the time you love

Chapter 5
I don't take it as a derogatory term, why bother.

After a moment of stalemate, the man smiled wryly.

"Well, you can leave as you want, and I won't stop you. But miss, you have to think carefully, your home is far away from here, and even farther away from the city. No matter which direction you go, you can't catch up with me. There is a ride, even if there is one," he paused, and looked at me from bottom to top with a malicious attitude on purpose, "you don't want to sit in it, because...it's too dangerous."

I gritted my teeth and glanced at the coffee table.

He immediately understood and asked me: "Do you want to make a call? You won't be charged."

I was amused by his words, and my guard was relieved. I put down the fruit knife, but still held the handle of the knife, and said to him: "I'm not leaving, I will borrow your sofa to sleep. If you want I will pay you double the rent tomorrow."

He raised his eyebrows: "Will you have money tomorrow?"

I nodded sadly, "Yes."

"Okay, I'll lend it to you, I don't care about money with beauties." He turned and walked towards the stairs. This house is a compound structure with an upper floor, "I think it's better not to appear in your sight range." it is good."

I let go of most of my hanging heart and said gratefully: "Thank you, my name is He Bixi."

He turned his head and smiled at me: "My name is Guo Yi." He is not handsome, but at the moment I think he is incomparably charming.

Curled up on the soft sofa.

The landline is within easy reach.I hesitated, but in the end I reached out and picked up the microphone. After dialing the number, I heard a long "beep" sound, my heart was pounding in panic, and I quickly cut off the line.

Frustrated, he grabbed his coat and covered his head, and then convinced himself over and over again: He must be asleep, it's so late, and I'll call him tomorrow.However, when I think of him sleeping now, I hold my breath for no reason, tossing me like this, he can still sleep, maybe he is sleeping soundly.

The more I thought about it, the more irritable I was, I tore off my clothes, and I was about to pick up the phone when I heard it ringing loudly.I froze for a moment, thinking to myself why there are people who are more ignorant than me, when is this!

It rang a few times, but there was no movement from the man upstairs. Out of politeness, I didn't want to answer it. The ringtone was very sharp and piercing in the quiet night. I waited for a few seconds, but the ringtone still kept ringing, so I had no choice but to answer it. .

"Guo Yi, are you calling me?"

I was so scared that I almost threw the microphone away, it was Zhou Nuoyan's voice!Isn't he sleeping?How would he know I'm here?etc!What did he just say?I held the microphone and tried to recall his opening remarks, he said... Guo Yi!He knows the owner of this house!I couldn't help but rolled my eyes and cursed in a low voice.

"He Bixi!" Zhou Nuoyan yelled suddenly, his voice could be heard out of anger, "Why are you there!"

I couldn't help shaking my hands, but I heard his words clearly. He asked me why I was here. I hooked the corners of my lips and put the microphone on my ear, "Why can't I be here? Mr. Zhou, I want to sleep Please don't choose this time to call, it really disturbs people's sleep."

Zhou Nuoyan said gloomily, "Who called me harassing 5 minutes ago?"

How did I forget about this? I was the one who called him first. It's really self-inflicted.Say casually, "Sorry, I think I've dialed the wrong number."

There was no answer on the other end of the phone, only a heavy gasp.I was a little uneasy, and asked tentatively, "Are you... all right?"

"He Bixi, you are really disappointing." He said every word.

I froze, unable to speak.I heard a woman's voice coming from the other end of the line: "It's bandaged, and be careful not to get wet when you go back..." Halfway through the speech, Zhou Nuoyan hung up the phone.

I continued to be in a daze, and it took me a while to come back to my senses, and slowly put the microphone back on the landline.

Curled up on the sofa, tossing and turning, not feeling sleepy at all, but becoming more and more awake, the last words Zhou Nuoyan said before hanging up the phone, and the female voice kept echoing in his mind.I don't know how long it took, but I was awakened by a sudden ringing. I sat up suddenly and went to grab the phone. After two hiccups, I realized that it was the doorbell ringing this time.

My heart skipped a beat, and I hurried to open the door, not even having time to put on my shoes.

Outside the door, Zhou Nuoyan stood on the stone steps with a gloomy expression.

I looked at him greedily, and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't look me straight in the eye, and walked into the room in front of me.I remembered what happened before, my face sank, and I closed the door without saying a word.

Guo Yi walked downstairs slowly, with sleepy eyes, and said helplessly: "What's the matter with you? Emotional disputes go home and make trouble! Zhou Nuoyan, you call all the time, kill the door all at once, and you still let people live?" Is it? What time is it now? If you don’t sleep, I will still sleep. If I don’t get enough sleep, I will have dark circles. I will never end with you at work tomorrow!”

He talked a lot, but Zhou Nuoyan only glanced at him, his arrogance disappeared immediately, and his tone softened, and said: "Okay, okay, if you continue to make trouble, I will go upstairs and get a quilt to plug my ears to death." .”

Seeing him turn around, I stopped him and asked, "You already know who I am?"

He looked at me with a smile: "You are He Bixi, Zhou Nuoyan's "sister." Well, I have seen your photo."

"Then you're still playing with me?" He deliberately didn't say he knew me, obviously to make me happy.Strangely, instead of being angry, I found this man quite interesting.

Zhou Nuoyan ordered me: "Put on your shoes."

I did as I was told, and he grabbed my hand and dragged me out the door and into the car.I couldn't keep up with him, and my shoes fell out of the car, but he ignored me.

"Wait a minute, my shoes." I wanted to drive the door out to pick it up, but he moved faster than me and locked the car door before me.I was so angry that I leaned heavily on the seat and didn't want to talk anymore.

It took me a few hours to walk this road, and now it only took me 10 minutes to go back. In my memory, Zhou Nuoyan has never driven so fast. Although it is late at night, there is a whole row of street lights. There was no one in the sky.

When I got to the parking lot, I sat still, he was locked, so I didn't move.Zhou Nuoyan parked the car, unfastened his seat belt, got down and opened the door on my left side, and stretched out his arms to hug me out of the car.He didn't say a word to me during this, I couldn't see his face clearly, so I simply closed my eyes and let him manipulate me.

In the slowly ascending elevator, under the dim light, I saw myself nestled in Zhou Nuoyan's arms in an extremely ambiguous posture, but this man was as cold as I killed his whole family.Obviously he was the one who drove me away, but now it turns out that I feel sorry for him?Looking away embarrassingly, his lips brushed against him inadvertently. It was nothing at all, but his coat disappeared somewhere, and he was only wearing a long-sleeved shirt. This so-called skin-to-skin relationship, in ancient times, I am afraid that we would all be in trouble. caged.I realized that I should express something, at least twist a few times to show a struggle, or use my mouth to get angry, let him know that I am really angry, but I am too tired, except I can't mobilize the so-called shame and anger. That nerve was also because my anger had dissipated long ago, when I saw him standing at Guo Yi's gate full of viciousness.

The upper and lower eyelids want to close together uncontrollably, and I barely keep myself awake.He hugged me, and I don't know what kind of posture he used to free his hand to open the door. I have no impression at all, but I was just thinking about some irrelevant issues in a daze, so as to resist the overwhelming drowsiness.It wasn't until he threw me on the sofa that I regained my senses.He hugged a pillow conveniently, rested his chin on it, and muttered in a vague voice: "I'll settle the score with me tomorrow, let me sleep first." After waiting for a few seconds, I didn't see any objection from him, and my heart ached. As soon as he was wide, his body fell limply, and soon he didn't know anything.

Woke up, it was already dawn.

I rubbed my eyes and realized that I was sleeping on my own bed, covered with a soft duvet.Glancing at the clock on the bedside table, it was already eleven o'clock at noon!
I scratched my messy hair like weeds, lifted the quilt and got out of bed. There were no slippers on the floor.

I am alone in the room. Zhou Nuoyan should be in the hospital at this time. He is a workaholic and has a high degree of enthusiasm for the bright pile of surgical instruments. Sometimes I wonder how a doctor who has no love for patients can love himself so much Worked, but never tried to pass, he didn't give me the chance.

Zhou Nuoyan at work seems to be a mystery, which makes me feel doubly confused.

I opened the refrigerator, poured a glass of milk from the carton, threw a few slices of bread into the oven, took out the remote control and turned on the TV. I am not interested in TV programs, but I am used to being accompanied by a little sound when I am alone.Just when the news was being broadcast, a reporter interviewed the relevant person in charge of the airport to talk about the passenger flow during the Spring Festival this year.I immediately thought of the source of the dispute last night——He Amber. I will be able to see her in a few days. This is really not something to be happy about.

After making cup noodles casually, I ran to the study to find a book to read.Zhou Nuoyan's large bookcase has a rich collection of books, covering a wide range of subjects.Except for his professional books, which I don't touch, I can read the rest even if they are dictionaries with relish.This is probably a problem developed from the mother's womb.Back then, after my mother was pregnant with me, she was still concentrating on taking the postgraduate entrance examination, and she couldn't leave her book even during confinement.My IQ is not higher than others, but I have a paranoid love for reading. The so-called "run away from home" for the first time in my life is also related to this.When I was six years old, the sister who lived next door to me, who was two years older than me, went to elementary school. I was very envious of seeing her back carrying a schoolbag to school every day. The small red schoolbag quietly followed her into their school.Naturally, the classroom cannot be entered. I wandered alone in the empty campus, listening to the sound of books coming out of the classroom, and I felt very satisfied.Children usually have no concept of time, let alone think that running out so sneakily will make adults anxious.Later, I heard from my parents that they found me under a magnolia tree on campus, and I was sleeping soundly on the small stone table below.

This is actually two different concepts from running away from home. I told Zhou Nuoyan about this childhood fun, and Zhou Nuoyan said that I used to be a troublesome child when I was young.I was a little depressed, but my original intention was to tell him how much I loved reading since I was a child!But it turns out... It's really chicken and duck talking.

Cai Lan's travel notes turned to the last page, and finally there was a sound outside the door.I glanced up at the clock on the wall, it was less than four in the afternoon.Strange, what is he doing back at this time?
I held the book in my hand, and my eyes were fixed on a certain point on the page.I heard Zhou Nuoyan's door opening, the sound of him changing shoes, and his approaching step by step, but there was another strange voice, and I heard her asking Zhou Nuoyan: "Can I wear these slippers?"

"You can do whatever you want," Zhou Nuoyan replied.

I hastily cast my gaze, it was a young woman, very handsome, classical temperament, fair skin, especially a pair of eyebrows as moving as a line drawing.

I put down the novel, stood up, and said slowly, "Those are my slippers."

Zhou Nuoyan gave me a strange look and ignored it.

The woman stood there in embarrassment, her left foot already slipped into my cotton mop.

I looked at her from bottom to top, then smiled and said, "You can wear it, I'm He Bixi, hello."

The woman was startled, and then hurriedly said: "Hello, hello, my name is He Bixi. The green Bi, the hopeful Xi."

Now it was my turn to be dumbfounded, Zhou Nuoyan brought back a woman whose name sounds like mine.

Twitching the corners of my mouth, I said, "What a coincidence..."

But He Bixi smiled meaningfully, and said, "Well, what a coincidence."

This was talking to me, but her eyes ignored me and fell on Zhou Nuoyan.He was taking off his coat, half of the sleeves were off, and his movements were a little slow.

"Promise, be careful, do you need help?"

"No, thank you."

I listened blankly to the conversation between her and him, with a hint of embarrassment on my face.These two people were in front of me, speaking Chinese that I could understand, but I was completely lost in the fog.Beware of what?help with what?What is he doing!
At this time, Zhou Nuoyan's cell phone rang. He looked at the number, frowned, and went to the study to answer it.

In the living room, I was left with that He Bixi.I thought about it and said, "Are you Zhou Nuoyan's colleague?"

He Bixi shook her head, "I met him by accident." Then she talked about the process of getting to know him, and I could feel a cold sweat.The thing is like this, around one o'clock in the morning Beijing time, this Ms. He Bixi and her boyfriend were driving back to the city after drinking wedding wine from a friend in the suburbs. go.When she said this, I felt the same way, but what happened to her next was quite different from mine. Her boyfriend went back and forth, grabbed her by the collar and drunk, and almost pushed her off the side of the road. Zhou Nuoyan happened to pass by and rescued her in time.

This is just a war between lovers, I am not surprised, the point of cold sweat is not here.Maybe He Bixi saw that my expression was a little indifferent, so she blinked and said to me: "When my boyfriend went crazy, he denied his relatives and hurt his promise. I'm really sorry."

In this way, my sweat came out all of a sudden.

"Is Zhou Nuoyan injured? Where is the injury? Is it serious?" I grabbed her arm with an anxious expression on my face.

He Bixi broke free slightly, and said, "Why don't you know? His wrist is still wrapped in bandages, haven't you seen it? I just told him to be careful..."

My mind is a little confused, his hand was injured, it was injured before he found me, so he still carried me upstairs!I sat down on the sofa in frustration, my eyes involuntarily looked towards the study.

He Bixi looked at me quietly, and after a while, asked, "Are you... his girlfriend?"

I nodded silently, took a breath, and said, "Excuse me." I got up and walked towards the study.

Zhou Nuoyan just hung up the line, and the phone was still in his hand.Seeing me push the door open, I was a little unhappy, and said, "Didn't I teach you to knock before entering?"

I didn't make a sound, the white cotton socks stepped on the thick cashmere carpet without making a sound, walked to his desk, and stared intently at his wrist wrapped in white gauze.Zhou Nuoyan followed my line of sight, focusing on his own wound.

"why did not you tell me?"

"You have eyes."

He said lightly, without any emotion, but I knew he was angry. From the moment he stood at Guo Yi's door, I actually had many chances to find the injury on his hand, but I didn't.

"You have a mouth too, don't you?" I put my hands on his desk and looked down at him, "Why can't you just tell me that your hand was injured? I live under the same roof as you, but I But to learn from a third party that you were injured, can you imagine how stupid I was in front of that He Bixi just now?"

He stared at me and said slowly, "That's your business."

I took a deep breath and imitated his tone and asked him: "So, you have nothing to say to me?"

The curtains in the study room were not drawn, and the room was dimly lit.Zhou Nuoyan turned on the desk lamp casually, and the orange light hit him, making his lines much softer.He seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then he said: "Three things, He Bixi will stay here for a few days, Zhou Shouxin will return to China one day earlier, and I will start my vacation tomorrow."

"Gone?"

"No, you can go out."

I turned around and left without stopping for a moment.None of those three things deserved my concern.This is his home, he is the real master, even if he wants to turn this place into a shelter, I have no right to object.What am I?To put it bluntly, it is his lover, but to put it bluntly... a pet?I really do not know.

The imminent arrival of He Amber made me feel like I was facing a formidable enemy, but the appearance of He Bixi somewhat diluted the atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)