alternate performance

Amidst the dull sound of rain, these two words clearly pierced into Gu Congran's cochlea.

Xu Chenhe's murmurs were mixed in the rain, and the blow to him was so fierce that it seemed to smash his heart.

But Gu Congran can't take care of extraneous things right now, his body and mind are tied to Xu Chenhe's safety, he took out his hand from his trouser pocket, touched the phone to turn on the lighting mode, inserted the screen in his chest pocket, and supported Xu Chenhe's knee step out the door.

He stretched out his legs and kicked the door panel whose safety factor was reduced to zero. Considering the weather, he went straight to the opposite room and grabbed a coat and put it on his arm.

Xu Chenhe's weight is not considered heavy among men, but it is still a bit difficult to go down the stairs with a person who carries a hundred catties on his back. Xu Chenhe, who is in a semi-comatose state, seems to call Tang Sui's name at intervals to make sure that someone exists , played a role in fueling the impact on Gu Congran.

Most of his strength was lost when he smashed the door. Gu Congran's remaining strength was distributed on supporting Xu Chenhe's back, stabilizing the other's arms, and supporting the weight of the two of them. Tang Sui surrounded Xu Chenhe with a sense of security: "Here."

A few repairmen surrounded the electric room downstairs, holding a flashlight and sweeping the beam of light everywhere.Gu Congran avoided the noise, put Xu Chenhe on the ground and hugged him in front of him. During this period, Xu Chenhe opened his eyes, and a ray of dark light just slipped away from Gu Congran's face, and then he spread his coat to cover Xu Chenhe's upper body.

When his vision was blocked, Xu Chenhe heard a familiar voice in the noisy world: "The air is a bit stuffy, bear with it for a while."

The car stopped by the side of the road, and Gu Congran stepped on the splashing water in the rain and walked steadily past.The road in rainy days is noisy and busy, and the high-decibel whistle in the hot and humid weather only adds to the unhappiness on people's faces.

In order to avoid the danger on the outside of the road, Gu Congran stepped onto the green belt and opened the door of the back seat. Just as he bent down, a car came around and stopped in front of him.Tang Sui glanced at Cong Ran's car, and when he got closer, it turned out to be him. He pushed up the goggles and asked, "What happened?"

Gu Congran glanced at Tang Sui, and after a while, he came back and carried the unconscious Xu Chenhe into the car, and tore off his wet coat: "There was a power outage, he may have been injured."

Tang Suixin tensed, turned his head to confirm that Xu Chenhe was sitting in the car with his eyes closed, and in the next second Gu Congran slammed the door and walked around to the driver.

"Damn, why is this happening all of a sudden," Tang Suiqing made a quick decision, "There are many traffic lights on the main road, take the side road to the hospital, I'll go first."

This is the only way to do it now, Gu Congran smoothed his wet forehead hair, started the car and stepped on the accelerator to keep up with Tang Sui in front of him.

The hospital is filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant water all day long, the crowds come and go in a hurry, and the radio in the medicine collection hall reads the patient's name coldly.

A drenched man broke into the door, and the man supported by his arms fell into an unconscious state. The face with disheveled hair made the passers-by feel familiar after sizing it up, but it made people search for it because of the excessively pale complexion. No related memories.

"This way." Tang Sui led Gu Congran to the triage desk, asked the nurse to check Xu Chenhe's vital signs, and was assigned to the surgery department.

There was still a line of people in front, Gu Congran was nervous and Xu Chenhe couldn't let go of his heart from the moment he slammed the door.Only then did he realize that Xu Chenhe's estrangement from him was not terrible, and he was even more worried about what happened to Xu Chenhe's life. What was above the irretrievable feelings was the eternal departure of a person.

Sitting on the bench outside the department, Gu Congran raised his hand to touch Xu Chenhe's face, but stopped when he was about to touch it.His palms were covered with sweat and rain, and touching would only stain the other's face.

What's more... Xu Chenhe said that it was dirty to be touched by him.

Tang Sui came back after paying the fee, vented his anger and kicked Gu Congran on the calf: "You are tired too, leave it to me."

As soon as he got down, Gu Congran's legs were numb, and the force exerted on his flesh was less than one-fifth of the force he had kicked at Tang Sui's abdomen, so he knew that the other party didn't use any force at all: "I'm not tired."

"You don't worry about yourself, you have to worry about Xu Chenhe, okay?" Tang Sui stuffed the payment slip into his bag, "Will he be comfortable if you stick to him covered in water? Don't end up catching a cold if nothing happens! "

What Tang Sui said was not unreasonable. When Gu Congran was hesitating, the person in front of him leaned over and took Xu Chenhe from his arms, and skillfully straightened the messy hair of the person in his arms.

The feeling that his arms were empty was like a ball of anger ignited in his heart, but was turned into cold stagnant water by someone pressing him on the ground.

It just so happened that he had nothing to do, because Xu Chenhe chanted Tang Sui's name all the way.

Gu Congran pulled the suffocating collar loosely attached to his neck, raised his arm and looked at the time: "Can Xu Chenhe be entrusted to you for the time being? I'll go back to his house and see if the circuit has been repaired."

Tang Sui didn't look at him at all, he lowered his head and straightened Xu Chenhe's head so that someone could lean against his chest: "Let's forget about entrusting him, it's my duty to take care of him."

The other party's attitude made Gu Congran unable to say a word of thanks. He took two steps, then turned around, and warned with a pleading tone: "I hope you don't kiss him while he is unconscious."

The rain that had been pouring down for twelve hours finally stopped.

Gu Congran drove back to the public rental building. From a distance, he saw that the electric room was empty, and fluorescent lights were bright or dim on each floor.Climbing up the steps, there are dirty shoe prints with water on the steps. When we reach the eighth floor, there are almost no water stains on the shoe prints.

Psoriasis advertisements were posted everywhere on the gray walls, Gu Congran tore off one, called the locksmith to come and repair the door of Xu Chenhe's house, and put the newly configured key in his pocket.

Go back to the house and throw the coat into the washing machine, Gu Congran took a shower, and then went to Xu Chenhe to check if there were any important items missing.Under the bright light, he was able to observe the small place where Xu Chenhe lived for the past six months.

The one-bedroom, one-living room is only about [-] square meters, and the layout is the same as his house, but it is obviously more full of life.There was no sign of the living room or the room being turned over, Gu Congran knew that he should leave now, but the light cherry blossom fragrance that belonged to Xu Chenhe surrounded him grabbed the corner of his clothes tightly as if to hold him back.

Looking around, the LOMO photo wall above the sofa has a beautiful view, the books arranged in the small bookcase are sandwiched with small fluorescent labels, and there are two packs of Xu Chenhe's favorite snacks on the coffee table.The things Xu Chenhe likes have never changed, only to strip him out of his own life, and there is no imprint they have in common in any corner.

Gu Congran helped himself find an excuse to bring Xu Chenhe's ID card, opened the drawer of the bedside table according to the other party's habit of putting things away, and took out the card from the wallet.When the items were returned to their original places, he couldn't help but glanced at the items in the drawer a few more times, and unexpectedly saw a familiar piece of jewelry——

Gu Congran's heart, which had been crushed into mud, became alive with a thump.

Regretful and indescribably joyful, he twisted the diamond-encrusted bird pendant and held it in the palm of his hand, conveying his own body temperature to it, as if this could warm it when it was thrown out of the window and fell on the ground in that rainy night. A cold body in the night.

Putting the bird back with light movements, Gu Congran took Xu Chenhe's mobile phone and ID, locked the door and ran downstairs stepping on wet shoe prints.

The wheels ran over the watery road, Gu Congran accelerated on the road with the scent of leaves, and returned to the hospital along the same road.After finding the surgery department, he didn't find anyone. After asking the way, he rushed to the inpatient department. After looking through the wards and finding the corresponding room number, he suppressed his frantic heart and pretended to knock on the door.

His actions were only to politely remind the people inside that someone was about to enter, and then he gently pushed the door open, and as soon as he entered, he met Xu Chenhe who was leaning on the bed.

Compared with a few hours ago, Xu Chenhe's mental state is much better now, but a loose faded hospital gown and legs and arms wrapped in white bandages make people look a bit haggard.

Only Xu Chenhe lived in the four-person ward, and the pure white space with four walls was as uncomfortable and cold as a summer night after the rain.Xu Chenhe, who had been frightened, had light lips and was fed hot porridge spoonfuls by Tang Sui. When he bumped into Gu Congran who entered the door, he suddenly awkwardly told Tang Sui that he was full.

"Don't be hungry later." Tang Sui finished the remaining porridge with the spoon that Xu Chenhe had swallowed, and Gu Congran, who was standing by the door, looked downcast.

Throwing the plastic bowl and spoon into the plastic bag, Tang Sui picked up the bag and got up: "I'm going to throw out the trash outside, you guys talk slowly."

"Tang Sui——" Xu Chenhe hurriedly called to stop him, and the latter gave him a wink: "Something called me in, but I guess this brother would not dare to do anything to you."

Tang Sui closed the door for them thoughtfully, and the lock clicked shut. Gu Congran stood there without taking a step, staring at Xu Chenhe, who was looking out the window, and asked, "Are you afraid of me?"

Xu Chenhe didn't say a word, but his hand pressing on the quilt made a few small folds in the quilt.

Gu Congran also seemed to have his heart squeezed tightly, and the joy he felt when he found that the little bird was still properly protected by Xu Chenhe slowly fell back to the original place at this moment.He thought that Xu Chenhe still had some thoughts about their feelings, but only after facing the other party's almost disgusted attitude did he realize that everything might be just his imagination.

After all, after experiencing many disappointments, Xu Chenhe will no longer call out his name from the heart when he needs company most.

The original intention of taking the bird away was probably just not to let himself know how humble he was to pick it up.

From the time he came, to before entering the door, Gu Congran swallowed all the words he wanted to say to Xu Chenhe in his heart, and only asked the two most concerned questions: "How are you? What did the doctor say?"

There was no attractive scenery outside the window, when Xu Chenhe retracted his gaze, he showed a hint of reluctance, and then this little look disappeared from his eyes before he looked at Gu Congran: "What does it matter to you?"

Gu Congran's legs could hardly stand up after running around for a long time. He moved closer to the wooden chair next to the hospital bed and sat down. He raised his eyes and saw Xu Chenhe's slightly retracted legs. He was afraid that the other party would be injured, so Gu Congran resigned to his fate. Back to the original position: "You tell me the situation, so that I can rest assured."

Xu Chenhe lowered his eyes, and then withdrew his gaze from Gu Congran: "From the moment I left you, shouldn't you be relieved?"