Chapter 421: Closeness (Script 7)
He looked at Shen Xiangyang's pale face and closed eyes, and suddenly a feeling called "heartache" surged in his heart.
Gu Xi didn't say anything else, but just stood up silently, walked to the chair, and picked up the worn schoolbag.
He unzipped his pants, moving more gently than ever before.
There were few things inside: a few books, a pencil case, an old tin pencil case with the paint worn off, and a small bottle of cheap stomach medicine with a worn label.
Gu Xi took the small bottle of medicine and walked back to the bed.
Instead of handing it over immediately, he unscrewed the bottle cap, poured out two pills into his palm, and then poured half a cup of warm water.
Gu Xi sat down on the edge of the bed, carefully lifted up Shen Xiangyang's upper body, and let him lean on his not-so-strong arms.
He gently brought the pill to Shen Xiangyang's lips.
Shen Xiangyang's body stiffened the moment it touched Gu Xi, but he didn't resist in the end.
He obediently took the medicine and drank the water from Gu Xi's hand.
The warm water mixed with the bitter pills slid down my throat, bringing a strange sense of peace.
The faint smell of sweat and laundry detergent on Gu Xi's body mixed together, no longer an annoying intrusion, but instead became a strange and reassuring presence.
No one spoke again.
The only sound in the infirmary was the mingling breathing of the two people, which was clearer and more intimate than before.
The dim light gently enveloped them, blurring and warmly merging the two young figures who had once been separated by a barrier for the first time.
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Ever since the conversation in the infirmary that day, Shen Xiangyang keenly noticed that Gu Xi's attitude towards him had changed.
Every morning, a steaming breakfast would always "happen" to appear on the corner of Shen Xiangyang's desk.
Sometimes it’s the meat buns and soy milk from the cafeteria, sometimes it’s the popular pancakes from the shop at the school gate, and sometimes it’s a beautifully packaged rice ball.
These are all Gu Xi's "handiwork".
However, Gu Xi was rather stubborn. He never said that he bought this breakfast specifically for Shen Xiangyang. He would only chew his breakfast and mutter vaguely when Shen Xiangyang looked over, "I bought too much. It would be a waste to throw it away."
Although he said so, Gu Xi's eyes unconsciously drifted towards the window, and his ears turned slightly red.
Shen Xiangyang knew that this was Gu Xi's good intention, so he would always say "thank you" to him seriously.
During breaks, when Li Ming and the others would come around noisily, wanting to play ball or chat with Gu Xi, Gu Xi would first glance at Shen Xiangyang, who was writing beside him, and then impatiently wave them away: "Shut up! Can't you see I'm studying? If you want to make a fuss, go outside and make some noise!"
Li Ming and the others looked at Gu Xi and Shen Xiangyang in disbelief, and finally had no choice but to leave.
Gu Xi also found that Shen Xiangyang was different from before.
Next to his textbook, there would always be a neatly written and clearly organized class note or a summary of wrong questions, which was obviously Shen Xiangyang's "masterpiece".
After getting the notes, Gu Xi would smile, raise his eyebrows, and then flip through them quietly.
Whenever he encountered something he didn't understand, he would poke Shen Xiangyang's arm with the pen, and Shen Xiangyang would patiently explain it to him every time.
When the basketball team practiced until late and Gu Xi returned to the empty classroom sweating profusely, he would always find a small rechargeable desk lamp left on his seat, emitting a warm yellow glow that illuminated his messy desk.
In order to help Shen Xiangyang change his withdrawn personality, Gu Xi would often take him to contact the outside world.
When Gu Xi went to buy water during class, he would smile and invite Shen Xiangyang: "I'm going to the canteen to buy water, come with me?"
When Gu Xi went to the library to look up information during lunch break, he would also invite Shen Xiangyang: "Come on, help me find a book, I can't find it by myself."
Even when going to the bookstore on weekends, Gu Xi would invite Shen Xiangyang to join him: "I heard that the book of analysis of the real competition questions has just arrived. Let's go take a look and have a meal on the way. I know a noodle restaurant that's pretty good."
Gu Xi's excuse was very lame, but there was a sparkling expectation in his eyes.
At first, Shen Xiangyang would politely refuse Gu Xi, but with Gu Xi's persistent invitation, he refused less and less.
Shen Xiangyang began to try to contact the new world.
And Gu Xi would deliberately slow down his pace, chattering around Shen Xiangyang about interesting things on the court or complaining about a teacher. He wrapped Shen Xiangyang with his unique and vital "noise", melting the coldness around Shen Xiangyang bit by bit.
The eye contact between the two became frequent and complicated.
Gu Xi would leave the first sip of a drink he thought was delicious for Shen Xiangyang to taste; after Gu Xi finished playing ball, Shen Xiangyang would silently hand him a bottle of water with the cap unscrewed.
The breakfast that Gu Xi brought to Shen Xiangyang never contained the coriander that he hated; in the notes that Shen Xiangyang helped Gu Xi organize, he would use different colored pens to mark the key points that he was most likely to overlook.
The days passed by in such a warm way.
With the approach of one mock exam after another, the third year of high school has quietly arrived.
The countdown numbers in the corner of the blackboard were getting smaller day by day, and the air was filled with a bit more solemnity and anxiety.
future……
This once distant and vague concept is beginning to become imminent.
There are fewer people playing around during breaks in the classroom, and more people studying hard.
Admission brochures from various universities began to be posted on bulletin boards, attracting students to stop and discuss, their eyes filled with longing and confusion.
The topic of their teacher's conversation also shifted from study habits to goal setting and volunteer application.
Shen Xiangyang's personality was still very calm, but he practiced more frequently, and a trace of imperceptible fatigue occasionally flashed across his eyes.
Gu Xi also restrained himself a lot.
He canceled all his extracurricular activities and spent more time on improving his weaknesses.
Although he would sometimes scratch his hair in frustration because of difficult problems he couldn't solve, after complaining, Gu Xi would silently pick up the collection of wrong questions that Shen Xiangyang had compiled for him.
After the school bell rang, only a few students who were still studying were left in the Grade 2 (3) classroom.
Shen Xiangyang had just finished solving a set of extremely difficult science papers and rubbed his sore wrists.
The clouds outside the window were dyed golden red by the setting sun.
Shen Xiangyang stared at the clouds outside the window for a few seconds, and his mood relaxed a little after a long time.
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