After washing the dishes, soaking my hands in the sink, and being hit by the sun on my face.
This is a good situation for reflection.
Feeling ashamed and uneasy, coupled with worry about Lu Zhixin's physical condition, the two worked together to make Xu Tingsheng look like a family uncle this morning.
Wearing light-colored cotton pajamas and slippers, he stepped in the sunshine coming in through the window, quietly and quietly, tidying up and tidying up the whole house, every room and living room, as well as the balcony and under the sofa , every corner.
Another thing he did was to wash Lu Zhixin's dirty clothes, all of them, including the ones she brought back to Hong Kong. In the end, the clothes were drying all over the balcony.
With a sense of accomplishment, Xu Tingsheng felt that this might make him look warm and stable again, at least not so beastly.
In the end, when Lu Zhixin came home and saw the clothes drying on the balcony, she felt that Xu Tingsheng was actually a beast. Throughout the day, she maintained the most indifferent state, and when she had to talk to Xu Tingsheng on rare occasions, she also ensured that she used the most indifferent tone.
After dinner, Lu Zhixin went directly to her room to sleep. In fact, her body was still having a low fever and hadn't fully recovered.
After eleven o'clock, Lu Zhixin, who had probably had a nap, came out of the room, and saw Xu Tingsheng still sitting on the sofa in the living room, not turning on the TV, nor falling asleep.
"Why haven't you returned to the dormitory yet?" Lu Zhixin asked Xu Tingsheng coldly.
"You haven't fully recovered yet, you forgot to take your medicine, and I'm worried that you'll have a fever again at night. If I'm not here, I won't be able to take care of you." Xu Tingsheng carefully explained.
Lu Zhixin didn't say anything, she went to the bathroom to wash up, and when she came back, she saw that Xu Tingsheng had put warm water and medicine on the coffee table, she picked it up without saying a word, finished eating, and went back to the room directly.
Then, Xu Tingsheng heard the sound of the door being locked and checked again and again.
"I sleep next door. If you feel uncomfortable at night, call me. I'll take you to the hospital."
Xu Tingsheng said something to the closed door, then went back to his room and turned on the computer.
He received an email from Cen Xiyu.
She said that she was looking forward to meeting the girl with long braids in Zhang Ninglang, and she would definitely treat them to dinner next time she came back.
Xu Tingsheng was about to reply when a new email notification popped up on the screen.
This is the first time Cen Xiyu sent back an email with a photo. In the photos, she is wearing sportswear. In some photos, she is stretching her legs by the flower bed, in some photos, she is resting, and in some photos, she is running.
"Xu Tingsheng, do you know what is the most beautiful thing that I have left for me during the two months in the riverbank residence? You must not have guessed it, because I didn't know it before, it was running.
When I got here, when you were not around, I realized that what I miss the most every day is the time when you ran with me every morning during those two months.
So, I run every day and think of you while I run.
Did you see the picture
This is New York's Central Park, which is very large and beautiful, and is a world-renowned running mecca. Every day, many people run here, people who live here, people who come here for travel, and some people come here specially to run a lap here.
There are often some small races here, you will not believe it, I just participated in an 8-mile race, and I ran down.
Actually I can run longer.
At one point, I ran alone for over an hour, maybe two hours. I used those times to reminisce about every bit of our relationship.
It was still dark when I started running that day, then the sun came out beautifully, then it rained heavily, then it cleared up again, my clothes were wet and dry, and I kept running, feeling very happy and didn't want to stop.
You see, this is much like the state I have experienced in the past. Meeting you, liking you, is still the best thing in my life after all, I don't want to stop. do you know? Xu Tingsheng.
I met a group of people who love running, people of all nationalities, colors, and ages, including the elderly and children.
This is a group of very interesting and lovely people. I think maybe because running is not very interesting compared to other sports, most people who love running are interesting and full of enthusiasm.
I think I should too.
I plan to sign up for a half marathon next month.
I plan to go for more runs in the future.
But my most important plan is to run with you, in Central Park in New York, on the streets of Boston, or we can go to the beach in Seychelles, Gold Coast, Australia.
Come and see me. Xu Tingsheng. "
Signature: Yours.
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Xu Tingsheng feels relieved and at ease because of Apple's current living conditions. As she said, she should be like that. She is interesting and full of enthusiasm.
But wait, do you mean run a half marathon
Xu Tingsheng thought for a while and replied, "I will come, but 8 miles and a half marathon? I don't believe it."
A few minutes later, Cen Xiyu replied: "You are here, you haven't slept yet? Why don't you believe me?"
Xu Tingsheng replied: "If the chest is too big, it is not suitable for running, right?"
An advantage of chatting with email is that it is instant, but not as fast as a phone call, text message, or other chat tool. If the two parties are talking on QQ now, Cen Xiyu should reply with a few emoticons expressing anger or shyness.
But emails give people room to think.
This time Xu Tingsheng waited for nearly twenty minutes before he got a reply.
She said: "The ones with sports bras, stupid. Cover them tightly and keep them from shaking, that's fine."
There are two photos attached to the email. In the first one, Cen Xiyu is wearing a sportswear, which is tightly wrapped except for her long legs. The second photo is a red sports vest inside after taking off the sportswear.
She wrote: Does it look good? In fact, many girls here are running directly in sports vests, even the old lady, it's just me, I'm afraid you are narrow-minded.
Xu Tingsheng replied: "That's right. But I want to see the third one, let's continue."
Cen Xiyu replied: "I'll show you when you come... Well, you can see what you want when you come. But now I want to go to a country folk song party with my friends, so I have to go out immediately. I'll wait for you. By the way, Xu Tingsheng , almost every day there are international students and foreigners confessing to me, you can figure it out yourself."
Xu Tingsheng quickly replied: "Confession? Are there any British nobles among them? Barons or something."
Fortunately, Cen Xiyu hasn't left yet. She replied, "I don't think so for the time being. Why, are you nervous? Then hurry up. I really have to go out, good boy, bye."
Xu Tingsheng had no choice but to reply: "Okay."
Then he turned off the computer, sat on a chair and imagined the current Apple, Cen Xiyu.
Xu Tingsheng knew that she was learning guitar, she was running, she was confessed, she was enthusiastic and cheerful at a jazz party, singing and dancing, she wore a simple plain long dress on a small stage of country folk songs, and sang soft songs quietly...
Thinking of this, Xu Tingsheng smiled unconsciously.
Sometimes, only by making your own state better can you bring comfort and good feelings to those who communicate with you, those who care about you. Now Cen Xiyu still has Apple's "little evil character", but it is gradually different... that is because the way she views herself and life has become different.
She is passionate about life and herself.
Xu Tingsheng fell asleep with warmth.
Maybe two o'clock in the morning, maybe three o'clock, a body gently got into his arms.
Xu Tingsheng woke up startled and was about to ask questions.
Lu Zhixin said: "I don't have a fever, so don't talk. Don't talk. That's it. You will move back to the dormitory tomorrow. Okay, don't talk. I'm very sleepy."
Then, she put one arm around him, leaned against Xu Tingsheng's chest, and quickly fell asleep.
Xu Tingsheng believed that Lu Zhixin's action itself should not have any purpose to make people dreamy. Last night and tonight, she was just rare and needed some warmth and support...
She is Lu Zhixin, so it is really rare, so this state should be overcome soon.
The Cen Xiyu and Lu Zhixin that Xu Tingsheng saw that day were both in another state of themselves.
Xu Tingsheng didn't go back to sleep so quickly. Now, in the past few days, he seems to be in a state that should be condemned.
This is wrong, but not completely wrong.
If he could push Lu Zhixin away at this moment, he might not be the Xu Tingsheng who won Apple because of a warm burden, and maybe he wouldn't be the warm uncle Xiang Ning would fall in love with in his previous life, and he wouldn't have that sweet entanglement and later Painful waiting.
This is an unavoidable contradiction and an unsolvable paradox.
Xu Tingsheng thought of Xiang Ning now, she was something he couldn't hold back when he saw it, and he knew he had to stop it when he couldn't see her. At least for now.
After rebirth, Xu Tingsheng seemed to go further and further away.
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The next morning, when Lu Zhixin woke up, she found Xu Tingsheng staring at the ceiling with his eyes open, grinning, but he didn't dare to move. Lu Zhixin got up and asked with her eyes.
Xu Tingsheng pointed to his half body and said with difficulty: "Numbness, pain, it seems to be necrosis."
Lu Zhixin finally smiled, but quickly put on a straight face, and said, "I'm fine. You have to move back to the dormitory today, no, right away, I'll leave after washing up."
Xu Tingsheng jokingly said, "Okay, can you pay for the overnight stay?"
Lu Zhixin went straight out without saying a word, as if everything had nothing to do with her.
After washing up, Xu Tingsheng went out.
Before closing the door, he said to Lu Zhixin who was sitting in the living room: "I know something happened to your family. If you can't tell me, you can rest for a few days, go for a walk, or just be an ordinary college student for a few days. .”
Lu Zhixin looked at him, nodded and said, "Yes."
Xu Tingsheng closed the door.
"Xu Tingsheng", Lu Zhixin said through the door, "If one day, I exchanged my feelings with you for money, for conditions, would you feel relieved? Or would it actually be painful?"
This question was very abrupt, Xu Tingsheng wanted to open the door to go in and ask carefully, but found that the door was blocked by Lu Zhixin.
"That's the answer," she said.
Xu Tingsheng was silent for a while, then said, "I don't know, maybe there are."