Manhattanhenge

Ning Yixiao originally didn't want to drink with Jingming at all.

He hates the smell of alcohol, and he is not used to the feeling of being controlled by alcohol.Unfortunately, that afternoon, the person who helped him check the news told him that Su Hui's grandfather died of cerebral infarction, and his mother died of a car accident. Both accidents happened in the second year after Su Hui's family moved to Shanghai. It was their second year apart.

Forced to accept the fact of breaking up, Ning Yixiao has almost no way to resolve it. He can only choose to escape and avoid everything related to Su Hui as much as possible, so even if he later heard that Su Hui went to Europe to study, he would act as if Never heard of it.

Ning Yixiao never thought that Su Hui would lose two family members in just one year.These two people who wrestled with each other and compromised with each other because of his growth gave him a rich enough life, but also made his life dark.

Because of this, Su Hui told his grandmother's attending doctor that this was his only relative.

There is not much information that can be found, and even the reports related to the car accident, there are very few that can be found so far.These news seemed to have opened a bloody hole in Ning Yixiao's sealed memories. He wanted to know if Su Hui was sad at the time, whether he wanted to come to him, and whether he felt it was a pity.

Or is it true that as his grandfather said, these are actually self-deceptions.

Too much confusion once again overwhelmed Ning Yixiao. He knew that even if he rushed to Su Hui now, he would not be able to get what he wanted.

"I said you just think too much." Jingming pointed him in another direction in a very simple and rude way, "I told you to let him go, leave him alone, you can't do it. Since you just like him, just let him go." If you can’t let him go, then you should hold on tightly and don’t let him run away.”

He made a very simple analogy, "Ning Yixiao, you have been together before, even if you now think it may be seven points false and three points true, at least three points. If it were me, I would definitely hold on to these three points Feelings, I have to chase them down, but as for misunderstandings and conflicts, they can’t be resolved even in a stalemate, so it’s better to get together first. Twisted melons are not sweet for others, but sweet for me!”

Jing Ming became more and more excited as he spoke, and picked up the wine bottle, "You might as well use the alcohol now and tell him that I still like you. I was angry about what happened before, and I like you even when I am angry. Marriage is fake, it is impossible to marry someone else."

Ning Yixiao drank several bottles in suspense. Hearing him babble gave him a headache, and cursed "Get out" in a low voice, but he fell down first.

He didn't expect that Jing Ming moved him back directly and forced them to meet.

The straight-ball attack tactic given by the "Military Adviser" fermented all night. Although it was used, it was quite different from the original plan.

When he really faced Su Hui and saw how self-reliant he was now, he began to hesitate again. At this moment, asking him to open up his not-so-lucky past would be too cruel.

What's more, his grandmother is still lying in the ward.

So he said nothing.After half a day of Jingming's one-person tutoring class, Ning Yixiao still only uses "bitter tricks".

But at least it works, and it's addictive.

"I don't have hand cream." Su Hui looked closely at his hands and frowned.

"You can't use disinfectant anymore, it's all broken, and it's still red."

"Don't feel bad." Ning Yixiao replied flatly, without taking back her hand.

"I can't do that." Su Hui stood up seriously, went back to the room and searched again, and came out with a face full of disappointment.

Ning Yixiao leaned on the back of the chair, turned her head to look at him, thought it was cute, but didn't say it out of her mouth.

He just said, "I'd better put on my gloves."

"No, don't wear it." Hearing this, Su Hui immediately returned to Nakajima, "Do you want to try skin cream?"

Ning Yixiao raised his head and looked at him, "I tried it, it hurts."

Su Hui seemed to feel the stinging pain, and couldn't help but frowned again, and began to fall into deep thought. After a while, as if she had made up her mind, she suddenly spoke.

"I'm going down to buy something."

Ning Yixiao likes to see him have such a reaction, as if he cares about himself, even if it is just because of kindness, even if it is the same as he is afraid of Karl losing his job so he compromises again and again, Ning Yixiao also likes it.

After making a decision, Su Hui planned to go back to the room to get dressed, but as soon as he turned around, his wrist was grabbed.

"I'll be with you." Ning Yixiao stood up and let go of his hand in a timely manner, as if his behavior just now completely fit the category of "friend", and did not exceed the rules at all.

But Su Hui's body was visibly stiff, and his speech became blunt, "I... can do it myself."

"I'm going to buy some hangover medicine, I have a headache." Ning Yixiao didn't care, as if going downstairs with him was no big deal.

Su Hui thought that maybe he cared too much, he kept convincing himself that it was nothing, then returned to the room with lowered eyes, put on his coat before coming out.

Unfortunately, they all chose black, and the inside was all white. Su Hui wore a gray beanie, and Ning Yixiao wore a gray cashmere scarf. The overall look...

It's like wearing a couple outfit on purpose.

Su Hui wanted to go in and change one, but Ning Yixiao had already led the ice cream to the entrance, opened the door, and put on a waiting posture.

"Ready?" he asked.

Su Hui had no choice but to close the door again, and replied in a low voice, "Okay."

Ice Cream was the most excited among them, bouncing around in the elevator non-stop, while Ning Yixiao and Su Hui didn't speak, making the atmosphere a bit weird.

The eerie atmosphere didn't dissipate until they got out of the elevator on the first floor.The property on the first floor was maintaining the lamps. The manager saw Ning Yixiao and greeted him politely. Ning Yixiao also nodded.

When the two passed by, the master who was stepping on the ladder to change the lamp glanced at it, so the chandelier shook slightly.Ning Yixiao reacted almost subconsciously—raised her hand to cover Su Hui's head.

Probably because this movement came too abruptly and was really out of control, Ning Yixiao felt embarrassed, and found that Su Hui lowered his head and didn't care, so he quickly withdrew his hand and put it by his side.

It was cold outside, Su Hui pulled down his hat, put his hands in his coat pockets, and looked around for the pharmacies on the street.

Ning Yixiao was standing beside him, walking with him on the sidewalk, this feeling was both strange and familiar.There is a lot of traffic on the streets of Manhattan, many cars passing by, bringing a gust of cold wind, Su Hui was walking, and found that Ning Yixiao had detoured to his left, near the side of the motorway.

This sudden old "habit" always reminds Su Hui of the past, so he feels a little uncomfortable, so he moves a little to the right.

Walking side by side with Ning Yixiao on the road, such a thing, Su Hui would not have dared to think about it a month ago.But now they are clearly walking together, but he feels sad.

At a certain moment, he heard the sound of insects chirping in a trance, as if they were not walking in this bustling street, but under the shade of green trees, and the sunshine of July penetrated the gaps in the leaves and fell on their shoulders.

Summer has been too long.

Su Hui woke up just right, caught a glimpse of a large chain supermarket by the side of the road, and thought that basic medicines would also be sold there, so she walked towards it.

Ning Yixiao has been following him without speaking, keeping a distance of tens of centimeters, just like his shadow.

Ice cream can't get into the supermarket, but fortunately there is a convenience pharmacy outside the supermarket.Su Hui's reaction was not fast enough, Ning Yixiao walked over first, and he saw it a step later, so he had to follow behind.

The staff of the pharmacy was a black girl who received them warmly and asked them what they needed.

Su Hui originally wanted Ning Yixiao to speak for himself, but he didn't expect that he didn't intend to speak at all.He turned his head and glanced at Ning Yixiao.

Ning Yixiao's scarf covered half of his face, revealing eyebrows, eyes and bridge of nose that were very aggressive, but also very cold, with a look of avoiding strangers.He just stretched out his hand, facing Su Hui instead of the clerk.

Su Hui didn't understand why he was acting like this, as if he was pretending to be dumb.He had no choice but to help Ning Yixiao explain to the clerk.

"So the skin is broken because of washing hands too often?" The black lady smiled, showing a mouthful of white teeth, very cute, "Is there a rash?"

Su Hui turned his head, looked at Ning Yixiao, and whispered to him again in Chinese, "Is there any?"

He didn't know why he suddenly had to work as a translator, and he didn't realize that it was weird.

Ning Yixiao shook his head.

Su Hui turned to look at the clerk, and said in a light tone, "There is no rash, just redness, and a little cracked skin."

The clerk bent down and searched for a long time on the shelf at the back, finally took out a small can, put it in front of the two of them, "Use Vaseline."

Unexpectedly, Ning Yixiao suddenly laughed, but only once.

The clerk was a little confused, and stared at the man with a cold face a minute ago with wide eyes, feeling incredible.

Su Hui frowned, looked at him, and whispered, "What are you laughing at?"

Ning Yixiao stopped laughing, picked up the Vaseline on the table, moved close to Su Hui's face, and calmly said in a cold tone: "We used it."

Seeing this, and hearing him utter the sensitive word "we", Su Hui suddenly thought of something inappropriate, her snow-white face immediately turned a layer of light red, as if she had been scalded by something, and it was obvious that she Had an adverse reaction.

He snatched the Vaseline from Ning Yixiao's hand, put it back on the table, and turned his head unnaturally, not looking at Ning Yixiao.

The clerk thought they didn't want it, "Do you think this won't work? Vaseline is very good. The skin barrier on his hands is damaged now, so he can't use many products, which will be very irritating. This formula is very clean and contains nothing. "

She also deliberately took a box of used ones, unscrewed the lid, and explained to them, "Just dig a little more, apply thickly on your hands, and then wear gloves or something. You can take it out and apply it wherever you feel dry. "

Ice Cream seemed to be the one who listened most seriously, and even shook her tail after listening.

The more serious the clerk spoke, the more embarrassing Su Hui became, and he just wanted to leave quickly, "I want this, I want a box." He paid the bill, and didn't even want the bag, so he put the small jar in his pocket and walked out quickly. go.

Ning Yixiao was very helpful, teasing Su Hui was more interesting than he imagined.He asked the clerk for another hangover medicine and paid for it.

Seeing Su Hui standing outside alone, he looked a little confused, so he also went out and gave him the dog leash in his hand, "I'll go to the supermarket."

He didn't say "wait for me" or "I'll be back soon", just went in alone, leaving Su Hui outside in a daze.

The sun is gradually rising to the very center of the sky, the temperature seems to be slightly higher than yesterday, but the wind is still very strong.Su Hui walked to a shop selling books, sat on a wooden bench by the door and waited.

Through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, he saw many, many books, but the one closest to him was the magazine rack at the door. With just one glance, Su Hui locked on the first book in the third row, because Ning Yi's book appeared on the cover. Xiao's name.

He wasn't sure if it was, but he blinked, as if he hadn't misread it.

"Ice Cream, wait for me for a while." Su Hui stood up, put Ice Cream's retractable dog leash on the longest, and entered the bookstore by herself.

The magazine rack was right at the door, he held the rope, and when he looked up, he saw the cute ice cream lying outside.Su Hui opened the magazine and found Ning Yixiao's exclusive interview.

The article was very long, and he saw the picture on the right at a glance. In the picture, Ning Yixiao was wearing glasses and was having a meeting with the people in the group. He was standing under the projection of the presentation, wearing a blue shirt and a white sweater , the whole person looks cold and orderly, but his eyes are full of ambition.

Below the photo is a comment from the interviewer - "He has a very charming and handsome appearance, and behaves like a gentleman. Extraordinary engineer."

Su Hui wasn't sure if these descriptions were close to the real Ning Yixiao, but he knew that these were parts he was not familiar with.

He turned another page and re-read the reporter's interview with Ning Yixiao. It turned out that this was the first time he was interviewed by a magazine, and he had never made it public before.Su Hui couldn't help but think that other entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley packaged themselves as stars and leaders, but Ning Yixiao still hid behind the programs and products, silently climbing one mountain after another in business.

As described by the magazine - he is really the most suitable person to survive in Vanity Fair, but also the most out of place.

I don't know if it was Ning Yixiao's special request, but there is no mention of his upcoming engagement throughout the article, which is obviously a news full of gimmicks.

While reading the article, the glass was knocked twice suddenly, Su Hui looked up and saw Ning Yixiao standing outside the door.He was standing beside Ice Cream, one big and one small, looking like two dogs that he abandoned outside the door at the same time.

Su Hui immediately put down the magazine in her hand, opened the door and walked out.

"So fast?"

"Do you want me to stay in the supermarket and not come out?" Ning Yixiao deliberately choked him with words as if he had been shot.

Su Hui retorted seriously, "No... I just came in to take a look."

Ning Yixiao didn't show mercy, "Well, then leave the ice cream outside."

Su Hui frowned, "That's because they don't let ice cream in."

Ning Yixiao bent down and rubbed the ice cream's head, "It's so pitiful, no one is waiting."

Ice Cream groaned, as if to say: I am the one waiting for someone.

Su Hui suspected that Ning Yixiao was pointing fingers and scolding Huai, but he was not sure, and he didn't know how to get back, so he could only swallow it silently.

Seeing him lower his head, Ning Yixiao no longer had the heart to continue teasing. He took out his hand behind his back and handed Su Hui a freshly baked waffle, "Do you want to eat it?"

Su Hui froze for a moment, raised her head, and blinked ignorantly.

"I want to eat, so I bought an extra." Ning Yixiao opened the wrapping paper, "If you don't want to eat it, just say you don't want it."

Su Hui didn't think about it, but reached out to take the waffle and took a bite, it tasted like chocolate.On the windy street, he was eating warm waffles, and suddenly he felt less cold.

Sure enough, Ning Yixiao has changed, the thing he disliked the most before was sweets.

Su Hui realized that he would always unconsciously compare the present with the past, which didn't seem like a good habit, so he immediately stopped in his mind.

By the time we got back to the apartment, the waffles were only half eaten.He eats too slowly, Ning Yixiao sometimes thinks, maybe even rodents eat much faster than him.

Ning Yixiao put some food bought in the supermarket into the refrigerator, and stood in the kitchen to tidy up for a while.Su Hui came over suddenly and whispered his name.

Ning Yixiao turned around and saw that Su Hui was holding a jar, a cotton swab, and disposable gloves.

"You sit down here on the couch and paint this on."

Ning Yixiao did as he did, walked over, and stretched out his hand, but Su Hui stood up, as if he wanted him to do it himself, and didn't intend to help.

Ning Yixiao didn't ask for it, but raised her hand to her mouth, bit her fingertips with her teeth, pulled one glove off, and then slowly took off the other.

He moves very slowly, wears glasses, and looks much more refined than before, but thinking of his smile in the drugstore, Su Hui feels that he has become even more unscrupulous than before.

Su Hui has already twisted off the cap of Vaseline and left it open, he handed it to Ning Yixiao, "Apply more."

"Yeah." Ning Yixiao did as he did, dug a large ball and put it on the back of his hand, then pushed it away with great force.

"Take it easy, the skin is already damaged." Su Hui couldn't stand it anymore.

Ning Yixiao also complained in a very timely manner, "I can't push it away lightly, it's too thick." He rubbed his fingers, pretending to be disgusted, "It's so sticky."

As he said that, he muttered deliberately, "I haven't used it so sticky before, did I buy it wrong..."

Su Hui didn't want him to continue the sensitive topic "before", so he couldn't stand by in the end.

Afraid of being naughty about cleanliness, he dabbed it with a cotton swab and tried to push it away.

Ning Yixiao couldn't stand it anymore, "I can't even push it away, do you think cotton swabs are really feasible?"

It doesn't seem to work.

Su Hui didn't feel that he was finding fault, so she simply gave up this option.

"Use your hands directly." Ning Yixiao said very freely.

Su Hui paused, as if he was thinking, and finally put on the disposable gloves, "Then I'll try."

"I don't dislike it." Ning Yixiao said.

Su Hui didn't believe what the clean freak said, and wanted to call him an idiot in a low voice, but now that he was under the fence, he just thought about it in the end.The pictures and texts in the magazine just now always appeared in his mind, thinking that a founder who is usually so smart, why is he so stupid and troublesome now.

And even though they said they were friends, wouldn't it be embarrassing to keep making fun of what they did in the past?

Or it was only him who was embarrassed, Ning Yixiao didn't care at all, so he was able to laugh.

Su Hui couldn't figure it out, and she didn't want to guess.

Through the glove, he put Vaseline in the palm of his hand, clasped his hands together, warmed it with his palm and rubbed it until his hands were covered with the melted milk, then he gently grabbed Ning Yixiao's hand.

His hands are big and hot.

Su Hui was a little dizzy, and felt that the temperature of the air conditioner in the room was set too high, but he still had the courage to rub the cream on the back of Ning Yixiao's hands, fingers, and between fingers.

After painting one hand, he took a new one and rubbed it on his palm, then spread his hand, and the next second, Ning Yixiao put the other hand on his palm.

Like ice cream...

Su Hui lowered her eyebrows and quietly painted for him, taking good care of every corner.

Ning Yixiao stared at him, the sunlight cast on Su Hui's face, making his skin almost transparent, the shadows of his eyelashes dangled, and a small piece fell, covering the skin under the eyelids.The lips are very red, and when they are serious, they will be half pursed as in the past.

"Let it dry, I'll put disposable gloves on for you." Saying that, Su Hui took out new gloves and carefully put them on from fingertips.If his hands were too sticky, he would push them gently.

Su Hui was afraid that Ning Yixiao would laugh again at this time, and as expected, he really chuckled.

"What's wrong?" Su Hui raised her eyes with some blame, her ears were all red.

Ning Yixiao held back the corners of her lips, and shook her head, "It's nothing."

But he made it clear that "you know what I'm laughing at", which made Su Hui even more angry.

"You..." Su Hui wanted to talk about him, but didn't know how to speak.

"What's wrong with me?" Ning Yixiao raised his eyebrows.

Su Hui had nothing to do with him, so he could only say sullenly, "Don't think about it."

After speaking, he got up and went back to his room directly.Ice Cream can wink better than anyone else, she glanced back at Ning Yixiao, and decided to follow Su Hui back to the room.

Su Hui closed the door, sat on the floor beside the bed, buried her overheated head in the quilt, trying to cool down.

He was going to lock himself in his room and not go out for at least four hours.As long as you don't face Ning Yixiao face to face, there won't be so many troubles.But probably because he had taken the medicine, or because he was too nervous last night and didn't sleep well, he soon fell into a slump, and fell asleep on the side of the bed in a daze.

But when he really fell asleep, even Meng deliberately bullied him, making him return to the past more vividly, forced to relive the memories that made him feel unspeakable, but that Ning Yixiao could use as a joke.

Su Hui's whole body was sweating, he was so hot that he was dizzy, and most of his strength was exhausted. Suddenly, there was a loud and muffled impact sound from outside the dream, one after another, like a hammer hitting Su Hui's sweaty skin. On his back, he broke this wet, hot and sticky dream.

He woke up in a daze, raised his head, and looked for the source of the sound in a daze.

It was as if something was banging on his door...

Ice Cream was also standing at the door. Su Hui supported the edge of the bed with his hands and stood up with some strength. His legs were weak. He rubbed his eyes and walked a few steps before opening the door.

No one was outside.Ning Yixiao was sitting on the sofa with a laptop on his lap, looking very serious, not like a suspect.

Su Hui was exhausted and looked down, only to find a robot vacuum parked at the door.After the door was opened, the robot made a moderate sound, turned and slipped into Su Hui's room.

Ning Yixiao also stood up, and explained a few words, "Coffey is not here, I think the house needs to be cleaned, so I opened it."

Su Hui didn't believe it, and felt that this was one of the means to break his autistic plan.

"You just came out, let's eat something." Ning Yixiao curled his lips.

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