Chapter 4 Chapter 4
At eleven o'clock, Bai He arrived at Qingdao University, yawning and sleepy. The sun was blazing outside, and the concrete floor seemed to be steaming with heat. After just a few minutes of walking, Bai He's clothes were already wet on his back.
Zisu Pavilion is a restaurant that is very popular among Qingdao University students. The restaurant has good food, a wide variety of snacks, and very affordable prices.
Walking into the hotel room, Bai He was unsurprised to see Su Xingye sitting inside. Without his white doctor's uniform, Su Xingye looked more like what Bai He remembered. He was wearing a simple, loose-fitting white short-sleeved shirt and black sweatpants. He looked clean and refreshing, his back straight, like a slender bamboo.
"Do you still like fruit tea?" Seeing Bai He sitting down opposite him, Su Xing also pushed a cup of very good-looking fruit tea, the flagship product of a certain store, in front of Bai He.
There are water droplets hanging on the transparent water cup, and you can see the transparent ice cubes constantly colliding and rolling in the orange tea. In such hot weather, having such a cool ice drink looks very tempting.
Bai He inserted the straw without hesitation, taking a few long gulps. The water level in the cup dropped sharply. The bitterness of the tea blended with the unique sweetness of the fruit, creating a refreshing taste...
After drinking it... well, it feels great too.
Bai He leaned his back comfortably on the soft sofa and looked directly at Su Xingye sitting across from him for the first time. Apart from his more mature appearance, he had not changed much since high school.
Across from him, Su Xing was also sipping fruit tea, his gaze fixed on him. He could feel a bitter taste spreading from the bottom of his tongue into his entire mouth. The current Bai He was very different from the Bai He he remembered, not in appearance, but in his entire aura.
In high school, Bai He was as blazing as a flame, someone whose warmth could be felt whenever you got close to him. But now, the warmth in him was gone, and his eyes had become unfamiliar.
Su Xing remained silent, and neither did Bai Hezi. Under the influence of his body and the drugs, he seemed to have drifted away from this world. The words "instant ascension to immortality" were barely written on his body.
Finally, Su Xing broke the silence and asked the question that had been stuck in his mind for so many years: "What happened to you when you left so suddenly?"
The love of youth is like fireworks, bright and blazing. Even if it is unacceptable to the world, they still pour all their feelings into it without reservation, using all their sincerity to love someone, and it is intoxicating and confusing. They make the most beautiful promises and even have countless visions of the future.
They had a very good relationship at that time, so when Bai He suddenly disappeared, Su Xing couldn't believe it.
He firmly believed that Bai He had some special reasons, so he went to the address Bai He left countless times, but was disappointed countless times.
After being disappointed many times, Su Xing also made the worst guess, thinking that Bai and her family had discovered their relationship and took him away. So for many years, Su Xing kept the old phone number, but the call he expected never rang.
Time flies, and with the heavy workload of school and work, Su Xing has little time to think about the past. It was only when he saw Bai He again and felt the mixture of joy and sadness that made him realize that this was his obsession.
Bai He expected this question. He lowered his eyebrows, spit out the straw in his mouth and said calmly, "My father died in a car accident that year, and my...my mother remarried and took me away."
Bai Hewanru was talking about other people's family affairs, and his eyes and expression were very calm and natural.
But Su Xing also felt as if his heart was filled with liquids of various flavors, which made him feel uncomfortable.
"I left without saying goodbye that year. I am sorry for you."
It had been so long that Bai He couldn't even remember what his high school classmates looked like. But he didn't expect that after all these years, Su Xing still remembered him, which touched Bai He a little.
But Bai He didn't think Su Xing was looking for him because he still liked him. He knew very well how outstanding and dazzling Su Xing was. Such a person would never lack suitors.
So now Su Xing looks back at the young Bai He, and it must be very bad!
They are not the same kind of people at all. The agreement with him might be a black history in Su Xingye's perfect resume!
So now... I'm only looking for him because I was too embarrassed when I was young.
The more I think about it, the more I think so.
Bai He couldn't help but apologize again, "I'm sorry, I disturbed your life back then."
Bai He's sincere words made Su Xingye's unapproachable face look more down-to-earth.
"You are now a doctor at Qingcheng First Hospital. You are truly excellent. I won't bother you again."
After Bai He finished speaking, he didn't wait for Su Xing to react. He stood up from the table and walked out.
"Wait." Su Xing also grabbed his arm.
Being forcibly detained, Bai He's body suddenly became stiff.
His wary and resistant gaze made Su Xing's breath hitch. He held back the words that were about to come out of his mouth and said as relaxedly as possible, "You don't have to apologize to me. You left back then for good reasons. It's rare that we can meet again after all these years. Can we be friends?"
In fact, Bai He wanted to say no. But was it just his illusion? ...At this time, Su Xing also seemed very sad, and said "Of course I can" for some unknown reason.
"I'll make an appointment with you when you have time." After getting a satisfactory answer, Su Xing simply let go of Bai He's arm and showed the first smile since they met.
Bai He walked out of the restaurant far less relaxed than he appeared. His hands, hidden in his pockets, were too stiff to open and were still shaking.
What happened back then was far more complicated and worse than he had described. His father's unexpected death triggered a schizophrenia attack on him, leading to auditory hallucinations and delusions.
Then, witnessing his mother's infidelity, Bai He's entire cognition collapsed. Even the twenty-plus years of love he'd shared seemed fake. He couldn't tell what was real and what wasn't. That year, he became a true lunatic, spouting insane rants, unable to distinguish between reality and fantasy. He spent a full six months in a mental hospital before being taken back home by his uncle and cousin.
The relapse of the disease brought serious sequelae to Bai He. He became emotionally indifferent and lost interest in everything. He also had severe paranoid delusions.
How could a man without a future have the nerve to look for Su Xingye?
Bai He returned home feeling the same gloom as always, but also feeling something else. Not wanting to let his emotions get the best of him, Bai He forced himself to work. He took a job as an illustration artist for a newspaper.
Due to his illness, Bai He is reluctant to interact with people. Therefore, he can complete many of his work at home, such as making covers and character portraits for online and physical novels.
Bai He initially learned to paint at the suggestion of a doctor, hoping it would serve as a way to express his emotions. Unexpectedly, it eventually became his livelihood. His depressing, bizarre, and gory paintings, posted online, attracted a niche audience and gained him a minor online fame. He was frequently approached by magazines and readers for commissions.
There is no such thing as too much money. In addition to this job, Bai He is also a game anchor and a horror novel online writer for Spider Web...
In short, Bai He has many side jobs, and his daily life at home is also busy. He dare not let himself be idle. People with his condition tend to overthink when they are idle, and overthinking is prone to problems.
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