Maybe I thought of some old things during the day and dreamed about them at night.

He dreamed that he became smaller and was sitting alone in an empty house, surrounded by white walls. He could not see any colors and heard any sounds.

The room was quiet and the air seemed thin. An indescribable feeling of suffocation strangled his throat, depriving him of the remaining air.

He knew he was feeling very uncomfortable. His vision was double and his brain was buzzing.

He dreamed that a glass door appeared on the snow-white wall. On the other side of the glass door was a colorful world, and a pair of lovers stood outside the door leaning on each other.

They were still so young, the gentle man was standing outside the door with his arms around the beautiful woman.

The woman smiled and waved to him. The red mole on her forehead was dazzling red, and her painted red lips were slightly parted, as if she was speaking.

The transparent glass door blocks the spread of sound, and the empty white space is still quiet.

Shi Jin watched his little self running towards the door, and then watched him banging on the locked door in vain.

The man and woman outside the door stood smiling.

At a certain moment, Shi Jin seemed to be able to hear the voice of the woman outside the door through the barrier of the glass door. Her voice was very gentle, as gentle as cloud-like cotton, which could easily drown people in it.

"Xiao Jin, mom and dad are leaving."

"Xiao Jin, you have to take good care of your sister, okay?"

"Xiao Jin, I want..."

The words that followed became blurred and gradually became unclear. My brain was in a state of chaos due to extreme lack of oxygen, and even my stomach began to twitch.

He will die.

This thought clearly emerged in Shi Jin's confused mind.

“Boom—”

The sudden noise disturbed the thick fog that was surrounding them, and the white fog began to shake violently.

Shi Jin suddenly opened his eyes, and what he saw was the gray-white ceiling.

The room was dead silent, with the only sound being his rapid breathing.

The cramps in his stomach became more intense. Shi Jin covered his stomach, turned over, and curled up at the foot of the bed.

Amid the twitching pain, cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead. He closed his eyes and waited for the twitching to pass.

After an unknown amount of time, the pain in his stomach gradually subsided, Shi Jin loosened his clenched teeth, and his breathing became weak through his nose.

He slowed down and sat up from the bed.

His hands and feet were icy cold from being soaked with cold sweat. Shi Jin found a coat from the closet, put it on, and opened the door.

The sound just now came from the entrance.

Hearing the sound of him opening the door, Xiao Hei ran over from the entrance and circled around his trouser legs affectionately.

At the stairs, a tall figure stood up from the shoe cabinet: "Sorry, did I disturb you?"

"without."

Shi Jin gathered his coat and explained, "I came out to find some water."

"Oh, okay." The shadow responded and reached for the light switch: "Then I'll turn on the light."

“Pah—”

Soft white light illuminates the entire living room.

Yu Ci narrowed his eyes, and only looked at Shi Jin after his eyes adjusted to the light.

When he saw this, he was slightly stunned.

Shi Jin seemed unaware. He pursed his pale lips and asked, "What are you looking for?"

The soft ends of his hair were wet with sweat on his pale face, his neck not covered by the coat looked fragile and pale, and his tall body was enveloped by the wide coat, making him look even thinner.

His roommate...has he lost weight again?

Thinking of this, Yu Ci asked, "Roommate, did you not eat well?"

Shi Jin was slightly stunned.

Yu Ci didn't mean to force him to answer. He looked Shi Jin up and down and said, "It's only been half a month since I last saw him, and you've lost weight. Are you planning to become an immortal?"

Xiao Hei meowed at the right time, as if to agree.

Yu Ci glanced at Xiao Hei and sighed: “This is also a little ancestor.”

Xiao Hei tilted his head innocently, and said in a soft and coquettish voice: "Meow——"

Yu Ci resigned himself to his fate and continued to bend down to reach the toy that had fallen into the cabinet.

As June approaches, the nights in Spring City are also tinged with the heat of the day.

After a few moves, sweat soaked his back. Yu Ci wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked helplessly at Xiao Hei who was sitting upright: "You really know how to pick people."

It wasn't seen going to look for Shi Jin that night. As soon as he came back, the little ancestor followed him all the way, meowing, and leading him to the cabinet to pick up toys for it.

I just feel sorry for its owner.

“Boom.”

A cup of warm water was placed on top of the cabinet.

Yu Ci looked up, picked up the water glass and drank it all without any hesitation.

The warm water of suitable temperature flowed down the throat into the stomach, quenching the thirst, but also causing more sweat.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced at Shi Jin, and raised his eyebrows: "Roommate, you are wearing so many clothes, aren't you hot?"

He was sweating in his shirt, but the man opposite him was wearing a coat. He was covered from head to toe, revealing a cold and pale face, like a young wife who was afraid of being seen by others.

Yu Ci was amused by his own thoughts. He chuckled and narrowed his beautiful peach blossom eyes.

Shi Jin gathered his coat and shook his head: "Not bad."

He lowered his head and took a sip of the boiling hot water, and then he felt his cold hands and feet warm up slightly.

Yu Ci raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

He tossed the plush ball he had just picked up up and down, and only threw the toy away when Xiao Hei was anxious to stretch out his paw to reach it.

A black shadow rushed towards the fluffy ball and knocked it to the ground.

The plush ball rolled a few times on the ground and was picked up by Xiao Hei.

It tilted its head, jumped onto the sofa in a few steps, placed the plush ball next to Shi Jin, and blinked its big yellow eyes twice.

The stomach cramps improved with the hot water. Shi Jin released his hands that were pressing on his abdomen and rubbed Xiao Hei's head.

Xiao Hei rubbed his head against the back of his hand persistently, trying to get his master to play with him.

Shi Jin curled the corners of his mouth, picked up the ball and threw it out gently.

Xiao Hei jumped out with a "swoosh", caught up with the plush ball in a few steps, and then jumped back to Shi Jin with the ball in his mouth.

After playing this back and forth for a few rounds, Xiao Hei finally lay back in his nest with the plush ball in his mouth, and refused to move no matter what.

Shi Jin put the empty cup in his hand back on the table, and then he realized that Yu Ci at the stairs had gone upstairs at some point.

He washed the two cups, put them back in the sterilizer, and walked to the balcony.

There were originally a few chairs on the balcony, but he moved them to the guest room after he moved in, so the huge balcony is now empty.

Shi Jin gathered her coat and sat down in the corner of the balcony.

It was pitch black in the middle of the night in Spring City, with only the bar street not far away lit up, and the colorful lights and shadows highlighting the bustling nightlife in Spring City.

It seemed that he hadn't seen the night view like this for a long time.

I vaguely remember that many years ago, on a night like this, the couple walked out of the house hand in hand, pulling their suitcases, with the pitch-black night sky overhead.

And then never came back.

He once thought that he had let it go, but after meeting Aunt Wang today, he realized that he had not.

The night is quiet and the breeze is cool.

The stomach that had calmed down began to growl again. The empty stomach felt acid reflux and the twitching pain attacked his brain from the inside out. Huge beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, soaking the bright red mole on the center of his forehead.

Shi Jin bent his legs and hid his pale face between his legs. The arch of his back looked fragile and decadent.

“Buzz——”

The phone in my pocket vibrated.

Shi Jin pressed his stomach tightly with his hands to relieve the worsening pain.

The cell phone kept vibrating, and the slight buzzing sound was particularly harsh in the quiet night.

Perhaps the pressing method worked, the pain in the stomach gradually eased. When the pain completely disappeared, Shi Jin released his lips that had been bitten white, and answered the phone.

"Hello."

"elder brother."

Time's crying voice came through the phone: "Can you come pick me up?"

Shi Jin's fingertips gripping the phone tightened.

——

“Wow——”

Water gushed out from the shower head, breaking the silence in the room.

Shi Jin tested the water temperature, turned off the shower, and looked outside the door: "The water temperature is just right."

Shi Guang leaned against the bathroom door, his eyes still red, but he smiled at Shi Jin, pretending to be relaxed: "Brother, you are so nice."

Shi Jin's gaze passed over the corner of his sister's smiling mouth and he lowered his eyes: "If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh."

The corners of Shi Guang's mouth froze, and the forced smile fell.

She closed her eyes, her eyelashes wet from tears: "Brother, I feel so bad."

Her boyfriend, with whom she had been in love for many years, cheated on her with her roommate. She never dreamed that such a bloody plot would happen to her.

Shi Jin touched his sister's head and said gently, "Take a bath and have a good sleep."

"good."

While it was time to take a shower, Shi Jin cleaned up the guest room and changed the sheets and quilt covers in his own room that were soaked with sweat.

The washing machine made a slight sound. He pursed his lips and pulled Time's suitcase into the guest room.

Xiao Hei looked over here with a pair of bright yellow eyes. He saw Shi Jin coming out of the guest room and walking towards him with a plush ball in his mouth.

Shi Jin walked around Xiao Hei and went to the living room to get her cell phone.

But after unlocking his phone, he flipped through his address book and remembered that he still didn't have Yu Ci's contact information saved.

Shi Jin frowned.

Time called out from the bathroom. He came back to his senses from his reverie and stuffed the new pajamas he had found through the crack in the door to Time: "The clothes are new. Put them on and go to the guest room to sleep. I'll dry the clothes later."

Shijian responded, "I've washed the clothes and put them on the hanger. You can just hang them up later, brother."

"OK."

The sweat from earlier had already dried up, and the tight pajamas were sticky to his body. Shi Jin frowned and simply went to take a shower.

The warm water was poured on my body, washing away the stickiness all over my body.

Considering that he might not be able to adapt to the time, Shi Jin did not shower for too long. He just quickly washed off the sweat and left the bathroom.

The door of the guest room was closed and it was quiet inside.

Shi Jin pursed her lips and knocked on the door: "Time?"

Time's vague voice came through the door: "What's wrong? Brother."

The tone of voice was normal and the mood seemed relatively calm.

Shi Jin felt relieved: "Good night."

"Good night."

——

Yu Ci was awakened by thirst.

He climbed out of bed in a daze, picked up the cup on the bedside and went out to get some water.

The water dispenser gurgled twice, and the originally faint sound of water stopped completely.

Yu Ci looked at the water that barely covered the bottom of the cup and said impatiently, "Why is there no water?"

He heard the faint sound of a washing machine running downstairs. He rubbed his messy hair and went downstairs carrying a cup of water.

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