Chasing Summer

how. coax.

…

Lin Zhexia was sitting on the chair by the window. The moment she heard these words, her brain temporarily stopped functioning.

It took a long time for her to find her voice: "Can't you sleep yourself? You are so old that you can't even sleep?"

"what to do."

Chi Yao said, "I can't sleep today, so I don't know much about it."

Lin Zhexia felt that the current atmosphere was even weirder than before.

The summer in the north should be cooler, but now she feels a little hot.

"If you don't lie down, work **** your own."

She paused and said: "Or this way, I'll play you a sleep aid BGM, so that you lie on the bed, close your eyes, and there is a noble soundtrack in the room, which should help you."

"..."

Chi Yao was amused by her two bad ideas.

The young man pulled the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled inconspicuously: "That's how you coax."

Lin Zhexia was silent for a while: "Then, shall I count ducks for you?"

Chi Yao didn't make any further comments on her proposal. It was rare for him to show an obedient side. He reached out and pressed the switch next to the bedside table. The lights in the room went out, leaving only a faint light coming in from the window.

Then Lin Zhexia heard a rustling movement.

It was Chi Yao who lifted the quilt and went to bed.

The darkness hides the emotions between each other well.

Just when Lin Zhexia cleared his throat and was about to say "A Duck", the person on the bed said, "I don't want to hear about ducks, so count something else."

"Then what do you want to hear?"

Lin Zhexia thought for a while, "Counting sheep? Counting..."

Before her example could go on, she was interrupted by someone: "Count the rabbits."

"..."

"Why count rabbits?" Lin Zhexia struggled, "Isn't it good to count sheep?"

However, the attitude on the other side was firm: "What do you think?"

"What's wrong with counting sheep?"

This time there was a "tsk" on the other side: "Is this your attitude of putting you to sleep?"

It's not that she doesn't miss it, it's just that when the rabbit is mentioned, she thinks of the little rabbit Xiaxia.

And the lucky doll she caught with him on the day of catching the doll.

The word rabbit has become special because of the common experience between these two people.

In particular, when she read it, her heart would skip a beat subconsciously: "Okay, count the rabbits and count the rabbits. A rabbit."

"Two rabbits."

"Three rabbits."

The girl's voice was deliberately lowered, so as not to disturb his sleep, she continued reading softly.

"Nineteen rabbits."

"Twenty rabbits..."

Chi Yao was lying on his side, half of his face sunk into the cotton-like pillow, his hair was disheveled.

Through the faint light, only a thin chin can be glimpsed, and the smooth neck is down.

Hearing this voice, he gradually fell asleep.

He obviously wasn't asleep, but he seemed to be in a dream.

He seemed to hear another voice that was very similar to the present, and it suddenly sounded in his ears again through a long time and space.

— "If I don't have a dream yet, is protecting someone else's dream a dream?"

At that time, Lin Zhexia's voice was still very immature.

Worrying about writing, she lay down on the table, drew a bunch of strange-shaped people on the draft paper, and numbered them.

At that time, he was about to say with disdain, "What kind of dream is this?"

But before he could say those words, the person lying on his stomach suddenly sat up and turned to look at him: "Then my dream, let's write and protect your dream."

The afternoon sun was dazzling.

It also lit up her eyes: "Anyway, I don't have a dream now, I hope you can fulfill your dream, this is my dream."

…

Lin Zhexia read for about ten minutes. Hearing Chi Yao's slow breathing, he guessed that he must have fallen asleep, so he stopped and tentatively called his name: "Chi Yao?"

After barking, she waited for a while, then said again: "Chi Yao is a dog."

"No, Chi Yao is not as good as a dog."

…

After these two sentences were finished, the sound of breathing was still gentle.

"I really fell asleep," Lin Zhexia whispered, "I'm obviously very tired, but I still can't sleep."

She clicked on the screen of her mobile phone and saw that the time displayed on it was already 12:30.

After confirming that Chi Yao was asleep, she tiptoed up from the chair, walked to the door, and opened the door as slowly as possible. Standing at the door, she added in a low voice: "I hope you will have a good game tomorrow."

Lin Zhexia followed the article forwarded by Lao Xu, which contained the game schedule.

Before going to bed, she confirmed the entry time of the game, then calculated it forward, and set a relatively safe alarm clock.

She was afraid that if Chi Yao didn't come together tomorrow, she had to call him early.

Chi Yao slept deeply this time.

He didn't wake up until Lin Zhexia made the third call.

"Wake-up call," Lin Zhexia yelled on the phone after eight o'clock the next morning, "You should get up."

Chi Yao's voice was very chaotic.

She heard a rustling and very soft sound, it sounded like the boy didn't want to wake up and buried his face deeper into the pillow.

Sure enough, the next second Chi Yao's voice was hoarse and muffled: "What time is it?"

"Eight fifteen."

"Hang up, call me again at 8:20."

"..."

Lin Zhexia thought it was funny: "Why are you still lying in bed?"

"Then you sleep for another five minutes," she said at last, "I'll knock on the door in five minutes."

Five minutes later, Chi Yao opened the door for her with messy hair on his head. He looked languid and sleepy. Lin Zhexia often saw him like this when he went to his house on weekends, but now he was alone in the room. , perhaps because the location is too unfamiliar, she rarely feels restrained.

She looked away: "Do you usually eat breakfast in the hotel, or do you order takeaway?"

Chi Yao looked like a person who got up, but he still answered her questions. He opened the bathroom door and said, "Takeaway."

Lin Zhexia said "Oh": "Then I will open the delivery software and have a look."

After shopping around, she placed an order directly.

Just like Chi Yao knew her taste, she didn't need to ask Chi Yao what he ate or didn't eat.

Even if the person's taste is actually very picky.

After placing the order, the sound of water in the bathroom also stopped.

After Chi Yao finished washing, he opened the door and walked out. His hair was a little wet, he knelt down and looked through the suitcase, and said two more words to her: "Get out."

"?"

"As soon as I finish ordering, you drive people away," Lin Zhexia complained, "How can you cross the river and tear down the bridge?"

With a school uniform in his hand, Chi Yao said calmly, "I want to change."

After a while, he added another sentence: "You can watch it here if you want to."

…

Who wants to see it.

Lin Zhexia stood up from the chair: "I'm going out."

After Lin Zhexia went out, she went back to her room, and waited for the food to be delivered before carrying it over there, but this time when she opened the door and entered, she heard that there seemed to be someone more in the room, and that person said "I'll go" when he came up.

Xu Ting looked at her in surprise: "Young Master Lin?"

"..."

Lin Zhexia put down the takeaway: "Are you surprised to see me?"

Xu Ting: "I'm surprised, why are you here?"

In front of everyone except Chi Yao, Lin Zhexia can basically keep calm: "Oh, I have been under too much study pressure recently, and I am a little bit overwhelmed, so I came to Haicheng City to prepare to jump into the sea."

Xu Ting: "...???"

Lin Zhexia: "But at the last moment, the idea of ​​wanting to live defeated the idea of ​​jumping into the sea. I think life is still very beautiful, and I should continue to live strong."

These words had too much impact, Xu Ting said cautiously: "I can't see that you... are under so much pressure."

Lin Zhexia glanced at him: "Do you believe it? With your IQ, is it really okay to participate in today's competition?"

Xu Ting: "..."

Young Master Lin.

Why do you sometimes get angry just like Chi Yao?

Xu Ting changed the subject: "Have you all ordered takeaway? I want to eat too."

Chi Yao also glanced at him, almost the same as when Lin Zhexia glanced at him: "Don't you have a mobile phone?"

"..."

"I'm leaving," Xu Ting got up, "Farewell, you two are indeed childhood sweethearts, and the lethality is doubled when you agree with each other. I can't stay in this room for a moment."

After eating, when it's time to gather, the competition team will gather in the lobby downstairs.

Participating teams have to go to the competition venue by car one hour in advance.

From buying the ticket to now, Lin Zhexia feels that this day has been magical.

She went back to the room, put the ID card that had been left on the table into the satchel, and found something in the bag that she had forgotten.

Red string, lucky bag.

Lin Zhexia was stunned for a while, then remembered that she forgot to give him the lucky charm she asked for.

She glanced at the time, and there were less than two minutes left before the meeting. She held the lucky bag in her palm and ran out without thinking.

Walk through the long corridor of the hotel.

Through the passers-by in twos and threes on the corridor.

She didn't know if she could catch up, but at the moment she didn't have any other thoughts, all she could think about was: find him before the assembly.

She didn't have time to wait for the elevator, so she pushed open the door of the safe passage and ran down from the eighth floor.

I ran all the way to the first floor and stood at the entrance of the safe passage, just in time to see Chengan's competition team coming out of the elevator.

Old Liu led the team, and while leading the team behind him forward, he exhorted: "Don't be nervous later, just play normally—our main opponent this time is Lianyun No. 1 Middle School."

There are six people in a team, all wearing Cheng'an school uniforms.

Chi Yao was at the end.

The boy wore a piece of clothing over his school uniform. The hem of the black windbreaker hung down to his wrist. It may be because he slept last night. His hair was still a little messy. Xu Ting walked in front of him and talked to him from time to time. Give him a few words.

Lin Zhexia's current position is closer to the lobby. The competition team needs to pass through the safe passage where she is. She leans her back against the wall and hides herself. down.

The footsteps and Lao Liu's voice are getting closer—

"However, as long as you are fully prepared, Lianyun No. 1 Middle School is nothing to be afraid of."

People pass by one by one.

Lin Zhexia hid behind the door, and at the second the figure in the black windbreaker appeared, she decisively reached out to grab Chi Yao's wrist.

Chi Yao felt a force pulling him, he paused slightly, turned his head sideways, and saw a slender and white hand protruding from behind the safe passage door.

After knowing who it was, he didn't struggle, and let her drag him into it almost obediently.

Old Liu was still talking impassionedly, and no one noticed that there was one person missing at the end of the line: "I believe in you, and you also have to believe in yourself!"

In a hidden and narrow corner behind the door.

Lin Zhexia and Chi Yao's eyes met.

Only then did she realize that the distance between the two was very close.

"My one," Lin Zhexia wanted to back away, but her back was already covered by a wall, so she could only raise her hand and the lucky bag in her hand, and also used this to separate the distance between the two of them, "I forgot to give you something. is you."

The very small lucky bag, together with the girl's hand holding the lucky bag, bumped into his eyes.

"On the day you came, I went out with Chen Lin and the others, and I asked you along the way. I heard that it is very effective and can bring people good luck."

Lin Zhexia knew that Chi Yao's personality might make her laugh at her superstition, so she said, "Although with your strength, you probably don't need it, but I'd rather believe it or not. Why don't you take it and see it?" Is it useful."

However, Chi Yao didn't say anything, and took the lucky bag from her hand.

The bright red lucky bag looked even smaller in his hand.

"understood."

When he took it, he said, "For your sake, try to take it with you."

Lin Zhexia was speechless: "Thank you."

Chi Yao still had the same tone of beating: "You're welcome."

After speaking, the atmosphere became quiet again.

The sense of strangeness brought about by the close distance and the cramped space swept over her again.

Soon she discovered that this strange feeling might also come from the person in front of her.

This person is too tall, and the atmosphere around him seems to envelop him. When looking down at her, there is an invisible sense of oppression—

Obviously she was the one who pulled him here, but at this moment, she felt like she was being dragged in by someone.

Before Lin Zhexia couldn't bear to escape, Chi Yao raised his hand and patted her on the head.

"Thanks to some coward, I had a good sleep last night," said the hand gently resting on the top of her head, "It should be no problem to get the first place today."