On the third day of the Spring Festival, Yu Qinghuan and Huo Qu boarded the plane back home. In addition to Yu Xin, Zhao Qingyuan also accompanied them.
When Zhao Qingyuan heard that Yu Qinghuan was going back to Taoxiang, he immediately said that he wanted to go with her as he was very free recently.
Because there was really no ambiguous atmosphere between him and Yu Qinghuan, he was now getting closer to Yu Qinghuan, and the agent didn't bother to care anymore, and was even happy to get rid of this big trouble.
Zhao Qingyuan couldn't forget the canned food from Taoxiang. He had been muttering about it to Yu Qinghuan since they were waiting for the flight. Yu Xin, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but move away from him.
They bought tickets for an early flight and arrived at the airport before daybreak. After getting on the plane, even Zhao Qingyuan swallowed all the words in his heart, pulled down the sunshade, folded the seat and started to catch up on his sleep.
Taoxiang is a very isolated place. Yu Qinghuan originally planned to go to a prefecture-level city after getting off the plane, and then leave from the prefecture-level city. But Zhao Qingyuan happened to have a friend here, so he called him and asked his friend to drive to the airport to pick them up.
"They run a private restaurant." Zhao Qingyuan put on a mask and scarf, covered his face tightly, turned around and talked to Yu Qinghuan, "It's almost noon, so it's a good time to have a meal there first."
Yu Qinghuan nodded and agreed: "Okay."
His house has been abandoned for many years and is now completely uninhabitable, let alone suitable for cooking. Moreover, during the Chinese New Year, every household has to visit relatives and so on, and it is not convenient to trouble other people in the village.
Yu Qinghuan originally planned to have lunch in the city before going back, visit his parents' grave, and then visit the old village chief before returning to the city.
He told Zhao Qingyuan about his idea.
Zhao Qingyuan said, "That's easier. I'll just borrow his car and you can show me the way."
After the deal was made, several people were taken by Zhao Qingyuan's friends to his private restaurant.
"Please take a seat. You are welcome to eat anything you want. Qingyuan's friends are my friends." Zhao Qingyuan's friend smiled and led them to the private room, saying, "I will go get you something good first."
Zhao Qingyuan warned him: "Chen Qi, don't do anything weird again."
"Don't worry," Chen Qi laughed and leaned close to his ear and said, "Don't worry, I can cheat anyone but you. I'll get you some small fish to try."
Hearing this, Zhao Qingyuan's eyes immediately lit up.
After Chen Qi left, Yu Xin couldn't help but ask, "What is a small fish?"
Zhao Qingyuan rubbed his hands: "Puffer fish."
February to April every year is the best season to eat puffer fish. A large number of people are willing to take risks just to taste this legendary premium flavor.
When Yu Xin heard this, he became interested and waited eagerly for the puffer fish to be served together with Zhao Qingyuan.
What was finally served, in addition to the other dishes they ordered, were two dishes made with puffer fish, one with puffer fish skin, and the other with deep-fried puffer fish.
Several people couldn't wait to reach out their chopsticks to the puffer fish. Yu Qinghuan had been on the plane all the way and didn't have much appetite. Seeing that the puffer fish skin was clean and crisp, he ate the skin first.
I took one bite and it didn’t seem to have anything special to say. I took another bite and it still didn’t seem very fresh.
It's just delicious, but not very impressive.
Zhao Qingyuan and Yu Xin were particularly fond of these two dishes and kept eating them, making Yu Qinghuan almost think that she was not eating the same dish as them.
Huo Qu is still the same as before, with no particular preference for food. He eats whatever is easy to pick up and is easy to feed.
Because they had to drive to Taoxiang, none of them drank alcohol and were afraid of returning too late, so after dinner, they set off immediately.
For some reason, Yu Qinghuan always felt a little dizzy. He thought it was because he took a plane and then a car, so he didn't pay much attention to it. He closed his eyes and leaned back in the back seat to rest.
However, the feeling of chest tightness and dizziness not only did not ease, but became even worse.
Yu Qinghuan frowned and was about to ask Yu Xin if he had any plastic bags when Zhao Qingyuan suddenly exclaimed, "Qinghuan, I didn't expect that you look so serious, but actually... hehehe!"
He winked at Yu Qinghuan in the rearview mirror, looking extremely vulgar.
"What?" Yu Qinghuan felt his heart beating faster and faster and his whole body was uncomfortable. He rolled down the car window to let the cold air outside in, then replied to Zhao Qingyuan.
Zhao Qingyuan: "Look down at your neck."
What?
Yu Qinghuan lowered his head in confusion, and was immediately shocked when he saw that there were a few small red spots on his neck for some reason.
Is it an allergy?
That shouldn't be the case. He has never been allergic to anything since he was a child.
Afraid that Zhao Qingyuan would come up with some nonsense again, Yu Qinghuan opened his collar and said, "Don't talk nonsense, I might have a rash."
After much thought, he attributed the problem to acclimatization.
"What's wrong?" Yu Xin became nervous immediately upon hearing this and kept looking back.
It’s a big deal if an artist gets a rash. If they’re photographed by the media, who knows what they’ll say.
"It's okay," Yu Qinghuan held Huo Qu's hand and said with a smile, "I guess I haven't been back for so many years that I'm feeling pretentious all of a sudden and I'm not used to the local climate."
Hearing this, Yu Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief, "If it's serious, tell me and I'll drive straight to the hospital."
"OK."
They were lucky. Although they were visiting relatives, the road conditions were quite good and they reached Taoxiang in an hour and a half.
When in the city, Yu Qinghuan had already bought long incense and yellow paper, and asked the clerk to help her tie up the yellow paper, so she went directly to the cemetery.
According to the custom in Yu Qinghuan's hometown, people who died suddenly cannot have a tombstone. Among the dense rows of tombstones, the two small graves of Yu’s parents appear particularly desolate.
Yu Xin and Zhao Qingyuan wisely did not follow, leaving the space to the two of them.
Yu Qinghuan hadn't been back for a long time. After two lifetimes, he saw his parents' graves again. His heart was filled with complicated feelings, which even overwhelmed the uncomfortable feeling in his chest.
Including his previous life, his parents have been away from him for more than 20 years. But even so, their voices, smiles and appearances are still deeply engraved in Yu Qinghuan's heart, without any fuzziness.
They raised him for twelve years with great difficulty, worried about everything for him, treated him like a treasure, and even their final death did not cause him any burden.
But he would never be able to repay their kindness.
Yu Qinghuan lowered her eyes, trying to suppress the pain and bitterness in her heart. She drew three incense sticks, lit them, and handed them to Huo Qu, "Go, light some incense for your parents."
Huo Qu nodded, knelt respectfully in front of the grave, carefully inserted the incense, and kowtowed three times.
Yu Qinghuan lit the yellow paper and added it one by one.
Although he was so unlucky in his previous life, his career is still developing well. His luck suddenly improved in this life, and with Huo Qu, he will definitely live a very good life.
Holding Huo Qu's hand, he pulled him up from the ground. After the yellow paper was completely burned, Yu Qinghuan took one last look at the grave mound and said, "Let's go."
With Huo Qu by his side, he would never be afraid to come here again.
He would come to see them every year thereafter.
A few people went to Yu Qinghuan's house in silence, intending to tidy up and return after Yu Qinghuan visited the old village chief.
Maybe because he drank too much corn juice, Yu Qinghuan went to the toilet first. Unexpectedly, this scared him so much that his dizzy head almost woke up.
His urine... is green!
After being confused for a while, he belatedly realized a possibility: could he have been poisoned by puffer fish?
But he was clearly the one who ate the least among the four!
"Qinghuan, what's wrong with you? Is your period here?" Seeing Yu Qinghuan coming out of the bathroom with a look of horror on her face, Zhao Qingyuan couldn't help but tease her.
"Qing Yuan," Yu Qinghuan stared at him with wide eyes, "I might have been poisoned by the puffer fish."
“Fuck!” Zhao Qingyuan couldn’t help but swear, his face turned pale with fear. He grabbed Yu Qinghuan’s wrist and dragged him into the car, shouting at Yu Xin, “Yu Xin, hurry up, Qinghuan has been poisoned by pufferfish! Go to the hospital!”
Everyone was panicking, and Huo Qu's face turned pale. He held Yu Qinghuan tightly, because he knew what puffer fish poisoning meant.
On the contrary, Yu Qinghuan became the calmest one after the panic passed. She smiled and comforted them: "It's okay, the restaurant must have dealt with the toxins. It may just be a little adverse reaction. If you are really poisoned, you won't be like me."
Although this was true, a few people were still not brave enough to take it lightly. They rushed to the city hospital and went to the emergency room.
When the doctor heard that it was pufferfish poisoning, he immediately felt as if he was facing a great enemy. He examined Yu Qinghuan as quickly as possible and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "It's okay, just a little adverse reaction, it can't be considered poisoning."
But to be on the safe side, Yu Qinghuan was given a hospital admission order and asked to stay in the hospital for observation for a day.
It is difficult to keep celebrities’ itineraries completely confidential, and coupled with the fact that a few people were so anxious just now that they forgot to cover up, this scene was captured by the media and posted online.
All of a sudden, the news that Yu Qinghuan was admitted to the hospital was everywhere.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the picture taken by the media was of Huo Qu hugging Yu Qinghuan with the two of them leaning against each other. They looked ambiguous and intimate, just like a couple in love.
"I... have a bold idea, I think I'm crazy..."
"Don't go upstairs...let's go crazy together."
"Stop talking nonsense. The reason Huo Qu hugged Qing Huan must be because Qing Huan was sick and needed help! You guys are really rotten and you only see people as gay!"
"No, I still think these two people don't really look like friends, but the other half of the little koi is someone in the circle, so fascinating..."
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Just when the discussion about the relationship between Yu Qinghuan and Huo Qu was growing, and netizens couldn't help but want to dig deeper, a piece of heavy news suddenly came down, shocking everyone -
The Nobel Prize has been announced, and the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics is: Chinese physicist Huo Qu.
The people across the country are excited!
The author has something to say: Due to plot needs, the time of the Nobel Prize announcement was changed.
As for the puffer fish poisoning in the article, after some thought, I decided to write it as an adverse reaction.
Last year, our team went to Japan for a trip. One of my colleagues ate two pieces of puffer fish skin. He became dizzy, had small red spots all over his body, and his urine turned green. But no one realized it was puffer fish poisoning at the time, and no one went to the hospital. Then... the incident just passed, and he recovered.
So I’d better not write it as poisoning, yeah.
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