Summertime

Zizao doesn't seem happy.

On Thursday afternoon, Gu Xia was lying on the copier, resting his chin with his hand, looking at the transparent glass wall across the aisle in a daze. There was Xizao's workshop, and the people inside were sitting at the desk and bowing their heads as usual. Work, write and draw, meticulous.Perhaps it was the reflection of the glass that made her unable to see Xizao's face clearly, but why did Gu Xia feel that Xizao was depressed, as if there was always a dark cloud with light rain hanging over Xizao's head, gloomy and melancholy.

It has been four days in this state. At first Gu Xia thought that he was thinking too much, because Xizao was almost the same as recently. She was sitting at the corner of the stairs on the second floor smoking, but since when did she start smoking, Gu Xia couldn't help frowning, how much was on her mind that she would touch cigarettes again, obviously she said that she graduated from college It has been completely quit since then.

The back that Gu Xia saw leaning on the handrail of the stairs was arched, as if she was looking down at her foot that was erratically stepping on the stairs in a daze, and the white smoke flowed along her drooping head. Floating upwards slowly, the smoke rose very slowly but then quickly spread around, and soon buried her curled up body in the faint white mist, leaving behind a choking smell. She smoked Zhonghua, Strong cigarettes for men.

Is it because of Su Xi?

At noon on Tuesday, when it was time to eat lunch, Gu Xia leaned against the glass fence on the second floor to drink coffee with Xiaomei from the HR department. At the beginning, he obviously saw himself, so he raised the corner of his mouth and smiled to signal, Gu Xia was stunned and nodded, smiling in response, and soon Xizao also went down, Gu Xia knew that the two of them were going out for dinner.

When I came back at noon that day, Xizao smiled inadvertently throughout the afternoon, with a slight upward arc, hanging on his lips shallowly, without the melancholy in the morning.

On the morning of Wednesday, Zhou Mi called and said that he would come to CouCi with the design department to discuss the revision plan of the early autumn series of advertisements. Gu Xia was a little surprised. She said that it would be fine for her staff to hold a meeting, and Mr. Zhou didn’t have to go there in person. , but Zhou Mi said that he happened to go to another company to discuss business in the afternoon, so he came here together along the way.

At noon that day, Zhou Mi took Xizao to eat, but when Xizao came back in the afternoon, she locked herself in the work room and buried herself in her work without saying a word, but Gu Xia still found that her air pressure was much lower than in the morning. Gu Xia was a little worried and asked her what was wrong, but she smiled and told herself that it was fine, but how far-fetched the smile on her face was, how could Gu Xia not see it.

When she got off work that day, Gu Xia found Xizao squatting alone on the dark staircase on the second floor, puffing and puffing. This time she didn't bother, but sighed, and gently closed the half-hidden door at the exit of the stairs on the second floor .

"Sister Xia, sister Xia?"

"Ah, what's wrong?"

Gu Xia was slightly taken aback, those few voices calling her made her complex and chaotic eyes looking ahead finally regain their usual calmness and resoluteness.

"The report just sorted out by the financial side requires you to check and sign."

"Okay, by the way, does Xizao still work overtime these days?"

"It seems to be just once, just on Wednesday."

"Oh, I see."

Gu Xia took the stack of papers, looked up and looked at the person who was scribbling with the measuring ruler in the glass, but suddenly she felt that the tip of her tongue was inexplicably sore, Gu Xia sighed lightly and turned to the office.

On Friday, Xizao's mood seemed to turn sunny.

At noon, she didn't go out to eat, so Gu Xia took two boxes of Yoshinoya's beef rice and pushed open the door of Xizao's workshop.

"I haven't eaten yet. I ordered your favorite beef rice. Come over to eat with you."

"It's already twelve fifty!" Xizao raised his head to look at the wall clock on the wall, and said in surprise.

"I forget the time every time, my stomach is not good, and I don't know how to take good care of it." Gu Xia pretended to be angry and knocked on Xizao's head, reproaching him.

Xi Zao stuck out her tongue, opened the bento box on the table, picked up the chopsticks and carefully put the onions in one bowl of beef rice into another bowl, and muttered softly.

"You obviously don't like onions, but you still buy the same ones as me."

"Who told me that I only like to eat his beef, you will eat the onions for me." Gu Xia had a smirk on his face.

"I'm so big and I still have a partial eclipse." Xi Zao pursed her mouth.

"I didn't eat your green pepper for you."

"..."

Gu Xia choked on one sentence, and Xizao didn't even have a rebuttal.In the bickering between the two, Xi Zao has always been a loser, this time it is still the case, Xi Zao pouts, although his face is not guilty, but his hands are still honestly busy picking those vegetables that Gu Xia hates.

"Are you going on a trip?"

Gu Xia found a sixteen-inch suitcase leaning against Xizao's desk.

"Ah."

Xizao put the selected beef rice in front of Gu Xia, and Gu Xia saw the joyful arc of her mouth.

"With Su Xi?" Gu Xia took the chopsticks and asked casually.

"Well, she will pick me up after get off work."

"That--"

Gu Xia looked up at Xizao, paused for a moment, and continued to ask, as if joking.

"Will you take me on a trip in the future?"

Xizao stopped the action of lowering her head to pick up the rice, she was slightly startled, raised her head and smiled.

"if you are willing to."

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Xia came over to say hello to Xi Zao, saying that he had an appointment and left work early.Xizao looked at the back of Gu Xia leaving in a hurry outside the glass and disappeared at the stairs. She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, shook her head helplessly, then lowered her head to look at the mobile phone in her hand, it was quiet Lying down on the table, there is no movement, and the work continues.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, people who have been busy for a day in the studio leave one after another. The energetic space during the day is surrounded by the sound of farewell to each other, the sound of the computer shutting down, the loud sound of moving tables and chairs, and the sound of chaotic footsteps. The room gradually became dark, deserted, and empty.

"Xizao, are you still going home?"

Someone knocked on the door and asked.

"Well, wait a little longer."

"Then I'll turn off the lights outside, it's getting late, Xizao, you should go back earlier."

"it is good."

The last person who stayed in CouCi also left, leaving only Xizao on the second floor.Zizao looked at the rows of incandescent lamps outside the huge glass, from near to far, becoming distant, dim, and scattered, and the darkness came one after another.She pressed the Home button of her phone, and it was 43:[-].

Xizao stubbornly did not call, she thought that Su Xi would definitely come, but on the way, that person encountered a heavy traffic jam.

Ziz——

At 27:[-] in the night, in the silent space, a short vibration finally came from the sleeping mobile phone.

19:27—Some things at home, I can't come, I'm sorry.

19:30—nothing.

At eight o'clock in the evening in the city in June, the sky has completely turned black, but the night is still lined with a little blue, dark blue, just like a rich dark color that is not evenly adjusted on the painter's palette, which is very common but It makes people feel a little strange.

A car came from the night and stopped at CouCi's downstairs. The people who got out of the car looked up at the only open window on the second floor. Coming from a drawing lamp clamped on the desk, the person downstairs raised her hand and looked at the watch on her wrist. She frowned and walked up the stairs to open the door of CouCi.

As expected, she was still there, huddled in the large swivel chair, looking up at the darkness outside the window in a daze, her thin and small figure looked so decadent and melancholy in the empty room, that the hearts of those who came were suddenly ruthless. As soon as she pulled it, the inexplicable discomfort in her heart made her lower her head, and turned her bitter gaze elsewhere. Soon, she saw that the [-]-inch suitcase was still standing quietly in place, without any trace of being moved.

"Where's Su Xi?"

The person in the swivel chair was obviously startled by the sudden voice from behind, she turned around subconsciously, as if she was stunned, but soon she realized something, and hastily wiped away the wet mess on her face with her hands.

"How did you come!"

Xizao stood up in a panic, sucked at her clogged nose, and hurriedly lowered her head to clean up the messy tools on the table, but it was a pity that it became more and more messy.

"Where's Su Xi!"

Gu Xia came over and grabbed her flustered hand, her voice suddenly became louder.

"There was something at home, so I couldn't come." Xi Zao pursed her lips and explained calmly.

"have you eaten?"

"I have no appetite, I don't want to eat."

The two of them fell silent suddenly. Gu Xia looked at Xi Zao's messy bun with a tired look on her face. She suddenly let go of her clenched hands, and then walked straight forward, grabbed Xi Zao's hand, and walked towards the door. go outside.

"Come on, go somewhere with me."

"Where are you going!"

The strength on the wrist made Xizao hurt, but Gu Xia's pulling made her suddenly not know how to resist.

"go to beach."

Xizao didn't know why Gu Xia was so stubborn to take her to see the sea, but she was forced into the car like this, Xizao was silent on the road, Gu Xia was also silent, neither of them spoke on the way, Xizao just kept quiet Leaning against the car window glass, staring at the passing scene in a daze, the bustling outside the window was magnified and then diffused, the bright lights of the city turned into dots at some point, and then the mottled and hazy light around was also replaced by a series of dim street lights Instead, there are fewer buildings, fewer vehicles, and less noise. The roadsides are full of lush vegetation. Due to the lack of artificial pruning, they are dense and unkempt. The black shadows, the fringe city under the night, fly past the window without leaving a trace, monotonous, fleeting, and can't be integrated into the so-called impression at all.And Xizao's disorganized head was still stuck in the text message at 27:[-] at night for a second. When she came back to her senses, she found that she had already smelled the faint smell of sea fish blowing in from the car window. taste.

Fengxian Bay, the seaside area of ​​Fengxian District at the southern end of Shanghai, Xizao, who came back to his senses, looked at his phone subconsciously. It was already past 22 o'clock, and Gu Xia actually drove for nearly two hours just to bring her here.

"arrive."

Gu Xia smiled and opened the car door, got out of the car, then took her hand and walked towards the distant sea.