She lowered her head and whispered a "hmm", her nose a little sore.

"I don't know how to thank you...... Maybe a few words of 'thank you' all the time are not enough at all, but, but..."Tong Xiaoqi looked at the man, "I never imagined who could accompany me like this." ”

For you, who are the "Creator" and who have given me life, everything I do is due and worthwhile. Du Shengzhe approached Xiaoqi, stretched out his arms and gently hugged her into his arms. The girl's face was pressed against his chest, and in her astonishment, she did not refuse such an act, and felt very relieved.

"It's not terrible to get fat by taking medicine, it's not terrible to be ridiculed, it's terrible to lose yourself." He patted her on the back, speaking slowly, as if he were seriously explaining something.

The girl pursed her lips and didn't say anything.

"Xiaoqi, do you feel repulsed by doing this?"

“…… No. She closed her eyes, "Not at all." ”

Xiao Qi slowly hugged him back, trying to find a place for herself on the other party.

After a long time, Du Shengzhe ended this hug.

"I, I'm going back, see you tomorrow." She looked shy and waved her hand, hurriedly trying to get out of here and then calm down.

He stopped her and said, "If you feel bad, I will take a few days off for you, take a good rest, don't force yourself." ”

Tong Xiaoqi turned around and looked at the big boy intently, and a warm current surged in her heart, and she thought of the love words derived from those liberal arts students with geographical knowledge - "When the cold current of the thousand islands meets the warm current of Japan, it will warm the entire sea, and the same is true when I meet you." Probably this is the feeling at this moment, Xiao Qi smirked to herself.

Du Shengzhe on the side was dumbfounded, wondering if she had heard what she said, a person was suddenly laughing so happily there, how stupid she looked.

He held back a smile and leaned his hand over, snapped his fingers in the girl's ear, she came back to her senses, and said to Du Shengzhe, "It's okay, I feel much better, it's okay to send out flyers tomorrow." ”

"Really?" He tilted his head.

"Really." Xiaoqi nodded affirmatively, "I'm not that vulnerable. ”

Du Shengzhe sighed: "It's not a question of fragility or not, it's that you are clearly still sick and ...... in the treatment stage."

"But there is a weakness in this disease, which the patients themselves know all too well." She interrupted, "When they're around a wonderful person, the disease is going to be intimidating to the patient." ”

"For me, Ah Zhe is that wonderful person." Xiao Qi left this key sentence, covered her ears and ran, she was afraid that if she heard anything from that person, she would be reluctant to leave; She's so happy, it's been a long, long time since she's been so open to someone......

She's really lonely. Du Shengzhe sincerely feels that this is why he relies on himself so much. At the same time, his hope that "nothing will happen to her" was dashed in the end. If you just let go of that girl, you will one day find a way back from her, and it will be too selfish to walk away.

So—

For the time being, stay and give her more company, make her a little stronger, and better see the day she is healed. Du Shengzhe took a deep breath and clenched his fist - if you are struggling with the pain, then I will be the one to pull you out of the quagmire of depression.

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Back in the store, Tong Xiaoqi saw that her mother was busy washing the hair of the guests in the back, and she didn't notice the movement of opening the door here, she felt a slight tingling pain in her heart, and put her bandaged left arm behind her.

She approached step by step, until she was discovered by her mother, and Xiaoqi couldn't say the sentence "I'm back".

"Coming back?" The mother's tone was unexpectedly brisk, and after speaking, she buried herself in "hard work" again.

"Hmmm......"

Xiaoqi also once felt that her mother's tone was out of her own delusion, if not, it means that the other party has probably forgiven her mistake, even if her left arm is discovered, her mother will not blame her too much for being injured.

The girl thought that her mother would come to her to talk to her about their quarrel today after she was done, but until she went to bed, her mother was quiet, neither asking her if she was suitable for work, nor telling her to rest early as usual.

When Tong Xiaoqi left for work the next day, her mother stopped her and asked her what was going on with her arm. The girl hesitated for a moment, and when her mother asked her again, she suddenly remembered what Ah Zhe had said to herself last night: "Don't worry, I'm sure she won't blame you for anything." ”

"I made it myself." Xiaoqi replied calmly.

The mother's face changed suddenly, shocked, helpless, and worried, but Xiao Qi was the only one who couldn't see the anger.

"Why are you hurting yourself like this again?" Her mother scolded her distressedly, "Take it apart and let me see, the injury is not serious." ”

"I can't dismantle ......," she said in a low voice, "with stitches." ”

The mother who thought she would be angry, but she let out a long sigh and said to the girl seriously: "Xiaoqi, don't do this again, I know that yesterday I said that my tone was too impulsive, which made you feel uncomfortable, but if you are uncomfortable, you can cry and call out alone, we have been treated for so long, and you have self-harmed like this, it will make your mother feel that you have relapsed again......"

"Mom, I didn't relapse." Tong Xiaoqi looked at her mother pleadingly, "After we go back, can you not send me to the hospital again?" ”

"How can I bear to let you in and out of a place like a hospital? Mom promises you that she won't send you in again. ”

After listening to her mother's words, Xiaoqi felt that the sense of security she had lacked had been filled, and her heart that had been hanging since she was discharged from the hospital was finally let go.

"Well, I'm not going to hurt myself anymore." The girl's tone was light, "I won't buy diet pills indiscriminately." ”

Will it be guaranteed? She didn't dare to guarantee it either.

The mother nodded with satisfaction: "Xiaoqi, your physical and mental health is more important than anything else. ”

She smiled: "Then I'll go to work." ”

Tong Xiaoqi turned around and just pushed open the door of the store, when her mother stopped her again and asked, "Did you go to the hospital alone to get the needle?" ”

She was stunned and didn't look back: "No, actually...... One of my brothers at my place of work found my knife wound, and he took me to the hospital to see a doctor, who said he needed stitches. ”

"The cost of that surgery ......"

Xiaoqi turned around: "That brother helped me out, and he didn't let me pay it back." ”

"Well, that's not good." The mother frowned, "Which brother is it?" Is it the one you told me last time that you introduced you to a part-time job distributing flyers? ”

"Well, it's him." Xiaoqi blushed a little, "I know Mom, you never want to owe favors to everyone, alas, let's talk about this when I come back, I'm leaving, bye." ”

The girl hurriedly said goodbye to her mother and hurried to the subway station, accompanied only by a sudden heartbeat and hot cheeks.

Later, Du Shengzhe was surprised that Xiaoqi really insisted on coming to work, and there was a lack of conscientious employees like her in the store. While Xiaoqi was secretly happy in her heart, she blurted out something that did not fit the current atmosphere:

"Ah Zhe, I still want to repay your favor."

I saw that the expression on his face froze suddenly, obviously he didn't react: "What kind of favor do you want me back?" ”

Xiao Qi sighed: "Yesterday's surgery fee." ”