Opposite shore

Chapter 17

This was Zhou Xuxing's first Qixi Festival after he and Chen An were together.

Zhou Xuxing had arranged a full Qixi Festival date a week ago, but was ruthlessly cut in half by Chen An's sentence "I have to work overtime on Saturday morning".

He had no choice but to work out plan B quickly, replacing the amusement park during the day with the aquarium in the afternoon, and the western restaurant and fireworks show at night as planned.

This morning Zhou Xuxing sent Chen An downstairs to the company, and when he thought that he would have to work overtime today, he became angry, "Your company is too inhumane, how can you work overtime on Qixi Festival?"

Chen An unbuckled his seat belt and was about to get out of the car. Seeing that he was really unhappy, he sat back and pulled him over and kissed him, "Let's go eat something delicious after get off work, okay?"

Zhou Xuxing took advantage of it, nodded reluctantly, and watched Chen An enter the company.

After Chen An went to work, he had nothing else to do, and suddenly thought that Yang Jun said that there is a wild animal park in Hecheng Scenic Area, which is not bad, but he wondered if he could finish it in one afternoon.Considering that Chen An seems to be more interested in furry land creatures than marine animals, he simply drove to the field to investigate.

The scenic spot is nearly an hour's drive away from their place of residence, probably because of weekends and Qixi Festival, there are many people near the park, most of them are couples or parents with children.He stopped the car, walked around against the sun, consulted some questions with the park staff, and then walked along the route of the scenic spot, wanting to see what other attractions there are.

Unknowingly walking a little far, Zhou Xuxing looked at the time and felt that if he went back and drove to Chen An's company, he would almost be off work, so he started strolling back again.

On the way back, he faintly felt that something was wrong. The sky was not as clear as it was just now, as if it had been covered with a layer of gray veil, blocking the sun out, leaving only stuffy heat in the air.

Sure enough, a gust of wind blew up after a while, the sky became dark in an instant, dark clouds surrounded the entire park, and the sudden downpour was followed by thunder, and Zhou Xuxing ran quickly. The incident happened suddenly, although he quickly found I took shelter from the rain, but it was inevitable to get wet.

He waited for a while under the pavilion for tourists to rest in the park, and found that the rain had no intention of stopping at all, and he had to walk for about 10 minutes to get back to the parking lot. Thinking that Chen An was about to leave work, Zhou Xuxing didn't hesitate , After the raindrops became smaller, they rushed into the rain.

He returned to the car and turned on the air conditioner, and while wiping his hair with a towel, he sent a message to Chen An, asking him to call him back after get off work, and then drove to the city.

Zhou Xuxing was stuck on the road for a long time, and he arrived near Chen An's company at noon. He was wondering why the other party hadn't called yet, but saw several missed calls on his mobile phone.Probably because his mobile phone was exposed to rain and there was some problem with the receiver, so he didn't hear the call notification tone.

He saw that Chen An sent a message 10 minutes ago saying that he was dropped by his colleagues and asked him to go home first and then discuss where to eat.Zhou Xuxing had no choice but to go home with a depressed sense of loss when his phone was broken in the rain and he hadn't received anyone yet.

Zhou Xuxing didn't feel the cold until he entered the underground garage of the community. His hands and feet were cold, and his wet clothes were half stuck to his body, making him even more upset.After entering the house, Chen An was sitting on the sofa and swiping his phone, when he heard the movement at the door, he said, "I'm back."

Zhou Xuxing responded casually, and changed his shoes at the entrance.

"Where did you go this morning, why are you just now..."

In the middle of the conversation, the text suddenly stopped. Chen An looked at Zhou Xuxing in surprise, then got up and walked quickly to the door, reaching out to touch his clothes.

"Don't you have a car? How did you get wet like this?" He grabbed Zhou Xuxing's hand and couldn't help frowning when he saw him, "Change it quickly, don't catch a cold, I'll find you some clean clothes .”

Seeing Chen An's distressed face, Zhou Xuxing saw that most of the depression in his chest disappeared in an instant, and he held him back, "No, I'll just go take a shower, and I'll tell you after I'm done."

After Zhou Xuxing finished speaking, he quickly went into the bathroom and took a shower. He didn't feel anything unusual just now, but after drying his hair, he gradually began to feel dizzy. When he got out of the bathroom, he leaned against Chen An The side was in a daze, and the other party also keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Chen An touched his arm, "Is the water temperature of your bath turned on very high?"

Zhou Xuxing frowned and said, "No."

Chen An stretched his hand directly to his forehead this time, "Didn't you have a fever?"

Only then did Zhou Xuxing sit up belatedly, "Ah, really."

Chen An went to the cabinet and took out the temperature measuring gun, and "dripped" it on his head.Zhou Xuxing lay down again slowly, "It seems to be a bit of a headache."

Chen An looked at the screen of the temperature measuring gun with a serious expression, "It's burned to 38 degrees, can you not have a headache?"

He put the temperature measuring gun back on the table, and discussed with Zhou Xuxing in a good voice, "We won't go out for lunch, I'll make some at home, after you eat, take some antipyretics, and then go back to sleep, okay?" ?”

"No." Although Zhou Xuxing was dizzy, but still conscious, he refused categorically, "You promise me to eat delicious food after work."

"You have a fever, where else can you go but the hospital," Chen An said, "It's raining so heavily outside, you must catch a cold when you go out."

Chen An just asked for his opinion symbolically, even if Zhou Xuxing was not happy, he didn't intend to change his mind.

Seeing that the situation could not be reversed, Zhou Xuxing had no choice but to accept his fate and said, "Actually, I'm not hungry, so you can do whatever you want."

Chen An poured him a glass of water, went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of porridge, asked Zhou Xuxing to drink it, watched him take the antipyretic medicine, and then drove him back to the room to sleep.

Zhou Xuxing stood by the bed unwillingly, hugged Chen An's waist like a fool, and buried his head in his neck, "I don't want to sleep."

"Nonsense, you were already sleepy when you drank the porridge just now." Chen An ignored his beating and rolling, and insisted on letting him rest.

Seeing that the Qixi Festival plan was going to fail, Zhou Xuxing had no choice but to confess everything and make a final struggle, "I have already planned how we will celebrate Qixi Festival."

Chen An raised his hand and patted him on the back as if to comfort him, and asked following his words, "How did you plan it?"

"Go to the newly opened aquarium in the afternoon, and accompany you to watch the fireworks show you've always wanted to see in the evening. You can't finish visiting the wildlife park today, but you can arrange it until tomorrow."

"I also booked a seat in the western restaurant downstairs, don't you want to eat their pizza?"

Holding Chen An in his arms, Zhou Xuxing was already drowsy, and his voice became smaller and smaller, "Our first Chinese Valentine's Day, we can't just pass by like this."

Chen An didn't say a word, he helped Zhou Xuxing to lie on the bed, covered him with a quilt, stood beside the bed and said softly, "Zhou Xuxing, it's fine now."

Zhou Xuxing really wanted to take a closer look at Chen An's expression, but he was too tired, it seemed that it was difficult to lift a finger, and his eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

Closing his eyes, he felt Chen An kiss on his forehead, and heard him seem to be talking to himself, "Being together is already very good."

Zhou Xuxing wanted to say something more, but fell into a deep sleep the moment Chen An drew the curtains.

Zhou Xuxing had a very long dream.Dreamed about something from long ago.

In the dream, he and Chen An were both children, and Chen An was crying because his grandma was going out to send him to his father, saying "I don't want grandma to go" and "Grandma don't go away".

Grandma Wu was reluctant to let Chen An cry all the time, but she was in a hurry to leave, so she sighed anxiously.

Xu Xiaoxia opened the door and asked, "Mr. Wu, do you want Xiao'an to come to my house?"

Grandma Wu waved her hands again and again, "This is too much trouble for you."

"No trouble, Xiaoyin Xiaoxing is also at home, let them play together." Xu Xiaoxia said.

Zhou Xuxing also poked his head out, "Chen An, do you want to come to my house to play?"

Grandma Wu wanted to refuse again, but Chen An, who was crying so loudly just now, suddenly wiped away her tears, nodded and said firmly, "Yeah."

Grandma Wu and Xu Xiaoxia couldn't help laughing, Zhou Xuxing pulled Chen An into the house, and heard Grandma Wu at the door say to Xu Xiaoxia, "Actually, I just don't want to go to his father's..."

Zhou Xuxing experienced another very chaotic dream. When the scene in front of him was clear again, the scene in the house had become the living room of Chen An's house. There was a photo of Grandma Wu on the wall. He was standing at the door of Chen An's room. Chen An was wearing a high school uniform. Kishi looked up at him with the door half open, his eyes were red and swollen, and his whole figure was standing still, in a very bad condition.

He leaned against the door, fearing that Chen An would close the door again, he put his hand on the door frame, "Come out and have some food."

Chen An cooperated in a rare way, holding the bento made by Zhou's father, and took the initiative to speak the first sentence in a few days.

"I didn't expect her to go so fast."

Zhou Xuxing didn't expect that he would take the initiative to speak, and he was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to reply.

Fortunately, Chen An didn't wait for his response, and continued, "I still have a lot to say to her."

Zhou Xuxing wasn't sure if Chen An smiled, but he raised his head and looked at him, "You hid all the knives in my house, didn't you?"

Zhou Xuxing was startled, he broke out in a cold sweat unconsciously, and after realizing it, he was afraid for a while.

"Thank you," Chen An really smiled this time, "I will live a good life."

Everything around him suddenly became blurred, and the noisy voice penetrated into his ears from far and near. Zhou Xuxing suddenly woke up from his dream, opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling for a long time.The sound of the rain outside the window gradually gave him a sense of sobriety. The curtains were drawn tightly, and the room was dark, only the warm yellow light of the living room came out from the half-closed door. He sat up, took a look at his phone, it was already five in the afternoon Clicked.

He came out of the bedroom and saw Chen An making dinner in the kitchen, so he walked over slowly, suddenly feeling unreal as if he had passed away.Chen An was cooking the noodles, and turned his head when he heard the movement, "Are you awake? Do you feel better?"

Zhou Xuxing's heart suddenly seemed to be soaked by the rain. He walked into the kitchen, lazily stretched out his arms to hug Chen An from behind, put his head on his shoulder, and said in a muffled voice, "It's much better."

Chen An only thought that he was a little clingy when he was sick, so he tilted his head and said, "Go and take your temperature again, the thermometer is in the medicine box in the TV cabinet."

Under Chen An's urging, Zhou Xuxing let go of his hands reluctantly, and he walked to the TV cabinet, only then did he see a bouquet of roses that Chen An put on the cabinet.

It was a bunch of beautifully packaged red roses, probably because of accidental rain, a few drops of water on the petals made the flowers even more beautiful.

The greeting card inside is written in Chen An's delicate handwriting, and it is impressively written: It is the time you spend on roses that makes your roses so important.

A torrential downpour wiped out the bright summer sun and Zhou Xuxing's well-planned Qixi Festival date.

Now that his plan fell through, he was sitting at the dining table obediently, taking his body temperature and holding a cup of cold spirit, watching the transparent floor-to-ceiling windows separating the indoor and outdoor into two distinct parts. warmth.The candlelight dinner turned into two steaming bowls of unpretentious tomato and egg noodles, and a person who hadn't had time to take off his apron handed him chopsticks, "Is it still burning? Why don't we eat first."

This Qixi Festival... is actually not bad, isn't it.