faint star

The next day, Xu Zhiwei went to work early in the morning, and looked at the opposite door when he went out.

The opposite door is quiet, still no movement.

Gu Heng said that he was going to take the cat to the pet hospital today.Xu Zhiwei thought, since Gu Heng is still sitting in a wheelchair, it will not be easy to make this trip.

After Gu Heng got up in the morning, before he had time to brush his teeth and wash his face, he first looked at the cat.

The cat was still curled up in the cardboard box, not very energetic, but it stared at Gu Heng with a pair of round eyes and meowed twice, softly, as if it already trusted him.

Gu Heng said to it: "Don't worry, I'll take you to the hospital right away."

He packed himself up, coaxed the cat into the cat bag with great effort, and then, like last night, put the bag on his lap, and some other odds and ends hung on the back of the wheelchair.I found the nearby pet hospital on my mobile phone—fortunately, it was not far from the community, in the middle of a row of facade houses.

An overenthusiastic elementary school student on the road was attracted by the cat and even pushed his wheelchair for him.

After going to the pet hospital to register, the doctor couldn't help laughing when he examined the cat, and asked Gu Heng: "Did you get into a car accident with the cat?"

Gu Heng also found it funny: "I was the one who got into a car accident first, and then picked up the cat."

The doctor gave him a look, as if to say, "You are too busy to take care of yourself, and you still want to raise a cat?"

Gu Heng added: "I think it has a fate."

Having said that, fate has to burn money.

Examination fees plus water, more expensive than people to see a doctor.Gu Heng can still use medical insurance when he sees a doctor, but the cat can only pay for it.

It took more than 2000 for a week of treatment.

On the day Gu Heng picked up the cat from the pet hospital, he ran into Xu Zhiwei coming back from get off work again.

The two got on the elevator together, Xu Zhiwei looked at the cat in Gu Heng's arms: "It's cured?"

Gu Heng said: "It's almost ready, let's see it for itself. Let it grow slowly."

Xu Zhiwei stopped talking.

He seems to have developed a bad habit in the past few days - observing Gu Heng secretly.Every time I go out and enter the door, I always glance at the opposite door unconsciously.Although he will restrain himself after realizing it, the more a person tries to stop himself from doing something, the more he can't help it.

Rationally, he felt that he shouldn't pay attention to Gu Heng, but he couldn't help being curious.

In the end he decided he'd better not waste his energy on this senseless mental struggle and just let it be.Of course, it is impossible for him to tell Gu Heng that sometimes he would watch him basking in the sun from the balcony.

At the moment Xu Zhiwei just looks at the cat.

Gu Heng asked him: "Can I do you a favor?"

He said that the veterinary hospital prescribed medicine for the cat, but he did not know how to feed the cat. If the cat broke free, he would not be able to catch it, so he needed someone to help.

Xu Zhiwei said, "Okay. I'll come over after dinner."

Xu Zhiwei went back to his own home first, and made a simple dinner—reheated the sweet and sour pork ribs he made yesterday, cut half a piece of tofu and mixed with salted egg yolk, and then made a simple vegetable soup. Add baby vegetables, enoki mushrooms, carrots, simmer for a while and add eggs.

etc.

After eating and washing the dishes, I went to Gu Heng's place.

Gu Heng was also eating dinner - he bought a bag of buns when he came back from the pet hospital, and was eating with gusto.

"This chain bun shop is really good, cheap and delicious. Have you tried it?"

Xu Zhiwei said: "I know, it's open at the gate of the community, how could I not know."

Sometimes he would buy steamed buns and deal with them casually.

"It would be even better if I had a bowl of soup." Gu Heng thumped his chest while eating.

Xu Zhiwei thought of the soup he just made, there was still some left.But he held back and just pretended not to hear and knelt down to look at the cat.

The cat is very good, has eaten the cat food, and is licking its fur carefully.

Xu Zhiwei rubbed its head with his fingers, it narrowed its eyes, very docile, obviously used to it.

"Did you give it a name?" Xu Zhiwei asked.

Gu Heng said: "Doesn't it have a name? It's called Mai Mai."

Maimai was the name given by the previous owner. Gu Heng felt that the cat recognized this name, so he didn't want it to be confused, so he still called it Maimai.

Xu Zhiwei said, "Okay."

He called the cat softly: "Mai Mai?"

Mai Mai responded with a meow.

Seeing the cat's expression becoming more and more relaxed, Xu Zhiwei hugged the cat in his arms and stroked the cat's head gently: "Mai Mai is good."

After speaking, he pinched the cat's jaw and stuffed the medicine into it.

The cat was stunned, not knowing what he ate.

Gu Heng couldn't help laughing, he didn't have time to use the camera, so he just took a few pictures with his mobile phone.

Xu Zhiwei gave the cat medicine, but he didn't linger, and got up to leave.

Gu Heng called Xu Zhiwei to stop: "Zhiwei, here's something for you."

He said throwing something over.

Xu Zhiwei caught it reflexively, and opened his palm to see that it was a key.

Gu Heng said, "My spare key."

Xu Zhiwei frowned: "What are you doing for me?"

Gu Heng smiled and said: "I am like this now, and I still have a cat. If the cat

Something's wrong, I don't worry you have a spare key.After all, sometimes I have to go to the hospital. "

Xu Zhiwei said: "No need. If you need anything, you can go to the property directly."

Gu Heng didn't expect that using cats as an excuse would not work every time. Xu Zhiwei is so smart, I'm afraid he can see it.

He could only say: "Actually, it's because of me. I think I'll leave this spare key with you, so I'm at ease. If something happens to me..."

"What can happen at home?"

As a doctor, Xu Zhiwei couldn't say such words to injured patients.He knows how many accidents happen in the bathroom, in the kitchen.

He glanced at Gu Heng's leg and said, "You will be able to remove the plaster cast in July and August, so you don't need to use a wheelchair, right? I will return the key to you by then."

Gu Heng said, "Okay."

The days that followed were much calmer.The relationship between the two seems to have become a simple neighbor relationship.

Xu Zhiwei will come to feed the cat medicine and pet the cat.

Mai Mai recognizes Xu Zhiwei, but it is a magnanimous little cat, and does not hold grudges against the drug addict.because touch

It is very comfortable to touch, and there are snacks to eat.

As July approaches, the weather is extremely hot, with a continuous high temperature of more than 35 degrees.

Every time this season comes, Xu Zhiwei will think of grandpa even more.

In summer, grandpa always does not turn on the air conditioner, saying that the summer is not so hot, and blowing fans are enough.Xu Zhiwei followed suit back then, but now he knows that high temperature is very dangerous to the elderly.

So when she saw that the local temperature was also rising, Xu Zhiwei called her aunt Xu Wenjing.

Now that grandpa lives with his aunt, he is afraid that grandpa will still be so stubborn.

"Grandpa, huh, it's still the same, so that the neighbors thought I was going to be harsh on him! I told him that the air conditioner in his room should be turned on all day because of the hot weather. He doesn't listen to people's words. , and secretly closed it while we were not at home."

Hearing her aunt's tone, Xu Zhiwei seemed to have something wrong: "What's wrong with grandpa? Is everything all right?"

My aunt said: "He suffered from heatstroke, vomiting and diarrhea. He was in the hospital for two days of transfusion, and he has already returned home. I don't think he dared to do it anymore."

Xu Zhiwei chatted with Grandpa for a while.Although Grandpa temporarily softened, he still said that Xu Wenjing made a fuss.He didn't want to tell Xu Zhiwei about it.

Xu Zhiwei was worried, and said a few words of comfort to the old man, thinking that he would go back to see grandpa no matter what this year.

After falling into ambush, Xu Zhiwei soon discovered that the number of times Gu Heng went downstairs to bask in the sun became less and less—it seemed that Gu Heng was also afraid of the heat.

On the weekend of that day, Gu Heng took the initiative to knock on the door of Xu Zhiwei's house.

Xu Zhiwei was cleaning at home and hadn't cooked lunch yet, when he opened the door: "What's the matter?"

He doesn't like to be interrupted when doing things, so he is a bit grumpy.

The main reason is that this is Gu Heng.Recently, he has a strong feeling that he has become more and more used to Gu Heng appearing in his private space, but what they do does not cross the line.

Gu Heng said: "Recently I have troubled you a lot, so I think I should treat you to a meal."

Xu Zhiwei was a little surprised, he still thought that Gu Heng took all the previous things for granted.

But he reacted quickly.Gu Heng is a sensible person in his bones.As long as he wants to show, he can be the most gentle and polite person.

"No, it's not convenient for you to go out on such a hot day." Xu Zhiwei refused.He doesn't want Gu Heng's meal either, he prefers to rest at home.

Gu Heng said: "We don't go out to eat, we eat at home - I'm preparing. The place is opposite, at six o'clock tonight, can I invite Dr. Xu to honor me?"

Xu Zhiwei was immediately blocked by him.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Zhiwei arrived at the opposite door on time.

He was more curious about what Gu Heng did than eating.

As soon as I entered the door, the living room was tidier than before. It seemed that it had been tidied up carefully. There was a fruit plate on the small coffee table, with sliced ​​watermelons and honeydew melons. It really looked like it was welcoming guests.

Gu Heng cooked tomato pasta, fried chicken wings, and a large plate of cold salad.

There are not many dishes, but the quantity is large and very proud.On the small dining table, the table is almost full, and two sets of tableware are placed,

Looks very appetizing.

Xu Zhiwei sat down hesitantly, but he didn't speak.

Gu Heng took a sip of the pasta and asked, "How does it taste? Maybe it's a little salty?"

Xu Zhiwei stirred it with a fork and tasted it.He thought it tasted just right.

"Is this really what you did?"

He suspected that this was a takeaway ordered by Gu Heng, but he just put the order.

Gu Heng laughed: "Why should I tell such a lie? Although my legs are inconvenient, these are not difficult to make. I use canned tomatoes in the tomato pasta."

Xu Zhiwei said: "I saw that you only ate bread and buns before, and thought you couldn't make them."

Gu Heng explained: "I'm too lazy to do it alone. Some time ago... Although you may not be able to see it, I was actually quite depressed."

Xu Zhiwei couldn't help but said, "Are you complaining about my business ability in person?"

Gu Heng laughed again.

There was no laughter and laughter during a meal, but they often made jokes about each other.

After dinner, Xu Zhiwei said, "Let me wash the dishes for you."

Gu Heng refused: "Put it there, I'll wash it myself later. I have another matter, please help me."

As he spoke, he turned on the computer again and showed Xu Zhiwei the photos.Many of them were photos from various places they had seen together last time.Many are city street photos.

"The publishing house wants to publish a book, and asked me to provide them with [-] photos. I first selected [-] photos, and then you help me see, from the perspective of ordinary readers, which ones do you like the most? "

Xu Zhiwei asked while clicking on the photos, "Are you going to publish a photobook?"

He doesn't know much about photography, maybe Gu Heng is already very famous in the industry?

Gu Heng said: "It's not a photography collection. It's just..."

He paused, and explained to Xu Zhiwei: "Have you ever seen a book with large pictures and few characters in a bookstore? It looks expensive at first glance, and the printing is exquisite, suitable for decorating a bookcase. But the text accompanying the pictures is the kind that is not nutritious. Chicken soup. This kind of book publishers sell well."

Xu Zhiwei nodded.

He sometimes flips through it, and it looks like the pictures are very eye-catching, but he won't buy it.I didn't expect so many people to buy it.

Gu Heng said: "This time it's just this kind of thing. I'm just a co-author of the pictures, not my personal photo collection."

Xu Zhiwei said: "That's not bad. It's not far from publishing a personal photo album."

Gu Heng's face darkened.He didn't respond.

Xu Zhiwei caught this point, but didn't pursue it.It seems that Gu Heng is unwilling to mention it.

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