Chapter 67 Cure Her
Qi Lang hugged her and did not let go even after he carried her to bed.
This time, Bai He's sleepiness was gone.
My mind suddenly became clear, and my muscles became tense and a little nervous.
I don't know what he wants to do.
Taking a deep breath, I noticed a faint smell of alcohol on him.
It's easy to imagine that he must have drunk some alcohol at such a social dinner, and since he has an alcohol intolerance, he would get drunk after just a few drinks.
Is he drunk?
Bai He looked at the boy's slightly drunk and blurry eyes, and the faint mole mark seemed to be tempting her.
"Qi Lang..."
Qi Lang let go of her slightly, lying on his side beside her, and asked with a wicked smile: "What's wrong?"
Her face was a little hot and her breathing was a little tight: "You...drank too much."
"Fortunately, I'm conscious." Qi Lang stared at her intently. "I'm afraid if I get really drunk, I might do something uncontrollable."
"What's up?"
"Do you want to know what it is?" He looked at her with eyes that were hot and lustful.
Bai He couldn't stand it any longer, so he looked away and said, "I don't want to know."
My heartbeat is like a drum, with a chaotic rhythm.
"It's getting late. I have to go back. I have to go to work tomorrow morning." She stood up and was about to leave.
"You can stay overnight." Qi Lang grabbed her wrist. "The room is ready."
"No, it's too expensive here."
"Xinghai Hotel is part of the Qi family's business. It just happens to be the project I'm in charge of, so it's okay."
Bai He noticed his attempt to keep him and asked nervously, "I'm staying here tonight, how about you?"
"I'll open a separate room, or... you want me to stay with you." Qi Lang was a little drunk and said something he would never say under normal circumstances, "It's up to Xiao Baihe. You can do whatever you want to me. Treat me as your... robot Xiao Qi."
When they were young, they often played robot games together. If they lost the rock-paper-scissors game, they would become the robot of the other party. They had to do whatever they were told and were not allowed to disobey orders.
Once, Bai He ordered Qi Lang to carry her home, and he really carried her all the way from school back home, which was several kilometers, and he was very tired.
But robots cannot say no to their owners and must follow any instructions.
Recalling the wonderful childhood days, Bai He couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you still want to play games?"
"Come on." Qi Lang stretched out his hand.
So she played rock-paper-scissors with him. She chose scissors and Qi Lang chose rock, and she lost.
She said, "You are so stupid. You always lose in the rock-paper-scissors game?"
Yeah, he always loses to her.
Qi Lang didn't tell her because she subconsciously chose scissors in every round of rock-paper-scissors, so he always "lost to her" because he wanted to lose.
"Maybe it's bad luck. Will Yanyi lose?" he asked her tentatively.
"Yan Yi always wins," Bai He said. "I always act as his robot."
Qi Lang's breathing became a little tight: "Have you played this game with him before?"
"Yes! He loved playing with this when he was a kid..."
"Have you ever played after you grew up?" Qi Lang's heart tightened, his voice hoarse, "After falling in love..."
Bai He suddenly fell silent, pursed her lips, and stopped talking.
Qi Lang got the answer from her silence——
Of course they did.
On the bed, played.
He didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Bai He probably guessed what he was thinking and felt a little embarrassed. She fiddled with the sheets with her fingers, as if she wanted to poke a hole in the fabric.
"Alright, give the order now." Qi Lang rubbed her head and said with a smile, "Xiao Qi always obeys her master."
So Bai He stretched out her index finger and touched his fingertips. This was also the gesture she learned from watching the alien ET when she was a child. The touch of the index finger indicated that the robot contract was activated.
Bai He said, "Then take me home, Xiao Qi."
…
The night breeze is cool on the streets in early spring.
Qi Lang considerately draped his haute couture suit over Bai He's shoulders.
Bai He was a little uncomfortable: "You're suddenly so gentlemanly. Before, you even let me carry your schoolbag."
Qi Lang followed her with his hands in his pockets: "You are not a child anymore. I can still bully you like before."
Bai He said indifferently: "I am more used to you bullying others, but I am not used to you pretending to be a gentleman now."
Qi Lang lowered his head and smiled.
Bai He: "What are you laughing at?"
"It seems that what Yan Yi said is correct."
"What did the translation say?"
"He said..." Qi Lang stretched out his tone and whispered in her ear, "He said that you have a bit of a masochistic tendency."
"You guys...are really good brothers! You both bully me!"
Bai He grabbed his suit and hit him hard. Qi Lang jumped away nimbly, and the two chased and fought on the streets late at night for a long time.
"You're the masochist, you bastard!"
"I didn't say that." Qi Lang grabbed his suit, "Be careful not to tear it."
Bai He let go of his hand, and inertia made him take two steps back. She quickened her pace towards the bus stop and ignored him.
"I said I would drive you home." He shouted to her from behind.
"I don't want to ride in your car." Bai He turned around and said to him, "I took a double-decker sightseeing bus the other day and it was so comfortable. I want to take the bus instead."
Qi Lang wanted to say that by this time, the double-decker sightseeing bus would have already closed, but...
She wanted to sit, and how could he not satisfy her.
Qi Lang lowered his head and sent a location message to Mu Zhanyan.
Bai He walked to the bus stop and was about to check the schedule when Qi Lang walked over and said, "There's no sightseeing bus at this stop. Let's go to the next stop, there should be one."
"Yeah?"
"Um."
Bai He didn't doubt it and followed Qi Lang through the busy pedestrian street in the business district. They bought two egg waffles in front of the snack bar. Qi Lang said, "You used to go on a diet and not eat at night. How come you're suddenly not afraid of gaining weight?"
Bai He savored the food with gusto: "I suddenly really like eating. It doesn't matter if I gain weight or not. Being happy is more important."
"I agree with you."
Qi Lang came over and tried to nibble on her egg waffles, but Bai He quickly dodged him: "Eat your own, you're so disgusting."
"You actually think I'm disgusting."
"I just hate you."
The two of them walked and chatted until they arrived at the next bus stop. A double-decker sightseeing bus was waiting at the platform. Bai He and Qi Lang went up to the open-air observation deck on the second floor together. She was a little curious and said that the buses in the port city were really strange, as they could actually wait for passengers.
Qi Lang smiled and said nothing.
The bus shuttled through the streets of Central at midnight. Bai He reached out to touch the leaves of a passing treetop. Qi Lang said worriedly, "Be careful not to cut your hands."
"Qi Lang, I really like this feeling."
Bai He raised her hand, letting the leaves brush against her fingertips, and closed her eyes.
The evening breeze blew the hair by her ear, like a wisp of catkins swaying in the wind, so calm and so light.
There was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, as faint as a firefly.
However, Qi Lang felt a sense of inexplicable sadness.
He felt that she had changed a little after this meeting.
She didn't look like the eighteen-year-old Sayuri he knew. It was as if she was filled with so many emotions, complex and difficult to express...
"Qi Lang, you try it too, touch the leaves."
So Qi Lang followed her example and closed his eyes, letting the leaves on the treetops brush against his fingertips when the bus passed by a big tree.
"What does it feel like?"
Qi Lang still closed his eyes: "It feels like there is fire burning my fingers."
The next second, Bai He's smile froze on the corner of her mouth, and she stared at him intently.
Qi Lang opened his eyes and saw her staring at him: "What are you doing?"
"Nothing." The little girl lowered her head and said nothing.
Maybe it was a coincidence, their feelings about the leaves were so highly consistent, this moment of soul connection was like being twins.
No wonder they have been close friends for so many years.
Soon, the bus arrived at the station in Central and stopped in front of Wins Building, and the two got off the bus.
Qi Lang frowned as he looked at the commercial and residential apartment building in front of him, which was as tall, dense, and mixed as the Chongqing Building.
"Thank you for sending me back, then I won't invite you..."
Before she could even say anything polite, Qi Lang grabbed her collar and walked straight into the apartment building: "Come to your house and have a seat."
Bai He: ...
"Oh! No, it's not convenient at this late hour."
"What's the inconvenience with you?"
“It’s not good for a man and a woman to be alone…”
"I'm not messing around with you."
“…” Bai He was speechless.
Sometimes being too familiar is not a good thing.
As they were talking, Qi Lang had already entered the elevator. Bai He had no choice but to follow him in and press the button for the 10th floor.
The corridor was narrow, and there were businesses open on the same floor, including nail salons, second-hand machine shops... a mixed crowd, and even women from the red-light district passed by them drunkenly. When they saw Qi Lang, they called him "handsome boy" and tried to pull him into the house.
Bai He quickly separated him, pulled Qi Lang into her room, and quickly closed the door.
"My house is very small," she said. "It's so small that it may not even have enough space for you."
Indeed, Qi Lang was standing in the aisle between her bed and the wall, feeling very cramped. He could even touch the ceiling with his hand. He had no choice but to sit cramped beside her small bed, unable to stretch out even one leg.
"You live here?"
"Yes, it's free accommodation."
“That’s too bad.”
"I said it doesn't cost money."
Qi Lang looked around and suddenly saw the medicine bottle on her desk. He picked it up and asked, "What is this?"
Bai He was startled and rushed over to grab the medicine bottle, hiding it in his schoolbag: "It's for sleeping. I haven't been sleeping well lately."
"Don't take random medicines." Qi Lang said, "You have trouble sleeping. Relax and sleep slowly. The medicines can cause dependence. Have you consulted your doctor, Dr. Yan?"
"Doctor Yan has been very busy lately." Bai He was annoyed by his endless questions. "It's just a small matter, can you please stop worrying about it? Come on, I need to take a shower!"
"Where are you going to wash?"
"There's a public shower outside."
"..." Qi Lang couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up and said, "Pack your things and stay at my place."
"Where do you live?"
“Tsim Sha Tsui.”
"It's too far! I don't want to get up at six to go to work. Here, I can walk to K-News in a few minutes and even grab breakfast on the way."
"Then I'll help you find a house nearby."
Bai He said helplessly: "Qi Lang, I'm here to work, not to relax and take a vacation. Thank you for your kindness."
Qi Lang pondered for a moment, no longer forcing her, and made a phone gesture beside his ear: "Anything, contact Xiaoqi Robot."
Bai He smiled and said, "Okay, okay, now you can shut down the Xiaoqi robot."
Qi Lang shook his head: "From now on, Xiaoqi Robot will be on standby 24 hours a day, with no downtime."
Okay.
Qi Lang left the room. Bai He waved to him, closed the door, and stood with her back against the door for a long time. Suddenly, she put her ear to the door and listened. There was no sound outside the door. Thinking he had left, she opened the door.
Unexpectedly, Qi Lang hadn't left yet. He lowered his head, staring blankly at the little dolphin keychain she gave him.
Seeing her suddenly open the door, he was stunned. The two of them blinked and looked at each other in the dim corridor.
Qi Lang's expression was obviously a little embarrassed, and he hid the hand holding the pendant behind his back.
"Xiaoqi Robot, you haven't left yet?"
"hold head high."
"Is it down?"
"Um."
Bai He smiled and poked his brow with her fingertips: "Restart."
Qi Lang: "I'm really leaving this time."
"Let's go!"
Bai He watched him leave. Just as he was about to enter the elevator, she suddenly mustered up the courage and called out, "Seven!"
Qi Lang quickly jumped out of the elevator and walked back with big strides: "Yeah, yeah!"
"I… just wanted to ask you, are you free Saturday afternoon?"
Qi Lang put one hand in his pocket, leaned against the wall, and said reservedly: "Saturday afternoon, I think."
"Can you go to Disneyland with me?"
He deliberately stretched out his tone and said, "Are you looking for me because you have no friends, or...you just want to find me."
"Is there any difference?"
“It’s a fundamental difference.”
Bai He suppressed her laughter and didn't intend to beat around the bush. She said sincerely, "I just want to go to Disneyland with Xiao Qi Robot."
"so…"
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said persistently, "Actually, Xiaoqi Robot doesn't have to go back tonight. The upgraded version has a bed-warming function. Would you like to try it out?"
"Thank you, no need! I'm more used to the childhood version!"
With a "bang", Bai He closed the door and couldn't help laughing.
…
The next morning, after the family doctor Simpson gave Qi Fengyu a routine health check, he walked out of the villa. Qi Lang caught up with him and told him the name he saw on the Baihe medicine bottle last night.
"What kind of medicine is this?"
"SSRIs stand for selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors," Simpson replied. "In simple terms, they're antidepressants."
As soon as these words were spoken, Qi Lang stood there in a daze, his whole body stiff, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
It wasn't his illusion. When they met again this time, he felt that there was something different about her.
But...but how could this be!
His fists clenched unconsciously, his thin lips trembled, and he wanted to say something but it felt like there was an olive stuck in his throat and he couldn't make a sound.
Countless doubts surged in his mind, like snowflakes all over the sky, dense and dense.
Bai He has loved to laugh and been so cheerful since she was a child...how could she be depressed!
Simpson noticed that he looked different and asked worriedly, "Qi, are you okay?"
No, no, he's not okay.
Like drowning and suffocating, Qi Lang was almost unable to breathe.
He took out his cell phone and made a voice call to Yan Yi with trembling hands.
The call was connected, without much greeting, Qi Lang roared tornly -
"She's on antidepressants, you know!!!"
There was an awkward silence...
"Speak! Yanyi, speak the fucking word!!"
Suddenly, the young man's calm voice came -
"Know."
Qi Lang strode out of the manor and stood on the lawn, his shoulders twitching slightly. He was so heartbroken that he couldn't help but say, "How could she get this disease? You'd better give me a reasonable explanation."
"Bonded by a sense of responsibility, she's been in a two-year relationship with someone she doesn't love. She's watched helplessly as the person she's had a crush on for over a decade leaves her life. Perhaps she'll never have the chance to confess her feelings. And this jerk boyfriend is still torturing and controlling her, forcing an optimistic and cheerful girl into depression... If this is the answer you're looking for."
Qi Lang listened quietly.
He could feel that in Yan Yi's calm voice, there was a time bomb that could explode at any time.
He must have tasted the ultimate pain and repented for it every day.
But Qi Lang couldn't forgive.
How can I forgive!
"Yan Yi, you should be thankful that you are not in China and not in front of me now, otherwise, I would break a few of your bones."
Yan Yi said, "Qi Lang, I told you a long time ago to go and accompany her. At that time, I called you every day, urging you to go to Beili City and accompany her, but what did you do? You even blocked my number. Now, more than half a year has passed, and you finally realized it and come to question me."
"I fucking thought you were trying to trick me."
"So what qualifications do you have to break my bones? When she needed you the most, you were still playing tricks on me. Admit it, we are both selfish and unworthy of her."
"Bullshit, stop comparing me to you, you're not worthy." Qi Lang cursed, "She shouldn't have picked you up in the first place! You ungrateful bastard!"
"Yes, I am an ungrateful person." Yan Yi laughed, a very crazy laugh.
"I watched Bai He grow up. She has been with me since she learned to walk. I have loved her for so many years. How dare you treat her like this? How dare you!"
Qi Lang's heart was broken, and he only regretted that he was not in front of him so that he could not cut him into pieces.
He left with great reluctance because he saw how good Yan Yi was to her...
If he had known that he would become so crazy later, Qi Lang would never have quit, never!
On the other end of the phone, the young man took a deep breath and controlled himself: "Qi Lang, if you can cure her, I will quit."
"What did you say?"
"Her illness is what worries me most right now. If you can cure her, I won't fight with you anymore." Yan Yi suppressed the pain and said to him word by word, "From now on, I will just treat her as my brother and won't fight with you anymore."
"Are you willing to give it up?"
"What you were able to do back then, I can do as well."
"Then it's a deal."
Yan Yi was so heartbroken that he couldn't utter a word and hung up the phone forcefully.
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