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left: He Tian
right: Mo Guanshan
He Tian and Mo Guanshan are a pair of outlaws.
As long as you give them money, they can do everything for you. They never miss a day at work and they never let their employer down. They are famous gold hunters in the circle.
A few hundred meters into the air, a shot broke out the a company’s Executive who was flirting with his secretary in the office was hit and blood spilled on the blonde’s face. The woman froze for a few seconds. The scream tore silence.
Mo Guanshan put, down the sniper rifle, took off his goggles, and look at the black haired man who was driving the helicopter.
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“Do you like the helicopter ride today?”
The poolside of the mansion is sparkling. Mo Guanshan swims over and looks up at He Tian, who is about to enter the water.
The tall and handsome man hunched down, his long fingers curling his chin, squinting and smiling.
“I like you the most.”
The next second, a splash in the pool.
He Tian picked up Mo Guanshan, who bowed his head and outlined his handsome eyebrows.
Under the bright moonlight, they are just like a normal couple, playing in the water, eyes and hearts are chasing each other’s shadow.
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But they are international fugitives.
They appear in cities around the world.
It is a flight, and it is also a meaningful trip.
They can lie in tents in the depths of Africa and look up at the vast starry sky. They lived a life without tomorrow, talking about a love that they never knew what the future holds them together.
They agree well with each other, but they also have disagreements and arguments.
They only had a few fierce arguments, all of which were He Tian driving the car to race at night, then he got back into the bed at dawn.
Mo Guanshan was a narrow-minded person. He can’t beat He Tian, but he’s a genius at sniping. After another quarrel, when He Tian drove out to hundred meters away, Mo Guanshan shot his tires. He Tian jumped out of the car that lost control, rolled a few laps on the side of the road and stopped. In the deafening explosion, received a call from Mo Guanshan.
“Next time, my baby will aim at the back of your head.”
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Mo Guanshan is different from He Tian. He is not the top killer that is strictly trained. On the contrary, he is an agent. It is his first mission and the last time. The target person is in the bar of downtown. Mo Guanshan sat at the bar and his eyes moved around the target.
The bartender suddenly offers a glass of wine.
He cast a puzzled glance and the bartender raised his chin to the dark VIP corner.
Two glamorous girls were sitting next to He Tian, after catching the eyes of Mo Guanshan, he kissed the woman in his arms, but his eyes remained on Mo Guanshan.
The organization said it was necessary to catch the target alive. Even though Mo Guanshan reacted very quickly, he didn’t stop the shot.
Obviously, the mission failed.
He was abandoned by the organization, and finally, he was lying on the beach with a gunshot wound on his abdomen and was about to die. Before he lost consciousness, he saw a figure coming towards him.
It was He Tian who saved the life of Mo Guanshan.
Their relationship became very intense.
But both of them are deeply involved.
Later, they fell in love.
They had been to every corner of the world, had seen the most beautiful sunsets on the planet, and had experienced the storms on the harshest oceans.
He Tian began to dislike his life, until Mo Guanshan appeared.
He used to want to die in the most tragic way.
But after knowing Mo Guanshan, he began to fear death.
The man with hands covered in blood began to look forward to tomorrow, which is totally ridiculous.
Even the future.
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This is the tenth year they are together.
They also fled for ten years.
He Tian didn’t want to go on like this anymore. He wanted to end the bloody days once and for all and spend their lives together on a quiet island.
Before the implementation of the last mission, He Tian did not inform Mo Guanshan but chose to go alone.
A very normal three-person family, He Tian didn’t even use the gun, the couple on the bed soon fell in a pool of blood. He threw away the fruit knife that he took off from the kitchen, turned and saw a blonde haired girl in Mickey mouse pajamas standing beside the door.
For the first time, He Tian had a sense of compassion.
He thought that he should have a daughter with Mo Guanshan.
He went over, put his hand over the little girl’s eyes, pick her up and threw the lighter into the room.
Just a moment, his surrounding was in blaze.
On the second day, they went to a small town in Northern part of Europe. The forged their identities and bid farewell to their past and started a new life.
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Two years later, it was Mo Guanshan’s birthday, He Tian and six-year-old Anna were baking cake in the kitchen, which would be a surprise for Mo Guanshan, who was now working as a chef in a hotel. The little girl was at an age of naughty, wiped the cream off He Tian, and he also wiped back the little girl’s face with icing, and the two played in the kitchen.
In the final work, He Tian washed the fruit, “Sweetheart, can you hand me the fruit knife over there?”
Anna went to get the fruit knife, but because she walked too fast, she fell to the ground.
He Tian sighed and said, “You are already six years old. Why are you still not being more carefully?” And yet he said, but still bending over to hold the little girl.
Suddenly, his movements stopped.
He looked down at his chest.
The fruit knife that Anna held in her hand was inserted on it.
The blood gradually overflowed, more and more, and dropped on the floor.
He covered the injured position, stumbled, and now the person who fell on the ground became him.
The lively and lovely Anna who had been laughing in front of him and Mo Guanshan looked at him with a blank expression.
Anna said slowly with her childish voice,
“I saw everything that night.”
“I will never forgive you.”
More and more blood was flowing out from He Tian’s chest.
The phone was in his pocket, but he didn’t think about making an emergency call. Instead, he used his bloody hand and sent a text message to Mo Guanshan.
“Happy Birthday, my babe.”
“I love you.”
The town got its first snow of the year.
Mo Guanshan came out from the small restaurant and saw the text message of He Tian. He realized that today is his birthday, walked into the convenience store on the side of the road, bought a bottle of red wine, and bought a bunch of flowers in the flower shop next to it. Mo Guanshan smiled, and walked slowly towards the direction of their home.
The white snow was falling profusely and disorderly unraveling, the harsh winter that they all experienced that year.
WORKS CITED
“Old Xian/Old先May 23, 2019.https://photo.weibo.com/1862364383/wbphotos/large/mid/4340415350123912/pid/6f016cdfgy1g08isq5jypj20m810u48u
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