shame

That evening, the setting sun was hanging on the horizon, and the afterglow was very light, not as strong as in the past.

Zhou Yu was picked up by his mother in a small foreign car, and before leaving, he asked Xia He to sit at his house, but Xia He politely refused as usual, and then rode his bicycle towards his house.

The autumn wind is bleak, the streetscape is yellow, and there is an inherent sense of loneliness.

Xia He didn't ride for a long time, and saw a familiar figure in front of her, wearing a school uniform, ponytail, very thin, and the two bicycles she was riding were much bigger than herself, so she couldn't control it at all.

Gao Yalan usually stays at the hotel, and only returns home when she is on vacation.Because of what happened in the past few days, she seldom talked to people, and she just sat quietly and read a book.But even though she was not at fault at all, the unreasonable maliciousness did not make her feel good.For example, there are always no seats when I go out to eat in the cafeteria, and I always get squeezed out in line to get hot water, the irony behind my back, and the crowding out in the dormitory.As if she was the murderer.

Xia He sympathized with her very much, and would quietly bring her breakfast and put it on her desk before she came.The meaning of doing this is just to let her know that although the world is cold, there is always a trace of warmth.A person whose heart is full of bitterness can be filled with a little sweetness.

However, Gao Yalan did not dare to accept that kindness, and often handed her breakfast back to Xiahe.

The two walked together for a certain distance that day, and Xia He didn't deliberately follow her.But Gao Yalan was obviously jealous of him, for some reason, she rode the pedals faster.

Xia He saw that the other party was hiding from him, but he didn't take it seriously.It may be that his two cars are more advanced, and they can easily overtake each other.He wanted to go back quickly, since the other party didn't want to approach him, he could pretend he didn't see it.But the girl suddenly became nervous, the front of the car tilted and she couldn't control it, and then both the person and the car fell to the ground.

Seeing her in an accident, Xia He suddenly stopped the car, got out of the car and ran to her, stretched out his hand to support her, and said, "Are you all right?"

Gao Yalan's entire foot was stuck by the overturned wheel, and her calf was cut and bleeding.In addition, he fell to the ground suddenly, and he must have suffered a lot of pain from the fall.But she endured, gritted her teeth, stood up from the ground, shook her head and said, "It's okay..."

As she spoke, she tugged at the hem of her trousers, glanced at her calf, and then couldn't hold back the tears, which flowed down her cheeks.

Xia He said: "Your leg is bleeding, go to the hospital to bandage it, your car is a bit rusty, be careful with tetanus."

Gao Yalan wiped away her tears, and said lightly: "It's okay, I'll go back and deal with it myself."

After she finished speaking, she wanted to help the two old bicycles, but her thin arms trembled slightly, and it was a bit difficult to lift the bicycles.Xia He couldn't bear to watch, stepped forward and took her hand and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to the hospital. Put the bike here, no one will take it."

Gao Yalan didn't speak, and when she was wronged, she really started to cry.

Xia He can't help it, he usually looks at a child crying coldly, and warns others not to disturb him.But facing the girl, he seemed a little at a loss.Not too enthusiastic, not too cold.

Since she wants to cry, let her cry.

He went to the side and locked his car, then turned around to the sobbing Gao Yalan, and said, "Are you done crying?"

Gao Yalan raised her eyes to look at him, the face with tears at this moment, anyone who saw it would be moved.But Xiahe has a heart of stone, showing an impatient expression: "Follow me to the hospital after crying." He pointed to the distance: "There is a family there."

Gao Yalan was still wiping away tears, he tried to say gently: "Let's go, I'll take you back in a while."

"Uh-huh."

This time Gao Yalan finally responded.

So, Xia He stretched out his hand, motioning for support.The other party was a little shy, so he shook his head, his hair sticking to his face, looking very pitiful.

Xia He put his hands in his trouser pockets: "Follow me by yourself."

Then he took a step, slowing down deliberately so that the limping man on the side could follow.

After arriving at the hospital, Xia He registered for her, let her sit on a chair and waited, and went out to answer Zhou Yu's call.

Zhou Yu asked cheerfully, "Old Xia, are you home yet?"

Xia He took a look back at Gao Yalan with his mobile phone, and then replied: "Not yet, I'm shopping. Do you have anything to do?"

"I can't talk to you about the topic between men if I have nothing to do?"

"Go away and talk well."

Zhou Yu smiled: "By the way, I'm looking for you to climb the mountain tomorrow. Don't say you don't have time or do your homework at home. It's boring."

"Then go." Xia He agreed straight away, not wanting to spend time on the phone with him, for fear that the crying girl would hurt again.

"Then it's settled, I'll go find you tomorrow."

"okay!"

When he was about to hang up, Zhou Yu said again: "Wait!"

"what happened again?"

"There's something wrong with you. You're usually not in such a hurry. Are you dating someone?"

Xiahe Pass...then simply hung up, not continuing to gossip with him.

After the doctor gave Gao Yalan the medicine, he said, "You need a tetanus shot."

Gao Yalan burst into tears when she heard that she still had to get an injection.Xia He tried to comfort him from the side: "If you don't fight, you will be in trouble if you get infected."

The doctor echoed: "The boy is right, this is not a joke."

Gao Yalan had no choice but to grit her teeth and nod: "Then let's fight..."

Then, he was taken into another room for an injection.Xia He waited outside the door, took out the remaining money and counted it, it seemed that it was a little short, and when he was thinking about how to tell the doctor later, a figure came to the side and touched him.

He raised his head and stared at the pair of eyes that haunted him day and night.

Gu Sheng asked, "Why are you here?"

Xia He quickly put the money away and put it back in his trouser pocket, with his usual stern face: "Wait for someone!"

But when he saw Gu Sheng hanging his arm, his right hand was covered with bandages, he felt a pang in his heart, and suddenly frowned.

"Who are you waiting for?" Gu Sheng looked inside.

Xia He was not in a hurry to answer who he was waiting for, anyway, he would know soon.But now seeing that Gu Sheng was injured, he asked, "How did you do this?"

Gu Sheng said: "I was hit by a car just now, that fucking blind idiot."

"I should have injured my leg when I was hit, why did my arm come up?"

"You don't know, it was a motorcycle, it hit my arm directly, and my side still hurts." Gu Sheng said coldly.

Xia He involuntarily raised his hand to try to support him, and said, "Why are you strolling here if you don't lie down for a while?"

"Brother, it hurts lying down, I'll walk around a bit, or my legs will go numb."

"Then, how are you going home in a while?"

"Go back by car."

"Are your parents back?"

Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows: "I'm back early!" Then he leaned over and stared at Xia He's eyes and asked, "Why do you care so much about me all of a sudden? Are you afraid that I won't recognize you as a friend?"

Xia He dodged and asked, "Are we friends?"

Gu Sheng pretended to be pondering, thought for a while and said, "I think you are quite special, if it wasn't for your friend, I would be stupid enough to catch you all day long."

At this time, the door of the inner room suddenly opened, and a doctor in a white coat came out. Gao Yalan's figure appeared after he stepped forward.Gu Sheng stared straight at the past, and asked in surprise, "Her?"

Xia He acted nonchalantly, but he tasted some sweetness in his heart because of Gu Sheng's words.On the contrary, Gao Yalan was frightened by the sudden appearance of Gu Sheng, she was not prepared at all, and she was still in a daze.

Then, she called out cautiously: "Gu Sheng..."

Xia He walked over and asked the doctor, "Is she all right?"

The doctor sat at the table and processed the prescriptions, and said: "It will be fine when the wound heals." Turning his head, he said to Gao Yalan who had tears in the corner of his eyes: "Little girl, be careful when you ride next time."

Yalan lowered her head, feeling remorse for Xia He's avoidance.

Gu Sheng stepped in, took a look at Gao Yalan's rolled-up trousers and gauze-tied legs, and asked, "Did you fall while riding?"

"Hmm..." Gao Yalan looked at Xia He, as if she was even more afraid to face Gu Sheng.Being excluded at school these days has already created a fear of these top figures on campus. Although the word exclusion has nothing to do with Xiahe Gu Sheng, she has a sense of fear, but she doesn't have much courage to face it.

The doctor gave the list to Xia He and said, "Go and pay the money."

Xia He took the list, frowning unnaturally.Gu Sheng turned to look at him, saw the strangeness on his face, hooked his neck and walked out the door.

But this action made Xia He feel impetuous, so he pushed him away and asked, "Why?"

Gu Sheng said, "Do you have no money?"

Now that he was punctured, Xia He could only nod his head.

"Let me pay." Gu Sheng said, "Come on, I'll take you to the cash counter."

After he finished speaking, he walked towards the other direction of the corridor with his arms hanging. Xia He followed behind him, almost two steps away.

After paying the money, Gu Sheng took the receipt and put it in Xia He's pocket, and said, "You can send Gao Yalan home, I can see that she is really interested in you."

Xia He didn't say anything, seeing Gu Sheng walking towards the door, he didn't need to think about it, he must have gone to smoke.Later, he also walked over slowly and stood beside Gu Sheng.

Gu Sheng was lighting a cigarette, glanced at him, and asked, "Don't you like the smell? Go and send the girl home."

After being silent for a while, Xia He looked up at him and said, "Can you give me one?"

After hearing this, Gu Sheng showed a surprised expression that he had never seen before. He thought he heard it wrong, so he checked it again: "Do you want cigarettes?"

"Ok!"

He opened the cigarette case and handed it to Xia He. Xia He took out one from it and put it in his mouth like him, "Light the fire for me."

Gu Sheng lit the lighter, and the flame wobbled. Because it was inconvenient to hang it with one hand, he just wanted to ask Xia He to raise his hand to block the wind. in.He leaned closer, lit the end of the cigarette, took a puff, held back his cough, and spit it out.

Gu Sheng pinched his unlit cigarette between his fingers, and watched Xiahe practice exhaling, but the essence of smoking is that when the smoke reaches the mouth, he needs to take another breath with his mouth, and blow the smoke along the trachea. In the internal organs, the rest lingers out of the nasal cavity.Obviously, Xia He is trying to learn this step, but he may be naturally sensitive to the smell of cigarettes, and after taking a puff, he can't help but want to cough.When I took the third mouthful, my eyes were still red from choking.

Immediately, Gu Sheng reached out to take the cigarette from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Smoking is harmful to your health. You'd better stop learning it. I will have to wait for you to supervise me to quit smoking. What if two old smokers smoke together all day long?" Big smoke, what's the point of living? It's so miserable for both of them to die of lung cancer."

After finishing speaking, he pressed Xiahe's cigarette to his lips, and started smoking alone.

Xia He looked at him without saying a word, but his eyes were inexplicably red, but this time, it wasn't from the smoke.

"Go and send people home, I have to wait for a while before I can leave," Gu Sheng said.

Xia He responded, turned around, wiped away tears while raising his hand, and then walked in as if nothing had happened.

When Gao Yalan was sent out, neither of them spoke.Xia He supported her, and what lingered in his mind was Gu Sheng's words that seemed to respond to his sour heart for so many days.

When they got to the place where the bicycle was parked, Gao Yalan suddenly said: "Well, I will pay you back the medical expenses."

Xia He hurriedly said: "It was given by Gu Sheng, you can return it to him."

"..."

He walked over to help the two rusty old cars, patted the rear seat cushions, straightened the chains, turned to Gao Yalan and said, "I'll take you back."

Gao Yalan nodded, although she was shy, she was still stubborn.If it wasn't for the injured leg, I'm afraid I would still reject other people's kindness.

The setting sun was submerged in the clouds at the far end of the sky, and then it was invisible.The afterglow was very faint, lighter than usual.

Xia He was used to riding a bicycle with the wind and the wind flowing smoothly, but now when he met those two old antiques, he rode very hard backwards.In order to relieve his fatigue, he approached Gao Yalan in the back seat: "Is there anyone else in your family?"

Gao Yalan replied: "My mother and my grandfather... I also have a younger brother who is in elementary school."

"Oh!"

With one word, Xia He ended the conversation.

Gao Yalan thought for a while, then continued: "Actually, my dad is not a murderer..."

Xia He didn't respond, waiting for her to continue.

"He had a conflict with someone, but he didn't kill him..." Gao Yalan stopped at these words, and seemed to have a premonition to cry again.

"Don't mention the past."

Xia He accepted the words, and then stepped on the bicycle faster.