captured by your prey

Xie Xiyuan took three days off.

When Zhou Sheng knew about it, he sent a message asking her if there was anything wrong?Because Xie Xiyuan is obviously a person who is uncomfortable and will continue to lie in the office.

Xie Xiyuan quickly replied to Zhou Sheng, but he didn't say the reason why she asked for leave, but only asked her half-jokingly, would the wages be deducted for taking leave without reason?Xie Xiyuan never talked about her own affairs, Zhou Sheng knew it, and felt that it was not good for him to ask.

Xie Xiyuan has been staying in the hospital since last night, and it was not until early in the morning that she took a look into the ward through the glass window.

Anzhi had already woken up when she walked into the ward with her ugly face in the morning.

"I just came back from your school and asked for sick leave for you. My classmates said they would take notes for you..." Xie Xiyuan went to the bed and sat down.Xianqing just went back to rest, and Susu will come over later, Xie Xiyuan came to accompany her first before that.

"That's it, I feel that the course will fall a lot!" An Zhi smiled.

Xie Xiyuan pursed his lips, and cut his mouth: "It's a big deal, I'll tell you before the exam."

"Ah——Xiaoyuan is really reliable, it's great to have Xiaoyuan here!" She leaned over to hug Xie Xiyuan as she spoke, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, she pulled at the sore spot, and immediately squeezed her eyes and screamed for pain. "Knowing the pain and still moving around!" Xie Xiyuan held her down, annoyed.An Zhi grinned at her, but her face was bruised, and the wound at the corner of her mouth was also red and swollen. Xie Xiyuan should have pinched her face and said that she dared to laugh, but in the end he could only stare at her with his mouth pursed. She: "If you are so restless, I will beat you up after you recover!"

"Okay, okay, I won't move." An Zhi immediately lay down obediently.

Xie Xiyuan sat by the bed, flipping through the ward precautions in the drawer of the bedside cabinet.

After a while, An Zhi still couldn't hold back, and carefully called Xie Xiyuan and asked, "Xiaoyuan, how much is the surgery fee and hospitalization fee this time?"

"It's not your turn to worry about this." She said without looking back.

"How long does the doctor say it will take me to recover?"

"See if you are worthy of the treatment."

"Cooperate—cooperate for sure!" As she spoke, she moved towards Xie Xiyuan, and said in a negotiating tone: "However, will it be expensive to be hospitalized here? Why don't we go back tomorrow? Go back." Take the medicine on time and follow up with the doctor on time.”

Xie Xiyuan wanted to say something more, but seeing An Zhi's appearance, he swallowed the words.It just so happened that Susu arrived at this time, she walked in with breakfast in her hand, and asked Xie Xiyuan if she wanted to eat some too, Xie Xiyuan was in such a mood, and left the hospital after waving his hand in refusal.

In the afternoon, she went back to the store. During the day, there were few customers and the store was not busy.Xie Xiyuan went straight to the back of the bar, took a bottle of wine for himself, poured a small glass, and walked to a quiet corner to sit with it.

Others would not go forward to find her if they saw it. Everyone knew more or less what happened last night. Xie Xiyuan usually went to work on weekdays, rain or shine, unless her mood and state were really extremely bad.Some people who have only come here in recent years can feel it, but they don't quite understand the reason. Those who have been with Xie Xiyuan for a long time know that she cares about such things very much.

When Zhou Sheng passed by that office occasionally, his eyes would stay on the empty desk for a while.

The fourth day, the fifth day, is still empty.

On the evening of the sixth day, when she returned home after shopping in the supermarket, she met Xie Xiyuan downstairs who was sitting on a bench under a tree.She was wearing a black hoodie, a large scarf, and her hair was a little messy. She sat there quietly as if she was waiting for Zhou Sheng to come back.

When she saw Zhou Sheng, she got up and walked over.Zhou Sheng suddenly noticed a few bloodstains on her cheek covered by the scarf, as if she had been scratched, she stretched out her hand and pulled her scarf down, and said, "How did you make it like this, did you take medicine?"

She wanted to touch Xie Xiyuan's face with her finger, but she retracted it.

"Go up first, I'll give you some medicine." Zhou Sheng took Xie Xiyuan's hand and dragged her into the building.Xie Xiyuan didn't resist, and obediently followed behind.In the elevator, the two were standing side by side, and there was no one else, Xie Xiyuan suddenly said, "I want to stay with you tonight."

"Is it okay?" After a pause, she added another sentence. She didn't look at Zhou Sheng from the beginning to the end, but just looked down at the ground.

"Of course..." Zhou Sheng nodded. After all, she also stayed at Xie Xiyuan's house last time. Although Xie Xiyuan asked for it, she didn't hate that feeling. "I just cook some ordinary for dinner... By the way, do you eat celery?"

"Ah."

"Where's the bitter gourd?"

"No, don't eat..."

"Then make some sweet and sour pork ribs."

"it is good."

Zhou Sheng found that Xie Xiyuan really likes to follow her, even though Xie Xiyuan is not good at cooking, but she is willing to stand beside her in the kitchen, helping where she can, and watching over her the rest of the time, There is no one to accost conversation.

After the dinner, Zhou Sheng took the opportunity to call Xie Xiyuan to apply the medicine, saying that if it is not treated properly, it will be difficult if there are scars left. She takes medicine.Xie Xiyuan, who didn't take those small things seriously at first, had no choice but to sit obediently on the sofa.

"This hole is quite long, how did you get it?"

"Ah...I got into a fight with my neighbor last night." Xie Xiyuan touched his arm uncomfortably, thinking that Zhou Sheng would tell her that this is not good like an elder, and he should be careful not to hurt himself, etc., but Zhou Sheng didn't, he just responded leisurely, and then continued to disinfect and apply medicine to the wound.

If Zhou Sheng preached, Xie Xiyuan would follow her usual habit and just say something to fool her, but Zhou Sheng didn't, which made Xie Xiyuan's original tense mood relax.

"They caught my cat and beat it."

The cotton swab that was applying the medicine to the face paused for a moment, then continued to apply it gently back and forth.

"Then it now..."

"I just came back from the hospital, and I'll be fine if I take care of it for a while." Xie Xiyuan said calmly, "Because their dog always comes to pester my cat, the dog's personality, you know of……"

"Don't dog owners like this?"

"After all, cats are wild cats, but dogs are famous breeds. After they finished beating them, they came and told me to take care of my cat." Xie Xiyuan raised her head and smiled when she said this, it was her usual childish smile. It was like talking about small and small conflicts in the school: "You know me, how can you bear this kind of thing, just go over and beat them up."

"You..."

Zhou Sheng had no choice but to smile helplessly.

"You really love your cat."

"Yes."

Although Xie Xiyuan was smiling, her face obviously looked like she hadn't had a good rest for a long time, which made her look extremely depressed.Zhou Sheng asked her to rest earlier, and she asked you, Zhou Sheng was stunned for a while, as if realizing something, he touched his face and said, "Okay, I'll be with you."

Xie Xiyuan likes to sleep with Zhou Sheng in her arms. For some reason, only in this way can she get out of her troubled life, otherwise she will stay up all night like the previous few days.

Zhou Sheng rubbed Xie Xiyuan's hair after she fell asleep.

——What's wrong with Xigaki?My mother is at work, so I will tell my sister if there is anything.

——Yes, Xiyuan is the most obedient, my sister even bought candy for Xiyuan today, but there are only two of them, so I can't eat them all at once.

——Our Xiyuan will grow very tall in the future, maybe at that time, my sister will not be able to hug you.

It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.

At that time, it should be me instead...

She wanted to reach out and grab the person in front of her, but it was in vain.She realized that she should raise her legs and run over there. She was still in front of her eyes just now, and her skin still had the warmth from when they hugged her, but now she couldn't catch up no matter what.

Xie Xiyuan woke up from the bed in the middle of the night, sat up suddenly, bent his back, and buried his face tightly with his hands, as if he could pull out the picture in his mind.

Zhou Sheng beside her seemed to be still asleep. She got up from the bed, walked to her coat and tried to get a cigarette out of it. When she found the cigarette case, she found that there was no lighter. There would not be lighters everywhere at home, so she had no choice but to give up.But also because she took out the phone by the way, she opened it and took a look. There was a message from An He, saying that An Zhi had completed the procedures for being discharged from the hospital the day after tomorrow, and planned to go back to the dormitory to recuperate.

She knew that An Zhi hadn't paid her tuition for this year, so she wanted to spend less money.

Zhou Sheng woke up when Xie Xiyuan lay back on the bed, and he didn't know if it was because of the light from the phone just now.Seeing that Xie Xiyuan was still awake, Zhou Sheng didn't ask or say anything, but just stretched out his hand to grab Xie Xiyuan's arm.

Originally, Xie Xiyuan was just looking straight at the pitch-black ceiling, but when she was pulled by the voices around her, her nose suddenly felt a little sore.

In the darkness, she turned over, buried her face next to Zhou Sheng's, and hugged her tightly.Tightly pursing lips and frowning, in the darkness, the eye sockets won't even glow, it will just drip silently, and then evaporate quickly.

Zhou Sheng just let her hug him until the person on his body fell asleep again.

Zhou Sheng's feelings for Xie Xiyuan are very strange, she regards her as a friend she can share in her life, a junior in the company who needs to be guided, but sometimes she feels that Xie Xiyuan seems to be somewhat different from such an identity.If she had to think about it carefully, she couldn't explain anything, because Xie Xiyuan seemed to never tell her about himself, but he was willing to stay by his side.

She didn't know what to ask, and she didn't know what to do, so she just accepted everything about her in silence.