Wen Xia stood outside and watched for a long time. He couldn't explain why such a plain scene would be so attractive to him. He felt like he was watching a silent movie. The small square glass window was the screen. Inside was Lin Fengqi's life, and outside was him watching coldly.
He couldn't go in, and the people inside couldn't get out.
Until Ye Shixue noticed him and looked over in confusion. Wen Xia was like a thief who was caught. He turned around and ran away.
He couldn't sleep for some reason that night. His mind was full of the small silent movie he watched outside the ward and the rumors about Lin Fengqi's family background in the school. He felt a little sad, but not completely sad. When he
met Lin Fengqi in school the next day, he went up to say hello to him, but he still got Lin Fengqi's distant and cold attitude. After school that afternoon, for some unknown reason, Wen Xia did not go home directly, but went to the hospital.
If it had been according to yesterday's schedule, Lin Fengqi would have gone home first, and then brought food to the hospital.
Wen Xia still looked outside the ward carefully this time. He saw Ye Shixue leaning on the bed, holding a book in her hand, exuding a gentle and warm breath. He
was thinking at the time, why is it that Lin Fengqi is so cold and hard when his mother is so gentle, which is really puzzling.
Just as he was thinking about it, Ye Shixue raised her eyes. Wen Xia was startled, retracted his neck and was about to run.
"Wait a minute!" The woman hurriedly called him.
Wen Xia stopped and turned around slowly.
Ye Shixue's eyes were gentle: "Come in."
He pushed the door open and walked in. Ye Shixue looked at him with a little curiosity and asked: "This school uniform... Are you also a student of Ninghai Middle School? Are you Ah Qi's classmate?"
"I... No," Wen Xia stuttered, "We are in the same school and grade, but in different classes."
"Yesterday, were you..." Ye Shixue pointed outside the door.
Wen Xia scratched his face and nodded awkwardly.
Fearing that she would misunderstand, Wen Xia hurriedly explained that he also came to see a doctor yesterday, and it was purely an accident that he met Lin Fengqi.
Ye Shixue's point was: "See a doctor? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Wen Xia waved her hand: "It's okay, Auntie, I just have a fever. The fever subsided after the IV yesterday."
The woman nodded and looked a little more relaxed.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"Wen Xia," seeing that Ye Shixue didn't seem to be angry, Wen Xia spoke more openly, "My father's surname is Wen, and my mother's surname is Xia."
Ye Shixue smiled: "It's a nice name."
She hesitated, closed the book in her hand, and asked Wen Xia: "How is Aqi... doing at school?"
Wen Xia was stunned.
Ye Shixue said: "He never tells us about school, and I don't know if he is happy or unhappy at school. Sometimes when I ask him, he only says everything is fine... It's all my fault. If it weren't for my health, he wouldn't have come to the hospital to accompany me every day after school, and couldn't even go out with his classmates on weekends..."
There are two elderly people at home who are also in poor health. Father Lin works during the day, and after work, he has to take care of the elderly first, and then comes to his wife's place to stay overnight after the elderly have finished their work, and then goes home to rest.
Wen Xia thought for a moment and began to brag: "He... is really good in school! Auntie, you don't know, he is a popular star in our school, and the teachers like him very much."
Ye Shixue: "Really?"
Wen Xia nodded heavily: "Really!"
As he said that, he dragged a stool over - the high-legged plastic stool where Lin Fengqi sat to do his homework yesterday. He sat beside Ye Shixue's bed and described Lin Fengqi's campus life to her in vivid detail, although most of the time he used his own events as a name.
Ye Shixue listened with great interest and was often amused by his words.
Wen Xia looked at the time and felt that it was almost time to retreat, so she hurriedly said, "Auntie, I should go. My dad will quarrel with me if I get home late."
"Okay, let's go back soon."
"Um... Auntie, can you not tell Lin Fengqi that I was here?" Wen Xia added, "Let's just keep it a secret between us. I'll be Lin Fengqi's campus scout for you, how about that?"
Ye Shixue nodded with a smile, looked at him for two seconds, and said softly, "Xiaoxia, thank you today. No one has chatted with me like this for a long time."
Wen Xia glanced at the half-read book that she had closed and put aside, and said, "Auntie, what other books do you like to read? I'll bring it to you next time."
Ye Shixue was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "No need. Come whenever you want. Auntie will keep it a secret for you." She blinked slyly as she spoke.
From then on, Wen Xia often went to the hospital to visit Ye Shixue. He didn't stay long each time because he went when Lin Fengqi was not at home. He told Ye Shixue how outstanding Lin Fengqi was in school and how popular he was... Just like Lin Fengqi would not tell his parents, he also kept silent about the insults and ridicules that Lin Fengqi suffered in school.
Later, he learned that Ye Shixue liked lilies, so he would bring a bunch of them when he went to the hospital.
Wen Xia never met Ye Shixue again until she was discharged from the hospital.
"Xiao Xia, you are a good boy..." Ye Shixue looked at him, her eyes slightly red, "Please take care of Ah Qi. He doesn't like to talk and likes to keep everything to himself. If he makes you unhappy, just scold him directly. Don't be polite to him. He deserves to be scolded..."
Wen Xia held her hand: "I can't say it, Mom. You have to do this, so..."
So you must get better.
Looking at the fine lines at the corners of Ye Shixue's eyes and her haggard and pale face, Wen Xia felt that these words seemed to be a kind of treachery to her.
Ye Shixue smiled comfortingly and said nothing.
When they left the hospital, it was completely dark.
Birth, aging, illness and death are staged in the hospital every day. Separation and death can be seen everywhere in these white buildings. Perhaps influenced by this, when they came out of the hospital, a faint sadness lingered around them.
After getting in the car, Wen Xia was the first to jump out of this mood: "Financier, do you think my performance today is okay?"
Lin Fengqi paused and nodded: "Yeah."
"When is the next time?"
Lin Fengqi thought for two seconds and said: "Anytime."
Okay.
We have missed the rush hour, and the car sped past on the road. The way home is smoother than the way here.
However, the moment he opened the door, Lin Fengqi suddenly stood at the door and didn't move.
Wen Xia: "Come in, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Fengqi turned his head to look at him, slightly turned sideways, and motioned him to look inside.
Wen Xia took a strange look and was immediately dumbfounded.
The living room was in a mess. The vase that was standing intact on the TV cabinet yesterday was now lying on the ground in pieces. The water inside had flowed all over the floor and had dried up, leaving only a circle of light water stains on the floor; the paper towels that were originally on the coffee table also fell to the ground, and white debris flew from the living room to the kitchen, not to mention that there were various other decorations rolling all over the floor...
It was like being robbed.
"This... what's going on?" Wen Xia was speechless.
Lin Fengqi was silent, obviously this was beyond his expectations.
The two stood at the door for about ten seconds before a dark figure slowly came out of the kitchen. Seeing Lin Fengqi, he whimpered in grievance.
Lin Fengqi squatted down, and Ah Moo dived into his arms like a bullied young wife.
Wen Xia had just changed his shoes and entered the house when he heard a babyish "meow" coming from the living room. Wen Da'e jumped off the sofa, ran over in small steps, and rubbed against his legs, like a coquettish daddy's cat. Hearing the cat's
cry, Ah Moo burrowed deeper into Lin Fengqi's arms, burying his entire dog head in it, and whimpered even louder.
"..."
He looked towards his bedroom, the door was open. He
glanced at Lin Fengqi again, and Lin Fengqi was also looking at him.
Both of them understood what happened in this room from each other's eyes.
Wen Xia picked up the meowing Wen Da'e and locked him up in the bedroom. While sweeping away the broken glass on the floor, he said, "My Wen Da'e has no other advantages, except that he is smart... he can open the door by himself. I will lock the bedroom when I go out tomorrow."
Lin Fengqi was waiting for him to finish sweeping the floor with a mop in his hand, and said, "No need."
Wen Xia turned his head and glanced at him.
Lin Fengqi: "You have to get familiar with it."
Wen Xia was also reluctant to lock Wen Da'e in the room. He thought that his Da'e was a free little cat when he was at home, but there was no way. People had to bow their heads under the eaves, not to mention that he was the one who was at fault this time...
"Where's Moo? Is he hurt?" Wen Xia asked.
"No."
"Oh, that's good," he glanced at the things swept into the dustpan and cleared his throat, "Um, these broken things... just deduct them from my salary."
Two hundred thousand, no problem, generous!
"These things are worthless." Lin Fengqi said.
"Okay."
Deduct them if you want, it's best not to deduct them.
After cleaning up the mess, Lin Fengqi sat on the sofa and replayed the surveillance. Wen Xia went over to take a look.
The incident happened when Wen Xia got off work and received a call from Lin Fengqi. The surveillance in the living room could not capture the room, and could only see Wen Da Pigeon walking from the corridor to the living room with an elegant cat step, sniffing as he walked, getting familiar with the environment. Ah Moo, who was lying on the sofa, found it and turned over, startling Wen Da'e. Da'e jumped back and was furious.
The cat and the dog confronted each other for about five seconds. Wen Da'e suddenly rushed to the sofa at lightning speed. Ah Moo turned into a frightened dog and ran away.
From the living room to the kitchen, from the kitchen to the bathroom, and from the bathroom back to the living room, the cat and the dog knocked over one thing after another while running, leaving a heavy mark in the surveillance video.
It ran, it chased, and they couldn't fly away.
Lin Fengqi paused the surveillance video.
The two fell into a long silence.
Wen Xia: "There's no rush for this. The child is grown up and has his own ideas."
Lin Fengqi: "..."
Lin Fengqi stood up and went back to his room. When he came out, he handed Wen Xia a little yellow duck.
Wen Xia: "?"
Lin Fengqi: "Moo's toy, you take it to..."
Wen Xia: "Wen Da'e."
Lin Fengqi nodded: "Let's start
with the smell." Small animals' perception of the territory is nothing more than smell. Wen Xia agreed to his proposal, took the little yellow duck, and took out a weathered cat toy from Wen Da'e's luggage and handed it to Lin Fengqi.
They were like a pair of in-laws, holding a grand ceremony to hand over the betrothal gifts and dowries for their children's marriage.
Wen Xia was infected by this and couldn't help saying: "My family's is the father-in-law."
Lin Fengqi: "...same."
Damn.
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