Summertime

Late at night under the rain in the city, there are no pedestrians holding umbrellas on the sidewalks on both sides of the asphalt road. Sweeping away the water spray accumulated on the glass again and again, the yellow and red interlaced light and shadow of the cars passing by on the road were sometimes hazy and sometimes clear on the front glass washed by the rain.At 21:[-] at night, Xizao’s car was still shuttling through the empty streets and alleys of the city. In the dark rainy night, almost all the shops on both sides of the street had closed early, and the lights were gone, leaving only the surrounding street lights. The fleeting car lights on the road reflected the faint halo on the wet sliding gate, flickering and dimming.

The only small shops that were still lit on this street were about to close down. A man came out from the half-drawn iron gate of the pharmacy. He had just turned off the lights in the shop and was about to lock the door with the key Unexpectedly, just as he bent down to pull down the half-falling gate, a woman's voice suddenly appeared behind him to stop him.

"Boss, I'm sorry, can you wait for a while, I want to buy some medicine!"

The man turned around, and behind him, a woman covered her head with her hand, looking at him anxiously.

"I'm all closed, come back tomorrow."

The business came at the wrong time, and the man didn't want to go back into the gate, turn on the light, and unlock the lock on the cabinet again for a profit of two or three dollars, it was too troublesome.

"No, no, I've been looking for a pharmacy for a long time, and now your home is still open. Someone at home has a fever, so I must buy medicine!"

"Why don't you go to the hospital if you have a fever!"

The man seemed a little impatient, but it was just a few complaints. Seeing the woman who was drenched by the heavy rain in front of him anxiously getting angry, he went into the shop, turned on the power reluctantly, and took out the key to unlock the counter.

Fortunately, this woman bought quite a lot, and she was quite neat. The man saw her leaving the store in a hurry with a bag of medicines. He collected the money in his hand, went out of the store again, and pulled down the wet gate. Lock it, open the umbrella in your hand, and walk slowly into the rain curtain with your trousers pocket, and then the bowed figure gradually disappears into the night.

After a brief interlude, the long night became quiet again.

Back at Gu Xia's house, it was already [-]:[-], the person on the bed didn't wake up, Xi Zao breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly found a T-shirt from the cabinet to change the wet clothes on his body, took the medicine Arriving at Gu Xia's bedside, under the dim light, Gu Xia's condition on the bed seemed to be worse than before. The fiery breathing in her ears became heavier and heavier, and her face became paler and paler. The sweat beads on those foreheads wet Gu Xia's hair, Xizao reached out and touched Gu Xia's forehead, it seemed hotter than when she left.

"Come on, let's drink the medicine first."

Sitting on the head of the bed, Xi Zao carefully lifted Gu Xia up, let her lean against him, and sent a few antipyretic tablets and a cup of rice-colored cold medicine to Gu Xia's mouth.

"Where have you been?"

Gu Xia in her arms struggled to open her eyes, and shook her head weakly. She didn't drink, and Xi Zao handed the water glass closer. This time, Gu Xia turned her head aside to show her resistance.

Xizao didn't know if it was the reason for his illness, or because of the bitter taste of the medicine in the cup, Gu Xia became as stubborn and self-willed as a three-year-old child. For an unimportant question, Gu Xia's actions made Xizao's anger that had accumulated throughout the day erupt in an instant. Xizao seldom gets angry, but this time she was really angry because Gu Xia had gone too far. After suffering from such a serious illness, she actually refused to let herself go to see her. She gave up treatment when there was no medicine at home. She only ate two or three mouthfuls of instant noodles a day to satisfy her hunger. Now she even refuses to take medicine. She is trying to risk her life. !

But no matter how angry she was, the fire in Xizao's belly was extinguished when she heard Gu Xia's hoarse voice with a strong nasal voice. She sighed and had to explain softly, like coaxing Like a crying child, just so that Gu Xia can obediently drink the medicine that can help her quickly reduce the fever.

"Your medicine is almost finished. I'm going out to help you buy medicine."

Xizao watched Gu Xia's half-opened eyes and closed them again. Her previously bluffing mouth was actually tight this time, but she stretched out her hand to hold Xizao's cold hand tightly. Xizao thought that Gu Xia had finally Ken compromised, but the third time the water glass was brought to her mouth, Gu Xia still didn't drink it. This time, the burning sensation in Xizao's palm finally made her impatient, and she yelled at Gu Xia directly.

"Gu Xia, you have a fever of 39 degrees now, if you don't drink medicine, if your brain is burnt out, I don't want you!"

"Is it raining, your hair is all wet."

Xizao felt that she was going to be driven crazy by Gu Xia's important questions, what on earth did she want to do!

"Drink the medicine!"

The cup in her hand approached for the fourth time, Xizao thought, if Gu Xia didn't drink this time, she really planned to follow what her mother did before and forcibly feed the medicine.I remember that when I was a child, I was weak and sick, crying and refusing to drink the daily traditional Chinese medicine. Of course, my mother had no room for negotiation every time, and directly used force to pour the bitter liquid down my throat. Forced, when the time is up, Zizao will pick up the bowl and submit obediently.

However, this last time, Xi Zao didn't need to force it, because Gu Xia finally had no resistance, she opened her mouth obediently, closed her eyes and slowly drank the solvent in the cup, with neither disgust nor reluctance on her face , the corners of the pale red mouth left only a slight arc, Xizao couldn't understand her expression at this time.

The originally tough strength eased, Xizao stared blankly at the person in her arms shaking her mind inappropriately, it was not because of the sudden docileness of the person in her arms, but because she saw a full tear slipping from the corner of Gu Xia's eyes At this time, Xi Zao finally found two or three shallow tear marks hidden deep in Gu Xia's scattered hair.

The hand that stretched out to help Gu Xia wipe away the tears stopped for a while, and the casual movements became gentle for some reason.

Gu Xia, did she cry just now?

After a night of care, Gu Xia's high fever subsided, but her body was still very weak, and her cough, low-grade fever and other cold symptoms continued. Xia took over all the work, including the work of the Hong Kong exhibition next week. Gu Xia's repeated persuasion could not return Xizao's compromise. She could only accept the reality unwillingly.

Because Xizao's harsh threats did work, she said, Gu Xia, if you still don't care about your body so much, then let's break up the relationship.

It was Friday, and Xizao didn’t get everything ready until [-] o’clock in the morning, so she hurried out of Gu Xia’s house and drove to CouCi. Although she was also involved in the preparations for the Hong Kong Home Design Exhibition, she was only in charge of the work. Gu Xia has always been in charge of designing the exhibition and the overall preparations. The trip to Hong Kong is approaching, and Xizao, who is now alone, has to take advantage of the limited few days to get familiar with the various procedures of the exhibition layout as soon as possible, so as to To be perfect and foolproof, this is the first time that Xizao presided over all the links in the exhibition alone. In the past, she only had to build the booth before the exhibition, or go to the stage to receive the award, but this time, Xizao, She has to participate in all the front and back scenes of the exhibition. Without Gu Xia, Xizao obviously feels the pressure on her body has increased. Although the task is arduous, Xizao has to bite the bullet and go on.

After seven o'clock in the evening, Xizao's head was ripped out from the pile of application materials and exhibiting project plans by a violent mobile phone vibration. It was Su Xi's call.

"have you eaten?"

"No, still working overtime."

"I didn't eat either. Millet went to a party tonight. Tongtong is at her grandmother's place and doesn't want to cook. I'm still outside now. Will you accompany me to eat later?"

"Well, wait for you."

The place to eat is still the old place. In Xiaonanguo in Xintiandi, near the end of [-] o'clock, the hustle and bustle of people during the Friday meal time has come to an end, and there are many vacant seats in the restaurant full of guests. The benefits of missing the meal will be great. Yes, there is no need to wait for a table. Xi Zao chose a place near the window, and ordered all Su Xi's favorite dishes, crab powder tofu, local smoked fish, sauced duck, vegetable salad, Su Xi hadn't come yet, Xi Zao took Leaning on the back of the chair, he began to look down at the approval form in his briefcase.

At eight o'clock in the evening, after all the dishes were served, Xizao saw Su Xi who was belatedly coming from the entrance with her hands full of shopping bags.

"There's a traffic jam on the road, so I'm late."

Su Xi explained with a smile.

"It's okay, the food has just started, be hungry, eat quickly."

Xi Zao put the documents in his hand back to the original place, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of hot fish for Su Xi.

Today, Su Xi at the dinner table seems to be very happy, happily sharing with Xizao the results of shopping with her friends this afternoon. Recently, there is an interesting story about Tongtong in the kindergarten. All kinds of weird requests.

Xi Zao had been listening quietly, smiling, and agreeing, but the brilliance in Su Xi's eyes still made her unable to help asking.

"You and Zhou Mi, are you reconciled?"

"Ah."

The lively conversation was suddenly interrupted, and there was only an inexplicable silence at the dinner table.

"I'm going to Hong Kong next Monday for a week. The exhibition just ended on Friday. Can you come that weekend?"

Xizao asked cautiously, but she didn't seem to respond when she saw Su Xi who was eating vegetables in front of her, so she added another sentence anxiously.

"I didn't go to Wuzhen last time. If you are free this time, can you come and accompany me?"

Su Xi smiled, and refilled the empty teacup in front of her with jujube.

"Okay, if there is nothing else next week, I will fly over to accompany you."

"Well, I'll wait for you."

The little joy in her heart couldn't be hidden at all, Xi Zao grinned silly, she held up the full cup of tea, and sipped it little by little until she drank it all.

On Monday, June 25th, in the morning, Su Xi made a phone call.

She said that Zhou Mi specially asked for seven days of leave and took her family to Phuket Island for vacation, and the trip to Hong Kong had to be cancelled.

On June 26th, Tuesday afternoon, Moyou came to Shanghai from Japan, and she said she would give Xizao a surprise.

But Xizao was already in Hong Kong at that time.

On June 27th, Wednesday night, Moyou boarded the [-]:[-] flight from Shanghai to Hong Kong.