In front of the North Gate

Lou Huaiyu drank the medicine for several days, and when he was finally able to get out of bed, the snow had stopped.

He wrapped himself in a padded jacket and went out to look. The temperature had risen a bit, but it was still cold.

The snow in the yard has been cleared by servants, leaving only two snowmen.Naturally, the writing on the snowman was gone, and even the shape could no longer be distinguished. The new snow fell into two similar snowdrifts, leaning together.

Lou Huaiyu looked at it and suddenly felt very dazed.

He thought that the writing on the snowman was like the connection between him and Shi Jichang. It seemed that they were inseparable after getting up and eating, but in fact they were gone, so they were gone at all, and they couldn't be found anywhere.

After a few days, Lou Huaiyu no longer felt the strong sadness at the beginning, and also bit by bit the remaining hope in her heart.

It's just that I still can't figure it out and don't understand why a person like Shi Jichang would say that he doesn't keep his word, and he doesn't keep his word.

Lou Huaiyu walked slowly along the yard, happened to walk to the door, and met the mountain pass coming over.

After Lou Huaiyu fell ill, Shankou came every day, but he stayed very short every day, probably because he still couldn't catch Lan'er and Shi Jichang, so his face didn't look very good.

But today, Yamaguchi seemed to be in a better mood. He smiled at Lou Huaiyu as soon as he entered the door, and asked him how he was feeling.

Lou Huaiyu said it was okay, and went into the house together, and said a few words about the body, and then heard Yamaguchi say in high spirits that Watanabe Kawao was coming to Pingcheng too.

Lou Huaiyu had never heard of Watanabe Kawao, but judging from Yamaguchi's reaction, it should be some distinguished guest.

Yamaguchi pulled him to sit down on the bed: "I respect Mr. Watanabe very much. He is here and I want to give him the best reception."

Lou Huaiyu didn't know what to say, so he nodded.

Yamaguchi said again: "It's a long journey, maybe Mr. Watanabe won't arrive until the end of the month, but it's also just right, last time I wanted to ask you to sing an opera, but you were sick, why don't you come and sing again when Mr. Watanabe arrives at the end of next month."

Lou Huaiyu was stunned for a moment, he hadn't been thinking about this at all during this time, if it wasn't for Yamaguchi, he would have forgotten it.

"What?" Yamaguchi looked at his expression and smiled, "You don't want to sing? I was thinking of setting up a stage for you, finding a troupe, and wearing costumes."

Lou Huaiyu's heart was moved, and she hurriedly said, "Yes."

Yamaguchi smiled and stood up: "Okay, I'll just tell you, take good care of your body and practice hard."

Being able to perform on stage, Lou Huaiyu found a little new support, and his mood improved a little, and he was no longer so muddled.

He obediently ate good food for a few days, took medicine on time, gradually recovered from his illness, and began to practice exercises again.

Singing is not an easy thing.

Hanging one's voice, practicing facial expressions, practicing body posture, none of them are bad, it's all hard work.

Lou Huaiyu has been abandoned for almost two years, and it will take a lot of effort to pick it up quickly.He got up early every day, practiced in the yard and opened his voice, singing from early morning to dusk, and forced himself not to think about other things at all, which was not bad.

That night, he went to bed early tired, but he was still humming the part of Daiyu burying flowers softly in his heart.

Just as I was humming "Yangliu brings sorrow and peach blossoms contain hatred", I suddenly heard the sound of something hitting a stone in the yard.

Lou Huaiyu was stunned, staring at the door and slowly sat up straight.

It was a moonless night, it was very dark outside, and I couldn't see anything through the door, only the strong wind in Pingcheng was still blowing tirelessly, hitting the door.

Lou Huaiyu stared at it for a while, but didn't hear any other sounds.

But he still stood up in a strange way, walked out slowly, and touched the doorknob.

Lou Huaiyu didn't know what he was thinking, and he seemed to have emptied his mind, not thinking about anything, just mechanically wanting to open the door.

Then he opened the door, and the doorman stood straight, and Shi Jichang, who raised his hand, met each other.

Shi Jichang was still wearing the clothes that Lou Huaiyu bought for him, but he put on a dark coat and a hat. He looked more inconspicuous than the Shi Jichang who was at Lou Huaiyu's place every day.

Shi Jichang raised his hand and looked at Lou Huaiyu, moved his mouth, and put his hand down.

Neither of them spoke. Lou Huaiyu opened the door in the middle of the night and saw a person, but he was not frightened. He just felt that it was unrealistic. He stared at him for a long time, and couldn't help raising his hand, as if confirming whether it was a real person. He poked Shi Jichang's waist.

The waist is a real waist, with the heat of the skin, just as Lou Huaiyu touched it, Shi Jichang grabbed it.

Shi Jichang gently pushed them both into the room, and closed the door with one hand.

"Have you recovered?" Shi Jichang asked him.

It's only been about ten days, but Lou Huaiyu feels that he hasn't heard Shi Jichang's voice for a long time, which makes him feel very unreal.

Shi Jichang waited for a while, but before he got an answer, he stretched out his hand to touch his head.

Shi Jichang had just come out of the cold wind, but his hand was not too cold. When he touched Lou Huaiyu's forehead, there was body temperature and some moisture from nowhere.

Lou Huaiyu raised his head to look belatedly, his vision was mostly blocked by Shi Jichang's wrist, only his exposed jaw line was still as sharp as before.

Lou Huaiyu watched the jawline move slightly, and Shi Jichang said, "It's not hot anymore."

Before he had time to say anything, Shi Jichang had already pushed him further inside and pushed him back to the warm bed.

Probably because he was afraid that Lou Huaiyu would catch a cold again, Shi Jichang moved very quickly.It wasn't enough for him to push Lou Huaiyu back on the bed, he made people lie down, and even pulled the quilt over to cover him, so he backed away a little.

Lou Huaiyu snuggled into the quilt and was quickly surrounded by the remaining warmth, only showing her head, watching Ji Chang sit and pull up the small stool next to the washstand.

His series of movements were so easy that Lou Huaiyu was in a trance for a moment, as if Shi Jichang was still living with him and had never disappeared without saying goodbye. The confusion and sadness in the middle were just hallucinations. Ji Chang was still taking care of himself when he opened his eyes.

This is different from what Lou Huaiyu had expected. He thought that if we met again, let alone what would happen to Shi Jichang, he would at least rush up to beat him, scold him, ask him what happened, and spit at him bitterly. is.

But people really appeared, but Lou Huaiyu was only dull and sluggish.

"—Sorry." Shi Jichang broke the silence.

Lou Huaiyu still couldn't turn his head, and looked up blankly at the person.

He was going to sleep soon, so he only left a night light beside the bed, which was dim and yellowish, and could only illuminate a small area around the two of them. Half of Shi Jichang's face was also faintly visible, covered with A layer of light gold, giving the illusion of tenderness.