Wind Shakes the Barley

Doctor Chang doesn't smoke. After coming to City A, Jiang Xu wanted to smoke a few times, but seeing that no one else in the dormitory smoked, he didn't smoke because he was afraid of affecting others.When he really wants to smoke, he goes to the library, finds a book that is difficult for him, immerses himself in it, and suppresses that thought.

Later, when I became a tutor for high school students, it was even more difficult to let the smell of cigarettes remain on my body.

Later, when I was with Dr. Chang, I didn't have to smoke anymore.

Jiang Xu glanced at the time and said to Jiang Wenxing, "I'm going to the bathroom."

Jiang Xu followed the signs and walked to the door of the toilet, but found that he could still hear the music outside, so he had to go out through the side door, found a quiet place, and dialed the phone.

Jiang Xu: "What are you doing?"

"I just returned to the hotel." Chang Qi on the other end of the phone paused, as if he heard the voice from here, and asked, "Where are you outside?"

"Well, I went out to have dinner with my classmates." Jiang Xu looked down at the cigarette in his hand, the scarlet flames flickered in the wind, and asked in a low voice, "When are you coming back?"

"It will take a few more days."

"How many days?" Jiang Xu asked.

"About five days."

Jiang Xu lowered his eyes, and the light cast a shadow on him: "Two days more, you said a week earlier."

Chang Qi sighed softly: "Sorry."

The cigarette butt was stubbed out in the trash can, Jiang Xu leaned against the wall, looked up at the stars in the sky, and said softly, "It's okay."

There was a knock on the door from the other end of the phone, and Chang Qi went to open the door. Jiang Xu heard a male voice, which sounded very young and spoke very familiarly.

The man came over and invited Chang Qi to go out to visit the night scene, but Chang Qi refused.

After Chang Qi closed the door, Jiang Xu asked, "Who was it just now?"

"A doctor from the exchange meeting happened to live in this hotel."

"Does he come to see you often?"

Chang Qi smiled: "Don't worry, I'm yours, others can't take it away."

"En." Jiang Xu raised the corner of his mouth and responded in a low voice.

The two talked for a while and then hung up.

When Jiang Xu returned to the bar, there happened to be a group of beauties dancing on the stage, but Hu Aixuan was nowhere to be seen. Jiang Wenxing told him that Hu Aixuan ran to the front to see.

"You don't know how to fall in love, do you? Why do you make regular phone calls every day?" Jiang Wenxing asked jokingly.

Jiang Xu smiled and said nothing, Jiang Wenxing's eyes flashed with surprise, but seeing Jiang Xu's face, he didn't ask any more questions, somehow feeling that the other party's relationship was not going well.

Jiang Xu saw the cigarettes on the table, took another one, and just about to light it, he turned to Jiang Wenxing, "Can I?"

"I don't care if you smoke yours." Jiang Wenxing said indifferently.

Jiang Xu hummed and lit a cigarette.

Jiang Xu leaned on the back of the sofa with one hand, smoked a cigarette, and looked in the direction of the stage.

Jiang Wenxing was sitting next to Jiang Xu. He just heard that Jiang Xu was in a relationship, and now he saw Jiang Xu staring at the neatly dressed girl on the stage. Jiang Wenxing suddenly felt a little weird.

Jiang Wenxing couldn't help turning his head, and saw Jiang Xu leaning lazily on the sofa, the flickering lights shaking on his face, Jiang Xu took a breath of cigarettes, and misty white mist floated out of his mouth, looking like a whole person There was an unspeakable sense of irritability.

Only then did Jiang Wenxing realize that what Jiang Xu was looking at was not the stage, but a certain point in the air.

Jiang Wenxing shook his head and thought to himself: Love is really a tormenting thing.

"Ni Shao, what are you looking at?"

"Hush—" Ni Shu gestured to push the person in the way aside, took out his mobile phone and pointed it at Jiang Xu in front of him, took several pictures in succession, and sent them directly to Chang Qi.

"Brother, I think the top of your head is already a little green. Looking at this kid's staring eyes, I guess the beauties on the stage have almost taken his soul away."

"I really didn't see it. He hid it quite deep. Could it be a double?"

"Also, don't you can't stand the people around you smoking? Is this a compromise for love?"

"Hey, did you see the news, tell me, if he invites girls over later, can I stop him?"

Chang Qi: "Just pretend you didn't see it."

Ni Shu: "What's the matter, don't you care?"

Chang Qi: "I'll tell him later, don't worry about it."

Ni Shu was a little discouraged, and replied, "All right."

After the show ended, Jiang Xu didn't go back to school, but went directly to Chang Qi's house.

The bathroom was filled with heat, but there was no one under the shower, the water was rushing down, splashing messy water on the floor tiles.

Jiang Xu leaned against the wall, and the bracelets made crisp and clear clashing sounds from time to time. Jiang Xu raised his head, the blue veins on his neck were tense, and sweat kept sliding down his forehead.The loud sound of water covered up other movements, and Jiang Xu's body was engulfed in the white mist. After a long while, Jiang Xu supported the sink with both hands, looked at himself in the mirror, and was so embarrassed that he felt ashamed.

He picked up a handful of cold water, rubbed his face vigorously, turned around and left the bathroom.

The bedroom had been vacant for a few days, and it seemed extremely deserted. Jiang Xu threw himself on the bed, took a deep breath, and found that the smell of another person had long since dissipated.

Jiang Xu lost his mind for a moment, tried to close his eyes, but tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.

It was one o'clock in the morning, and it seemed that people all over the world were sleeping soundly, so quiet that no sound could be heard.

Jiang Xu got up from the bed, opened the closet, and picked out a pajamas that the other person had worn before leaving.

Back on the bed, Jiang Xu buried his face in his clothes, and finally felt at ease when he smelled the familiar fragrance of medicine.

After leaving the cafeteria at noon, when Jiang Xu and a few roommates were returning to the dormitory, the phone rang.

Jiang Xu was a few steps behind, and when he saw the caller ID, his eyes overflowed with joy.

"have you eaten?"

"Just finished eating." With a smile on the corner of Jiang Xu's mouth, he felt that Dr. Chang's voice was extraordinarily gentle. He was a little strange, and suddenly thought of something, and asked eagerly, "Are you going to postpone it again?"

"No, I promised to go back early in the morning."

"Then I'll pick you up?"

"Didn't you have class that morning? I'll find you at school when I get there."

Jiang Xu's heart returned to its original place, and he was a little happy: "Okay."

"Are you tired recently, playing games besides class?" Chang Qi asked.

"I'm not tired. Anyway, I have nothing else to do except go to class, and I can make money by playing games."

"Then don't stay too busy, go to bed early at night."

"know."

There was silence on the phone for a few seconds, Jiang Xu thought he was going to hang up, when suddenly he heard Dr. Chang ask, "Are you unhappy that I'm going out?"

Jiang Xu blinked: "No."

Jiang Xu seemed to sigh when he heard the other end of the phone, and his heart shrank suddenly: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." Chang Qi said, "Go back to the dormitory, and I'll call you at night."

Jiang Xu paused, and replied, "Okay."

Hu Aixuan, who was a few steps away, kicked Jiang Wenxing with his arm: "Jiang Xu is not in love, why do I feel that something is wrong with him in recent days?"

"Well, let's talk about it." Jiang Wenxing said.

Hu Aixuan's eyes widened in shock: "Are you sure?"

"He said it himself." Jiang Wenxing glanced at Jiang Xu, "I don't know when we talked about it."

Hu Aixuan "hissed": "It's no wonder he's been making regular phone calls recently, and it seems that he's still in a long-distance relationship. However, I didn't think he was very happy when he was on the phone?"

Jiang Wenxing snorted at him: "You know what!"

"...Fuck!" Hu Aixuan looked sad and indignant, "You understand?"

Jiang Wenxing said nonsense: "Maybe it's the kind that used to be in the sea."

Hu Aixuan: Damn, I still don’t understand.