bad derailment

The elevator stopped on the first floor, and I rushed out with the crowd before Jiang Qiushi left.

The hospital lobby was as busy as it was when I came here. I buried my head and passed countless people, not daring to look back and let alone staying longer. Every cell in my body was clearly clamoring: He is following.

I never thought that I would run into Jiang Qiushi at this time and at this place.This kind of coincidence is even more teasing than a movie plot, but it cannot be escaped or avoided.

Jiang Qiushi kept silent, following me at a leisurely pace.He thoughtfully separated a distance that would not make people feel too close. In the eyes of outsiders, it might seem like two completely unrelated people walking in the same direction.

Only I felt that my whole body was tightly wrapped by Jiang Qiushi's aura, and I didn't even know how to go or where to avoid it.

"Lin Yao."

The moment I left the hospital, Jiang Qiushi's voice fell beside my ears along with my sudden tight breathing.

The air dispelled some of the hospital's unique smell of disinfectant. I froze and didn't move. When he approached, he paused for a few seconds, "Why are you in the hospital?"

At the end, I added another sentence: "Is your body okay?"

I knew I couldn't avoid it this time, so I suppressed the uneasiness in my heart and forced a natural smile at him, "I'm fine, I just came to see a friend, why are you here?"

Jiang Qiushi glanced at his gauze-wrapped left hand, and said in a calm voice, "I'm going to make some anti-inflammatory medicine. I accidentally cut my hand a few days ago."

I asked politely, "Is it serious?"

"It's not serious, it's just that the wound is a bit deep, and it took seven stitches."

I didn't want to say anything more at first, but after I calmed down, my eyes drifted away for a few seconds, and I couldn't hold back and continued: "How did you get cut?"

Jiang Qiushi seemed to twitch the corner of his lips slightly, "I slipped my hand while cutting vegetables, and when I regained my senses, there was blood everywhere."

He described the accidents that happened to him in a calm voice, which made me feel scared for a while.There was no wound in his left hand, and it was difficult to pay attention to the mood of deliberately avoiding it at first.

"Won't your life during this time be very inconvenient?"

"Well, that's why I didn't drive here," Jiang Qiushi paused after speaking, "If I knew you were here, I would try my best to drive here."

I was stunned for a few seconds when I heard what he meant, and couldn't help being a little funny when I understood what he meant. Staying out too long."

"Lin Yao, actually even if I didn't meet you today, I still have one thing I want to ask you for help."

Jiang Qiushi interrupted my movement, approached me at some point, and said slowly: "My hand is injured, and it is inconvenient to take care of it. If possible, can you take him home for a month? Otherwise, I will I can only go to a pet store to raise it."

I looked at Jiang Qiushi's magnified facial features, quiet eyes and long and dense eyelashes. I couldn't help shaking my eyes, and then recovered my nervous voice: "It's okay, I can take care of him, and I don't need to go to the pet store."

Jiang Qiushi's gaze deepened, "But I remember you said it was inconvenient before."

"Before......"

The shadow of Chen Feng flashed across my mind, and the bad mood I just suppressed came back again. After a moment of silence, I replied: "It was inconvenient before, but it's okay now."

Maybe Jiang Qiushi saw something from my momentary gaffe, maybe he didn't.He withdrew his gaze, murmured 'hmm', and then stopped talking about this topic.

It wasn't until I got in the car that I suddenly realized, why did things develop in an unexpected direction after just a short meeting?

When I subconsciously glanced at Jiang Qiu from the corner of my eye, he had already given the address to the driver, as if he was completely unaffected by emotions, and he had completely forgotten the words he had said not to bother.

It seems that every time we meet, he can maintain his usual composure in a very short period of time.Under this calm background, my anxiety can always be completely erased, and I can let go of my tension unconsciously.

This is not an excessive request in the first place, not to mention that Jiang Qiushi has already helped me a lot with what I want, so if he refuses just to avoid suspicion, it would seem a little too deliberate.

I struggled halfway, and finally convinced myself before arriving at the destination, or maybe I found a good-sounding reason, and followed Jiang Qiushi into the floor elevator.

This house is much more homely than my initial impression.As soon as the door was opened, there was a cat meowing from inside, and I couldn't wait to run up and bite my trouser leg, and meowed around my feet with the loudest sound.

I hugged him with some distress, and said to myself I'm sorry, Dad didn't abandon you on purpose.I don't know if the kitten understands my heartfelt voice or relies on the familiar breath. After crying, it nestles in my arms obediently, scratching the clothes with its paws, as if afraid that I will leave again.

"He won't come out to greet me when I come back," Jiang Qiushi said, "This is the first time he's been so enthusiastic."

"Maybe it's because I haven't been here for a long time, thinking I don't want him anymore."

After I finished speaking, I realized that this sentence was a bit inappropriate, so I changed my words and said, "But it's okay, it's good that he clings to me a little bit, so that I can take care of him in the next month."

Jiang Qiushi nodded, and put the keys on the table, "His things are all in the living room. There are a lot of them, and it may not be possible to move them all in one trip."

The living room is as neat and tidy as I remember it. The cat litter box and the cat bed are placed in two corners. The rest of the cat food, snacks and toys are also stored in the long cabinet under the TV. It is really a big deal to move them all away. project.I squatted down in some embarrassment, and put the things back on the ground, "Just take a few things he is familiar with, and I will buy cat food and other supplies later."

"Okay, these are the brands he likes to eat, you can remember them."

Jiang Qiushi explained aloud.

"You don't need to take the cat litter with you. He hasn't slept in it once since he bought it."

He couldn't help now, so he stood aside and acted as a conductor.This businesslike appearance also let me throw away the last bit of unnaturalness. I lowered my body and took away the items I needed one by one. I couldn't tell whether I was more relieved or more disappointed, but in the end I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you want to take this bag inside?" I asked.

Jiang Qiushi said: "Well, the bag has been unsealed, and it will expire if you don't finish it."

I reached out and was about to reach for it, but at the moment I was squatting on the ground, and it was really hard to hold a large bag of cat food that had been opened.I was still figuring out which piece to start with so as not to overturn it. Suddenly, a breath approached behind me. His slender right hand brushed against my side, grabbed the bag of cat food, and lifted it out.

Jiang Qiushi got very close in an instant, and his unique scent enveloped him. I froze and didn't dare to move. I could feel his careless hair brushing by my ears, and his faint breathing.

This charm disappeared the moment he got up, as if this move was purely for helping me and had no other meaning.

After finishing everything, I sat on the sofa tiredly, fumbling for a lazily requested car, and turned on my phone to call a car.

The atmosphere fell into a brief silence after the busy work. I pretended to look at my phone and caught a glimpse of Jiang Qiushi walking into the kitchen from the corner of my eye.

He doesn't seem to care that there is one more person in the family, completely ignoring my existence, and just doing his own thing.

I flicked the screen aimlessly, and my mind couldn't help drifting to Jiang Qiushi's direction.

The software showed that the driver still had 10 minutes to arrive, and the gradually decreasing time made me feel flustered.There is a clear distance, but I always feel that thin back is deliberately swaying into the corner of my eye, and I can't hide it.

After half a minute, I couldn't help getting up and walking, about to jump off the floor nimbly, and keep up with my pace with small steps.

"Are you cooking?"

Attracted by my voice, Jiang Qiushi glanced back and continued his movements.He held an egg in his right hand, and was about to crack it against the mouth of the bowl. "Well, it's almost 01:30."

I feel that I really shouldn't talk too much, let alone come out at this time and break the balance of the atmosphere along the way.The car is coming soon, and Jiang Qiushi's help is over. After a month's time, I will send the money back. Apart from this, I should not have any interaction with him.

But he thought about these things well, but when he saw Jiang Qiu like this, he couldn't think of anything at once.I pursed my lips, "Can you do it alone? How do you cook?"

"Many dishes can't be fried, but the simpler ones can still be cooked."

After all, Jiang Qiushi cracked the egg open, separated the eggshell with one hand, and poured the egg liquid inside after the shaking bowl stabilized.Then he picked up a pair of chopsticks, held the bowl with his gauze-wrapped left hand, managed to maintain his balance, and started to fight slowly.

My eyelids twitched for a while, and finally I couldn't bear it any longer. I stepped forward to take the bowl and chopsticks from his hand, "When are you going to do this? Let me do it."

Jiang Qiushi didn't stop my movement, let go of my hand and said calmly: "It's okay, I'll get used to it after doing it a few more times."

I am most afraid of other people showing this kind of expression, especially on this face that I can't refuse at all, it looks particularly moving.I sighed from the bottom of my heart, and unconsciously lowered my voice: "I'll help you cook today's meal. You can invite an aunt tomorrow, or order takeaway. Your hand was originally cut by a knife, so you should not touch it until it heals." cook."

"I'm not used to having strangers come to my house," Jiang Qiushi said. "Takeaway is also unhygienic."

When he said these words, there was no emotion of resistance or refutation, and he looked into my eyes as if he was just telling the truth calmly.I choked hard, silently cracking the eggs in the bowl, not knowing what to say.

Due to time issues and my haste for this meal, I only made a few simple side dishes in the end.I canceled the car that was about to arrive, and cleaned up the kitchen to have dinner. Jiang Qiushi was watching me, and after sitting down, he said in a timely manner: "You come to eat too."

"I......"

I was about to refuse, but when I met his persistent gaze, I wavered in disbelief, and finally went back to get an extra pair of chopsticks, and sat down on the opposite side.

The taste of the dishes is relatively bland, and they are all cooked according to Jiang Qiushi's taste in my impression. I didn't realize this until I tasted the taste.

He was very quiet when he ate, when I used to do most of the talking.It's just that under the current delicate relationship, I can't speak without any grievances like before, so I also fell silent, and the rest of them buried their heads in eating cat food and had to make a few calls from time to time.

"It will be more convenient for you to hire an aunt another day. You can't cook with this hand every day. What if you get hurt again?"

After I finished eating, I put down my chopsticks and said aloud.

But Jiang Qiushi was inexplicably stubborn in this regard, and he was not wavered by my proposal at all, "I don't want my things at home to be touched by others."

"But didn't I use your kitchen just now?"

I didn't think too much when I said this sentence, maybe Jiang Qiushi's attitude was too natural, and I couldn't help but relax and return to the previous mode of getting along.It was quiet for a second or two after speaking.

"Lin Yao, you are not someone else."

Jiang Qiushi paused to look at me. Across a dining table, his deep and clear gaze was mixed with traces of unclear ambiguity in the smoke and fire, revealing a bit of unhidden warmth.My heart skipped a beat, and when I came back to my senses, he had already glanced down, restraining his emotions as if nothing had happened just now.

Maybe it has a taste of evasion, but he can always hide his true emotions very well.I suddenly felt a little irritable, but I couldn't explain why I was irritable. I put away the bowls and chopsticks and got up from the chair, making some loud noises.

"I'm done eating, I'll leave if I have nothing else to do."

"Lin Yao, I'm sorry."

Jiang Qiushi spoke out almost at the next moment, and a deep voice came from behind: "I have no other meaning. If the words just now offend you, I apologize to you."

I stopped and took a few deep breaths, still feeling something stiff in my chest.But I knew that this anger was unreasonable, and I was inexplicably arrogant. I squeezed the bowl in my hand and replied, "It's okay, as long as you remember what you said before."

I don't know if this is used to alert Jiang Qiushi, or to alert myself, or maybe both.

It was quiet for a few seconds, and after a long time, there was a soft 'hmm'.