Duan Jiaxu turned his head to look at her. He had changed back into his own clothes today, a military green short coat, casually wearing a white sweatshirt and slim-fitting black trousers.
His beard was clean shaven and he looked much younger, like a college student.
He leaned down slightly and looked level with Sang Zhi. He seemed to feel that hearing such words from her mouth was very fresh. He curved his lips and said teasingly: "Get married as soon as possible?"
Sang Zhi also stared at him without blinking: "Aren't you the one who took the lead?"
Noticing that she was indeed in a bad mood, Duan Jiaxu raised his eyebrows and stood up straight: "Are you angry?"
Be silent for a few seconds.
"I'm not angry. It's just that, brother," Sang Zhi stopped and said seriously, "don't joke like this again."
Even if you know it's a joke.
But because she knew this very well, he wouldn't really like her.
So, she didn't find it funny at all.
He could honestly regard this as a joke, and when he said those words, his expression was not unnatural at all. It was also as if he was using this method to unknowingly hide her little concern and her careful hiding.
Treat it like a joke.
Sang Zhi lowered her eyes and wanted to say something, but she still didn't say it. She suddenly became discouraged and continued walking forward: "Let's go, I have something to do later."
Duan Jiaxu suppressed his smile, slowed down his pace, and followed her: "Are you really angry?"
"No."
"Brother, I haven't been in the hospital for too long. I'm a little too busy." Duan Jiaxu rubbed the back of his neck with his palms and said, "Brother, do you want to apologize to you?"
"No need." Sang Zhi whispered, "Just don't do this in the future."
Seeing that she cared so much, Duan Jiaxu's eyebrows twitched, and his mood was a bit indescribable. After a long while, he seemed to feel angry and funny, and suddenly said: "Brother is not so bad, right?"
"..."
"Can you make little Sangzhi so unhappy?"
Hearing this, Sang Zhi turned to look at him, his face expressionless. The corners of his eyes were slightly raised, his peach blossom eyes were deep and charming, and his tone was half-joking.
Seeing this, she inexplicably wanted to cause some trouble for him.
Sang Zhi said seriously: "I can."
"..."
"Brother, I don't have any other intentions, I just tell the truth." Sang Zhi said with a cold voice, "After listening to it, I went back and cried all night."
"..."
Due to Duan Jiaxu's illness, the company granted him half a month's leave. After he was discharged from the hospital, he could rest at home for a week to recuperate.
After leaving the hospital, the two hailed a taxi and went to Duan Jiaxu's home.
Duan Jiaxu only has one pair of slippers at home.
He glanced at his bare feet and put the slippers in front of Sang Zhi for her to wear.
Sang Zhi didn't feel shy and put it on directly. She asked Duan Jiaxu to sit on the sofa for a while, then threw all the clothes she brought back into the washing machine and put the other things back to their original places for him.
The slippers looked too big on her feet, making her walk a little slower.
Afterwards, Sang Zhi sat next to Duan Jiaxu and took out a stack of sticky notes from his bag.
Duan Jiaxu was sitting on the sofa, playing games lazily.
Sang Zhi turned on her phone and searched the website for precautions and the doctor's instructions. She looked at them, then lay down on the coffee table and copied them sentence by sentence.
Noticing her movements, Duan Jiaxu looked over and asked, "What are you writing?"
"It's about the things you need to pay attention to after being discharged from the hospital." Sang Zhi lowered his eyes and explained, "I'll post it on the refrigerator for you after I finish writing it. You have to pay attention when eating."
Growing up, Sang Zhi had never taken care of anyone. So she wasn't very good at it and couldn't remember many things, so she looked them up online.
Duan Jiaxu stopped and hummed slightly.
"By the way, don't sit still all the time and move around more." Sang Zhi said while thinking, "Then don't hold heavy objects or do strenuous exercise or anything like that."
"OK."
"Also, if you need anything, you can tell me and I will take the time to buy it for you." Sang Zhi said calmly, "Normally, I might not come here."
"..."
"Take good care of yourself."
"Um."
"I've missed a lot of homework recently, and it's the end of the semester, so I have to prepare for the exam." Sang Zhi looked up at him, "I originally agreed to treat you to a meal, but I'll wait until you get better."
"You don't need to treat me, little Sangzhi." Duan Jiaxu chuckled, "Brother, please eat."
Sang Zhi blinked: "We'll talk about it then."
She put down the pen, stood up, and put the sticky note she wrote on the refrigerator. Then, Sang Zhi returned to the living room and put on her coat: "Brother, I'm leaving first."
Duan Jiaxu stood up: "I'll take you to the car."
Sang Zhi shook his head: "You'd better take a rest, you just came back from the hospital."
"..."
"The subway station is not far away as soon as we leave. I know the way." Sang Zhi went to the entrance to put on his shoes and waved to him, "Goodbye, brother."
After saying that, without waiting for him to speak, Sang Zhi walked out the door.
With a bang, the door was closed.
The room suddenly became quiet.
Duan Jiaxu still didn't react. He quit the game directly, took the coat on the side and put it on, opened the door and walked out. However, Sang Zhi was nowhere to be seen.
He pulled the corners of his lips and returned to the room.
Duan Jiaxu walked to the refrigerator and took a look at what she wrote.
After so many years, her handwriting has become much more beautiful and neat. Unlike before, where she wrote one stroke at a time, it took more than an hour to write a 500-word weekly diary.
Duan Jiaxu looked a little distracted, and he stretched out his hand and rubbed it with his fingertips.
Inexplicably, he remembered the time in the hospital.
The deaf old man in the bed next door kept praising Sang Zhi in front of him and regarded her as his wife as if she were dead.
——"How handsome your partner is, and he can also take care of others."
After a long time.
Duan Jiaxu walked back to the living room and laughed inexplicably.
In December, the temperature in Yihe City has reached several degrees below zero.
Due to the weather and the upcoming exam week, the department's activities have been suspended. Sang Zhi was so cold that he didn't want to move. Apart from going to class every day, he stayed in the dormitory drawing pictures and making videos.
Duan Jiaxu didn't ask her for any more help.
When I see her occasionally, I just tell her it's cold and ask her to take better care of herself.
Sang Zhi changed Duan Jiaxu's WeChat note to "Brother No. 2" and called him the same as when he was a child, just "Brother".
He forcefully changed his identity in his mind to be the same as Sang Yan.
Sang Zhi suddenly felt that this was good.
Try to cut off your thoughts and put an end to this impossible, unresolved secret love. No more trying to get into trouble, no longer thinking that you can only love one person in this life.
Sang Zhi even started to look forward to it.
One day in the future, she will completely stop thinking about it.
He appeared in front of her with a woman and told her that she was his girlfriend. She would no longer feel uncomfortable, and the only thought she might have was that he was finally no longer alone.
He could even call that woman "sister-in-law" without any thought.
The last night of 2014.
The other three people in the dormitory went out to celebrate the New Year with others. Sang Zhi had no interest in this kind of ritual and declined several people's invitations.
I plan to order takeout, take a shower, watch a movie, and then take a nap.
The night passed.
Before her plan was implemented, Duan Jiaxu called her.
Sang Zhi bit into the potato chips and picked them up.
Duan Jiaxu's lazy voice came from the other end, always with a slight smile in his words, and said in a drawl: "What are you doing, little Sangzhi?"
Sang Zhi glanced at the time and said casually: "Get ready to order takeout."
"What takeaway?" Duan Jiaxu smiled, "Come and celebrate the festival with my brother."
Sang Zhi's cheeks paused for a moment, and then she quickly said: "I don't want to go out."
Duan Jiaxu said casually: "Then come and have a meal with my brother."
"..."
"Huh? Why don't you say anything?" Duan Jiaxu spoke slowly, "Aren't you going to treat me to dinner? Do you want to renege on the bill?"
Sang Zhi threw the potato chips back into the bag: "How can I default on my debt? You didn't mention it before."
Duan Jiaxu: "Come out now, I'll be outside your school."
Sang Zhi couldn't help but said: "You said before that you didn't need to invite me."
Duan Jiaxu drawled his voice, as if he couldn't remember: "Have I ever said such a thing?"
"..."
This person is very strange.
I will definitely look for her when the holidays come.
It seemed that he felt that she was here alone and would be pitiful if she spent the holidays alone. On Christmas Day, he also looked for her, but when he heard that she was with her roommate, he didn't say much.
Sang Zhi hung up the phone, stood up and quickly changed her clothes. She put on her scarf and took a look in the mirror. She felt that her face didn't look good, so she hesitated and applied a thin layer of lipstick.
After leaving school, Sang Zhi was about to call Duan Jiaxu.
When he raised his eyes, he happened to see his car and him in the driver's seat.
Sang Zhi walked over, got into the passenger seat, called "brother" obediently, and then put on her seat belt.
Duan Jiaxu looked at her: "Why don't you go out to play?"
"It's cold." Sang Zhi said truthfully, "I don't want to go out."
"Why do you act like an old man at your age?" Duan Jiaxu laughed and started the car, "What do you want to eat?"
Sang Zhi had nothing in particular he wanted to eat: "You decide."
Duan Jiaxu: "What about hot pot?"
Sang Zhi nodded: "Okay."
"I'll choose the location?"
"Um."
Duan Jiaxu drove the car to a business circle a few kilometers away, near the community where he lived. But this location was closer to the city library.
It's not far from Yihe University.
This hot pot restaurant is a chain store with only four or five stores in Yihe. It is very popular. Therefore, there are not many people sitting in line on the chairs outside.
Sang Zhi had never eaten at this restaurant before, but when she smelled the aroma, she became interested and went over to get a number.
The two waited for a long time before they got a seat.
Duan Jiaxu gave her the menu and asked her to order.
Thinking that Duan Jiaxu's illness had not been cured for long, Sang Zhi ordered clear soup, and then ordered some meat and vegetable dishes according to normal people's tastes. When she saw the fat beef, she hesitated for a while, and then ordered one dish.
Soon, Sang Zhi handed the menu back to him: "Brother, look at what else you want to eat."
Duan Jiaxu glanced at it casually, picked up the pen, crossed out the fat beef that she had been struggling with for a long time and finally made up her mind to order, and changed it to cuttlefish balls: "That's it."
"..."
Sang Zhi glanced at him, then lowered his head and played with his cell phone.
Duan Jiaxu poured some tea into her cup and asked, "When is the exam?"
"Starting on the 26th of next month."
"Then when will you go home?"
"Let's finish the exam." Sang Zhi thought about it, "It should be early February."
Duan Jiaxu: "Remember to book tickets in advance. It's difficult to book tickets before the New Year."
Sang Zhi nodded: "I know."
The two of them were talking to each other.
Soon, the people at the next table finished eating, and after the waiter finished cleaning up, he brought two young women in. The soup base was also served.
Sang Zhi put down the phone and raised his eyes.
She noticed that one of the women looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her before.
The woman seemed to know Duan Jiaxu. When she saw him, her eyes paused and the smile on her face instantly dropped. She let go of her friend's elbow and walked over. Her tone was particularly domineering: "Duan Jiaxu."
Duan Jiaxu was still talking to Sang Zhi.
Hearing this voice, his expression paused and he raised his eyes.
Sang Zhi also looked over.
The woman is not good-looking, at most delicate, with delicate makeup on her face. Her expression is extremely gloomy, and her eyebrows are a bit mean: "If I hadn't seen you here, I would have thought you were dead.
.”
As soon as she got closer, Sang Zhi could smell the perfume on her body.
Sang Zhi's memory was suddenly stimulated.
It seemed like the woman she saw in the elevator last time she went to Duan Jiaxu's house.
Sang Zhi looked away and glanced at Duan Jiaxu subconsciously.
He had also withdrawn his eyes and did not look at the woman. As if he had not heard her words, he casually picked up the teapot and poured tea into the cup.
The woman said again: "Didn't you see me calling you?"
Sang Zhi pursed her lips and suddenly felt a little embarrassed sitting here. She tried to reduce her presence and took out her mobile phone to play with it.
"Did you call me?" Duan Jiaxu picked up the phone next to him and looked at it, then slowly raised his eyes and smiled softly, "Ah, I blocked you."
"You blocked me?" The woman exploded instantly, "What qualifications do you have to block me?! Damn you! You should be a slave to me for the rest of your life!"
Her voice was raised to the point of shrillness.
Sang Zhi immediately looked at her again, a little frightened.
The woman's friend grabbed her and seemed to be confused about the situation: "Xiaoying, what's wrong? Who is this?"
The next moment, Sang Zhi saw the woman break away from her friend's hand, suddenly pick up the glass filled with water on the table, and splash it hard on Duan Jiaxu's face as if she was extremely angry.
He was defenseless and unable to dodge.
I just had time to close my eyes.
The slightly scalding water poured on his body. It slipped from his hair, fell down along his forehead, bridge of nose, and lips, and gathered on his chin.
Drop after drop.
Embarrassed.
Sang Zhi was stunned and stared at his appearance at this moment.
For a moment, her head seemed to be filled with blood, and the blood surged up, and all reason was gone. Sang Zhi clenched his fists, stood up in an instant, picked up the water on the table, raised it to the woman's head, and poured it down
Rain.
The woman's attention was all on Duan Jiaxu and she didn't react at all. She screamed and yelled: "Who are you! What's wrong with you?"
Hearing this movement, Duan Jiaxu opened his eyes.
He didn't seem to have thought that Sang Zhi would do this. He stared at Sang Zhi's back, his eyes a little stunned.
Like a baby protector.
Sang Zhi stood in front of him and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"Can you care?" Facing other people, the woman was obviously not as aggressive as she was in front of Duan Jiaxu, "Do you know why I insulted him..."
"I don't care what your reasons are." Sang Zhi interrupted her and said word by word, "Auntie, if you take action, who will be interested in reasoning with you? Also, let alone splashing water, if you dare to hit him, I will
I will definitely call you back——"
"..."
Her tone was extremely cold: "I definitely won't mind getting my hands dirty."
The woman became a little angry, her face instantly turned red, and she suddenly raised her hands.
Noticing her move, Duan Jiaxu immediately stood up and pulled Sang Zhi behind him. He stared at the woman with a cold look in his eyes, but he still smiled: "That's not okay."
"..."
"I'm quite disgusted with it."
"..."
The manager of the hot pot restaurant came over at this time and persuaded the fight in a good voice.
The woman was dragged away by her friends. She seemed to feel embarrassed, and she did not insist on staying there, but her eyes were fixed on Duan Jiaxu.
Like a ghost.
The atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
The people next to me still looked here from time to time.
Sang Zhi's momentum subsided instantly. She couldn't eat anymore, so she went to the front desk to pay the bill, and then dragged Duan Jiaxu out of the hot pot restaurant. She took out a tissue from her bag and handed it to him.
Duan Jiaxu took it, but there was no other movement. His eyes were fixed on Sang Zhi, his eyes were a little dark and he couldn't tell his emotions.
His motionlessness made Sang Zhi a little anxious, so she simply took out a few tissues and stood on tiptoe to wipe the water from his hair.
This was the first time Sang Zhi encountered such a thing. He was so angry that his eyes were red, and his tone was dull: "Who is that person?"
"An unrelated person." Duan Jiaxu came back to his senses, bent down, and thought for a moment, "Strictly speaking, he is my father's former creditor, right?"
I heard the word "creditor" from his mouth for the second time.
Sang Zhi glanced at him subconsciously and didn't ask in detail: "I seemed to have seen her when I went to your house last time."
After thinking for a while, she asked again: "Is she like this every time she sees you?"
Duan Jiaxu was silent for a few seconds: "Absolutely."
"That's too scary." Sang Zhi took out another tissue and wiped off the water on his forehead, muttering, "Does she have a problem with her ability to regulate her emotions? She suddenly got started after just saying a few words.
…”
Duan Jia smiled and said, seemingly unintentionally: "Perhaps I did something that I really felt sorry for her?"
Sang Zhi looked at him: "Didn't you say he was your father's former creditor?"
"Huh?" Duan Jiaxu said calmly, "I don't know if it counts as 'former'."
"Your father's creditor," Sang Zhi paused, thought carefully, and then said seriously, "then regardless of whether he is going forward or not, he is still your father's creditor. It has nothing to do with you."
——"It has nothing to do with you."
Duan Jiaxu's heart skipped a beat, and his expression finally changed. He suddenly raised his eyes and stared at her.
Sang Zhi looked serious, took a tissue and wiped it down his forehead. Fortunately, the tea had been left for a while, so although his skin was a little red, it didn't look like he was burned.
She continued talking: "Anyway, I just saw her coming up and splashing water on you out of nowhere. My brother said, you can't stand being bullied -"
Before he finished speaking, Sang Zhi's eyes moved downwards.
He stopped talking immediately.
Duan Jiaxu's eyes never moved.
It happened to catch her eye.
At this moment.
It felt like I was back in the hospital, when she helped me wipe my face.
That time, facing that intimate gesture and looking at each other at close range, he inexplicably took the initiative to look away.
It's like being defeated.
This time, the distance between the two was closer than last time.
Her eyes are extremely beautiful, clean and clear, with a bright luster.
There is no aggression in front of him.
It was completely different from the way he stood in front of that woman just now to protect him.
In fact, she has changed a lot compared to before. The baby fat on her face has faded away, and her facial features also appear delicate and beautiful. The word "child" really has nothing to do with it.
He had never paid much attention to it and simply ignored the changes.
But it seems, indeed, it is different.
Duan Jiaxu could see the fine down on her face, her skin was as white as transparent, her lips were red and full, and her breath was gently and regularly blowing on his face.
Somewhat itchy.
They looked at each other for a long time.
It seemed like only a few seconds, but it also seemed like an eternity.
Duan Jiaxu's Adam's apple rolled slowly.
Sang Zhi suddenly came back to her senses and retracted her hand: "Brother, wipe it yourself."
Duan Jiaxu was quiet for a moment, and then softly responded: "Yes."
Afraid that he would think her reaction was a bit sudden, Sang Zhi explained hesitantly: "You are too tall. You have to bend down when I wipe you."
After saying that, she handed the tissue to him: "Here are the tissues for you."
But I didn't see him take it for a long time.
Sang Zhi raised her eyes again and met his eyes again.
Duan Jiaxu's eyes were deep and slightly closed, with a small drop of water on his eyelashes that had not been wiped clean. He stared at her blatantly, as if he was discharged. He stood up straight, his eyes straight, without any
It means to be restrained at all.
He looked thoughtful, not knowing what he was thinking about.
She felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, but Sang Zhi didn't feel that she had been exposed in any way. She became a little angry and her tone became higher: "What are you doing?"
"It's nothing." Duan Jiaxu paused for a few seconds, coughed lightly, and said with a hint of spring in his eyebrows, "I forgot to say, thank you, little Sangzhi, for protecting my brother."
Sang Zhi reluctantly said, "No need."
She looked around and suggested, "Would you like to buy something nearby to change into?"
Not hearing his response, Sang Zhi turned her head and met his gaze again. She frowned, wondering if there was something on her face, and said in confusion: "Why are you always staring at me?"
"Really?" Duan Jiaxu then looked away, curled his lips and said, "Then I won't read it."
Sang Zhi's eyes were strange and he pointed: "Which one should I go to?"
Duan Jiaxu smiled: "Okay."
"Why do you keep laughing?" Sang Zhi couldn't help but say, "Did someone splash water on you and make you stupid?"
"Well, it seems so."
"..."
It might be that he had an illness that made his brain less clear; it might be that the man in the bed next door was brainwashing him day and night during that week; or it might be that he was really washed away by this glass of water.
Blurred his mind.
at this moment.
Duan Jiaxu suddenly wanted to be a beast.
The author has something to say: Will the old beast be online soon?
One last time, I am not a human being.
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