Chapter 145 Cold
After taking out the USB drive sealed in the urn, Lin Hanzhi carefully put the light bag of ashes back into the box without looking at it for too long. He then put the box back into the tomb and covered it with a cement board. He did everything step by step.
Lin Hanzhi, covered in mud, returned to the car, turned around, left along the way he came, parked the car at the same place as the beginning, and then told the other party on the car rental app registered with a secondary account that the car was dirty and compensated for the car wash fee.
He returned to the hotel room along the hotel pipes and balcony railings at a speed that would have even been praised by parkour masters. He took off his wet clothes on the balcony and went into the bathroom to take a warm shower.
He carefully placed the USB drive and mobile phone on a tray beside him. He stared at the USB drive in silence, his eyes dark, deeper than the sky where it was raining non-stop.
Suddenly, the phone lit up and a new message popped up.
[Gugu: The weather forecast says it will rain in Sanin City tonight. Have you returned to the hotel? Are you not wet? 】
Qi Gu checked the weather in Shanyin city once, and the system seemed to assume that he was in the city. It proactively pushed news of rainfall to him and reminded him to remember to bring an umbrella when traveling.
Therefore, when he saw the news, he thought of Lin Hanzhi, who was in frail health, and was afraid that he would get sick from being caught in the rain.
The moment she saw the message, Lin Hanzhi vaguely felt that her heart, which had not been warmed by the hot water just now, began to feel a little warm.
Suddenly he remembered that when he was in Huaishui Village, everyone had no plastic film to shelter from the wind and rain except him.
Qi Gu... the name came out subconsciously between her lips and teeth, and her tone slowed down, as if she was reluctant to let him go from her lips and teeth and heart easily, and couldn't help but rub and twist him gently.
[Hanzhi: It’s raining heavily]
Lin Hanzhi wiped her wet fingers with a bath towel and typed.
Qi Gu consciously interpreted this as him being wet from the rain: [Taking a hot shower and drinking ginger tea can prevent colds]
After thinking about it, Lin Hanzhi's pale eyebrows appeared in his mind again, and his fingers subconsciously opened the orange takeaway app, hoping that the kangaroo could jump faster and deliver the hot ginger soup as soon as possible.
Although Shanyin City is a small city, the consumption level in the city center is not low. A bowl of brown sugar ginger soup costs more than 20 yuan. If Qi Gu got wet himself, he would rather catch a cold the next day than drink this bowl of ginger soup, which was a robbery to him.
But the person who might get sick is Lin Hanzhi.
Qi Gu felt that he had some understanding of the meaning of friends, that is, something he was reluctant to give up, but wanted to give to him.
Qi Gu asked Lin Hanzhi for the hotel address and asked him to wait for Jiang Tang to come.
Lin Hanzhi's heart was filled with ginger soup, which was warm, sweet, spicy and overbearing, driving out the despair that had just been hidden in his chest. He then locked the door resolutely, not allowing any other emotions to visit.
He put on a bathrobe, his hair was hanging messily against his pale jawline, and he seemed to be catching a cold. He felt his head was hot, and it felt like he was walking on cotton. He felt a little dizzy. He typed: [I feel a little sleepy]
Qi Gu filled in Lin Hanzhi's room number and mobile phone number at the takeaway. He was originally preparing to go to sleep, but after hearing what Lin Hanzhi said, he said, "Then turn on the voice chat. I'll accompany you to wake you up."
After Qi Gu asked the question, he made the voice invitation directly.
Before I could react, the call was connected.
Lin Hanzhi listened to Qi Gu's light breathing, the faint chirping of cicadas, and the whimper of the mountain breeze blowing through the door. The small house on Fu'ai Temple where Qi Gu lived and all the furnishings inside and outside the house naturally emerged in her mind. She couldn't help but wonder in what position Qi Gu was lying on the bed and talking to her.
Qi Gu listened to the rustling sound of rain coming from the other end of the phone, was stunned for two seconds, and then asked: "I seem to hear the sound of rain, is it still raining?"
"Well, it's smaller now." Lin Hanzhi said, holding up the phone and moving it closer to the window, as if wanting Qi Gu to listen more carefully.
"I feel dizzy and my forehead is hot." Lin Hanzhi said in a childish tone.
Perhaps he was a little hot-headed, and he subconsciously sought comfort and care from people he trusted. In the past it was Wang Shi, and now it was Qi Gu.
He liked Qi Gu's attitude of being dismissive of everything, and also liked his special treatment and indulgence towards him. Therefore, he always wanted to get more from him and often showed weakness to him.
Lin Hanzhi himself also figured it out at this moment - after all, he had been a bit of a dramatic character in the past, but he was not a green tea. He only started to cook this green tea after he met Qi Gu.
Qi Gu has been calm and composed for many years, and there are very few things that can make him have strong emotions, except for his master and food. Now, listening to Lin Hanzhi's weak and coquettish tone, he has the urge to buy a plane ticket and personally touch the temperature of Lin Hanzhi's forehead.
It seemed as if he couldn't bear to see Lin Hanzhi in pain out of instinct.
It was obviously just a minor cold. A person can experience countless colds in his life, and Lin Hanzhi will be back tomorrow. Qi Gu understood the reason. He also felt that this impulse came out of nowhere, but this thought still lingered in his mind unreasonably for a long time.
This is not rational, Qi Gu thought.
"You probably have a cold. I'll buy you some cold medicine. Take the medicine after drinking the hot ginger soup. Remember to read the instructions." Qi Gu unconsciously softened his cold expression and his tone, but he himself was unaware of it.
"I understand." Lin Hanzhi's voice was still muffled, sounding not very smart and worrying.
Qi Gu sighed and read the instructions for the cold medicine on the food delivery app. After carefully asking him about his current symptoms, he chose the most suitable one for him and told him to take it after meals with warm water, two pills at a time, twice a day.
Afraid that he might not remember it clearly, I typed it out and sent it to him in the input field.
Lin Hanzhi appreciated Qi Gu's care, and her already fragile heart became even more vulnerable during her illness. She slowly talked about all the discomforts she was experiencing. In the end, she even wanted to find something to do to get Qi Gu's concern by talking about the bloody scratch on her finger.
Qi Gu listened as all sorts of pills and plasters were added to the shopping cart. By the time he realized what was happening, there were already six or seven items.
Qi Gu: “…”
He coldly deleted a few items that were completely unnecessary and then placed the order.
"I bought it at a pharmacy very close to the hotel. We'll be there soon. You... stop acting like a spoiled brat." He defined Lin Hanzhi's behavior of playing the victim in exchange for his attention.
However, he was clearly aware that he had no aversion to Lin Hanzhi's behavior, and even felt that Lin Hanzhi was cute. She was like a wet cat that was drenched by the rain and had to hide under the eaves, constantly making weak and soft calls to attract the attention of passers-by.
Qi Gu didn't realize that this cat would look down on other people and act arrogant when they passed by. It would only make a "cha cha" sound when he passed by, and even stretch out its tail dripping with water to wrap around his ankles.
Or maybe this is not a cat, but a feline disguised as a cat.
The delivery routes of ginger soup and pills overlapped greatly, so they were picked up by the same rider and delivered shortly thereafter.
Lin Hanzhi got up and opened the door for the rider who knocked on it. Qi Gu heard the noise during the voice call and asked, "Then I'm hanging up? Take your medicine carefully."
"Eat with me and sleep together." Lin Hanzhi said in the affirmative.
Qi Gu thought, Lin Hanzhi is quite good at acting like a spoiled child.
There was no mention of hanging up the call, and the two of them continued to talk casually.
After drinking the ginger soup, his limbs and stomach felt warm. Lin Hanzhi opened the pills and broke two black pills in his palm according to the dosage Qi Gu had told him. He was hesitant - this medicine looked so ugly and tasted very bitter.
Qi Gu urged: "How is it, have you finished eating?"
Lin Hanzhi stared at the black pill that gave off an unpleasant medicinal smell, frowned and curled his lips, but finally he raised his chin and moved his Adam's apple, and swallowed the pill with some water.
"It tastes so bitter." Lin Hanzhi gasped because of the bitterness.
Qi Gu said, "There should be a bag of throat lozenges in the bag, take a look."
When he paid, he took Lin Hanzhi's personality into consideration and bought an extra bag of candy in case this person was too squeamish.
Lin Hanzhi flipped through the list and found a box of strawberry-flavored... condoms under the shopping list.
Lin Hanzhi: “…”
Deathly silence.
Lin Hanzhi felt even hotter than before taking the medicine. His whole body was on fire, and the bitter taste in his mouth was completely burned away. "Are you sure you bought candy?"
Qi Gu felt that Lin Hanzhi was insulting his intelligence. He was not so stupid as to make a mistake when buying a bag of candy. He immediately opened the orange software with a cold face and clicked on the shopping details. The picture of the candy showed a huge red strawberry covered with water droplets. Qi Gu lowered his eyes and thought, what else could this be but candy?
But his eyes still looked at the text behind to confirm. There was silence, another suspicious silence.
Qi Gu looked stiffly at the big words "Strawberry flavored xx set" and blushed on the spot.
No, some good person made the packaging of that thing look like candy!
No wonder it felt expensive when I paid!
The calm expression on Qi Gu's face was vulnerable at this moment, a true reflection of "he was about to break".
He tried to explain and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he only made a gasp: "Hiss..."
Lin Hanzhi listened to his lively reaction and knew that he must have bought the wrong thing, so he said, "It's okay, I'll just drink more water."
Then he naturally put the box of covers into the compartment of the suitcase.
Qi Gu has not yet recovered from the embarrassment. After all, it is rare for a person to encounter such an embarrassing situation in his life.
Lin Hanzhi zipped up the compartment and said, "You bought me medicine and also bought me some candy. Are you so considerate and kind to everyone?"
He naturally knew that was not the case, but he still wanted to ask, waiting for Qi Gu to give him the answer in person.
"No, you are different from others..." Qi Gu paused and said, "You are my friend."
It was not the answer Lin Hanzhi wanted, but it was enough to comfort her mood today.
Rather than spending every day in pain and torture, it would be better to spend it waiting for Qi Gu.
"You are different to me too."
Qi Gu didn't say anything else, so Lin Hanzhi quickly tidied up and washed up, then snuggled into the soft duvet.
"I'm done and I'm lying down." He put the phone to his face and spoke to the person on the other end in a whisper.
Qi Gu said, "Okay, I'll hang up when you get sleepy."
Unexpectedly, while waiting, Qi Gu fell asleep first. Lin Hanzhi listened to Qi Gu's even breathing coming from the other side of the phone and slowly fell asleep. In the trance before falling asleep, she had the illusion that she was holding Qi Gu in her arms.
*
When Qi Gu woke up, he found that he didn't know when he fell asleep. His phone was naturally completely out of battery as it was still on a call and turned off automatically.
Qi Gu was sleepy. He instinctively grabbed his cell phone to charge it, and then continued to lie down on the pillow.
A little hungry, but too lazy to move. Thinking so, Qi slowly turned over, picked up his cell phone which turned on automatically, and checked the message.
There was a copying homework that Mu Xingchen sent to him. Qi Gu glanced at it, replied with a 1, and then saw the message from Lin Hanzhi.
[Hanzhi: I feel much better today, hehe (kitten wearing flowery clothes spinning in circles.jpg)]
Qi Gu replied: [That’s good, but you still need to take the medicine. I accidentally fell asleep last night. Sorry.]
[Hanzhi: I fell asleep quickly too, and when I woke up my phone was out of battery]
【Gugu: Me too】
An invisible ambiguity flowed through the chat records. Qi Gu seemed to have noticed it, but in the end he still behaved very upright.
Not like wood, like diamond.
*
Miao Yue and Lin Hanzhi checked out together, each carrying a suitcase and a room card. The front desk clerk seemed to recognize them from the ghost-hunting variety show, but in the end, she abided by the hotel rules and didn't say a word.
Miao Yue and Lin Hanzhi walked out of the hotel and noticed that in addition to the suitcase and mobile phone, Lin Hanzhi also had a bag of something in a white plastic bag with "xx Huimin Pharmacy" written on the outside.
Miao Yue thought, let’s rule out the medicine first.
After all, Lin Hanzhi has always adhered to the concept of "staying on the front line if you are slightly injured, and don't see a doctor if you are suffering from a minor illness", and Lin Hanzhi's definition of a minor injury is very broad. For him, a dislocated arm and the like are all minor injuries, and he can just reconnect them himself.
"Boss, what's in your hand? Why don't you put it in the suitcase? Wouldn't it be inconvenient to hold it outside?" Miao Yue asked humbly.
Lin Hanzhi suddenly smiled and said disdainfully: "Don't you know what cold medicine is?"
"Ah?" Miao Yue felt that she might have intermittent auditory hallucinations. Could the three words "cold medicine" actually come out of Lin Hanzhi's mouth?
In his eyes, can a cold be considered an illness?
Do I still need to take medicine?
Lin Hanzhi had seen through Miao Yue's confusion. She lowered her eyes shyly and said with a vulgar boasting tone: "Your brother Qi bought them for me. How could I refuse his kindness?"
Miao Yue understood immediately. No wonder the suitcase couldn't fit this small bag of cold medicine. It turned out that Brother Qi bought it.
"If you don't tell me, how would he know you have a cold?" Miao Yue sneered.
"He checked the weather forecast for Shanyin City and asked me." Lin Hanzhi was like a favored queen showing off her favor and blessings, and she showed off to Miao Yue.
Miao Yue: "So, have you two made any progress?"
"He said I was his most special friend." Lin Hanzhi's face was full of intoxication.
Miao Yue: “…”
Enough, it’s really enough, the term “friend” has been ruined by you gay men! Similarly, there are idols, childhood friends, sworn enemies, love rivals, teammates, and deskmates...
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