pushing up, and both of them couldn't help sighing in unison.
Even Lin Mu's voice was a little hoarse: "In your dream yesterday, who was on top?" His eyes flashed with desperate madness. Jimmy had never seen him so crazy.
He was still joking: "There is no need to ask, of course I am on top."
Lin Mu's kiss came down, also with a hint of teasing: "Then remember, Jimmy, dreams are always reversed."
Before the car door was closed, the smell of torrential rain in late autumn surged in the car, pouring into the madness one after another.Both Lin Mu and Jimmy had no intention of stopping. That long kiss changed countless angles, overflowing with blush and heartbeat, but it was still fresh for a long time.
"Oh, oh, don't...please..." When Jimmy shook his head and begged for the trees, he knew it was too late—the rainstorm had fallen, the desert had changed the world, and he had been overwhelmed by his lips. Wrapped, fell into the tenderness that overshadows the sun.
"Lin Mu..." And Lin Mu's hands clasped his tightly, not allowing him to struggle and hurt himself.
After that, Jimmy lay on the back seat, panting for a long time, but Lin Mu didn't let him do it, he solved himself outside the car, returned to the warm car, half-lyed beside him, and looked into his eyes.
Jimmy hugged him, half-closed his eyes, and thought that Lin Mu was going to say something about each other, no matter how bad it was, it would be sweet talk, but he only heard him clear his throat, and began to give him Chinese lessons:
"Jimmy, have you heard an old saying in China? It's called the sea of suffering is boundless—"
Jimmy covered the Chinese teacher's mouth.What is the right thing to do?From the moment he learned of Edison Chan's death, he had no intention of continuing to live his own life.Turning back is not the end, his father even lost his life, how could he tolerate the murderer getting away with it?
"Hmm...the sea of bitterness is boundless..." Lin Mu bit Jimmy's finger lightly, "turn back...it's me when you turn back."
Jimmy's heart warmed up, he pulled Lin Mu's face closer, and branded a butterfly kiss on his eyelid.
"Wait—what's wrong with your knee? When did you knock it?" Lin Mu asked, pointing at him.
Jimmy rolled his eyes: "It's all thanks to you. It wasn't you. That day in the first aid class of the American Aid Association, I saw you wanting to kiss someone as soon as I walked in the door. I ran over in a hurry and knocked on the corner of the hospital bed."
"That's a dummy! Do you also eat the jealousy of a dummy?"
"Yes! You haven't kissed me yet, how can you kiss—well..."
After another deep kiss that seemed to last for a long time, Jimmy also asked Lin Mu: "Then do you know an English proverb: Life is short——"
"Dessert first." Lin Mu picked it up, and then looked into his eyes deeply: "It doesn't matter if you fly by night or by Japan, you can go west or north. Don't go."
Jimmy was moved for a while but only put on a playful face: "Mr. Lin, am I detained?"
"You repeat the grade. The school is locked and you can't leave."
After the last rain, the three southern countries officially entered winter.
The Thar Desert is still unbearably hot during the day, but the temperature in K Country, which is famous for its snow-capped mountains, has already dropped to more than ten degrees below zero.In addition to facing the threat of aftershocks and avalanches from time to time, the post-earthquake aid team also faced daily heat preservation problems.
As soon as Jimmy and Lin Mu arrived in Saltwater City, the capital of Country K, they separated in a hurry.Lin Mu is going to report to Jianxin's regional headquarters.He didn't need to go through the process of allocating dormitories, because his own home in the three southern countries was already in Saltwater City.
And Jimmy handed over a truck full of rescue medicines to the American Aid Association. Although it was not much, it was enough to run their regional hospital for a week.This week's time is already as precious as gold in post-earthquake reconstruction, and whoever still takes one step at a time.
Before parting, standing by the iron fence of the airport, Jimmy suddenly fell silent.
Lin Mu held him in his arms, but he pushed him away violently.
"What's wrong?" Lin Mu asked.
"Ah!" Jimmy sneezed, and then he recovered his speech ability. He looked at the captain again and again, as if he wanted to engrave his army green down jacket into his mind.
Afraid that he would be cold, Lin Mu took off his clothes for him, but he refused.
Jimmy hugged the tree tightly for the last time, and only said softly: "The landing is safe, huh? Remember?"
"Remember it. I will never forget it." Lin Mu covered the two of them with a big furry hood, and then branded a kiss on Jimmy's lips.
After handing over the medicines to the American Aid Association, Jimmy went straight to inspect several industries under his name: power stations, organic farms, tire import companies...
In each of them, he asked the person in charge who might have known the information back then to come out for questioning, and tried to find evidence that Edison Chan traded [-] tanks and enough uranium to manufacture a light bomb to country Y.
But the result only let him down.
Most of the materials dug out can only prove that Edison has close business contacts with country Z.That's right, country Z is the wealthiest of the three countries in the south, and it looks rich compared to its two neighbors.
So what would Edison Chan do if he wanted to sell uranium raw materials and tanks to Country Y...
Jimmy went through several company records, and suddenly realized something was wrong - there were too many transactions with country Z, but no transactions with country Y at all!
When the War of Independence in Country Y was at its peak three years ago, Edison actually stopped all business dealings with Country Y. Jimmy originally thought this choice was reasonable. During the war, transportation was not easy, and it was normal to suspend some business.
But if these "normal" decisions are considered from the perspective of Edison Chan selling uranium raw materials to country Y... then it is very likely that he is avoiding risks in advance and distracting the attention of competitors and the International Atomic Energy Organization.
He has greatly increased the transaction volume and shipment batches with country Z, and even used the shell companies of country Z to carry out false transactions, in order to divert the attention of outsiders and make them think that he is going to do something in country Z.
Who would have thought that he would turn around and transport the precious and evil uranium raw materials to country Y...
But why? Jimmy thought to himself, now it basically confirmed General Rahimi's father's statement that the uranium raw materials were supposed to be shipped to Country Y.But why did Edison Chan choose country Y instead of country Z?
Could it be that Edison Chan is so jealous, seeing a weak country and wanting to help it become independent?
So what about those innocent and unlucky people in the future because of uranium raw materials?
Should they sacrifice their families and lives for an abstract national emblem, a fragmented national anthem, and a flag that hangs high?
Jimmy couldn't figure it out for a while, so he got into the jeep and went back to the airport.
He thought that Lin Mu would not be able to return to Tar for a while, so he decided to find an excuse to stay in K country.He ordered the company to lease two helicopters to the mountain rescue team, and then he found the head of a British rescue team he knew and recommended himself.
"I have learned wilderness first aid, and I have a qualification certificate issued by the American Aid Association. I am in good health and have muscles," said he rolled up his sleeves, and sneezed again when he heard that someone misses you. Non-stop, "I can speak many languages. I can speak English, Chinese, Spanish, and Latin. Of course, Latin is not actually a spoken language. It is a written language in ancient Europe—"
"Young man, what's your blood type?" An old man in a white coat in the distance interrupted his fluent boasting.
"Huh? Blood type? I'm type O—"
"Come up."
When Jimmy boarded the plane, he realized that it was a cargo plane that was disassembled from a [-]-seater passenger plane.Most of the ground has been used to store relief supplies, leaving only two benches for medical staff and paving workers.
The plane is about to take off.
"Chen Yan?!" Jimmy jumped up and patted his brother on the back, making him stagger in fright, and almost threw himself on his boss.
"Dr. Pete?"
The white-haired American doctor also saw him and came out of the cargo box to shake hands with him.
"You...why are you on this plane? Isn't this the Oxford rescue team?"
Chen Yan glared: "There is some trouble. They are short of manpower."
Dr. Pete looked at Jimmy: "At noon today, an avalanche occurred near Island Peak Base Camp, and many climbers and villagers are now trapped in the valley."
After clearing the snow, the captain turned on the engine.Dr. Pete leaned over and tried hard to close the hatch, but finally let go because of lack of strength.
Jimmy got up and closed the cabin door and locked it, and then asked: "Is Oxford going to borrow your—"
He pointed to the notebook clutched tightly in Dr. Pete's hand.
Chen Yan put earplugs on himself unhurriedly, and when Jimmy reached out to express that he wanted it, he gave the last pair of earplugs to his boss, Dr. Pete.
Chen Yan told Jimmy: "In fact, before the avalanche, we couldn't contact the USAA hospital in the Golan Valley."
There was silence.
The plane glides smoothly and takes off, and the temperature inside the plane suddenly becomes extremely low. Jimmy sneezes.
His sympathy turned to sympathy, and he scanned the labels on the boxes donated from unknown sources, and found that they were all medicines. His heart sank, and amidst the roaring noise of the plane, he danced and stroked: "You—things—can't— —”
Chen Yan gave him a contemptuous look, and showed him the phone screen. It was the waybill for a box of life detectors. The flight shown on the waybill should have landed in the Golan Valley half an hour ago.
The biggest cause of death after an avalanche is frostbite from being buried in snow.In plateau areas, the oxygen content in the air drops sharply, and rescuers may find it difficult to even walk. If there is no life detector, rescue operations will be tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.
Then, as if Chen Yan suddenly remembered something, he pulled out a pure white down jacket from his carry-on bag like magic.
"Fuck!"
Jimmy rushed up and hugged him immediately: "Why is it so predestined! Fuck, this is the same style as our captain's down jacket! No, no, this dress belongs to me. If you dare to wear it, see if I—"
"This is originally yours." Chen Yan straightened his back on the bench, closed his eyes and rested his mind, "I met Captain Lin in the lounge just after arriving here in the afternoon. He is going to fly to the Golan Valley. I'm afraid we won't see him before he leaves When it comes to you, ask me to give you his down jacket. He picked it up for you from home specially. I don’t have an office here, so I stuffed it with me, and I didn’t remember until now.” Chen Yan ate a mouthful of dog food , couldn't help curling his lips, and piled the down jacket on Jimmy in disgust, "There is a kind of cold that makes your partner afraid of you being cold."
Jimmy ignored him, put on a fluffy white down jacket, and for the first time in his life felt that he and Bingtang, that sheep, had something in common.They are all white, all hairy, and all sweet.
Jimmy picked up the pager and said to Lin Mu in his heart: I don't miss you at all.
After a pause again, he looked at his watch, it was 01:30, and then he muttered to himself: Think again at [-]:[-].