night fire

25

Zhao Qiyan just bought hot black tea from the convenience store in the hospital building, and before he could lift the lid and take a sip, the phone rang in his hand.

He connected, but there was no sound.

The person on the opposite side didn't seem to be the one who made the wrong call. He didn't hang up, but just kept silent. Zhao Qiyan could even hear some disordered breathing on the other end.

For some reason, it reminded him of someone he didn't know very well.

He glanced at the place where the number belonged - Q City.

Apart from his classmates and a few colleagues in the bar, there is also Wu Yong. There, he should have no other acquaintances.

"Lu Xiujin." He said calmly.

The light sign outside the convenience store was dazzlingly bright. He sat down on the bench outside the glass window and lifted the lid of the black tea with one hand. The curling heat suddenly rose, blurring his soft face under the light.

Lu Xiujin was at a loss for a moment, but he felt that this was the right thing - Zhao Qiyan had no reason not to recognize him.He had searched his brains for many excuses, many decent words, and wanted to start a small chat, but the moment he heard Zhao Qiyan call his name, he forgot everything, and blurted out, "...Why haven't you come back yet?"

"..."

The short silence on the other end of the phone greeted him with a dull blow, and he was a little out of breath.

Zhao Qiyan took a sip of tea, let the bitterness linger on the tip of his tongue for a long time, and then said, "... probably in a few days."

Lu Xiujin didn't expect that Zhao Qiyan could really return to him, so he lost his composure for a moment, and said in a panic: "Uh, then do you take the train or the bus when you come back, won't that part-time job at the bar drive you away? Does the school want me to help you ask for leave? You go away It's been so long...you, how is your family..."

The nonsensical question stopped abruptly at a certain syllable.

He was thinking of talking more with Zhao Qiyan to get closer, and after asking a lot of questions on his own, he realized that the person on the other end of the phone didn't say a word.

The silence on the other end of the phone was disconcerting.

So he laughed to hide his embarrassment: "I'm not bored, check your account to harass you..."

In the end, I felt so stupid—always like this, but I don’t know when it started to become like this.

"Lu Xiujin..." Zhao Qiyan whispered.

"I know, I won't talk too much..." Lu Xiujin interrupted him, and laughed at himself: "...I don't know what's going on, it seems that I can't do things with ease since I met you..."

"Lu Xiujin." Zhao Qiyan's voice became louder.

Lu Xiujin was stunned, and subconsciously replied, "Huh?"

"I took the bullet train when I came back. I took a leave of absence from work at the bar, and I will always go there after that. The school was on holiday for the recent school celebration. I asked the counselor directly, so don't worry. As for the family..." He breathed After talking a lot, his cheeks became a little red, "...The family is fine, there is nothing terrible."

He lowered his head and looked at the slight ripples of the light red tea in the paper cup.

"Everything is fine, nothing to worry about."

When Lu Xiuyan came down the stairs carrying the milk, she saw Lu Xiujin on the sofa holding the phone with a dull expression.

"Stupid?" She forced the milk cup into Lu Xiujin's hand, and pulled the phone out of his hand.

Lu Xiujin took a sip of milk in a daze, the milk froth stuck to his lips without feeling it, just like a comic painting.

The warm sweet milk brought him back to his senses a little.

He turned his head to look at his elder sister a little dullly, and asked, "Sister, you said that if a person suddenly stopped being mean to you, he would still be willing to talk to you...Then, does that mean..."

"what?"

"... Could it be because the sky is raining red?"

Lu Xiujin looked dazed: "Or is it that the end of the world is finally not late?"

Lu Xiuyan frowned, "What stupid things are you talking about?"

Zhao Xiujin frowned, patted his thigh, and sat up abruptly.

"...Sister, I have to go out for a while."

"..."

"sister!"

"Do you have a fever?"

Putting a hand on Lu Xiujin's forehead, Lu Xiuyan asked.

"Oh, sister..." Lu Xiujin wanted to take her hand off, but he was slapped, and the back of his hand turned red.

"Since you don't have a fever..." Lu Xiuyan raised her eyebrows, retracted her palms, and said slowly, "Then how dare you say that you are going out during the period when I forbid you to go out?"

"?!..."

Lu Xiujin, who was forcibly driven back to the room, began to wonder—why did the shivering temperament of his old sister get stronger and stronger?

So he has been trained to be a covert shaker?

No wonder Zhao Qiyan gets a little excited when he thinks that he can step on him in high heels!

No, no, isn't he a pervert?

Just when he fell into cranky thoughts, his cronies and dog friends just called.They seemed to be all together, and several people were talking loudly at the same time.

Friend A: "Young Master Lu, did your sister let you out?"

Friend B: "A batch of good leaves came, can you fly?"

Friend C: "The car you saw last time can be picked up, I'll drive it for you!"

Lu Xiujin went over to the bed, in the shape of a big character, looking at the ceiling.

Friend A: "Young Master Lu, are you asleep?"

Friend B: "Did you take a shower?"

Friend C: "Do you want to ask some girls to climb your villa?"

The person lying on the bed turned over in a jerk.

"you're right!"

My friend ABC asked at the same time: "Drag racing/□□/Looking for a girl?"

"No," Zhao Qiyan walked to the balcony with his mobile phone, pulled open the curtains with a bang, leaned against the window and looked at the moonlit courtyard outside, showing a comfortable smile, "I'm looking for a girl."

"Look for Miss Zhao."

[Lu Shao think tank (group member 3)]

Group leader A: Who is Miss Zhao?New horse?Who introduced you?

Administrator B: I don’t know, maybe we met on the Internet?Online dating?

Group member C: I have a bold idea...

Group owner A: Online dating is not enough, is it?What kind of delicacies, Mr. Lu, would be addicted to Internet fast food if he hadn't eaten it?

Administrator B: That may be the old lover from before, please check your notebook!

Group member C: Do you think we also know the 'Miss Zhao' mentioned by Young Master Lu...

Group owner A: Why do I have that kind of thing and you think I'm a pimp?

Administrator B: I don't think you have a good memory...

Group member C: Do you think Mr. Lu is talking about Zhao Qiyan?

Group owner A: ...

Admin B: ...

"Group member C has been banned by the administrator for two hours"

Group member C:? ? ? (already banned)

Group leader A: Talking nonsense all day long, tsk.

Admin B: I'm scared to death, let's kick him.

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