deep trap

The arms that were raised and lowered were hanging by his side, and the joints were abnormally purple. In Lu Can's impression, Ji Mingze's back was always straight when he walked, but at this moment he was slightly arched, as if he was in extreme discomfort, and Like those frustrated drunks on the streets at night, they lost important things like jobs and family members, which made people's noses sour.

Lu Can forced himself to leave him alone and opened the door to enter the house.When I opened the refrigerator to find a bottle of mineral water to take medicine, I saw ginger and cola in the compartment.

Wash the ginger, cut it into small pieces and put it in a fresh-keeping box for easy access at any time.Coke and mineral water are placed in the innermost layer. Ji Mingze has always restricted him from drinking carbonated drinks, and usually only gives him plain water. These were bought a long time ago, but the drinks have a long shelf life and should not be broken.

After a lot of effort, he finally found two bottles of mineral water.When I went to get it out, I brought out a hall of Coke like a ghost.Although he thought in his heart that he didn't need to drink medicine, his body seemed to have developed some kind of conditioned reflex, habitually remembering every word Ji Mingze said.

...Forget it, the body is your own, just treat it as an early restoration of health.

Resignedly, Lu Can took the ingredients to the kitchen, cut the ginger into slices, and poured them into the pot with Coke.

After tossing back and forth, Lu Can was already breaking out in a layer of cold sweat.He took off his heavy sweater and changed into home clothes. He was afraid that the pot would dry out, so he leaned on the island platform and waited for the pot to boil.

I forgot to charge it last night, and the phone only has [-]% of the battery left.He turned off a few unused background programs, opened WeChat and was about to check Moments, when he suddenly received a message.

[Have you boiled Ginger Coke yet? 】

It's Ji Mingze.

Lu Can swiped his finger and subconsciously replied [cooked].Immediately remembering that they are no longer in a relationship where they can chat casually, quickly delete those two words, open Ji Mingze's profile interface, and focus on the "Delete Contact" button.

When Duan Yuyang cheated on him, he didn't delete his friends, but he was so annoyed that he couldn't stand it, so he chose to block.In his view, whether to delete or not is just a ritual, the most important thing is whether you can forget that person and that relationship.If you can forget, it's okay to stay in the contact list.

And vice versa, what's the use of superficiality if you can't forget it?It just adds to the troubles.

Lu Can's finger hovered over the "Delete" button for a long time, and finally moved away in frustration, locked the phone, and threw it aside.

The Ginger Coke was cooked quickly, bubbling and bubbling.Lu Can never liked to drink something too hot, so he poured it into a cup and carried it into the bedroom, intending to wait for it to cool down before drinking it.

Lying on the bed, he suddenly found that the pillow he liked was not there.Not only that, but the whole bed was full of strangeness and it was very uncomfortable to sleep on.

Recently, he sleeps on his side with Ji Mingze every day, including taking a nap, and he has to stay there. He hasn't lived in the master bedroom for a long time.He recognizes the bed, obviously, this kind of bed has been excluded by him from the 'inertia'.

Reluctantly, he got up and went to lie on his side to retrieve the small pillow.When returning to bed, the phone vibrated twice, and Ji Mingze sent another message.

But this time it's not text, it's voice.

Enough persistent, Lu Can gritted his teeth and thought, must he be forced to delete him?

Well, let's see what flowers he can come up with.Lu Can pressed play, and a familiar male voice came from inside: "Keep an eye on cooking, don't pour it into it and leave it alone, it's hard to clean the bottom of the pot with Coke."

After being treated by electric current, the man's voice was hoarse than before, and he was panting slightly.Lu Can sharply caught the sound of traffic passing by Ji Mingze, he should be on the main road, and he didn't get in the car and didn't go home.

...Why don't you go home when you're frozen like that?Or get in the car and turn on the air conditioner to keep warm.

Lu Can typed with the mentality that he didn't want to risk his life in a lawsuit: [It's finished cooking, it can be drunk when it's cold.You are not home yet? 】

"Not here, the first car is not easy to take."

Fart, the boss of Yuntu Aerospace can't have a car: [Where's your own car? 】

"I couldn't sleep at three o'clock in the morning. I really wanted to see you, so I came out directly. Halfway there, I found that I didn't bring my car keys, and you weren't home. I couldn't go to Lu's house to look for you, so I had to take a taxi to your door and wait. "

Come at three o'clock in the morning, and wait until he comes home at eight o'clock... more than five hours.

"My phone is about to run out of battery, and my hands are a little stiff. Let's not talk about it. You have a good rest after drinking."

With a sound of "whoosh", another voice popped up, which was automatically played along with the one above.

Lu Can's heart tightened involuntarily - no wonder the other party kept speaking instead of typing, it turned out that his hands were too cold to type.

When Ji Mingze left, Lu Can saw that his knuckles were abnormally purple-red. At that time, he thought it was just his skin was frozen red, and there was nothing serious about it. Looking at it now...

He quickly clicked on the Baidu client and entered "what to do if the hand joints are frozen and purple".

The first page that popped up was the analysis of the attending physician of Yanxing Hospital, a tertiary hospital.

The attending physician said: The purple knuckles are caused by poor blood circulation and local tissue ischemia.Failure to pay attention to follow-up treatment may lead to finger necrosis, severe and even amputation.

Lu Can: "..."

What are you doing?Amputation? !

Although he was angry with Ji Mingze for pretending to be an honest person to lie to him, during the two of them getting along, Ji Mingze did not do anything to hurt him, and gave him much more happiness and comfort than pain, the most difficult time in his life. The two moments—the breakup of his first love in eight years, and the suicide of his best friend—are both with Ji Mingze by his side.

He is not a white-eyed wolf. No matter what happens in the future, whether he becomes an enemy or a stranger, Lu Can hopes that Ji Mingze can spend the rest of his life well with all his hair.

He was still a little sleepy at first, but after being disturbed by the attending physician, Lu Can couldn't fall asleep at all.He was sitting by the bed, drinking Coke while thinking about what to do. He even regretted that he didn't ask Ji Mingze to come in and drink Ginger Coke together. It's better to warm up before leaving!

Either take the other person to the hospital to have a look, or remind him to buy a tube of frostbite ointment first!

Lu Can picked up his phone again, and then remembered that Ji Mingze was on his way. If he sent a message, he had to take it out to read it, his hands would get even more cold.

Ask him when he gets home.

Lifting his head and killing all the Coke, Lu Can shook off the quilt, got into the bed and counted the time when Ji Mingze would arrive home.Most likely, the hot ginger had an effect. Halfway through, his eyelids began to fight, he fell asleep, pinched his thigh hard, and finally woke up a little.

After about an hour or so, he felt that Ji Mingze should be here, and poked his phone under the blanket: [Your hand...]

J: [It's okay]

"It's okay" again, Lu Can said angrily: [I don't want to ask you if it's okay, what I want to ask is whether it hurts or not! 】

The chat interface showed that the sending was successful, and Lu Can realized that his tone was wrong. He closed his eyes and calmed down, patched and said: [I just searched, and the public hospital's surgery is normal during the Chinese New Year. When do you have time, I will take you there Take a look at the hospital]

J: [No, it's not that serious]

Does "not that serious" mean pretty serious?A tall adult, if he really doesn't want to go to the hospital, Lu Can can't lift it up, so the next best thing is: [Then you buy a tube of frostbite ointment and apply it]

Ji Mingze didn't know what he was doing, and it took 5 minutes: [Yeah]

Volcano: [Really? 】

This time it was good, except for a lot of New Year's greeting messages, Mr. J seemed to disappear from the world and never replied.

Thinking of that empty house, Lu Can's heart seemed to be floating in the mid-empty chest, unable to land.No one would joke about the life and death of his parents. He knew that Ji Mingze was really living alone, the kind that no one noticed when he passed out with a fever.

Social incidents such as "a single man/woman died at home, and the landlord called the police and found that the body had already rotted" are often broadcast on the news. Will Ji Mingze do the same?Could it also be in danger?

The more he thought about it, the more Lu Can couldn't lie down. He tossed and turned several times, and finally got up from the bed, grabbed the car keys and ran out of the house.

After drinking ginger cola, taking medicine, and lying down for a while, his physical and mental condition was much stronger than in the morning. He went to the nearest pharmacy to choose some frostbite ointment and anti-inflammatory drugs, and then drove towards the old community.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the roadside was full of festive red firecracker wreckage. Lu Can didn't care to look at it, but stared ahead, carrying all kinds of medicines and rushing all the way, the crushed snow surface creaking.

It wasn't until he finally parked downstairs at Ji Mingze's house, got out of the car with shopping bags, and was blown by the wind, that he realized belatedly that he didn't have a fucking brain at all.

If it wasn't for deceiving him, the founder of Yuntu Aerospace would never have lived in such a small house!

This trip is probably going to end in nothing.

I don't know if he left in a hurry, but Lu Can's chest was inexplicably tight - what if Ji Mingze was really not there, did he not see Ji Mingze today?

In other words, if the other party really obeys his "never see you again", then he will really... never see Ji Mingze again?

Lu Can stayed at the door of the unit for a few minutes, and finally decided to come all the time, and go up to have a look first.

The stairs in the old community are still dilapidated, and the Chinese New Year has not brought any improvement.He walked to Ji Mingze's house based on his memory, and every time he walked up a flight of stairs, the feeling of boredom deepened.

"Knock knock knock."

When he reached the second door on the third floor, he took a deep breath and raised his hand to knock a few times.

There was no movement inside the door.

"Knock, knock, knock." He knocked a few more times.

There was still no movement inside the door.

It seems that Teacher Ji really doesn't live here after changing back to Ji Mingze. Lu Can smiled self-deprecatingly, tied the plastic bag and hung it on his arm, like a hero returning from a feather, going back to his own camp as he planned.

Just as he turned around and took two steps, the door lock behind him clicked, and a male voice that was too dumb called out, "Lu Can?"

Lu Can froze for a moment, then turned around suddenly, "...so you are here."

"Otherwise where should I be?"

"I thought, thought..."

Lu Can hesitated and hesitated to express his conjecture.Ji Mingze looked down at him for a while, held the door frame with one hand, and interrupted in a low voice: "I promised you, I will always be here."

"Whether you believe it or not, I will never go back on my word."

Chapter 46 Chilblain is just the word "like". It will fade away after a long time, distance, and no contact.

Lu Can suddenly discovered that Ji Mingze never seemed to break his promise when facing him.

When we first met, he asked Ji Mingze to be on call at any time. From now on, no matter the wind, frost, rain or snow, Ji Mingze will remain on call.It's the same now, Ji Mingze promised that he will always be there, so even if he has changed from "Teacher Ji" back to "Ji Mingze", he can stop pretending to be a poor person who has to go to the bank to withdraw 500 yuan, and the other party still lives in this squalid house .

For him to find.

Just for him to find it.

It was probably because the corridors of the old community were not well insulated. Lu Can sniffed, lowered his head halfway and said, "Show me your hands."

Ji Mingze hesitated for a moment, not wanting to give it.

So Lu Can made enough food and clothing by himself, bent down, pulled out the opponent's left arm forcefully, and grabbed the left hand.

The moment he saw the whole picture clearly, Lu Can almost exclaimed!

I saw that the hand from the back of the hand to the fingertips was unevenly purple-red, the fingers were swollen, the knuckles were protruding, and there were shocking chilblains.

Some sores have been scratched and are bleeding out.The blood rubbed onto the cuffs of Lu Can's white down jacket, leaving bright red marks immediately.

The climate in the north is dry in winter, and there is heating indoors. Even in nine cold days, few people suffer from frostbite. This is the first time Lu Can knows that frostbite can be so serious.

This is a hand that makes models and boxers, how can it be done like this?

If he can't recover in the future, will it affect Ji Mingze's work?

"do not move."

He hurriedly took off the shopping bag, first opened the antiseptic cotton swab to disinfect the wound, then opened the chilblain ointment, melted the ointment with the temperature of his fingertips, and applied it on the opponent's hand very lightly, as light as a feather .

"Does it hurt?" Lu Can asked without raising his head.

"It doesn't hurt," Ji Mingze said, "It's okay, it will be fine in a few days."

"What a fart!" Lu Can raised his eyes and glared at him, with a reproachful tone, "If you are told to go to the hospital, you won't go. It's so serious, what should you do if you have sequelae? Baidu said that if the follow-up treatment can't keep up, it will be amputated. Amputation, do you still think it’s okay?”

"But here you are."

You are here, you are helping me to deal with the wound, so there will be no other sequelae.

Lu Can heard Ji Mingze's subtext, paused for a moment, and his voice gradually became softer: "I won't always come."

"...Well." Ji Mingze squeezed out a monosyllable from his throat.

The sadness in the eyes almost condensed into substance.

"Okay, it's done. Let me tell you how to use these medicines. Frostbite ointment is used three times a day, and you need to scrub the affected area with warm water before applying it. The red box below is anti-inflammatory medicine, and the blue one is cold medicine. Once every twelve hours, one pill at a time. Do you have water at home? Eat it as soon as you go in, and it’s best to set an alarm clock so that you don’t forget.”

Lu Can lowered his head and didn't look at Ji Mingze. He finished all the medicines in one breath, and then handed him the bag, "If the ointment doesn't work, come to me and I'll take you to the hospital."

After finishing speaking, Lu Can turned around and went downstairs without waiting for Ji Mingze's answer.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't step into Ji Mingze's house for half a step, as if drawing a clear line with his actions, reminding the other party and reminding himself that they are no longer the kind of relationship where they can come and go in and out of each other's house at will.

Ji Mingze stood at the door, watching Lu Can's body drift away.He held his left hand up in front of his eyes, thinking that it was a good thing he knew how to get chilblains easily.

After my father passed away, my mother's mental condition became worse and worse, and she would beat and scold her every now and then.At that time, he was young and didn't have the conditions to resist, so he couldn't stand the beating and had to run outside.

One winter, as it always snowed this year, he was beaten so badly that he ran out before he had time to put on his shoes, and walked barefoot in the snow for two hours. After returning home, his feet immediately developed chilblains.

This morning too, he stuck his left hand into the snowdrift and did the same, and he got a hand full of scars.To Lu Can, chilblain was far away, but to him, it was a trivial matter.

Ji Mingze folded his arms, closed the door, and began to count how many more days he would need to be sick.

After administering the medicine to Ji Mingze with his own hands, Lu Can felt more at ease. After returning home, he took another nap, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.

The long sleep had completely subsided his fever, but he was still not able to cheer up.He took a shower listlessly, and decided to drive to Qin Yuanyuan's hometown later, pay homage to Yuanmeier, and take a look at Qin Nan and the old couple of Qin's family.

Before the Chinese New Year, because Qin Nan's leg injury needed someone to take care of him, and during the Chinese New Year, his aunt was not easy to invite, so Lu Can and Lao Mao sent him back home.That time I left in a hurry, I only went around Yuanmeier's cemetery, but I couldn't say a few words.

It just so happens that staying at home is also staying, so it's better to go out to relax, so as not to always worry about people who shouldn't be worried about.Lu Can changed into plain clothes, bought a few boxes of fruit milk and other gifts, and took advantage of the good weather to head for Qin Yuanyuan's hometown.

Her hometown is in the counties around Bincheng, and the drive takes about two and a half hours, and it will be extended to three hours if the road conditions are bad.The custom in the north is to go back to my mother's home in the third year of junior high school, so there are not many cars on the road, which is relatively smooth.

Halfway through the drive, Lu Can was hungry and stopped at the service area to have brunch.While waiting for the meal, he asked Ji Mingze: [Have you applied the medicine properly? 】

J: [painted]

Huo Huan: [What about anti-inflammatory and cold medicine]

J: [Just finished eating]

Huoshan: [Hands are not better]

J: [It's a lot better]

Lu Can: "..."

What a lot of farts, he checked before going to bed yesterday, frostbite is a difficult disease.What he bought was not a magic medicine, so how could he just take it for a day and apply it for a day?The big liar is pure nonsense!

He wanted the other party to send a photo of his hands to come and take a look. He typed out a few words and deleted them, and after he finished typing them, he still felt that they were too intimate after much deliberation.But he didn't know the specific situation, and he was worried, always afraid that Ji Mingze would not take the medicine seriously.

At this time, if he didn't go out of the city, he might just run to someone else's house because he was entangled.

So it's good to go out and walk more often.

Lu Can resisted the urge to continue asking, locked his phone, and ate without distractions.One yard counts for one yard, Ji Mingze is sick because of him, he can't do nothing to save him, his conscience will feel bad.But he remembers Ji Mingze's deception very clearly, and he has taken the responsibility he should bear. He doesn't want to care about the rest, and he has no position to care about.

After eating, Lu Can filled up the fuel tank and continued on the road.Ever since he met Ji Mingze, he rarely drove, and he rarely walked alone on the road. He was a little unaccustomed to the loneliness around him.However, people always develop "habits" slowly through various "unaccustomed" experiences. The word "like" is just a word. After a long time, distance, and no contact, it will always fade away.

After returning from the county seat, he should pack up Ji Mingze's things and send them away.