Chapter 32 Chapter 32 (Inverted v) [VIP]
After dinner and chatting for a while, the two old people packed up and went home.
Bai Helan strongly disagreed and said, "Grandpa and Grandma, it's snowing so hard outside, why don't you go home tonight and sleep here with me!"
"We sleep here, where will Xiao Su sleep?" Grandpa Bai waved his hand, pulled his wife and insisted on going out.
Although Bai He's house has many rooms, since he lives alone, only two rooms on the first floor have been cleaned and are suitable for living.
"...Su Xing will also sleep in the same room with me tonight."
Grandma Bai was no longer in a hurry to go home. She looked at her grandson in surprise and said, "You are willing to sleep with Xiao Su."
Bai He nodded.
Grandma Bai's face was as bright as a flower, and Grandpa Bai looked at Su Xingye with a look of kindness and curiosity.
Bai He was a very solitary person. Those who knew him well knew he disliked sharing; he had his own set of dishes and chopsticks at home. The fact that Bai He was willing to let Su Xing sleep in the same bed with him showed that their relationship was truly close. Grandpa and Grandma Bai were delighted at the thought.
Humans are social animals. Grandma Bai and her family may not understand medicine, but they also know that it is not good for their grandson to always refuse to interact with outsiders and stay alone at home.
Grandma Bai looked at Su Xingye again, asking for his opinion. "Xiao Su, you..."
"It's okay for Baihe and I to sleep together."
"Okay, we'll sleep here today. You two should go to bed early." The two elders grinned and walked into the side bedroom happily.
Bai He heated the kang for the two of them and returned to the room.
Su Xing had also finished washing up and was leaning against the bed. His black hair, wet with moisture, hung down on his head in scattered pieces, with transparent water droplets running across his clear jawline. The pure black and clean white were as timeless as ink painting.
He was dressed in white. A white singlet and a loose, casual down jacket. He looked less formal and more relaxed than usual. "I didn't bring any clothes, so I took one from your closet," Su Xing said to him under the white light.
Bai He nodded, and the shadow cast by his eyelashes trembled under the shaking light.
"Blow your hair," Baihe took the hair dryer from the drawer.
Su Xing did not answer. He sat up and looked at Bai He with clear eyes. "Let's talk! Why did you leave?"
Bai He paused as he took the clothes, pursing his lips. The dry skin on his lips was torn apart by the sharp teeth, and blood and stinging pain spread between his lips. The slight pain only led to a greater addiction. The teeth tore through the dry skin and pierced into the tender flesh, bringing greater pain and pleasure.
The darkness, gloom and malice that had been suppressed deep in the heart surged out, causing the heart to beat faster. The area in the chest swelled so much that one wanted to tear it apart and let the flesh and blood inside breathe.
"...I'm mentally ill, we're not suitable." Bai He leaned his back against the wall, raised his head, and looked at Su Xingye with his eyes, which were rarely direct and without concealing his emotions.
"I know," Su Xing said calmly.
Bai He was slightly stunned by her perfect expression.
"I had a guess in high school, and the last time I went to your house it confirmed it." Bai He was a boy with a slightly bad temper when he was in school, but there were many people in his middle school years who were more bad-tempered and rebellious than him, so no one in high school suspected that he was mentally ill.
But when you love someone, your body instinctively memorizes their every move and expression. Su Xing has also been with Bai He for three years, so he's naturally perceptive and can spot problems.
Su Xingye chose medicine after the college entrance examination because of the anxieties in his heart.
"Then you shouldn't have come." Bai He pulled the corners of his mouth and wanted to smile, but thought that the smile would definitely look very ugly, so he gave up.
When you see those love stories on TV that end in failure due to concealment, you think the protagonists are just too twisted. But when you experience it in real life, you realize more deeply that everyone enters this world with more than just love, and that people can never live just for themselves. If you truly love someone, you don't want to drag them into a bottomless quagmire.
Bai He took clothes from the closet and walked silently into the bathroom. Even with six little suns overhead, the shower was still chilly enough to make one shiver. Bai He relaxed his muscles, letting his body slowly adjust to the cold.
When Bai He came out of the shower, Su Xing had already covered himself with the quilt and closed his eyes.
Bai He silently took out a new quilt from the closet and spread it next to Su Xingye, then turned off the lights in the room, and the whole room became dark in an instant.
Bai He's bed is a single bed that is 1.5 meters wide. Even with the quilt between them, the two of them are very close when they sleep on it. They can even hear each other's breathing and smell the same shower gel.
Usually, Bai He's mind was always a bit foggy at night, he couldn't get excited about anything, and there was an inexplicable emptiness in his heart. But today, with someone else by his side, his organs suddenly woke up, everything around him magnified, and he didn't even feel irritated by the ticking of the wall clock.
Time passed in the darkness, and no one knew how much time had passed. Just when Bai He thought that the night would pass like this.
Su Xing also spoke, his voice hoarse in the darkness, "Let's continue to be together! I don't know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident. I hope you'll be with me every day of my life."
Su Xing had been out of the epidemic zone for a few days, but he hadn't slept well. Every night, every moment of his free time, he recalled the cries of lifesaving emergency personnel in the emergency room, the desperate cries of family members, and the fearful, pleading eyes of dying patients... Humanity is what makes us human, and even Su Xing, no matter how lonely he was, felt pain as he watched lives slip away.
Of the approximately one hundred doctors and nurses who went to the disaster area to provide support from Qingcheng First Hospital, only five returned alive. Faced with death, one feels so insignificant and fragile. The world is so dire, and he could be gone any moment. He doesn't want to leave any regrets.
"I am a doctor and I understand your condition very well." So you don't have to be afraid or worry.
Bai He was like a piece of wood and didn't respond for a long time.
Su Xing was also very patient, looking at him and waiting for his response.
After a long time, Bai He opened his eyes and sighed deeply, "...Don't regret it." His hand passed through the quilt of the two of them, found the position of Su Xingye's hand and overlapped it, and the body temperature of the two merged.
Su Xing also turned his palm over and held him tightly, intertwining their fingers, and the warmth spread from his palm to his heart.
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When they woke up in the morning, they had unknowingly slept in the same bed. The bed was so warm that Bai He was reluctant to get up. But Su Xing was also a self-disciplined person, especially since the voices of Grandpa Bai and Grandma Bai were heard outside the door.
"You sleep a little longer, I'll get up first."
Su Xing also came out of the quilt. The moment he came out, he couldn't help shivering, and goose bumps appeared all over his body. He quickly put on a sweater and cotton coat.
After getting dressed, Su Xing turned around and looked at the man who was still rubbing his face on the quilt in a daze. Su Xing couldn't help but rub the ahoge on his head.
"The temperature has dropped again. You should get dressed under the covers later."
Bai He stretched out a hand from the quilt and tugged at Su Xingye's clothes. "Wait for me, I'll get up with you."
The aroma of food was already wafting from the kitchen. Grandma Bai was busy in the kitchen, while Grandpa Bai was boiling water in a brazier, steam spreading throughout the room.
Seeing the two men enter, Grandpa Bai quickly called for hot water. He jokingly said, "Looks like you had a good chat last night." Yesterday, his grandson had seemed listless, irritating him as a grandfather. But today, the change in the atmosphere between them was palpable. Eye contact and body language were much more intense.
"Only when friends communicate more can their relationship become better and better." Grandma Bai responded as she walked out from the stove with a bowl in her hand.
"Come, take a bowl and eat noodles." Grandma Bai made a simple meat soup noodle with a fried egg and bean sprouts on top. Then she brought a few small bowls with pickles and salted vegetables made by her and her aunt.
Grandma Bai picked up a piece of bean sprouts and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly. She said to Bai He, "The bean sprouts grown in your greenhouse are growing quite well. I pulled a handful of them and they tasted quite tender, but a little hard to chew!"
The crispy and tender bean sprouts are neither overcooked nor over-absorbed by the broth. They are crispy when you bite them, and the juice overflows, which is really refreshing and delicious.
Grandma Bai slowly ground her teeth with her remaining teeth.
Grandpa Bai, who was slurping noodles while holding the soup bowl, couldn't help but mutter, "I told you I'd give you a pair of dentures. Look at what you can eat with those few teeth."
Grandma Bai moved aside and was too lazy to argue with him anymore.
"Tangyuan, give me some mung beans later so I can go back and plant some. The vegetables in the garden have all frozen to death, and I don't know what to eat every day." Grandma Bai said dejectedly.
Grandpa Bai said, "Tangyuan, your greenhouse is well built. I went to take a look this morning and saw that the vegetables you planted are growing well. We'll be able to enjoy some fresh vegetables soon."
"Well, come and pick them together then."
Grandpa Bai suddenly remembered something, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said carefully to Diao He, "In the past, most people in the village used electric stoves to keep warm and didn't have the habit of keeping firewood. I've seen many people borrowing firewood these past few days. If someone asks you to borrow firewood, don't just agree to it because you're embarrassed."
Afraid that Su Xing next to him might misunderstand, Grandpa Bai explained, "It's not that we're unkind, but this winter has come earlier and colder than usual. We don't know what will happen next. Bai He sent us a cart of firewood, and he only has one left, which is probably only enough for a month."
Grandpa Bai looked out the window at the steady stream of snow, feeling a pang of worry. In this weather, if he didn't want to freeze to death, he'd have to keep burning all day. Even with the charcoal and coal he'd stockpiled, it would only last the two families a little over two months. He had no idea how he'd get by the rest of the time.
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After breakfast, Grandpa Bai and Grandma Bai left, and Su Xing had not finished his work yesterday, so he continued to go to the health center.
Bai He continued to clear the snow. The snow that had just been cleared yesterday had now covered the roof with a thick layer. The snow outside the door also had to be cleared in time, otherwise people might not be able to get out.
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