Oral period

Before the news of the cooling spread, the city entered autumn without warning.

Zhen Xiao was wearing a thin sweater and felt a little cold, so she moved herself to the sunshine by the window, and quietly waited for the doctor to come—the doctor she knew had a patient to see temporarily, and said it would not take long, so she told him to come in Sit in the consulting room for a while, there is warm water in the water dispenser.

A few minutes later, the door was pushed open, and Xu Qing greeted, "Little pillow."

"Doctor Xu." The young man stood up, and was about to drag the chair back to the desk, but was stopped by the other party: "No need, just sit there, just in time to bask in the sun, and chatting will be easier."

Xu Qing was younger than his mother, and was the doctor in charge of him at the time. She had a son who was in junior high school.At that time, after he recovered from his injury, he missed the college entrance examination, and in a daze, he took a vacation with prospective college students for nearly three months. During the vacation, he had nothing to do. It's just that he is born with such a nature, and he is used to addressing her at a distance, and doesn't easily cross the line of human communication.

What's more, today's topic is a bit serious, not an ordinary consultation.

Xu Qing poured a glass of water for each of them, and moved her chair to the window, facing him to bask in the sun, she said, "Last time you said you remembered something, what happened?"

Zhen Xiao held the half cup of warm water, took a sip with downcast eyes, and said: "I went back to the place where I lived before, and I remembered it... You are right, most of them are not very good memories, there is nothing to remember necessary."

"Is it... about your mother?"

"Well, almost," the boy twitched the corners of his mouth, but didn't laugh, "there is another person, a... friend of mine when I was young."

Seeing his expression, Xu Qing felt that the story would be a bit long. After deliberating for a moment, she reached out to cover the back of his hand and patted it lightly: "Tell me slowly."

The story is not very long. It is about getting lost by accident when I was a child, meeting a cheerful and reliable peer, becoming friends after going back and forth, but being pressured by my mother and forced to leave without saying goodbye. Classmate, during the period of amnesia, I did a lot of stupid things to provoke each other, but now that I think about it, I don't know what to do.

"Actually, I tried to run away from home to look for him later. As you know, I...have poor self-care skills, I don't know the way and I don't know how to take the train. I didn't even have a mobile phone at the time, so it was the expected result that I couldn't find it. " Zhen Xiao raised his hand and rubbed his temples, and said softly, "He may not forgive me."

From the beginning to the end, love was not mentioned, but Xu Qing, who has been here, can't hear the love hidden in the young man's words.

She feels sorry for this little patient who is usually indifferent. Sometimes she feels that fate is unfair. She is obviously not a few years older than her own son, but she has suffered from the death of her father and crazy mother. At my age, I have added another layer of scruples.

"How could it be?" After a long silence, she still patted Zhenxiao's shoulder and said in relief, "Since he is a cheerful and reliable person, he will not be too unreasonable. If you explain the cause and effect clearly, I think the other party will understand .”

So what about understanding, as Xia Jingzhe himself said, everything can be explained, but the trauma has already been left, it cannot be made up with just a few sentences of explanation, understanding and forgiveness are never mutually necessary and sufficient conditions.

"Let's talk about it then, I haven't figured out how to speak, no, maybe I just haven't prepared myself for never being forgiven by him," Zhen Xiao said with a wry smile, "It's far away, let's talk about the illness, yesterday I After taking a look, it has already scabbed over, take a look..."

The kind female doctor stopped talking, got up and gently lifted his bangs to remove the layer of gauze stickers, and said after a while: "Moon Yanyan's birthday, I plan to cook some meals at home to celebrate. Kong, you also come to see him, and bring your friend with you... It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's time to find a place to reunite."

Zhenxiao responded, and suddenly understood what Xia Jingzhe said before. Some words have been stuffed in my heart for a long time, so I can find someone to talk to, even if the other party can't give the answer, I can feel more relaxed. Continue to hide in the bottom of my heart, the strength to stick to it alone.

It was already dark when Zhenxiao returned to the apartment—it wouldn’t be this late, but he received a message from Xia Jingzhe on the way, saying that he wanted to eat pudding from a certain cake shop, which was near the hospital, and the location and route were clearly marked for him So I took a detour to buy it, only to find that the other party was hiding bad intentions in the store, a cup of pudding had to be queued for a long time, no need to think about it, I knew it was someone who was too lazy to line up by himself, it was much more difficult than a labor force, make the best of everything use.

He put the plastic bag containing desserts in front of Xia Jingzhe, and complained seriously: "There are a lot of people."

The instigator knew he was wrong, so he opened the bag with a guilty conscience, and changed the subject: "I know it's hard for you, so I'll cook tonight."

"Forget it, your hands are precious." Zhen Xiao reached out to touch the wound on his back, and asked again, "Is it better?"

Xia Jingzhe froze, unaccustomed to his sudden touch, the hand that removed the plastic spoon paused, and then said: "...It's much better——how about you, what does the doctor say?"

"It's almost scabbed. If there is no accident, there will be no need to stick the gauze in a few days." Zhen Xiao knew what he was asking, but she didn't answer the question of restoring memory. She sat down beside him and pointed Pointing to the puffs hidden in the innermost side of the plastic bag, saying that he wants to eat this.

Xia Jingzhe didn't ask any more questions, and took out the two puffs and put them into his arms.

Sometimes the relationship between people is mysterious, which always makes him feel amazing. Not long ago, the relationship was still tense, and he wanted to write his dislike on his face and say a few words with guns and sticks, but now the two have become inseparable friends. , not only sleeping on bunk beds at school and sharing the same abandoned office, but even sitting on the sofa together eating dessert and discussing evening recipes seems to have become a common scene.

Zhen Xiao leaned on the sofa, biting the puff with a blank expression, watching his videos and scrolling down one by one, nodding when he reached the dish he was interested in, and letting him add it to the collection—occasionally slipping to cooking For things that are irrelevant to the tutorial, I will look at them with interest for a while, then clear my throat to point out, and ask him if he likes such a person.

"I said it was pushed by the system, and this is a game live broadcast, I can't even see his face clearly..."

Being ridiculed by someone he likes like this is like reminding him of the fact that "the secret love is over before it starts".Xia Jingzhe slid away the video in a complicated mood, paused, slid back and clicked "not interested".

Zhen Xiao watched his series of behaviors silently, found it very interesting, and couldn't help teasing him, saying seemingly unintentionally: "Speaking of which, he also likes sweets..."

"Who?" As soon as he asked, he regretted it. Who else could it be? Naturally, it was Zhen Xiao's crush who was very similar to him.

He dropped his phone and turned his head to look, and as expected, he met a pair of smiling eyes, Zhenxiao just looked at him like this, the light reflected in his eyes was blocked by eyelashes, and he moved, hiding an indescribable deep feeling, It's not like talking about anyone else, but it seems that every word is related to him: "Ask what you know."

Xia Jingzhe was at a loss for words for a while, and after a few seconds, he said: "If you like it, buy it for her. It's pretty good, isn't it?"

"But I don't know much about desserts, especially..." Zhen Xiao emphasized her tone intentionally or unintentionally, "What do you guys like?"

In fact, there is nothing to ask, he knows the answer, Xia Jingzhe likes sweets with a strong milk flavor, especially fresh cream and cheese, bananas and mangoes are his favorite fruits, he doesn't eat sour ones, and he especially likes matcha.

It's just that every time the other party feels awkward after hearing his question, and unconsciously wants to answer seriously out of personality, he puts himself in and helps him figure out a way like a qualified wingman—that appearance is always very cute, It will make him have a strange sense of confusion, as if he is interacting with the other party through a one-sided glass, and the person on the other side of the glass can't see him, but he can see it clearly.

Xia Jingzhe seemed to be sighing. She would feel pain when leaning on the sofa. She could only sit with her knees hugged, her chin on her knees, and she thought for a while before answering: "Personality and preferences are not necessarily related. I like it." It doesn't mean she likes it too...I think, for a girl, cute cupcakes are good, or hand-baked cookies, but if she pays more attention to her weight, it's better not to give too much..."

Zhen Xiao listened to him silently with his chin propped up, with a serious expression, as if carefully considering his opinion: "What else?"

"Also... I like animal cream and cheese, milk ice cream and the like, but these are relatively high in calories."

Sensing the other party's concerns, Zhen Xiao twitched his brows and added in a timely manner: "He shouldn't mind."

"That's easy. There is a dessert shop in the shopping mall downstairs. They make ancient cakes. His cheese and fresh milk tarts are delicious. There is also the barber shop at the end of the pedestrian street that you said last time. It has been an old store for more than ten years, and there are basically no mistakes," Xia Jingzhe said more and more vigorously, as if he had persuaded himself, "For online shopping, I will recommend you a few stores later, many of which are delivered on the same day , also delicious..."

As he talked, he realized that his emotions were a little too high, and he stopped later, and added awkwardly: "I'm not that greedy, but I think eating sweets can make me feel better..."

Zhen Xiao couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth, and quickly recovered his expressionless face, and patted him on the shoulder: "Kids like to eat sweets, I don't laugh at you—but one thing, who told you that the person I want to chase is a girl?"

Xia Jingzhe was stunned, almost refuted the first half of his sentence, and froze again: "You..."

Judging from his expression, the other party was probably as surprised as he was yesterday evening.

"Well, boy," the boy said frankly, "I'm not interested in the opposite sex, so I thought you already knew about it."