Attempted first love

At eight o'clock in the morning, there was already a long queue at the breakfast stall in front of the family courtyard.

The booth is supported under a red brick wall, and several low tables are placed along the base of the wall.At this point, most of the people who come to eat are students and office workers, leaving and leaving in a hurry, seats are in high demand.

When Lu Zhouyu took Xia Yan there, a mother and son got up to make room.Xia Yan volunteered to line up to buy food, leaving Lu Zhouyu to occupy a seat at the same spot.

The yellow fried dough sticks were rolled out of the pan, and just rolled on the filter, before the oil was completely cleared, they were quickly divided up by the people in the front row.

When it was Xia Yan's turn, there was only the last one left, so he went to the next stall to pick up some buns.

Walking back to his seat, Lu Zhouyu was sitting on a low stool, cleaning up the broken eggshells left on the table.He has two bowls of tofu nao, one sweet and one salty.

Seeing Xia Yan coming over, he pushed the sweet bowl to him.

After saying goodbye last night, Lu Zhouyu pressed his wrist and asked, "Where are you going?"

Xia Yan said, "Go back to the hospital."

Lu Zhouyu was taken aback, as if he felt that he was unreasonable, and his tone was a little impatient, "It's too late, let's sleep here first."

Xia Yan looked away, turned his wrist uncomfortably, and got out of his hand, "It's not convenient."

"Where is it inconvenient?"

"I have to go back and shower and change."

"Can I take a shower and change clothes in the hospital?"

"..."

"Wait."

Lu Zhouyu got up suddenly, walked through the living room, pushed away one of the rooms, and came out soon, throwing him some clothes.

One of them fits nicely over the face.Xia Yan dragged it down in a daze, thinking of him saying that he hadn't lived in this room for seven or eight years, he unconsciously twitched his nose, smelling a very faint smell of washing powder.

"New one." Lu Zhouyu simply said in shock, and raised his chin towards the bathroom, "There is hot water, go take a shower."

Xia Yan subconsciously refused, "You go first."

"My room can be washed," Lu Zhouyu said, pointing to another door, "Go to bed early after washing, and we will go to the hospital together tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, he walked back to the room, before pressing the doorknob, Xia Yan called him: "Wait a minute."

Lu Zhouyu stopped and looked over, but didn't speak.There is a small blue sticker on the door of his room, but the pattern cannot be seen clearly from a distance.

Xia Yan originally wanted to say that I should go back to the hospital, but suddenly he couldn't say it—they were all tired tonight, and he didn't want to make unnecessary and unreasonable insistence on this matter.

In the silence, Lu Zhouyu smiled first, and explained flatly: "Someone has been cleaning here, and the clothes and beds are clean."

"……That was not what I meant."

"Hmm." Lu Zhouyu still maintained the posture of pressing down on the doorknob, as if he was about to push the door in the next second, "Does that mean you don't know how to use a water heater? Do you want me to teach you?"

"No." Xia Yan's ears felt hot, and he immediately denied it, then shook the clothes in his hands, and said, "I want to thank you."

"You're welcome." Lu Zhouyu nodded, pushed the door open and entered.

So in a daze, but logically, Xia Yan stayed at his house for one night as a friend.

In return, Xia Yan gave him the only fried dough stick.

The breakfast stand hidden in the alley is the most authentic.

The tofu nao is served in a shallow porcelain bowl, which looks like white jade. After the white sugar on the top layer melts, it looks like a mist on the jade, so beautiful that you can't bear to eat it.

Scoop out a piece with an iron spoon, and it will melt in your mouth.

From the corner of the eye, Lu Zhouyu was playing with the fried dough stick with his head down.

He used chopsticks to separate the two strands of the fritters, plunged into one of them, and bit into his mouth, Xia Yan even felt that he could hear his teeth colliding with the shell, making a crisp sound.

Xia Yan lowered his head and took a bite of the bun, revealing the carrot filling inside. He doesn't like carrots, so he swallowed them in two mouthfuls before the taste dissipated.

The expression was probably not very good-looking, because Lu Zhouyu said: "If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it."

He pushed the other half of the fried dough sticks over, without saying anything, scooped a spoonful of salted tofu nao with pickles and soy sauce, and put it in his mouth.

Although one of them likes to drink salty tofu nao and the other only drinks sweet tofu nao, they still sit peacefully on the same low table, sharing the warm morning sun and eating the same deep-fried dough stick.

Xia Yan withdrew what he originally wanted to reject, put the steamed stuffed bun aside, and took a bite off the fritters.

Crispy on the outside and tough on the inside, even the chewing sound is crisp.

After breakfast, Xia Yan went to the hospital. Lu Zhouyu was originally going to go with him, but he was temporarily notified by the art museum that he needed to go over and take a batch of promotional photos.

It was not easy to take a taxi during the morning rush hour, and the two managed to get one, so they had to go through the hospital first, and then to the art museum.

Sitting side by side in the back seat, Xia Yan turned to him and said, "I'll call you if there's a situation in the hospital."

"Yeah." Lu Zhouyu nodded, "I'll come over after it's over."

"See you later."

After getting out of the car, the red light just turned to green, Xia Yan and the crowd rushed across the road and merged into the hospital without looking back at the car.

Probably because I knew we would see each other again in a while.

When entering the ward, Jiang Wan was sitting on the hospital bed in a daze, her whole body wrapped like a rice dumpling, her eyes were still red.

Xia Yan exhaled, put on a relaxed expression, and sat on the side of the bed, "Did you fall stupid?"

Jiang Wan got over that moment of daze, as if she didn't expect him to come, she called out in a daze, "Brother Yan."

The grandmothers of the two are real sisters, but Xia Yan didn't know that there was such a younger brother until Jiang Wan returned to Tang Town at the age of seventeen or eighteen.Although they didn't grow up together, they got along surprisingly well.

Xia Yan heard Lu Zhouyu tell the whole story of the incident, and at this moment he exhorted with distress: "In the future, if you encounter danger, you can't act without authorization like this again. You must first ensure your own safety."

Jiang Wan nodded in agreement, and the bangs on her forehead fell down with her movements, covering more than half of her eyes.His hands were wrapped in gauze, and he was unable to move. He puffed up his face and blew upwards, trying to blow his hair away.

Xia Yan found it funny, and helped him move his bangs to the sides.

Lu Zhouyu only briefly mentioned that Jiang Wan was attacked in the back mountain, but the funeral was held in front of the mountain.

Originally, he wanted to ask him the reason for going to the back mountain, but at this moment Xia Yan didn't want him to recall any more, so he rambled about and talked about interesting things about the exhibition.

"I left two tickets for you, and I'll see you when you leave the hospital." Xia Yan said, "Where's Jiang Yan? I just passed by his ward and didn't see anyone."

"Going for other tests." Jiang Wan clasped the gauze in her palm, raised her head and asked, "By the way, you didn't tell grandma, did you?"

"Not yet." Xia Yan patted him on the shoulder, "I won't tell her you'll get better soon."

Jiang Wan blinked, nodded and said, "Okay."

After taking the medicine, Xia Yan helped him turn on the TV and played a slow-paced animation movie.

Halfway through, Jiang Wan suddenly said: "I almost forgot, the school colleagues helped to bring Kitty here today, can you pick it up?"

Kitty is an Alaskan male dog raised by Jiang Wan.When in Spring City, Xia Yan occasionally helped take care of her.

"Okay," Xia Yan agreed, and then said, "You can't take care of your child recently, so let me go first."

"sorry to trouble you."

"You're being polite to me," Xia Yan handed him the peeled apple, "just to take a picture of it again, many people want to see it."

During college, Xia Yan registered an account on a niche art platform, which he still uses to this day.He doesn't post often, and occasionally records some exhibition information, which he uses as a personal notepad.

Until recently, when he was bored, he took Kitty as the main character and took a group of anthropomorphic photos of puppies. At that time, Kitty was not as fat as he is now, and he was barely a handsome dog.

After the release, it unexpectedly got a small wave of traffic.

Xia Yan took out his mobile phone and showed it to Jiang Wan.I haven't logged in for a long time, and there are twenty or thirty messages in the background, all of which are praising Kitty for being handsome and cute.

After the movie was played, Jiang Wan's colleagues arrived.

The hospital does not allow pets to enter, Xia Yan went to the small park next to the hospital, and met Zheng Yao who was holding Kitty by the hand.

Zheng Yao drove from Spring City to visit Jiang Wan, and spent a few days in Haicheng during his vacation.

"Kitty seems to be a little motion sick," Zheng Yao handed him the leash, and patted the dog's head affectionately: "Cheer up, young man."

As if sensing that Zheng Yao was about to leave, Kitty feebly put her paws on his feet, stuck out her tongue, and left a trail of water stains on his khaki pants.

"Tsk," Xia Yan pulled it away, "Didn't I teach you last time that you should shake hands when you say goodbye, so you can't move your mouth?"

Zheng Yao smiled and said "It's okay", then leaned down to the dog and said, "See you next time, handsome guy. I have to go see how your father is doing."

Kitty raised her paw this time and shook his hand.

One person and one dog said goodbye solemnly.

After Zheng Yao left, Xia Yan stroked the dog's head and taught him earnestly, "Why haven't I seen you for a few days, you're getting fat again."

Kitty rubbed against his leg flatteringly, her luxuriant hair trembling like waves.

"It's no use rubbing," Xia Yan announced ruthlessly, "Walk around twice before going home."

He pulled the dog, and just walked half a circle around the park, the dog's butt sank to the ground, no matter how much Xia Yan pulled and pulled, it didn't move at all.

Many children in the park were curious and frightened when they saw such a big dog, and hid behind a bush of dwarf holly to look at it.

There was a bald-headed little boy in a hospital gown, the most courageous, out of the holly, and approached cautiously.

"You can pet it," Xia Yan said to him, "It doesn't bite kind children."

The little boy tilted his head, and moved his steps forward. Before he got close, Kitty put his head close to the little boy's stomach, his big ears fluttering.

"You will be good." Xia Yan scolded it in a low voice.

The little boy was startled at first, and didn't dare to move. After confirming that Kitty really wouldn't bite, he boldly touched its head.

"so cute."

Kitty is like a fluffy magnet, attracting the immature iron blocks around it, touching and hugging around it.

The scorching sun hangs high, and the burning and pure aroma of grass and trees is transpired.

Xia Yan hung the rope on his wrist, thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Lu Zhouyu, telling him that both Jiang Yan and Jiang Wan were awake, and he had something to do, so he should go home first.

As soon as it was sent, there was a rush of phone ringing.

Xia Yan reflexively pressed the connect button, and when he saw the name of the note, he paused suddenly, and hung up directly with a blank face.

The bell rang again immediately.

He hung up again, and it rang again two seconds later.

"Brother," the bald boy looked at him, "your phone is ringing."

"Thank you." Xia Yan smiled at him, let go of the long rope, and retreated to the shade of the tree before answering the phone.

"Is something wrong?"

The person on the other end of the phone didn't seem to expect to be connected, so he paused for a moment before answering with a smile: "Mr. Xia, I didn't expect you to be willing to answer my call."

"Then I'll hang up." Xia Yan said.

"Come on, where do you think I am now?"

"Do not want to know."

"Okay, that's it."

Xia Yan took the phone away and was about to hang up.

"Mr. Xia, I'm so sad," the voice on the phone complained with a trace of grievance, "How can you forget the old love when you have a new love—"

"Shen Qi." Xia Yan frowned deeply, and interrupted him coldly: "Go and see if you are sick."

"Okay, I'll go and see... is your new love's surname Lu?" Shen Qi said briskly, "I seem to have seen him."

Xia Yan held the phone, even though he was standing under the shade of a tree, he still felt the sun burning.

Shen Qi said again: "Although you don't want to know, I still want to tell you——I'm in the Mirage Art Museum."