defenseless

When she woke up in the morning, Chen Nan had a severe headache.While washing up, I saw that my cheeks in the mirror were stained a little blush.He patted his face with biting cold water and felt a lot more awake.

The traffic in City B is terrible, and the hotel is at least an hour's drive away from the examination room of University B. In order to prevent traffic jams, the original scheduled departure at [-] o'clock turned out to be earlier than [-] o'clock.

When they checked out of the hotel, the sky above City B was still as dark as ink.Everyone in the car was taking a nap, Chen Nan was uncomfortable and didn't say anything.

However, during the exam, the feeling of fatigue hit him one after another. He struggled to finish the paper, and his back was soaked in cold sweat.

The carbon dioxide emitted by everyone in the examination room created an illusion of warmth.As soon as Chen Nan walked out of the classroom, his temples were blown by the cold wind and almost exploded.

His examination room was not in the same building as the others, and he went back to the minibus alone in the wind and snow.After saying hello to Qiao Jing, he leaned on the chair and fell into a drowsy sleep, feeling in a daze that Qiao Jing had put a blanket on him.

When Su Youyu left the examination room, he found Lu Xiao waiting for him leaning on the balcony.

"Did you not rest last night?" Lu Xiao walked side by side to the corridor.

Lu Xiao was in the same exam room as him. Although Lu Xiao was in front of him, Su Youyu fell asleep a few times during the exam, but was woken up by the teacher.It's hard for Lu Xiao not to notice.

He shook his head: "I slept well, but I got up too early and felt sleepy."

Lu Xiao could see the blue shadow under his eyes by turning his head, but he just said, "You can sleep in the car."

When they got downstairs, Jiang Hongyu was standing in the hall with his neck curled up, waiting for them.

Lu Xiao walked over: "Didn't you agree to wait in the car? It's not too cold."

"Let's go." Jiang Hongyu gently grabbed his shoulder, and quickly let go, "Little squid, why are you so dazed, and your complexion is not very good."

"He got up too early. Hurry up and let him sleep in the car for a while." Lu Xiao took the scarf from his neck and put it on Su Youyu.

"I'm not cold." Su Youyu took off the scarf.

"Come around," Jiang Hongyu smiled, "Chen Nan should feel distressed when he sees you uncomfortable."

Su Youyu clutched the scarf in her hand, and quickly lowered her eyelashes to block the ripples in her eyes.

Chen Nan was sitting near the aisle, Su Youyu had already stepped in lightly, but Chen Nan still noticed it, half-opened his eyes and carried him in around his waist, then closed his eyes again.

Half asleep and half awake, Chen Nan could still hear the whispered content of the two girls next to her.

"My final answers to the two big questions don't match yours." A girl was a little frustrated.

"I'm not quite sure about many questions. Don't think about it, how about going to eat hot pot tonight?" Another voice said.

"No, my mother will come to pick me up, and it's grandma's birthday tonight."

He suddenly felt an indescribable sadness.

He, too, craves the annoyance and enthusiasm of his peers.

He found that there was nothing he could really love and worry about.

Basketball and free fighting are just an outlet for him to release his emotions, and reading and attending classes are just a normal life trajectory arranged by society at his age.

He hid in the crowd, as if he was no different from others.

Why is he reading books now, why is he continuing to live?

What about in the future?He thought for a long time, but he couldn't even conceive a future that he expected.

These days are too comfortable, most of the time is mixed with Lu Xiao and the others, playing basketball and going to the club in his spare time, the time is so full that he seldom thinks about these things.

But now his head and heart are heavy, but his thinking is active.

That feeling of emptiness returned to his body, eating away at and occupying his heart.

When I was woken up by the little squid, I had already arrived at a service station.

"Are you okay?" Little Squid looked worried, "Your face is so red and hot."

"It's okay, I've been bored inside for too long," Chen Nan frowned and scratched his hair, "Where are you?"

"X Service Station", Lu Xiao stood up from the front seat, "Go down and have lunch."

He really didn't have any appetite, so he forced himself to get out of the car with the troops.

As soon as he came into contact with the outside world, Chen Nan actually felt like he was drifting in the wind. He laughed secretly in his heart, and a small cold actually made him sentimental.

Jiang Hongyu pushed him from behind: "What are you in a daze for, are you sleepy?"

It was rare for him not to refute Jiang Hongyu, and strode to the eating place.

The food at the service station is really not flattering. He drank two mouthfuls of soup and didn't touch it. He lowered his head and replied a text message from Ma Weihao, only to find that there were two extra pieces of meat on his dinner plate.

The little squid on the opposite side is eating seriously.

"You clipped it for me?" Chen Nan smiled.

"Yeah," the little squid didn't even look up, "This one is more delicious."

Chen Nan picked up the two pieces of meat with chopsticks and swallowed them.

It was indeed swallowed, and now there is a bitter taste in his mouth, and he can't taste it at all, and the beef looks a bit tough, and he doesn't want to waste effort chewing it.

"Chen Nan, are you not feeling well?" Jiang Hongyu asked.

Lu Xiao was sitting next to Chen Nan. Hearing what Jiang Hongyu said, he looked at his blushing face and touched his forehead. His fingertips trembled, "Why is it so hot!"

The little squid also raised its head abruptly, reaching out to touch it, but Chen Nan quickly turned his head and avoided it.

The little squid stopped with its hands in mid-air, its mouth slightly opened, and its expression was a bit dazed.

Seeing this, Chen Nan moved her head closer again: "Okay, let me touch it for you, and warm my hands."

Lu Xiao said with a sullen face, "You must have a fever, so don't say anything. I'll go to the convenience store next door to see if there is any medicine to buy."

The little squid frowned and touched his forehead. Seeing Lu Xiao get up, he also stood up.

"Sit down." Jiang Hongyu's legs had already stepped out of the row of stools, and his tone slowed down, "You two finish your meal first, and I'll go."

"What a big deal." Chen Nan smiled, "I just got bored in the car for a long time."

Jiang Hongyu glanced at him: "I don't have enough brains, don't get confused again."

Qiao Jing glanced in their direction: "Why are you three standing there, hurry up and get in the car after eating."

Jiang Hongyu turned his head and smiled at him: "I stopped belching, stand up and shake the contents of my stomach evenly."

There is a convenience store next to it, where you can buy medicine.Jiang Hongyu went to the back kitchen to borrow a bowl and asked for some slices of ginger.The aunt cook readily gave it to him.He went to the convenience store to buy another can of Coke, poured it into a bowl, and let the store's microwave heat it up for a few minutes.Only then did he carry the bowl back to the eating place next door. The bowl was too hot, and he felt his fingertips were scorched.

"Drink it quickly," Jiang Hongyu put the bowl in front of Chen Nan with a cold face, "I'll hurry you if you don't finish drinking."

Chen Nan teased him: "If you are in a hurry, I will take a look."

"If you don't finish your drink, then I'll call Lao Lu now and ask him to show you what is urgent." Lu Xiao threatened him.

Chen Nan lost his temper immediately, and when he turned around, he saw the little squid holding the bowl of ginger coke and blowing.

After drinking ginger cola, my whole body felt warmer, but my sleepiness became stronger. Chen Nan fell asleep again as soon as he got in the car.He felt as if he was in a dream. In the dream, there were hands touching his forehead from time to time, warm and soft.

As soon as Lu Xiao sat down, Jiang Hongyu took his hand from under the blanket.

"Why are you always picking my palm?" Lu Xiao glanced at him.

Jiang Hongyu whispered, "Just now you touched Chen Nan's forehead with this hand."

Lu Xiao: "..."

"Will Uncle Lu come to pick you up later?" Jiang Hongyu asked.

"Well," Lu Xiao nodded, "He said to pick him up directly at the intersection of the expressway."

"Why don't you take it easy?" Jiang Hongyu stared at the seat in front of him, "We'll talk about it after the college entrance examination."

Lu Xiao shook his head: "I feel uncomfortable keeping it from him."

When he arrived in City C, Chen Nan was still a little confused, but he still remembered to take the little squid down.

"This car will go directly to the direction of the school. You don't have to take another detour back to Jinxi Garden. Okay, let's go down together, and let you get off when there is a good place to take a taxi." Chen Nan said.

Jiang Hongyu sat on the seat and closed his eyes to listen to the song. Chen Nan said softly, "Let's go."

He nodded, indicating that he heard, but did not open his eyes.

Different from the dry and cold city B, city C is a kind of damp and cold soaked into the bone marrow. Chen Nan can feel the cold air rushing all over his body as soon as he gets off the car.When walking, my feet fluttered.

When he finally came to his senses, he had arrived at the hospital, where the nurse was giving him a skin test.

Lu Xiangzhi frowned and scolded Lu Xiao: "Do you know how high the burn is? There are so many service stations along the way, just take a car and get off the highway to the nearby county hospital to see what it takes."

Chen Nan opened his mouth and felt his throat hurt a bit: "Uncle, don't blame Lu Xiao, I really felt fine in the car."

"Okay? What an ass." Lu Xiangzhi couldn't help but swear, "I'll train you when you regain your energy."

A nurse came over with a payment slip, and Lu Xiangzhi glared at the two of them before walking away.

"I'm sorry," Chen Nan said in a hoarse voice, "I got scolded for getting you involved."

"Don't talk, your voice is as ugly as sawing wood." Lu Xiao looked at him and smiled, "Don't laugh, it's so ugly."

"Press here," the female nurse instructed Chen Nan to press the cotton swab, "Go and lie down on the hospital bed in the room, and I will give you an IV after the skin test is all right."

"Hey, sister, I still have to stay in bed in such a small situation?" Chen Nan smiled again.

"The prescribed medicine will take at least three hours." The nurse glanced at him. "If you are willing to sit here in the corridor and enjoy the cold wind, I won't stop you."

"His brain is burned out," Lu Xiao helped Chen Nan up and said to the nurse, "I'm in trouble."

"Hey, Lu Xiao, why don't you guys go back first?" Chen Nan realized after lying down, "I lost for more than three hours, and it's already past eleven o'clock. You and uncle haven't eaten yet. I'll come back by myself later. "

"Do you think I haven't been scolded enough just now?" Lu Xiao covered him with a quilt, "Little squid went to buy food, let's eat whatever we want."

"Why did he come here?" Chen Nan began to fight while touching the bed's eyelids, "You send him off."

"I'm really burnt." Lu Xiao said softly as he watched him fall asleep again.

Lu Xiao went out to the window at the end of the corridor and called Jiang Hongyu. When he came back, Lu Xiangzhi and Su Youyu were already in the room.

He didn't wake up when the nurse came to give Chen Nan a drip, but frowned.

Su Youyu bought three boxes of lunch, and after distributing them to the Lu family father and son, he took his share and walked to the door.

"What are you doing?" Lu Xiao called him softly.

He suppressed his voice and said, "I'm afraid the food will be too fragrant, and it will wake him up."

Lu Xiangzhi was amused by him, picked up the lunch box: "Let's go, let's go out to eat."

After taking two bites, Lu Xiangzhi said, "Little squid, I'll drive you back after eating."

Su Youyu shook his head.

"There are me and Lu Xiao here," Lu Xiangzhi told him the truth, "You are staying with us to wait."

He still shook his head.

Lu Xiangzhi reasoned with him again: "After he finished the infusion, he took his temperature and it was almost over. You can't help here. It's so cold at night, what if you catch a cold too?"

"I'm right here." He said quietly.

Seeing his determined face, Lu Xiao said to Lu Xiangzhi: "Let him go, isn't the next bed empty? He can lie down when he gets tired later."

"Hey, why are you children more worried than the other?" Lu Xiangzhi's head was so big.

Chen Nan's room was a ward for three people, and the hospital was full of wind, and the three of them were stuffy in the ward, and they dared not speak out for fear of disturbing Chen Nan.

In the end, Su Youyu and Lu Xiao each lay down on a bed and fell asleep.

Lu Xiangzhi stayed beside Chen Nan on the bed.When the nurse came to take the temperature the last two times, the temperature had basically dropped, and Lu Xiangzhi let out a long breath.

When Chen Nan woke up, the nurse was drawing the needle for him.

Seeing that he was awake, Lu Xiangzhi touched his forehead and smiled, then turned around and softly woke up the two people next door.

When going out, the dazzling incandescent lights in the corridor made Chen Nan's heart shake along with his eyes.

Lu Xiao yawned next to him with the medicine in his hand, and the little squid stood beside him silently, shaking his head and not having much energy.

Only Lu Xiangzhi walked in front of them with his back straight.

Chen Nan couldn't remember how long he hadn't been to the hospital.

When he was a child, he had a fever and was sent to the hospital by the nanny. After he recovered, he instinctively rejected this place.

Even if he was injured in Tianhai sometimes, it was simply dealt with in the club, and he was reluctant to go to the clinic.

In this place full of despair and warmth, the most intuitive companionship between people reminds him that he has been alone and no one cares about him.

But at this moment, looking at Lu Xiangzhi's back, just as he lowered his eyes, tears fell on the back of his right hand holding the cotton swab.