Can't hide

The air in the cabin was a bit stuffy, and there was still a lot of residual smell mixed with food and bags. Jiang Sui couldn't stand it after sitting in it for a few minutes, and returned to the deck. Duan Zhuo followed him out like a tail, together with Jiang Sui Lie side by side on the fence.

The wind and waves on the sea are calm, and the sea level in the distance is like a giant mirror, reflecting the clear blue sky. The whole sea area is extremely quiet, only the roar of the ship engine can be heard, which makes Jiang Sui have an illusion, as if this world They were the only boat left.

Standing next to them was a very young couple. The boy gently put his arms around the girl's waist and brushed a piece of broken hair behind her ears.

On a whim, the girl turned around and asked, "If I hit an iceberg suddenly, would you save me?"

The boy replied without hesitation: "Our side is in the south. The lowest temperature in winter is about five degrees Celsius. There is no possibility of icebergs."

The girl was disappointed, she gave him a helpless look, and lay down again.

Jiang Sui turned his head to look at Duan Zhuo, wanting to ask if there is no winter here, but was surprised to hear Duan Zhuo say, "Don't worry, I will save you."

The corners of his mouth were raised slightly, as if joking, but his eyes were extremely firm. Jiang Sui was confused for a moment, and replied "Thank you" faster with his mouth than his head. After finishing speaking, he wished he could bite off his tongue immediately.

It's crazy, why should I say thank you...

But Duan Zhuo raised his eyebrows, as if no matter what kind of response Jiang Sui had, he would not be disappointed. He just wanted to take this opportunity to express his love implicitly.

If it wasn't for accidentally breaking Duan Zhuo's mind, Jiang Sui probably wouldn't think about it in his life.

Duan Zhuo's innocence and unreservedness made Jiang Sui feel complicated again. When he got off the boat, he walked fast, mixed into an elderly tourist group, and escaped from Duan Zhuo's gaze and the hand that tried to hold him.

The failure of holding hands these two times did not arouse Duan Zhuo's vigilance.After returning to school, he was still the same as before. He would find out all kinds of reasons to pass by the ice rink at the right time, and bring some food to Jiang Sui.

He knew that Jiang Sui liked to eat marinated eggs, but he didn't like egg yolks, so every time he would greet the cashier sister in the supermarket on WeChat and ask her to keep two half-boiled soft-boiled eggs.

In the early morning, after hearing Jiang Sui's alarm clock ringing, Duan Zhuo would immediately wake up, change clothes and get out of bed, brush his teeth and wash his face with Jiang Sui.If he was lucky, Cheng Ziyao didn't come in to make trouble this morning, then he would be in a good mood for the whole day.

The only thing that made him feel a little abnormal was Sunday night, when Jiang Sui practiced later than usual that day, Duan Zhuo sat on the bench outside the training hall and waited for him.

Several classmates who often practiced at the ice rink knew him, and asked him if he wanted to go in and wait. Duan Zhuo was afraid of disturbing Jiang's training with them, so he shook his head and stayed outside.

Across a door, listening to the rustling sound of blades slicing across the ice is quite healing.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, he saw Jiang Sui coming out from a door at the end of the corridor, rubbing his lower back with his right hand, and Cheng Ziyao was carrying two luggage bags by himself, while helping Jiang Sui rub his hips.

Taking a closer look, Jiang Sui had put gauze on the position of the mandible, and there was blood oozing out, which was particularly conspicuous.

Duan Zhuo sensed something was wrong, hurriedly got up and went to ask what happened.

Cheng Ziyao said angrily: "The person who did the ice maintenance didn't come today. The coach asked us to lay the ice by ourselves. Basically, we lay it once after a round of skating. But Zhang Jie went back after skating by himself without telling us. There was a big corner and a seam was not filled, and when brother Sui slipped, he flew out and fell to the ground."

Just hearing a few descriptions, Duan Zhuo was already so distressed that he was about to suffocate, and he wished he could bear it instead of him.

"Where did you hit? Have you seen a doctor?"

Jiang Sui put a hand on Cheng Ziyao's shoulder and took a deep breath.The ice was hard, and he slipped at the speed of sprinting. Once his hip bones were stretched, he felt very sore, so he could only walk slowly.

"You don't need to look at it. I'm wearing a thicker protective suit. I didn't hurt my bones. I just got a little bit of skin on my chin. I don't know if it will leave a scar."

Cheng Ziyao clicked his tongue twice, and said regretfully, "It's a pity to leave a scar, and a good face is ruined like this, Zhang Jie has to be responsible."

Jiang Sui lightly touched the place where the gauze was attached, his face was ugly, Duan Zhuo hurriedly said: "It's just that if you scratch it, it's not easy to leave a scar, and even if you leave a scar, it won't have any effect, it's still pretty."

These words sound consoling to outsiders, but Duan Zhuo really thinks so, even if Jiang Sui is burned and his face is disfigured, he is still the same Jiang Sui, and his love for him will not be reduced by half.

Jiang Sui looked at him, but didn't speak. Duan Zhuo noticed that his other hand had been supporting his lower back. He suspected that his old problem had happened again, so he subconsciously reached out to help him rub it, but Jiang Sui resisted it with his arm. He stopped and said, "I'm covered in sweat, and I didn't take a shower."

Duan Zhuo said without hesitation that it was all right, Jiang Sui limped, and forced himself to dodge to the side, avoided him, got involved in other topics, and asked Cheng Ziyao not to help him.

Vaguely, Duan Zhuo felt that something was wrong with Jiang Sui, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, and finally blamed everything on him for falling, feeling depressed.

On the day he left the island, Duan Zhuo left 2000 yuan for Duan Zhihong. He estimated that he could use it for a month, because the food and drink on the island were much cheaper than in Nancheng, and the water, electricity and coal at home were sufficient, but unexpectedly, it only took more than two weeks. , Duan Zhuo received a call from his father, saying that the money was gone, and he wanted to borrow two thousand first.

"I will pay you back when my salary is paid." Duan Zhihong said sincerely and confidently on the phone.

Duan Zhuo was stunned for a moment, with surprise on his face: "Have you found a job? Where is it? What do you do?"

"Helping people unload goods in the factory, deliver goods, and take inventory, about a hundred yuan a day." Duan Zhihong described the key points in just a few words.

To be honest, if he can find a job and return to the right path, the heart that Duan Zhuo has been holding on all the time has been relieved. Let alone 2000 yuan, even if it is 2 yuan, he thinks it is worth it.

"Then you report the card number to me, and I will call you later."

After speaking, he drew a pen from the pen holder and wrote down a series of numbers.

Jiang Sui listened and asked, "Is your father not enough money?"

"Well," Duan Zhuo clicked into the software, "but he found a job, and he should return it to me soon."

Jiang Sui nodded: "Then you still plan to take him over?"

"I still have to pick him up. I'm worried about leaving him alone on the island. If something happens here, at least I can take care of it."

In fact, it is not difficult to understand why Duan Zhuo is so persistent in taking over people. Duan Zhihong was imprisoned for drug trafficking in the past, but anyone who has seen some promotional videos knows that drug addiction is harder than sex addiction. It is hard to guarantee whether Duan Zhihong will touch drugs again in the future.

"If you need help, tell me." Jiang Sui said.

Duan Zhuo gestured "OK" to him.

This time, the balance on Duan Zhuo’s card is only three digits. According to the most frugal way of eating, it can last for about a month. There is a national championship game in the middle, and Wang Ye has already submitted the list. Yes, Duan Zhuo signed up for three projects this time, but as for whether he can get the bonus, no one can say for sure.

After the lights were turned off that night, Duan Zhuo was still looking for part-time jobs online, and even asked Lin Jiawen with a cheeky face.

The senior sister is quite good at making money. Hearing that he has good English scores, she introduced him to a translation job for a publishing house the next day.

This job is within Duan Zhuo's ability, but it takes a lot of time and energy. The same sentence can be translated literally or expressed in a very beautiful way, and he personally prefers the latter .

Regardless of whether it is a job he likes from the bottom of his heart, as long as he takes over, he always wants to do things as best as possible.

Perhaps the publishing company also noticed this and entrusted him with more translation work. Duan Zhuo was not allowed to bring the documents to the classroom. Even when he was washing in the bathroom, he was thinking about how to translate a certain sentence more artistically. .

This part-time job almost squeezed out all his entertainment time. He put his mobile phone in a waterproof bag and brought it into the swimming pool, and took it out to translate a few words during his break time.

After turning off the lights at night, he took the tablet to bed, covered himself with a quilt, and continued working in the dark environment until he accidentally fell asleep.

Although this kind of life is difficult, it doesn't make Duan Zhuo feel bored or unwilling, because he thinks that this kind of life will eventually come to an end, and he can take it easy when he saves enough money.

He was very busy every day, but an incident happened just before the game, which disrupted his rhythm.

Early that morning, Duan Zhuo ran with Jiang on campus as usual, and walked all the way to the cafeteria after the end.

It was still daylight, and there were not many people in the cafeteria. Foods such as poached eggs were prepared by the chef. Jiang Sui raised a mouthful with his aunt, and the aunt yelled inside, and the chef really made two for him alone. The soft-boiled poached eggs spoiled Jiang Suile, saying "a good man will live a safe life" every bite.

In addition, Jiang Sui ordered seafood porridge and noodles, and because he was too lazy to walk another way, he directly put poached eggs into the noodles.

The temperature of the noodles just out of the pot is high. After putting the eggs in, it is equivalent to continuing to heat up. When Jiang Sui finally bit into the poached eggs, he found that the egg yolk inside had congealed into a dry piece.

"Damn..." He glanced at the egg in his hand, with a distressed expression on his face, "How could this be?"

"Who told you not to eat it first?" Cheng Ziyao shaved his teeth and said in a neutral tone, "Haven't you heard a saying that good things should be eaten first, or they will go bad Lose."

"But it's too fast." Jiang Sui gnawed off the sides of the poached egg, leaving only a bite of the yolk, and began to gnaw on another one.

Duan Zhuo took a sip of gruel and looked up at him.

According to the usual practice, whenever Jiang Sui encounters something he doesn't like, he will put it in his bowl, because he is the only one who doesn't pick anything. This is an unspoken tacit understanding.

But today, Duan Zhuo watched him finish eating two poached eggs, but tried to push the yolk to Cheng Ziyao to eat.

Cheng Ziyao quit, protecting his job and yelling: "I don't like to eat this either, if you give it to Ah Zhuo, he will like to eat your leftovers..."

Cheng Ziyao's last sentence was of course a joke, but when Jiang Sui heard it, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

For such a long time, he has been accepting and enjoying Duan Zhuo's special care for him, but he has never thought about why there is such a special care.

Who would naturally like to eat egg yolks left by others...

Such a blatant preference, he actually completely ignored it.

The person sitting opposite pushed the porridge bowl forward, the meaning was obvious, but Jiang Sui stuffed the egg yolks into his mouth, chewed them quickly, and barely swallowed them with two mouthfuls of noodle soup.

After a long time, he raised his head, but he still met Duan Zhuo's eyes, as if he had just experienced something incredible, his eyes were stunned, and there was a bit of disappointment that couldn't be concealed.

Jiang Sui suddenly felt a pain in his heart and weakness.

He didn't understand why it became like this, it seemed that no matter whether he chose to avoid or maintain the original mode of getting along, he would inevitably cause harm to Duan Zhuo.

The situation was a bit embarrassing, even Cheng Ziyao felt this, looked at Duan Zhuo, then at Jiang Sui, and asked, "Why didn't you give Ah Zhuo something to eat?"

Duan Zhuo frowned, and his heart immediately became flustered. He looked into Jiang Sui's eyes, hoping to get a reasonable explanation, or a comfort, to let him know that he was thinking too much. What abnormal alert.

But Jiang Sui just ended the topic with a very far-fetched statement like "I haven't eaten for too long and want to taste it", and then turned to Cheng Ziyao and said, "You can go out with me to buy a pair of sneakers later, my pair is a little glued. gone."

Duan Zhuo couldn't hear what Cheng Ziyao said next, his mind was blank, his breathing was out of rhythm, and he quickly lowered his head.

The dodge and avoidance of Jiang Sui's eyes made him almost affirm his inference just now.

He stared at the bowl in front of him that was pushed out, then stretched out his hand, and slowly retracted it, together with the eager heart.