On the second day in the sunset, I had a nightmare. When I woke up, the moon was high and my pillow was wet.
In the dream, I was locked in that dark basement again, with blood slowly gushing out from my body, flashing a coquettish luster in the darkness.
No one can save me.
I turned on all the lights in the room and still felt scared. Zhou Chen's bedroom is separated from me by a corridor. He said that he should tell him about his insomnia and nightmares.
So I went and knocked on his door.
He opened the door in a gray-blue pajamas, without asking any more questions, picked up the glasses on the bedside, put them on, and warmed milk for me.
It wasn't until the first ray of morning light appeared in the sky that I felt drowsy again. When I was drowsy, there was no longer the frightening darkness in my head, but "I will save you" repeated many times by Zhou Chen.
He is a brilliant psychiatrist.
On the third day, I slept fitfully, but did not dream.
On the fourth day, I saw my long-lost old friend.
Xu Xingze took a deep breath when he entered the door, his eyes almost turned red, this was the first time I saw him like this.
He first blamed me for not taking care of my health, and then blamed Zhou Chen for not telling him until now.
Then he scolded Qi Shu for half an hour.
Zhou Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he filled his glass with orange juice, and said that he wanted to go back to the study to read literature, and let us chat.
As soon as Zhou Chen walked away, Xu Xingze pressed his voice and said, "Do you know that the Qi family has been messed up recently."
I don't know, and don't really want to know. But seeing Xu Xingze's expressionless expression, I still asked cooperatively: "What's wrong?"
"First, there was something wrong with Qi Shu Company, I don't know the details. Then he had an argument with Mr. Qi for some reason, and was pulled with a cane in public, and then..."
He glanced at the direction of the stairs, and continued: "Mr. Qi said that he would give Brother Shen the shares of several companies in his hand... But after all, Brother Shen's surname is Zhou, not Qi. How could the Qi family agree?"
"And brother Shen is not short of that thing... I think this old man is deliberately showing it to Qi Shu."
"...In short, they had a very tense fight during this period of time. Every time they met, they were at odds with each other. Didn't Brother Shen tell you?"
No. There is nothing unusual about going out and coming back every day.
Yesterday, I brought back a bouquet of gardenias and put them on my bedside, saying that they can help me sleep.
"Maybe I don't want you to know about Qi Shu..." Xu Xingze slapped his head, "Am I talking too much?"
"It's okay, I pretended I didn't hear it." I comforted him.
Xu Xingze also said that he had inquired too much about the Qi family recently, and his parents thought he had taken a fancy to Qi Shu, and almost fainted from fright.
Fortunately, he is an alpha, otherwise this matter would not be clear.
"I sacrificed too much for you," he said.
I couldn't help laughing at him.
"Right, be happy." He came up to touch my hair again, "Alpha is tens of millions, if it doesn't work, let's change it."
Xu Xingze stayed with me all afternoon before getting up to say goodbye. Before leaving, I gave him my new number.
The old mobile phone was lost in the hospital. Zhou Chen helped me replace it with a new one a few days ago. Currently, there is only [Zhou Chen] that he entered in the address book.
I'm alone anyway, and I don't have anyone to keep in touch with.
It was still early after dinner, Zhou Chen asked me if I wanted to go up the mountain for a walk.
"Do you know why this place is called Sunset?" He asked himself and answered, "Because the twilight is beautiful."
We walked side by side on the mountain path, not far from a clear and shallow stream, sparkling in the setting sun.
The mountains are cooler than the city, and the early summer breeze carries an unknown aroma of plants and trees, which smells very light and pleasant.
There are not only phoenix trees on Mount Huang, but also many plants that I don’t know. Zhou Chen told me as he walked.
His voice was gentle, and he spoke in a leisurely manner, just like the evening wind at this moment.
"You seem to know everything," I said.
He laughed: "Because I'm an idler."
"what is this?"
There is a tall tree full of small white flowers on the side of the road ahead. I have seen it before, but I don't know the name.
"It's a tassel tree... oh be careful!"
It's too late.
I was tiptoeing to look at the flowers, but I didn't notice a branch under my feet. When Zhou Chen reminded me, I had already stepped on it, and then the soles of my feet slipped, and there was a thumping of the wrist bones, and there was a sharp pain.
Zhou Chen strode forward and grabbed me, causing me to fall on top of him.
I gasped in pain. Most likely a sprained ankle.
He helped me to sit on the stone by the roadside, squatted down, held up my calf and asked, "Does it hurt?"
From my perspective, I can only see the black hair on his forehead and the high bridge of the nose. As if frowning.
Before I could answer, he already took off my shoes without any explanation, and grabbed my ankle with his palm.
!
All the attention was focused on the skin touched by him, it didn't matter whether it hurt or not.
"Zhou, Zhou Shen..."
"Don't move." He looked at my ankle carefully, raised his head and sighed, "It's swollen. Why are you so careless?"
I know it's swollen...
It's getting late, and now there are two options before us, one is to call someone to pick it up, the other is... Zhou Chen took me back.
"The car can't drive on this road, let's go." He changed his posture and squatted down, leaving his back to me, very calm.
I silently said "I am a beta, not an omega" three times before I slowly climbed up, and whispered, "I'm sorry to trouble you."
Zhou Chen has broad shoulders and long legs. He looks thin, but the muscles under his shirt are tough. My eyes were on the glands in the back of his neck, and I suddenly realized that he had never shown his alpha strength in front of me, not even let me smell the pheromones.
I sniffed hard, to no avail.
He seemed to notice my small movements, and raised his eyebrows when he turned around.
I shrank back and didn't dare to move. I don't know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to laugh in a low voice.
During the 20-minute journey, Zhou Chen remained indifferent. Contrary to him, I was so embarrassed that I didn't know where to put it.
According to my judgment, he should be an alpha at the same level as Qi Shu, and his legs didn't tremble after walking with me on his back for so long, but he was breathing a little faster when he got home.
He put me on the couch and went to find the medicine cabinet.
The first time is raw and the second time is cooked, this time I have mentally prepared, and I am not so nervous when applying the medicine.
When the mobile phone on the coffee table next to me rang, Zhou Chen was supporting my ankle with an ice pack to reduce the swelling. I glanced at the word [Qi Shu] on the screen.
He didn't hang up or answer, but looked up at me.
I froze for a moment, realizing that this was asking for my opinion.
The mouth is always faster than the brain, and I haven't figured out what to do, but the word "it doesn't matter" has already been said.
Zhou Chen couldn't move his hands, and pressed the answer button to turn on the speakerphone.
"Zhou Chen." Qi Shu's voice sounded like he was going to kill someone, and he didn't even call out to his cousin.
"Huh?" Zhou Chen lazily agreed.
"How dare you lie to me that you don't know where he is. I checked your medicine record today. You shouldn't have heart or stomach problems, right?"
Qi Shu is rarely so aggressive, he always looks down on everything and doesn't care about anything.
Zhou Chen was not in a hurry to be exposed, he let out a soft "ah", and seemed a little annoyed, "I was careless."
"Where is he?" Qi Shu gritted his teeth.
"Beside me." Zhou Chen answered naturally.
The phone was quiet for a while, and when Qi Shu spoke again, his voice was a little lower: "You send him back, I don't care about other things with you."
"I'm afraid I can't..." Zhou Chen's tone was flat, "He can't go, I'm giving him... medicine now."
After he finished speaking, Qi Shu's breathing suddenly became rapid, and his voice became sharp: "What did you do to him?!"
Zhou Chen smiled slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Whatever you did to him, I will do to him. Are you happy, cousin?"
If it wasn't for him right in front of me right now, with gentle movements and calm eyes, I would almost believe it.
—Oscar owes Zhou Chen a statuette.
Qi Shu was completely enraged, and shouted: "Zhou Chen, you fucking dare to touch him!"
Coincidentally, I felt numb in my legs after staying in one position for too long. I wanted to move but accidentally moved my ankle, and I groaned in pain.
Qi Shu's voice disappeared suddenly, and after a few seconds, he asked stiffly and uncertainly, "Xiao Yu?"
Hearing him call my name, my whole heart felt as if someone had squeezed it into hydrochloric acid. It was painful and sore, and it was difficult to breathe.
Zhou Chen hung up the phone decisively.
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