Warm Water Spirits

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve is the sound of firecrackers.

Jiang Yunqi was woken up by the blast, and went out to look for Pei Zhe with his hair turned upside down.

In the kitchen, Pei Zhe was cooking porridge.

If Aunt Song was at home, there would be many different breakfast options.Soba noodles, small wontons, ham sandwiches, onigiri crystal dumplings, bacon egg rolls.Usually, Jiang Yunqi goes to school in the attached middle school, seven days a week without repetition.

Pei Zhe was cooking porridge.

Fortunately, there are meat floss toast and purple rice cake made by Aunt Song in the refrigerator, Pei Zhe's breakfast is not boring.

Jiang Yunqi was very supportive, and leaned closer: "Wow." Even if Pei Zhe boiled plain water, Jiang Yunqi would open his eyes and "Wow".

The misty heat is lingering everywhere, and the white rice is fragrant and pleasant.The kitchen is exceptionally cozy.

Pei Zhe covered Jiang Yunqi's forehead with his backhand and said, "Be careful it's hot."

The sound of crackling firecrackers completely covered Pei Che's voice.

Jiang Yunqi moved behind Pei Zhe and hugged him with open arms: "It's so noisy..."

Pei Zhe: "What?"

Putting his arms around Pei Zhe's waist, he touched the metal buckle of Pei Zhe's belt. The broad shoulders were warm, and Jiang Yunqi buried his face in it, muttering, "It's so noisy..."

Pei Che still didn't hear it.

The kitchen window was the closest to the noise, Jiang Yunqi gave up, buried in Pei Zhe's back and yawned.

For a moment, the sound of firecrackers paused briefly.

Pei Zhe stretched out his hand and pinched the back of Jiang Yunqi's neck: "Go and brush your teeth, and then have breakfast."

It was rare that there were only the two of them, Jiang Yunqi wished he could cling to Pei Zhe for a day, and whispered, "I want to hug."

Pei Zhe smiled lowly, turned off the fire, turned around to support Jiang Yunqi, and put his arms around him: "Let's go."

Jiang Yunqi held Pei Zhe's waist: "What time is it?"

The smell of aftershave was as clean and steady as before. Jiang Yunqi kissed Pei Zhe's chin, rubbing the tip of his nose against Pei Zhe's neck.

Pei Zhe: "Seven o'clock. Are you sleepy? I'll sleep again."

Jiang Yunqi shook his head: "A Sui must be waiting for me."

Pei Zhe touched the back of Jiang Yunqi's head.

After breakfast, Jiang Yunqi put on his shoes and waited for Pei Zhe at the entrance, then tiptoed to the kitchen refrigerator to get two cups of yogurt when he remembered something.Sitting in the car, Jiang Yunqi inserted the straws into the two cups and handed out one: "Brother Pei drinks yogurt."

Pei Zhe glanced: "Drive."

Jiang Yunqi handed it: "Just open your mouth. Take a breath."

Pei Zhe was funny, and he was not in a hurry to reverse the car and go out. He took a few sips and drank it. Then he looked at Jiang Yunqi who didn't know what to say: "Be good. Eat by yourself."

Jiang Yunqi: "Oh."

Drink a cup of yogurt to the provincial doctor.Jiang Yunqi chatted with Bo Yu while biting the straw, and Xue Minghuai added a friend on the way, but Jiang Yunqi hesitated for two seconds to add.

Boyu pulled a group of five, Xia Min and Lu Xinglan were very excited: "Can we play the game again?"

Jiang Yunqi knew that Boyu must have advertised everything in the same way.

Xue Minghuai pulled Liu Zhi in.

moment--

Xia Min: "Am I not mistaken?! To the emperor!"

The title of being too high school two exposed Liu Zhi's status in the e-sports circle in his early years.

Liu Zhi: "... Is it too late to quit the group now?"

Xia Min: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the emperor has spoken!"

Liu Zhi: "..."

Xue Minghuai: "...Call the coach."

Xia Min: "Okay, Coach Zhihuang."

Liu Zhi: "I'd better quit the group. It's too shameful. Public punishment."

Bo Yu: "Hahaha! Supreme Emperor! At that time I was still in high school! Hahaha!"

Xue Minghuai: "...give the Emperor some face."

Liu Zhi: "...@jiangyunqi, Yunshen, do you really want me to be a coach?"

Jiang Yunqi: "Really."

Liu Zhi: "..."

Every two seconds.

Bo Yu: "I'm dying of laughter. In the entire group, only Yunshen is answering the questions seriously."

Another two seconds.

Lu Xinglan asked obediently: "Can I ask for an autograph? Coach."

Xue Minghuai replied in seconds: "Yes. Just treat it as a gift from the Emperor to you."

Liu Zhi: Smile.jpg

The topic of "Supreme Emperor" started, and the news never stopped.After a while, Boyu found a high-resolution photo of Liu Zhi playing games in an Internet cafe from nowhere, and Zhihuang's tugging appearance could be vaguely seen, and the group immediately exploded.

Come out early, the sky is not yet clear, the sun is thin.The blue-gray cloud cover is thick, and it is estimated that it will not be sunny throughout the morning.

Jiang Yunqi checked the weather: "It will snow, at noon, there is a 30.00% probability."

Pei Zhe raised his eyes: "Did it snow on New Year's Eve last year?"

Jiang Yunqi thought about it, remembered something, and said lightly: "I don't know. You ignored me."

Pei Zhe: "..."

Pei Zhe thought about the connection between the two things for a moment, but found that there was no connection, so he chose to remain silent.

The sudden phone call saved Pei Zhe who was silently looking for a topic, it was Wenwen calling.

"Little uncle, where have you been? Aunt Song and I are here! Do you want egg tarts? I made them with Aunt Song yesterday! There are twelve in total! I ate three, and there are nine more, you and Brother A Sui, let's eat together—Brother A Sui is already eating, when will you arrive?"

Wenwen's voice is brisk, one after another, clear and sweet.

Jiang Yunqi smiled: "I've had breakfast."

Aunt Song's voice cut in: "Have you had breakfast, Yunqi?"

Jiang Yunqi: "Well, Brother Pei did it."

Aunt Song: "Go to the hospital and eat some more. Auntie made egg rolls. How long will it be?"

Jiang Yunqi went to see Pei Zhe.

Pei Zhe said, "Ten minutes."

Jiang Yunqi: "Brother Pei said there are still 10 minutes."

Along the way, Wenwen broadcast the progress of the egg tarts in real time on WeChat.Brother A Sui ate two at a stretch, and brother A Sui ate another... Wenwen said that if the little uncle didn't come, the super delicious egg tarts would be gone.The car drove steadily all the way into the underground parking lot of the provincial hospital. After a while, Wenwen said that my little uncle didn't have to worry about not being able to eat egg tarts: "Dr. Huo took brother Ah Sui to have a checkup, and the rest are all my little uncle's!"

Jiang Yunqi was very supportive: "That's great."

While waiting for the elevator, Pei Zhe said that he was going upstairs to find someone in the rehabilitation room, and asked Jiang Yunqi to eat egg tarts in A Sui's ward first.

Jiang Yunqi couldn't help laughing: "I'm full."

Wen Cuo yawned and came from the other side: "Go and eat, it's delicious. I just ate two. Wenwen was so anxious that if I eat more, my little uncle will be gone."

Pei Yue got off work late yesterday and started her vacation today.Wencuo was on duty all night and was finishing the year-end work. He would go home with Wenwen later.

Wen Cuo turned to Pei Zhe and said, "To see Li Xun?"

Pei Zhe nodded and didn't say much.

Jiang Yunqi looked up at Pei Zhe, then lowered his head to look at Pei Zhe's wrist hanging by his side.

Pei Zhe put his other hand in his pocket and stared at the elevator door, wondering what he was thinking.

At this time, the number of people in the hospital gradually increased, making it noisy and chaotic.

Strong and upright in his bones, with a calm demeanor, Pei Zhe's taciturn personality often has an impact beyond the occasion.For example, at this time, there were still a few people waiting in the same elevator as them, but unlike the short-tempered and gossiping parents in front of the elevator door next door, Pei Zhe's side was too quiet, as if the meeting had reached a tricky point, and the confrontation took a break to think about each other.

The elevator door opened slowly.

Wen Cuo yawned again, raised his legs and went in behind Pei Zhe. Seeing the floor number that Pei Zhe had pressed, he said, "I'll go with you. It just so happens that he has some muscle strength and MRI tests, and I'm going to see them." .”

Pei Zhe didn't say anything, but bowed his head and said to Jiang Yunqi, "Wait for me at Asui."

Jiang Yunqi nodded: "Yes."

Jiang Yunqi got out of the elevator before them, and when he was leaving, Wen Cuo said: "...you don't have to worry about the follow-up treatment, it will be half a year at the latest... Although you can no longer do criminal investigation, but according to your recommendation, the rest of your life Assure……"

Jiang Yunqi took a few steps slowly, stopped in place for a while before continuing to walk towards A Sui's ward.

Marking the end of an event can be a specific and tangible node, a certain moment witnessed by one's own eyes, a number in a calendar, a certain hour pointer in a clock-but in fact, no one knows what the real end is when.

The ward seemed a little quiet.

Wenwen was lying on the sofa playing with her mobile phone. Aunt Song sat in front of an empty hospital bed and read the "Rehabilitation Guide" issued by the hospital. When encountering unfamiliar professional vocabulary, she would ask Wenwen to look it up on her mobile phone.

"Aunt Song." Jiang Yunqi walked over.

On the sofa, Wenwen smiled and called out: "Little uncle, you are finally here!"

A weak voice came from behind: "I'm here too..."

Jiang Yunqi turned his head, Huo Xiangshu pushed Ah Sui in, Ah Sui didn't look like he had finished the examination, Huo Xiangshu said: "I ate too much, I threw up halfway through the examination, I'll bring him back first."

Jiang Yunqi: "..."

Wenwen chuckled, jumped off the sofa and looked closely in front of Ah Sui.

Aunt Song was a little worried: "Are you all right?"

Huo Xiangshu hugged him on the bed: "It's okay. Don't eat yet."

Ah Sui looked disheveled: "This is Chinese New Year..."

Huo Xiangshu glanced at him: "If you still want to live next year, don't eat this year."

A Sui: "..."

Wenwen thought that Dr. Huo spoke coolly, so she turned to Aunt Song and said, "Auntie, I want to be a doctor when I grow up!"

Aunt Song smiled: "Okay, Wenwen is sure."

Wenwen established her ambition in three seconds, and spent the rest of her time studying Huo Xiangshu.

Wen Cuo knew that he was going to vomit blood, and his parents had been obsessed with it for several years, so he couldn't compare to the cool Dr. Huo he just met.

Sure enough, it began to snow in the afternoon.

This year's Chinese New Year dinner at Pei Yue's house, Aunt Song and Wenwen took Wencuo's car back home first.Jiang Yunqi waited to meet Pei Zhe, and later Ah Sui was taken away for examination, and he was the only one left in the ward.

Fine snow particles fell on the glass, rattling and rattling, and were soon covered by the sound of the wind.The gloomy sky began to change, the bare branches swayed slightly, and large areas of gray and white occupied the field of vision.

Jiang Yunqi lay on the sofa and looked at the window, but Pei Zhe didn't notice when he walked behind him.

Until Pei Zhe reached out and hugged him.

Jiang Yunqi, who was immersed in the memories of the past, came back to his senses, obediently leaned back into Pei Zhe's arms, and suddenly said, "It never snows in Suihu."

Pei Zhe didn't speak.

Jiang Yunqi said: "It's always been hot. The rainy season is very long. It happened to be the rainy season when you came, I remember."

Pei Zhe tightened his arms, lowered his head and kissed Jiang Yunqi's forehead: "Yunqi."

Jiang Yunqi lowered his eyes: "I remember someone gave me chocolate, and then he died."

Pei Zhe was silent, and paused for a while, as if trying to figure out Jiang Yunqi's mood at the moment. After a while, Pei Zhe said, "Well, he's dead."

Jiang Yunqi stopped talking.

A memory is a memory after all, unless you lose it again.

On the way back, Jiang Yunqi still said very little.

The snow outside the window is getting thicker, and the New Year's Eve atmosphere on both sides of the road is festive. The huge New Year's movie billboards stand out a few meters away, shining strangely, and eye-catching in the snow and fog.

"I want to watch a movie." Jiang Yunqi followed the billboard and said suddenly.

Pei Zhe's words followed closely behind: "Okay."

The car turned a corner at the intersection ahead and drove towards the nearest cinema.

The New Year's Eve movies are all shown at midnight. Currently, the movies from the previous month are still showing, a sci-fi movie, a comedy, a few cartoons, and a warm-hearted movie.

Jiang Yunqi said that he wanted to watch science fiction films.Pei Zhe went to buy tickets and a bucket of popcorn.

The logic of sci-fi movies is flawed, but handsome men and beautiful women are quite seductive.In the end, time and space restarted, and everything started again. The sensationalism was just right, and a wave of tears was harvested from the audience.

Jiang Yunqi didn't feel anything, he ate the popcorn one by one, and turned his head to look at Pei Zhe after a while.The light was dim, and the flickering and changing lights and shadows on the screen covered Pei Che's clear face.Pei Zhe seemed to be watching seriously.

"Brother Pei." Jiang Yunqi whispered.

"Yes." Pei Zhe answered quickly.

As long as Jiang Yunqi thought about it, he could realize that Pei Zhe's whole body was not focused on the bright movie screen at all.

"Does it look good?"

Pei Zhe looked forward: "Do you think it looks good?"

Jiang Yunqi laughed, and said softly, "It's not pretty at all."

Pei Zhe turned to look at him with a smile: "I think so too."

Jiang Yunqi said again: "But this seems like a date." After speaking, he stuffed a piece of popcorn into his mouth and chewed it with a smile.

Pei Zhe stared at him, and after a while leaned forward to kiss Jiang Yunqi: "It's more like this."

After leaving the movie theater, Aunt Song called and asked why she didn't come back for dinner.Pei Zhe said to take Jiang Yunqi out to play, and let them eat first, without waiting.

Jiang Yunqi was standing aside with popcorn in his arms. Snow had already accumulated on the side of the road. There were many couples passing by in twos and threes, and there was also a family who came out to celebrate the festival.

Pei Zhe picked up Jiang Yunqi: "Want to go back? We can eat outside, just the two of us. This is the normal dating process."

Jiang Yunqi looked at Pei Zhe and smiled, for a while, in a half-joking tone: "Brother Pei, you must have been sent by heaven to save me."

Only Pei Zhe knew what Jiang Yunqi said.

Pei Zhe stared at Jiang Yunqi with deep eyes, but his tone was as usual: "Yunqi, I didn't save you."

Jiang Yunqi was slightly taken aback.

Pei Zhe touched the side of Jiang Yunqi's face, and said softly, "I love you."

If no one knows when the real end is, then only start to love at this moment.

The two of them didn't go back all night.

Jiang Yunqi and Pei Zhe visited the most prosperous areas in Jiangzhou, holding hands, kissing and hugging like all the couples around them.It's just that Jiang Yunqi was shy. When Pei Zhe kissed him, he would hide in Pei Zhe's arms, observe the situation around, and then quickly raise his head to kiss him.

Pei Yue called halfway, and Pei Zhe said the same thing, no need to go back, no need to wait, and watch the New Year's Eve fireworks outside with Yun Qi.

The surrounding area is too lively and noisy.Jiang Yunqi leaned on the railing of the bridge slope to watch the bright lights rise from both sides, and the water surface of the river was indistinct and blurred.

Jiang Yunqi couldn't hear Pei Zhe talking to him for a while.Every time Pei Zhe talked to him, he would stay close to Jiang Yunqi's ear.Afterwards, he remained in this position.Jiang Yunqi was hugged, comfortable and sleepy several times, yawning one after another.

At zero o'clock, the fireworks rose from the boat in the middle of the lake in an instant, as if it was daytime, and the fireworks poured down like meteors, dazzling the eyes.

The huge explosion made Jiang Yunqi stand up straight and looked up for a while.

Pei Zhe said, "Happy New Year, baby."

Jiang Yunqi turned around and hugged Pei Zhe, leaning closer: "Happy New Year, husband."