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About half an hour later, the closed door opened again.

The cursing woman was gone, together with the high heels she threw on the ground.

The person in charge of the security of the community is apologizing to Xi Yufeng, saying that he adjusted the surveillance just now and found that the lady sneaked in with other residents because she couldn't get to the elevator and climbed the stairs directly.And sincerely said that even so, they still have an unshirkable responsibility, and they will strengthen the safety management of the community in the future to ensure that such problems will not occur again.

The follow-up negotiations were almost all done by Shi Mingxu, and Xi Yufeng didn't say a word.Only when the person in charge asked to enter the house to check the safety situation, he refused in a cold voice: "No need."

The person in charge didn't force it, left an emergency contact number, and left with a few security guards.

Before entering the room, Shi Mingxu said worriedly: "Ms. Xiao acted recklessly and out of line, if next time she uses this kind of rotten trick again..."

"Let her use it." Xi Yufeng said, "How can I return it as she does?"

"Then if Mr. Xi starts to ask again..."

"Then let Xiao Yin say what she said just now in front of Xi Chengli."

As he said that, Xi Yufeng laughed nonchalantly: "As long as she has the guts."

Jiang Ruo stood by the door, watched the two finish their discussion, and then talked about some work matters.

It wasn't until Shi Mingxu left and the door was closed that Jiang Ruo stepped forward, pulling Xi and Feng to sit down on the sofa.

Sensing his intentions, Xi Yufeng wanted to stand up: "I still have something to do, you can eat dinner by yourself, there is—"

"Sit still." Jiang Ruo turned her back to the sofa, squatting in front of the TV cabinet to search for something, "I've already eaten, don't worry about it."

"..."

When Jiang Ruo came back with the medicine box in hand, he rummaged through it to find iodine, cotton swabs, and band-aids. Xi Yufeng couldn't help frowning: "It's a small injury, don't—"

"Why don't you use it? What if you get an infection?" Another box of antipyretics was found and slapped on the coffee table. Jiang Ruo stood up holding alcohol and a cotton swab, and pressed Xi Yufeng's shoulder, "Don't move around."

Xi Yufeng said again: "..."

Different from his tough attitude, Jiang Ruo's action of applying medicine can be called cautious.

The wound was on the left side of the face, cut by Xiao Yin's long nails, Jiang Ruo daubed the wound gently with a cotton swab dipped in alcohol, recalling the scene when Xi Yufeng turned around to protect him, his heart felt as if he had been Soaked in a hot spring, it is incredibly soft.

Also mixed with an indescribable bitterness.

From hearing the so-called "secrets of the wealthy family" of the Xi family, to Xi Yufeng being drugged by his good brother, Jiang Ruo guessed that his situation was not optimistic.

Later, I witnessed his stepmother coming to provoke him several times, and even saying such unsightly words... As a bystander, Jiang Ruo was shocked and felt piercing at the same time. As a party involved, how should Xi Yufeng feel?

Perhaps he has also been resentful and struggling, but as time goes on, there is only a stubbornness that cannot reconcile with the world and with himself.

It turned out that it was not excessive defensiveness, but a way of self-protection.

Jiang Ruo never felt that he was so close to the man who always lit a cigarette alone in the dark.

As for Xi Yufeng, as if he knew what he was thinking, he looked straight into his eyes and asked, "Did you hear everything?"

Not knowing how to answer, Jiang Ruo chose to remain silent.

After applying the medicine, Jiang Ruo tore off the Band-Aid to cover the only wound on that unreal face, then took out two capsules and handed them along with the water glass.

The familiar scene of persuading medicine made Xi Yufeng feel uncomfortable being taken care of as a weak person.

He deliberately opened his face to escape, and then heard Jiang Ruo threateningly say: "If you don't eat, I will call 120 immediately and call an ambulance to take you to the hospital."

According to Jiang Ruo's flamboyant and uninhibited behavior in the past, Xi Yufeng believes that he can do what he says.

Feeling bored of being cornered, Xi Yufeng took the capsule from Jiang Ruo's hand, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it all at once.

Jiang Ruo handed him water again to moisten his throat, and finally there was a smile on his face: "That's—that's right."

Although he changed his words when he came to his mouth, Xi Yufeng could vaguely guess that what Jiang Ruo wanted to say was that he was being good.

The feeling of discomfort increased. Sitting on the bed, he reached out to reach the laptop beside the bed, but was stopped by Jiang Ruo holding down his hand. Xi Yufeng's face was clouded: "Leave me alone."

"Then you don't care about me and you." Jiang Ruo is reasonable anyway, "If you don't work one night, your company will be paralyzed? Or should you read a few documents less tonight, and the earth won't turn around tomorrow?"

Xi Yufeng couldn't say no to him, so he simply withdrew his hand and lay down.

Jiang Ruo showed that happy expression of "this is good", leaned over to tuck the corner of the quilt for Xi Yufeng, and slid his fingertips across the side of his face, bringing a slight itch.

Xi Yufeng closed his eyes, and heard a soft voice: "Okay, I didn't hear anything, can you sleep in peace now?"

Xu Shi listened to these words, and because he still had a fever, Xi Yufeng got rid of insomnia for a while, and fell into a deep sleep.

Even had a dream.

But it is not so much a dream as it is a reappearance of fragments in memory.

Xi Yufeng saw a seven or eight-year-old boy sitting alone in the middle of the huge courtyard, facing the gate, without blinking his eyes, as if he was waiting for someone.

Dark clouds piled up above his head, and the heavy rain came suddenly. A woman who looked like a nanny came out with an umbrella and called him in. He refused and insisted on waiting here.

He heard the woman say: "The madam has gone to find the master, and she won't be back today."

"What about tomorrow?" he asked.

The woman showed a embarrassed expression: "Maybe I won't come back either."

"What about the day after tomorrow?"

"Maybe the day after tomorrow...Xiaofeng will come into the house, and Aunt Fang will cook your favorite sweet-lipstick roast pork. Let's wait while we eat."

The boy shook his head and continued to guard the door.

Later, people did not wait, the boy developed a high fever first.In a daze, the boy heard Aunt Fang's voice: "Ma'am, the young master has a fever, you should go and have a look."

And the woman, called Mrs., was preoccupied with other things.

"Call the doctor if you have a fever. What's the use of me going to see it?" She had a soft voice, but it became sharp and harsh at the moment because of impatience, "Is the dish I asked you ready? If you can't help him, I only ask you!"

The piercing rain in the dream extended into reality, and the moment he opened his eyes, the seemingly invisible sound of rustling rain echoed in Xi Yufeng's ears.

There was also the sound of footsteps coming and going, and the movement of windows being pushed and pulled.

Jiang Ruozheng walked through the rooms, shutting the windows and complaining in his heart that this is the biggest disadvantage of the house.

When he came to the master bedroom, he deliberately walked lightly, closed the window and was about to go out, glanced at the bed, and walked closer to observe with uncertainty.

Jiang Ruo was stunned for a moment by the unexpected gaze, and asked in a low voice, "Did I wake you up?"

Xi Yufeng stared at him for a while, then shook his head slowly.

Jiang Ruo approached and picked up the thermometer beside the pillow.

The probe moved close to his forehead and "beeped", and Jiang Ruo looked at the numbers on it against the light, and heaved a sigh of relief.

"It's come down, but I still have a low-grade fever." Jiang Ruo arranged like a parent, "Take a leave of absence from work tomorrow, and take another day off."

Xi Yufeng was noncommittal about this, he turned his head to look at the pendulum clock beside the bed, it was just past zero.

The patient's diet should be light. Jiang Ruo cooked porridge, put it in a bowl and put it on the table, and retreated: "This looks...forget it, let's order takeaway."

Xi Yufeng, who was sitting next to him, took his mobile phone away and said, "No need."

After speaking, scoop the porridge with a spoon and put it in his mouth.

To be honest, the taste is okay.I don't know where Jiang Ruo learned it. Shredded vegetables, diced shrimp, and boiled together with rice until soft. Mixing these ingredients, even if no seasoning is added, the taste will not be too bad.

What's more, Xi Yufeng doesn't pay much attention to appetite, and he can eat whole wheat bread with a slice of vegetable leaves without changing his face.

After eating, it was already midnight, Jiang Ruo yawned and asked Xi Yufeng to go back to the room to rest, but Xi Yufeng grabbed his wrist and took him back to the room.

"The bowl hasn't—"

"Leave it to wash tomorrow."

"The leftover porridge hasn't been put in the refrigerator..."

"It won't break overnight."

Xi Yufeng, who had lost most of his sickness, seemed to regain the initiative in an instant, and pushed Jiang Ruo to the bed for no reason and let him sleep.

However, Jiang Ruo still had something to say: "But you—"

"I'm going to take a shower."

After Xi Yufeng finished answering, he heard the people behind him chuckle.

Turning around, I saw Jiang Ruo's lips curled up, with a bright and brilliant smile that he was familiar with.

"I wanted to say, but you haven't told me yet..." Jiang Ruo reached out to grab the corner of Xi Yufeng's shirt, and wrapped it tightly around his fingers, "I haven't seen you for so long, do you miss me?"

During an autumn rain in Fengcheng, a naturally occurring kiss dispelled the cold.

Xi Yufeng leaned over and lowered his head, with his arms propped by Jiang Ruo's side, Jiang Ruo raised his neck, chasing and responding to the thin but warm lips.

For a moment, Jiang Ruo couldn't help but think, that's really the case, no matter how strong the will is, it must yield to the instinct of desire.

Just like he did so much psychological construction before coming here, telling himself to be calm and rational, to be on the surface, not to be greedy, and to forbid wandering.But once you are on the scene, the defense you have built with great difficulty will always collapse easily in the gentleness that surrounds you from all directions.

Even if there is still a trace of unwillingness left in my heart.After the kiss, Jiang Ruo panted, and raised his hand to touch Xi Yufeng's eyes from the air, thinking that he could only blame it. When these eyes look at anyone, they seem to be infinitely affectionate.

And when they are tightly closed, the blue blood vessels on the eyelids are clearly visible, making people feel that he is so fragile and needs himself so much.

At this time, at a very unfortunate moment, Xi Yufeng suddenly brought up the old matter again: "That day, I was to see you."

The calm statement caused Jiang Ruo's emotions to surge, as if he was being squeezed tightly, and the oxygen in the crack was released in an instant.

He understood the unfinished words—that day, it was to see you that day, so he put down his work, got on the plane, and traveled across most of the country to find you.

The rain was pattering outside the window, and the two people in the room stared at each other, holding their breath for a moment.

Perhaps it is always difficult for people who are sick to hide their weakness and fatigue. Jiang Ruo felt helpless when he heard a sigh.

It turns out that Xi and Feng will also give in.

Caressing his slightly cold cheeks with his palm, he answered Jiang Ruo's question not long ago with another question: "Tell me, do I miss you?"