timeless

Chapter 8 Osmanthus Forest (1)
The sudden heavy rain forced Jiang Wei and Yu Xinye to stay at the door of the store near the school gate to avoid the rain.The torrential rain refused to stop for a long time, and finally the boy suggested: "My house is close to the school, why don't you go to my house to take shelter first?" Only then did she discover her strangeness.

"What's wrong?" He said, bending down.

"Stomach hurts..." The faint voice almost broke into the sound of the rain.Jiang Wei's face was buried between his legs, and his long hair almost fell to the ground.

Yu Xinye quickly bent down, and his voice couldn't help becoming tense: "Are you all right?"

"It's okay, it's just a stomach problem." Her face was buried between her legs, and her expression could not be seen.All that could be seen was that her fingers on both sides of her legs were turning white from exertion.

Just a stomach bug.

Yu Xinye suddenly remembered the bottle of milk tea that was handed to her earlier.

If it was a stomach problem, why did I have to drink iced milk tea at that time?Why don't you want to eat?
Almost hesitating for a moment, Yu Xinye quickly squatted down and reached out to help Jiang Wei: "Can you stand up? Do you want me to help you?"

"Hmm." As if answering "Can you stand up?", or actually answering "Would you like me to help you?" Jiang Wei seemed to want to stand up, but bent down deeper again, curled up Group, let out a painful but extremely weak moan.

In the end, Jiang Wei still managed to stand up, and Yu Xinye frowned when he saw that her lips were frighteningly white.A face that was bloodless at first, looked even more sick now, but still rejected the boy's suggestion of "Let me help you", but kept grabbing Yu Xinye's arm with one hand and exerting force.Yu Xinye didn't dare to cry out the pain, but just paid attention to her expression all the time along the way.

Even if two people walked under the eaves next to each other, avoiding the shower for a while, they were still completely drenched in the end.Their hair was all wet and sticking to their faces, which was very uncomfortable.But there is no way.The rain drenched on my body and flowed all the way into my clothes along the skin, making me shiver with cold.

"Is there no one in your house?" Jiang Wei asked while wiping the rain off his face.The stomach pain was not as severe as before, and the water flowed down from his body, and soon a small piece of water stains gathered on the ground under his feet.

"No one, my parents are not at home these days." Yu Xinye frantically looked for the key, but couldn't get the key into the keyhole several times, and it took him a long time to open the anti-theft door, "Come in quickly."

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Wei followed him in.

The boy's house was very clean and spacious, Jiang Wei looked around.

Yu Xinye came out of the room and handed her a towel: "Does your stomach still hurt? I'll find out if you have stomach medicine."

Jiang Wei took the towel he handed over, and replied as if answering the next question: "Yes."

The two of them didn't speak any more, and each wiped the rainwater from their faces and necks, feeling much better immediately.

"Why did it suddenly rain, and I didn't prepare for it." Jiang Wei wiped the rain from his face, and looked out the window of Yu Xinye's house at the pouring rain. "The whole body is wet."

I also got my hair wet, and it was very troublesome to wash such long hair.

"Would you like to take a shower or wipe yourself off?" Yu Xinye looked at Jiang Wei who was drenched all over. The thin material of the shirt was stuck to the girl's body because of the wetness, outlining the thin underwear belt, and she couldn't help pulling it Looking away, he suggested while wiping the rain on his face, "I can find out my mother's pajamas and change them for you."

Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment, subconsciously wanting to refuse, after all, it would be embarrassing to take a shower at a boy's house.However, the wet clothes are very uncomfortable to stick to the body, and the stomach still feels intermittent pain from time to time.She frowned, and finally nodded: "Well, that's fine."

OK then.

Saying such words and making such a decision may be because Yu Xinye has helped him many times, or it may be because he doesn't know who to trust other than him at this moment.

I can only trust you.

Water dripped from the shower, dribbling across the bathroom floor.

Jiang Wei could distinguish Yu Xinye's approaching footsteps from the sound of water, and heard the sound of putting clothes on at the door, and at the same time, Yu Xinye's voice sounded at the door: "I put my mother's clothes on the washing machine at the door. , After you wash in a while, use my towel, the white one."

"Understood." The answer sounded with the sound of water.

understood.

For a moment, he felt very tired. The bursts of heartache and stomach pain from his abdomen made Jiang Wei bend down, and finally he squatted on the ground leaning against the back of the door, his hands tightly hugging his legs, tears and tears pouring from the top of his head. The hot water washed down flows down together.

She just shed tears quietly, not daring to cry out.In this rainy day, with the sound of rain outside the window and the sound of water in the bathroom, I choked up in my throat together.

I can only trust you.

Yu Xinye's towel is white with a light milky blue border, dry and soft, without any peculiar smell.

Jiang Wei changed into the pajamas brought by Yu Xinye, very feminine lemon yellow with some lace around the neckline.Yu Xinye's mother was probably about the same height as Jiang Wei, and Jiang Wei's clothes fit her perfectly.

When he opened the door and walked out, the boy had already changed into clean clothes and was sitting on the sofa watching TV.Seeing Jiang Wei coming out, he sat up and said hello: "You can just hang your clothes on the window sill, and put your stomach medicine on the tea table, I don't know if it's suitable or not... You can read the instructions yourself, I'll make some glutinous rice balls. "

"Okay, got it." Jiang Wei nodded.

It rained all the time.

The endless rain, accompanied by the sound of rustling, fell like beans on the window sill and the ground, winding down from the glass like tears and flowing onto the window sill.

The curtains were drawn in the room.

Jiang Wei sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and watched TV, while Yu Xinye spread his body sprawled beside her.The light in the living room was very dark, the dripping rain brought the wind that squeezed in through the cracks of the open window, swaying the shadow of the curtain.

It was so quiet that only the sound of rain, breathing and the dialogue of characters on the TV could be heard.

"Brother Junyu, I'm really tired. I also want to have your sunny smile like Eunji, do you understand?"

"Yumi, don't do this..."

"I watched it for a long time and didn't understand what this Korean drama is about." Yu Xinye was biting an apple, his hair was half-dry and messy after washing, and he was lazily leaning on the sofa, with a few strands of hair still Water is dripping down.

"After the male number one and the female number one fell in love, they accidentally discovered that the female number one was the long-lost sister of the male number one, but the female number one was pregnant with the boy number one's child. Later, the female number one couldn't stand the shock and committed suicide." Jiang Jiang Wei drank the warm water that Yu Xinye poured for her, and explained calmly.

"So the male number one also committed suicide after being overwhelmed with grief? The two of them turned into butterflies and flew together?" Yu Xinye was speechless for a while.

"No, the male number one found the female number two after being sad for a while, and the female number two later became pregnant with his child. But the truth is that the female number one is not his sister, but her sister's childhood friend. That female number two is his real sister."

"..."

Eyes wide open.

"Can you stop explaining such a bloody plot in such a serious tone?" Yu Xinye finally couldn't help but hold his forehead after being silent for a while.Rub the palm of your hand on the damp hair, covering it with a thin layer of water vapor.

Jiang Wei's fingers tugged at the corner of his clothes: "If I remember correctly, your glutinous rice balls should have been cooked for almost an hour, right?"

"..."

Yu Xinye suddenly sat up from the sofa, and the whole sofa shook violently with his movements and his screams: "Ah, it's over!"

I don't know if it should be called "sesame paste" or not. The dark gray paste sticks in the pot, and the original appearance of the glutinous rice balls is completely unrecognizable.With a sad face, Yu Xinye stirred the pot with a spoon, and fished out a few pieces of strong-willed white glutinous rice that hadn't been dissolved yet.

Jiang Wei stood aside and looked at him with folded arms: "Is this the glutinous rice ball you cooked?"

"It's my first time cooking glutinous rice balls, and I failed so much!!" Yu Xinye looked frustrated, but he was still trying to excuse himself. "If I knew it was so difficult to cook, I might as well cook noodles."

"As far as I know, glutinous rice balls will float automatically after they are cooked, and are the easiest to cook among all noodle dishes."

"Who said that the noodles can be eaten even if they are mushy!" Still quibbling.

"I really admire you for surviving." Jiang Wei smiled helplessly, "If you have the skills, you can ask Tang Yuan to learn from Noodles."

Yu Xinye knew he was wrong, made an expression of "I can't tell you", and poured out the glutinous rice balls in the pot: "There is nothing to eat."

"Why don't I come." Jiang Wei walked closer with his slippers on, "Although my cooking won't taste very good, at least it's still edible."

"I'm so sorry, you have a stomachache and still cook something for me."

"If you know you're wrong, don't eat it."

"no!"

The air smells of rain.

Rising white air and boiling soup, girls wearing white slippers, thick and long soft hair, and lemon yellow home pajamas that fit on the body.

Yu Xinye leaned sideways on a chair beside her, half-closed her eyes, as if she was asleep.

Jiang Wei poured the cut mushrooms into the pot, and the air was filled with the faint aroma of food.

Jiang Wei took some noodles from the pot with his chopsticks to taste, then put some salt in it, took out two eggs from the refrigerator, and cracked them into the pot.

It is as proficient as if it is in your own home, and it seems that you have lived in this house for a long time.

The faint light shines in through the frosted glass, which is gentle but not dazzling.Yu Xinye leaned against the table and fell asleep peacefully.The thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and the lips were a little dry because they didn't drink water often, and they were slightly frowned; the brows were frowning, with a youthful appearance.

The hair shining in the light, the quiet side face of the boy in memory and the drooping eyelids in deep sleep, like a CD rewinding, got stuck somewhere in the memory and embedded in Jiang Wei's mind.

- Do you treat every girl like this?
--Thank you.

Jiang Wei cooked noodles, and put the washed vegetables, balls and a pot of chicken soup left over from lunch that he found in the refrigerator.When Jiang Wei shook the boy to wake him up, what he got was a half-dream and half-awake subconscious "It smells so good".

"Xiang, get up and eat quickly, if you don't eat it, the bubble will swell." Jiang Wei said and brought the noodles.

Then Yu Xinye, who was completely awake, rolled up his sleeves and said excitedly: "Why don't you dip it in the sauce dish, the sauce dish I made is the best in the world." However, he was questioned "Can I eat it?" and finally revealed With an aggrieved expression, she had to find side dishes and tools for him.Jiang Wei couldn't help but sweat in his heart as he watched Yu Xinye wrestling with Zhi Tianjiao, waving a sharp kitchen knife with his sleeves up.

"Eat and eat?" Yu Xinye brought out the sauce dish and looked at Jiang Wei expectantly.

Jiang Wei silently looked at a pile of cut chili pepper stalks and various bottles and jars marked with sesame oil, pepper powder, and chili oil on the chopping board, picked up a piece of mushroom with chopsticks, dipped some of it The creator of the vaunted sauce dish, try to bite off a bit.

"How is it?" He greeted him with expectant and uneasy eyes.

"It seems a bit spicy."

"anything else?"

"It's numb."

"anything else?"

"It's actually quite delicious." She didn't lie to him, she was telling the truth.It's spicy, but it tastes very refreshing, "It seems that you are only talented in this aspect..."

Yu Xinye swept away the restless and nervous expression before, and changed back to the boy who would turn his nose to the sky as long as he got a little affirmation, with an expression of "I'll just say it": "It must be the best food in the world of!"

"Stop talking nonsense, you'll be bloated if you don't eat noodles."

There are not many noodles, one bowl per person.The noodles were steaming so hot that they were almost sweating.

"I said," Yu Xinye said with an expression of enjoyment after eating the last bite of noodles, and his voice was muffled because of the unswallowed noodles in his mouth, "the noodles you cooked are delicious."

"There is nothing left." He could see through what he was thinking at a glance.

"Hey, you see that you have so much left, you can't finish it? Come on, let me help you share some." He said and stretched out his chopsticks.

"Put back your chopsticks." For the first time, Jiang Wei had the urge to strangle someone to death.

"I know you can't finish eating." Yu Xinye showed his usual hippie smile, his chopsticks had already reached into Jiang Wei's bowl, and took away a piece of meat in Jiang Wei's bowl, "Anyway, I'm exhausted today Let me help you, just treat it as a consolation."

Jiang Wei knew he was wrong, and swallowed what he wanted to say, and added that it was someone else's stuff, so he had to silently share some of the noodles in the bowl with him.

"Don't pick up the vegetables, I want to eat meat!"

"No more talking, you don't even have any greens to eat."

Seeing Yu Xinye frowning at the vegetables in the bowl, Jiang Wei couldn't help laughing.

It takes a long time to eat a bowl of noodles.

In the end, Yu Xinye washed the bowl. He stood by the sink with his sleeves rolled up, poured detergent on the rag, and muttered to Jiang Wei while washing, "Why do you want me to do it?" Looking aside, the boy's knuckles are clearly defined, covered with white foam, which melted as soon as the water was poured on it.

In the middle of washing, Jiang Wei, who was watching from the side, suddenly said quietly: "It seems that every time I have any difficulties, you show up in time..."

"Huh?" Yu Xinye was dealing with the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, before he had time to look back at her, "Really?"

Jiang Wei didn't speak any more.

After washing the dishes, it was already after seven o'clock in the evening. Jiang Wei and Yu Xinyetuan were watching TV on the sofa, each nestled at one end of the couch, with an orange in each hand.

The news program said that this year's watermelon harvest is good, but Yu Xinye couldn't help shivering when he saw the screen turned to a large watermelon field: "It really looks like a tumor."

Jiang Wei slipped his hand, and the orange he was holding almost fell to the ground: "You have such a rich imagination."

"It is, don't you think?" He said confidently.

Jiang Wei thought it was nothing at first, but after he said this, he couldn't help feeling a little disgusted: "I don't even want to eat watermelon this year."

Yu Xinye laughed uncontrollably: "Hahaha... we can go to open a noodle shop together in the future."

"What?" The topic jumped so fast.

"Noodle restaurant. You cook the noodles and I make the sauce dish. It's a perfect match!" He actually started to fantasize about himself, "It must be popular!"

"The sauce dish is only eaten when people eat hot pot in winter. You think everyone is as sick as you!"

"Features." He patted the armrest of the sofa, "That's it!"

"tell you later."

The clothes are almost dry, and the rain outside has stopped long ago.

"Want to drink milk tea together?" Yu Xinye leaned against the door to tie his shoelaces, and extended an invitation to Jiang Wei.

"No." He refused without thinking.

"Don't just refuse without even thinking about it, let's go." After speaking, he added, "I'm treating you."

"..." Jiang Wei pondered for a while, "Where to drink?"

On a rainy night, there are no stars, the road is wet, and there will be water in the stalls in some places, but the pedestrians do not decrease, and the shops are still brightly lit.

Yu Xinye and Jiang Wei walked down the street together.It's the first time I go out alone with a boy, or even the first time I'm alone with a boy in the other's house. I can't say that I don't have a little bit of vigilance and nervousness.But in fact, it doesn't feel that big, the reaction is too big and it seems that I am too self-indulgent or suspicious.

There was no inexplicable heartbeat and throbbing like when he was with Xia Shuo, it was just as casual as if he was shopping with a friend he had known for a long time.

strange feeling.

The milk tea shop is too crowded and the business is booming.Yu Xinye squeezed in to buy milk tea and snacks, then staggered out of the crowd, but kept holding the takeaway bag high, barely maintaining his balance in the crowd while gesturing to Jiang Wei who was outside the crowd go out.

Because it was a takeaway, the two had to squat on the street while eating and watching the pedestrians coming and going on the street.

"We are really poor." Yu Xinye took a sip of milk tea, smiled, and ate another snack, "But it's really delicious."

Jiang Wei touched the drink through the plastic cup, Hami melon milk tea, it was warm.Then he raised his hand to touch Yu Xinye's cup, a little surprised: "Ice?"

"Yeah." Yu Xinye took a sip of milk tea, his voice was muffled because of something in his mouth, "You drink ice, and you get enteritis later, I guess I really have to carry you home."

"Huh?!" Jiang Wei was startled and stood up.

"What's wrong?" Yu Xinye looked over in confusion.

"No, nothing." Realizing his gaffe, Jiang Wei shook his head.

I thought he wouldn't care about the cup of milk tea in the afternoon, I thought that the boy with rough nerves would not notice the reason for the relapse of the stomach problem - it wasn't just because of hunger, it was just a fuse, the real catalyst was Yu Xinye Bring iced milk tea.Originally, I didn't want to embarrass the boy so I didn't tell him, but he actually found out, so there was an indescribable excitement for a moment.

Not excited, not sad, but a feeling of excitement that is indescribable and difficult to calm down.

The mask of bravado and paranoia was easily taken off by the boy, and he saw the weakness that he least wanted others to see again and again, even though he was so understated, as if every time he bumped into his own weakness by accident .

Maybe I was really too paranoid, although the boy reached out to me countless times to help him, but he always erected uncontrollably the hostility like a protective wall.Like a wild cat whose tail has been trampled and shaved, the whole-hearted vigilance is really like the "paranoid, awkward and unbelievable Scorpio" mentioned in the horoscope books.

The feeling of embarrassment and shame, like being exposed to scars, enveloped himself from the beginning to the end, airtight.

But even so, Jiang Wei put his hand down, as if he wanted to stick it on the boy's soft hair.At this moment, Yu Xinye just raised his head, and was so startled by Jiang Wei's sudden action that he almost knocked over the snack in his hand: "What... what?"

Jiang Wei smiled and put his hand down.

It's nothing.

I just think you are a nice person.

The night wind that came blowing away the hair from Jiang Wei's ears, Yu Xinye handed her the popcorn box in his hand, Jiang Wei just took it, and heard the other party's vague voice, as if asking something What.The street was too noisy, and Yu Xinye's voice was quickly fragmented by the sound of the car and the engine starting.Jiang Wei couldn't hear him, so he had to ask loudly, "What did you say?"

"Do you have someone you like?" The voice was amplified, a rather abrupt sentence.

"Huh?" Jiang Wei was stunned.

Seeing Jiang Wei stunned for a moment, Yu Xinye shrugged his shoulders and smiled at her, with a "don't care" expression on his face: "Yes? It's okay, let's gossip."

Is there anyone you like.

Yes or no?

(End of this chapter)