Eight Hundred and Forty-Three Step by Step

Slowly, Nathan stepped on the brakes, parked the car firmly, raised his eyes, and through the rearview mirror could see Renly leaning back in the chair quietly, closing his eyes and resting, the lights and shadows intertwined. In between, the calm and serene face seemed to be enjoying a moment of real peace.

Inexplicably, Nathan's nose was sore, and the calling voice was stuck in his throat.

However, Renly still noticed the stopped carriage, opened his eyes, turned his head and looked out the window, after confirming that he had arrived at his destination, "You don't have to go to the parking lot, there is a temporary parking space next to it. You wait there for a while. Wait, I'll be down soon." After the brief explanation, Renly opened the car door, and his figure quickly disappeared into the blurry halo at the hospital entrance.

Nathan patted his head angrily, his shoulders slumped heavily; trying to comfort Renly, but couldn't say anything, really frustrating.

Walk into the hospital lobby, into the elevator, out of the elevator, towards the nurse station. A series of movements, Renly has repeated many times in the past few days, it seems that the body has left a memory, and the footsteps lead the body to complete all the movements without opening the mind.

"Is Heather still in the ward? Or has it been delivered?" Renly asked the nurse on duty.

The nurse on duty stared blankly at Renly in front of her, not only because of Renly's appearance, but also because Renly appeared dressed up.

In the past, every time Renly appeared in the hospital, he wore simple casual clothes and even carried a skateboard, looking like an ordinary teenager; but today, a well-cut suit and neatly groomed hairstyle make Lanly Li looked unfamiliar.

"... Ward." After the nurse on duty recovered, she still gave the answer.

Renly showed a slight smile, nodded, and walked to the ward.

The white lights, the white walls, the empty corridors, the world turns a bluish white, it seems that time and space have lost their meaning, just strolling in the endless black hole corridor, the slight footsteps are dull in the soles of the feet , no sound ripples at all.

Gently pushing open the door of the ward, you can see Derek and Ellie sitting side by side by the window at a glance.

The two of them sat in despair, bathed in the bright moonlight, their body outlines outlined a light silver, like a quiet lake, sparkling, but no trace of ripples could be captured.

Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed the movement in the ward. Derek raised his head, and then saw Renly. With a jerk, he stood up, causing a burst of air, and the whole room became colder and colder.

The text, which Derek sent to Renly, he felt that Renly had a right and a need to know. However, Derek did not expect that Renly would appear in person, and it came so quickly. Looking at Renly in a suit and leather shoes, Derek was a little overwhelmed, standing there in a daze, without sound or movement.

"Why are you here?" Ellie's voice broke the silence, but the hoarse voice was like a mouthful of iron sand, and the simple sentence was broken. It sounds so alien, so alienated, so tense.

"Ellie!" Derek patted Ellie on the shoulder and shook her head, but Ellie frowned and struggled to stand up, but her knees softened, but she fell down again, extremely embarrassed.

"Ellie, I'm sorry. I just came over to say 'goodbye' and leave right away." Renly stopped and stood in the doorway, just like that, standing at a distance, well-behaved and abiding by etiquette, as if there was a gap in front of him. A grand canyon was swept up, and the raging gust of wind blew up, and everything in sight became so small and helpless.

Ellie relentlessly tried to stand up again, Derek leaned forward, hugged Ellie, patted Ellie on the shoulder lightly, and said something in a low voice.

Ellie raised her head, her face was haggard, her eyes were blank, and her eyes fell on Renly.

Through the curtain of moonlight, with the lights in the corridor as the background, Ren Li, who was dressed in full costume, was vaguely outlined. He was wearing a black suit, a white shirt, and a smoky gray bow tie. The lines of the arms and waist are indistinct in the light and shadow. Standing at the door with both feet restrained and polite, he did not step over the thunder pool.

Ellie's gaze couldn't help but fill with warmth, and then she turned her head and looked away, covering up her pain and sadness. Refused to respond; but did not continue to insist.

Derek knew, and Allie agreed. He raised his head, nodded to Renly, and then Renly stepped forward.

In a short distance, in just a few strides, Renly came to Heather's side.

It seems that she is no different from the afternoon, still sleeping peacefully and peacefully, her thick eyelashes are raised like butterfly wings, hiding those bright and playful eyes, she looks just tired and tired. So she closed her eyes, took a good sleep and rested for a while, and when she had rested, she would open her eyes, sit up vigorously, and mutter:

She should practice guitar, there is not much time left until the audition.

"Looks like you're going to miss it." Renly said softly, the smile on the corner of his mouth rose, "I promised you to attend the Grammys with you. Now it looks like you're going to miss out, you little slacker. But, I'll keep my promise, and I'll still be at the Grammys the day after tomorrow, and Annie, and Alex."

After a short pause, he chuckled softly, but his eyes couldn't help lowering, hiding a flash of light, "I know you will be annoyed and miss this event. It doesn't matter, after Annie comes back , she'd definitely tell you everything that happened vividly, you know, she's always been a little storyteller."

"Don't worry, you kept your promise, and I won't keep thinking about it." Renly's smile fluttered slightly, like a butterfly flapping its wings, and there was a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

With a slight glance out of the corner of his eye, Renly saw the kite above the window sill, the butterfly kite, "The weather in New York today is very good, it seems to be the best day of this winter. I was going to fly with you. Kite, but, now it seems, only the next time."

The words stopped here, and there seemed to be countless topics to talk about, but all of them seemed to be useless nonsense. After thinking about it, it stopped abruptly.

The smile on the corner of his mouth bloomed again, it seemed to be self-deprecating, and it seemed to be brisk, the downcast eyes concealed the innermost emotions, and the calm surface never showed any traces. Then, Renly put his hands behind his back, bent down slowly, and approached Heather's calm and serene face.

For some reason, Renly had a feeling that Heather would suddenly open his eyes and shout fiercely, "Scared you!" and laugh at the frightened victim. Such a prank, so vivid, so vivid, that there is an illusion that it really happened, and the smile on the corner of the mouth settles into the bottom of the eyes.

Renly leaned against Heather's ear and said softly, "Don't worry. Your secrets are kept in that melody and will always be safe." After speaking, he raised his upper body slightly, and his eyes were carefully depicting the sea Se's cheeks and features, and finally on the white and broad forehead, pressed a kiss gently, gently, "Good night. Heather Cross."

Not goodbye, but good night.

Then, standing up straight again, Renly looked at Derek and Ellie who were sitting on the other side of the bed. Although Ellie still turned her head and refused to make eye contact of any kind, Renly said with a smile, "Then I'll go back first and leave some personal time for you and Heather. Derek, Ellie, thank you. ."

A simple "thank you" caused Ellie to raise her head, staring at Renly blankly, and then saw the familiar smile on the corner of Renly's mouth; Derek opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Just nodded awkwardly in response.

"Good night." Renly said goodbye politely, then turned around and left the ward.

Watching Renly's back, penetrating the tall and straight figure of the suit and leather shoes, in a trance, Allie seemed to see Heather's graduation ceremony.

A handsome and tall boy, dressed up, came to the house to invite Heather to attend the graduation party; Heather was wearing a beautiful long dress, with fishbone braids, smiling and standing slim at the entrance of the stairs. Her Heather, finally grown up.

Involuntarily, Ellie stretched out her right hand, as if she wanted to call to stop Renly, but after all, she was unable to speak, only to see the door opened and closed, and the entire ward fell into silence again. Suddenly, Ellie's tears burst.

Derek raised his hand, trying to appease Ellie, but found that his fingertips trembled so much, he lifted, lifted, and finally put it down helplessly, leaning against the wall blankly and blankly, his eyes There was a burst of warmth, and he hurriedly closed his eyes in embarrassment. tightly.

Leave the ward, leave the corridor, go into the elevator, get out of the elevator, leave the hospital lobby, and walk to the car. A series of actions, in the cold and quiet of midnight, orderly and step by step, before Nathan could recover, Renly opened the car door and sat in the back seat, "Let's go, let's go back to the apartment."

Nathan stared blankly at the rearview mirror, everything that happened today was so incredible, Nathan's thoughts couldn't keep up with the rhythm, "Huh?" He responded subconsciously, Renly repeated it again, but Nathan was still full of question marks, and confirmed again, "Huh?"

"I said, let's go back to the apartment now." Renly explained patiently without the slightest impatience, "When I wake up tomorrow morning, I need to pick up Annie and Alex first, and then rush to the airport. I need to get up tonight. Rest early. By the way, have you contacted the personal doctor in Los Angeles? Have you exchanged all the medical records of Annie and Alex? Although it is only a three-day trip, we need to be fully prepared. "

Nathan finally came back to his senses, his eyes were sore for a while, and he nodded in a panic, "Well, it's all arranged."