I'm in Delingha tonight

The smell of disinfectant permeated the entire corridor. In the consultation room, the doctor on duty lowered his head and wrote the medical records.It was getting dark outside the window, and Chi Nian was more nervous than himself being injured, carefully observing her expression.

"...doctor, is it serious?"

"No big problem." The doctor said, pushing the medical records forward.

Chi Nian took it over to look at the above diagnosis of "fracture of the distal first metatarsal bone of the left foot", then glanced at Xi Shan's foot, and asked worriedly: "But he is fractured, doesn't he need a cast?"

Not even a bandage...

The doctor explained: "It looks good on the film, so I don't need to put on plaster, let it grow slowly. His ankle is severely scratched, it was disinfected just now, and now it's time to prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs. Are you allergic to penicillin?" ?”

Xi Shan shook his head.

"Okay, I'll prescribe two boxes of amoxicillin for you. I also prescribed some painkillers and bone growth-promoting medicines. Remember to take them according to the doctor's advice when you go back. The injury is not very serious. This period of time is mainly for rest. Try not to use this foot. Stress. Also, don’t get water on the bruised area for a few days, eat a light diet and avoid alcohol and tobacco. Come back in a week and check to see how the bone is healing.”

Chi Nian nodded again and again, wishing to record with his mobile phone: "Okay, okay, is there anything else you should pay attention to, doctor?"

"There's nothing else, go get the medicine."

"Okay." Chi Nian stood up and clasped his hands together, "Thank you, thank you."

"It should." The doctor smiled, indicating that they could leave.

Xi Shan was the last patient at the orthopedic clinic today. He was sitting in the atrium, waiting for Chi Nian to go around to pay bills and get medicines. Zhu Yiming sent him a message on his mobile phone suggesting reconciliation: Feet, are you okay?

"I can't die." Xi Shan replied.

Zhu Yiming: Do you want me to go to your house to take care of you for a few days?

Xi Shan: No need, don't make trouble for me.

This familiar tone again, not too polite, made Zhu Yiming understand that the previous quarrel in the cemetery did not really affect their relationship - in fact, no matter how many times they quarreled, Xi Shan would not take it seriously. Because Zhu Yiming has never been able to enter the deepest layer.

Not only him, but everyone can't get in.

The social circle is divided into three, six, and nine classes, and there is a small circle besides Xi Shan's three, six, and nine classes.He is indifferent to strangers, infinitely tolerant but not without bottom line to friends, he can forgive many things.

None of this could really hurt him.

I have lived alone for four years, and occasionally visit my mother who lives in the same community.Loneliness is Xi Shan's normal state.He deliberately squeezed a safe distance. No matter how good his friends are, he would never really open up his heart to them.

Zhu Yiming quarreled with him and always came back to admit his mistakes within a month of cold war, and then they continued to turn a blind eye to the conflict; Qi Xing hadn't contacted him for a long time, and there was no estrangement when they met again; Jiang Hai didn't speak to him all year round, and occasionally mentioned the past Also cooperate to recall the past when everyone was there.

So my friends used to say that he was cold-blooded, but now, everyone is used to it.

He was "one" of their best friends, and they weren't his best friends.

Xi Shan has no friends.

Just like injuries, he boasts that he has rich experience and knows what injuries should be dealt with first-hand, and what injuries can wait until the hospital.Today, without Chi Nian's busy schedule, she can still take care of herself.

But this time, Xi Shan didn't stop Chi Nian, seeing how the other party went back and forth in several places because of his worry and panic, he felt the joy he hadn't seen for a long time.

Da da da, it was his familiar footsteps again.

"Okay." Chi Nian trotted back with a plastic bag and stood in front of Xi Shan, "This is your medicine. Take amoxicillin twice a day, two pills each time, for a day. If the pain is gone tomorrow, stop. The other two boxes of medicine have written instructions on how to take it... You heard what the doctor said just now, don’t eat it, don’t touch water, and walk less.”

Supporting his arm, Xi Shan stood up, hooked Chi Nian's shoulder and said, "Got it."

Chi Nian showed no resistance to this action at all, and found out the taxi app to search for the location: "I'll drive you back and take you back... Oh, it's almost seven o'clock."

"Yeah, if you don't leave, the doctor will feel that it will delay her getting off work."

With this movement, Xi Shan's warm and moist breath sprayed against Chi Nian's ears when he spoke, and when the corner of his eyes drooped, he saw that half of Chi Nian's face was flushed, and it was extraordinarily hot in the early autumn evening wind.Xi Shan remained silent, and silently hugged Chi Nian even tighter, with most of his weight on the other party's body, he limped forward.

The Toyota was parked in the underground garage of the hospital. It was difficult for Xi Shan to go downstairs. Chi Nian took him to the outside of the hospital gate first, asked him to sit on the stone pier at the exit, and then returned to the parking lot by himself.

The hospital is a place where life and death are communicated. While he was waiting, an ambulance roared by.The lights of the stroke emergency center were on, and in the night, the red was more conspicuous than any light beam, like some kind of danger signal flashing.There is a garden behind the outpatient building, which is the second inpatient building.

Xi Shan rested his chin, thinking, since his parents divorced, this might be the closest he was to Xi Dongyang in a few years.

His thoughts wandered slightly, and for a moment Xi Shan was in a daze and didn't notice when the car stopped in front of him.Chi Nian thought that he had trouble moving, so he got out of the car, walked around to Xi Shan and held out his hand.

"Here, catch me." He said generously, "I knew you couldn't get up."

In fact, this is not the case, Xi Shan laughed, and obediently grabbed Chi Nian's arms and stood up with one foot.He didn't say anything, and managed to sit in the co-pilot under the care of Chi Nian.

The mobile phone has been set up for positioning and navigation, Chi Nian glanced at the route, and said casually: "It's very close, no wonder you just said you came to the hospital in Yuzhong."

"Otherwise?" Xi Shan asked back.

Chi Nian started the car: "I thought you were so squeamish, and if you fell down, you would go to the third-class hospital to line up."

Xi Shan: "Because I know that the orthopedics department here closes late."

"Okay." Chi Nian didn't hide the smile at the corner of his mouth, and he was relieved that Xi Shan was fine for the time being, but Xi Shan was still a little depressed, guessing that the injury might still hurt, "Eat first or go home first?"

"Go home and order takeout."

After saying that, Xi Shan leaned against the window frame and closed his eyes slightly.

Thinking of Xi Dongyang made him slightly uncomfortable for a while, and the appearance of squatting in front of the hospital just now overlapped with that of four years ago——For a long time after Yu Sixian's accident, Xi Shan did not dare to pass by the hospital, but the quarrel and beating of his parents had to make him Come to the hospital to pick someone up.Both Xi Dongyang and Bai Xiaowan were wounded, he went forward, seeing that they were still arguing, he first protected Bai Xiaowan.

"Now you know what to stop, what did you do earlier?!"

The younger Xi Shan was not convinced, and insisted: "If it wasn't for you, I would be like this?!"

Then, his right cheek was hot and swollen—a young man in his twenties, about 1.8 meters tall, was slapped by Xi Dongyang just like that in a crowded street.

"Treat yourself if you are sick!" Xi Dongyang's words still deafen his ears.

Xi Shan was startled and woke up from the nightmare.

On the left hand side, Chi Nian leaned forward, repeatedly confirmed the little red dot of the navigation—he hadn’t adapted to the uphill and downhill terrain of Chongqing—and heaved a sigh of relief: “It seems to be your home.”

"Well... just drive in, I have a parking space." Xi Shan said, with a mouthful of phlegm choking in his throat.

Sounds like you just cried.

The Xinhua Road community is a real estate developed a few years ago. The location is good, but the property and other management are relatively average. It is the first real estate that Xishan bought after making money.At that time, it was just for rent, but after the house in Shiziping was sold, it became the best place to live.

Xi Shan lives on the 32nd floor, with three households on one floor, and his house is the smallest.

While waiting for the elevator, Chi Nian looked through the nearby takeaways and sighed: "There's a lot of food here, Brother Xi, what do you want to eat tonight? You haven't had dinner yet."

"I originally wanted to wait until you came to see the hanging photos before going to eat, but now I can't drink wine." Xi Shan still hooked Chi Nian's neck, the other party was used to this level of intimacy, he didn't hide, let him Lean comfortably.

Xi Shan pressed his face even closer to Chi Nian's temple.

"Ding dong", the elevator arrives.

The 32nd floor was coming soon, Chi Nian helped him to the door, before Xi Shan opened the door, he heard a crisp dog barking.He paused, remembering that there was a little thing waiting to eat dog food at home——

Xi Shan, dangerous.

The anti-theft door opened a crack. Before Chi Nian could see the situation clearly, he felt a strange force pushing the door from the inside out. He was caught off guard and knocked on the forehead by the anti-theft door. With a sound of "Ouch", Chi Nian retreated into Xi Shan's arms, before he had time to recognize the situation, a ball of white rolled out from the crack of the door.

Then he raised his front paw and slapped Xi Shan frantically.

Lifting the injured leg, Xi Shan scolded twice, the white lump stopped, and Chi Nian realized it was a cute puppy.

It seems to be the "brave dog" on Xi Shan's head... right?

"Xuebi, go back." Xi Shan patted the door panel, the puppy barked unconvinced, twisted its buttocks and got in again.He put his arm around Chi Nian's hand and opened the anti-theft door: "Leave it alone."

"Ah good."

The sudden puppy made Chi Nian completely forget about their physical contact. He stepped into the entrance, and the sound of the door closing behind him cut off the noise in the corridor.The barking of the dog didn't stop, and the puppy seemed to realize that a stranger was coming, its white hair was blown up, and it barked at Chi Nian with its tail between its legs.

It's a pity that it's too small, and it sounds like a baby, and it doesn't sound deterrent.

Chi Nian squatted down in front of it with a smile, stretched out his hand, and grabbed the nape of the puppy's neck: "Baby, what's so fierce? What's your name?"

"It's called Sprite." Xi Shan said casually, and brought a pair of slippers for Chi Nian.

Chi Nian nodded: "Oh, suck Sprite."

"Sprite."

"I don't care, I'm going to call it 'sucking Sprite'." Chi Nian patted the puppy's head twice, "Is this Maltese? My aunt raised it before, but the hair is much longer than this. It looks Like a stuffed animal."

"The modeling I took to the pet store is still young, and I just got three shots of vaccination."

Chi Nian nodded "Oh", Xuebi probably realized that this stranger was not a bad guy, and his father didn't mean to help her, so Chi Nian patted his head and ears with humiliation.However, after touching it for a long time, it was actually very comfortable to be rubbed. It couldn't help turning its belly out towards Chi Nian, and let out a contented snort.

Seeing him and Xuebi having fun, Xi Shan didn't remind Chi Nian to order takeaway, and limped into the sofa, looking up.

When he closed his eyes, the afterimage of the light swayed left and right in the pure black field of vision.In the ear, Chi Nian teased the dog in a low voice, which sounded pleasant and normal - but this is really rare for Xi Shan.

How long has it been?

The residence is not the last line of defense, but it is rarely visited by people.Friends all know that Xi Shan doesn't like to be disturbed during his break time, so they politely give him some privacy.

His living room was tidied up like a deserted model room, and only then did he welcome the first guest.