In the middle of the night, the man who was thought to be asleep suddenly opened his eyes, gently pushed aside the leg that was across him, got up from the bed, looked at the woman who was sleeping soundly, thought for a long time, then covered her with the quilt and went straight to the bathroom.
The cool water rushed down from his head, calming his restless heart. Recalling the scenes not long ago, Zuo Yueyao smiled helplessly.
In the next few days, they were in a similar state. One was chasing, while the other wanted to run. One became more and more excited as he chased, while the other became weaker and weaker as he ran. The one who clearly said again and again that he would not accompany Su Xian always woke up in the same bed.
But Su Xian became more and more unhappy, because Zuo Yueyao made her feel like they were sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams. Although they were sleeping in the same bed, he always had his back to her and rarely treated her with a good face.
When she woke up again, Su Xian saw Zuo Yueyao sitting at the table reading a book. She turned her back to him, and for a moment she didn't know whether she wanted to see him or not.
After hearing the noise, Zuo Yueyao turned around and looked at the person on the bed: "Today is the weekend, I'm going to the hospital to take care of some things and will be back soon." I thought I would see her happy again or even rush over to him, but I only heard her hum softly, and her mood didn't seem very high.
Zuo Yueyao closed the book and said, "If you feel bored, you can walk around and maybe find someplace that you find interesting."
"I'm not bored." The tone was still bad.
"If you don't want to go out alone, I can act as your tour guide." I think you can understand this reminder.
Su Xian pulled the quilt over his head, and a muffled voice came out from under the quilt: "I don't want to go out, I just want to stay here, go and do what you want."
The man who couldn't bear it finally sat down beside the bed, pulled down the quilt covering her head, and touched her forehead to confirm that there was nothing unusual. Then he slowly spoke again: "Are you feeling unwell?"
"Um."
After receiving a positive answer, Zuo Yueyao turned Su Xian's face around. Apart from his expression like an eggplant hit by frost, he did not show any sign of pain: "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"Here." With messy hair, Su Xian pointed to his heart.
The pajamas had slipped off her shoulders, revealing a beautiful sight that attracted everyone's attention. Zuo Yueyao pulled Su Xian's clothes up to cover the eye-catching part: "Although I am a cardiothoracic surgeon, I cannot cure your disease."
Su Xian's fingers played with the corner of Zuo Yueyao's clothes: "You can cure it, you just don't want to cure it." Suddenly turned around and said: "It seems that you are really disappointed in me. No matter what I do, you are indifferent. I have never treated anyone so proactively. I don't know what to do."
The person behind him paused: "Are you planning to give up?"
"Yeah." He grabbed a pillow and hugged it, feeling a little less empty. "That was what I planned before I fell asleep yesterday, but now I don't plan to give up."
"Why?"
"Because I want to be your wife."
Zuo Yueyao didn't say anything else. He was no longer surprised by her naked confession. His cell phone rang. It was Ren Shang calling, so Zuo Yueyao picked up the phone.
Ren Shang's uninhibited voice came: "How is it? Have you been having fun every day and being a bridegroom every night these days? It's been great, right?"
Zuo Yueyao calmly denied the answer: "No."
"Tsk, we are all brothers, there is nothing to be embarrassed about."
"What's the matter?" Seeing the figure on the bed looking somewhat lonely, Zuo Yueyao hoped that the other party would get straight to the point.
"Damn it, can't I call you if there's nothing wrong? What? Did I disturb your lovemaking? It's already daybreak, just be quiet, don't make me suffer anymore."
"Bye."
"No, no, no." Ren Shang said anxiously: "I really have something to talk to you about."
"explain."
"Can you come back next month?"
"What's wrong?" Zuo Yueyao already had the answer in his heart, but he asked anyway.
"It's okay." The person on the other end of the phone seemed a little disappointed: "It's just that we haven't gotten together as brothers for a long time, and I want to get together with you. If you're busy, forget it."
"When did you become so hypocritical?" She said, as if coaxing her moody brother: "The gift has been ordered. If nothing goes wrong, it should be in your hands before the eighth of next month."
The eighth of next month is Ren Shang’s birthday.
Ren Shang's excited voice came: "Is it the limited edition one? It's out of stock in China now. Did you get it?"
"Um."
"Oh, Yaoyao, I love you so much. Let's spend the rest of our lives together. Women are too troublesome. We men are simple."
Zuo Yueyao, who quite agreed with Ren Shang's words, glanced at the person on the bed and said, "I may not be able to spare the time to go back, so have fun by yourself."
"If you don't come back, what's the point of having fun alone? Forget it. You have someone to sleep with now. You probably don't remember me. It doesn't matter if I don't celebrate this birthday."
Sounds like a very resentful woman.
"I'll make it up later."
Su Xian, who was already feeling lost, felt even more lost after hearing the conversation between the two brothers. Just look at this man's face. The way he treated his brothers and her was completely different. She moved her body with a hum and closed her eyes, pretending not to hear anything.
"I heard there's a nice view not far from here. I've been here for so long but I haven't been there yet. Do you want to go with me?"
Su Xian almost sat up when he heard this, but then he thought again and suppressed his impulse: "I won't go."
Zuo Yueyao waited for a while, but when she didn't make any movement, he said nothing more, as if he was going to fight with her and decide who would move first would lose. In the end, it was Su Xian who moved first. "Unless you hug me, I will go with you."
Zuo Yueyao couldn't help but laugh: "You really thought you were going to accompany me, I just saw that you were bored, so I wanted to take you out for a walk out of kindness."
"Then I won't go." Su Xian started to get angry and felt very upset.
Zuo Yueyao was helpless: "Come here."
Su Xian turned sideways and saw Zuo Yueyao spread out his arms, so he knelt on the bed with his butt sticking out, hugged him, and said very aggrievedly: "You could hug me whenever you wanted before, why is it so difficult for me to hug you now?"
"You should know why better than anyone else." Zuo Yueyao whispered this into Su Xian's ear and stroked her messy long hair with one hand, his movements so light that she didn't feel it at all.
"Although we are so close now, I feel that your heart is so far away from me."
"Okay." Zuo Yueyao pushed Su Xian away: "Go wash up."
The aunt from the grocery store brought breakfast on time. Zuo Yueyao took it and put it on the table. While waiting, he helped Su Xian cool down the hot porridge and peeled the eggs. When people came out, Su Xian ate the breakfast at just the right temperature. He praised the aunt for her thoughtfulness. People who really do good deeds just concentrate on eating without giving too much explanation.
The scenic spot that Zuo Yueyao described is indeed nice, with natural beauty. Some of the exotic flowers and plants are something that even Su Xian, a kid from the mountains, has never seen. The weather in the morning was neither cold nor hot, just the right temperature, so relatively more people came here for a stroll.
Su Xian wanted to hold Zuo Yueyao's hand, but the other party didn't give her the chance at all. After repeated attempts, she still failed. Su Xian was like a cat stealing fish, and she would lean towards Zuo Yueyao anytime and anywhere to take advantage of him.
Of course Zuo Yueyao knew about these little tricks of someone, and he protected her from falling without letting her succeed. Looking at her clever and helpless look, he had the illusion as if he was back to the age of sixteen.
With a scream, a noisy sound suddenly came, and people subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound. They saw an old man pointing at the river and shouting: "Someone, someone jumped into the river!"
Subconsciously, Su Xian rushed over and found that the person who jumped into the river was no longer visible on the water. Her heart tightened and she jumped in without thinking. She firmly believed that her swimming skills, which she had been familiar with since childhood, would not be a problem at all at this moment.
A few more people jumped down behind. Fortunately, the time interval was not long and they were quickly dragged ashore. Their pale faces looked creepy, as if they had completely despaired of this world. People who were almost out of breath lay straight on the ground, quietly waiting for the call of death.
Zuo Yueyao knelt down on one knee and started working in the field he was good at. Su Xian suddenly felt at ease. He always felt that as long as Zuo Yueyao was there, his light would definitely bring vitality to people.
After the chest compressions, Su Xian watched Zuo Yueyao lower his head and begin artificial respiration on the woman. Suddenly, she had an indescribable feeling. She wanted to be angry, but she felt that she shouldn't be angry. The feeling of powerlessness swept over her whole body.
The woman finally woke up. Her family rushed over and took her to the hospital at Zuo Yueyao's instruction. No one knew what had happened to the woman that gave her the courage to face death. The crowd dispersed, Zuo Yueyao wiped his hands, and suddenly turned and left.
Su Xian followed him, soaking wet, and couldn't understand why the person who was fine just now suddenly became so gloomy.
Zuo Yueyao suddenly stopped and Su Xian bumped into him without stopping. Just as she was about to express her dissatisfaction, the other party's cold face made her lose confidence immediately.
"You go back to North City tomorrow!" he said coldly, as if giving an order.
Su Xian was confused: "What happened to you?"
"Get out of my sight, don't let me see you!"
Su Xian pointed at himself and asked, "What's wrong with me?"
She completely forgot that her wet body had exposed all her curves. She wrapped the man's coat around her, but the owner of the coat did not seem to want to look at her any more.
Su Xian suddenly had an urge to cry. She didn't know what she had done to make this humble gentleman so angry.
After returning home, Su Xian changed into clean clothes and found Zuo Yueyao smoking. He had not seen him smoking in so many days. Su Xian walked over, snatched the cigarette and put it out directly.
"We'll go back to North City tomorrow." He kept repeating the same words.
"I won't go back." Su Xian gradually became angry: "Why should I go back?"
"Because the place you live now is mine." This sounded very childish.
"Okay, I'll find a hotel by myself tomorrow and won't stay at your place, is that okay?" Not only did Su Xian not receive any praise for doing a good deed, but he was also treated like this. A chill gradually surged through his body, not knowing whether it was caused by going into the water or by Zuo Yueyao's words.