Life is more than just living

Chen Xu is sick. She hasn't been sick for many years. When she returned to the dormitory, she still had a high fever. It was summer, but she was shivering from the cold. Lin Zihan first noticed something was wrong with her. She stepped on the ladder in front of Chen Xu's bed and touched Chen Xu's forehead. She was startled and said quickly: "It's too hot! Get up quickly, let's go to the infirmary. "Chen Xu closed his eyes tightly, shook his head gently and said, "It's okay, just take a nap and you'll be fine. Thank you, Lin Zihan, but don't worry about me."

Lin Zihan hurriedly came down from the ladder, poured a glass of warm water for Chen Xu, and took out the antipyretic medicine from his spare medicine box. He called Chen Xu again and asked her to take the medicine. Chen Xu stood up in a daze and took the medicine. He drank some water and then lay still on the bed.

Every half hour, Lin Zihan would force Chen Xu to take his temperature. After more than an hour, the fever subsided and Chen Xu was sweating profusely. During dinner, Chen Xu struggled to get up and refused her roommates' offer to continue taking care of her. She washed her face, combed her hair, and called her classmates to eat in the cafeteria. On the way, Lin Zihan held Chen Xu's arm and complained: "Why do you have to be so strong? What does it matter if you are weak? We can just help you make food." Chen Xu shook his head, "It's okay, I'm already fine."

After a menacing illness, Chen Xu became even thinner. She studied harder and became more silent.

On Friday night, Grandma Wu called as usual and asked Chen Xu to come and play tomorrow. Chen Xu hesitated and agreed. Early on Saturday morning, she left school with her backpack on her back and went to catch a bus. She changed buses twice and finally arrived at Grandma Wu's house more than an hour later. I don’t know if Han Yidao said something in advance. Although Grandma Wu was enthusiastic today, she didn’t promote her grandson too much. She didn’t even mention it. She just kept urging Chen Xu to eat more and said that Chen Xu had lost weight. In the evening, Chen Xu helped Grandma Wu prepare dinner, finished it with her, then left and returned to school after cleaning up.

Han Yidao looked at the surveillance screen on his mobile phone and his nose felt a little sore. At first, I felt guilty because I didn't know that my grandma was sick and was hospitalized. So after my grandma was discharged from the hospital, I immediately contacted someone to install a surveillance camera in the living room of my grandma's house. This way, I could turn on my phone to check on my grandma's condition at any time. Unexpectedly, I accidentally interfered. Now I can only relieve the pain of lovesickness through surveillance like a voyeur.

Strangely enough, he originally wanted to wait until Chen Xu graduated before establishing a clear relationship, but when Chen Xu told him that there was no possibility between the two of them, he suddenly realized that he had already been deeply in love and could not let go easily.

After sending Chen Xu off that day, he returned to his grandmother's house and told her about Chen Xu's situation. He told her that Chen Xu had been abandoned by his parents and that he had gone through a very difficult journey. He had no confidence in himself or in being accepted. , unwilling to be boyfriend and girlfriend with him, told grandma to take everything slowly and asked grandma not to make Chen Xu feel uncomfortable anymore. Grandma nodded in agreement. At the same time, grandma also warned Han Yidao: Don't make promises easily. Men should give women enough sense of security. If they are not sure, they should not provoke this ill-fated girl.

During the summer vacation, Chen Xu found a job in a clothing store, but the store manager arranged Chen Xu into the men's clothing department, saying that there was no shortage of people in the women's clothing department. Although Chen Xu is new and unfamiliar with the business, her performance is the best. Even the store manager has to admire her. No man can be indifferent to Chen Xu's beauty. Chen Xu just stood aside silently, not fighting or grabbing, but men who came to buy clothes often asked Chen Xu for his opinion. When guests leave, some leave business cards and some ask for Chen Xu’s contact information. When someone left a business card, Chen Xu politely took it. If he asked Chen Xu for his contact information, Chen Xu would give him the store manager's business card. It was late at night when he got off work at the mall, and Chen Xu always felt like he was being followed every time he went home. Fortunately, there were always no dangers.

During my junior year, there was a sudden influx of visitors to the school. It turned out that a tour group used the university as a tourist attraction. The school did not boycott the event. Instead, it coordinated the tours and had its students act as tour guides, and the travel agency paid them. Lin Zihan thought it was fun and encouraged his roommates to sign up. As a result, the four of them became campus tour guides. Everyone memorized the commentary together in a lively manner, which made Chen Xu temporarily forget his worries.

One day, several people returned to the dormitory together after dinner. Wang Yuqi suddenly said: "Chen Xu, there is someone over there who seems to be chasing your rich second generation." Chen Xu paused for a moment, then walked forward as if nothing had happened, "You are not here to find me. Yes, he and Meng Xiangyu were young, so they should have come to find her." Lin Zihan pulled Wang Yuqi with his hand, and Wang Yuqi then covered her mouth and stopped talking.

Chen Xu became more and more silent after his illness. The clever Lin Zihan guessed it. She tried her best to find a topic for Chen Xu to talk more, and signaled Wang Yuqi and Fang Jia to act together. Fang Jia couldn't find the topic, so she said, "Chen Xu, you are so good-looking, you must be the object of envy and jealousy by others. Don't you even know what it feels like to be envious and jealous of others?"

Chen Xu thought for a while, "I have briefly envied many people, but I have been envious of a little girl for six years. In elementary school, there was a girl named Cheng Baobao in my class. She was a member of our class at that time. The youngest was already ten years old when I was in first grade, and she was only five years old, maybe not even four years old. Although she was the youngest, she was the person I envied the most during the entire elementary school period. She seemed to have some problems in her family as well. There are no other relatives, only one brother who depends on each other for life. His brother is tall and big. He loves his sister very much. He hugs her every day when he goes to and from school. That brother dotes on his sister so much that he always talks to her. He spoke softly, bought nice clothes and the best toys for his sister, and listened with interest to his sister about the little things that happened in the class. He was very anxious when his sister had a bad temper and tried every means to make her happy. Once , Cheng Baobao’s hand was pricked by a wooden thorn on the desk. There was a thorn in her hand. Her brother took her to the clinic to ask someone to help pull out the thorn because he did not dare to move for fear of hurting his sister’s hand. Several classmates They all went to see her, because everyone thought it was a bit of a fuss to go to the clinic just to get a thorn in their hand. But I saw that after the thorn was removed, her brother was so nervous that he was sweating, and the hand holding his sister's hand felt extremely painful. , At that time, I was thinking, how great it would be if I had such a brother!" After hearing this, the roommates said in unison: "We really want a brother like this! Give me a dozen brothers like this. "