Be in low spirits

She didn't want to get herself into this dilemma: "Although... that's what I said, but... it wasn't like this before."

"Before... I was in good health and it didn't matter where I was, but now... are you disgusted with me?" Li Li began to confuse things again. Kong Zhixi knew that she couldn't go back today, so she could only sigh and stop talking to him.

Li thought for a long time and felt that he should ask clearly: "You said the other day that you are not anyone's stand-in, and you also said that you were voluntary. I didn't understand. Can you say it again?"

Kong Zhixi glanced at the gauze wrapped around his chest and asked, "Have you taken the medicine? I'll find it for you." As she stood up to get the medicine, Li Li grabbed her hand. She turned around and fell into his arms, hitting his wound. He cried out in pain, "Hiss..." She quickly stood up and asked with concern, "Did you touch the wound? Let me see." As she spoke, she unzipped his collar, and blood seeped out of the gauze, "Oh, it seems to be bleeding, what should I do?" She was so close to him, so anxious about his wound, "There is gauze in the medicine box, just help me re-bandage it." He felt that he almost couldn't help but hug her and feel her presence.

"Okay." Kong Zhixi found the medicine box, took off his shirt, and removed the old gauze on his body. When she saw the wound, her heart ached again, and she couldn't help but blow on the wound. Li Li could not bear the pain, so he moved his body, his Adam's apple rolled, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I'm afraid my parents will come back."

Kong Zhixi raised her head and looked at him innocently, "What?" She was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly understood what he meant. She stood up, handed him the gauze and said, "You... do it yourself." She turned around and stopped looking at him, picked up the remote control on the coffee table and turned on the TV.

Li Li took a look at the wound, poured himself a glass of cold water and drank it, then limped to the balcony to get a bath towel, went to the bathroom and wiped his body with cold water. Kong Zhixi sat on the sofa and breathed a sigh of relief, her heart still beating fast.

"Uh... go ahead." Li Li walked out of the bathroom and threw the gauze to her. "I can't do it." He was a little embarrassed, afraid that he couldn't control himself. "How about you take the medicine first?" Kong Zhixi was also a little embarrassed, and pushed the medicine in front of him. He swallowed the medicine with water. Then he sat down on the sofa obediently, straightened his back and waited.

She scratched her eyebrows with her hands, took the gauze and bandaged him. After bandaging him, the door rang. His parents opened the door and saw Li Li sitting upright on the sofa. Kong Zhixi was bent over, with her hands wrapped around him with gauze, her face almost touching his shoulders. The two old people quickly retreated, closed the door, and said, "Oh, we seem to have ordered barbecue and forgot to bring it."

"Yes, yes, yes, we have to have a couple more drinks outside, and we may not be able to come back tonight!" Li Li's father spoke louder and louder, and walked further and further away. The two people on the sofa looked at each other, and Li Li's hand unconsciously climbed up her waist and said, "It's okay now." She was stunned, and remembered that night in the bathtub of the hotel.

She shook her head, came to her senses, pressed his shoulder, took a few steps back, and said, "Uh... I... I should go home..." Then she put the gauze on the coffee table, took the car keys and went out. She stood at the door for a long time, trying not to fall into his deep affection, and patted her chest.

Li Li covered his face with his hands, patted his face, and said to himself: "Don't be anxious! Don't be anxious!" Then he let out a long sigh, picked up the gauze and bandaged it himself with great effort. After wrapping it, he sent a WeChat message to his father: Come back.

His father replied: So soon? He replied: Your daughter-in-law went home for something.

After the two old people came back, they stretched their necks, looked around, and then sat next to their son and asked, "Why did you go back? Is your health not good?"

Li Li frowned, "Dad!" He is in good health!

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking. Did we disturb you?" His father still couldn't help himself, fearing that it was his responsibility.

Li Li was helpless. What were these two old people thinking? "Mom! Take care of my dad!"

Li Li's mother patted his father, and the two changed positions. "How about I bring you some supplements from home next time? Seahorse, deer antler, or something like that?"

"Mom! She, she just has something to do. She has a lot of things to do in the institute. What does it have to do with my health? Besides, she was just helping me change the gauze just now. What are you thinking about! Go to sleep." He felt embarrassed to explain himself, so he had to go back to his room to sleep.

Kong Zhixi sat in the car, thinking about what had just happened. Although they were married, it was only a temporary solution, and there was no emotional connection. She couldn't let herself get stuck in it. Kong Jianping knocked on the window and looked at her daughter leaning over the steering wheel. She pressed the window and asked, "Dad, why are you here so late?"

"I was just about to ask you that. What happened?" He squatted in front of the car window and looked around to see if there was anyone else in the car. "Nothing, I'm just a little tired." She got out of the car, closed the door, locked the car, and went home with his father. "There must be a lot of things going on at home and in the office, right?" The two stood in the elevator and chatted about family matters. "Fei called you, right? He asked me to write a self-criticism today."

"Old Fei is a ruthless person. If he really cared about this kind of nepotism, I would not have been unaware that you were a policeman." Kong Zhixi smiled, nodded and said, "Yes, he looked very cold."

"Well, you are nothing like me. You look kind but have a soft heart and a cold temper." Although she is his daughter, he always feels that he should not let her feel proud.

"Speaking of Fei Suo, you are starting to insult me ​​again." The two opened the door. Kong's mother was still awake. Seeing the two of them, she asked, "Why didn't you go back to Li Li's place?"

"Ah, I got off work late and didn't want to disturb them." She changed her shoes, drank a glass of water, and prepared to take a shower.

Kong's mother followed behind and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"have eaten."

Kong Jianping pulled his wife to sit on the sofa, watched his daughter go into the bathroom, and whispered, "Wife, there's something wrong with your daughter."

The couple sat together and thought about the young couple's life: "Well, they used to be very tired when they got home, why are they embarrassed now? It's too late to keep a girl when she grows up."

"That's great! Your son-in-law is quite good!"

"I'm just a little busy. Can you guys have dinner together someday?"

Kong Zhixi came out after showering and looked at the two of them, saying, "Aren't you going to sleep yet? It's already 12 o'clock, what are you talking about? Zhiting hasn't come back yet?"

"I was called away." Kong's mother also stood up and prepared to go to sleep.

She suddenly became interested: "Is there a case?" Kong Jianping poured cold water on her: "Don't ask around! Go to bed!"

Li Li still persuaded his parents to go back, saying that the case had not been investigated yet and that their presence would distract him. The three of them sat at the boarding gate, and Li Li's mother decided to say, "You still have to take care of your health. Xixi will be too tired to cook after work. How about I hire a part-time worker for you?"

"Mom, her name is Zhixi! She will be unhappy if you call her Xixi." The two elders were stunned, "Why?"

"She will be jealous when she sees Kong Zhixi's parents. You should call her Zhixi next time." He kept looking at the registration information at the boarding gate. When Kong Zhixi arrived at the airport, she called him and asked, "Where are you? Why did you suddenly say you wanted to go back?"

"We are at the boarding gate, why are you here?" Li Li was also confused when she received her call. "My mother just sent me a WeChat message." She ran to the ticket office and looked around.

"Oh, Xixi... No, Zhixi, give it to me quickly, I'll tell you." Li Li's mother pulled his wrist, snatched the phone, and said, "Zhixi, it's your mother. We are at the boarding gate. I will bring you a gift next time I come. Oh, by the way, I also want to tell your mother that we didn't have a good meal together this time. We must arrange a meal together next time."

"Oh, OK, I'll call you when the time comes." She turned around and thought that since she couldn't get in, forget it. "Wait for me, I'll take your car back later." Li Li also grabbed the phone, then jumped to the other side and said, "Remember to wait for me." Then he hung up.