"He Qifang, "Prophecy."" Xia Yitong ended here. There was another paragraph after this poem, but that paragraph was not quite suitable.
Lu Yinbing: "Why didn't you finish reading it?"
Xia Yitong never expected that she would actually speak. She couldn't help but feel a little regretful. According to Lu Yinbing's memory, and the fact that she had so many more years of performance experience than her, how could she not have memorized these poems
The next paragraph is:
You didn't listen to my excited singing.
Your feet don't even stop for my trembling!
Like a adoring breeze blowing through the evening,
Disappeared, disappeared your proud footsteps!
Oh, you finally came without words as predicted,
Did you go away in silence, young god
"I've finished reading it." Xia Yitong replied, with a very sure tone, "I've finished reading it."
Lu Yinbing hummed softly and said nothing more.
Xue Yao, who had been silent since entering the room, finally found an opportunity to speak and asked, "I'm going to buy some groceries and cook. What do you two want to eat?"
Xia Yitong knew that Lu Yinbing probably couldn't talk, so she said, "It's vegetarian. I eat everything. I'm not picky."
Unexpectedly, Lu Yinbing raised her eyes and looked at Xue Yao: "You come to cook for me again?"
A look of disgust.
Xue Yao crossed her arms and looked down at her from a distance, trying to make her 155cm tall aura look like 175cm. "I'm cooking for you, and you're still dissatisfied?"
Lu Yinbing said: "Are you not going to make money?"
Xue Yao said: "Money is not as important as you. I won't make any more money."
Lu Yinbing tilted his head, and after three seconds, he replied, "I want to drink soup, you can buy it."
Xue Yao said: "You pay for it."
Lu Yinbing: "No, leave now."
Xue Yao smiled, took the car keys and left.
After Xue Yao left, Lu Yinbing's momentary relaxation and joy disappeared like a flash in the pan. Xia Yitong was puzzled, why was Lu Yinbing willing to pay attention to Xue Yao but not to herself
At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little jealous, but only a little bit.
Xue Yao did not go directly to the supermarket, but went to a high-end tea restaurant nearby. After entering, she refused the waiter's lead and walked in in her high heels while untying the solid wool scarf around her neck.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. I came out a little late."
A middle-aged couple sitting at the table looked over. The wife came up to take the clothes from Xue Yao's hand, and the husband pulled Xue Yao's chair away. At this moment, Xue Yao didn't bother to be polite with them and said directly: "Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu."
It turned out to be Lu Yinbing’s parents.
Liu Xinmin's eyes were still red, obviously she had cried on the way here. Lu Yunzhang had been a soldier and had been decisive in the business world for more than 20 years, but now he looked just like an ordinary father, with an anxious expression.
Xue Yao: "This is what happened..."
The three of them talked in the box for an hour. Xue Yao said goodbye to the two elders and went to the supermarket to buy groceries. She came back with bags full of stuff. She wanted to open the door with her feet, but she tried for a long time before she got the key into the keyhole. She was so tired that her forehead was covered with sweat.
As soon as I entered the door, the two ancestors were huddled on the sofa. Xia Yitong was holding a book in her hand, and Lu Yinbing was lying on her lap, listening to her reading poetry.
Xue Yao took two steps closer and vaguely heard what Xia Yitong was reciting: "Reeds are lush and green, white dew turns to frost, the so-called sweetheart is on the other side of the water..."
Xue Yao suddenly felt deaf.
Lu Yinbing glanced at her and asked, "What did you buy?"
Xia Yitong: “!!!”
This was actually the second time she spoke to Xue Yao. Xue Yao had been out for so long and she hadn't said a word to her!
Xue Yao: "Corn, spareribs."
Lu Yinbing was silent again at this moment, but when she was silent, Xia Yitong wanted her to speak, even if the person she was talking to was not her.
Finding an opportunity, Xia Yitong went into the kitchen and had an in-depth discussion with Xue Yao about this issue.
Xue Yao was quite proud of this: "Don't you see how long I have known her and how long you have known her?"
Xia Yitong looked like she was about to cry.
Xue Yao: "… Forget it, forget it. I won't tease you anymore. If you want to know the reason, I don't know. I can only guess. Is it because I took care of her for a while before, she is more familiar with me, and maybe she has a psychological burden on you."
"Psychological burden?"
"Maybe the closer she is to someone, the more she feels like she can't be a burden to him. She can't let go of you, so she rejects you subconsciously." Xue Yao almost choked up when she said this. She asked herself: What were you so happy about just now? Your daughter has married a wife and has forgotten her mother!
"Ah." Xia Yitong asked, "Is that so?"
Xue Yao gave her a nasty look and waved her hand: "I'm not a professional doctor, go ask a doctor, get out, get out, we don't need you here."
Xia Yitong walked away suspiciously, feeling that Xue Yao suddenly disliked her.
Lu Yinbing drank a bowl of corn and pork ribs soup made in the evening. He didn't eat any rice, but the steamed buns that Xue Yao bought from outside. He steamed them, tore them into pieces, and ate a few bites of them with the vegetables.
Half a steamed bun, half a bowl of vegetables, and a bowl of soup, he ate more than he had in the previous night. Xia Yitong made a note to buy steamed buns for Lu Yinbing in the future, although as a southerner living in the north, he was not used to eating steamed buns for other meals besides breakfast.
Because of Lu Yinbing's illness, Xia Yitong discovered many touching details. She mostly thought that Lu Yinbing was not a particularly careful person, and that she was the one who took care of others meticulously. She was wrong, so wrong.
Maybe the one who falls in love first always boasts that he is more affectionate, but they have been together for so long, and the dinner is always cooked according to Xia Yitong's taste. They always eat rice, and she has rarely seen steamed bread on the table. Also, Xia Yitong took a bite of the corn and pork ribs soup tonight, and it was too salty for her, but Lu Yinbing drank it all without missing a single sip. Her taste is much stronger than Xia Yitong's, and she didn't know it until now.
Lu Yinbing was like an iceberg in the sea. Every time Xia Yitong thought she had seen her whole face, there would always be new facts proving that what she saw was just a tiny corner of the top.
"You're not crying because of the spiciness, are you? Is this pepper spicy?" Xue Yao picked up a piece of green pepper from the plate in front of Xia Yitong with chopsticks, put it in her mouth, chewed it, and said, "It's not bad."
Xia Yitong: “…”
After a pause, she said, "Indeed, it's a bit spicy." Then she put a mouthful of rice into her mouth.
Lu Yinbing glanced at her and stood up.
Xue Yao: "Have you finished eating?"
Lu Yinbing ignored her, poured a glass of water from the kitchen and placed it next to Xia Yitong's left hand.
Xia Yitong was flattered. She picked up the water and smiled as if she had eaten honey.
Xue Yao made a sound of "tsk tsk", bubbling with sourness beside her.
Xia Yitong coughed, then stood up and poured her a glass of water.
Xue Yao picked it up pretentiously, with her lips close to the rim of the cup.
Xia Yitong shrieked, "Mother Xue, please have some tea."
Xue Yao: “Puff—” She sprayed Lu Yinbing who was sitting in front of her in the face.
Lu Yinbing's action of extending his chopsticks to pick up food was frozen in mid-air.
Xia Yitong: “!!!”
She stared at Lu Yinbing's expression nervously, very afraid that she would get angry. A drop of water fell from Lu Yinbing's eyelashes. Then she slowly stretched out her hand, moved towards the tissue box on the table, took out a piece of paper, and slowly wiped her face.
She put down the dishes and returned to the sofa.
Everything was quiet and slow. She didn't get angry, nor did she show even a hint of annoyance.
Xue Yao and Xia Yitong quietly cleaned up the dishes. Xue Yao went home to get clothes. Xia Yitong sat on the sofa and watched Lu Yinbing in a daze. Lu Yinbing sat on the floor and stared at the floor lamp in the living room in a daze. If it weren't for the sore eyes, she would probably stare at it for a whole day without blinking.
Whenever she showed resistance to the outside world and indulged in her own world, Xia Yitong would become extremely anxious. After sitting there for ten minutes, she took out her mobile phone and looked through the emails sent by the doctor in her mailbox. Before she could find a suitable way to help Lu Yinbing get out of her current state, Lu Yinbing moved on her own. She crawled up from the floor. The whole action lasted about five minutes before she stood up completely.
It took her twenty minutes to go upstairs, with her head down and listless. Xia Yitong followed her up, and Lu Yinbing changed into a sports bra and went to the gym at home. While changing clothes, Xia Yitong saw that her back was covered in sweat, and her nose was sore again. For ordinary people, it was a simple movement, but for her, it was exhausting and sweaty.
Xia Yitong watched her turn on the treadmill, set the speed and incline, and then start running.
Xia Yitong also opened one.
One kilometer, two kilometers, five kilometers, ten kilometers...
At ten kilometers, Xia Yitong stopped to rest for a while. Lu Yinbing stared blankly ahead, sweat running down his forehead into his collarbone.
Xia Yitong: "Teacher Lu?"
Lu Yinbing acted as if he didn't hear it.
Fifteen kilometers, twenty kilometers, twenty-five kilometers...
He ran until his calves were swollen and painful, his knees were in great pain, and his legs could no longer move. Lu Yinbing turned off the treadmill and fell on the gym floor with his eyes closed like a dead person. He listened to the pounding heartbeat in his chest and the feeling of being alive was clearer than ever before.
How wonderful it feels like to have a beating heart. You have to be alive to experience it all. Live, live.
She turned her head and saw Xia Yitong kneeling beside her with red eyes. She showed the first obvious emotion on her face today. The corners of her mouth were raised and she smiled beautifully.
Xia Yitong's tears immediately fell.
Lu Yinbing pulled her hand, pulled her down, held her in his arms, and kissed her temples.
"Did the doctor tell you how I got better before?"
"The doctor said that patient privacy cannot be disclosed."
"Just like now," Lu Yinbing said, "I will be fine, don't worry."
Xia Yitong nodded vigorously in her arms.
Lu Yinbing smiled and said, "It takes a lot of effort for me to say one sentence. Please understand me."
Xia Yitong cried and said, "I can feel it, please stop talking."
"Let me say one more thing."
"Um."
Lu Yinbing tensed up again, his facial muscles twitched a few times, and he used all his strength to say, "I love you."
She finally relaxed.