Chapter 153 Snuggle
"Then there are so many heroic deeds you haven't heard of."
"When I was little, even before I was as tall as the cello, I carried it on my back and didn't feel tired. But the box was too big and it was very troublesome. If I bent down suddenly, I would lose my balance and fall. I was like this—"
Su Xia stretched out two fingers and placed them on the small table. She fell over with a thud, then twisted herself and stood up again.
"At that time, I thought, it would be great if I could use something this big to beat up bad guys," she said, her eyes sparkling and her eyelashes soft. "Like Princess Iron Fan in the cartoons, I could swing people away."
Xu Jiqing just listened quietly without saying anything.
She was a little embarrassed, but also a little proud, and raised her head slightly, "I'm pretty good, right?"
There was a warm breeze in the carriage.
The girl changed her clothes, but had a few scratches on her cheeks.
There are also some on my hands, with thin scabs just formed, which are very conspicuous on the delicate white skin.
Like a scratch on a pearl, if it weren't for him, it wouldn't have appeared in this life.
Xu Jiqing's jaw suddenly tensed.
My heart felt sour and hot, as if it had been doused with boiling water.
There was a lump in his throat, and he agreed with her, "Yeah, that's amazing."
Su Xia pouted, "How awesome is that?"
"Intelligent and courageous."
"Anything else?"
There was a lot of noise on the train.
The tourism advertisement on the small TV was broadcast to a film studio in a neighboring province. It played a famous clip from A Chinese Odyssey, but the voice of Fairy Zixia was almost inaudible:
My ideal person is...
A mother and daughter had just returned from the sink, passed by them, and walked away.
Xu Jiqing lowered his shoulders and came over, pulling half of the curtain.
When he took his hand back, he lowered his chin slightly and touched her forehead with his lips.
"My greatest hero."
Always shining brightly.
She descended from the sky on a rainbow of clouds and came to him through all obstacles.
His little hero.
Su Xia had also heard this sentence before, and she automatically added the second half of the sentence in her mind: "I will marry him on a rainbow cloud." The tips of her ears turned a little red, but she spoke in a reserved manner, "Well, that still depends on your performance."
"The lunch box that Officer Wu ordered for you at noon was quite delicious. We left in such a hurry just now, did you forget to eat?"
She took out a cup of red date porridge and a thick straw from her bag.
Next to it was a plastic bag that had turned white due to steaming, and inside it were steamed dumplings made with both meat and vegetables.
"I finished taking my statement early, and Officer Xiaobai told me there was a breakfast stall behind the police station. I figured you wouldn't be able to handle anything greasy, so I went and bought you something light."
"Are you hungry now?"
I have too many things on my mind and my head is a little dizzy.
Xu Jiqing almost didn't sleep all night yesterday.
In order to save time, Officer Wu's car arrived at the hospital at dawn, and he was taken to the police station to begin taking statements without a moment's rest.
I obviously have no appetite now.
But meeting the girl's expectant eyes, Xu Jiqing changed his words and said, "A little bit."
Only if you can eat can the wound heal faster.
The light in Su Xia's eyes became brighter.
She touched the porridge and dumplings, and sure enough, they were a little cold. "Wait a moment, I'll heat them up for you."
This time when she went to Beijing, Su Xiaojuan expected to be picked up and dropped off by car along the way, and there would be service staff to help her when she arrived at the station. She brought a lot of things for Su Xia.
In addition to the suitcase and the violin case, there is also a carry-on bag.
It was originally deflated, so I put a scarf and hat on it, ready to wrap it up to keep warm as soon as I got out of the high-speed train station. Now it has obviously become more swollen.
She unzipped her bag, took out the bucket of instant noodles, and directly lifted the tin foil lid. She took out the noodles and seasoning packet, wrapped them in two layers of handkerchief paper, and put them back into the small bag.
Su Xia put the porridge cup and bag into the instant noodle bucket, tied the bag carefully, carried it to the connection between the carriages, filled it with boiling water, and brought it back carefully.
Put the things back on the small table.
Seeing Xu Jiqing staring at her, Su Xia's face flushed. "There's no microwave on the train. I came up with this idea before I got on the train. I should be able to eat after a while, but it might be a little inefficient."
"If you're sleepy, take a nap. I'll call you when you're warm enough."
The car window curtains were half drawn, filtering out the midday winter sun.
Xu Jiqing looked at her with his indifferent eyes, focused and tender, his emotions so thick that they seemed insoluble.
I don't know how long I stared at her before I listened to her and slowly closed my eyes.
The train was packed during the Spring Festival travel rush. Some people in the carriage were playing videos and making phone calls, so it was quite noisy.
There are so many things happening right before his eyes, and there are mountains beyond mountains for him to climb.
But maybe he was really too tired.
Maybe it was because the person he wanted to protect was safe and sound, sitting next to him.
Xu Jiqing originally just wanted to close his eyes and relax for a while, and soon fell asleep.
The boy was very tall, and his head tilted slightly to the side along the seat, unconsciously touching her head.
The gauze had a rough texture, and his short sideburns rubbed against her ears with the rhythm of his breathing, carrying his body temperature, feeling a little prickly and a little itchy.
Su Xia moved slightly and turned to look at him.
This was the first time she saw Xu Jiqing sleeping.
There were cuts and swelling around his mouth, and bruises on the corners of his eyes, forehead, and nose. His sharp features made him seem even colder and harder to approach than usual.
When they just got on the bus, a little boy jumped and squeezed in front of them. The mother next to him caught a glimpse of Xu Jiqing's expression, lowered her head, pulled the child's hand, stepped back several steps, and insisted that they pass first.
But now Xu Jiqing closed his eyes.
The frost faded away, and his eighteen-year-old profile was full of youthful handsomeness.
The long straight eyelashes droop down, like a young bird returning to its nest, defenselessly dependent.
She was not there when the wounds were sutured, so she didn't know how many wounds there were on the head that Officer Wu mentioned.
Not long after Xu Jiqing leaned against her, Su Xia began to worry that the top of her head might be too hard and might wake her up in pain.
She carefully opened the bag again, folded the scarf and hat, lifted Xu Jiqing's face an inch, stuffed the folded soft cashmere in the middle, tidied it up, and sat up straight again.
The time it took to heat the instant noodles in a water-bath bucket was shorter than she had imagined.
Su Xia stretched out her arm, picked up the plastic bag and touched it.
Each xiao long bao should be heated through.
But she was reluctant to wake Xu Jiqing up. After hesitating for a few seconds, she took the porridge out of the water, wiped it dry with a paper towel and put it aside, preparing to change the water again after a while.
The train enters the tunnel.
The rails clattered and the light outside the window dimmed.
Xu Jiqing's right hand, which was resting on his leg, twitched, his brows were furrowed, and his lips were slightly parted.
He seemed to be having a nightmare.
Or maybe I returned to yesterday in a dream.
Su Xia raised her hand and smoothed his brows little by little, and gently touched the side of his face as if to coax a convulsed child to sleep.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm coming."
I will stay with you.
Find you before fate does.
Whether I jump into the sea or into fire, I will never abandon you.
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