All around is quiet, breath can be heard.
It took a long time for Xue Xi's soul to come back to his senses.
With his back against the refrigerator door, Zhou Yizhi leaned forward.
The distance between the two of them was so close that their breaths fell into one place, so close that Xue Xi could see her stiff reflection in Zhou Yizhi's eyes, as well as the sly smile on her mouth.
Xue Xi moved his Adam's apple with difficulty, and instantly realized that she was making fun of herself again.
Sometimes she was quite careless, she would take a step towards him unscrupulously, suddenly jump into his arms, or suddenly get into his bed. But he knew very well that she would never like him.
She leaned over with a smile, brushing her lips lightly against his, trying to see what it felt like to kiss. To her, it might just be an insignificant experiment, but to him, it made him tremble even in his soul.
Xue Xi suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
What was he to her
Is it someone who is used to tease casually and tease casually
The front foot expressed his liking for someone else, and the lips of the back foot lightly brushed against the corner of his mouth.
He looked at the teasing smile on Zhou Yizhi's face, but he was very depressed, mixed with some inexplicable annoyance, embarrassment, bitterness, helplessness, and restrained desire.
Looking at her brother, Zhou Yizhi felt that she had never been so bold before, but since she was sure that the person in front of her also liked her, there was nothing to be ambiguous about. She looked at her brother, happy in her heart, and moved her upper body forward again.
One more kiss.
She leaned forward, but the boy who was staring at her stepped back slightly.
With a soft "bang", Xue Xi pressed his back against the refrigerator door.
The refrigerator door was closed.
Xue Xi leaned against the refrigerator door, looked down at her stiffly, and clenched the hand hanging by his side. There seemed to be a bit of forbearance and restraint in his eyes.
Zhou Yizhi:
Don't I want to continue kissing you? Why are you angry
"Don't be angry, come on." Zhou Yizhi put his hands on Xue Xi's knees, leaned forward, and was about to press over to kiss him.
But my brother suddenly stood up.
Zhou Yizhi kissed Kong Kong all at once.
"Brother." She also stood up quickly, full of doubts.
Standing in front of him, the boy was tall and threatening.
She stood on tiptoe and was about to make persistent efforts, but before her pursed lips could kiss the boy's lips, he raised a hand, pressed his cold fingers on her forehead, and pushed her head back.
Zhou Yizhi looked up at Xue Xi depressedly: "What are you doing, can't you kiss me again? Are you so stingy?"
Xue Xi looked at her with dark eyes.
His chaotic thoughts just now dissipated and turned into restraint.
With a dry throat, he said to Zhou Yizhi: "Kissing is not a trivial matter, how can you just kiss casually just to try out what it feels like?"
"Whatever, I—" Zhou Yizhi wanted to say that she was serious, but before she could finish, Aunt He came back from the outside and appeared at the kitchen door with a few bags of vegetables. Standing in front of the refrigerator, he said strangely, "Miss, what are you doing in the kitchen?"
The remaining cold temperature on his lips did not dissipate, Zhou Yizhi suddenly blushed a little guilty.
She coughed and asked, "Aunt He, what delicious food did you buy and what are you doing tonight?"
Aunt He walked in and put the bag on the marble table, and babbled to Zhou Yizhi, "How about chicken stew for tonight? I also bought..."
Zhou Yizhi quietly glanced at Xue Xi, and saw the young man picked up the garbage bag on the ground and went out to throw out the garbage.
Why was he a little angry just now.
Are you shy
Must be shy.
Zhou Yizhi raised his finger and tapped his lips lightly, feeling very happy, the corners of his mouth had unconsciously grinned to the back of his ears, no matter what, he took away his brother's first kiss. I'll talk about the rest when I'm an adult.
Zhou Yizhi has never really been in love, so she doesn't know how to talk about love. With her, a kiss is considered a confirmation of the relationship. And my brother also likes her, she has responded now, he should understand what that means, right
Now the two of them are in agreement.
But very soon, Zhou Yizhi discovered that since the kiss in front of the refrigerator, his brother seemed to be avoiding her intentionally or unintentionally.
Before, she came downstairs after taking a shower, and sat next to her brother in her pajamas with her knees hugged. The two of them went back to their rooms after watching the movie. Falling into his arms, she comfortably rested her head on his lap to watch a movie.
There is a clean and pleasant smell in the boy's arms. The smell of washing powder, skin, and pines and cypresses are entangled together, making people feel warm and at ease.
Although my brother was tense all over, he never refused.
But this time, Zhou Yizhi wanted to hug Xue Xi's waist again, but he suddenly pulled a pillow from his side, moved it to the side, replaced his thigh with a pillow, and put it on Zhou Yizhi's pillow.
Zhou Yizhi: ...
Zhou Yizhi immediately straightened his upper body, looked at Xue Xi, and said angrily, "What's wrong, your thighs have suddenly become precious? You can't even let me sleep?!"
The elder brother said stiffly: "Don't just lie in other people's arms. It's the same when your cram school goes to the mountains for winter excursions. You and the girls share a tent."
"Why did you mention the cram school for no reason?" Zhou Yizhi: "Besides you, since when did I casually lie in someone else's arms?"
The elder brother glanced at her, hurriedly looked away, and warned: "Don't carelessly kiss or hug anyone."
Zhou Yizhi said, "Since when did I just hug anyone with my relatives?"
But the elder brother suddenly said: "I'd better go to the cram school with you. From tomorrow onwards, I'll be waiting outside the cram school for you after school."
Zhou Yizhi's eyes lit up: "Are you still jealous?"
The elder brother took a sip of water and said calmly: "Remember not to fall in love before graduation."
Zhou Yizhi: ...
Are they saying the same thing
After saying that, Xue Xi got up and went upstairs.
"Hey, wait for me!" Zhou Yizhi followed into his room, tried to get under the covers but was unsuccessful, and was locked out instead.
Zhou Yizhi couldn't help feeling suspicious, could it be that the signal he sent was wrong? No way, I have expressed myself so clearly, my brother is still not enlightened. It's not because I like him too, why did I kiss him? Could it be that he thinks that he is a casual relative
Zhou Yizhi wondered if he should find another chance to kiss him forcefully.
If it doesn't work once, just kiss twice until you are convinced.
Half a month before the final exam, after school, Xue Xi received a call from the nurse in the hospital, saying that his grandmother was awake.
With the irreversible aggravation of the disease, grandma's memory has become more and more confused, and her waking time has become less and less.
So when the nurse said that she was awake, Xue Xi decided to accompany her, so he didn't send Zhou Yizhi to cram school that day.
He was worried that Lin Jiayu would come to Yizhi to make friends again when he was away, but for some reason these days Lin Jiayu was very quiet, although he did come to tutor his homework on weekends, but he just discussed homework with Zhou Yizhi.
Xue Xi brought drinks upstairs several times, but he didn't see the two chatting and laughing about anything other than homework.
Even so, Xue Xi still couldn't help but gently reminded Zhou Yizhi twice as his elder brother, telling her to study hard and not fall in love before the college entrance examination.
It's just that every time he said that, Zhou Yizhi would smile like a flower.
Xue Xi didn't know why, and was afraid that talking too much would arouse her rebellious thoughts, so she could only watch Lin Jiayu come to the villa every week to make up lessons like a thorn in her heart.
Xue Xi bought some fruit downstairs in the hospital.
Because the old man's teeth were soft and he couldn't eat crisp apples, he bought some bananas and strawberries.
He walked into the ward carrying fruit. Grandma was leaning on the bed, wearing reading glasses, reading a book with difficulty.
"Grandma." Xue Xi walked over, put the fruit on the bedside, and asked with a smile, "What are you looking at?"
The old man put down the book and looked at him in surprise: "You are here, you haven't seen me for a long time."
Xue Xi smiled, he just came after school a few days ago, but the old man didn't remember, he was a little helpless, just smiled and said: "Grandma, I'm sorry, I have too much homework recently, I will come here often in the future, I will wash it for you Order some strawberries, wait for me for a while."
He went into the bathroom to wash the strawberries.
Grandma was talking to him outside.
Because he remembered that Xue Xi had moved to Zhou's house, the old man couldn't help asking a few more questions. All he asked was whether Xue Xi was eating well and sleeping well. Xue Xi said everything was fine, so the old man put it down. Confused, he told Xue Xi a few more words. She also asked Xue Xi's future plans, probably because she realized that she couldn't stay awake all the time, so she wanted to say more while she was awake.
Xue Xi cleaned the strawberries with his eyes downcast, looking at the water flowing from the faucet.
In his previous life, Xue Xi had a very clear plan for his future. He saved enough money early, paid back the Zhou family’s money for his grandmother’s medical treatment, and then provided for his grandmother’s retirement. Leaving, Xue Xi instinctively resisted death, and other than that, more plans were related to Zhou Yizhi.
He has indeed moved towards his goal step by step. He has studied at the top medical university in China, received a full scholarship, and is waiting to go abroad for further studies, but the world is impermanent. death, and Yizhi's car accident.
And in this life, on the day of his rebirth, he also thought about the path of this life. In addition to the plan of the previous life, he has to protect her by her side and let her avoid those bad luck. In this life, only the ease of the relationship with her was completely unexpected by Xue Xi.
His eyes softened involuntarily.
It seems that sometimes fate is not so thin on him.
"By the way, what about it?" Grandma asked, "Do you get along well?"
Xue Xi turned around and said, "It's pretty good."
"That's good." Grandma looked towards the bathroom, hesitated, and then said, "Xiaoxi, have you ever thought about... have you ever thought about when you will leave the Zhou family, after the college entrance examination? Although the Zhou family is because of The friendship with your grandfather back then helped us, but it’s not good to accept other people’s gifts for a long time. Grandma is afraid of becoming your burden... "
Xue Xi naturally understood all of Grandma's concerns.
When he was young, the first thing he did after the college entrance examination was to find a way to make money, and he paid back the funding from the Zhou family. It is easy to give up the ability to survive without worrying about food and clothing for a long time. What's more, if the money is not returned, there will be no way to talk about equality between him and Zhou Yizhi.
"Don't worry, grandma." Xue Xi said: "You are not my burden, don't think so, it is my responsibility to take good care of you, and I will also pay back the funding from the Zhou family, and I will be able to take good care of you. you."
I don't know why these words came out of the boy's mouth, they are very reliable, probably because his back is slender and tall, giving people a sense of calmness.
Grandma's eyes were a little wet, she nodded.
Xue Xi plucked the strawberries, washed them, put them on a plate, and put them by the bedside. Grandma let him eat them. He pulled a paper towel, wiped his wet fingers, and said, "I haven't had any strawberries this week. I've seen the doctor, but I haven't talked about your condition, so I'll go to the doctor's office first."
"Okay, hurry up and come back soon." Grandma reminded: "Otherwise I will fall asleep again later."
Xue Xi nodded: "Yes."
Xue Xi didn't go to the cram school to wait for Zhou Yizhi. After Zhou Yizhi got out of school, he heard the news from the driver that Xue Xi's grandmother had woken up, so he asked Driver Li to take him to the hospital. It happened that she hadn't visited the hospital for a long time.
When Zhou Yizhi entered the ward, Xue Xi was not there. He learned from the nurse that he had gone to the doctor's office, so Zhou Yizhi first stayed with his grandmother in the ward and waited for him by the way.
Although she didn't come as frequently as her brother this semester, she also visited her grandmother several times one after another.
So grandma is already familiar with her, and when she sees her coming in, she quickly greets her to eat strawberries.
Xue Xi came out of the doctor's office.
Grandma's condition is still the same, her memory declines very badly, and her organs are weakened to varying degrees. Xue Xi carefully read all the reports. As a medical student, he understands it all too well. Currently, the only treatment method can only be nutritional supplements. , To maintain health, there is no good medical treatment.
He folded the report and walked towards the ward.
When they reached the door, they heard the voices of Zhou Yizhi and grandma.
The old man said: "Xue Xi is a boy, and it is his duty to do more things. Instead, don't be polite to him. You can ask him for anything. We are already very grateful for your father's help. You asked him to help you." You can do your homework, if you don't want to run in physical education class, let us Xiaoxi help you run... "
Xue Xi couldn't hear what he said again.
Xue Xi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard his grandmother's words, and was about to open the door and go in.
Suddenly, I heard the girl sitting by the bed sniffing lightly, as if she was a little sad.
She said: "Grandma, don't say that, in fact..."
"Actually, I owe it to my brother. Without me, he might..."
Afterwards, Zhou Yizhi became weaker.
She looked at the white-haired Grandma Xue and felt sad. Not only was she sorry for Xue Xi, but she was also very sorry for Xue Xi's grandmother. Before his grandmother passed away in the last life, she never visited his grandmother once.
Now that I think about it, my elder brother who had just grown up and lost his last relative at that time, would he feel abandoned by the world
Grandma Xue couldn't understand what she said, so she said, "Zhi Zhi, what did you say?"
With a sore nose, Zhou Yizhi shook his head, did not continue the topic, and said, "Grandma, let me continue studying for you."
Grandma Xue nodded and looked at her kindly.
The figure outside the ward was stunned with dark eyes, and stood there stiffly. The figure was illuminated by the light in the corridor, shining brightly, but also stiff.
The hospital corridor was full of people coming and going, filled with various voices, but he couldn't hear them at all. For a moment, Xue Xi's mind was buzzing and went blank.
From the very beginning, he wondered whether Yizhi was also reborn several times.
But whether it was her handwriting, her good piano music, or her calm and insincere questions about her previous life, she didn't show any signs of being reborn.
So he decided not to think about that question any more.
In other words, it is also an avoidance to face that problem.
But now he understood that it was no use deceiving himself or others.
It turned out that all the changes were due to guilt.