Hou Junqi proposed to postpone the class, and many people seconded his proposal.

Han Xiao and his group were of course very eager to go. Qi Xiulei, Yang Linyu, and the entire dormitory also wanted to go. Yang Linyu even brought Xin Xiaohe with him. This team...

Three cars of people got off the cars. The tall Hou Junqi led the way. The group of people in school uniforms walked in the hospital corridor, and many people turned their heads to look back.

Zhang Shu was sleeping with an IV drip and was woken up by someone saying "Brother Shu".

He actually sleeps very restlessly, and cannot turn over or lie on his side. If it weren't for the effect of the medication, he would be in a light sleep during the day, and during this time he would listen to some English listening or Chinese recitation.

Zhang Shu turned off the audiobook playing on his phone and took off his headphones.

The nurse rocked the bed slightly upwards.

He watched a group of people lining up to go into the ward, like counting ducks.

A group of water masters.

Finally, I saw a girl with short hair and a pair of black eyes - it was Xin Xiaohe.

Zhang Shu's eyes were still looking behind her.

There was no one there, Xin Xiaohe closed the door.

No one noticed Zhang Shu's dimming eyes, because he was not very energetic to begin with.

"What's wrong with you? Why aren't you attending class?" Zhang Shu asked.

Hou Junqi: "Our class's physical education class..."

Han Xiao said, "Does it matter whether we are in a fight or not?"

Wu Pengcheng: "No, don't take them with you. I'm already a big sacrifice, okay?"

Liu Huian: "Tsk, what difference does it make whether you learn or not."

A group of people started chattering and arguing with each other for no apparent reason, and shared the fruits they brought.

Then one person asked about the patient's condition, another asked about the case, and Zhang Shu couldn't handle it all by himself.

Hou Junqi cried, "Ah Shu, when can you come back? When can you play basketball? It's too painful for me to study hard alone!"

Yang Linyu pointed out: "How many days have you been there in the past half month? Why are you suffering? Suffering!"

"I feel so miserable!" Hou Junqi retorted, "Unlike you, Henan Science and Technology University is stable, right? You are so happy."

Yang Linyu was humble and cautious: "Don't talk nonsense, you still have to pass the first-tier line, okay?"

Qi Xiulei: "Haha, isn't it easy for you to get the first line? Ah Shu, do you think this person is Versailles?"

Zhang Shu knew that Yang Linyu had participated in the winter camp for independent enrollment at Heyan University of Science and Technology and seemed to have achieved good results.

"When will the announcement be made?" he asked.

Yang Linyu: "We basically already know the results. The announcement will be made in April."

"Really? Midsummer is also April!" Xin Xiaohe interrupted.

When this name was mentioned, several brothers secretly sighed that something was not right.

The whole internet knows that Zhang Shu confessed his love on Weibo, but the heroine didn't seem to react.

It's understandable, after all, I heard that she was going abroad.

What did Han Xiaoxian react to? "What is April in the middle of summer?"

Hou Junqi said: "As for the SAT exam, it seems that there is no exam in China on the even-numbered days of April?"

Xin Xiaohe secretly sighed at her own big mouth.

She found out when she went to Yifang Bookstore the weekend before that Shengxia had asked for leave to prepare for self-recruitment. No one in the class knew about it, not even Shengxia's parents.

Shengxia is not as sure-footed as Yang Linyu.

Xin Xiaohe said embarrassedly: "Ah, then I might have remembered it wrong."

This time, everyone noticed Zhang Shu's dimming eyes.

There was a silence of a few seconds.

Wu Pengcheng teased, "Ah Shu, you are really famous this time. What you said in your previous speech is useful to society and the country. It's really not nonsense, huh?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Realizing personal value too early hahaha."

Well……

Why are they the only ones laughing awkwardly while Zhang Shu has no expression on his face and his eyes are getting even darker?

What's wrong with this statement?

"Ah Shu?" Yang Linyu changed the subject, "Then can you participate in the second model test?"

Zhang Shu calculated the time: "Not sure."

The doctor said he was recovering well, but it was hard to tell for sure.

Everyone looked at each other.

Staying in bed for such a long time must have a significant impact on performance, but no one dares to say that.

Zhang Shu said: "It's okay, there's still time."

After he said that, everyone felt a little relieved.

The group talked about ball and some recent gossip in school, and then had to leave.

The "翹课" cannot be connected with the "翹" course.

Xin Xiaohe was walking at the end, but suddenly stopped and looked back.

A little tangled.

Should she say something more? She could see that Shengxia was also very depressed recently.

But Shengxia has her own reasons for doing things, and she can't just interfere.

After struggling for a while, Xin Xiaohe said nothing and turned away.

Zhang Shu was half lying on the bed, thinking back to Xin Xiaohe's hesitant look as if she wanted to say something, and fell into deep thought.

He picked up his phone, found Xin Xiaohe's QQ, and sent a message.

S: "What did you want to say just now?"

Xin Xiaohe was probably bored in the car, and replied almost immediately: "Nothing, hehe."

S: "What's the announcement in April?"

Even if you take the SAT or TOEFL, you should call it a score announcement, not an announcement. The word "announcement" is too socialist.

The chat box repeatedly flashes "The other party is typing..."

But no news came.

Zhang Shu was getting anxious and made a voice call directly.

It was cut off instantly by Xin Xiaohe.

Zhang Shu: …

Then Xin Xiaohe’s message came over.

Xin Xiaohe: Sorry, Brother Shu, my hands were shaking just now... Well, why don’t you ask Lao Wang? I’m not sure either...

It's not that she doesn't understand clearly, it's that she understands it too clearly and doesn't know whether what she is doing is right or wrong.

What if the summer is a trap?

Zhang Shu called Wang Wei without hesitation, but no one answered.

Are there classes?

Most likely, he has classes in other classes.

Wait until after class?

Zhang Shu couldn't wait.

Remembering something, he found Fu Jie's QQ in the class group and added her as a friend.

The other party agreed in almost seconds and sent a cute "Hi".

Zhang Shu didn't reply and just made a voice call.

The call was picked up in a second, and Fu Jie greeted, "My dear hero, why did you call me? I am so flattered! Are you feeling better? I heard from Teacher Wang that you are in good health and have recovered well. When can I come to visit you?"

Zhang Shu said in short: "Much better, you can come anytime. Teacher, I have something to ask you, can you answer me truthfully?"

Fu Jie: …

"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Do you know...what Shengxia is doing?" Zhang Shu went straight to the point.

Fu Jie: "She, isn't she in class?"

Zhang Shu: …

He discovered that Fu Jie's train of thought was somewhat similar to Sheng Xia's.

Zhang Shu: "Does she have any exams or summer camp in April?"

He felt something was wrong. Normally, schools only have winter camps and summer camps. During this time, spring camps? It seemed to not exist.

"No?" Fu Jie answered, and then seemed to think for a while, and said: "She will release the announcement for independent enrollment in April, didn't you know?"

Zhang Shu: "What is independent enrollment?"

Fu Jie: "The Heqing University's strong foundation plan?"

After she finished speaking, she seemed to react, "You really don't know?"

Zhang Shu turned on the speakerphone and put his hands down.

Fu Jie's voice was full of confusion: "You two are together every day, I thought you knew. It's very hard. I write until the early morning every day and even during my lunch break. You are together at noon, how could you not know?"

Zhang Shu felt as if something had hit the top of his head and his scalp was tingling.

It turns out that she insisted on carrying a schoolbag during her lunch break during that period, and it was so heavy. Was she writing while carrying her computer?

"Teacher..." Zhang Shu organized his words, "What kind of self-recruitment is this? What kind of manuscript did she write?"

"I'll send it to you later, take a look," Fu Jie muttered, "It's very cumbersome, and the conditions are extremely harsh. Lao Wang and I felt there was no hope. The first time, it really didn't get accepted. I wrote 100,000 words, but it didn't get accepted. I thought that was it, but Shengxia wanted to give it another try, so I took two weeks off and rewrote it..."

"I've never seen a girl who is so willing to take risks. There is obviously an easier way..." Fu Jie still couldn't believe it. "How come you didn't know? How could it be? Then why are you in Yifang Bookstore? I thought you were with her? I thought you two had an appointment?"

Zhang Shu stared at the ceiling with his eyes closed, his mind filled with her crying and saying that she had tried very hard but was powerless.

But he thought at that time that her efforts were about dealing with her parents.

In fact, are you preparing to recruit yourself?

Were you crying at that time because the manuscript had not been accepted?

Zhang Shu didn't say anything. Fu Jie seemed to have sensed something and was a little panicked. "Did I say something I shouldn't have said?"

"No," Zhang Shu said solemnly, "Thank you, Teacher Fu."

Fu Jie paused, remained silent, as if thinking, and then asked: "Don't you read Weibo?"

Zhang Shu: “I don’t plan to use it.”

As soon as I opened it, the reposts, comments and private messages were all red.

All are 99+.

He doesn't want this kind of red.

But he won't delete it either.

Everything he did and said were his own marks, open and honest, there was no need to erase them.

"Why don't you take a look?" Fu Jie reminded.

I met Lu Youze at Hengxin Building on a midsummer night.

She was a little surprised: "Didn't you finish the exam?"

Lu Youze replied: "The results haven't come out yet, so I can't relax. Maybe I'll have to take the exam next time."

"You will be fine." Shengxia encouraged, her tone sincere but also distant.

"Thank you," Lu Youze smiled and asked, "How is he?"

Even if no one says who this "he" is, everyone knows it.

"I feel much better now..."

After hearing this uncertain answer, Lu Youze had a vague guess in his heart, "You two...didn't reconcile?"

Such a battle could be described as a fight of life and death. Although the opponent was only imaginary to Zhang Shu, the friendship was very profound.

Reconciliation...

Shengxia had no definition of this word, and she didn't know whether it could be considered reconciliation.

All in all, the current situation is not good.

She shook her head.

Lu Youze sighed and changed the subject: "Prepare well for the test, the questions are not difficult, just relax!"

Shengxia just nodded.

王蓮華去接盛夏的時候看到了盧囿澤，客氣寒暄之後，上了車，問盛夏：“你這同學也是要出國？”

“嗯。”

“上哪？”

“賓大。”

王蓮華驚訝：“怎麽也是賓大？”

“因為商科好吧。”

王蓮華呵呵笑兩聲，低聲嘀咕：“原來你爸，表白對你輕聲細語好像多愛護你似的，竟是打的這個主意……”

盛夏嘆息。

哎，母親和父親對對方的誤解太深了。

“我們是各自老師推薦的學校，應該是碰巧。”盛夏解釋。

王蓮華不知道信沒信，提醒道：“無論怎麽樣，都保持适當距離。”

“知道了。”

王蓮華不容早戀這個硬原則，從不在意對象是誰，太子也不行。

“你也有一陣沒去看你同……看張澍了，可以去看看。”王蓮華忽然提議。

盛夏有些許驚訝，換作之前，她可能立刻就要去。

“嗯，有空的吧。”

王蓮華面露訝色，并不多話。

夜裏盛夏還是如常，刷題、整理錯題，直到深夜。

淩晨1點，上床睡覺。

睡前習慣性看了眼手機，侯駿岐有給她發探病的視頻，病房裏笑聲琅琅，張澍看着精神氣好了許多。

說話也是正常音量了。

退出聊天框，忽見一直沒有回複的“宋江”名字上出現紅色的消息數量提示。

10.

10條新消息。

點進去一看，他回複了她之前發過去的每一條消息。

最後有一句：“問那麽多不來看一眼？”

時間是兩分鐘前。

盛夏：“你怎麽這麽晚還不休息！”

病人不都需要多睡嗎？

宋江秒回：“知道你差不多這時候看手機。”

盛夏：……

“你趕緊多休息吧？”

宋江：“那你來看我，明天。”

盛夏：“好。”

大概幾分鐘過去，盛夏看着亮了滅，滅了亮的手機，還是決定問一句：“你之前怎麽不回我消息呀？”

宋江還是秒回：“明天你來了告訴你。”

這還要見面說嗎？

盛夏确認了一個事實：他最近就是故意沒回她消息。

其實她能隐約猜到一些，但以為沒有那麽嚴重。他出了事，擔心他的不止她一個人，雖然不可能每個人的關心都能被回應，但至少，能被接收到，也算不枉用心。

顯然他不這麽認為。愁。

次日是周日，下午休息。

盛夏和王蓮華打過招呼，直接搭了張蘇瑾的便車去醫院。

病房裏花團錦簇，到處擺着鮮花。

張澍不是一個人在屋裏，他病床邊站着一個女生，兩個腦袋湊近看同一部手機。

聽到來了人，兩人都擡頭。

女生很漂亮，黑長的頭發披散着，齊劉海襯得一雙眼睛格外水靈，只是通身透着股淡漠的距離感。

張澍把手機遞還給女生，說：“我家人來了。”

女生點點頭，退到一旁，做了個“拜拜”的手勢，随即向進門的張蘇瑾和盛夏颔首，然後側身出去了。

張蘇瑾笑笑，對怔住的盛夏說：“她就是那天坐窗邊那女孩，她不會說話。”

原來是這樣。

盛夏不知什麽時候提起來的心沉沉放了回去，道：“聽說是聽力障礙。”

所以那瘋子都沖到她身後了，她也沒聽到動靜。

“嗯，帶着人工耳蝸的話能聽見。”

“好不容易。”

“是呀。”

盛夏望着病床上，坐躺着的張澍，忽然有點不知所措。

因為他直直盯着她，沒什麽特殊的表情，看不出什麽情緒。

張蘇瑾說：“我去買點水果和酸奶，一會兒回來。”

當然是為了給他們騰地方，這太欲蓋彌彰了，因為床頭櫃就擺滿了果籃。

“坐啊？”還是張澍先叫她。

盛夏把書包放一邊，坐到病床邊，眼神透着心虛。

張澍在心裏嘆氣，決定先解決第一個問題。

他從床頭櫃的抽屜裏拿出那一沓信封，遞給她：“念給我聽。”

盛夏擡頭：……

張澍：“我不想看，很累，你念給我聽。”

盛夏：“這是別人，給你的……”

她怎麽能看？

張澍：“念。”

她總覺得這是個坑，但來都來了，也是她擅作主張在先，總得做點什麽。

兵來将擋，水來土掩。

盛夏選了看起來不那麽粉紅的牛皮信封打開。

“阿澍……”剛念個稱呼，盛夏就有點不自然了。

為什麽別人能那麽自然叫他阿澍呢？

她先去看落款，高二的，“你認識麽？”她把名字給他看。

張澍搖頭：“不認識。”

盛夏微訝，不認識也可以這樣稱呼麽？

在他眼神催促下，她繼續念：“展信佳……聽到你受傷的消息，我已經兩天沒有睡，希望你能平安回來，看到這封信……”

“第一次遇見你，在香樟大道上，你騎車從我身邊經過，那一刻，空氣似乎都是香甜的，我才知道，原來真的有一眼萬年這種事……”

盛夏聲音漸漸弱下去，有點卡殼。

下邊一整頁，洋洋灑灑上千字，細致地描繪了信主和張澍的每一次偶遇。

她擡眼，見他眼皮阖着，一副閉目養神的樣子。

聽見她停了，催促道：“繼續。”

“……我沒想過會和你有結局，只是想告訴你，有個人喜歡你，會一直一直，喜歡你，無論如何，你都是我高中最鮮亮的色彩。阿澍，如果可以，如果足夠幸運，希望你能記住，我叫……”

張澍睜開眼：“念完了？”

“嗯……”

張澍：“下一封。”

盛夏：……

“澍……”

“你看到這封信的時候，應該已經脫離危險了，真是上天保佑……”

“……你也許不會記得，高一軍訓的時候……”

“你永遠耀眼……”

張澍：“下一封。”

盛夏喉頭像是有什麽東西頂着，緊得發疼。

她沒有念。也沒有打開第三封。

張澍緩緩睜開眼，明明她來之前，他就已經下了狠心，這會兒看見她低着頭，下巴幾乎埋進自己脖子裏，他只能輕聲嘆氣。

“什麽感覺啊，盛夏？”

盛夏沒擡眼，只把那些信一股腦全塞回抽屜裏，“我不想念了……”

張澍：“為什麽？”

她說不出口。

張澍：“為什麽啊，XIA杠abcdef同學？”

盛夏終于擡起頭。

他看到了嗎？他不是不看嗎？

“你看……”

“嗯，”張澍打斷她，“看到了。”

如果不是确确實實看到了，看到了那句“你我皆如願，九月複相見”，他實在不敢相信，一個喜歡他的女孩，會把別人寫的情書遞給他。

還不止一封，是一沓。

他想了一晚上，終于釋然。

他不能以自己的三觀和邏輯去解釋她的所做作為。

一直以來，她習慣了照顧身邊每一個人情緒，有極強的共情能力，對他人的包容、理解常常超過了私欲。

之前他過生日，讓她幫拆禮物，她都覺得是對送禮物人的折辱，更何況是他生命垂危的關頭，別人送的信。

而對他的喜歡，于她而言是一份陌生的情感。

不知道怎麽處理，一切都習慣性地順着原有的邏輯來。

“所以為什麽啊？為什麽不想念了？”張澍依依不饒。

盛夏終于受不住這逼問，喃喃道：“因為不好受……”

那些不算優美，但感情真摯的字句，如果偶然在網上讀到，她可能會感慨一番，但信中的主人翁是他，信中描繪的場景，是她錯過的他的時光。

她解釋不清，她就是很難受。

忽而，她的指尖被人碰了碰，她擡眼，對上張澍淺淡的笑臉。

“開竅了嗎？這叫吃醋。”他眼睛直勾勾看着她，一字一句地陳述。

吃、醋。

他把一只手臂墊到後腦勺，一派輕松樣，嘴裏卻說着讓她耳熱的話：“吃醋是，別的男生和你說話超過三句我就不爽，給你送水我也不爽，能和你去一個學校留學，我超級不爽，理智告訴我這都是對你好，但是感性上我就是非常不爽，這種感覺，你現在知道了嗎？”

知道了嗎？

知道了。

吃醋，是林黛玉說，早知她來，我便不來了；是Jane黯然離開她那隐蔽的角落；是布萊斯在心裏怒吼她怎麽能坐在那對別人笑？

是明知一切都情有可原，仍舊難以排解。

是含沙射影、出離憤怒、不再從容。

是占有欲。

盛夏：“我也有的……”

張澍瞥向她，一副洗耳恭聽卻不怎麽相信的姿态。

“我也有的……”盛夏重複着，像是強調，“在看到你陪別的女孩排練的時候，在聽說你給她送了好多次花還有項鏈的時候，在看到你們特別自然地談笑的時候，還有剛才……”

“剛才……”

她頓住了，臉頰已經通紅

。

她能感覺自己緊緊攥着的手，手心發燙，滲出了細細密密的汗。

張澍微微直起身，竟坐了起來，腹部傳來一絲痛感，卻不足以阻止他向她靠近。

他握住那緊張的手——仍舊軟得不可思議。

“剛才什麽？”

他輸着液，手冰涼，給燥熱的她猛然降溫，竟有些舒适。

盛夏與他對視，不再躲閃。

“剛才，看到你和別人，靠那麽近的時候……”

Zhang Shu looked at her close, her fair and rosy face, her eyes filled with stubbornness and grievance. He could no longer control the angle of his mouth, which slowly rose, and finally his eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles.

Shengxia's heart was pounding as if it was about to jump out, and he stared at her stubbornly.

She is sincere and doesn't talk nonsense.

He shouldn't accuse her of knowing nothing.

"midsummer……"

She heard his voice was low, gentle and tender.

"What should I do? I like more than just you now..."

The heartbeat and pulse of midsummer are all out of control. They just won't slow down.

Zhang Shu carefully observed her every reaction, but ultimately swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

Take it step by step, don't rush.

She is different from others.

He put his head completely in front of her and changed the sentence: "From now on, I will only listen to your confession and only give you flowers and necklaces. I will keep a distance of one meter from other girls. What do you think?"