looking back inadvertently

A heat wave transpired in the air, and the whole street was filled with loud and clear cicadas, and midsummer arrived as expected.

In the days when the second year of high school was coming to an end, Zhao Zhuoyang seemed to have completely lost all grudges with Liang He and the others, and even gradually became familiar with Wen Hao. At one time, it was suspected that Wen Hao was his new younger brother; when he forgot to bring his books, he would come to their class Borrow, Wen Hao asked Liang He to borrow it when he was not around, and Liang He handed it to him with a face of reluctance.

It's the holidays again.There is less than a year left before the college entrance examination, and students who are about to enter the third year of high school will start school in early August.

I don't know if it's because of the hot weather, but Qin Ying's mental state is not very good, so she followed Liang Mei and her husband to the cooler northeast region for vacation.Liang He returned to Liang Zheng's "Tianyuan" apartment alone.

"If you want to study together, then you can find me." Shen Zhe said to him before the holiday.

This summer, Shen Zhe didn't enroll in remedial classes, and only planned to finish homework and review lessons at home.

Liang Zheng is still too busy to touch the ground, often away from home.Qin Ying had promised to take care of the children more, but three days after Liang He returned, he went on a business trip to Europe, and there was no other way.Fortunately, Liang He didn't care whether he was accompanied or not.

Before Liang Zheng left, he left two big bags of lychees, and Liang He couldn't finish them all by himself, so he called Shen Zhe and asked him to eat with him while doing his homework.

"Okay," Shen Zhe was still brushing his teeth that morning, the sound of spitting water came from the phone, and then he asked, "Shall I go to your house?"

"Come on," Liang He said to him while peeling the lychee, "There is no one in my house."

"No one is convenient for cheating?" Shen Zhe's tone was not frivolous, and the person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a while. "Learned from you." He added.

Liang He said awkwardly, "Whether you like to come or not."

"Come on, otherwise can you finish eating so many lychees?"

He put down the phone, spent some time changing clothes and packing his schoolbag, and arrived at Liang He's house after nine o'clock.

The quantity of lychees in Liang He's house was beyond his imagination, estimated to be five or six catties.

"Why did your dad buy so many?"

"Isn't it rare here? I bought it when I saw a good one." He gently pressed down on the tip of the lychee with his nails, and the peel split from the middle along with the force, revealing the white flesh, and he peeled off one immediately. .The lychee variety this time is good, moist and sweet, and the seeds are not that big.

Shen Zhe looked at the pile of lychee skins piled up in front of Liang He, and took a deep breath: "You'll get angry if you eat too much, take it easy."

"How could it be?" Liang He also likes to eat this kind of southern fruit, "I ate a lot last summer."

Shen Zhe helped him solve it together, he didn't eat that much, and he didn't forget to tell him: "Be careful of foaming in your mouth."

The next day, Shen Zhe really hit the spot, and Liang He told him about the oral ulcer on the phone.

"How can you say this kind of thing?" Although it may not be because of Lizhi, Shen Zhe's crow's mouth is true.

"Sorry." Shen Zhe smiled too exaggeratedly, "Are you at home this afternoon? Let me help you deal with it."

"What can you do?"

"You'll know then."

The sky was gloomy, and after noon, dark clouds shrouded it, and it looked like a heavy rainstorm was about to fall.In recent days, there has been a considerable amount of precipitation in the province, and floods have occurred in some areas. Therefore, Shen Sihong left two days ago to report in the northern mountainous area.

When Shen Zhe was about to go to Liang He's house, her mother Bai Yanru, who was on vacation, left home and went to work because of a temporary emergency at the hospital.

His so-called "treatment" is the use of drugs, a small tube of special spray for mouth ulcers brought from home.

"What is this?" Liang He had encountered this kind of ailment before, and would not consider taking medicine.

"The medicine from my mother's hospital," Shen Zhe dangled the medicine tube in front of his eyes, "it's very effective."

"Are you sure?" Liang He took it dubiously, ready to find a mirror and apply the medicine.

"Where are you going?" Seeing him standing up, Shen Zhe stopped him.

"There's a mirror in the bathroom."

"It doesn't need to be so troublesome." He pushed Liang He back onto the sofa, and stood in front of him, "I'll just spray it for you."

"Farewell..." Liang He felt inexplicably ashamed, just like when he was being carried by him that time.Even if it's just the two of them today, he still can't let go.

"What's so embarrassing?" Shen Zhe smiled lightly, "It's not about drugging your butt."

Liang He hesitated to speak, this kid's usual elegance and decency can't all be pretended, right?

"Even if it's on my butt, I can help you." Shen Zhe added another sentence, fearing that the world would not be chaotic.

Liang He's face was half green and half red: "Can you take a bite and a butt?"

"What's wrong?" Seeing his expression, Shen Zhe immediately understood, "When I was a child, I often went to the hospital to find my mother. If she is so coy, she won't be able to treat people."

No wonder.

Shen Zhe was deeply influenced by his family.Liang He sometimes feels that he has several completely different qualities—contradictory, but they can be perfectly integrated.

"Come on, just treat me as a nurse." With his left knee resting on the sofa, he bent down a little, and carefully opened Liang He's lower lip with one hand.

The temperature at the fingertips is a bit cool even in summer.After being baptized by the "ass" speech, Liang He didn't feel so embarrassed about the spraying.Like the other party said, at least he didn't take off his pants and put medicine on his butt.

In order to see the location of the ulcer clearly, Shen Zhe moved his face very close, and the breath he exhaled hit his face.Faintly, slowly feeling the heat, Liang He couldn't help but lean back.

"Don't move." Shen Zhe found that white dot near the gum, and quickly pressed it twice with his right hand holding the medicine bottle.

"Hiss—" The bubbling part was stained with the liquid medicine, and there was a sharp pain, and Liang He's lips moved.

Shen Zhe let go of his hand: "Close it and wait for a while."

The medicine was gradually absorbed, and the initial pain turned into numbness, and even the pain with ulcers was no longer obvious.

"How about it?"

"It's better." Except for a strange taste in the mouth, it was astringent.

"Here's this bottle for you, spray it again at night."

A series of muffled thunder rumbled outside, and the light rubbed between the clouds illuminated most of the sky for a while, and then it went dark again.

Shen Zhe looked out the window, didn't say anything about homework, but became a little silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It's going to rain." Liang He said.

"Well," he didn't look back, "you said...how heavy will the rain be?"

"Who knows," Liang He didn't understand the weather, "it might be a big one, or it might just be a few thunderstorms."

Shen Zhe still had a thoughtful expression.

"Any questions?"

He shook his head: "It's okay."

"By the way, why don't we go to Pizza Hut together tonight?" Liang He suggested, "It's next door, so it doesn't matter if it rains."

This is the first Pizza Hut in City C, very close to "Tianyuan". It has been open for a few months, and the business is booming, just like when KFC and McDonald's first settled in a few years ago.Liang He didn't live here before, and he hasn't been there yet.

Shen Zhe nodded, but answered irrelevantly: "Can you lend me a call?"

"Okay." Liang He pointed to the short table in the corner of the sofa.

"Ah, what did you just say?" Shen Zhe asked before picking up the microphone.

"Did I say go to Pizza Hut tonight?" Liang He wondered, "Didn't you nod?"

"I didn't realize it," Shen Zhe said absent-mindedly, "Isn't your mouth uncomfortable? That one is also more angry."

"It's okay, your medicine is working." Even now he doesn't feel any pain.

"Let's go then."

Shen Zhe held the receiver and dialed out the phone, but no one answered for a long time.Finally, he pressed the call, changed the number and dialed again.

"Hello, Uncle Lin...well, it's me," he paused for a while, "I want to ask, has my father contacted you?"

Liang He overheard some conversation intentionally or unintentionally, it turned out that Shen Zhe was inquiring about his father.At the beginning, it was still a normal call, but after that, Shen Zhe didn't know what was being said on the other end of the phone, and Shen Zhe kept silent, and then his expression changed.

"Okay, I see, thank you." Finally he put the microphone back in its place stupidly.

"What's wrong?" Liang He asked hastily.

Shen Zhe looked at him blankly, barely moved his lips, and squeezed out some voice: "The northern mountainous area where my father went the day before yesterday, a landslide occurred, and now there is no one to contact."