21. Coming for you
After saying these three words, she hung up the phone with a snap and threw the phone on the table. I only heard the ping-pong bell ringing for a while, and a plate of cold dishes was knocked off the table by the mobile phone. April's eyes were about to go up to make amends, but her legs were cold, and she didn't know what was scratched, and she fell to the ground unsteadily.
April snorted, lifted the pants that had been cut a piece of fabric, and there was a deep cut on the white bloodless calf, and the bright red blood came out in an instant, flowing down the wound. She gasped in pain, and her eyes glanced to the side, and it turned out that there was a nail on the leg of the table that had tripped her, because the table had been borrowed from the neighbor downstairs, and she hadn't paid much attention at first.
In recent months, she seems to have been unlucky, either injured or sick. Teasing herself in her heart, she gritted her teeth, trying to stand up on the table so that she could go to the bedroom and find some clean cloth to bandage it simply. However, the door opened at this time.
April blinked her eyelids, soaked in cold sweat, and the slightly salty liquid seeped into her eyes, stinging a little.
Because she didn't wear glasses, she couldn't see the faces of the people who came, but with the frequency of her steps, she could be sure that it wasn't Qi Yu. It wasn't until the man walked in that April tried to open his eyes wide and carefully distinguish who the other party was.
"Are you crying?"
The unique hoarse tone, the smell of cold fragrance all over her body filled the tip of her nose, and April was a little stunned for a while, and she couldn't say a word.
The man half-crouched in front of her, his clean, meticulous fingers gently lifting her chin. His eyes were an extremely pure amber color, and he blinked, and his thin eyelashes were visible. After observing for a moment, he frowned, lazily lowered his hand, and said to himself, "I didn't cry." I don't know whether I am more disappointed or more fortunate in my tone.
April's eyes looked a little red because of the sweat soaking her eyes, she opened her mouth and somehow asked, "You...... Are you here for my wedding? ”
When Gu Qingyan heard this, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he opened his eyes in disgust. When his eyes fell on her bleeding leg, he steadied himself and pulled out a snow-white handkerchief from his pocket. Seeing this, April subconsciously shrank his legs, lowered his eyes and whispered, "I'll do it myself." ”
The hand holding the handkerchief paused, and he paused, and said lightly: "I didn't plan to do it myself." With that, he casually put the handkerchief in April's hand. The silk handkerchief fell to the palm of her hand, cold and silky, April subconsciously touched it, raised her eyes and found that the other party's gaze fell on her hand, she bit her mouth, lowered her head and bandaged the wound neatly.
As soon as the snow-white handkerchief was applied to the calf, the red liquid instantly soaked the entire body of the handkerchief. April endured the pain and whispered, "I'm sorry for staining your handkerchief." ”
"Let's keep it in mind first." Gu Qingyan took over the right to speak lightly, "Anyway, you promised me to do something for me." ”
April was silent and did not speak. In the moment when both parties were speechless, the man suddenly raised his hands and plucked a hairpin pinned to April's hair. April was stunned, her eyes fell on the headdress pinched in the other party's hand, thinking that she had forgotten to return it to Xiao Li, and before she could say anything, she only heard the man say in a disgusted tone: "It's ugly." ”
Immediately after, with a click, the hairpin was slammed to the ground, and the pearl at the top rolled to the side. Although it is an imitation of plastic goods, this is Xiao Li's thing after all, April's brows furrowed slightly, and the face of Xianyan was solemn.
Gu Qingyan saw it and taunted her lukewarmly, "What's the matter, I'm distressed?" Seeing that she didn't want to speak, he was quiet, and turned his face a little awkwardly, "It's a big deal, I'll buy you a hair ornament that is more beautiful than this." ”
April didn't react when she heard this, and only asked, "Is there anything you want me to do?" She didn't mention the collapse of her wedding, faintly, she didn't want to see his pitying gaze.
Squatting a little tired, he rubbed his sore knee joints, slowly stood up straight, lowered his head and glanced at the woman sitting alone on the ground, he suddenly felt that she was a little pitiful. He always thought that Qi Yu was not worthy of her affection, but she was really dead and all the way to the dark, and now that she had fallen into such an ending, he only felt that she was self-inflicted.
He felt a little happy inexplicably, and he even kindly stretched out his hand and said gently: "Give me your hand, and I'll pull you up." ”
Because she sat on the ground defenselessly, she subconsciously supported the ground with her palms, and now her palms were a little dirty. According to the other party's cleanliness habits, April still slowly refused, "Thank you, I can get up by myself." ”
Before the words fell, Gu Qingyan suddenly bent down and hugged her horizontally, "You are so stubborn, why didn't I find your bull temper before." He mentioned it for the first time in front of her, and his words were lighthearted and cheerful.
April silently suppressed the exclamation in her heart, but her body couldn't help but stiffen.
"Where are you taking me?"
"Didn't you ask me what I'm here for?" Gu Qingyan glanced at her sideways, a lazy smile appeared on her face, and continued unhurriedly: "I'll take you away." ”
A long, long time later, April will always recall this moment, this sunny afternoon in early winter, this moment when her bleak life took a turn for the worse.
It was already two o'clock in the afternoon when I arrived at the Gu family's main residence.
The carved iron door opened, and the car slowly drove in, April had no intention of observing the scenery along the way, but shrank in the back seat with anxiety. The wound on her calf ached, and she looked at the blood-stained handkerchief, which no longer seemed to seep out. The man sitting next to her had been paying attention to her movements, and when he saw that she had taken a look at the wound, he said, "I have already arranged for a doctor, and I will let him show you in a while." ”
"Thank you." April lowered her eyes and whispered thanks. In fact, she wanted to ask why she was brought here, but the other party didn't seem to have any intention of talking about it, and she didn't know how to ask. To be honest, I haven't seen her for ten years, and she is a little uncomfortable that she has suddenly become more frequent recently.
After the car was parked, the driver came over to open the door, and Gu Qingyan took the lead and walked out. Out of the corner of his eye, he swept to her car door, and he suddenly stopped: "Don't move, I'll carry you in." April was stunned, and was about to refuse, but the man had already walked to the door of the car on her side, bowed down and hugged her out.
In the face of her uneasy gaze, the man's face did not change, and only said: "In order to let the wound heal sooner, it is better to walk less." Before April could speak, he said, "Thank you, don't need it, just owe it first." ”
April was dumb. If it weren't for her delusion, she seemed to see the other party turn his head sideways and smile secretly. He seemed to be in a good mood, could it be because she was injured, so he felt happy? As if thinking of something, April's heart sank and slowly closed his eyes. If he still lingers on the past, she is willing to accept punishment.
After all, it was a sin she had committed.
When I entered the house, the doctor was already waiting there. Gu Qingyan hugged her on the sofa beside her, turned back to the man standing on the side and said, "What are you doing standing there, come and see if you need stitches or something." As he said this, he carefully untied the blood-stained veil, revealing a wound of about 5 centimeters.
Hearing this, the man who was called touched his nose, took a few steps forward to inspect the wound, and assessed: "The wound looks deep, but it does not hurt the dermis, but it needs to be cleaned well, I see that some rust is attached around the wound." It's basically not strict, I'll give her a tetanus shot in a while, just bandage it well. With that, he walked to the side, rummaged through the medicine box, took out a series of tools such as cotton wool and alcohol, and busied himself with graceful and methodical movements.
The stinging pain from the alcohol touching the wound made her frown, but she had always had rough skin and thick flesh, and was not afraid of pain. The doctor sensitively noticed the slight trembling of her calves, so he raised his head and smiled at April reassuringly: "Don't be afraid, it will be over soon." ”
His voice was low and gentle, like a warm current, leisurely soaking her limbs.
April felt at ease, and involuntarily eased the slightly stiff facial lines, and was about to say something, when Gu Qingyan beside him said in a cold tone, "Doctor, please don't smile at the patient casually, it will look very unprofessional." ”
The doctor is obviously used to the yin and yang weirdness of men from time to time, and says good-naturedly: "Okay, good, I don't laugh." After saying that, he concentrated on the movements in his hands and did not say a word more.
For a moment, only the scissors made a clatter sound in the air.
After the injection, the doctor briefly instructed: "The wound should not touch the water, and it is best to disinfect it frequently to avoid inflammation." When I come next time, I'll bring you a few bottles of hospital-made scar removal pills, which are very effective for new scars. ”
April thanked him gratefully, and suddenly had a good impression of this doctor. It's just that this man faintly exudes a noble temperament all over his body, and he can't tell that he is a doctor at all, if he is a successful upper-class person, she will not doubt it at all.
Gu Qingyan called Chen's mother and asked her to take April to remove makeup and take a bath, and specially instructed the wound not to touch the water. Chen's mother answered and carefully helped April to leave. Suddenly there were only two people left in the room, him and the doctor.
"I said Boss Gu, don't you think it's overkill to let a surgeon be your family doctor?" The man joked.
Gu Qingyan glanced at him coldly: "Say, what do you have to say to me." The tacit understanding that has been cultivated over the years, it only takes a look from the other party for him to understand what he means.
"I'm leaving." The man was silent for a long time, and then said leisurely.
With just one sentence, Gu Qingyan knew the meaning of his words, he didn't say much, only raised his eyebrows, and asked, "You don't regret it?" ”
"I've never regretted those two words in my dictionary." The doctor's mouth smiled, and there was a firmness in his words.
Although they are not friends, they are at most an employer-employee relationship. But in the end, it has been several years of intersection, and it is inevitable to be depressed if you really want to separate. Gu Qingyan suddenly wanted to smoke, but when she touched her pocket, there was nothing, and her eyes swept to the doctor: "Is there any smoke?" ”
The doctor shook his head, "You know, I never smoke. ”
Yes, he doesn't smoke, so he forgot about it. Gu Qingyan opened her mouth and laughed at herself, and asked, "Do you still plan to come back?" ”
"If nothing else, I shouldn't be coming back."
After a few brief greetings, Gu Qingyan suddenly lost his speech, and after a while, he said dryly: "You are gone, what should I do about my illness?" He was referring to his insomnia.
The doctor turned pale, stretched out his finger and pointed to his heart, slowed down his voice and said: "Your illness lies in your heart, when the wound in your heart is healed, it will naturally be healed." ”
My heart? Gu Qingyan looked at him a little blankly.
"I don't know what you've experienced in the past, but you still have to tie the bell to the bell, and I can't help you." The doctor had regrets.