Xie Ci was stunned for a few seconds, her fine strands of hair swept across his eyebrows. With a light floral fragrance, he took a tight breath, and the skin on the back of his neck unconsciously tightened.
"I really seem to have a fever..."
Xu You didn't notice the strangeness of Xie Ci, so she freed her hand to brush the hair on his forehead, and put the back of her hand on it to feel it carefully.
He stood there obediently, his eyes lowered, his deep black eyelashes kept a little light, and the smile spread out from the corners of his mouth.
The more I laugh, the more I can't stop.
Xu You was puzzled by his laughter, "Do you want to go to the hospital?"
"What time is it now?" Xie Ci said indifferently, he tore off her wrist and held it in his hand.
Xu You turned her wrist, lowered her head and took out her phone to look at it.
It's almost ten o'clock.
It's so late, it's still New Year's Eve, I don't know if the hospital is closed...
Still struggling in the same place, Chen Xiuyun called and told her to go back quickly.
This time the mother's tone was much tougher, Xu You couldn't continue to prevaricate, so she agreed several times.
"Are you going back?" he asked.
Xu You nodded, "My mother is urging you, so you should go home early."
"Okay, I'll send you back."
It is not far from the road of the community, just a few blocks away. On the way back, Xie Ci shook hands with her, palm to palm.
Pick up the lunch box in the security room. The creaking drama came out from the old radio, and the security guard handed the insulation box to Xu You through the window, and laughed, "It's still outside so late."
Xu You took it over, "I'm going home soon, Grandpa, are you watching the Spring Festival Gala?"
"Watching and watching."
The community security guard is a grandfather who is a bit older. Xu You only found out once when he heard his parents chatting. Taking a daughter-in-law is also domineering, the man is not up to date, he was caught cheating outside with a mistress, the woman's house was full of trouble, and the old man couldn't stay at home, so he came out to be a guard at this age.
Xie Ci listened to what Xu You said, with a calm expression on his face, and suddenly said: "Oh... Cheating."
After walking a few more steps, she suddenly realized and looked at him: "Why are you alone today."
"... What?"
"Why do you spend New Year's Eve alone?"
"I've been alone."
She was puzzled, and heard him say, "I lived alone in junior high school."
"Junior high school?!" Xu You was taken aback, thinking that Xie Ci was joking, "Why..."
"Oh, I had a quarrel with my dad." He looked as usual, and spoke calmly.
"......"
Xu You sensitively sensed that Xie Ci's mood was a bit wrong, and couldn't help but think of the slap he was slapped by his father last time in the principal's office. She intuitively felt that there must be some conflict between Xie Ci and her family. But she is not a very curious person, let alone as an outsider, it is not easy to inquire about other people's family affairs, so she swallowed the words again.
They walked quietly for several minutes, and they arrived downstairs where Xu You lived.
She stopped, thought for a while and said, "Although I don't know what conflicts you have with your parents, you can have a good talk with them. After all, it's your parents...."
"My mother and my father are no longer together."
Xu You was a little confused and didn't realize the meaning of this sentence.
Xie Ci said, "Twelve or thirteen years old, my dad cheated, and my mom jumped from the second floor in front of me, fell to the lawn and survived, and then they divorced when they came out of the hospital. The one in my dad's house is better than I'm only a few years older, and it's disgusting. My mom and dad got married a few years after they divorced."
When he said this, he was very calm, and his expression didn't change much, as if he was talking about other people's family affairs, which had nothing to do with him.
In his rebellious adolescence, he was full of rebellion against his family, parents and even school. I didn't want to stay in that house, so I went out to live by myself. Puppy love, not studying, mixing with people in society. Girlfriends also talked about one after another, becoming a low-level punk in the eyes of others.
Xu You's heart twitched, and there was an indescribable feeling in her heart. She lowered her head and said slowly, "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry."
"I just... didn't tell you on purpose." About the security guard.
Xie Ci's face was expressionless.
"That..." Xu You racked her brains to think, for the first time she didn't know how to speak.
Nothing seems right to say anything.
"Go up." Xie Ci put his hands in his trouser pockets and took two steps back.
Xu You looked up, only to realize that she had already arrived downstairs before she knew it.
She doesn't know the world and doesn't know how to deal with the situation. Hearing these heavy pasts, I want to say something, at least thank you, don't be sad now... But I still can't open my mouth, I'm afraid that no matter what I say, I will accidentally hurt him...
After hesitating for a while, Chen Xiuyun made a few more phone calls to remind her.
Xu You turned sideways, picked it up and whispered, "Mom, I'm downstairs, I'll go up right away."
"Hurry up, girls are so late, don't always stay outside."
"I know."
"How much longer?"
"immediately... .."
"..."
Hang up over there. Xu You put away her phone, turned around and saw Xie Ci. Before he could speak, he said, "Goodbye."
Xu You's thoughts stagnated, and she could only ask, "Are you in a bad mood?"
"No." He replied.
"Really?"
"I've gotten used to it, you can go home." Xie Ci smiled.
Xu You nodded. Glancing at him, he said worriedly: "Then you go home quickly and call me."
"Okay." He agreed.
"Thank you, wait a minute—" She looked hesitant, and stopped him again.
Thank you and turn around.
"you... .."
"I'm fine."
The voice-activated light in the corridor was broken, and Xu You slowly groped upstairs in the darkness. Walking to the second floor, Xu You's footsteps stopped, and her hand tightly squeezed the handrail next to her.
----
"—Thank you!"
An eager female voice suddenly sounded in the quiet neighborhood, which seemed particularly abrupt in this late night.
The smoker leaning against the street lamp paused and turned his head to the side.
Xu You ran over from not far away.
She was afraid that he would leave, so she ran in a hurry all the way.
As soon as she went upstairs, Xu You kept thinking about how she would say goodbye after saying goodbye in her mind, then turned around and left, and her back was a bit lonely. She didn't know how to describe that feeling, anyway, she had an idea in her heart that she couldn't leave him alone...
Can't just let him go.
Seeing her, Xie Ci didn't move or speak, and the cigarette between his fingertips fell to the ground.
"Thank you, thank you." Xu You finally came in front of him, not breathing evenly, breathing up and down.
She couldn't speak, so she just hugged his waist, her head resting on his chest, her heart beating wildly uncontrollably.
Xie Ci was stunned in place, forgetting to respond.
for a long time.
Xu You raised her chin and asked, "Are you alone at night?"
"Um."
Xie Ci paused for a while, as if he was sorting out his emotions, his voice was extremely hoarse.
"How did you get here?"
"drive."
"Then you...wait for me in the car. I'll go up first. When my parents are asleep, I'll come down to accompany you."
Xu You couldn't bear it, so she said: "Our family has a tradition, that is, we don't turn off the lights when we go to bed on New Year's Eve. If you are afraid, just look at the lights in our house."
"good."
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Xu You seldom did such crazy things, so that she hid under the blanket and watched the time go by, feeling absurd to herself.
Stuffed in the quilt in winter, the heat of exhalation quickly blurred the screen of the mobile phone. She patiently wiped off the mist with her fingers over and over again without blinking her eyes.
The sound outside gradually disappeared, and the house was quiet. Parents fall asleep early.
As soon as 12 o'clock arrived, all the firecrackers downstairs crackled. All kinds of fireworks and firecrackers are noisy and cheerful.
Xu You pinpointed the timing, got out of bed with her coat on, quietly pushed open the bedroom door, and tiptoed to the entrance to change her shoes. She pocketed the key and closed the door, holding her breath.
She ran all the way downstairs before she realized it. I left in such a hurry just now that I forgot to make an appointment with Xie Ci.
Xu You clenched her phone tightly and turned around twice. Just as she was about to call him, a horn suddenly sounded not far away.
She heard the reputation and looked over.
Xie Ci stretched out his left hand out of the window and swung it twice.
She trotted over and opened the co-pilot's door.
The car did not turn off, and there was a smell of tobacco in the car.
Xie Ci leaned on the car window with one hand, and was on the phone with someone else. Seeing Xu You got into the car and sat down, he turned on the heater. The car was locked.
"Wait a minute, right away." Xie Ci squinted.
Xu You nodded after hearing what he said, "It's okay, just tell me."
Song Yifan was on the other side of the phone. Hearing the movement, he teased, "You guys are romantic enough."
"Um."
Seeing Xu You coming, Xie Ci said perfunctorily, "That's it, I'm going to die."
"Oh my god, don't hang up, you haven't finished talking bro."
Song Yifan was so angry that he rolled his eyes, luckily he sneaked out of the house specially, and invited a large group of people to play with Xie Ci, for a long time he had a wife to accompany him this year.
"What's the matter, can you make it quickly." Xie Ci urged again.
Song Yifan cursed secretly, and quickly said, "Let's take my sister-in-law out for dinner tomorrow."
"How many people."
"Not many, just Yibi, Brother Cheng, and Da Lizi can also be called tomorrow..."
"Let's talk."
"Damn, don't just say it and come out, give me a letter, you know that some of us ran out to open a room just to accompany you, but it turned out that you were fine and left your brother and wife without saying a word, isn't it true? Brother, thank you." Song Yifan yelled.
Before the words of thanks were spoken, there was already a change of person.
Chen Jingyi walked to a secluded corner, held the phone, and said with a restrained voice, "Did you block my call?"
Xie Ci looked at Xu You. She seemed to feel a little bored waiting, so she turned her head and stared out of the window intently, watching the fireworks with relish, and took several pictures with her mobile phone.
He twitched the corner of his mouth, and lazily replied, "Ang."
"Why?"
"Don't provoke Xu Yo."
Xie Ci lost his patience, and without waiting for a response from the other side, he hung up the phone after finishing speaking.
When Xu You heard her name, she thought he was calling her, so she turned around and asked, "What's the matter?"
"nothing."
In the dead of night, there were only dim and warm orange lights in the car. Xu You was sitting quietly and straightly on the seat, her shoulder-length hair was draped, and she was wearing a cute bear coat. Her face was reddish from running, and her eyelashes were like thin cattail fans.
Anyway, it's different.
"Did you cut your hair?" He stared at her for a while, then asked suddenly.
Xu You said 'ah', she didn't expect him to say this, she nodded and said embarrassedly: "Mother and I cut it at home yesterday."
Xie Ci smiled and pulled her wrist.
Lowering his eyes, he saw her thin white wrist and clean complexion, and he couldn't help leaning over to kiss her.
She was struck by lightning by his action, and quickly withdrew her hand, stiffening her body, "Don't do this, there are people outside..."
"Well... no one." Xie Ci casually.
Xu You was still worried, and distanced herself a little from him, "Let's chat."
"Talking about what?" he asked.
Xu You thought carefully and said calmly, "What do you usually like to do?"
“…………..”
Xie Ci paused for a long time before saying, "No."
Seeing her choking, he smiled, "What about you, studying?"
Xu You shook her head, "Who would like to study?"
"You are always studying."
Anyway, Xie Ci sat behind her before, and after class, he saw that she was either copying notes or doing papers, as if she was tireless. No matter how you tease her, she doesn't care, and she doesn't get angry, like a rigid and honest scholar who only reads sage books.
The scholar said: "Well, because my grades have always been good, I am used to studying."
"Yo." Xie Ci raised his eyebrows, "You are young, you have a heavy burden as an idol."
Xu You laughed.
He asked lightly: "Where are you going to go to college in the future?"
She thought for a while and said half-jokingly, "New Oriental."
"go to Beijing?"
Xu You looked at him and asked in confusion, "Why are you asking this?"
Xie Ci looked at her, "What do you think?"
"......"
"By the way." Xu You suddenly remembered something, she said, "Tomorrow morning, I will accompany you to the hospital for an injection."
"Why?"
"You have a fever."
"Just take the medicine."
Xu You frowned, and said in disapproval: "Some illnesses cannot be delayed, and the weather is so cold."
He doesn't speak.
"Are you okay?" Xu You was still asking.
Xie Ci looked at her more and more wrongly.
Xu You reacted quickly this time and knew what he wanted to do. She covered the lower half of her face, only showing her eyes, and whispered: "If you don't give me a kiss, you promise me first."
He laughed, leaned forward and kissed the back of her clean and fair hand.
Xu You's ears turned red because of his actions.
Xie Ci leaned forward again, smiled and kissed her eyes.
"You are annoying."
"If you don't give me a kiss, I will kiss you." His eyes were heavy, his voice was hoarse, and the two were close to each other.
She ducked back.
Xie Ci pulled Xu You's hand down, put one hand on the glass, and covered her soft lips with one hand.
Thin lips are suitable for kissing.
He pinched her jaw and bit her tirelessly, his mouth was full of intoxicating fragrance, numb all the way to his chest.