Banshuharu
Chapter 37
During the time spent with Xu Xiuyuan in the past, Pingqiu gradually figured out half of his temper.He knew in his heart that this was just Xu Xiuyuan playing pitiful, he ran across the city in the middle of the night, his hands and feet were cold and his face was pale, that was his own fault, Ping Qiu himself didn't have to take any responsibility for it.Xu Xiuyuan is already an adult and should bear the consequences for his actions.
Reassuring himself like this, Ping Qiu pulled his hand hard, Xu Xiuyuan held it empty, and immediately froze in place.
"It's really getting late," Ping Qiu said in a low voice, "I still have work tomorrow, so I'll be leaving first. You should pay attention to yourself at night, if you don't feel well, then hurry back... Let's not see each other again. "
After speaking, he stepped over Xu Xiuyuan's right leg which was in the middle, and left straight away.Before closing the door, he glanced back at Xu Xiuyuan, and found that he was sitting there silently, with his head lowered, and suddenly fell sideways into the bed, lying motionless like this, with half of his ankle exposed, his skin was blue from the cold.
The elevators in the hotel are dirty and old, creaking when going downstairs.Pingqiu's heart skipped a beat following this movement, especially when the elevator door opened, it was not even parallel to the ground, Pingqiu was wandering and didn't pay attention, almost stepped on the air and fell.
Next to the elevator door is the front desk of the hotel. An old man wearing presbyopic glasses is sitting on a small stool watching TV.When Pingqiu came in to pay the bill, there was still a young guy at the front desk. He asked casually, and the old man smiled and said that the person sitting at the front desk was his grandson.The daughter and son-in-law went out to do errands. In the past two days, the grandson sat in the daytime, and he sat in the night, and then changed shifts in the early morning.
The old man also enthusiastically asked Pingqiu if he was going to open the room. Seeing him shaking his head, he took out a disposable paper cup from the drawer, turned to pour him a cup of hot water, and asked him why he didn't come home , hanging out here alone.Ping Qiu didn't have the desire to chat, so he was quiet after only a few words, sitting on the folding chair near the door and watching the rainy scene outside for a while.The hot water in his hand quickly turned warm, and he sipped it slowly, occasionally glancing at the electronic clock on the wall.
After drinking the hot water and the rain still on, Pingqiu didn't want to stay any longer, crumpled the disposable paper cups and threw them into the trash can.He thanked the old man at the front desk and said goodbye.
The old grandpa said goodbye to him with a smile. Suddenly the phone rang. Pingqiu didn’t bother him and was about to go down the steps in the rain, when the old grandpa asked in a panic: “What’s wrong? There’s electricity below us, it’s definitely not a power failure.” ... The air conditioner is broken? Let me see, which room of yours is in it, and why is it broken? Then wait, I will find my grandson to fix it right away."
Hanging up the phone, the old man hurriedly got up and went out. Seeing Pingqiu was still standing by the door, he pulled Pingqiu and asked him to take a look at the store. He immediately went home to find his grandson. It is a residential building. I really don't know how the good air conditioner fails. The bad thing is that there is no landline at home. He couldn't memorize his grandson's mobile phone number, so he had to go there himself.
Seeing him anxious, Ping Qiu nodded in agreement.Watching the old grandpa walk away with an umbrella, he sat back on the folding chair by the door again. The light rain outside the door seemed to be getting worse. He closed the sliding door a little tighter. "The notice cut off his originally wide field of vision.Ping Qiu flutteringly thought: I don't know which rooms have broken air conditioners.
After about 10 minutes, the grandson of the old man came running in the rain.On rainy days, his footsteps were slippery, he almost slipped when he stepped up the steps, Pingqiu was so frightened that he got up to help, but saw him clinging to the sliding door in shock.Seeing the embarrassment being witnessed by a second person, his ears turned red, and he wiped the raindrops off his face in embarrassment, and muttered, "It's raining really hard."Immediately afterwards, he dragged out a bag of tool bags from the small warehouse next door, and as soon as he carried it on his shoulders, he suddenly became sure, turned around, scratched his head, and blushed again on his face.From his movements, Pingqiu sensed that he probably didn't know much about repairing air conditioners than his elderly grandfather. On the other hand, Xu Xiuyuan's bruised ankles were still visible in front of his eyes.
Finally, Pingqiu thought for a moment, then got up: "Hello, do you remember me, I opened a room with you before."
"Oh, I remember, what's wrong?" The boy was at a loss.
"I can't get in now. If possible, could you please lend me a spare room card. My friend is still in the room."
"You can't find him?"
"He didn't bring a mobile phone." Ping Qiu made up a lie.
Probably seeing Pingqiu's gentleness, the boy didn't think much, handed over the spare room card, and he said: "The air conditioner in this room may also be broken, and their side seems to be an electric switch. Wait a moment, I'll go and see." Look. If it doesn't work, I'll get someone to fix it. Sorry."
"Okay, sorry to trouble you." Ping Qiu took the room card.
Well said, the air conditioner in the room did not respond.As soon as Pingqiu entered the door, a gust of cold wind made his teeth chatter, only then did he realize that the window had been opened at some point in the room, and the rain was floating on the edge of the window, wetting the small round table by the window.He walked to close the window in two or three steps, and even pulled the curtains firmly. Then he turned his head and looked at the bed. Xu Xiuyuan was lying on his side wrapped in a quilt, and he was still wearing that wet sweater.
Hesitating for a while, Pingqiu saw that Xu Xiuyuan had fallen asleep, and sat down on a chair beside him not wanting to wake him up.The waiting time was always long, Ping Qiu was shivering from the cold, he rubbed his hands lightly, but he hugged his chest and tried to shrink himself up as much as possible without feeling warm.He didn't dare to sit too far back, because the window was opened due to the rain, most of the chair was wet, so he could only sit in a little space in the front, and at the same time stood on tiptoe to maintain the center of gravity.
As if his thoughts were sluggish due to the low temperature, Pingqiu couldn't remember how long it had been since the air conditioner in the room beeped, and he hurriedly got up to look for the remote control. The bedside table and TV cabinet that were not on the side, he turned lightly to Xu Xiuyuan's place to look for it. .
Sure enough, the remote control was placed on the bedside, very close to Xu Xiuyuan's face.Ping Qiu stretched out his hand to get closer, and it seemed that he could detect his breath.Xu Xiuyuan closed his eyes and fell asleep, even his hair was wet.
The higher the temperature, the better, Ping Qiu just wants the room to heat up as soon as possible.He looked at the back of his hand, not to mention the bruises, which seemed to have several spots.He rubbed the backs of his hands, breathed into his palms, and sat back on the semi-wet seat, ready to wait another 10 minutes. If the air conditioner didn't trip again, he should leave.
"Is it raining outside?" Xu Xiuyuan suddenly said at this time.
Surprised that he didn't fall asleep, Pingqiu subconsciously turned his head to look out the window: "A little bit."
"I thought you were gone."
"They said the air conditioners in some rooms were broken, so I'll come up and have a look."
"No wonder," Xu Xiuyuan sat up with his arms propped up, and stroked his hair carelessly, "I always feel uncomfortable."
"But it's been repaired now. The temperature I just adjusted may take a while to warm up," Pingqiu said that he had no reason to stay any longer, "Well then, you have a good rest, I'm leaving first."
"Can't stay?"
"It's late, I don't want to disturb you."
"I'm very uncomfortable." Xu Xiuyuan said.
Ping Qiu paused, turned around and saw him sitting on the head of the bed with his back hugged, his neck and ears were a little red, and he spoke in a calm and cautious tone.Out of normal concern, Ping Qiu asked back: "What's wrong?"
"The clothes are wet. I haven't changed them. It's uncomfortable to stick to my body."
"You can take it off, there is air conditioning in the room, it won't be cold."
"But I still feel bad."
"Is the temperature of the air conditioner too low? I've already turned it to the highest." After finishing speaking, as if impatient to prove what he said was true, Pingqiu suddenly felt a little stuffy, his back felt like a pinprick, and his back was a little tight. Khan meaning."Need to tone it down a bit?" he asked.
"You may have misunderstood it," Xu Xiuyuan said, "What I meant was actually asking if you could stay."
"I thought I had made it very clear before."
"I didn't even have the opportunity to sit down and speak clearly. How can this be considered clear?"
"What do you want?"
"You stay."
"You can say it now. But you also know," Ping Qiu tried to be calm, "It's very boring to always pursue the past. I know my problem and I can understand your thoughts, but the past is the past. Now we are not acting in TV dramas, life is looking forward, we don’t need to always chase the past and cause troubles, are you right?”
"Yes, the truth is like this," Xu Xiuyuan should be decisive, "but it doesn't apply to me. People live in this world, and if they live for 100 years, there should be something that they can't let go. You can learn to move forward, but the other way around , and there are always people who are reluctant.”
"You're still so young, you won't stop here. You can't let it go now, maybe it's because the time we've been apart is too short, or maybe it's because we haven't made it clear before," Ping Qiu approached slightly tentatively, "If that's the case, we can sit down and have a good talk. After the talk, you should go back to your studies and live your life. Is that okay?"
Xu Xiuyuan didn't speak, just lifted the quilt and sat on the edge of the bed.Seeing this, Pingqiu went to the previous seat, which only occupied a small area in front, and after a little hesitation, he spoke first: "What do you want to ask? Or what you want to say, it's fine."
"Shouldn't you say it first?" Xu Xiuyuan asked back.
"Okay, so what do you want to hear?"
"Have you thought about me?"
"..."
"I just want to know this." Xu Xiuyuan looked directly at Pingqiu, his tone seemed to be begging, "Don't lie to me, look into my eyes and tell me, have you ever had one?"
"I thought about it," Ping Qiu said frankly, "I often thought about it at the beginning, because I felt sorry for you and felt guilty, so I always thought about it. After a long time, it's actually okay."
"How much do you think?"
"Does this question make sense?"
"No to you, but I care a lot. I want to know what you were thinking when I was in the most pain. Is it because you feel happy to get rid of me, or that you, like me, are actually sad."
"Whenever a relationship ends, everyone feels sad. This is human nature. There is nothing strange or special. Not only you, but also your brother, Lu Yang, even your mother, I have a relationship with them After any kind of relationship, once it ends, I will be very sad, the human heart is fleshy, it’s not a big deal.”
"You want to kick me from your special class to the general class?"
"I just want to say that our relationship is very ordinary. Picking up and letting go is a very common thing. There is no need to be obsessed with these issues. Don't take it too seriously. I can learn it. You are so smart, you must That's fine too."
"I understand, but I can't do it."
"Have you tried it?"
"Of course. If I could do it, I would have let you go when I suddenly discovered that I liked you more than ten years ago," Xu Xiuyuan said, "Pingqiu, you don't seem to have taken my words seriously. I have loved you for so many years , if I could have forgotten it long ago, how could I have come this far with you?"
Suddenly at a loss for words, Ping Qiu looked into Xu Xiuyuan's eyes, changed the subject and said, "Actually, there is a question I've been wanting to ask you...why do you do this? I mean, do you like me as you said, or just Because of my relationship with your brother at the time, made you feel uncomfortable?"
"Who told you that?"
"I just want to know."
"Xu Ruiyang, isn't that right?" Xu Xiuyuan moved closer and gently placed his hands on Pingqiu's knees.He pretended not to notice Pingqiu's dodge at that moment, and asked calmly: "Did he tell you that I will pay attention to you, and even pursue you, just because I am not reconciled and jealous that you have a closer relationship with him, so This to you?"
"He is not……"
"I admit," Xu Xiuyuan cut off the conversation, ignored Pingqiu's astonishment, and said decisively, "I'm jealous of him. I came to you after the college entrance examination. I prepared this in advance. It doesn't matter, let him know And as you know, it's only a matter of time, I have a clear conscience, there is nothing I can't admit."
"During that time, I often received calls from Xu Ruiyang's previous number, and you too?"
"it's me."
"……Why?"
"I said, I'm jealous of him. In terms of intimacy, we grew up together, but because he is the same age as you, you have more common topics, and you treat him as a friend, so you are together. Then why don't I Can? I will grow up to your age, you can also like me, and take care of me first in everything, why can't I?"
"When did you plan to come to me?"
"Before the college entrance examination."
"You're lying." Ping Qiu pushed his hand slightly.
"Then when do you think it is?"
"How much can I know? About you, you always tell me, I listen, no matter what you say, how much you say, I will not have any doubts, because I trust you, I don't think you have any reason to treat me lie."
"You also said that I have no reason to lie to you."
"But everything you do makes me feel inexplicable."
"Have you ever wondered why you have such thoughts?" Xu Xiuyuan said, "Because you don't trust me anymore, whether you listen to Xu Ruiyang's words or my mother's, in addition to yourself Of all the people, you don't trust me the most. You would rather believe that I approached you and made up lies to deceive you in order to revenge Xu Ruiyang, but you can't believe that I am sincere to you. "
"I don't know, I can't tell the truth from the lie." Ping Qiu was a little tired.
"If you can't tell the difference, why didn't you come and ask me? We have been together for a year, but because of some minor issues, you beat me down and can't stand up again. Is this fair to me?"
"Actually, what I want to ask is not these..." Pingqiu was at a loss, as if he had accidentally run into Xu Xiuyuan's language maze again.He was afraid that he would surrender as quickly as before in the next sentence, so he quickly shook his head and brought his thoughts back to the original topic: "It's pointless to pursue these now, don't say any more."
Xu Xiuyuan frowned slightly, then recovered immediately: "Okay, then it's your turn this time, what do you want to ask?"
"I have nothing to ask."
"Reciprocity, you should respect me."
His eyes paused for a moment on his face, and Pingqiu realized that Xu Xiuyuan's hands had been holding him tightly since no one knew when.He sat back almost reflexively, and the moment he realized that his pants were wet, Ping Qiu was pulled back forcefully by Xu Xiuyuan.
"Don't lean back, you'll bump your head." After speaking, Xu Xiuyuan withdrew his hand as if caring.
Ping Qiu immediately rubbed his hands on his knees: "I didn't lie to you, I really have nothing to ask."
"You don't care how I've spent the past two years?"
"I know you are doing well," Ping Qiu said lightly, "The school values you very much, and He Xiaoxian and Yuan Feng treat you very well. You will have great achievements in the future, I know."
"there is none left?"
"Nothing."
"Do you think that what you saw and heard in one night can sum up my past two years?" After speaking, Xu Xiuyuan suddenly got up and went to pick up the two unopened bottles of mineral water.
Ping Qiu saw his Adam's apple rolling up and down when drinking water, his eyes fixed, and then quickly moved away.
After drinking half a bottle in one go, Xu Xiuyuan touched his forehead, he seemed to feel a little discomfort, but he didn't care, and then said: "Why did I find Yuan Feng, did He Xiaoxian tell you?"
"He said that Yuan Feng thinks highly of you."
"Then did he tell you why I went to find Yuan Feng for no reason?"
"He didn't say it, and I don't want to know, it's not something I want to care about," Ping Qiu emphasized again, "Have you finished what you want to say... can we stop here?"
"We didn't even say the most important thing, how can we stop here." Xu Xiuyuan's lips were wet, and he wiped it with the back of his hand nonchalantly, showing a little childishness.
Ping Qiu understood what he meant, but he really didn't want to continue to entangle with him, so he said: "I didn't tell you, but I already have someone I like."
"..."
"Our relationship has just started recently. With him, I don't have to think about whether I am compatible with him. This makes me very comfortable, at least more comfortable than when I am with you," Ping Qiu said without evasion. Looking into Xu Xiuyuan's eyes, there was no hesitation, "I like him very much, and I also want to develop with him. I sent you off today because of our former friendship. I regard you as my younger brother. Apart from this relationship, other Not anymore."
"You're going to have a room with your ex-boyfriend behind your current boyfriend's back?" Xu Xiuyuan laughed softly, but the smile couldn't reach his eyes, "You're so generous."
"If he wants to know, I'll tell him exactly what happened."
"what is his name?"
"It's none of your business."
"It seems that he is also very generous. Even if you still have someone in your heart, he is willing to be with you." With his smile completely suppressed, Xu Xiuyuan said expressionlessly.
"I said, I treat you as my younger brother, that's all," Ping Qiu said unwillingly, "If you want to regard my kindness as my unrequited love, you can think so, and it has nothing to do with me. "
"Can you forget me?"
"I can always forget it. Even if I loved your brother so much back then, I will let him go now," Ping Qiu said calmly, "You will not be an exception."
After saying this, Pingqiu thought he had understood what he said, and then he stood up, patted his wrinkled clothes, and said: "This time there should be no power outage. I really should go."
When passing by, Xu Xiuyuan seemed to want to reach out and hold Pingqiu's arm.Ping Qiu shrugged his shoulders and said in a low voice: "Don't touch me."
Xu Xiuyuan paused his hands in the air, watching him open the door and leave without looking back, and only after a while did he lean back and lean against the table.Emotions surged in his chest, he stared at the front for a long time in a daze, then kicked the foot of the bed hard.
This night, I'm afraid neither of them will be able to sleep peacefully.
The sky was bright, Ping Qiu woke up early, and when he was taking a shower, he found a text message from Xu Xiuyuan in the early hours of the morning.He was going to swipe left to delete, but when he saw the content, he hesitated for a moment, and went to the closet to get an old thick sweater, trousers and cotton socks, and then hurried to the convenience hotel, just in time to meet the Grandpa's grandson stretches his arms for exercise at the door.
He sent Xu Xiuyuan a text message back, saying that he put the changed clothes at the front desk on the first floor, and someone would deliver them to him later, and he didn't have to return the clothes.At the end, Pingqiu kindly added one: Pay attention to safety.
After delivering the clothes, the big stone in Pingqiu's heart finally fell to the ground.Not in a hurry to go home, he took a detour across two streets to buy some breakfast at a stall, passing through three in a row, a middle-aged woman with a familiar face greeted him: "I bought so much today, are there any guests at home?"
Only then did Pingqiu realize that he had already carried several large bags in his hands, his expression was a little stiff, he suspected that the weather was too cold, and it was irrelevant to be numb from the cold.He smiled and said, "Yes, I bought a lot. I don't want dumplings anymore. Bring me a bag of soy milk."
It can be said that he returned home with a full load, and Ping Qiu was a little distressed, planning this pile of breakfast would probably take three meals today to settle.
When I went upstairs, I found Liu Chenchen sitting at the door of the house. Ping Qiu stopped by the building, looked up at her, and asked in surprise, "Why are you looking for me at this time?"
Liu Chenchen sat on the ground with a small bag slung across her shoulders, and a shoebox was placed under her buttocks.She was yawning from sleepiness, and said inarticulately, "I'll bring you something. Our team building at night may not be able to make it. My colleague stocked up a lot of fruits at once, including winter dates and crispy persimmons. There are a lot more cherries anyway. I bought a bunch too, and I'll share some with you."
"This is a little bit." Ping Qiu looked at the cardboard box in her arms, "There are so many, I can't finish it all by myself."
"Isn't there still your sister in the shop, you can't finish eating with five mouths?" Sitting numb, Liu Chenchen was still a little unsteady when she got up, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you should not knock on the door, go in and have a look You are not at home, and I closed the door again. Where have you been?"
"Going to buy breakfast."
"Did you take the road to the east?"
"Yeah, did you see that?"
"Let me just say, when I was driving over, I saw a person at the door of the small hotel in the alley. His back looked very much like you. I'm not sure yet. If you say that, it must be," Sui Pingqiu After entering the door, Liu Chenchen put the cardboard box on the shoe cabinet, turned to look at Pingqiu carefully, "Why are you running to the hotel for nothing? And you have dark circles under your eyes, did you become a thief last night?"
"No," Pingqiu said casually, "send a friend to a room."
"Which friend?"
"……You do not know."
"No, your expression is wrong." Liu Chenchen grabbed his shoulders, squinted his eyes to look him up, and said amazingly, "Your expression is as if you secretly met your lover and got raped. Tell me, who is it?"
"No one really." Ping Qiu laughed.
"I don't believe it, your reaction shows that I guessed it right," Liu Chenchen racked his brains to guess back and forth.Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, and her expression immediately turned cold: "Don't tell me, it's your good brother."
"..." Ping Qiu really didn't know whether to praise her for her quick thinking or not.
"It's really him?!" Liu Chenchen exploded in anger, "Isn't he? Didn't you all break up, and he came to pester you?! Where is he, that convenient hotel? Wait, I'll go right away find him."
Unexpectedly, she would have such a reaction, Pingqiu hastily pulled her away: "What are you going to do?"
"He came to pester you, didn't he, and lied you to the hotel? What does he want to do, to take advantage of you? He wants to be ashamed!"
"Don't be angry, he didn't do anything to me, we just chatted for a while and didn't do anything else."
"You still protect him now?"
"I didn't protect him," Ping Qiu looked at her, "it's you, why are you so angry, did he offend you? You probably don't know each other very well."
"I'm talking about you! You haven't let him go yet? Can you be a little bit promising? They broke up and haven't seen each other for 800 years. Why do you care about him? He gave you money?" Liu Chenchen He was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say, "I knew you still liked him, Chen Xiaoyi and I were full enough to introduce you to someone! Is it because I am not busy with work or I have eaten too much salty food, go away!"
Before Pingqiu had time to react, Liu Chenchen was already angry and ran away.The entrance was so narrow, she pushed Ping Qiu's shoulders away and ran out, there was a sound of crackling footsteps in the corridor, leaving Ping Qiu standing there with a confused face, unable to digest her angry words.
But when Pingqiu stuffed the boxes of fruits into the refrigerator one by one, the crackling footsteps in the corridor sounded again.Liu Chenchen rushed to the door aggressively, stared at Pingqiu and asked, "Why don't you come to me?"
"I thought you were angry." Ping Qiu said weakly.
"I'm angry, but you can't explain?" Liu Chenchen was so annoyed that she turned around in circles, "You just get mad and I'll forget it."
"I don't know why you are angry, and I don't know how to explain it," Ping Qiu persuaded, "Come in first, it's so cold outside."
Liu Chenchen suddenly sat down on the sofa, crossed his chest and asked, "Tell me, you will be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist."
"What do you want to know?"
"That pile of things by your bed."
"bedside?"
"That pile of sleeping pills," Liu Chenchen said with a lump in his throat, "...and those diagnostic sheets in the drawer. When did you get sick?"
"Sick?" Ping Qiu was stunned, "I'm not sick."
"You still want to hide it from me? You never said anything about anxiety and depression in those diagnosis sheets. And those sleeping pills, how long have you been taking them? You can't sleep and your energy is not good, why don't you tell me?" I say."
"I'm not……"
"If I wasn't drunk and slept at your house that day, when are you going to tell me? I don't think you will ever say, do you consider me a friend?" Liu Chenchen was anxious again, "There is still someone next to you There is a photo of that person! You don’t tell me, I know, when you came back, I saw something wrong with you, he was sorry for you, right? Now he is pestering you again!”
"That's why you often come to me during this time, because you are afraid that I won't think about it, and you keep matching me with others?" Pingqiu smiled helplessly, "Since you have seen all the lists, why don't you ask me?"
"I'm so scared to death, who dares to ask you, what if you are irritated and you can't think about it?" Liu Chenchen said awkwardly, "I know you may not be able to let him go, so you can do it with another person." Divert attention."
"But since you have seen those diagnostic sheets, why didn't you pay attention to the time?"
"What time?"
Pingqiu got up and walked into the room, found a few diagnostic sheets in the bedside drawer, and handed them to Liu Chenchen: "Look up, it's from two years ago."
"..." Liu Chenchen suddenly lost his voice.
"There are also those sleeping pills. At first, I had some difficulty falling asleep and my spirit was not very good, so I went to see a doctor and took some occasionally."
"What about your illness? Do you still have it? Do you still take medicine?"
"I won't take it because I'm afraid I'll become addicted. As for the illness you mentioned, it's actually just mild anxiety, not serious," Ping Qiu said honestly, "At that time, I realized that there was something wrong with my emotions, so I went to see a doctor right away. . Later I decided to open a store, and it was also related to these. The doctor suggested that I find something to do to keep myself busy, and I don’t have time to dig into corners. After a long time, I also feel that I am much healthier.”
Liu Chenchen muttered: "So I'm meddling in my own business? I even asked Chen Xiaoyi for help. She matched you with Cheng Zinong, and I matched you with Huazhang. It turns out that we are just being self-indulgent... Where are the photos you put in the drawer?" , you can’t say that I misunderstood, can you?”
Thinking of those photos with Xu Xiuyuan, Ping Qiu let out a sigh: "It's all over, there will be no result between me and him."
"Then you're still looking for him?"
"I want everyone to talk about it, and don't face it, the knot in my heart is really hard to solve."
"According to what you mean, you really don't care about him anymore?" Liu Chenchen was a little worried, "I'm still worried about you, let's go on weekends, and I'll accompany you to go for a checkup. It's not that there are some emotional illnesses, which are usually invisible Yes, what if you don’t even find out yourself.”
"Don't worry, I'm healthy now." Ping Qiu smiled.
"Really or not, if you feel uncomfortable, you must speak out, and you can tell me anything."
"I promise."
"...That's the best, I treat you as a friend, don't hide it from me," Liu Chenchen frowned, "To be honest, I think you will get sick because you are too sensitive, like an adolescent high school student, secretly Li Tie was bitten by the corner of the pillow, and thought he was acting in a TV series."
Ping Qiu thought he was wrong, and did not refute her sarcasm.
But as soon as the words were spoken, the pressure that had been pressing on my heart these days suddenly dissipated, and Liu Chenchen suddenly became enlightened.In a hurry, she ate breakfast at Pingqiu's place, followed Tengdeng and ran downstairs, sat in the car and just started the engine, and caught a glimpse of a figure at the alley beside the Tongzilou, which looked familiar.But when she poked her head out of the window and looked back, the place was deserted.She said a few words to herself, looked at the time again, wailed, and hurriedly started the car.
And upstairs, Pingqiu tidied up the pile of diagnosis sheets and stuffed them into the small bookcase next to the desk.After sorting out the pile of photos misunderstood by Liu Chenchen, I flipped through them, and they were all photos of Pingqiu and Xu Xiuyuan.Ping Qiu admitted that at the beginning, he really needed to rely on these photos to convey his thoughts, but later he deliberately stopped looking at them, and the photos were all stuffed in the bottom of the drawer.
Finally, Ping Qiu stuffed all the photos into a cloth bag, tightened the seal, then put the cloth bag into the storage box and closed the lid.
It was in the morning when Xu Xiuyuan's reply was received, and Pingqiu and Xu Miaoling were checking the purchase list for this week.The content of the text message is very simple, just two words "thank you".Ping Qiu glanced at it, didn't intend to reply, just put the phone aside, the phone vibrated again.
Xu Xiuyuan: I understand what you mean.I came to see you last night because I wanted to apologize, and I encountered some difficulties and I was not in a good mood, so I didn't take your thoughts into account.
As far as the words are concerned, Ping Qiu thought he had more to say, but Xu Xiuyuan didn't send the second message for a long time.
Probably seeing Pingqiu lost in thought for too long, Xu Miaoling pushed him lightly: "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Ping Qiu stuffed the phone into his pocket, "Where did we talk before?"
"I didn't say anything, you've been looking at your phone." Xu Miaoling saw that his expression was wrong, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Perhaps because he wanted to prove that he had indeed begun to give up on Xu Xiuyuan, Ping Qiu gradually learned to pay more attention to others.For example, he no longer refuses several invitations from Huazhang, and occasionally offers to meet him.Although the two people's preferences do not overlap, but fortunately, they are not too exclusive.After getting along several times, Huazhang is funny and humorous on the surface, but he still has a childish temper in private, especially when he does things with a degree of advance and retreat. Pingqiu likes the comfort when getting along with him.They tacitly don't mention whether this relationship should go further, they just treat themselves as friends, so they are satisfied with each other.
On this day, Pingqiu promised Huazhang early to go to their art training school to watch the students' performance, saying that it is the final drama of each semester. From the script, actors to directors, the students personally make the cut. The quality is not very good. It is always free. , just to pass the time.The performance started on time at six o'clock in the evening. Before that, they could go to a nearby restaurant for dinner.Therefore, before it was dark, Pingqiu had already been picked up by Huazhang.
When Chen Xiaoyi saw it, she sighed.Pushed by Xu Miaoling and asked what she was doing, Chen Xiaoyi said, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have helped him."
"Help who?"
"Cheng Zinong, I thought he has known the boss for so long, and he likes the boss, maybe he can be together if he is matched by me. After that, when Cheng Zinong becomes famous, we will be able to grasp first-hand News?" Chen Xiaoyi curled her lips, "Who knew someone would get there first."
"You matched them just to get news?" Xu Miaoling laughed, "It depends on your future."
"Not all, I'm not that greedy. I'm also worried about the boss. At that time, sister Chenchen said it so seriously, who knew that the boss is still an infatuated kind..."
Before finishing speaking, Chen Xiaoyi was shoved by Xu Miaoling's shoulder again.She muttered something, and when she turned her head, she saw Cheng Zinong striding towards her. She was so startled that she immediately fell silent. She really didn't know whether she should tell him the truth and tell him that the Ping Qiu he was looking for had already been lost by another suitor. Pick up and drive a Mercedes-Benz trot.
It was indeed Pingqiu's first time to come to Yipei Center, but unfortunately Liu Chenchen was not on duty tonight, and had already left work with other female friends in style.
Taking the elevator upstairs, Huazhang introduced to Pingqiu that the entire building belongs to their school.In addition to the dormitory on the fifth floor, the second to fourth floors are teaching classrooms, and drama performances are held in the large theater on the second floor.
They shuttled between the colorfully painted design floors, and the students had just finished their dinner and were resting. Some of them would greet Huazhang when they passed by, and when they saw Pingqiu behind him, they would take a second look curiously.
Along the way, Pingqiu looked at the movie posters and photo frames on the wall, and there was a large soft wall at the entrance of the theater, on which were the group works of previous students.Among them, Ping Qiu saw last year's "Best Film" at a glance. In the middle of the lower part of the poster, the students also specially marked "Thanks to Teacher Huazhang".
Huazhang touched his nose in embarrassment, and explained: "The students couldn't find an actor, so I acted in it as a friendship. I have a chance to show it to you? I heard that the filming is very good."
"Okay." Ping Qiu readily agreed.
It wasn't too late for them to go in, but the theater was already full of students.Only then did Pingqiu discover that Huazhang was very popular among this group of students.Art training is no better than education training, most of the students are lively and bold, some booing, some whistling at Huazhang, and some even directly asking who Huazhang is bringing this time.They all seemed to know about Huazhang's situation, so they didn't care about Pingqiu's gender, but were inexplicably excited about their tacit relationship.
Leading Pingqiu to the last second row by the aisle, Huazhang arranged for him to sit inside, and then said:
Reassuring himself like this, Ping Qiu pulled his hand hard, Xu Xiuyuan held it empty, and immediately froze in place.
"It's really getting late," Ping Qiu said in a low voice, "I still have work tomorrow, so I'll be leaving first. You should pay attention to yourself at night, if you don't feel well, then hurry back... Let's not see each other again. "
After speaking, he stepped over Xu Xiuyuan's right leg which was in the middle, and left straight away.Before closing the door, he glanced back at Xu Xiuyuan, and found that he was sitting there silently, with his head lowered, and suddenly fell sideways into the bed, lying motionless like this, with half of his ankle exposed, his skin was blue from the cold.
The elevators in the hotel are dirty and old, creaking when going downstairs.Pingqiu's heart skipped a beat following this movement, especially when the elevator door opened, it was not even parallel to the ground, Pingqiu was wandering and didn't pay attention, almost stepped on the air and fell.
Next to the elevator door is the front desk of the hotel. An old man wearing presbyopic glasses is sitting on a small stool watching TV.When Pingqiu came in to pay the bill, there was still a young guy at the front desk. He asked casually, and the old man smiled and said that the person sitting at the front desk was his grandson.The daughter and son-in-law went out to do errands. In the past two days, the grandson sat in the daytime, and he sat in the night, and then changed shifts in the early morning.
The old man also enthusiastically asked Pingqiu if he was going to open the room. Seeing him shaking his head, he took out a disposable paper cup from the drawer, turned to pour him a cup of hot water, and asked him why he didn't come home , hanging out here alone.Ping Qiu didn't have the desire to chat, so he was quiet after only a few words, sitting on the folding chair near the door and watching the rainy scene outside for a while.The hot water in his hand quickly turned warm, and he sipped it slowly, occasionally glancing at the electronic clock on the wall.
After drinking the hot water and the rain still on, Pingqiu didn't want to stay any longer, crumpled the disposable paper cups and threw them into the trash can.He thanked the old man at the front desk and said goodbye.
The old grandpa said goodbye to him with a smile. Suddenly the phone rang. Pingqiu didn’t bother him and was about to go down the steps in the rain, when the old grandpa asked in a panic: “What’s wrong? There’s electricity below us, it’s definitely not a power failure.” ... The air conditioner is broken? Let me see, which room of yours is in it, and why is it broken? Then wait, I will find my grandson to fix it right away."
Hanging up the phone, the old man hurriedly got up and went out. Seeing Pingqiu was still standing by the door, he pulled Pingqiu and asked him to take a look at the store. He immediately went home to find his grandson. It is a residential building. I really don't know how the good air conditioner fails. The bad thing is that there is no landline at home. He couldn't memorize his grandson's mobile phone number, so he had to go there himself.
Seeing him anxious, Ping Qiu nodded in agreement.Watching the old grandpa walk away with an umbrella, he sat back on the folding chair by the door again. The light rain outside the door seemed to be getting worse. He closed the sliding door a little tighter. "The notice cut off his originally wide field of vision.Ping Qiu flutteringly thought: I don't know which rooms have broken air conditioners.
After about 10 minutes, the grandson of the old man came running in the rain.On rainy days, his footsteps were slippery, he almost slipped when he stepped up the steps, Pingqiu was so frightened that he got up to help, but saw him clinging to the sliding door in shock.Seeing the embarrassment being witnessed by a second person, his ears turned red, and he wiped the raindrops off his face in embarrassment, and muttered, "It's raining really hard."Immediately afterwards, he dragged out a bag of tool bags from the small warehouse next door, and as soon as he carried it on his shoulders, he suddenly became sure, turned around, scratched his head, and blushed again on his face.From his movements, Pingqiu sensed that he probably didn't know much about repairing air conditioners than his elderly grandfather. On the other hand, Xu Xiuyuan's bruised ankles were still visible in front of his eyes.
Finally, Pingqiu thought for a moment, then got up: "Hello, do you remember me, I opened a room with you before."
"Oh, I remember, what's wrong?" The boy was at a loss.
"I can't get in now. If possible, could you please lend me a spare room card. My friend is still in the room."
"You can't find him?"
"He didn't bring a mobile phone." Ping Qiu made up a lie.
Probably seeing Pingqiu's gentleness, the boy didn't think much, handed over the spare room card, and he said: "The air conditioner in this room may also be broken, and their side seems to be an electric switch. Wait a moment, I'll go and see." Look. If it doesn't work, I'll get someone to fix it. Sorry."
"Okay, sorry to trouble you." Ping Qiu took the room card.
Well said, the air conditioner in the room did not respond.As soon as Pingqiu entered the door, a gust of cold wind made his teeth chatter, only then did he realize that the window had been opened at some point in the room, and the rain was floating on the edge of the window, wetting the small round table by the window.He walked to close the window in two or three steps, and even pulled the curtains firmly. Then he turned his head and looked at the bed. Xu Xiuyuan was lying on his side wrapped in a quilt, and he was still wearing that wet sweater.
Hesitating for a while, Pingqiu saw that Xu Xiuyuan had fallen asleep, and sat down on a chair beside him not wanting to wake him up.The waiting time was always long, Ping Qiu was shivering from the cold, he rubbed his hands lightly, but he hugged his chest and tried to shrink himself up as much as possible without feeling warm.He didn't dare to sit too far back, because the window was opened due to the rain, most of the chair was wet, so he could only sit in a little space in the front, and at the same time stood on tiptoe to maintain the center of gravity.
As if his thoughts were sluggish due to the low temperature, Pingqiu couldn't remember how long it had been since the air conditioner in the room beeped, and he hurriedly got up to look for the remote control. The bedside table and TV cabinet that were not on the side, he turned lightly to Xu Xiuyuan's place to look for it. .
Sure enough, the remote control was placed on the bedside, very close to Xu Xiuyuan's face.Ping Qiu stretched out his hand to get closer, and it seemed that he could detect his breath.Xu Xiuyuan closed his eyes and fell asleep, even his hair was wet.
The higher the temperature, the better, Ping Qiu just wants the room to heat up as soon as possible.He looked at the back of his hand, not to mention the bruises, which seemed to have several spots.He rubbed the backs of his hands, breathed into his palms, and sat back on the semi-wet seat, ready to wait another 10 minutes. If the air conditioner didn't trip again, he should leave.
"Is it raining outside?" Xu Xiuyuan suddenly said at this time.
Surprised that he didn't fall asleep, Pingqiu subconsciously turned his head to look out the window: "A little bit."
"I thought you were gone."
"They said the air conditioners in some rooms were broken, so I'll come up and have a look."
"No wonder," Xu Xiuyuan sat up with his arms propped up, and stroked his hair carelessly, "I always feel uncomfortable."
"But it's been repaired now. The temperature I just adjusted may take a while to warm up," Pingqiu said that he had no reason to stay any longer, "Well then, you have a good rest, I'm leaving first."
"Can't stay?"
"It's late, I don't want to disturb you."
"I'm very uncomfortable." Xu Xiuyuan said.
Ping Qiu paused, turned around and saw him sitting on the head of the bed with his back hugged, his neck and ears were a little red, and he spoke in a calm and cautious tone.Out of normal concern, Ping Qiu asked back: "What's wrong?"
"The clothes are wet. I haven't changed them. It's uncomfortable to stick to my body."
"You can take it off, there is air conditioning in the room, it won't be cold."
"But I still feel bad."
"Is the temperature of the air conditioner too low? I've already turned it to the highest." After finishing speaking, as if impatient to prove what he said was true, Pingqiu suddenly felt a little stuffy, his back felt like a pinprick, and his back was a little tight. Khan meaning."Need to tone it down a bit?" he asked.
"You may have misunderstood it," Xu Xiuyuan said, "What I meant was actually asking if you could stay."
"I thought I had made it very clear before."
"I didn't even have the opportunity to sit down and speak clearly. How can this be considered clear?"
"What do you want?"
"You stay."
"You can say it now. But you also know," Ping Qiu tried to be calm, "It's very boring to always pursue the past. I know my problem and I can understand your thoughts, but the past is the past. Now we are not acting in TV dramas, life is looking forward, we don’t need to always chase the past and cause troubles, are you right?”
"Yes, the truth is like this," Xu Xiuyuan should be decisive, "but it doesn't apply to me. People live in this world, and if they live for 100 years, there should be something that they can't let go. You can learn to move forward, but the other way around , and there are always people who are reluctant.”
"You're still so young, you won't stop here. You can't let it go now, maybe it's because the time we've been apart is too short, or maybe it's because we haven't made it clear before," Ping Qiu approached slightly tentatively, "If that's the case, we can sit down and have a good talk. After the talk, you should go back to your studies and live your life. Is that okay?"
Xu Xiuyuan didn't speak, just lifted the quilt and sat on the edge of the bed.Seeing this, Pingqiu went to the previous seat, which only occupied a small area in front, and after a little hesitation, he spoke first: "What do you want to ask? Or what you want to say, it's fine."
"Shouldn't you say it first?" Xu Xiuyuan asked back.
"Okay, so what do you want to hear?"
"Have you thought about me?"
"..."
"I just want to know this." Xu Xiuyuan looked directly at Pingqiu, his tone seemed to be begging, "Don't lie to me, look into my eyes and tell me, have you ever had one?"
"I thought about it," Ping Qiu said frankly, "I often thought about it at the beginning, because I felt sorry for you and felt guilty, so I always thought about it. After a long time, it's actually okay."
"How much do you think?"
"Does this question make sense?"
"No to you, but I care a lot. I want to know what you were thinking when I was in the most pain. Is it because you feel happy to get rid of me, or that you, like me, are actually sad."
"Whenever a relationship ends, everyone feels sad. This is human nature. There is nothing strange or special. Not only you, but also your brother, Lu Yang, even your mother, I have a relationship with them After any kind of relationship, once it ends, I will be very sad, the human heart is fleshy, it’s not a big deal.”
"You want to kick me from your special class to the general class?"
"I just want to say that our relationship is very ordinary. Picking up and letting go is a very common thing. There is no need to be obsessed with these issues. Don't take it too seriously. I can learn it. You are so smart, you must That's fine too."
"I understand, but I can't do it."
"Have you tried it?"
"Of course. If I could do it, I would have let you go when I suddenly discovered that I liked you more than ten years ago," Xu Xiuyuan said, "Pingqiu, you don't seem to have taken my words seriously. I have loved you for so many years , if I could have forgotten it long ago, how could I have come this far with you?"
Suddenly at a loss for words, Ping Qiu looked into Xu Xiuyuan's eyes, changed the subject and said, "Actually, there is a question I've been wanting to ask you...why do you do this? I mean, do you like me as you said, or just Because of my relationship with your brother at the time, made you feel uncomfortable?"
"Who told you that?"
"I just want to know."
"Xu Ruiyang, isn't that right?" Xu Xiuyuan moved closer and gently placed his hands on Pingqiu's knees.He pretended not to notice Pingqiu's dodge at that moment, and asked calmly: "Did he tell you that I will pay attention to you, and even pursue you, just because I am not reconciled and jealous that you have a closer relationship with him, so This to you?"
"He is not……"
"I admit," Xu Xiuyuan cut off the conversation, ignored Pingqiu's astonishment, and said decisively, "I'm jealous of him. I came to you after the college entrance examination. I prepared this in advance. It doesn't matter, let him know And as you know, it's only a matter of time, I have a clear conscience, there is nothing I can't admit."
"During that time, I often received calls from Xu Ruiyang's previous number, and you too?"
"it's me."
"……Why?"
"I said, I'm jealous of him. In terms of intimacy, we grew up together, but because he is the same age as you, you have more common topics, and you treat him as a friend, so you are together. Then why don't I Can? I will grow up to your age, you can also like me, and take care of me first in everything, why can't I?"
"When did you plan to come to me?"
"Before the college entrance examination."
"You're lying." Ping Qiu pushed his hand slightly.
"Then when do you think it is?"
"How much can I know? About you, you always tell me, I listen, no matter what you say, how much you say, I will not have any doubts, because I trust you, I don't think you have any reason to treat me lie."
"You also said that I have no reason to lie to you."
"But everything you do makes me feel inexplicable."
"Have you ever wondered why you have such thoughts?" Xu Xiuyuan said, "Because you don't trust me anymore, whether you listen to Xu Ruiyang's words or my mother's, in addition to yourself Of all the people, you don't trust me the most. You would rather believe that I approached you and made up lies to deceive you in order to revenge Xu Ruiyang, but you can't believe that I am sincere to you. "
"I don't know, I can't tell the truth from the lie." Ping Qiu was a little tired.
"If you can't tell the difference, why didn't you come and ask me? We have been together for a year, but because of some minor issues, you beat me down and can't stand up again. Is this fair to me?"
"Actually, what I want to ask is not these..." Pingqiu was at a loss, as if he had accidentally run into Xu Xiuyuan's language maze again.He was afraid that he would surrender as quickly as before in the next sentence, so he quickly shook his head and brought his thoughts back to the original topic: "It's pointless to pursue these now, don't say any more."
Xu Xiuyuan frowned slightly, then recovered immediately: "Okay, then it's your turn this time, what do you want to ask?"
"I have nothing to ask."
"Reciprocity, you should respect me."
His eyes paused for a moment on his face, and Pingqiu realized that Xu Xiuyuan's hands had been holding him tightly since no one knew when.He sat back almost reflexively, and the moment he realized that his pants were wet, Ping Qiu was pulled back forcefully by Xu Xiuyuan.
"Don't lean back, you'll bump your head." After speaking, Xu Xiuyuan withdrew his hand as if caring.
Ping Qiu immediately rubbed his hands on his knees: "I didn't lie to you, I really have nothing to ask."
"You don't care how I've spent the past two years?"
"I know you are doing well," Ping Qiu said lightly, "The school values you very much, and He Xiaoxian and Yuan Feng treat you very well. You will have great achievements in the future, I know."
"there is none left?"
"Nothing."
"Do you think that what you saw and heard in one night can sum up my past two years?" After speaking, Xu Xiuyuan suddenly got up and went to pick up the two unopened bottles of mineral water.
Ping Qiu saw his Adam's apple rolling up and down when drinking water, his eyes fixed, and then quickly moved away.
After drinking half a bottle in one go, Xu Xiuyuan touched his forehead, he seemed to feel a little discomfort, but he didn't care, and then said: "Why did I find Yuan Feng, did He Xiaoxian tell you?"
"He said that Yuan Feng thinks highly of you."
"Then did he tell you why I went to find Yuan Feng for no reason?"
"He didn't say it, and I don't want to know, it's not something I want to care about," Ping Qiu emphasized again, "Have you finished what you want to say... can we stop here?"
"We didn't even say the most important thing, how can we stop here." Xu Xiuyuan's lips were wet, and he wiped it with the back of his hand nonchalantly, showing a little childishness.
Ping Qiu understood what he meant, but he really didn't want to continue to entangle with him, so he said: "I didn't tell you, but I already have someone I like."
"..."
"Our relationship has just started recently. With him, I don't have to think about whether I am compatible with him. This makes me very comfortable, at least more comfortable than when I am with you," Ping Qiu said without evasion. Looking into Xu Xiuyuan's eyes, there was no hesitation, "I like him very much, and I also want to develop with him. I sent you off today because of our former friendship. I regard you as my younger brother. Apart from this relationship, other Not anymore."
"You're going to have a room with your ex-boyfriend behind your current boyfriend's back?" Xu Xiuyuan laughed softly, but the smile couldn't reach his eyes, "You're so generous."
"If he wants to know, I'll tell him exactly what happened."
"what is his name?"
"It's none of your business."
"It seems that he is also very generous. Even if you still have someone in your heart, he is willing to be with you." With his smile completely suppressed, Xu Xiuyuan said expressionlessly.
"I said, I treat you as my younger brother, that's all," Ping Qiu said unwillingly, "If you want to regard my kindness as my unrequited love, you can think so, and it has nothing to do with me. "
"Can you forget me?"
"I can always forget it. Even if I loved your brother so much back then, I will let him go now," Ping Qiu said calmly, "You will not be an exception."
After saying this, Pingqiu thought he had understood what he said, and then he stood up, patted his wrinkled clothes, and said: "This time there should be no power outage. I really should go."
When passing by, Xu Xiuyuan seemed to want to reach out and hold Pingqiu's arm.Ping Qiu shrugged his shoulders and said in a low voice: "Don't touch me."
Xu Xiuyuan paused his hands in the air, watching him open the door and leave without looking back, and only after a while did he lean back and lean against the table.Emotions surged in his chest, he stared at the front for a long time in a daze, then kicked the foot of the bed hard.
This night, I'm afraid neither of them will be able to sleep peacefully.
The sky was bright, Ping Qiu woke up early, and when he was taking a shower, he found a text message from Xu Xiuyuan in the early hours of the morning.He was going to swipe left to delete, but when he saw the content, he hesitated for a moment, and went to the closet to get an old thick sweater, trousers and cotton socks, and then hurried to the convenience hotel, just in time to meet the Grandpa's grandson stretches his arms for exercise at the door.
He sent Xu Xiuyuan a text message back, saying that he put the changed clothes at the front desk on the first floor, and someone would deliver them to him later, and he didn't have to return the clothes.At the end, Pingqiu kindly added one: Pay attention to safety.
After delivering the clothes, the big stone in Pingqiu's heart finally fell to the ground.Not in a hurry to go home, he took a detour across two streets to buy some breakfast at a stall, passing through three in a row, a middle-aged woman with a familiar face greeted him: "I bought so much today, are there any guests at home?"
Only then did Pingqiu realize that he had already carried several large bags in his hands, his expression was a little stiff, he suspected that the weather was too cold, and it was irrelevant to be numb from the cold.He smiled and said, "Yes, I bought a lot. I don't want dumplings anymore. Bring me a bag of soy milk."
It can be said that he returned home with a full load, and Ping Qiu was a little distressed, planning this pile of breakfast would probably take three meals today to settle.
When I went upstairs, I found Liu Chenchen sitting at the door of the house. Ping Qiu stopped by the building, looked up at her, and asked in surprise, "Why are you looking for me at this time?"
Liu Chenchen sat on the ground with a small bag slung across her shoulders, and a shoebox was placed under her buttocks.She was yawning from sleepiness, and said inarticulately, "I'll bring you something. Our team building at night may not be able to make it. My colleague stocked up a lot of fruits at once, including winter dates and crispy persimmons. There are a lot more cherries anyway. I bought a bunch too, and I'll share some with you."
"This is a little bit." Ping Qiu looked at the cardboard box in her arms, "There are so many, I can't finish it all by myself."
"Isn't there still your sister in the shop, you can't finish eating with five mouths?" Sitting numb, Liu Chenchen was still a little unsteady when she got up, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you should not knock on the door, go in and have a look You are not at home, and I closed the door again. Where have you been?"
"Going to buy breakfast."
"Did you take the road to the east?"
"Yeah, did you see that?"
"Let me just say, when I was driving over, I saw a person at the door of the small hotel in the alley. His back looked very much like you. I'm not sure yet. If you say that, it must be," Sui Pingqiu After entering the door, Liu Chenchen put the cardboard box on the shoe cabinet, turned to look at Pingqiu carefully, "Why are you running to the hotel for nothing? And you have dark circles under your eyes, did you become a thief last night?"
"No," Pingqiu said casually, "send a friend to a room."
"Which friend?"
"……You do not know."
"No, your expression is wrong." Liu Chenchen grabbed his shoulders, squinted his eyes to look him up, and said amazingly, "Your expression is as if you secretly met your lover and got raped. Tell me, who is it?"
"No one really." Ping Qiu laughed.
"I don't believe it, your reaction shows that I guessed it right," Liu Chenchen racked his brains to guess back and forth.Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, and her expression immediately turned cold: "Don't tell me, it's your good brother."
"..." Ping Qiu really didn't know whether to praise her for her quick thinking or not.
"It's really him?!" Liu Chenchen exploded in anger, "Isn't he? Didn't you all break up, and he came to pester you?! Where is he, that convenient hotel? Wait, I'll go right away find him."
Unexpectedly, she would have such a reaction, Pingqiu hastily pulled her away: "What are you going to do?"
"He came to pester you, didn't he, and lied you to the hotel? What does he want to do, to take advantage of you? He wants to be ashamed!"
"Don't be angry, he didn't do anything to me, we just chatted for a while and didn't do anything else."
"You still protect him now?"
"I didn't protect him," Ping Qiu looked at her, "it's you, why are you so angry, did he offend you? You probably don't know each other very well."
"I'm talking about you! You haven't let him go yet? Can you be a little bit promising? They broke up and haven't seen each other for 800 years. Why do you care about him? He gave you money?" Liu Chenchen He was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say, "I knew you still liked him, Chen Xiaoyi and I were full enough to introduce you to someone! Is it because I am not busy with work or I have eaten too much salty food, go away!"
Before Pingqiu had time to react, Liu Chenchen was already angry and ran away.The entrance was so narrow, she pushed Ping Qiu's shoulders away and ran out, there was a sound of crackling footsteps in the corridor, leaving Ping Qiu standing there with a confused face, unable to digest her angry words.
But when Pingqiu stuffed the boxes of fruits into the refrigerator one by one, the crackling footsteps in the corridor sounded again.Liu Chenchen rushed to the door aggressively, stared at Pingqiu and asked, "Why don't you come to me?"
"I thought you were angry." Ping Qiu said weakly.
"I'm angry, but you can't explain?" Liu Chenchen was so annoyed that she turned around in circles, "You just get mad and I'll forget it."
"I don't know why you are angry, and I don't know how to explain it," Ping Qiu persuaded, "Come in first, it's so cold outside."
Liu Chenchen suddenly sat down on the sofa, crossed his chest and asked, "Tell me, you will be lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist."
"What do you want to know?"
"That pile of things by your bed."
"bedside?"
"That pile of sleeping pills," Liu Chenchen said with a lump in his throat, "...and those diagnostic sheets in the drawer. When did you get sick?"
"Sick?" Ping Qiu was stunned, "I'm not sick."
"You still want to hide it from me? You never said anything about anxiety and depression in those diagnosis sheets. And those sleeping pills, how long have you been taking them? You can't sleep and your energy is not good, why don't you tell me?" I say."
"I'm not……"
"If I wasn't drunk and slept at your house that day, when are you going to tell me? I don't think you will ever say, do you consider me a friend?" Liu Chenchen was anxious again, "There is still someone next to you There is a photo of that person! You don’t tell me, I know, when you came back, I saw something wrong with you, he was sorry for you, right? Now he is pestering you again!”
"That's why you often come to me during this time, because you are afraid that I won't think about it, and you keep matching me with others?" Pingqiu smiled helplessly, "Since you have seen all the lists, why don't you ask me?"
"I'm so scared to death, who dares to ask you, what if you are irritated and you can't think about it?" Liu Chenchen said awkwardly, "I know you may not be able to let him go, so you can do it with another person." Divert attention."
"But since you have seen those diagnostic sheets, why didn't you pay attention to the time?"
"What time?"
Pingqiu got up and walked into the room, found a few diagnostic sheets in the bedside drawer, and handed them to Liu Chenchen: "Look up, it's from two years ago."
"..." Liu Chenchen suddenly lost his voice.
"There are also those sleeping pills. At first, I had some difficulty falling asleep and my spirit was not very good, so I went to see a doctor and took some occasionally."
"What about your illness? Do you still have it? Do you still take medicine?"
"I won't take it because I'm afraid I'll become addicted. As for the illness you mentioned, it's actually just mild anxiety, not serious," Ping Qiu said honestly, "At that time, I realized that there was something wrong with my emotions, so I went to see a doctor right away. . Later I decided to open a store, and it was also related to these. The doctor suggested that I find something to do to keep myself busy, and I don’t have time to dig into corners. After a long time, I also feel that I am much healthier.”
Liu Chenchen muttered: "So I'm meddling in my own business? I even asked Chen Xiaoyi for help. She matched you with Cheng Zinong, and I matched you with Huazhang. It turns out that we are just being self-indulgent... Where are the photos you put in the drawer?" , you can’t say that I misunderstood, can you?”
Thinking of those photos with Xu Xiuyuan, Ping Qiu let out a sigh: "It's all over, there will be no result between me and him."
"Then you're still looking for him?"
"I want everyone to talk about it, and don't face it, the knot in my heart is really hard to solve."
"According to what you mean, you really don't care about him anymore?" Liu Chenchen was a little worried, "I'm still worried about you, let's go on weekends, and I'll accompany you to go for a checkup. It's not that there are some emotional illnesses, which are usually invisible Yes, what if you don’t even find out yourself.”
"Don't worry, I'm healthy now." Ping Qiu smiled.
"Really or not, if you feel uncomfortable, you must speak out, and you can tell me anything."
"I promise."
"...That's the best, I treat you as a friend, don't hide it from me," Liu Chenchen frowned, "To be honest, I think you will get sick because you are too sensitive, like an adolescent high school student, secretly Li Tie was bitten by the corner of the pillow, and thought he was acting in a TV series."
Ping Qiu thought he was wrong, and did not refute her sarcasm.
But as soon as the words were spoken, the pressure that had been pressing on my heart these days suddenly dissipated, and Liu Chenchen suddenly became enlightened.In a hurry, she ate breakfast at Pingqiu's place, followed Tengdeng and ran downstairs, sat in the car and just started the engine, and caught a glimpse of a figure at the alley beside the Tongzilou, which looked familiar.But when she poked her head out of the window and looked back, the place was deserted.She said a few words to herself, looked at the time again, wailed, and hurriedly started the car.
And upstairs, Pingqiu tidied up the pile of diagnosis sheets and stuffed them into the small bookcase next to the desk.After sorting out the pile of photos misunderstood by Liu Chenchen, I flipped through them, and they were all photos of Pingqiu and Xu Xiuyuan.Ping Qiu admitted that at the beginning, he really needed to rely on these photos to convey his thoughts, but later he deliberately stopped looking at them, and the photos were all stuffed in the bottom of the drawer.
Finally, Ping Qiu stuffed all the photos into a cloth bag, tightened the seal, then put the cloth bag into the storage box and closed the lid.
It was in the morning when Xu Xiuyuan's reply was received, and Pingqiu and Xu Miaoling were checking the purchase list for this week.The content of the text message is very simple, just two words "thank you".Ping Qiu glanced at it, didn't intend to reply, just put the phone aside, the phone vibrated again.
Xu Xiuyuan: I understand what you mean.I came to see you last night because I wanted to apologize, and I encountered some difficulties and I was not in a good mood, so I didn't take your thoughts into account.
As far as the words are concerned, Ping Qiu thought he had more to say, but Xu Xiuyuan didn't send the second message for a long time.
Probably seeing Pingqiu lost in thought for too long, Xu Miaoling pushed him lightly: "Boss, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Ping Qiu stuffed the phone into his pocket, "Where did we talk before?"
"I didn't say anything, you've been looking at your phone." Xu Miaoling saw that his expression was wrong, so she didn't ask any more questions.
Perhaps because he wanted to prove that he had indeed begun to give up on Xu Xiuyuan, Ping Qiu gradually learned to pay more attention to others.For example, he no longer refuses several invitations from Huazhang, and occasionally offers to meet him.Although the two people's preferences do not overlap, but fortunately, they are not too exclusive.After getting along several times, Huazhang is funny and humorous on the surface, but he still has a childish temper in private, especially when he does things with a degree of advance and retreat. Pingqiu likes the comfort when getting along with him.They tacitly don't mention whether this relationship should go further, they just treat themselves as friends, so they are satisfied with each other.
On this day, Pingqiu promised Huazhang early to go to their art training school to watch the students' performance, saying that it is the final drama of each semester. From the script, actors to directors, the students personally make the cut. The quality is not very good. It is always free. , just to pass the time.The performance started on time at six o'clock in the evening. Before that, they could go to a nearby restaurant for dinner.Therefore, before it was dark, Pingqiu had already been picked up by Huazhang.
When Chen Xiaoyi saw it, she sighed.Pushed by Xu Miaoling and asked what she was doing, Chen Xiaoyi said, "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have helped him."
"Help who?"
"Cheng Zinong, I thought he has known the boss for so long, and he likes the boss, maybe he can be together if he is matched by me. After that, when Cheng Zinong becomes famous, we will be able to grasp first-hand News?" Chen Xiaoyi curled her lips, "Who knew someone would get there first."
"You matched them just to get news?" Xu Miaoling laughed, "It depends on your future."
"Not all, I'm not that greedy. I'm also worried about the boss. At that time, sister Chenchen said it so seriously, who knew that the boss is still an infatuated kind..."
Before finishing speaking, Chen Xiaoyi was shoved by Xu Miaoling's shoulder again.She muttered something, and when she turned her head, she saw Cheng Zinong striding towards her. She was so startled that she immediately fell silent. She really didn't know whether she should tell him the truth and tell him that the Ping Qiu he was looking for had already been lost by another suitor. Pick up and drive a Mercedes-Benz trot.
It was indeed Pingqiu's first time to come to Yipei Center, but unfortunately Liu Chenchen was not on duty tonight, and had already left work with other female friends in style.
Taking the elevator upstairs, Huazhang introduced to Pingqiu that the entire building belongs to their school.In addition to the dormitory on the fifth floor, the second to fourth floors are teaching classrooms, and drama performances are held in the large theater on the second floor.
They shuttled between the colorfully painted design floors, and the students had just finished their dinner and were resting. Some of them would greet Huazhang when they passed by, and when they saw Pingqiu behind him, they would take a second look curiously.
Along the way, Pingqiu looked at the movie posters and photo frames on the wall, and there was a large soft wall at the entrance of the theater, on which were the group works of previous students.Among them, Ping Qiu saw last year's "Best Film" at a glance. In the middle of the lower part of the poster, the students also specially marked "Thanks to Teacher Huazhang".
Huazhang touched his nose in embarrassment, and explained: "The students couldn't find an actor, so I acted in it as a friendship. I have a chance to show it to you? I heard that the filming is very good."
"Okay." Ping Qiu readily agreed.
It wasn't too late for them to go in, but the theater was already full of students.Only then did Pingqiu discover that Huazhang was very popular among this group of students.Art training is no better than education training, most of the students are lively and bold, some booing, some whistling at Huazhang, and some even directly asking who Huazhang is bringing this time.They all seemed to know about Huazhang's situation, so they didn't care about Pingqiu's gender, but were inexplicably excited about their tacit relationship.
Leading Pingqiu to the last second row by the aisle, Huazhang arranged for him to sit inside, and then said:
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