Ice skates forward, regardless of east or west.

1

4:20 a.m.

Mediterranean Sea.

The yacht drifted on the sea 300 meters from the shore. The engine was off, and the only sound was the gentle lapping of the waves against the hull.

Gu Xidong stood at the bow of the boat.

Looking at the dock on the shore.

Ten vehicles. Black SUVs.

The car's headlights were on full blast, illuminating the entire dock area. More than forty bodyguards in black suits stood beside the car, guns in their hands.

They are waiting.

He turned around.

Ling Wuwen sat on the deck, leaning against the ship's railing. Moonlight shone on her face, making her appear as pale as paper. She still clutched the brown paper bag in her hand, her knuckles white.

He walked over.

Squat down.

Look at her.

"Can you still walk?"

She smiled.

It's very light.

"I can't walk anymore."

He reached out and touched her face.

It's cold.

It's even colder than before.

She grabbed his hand.

Stick it on your face.

"Gu Xidong".

"Um."

"You can leave now."

He didn't speak.

She continued.

"Take the evidence. Swim. Dive down. They can't see you."

He shook his head.

She gripped his hand tightly.

"Listen to me."

He looked at her.

"I don't have long to live. You know. Internal bleeding. Immunosuppressants have failed. At most a few hours."

He spoke.

"I know."

She froze for a moment.

"You know?"

He nodded.

"That's what the raven said."

She looked at him.

three seconds.

"Then why don't you—"

He lowered his head and kissed her.

I didn't let her finish speaking.

2

long time.

He let go.

Look at her.

There is light in his eyes.

"I'm not going anywhere."

She didn't say anything.

Tears streamed down my face.

He reached out and wiped it off.

"Don't cry."

She nodded.

But the tears continued to flow.

The sound of a loudspeaker came from the shore.

"Listen up, everyone on the ship. Hand over Ling Wuwen. Hand over the documents. The rest of you may leave. You have five minutes."

He didn't turn around.

I just looked at her.

Are you scared?

She shook her head.

"I'm not afraid."

He smiled.

"Me too."

3

He stood up.

He gritted his teeth, his left knee throbbing with pain.

Help her to her feet.

She leaned against him.

Two people stood at the bow of the boat.

The car lights on the shore illuminated them.

More than forty guns were pointed at them.

He looked down at her.

"Want to dance?"

She froze for a moment.

"What?"

He put his arm around her waist.

She put her arm around his shoulder.

There is no music.

Only the sound of waves could be heard.

They slowly rotated on the deck.

very slow.

One step. Two steps. Three steps.

She leaned against him.

He supported her.

My left knee screamed with every step. Blood seeped from under the bandages, leaving intermittent streaks on the deck.

She looked up at him.

The moonlight shone on his face.

He looked down at her.

There was blood at the corner of her mouth.

It came out when I coughed it up.

She wiped it off with her sleeve.

He saw it.

He didn't say anything.

Continue rotating.

4

Four laps. Five laps. Six laps.

She stopped.

She leaned against his chest.

He held her in his arms.

Her body was trembling.

It's not cold.

It's a rejection reaction.

Internal bleeding. Muscle spasms. Nerve loss of control.

She looked up at him.

"Gu Xidong".

"Um."

"I want to hear you speak."

He thought about it.

"What did you say?"

she laughs.

"Anything is fine."

He remained silent for three seconds.

Open up.

"I first met you in Changchun. In 2014, at the National Championships."

She looked at him.

"You remember?"

He nodded.

You walked past the ice rink. I squatted down to tie my shoelaces and glanced up at you.

She didn't say anything.

He continued.

"Just one glance. Then I looked down and continued tying my shoelaces."

Her lips twitched slightly.

You didn't know me back then.

He nodded.

"I don't know him."

She looked at him.

"And now?"

He lowered his head and kissed her forehead.

"We know each other now."

5

A second warning came from the shore.

Two minutes.

He ignored it.

She looked up from his embrace.

Look at him.

"Gu Xidong".

"Um."

"You once said something."

"What?"

"You said, the person I love is the one who dared to kiss me in the pouring rain. The soul that dared to stand up in front of a gun. Whatever its name is now, or whatever its name will be in the future."

He nodded.

"Remember."

She looked at him.

"Is that soul still alive?"

Women's eyesight.

"exist."

She smiled.

It's very light.

"That's good."

6

The countdown began on the shore.

"Sixty seconds."

He held her tightly.

She leaned against his chest.

His heart beat 120 beats per minute.

Her heart was beating fifty times a minute. Slowing slower and slower.

He lowered his head.

"Ling Wuwen".

She looked up.

"Um?"

He looked at her.

three seconds.

"Marry me."

She was stunned.

Look at him.

"What?"

He repeated it.

"Marry me."

She didn't say anything.

Tears streamed down my face.

He reached out and wiped it off.

"You haven't answered yet."

she laughs.

Smiling through tears.

"it is good."

7

The countdown on the shore has ended.

"Time's up."

Gunshots rang out.

Not from the shore.

It came from the sea.

A black submarine emerged from the water. It was over ten meters long. The top hatch opened. A person climbed out.

Raven.

He stood on the submarine, holding a megaphone in his hand.

"Listen up, people on the shore. Lay down your weapons. You are surrounded."

The bodyguards were stunned.

Looking back.

On the sea, three larger ships are approaching. Dozens of men in tactical gear stand on board, their guns pointed at the dock.

Volkov's bodyguards looked at each other.

No one fired a shot.

The first gun fell to the ground.

The second round. The third round.

More than forty people raised their hands.

8

The raven's boat docked at the yacht.

He jumped onto the deck.

He walked up to Gu Xidong.

Look at him.

"You're fucking insane."

Gu Xidong smiled.

"possible."

The raven watched Ling Wuwen.

She leaned against Gu Xidong, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. Her face was deathly pale.

He squatted down.

Check her pupils.

"Internal bleeding. A blood transfusion is necessary immediately."

Gu Xidong looked at him.

"Can we lose on the ship?"

The raven nodded.

"We have the equipment. We have a blood bank."

He stood up.

wave.

Two people carried the stretcher over.

They placed Ling Wuwen on a stretcher.

She was still clutching the brown paper bag in her hand.

Gu Xidong accepted it.

He tucked it into his arms.

Follow the stretcher.

9

Inside the submarine.

emergency room.

The doctor inserted an IV line into her. Bright red blood flowed into her pale body.

She had her eyes closed.

The green line on the electrocardiogram monitor is beating steadily at 62 beats per minute.

Gu Xidong sat next to him.

He held her hand.

She opened her eyes.

Look at him.

"Gu Xidong".

"Um."

"Do you stand by what you just said?"

He thought about it.

Which sentence?

She looked at him.

"The phrase 'I'll marry you'."

He smiled.

"count."

She smiled too.

It's very light.

"Then I have to live."

He held her hand tightly.

"You have to live."

10

The raven came in.

Standing by the bed.

Look at her.

"Volkov is dead."

She was stunned.

"What?"

Raven took his phone out of his pocket.

Open the news.

"Volkov committed suicide at his villa this morning. He left a suicide note. He confessed to all his crimes. List. Experiments. Murder."

She looked at the line of text.

long time.

Look up at the ravens.

"Where is his daughter?"

The raven remained silent for three seconds.

"Received a trust fund. Five hundred million euros. An anonymous donation."

She didn't say anything.

Looking at the ceiling.

I remembered what he said.

"I want her to never have to live like me."

She closed her eyes.

11

Six o'clock in the morning.

The Mediterranean morning mist rises.

White mist rose from the sea, enveloping the entire world in a soft white blanket.

The submarine floats on the sea surface.

Gu Xidong stood on the deck.

Ling Wuwen was pushed up in a wheelchair. She was covered with a blanket and held a hot coffee in her hands.

She looked at the fog.

He stood beside her.

She reached out her hand.

He grasped it.

The fog is getting thicker and thicker.

The lights on the shore disappeared. The sea disappeared. The sky disappeared.

Only the two of them remained.

And each other's hands clasped together.

She spoke.

"Gu Xidong".

"Um."

"We won."

He looked down at her.

Her face shone.

It's not sunlight.

It was a grayish-white color peeking through the fog.

He nodded.

"We won."

She leaned against him.

He put his arm around her.

The fog flowed around them.

Like white mist on an ice rink.

It was like that winter in Changchun that year.

It was like the first time she walked past him, the moment he bent down to tie his shoelaces.

She closed her eyes.

He lowered his head and kissed her forehead.

The fog continued to move.

Wrap them up in the same white world.