Restlessness

The bus finally stopped in a barren parking lot full of short grass, Gu Yuan seemed to be carried out of the car by two people in a daze.The moment the door was opened, there was a strong sense of stuffiness outside the car, but Gu Yuan felt the warmth, and his whole body became more awake.

After getting off the car, Xu Yue took out the suitcase shared by the two of them, found Li Ye and explained the special situation, and was finally taken to the front desk of the hotel to get the room key.Li Ranran dragged Zhou Hui out of the car with a full face of anticipation, and he caught sight of Gu Yuan squatting on the ground with a pale face beside the bus that arrived one step ahead of them.

Zhou Hui didn't even have time to pull out the box behind him, so he rushed over.

"Brother Yuan? Why did you get motion sick all of a sudden? That's not right, what the hell..." Li Ranran helped Gu Yuan up, and put him on Zhou Hui's half-bent back without hesitation, "Why are you so hot... ...do you have a fever?"

The girls next to me looked worried, until Jiazhen, the monitor of class 1, came over after hearing the sound.

"Li Ranran, you ran away without taking both suitcases... What's wrong with Gu Yuan? His face is so pale?" Jiazhen reached out and touched Gu Yuan's forehead with his fingertips, and quickly put the suitcase standing behind him on the ground. On the ground, "Fortunately, my mother reminded me to bring a small medical kit when I go out. It really comes in handy... Here, here. I just have cold medicine and antipyretics. Where's Xu Yue?"

"Ah, he went in with Mr. Li just now, maybe he went to get the key." A girl in class A came back to her senses and said, she looked up and saw Xu Yue running towards them, "ah, They're back."

Xu Yue took a few packs of granular antipyretics from Jiazhen, thanked Li Ranran who was standing next to him, and said, "On the fifth floor, Li Ranran will help us bring our suitcase here."

After finishing speaking, Xu Yue supported Gu Yuan from Zhou Hui's back, blocked his waist and lightly transferred to his own back. In order to make Gu Yuan more comfortable lying on his stomach, Xu Yue brought his two legs up to a higher place. some.

"What's wrong with Gu Yuan? Is he sick?" Lao Yang got off from the next few buses, and also stretched out his hand to check Gu Yuan's question at the moment, "If you get the room key, there is nothing wrong with this afternoon's activities. You two don’t need to participate in the good-looking things. By the way, there is a supermarket 15 minutes down the road we came from. If you need something, let them deliver it or ask Li Ranran and Zhou Hui to go for a run one trip."

"Understood, teacher, then let's go upstairs first." Xu Yue responded casually, winking at the two people behind him, and quickly entered the elevator.

Xu Yue seldom saw Gu Yuan in a sickly posture, his limbs hanging in the air weakly, and his eyelids seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't even open them.

In a haze, Gu Yuan felt that something cold and damp was stuck on his forehead, and it seemed that some liquid slipped from the gap between his lips into his throat.

Gu Yuan shrank subconsciously, and randomly grabbed something warm at the edge of the swamp. The warmth was completely different from what radiated from him, with tenderness and distress.

Gu Yuan's eyes were dark, he couldn't see where he was or who was next to him, the things he swallowed seemed to have an effect, and finally he fell asleep tightly holding the only warm thing beside him...

The daytime in midsummer was surprisingly long, and it was obviously surrounded by mountains, but the whole room was brightly lit.Xu Yue drew two layers of curtains, and the whole room had an atmosphere suitable for rest.

Gu Yuan would turn over occasionally, but the hands that were holding Xu Yue were still tightly clenched.

"...don't go, don't want to..." Gu Yuan repeated the same words several times, his brows furrowed into a ball.

Xu Yue bent down and listened carefully, and while responding softly, she lowered her eyes and kissed the boy on the bed with his eyes closed but with a sad expression.

Li Ranran and Zhou Hui originally wanted to stay together to take care of the sick Gu Yuan, but under Xu Yue's strong request, they finally followed Lao Yang to a nearby outdoor scenic spot.Before the two left, they seemed to be a little sorry, and it took more than ten minutes for the ink to enter the downward elevator.

Gu Yuan stuffed himself into the quilt, and he insisted on staying up from [-]:[-] noon to [-]:[-] pm.Finally, when the sun passed across the mountain and the entire western face was covered with blush, he finally moved his index finger a few times, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"Xu Yue!" It was very dark around, Gu Yuan was facing the direction of the floor-to-ceiling windows, facing this strange environment, he subconsciously shouted.The whole person sat up suddenly.

The moment he lowered his head, Gu Yuan saw the slightly bloodless right hand tightly clutched in his hand.

"Xu...Xu Yue..." Gu Yuan turned his face to see Xu Yue who was lying on his bedside with his face pressed against his elbow.

Suddenly, Xu Yue stood up abruptly.

"Gu Yuan! You..." Xu Yue rubbed his eyes, took Gu Yuan on the bed into his arms without thinking, and pressed his chin tightly against his forehead, "It's okay, it's already No more burning. How are you feeling now? Is your nose better?"

Gu Yuan sucked his nose twice and cleared his throat.

"Well, it's much better. It's not as serious as it started."

It is indeed much better, compared to the continuous hoarse raving just now, at least I can hear what Gu Yuan said clearly now.Xu Yue poured out half of the cold water in the cup, and then filled in a new half from the thermos pot next to it.

"Come on, drink some water first." Xu Yue took a sip, and the temperature was just right.He raised the cup to Gu Yuan's mouth, but he blocked it back.

"??? What's wrong?" Xu Yue was stunned, "I just tasted it, it's not hot."

"I want you to feed me yourself." Gu Yuan suddenly lowered his voice, his already hoarse voice became more and more magnetic, "The mouth-to-mouth kind."

Xu Yue angrily put the cup filled with warm water on the bedside table, squinted at Gu Yuan, walked to the French windows and opened the airtight curtains.

"It seems that your illness is really cured. After drinking water, go out for a walk. I heard from Lao Yang that walking down that road will lead to the urban area. I will set off to climb the mountain tomorrow morning."

Gu Yuan didn't get any benefits, and felt unwilling, but he still obediently drank all the warm water in the cup.In the end, he got up, put on his shoes, stood in front of the window, stretched his waist, and deliberately sucked his nose.

The strange new environment did not bring any freshness to the two of them. If there was anything, it might only be the faintly moving lights at the end of the road when night fell.Gu Yuan was stunned for a moment, turned around and smiled at Xu Yue, even though he didn't say a word, Xu Yue understood all of his thoughts.

"Let's go, anyway, you've been asleep all day." Xu Yue rubbed his hands, "But it's really cooler here."

"Maybe it's because of the mountain." Gu Yuan took out his phone and clicked on the navigation in a daze, "Damn it, the nearest Internet cafe is half an hour's walk... The nearest cafe is... 10 minutes ! There is only one supermarket nearby? What the hell is it called an urban area? Did Lao Yang misunderstand the word urban area?”

In Gu Yuan’s understanding since he was a child, a bustling urban area should have shops with all kinds of daily necessities, as well as milk tea shops or cafes that can occasionally relax people’s minds. The LED signs in bars and nightclubs are very bright. It is also several times wider than the one in front of you, and there are feasting and feasting everywhere.

But now...

The night finally came with clouds and mist, and the whole sky was covered with a kind of gray mist mixed with dark blue. The street lamps would only be there every ten meters, standing alone on both sides and slowly spreading out to the outside world. In the twilight, apart from the sound waves of mosquitoes flapping their wings, even the mountain wind blowing towards the face carries a bit of chill.

"Forget it, a supermarket is just a supermarket...Anyway, instant coffee is also coffee." After a certain young master stood at the door of the hotel and struggled with himself for a few minutes, he finally recognized the reality.He pushed Xu Yue with his backhand, and he followed behind and took a few steps forward.

If the place where they live now can be described as quiet and quiet, then this section of road is simply horrible. During the 15-minute journey, several red and swollen pustules appeared on Gu Yuan's calf, some of which were faintly bloody in the center.

"I'm really convinced of this place, why didn't I just wear long pants before going out! Fuck, look at my legs, can I still see people? 1, 2, 3... 6, I'll go. I've already been bitten by mosquitoes six times." Gu Yuan fanned his trouser pocket a few times, and finally squatted down and rubbed the spots with his fingertips, "It's so itchy."

"There should be toilet water in the supermarket." Xu Yue grabbed Gu Yuan's collar, and forced him, who was squatting on the ground, into the supermarket entrance.

……

"Okay." Xu Yue screwed on the cap of the toilet water bottle, and casually wiped the few drops of liquid left on her fingertips on her arm. "Don't touch it with your hands, it will be fine in a while."

This time Gu Yuan nodded obediently and smiled at Xu Yue.

"Sir, you first...can you open the car window first..."

Suddenly there were screams from several passers-by on both sides of the road outside the door, accompanied by an elderly middle-aged woman parked in front of the supermarket.

"What's going on outside?" Seeing more and more crowds gathering at the entrance of the supermarket, Gu Yuan couldn't help but glance back. After paying the money, he dragged Xu Yue to move a few steps outside and blended into the crowd.

"Sir, can you open the window first? Let's talk about something."

The middle-aged woman moved closer, and the man in the driver's seat of the SUV parked by the side of the road was flustered, and the flashing white light in his hand hurt Xu Yue's eyes.

It's actually...

A paring knife that's not too long?

"Gu Yuan... tied, kidnapped?" Xu Yue stared at the knife in the hand of the man in the car, his whole face turned pale in an instant.

"Don't worry, it doesn't look like it." Gu Yuan was very calm, he pulled Xu Yue through the crowd and stood at the innermost part. "Look at the little girl in the co-pilot, she neither cried nor made a fuss. Obviously, the man next to her should be someone she is familiar with. And you look at the looks of the two people, they look like a father and daughter... "

Xu Yue was completely stunned.

All the images of that winter night five years ago flooded into his eyes in an instant.

"What do you mean? Gu Yuan...you, you just said..."

"The one pointing at the little girl with a knife..."

"Is it her family??"

……

The flustered rhythm in front of him didn't give Xu Yue any time to ponder and think. The car windows were still closed, and occasionally he could hear a few bone-piercing roars.

Gu Yuan glanced at the middle-aged woman, and walked sideways to stand side by side with her.

"Auntie, what's the matter?"

"Ah, I just came out of the supermarket after shopping, and I saw this man come out with a knife at a glance. I thought he had kidnapped the little girl, but..." The middle-aged woman's eyes sparkled, " But I heard the little girl call him daddy...then, I called the police. I guess the police should be there too."

Sure enough, Gu Yuan's most dangerous guess came true.

Standing behind him, Xu Yue listened to everything expressionlessly, and finally fell towards Gu Yuan's back.

"Xu Yue, don't look." Gu Yuan hugged Xu Yue's body tightly, and even turned his body sideways to block all his sight, "Don't be afraid, it's okay...Xu Yue, this was just an accident, it's okay It's all right."

Gu Yuan suddenly covered Xu Yue's eyes, only three words "I'm sorry" remained in his mouth.He even regretted coming to this place and encountering this incident from the bottom of his heart.

For Xu Yue, everything in front of him was tearing open the wound that he had hard-fought to coagulate and scab over the past five years.

But if some fears cannot be completely eliminated, we must learn to face them calmly.

Xu Yue took a deep breath and put Gu Yuan's hand down: "I'm not afraid."

The surrounding discussions became louder and louder, and the number of onlookers doubled from just now.Surrounded by well-meaning persuasion and loud abuse from the other side, there are even some smiling faces sticking to the outside of the crowd to watch the excitement.

The car window was halfway down, and there was no trace of shame left on the man's face, his eyes were full of despair and involuntary desire to seek death.

This look... Xu Yue is more familiar than anyone else.

……

Xu Yue glanced in through the gap of the car window. The little girl on the co-pilot looked at a five or six-year-old girl who was calm beyond everyone's expectations when facing the heart-piercing and extremely irritable father next to her. Without blinking an eye.

So much so that when the police arrived, the little girl just turned her face and glanced out of the window, and then quickly lowered her head.

Xu Yue's heart was really messed up.

He took Gu Yuan's hand and never let go.