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"Hospital? Why is she in the hospital? Is she sick?" Qiao Zhi was taken aback by the thought that flashed through her mind, "SARS?!" She exclaimed.

Guo Qingshan nodded, and hurried back to make amends: "But she has recovered! Really! The nurse said that she was sent to the hospital in the third batch. The day I saw her, she was going through the discharge procedures."

Qiao Zhi got up and took two steps in panic, covered her mouth with her hands and stuck her cheeks, frowning, not knowing what she was thinking.

"I'll make a call." She sat down again.A voice in my head mocked her bitterly - that's your excuse!It's all an excuse!She couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a low voice: "Shut up!"

Guo Qingshan thought she was yelling at him, although he was a little dazed, but subconsciously tightened his mouth.

She had already memorized the number on the note, dialed it out quickly, held the phone in her right hand, leaned on the edge of the table with her left wrist, bent and opened and closed anxiously, and finally couldn't help it with the boring waiting sound Knocked up -

"Hey?"

His fingers froze.

There seemed to be an electric current rushing through her body, and she shivered.

"Hi, it's me." Qiao Zhi said calmly, but her brain had already started to buzz.The bitter and mean voice in his heart didn't stop for a moment, and he started to stir up trouble again, jumping up and down to mock her.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then he smiled softly: "Sister? Did you call me?"

"..."

Isn't this an obvious fact?

She tried her best to straighten her mind and told herself to calm down and ask the real thing first.

"How is your body now?" Qiao Zhi asked, while waiting, the fingers of his left hand began to tap on the table again.

The people on the phone may not know how ugly her face is now, and Guo Qingshan became tense after being driven by her, and even his breathing slowed down slightly.

Qiu Shui put down his pen, got up and tightened the fringed shawl on his shoulders, and walked to the window with a glass of water—summer in this city is coming, the days will start to lengthen slowly, the light will gradually become hot, the sweat and sunshine of fascination, The smell of midsummer...

"I'm fine." She took a sip of her saliva, and the warm water flowed down her throat to relieve the dryness, and she relaxed comfortably. "And you?"

The other party's voice was too tender and tender, completely beyond Qiao Zhi's expectations - she thought she would hate her.

"I'm just the same..." She paused slightly, "Are you in Beijing now? Can I go...Can we meet?"

"You want to see me?" There was surprise in Qiu Shui's voice.

Qiao Zhi didn't know if she was thinking too much, but when she heard her rhetorical question, she always felt that she was not really surprised.

Qiao Zhi suppressed all the redundant and complicated thoughts, and the only thing left in her heart was to see her.She sighed in defeat: "Yes, I want to see you. Can we meet? Any time, any place, you decide."

So what she likes most is summer, this is a season where miracles can happen, full of romance, bright, and hopeless love...

Qiu Shui returned to the table: "I can't do it now, I'm currently in retreat to catch up on the manuscript, and I'll talk about it in half a month."

The phone hangs up.

Qiao Zhi closed the phone, recalled the whole process in a daze, and felt that all this was as unreal as a dream.

Guo Qingshan looked at her face, and asked in a low voice: "Sister? What did Qiu Shui say on the phone?"

Qiao Zhi glanced at him: "Say she doesn't have time to see me." She stood up and was about to pay the bill and leave. After a pause, she turned around.Guo Qingshan caught her off guard, "What's wrong?"

"Do you think she did it on purpose?" Qiao Zhi asked suddenly, frowning slightly.

Guo Qingshan looked at the unconcealable smile at the corner of her mouth, and chose to remain silent carefully.

Qiao Zhi didn't really want to get any answer from him, so she turned around and went to pay the bill after asking.

Coming out of the restaurant near the hospital, Guo Qingshan asked, "Go straight home?"

Qiao Zhi said "Yes", the car started, and she slipped half a meter forward, she said casually, "Go back to Yushui Garden."

He slammed on the brakes and turned off the engine.

Qiao Zhi: "..."

Qiao Zhi's eyebrows twitched: "You took the driver's license test?"

"..." Guo Qingshan: "Well, aliens helped me take the exam."

Qiao Zhi: "..."

***

The house in Yushui Garden has been unoccupied for too long, and the ivy has covered the surroundings of the house, and the yard is overgrown with weeds, giving the whole house a sense of decay and dilapidation.

Guo Qingshan suggested: "Why don't you go back to Lido first? You can come back to live after I find someone to clean up this place?"

Qiao Zhi shook his head and refused, and while taking out his cell phone to make a call, he beckoned him to leave first.

……

The inside of the house didn't change much. After tearing off the dusty white cloths, the sleeping furniture reappeared, almost instantly evoking all her memories of this house.

The people from the housekeeping company came soon. The house needed to be tidied up thoroughly. She was politely invited out, and the professionals began to clear the place.

Standing in the yard, Qiao Zhi felt that the half day had passed like a dream. She couldn't help but wonder how she got here?She recalled one by one - first she arrived at the Beijing airport by plane, then went to the hospital with Qingshan, then they had a meal together, and then...the phone call.

Yes, phone.

What did they say on the phone?

Qiao Zhi recalled every sentence of their conversation bit by bit, every tone of the other party, including the mood when waiting for the call to be connected, she recalled it one by one, and then felt dissatisfied—whether the call was too short up?Have 5 minutes?Why did she hang up the phone in such a hurry?She didn't even say goodbye to her!

Qiao Zhi knew exactly what the uneasiness hidden under the dissatisfaction was. She restrained herself from thinking about it, but everything was messed up today. The more she restrained, the more she wanted to know, and she wanted to seek peace of mind selfishly.

The mobile phone was sweating from her grip, she subconsciously went to take out a cigarette in her bag, and suddenly remembered that Qiu Shui was infected with SARS.Maybe I should take this opportunity to quit smoking... Qiao Zhi was thinking wildly, and when he recovered, he had already dialed the phone.

"..."

Could there be another calling the shots inside her?

There was no mirror in front of her, so she couldn't see her affectation, or the faint mirth in her eyes.

The call is connected.

She could tell that the person on the phone was really surprised this time.

Qiao Zhi crossed her arms and quickly circled in the yard, feeling that every cell in her body was tense and roaring.She licked the skin of her lips, and said abruptly, "Have you eaten yet?"

Immediately, I wished I could stick my head into the lawn mower next to me and twist it—what kind of rotten beginning is this?

Her mind was completely confused, and she couldn't hear whether the person opposite was laughing, but she only heard Qiu Shui say, "I've eaten."

Silence, again silence.

Qiao Zhi completely regretted making this call, and angrily thought in her heart that it would be best to drop a meteorite from the sky right away. It doesn't matter if it doesn't hit her, she must smash the broken mobile phone in her hand.

"What's the matter with calling?"

"I..." Qiao Zhi sank down in despair, and kicked the ground with her toes. "I'm very worried about you. Even if you say you're fine, I can't rest assured. I want...to see you with my own eyes, I..." She had a premonition that she couldn't say any more, otherwise things would immediately get out of control in another direction.

The person on the phone was quiet for more than ten seconds, and his tone suddenly became cold: "I'm really fine. It's been half a month since I was discharged from the hospital, and my body is recovering very well." Wei paused, "If you're just worried about this, Then you can rest easy."

Qiao Zhi thought to herself, sure enough, this is the attitude she should have when they meet again after five years; at the same time, she quietly refuted every word she said with a little dissatisfaction.

"I'm hanging up the phone."

Qiao Zhi stared blankly at the ground, the black velvet high-heeled shoes swayed back and forth, and kicked the ground again.

"Aren't you saying goodbye?" Her voice was small.

"Goodbye." Qiu Shui said.

The phone hangs up.

Qiao Zhi still held the phone to her ear.

"Yeah." She nodded, staring at the dusty upper. "See you in half a month."

……

Qiao Zhi counted the days, and when half a month was up, she didn't dare to call anymore.She went up and down the two-storey house countless times, and she also imagined countless suspicious assumptions. The phone was turned on and off, and finally the battery ran out.She was also afraid that Qiu Shui would call suddenly, and while blaming herself, she hurriedly charged her phone.

And the other end--

Qiu Shui nestled in the wicker chair, with a dark brown blanket draped over her body, and the desk lamp by the table diffused a warm yellow light, covering her whole body tenderly.Her hair was tied loosely, with one or two strands hanging down her cheeks, gently rippling in the wind, as if reflecting the frailty and delicateness of her heart.

She had a copy of "Wuthering Heights" spread out in her arms, her fingers slightly pressed the pages of the book, but her eyes were not on it.

The window was open, and the coffee on the table was completely cold.

She lives on the second floor, which is not high. Looking out from the window, she can see the dim street lamps outside and the leaves of sycamore trees stained with lights and shining brightly.

A quarter past eight, the cell phone quietly placed on the table suddenly rang loudly. She seemed to be disturbed, her eyelids trembled, and she reached out to pick it up——

……

Qiu Shui arranged the meeting place for the two at the hotel. The hotel's address was still a little away from Qiao Zhi's location. She rushed all the way there, but she still lost a lot of time when she encountered a traffic jam on the road.

It was almost 09:30 when we arrived at the hotel.

Qiao Zhi got into the elevator and pressed the sixteenth floor, her heart was beating bluntly and rapidly, and her mind was completely blank.

Soon, I arrived on the sixteenth floor, and found the room number that Qiushui told her along the way. She stood at the door, thinking about the upcoming reunion, took a deep breath, and then found that the door was unlocked.

She opened the door and walked in. The first thing she saw was a pair of white sneakers lying on the ground. Looking at the state, it was obvious that they were kicked off eagerly.

Then she saw the man lying on the bed.

Qiu Shui was lying on the bed with all his clothes and pants on, and his long hair was loose to cover his face, with only a little eyebrow and eyes showing.

She seemed to be so tired that she fell asleep, so tired that she only had time to take off her shoes.

It seems that this is the reason why she made an appointment with me at the hotel... In the past half a month, she probably hasn't slept well.

Qiao Zhi put down her bag, turned around and closed the door gently, then walked to the bed and lifted the other half of the quilt that was not under her pressure, walked around to her side, took off her shoes, knelt on the bed, and wanted to hug her up, But I found that her face-down posture was really difficult to do.

Qiao Zhi put her hips on the bed and looked at the person who had fallen asleep on the bed, laughed silently for a while, then slowly turned her over little by little, and rolled her into her arms.Then, with some force, he lifted her slightly away from the bed, and put her on the side where the quilt was lifted.

Fortunately, Qiu Shui has always been thin, otherwise this would be an impossible task.

She was about to pull out her hand, but as soon as she moved, the person in her arms suddenly opened her eyes, Qiao Zhi was so frightened that her heart suffocated, and she almost passed out on the spot.

Qiao Zhi thought he had woken her up, but the two of them looked at each other for a while and realized that was not the case.Qiu Shui's eyes were open, but he was not awake, he was in a daze.

Qiao Zhi didn't dare to move anymore, slowly moved out her half-drawn left hand, and then lay down beside her, with her right hand still resting on the back of her neck, and her left hand took the quilt to cover the two of them, coaxing her softly : "Hey, close your eyes and sleep well, be obedient."

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