almost lonely

Thinking of reuniting in this way after work.Ning Juechen didn't know him, and Qiu Hui felt that he didn't need to bring up those past events, so he never mentioned it to Ning Juechen.

The two share similar interests and often chat about some favorite authors' works.Apart from the editor and author, this relationship is a soul mate who is both a teacher and a friend for Ning Juechen, and a "waiting for a rabbit" who is content with the status quo with Qiu Hui.

Qiu Hui asked Ning Juechen what happened during this time, but Ning Juechen couldn't tell the truth, and only vaguely said that something happened when he went back to his hometown.Qiu Hui had heard him mention Jingcheng a few times before, and asked him if he was here these days?Ning Juechen thought about it and said that he might have to stay for a long time.Qiu Hui posted a cute emoji, and typed in a line: Are you face-based?I happen to be going to play nearby tomorrow.

This statement is half-truth, half-false, Qiu Hui did take annual leave, originally wanted to go to Kanas to see the snow, he opened the webpage while chatting and looked for the air ticket to Jingcheng tomorrow.For so long, he has been limited to the relationship with netizens, until Ning Juechen disappeared quietly for four months this time, Qiu Hui suddenly knew that he was afraid.

Because Ning Juechen said that "something happened" when he went back to his hometown, Qiu Hui didn't know what it was, but he was afraid of disturbing him, so he offered to say that he didn't need Ning Juechen to pick him up and play with him. in a coffee shop.Ning Juechen was very disturbed, afraid that Qiu Hui would see the clues—he and Qiu Hui had actually met each other face to face, and had an appointment at the school when the school held the school celebration the year before last.

Qiu Hui is tall and handsome, close to 1.9 meters, and everyone can't help but look back when walking on the street.Ning Juechen was completely shocked when he saw him last time, Qiu Hui didn't look like he was engaged in writing work, but he looked like he was engaged in sports.Sure enough, when Qiu Hui opened the glass door and came in, he attracted many people's attention. Ning Juechen stood up and waved to him: "H, here!" Qiu Hui walked over with a smile and called him: "Xiao Chen."

Ning Juechen's face was a little hot, Qiu Hui called him too intimately.Qiu Hui used to call him 99, but after learning his real name, he began to call him Xiaochen, but there is still a big difference between calling him this on social software and hearing it in real life, and Ning Juechen is not used to it.Qiu Hui lowered his head to look at him, and vaguely felt that he...had grown a little taller?Will I grow taller at this age?My shoulders are also stronger than before. Do you exercise?

Ning Juechen was a little nervous at first, but after realizing that there was no doubt or confusion in Qiu Hui's eyes, he gradually relaxed.The two discussed the outline and the manuscript, and talked a lot.It seemed that Ning Juechen hadn't spoken so many heartily for a long time, and he almost choked when drinking water with dry mouth.

Qiu Hui handed him a tissue, and the string in his heart moved again, thinking that he was still the boy who blushed on the podium many years ago.This time the noodle is basically perfect, if there is no last little accident.When the two were walking towards the door of the shop, a little girl bumped into Qiu Hui's arms and poured drink all over him.

Ning Juechen had no choice but to take Qiu Hui back to change clothes, went downstairs and wrung his fingers and said, "Well...you wait for me here?" Qiu Hui deliberately teased him: "What? Can't I go up?" Ning Juechen Juechen pursed his lips, a little embarrassed: "No, I'm renting at a friend's house now, not my own." Qiu Hui nodded: "I'll wait for you here."

Ning Juechen rummaged around in the room for a long time, there was really no clothes that Qiu Hui could wear, and it was hard to go there empty-handed, so he took a light gray cashmere scarf, thinking that it could be used to cover the dirty place on his chest .He used to use this scarf often, but Xu Ye brought it with him from Lianshi.

Ning Juechen grabbed the scarf and hurried out. He didn't expect that when the elevator on the first floor opened, there would be Xu Ye standing outside the door...Xu Ye was carrying a bag from the supermarket, and a few yams poked out of the bag.Looking up and seeing "Lu Jue Lan", he was also obviously stunned for a moment, then his eyes moved down and fell on the scarf in his hand. Did you tell me not to touch his things?!"

Qiu Hui, who was standing at the door of the building, heard the sound and walked over, frowning, intentionally or unintentionally, dodging in front of Ning Juechen: "Who are you?"

22 New Year's Bells

Ning Juechen snapped back and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it belonged to him..." Xu Ye's face softened a little, and his eyes shifted to Qiu Hui beside him.Qiu Hui looked at the situation, and then thought of Ning Juechen's "borrowing", he could probably guess that the person in front of him was the friend Ning Juechen was talking about, and felt that his attitude just now was not very friendly.

Qiu Hui put on a polite smile, and stretched out his hand while introducing himself: "Hi, I'm Xiaochen's friend." Xu Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes sharp like a vigilant leopard: "Whose friend?" Qiu Hui changed to a more specific statement: "I am the editor of "Pompeii" magazine, and my name is Qiu Hui."

Xu Ye raised his hand to hold it, and with all his strength, he said: "I am his boyfriend." He turned around and asked expressionlessly: "Lu Juelan, how did you two know each other?" He said the name silently in his heart, and looked at him suspiciously.

The three of them stood in a stalemate, and Ning Juechen felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, as if his painted skin had been peeled off, revealing the white bones with minced meat hanging inside.Xu Ye seemed to expect him to be speechless, and put on a polite fake smile on his face: "Are you coming to see Chenchen? I'm sorry that the hospital doesn't allow visits."

For a while, Ning Juechen was completely blank, not because he was distracted or in a trance, but because the consciousness of the whole person disappeared, did not exist in this body, and could not feel anything.The whole process is very fast, maybe a few seconds, and after a few seconds, everything returns to normal like a computer restart.

There was no more Xu Ye in front of him. Xu Ye entered the elevator and took the scarf from his hand.Ning Juechen didn't know what happened in those few seconds just now, but he didn't have time to investigate. He had to face Qiu Hui's questioning: "What do you mean? Who is Lu Juelan?...Who are you?" Ning Juechen thought from the bottom of his heart. An overwhelming sense of powerlessness surged up in his heart: "Would you like to hear a story?"

Qiu Hui heard him talk a lot, and finally looked at him with a complicated expression: "Twins? Soul swap after the car accident? It's not writing a novel. Can you listen to this for yourself?" Ning Juechen called him softly: "Senior." Qiu Hui took a deep breath: "Mr. Lu, I don't know why you came to see me pretending to be Xiaochen, and I don't know why you made up such nonsensical stories..."

Ning Juechen said with difficulty: "If all human beings agree to become monsters together, the so-called monsters will cease to exist." This is Qiu Hui's QQ signature a long time ago. Everyone thinks that he has a second child, only the one named 9893 The new writer asked him: Do you like Natsume Soseki?I also liked this line when I watched "I Am a Cat".

""Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk." When the movie was released, Qiu Hui asked his elementary school brother if he had watched it. He liked the original novel very much and wrote this for his graduation thesis. It's unpopular, and there's not even a Chinese translation yet.

""If I Say We Go to Northern Europe"." This is the first manuscript that 9893 sent to H. Although it was not approved by the editor-in-chief and could not be uploaded, Qiu Hui still saves this document in his computer and has not deleted it.

"Scrambled eggs with tomatoes in Dongsan canteen." When they met at school because of the school celebration, Qiu Hui asked him what he wanted for lunch, and Ning Juechen blurted out scrambled eggs with tomatoes in Dongsan. Qiu Hui was speechless for a while, thinking that this brother is really real It's easy to feed.Later Ning Juechen ordered two portions of scrambled eggs with tomato, five taels of Northeast rice without leaving a single grain, Qiu Hui was even more speechless, judging people by their appearances is wrong.

"What the hell are you...?" Qiu Hui interrupted him, and after a long pause he found his voice again, "Give me some time, I have to think about it." Ning Juechen smiled wryly, his heart sour and astringent, he He never thought of telling others, but the moment he speaks out impulsively, he would expect to be understood and trusted by others, which he himself finds extremely absurd.

A week later, Ning Juechen received a call from Chen Yuhong, asking him to go home for the New Year's Eve dinner at night.Only then did Ning Juechen realize that the new year is coming.He has lived every minute and every second these days with trepidation, and the inexplicable "blank" fragments seem to be getting more and more long.

It only took a few seconds at first: I was brushing my teeth, but the toothbrush and cup fell into the sink when I recovered; I was drinking water, but when I recovered, the cup shattered at my feet, and the floor was full of water.Later, this gap became longer, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 10 minutes: obviously just poured cold water into the kettle, the water was already boiled when he came back to his senses, and the lid was jumping and overflowing; The elevator went down to the first floor, and when he regained consciousness, the elevator had already arrived. A little kindergarten girl next to him grabbed his clothes and raised her head and asked: Brother, are you going up or down?

At first, it was once a day, but now it happens three to five times, just like drunk fragments, he has no idea what happened in these "blanks". ——This kind of feeling is to put it more directly... this body that did not belong to him in the first place was really out of control.Ning Juechen's fear was no less than the day he first woke up in this body. The anxiety in his heart gradually expanded to the extreme, constantly eating away at his spirit and will.

He has no way to calm down to do anything, sitting all day long, staring at the clock all day long, as if waiting for those blank moments to come, sometimes he can't even tell it's just him In a daze or "out of control" again.

The longest time was 10 minutes, Ning Juechen thought maybe this process would be longer and longer.