They stood at the door for a while.
Xu Hui was very silent.
In the end, Bai Lu spoke first and asked Xu Hui, "Are you at home all day today?"
Xu Hui rubbed his hair, compared to Bai Lu's carefulness, he seemed much more casual. Not knowing what he was thinking of, Xu Hui whispered, "Don't you know?"
Bai Lu opened her mouth slightly and raised her eyes.
Xu Hui looked at her aloofly, with a slight smile on his lips.
"I called yesterday, didn't you listen carefully?"
Bai Lu suddenly lowered her head again as if she had discovered something.
Xu Hui smiled and wanted to talk again, but was interrupted by Bai Lu's sneeze.
"I'm sorry." Bai Lu quickly covered her mouth and sniffled. Turning around in embarrassment, she said in a nasal voice, "Then I won't bother you... I'll go first."
Xu Hui called Bai Lu to stop, frowning.
"You still have a cold?"
Bai Lu lowered her head and said softly, "...um, I'm sorry."
Xu Hui was a little absurd, "Why are you sorry to me?"
Bai Lu still kept her mouth covered and didn't move. Xu Hui turned his body sideways and said, "Come in and rest for a while."
Bai Lu nodded slightly, and followed Xu Hui into the room.
Xu Hui came to the sofa and picked up the cigarette on the table again to smoke. Bai Lu sat on the stool next to her in an orderly manner.
Bai Lu looked at the corner of the table. From the corner of her eye, Xu Hui smoked, rubbed his hair, and yawned.
Although she was let in, Xu Hui didn't ask her what she needed, not even a symbolic glass of water.
He doesn't care much about others, probably because other people care about him on weekdays, and he has no concept or habit of taking care of him.
Tobacco relieved most of Xu Hui's drowsiness, and he sat on the sofa chatting with Bai Lu.
"Aren't you too busy studying?"
Bai Lu nodded, "I'm not busy."
Xu Hui: "You are also a high school student, what grade are you in?"
Bai Lu chuckled at him, and said softly, "What grade do you think I look like?"
Xu Hui was happy, raised his eyebrows, and raised his chin slightly.
"I think you look like a schoolboy."
Bai Lu pursed her lips.
Xu Hui flicked his cigarette, "It's too small." After staring at it, he added with a bit of disgust, "He's also short."
Bai Lu didn't care much, touched the tip of her nose, recalled something in her mind, and said, "Maybe I'm older than you."
Xu Hui sneered, "Impossible."
Bai Lu's voice was soft and gentle.
"My birthday is September 6th..."
Xu Hui's hand suddenly stopped, "What?"
Bai Lu: "My birthday is September 6th. When is your birthday?"
Xu Hui showed a surprised expression for the first time, "I... also September 6th."
Bai Lu's eyes widened slightly: "Are you in the lunar calendar or the solar calendar?"
Xu Hui: "Gregorian calendar."
Covering her lips with her hand, Bai Lu was too surprised to speak, "Me too."
Xu Hui stubbed out the cigarette, turned his head, "Do you remember what time it was?"
Bai Lu: "Night."
The boy finally showed a dispensable smile, "Oh, that's still younger than me, I was born in the early morning."
As the sun rose, Xu Hui's family did not open the curtains, but the room faced south, so even with the curtains closed, the room was still warm.
Xu Hui's phone rang.
"Hey?"
"..."
"Well, wake up."
"..."
"Today? Where are you?"
"..."
"Oh...afternoon..." Thinking, "It's okay, come if you want, but I have bought food and drink, I don't have anything here." After finishing speaking, he added, "I treat you."
After a short phone call, he hung up.
Putting down the phone, Bai Lu spoke first.
"Is your friend coming to play with you?"
Xu Hui nodded, "Yes."
"Then I'll go first."
Xu Hui didn't say anything, Bai Lu took the bag from behind, and took out the jar from the bag.
The hand towels insulate well and the jars are still cold.
"This is for you." Bai Lu gently placed the jar on the table.
"What?" Xu Hui took it over. He held it with one hand, tilted it to look in, Bai Lu stood up anxiously, "Don't, don't knock it down."
She didn't dare to touch Xu Hui's hand rashly, and was anxious beside her.
Xu Hui put the jar back on the table and comforted her, "It can't be poured, what is this?"
Bai Lu whispered, "A little something to eat. I made it last night. I couldn't eat too much. I just brought you one."
Xu Hui glanced at her lightly, with a half-smile, "Have you done too much?"
Bai Lu knew that he was looking at her, so she lowered her head tightly.
Xu Hui took the towel away, and inside the jar were regular lemon slices and sweet honey juice.
Xu Hui said softly, "Lemon." He glanced at Bai Lu, "I want to sour me to death."
Bai Lu: "Don't you like sour? Actually, it's not particularly sour, it's soaked in honey."
Xu Hui shook his head and looked at the jar with more interest.
Bai Lu sat aside, weak and quiet.
It was just a habit to eat wonton yesterday, and he didn't remember it at all.
"I don't like it, I like sour food." Xu Hui said.
"That's good." Bai Lu said, "Put the jar in the refrigerator, and after a day or two—"
Accompanied by Bai Lu's words, Xu Hui unscrewed the lid, joined his thumb and index finger, squeezed a slice of lemon from the glass jar, and put his neck back into his mouth.
Bai Lu: "..."
Xu Hui held the lemon in his mouth, pursed his lips, his mandible moved his Adam's apple gently.
Bai Lu's cheeks felt astringent, and she couldn't help but said, "Isn't it sour now?"
Xu Hui shook his head.
Bai Lu stood up, "Then I'll go first, you have something to do this afternoon, I won't disturb you."
"Oh, so sensible?"
Bai Lu didn't answer, walked to the door, Xu Hui said, "Do you often play here?"
Bai Lu stopped, "I live very close." She hesitated and hesitated, "How about... leave a phone call, is that okay?"
Xu Hui chuckled, "Mmm."
Bai Lu said, "Tell me your cell phone number."
Xu Hui reported a series of numbers, Bai Lu: "I don't know your name yet..."
"Xu Hui, the promised Xu, the glorious Hui."
Bai Lu dialed the phone, and then hung up the phone. Xu Hui asked, "What about you?"
"Bai Lu."
"Oh. A group of egrets go up to the blue sky?"
Bai Lu smiled: "Yes."
After both parties finished depositing the numbers, Bai Lu went out, and Xu Hui also came to the door.
"I'm usually at school during the day, so it may not be convenient for you..." Xu Hui deliberately paused, Bai Lu understood, and said, "I know, I won't always call to bother you."
She waved at Xu Hui, "Then I'm leaving."
Xu Hui nodded.
It was afternoon when she went out, Bai Lu had been busy for a weekend, and finally she could really start to "recover her illness".
Back in the dormitory, Bai Lu took the medicine, covered herself with a thick quilt to sweat, and slept for two and a half hours.
When I woke up, I felt a lot clearer.
Bai Lu was sweating all over, and her body was sticky and uncomfortable, but she didn't dare to take a bath anymore, so she changed into her clothes and sat in the dormitory, reading a book and doing problems.
At the same time, someone came to Xu Hui's family.
Five, three men and two women, carrying two cases of beer and several big bags for food.
"Call the barbecue later in the evening!" Friends entered the room laughing and joking, and the small living room was instantly full.
"Brother Hui, what are you doing at home by yourself? It's all boring." Liu Yuhai came over, leaned against Xu Hui and plopped into the sofa.
Xu Hui let him push and push, "It's not boring, it's time to catch up on sleep."
"Didn't get enough sleep in the morning?"
"Woke up."
"Who, who is disturbing you." Xiaoye came over and kicked Liu Yuhai away, "Sit aside!"
"Hey you..." Xiaoye's eyes stood up, Liu Yuhai: "Okay, can't I get out of here?"
Changed to Xiaoye and sat next to Xu Hui.
"Are you hungry? We brought food." She brought the bag, which contained all kinds of snacks and snacks.
"I'm not hungry, you guys eat first."
Liu Yuhai went to turn on the TV. It was not the first time for them to come to Xu Hui's house to play, and they were very familiar with the furnishings. Take out the karaoke machine from the bedroom, plug it in and start playing.
The noise lasted until the evening, Xu Hui was finally a little hungry, and everyone called for takeaway noisily.
They were too familiar with the takeaway in this area, so they ordered a barbecue worth nearly 300 yuan. Liu Yuhai took the phone and slashed with the shop owner.
"How much did you buy! It's cheaper. I take care of your family's business every time, and I took so many people from our school!"
"..."
"That's right, that's what makes sense!"
After losing twenty yuan, Liu Yuhai showed off to others as if he had won a battle.
Another girl, Zhang Wenhui, looked contemptuous, "Look at you..."
Liu Yuhai: "Feelings are not your treat. Pretending to be rich, or you invite me, I will call the boss and add the money back."
Zhang Wenhui's face was flushed by the scolding, and she angrily took the lighter on the table and threw him at him.
"That's not your invitation!" Zhang Wenhui's voice was sharp, "Brother Hui's invitation! You don't pretend!"
Liu Yuhai dodged the lighter.
"All right, all right, don't be as knowledgeable as a woman." He sat next to a quieter boy, "Old woman... no problem." Patting the person next to him, "Sun Yuhe, you say no."
Sun Yuhe was the quietest among the boys present, except for Xu Hui, he talked the least.
Zhang Wenhui continued to yell, but Liu Yuhai yelled: "It's all right, don't make trouble."
Xiaoye also persuaded her, "It's almost over, you don't know that he is cheap."
Zhang Wenhui sat back, gave Liu Yuhai a blank look, and turned to talk to Xiaoye.
The barbecue was delivered quickly, and the atmosphere in the house became even hotter.
"Where's the wine, it's almost frozen."
Sun Yuhe stood up and walked to the kitchen, "I'll go and have a look."
Going to the refrigerator to get wine, I happened to meet Xu Hui who had finished using the toilet.
"What are you doing?"
"Take the wine, the barbecue is here."
"Oh."
Sun Yuhe opened the upper shelf of the refrigerator, took out a few bottles of wine, and asked in a low voice, "Did you go to the hospital yesterday?"
Xu Hui frowned inadvertently, Sun Yuhe changed the subject and said, "I'll go outside and see, what is the sea howling there?"
As Sun Yuhe said, he saw Xu Hui's gaze fell on the open refrigerator door, and he looked along, it was a glass jar wrapped in a white towel.
"What is this?" He stretched out his hand to take it, and Xu Hui said from behind: "Hold it upright, don't fall over it."
"Lemon?" Sun Yuhe couldn't help frowning, "You really like sour ones."
Xu Hui was noncommittal.
After a few seconds, he suddenly smiled and said:
"Ah He, I met someone who was born with me."