At 11 o'clock at night, Shengxia finally received news from Sheng Mingfeng: the operation was coming to an end and there should be no danger to his life.

The incident happened at around 7 o'clock, 4 hours. His surgery lasted 4 hours...

The summer is beyond imagination.

She has been in a daze since she returned home, and she only responds to Wang Lianhua's words casually.

She sat quietly under a desk lamp, with only her eyes and hands moving as she repeatedly browsed the news on the Internet.

Having watched crime videos from so many different angles, she thought she had become numb, but she still felt her back stiffen and her heart ache, and she scrolled through the videos mechanically, as if punishing herself.

It was past midnight when I finally saw the bulletin from the Nanning University of Science and Technology police. Even the monotonous official description still made Shengxia feel numb all over.

[…At 18:53, the suspect Lu entered Yifang Bookstore and slashed the left arm of Jiang, the person in charge of Yifang Culture Co., Ltd., with a kitchen knife in his right hand. He then entered the seating area of ​​the bookstore and injured people with a knife, causing minor injuries to 6 people. When student Zhang was trying to stop Lu, the kitchen knife he was holding fell and accidentally injured his right shoulder. After Lu broke free, he used a fruit knife to cause serious abdominal injuries to Zhang and then fled. At present, the police have arrested the suspect Lu and taken compulsory measures in accordance with the law. Relevant investigation work is underway. ]

The accident caused an injury to the right shoulder and severe abdominal injuries...

It's hard to breathe in the middle of summer.

She didn't even dare to read the comments.

QQ is filled with messages of comfort from classmates.

Even teachers Fu Jie, Wang Wei, and Lai Yilin sent her long messages.

It turns out that the relationship between them is no longer something that can be ended with just a simple "that's it".

Everyone around them knew about this relationship, everyone tacitly acknowledged it, so why did he and she deceive themselves like this...

At two o'clock in the morning, Shengxia received a call from Sheng Mingfeng.

He didn't ask anything, but just conveyed the news truthfully: "He has been transferred to the ward, go to sleep peacefully..."

Shengxia asked anxiously, "Can I go see him?"

"Go after you wake up... I'll make arrangements for you when you wake up, take a rest..."

How is it possible to rest in peace?

After a sleepless night in the midsummer, I went to school early the next day with haggard and lifeless eyes.

Wang Lianhua was also worried, not knowing whether she should ask.

Midsummer is never like this.

This daughter has amazing emotional management skills. From what I can remember, even when she was in tears, not to mention being so depressed, she would always take into account the emotions of others.

But now she seems too busy to care.

Wang Lianhua could only drive and follow her secretly, and only left after seeing her enter the school.

When Shengxia walked into the classroom, everyone looked at her with distressed eyes, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

She turned on the volume of her cell phone, not wanting to miss any calls.

However, a day passed and there was no news.

At lunch time, Shengxia and Hou Junqi sat opposite each other, and neither of them spoke. The empty seat next to them felt like a thorn in their throats.

When they looked at each other, their eyes suddenly turned red at the same time.

Hou Junqi was a big boy. He lay on the table and cried silently. No one around him knew anything.

Zhang Sujin was not in the restaurant, so the meal was prepared by a hired chef with the words "Zhenpinyuan" embroidered on his tall chef's hat.

Shengxia knew this restaurant. Sheng Mingfeng often went there for meals, but the chef there was not easy to hire.

On Monday, the results of the city’s first joint mock exam came out.

This time, everyone paid much more attention to Zhang Shu's achievements than their own.

Zhang Shu lived up to expectations and returned to the top.

Although the gap with the second place is not as exaggerated as before, it has secured the first place.

Wang Wei was standing on the podium. When he read out Zhang Shu's results, he suddenly choked up, then swayed, leaned on his arms, lowered his head and muttered to himself: "You little bastard, I told you to take first place and you took first place. How could you be so obedient... You little bastard!"

At the end of his speech, his voice was a little choked up, and his classmates saw him take off his glasses, turn his back and rub his eyes.

Wang Wei gathered his emotions and said solemnly, "Student Zhang Shu is the pride of me, Wang Wei, the pride of our Class 6, the pride of the Affiliated High School, and the pride of South China University of Technology. We are waiting for him to come back."

Zhang Shu's desk was filled with gifts and envelopes.

The Confession Wall applet is filled with confessions and blessings for him.

Shengxia recalled the message under that Weibo post—he was the person I had a crush on.

There are really many people who like him.

There is no jealousy in the heart of Shengxia, only the rising warmth——

Meeting such a person is the bright spot of youth.

It is her honor to like such a person.

Social news never occupies the public eye for too long, but because of the mock exam results, the #Nanjing University of Science and Technology stabbing# incident once again became a hot topic, and most people in the square were discussing Nanjing University of Science and Technology’s Affiliated High School and Zhang Shu.

#The student who bravely stands up for justice is a potential top scorer# and instantly occupied the front row.

Being the top scholar, a genius student and having a handsome appearance are enough to become the focus of public opinion, not to mention being a brave man.

#张澍#'s personal entry also made it into the top 50 hot searches.

Various media outlets responded quickly, and a number of "peripheral" reports emerged one after another.

For example, there was an interview with a newsstand owner.

"There are not many people here today. I remember him very well," said the newsstand owner, who is in his fifties, honest and simple. "This young man came here a long time ago and sat on my bench for the whole day. He bought several lollipops and ate them while looking at the bookstore across the street. Later, he didn't come here again. He came again these few days. He comes every day at five or six o'clock and leaves at seven o'clock. He is very polite and handsome. He felt embarrassed to sit on my bench for so long. He also bought water, candy and magazines for me. Oh, what a nice young man!"

Reporter's voiceover: "What is he doing sitting here?"

"It's hard to guess..."

Shengxia was stunned. She replayed the video and confirmed it repeatedly.

The boss said that he comes here every day these days.

Around five or six o'clock, isn't that the time for the affiliated high school to finish school?

Leaving at around seven o'clock, isn't that the time she leaves for classes at Hengxin Building?

He goes every day...

Are you looking at her?

It takes half an hour to go there and back by bike.

Stay there for half an hour or an hour, and then leave?

There is nothing to be uncertain about in midsummer.

Because he once said it himself: On the day of the date, he went there and was at the newsstand opposite, accompanying her from beginning to end.

I regret it so much in midsummer.

Why didn't she look there for so many days?

She remembered that the newsstand was leaning against a huge old camphor tree with lush branches and leaves, and the shadow cast by the tree was like a dark night.

Is he hiding there, watching her every day?

Hiding, even - sneaking?

This is totally unlike something the proud Zhang Shu would do.

But she could also imagine him sitting on a low stool, a lollipop in his mouth, staring at her in a trance.

She could imagine the look in his eyes.

Ah Shu——

How do you let me cope with myself?

She really wanted to see him.

I called Sheng Mingfeng and was told, "He's not awake yet, wait a little longer. There are reporters everywhere and the case hasn't been fully investigated yet, so let's not cause trouble for the police."

The midsummer is bleak.

Life is hard, like a walking corpse.

She didn't even have time to worry about her own grades until two days later.

She was stuck with a book of analog lines. Very dangerous.

Wang Wei and Fu Jie talked to her one by one.

In fact, the reason is very simple. She made rapid progress in the final exam last semester, but it was unstable. She was distracted too much at the beginning of this semester and has not yet consolidated her previous study methods.

Next, I can only focus more.

The only good news is that her manuscript was approved at the first attempt.

In such a short time, Shengxia knew that Fu Jie had done a lot of work.

Even the editor of the first selection sent a private message to Shengxia saying: "You teachers, you think of yourselves as parents. This is related to the future of an outstanding student. I can't delay it, right?"

I can't express my gratitude to Shengxia in words.

"But the second round and final review are extremely strict. It's not easy to pass the editor-in-chief. I will try my best to help you, but I can't guarantee when I can give you a reply." The editor gave her a shot of defense.

"good."

"I suggest you apply to other publishers at the same time. You can also consider publishing outside the province."

“I invested in three companies.”

"Witty."

Things are going much better than they did in the beginning.

It was another night, and Shengxia received various links from Tao Zhizhi and Xin Xiaohe again.

Recently, the two people who care more about online news than her are these two.

She took a quick look and found that the links sent by the two people were similar.

She clicked on the first one.

A big V forwarded the Weibo post about the music club of Nanjing University of Science and Technology Affiliated High School.

【#The student who bravely defends justice is a candidate for the top prize# Is there any news about his condition? Guide 3:09, let's see what is called all-round development. //@Nanjing University of Science and Technology Affiliated High School: Annual May Fourth Festival - Liuguang Music Club.】

[Nan Li, you are embarrassing me. Will I die if I report the current condition of the injured person?]

—It’s really too slow, it’s enough to block whatever is posted!

—I heard the people in the hospital should be fine.

[So handsome, so breathtaking! Get well soon, brother, and make your debut! I’ll support you!]

—It’s better to be the top scorer. My little brother is so handsome!

—This kind of star is worth considering chasing!

[In the comment section at the bottom of the original blog, I think I found Zhang Shu’s Weibo @SHU_abcdef]

—Really! The sky is so cute, it’s so cool to comment on yourself hahaha

-Although this is not the point right now, hurry in and knock! !

The style of painting changed so quickly that Shengxia was a little confused.

This Weibo name is very similar to his painting style. Maybe he got tired of having the same name all the time, so he tried them one by one and finally got a bunch of garbled characters.

She clicked on his Weibo.

In total, I have only posted about 40 messages, the earliest of which was a few years ago. Most of them were forwarded NBA information and some game live replays, with a star player as the avatar.

When he reposted the music club’s Weibo post, he commented: [Damn, who is this guy? He’s so damn handsome!]

Because her tone was too infatuated, but her profile picture of an NBA star didn't look like a girl, she attracted the attention of netizens.

而确定是他的微博，是因為，他去年發過一張照片，照片裏有他。

盛夏眼睛一熱。

照片裏不只有他自己。

還有她。

那是校運會的時候楊臨宇給他們拍的合照，他把合照截了，只留下他和她。

這不是一張好的構圖，中間都是空的，兩個人都貼在照片的最邊緣，距離遠得中間能再站下一個人。

她的裙擺甚至都被截掉了。

可這是一張好的照片。

只一眼，就能看見一段故事。

她是看着鏡頭的，笑容淺淡。

而他視線偏低向左，不是扭頭看她，卻勝過扭頭看她。

眼睛裏傳達出的，是一種帶着“膽怯”的複雜情緒。

這也與盛夏印象中的張澍完全不符。

他也會這樣的神情嗎？

就像……暗戀。

文案：【靠近。】

時間算算，是校運會後的幾天。

不是立即發的。

他大概是沒有什麽粉絲，平時微博也只用來看看資訊，所以就這麽大剌剌開放權限，仿佛把微博當成是個張揚卻隐秘的樹洞。

在那之後他還發過幾條原創，時間間隔幾乎都有十天以上，并不頻繁。

文案都很簡單，也沒什麽配圖。

【好可愛。】

【天啊她怎麽這麽可愛？】

【喜歡。】

跨年那天。

【還是想要得到。】

然而有一天晚上，他連發了三條。盛夏看那時間，是她生日那一晚。

【我好TM快樂誰懂？算了凡人怎麽會懂！】

【她許的什麽願？三個的話，我總得占一個吧？】

【算了沒關系，還是全許給你自己吧，我要你心想事成萬事如意這輩子都牛逼裏題！給我往死裏開心快樂！】

他一定想不到有一天這個樹洞會被發現。

更想不到會被這麽多人看見。

盛夏看的時候，下邊已經有很多網友留言了。

有人贊他可愛，有人誇他帥，還有人說他們很般配，讓他快點醒來繼續追他的女孩……

盛夏視線朦胧，淚眼婆娑。

這幾日時常哭，可是這一次不同，哭着哭着，她竟然笑了——

不知道他醒來發現這麽多網友圍觀了他的中二語錄，會怎麽樣？

這有損他好不容易樹立的拽王形象。

笑完眼眶還是簌簌流淚。

她真的好想好想好想見到他。

盛明豐的電話在這時候打了進來。

11點半了。

盛夏連忙接起。

“爸爸！”

盛明豐稍頓，忽然笑了一聲，“什麽時候接爸爸電話都這麽迫不及待了，受寵若驚咯。”

盛夏聽父親輕松的聲音，心底升騰起希冀，問：“是有什麽消息嗎？”

“嗯。”

“怎麽樣？”

盛明豐：“傍晚的時候人就醒了，沒什麽精神，又睡了，這時候剛醒，護士說狀态挺好，大半夜的沒什麽亂七八糟的人，我讓李旭派人去接你，你看看去吧。”

“謝謝爸爸！”

盛夏連忙換衣服出門，到了客廳才想起來，該怎麽和母親說？

她從來沒有這麽晚出門過。

還沒想好怎麽說，王蓮華已經從房間裏出來了，大概是聽到了動靜。

她看着女兒通紅的眼睛，問：“怎麽了？”

“媽，那個，我同學……他醒了，我爸說我可以去現在去看他……”

說完她沒敢看王蓮華。

同學？

有什麽同學能大半夜出門去探病？

可是她一定要去！

卻不想，聽見王蓮華問：“他，就是宋江，對嗎？”

盛夏猛然擡起頭，“媽媽……”

王蓮華抿着嘴，臉色是慣有的嚴肅，所以看不出什麽情緒，她沉默幾秒，說：“等我換衣服，我送你去，別叫你爸派人接了，來來回回太晚了。”

盛夏呆住。

王蓮華回屋換衣服，盛夏在外邊給盛明豐打了電話。

盛明豐很是驚訝，笑了兩聲，“這樣再好不過，早回家休息，別太晚了，病人要休息，你也早點收心，回到學習軌道上來。”

“好……”

路上，盛夏望着仍舊熱鬧的街景發呆。

她以為王蓮華會問些什麽，但是沒有。

到達醫院的時候，李旭和一位輔警在停車場等着，一路帶着她們進了住院樓。

夜裏的醫院靜悄悄的，幾個人的腳步聲顯得尤其突兀，走廊盡頭，張蘇瑾站在昏暗的燈下等候他們。

盛夏心突突的，一路過來還算平靜的心跳倏然變得躁動不安。

張蘇瑾先同王蓮華颔首打招呼，然後才看向盛夏，拍拍她的背：“沒事了，別擔心。”

盛夏從小窗朝裏望，病房內開着燈，三張病床，只有中間那張躺着人。

從這個角度只看到他穿病號服的身體，看不到臉，不知是醒着，還是睡了。

“我能進去麽？”盛夏問。

張蘇瑾點頭：“當然可以，只不過……”

她湊到盛夏耳邊，“他覺得丢人，在裝睡。”

盛夏：“說不定真的累了，或者是還沒有力氣，我改天再來也可……”

“不可以！”

盛夏的話被虛弱但有點蠻橫的聲音打斷。

是從病房裏傳來的……

走廊裏一片寂靜。

盛夏看着母親顯然怔住的表情，莫名的紅了耳根子。

她忐忑不安地開口：“我進去看看……”

然後不等大人們反應過來，推門進去了。

“咖嗒”一聲，她反手把門阖上。

病床上，張澍直挺挺躺着，病號服寬大，看不出傷在哪裏，只是整個人顯得十分消瘦，褲管大半空蕩。

他嘴唇有些發紫，顯得幹涸，不似平日那麽光滑，頭發好像長了一點，劉海蓋住了眉毛，柔順黑亮，只是不太蓬松，平日裏銳利的眼眸也稍顯黯淡，整個人看起來安靜而——乖巧。

他究竟是怎麽頂着這副病色吼出“不可以”的？

盛夏來得急，頭發也沒紮，披散在胸前。雙手因為緊張一直放在身前，不知道要說什麽。

能看見他好好地躺在那，就很好了。

“坐，我聲大不了……”張澍上下打量她一圈，開口了。

聲音是盛夏從未聽過的羸弱，遣詞造句也是能省則省。

她遵從他的眼神指揮，坐到了他旁邊病床上。

“你怎麽樣，疼不疼？”她開口，問了一句，不怎麽新鮮的話。

他傷在腹部的話，說話腹腔發力，會很疼吧？

“你先不要說話！”他還沒開口，又被盛夏打斷。

他怔了怔，乖乖把要出口的話吞了回去。

盛夏扭頭，透過小窗看到幾個大人似乎不在門前了，才又回頭，忽然湊到他病床邊，拉過邊上的凳子坐下，手肘托腮趴在他旁邊，“那我們說悄悄話，你可以不那麽用力……”

因為她忽然的靠近，一股馨香盈入鼻息，張澍閉了閉眼。

“我問，你答是或者不是就好了。”她聲音低低的，似乎真的要把說悄悄話演到底了。

明明她又沒受傷。

張澍笑了笑，但也不敢扯動肌肉，有種皮笑肉不笑的感覺。

盛夏微囧。

“嗯……”他微微歪頭看着她，答應道。

離得太近了。他這一扭頭，兩人呼吸可聞。

盛夏感覺脖頸一熱，然而她沒有後退，問道：“疼不疼啊？”

張澍眉頭一擰，道：“這個問題好像不能用是或者不是來回答……”

盛夏：……

那他回答疼或者不疼不就好了？還說那麽多話。

盛夏：“你是不是疼？”

眼前，女孩瞳眸倒映着他，滿眼都是他。

誰還疼？

張澍彎了彎嘴角，改了臺詞：“不疼。”

盛夏：“那你什麽時候能坐起來？半個月是不是？”

張澍配合：“不是。”

盛夏：“一個月？”

張澍：“不知道。”

盛夏忽然就不知道再問什麽了，滿腹的話，到了近前竟不知從哪裏說起。

“我可以看看你的傷嗎？”

張澍搖搖頭：“不可以。”

“就看一下……”

“好吧，可以。”

他指了指上衣紐扣，“解開……”

盛夏懵了懵，看看他，再看看他的衣服。

他一副病容，眼神坦蕩，看不出一點其他意味。

盛夏為自己小人之心忏悔，他受傷了啊，通報說他左臂也傷了，自然不能解紐扣……

她站起來，俯身，想着是腹部，就從最下邊開始解。

可是病號服不僅寬大，還長，下擺都到胯的位置了。

她捏起最下邊那顆紐扣，随即，動作頓住，整個呆了。

因為她清晰地感覺，手底下蹭過的他的身體——動了動！

幅度很小，但是大概因為病房裏過于靜谧，這氛圍讓一點點輕微的動靜都擦出了化學反應。

盛夏下意識擡眼驚詫地看他，只見他也瞪大眼睛，盯着自己的——褲/裆。

盛夏也不知道哪裏來的勇氣，一鼓作氣擰開紐扣，又往上擰開了四五顆。

漸漸地，從紅着臉，變成了紅着眼。

他的右腹處微微凸起，應該是包着藥物或者什麽醫用器械，整個腹部被“五花大綁”，層層疊疊的紗布圍得密不透風。

雖然，紗布白淨得一點髒污都沒有。

當然也沒有血跡。

可盛夏腦海中全是短刀沒入他腹部的畫面……

好疼啊。

She couldn't control herself anymore. All the questions that had been nagging at her mind all night suddenly burst out: "You said that we should stop here. Why are you still doing this? Why are you still moving tables for me? Why are you waiting for me at Yifang Bookstore every day? Why do you just..."

She heard her own voice suddenly increase in volume and stopped in time, but tears continued to fall.

Zhang Shu couldn't get up, so he raised his uninjured hand to pull at her clothes, "Don't cry..."

She saw his brows were knitted together and he choked. She pulled a few tissues from the bedside table to wipe away her tears and sat back on the stool.

At this time, we shouldn't cause trouble for him.

Her whole action was smooth and flowing, and it only took her one or two minutes from crying to wiping away the tears.

Zhang Shu looked at her quietly.

It seems that he has cried a lot in the past few days and he is so familiar with self-relief.

He thought back to her "accusation".

Alas, in the end, I know everything.

"Because..." Zhang Shu sighed helplessly, "Even though I know we may never meet again, I still like you."