captured by your prey

She dreamed of things from a long time ago, some so long ago that she almost forgot—cold and cloudy rain dripping on her face, darkness safer than light, the pain of yelling and the whipping of wooden sticks on her arms, fear with hunger.

"Mom, I want to eat something..."

"Mother……"

The sound was drowned out by a loud crash, and she was startled by the loud noise and the loose door that was about to collapse, she quickly covered her mouth and took a few steps back.The male curse came from the room behind the door. "You bitch! Do you have the nerve to stand here!" "Come here, you have to do whatever I tell you to do, you don't have the qualifications to say no!" "Fuck you, teach me to talk sweeter, you know? ?”

The words were mixed with a few chuckles from the man, and finally the cry of the woman in a low voice.

The warm light in the room came from under the crack of the door, but it made people unwilling to approach it. There was a cupboard next to the door, and there were piles of broken folding chairs inside. Anything under that light is beaten beyond fight.

"Xigaki, what are you doing here?"

She heard a gentle voice next to her ear, and when she turned her head, her long, soft hair brushed her face.The owner of the voice pulled her up from the corner of the corridor, and gently patted her head: "Xi Yuan is good, my mother works inside, can you tell my sister something?"

"I... I'm so hungry, I've run out of biscuits in the drawer this morning."

"Then sister will take you to eat, okay?"

"What about mom?"

"Mom is busy. Don't disturb mom's work. She secretly told her sister yesterday that she will buy a new pencil case for Xiyuan tomorrow, so Xiyuan must be obedient!"

She nodded in the dark corridor, there was still endless fights and curses at the other end, and suddenly the person in front of her hugged her tightly, and she could still hear those voices, enveloping her for an instant Soft clothing and warmth replace fear.

If the people in the room rushed out, the temperature would continue to envelop her, but it didn't matter, they hid in the darkness where they couldn't be found, it was warm here, and she wasn't afraid.

She tightly tugged on the clothes of the person in front of her, she missed that temperature so much...

The clock on the wall reads 06:30 sharp.

When Zhou Sheng returned home, it was already dark outside, but the person on the sofa was still sleeping, so she didn't directly turn on the light in the living room.

At noon, Xie Xiyuan fell asleep on the sofa. She wanted her to rest for a while and wake her up, but found that Xie Xiyuan was actually suffering from a low-grade fever even though he looked fine.He added a blanket to Xie Xiyuan and left her here to continue resting. In the afternoon, he also helped Xie Xiyuan take sick leave at the company.

He walked to Xie Xiyuan and sat down next to her, reaching out his hand to touch her forehead to see if she still had a fever, but found that this person moved, then narrowed his eyes and looked at her.There was no light in the room, only a faint dim light was printed by the sky outside the window.

Before Zhou Sheng could say anything, Xie Xiyuan suddenly hugged the waist of the Lord, and then crawled and moved to lie on her lap.

Xie Xiyuan seemed to have not woken up yet, she lay on Zhou Sheng's body and hugged her tightly, rubbed her face against Zhou Sheng's coat, and finally found a suitable posture and continued to close her eyes.

Zhou Sheng was stunned for a while, because this guy's performance was too...

She felt like a large animal acting coquettishly.

Perhaps because Xie Xiyuan like this was cute, Zhou Sheng didn't push her away, just let her cling to him like this.Only after a while, when she reached out to touch Xie Xiyuan's forehead, did she realize that her body temperature was much higher than at noon.

"Agaki—"

Zhou Sheng called her, and reached out to touch the skin on her neck, the temperature was very high.

"A Yuan, you have a fever, we have to go to the hospital."

Xie Xiyuan was actually awake, she just thought it was very comfortable.She also heard Zhou Sheng's words, but rather than going to the hospital, she wanted to let her hug her and sleep for a while longer. "It's okay," she said with a sticky and hoarse voice, and hugged her closer: "Let me take a rest, please, don't push me away..."

"Hey, A Yuan, you have a fever, can you go to the hospital first?"

It's just a fever, and she won't die, she wants to continue to return to the feeling just now, even if she really will die, it doesn't matter.Xie Xiyuan thought so seriously.

"A Yuan, after going to the hospital to prescribe the medicine, go back to sleep slowly..."

"No, you won't be here by then."

"I...Of course I'm here." Zhou Shengquan pretended that she was lying on the bed, almost using a coaxing tone: "Wait until you see the doctor, you can do whatever you want, but you have to get up first."

Xie Xiyuan, who was almost fully awake, also dispelled most of her thoughts of going back to her dream. She rubbed her forehead and sat up, only then realized that her hands were a little cold, and her face was indeed hot when touched.At this time, Zhou Sheng went to the study to put down the company documents, because she had just returned home, and she didn't need to change clothes, so she took Xie Xiyuan and drove to the hospital.

After arriving at the hospital, she had to go to the emergency department. Obviously she didn't feel too bad, but at this time she had to stand obediently by the side while Zhou Sheng took care of all the procedures for her.It can't be, even if he came to the hospital occasionally, Xie Xiyuan was alone, how could it be like this.

39 degrees one.

The doctor prescribed several hanging needles, which took at least an hour or two.

"By the way, have you eaten dinner?" When the nurse came to give the needle, Xie Xiyuan didn't look at the nurse's movements, but turned his head to ask Zhou Sheng: "I guess not, you just came back from the company, right? Is there a lot to do?"

Only then did Zhou Sheng look away from Xie Xiyuan's infusion hand: "Aren't the company's affairs the same all the time?"

Xie Xiyuan smiled when he heard the words: "Then you must be hungry too, how about going to eat something first? I'll just sit here and wait for you."

"I'm here with you, it's all right."

"But I'm hungry." Guessing what she would say, Xie Xiyuan quickly replied: "But I'm not that hungry. If you still want to eat, you can buy me some delicious food." "Okay Well, what do you want to eat?" "I want meat—but I don't know anything good around here."

In fact, she didn't want to eat anything, she didn't have that appetite, she just wanted to ask Zhou Sheng to eat something.

After Zhou Sheng left, Xie Xiyuan leaned on the chair, glanced at the infusion tube, and exhaled lightly.At this time, there were not many people in the infusion room, and it was very quiet. Xie Xiyuan remembered that the last time she came to the hospital for infusion seemed to be because her lungs were inflamed.I don't know since when, she is more willing to face various situations by herself... The more uncomfortable she is, the more she doesn't want others to know.

So after Zhou Sheng left, she felt a sense of relief.

I sent a message to the store, and specially contacted two people separately. I first asked An He if there was anything wrong in the store today, and then told Xianqing that I would not go there today in the hospital, so that they would not tell me even if something happened. .

Two-thirds of the first bottle of medicine was finished, Zhou Sheng came back with things in her hands. When she came back, she found that Xie Xiyuan was not energetic, so she walked over and sat next to her, took apart all the things, and put them in front of Xie Xiyuan , Xie Xiyuan picked it up and put it to his mouth, paused for a while and still didn't open his mouth to eat.

"I don't like to eat this, don't eat it, okay..." She handed the food to Zhou Sheng, picked up the phone and typed the text, and after sending the message, she closed her eyes and leaned back on the chair.

Zhou Sheng rewrapped the things Xie Xiyuan handed to her. She wanted to ask her if she had anything else to eat, but then realized that Xie Xiyuan might not have much appetite.

"Aren't you bored, just sit here, I'm fine here by myself." She glanced at the people around her.

Zhou Sheng was silent for a while and said it was okay.

"Okay..." Xie Xiyuan slowly turned her body and leaned on Zhou Sheng's shoulder.

As if feeling uncomfortable, he took Zhou Sheng's arm and hugged him. "Then I'll sleep for a while."

"Um……"

Zhou Sheng turned his head slightly to look at the person leaning on his shoulder. Because of the infusion, one arm of her hand was very cold.I reached out and touched the man's forehead. It seemed that the fever had subsided, maybe there was still a little low-grade fever, but it was definitely much better than before.

Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are weekends, otherwise she would have to ask this guy to take two days off for a good rest, but she also knew that Xie Xiyuan was unwilling.

Sometimes Zhou Sheng felt that he didn't know Xie Xiyuan very well, saying that she cared about the company and work, but she never seemed to be keen on going to the top of the company, and she still stayed in that small position after all these years.But let's say she has no intention of working, she takes her job more seriously than anyone else, sometimes even too seriously.Xie Xiyuan seems to have qualities that no one else has. Zhou Sheng has led many subordinates, but there are few people like Xie Xiyuan.Let's say she is like a child, and she is better at handling things than some people who are older than her in age and work experience, but let's say she is mature...

The person on the body hugged her arms tightly, as if she wanted to occupy Zhou Sheng, who knew what was playing in her mind.Zhou Sheng wanted to laugh a little, she stretched out her hand to hold Xie Xiyuan's infusion hand, so as not to touch the needle when she moved her arm, that hand was really cold.

Such a person should not be described as mature no matter how you look at it.

"So in your eyes, am I a childish ghost?" Xie Xiyuan once asked her half-jokingly.

Most people used to have their own way of doing things, and children's personalities are often varied.But after that, in the society, with the passage of time and events, people will gradually come into contact with and understand the system that is generally recognized and feasible in society—and then in order to achieve what they want in this society, They admit to adopting the system in order to get resources and other things that make them feel good.

Obsessive, mediocre.

When they came back to their senses, they found that they had already abandoned the rules they had written for themselves.

But this is also a helpless thing, Zhou Sheng knows, because if it is not like this...

If not...