The sounds of the monitoring equipment rose and fell in this space, and the electronic display screen reflected the falling sunlight.
The experiences in the dream were still surfacing in Lu Shizhen's mind. She just looked at Xu Shiyue's hand holding the apple. The familiar feeling that overlapped with the dream made her feel a little dazed.
She hadn't thought about that ward for a long time, and she didn't know why she suddenly dreamed about it.
The disability of her legs was only the most obvious sign of Lu Shizhen's poor health. She had been fighting for her life until she was six years old.
The square ward was because she needed a very high level of sterile environment.
So it was strange to think that the door of her room was suddenly opened.
And why did the originally horizontal corridor become a long and quiet vertical corridor, and there was another child standing opposite her who seemed to be about the same age as her...
"Not eating?"
As Lu Shizhen was thinking this, another question came into his sight.
Xu Shiyue was holding the apple she had just peeled. The red skin had faded, revealing the golden flesh that was exceptionally even and round.
She just raised her eyes slightly and looked at Lu Shizhen calmly, without any annoyance at her ignoring her questions just now.
It was just that Lu Shizhen had just dreamed of apples, and now Xu Shiyue inexplicably asked herself whether she wanted to eat apples. The feeling that the dream and reality overlapped at a certain point made her feel an indescribable sense of weirdness, and she subconsciously asked: "Why apples?"
Lu Shizhen was still running a fever, and his throat was a little hoarse after being dry all night.
Xu Shiyue raised her head after listening to him, put the knife in her hand on the bedside table beside her, and said, "Didn't you just talk about apples in your dream?"
Lu Shizhen paused for a moment, and indeed remembered that she had just shouted in her dream that the apple had rolled away.
It turned out that she didn't just shout in her dream.
"Thank you." Lu Shizhen nodded, sat up, and took the apple peeled by Xu Shiyue.
"It's okay." Xu Shiyue said in a light voice.
The crisp sound of biting an apple was heard in the quiet ward. The slightly sour juice burst on Lu Shizhen's tongue, as if separating dreams from reality.
Yeah, kid.
The hand holding the apple that rolled into the corridor was obviously a child's hand. How could it be possible that it overlapped with Xu Shiyue's hand
Moreover, even if that was Xu Shiyue's childhood, it doesn't prove anything.
As the saying goes, you dream about something at night.
Lu Shizhen recalled the nightmare she had when Xu Shiyue first tutored her in physics, which involved physics problems.
She felt that it must be because of the fever, coupled with the fact that she read a few chapters of the infinite flow in the car during the day, that she dreamed of such a strange corridor and the little girl picking up an apple.
She and Xu Shiyue are not from the same world, so how could she have any intersection or overlap with her in her original world
What's more, it was in the sterile ward where she had lived alone for three or four years.
"Do you like apples?"
As Lu Shizhen was thinking this, Xu Shiyue's voice brought her back to her senses.
It was rare for Xu Shiyue to take the initiative to talk to her. Lu Shizhen, who had already consoled herself, nodded and said something she had often said over the years: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away."
"Really?" Xu Shiyue said in a calm voice, with a hint of smile at the corner of his eyes.
She just looked at Lu Shizhen who was sitting on the bed at the moment and asked: "But you still can't stay away from the doctor, right?"
Lu Shizhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
The background of the apple in her hand is a blue and white striped hospital gown, and the not-so-light quilt in the ward is pressing on her body.
From this point of view, she is indeed not very convincing.
A little bit dissatisfied that his wise words were so easily shattered, Lu Shizhen argued: "It is better to believe it than not to believe it. Besides, I am not sick, but..."
Lu Shizhen was quick-witted and was about to say that he was hospitalized because of Xu Shiyue.
But before she could finish her words, she suddenly stopped.
Lu Shizhen didn't regret falling off the boat in order to save Xu Shiyue at all. He was even somewhat glad that the fact that he lost his legs as a punishment by the system because of this incident had not been noticed by anyone.
But she did it willingly, without any complaints or resentment.
But if you tell this to the other person involved, the meaning changes.
The faint scent of apples overwhelmed the smell of disinfectant in the room, and the slightly cool scent touched Lu Shizhen's fingers.
She didn't know how Xu Shiyue managed to peel the apple so cleanly even though she couldn't see clearly. Maybe it was because she was Xu Shiyue, the omnipotent Black Moonlight in the original text.
But even though she is omnipotent in the eyes of everyone in the book and even all the readers, it still cannot change the fact that she is just a girl who has just turned nineteen years old.
Lu Shizhen was afraid that Xu Shiyue would blame herself for what she said.
She also didn't want to blame herself.
Thinking of this, Lu Shizhen immediately pretended to be nervous, took a bite of the apple, and vaguely changed the topic to another direction: "Oh, I remember it was morning when I was unconscious, why is it still morning now? How long have I slept?"
Lu Shizhen's acting skills are not very good, and she even played the surprise in a slow and exaggerated manner.
The sentence that was forced to pause took an extremely abrupt turn, and the connection was full of flaws.
Xu Shiyue just couldn't see clearly, not hear clearly.
She knew what Lu Shizhen hadn't finished saying, and also knew why Lu Shizhen suddenly changed the subject.
Although it was quite clumsy, Xu Shiyue had to admit that she was protected by this person.
Xu Shiyue just looked at Lu Shizhen's exaggerated performance without any intention of exposing her. Instead, she touched the watch on her wrist and replied, "It's 7:11 in the morning now. You have been unconscious for nearly 20 hours. If you don't wake up in another four hours, it will be dangerous."
"It's been so long..." Lu Shizhen was indeed surprised and finally understood why he had to be connected to such an expensive monitoring device.
As far as she could remember, her parents only made up their mind to use this device on her during a particularly critical period.
After all, this thing requires several zeros just to open it once.
Lu Shizhen sighed in her heart and couldn't help but look around this large single room which was more advanced than any other ward she had stayed in before.
Then she seemed to have thought of something, and turned back suddenly, looking at Xu Shiyue: "Have you eaten? Have you been here since yesterday?"
"No." Xu Shiyue shook her head and answered Lu Shizhen's question in an orderly manner, "I left for a while when Mr. Lu came last night."
"Brother?" Lu Shizhen became nervous when she heard Lu Shize's name. Before she drowned, she was most worried that Lu Shize would make things difficult for Xu Shiyue. "Did he call you out? Did he make things difficult for you? Did he scold you?"
Xu Shiyue listened to Lu Shizhen's rapid-fire questions and curled her lips with an expression that showed she couldn't hide her emotion.
She seemed to remember something, and she lightly touched the knife on the bedside table with her fingers, and asked in a joking tone: "Lu Shizhen, why do I feel that you and your brother are not as close as the rumors outside?"
Lu Shizhen was stunned by Xu Shiyue's question.
The man's tone was indeed relaxed, but it was like a bomb that exploded in Lu Shizhen's ears.
She didn't know if it was because she was guilty or because her feverish brain couldn't figure out what Xu Shiyue meant. Her guilty conscience was like the beat of a drum, pounding on her chest.
Is Xu Shiyue doubting himself
The huge ward was silent, with only the sound of the instruments operating tirelessly and orderly.
Xu Shiyue just listened to the sound of the monitoring equipment, slightly lowered her sight, and continued in the same voice: "Lu Shizhen, do you know that if Mr. Lu heard these words, he would be sad."
Eh? Is that what you mean
Lu Shizhen listened to Xu Shiyue's second half of the sentence and immediately relaxed a lot of her nervousness: "Oh, if you don't tell me and I don't tell him, he won't know."
As she spoke, she raised her hand and rubbed her tense face, then explained, "You know, my brother is always very concerned about me. Today and yesterday, something serious happened. I'm afraid he will be too concerned... I'm also worried about you."
Xu Shiyue raised her eyebrows and said, "I can't believe you're still worried about me?"
Lu Shizhen was stunned for a moment.
She had shown her kindness to Xu Shiyue countless times before, but this was the first time that Xu Shiyue responded to her kindness.
But why does this response sound a little... ambiguous
Xu Shiyue's voice was no different from before, and his questions were just as bland as before.
But Lu Shizhen couldn’t put it into words. She always felt that something had changed slightly, and the dullness didn’t seem so dull anymore.
The sun slowly rose from the bottom of the window to the top, and Xu Shiyue sat in front of the window, surrounded by the sunlight.
Lu Shizhen could tell at a glance that the dark grey sweatshirt she was wearing was not her usual style. It was wide and covered her entire body. Although it was not very neat, it surprisingly gave off a casual vibe.
It was as if all the coldness that surrounded her all day long had been washed away.
A bit different and nice looking.
Lu Shizhen just looked at Xu Shiyue who was sitting in front of the window, and thought carefully about what he had just said. He also thought about what Xu Shiyue had just said, and inexplicably felt hesitant.
Is this ambiguous
This isn't ambiguous...
You can say these things between ordinary friends.
You can ask this kind of question to ordinary friends...
"Ding, ding, ding..."
Lu Shizhen was still analyzing herself in her mind when the alarm clock on the bedside table rang.
She turned her head to look at the electronic alarm clock in some surprise, and just as her attention was taken away, she was pulled back by a slightly cold hand.
The alarm clock was muted the moment it was about to ring again, and the last sound that didn't come out completely turned into a stream of distorted electricity. Xu Shiyue stood up slowly and put his hand on Lu Shizhen's forehead.
The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and a long shadow cast a complete darkness over Lu Shizhen.
She was totally unprepared and Xu Shiyue unilaterally shortened the distance between them. Her heartbeat, which was already accelerated by the fever, suddenly quickened.
In Lu Shizhen's sight, the sunlight turned into a golden pen, outlining a bright golden edge for the girl she was looking at.
The smooth lines passed through her long hair, sprinkling each strand of her hair with golden color, carefully outlining her slightly curled eyelashes, and adding a touch of light to the tip of her nose.
Finally it landed on the lips.
The light cherry pink color opened a little, and a gentle breeze blew out from it, exuding a softness.
As if his memory flashed back, Lu Shizhen suddenly remembered that Xu Shiyue gave him air underwater yesterday.
The oxygen wrapped in warmth fell on her lips and tongue, and she still remembered the softness she felt when her lips were covered by another pair of lips.
Just like the feeling of the wind exhaled by Xu Shiyue falling on her lips at this moment.
She kissed Xu Shiyue in the water...
Kissed Xu Shiyue...
Kissed...
Lu Shizhen felt a burning sensation on her face and her whole body was hot.
It's like a worse cold.
But Xu Shiyue took her hand back at this time and said to her calmly: "The nurse told me to check your temperature every hour, and it doesn't feel as hot as before."
As he spoke, Xu Shiyue picked up the thermometer and said to the girl who was sitting on the bed as if she had stopped working: "Take the temperature again, to be safer."
Lu Shizhen was still immersed in the kiss that she had just suddenly remembered, and didn't realize that Xu Shiyue's behavior just now was a bit unnecessary. She just took the thermometer that Xu Shiyue handed over and said, "Okay."
Inadvertently, the two people's fingers touched for a moment.
The scorching heat passed by the slight coolness, and suddenly countless hot air rose up in Lu Shizhen's world.
And at this moment, the door of the ward was suddenly opened.
A rabbit-like figure quickly jumped into Lu Shizhen's arms, crying: "Sister..."
(End of this chapter)