Chapter 6: The Serpent and the Well
At the dining table, although the two ate the same meal, Lin Zhishui ate dinner, and She Xilu ate breakfast.
After Lin Zhishui quickly settled dinner, wiped his mouth, drank saliva, and did not leave the table in a hurry, but turned around, leaned into She Xilu's ear, and said, "Don't go to bed too early tomorrow." ”
She Xilu was used to talking to Lin Zhishui so closely, and she also knew that he deliberately sat on the right hand side in order to let herself hear clearly.
After all, she is deaf in her left ear, and her right ear is only hearing loss, which can still be heard clearly when you get closer.
But she was still a little embarrassed, especially when the hot breath he exhaled was blowing on her ears, which made her dare not turn her head to look at him, so she could only lower her head and pretend to drink porridge, and asked in a muffled voice, "Why?"
Lin Zhishui looked at her drinking porridge and didn't answer her, but reached out and touched her arm, which slowly slid along her slightly cool soft skin to her wrist.
She Xilu struggled a little stiffly, and whispered, "...... Why ......?"
Lin Zhishui chuckled, ripped a black rubber band from her wrist, then got up and walked behind her and helped her tie her long hair in a high ponytail behind her head.
Then he bent down, lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "Look at you, you don't know how to tie up your hair after eating, and your hair has fallen into the bowl." ”
She Xilu was slightly stunned, and said in a low voice: "Thank you......"
After the hair covering her ears and face was tied up, her long neck, small ears, and quiet side face that were originally covered by hair also reappeared, and her skin was so fair and delicate that it was almost impossible to see pores.
Just like the finely carved jade statue, it is dipped into a bit of natural redness, which is even more exciting to look at.
It wasn't the first time Lin Zhishui had seen her face, but he still felt quite excited, so he leaned over and kissed her red earlobe.
"You ......"
She Xilu didn't know what to say, she only felt that her cheeks were hot, her heart was beating wildly, her eyes were staring at the few leftover porridge in the bowl, and she didn't dare to look at him more and more.
After a while, she coughed a little uncomfortably and stammered, "You...... You haven't said it yet, why don't you let me ...... Don't go to bed early......"
Lin Zhishui smiled, didn't continue to tease her, and said, "I'm going to take you to get a new hearing aid, and they won't open the door in the middle of the night." ”
She Xilu hurriedly waved her little hand and said, "I...... I don't want it, I'm enough for now...... Enough is enough, and you can still ...... on my right I can hear you. ”
"What's enough?"
Lin Zhishui pinched her ears punitively, and then said: "Your hearing aid is too outdated, I am half a meter away from you, you can't hear clearly, I have long wanted to change you to a high-end one, but I still owed foreign debts before, and now I am not so poor, of course I have to match a new one." ”
She Xilu was silent for a few seconds, and then said with a red face in a voice like a mosquito moaning: "Then...... Speak closer, no ...... It's okay......"
In fact, she thinks it's good to talk like this now, at least the two of them can justifiably grind their ears and temples, but she naturally can't say this kind of fleshy reason.
Lin Zhishui didn't expect this girl who had always been timid and shy to have such thoughts, but just smiled: "Of course it's okay for me to be close to you, but you can't talk to me alone, right? Women don't care, but I can't stand it when other men come to your ear to talk." ”
She Xilu bit her lip, forcibly endured her shame, and almost forced herself to whisper: "That...... Then it's okay if I don't talk to anyone......"
Anyway, she was only willing to talk to Lin Zhishui.
Lin Zhishui was stunned, then rubbed her head and said with a smile: "People are social animals, you can't be the only one in your world, and I can't sit by your side forever, right?"
She Xilu was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but look up at him, and asked, "You...... Where are you going?"
"Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere, don't think as much as the heroine in your book, and ...... entangled"
Lin Zhishui smiled and flicked her smooth head, "You are really a little snake, you like to pester me." ”
"Hurt ......"
She Xilu covered her head with her hands aggrievedly, and said weakly: "But this is too ...... What a waste of money......"
The corners of Lin Zhishui's mouth curled, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, showed her the balance of the text message, and said with a smile: "Oh, do you see? I have checked, the best high-end hearing aid is about 40,000 yuan, and I have 140,000 yuan on my card now, it is more than enough to change your hearing aid, and you may be able to buy a big house in the future." ”
She Xilu looked at the numbers on the balance in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.
After a few seconds, she silently whispered, "I'm sorry...... I...... I'm so useless...... I want you to work hard to make money......"
"Here you go again. ”
Lin Zhishui had a little headache, this girl was always so inferior, she couldn't help but slap her on the leg heavily, and said sternly: "Don't say this kind of thing again, otherwise I will slap your butt swollen, and this time it won't be through your pants." ”
"I ...... I won't say it......" She Xilu was so frightened that she hurriedly grabbed the waist of her pants, for fear that he would really pick up her pants.
"Alright, let's go wash the dishes after eating. Lin Zhishui stood up, rubbed her head, and said, "I'm going to take a bath, do you want to save water resources for the country?" ”
"No...... No need. ”
She Xilu hurriedly waved her hand, then picked up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and ran straight to the kitchen as if fleeing, "I'm going to wash the dishes, you can wash it......"
Lin Zhishui looked at her back and couldn't help laughing.
Although he dotes on this little girl very much, housework is a family affair, and it has to be done through division of labor and cooperation.
When the man cooks, it is naturally the woman who washes the dishes.
It's also a sign of respect for her.
After all, this girl is a little too inferior, and giving her justice and equality is the best way for her.
It is on the Internet that She Xilu will let go of her inferiority complex and reveal her self hidden in the depths of her heart.
"It's been more than three years. ”
Lin Zhishui looked at She Xilu's slender back washing dishes in the kitchen, and couldn't help but sigh silently.
It has been more than three years since the two met.
Initially, it was he who read She Xilu's novel on the Internet and became her first fan, so he met her as a person.
At that time, she hadn't built a readership, and the two were just chatting in the extremely cold book review area, and after getting acquainted, he also mentioned it many times, and finally added her QQ friends and started a more in-depth chat.
At that time, through the content of the chat and the shadow in the book, he discovered that She Xilu was a person who may be two people who are completely different from the Internet in reality.
But it also made him more interested in this girl who seemed to hide a lot of stories.
The penetration of the spiritual world may not be as intuitive as the appearance of reality, but the impact is more subtle.
So after a few months of chatting all night, there are not so many vigorous stories, and two people who are also lonely have entered the very common rhythm of online dating.
I've been dating online for two and a half years, which is a miracle.
Until the beginning of spring in April last year, she couldn't stand his many beggings, and She Xilu finally agreed to meet him.
- Of course, in the past two years, Lin Zhishui has already sent her a lot of handsome photos of herself, and she has also seen a few selfies of her, although her appearance in the photos is slightly ordinary with huge round glasses, her hairstyle is a bit dull, and her eyes are covered, but she still won't die of light.
The two were originally in the same city, so they met in a sparsely populated tourist attraction.
On the day of Ben Xian, Lin Zhishui was still looking forward to it, after all, after being lovers for two years, he was about to meet, and when he was waiting for She Xilu, he wandered around the stalls in tourist attractions, and also found this beloved brush.
It's a pity that she waited left and right, but she didn't see She Xilu appear, and she didn't react when she sent her a message.
At that time, Lin Zhishui was a little skeptical that he was not handsome enough, so he died when he saw the light?
Until he thought that he had been pigeon, comforted himself to go up the mountain to find a new brush, not in vain, while turning the brush with his fingertips, while sullenly going down the mountain, suddenly felt a stinging pain from his fingertips, and as soon as his eyes were dark, he rolled down the mountain road, fell and broke his head and bleed, and fell unconscious on the spot.
When he woke up, he found himself in the hospital room, and She Xilu was lying on the side of the hospital bed to take a nap.
Later, he learned that She Xilu had already arrived at the agreed place to wait for him, earlier than he arrived, but he didn't dare to approach, but only secretly watched him from a distance, so he was able to save him on the spot when he fell down the mountain road.
At that time, he finally determined that She Xilu was really two different people in reality and the Internet.
In reality, she is even more pitiful and distressing than he guessed.
Deafness, stammering, high myopia, social phobia, early death of parents, frailty, unpaid debts, frequent headaches for no reason, and nightmares every day...... What's more than a tragic word?
It's a two-and-a-half-year relationship, Lin Zhishui naturally can't let her go alone and even eat well, and continues to be closed and inferior all day long.
So, he took the initiative to move in to take care of her.
Under the premise of sleeping in a separate room and not harassing her, it took a long time to soak in the soft grinding and hard work, and She Xilu reluctantly agreed.
Although there have been many twists and turns in the year of cohabitation, the results are not bad.
"It's a pity that I still don't dare to see people. ”
Lin Zhishui sighed a little helplessly, looked at She Xilu, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, quietly walked behind her, and suddenly hugged her, wrapping his hands around her thin waist.
She Xilu was so frightened that the bowl in her hand fell into the pool, her body stiffened, she didn't struggle, and she didn't dare to look back at Lin Zhishui, but her voice trembled and asked, "What's the ...... What's wrong?"
Despite living together for almost a year, the two have rarely been this close.
"Something suddenly came to mind. ”
Lin Zhishui rested his chin on her shoulder and said in her ear, "In addition to hearing aids tomorrow, why don't I take you to see a psychiatrist?"
"No...... No need, right?" She Xilu couldn't help but show a look of resistance.
"Don't you often have nightmares?" Lin Zhishui said with a smile: "This is a psychological problem, maybe it will be useful to find a psychiatrist for consultation?"
"It's okay, it's been good lately...... A lot. ”
She Xilu pretended not to care and continued to wash the dishes, letting Lin Zhishui hold her, but her trembling voice and stiff movements exposed her, "As long as there is no dream...... Dreaming of that snake, I ...... I'm not afraid. ”
Lin Zhishui had also heard her say that in the nightmares she had over the years, the most common thing that appeared was a huge two-headed black snake with no tail, because even the tail was a head.
Think about it day and dream night night.
Nightmares are generally related to people's experiences, but the strange thing is that although She Xilu's nickname is Little Snake, it is only because her surname is She, in fact, she has never been exposed to snakes since she was a child, but she often dreams of two-headed black snakes that do not exist in reality.
"You're my little snake. ”
Lin Zhishui kissed her on the cheek, and then said softly, "Then what did you dream about recently?"
She Xi thought about it with a blushing face, and then whispered with a slightly confused look:
"A well, a well that gushes out black liquid. ”