timeless

Chapter 24 The Psalm in the Dream (2)
Jiang Wei's mother on the other end of the phone was babbling about something.Jiang Wei went out to visit his cousin alone, and his mother was too busy to get away, so he had to keep telling her to be careful.The girl responded with a "hmm" and added a sentence before hanging up: "The money I earned from part-time work this month is on the table in my room, remember to save it. Oh, yes, there is also a receipt It's in my drawer...you'll know what the receipt is when you read it. Hmm. Bye."

She never told her mother that she was secretly paying back the money, she just wanted to make her mother less burdened and more pleasantly surprised.

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Wei wrote a text message "I'm already at the station", selected the name of "Brother Qi Xian" in the recipient column, and then pressed the send button.

After a while, the phone rang again.Jiang Wei looked down to see the call reminder, this time it was Yu Xinye.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"I have a basketball game tomorrow, a few middle school friends." A boy's voice sounded slightly hesitant on the other end of the phone, "Will you come and see?"

"Tomorrow?" Jiang Wei's voice hesitated for a few seconds, "I'm at the station, and I'm going to visit my cousin in other places alone. I'm afraid I won't be able to go tomorrow."

The voice of Yu Xinye on the other end was extremely disappointed: "Well, when will you come back?"

"Shortly, about three or four days." Jiang Wei unconsciously slowed down his voice, dragged the not-too-heavy luggage, and handed the ticket to the ticket inspector.

"Really? The final will be in five days!" Yu Xinye's voice immediately revived.

The ticket inspector quickly tore open the ticket and handed the ticket stub to Jiang Wei.Jiang Wei walked towards the bus while holding his luggage and holding the phone: "As long as you can reach the finals, I will definitely go back."

"That's OK!" As if he breathed a sigh of relief, he changed back to the relaxed Yu Xinye, and his voice also raised, "Must come! I will definitely enter the final. If you don't come, I played out of order and you are responsible."

"Don't be so abnormal all the time." Facing the seat numbers on the ticket stubs one by one, Jiang Wei finally stopped at seat No.19 and sat down.

"Anyway, just come here, I think I'm quite normal."

"Talking to you is very tiring." Even though he said so, Jiang Wei's tone softened involuntarily, "Okay, okay, I will rush back. How could I miss your game?"

"Then—" Yu Xinye on the other end of the phone was about to say something when a sharp class bell rang.Yu Xinye had no choice but to say goodbye in a hurry, "Let's do this first, class is over, I'll send you a text message later."

"okay."

Just when Jiang Wei was about to hang up the phone, Yu Xinye's voice suddenly resounded: "That's right..."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Jiang Wei stopped his plan to hang up the phone.

"Going to other places by car alone..." The voice over there paused, "Be careful."

After more than an hour's drive, I fell asleep in the bumpy road.Jiang Wei dreamed that she was sitting in a dessert shop with Zhao Mengfan and Yu Xinye eating snacks while half awake and half asleep.Sitting next to her, Zhao Mengfan happily held her hand and happily told her the news about her new favorite star.Yu Xinye brought Jiang Wei's favorite dessert from the front desk, put it in front of the girl with a smile, and handed one to Jiang Wei.

In the dream, Jiang Wei seemed to be smiling all the time, sitting between them, listening to them with a smile all the time.

Jiang Wei couldn't remember what they said, and then Jiang Wei's head hit the window frame in the jolt, and she woke up in pain.

After looking around in a daze for a few times, Jiang Wei gradually regained consciousness and realized that he was still in the car.

The person sitting in the front seat got motion sickness, buried his face in the plastic bag and made an uncomfortable retching sound.

Jiang Wei stared at his red eye sockets reflected on the glass window.

Can you not wake up?
Jiang Wei, who was squeezed in the crowd of people at the station and almost bumped into a stranger, was finally pulled to a place where the crowd was sparse.After the girl stabilized her feet, she saw clearly the handsome face of the boy who had already taken the luggage from her hands.

I haven't seen him for a few months, and Xun Jiu has grown taller again, like a joint, a head taller than Jiang Wei.

At this time, the boy was carefully looking at her with an indescribable expression.

Jiang Wei could probably guess what he was thinking, but he smiled habitually and pushed the boy's back: "Let's go."

Xun Jiu lived with his father, Jiang Wei's uncle.The house they lived in was on the seventh floor. It was a very old residential area, but it had a small floor-to-ceiling balcony.It's just that the design is not very safe, the fence only reaches the waist, and accidents will happen if you are not careful.

"Sister, you sleep in my room, and I sleep with my dad." Xun Jiu put her luggage beside the bed, followed her gaze to the balcony, "Oh, it's dangerous, and I didn't pretend Anti-theft net. Stay away from the fence."

"Yeah." Jiang Wei looked away.

And the cousin's eyes kept falling on her tied and cut hair: "How many days do you plan to stay here?"

"Three or four days." Jiang Wei didn't think about it.

"Why did you leave so quickly?"

"I'm worried that Mom is alone at home. Oh, by the way, help me buy drawing paper." Jiang Wei turned to look at him as if he suddenly remembered something.

"You want to draw?"

"Well, I'm going back to watch my classmate's basketball final in a few days, and I want to send him a painting."

"Oh, then I'll go now." Xun Jiu just walked out a few steps, then turned around again, "Do you want paint?"

"Yes, paint watercolors."

"What do you want to draw?" Xun Jiu couldn't help asking.

"It's just silver osmanthus."

The four-day basketball fraternity match somewhat exhausted the boys, but in the end they successfully entered the finals, which made Yu Xinye heave a sigh of relief.On the morning of the fifth day, Yu Xinye sent a text message to Jiang Wei, "The final will be in two hours, what time will your car come back?"

I haven't seen Jiang Wei's reply for a long time. Yu Xinye thought she might be sleeping or busy, so she stuffed her phone back into her jacket, picked up the basketball from class, and shouted to the other boys, "Let's go, go to practice, absolutely not. You can lose!"

When walking down the stairs, Yu Xinye ran into Qi Xian who was walking up.The eyes of the two met briefly in mid-air for a second, then they staggered away from each other and passed each other.

In an instant, the stiff atmosphere in the air eased down again.

Qi Xian continued to go upstairs while turning his face sideways to talk to the short-haired girl beside him, while Yu Xinye was still giggling and going downstairs holding the ball among a group of boys.

It was as if nothing had happened.

But that second of looking at each other really existed.

When he walked to the basketball court, Yu Xinye saw the girls gathered around the court from a distance.After walking a few steps forward, Xie Yayi ran over: "Xinye, there are still two hours left, let me help you get your coat."

"Oh, good." Yu Xinye handed the basketball to his teammates, took off his coat and put it in the girl's hands.The partner beside him winked and coaxed: "Your wife is so considerate!"

Xie Yayi gave them a coquettish look, then turned to smile at Yu Xinye: "You must work hard."

"It's OK." Yu Xinye waved his hand and just walked a few steps, then suddenly stopped and turned around, looking at her hesitantly for a moment, "By the way, that..."

"What's wrong?" Xie Yayi looked up at him with a puzzled expression.

Yu Xinye's shoulder line was stiff for two seconds, and then relaxed again: "No, it's nothing...I'm going to play."

Only the girl looked at him with a smile for no reason: "Well, come on!"

The words of breaking up cannot be spoken.

Having been together for so long, it is not that there is no emotional entanglement between each other.But the person who really tugged at his heartstrings was not her.

After all, I don't want to hurt people.

Under Yu Xinye's hands, the basketball continued to move rapidly.

All in all, let's talk about everything after Jiang Wei comes back.

Suppose there is such a world.

There are sounds of wind blowing, clouds surging, and sweet-scented osmanthus blooming everywhere, popping, popping, popping, crisply bursting into the air.

Looking out of the window, the roadside is full of lush camphor trees.Stepping into the sound of the summer wind, passing through the shiny green leaves, passing through the light, passing through the hem of passers-by's clothes, it gradually advances wave by wave like sea water.

Green leaves swaying slowly with the wind, swaying overhead.

Swish-swish-swish-swish...

Swish-swish-swish-swish...

Are you there?
In that world, amidst such converging sounds, are you in a well-lit classroom with dust floating slowly, or walking along the asphalt road, or sitting on the edge of the court with your sleeves rolled up and drinking a drink with your head up.

are you there

When Jiang Wei went back to school again, it had been a year since his family lost the lawsuit.She was supposed to be in her third year of high school, but had to start over as a sophomore because she almost missed a year of classes.

As a senior, Qi Xian has already graduated and went to university. On the day he received the admission notice, he called Jiang Wei: "I have received the admission notice. It is the Central Academy of Fine Arts."

"Really? That's great, congratulations." Jiang Wei unconsciously carried a hint of envy in his tone.

"When I finished the exam, I really sweated in my heart...but now I'm fine, I'm relieved."

"Hmm... By the way, what about Xia Zhize? Did she pass the exam?"

"Well, she got into the second class. I thought she could only get into the third class at that level... I didn't expect that she performed well on the spot during the college entrance examination."

"That's great... Where did you get admitted?"

"It's also Beijing, a university not too far from Central America."

"What are you going to do?"

"Let's live together. Of course, we can't be so blatant. We can only tell our two parents that we live together. After all, we grew up together, so we have nothing to worry about. It's also convenient to take care of her."

"It's really..." Jiang Wei heard his own voice sound so gentle, "It's really good."

it is true.

really good.

Qi Xian has always been a vague concept in Jiang Wei's mind.He could be the senior who threw a small piece of chocolate to her under the ambiguous street lights, he could be the companion who carried the drawing board and painting box with her to the suburbs to sketch together, or he could be holding her in the winter It could be the brother who took off the scarf for her to wear, or the boyfriend who gave her a light kiss on a snowy day.

His existence is indeed wrapped in the layer of "like" honey.However, it is not that kind of liking, not the kind of liking of love.Jiang Wei has always been very clear that she is deeply dependent on Qi Xian.The only person she likes from the beginning to the end is the boy who stretches out his hand to catch a small osmanthus flower and smiles at her under the osmanthus rain.

Perhaps Qi Xian saw her as a younger sister, and didn't really put her in the position of "girlfriend". Perhaps Jiang Wei had always been Xia Zhize's substitute in his heart.

For each other, they are not "lovers", but two lonely people together.

They are the only reliance on each other when they are lonely.

"I really never thought that one day you will call me senior." Yu Xinye said.

"I can't help it. I can't keep up. I missed a year of class, so I have to re-read it." Jiang Wei smiled.

"This feeling is very awkward." The boy said with a helpless expression.

"Well... I've lost my homework for so long, I don't know if I can keep up."

"Don't worry, you're so smart, you'll definitely be able to make it up." Yu Xinye showed an expression of "surely there's no problem", then suddenly changed the subject, "I might go to the dentist tomorrow."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"There is tooth decay." Yu Xinye still had a relaxed expression on his face, as if he was talking about an unimportant topic, "Maybe I need to have my teeth cleaned, and then fill the decayed area. The gums have been bleeding inexplicably for a week I went to check and found out that I ate too much sweets, and after a check, I found that there were actually five cavities, and it had been several years. Five, there are actually five... It's scary."

"It deserves to die."

"How could you be so cruel?" Yu Xinye showed an aggrieved expression.

Jiang Wei rolled his eyes at him, and the boy laughed.The two pushed their bicycles and walked side by side. From time to time, students on bicycles huffed past them, bringing a youthful vibe.

Everything is as before.

After school, which is gentle and quiet, they go home side by side every time, maybe chatting, talking about topics that both of them are interested in, or just walking quietly side by side.

Like it can go all the way to the end.

"Hey." Yu Xinye stopped suddenly when he reached the corner of the street, as if he wanted to say something.

Jiang Wei stopped following his footsteps and looked at him suspiciously.

Yu Xinye stared at her for a while, and then suddenly showed a usual smile to Jiang Wei: "I think this is... very good."

If Xie Yayi, as a "girlfriend", must become a part of her body that cannot be easily let go, then Jiang Wei, who lived in Yu Xinye's body earlier, may be that part of her teeth.

The inseparable teeth, even if one day a part of them will become decayed, a deep hole will be formed, and the pain will be unspeakable, but there is still no way to leave it.

Because, after all, it is a part of my body.

Be a part of yourself.

On Wednesday afternoon, Yu Xinye took time off to go to the dentist.The unbearable toothache had made him frown all morning, and he didn't smile or say a word for the whole morning.When I came home at noon, my mother saw that his expression was not right, and quickly asked him to take time off to see a doctor in the afternoon.

"I can go by myself." Facing the mother who showed a concerned expression at the dinner table, Yu Xinye chewed vegetables while carefully avoiding the painful parts.

"Yeah, it's not a child anymore, let him go by himself." Dad said.

Unfortunately, it rained heavily on the way to the dentist in the afternoon, and Yu Xinye had to hide under the eaves with passers-by.

Although he hid in time, the water under his feet splashed onto his trouser legs.

By the time I got to the clinic, it was already a little later than the appointment time.The dentist wearing a white mask said "Oh, why are you here now, I thought you wouldn't come", and asked the boy to lie down on the bed.Yu Xinye asked: "Do you want to take off your shoes?" After getting the answer "No need" from the other party, he lay down.

After preparing all the medical equipment, the doctor put on disposable white gloves and tore open the packaging bags of cotton swabs and cotton balls: "Our facilities are all disposable, and the charge is 25 yuan."

The boy nodded and said "Got it".

After the routine examination, the doctor put down the flashlight and cotton swabs: "The innermost tooth is deeply decayed. I suggest you use better materials to repair it, so that it will take longer."

"How much is it?"

"For 70 yuan and 90 yuan, the cleaning fee is 120 yuan."

Yu Xinye weighed the money he brought, and estimated that 90 yuan for each tooth might not be enough: "Then the innermost tooth will be filled with 90 yuan, and the others will be filled with 70 yuan first."

After that, the teeth cleaning was done first. Before coming to the dentist's office, Yu Xinye always thought that "tooth cleaning" was the so-called "bleaching the teeth".

"Teeth cleaning is to remove the tartar from the teeth."

"I always thought it was teeth whitening." Jiang Wei couldn't help laughing, "It reminded me of an interesting thing. When my mother was a surgeon, a woman came for a caesarean section. I happened to be next to her at that time. I asked my mother, 'How do you take out the baby with such a small incision', but my mother looked at me inexplicably and said, 'Do you think that a caesarean section is to put your hand directly into the stomach and take out the baby?'."

"Hey? Isn't it?" Yu Xinye showed an even more surprised expression.

"Of course not. The doctor should put his hand into the incision and push the baby out of the birth canal."

"It's really scary." Yu Xinye shivered.But suddenly the topic continued by the girl thought of something else: "Oh, by the way, your mother... what are you doing now?"

"I work as an accountant in a private company." Jiang Wei replied, "I can no longer be a doctor. The salary is okay. Although it is not very high, it can already maintain the lives and rent of two people. I will also do it on weekends. Go to a nearby supermarket to help out and earn some money every month."

"Well... that's good."

"What's next?"

"What?" I couldn't connect to the girl's sudden jump to the topic.

"At the dentist." The girl reminded, "What happened after that?"

"Oh..." The boy remembered, and continued the topic just now, "I spit out a lot of blood when I rinsed my mouth. The doctor said that my oral tissue is easy to rupture. The process of filling the teeth is really unbearable. The doctor took a Something that looks like an electric drill has been prying my mouth, and then drilled and drilled against my teeth. I kept opening my mouth, wanting to move but dared not move, always afraid that the electric drill would drill my tongue.”

"It looks like it hurts."

"It hurts... But it's mainly acid. The gums and facial muscles are very sore. The doctor drilled in my mouth for a long time with an electric drill, removed all the decayed parts of my teeth, and then went to the hospital. The hole is stuffed with medicine and stuffing materials, anyway, it is estimated that it will be acid for three to five days."

"Stop eating iced food for a few days," Jiang Wei said.

"Yeah." Yu Xinye smiled at her tenderly.

(End of this chapter)