After Liu Xiangru returned to her room, she was restless and fidgety.
Shangqiu was wearing a vest and was blowing his hair after taking a shower. When Liu Xiangru walked in front of him for the fifth time, he finally couldn't help but said, "Xiangru, don't go! You're walking, walking, walking, making me dizzy. What happened to make you so upset?"
"Do you remember where I put the key to Shang Shang's room last time?" Liu Xiangru didn't walk any further, but searched the whole house.
"Why are you looking for her room key?"
"Don't ask so many questions!" Liu Xiangru suddenly lost control of her emotions, her voice suddenly rose, and she scolded Shangqiu. Shangqiu was stunned by the yelling, and it took him a while to come back to his senses. He pointed his finger at a drawer and said, "Look there, I think I saw you put it there once."
Liu Xiangru quickly opened the drawer, poured out everything inside and scattered it on the floor, looking for the key.
At this moment, the door was pushed open from the outside. Shang Shiyu poked half of his head in, "Dad, Mom, are you okay?"
Shang Shiyu also heard what Liu Xiangru yelled just now from outside.
Shangqiu said: "What could it be? It's just your mother, looking for keys in the middle of the night."
"Okay, blow dry your hair, and get out now." Liu Xiangru finally found the key to her room, held it tightly in her hand, and drove her husband out. Shangqiu murmured as he packed up: "I don't know what happened. After a night, he suddenly became so irritable."
After he finished mumbling, he still went outside to sleep on the sofa with his pillow and quilt.
Shang Shiyu looked at the back and laughed, "Mom, you are bullying my dad again, be careful, one day he will rebel."
"He's been bullied for so many years, he's used to it."
"Didn't you want to deliver pajamas to Tang Wei just now? Have you done it? If not, let me do it."
"I sent it a long time ago." Liu Xiangru held her hand tightly, "Don't keep thinking about running to his room at night. You are an unmarried girl, what kind of person is that?"
Shang Shiyu looked at his mother, then at her hand that was still holding his, "Mom, are you feeling unwell? Why are your hands so cold?"
Liu Xiangru shook her head and pulled her hand away from her daughter. "Go to bed quickly. Don't you have an appointment with Tang Wei to watch the sunrise at Mianhai Lake tomorrow? I'll ask your father to take you there."
"No need to send me off. It's not far. We can just take a taxi."
Liu Xiangru looked at her daughter with complicated eyes, and finally nodded: "Okay. It's a rare time for the two of you to spend together, and it would be better if no one disturbs you."
Shang Shiyu tilted her head and looked at her mother. Liu Xiangru felt a little guilty when she looked at her, "Why are you staring at me? I'm not Tang Wei."
"I always feel like there's something wrong with you tonight."
"… It's the middle of the night, stop being so weird, and take a shower!" Liu Xiangru avoided her daughter's sight and pushed her into the bathroom. Shang Shiyu tilted her head, "Mom, I haven't taken my pajamas yet!"
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the other side.
Tang Wei sat on the bed for a long time before the dizzy feeling gradually disappeared and his blurry vision gradually became clearer.
He walked to the window, took out his cell phone and dialed a number.
"Fourth Master!" The phone rang once and was picked up immediately. Yu Sheng's voice was a little nervous from the other end, "It's so late, has something happened?"
"Don't be nervous." Tang Wei's voice was very light and a little cool, like the snow in winter. "Book me a flight back to Youcheng tomorrow, in the morning."
Yu Sheng's voice tightened, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No. Everything is fine."
How could everything be good? How could everything be good? Yu Sheng knew it in his heart. However, since he said that, he was tactful and stopped asking more questions. He just said, "Okay, I'll book it right away. I'll pick you up at the airport tomorrow."
"good."
“… Two?” He asked unnecessarily.
"No." Tang Wei paused for a moment, "It's just me."
The last few words were so heavy that it was hard to breathe. Yu Sheng was silent, not saying another word. Tang Wei hung up the phone silently.
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This night.
Tang Wei hardly closed his eyes.
These past few days, my body had only been aching slightly, but it was still within tolerable range.
But that night, it was as if all the viruses began to invade at the same time, erupting and madly gnawing at his internal organs and every nerve in his body.
He was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweats and could not fall asleep in bed. He was afraid that Shang Shang would find out, so when the pain was the most unbearable, his pajamas were soaked with cold sweat, and he did not dare to make a sound. He just lay in bed woodenly, letting the god of death take away his remaining mental strength bit by bit.
Later, at around four in the morning, he got up from the bed, took two painkillers and swallowed them, and then he felt better. Thinking that Shang Shang would come to wake him up soon, he took a shower to avoid being noticed by her.
She had just finished taking a shower and when she opened the bathroom door, she was wearing pajamas, leaning lazily on the door frame, looking at him with sleepy eyes and a lazy expression, "You got up so early."
She smiled slightly, and that smile was like the sunshine penetrating through the clouds, which made him extremely fascinated.
"You're here early too." Her eyes were half-closed, and it was obvious that she hadn't woken up yet. Tang Wei was afraid that she would fall, so he put his arms around her and supported her body, "Are you still sleepy?"
"Yeah, I'm a little sleepy." Shang Shiyu buried his face in his chest and sniffed, "Tang Wei, you washed yourself so well."
Tang Wei listened to her soft voice, and his heart was filled with pain. He held her tightly with one arm, rested his chin on her head, and sniffed her fragrance.
After today, I will never be able to smell or feel it again...
"How about you stay with me for a while longer, okay?" Shang Shiyu hugged him coquettishly. She felt so safe sleeping in his arms. She suddenly became even sleepier.
"Not good. If we sleep any longer, the sun will come out."
"It doesn't matter if we come out." Shang Shiyu kept his eyes closed, curling the corners of his lips, "Anyway, the weather will be good tomorrow, it won't be too late for us to go tomorrow morning."
tomorrow
He also wants to go tomorrow...
But, Shang Shang, do you know that there is no tomorrow between us...
Tang Wei suppressed the severe pain in his heart, put his hand on her shoulder, and patiently coaxed her, "Shang Shang, don't fall asleep. Be good, go change your clothes quickly, we're getting ready to go out."
"Well, then! Since you are so interested, I will definitely accompany you to the end!" Shang Shiyu stood up straight and tried to cheer himself up. "Wait for me. I will go wash up and change clothes."