Oral period

"woke up?"

The young man on the hospital bed faintly woke up from his stupor, his confused gaze swept over the IV bottle and the back of his hand with the needle, and then turned back to the person in front of him: "I..."

"I passed out from hunger in a fast food restaurant," Xia Jingzhe sat down on the edge of the hospital bed, pointed to the drip bottle that bottomed out, and explained concisely, "Glucose."

The doctor told him that he needed to eat food urgently after waking up. Even though he was reluctant, Xia Jingzhe went to the convenience store to buy two instant meals. An accident happened, and he had to be taken to a nearby clinic in a hurry. After a few hours, he didn't even bother to eat.

Zhen Xiao frowned, and it was obvious that his bloodless face turned red, whether it was due to shame or for some other reason.

He sat up slowly, and took the still warm instant lunch box, with a drip hanging on one hand, he couldn't eat it, and it was difficult to open the lid of the box with one hand. After a moment of distress, he still cast Xia Jingzhe's help-seeking eyes.

"There are also times when you beg me." Xia Jingzhe murmured in a low voice, opening the lid of the box and the disposable tableware for him, following the principle of a good man to the end, freeing up one hand to hold the boxed lunch for him, and the other On the other hand, he casually played the stand-alone game that had already been cleared, adding some cheerful noise to the supposedly silent ward, making it less embarrassing.

It was already dark, and there were few patients in this small clinic, so it was almost peaceful.The young man with the drip on his hand didn't say a word, he just ate with the hands of his companions, eating gracefully, like some well-behaved animal that accepts feeding, the warm yellow light fell on the ends of his eyebrows, eyes and hair, outlining an unexpectedly soft arc .

Then Xia Jingzhe realized that when the person in front of him was not making a bad face or deliberately provoking, his eyebrows and eyes were actually very gentle, and even had a touch of romantic charm, but his bones were sharp and clear, and the two phases were in harmony. It looks very pleasing to the eye, reminiscent of the saying "face is like a crown jade" in ancient Chinese diction.

He couldn't tell where that absurd sense of familiarity came from, but just occasionally his eyes met, and he would feel a little dazed, thinking of his childhood playmate with complicated karma—the one who was usually taciturn, but in front of him, he seemed like a different person, Especially good at softly bullying his children...

I can't remember their looks clearly, and their personalities are not very similar. If I have to say, only the eyes are somewhat similar.

The eyes are as clear and mysterious as black gemstones, every trace of emotion will be refracted layer by layer, making it unpredictable. When looking at him, he is the only one in his eyes, as if he is about to be wrapped in overflowing emotions. To hold him, to be more focused than a lover's gaze...

In a quiet atmosphere, people will let their guard down to some extent, and put the unpleasant past behind for a while—Xia Jingzhe has a clear love and hate by nature, and has no habit of holding grudges. After holding the box lunch for too long, his hands feel a little sore, so he simply put down the phone. Switching the lunch box to the other hand, he said in a strange way: "Is it better?"

Zhen Xiao was a little at a loss for his sudden concern, she was stunned for a moment before she nodded: "Yes."

"Speaking of it," he watched the other person put a piece of sweet and sour pork into his mouth, and chewed it slowly and gracefully, and suddenly felt that this person was not so annoying, "My surname Zhen, why don't you eat?"

Zhen Xiao put down his chopsticks, indicating that he was full—the drip was hanging on his right hand, but he could still eat with his left hand freely, and he didn't seem to think there was anything wrong—a trace of disapproval flashed in his eyes when he looked at Shang Xia Jing Zhe's probing gaze. Natural emotions, softly said: "It has nothing to do with you..."

"It's okay to blackmail me for two meals and add a piece of chocolate?"

Zhen Xiao was at a loss for words for a moment, turned away from looking at him, lay back on the hospital bed, and blocked back tit for tat: "Then why are you so afraid that I will tell others that you fight?"

Adults have somewhat unspeakable secrets, and when it comes to this, Xia Jingzhe doesn't want to ask any more, and puts the empty lunch box back on the table in a fit of anger, and his tone sinks a little: "Then change the question, why did you immediately ask me?" You hate me so much—does it have something to do with me?"

The lights were quiet, and the surrounding furnishings were simple and clean. Only the clothes on the other party were brightly colored. Pillow lowered his eyes and scanned the complicated patterns aimlessly, without answering.

If you want to talk about why...even he himself is not sure if he really hates the other person, or if he hates the other party - he really doesn't like the way he slaps his teeth and claws at every turn, and he really doesn't like the smell of tobacco on his body, but if it's like Just the same as before, this person does not wear clothes that smell of smoke, and does not stare at his words with irritated eyes. What is hidden under his shaky disgust...

After a long time, the boy sighed silently, gave up rational thinking, and said truthfully in a compromised way: "I don't like the smell on you, mint smoke, and——no, that's it."

It smelled exactly the same as his biological mother's, so that when he smelled it for the first time, it almost made him associate with the same disgust.

It was an unexpected answer.Xia Jingzhe was silent for a moment, raised his eyebrows slowly, and asked him in a tone of conversation with elementary school students: "That's it?"

"Ah."

"It's too naive." Apart from naive, he really couldn't find any other adjectives, "I hate others because of the smell on my body, are you a dog..."

"Who do you call a dog?"

"You," Xia Jingzhe handed a cup of warm effervescent orange juice to him, "Drink it, the doctor prescribed it, and supplemented with vitamins - this place is not far from the school, go back by yourself after the drip, I still have something to do, I'm leaving."

Don't have expectations of others, don't give sincerity to others - if you meddle in other people's business for this sake, it should stop here.Even if you can see some relaxing familiarity in the other person's eyes, you should not expect too much from it, otherwise you will just suffer from it as before... For a person like him, social interaction is out of reach extravagant hope.

The absurd idea of ​​quitting smoking for the other party passed by in a flash, and he pressed it back to the bottom of his heart indifferently, like a meaningless sigh.

"and many more--"

Before he could get up, someone grabbed his sleeve suddenly, pulled it abruptly and then let go.Xia Jingzhe looked down without knowing why, and happened to meet Zhenxiao's eyes that were hesitant to speak, and asked doubtfully, "Is there anything else?"

Is there something wrong? It seems not. He himself didn't know why when he saw the other party intending to leave, a strange panic flashed in his heart, prompting him to reach out to keep him - but he did.

Fortunately, the smart brain didn't lose the chain this time, and quickly gave him a reason "I just don't want to be hungry enough to go to the hospital anymore" - to find a reasonable explanation for his abnormal behavior, he seemed to have a bit of confidence in his words, He seemed to remind seriously: "The previous things haven't been turned over yet."

Xia Jingzhe was taken aback: "What..."

"The price of keeping you secret."

"Didn't I treat you to dinner?"

"I didn't eat it."

"Didn't I buy you a box lunch?"

"This is reasonable compensation for being scared into the hospital by you."

"What does it mean to be scared into the hospital, you obviously fainted from hunger..."

"That's the charity that sympathizes with me being starved and fainted." Zhen Xiao tilted his head with ease, with an almost imperceptible sly smile in his eyes, as if he thought it was interesting to see him angry, "It's not the same thing anyway, you still have to take me Out to eat."

Xia Jingzhe was speechless, she was silent for a long time with the thought of "Is this person starved of his brain", thinking that he might have committed a Tai Sui, and bumped into such a trouble, he suppressed his anger and said: "Then what do you want... ..."

"Eat, but I'm not hungry right now, pour me a glass of water first—or I'll tell the teacher about your fight tomorrow."

"Are you a primary school student and you still play the trick of suing!"

As long as he doesn't touch the real minefield, this seemingly irritable person in front of him is actually very talkative, and his bottom line is deeper than imagined-this is the conclusion he came to after taking two dangerous tests. He left him at the fast food joint, and didn't deny him chocolate for the disgust he displayed...

It looks like a show of teeth and claws, but in fact, the ability to empathize is not weak, and it can even be called kind. No, it may also be keen to meddle in other people's business.

"Also, the effervescent tablets are too sour, I want to eat something sweet..." Zhen Xiao looked at his expression and added without fear.

"I know, I know, you're so sweet." With the urge to order a whole fruit basket, no, a wreath online, Xia Jingzhe bit the tip of her tongue and said coldly, "If you have any other requests, finish quickly—don't look at it like that Look at me, I owe you a beating."

"And..." Zhen Xiao pretended to think for a few seconds, and said, "I don't know the way back to school, and I don't have the strength, so I can only trouble you to carry me back—"

After a clean punch, the world was silent.

"Don't even think about it, it would be nice to take you back. Let's talk about fruit and rice tomorrow... Hey, what's wrong with you?"

He just punched out of intimidation, and didn't use much strength, but the person in front of him seemed to have been hit hard. He bowed and covered his stomach for a long time without speaking, and a small side face was exposed between the scattered hair and the pillow. It was so pale that it was bloodless, so white that it almost blended into the gauze patch on the forehead.

Xia Jingzhe was stunned for a while, doubting her perception of strength for a moment, she frowned and said, "Don't pretend, I'm useless."

Could it be that there is some hidden disease... It is not impossible, he would go on a hunger strike until he fainted, maybe there is something wrong with his digestive system.Xia Jingzhe frowned slightly, and cautiously reached out to touch his shoulder, her tone softened unconsciously: "It's all right, don't scare me..."

The other party's shoulders seemed to stiffen for a moment, and the serious and weak moaning also stopped—after a short silence, Zhenxiao let go of his hand, sat up from a side-lying curled up position, avoided his sight, and pointed Gao Xuan's drip bottle: "Those who scare you...the bottom is over, call the nurse to pull out the needle."

"Boom!" - This time he gave him a firm slap, and the boy left a dirty word, turned around and left angrily.

Zhen Xiao raised her hand, and didn't care about the part that was beaten, she just touched her shoulder thoughtfully, caressing the place that Xia Jingzhe touched not long ago.

What's going on, are you stunned... That person looked like he was being teased to the point of being angry and helpless, and his eyes were flustered and caring about him—red ears, slightly frowning brows, and a slight shaking in his pupils. The warm light, like water...

It seems really cute.