Gemini

The strong smell of medicine is unique to the hospital, and Gu Xichen doesn't like this smell.

"You don't learn well every day, and now you have learned to fight? Huh? You really let me down. Look at your current appearance. Are you ashamed? Do you still look like a sophomore in high school..."

Gu Xichen lay peacefully on the hospital bed, with a thick bandage wrapped around her head, listening to her father's reprimand, she felt guilty, and she shouldn't make her parents worry.In the past few months, she told too many lies and did too many things that she might never do in her life. She felt very guilty, but she could only keep silent.

Xia Yi stopped what he was doing and looked at the angry man standing at the end of the bed, and said softly, "Okay Dad, Xichen needs to rest."

"Yeah, we'll talk about it after Xichen has rested, ah." The woman next to him patted the man on the back to help him breathe, and also helped him speak.

The man looked at the three women in the room, sighed heavily, turned and walked out of the ward.

"Xiao Yi, take good care of Xi Chen." The woman also chased out of the ward after finishing her instruction.

The prosperous sunlight outside the window pours down from the large leaves of the emerald green sycamores, forming slanting warm-colored light and shadows, standing silently.

Xia Yi lowered her head and quietly peeled the apples. Her movements were very skillful. The peeled apples were slender and beautiful, falling in the air like waves without breaking.After all, this is something she has repeated hundreds of times, just because Gu Xichen likes to eat the most.

"sorry."

The apple peel fell off, lying on the ground in circles, stained with bright red.Xia Yi looked down at her fingers, the warm liquid was falling drop by drop, it hurt a little, only a little.She calmly threw the red-dyed apple into the trash can, and put her left hand behind her back.

Gu Xichen stared blankly at the corner of the bed, not noticing anything.

Xia Yi didn't know what she was sorry for, if she was sorry for not telling herself anything, or if she was sorry for making herself like this, or...but she would rather she said sorry to herself.If you can't even protect her silently, then what's the point of everything.

"Is it because of her?" Xia Yi looked at her with extremely complicated eyes: "Then why?"

Xia Yi said she was the person she saw when she rushed into the ward, sitting beside the hospital bed and looked at Xichen with extremely distressed eyes, the person she didn't like.She won't be grateful that every time Xichen has an accident, she is by her side, but she resents that wherever she is there, accidents will happen to Xichen.In Xia Yi's eyes, since her appearance, Xi Chen has slowly changed, and has also started to get hurt again and again, which is exactly the case.Xia Yi really can't imagine if there will be a next time.

Gu Xichen's eyes refocused, and he became extremely sensitive when he heard that 'her'.Gu Xichen knew who Xia Yi was talking about, but she didn't even have the courage to look at Xia Yi, because even she herself didn't know the answer to this question.

Silence, still silence.

Behind Xia Yi's back, her left hand tightly clenched a fist, and bright red liquid seeped out from between her fingers, falling drop by drop.

She doesn't allow Xichen to suffer any more harm, never.

* *

The sky outside the window is dark and vast, the moon appears and disappears from time to time, it is late autumn, and the stars in the sky are also playing hide-and-seek.

In the small room, there is only a single bed, an old double sofa, a table, and a chair, nothing else.There were all sorts of things on the table, and a few clothes on the sofa. There was a black suitcase next to it. Although the room looked messy, it was still cleaned very well.

In the darkness, Lin Ziqi was lying on the head of the bed alone, looking out the window quietly.

'Dong dong dong' several dull knocks on the door broke the silence, Lin Ziqi put on her shoes and groped towards the door in the dark to open it.

A familiar handsome face came into view.

Lin Ziqi didn't speak, turned around and went to the table to pick up a pack of cigarettes, took out one, lit it, and sat quietly on the sofa to smoke.

Ning Ye closed the door behind her back, walked into the room, moved some clothes on the sofa to the side, and sat beside her.

The lights in the room are still not turned on, but Ning Ye is already very familiar with this room. Under the moonlight, there are a little sparks flickering between the slender fingers beside him.

"Is that person okay?" Ning Ye broke the silence, looking at a corner of the darkness with cold and handsome eyes, with no expression on his face.He didn't care much about that person's life or death, but after all, that person was injured only to save Qiqi.

"Huh? You mean Gu Xichen?" Lin Ziqi was a little surprised. How could Ning Ye care about other people's situation?After a brief accident, thinking of Gu Xichen, he lowered his eyes again: "She should be fine."

Yes, Gu Xichen hasn't come to school for many days, and she doesn't have any news about her, she just hopes she's okay.

Lin Ziqi still remembered that hurriedly opened the door of the ward, glanced at Gu Xichen who was lying on the bed, and then at Xia Yi who was herself.She could guess how Xia Yi felt towards her, and it was indeed her responsibility, but she didn't care what she thought of her, or what she wanted to apologize to her.There is only one person she owes, and the only person who is entitled to it is only one person.

She got up and passed Xia Yimo shoulder to shoulder, and left the ward.At least when she came, there was no need for him to stay there anymore, which seemed redundant.

Lin Ziqi was immersed in her memories, not noticing some subtle changes in Ning Ye beside her.

'Gu Xichen' Ning Ye repeated the name in his mind, and his thoughts became confused. This name he had heard six years ago.

......

"Do you have someone you like?" The 14-year-old boy's voice seemed a little timid, and the soft sunlight shone on his handsome cheeks, with a tinge of blush.

The little girl sitting next to him who was reading the book seriously raised her head, her eyes were clear without any impurities, and her voice was gentle and soft: "What does it mean to like someone?"

"That's right..." The little boy scratched his head in embarrassment and thought: "It's the person you care about the most, the person you will always protect and care about him with everything you can do."

The little girl smiled, her smile was as warm as sunshine: "Yes."

"Who is it?" The little boy looked at her nervously, his eyes full of expectation.

"Gu Xichen."

These three words stabbed his chest, and her sunny and warm smile blurred his eyes.

......

Ning Ye suddenly laughed loudly: "So she is a woman!" He bent over with a smile, his smile was so presumptuous, but no one could hear the deep sadness in that smile.

Lin Ziqi was terribly frightened by Ning Ye's sudden madness, before returning to her place, another heavy bomb came.

"Does she like you? LES?" Ning Ye slowly stopped laughing, leaving only the corners of his mouth slightly raised.He understands the meaning of LES. In the 21st century, it is not surprising that LES can be seen everywhere.

Of course Lin Ziqi also understood, but she had never thought about it before. After hearing Ning Ye's words, she was also stunned, recalling that warm embrace in her mind, and unconsciously tightened her fingers.

Ning Ye didn't hear her answer, turned his head to look at the silhouette of her side face in the dark, and smiled deeper: "Qiqi likes her too?"

Lin Ziqi looked back at Ning Ye in shock. Seeing the smirk on his lips, she suddenly felt that Ning Ye must have misunderstood something today and was making fun of her. She rolled her eyes and stretched out her hand to extinguish the cigarette butt. He replied, "You are sick."

Ning Ye still curled his lips and leaned lazily on the sofa: "I'll stay with you tonight."

The moon hid in the clouds, making the room even darker, and it was impossible to see the expressions of the two of them clearly. Lin Ziqi gave a soft 'hmm', and the room fell into boundless silence.

* *

The weather in City C became cold, the sky was gloomy and low, and the raindrops kept falling, and the whole city was shrouded in dullness.

Lin Ziqi put away her umbrella and climbed up the stairs to the classroom. Students in twos and threes saw her avoiding and whispering to the people beside her.Since that incident happened, the news has spread in the school with lightning speed, and then there are various versions, all kinds of messy rumors.Lin Ziqi didn't care about this, she was used to it, she was just worried whether Gu Xichen would get used to it.

As soon as Lin Ziqi entered the classroom, she saw the familiar figure next to her seat, still looking down at the book calmly and expressionlessly.A gleam of joy flashed in her heart inexplicably, and the corners of her mouth raised unconsciously, as long as you live in peace.

Lin Ziqi walked to her seat and sat down, propped one arm on her forehead to block Gu Xichen's sight, rolled her eyes for a long time, then changed her position, brushed the broken hair that had slipped from her ears, and slightly tilted her head to look go.

Gu Xichen felt that the person next to him had ADHD strangely, so he rolled his eyes, just in time to see Lin Ziqi sneaking a look at him from the corner of his eye, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.She cleared her throat, turned a page, stared at the book and said, "What are you looking at?"

Taking a peek at the caught bag, Lin Ziqi hurriedly grabbed a book and flipped through it, propped his arms on his forehead: "Whoever looks at you, you're pretending to be affectionate." But his eyes were wandering.

Gu Xichen glanced at Lin Ziqi, and the smile on his face deepened: "The book is held upside down."

"Uh..." Lin Ziqi fell headlong into the book, thinking about it and feeling wrong, what the hell is this?Why did I feel guilty, so I simply raised my head and looked at Gu Xichen openly: "See what's wrong with you, let me see if your injury is healed."

Lin Ziqi didn't realize that she was pouting and the tip of her nose was slightly wrinkled. She looked like a little rabbit whose tail had been trampled on. Gu Xichen resisted the urge to reach out and pinch the tip of the little rabbit's nose, and turned his head back stiffly. : "It's okay, don't worry."

Lin Ziqi also found that she looked a little weird today, so she nodded depressedly and stopped talking.

After quieting down, Lin Ziqi frowned at the confused and weird atmosphere in the classroom.Not for herself, but for Gu Xichen, she must not be used to it, after all, she is different from herself.Thinking about it, he frowned even deeper.

However, Gu Xichen didn't seem to be affected in any way. The teacher answered the questions in class calmly and fluently, and he didn't miss the class for a week. Of course, this was all thanks to Xia Yi.However, the teacher's attitude towards Gu Xichen has undergone some subtle changes.

Lin Ziqi saw it.