When he felt everything was quiet, he woke up. Xu Shiqi stretched his body, but he felt more comfortable than ever before.
"Hello!"
The voice beside her made her stop in her tracks. She withdrew her hand and turned around. The light from the car made the girl's face look unusually gentle.
"Are we there yet?" Xu Shiqi looked outside the car and it seemed to have stopped not far from her old house.
"Yeah." Wen Jialuo responded, yawned softly, and then drove home.
Xu Shiqi was a little uneasy: "Why didn't you wake me up?"
"You were sleeping so soundly, how could I have the nerve to wake you up?" Wen Jialuo said coldly.
After hearing this, Xu Shiqi couldn't help but think that she should not drool or pick her nose when she slept, and did the girl just look at her like this when she was asleep
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a slight numbness on her back.
The next day, Wen Jialuo really took her to the store. From the occasional ride in the past, to now being like a dedicated driver. Every time she got in the car, she didn't need to open the door. The girl was always one step faster than her. Just this alone made her heart slightly flutter.
In the girl's natural and intimate approach, she gradually forgot her initial weak hesitation.
In this way, Xu Shiqi settled down in the Wen family's old house.
The old lady really liked Xu Shiqi's voice. She got an old phonograph from somewhere and always asked her to sing along. Every vinyl record looked precious, and even Xu Shiqi couldn't put it down. When the needle was put on, it turned like a revolving stage. There was always some hoarse noise in the sound, but it made the old and the young both fascinated.
They were strangers, but they quickly established a relationship. Even Luo Linyi, who had just returned home, was a little surprised. However, seeing that the old lady was indeed in better spirits, she felt relieved and focused on dealing with her daughter.
She wanted to take her daughter to the hospital, but was rejected. Wen Jialuo used the excuse that she didn't vomit every day, and even took out an electronic scale to show that she had gained two pounds. Luo Linyi was surprised and happy to see that the baby's pointer had indeed changed. Her daughter didn't want to go, so she had to call a familiar doctor. The doctor said that your daughter's anorexia is mainly caused by psychological anxiety. At the beginning, the root cause was found but there was no medicine to treat it. Now the situation has improved, it should also be due to psychological reasons. Maybe the medicine has appeared, and it will naturally become normal.
Having said that, Luo Linyi was still worried. She saw her daughter was with Xu Shiqi every day, especially when eating, her daughter really didn't eat the dishes that Xu Shiqi said she couldn't eat. Since there is someone who can talk, that would be the best. Thinking that this girl not only helped the old lady but also helped herself and her daughter, she was like a lucky star for their Wen family, so she couldn't help but smile every time she saw the girl. What's more, this girl's temperament is really warm and amiable. Even she feels like a spring breeze when getting along with her. It is normal for the whole family to be attracted to her. Thinking of this, Luo Linyi naturally found Xu Shiqi to discuss the problem of the disobedient daughter with her.
Xu Shiqi was a little surprised that Luo Linyi would come to him specifically to ask this, but he still responded appropriately.
During this period, she was with Wen Jialuo every day, so she knew the girl's situation very well. Although Wen Jialuo only needed to send her to the store in the morning and pick her up in the evening, the girl still appeared in front of her too often.
Sometimes in the morning, when the car arrived at the store, Wen Jialuo would not leave, and would stay at the counter and say something about experiencing life. When there was no business in the morning, she would get bored and throw a newspaper to Xu Shiqi, and then glare at her and warn her not to read the hospital drug advertisements. If she stayed late, she would simply stay for lunch. At first, Wang Yuan and the others still asked her first, but later they simply added a set of bowls and chopsticks and asked her to come to the table when it was time.
Sometimes she would run away after sending someone off, but she would call in the afternoon, either to buy books or CDs, and more often she would make appointments without saying anything. Every time she would just remind her and pick her up right away, basically not giving Xu Shiqiu a chance to refuse. Xu Shiqiu also wondered if she didn't have other friends, and the girl would look at her with a little hurt and ask her if she was so annoying
In fact, it’s not that I’m annoying, but every time I don’t care how my mind struggles, as long as I see a call from a girl on the phone, my heart starts to lean towards her involuntarily.
After one or two times, Xu Shiqi became disappointed in herself, trapped in the struggle between self-contempt and irresistible power; after three or four times, she would wait for the girl to get off the bus with her before getting off, wait for a call from the girl when she was bored, etc. These became a habit that slowly seeped into her life until they were ingrained in her bones and blood.
Luo Linyi said, although Jialuo is eating normally now, I still want to take her to check her stomach, but she doesn't want to go.
Parents are always helpless because their children are born with the capital to rebel against them. Listening to the sigh of this mother, Xu Shiqi thought for a moment and said with a smile: "In fact, your body is always your own. I don't think Jialuo should be so hard on herself. Isn't she eating well now?"
"That's because you didn't see how she was anorexic before." Luo Linyi complained, unable to help but hate the man who described nothingness but hurt her daughter so badly. "I'm worried that her change has something to do with her senior brother, but I haven't heard any news that she's with any man. Isn't this strange?"
Xu Shiqi was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help thinking that it was still a question whether the man really existed. Naturally, he couldn't find any evidence: "Well, if Auntie is really worried, I will try to persuade her."
"Yes, yes." Luo Linyi smiled. "Young people may be easier to talk to and have less pressure. Well, I was waiting for you to say this."
After hearing Xu Shiqi's advice, Wen Jialuo just glanced at her and said, "Don't just join in the fun."
"Everyone is worried about you," Xu Shiqi said with a smile, "Your mother is also worried that your change is due to that senior brother, and that you will rebound in the end."
When the two talked, Xu Shiqi had just finished chatting with the old lady. She read a prose that had the charm of ancient language but was not too difficult to pronounce. She was now very good at mastering the rhythm of this kind of reading, which should be slow and low, like the sound of a cello.
After watching the old lady fall asleep, the two returned to Xu Shiqi's room. She had already placed a few teacups and poured warm water into them to moisten her throat, and Jia Luo would usually drink a little too.
Wen Jialuo was originally sitting on the sofa, drinking water with her head down. When she heard Xu Shiqi's words, she raised her head. She narrowed her eyes and locked onto the woman opposite her, and said slowly, "Why are you so stupid?"
Being called stupid for no reason was not a good thing, but because Xu Shiqi was feeling a little guilty, she didn't bother with her for a while. Yes, she mentioned the so-called senior brother on purpose. She never forgot her doubts about Wen Jialuo's "lying theory" that night, but she was always troubled by not being able to prove it tactfully. Or maybe she was just afraid that asking too directly would bring about too direct consequences, leaving no room for maneuver.
It's not that she didn't think about just ignoring him, but the girl has been too close to her recently, which is beyond her tolerance, especially when the girl knows that she likes the same sex.
She was afraid to ask, but she wanted to ask. Such a simple question made her more anxious. Now, she asked through Wen Jialuo's mother, but she was scolded for being stupid. She was speechless for a moment, because the girl's face suddenly turned cold, and she put down her teacup and stood up to leave. When she was almost at the door, she turned around and said, "Okay, you accompany me to the hospital tomorrow."
The next day, the car drove to the hospital and Wen Jialuo asked the doctor to give her a gastroscopy. He asked her to write a prescription. The doctor pushed his glasses and asked which one she wanted to do, painless or normal. Xu Shiqi was a little scared, because she heard that gastroscopy was very painful. She hurriedly said painless. But the girl stopped her and said calmly that normal would be fine.
When she went to pay the fee, Xu Shiqi chased after her in her high heels and asked, "Why don't you use the painless one? It will definitely be less painful."
The hospital corridor was crowded with people, and many of those who heard it turned their heads to look at Wen Jialuo's belly with strange and sympathetic looks in their eyes.
Wen Jialuo gritted his teeth and said, "Can you shout louder?"
Xu Shiqi's face flushed immediately, and she wished she could find a hole to crawl into. She could only lower her voice and ask, "Is there any other way to check?"
"It doesn't matter whether it hurts or not," Wen Jialuo said as he walked quickly, "Didn't you ask me to come and check it out?"
Xu Shiqi almost twisted her ankle. She got up a little late today, and when she saw Wen Jialuo, she was already in the car. The girl always drove quietly and carefully, so she didn't notice anything wrong. Only now did she realize that the girl seemed angry.
Just don't be hard on your body no matter how angry you are. Finally, looking at Wen Jialuo lying on his side on the bed with a tube inserted directly into his throat, Xu Shiqi clenched his palms in pain.
During the gastroscopy, Wen Jialuo's mouth couldn't be closed, and the doctor kept pulling the tube repeatedly, causing her to look very painful. Xu Shiqi hurried forward to grab her hand, and whispered to the doctor to be gentler and slower. The doctor looked at her curiously and said, "I didn't poke her in any way." While saying this, he asked Wen Jialuo to open her mouth wider, and then the tube was inserted a little further.
Seeing the girl trying to vomit but unable to, tears in the corners of her eyes, and saliva dripping from her lips, Xu Shiqi felt as if her stomach was being torn apart. She took out a tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth while comforting her, saying that it would be fine soon, it would be fine soon. She didn't dare to look at the camera next to her, but only stared at the girl's face, and kept asking her to relax.
Wen Jialuo seemed to have heard the voice that kept ringing in her ears. She opened her eyes and looked at the man's anxious face. It seemed that it really had a healing effect. She vaguely uttered a single syllable from her throat, clasped the hands tightly with her backhand, and then continued to struggle with the stomach tube that was ruthlessly poking at her.
After the examination, both Wen Jialuo and Xu Shiqi felt as if they had fought a difficult battle and were still in shock.
Holding the test results in hand, Xu Shiqi didn't bother to look at anything like moderate gastric mucosal damage. She just saw that the girl's expression was getting more and more listless, which made her a little worried.
"What are you looking at?" Wen Jialuo closed his eyes and sat in the driver's seat to rest, "Was I ugly just now?"
It's amazing. Even with my eyes closed, I knew I was looking at her. Xu Shiqi smiled and said, "No, you are not Guan Yu, that is a saint."
Wen Jialuo curled up the corners of his lips: "Sympathize with me?"
"Absolutely not!" Xu Shiqi answered firmly. Seeing that she asked such a strange question, he became more worried. "Are you... okay?"
Wen Jialuo nodded gently: "Not bad." Then he turned to look at her, "How about you?"
"Me?" Xu Shiqi touched his face, "What's wrong with me?"
"Just now you looked," the girl said quietly, "as if you were in more pain than I was."
Xu Shiqi looked into her eyes, which were a little wet, as if she was still suffering from the torture just now. The wetness was deep and unfathomable, which frightened her. She sat with her neck stiff, her mind was very flustered for a while. It couldn't be that serious, was what she showed just now really that obvious? Otherwise, why did it sound like she had discovered something...
The hospital parking lot was originally very quiet, but at this moment, a patient in need of emergency treatment was sent in from somewhere, and the siren of the ambulance came from far away, like the long sound of some kind of death alarm.
"I just haven't seen anyone doing a gastroscopy. It really makes me uncomfortable just watching it." Xu Shiqi said trying his best to remain calm.
"But I feel at ease when you are around me. I don't have to be afraid of anything." Wen Jialuo continued to look at her with a focused gaze, "The person you love will definitely be very happy. Shi Qi," her voice lowered, "Do you have someone you want to love?"
This really wasn't a good place to discuss questions like love or not. But because of this, Xu Shiqi was able to remain highly alert. She responded almost instinctively defensively as soon as the voice fell: "No!"
The girl was quiet.
Xu Shiqi took a deep breath and forced herself to avoid the colorful swamp that would sink her into. She said again in a positive tone: "I will not fall in love with anyone. There is no one who can make me give up everything. I am willing to live alone like this for the rest of my life."
The tone was so pious, it was almost like an oath.
"Is that so..." the girl said softly, like a sigh. Then she smiled and started the car.
Xu Shiqi slumped down in the chair, her mind was blank, she couldn't even remember what she had answered just now. She just hated herself just now, and in that hatred, she felt a little relieved.