1(return)

a certain day of a certain year

In a special medical rehabilitation facility.

"From today onwards, you can return to society and be reborn as a human being. Remember not to touch these things again, and don't let your family down on you again." The staff in police uniforms filled in the information hard while writing the recovery certificate.

The ID was handed to a young man sitting in front of them.

"I understand." The young man responded to the staff in front of him calmly.

After receiving the certificate, the young man discovered that the name in the certificate was not his original name.

"What's going on? Why is this name different from mine?"

"Zhu Zhikang, in order for you to be readmitted when you return to society, and to ensure your personal safety in the future, we have unanimously decided to give you a new name and return to society with a new identity. You will be called "Zhu Chiyun" from now on."

The young man took the new ID card and looked at the three Chinese characters "Zhu Chiyun" displayed on the ID card. He thought with emotion that his previous self was dead. Perhaps the name Zhu Zhikang had died in the execution of the mission, and now the name "Zhu Chiyun"

Identity returns to society to start a new life.

"Thank you for your continued care." The young man bowed to express his gratitude, stood up from his seat, followed the staff's instructions, picked up an old luggage backpack, and left.

"Brother Kang! Congratulations!"

"Brother Kang, you have to take more care of me when you are outside."

"Brother Kang, we need to get together more after we are discharged from the hospital." The patients who knew him rushed to the side to talk to him, but they were all stopped by the staff, and the young man smiled politely at them.

Under the escort of the staff, he walked towards the door of the institution.

"Quiet! Please disperse and do your own thing." The staff waved their batons and shouted, and then the patients dispersed and returned to their respective wards.

In the special medical institution, the skinny patients all stared at him, hoping that one day they could recover as smoothly as he did and regain their freedom.

The young man looked at the place where he was about to say goodbye and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He thought to himself that he had finally gotten through these dark days. How should he live in the outside world next? He didn't have any plans at the moment. He thought of being discharged from the hospital.

He couldn't help but feel very confused about his future life.

Bang!

The two staff members in front of me slowly opened the iron door, which made a harsh noise.

When the noise stopped, a ray of sunlight shone on Zhu Chiyun, making him look particularly dazzling.

Zhu Chiyun walked outside the iron gate step by step, saw pedestrians and cars that he had not seen for a long time, took a deep breath, the air was extremely fresh, and quietly felt the joy of regaining his freedom.

The staff then closed the iron door and said to him.

"I hope we won't see you again and start a new life."

After leaving these words, the staff turned around and left. This was a hospital set up by a special medical institution in a third-tier city.

Just a few steps before walking out of the door, Zhu Chiyun's mind flashed to scenes from TV series showing certain people being discharged from the hospital. Their relatives and friends would welcome them home after being discharged from the hospital.

But he knew that he had made an irreversible deal for his family's livelihood and for his sister to go to college, but he was misunderstood by his family.

Will someone who has been hurt accept him again? It should be impossible. Zhu Chiyun gave up the idea of ​​having relatives to greet him and walked quickly towards the station.

After walking not far, Zhu Chiyun found a girl running towards him.

"Brother! I finally got here." The girl in the distance ran over quickly. Looking at her panting and anxious look on her face, it could be seen that she cared about Zhu Chiyun. She probably didn't know the time of discharge and was late.

arrive.

The girl has elegant long hair and a delicate face that is somewhat similar to the boy. From the name the girl calls him, it can be seen that the two are brother and sister.

"Are you Zhu Cuiliu?" Zhu Chiyun looked at his sister whom he had not seen for several years, suppressed his inner joy, and asked calmly, pretending to be calm.

"It's me. I flew here early this morning. I don't have your phone number and I don't know when you will be discharged from the hospital, so I can only take the earliest flight and come here to wait for you. Fortunately, I arrived. But it's just me.

I'll pick you up alone." His sister Zhu Cuiliu said with an embarrassed look on her face.

"That can't be helped. I know they won't want to see me." Zhu Chiyun understood that his parents didn't want to see him again, and he was very satisfied to be able to see his sister.

Zhu Chiyun recalled the last time he saw his parents.

At that time, his parents angrily asked him if he had joined a company that engaged in illegal trading and made unscrupulous money.

At that time, Zhu Chiyun did not clarify or explain. He only said, "I just do what I want to do." He was kicked out of the house, and his parents severed ties with him.

Even when his sister asked him what happened? He said arrogantly, "As you can see, why are you asking so many questions?" At that time, he remembered that his sister Zhu Cuiliu said with tears.

"You have changed. You are not like this as I know you." Then she left him frustrated.

But he couldn't understand why Zhu Cuiliu came to pick him up from the hospital. He was confused, but he didn't know how to ask.

"This is for you." Zhu Cuiliu took out an older mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to Zhu Chiyun, but it could only make calls and send text messages.

"I didn't have a mobile phone when I first came out. It will be easier to contact me this way."

Zhu Cuiliu took out a relatively outdated mobile phone of the same style and said.

"I still keep the birthday gift I gave you back then."

"Of course, it was a birthday gift you gave me when I was a freshman in high school. I have always cherished it."

Zhu Chiyun recalled the birthday gift he gave her. At that time, he said that he wanted to do a big career, so he stopped studying.

That year, a fire broke out in his father's factory, and the family lost all their money.

Because Zhu Cuiliu is a girl, the family has a patriarchal attitude and they are considering not allowing her sister to continue studying. The family can no longer afford the tuition for both of them.

So in order to allow his sister to continue studying, Zhu Chiyun began to skip classes and work part-time jobs to make money so that her sister could continue to successfully complete her studies.

My sister didn't understand why he stopped studying after only leaving his mobile phone as a birthday gift. From then on, he rarely saw each other. The relationship between the two became more and more distant from that day on.

I still remember that day, Zhu Cuiliu complained to him as usual about how stressful high school was, while Zhu Chiyun comforted her, gave her a mobile phone as a birthday gift, and kept encouraging her not to give up.

Then he casually said that he wanted to start a business, and told Zhu Cuiliu to be obedient and filial to his parents. Zhu Cuiliu didn't realize that Zhu Chiyun was saying goodbye to her in an obscure way. That was the last time Zhu Chiyun said goodbye to her as an elder brother.

Treat your sister gently.

"You must cherish this mobile phone I gave you in the future. I worked hard to earn money from part-time jobs to buy it for you. The number and phone bill have been arranged for you." When did Zhu Cuiliu become so considerate? He can take care of others.

What happened? Zhu Chiyun was puzzled, thinking about what his sister had gone through in these years. Thinking of this, he felt a little distressed.

How are things going without my brother? Zhu Chiyun wanted to ask this.

But he felt that he was not qualified to ask. After all, he had been indifferent to his sister all these years, but he could only do this to ensure the safety of his family.

"Okay, where to go next?"

"Next let's go to the city where I study in college."

"Going to the city where you study in college? Why?"

"Don't you want to start over? Or do you have any plans after leaving here?"

"That's not true..." Zhu Chiyun said with a confused look.

"That's it. I've arranged the air tickets and accommodation for you." Zhu Chiliu had already completed the check-in formalities for him.

"It's really efficient, but while I still have time, I want to go see her."

At Zhu Chiyun's request, Zhu Cuiliu agreed to take him there.

The two intercepted a taxi and went to a cemetery.

(2) New city, new life

Because it was not Tomb-Sweeping Day, there was no one in the cemetery. If there were not a few sanitation workers cleaning here, it would feel even more eerie.

Zhu Chiyun came to the tombstone with the name Guang Xiaoting engraved on it and put down flowers.

This tombstone is that of Zhu Chiyun’s former girlfriend.

When they were together, Zhu Cuiliu angrily scolded him for hanging out with such a dishonest gangster. As a result, he was slapped by Zhu Chiyun and said, "It's none of your business! Get out of here!"

In order to protect Guang Xiaoting, he even beat his biological sister who he had been reluctant to beat since she was a child.

Zhu Cuiliu stared at him with unfamiliar and desperate eyes for a few seconds, then left silently.

Since then, the two siblings have never contacted or seen each other.

The first time we met in a long time was when Zhu Cuiliu welcomed him out of the hospital.

However, at that time, Guang Xiaoting discovered that after Zhu Chiyun slapped her sister, her hands had been shaking and she showed a very painful expression, but she instantly changed back to a arrogant look.

Although Guang Xiaoting is his girlfriend, she still cannot see his true heart clearly, let alone his true identity.

Later, Guang Xiaoting was injured by a gunshot. Zhu Chiyun carried her seriously injured to the hospital for rescue, but it was too late.

Guang Xiaoting told him before she died that although many people began to suspect that he was a traitor, she still loved him regardless of whether he was a traitor or not, and believed that everything he did was involuntary and there must be a compelling reason.

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Recalling every detail of that year, Zhu Chiyun held back tears.

And left a sentence.

"I'm sorry, thank you for always trusting me."

But Zhu Chiyun knew very well in his heart that his true identity was undoubtedly a traitor in Guang Xiaoting's society. Although their identities were different, Zhu Chiyun's feelings for her were real.
To be continued...