passenger

Shi Dongdong sent Qiao Hao home and carried him upstairs.

Qiao Hao stumbled into the door, and collapsed on the sofa in the living room without taking off his shoes, as if he was really drunk, but in fact, his ears were carefully listening to the movement of another person in the room.Footsteps were heard around him first, and then he felt a blanket covering himself, and the shoes under his feet were gently taken off.

"Qiao Hao." Shi Dongdong called him.

Qiao Hao finally turned around and saw Shi Dongdong's face right in front of his eyes.

"Are you awake?" the man asked him.

Qiao Hao suddenly felt that maybe he was really drunk, seeing Shi Dongdong's face from such a close distance made his heart beat faster.To cover up, he frowned slightly, but his mind was blank, not knowing what to answer.

"Do you want to vomit?" Shi Dongdong patted him, the contact came from his arm, and he could feel the temperature through the blanket. Qiao Hao never knew that Shi Dongdong had such a considerate side, and he couldn't help feeling a surge in his heart. Warmth, then shook his head involuntarily.

"Then you have a good rest. If you can get up, go to sleep in your room. I have to go. There will be no bus late." Shi Dongdong said, standing up straight, ready to leave.

Qiao Hao grabbed his wrist.

"Don't leave, I'm worried about you alone." Qiao Hao said anxiously.

"I'm not a girl, so there's nothing to worry about." Shi Dongdong glanced at his held hand and said with a smile.

"You're not a girl, so it's not inconvenient to stay here with me," Qiao Hao felt that he was quick-witted, "and... the concert is the day after tomorrow, so we will set off together then."

"You are quite sober now." Shi Dongdong turned around, raising his eyebrows slightly.

"I..." Qiao Hao was a little embarrassed, but a burst of vomit welled up in his throat at the right time, and he had to rush into the toilet before he could speak.

After venting while hugging the toilet, a cup of water appeared in front of Qiao Hao's eyes.Shi Dongdong stood beside him, looking down at him, with a shallow and tolerant smile on his face.

Qiao Hao hastily pressed the flush switch of the toilet, and snapped the toilet lid on.He was really embarrassed, because the spitting filth was too unsightly.

Barely standing up, Qiao Hao rinsed his mouth at the washstand beside him. His bathroom was small, with the toilet next to the washstand, and now, Shi Dongdong was less than half a meter away from him.

"Can you lend me my clothes?" Shi Dongdong asked.

Qiao Hao was a little dizzy, but he didn't know what the other party meant after hearing this, so he looked up at Shi Dongdong in a daze.

"I only have two sets of clothes. One is in the hotel. I just pulled you up and sweated all over. I want to take a bath." Shi Dongdong said calmly.

Qiao Hao felt a light flash in front of his eyes, and finally understood that Shi Dongdong had agreed to live in his home.So he nodded again and again, turned around and was about to run to his bedroom to get clothes for Shi Dongdong.However, extreme joy gave rise to sorrow, when he went out of the bathroom door, his waist hit the corner of the washstand, causing him to grin involuntarily in pain.

It's just that he didn't have the nerve to make a sound.

Soon, Shi Dongdong closed the bathroom door and took a bath inside.

Qiao Hao ran into the kitchen and poured himself a few sips of cold boiled water. He thought he was just pretending to be drunk, but he just vomited and his body was so hot that he finally had a clearer understanding of his drinking capacity.He took a few deep breaths, rubbed his temples heavily with his fingers, and then walked back to the living room.

Hearing the sound of Shi Dongdong taking a bath, Qiao Hao started to make the bed. He put the blanket that Shi Dongdong gave him back on the bed, and took out another pillow and a thinner blanket from the closet.Originally, he wanted to use the new ones for Shi Dongdong, but then he was worried that there would be mites in the things in the cupboard that had not been exposed to the sun. Shi Dongdong was so delicate, he was afraid that he would be allergic.

After everything was settled, Qiao Hao sat on the sofa in the living room in a daze.

The sound of Shi Dongdong taking a bath came from the bathroom. The house was too small and the night was quiet, so the sound of the water was especially clear.

Qiao Hao had to admit that he was a little drunk, otherwise his body would not be so restless.The restlessness made his heart beat wildly, and finally, he threw off the blanket on the sofa and curled himself up on the sofa.

In any case, he felt that the whole day was too unreal, and he actually found Shi Dongdong, and he was going to spend the night at his home, and went to another city to watch a concert with him a day later.

Qiao Hao slowly closed his eyes, finally enjoying the feeling of being slightly drunk.

In fact, it's best not to think about anything, anyway, that person is by his side.

Just as he was about to fall asleep in a daze, there was the sound of the bathroom door opening.

Qiao Hao almost straightened up and sat up from the sofa. It seemed that he had slept for a while, but it seemed that it had not been too long. Anyway, when he saw Shi Dongdong, the man was standing at the door of the bathroom, dripping wet, looking at him. , her face was flushed from taking a bath, the water on her body didn't seem to be dry, and her clothes were clinging to her skin, revealing a slender but tight outline.

Qiao Hao was a little startled, because Shi Dongdong was looking at him and smiling, his eyes were full of stars.

Qiao Hao coughed lightly, wanting to clear his throat before saying something, but when he coughed, his body shook, and the vibration made him open his eyes suddenly, and then realized that he was just dreaming.

In the short but slightly charming dream, Qiao Hao was sure that he had drunk too much.

At this moment, the bathroom door really opened, and Shi Dongdong came out wearing a white T-shirt and gray sweatpants, looking refreshed, but Qiao Hao's clothes looked a little empty on his body.

"Your clothes are too big for me." Shi Dongdong said while wiping his hair with a towel.

Qiao Hao was still in a daze, but when Shi Dongdong took away the towel to wipe his hair, he realized that after taking off the hat, Shi Dongdong's hair was actually very short, not only short, but also bald on the side of his head.This discovery was like a sap, and it made Qiao Hao sober up - the person in front of him was a patient.

"Don't look at me like that, I know it's ugly." Shi Dongdong smiled helplessly.

"No." Qiao Hao's voice was not loud, but the denial came from the heart.How can it be ugly?Shi Dongdong, who was wearing a large white T-shirt, at this moment, in his eyes, was simply the immature little boy back then, handsome and youthful, who needed protection.

His little boy smiled slightly again, with a tired look on his face.

The exhaustion immediately reminded Qiao Hao, he stood up and pulled Shi Dongdong into his bedroom.

"Same as last time, you sleep on the bed and I sleep on the sofa." Qiao Hao lifted the blanket on the bed and motioned Shi Dongdong to sleep in.

I don't know if it's because he was too tired, or because he didn't see outside, Shi Dongdong lay down very cooperatively, pulled the blanket and was about to lie down on the pillow.

"Wait a minute!" Qiao Hao suddenly stopped him again.

Shi Dongdong leaned back halfway, supporting his body with one elbow, and was stopped by this cry from the next movement.

"Your hair is not completely dry yet, don't sleep like this." Qiao Hao reminded him.

"I don't want to use a hair dryer, it's buzzing in my ears, and I have a headache." Shi Dongdong pouted.

Qiao Hao's heart tightened again for no reason, he didn't know if the headache Shi Dongdong mentioned was related to his illness.

"Then you lean back on the bed and lie down after you've done some work." Qiao Hao softened his voice.

Shi Dongdong also nodded meekly to him, then patted his side with his hands, "Sit for a while, and talk to me."

Qiao Hao was a little surprised, he didn't expect Shi Dongdong to make such a request.He was a little hesitant about which posture to sit down with, Shi Dongdong spoke again, "I haven't spoken much since I ran out of the hospital, what I told you at dinner today should be as much as the sum of these days."

Hearing what he said, Qiao Hao became even more sad. Finally, he sat directly beside Shi Dongdong. In order to look more natural, he leaned his back to the bed just like the other side.

"What time is it?" Shi Dongdong asked.

"About eleven o'clock." Qiao Hao replied, he remembered that when Shi Dongdong went to take a shower, the wall clock on the wall seemed to be after ten o'clock.

"That's not too late, happy birthday, Qiao Hao." Shi Dongdong leaned against the bed, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Qiao Hao.

"How do you know it's my birthday?" Qiao Hao looked at Shi Dongdong in surprise. Only the wall lamp was turned on in the room, and the man's eyes seemed a little hazy against the dense light.Qiao Hao's heart skipped a beat. In fact, since the moment he saw Shi Dongdong today, he had already forgotten about his birthday.

"Aren't we classmates in junior high school? I have a good memory." Shi Dongdong smiled and stopped looking at Qiao Hao. He turned his head up slightly and looked at the ceiling.

Will the birthdays of junior high school classmates be remembered to the present?Ten years have passed.

There was a change in Qiao Hao's heart, as if a hot current surged from the apex of his heart to his head, just like the drunkenness before, making him dizzy and his scalp numb.Also, he doesn't remember when he told Shi Dongdong his birthday before.

"I'm so sorry, I let you eat a greasy restaurant with me on your birthday." Shi Dongdong sighed inaudibly.

"The person who was supposed to have a birthday treat should be treated, and I even gave you a meal." Qiao Hao tried hard to hide his emotions, and said jokingly.After finishing speaking, I regretted that I should make sure that the food in the small restaurant is actually not greasy.

"Then remember to invite me next year." Shi Dongdong still maintained his original posture, with a slight smile on his lips.

"no problem."

Qiao Hao readily agreed, but heard Shi Dongdong say again, "I don't know what it will be like this time next year."

"At this time next year, I will invite you to my house, and I will cook a good meal for you myself." Qiao Hao didn't want to think about what Shi Dongdong meant by saying this, so he raised his voice and made a firm promise.

"Can you cook?" Shi Dongdong was full of distrust.

"Isn't one year enough to learn?" Qiao Hao vowed.

"Well, one year...is very long." Shi Dongdong nodded, but the words "very long" turned into a breath, like a sigh.

Qiao Hao gritted his teeth secretly, he knew that Shi Dongdong must be thinking in a bad way.

After a brief silence, Shi Dongdong spoke again.

"Hey, tell me about the fun things in your hospital, are there any ghost stories or something."

"What ghost story did you say in the middle of the night..." Qiao Hao pretended to frown, but he was actually quite happy that Shi Dongdong changed the subject.So, he began to search his guts to recall any more interesting things in the hospital.

"Ah, there's a very funny one." Finally, Qiao Hao found one from his not-so-rich joke inventory. "A little nurse in our department changed the water for a young man. Changing the water is an infusion and dressing. She changed the water." At that time, he grabbed the young man's hand and said "Amaidai" several times, and the young man's face turned red. Seeing the nurse for a long time, he didn't know what to say, and finally squeezed out a few words, "You...don't do this ...'"

Qiao Hao tried his best to speak funny, pinched his throat and imitated the young man's speech.Then he pinched his throat and imitated the nurse's words, "Why don't you do this, I'm asking you about your cuff!"

"What is a cuff?" Shi Dongdong asked.

Qiao Hao sighed heavily. He originally expected that Shi Dongdong should laugh at this point.Now that he asks this question, he feels a little embarrassed. He doesn't know whether Shi Dongdong doesn't know about "cuffs" or "Yamaidai".

So, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain, "It's just... the rubber tube tied to his hand when the needle was inserted..."

"Oh, so that's called a cuff." Shi Dongdong nodded as if he had learned a new knowledge.

Qiao Hao was extremely depressed. In fact, this joke was told to him by his roommate when he was in graduate school. At that time, a group of boys laughed wildly. He thought Shi Dongdong would laugh when he heard it.

"Then let me tell you one more..." Qiao Hao decided to challenge again.

"En." Shi Dongdong replied.

"This is true, it's a little nurse from our department..."

"Isn't that true just now? You also said it was a nurse from your department." Shi Dongdong interrupted him, laughing lazily.

"The one just now doesn't count." Qiao Hao could no longer face the previous failure, and he continued on his own, "This is about a nurse in our department who directly said something to the patient when he was taking the patient's blood pressure. , 'You're finished'. It was an old man who was seriously ill. As soon as she said that, her face changed, 'Really... are you finished?' He asked the little nurse. The little nurse raised her voice again , 'Say you're finished!' The patient's face became even more desperate, 'It's finished...'”

Qiao Hao felt that his own joke, after adding fuel and vinegar, had already performed beyond the standard, and was waiting for Shi Dongdong to ask him what "it's over" was, but suddenly felt that person slowly leaning on his shoulder.

Qiao Hao was startled, this intimate gesture made him speechless.

He waited for a few seconds before turning his head stiffly to look at the people around him, only to see that Shi Dongdong had fallen asleep at some point, with his head resting on his shoulders, his eyelashes covering his eyes, breathing evenly.

Qiao Hao let out a long sigh of relief, feeling ashamed of his previous "thinking".

However, this posture still made him throb, and he slowly uttered another sentence, finally finishing the previous joke.

He said, "Actually...'Finish' means 'wristband'. The nurse is a foreigner with some accent. She asked the old man, 'Where is your wristband?'"

Qiao Hao smiled lightly.

People around me didn't respond.

"Ah, you should know the wristband, it's the belt that is tied around the wrist of hospitalized patients."

Qiao Hao explained again, his voice was low and soft, the breath rushed into Shi Dongdong's short hair, and then folded back, hitting his own face warmly.