miss me

The second time he came to Bai Qingzhou's house, Xia Xinghe was still a little restrained, but Bai Qingzhou's expression was calm, making it difficult to see the joy.

Without the company of the bamboo, the atmosphere between the two of them seemed to have cooled down again. After entering the room, Bai Qingzhou lightly ordered "sit casually", walked to the window and closed it, and switched to calm and composed. state.He unbuttoned his coat, changed his shoes, and took out a book from the bookshelf in the living room to read. He sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and his movements were so natural that it was as if Xia Xinghe didn't exist.

The raindrops rustled on the window glass, lightning and thunder came from time to time outside the window, the room was extremely quiet, blocking the wind and rain, Bai Qingzhou concentrated on reading the book, Xia Xinghe couldn't say anything more, and at the other end of the sofa Sit down in the corner, quietly waiting for the rain to leave.

half an hour.

One hour.

The rain had no intention of slowing down, Xia Xinghe huddled on the sofa, glanced at Bai Qingzhou boredly, and unconsciously began to observe carefully.

What Bai Qingzhou took was an English book, hard cover, I don't know what it is, but I also know that it should be a difficult professional book.

Xia Xinghe watched him for so long, his eyes kept on the pages of the book, maintaining the same posture, but he never turned a page.

If Bai Qingzhou takes this long to read a single page, it must be an extremely obscure book.

The room was still quiet, and time passed for a long time. Xia Xinghe was tired of watching, and silently looked away, his originally calm mood became a little irritable.

He doesn't have many manuscripts, and tomorrow's update hasn't been finished yet.

Eleven o'clock.

The rain still didn't stop.

The sky was still dull and dark, and the sound of pattering rain turned into torture. Xia Xinghe couldn't help but stood up and walked to the window. When he saw the scenery outside the window, he couldn't help but screamed.

"There's water outside!"

The turbid water can no longer tell the depth, mixed with fallen leaves and dead branches to cover the ground, and vehicles passing by from time to time, splashing a splash of water.

Xia Xinghe frowned, walked to the entrance with big strides, opened the shoe cabinet to change his shoes, turned his head and said to Bai Qingzhou, "I'm going back, otherwise I really can't go back when the water is deep."

Bai Qingzhou finally looked away from the book, and frowned slightly: "It's still raining."

Xia Xinghe said, "I'll take the subway back."

Bai Qingzhou: "It takes at least half an hour of rain to walk from here to the subway station."

"How about taking the bus?"

“The bus station is not close either.”

"Take a taxi?"

"Judging from the current weather conditions, it should be difficult to get a taxi."

"But……"

Xia Xinghe was still hesitant, a little hesitant for a while, Bai Qingzhou's eyelids were slightly pressed, and he added expressionlessly: "Of course, whether you go or stay has nothing to do with me, I just remind you from the perspective of professional ethics, this kind of weather Walking for half an hour, based on your physique, nine out of ten you will catch a cold."

"..."

Xia Xinghe opened his mouth, but had to admit that he was right.

Xia Xinghe is from the north, and he is resistant to cold, but as if by some magic spell, he catches a cold whenever he is exposed to rain.

Liaohu Lake is located in the south, humid and rainy. When the two were together, Bai Qingzhou often went to the hospital, while Xia Xinghe was still at school, running back and forth between the school and the hospital every day.

It takes more than 20 minutes from the school to the hospital. Xia Xinghe often suffers from the rainy weather. Later, Bai Qingzhou mentioned the cohabitation thing, saying: "The hospital is very tired. I don't want to come back and see you again." to a patient."

"Have you considered it?"

Xia Xinghe was stunned for a moment when the same clear tone of voice rang in his ears, but he still couldn't get out of the memory for a moment.

Bai Qingzhou asked again: "Going back?"

Only then did Xia Xinghe come to his senses, nodded and said, "I have to go back and write."

"That's it." Bai Qingzhou nodded slightly, picked up the car keys on the shoe cabinet, "I'll see you off."

"Need not……"

Xia Xinghe subconsciously wanted to refuse, Bai Qingzhou glanced at him lightly, and said in a cold tone, "It's raining so heavily, you left from my house, if anything happens, I'm not immune."

Xia Xinghe opened his mouth, he had nothing to say, so he could only bite his lower lip, and said in a low voice, "That's troublesome..."

After changing their shoes, the two went out together. Bamboo was still lying down under the eaves to watch the rain. Seeing the two coming out, they stood up excitedly. "Bargoo" called twice, and Xia Xinghe touched it affectionately. Head, Bai Qingzhou's cell phone rang immediately.

"Sorry, I'll go take a call."

After seeing the incoming call reminder on the screen, Bai Qingzhou's face changed slightly. He walked to the side to answer the phone, and responded with "hmmm". When he came back, his brows were tightly knit together.

He said to Xia Xinghe: "There is a new patient in the emergency department, I have to go there first."

The special nature of the doctor's profession determines that they must be on call 24 hours a day. This is an unshirkable responsibility and mission, Xia Xinghe naturally understands.

"Okay, go now," he nodded, and then blurted out, "Be careful on the road."

This sentence was a bit ambiguous, but Xia Xinghe didn't care about it because of the urgent time.Bai Qingzhou just glanced at him lightly, and then ordered: "You wait for me at home, it's raining heavily, don't go out alone."

"Wait--"

Xia Xinghe wanted to say something else, but Bai Qingzhou walked into the rain with an umbrella, and the tall figure quickly disappeared into the distance.

"Ow?"

Zhuzi stood beside Xia Xinghe and watched his master leave, then bit Xia Xinghe's trouser leg and rubbed against him. In the stormy weather, feeling quite lonely, Xia Xinghe sighed lightly, bent over to touch Zhuzi, and He went back to the room together.

Forget it, let's wait for Bai Qingzhou for a while.

The sky was getting darker and darker, and the raindrops were still falling down. Xia Xinghe couldn't walk around casually. He opened the document on his mobile phone and planned to write for a while. Just after typing a few words, the WeChat notification sounded suddenly.

[Bo: The computer is in the study, you can use it if you need it. ]

[Bo: The study is the last room from the living room, and the door is not locked. ]

[Bo: If you are sleepy, there is a guest room, a room next to the study. ]

I still remember that he was going to write an article.

It seems that Bai Qingzhou won't be coming back for a while, Xia Xinghe didn't refuse, and replied "OK", followed Bai Qingzhou's prompt to go to the study room, and saw the large bookcase and the bookshelf filled with books at a glance. All kinds of certificates and trophies are neatly arranged according to the year. In just one year, they got more than Xia Xinghe got in his entire university. I can't read it.

Xia Xinghe admired it for a while, then thought again, they are really not from the same world.

After all, the study is considered a private space, Xia Xinghe can't stay here for long, not to mention that the bamboo sticks to him like a tail, and will bark if he doesn't see him for a while, Xia Xinghe simply carries Bai Qingzhou's computer and sits at the dining table outside Beside, waiting for him while typing.

I don't know if it's because of the change of environment, but Xia Xinghe still feels that his hands don't feel right. This is a two-line plot where the owner works in the hospital and the dog waits at home. It involves some medical-related professional knowledge. He first checked it quickly After two hours of materials, I had to write, delete, and delete for a long time. In the middle of the night, I finally managed to write only a thousand words.

I also made myself sleepy.

Bai Qingzhou didn't come back for a long time, and Xia Xinghe couldn't write anymore, so he simply lay his head on his arm and stared at the computer screen blankly, his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and finally he slowly Close slowly.

It was early morning when Bai Qingzhou returned home.

The rain that had been pouring down in the middle of the night finally had a tendency to stop, only a few raindrops were left, and he refused to leave.There was still water on the ground, and the street lamps shone on the water, reflecting faint light.

On a rainy night, in the emergency department, the newly arrived patient is in critical condition.

Hurriedly rushing to the hospital in the rain during the holidays, emergency treatment, surgery, tossing until midnight and then dragging your tired body back home, no matter how dedicated you are to your job, it is not a pleasant experience.

Bai Qingzhou pressed the center of his brows, and there was an unconcealable tiredness between his brows and eyes. He walked around the corner and entered the yard, and suddenly found that the lights in the house were still on.

The dim light fell on the window sill through the glass window, and Bai Qingzhou's expression softened unconsciously.

Pushing open the door, Xia Xinghe had already fallen asleep lying on the table.His head rested on his arms, facing the door, his slender eyelashes covered like crow feathers, casting a shadow under his eyelids.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Xia Xinghe muttered something in a daze, tried hard to open his eyelids, but they didn't.Bai Qingzhou's footsteps slowed down, and when he got closer, he heard what he said: "Why did you come back?"

With a little bit of complaint at the end, it just hit the softest tip of Bai Qingzhou's heart.

Like so many times before.

It was the same with Xia Xinghe in the past, Bai Qingzhou was usually busy, and he would often be able to go back very late.Every time Bai Qingzhou said to let him go to bed early and not wait for him, but he would always wait for him in the living room with this small blanket, even if his eyelids were too sleepy to fight, he would not go to bed first.

Bai Qingzhou asked him, "Why don't you go to bed first?"

"I have to leave a lamp for you." Xia Xinghe's tone was taken for granted, his crooked eyes raised, and the dimples at the corners of his lips were faintly visible, "otherwise you will be in a mess every time you come back, how lonely you are."

Then what?

Bai Qingzhou thought, after so many dark nights, why did you leave me after giving me light?

Zhuzi had also fallen asleep, lying at Xia Xinghe's feet, with his head resting on his front legs, his eyelids drooping, his eyelashes trembling slightly, and his movements were exactly the same as Xia Xinghe's.

Bai Qingzhou's eyes fell on one person and one dog, and for a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

"Xia Xinghe."

He cried softly.

"Well?"

Xia Xinghe snorted in a daze, but didn't wake up.

Bai Qingzhou said to himself: "You really look alike."

Bai Qingzhou had never thought of raising a dog before, and it was Zhuzi who came to his house by himself.

At that time, the bamboo was covered with bruises and its hair was dirty, and it couldn't be driven away no matter how hard it was.Probably because those wet eyes and straight expression seemed to be carved out of the same mold as Xia Xinghe. After chasing him a few times, Bai Qingzhou acquiesced in letting him stay, bathed him, and took a nap. Vaccines and deworming, bowls and toys are added... Finally, it is named "Bamboo."

If Xia Xinghe was awake, he might be angry at Bai Qingzhou for comparing himself to a dog, but he was too sleepy to realize what Bai Qingzhou was talking about, so he just hummed obediently and continued to sleep peacefully with.

Bai Qingzhou looked down at him, and slowly said, "Didn't you ask me why I named Zhuzi this way?"

"..."

Xia Xinghe didn't answer, Bai Qingzhou still continued on his own: "'Mottled bamboo branch, mottled bamboo branch, this thing is the most lovesick.' Didn't you tell me this sentence?"

I call it bamboo because I think of you.