Summertime

In Shanghai in mid-June, the rainy season has come. From June to September, Shanghai is in the most rainy season of the year. The whole city will always be hit by large-scale rainfall, either torrential rain or thunderstorms , or the long period of moderate to heavy rain, becoming wet, the billboards of small street shops dripping with dirty water drops, and a small pool of muddy water gathered in the depressions of the semi-wet and semi-dry roads. The rain, the undried clothes on the clothes rails protruding from the old residential buildings, the wet green leaves lying on the road and being knocked down by the rain, and the saturated water vapor in the air are all making the heat worse. Closed cities cool down.People don't like the exposure to the scorching sun in summer, nor do they like the torrential rain that falls every two days. Perhaps only after the dark clouds pass and the rain clears, can they find the most pleasant state in the city in summer.

It's just that most of the time, there are always more rainy days and less sunny days in the city. The pouring rain and the cloudy and cloudy weather can easily make people feel gloomy, especially for those who are full of thoughts, bad weather will only bring A worse mood is undoubtedly worse.

The rainwater dripping from the window glass is like a turbulent stream, washing the clean glass surface, and the scenery outside the window has been diluted by the water flow of the glass, making it blurred.The ticking seconds of the clock hanging on the wall were also covered by the sound of heavy rain. Xi Zao dragged his chin and sat in front of the computer, looking melancholy at the gurgling rainwater on the window.

Su Xi, since she was picked up by Zhou Mi that night, she hasn't contacted her much for a week, let alone ask her out for dinner as often as before. Su Xi just made a brief phone call. She said that there are some people at home. The matter has not been settled yet, let Xizao wait first.

No need to think about it, Xizao knew that Su Xi must be busy dealing with the rift between her and Zhou Mi, but as for what kind of rift it was and how it came about, Xizao didn't know.

Jujube just understood something.

Su Xi said that her marriage was just a muddle along, but maybe she cared more about Zhou Xiaomi than she imagined.

Su Xi may not have noticed this.

But, Xizao saw it, should she be sad?Or should we be thankful?

Sad, because she seemed to see the past repeating itself on the stage of reality, fortunately, because a complete family did not seem to be broken because of her existence.

Xizao suddenly remembered Moyou's advice to him.

——If one day you can see that the final outcome may not be what you imagined, you must get out in time, so that you will cause less harm to the people around you.

Is it time to rein in the precipice, is it time to withdraw?

But she has already fallen in and out, she is not reconciled!

The knock on the door woke up the person who had been sitting at the desk in a daze for nearly half an hour. Gu Xia's secretary walked into the office with a folder in his arms. The documents needed her to review and sign. Xizao put down the drawing board in his hand, He drank the cold coffee on the table in one gulp, trying to get out of the free state.

The project on the computer has not been completed yet, and the clock on the clock has pointed to two o'clock in the afternoon, and Xizao has not started to deal with the work left by Gu Xia. There are a lot of things to do, and I still have leisure time here, so I am in a daze. Zao took a deep breath, picked up the pressure-sensitive pen at hand, and continued to work.

Gu Xia was sick, it was a bad cold, although she explained that it was because of the pressure of preparing for the Hong Kong exhibition these days that something happened to her body, but Xizao knew that Gu Xia was not well after being with her in the rain and catching a cold that day Take care of yourself before you get sick.Gu Xia specially sent a text message that day, telling herself to cook ginger soup to keep out the cold, but Xizao knew that Gu Xia must not have drunk it herself. Given her usual habit of entertaining, taking out, and fast food to satisfy her hunger, how could she cook it for herself? As for ginger soup, every time Xizao enters Gu Xia's kitchen, it looks as if it has just been renovated, it is shiny and brand new, and Xizao thinks that Gu Xia's empty refrigerator has no ingredients to cook ginger soup at all. .

Gu Xia's illness was caused by her own willfulness. She hadn't come to work for two days. Although Gu Xia told Xizao not to worry about her, Xizao could still hear Gu Xia's time from the hoarse coughing on the phone. How serious the illness is, Xizao is really guilty. She wants to deal with all the work today so that she can visit Gu Xia's house before getting off work early, but if she is still working like this in the morning, she will not I can't finish today's task, and it's time to put away my troubled heart.

At 36:[-] p.m., almost half an hour later than the off-duty time, Xizao finally finished all her work. She stretched herself, picked up the handbag that was placed on the sofa, and left work in a hurry.

How much time did the shopping in the supermarket take? When Xizao drove to Gu Xia's community, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening. Instead of pressing the doorbell and waiting for a response like before, she directly took out the key in the bag and opened the door. The front door.

Sure enough, when Xi Zao entered the room, the dark living room was empty. She turned on the light and found that there was still a box of unfinished instant noodles on the coffee table. , squeezed into the paper bowl like a ball of paste, Xizao knew at a glance that this was the leftover food from the morning, she shook her head helplessly, put down the shopping bag in her hand, and looked at Gu Xia's Go to the bedroom.

It was pitch black there, as if the windows were covered with heavy curtains, which made the room lose all light sources, and it was dark, Xizao knocked on the half-covered door, but there was no response, Xizao called Gu Xia's Name, still no response, she couldn't help frowning, pushed the door in, and turned on the power switch on the wall.

"Gu Xia."

She called Gu Xia's name again, the person covered by the thin blanket on the bed was still motionless, like a corpse, Xizao panicked, she hurried forward and pushed the person who was joking with her on the bed .

"Gu Xia!"

"—cough cough—"

After a low voice in sleep, the person on the bed finally reacted. She opened her hazy eyes with difficulty, her face was flushed sickly, Gu Xia struggled to get up when she saw the person coming, but the red and swollen throat came back again. It was a dry itching, and she couldn't help but began to cough violently.

"Why are you here? Didn't you say... you don't need to come here!"

Gu Xia covered her throat, her voice was very hoarse.

"You are already like this, can I not come, go, I will take you to the hospital!"

Xizao's sudden accusation and roar made Gu Xia stunned, and then she smiled palely and held down the hands that wanted to help her up.

"No, I went yesterday, it's useless."

The hand holding Xizao was so hot. On the back of that hand, Xizao saw the glaring white tape left behind by the hanging needle. She subconsciously stretched out her hand and put it close to Gu Xia's forehead. The scorching heat made Xizao His brows furrowed even deeper.

"have you eaten?"

The person on the bed shook his head.

"If you don't go to the hospital, you have to take medicine for me. I'm cooking porridge for you now. I'm already sick. How can I not eat? Are you crazy! No matter how much you lose your appetite, you must eat. Do not take medicine on an empty stomach!"

"Ah."

Xizao didn't understand her face livid from Gu Xia's anger, and why her stern words could make Gu Xia, who was sick on the bed, smile so happily. Even though every part of her body was suffering so badly, she actually He can still laugh, his smiling eyes even bend into the shape of crescent moons, is he funny now, or has he never talked to Gu Xia like this before?

"What's so fun about being sick?"

Xizao questioned with his mouth shut.

"Because you're killing me...cough..."

"Okay, stop talking and have a good rest. I'll cook porridge."

Xi Zao felt puzzled by Gu Xia's logic, and felt a little funny at the same time. When she walked out of the room, she shrugged at Gu Xia and made a grimace to express her dissatisfaction.

Although Xizao bought a lot of ingredients for cooking, she still only cooked a small pot of porridge. Firstly, Gu Xia has no appetite, and secondly, when she is sick, she should eat some light food, but cooking porridge takes time, Xizao thought. Tell Gu Xia to take the medicine quickly and rest earlier, so that Gu Xia's illness can get better as soon as possible. The eager Xizao paced back and forth in the kitchen, waiting for more than half an hour, and finally waited for the porridge to be cooked, and she couldn't wait to serve it. Put it into a small bowl, bring it into the room, and want to feed Gu Xia right away, but the porridge just made is really hot, she can only breathe anxiously, and try it with small mouthfuls, until the porridge in the porcelain spoon becomes slightly hot At first, Gu Xia struggled and wanted to eat by herself. She said that this would spread the virus to Xizao. How can Xizao be willing? Her tough attitude is still Tell Gu Xia to shut up obediently. After 10 minutes, the porridge was finished, and beads of hot and humid sweat appeared on Xizao's forehead.

"Wait for 5 minutes, I'll get you some medicine."

Ziz——

Xizao picked up the empty bowl and was about to get up and leave. Just when she stood up, the phone vibrated from the pocket of her clothes. Gu Xia raised her head and saw Xizao staring blankly at the shiny phone screen. daze.

"Date?"

Gu Xia asked cautiously in a hoarse voice.

"fine."

The person who said it was okay didn't seem to be okay, the smile on Xi Zao's face was a little unnatural, she waved her hand, picked up the bowl and turned to the kitchen.

"I'm here with Gu Xia."

"She's sick and I have to take care of her."

"I don't know, don't wait for me..."

Xizao's voice became smaller and fainter, until she could no longer hear clearly. Gu Xia raised her head and drooped it down again. She felt her head suddenly hurt and swollen, and the pain in her throat The tearing feeling had to make her hold her chest and start coughing weakly. All the strength in her body seemed to be emptied by something at once. Did she lose all her energy, but the strength of Gu Xia's hand grasping the sheet Where did it come from? The crumpled fabric had already been gripped so tightly by her that it was about to be torn apart.

"Come on, take your medicine."

At some point, Xizao came back with a glass of water and some medicine bottles.

"Don't go tonight."

The person on the bed who kept his head down seemed to say something, the voice was as soft as a mosquito ant, if it wasn't because the room was too quiet to filter out some subtle sounds, if it wasn't that Xi Zao was very close to Gu Xia, Xi Zao Zao really thought that he was hallucinating, because Gu Xia didn't look up at all when he spoke.

"I do not go."

Xi Zao replied with a smile.