go home
…
"gentlemen?"
Yu Xia finally saw clearly what was in front of him.
The doctor looked at him and said unhappily, "You are being a little rude."
Yu Xia pulled herself out of her thoughts and nodded, "I'm sorry, I have something else to do and need to leave."
The doctor looked at him and nodded. "Remember to bring your medical records to your first attending physician. We will keep in touch."
Yu Xia was waiting for the bus with a black schoolbag slung over one shoulder.
His classmate said he would pick him up on the way.
A black Mercedes stopped in front of him.
Yu Xia took off his coat and put it on his arm, then opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat.
"Fish~Did the follow-up visit go well?"
Seeing Yu Xia's indifferent expression, a yellow curly-haired boy, who was used to speaking, broke the silence.
Louis knew that his friend just didn't like to speak much. He not only talked but also talked back at people.
"Um."
It's just weird today.
"What's wrong?"
"I," Yu Xia waited for Louis to pass a red light before opening his phone and then said, "I might need to go back home."
Louis took the time to glance at Yu Xia's expression in surprise, "Go home? Which home?"
"China."
Louis didn't know how to respond again.
In the past, Yu Xia always froze him with ice chips on his face, but now he can actually freeze Yu Xia too.
It's just a different method.
He turned on his left signal and finally replied, "How long have you been away?"
"I... five years."
"I need to talk to the professor about the graduation certificates being issued tomorrow. I really want to see his expression. He really likes you."
Yu Xia cursed with a laugh.
He then seemed to fall asleep, lying motionless on the seat. Louis couldn't see from his angle, and didn't dare disturb Yu Xia's rest.
Yu Xia actually didn't sleep.
He had no idea how to get back.
He seemed to have been here too long, so he didn't respond when I said "go home".
Going home to meet someone.
Yu Xia's heart seemed to be scratched.
"Fish! Don't sleep! We're home." Louis gently patted Yu Xia's coat. "You're not asleep? What's wrong? Something's bothering you? It's rare to see you like that. Wouldn't it be nice to be home? Your mom's not in the country, so you'd be free..."
"Louis."
"hold head high?"
Yu Xia slapped back the hand he extended.
"Have you ever been in love?"
Louis's eyes suddenly became magical, and he looked at Yu Xia suspiciously. "Have you been invaded?"
"Are you looking for death?"
Louis snorted, and his eyes finally returned to normal as he looked at Yu Xia. "I was just wondering, are you going to have a relationship when you go back? You scared me to death."
Yu Xia didn't smile, his expression remained indifferent.
Louis seemed to be used to his lack of emotion. He looked at Yu Xia and patted him like a good friend. "You'll take a good look when you get home. You haven't been home for a long time."
Go home, Yu Xia thought, has it been a long time?
…
The Mercedes-Benz drove up to Yu Xia's small single-family house.
Louis said hello and left.
Yu Xia simply cleared the room to make room for people to stand. He had been reviewing his professional books for a while and the whole floor was covered with them.
After turning on the phone, Yu Xia stared at the screen in a daze.
Suddenly there was a vibration.
Yu Xia lowered his head, unlocked his phone, and checked the message. It was from one of his senior classmates. Because she was also Chinese and was very considerate of Yu Xia in every way, Yu Xia added her.
Zhao Siyu: Yu Xia, are you going back to China?
×: Yeah.
Zhao Siyu: What time do you have? Let me see if I’m free.
Zhao Siyu: By the way, have you told the professor?
×: Not yet. I’ll tell you later.
×: You want to go back too?
Yu Xia walked to the living room to pour water while looking at her phone.
Zhao Siyu: I'm going back after you get your diplomas. Aren't there a few of your classmates who are going back too?
Yu Xia thought about it and it seemed to be the case.
×: I don’t want to go with you. I have something else to do.
Zhao Siyu: What can you do? Isn't it just quitting your job, checking out of your room, and arguing with the professor?
×: …
Yu Xia: “…”
He wants to curse now.
Zhao Siyu probably had enough fun, and only started to try to keep Yu Xia when she saw that he didn't reply to her message.
Zhao Siyu: They are all friends and classmates, so we can just go home together if we are on the way home.
Zhao Siyu: I haven’t been home for a year. I was supposed to be a teaching assistant, but my mom forced me to go on a blind date.
Zhao Siyu: [crying and crying]
x: Okay, you guys decide the time, I’m fine with anything.
Better late...
Zhao Siyu: Okay, the day after tomorrow.
×: …OK.
…
Yu Xia grabbed two short-sleeved shirts and threw them into the suitcase.
He had a terrible headache, and was dragged by Louis and several classmates from his professional courses to drink some wine. After coming back, he took a shower with tenacious willpower and fell asleep.
Yu Xia's alcohol tolerance hadn't improved since high school, and his mind was full of thoughts of returning home, so he didn't even know how many glasses he had drunk.
I remember that even after he turned it down, some people still asked him to return to China.
I really don't remember whether I agreed to it or not.
After one suitcase was roughly filled with things, Yu Xia packed the daily necessities separately in another one.
He packed some of the things and clothes that he was used to, and bought the rest when he got back.
Ms. Liao Shengnan hadn't sent him a message yet, and Yu Xia was confusedly wondering whether he had told his mother that he was going back.
The phone told Yu Xia that he would be back in twelve hours, which made Yu Xia feel a little panicked and nervous.
×: Are you busy?
Finally, Yu Xia, whose mind was not very clear, finally remembered that he did not send the message.
Ms. Liao Shengnan replied ten minutes later.
Ginkgo: It’s over, what happened?
×: My doctor told me to go back and see my first attending physician to look at my later medical records.
Ginkgo: When will you be back?
×: My flight is tomorrow morning.
×: I’m with a few friends.
Ginkgo: Okay, if I have nothing to do in the morning, I will pick you up. If you have something to do, you can go back to your previous house first.
×: I’m going back to Beijing. Didn’t you sell the house in Hengshui?
After Yu Xia finished typing this line, he paused for a few seconds before sending it.
Ms. Liao Shengnan also responded to him after a while, and both of them tacitly avoided talking about this address that they had not discussed for several years.
Ginkgo: I have rented a house for when we return to Beijing.
×: OK, please send me the address.
…
Yu Xia arrived an hour early carrying her things.
In Louis' words, "I can't wait to go home."
"Why did you come too?"
Anyway, Yu Xia really didn't understand.
Louis only brought one suitcase, while the others who returned home had large and small bags, except for Yu Xia who had at least three suitcases.
"I can't go on a graduation trip?"
Yu Xia rolled her eyes rudely.
Louis didn't pay much attention to it and pulled Yu Xia to gossip with him, "That girl, she's our senior, right? I recognized her as the one who confessed to you two years ago."
Yu Xia silently wondered when Louis had been assimilated by the gossipy kids in their class.
"She's going back with you! She's been chasing you for so long, fish, don't you think twice?"
"Not considering it."
Whether high school students or college students, "dating" has always been a sensitive topic among students.
A girl sitting at the table behind Yu Xia came over to talk to Louis, but Yu Xia only glanced at her and then started staring at the floor again.
"Louis! You wouldn't think Yu Xia would be in a relationship even if you used your brain."
Yu Xia didn't move.
Zhao Siyu just said this when she arrived, and curiously asked, "Why?"
"He doesn't take the initiative. How long can you stay with someone who doesn't get angry with you or laugh with you?"
Zhao Siyu looked at Yu Xia with a wry smile.
She frowned her pretty eyebrows, always feeling that Yu Xia's reaction was a little strange, the kind that was weirdly normal.
"Yu Xia?"
Zhao Siyu walked a little closer. She was actually very pretty and had been pursued by both junior and senior students, but no one could win over her, an iceberg colder than Changbai Mountain.
"Hmm?" Yu Xia raised his eyes.
"What are you thinking about?"
"No," Yu Xia shook her head. "When should we leave? It seems like it's time."
Zhao Siyu was skeptical, but she still counted the number of people and lined up to leave.
…
Yu Xia's seat was by the window. He had always liked this spot; it had a certain indescribable familiarity to it.
This made him feel comfortable.
Louis sat next to him. He had saved an album of photos of tourist attractions and started looking through them one by one after getting on the plane.
"What's so good about this?" Yu Xia couldn't sleep and said boredly.
Louis was about to reply but then turned to look at him in shock: "You're talking to me???"
Yu Xia looked at him as if he were an idiot.
"No," Louis thought Yu Xia probably didn't think he was stupid yet, so he stuttered. "You usually act like an iceberg when no one talks to you..."
Big Iceberg: “…”
Seeing Yu Xia's face turning green, Louis said brightly, "Hey, I'm just checking it out in advance. Can't I let people look forward to it before it arrives?"
Yu Xia hummed and accidentally drifted to Louis' tablet. For a moment, he felt that the place on the screen looked familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
But he quickly looked away.
…
When the plane was almost arriving, Yu Xia realized that he had forgotten about the temperature difference.
The boy was standing at the airport in a T-shirt, his eyes blank. Zhao Siyu couldn't stop laughing when she saw him. "What's wrong with you? I've never seen you so reckless before, hahahaha..."
Yu Xia reluctantly pulled out a sweater jacket.
"I didn't bring any winter clothes, only fall clothes."
"I'll lend you mine." Louis was about to open his suitcase when he heard their icy refusal.
"No need, you guys book a hotel first. Senior, you and Louis go first. I'll find the house my mom mentioned." Yu Xia said, looking at her phone, "It's almost 7:30, you guys wait a minute..."
"Don't be so anxious to go to bed, Yuxia. My nightlife has just begun, you know?" Zhao Siyu checked her phone to book a hotel, then started booking a karaoke bar. "Let's go back and put our things away first. Yuxia, you have to come too! I'll send you the address. I'm finally back home, so don't stop me."
Yu Xia remembered the wine he "owed" last time, nodded and agreed, and took the bus back.
…
Ms. Liao Shengnan is not at home.
Yu Xia put her things in the guest room and thought for a long time before going out. She decided to change her sweater and jacket, and took a thick sweatshirt and wore a thin beige sweater inside.
The way to the KTV is easy to find.
After Yu Xia opened the door, she bumped into Zhao Siyu who came out to do some video work.
"You're here!" The girl's eyes lit up, and her tone of voice unconsciously quickened. "I was planning to pick you up. Oh, and I ordered some drinks. Louis should take you for a drink..."
Yu Xia didn't hear what he heard next. He thought he saw someone familiar, but the person disappeared as if it were an illusion. He didn't care and said perfunctorily, "Don't worry, he can't drink any more than I can."
Zhao Siyu smiled and returned to the box.
Yu Xia found a soft single sofa to sit on.
Louis's Chinese is just okay, passable. Zhao Siyu and Yu Xia usually speak to him in English, and only use Chinese when there are more Chinese people around.
So it seems very incongruous that Louis is choosing Chinese songs now...
"Can you sing? Just order it."
Yu Xia commented.
"Then fish, come with me."
"Get away from me."
Louis went over and sang.
…
Within two hours, Louis learned a few new words with his clever little brain.
Yu Xia was dragged by him and forced to drink a few glasses of wine, and then she felt dizzy again, so she stood aside to rest.
Louis picked up a song called "Blue and White Porcelain" from somewhere and sang it out of tune.
Yu Xia couldn't stand it anymore, so she said hello to Zhao Siyu and slipped out of the box.
It rains frequently in Beijing as the weather turns cooler.
Yu Xia walked out of the KTV and leaned against the glass door, holding a cigarette without lighting it.
He has a slight headache now, and although it's not as dizzy as last time, it makes him a little sleepy.
Yu Xia pursed his lips and looked at the cars driving on the road. The light reflected from the tall buildings in the distance made it difficult for him to open his eyes.
"Do you need fire?"
The city is not quiet, but rather a bit noisy. But it is precisely this noise that makes this chilling sentence stand out even more.
Yu Xia felt like he seemed to have heard this voice before.
A little familiar.
And it seemed a little too familiar, as if someone had whispered in his ear with this voice several times before.
He turned around to look.
Xu An stood in the night, the rain made him so hazy that he blended into the night.
Their eyes met in the rain.
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