33. Pain
The city of Nanzhou sleeps late, even in an urban village like Bianxi.
In fact, most of the small shops have already closed the gates, but there are still some small shops with dim lights, waiting for the people who will return that night.
A night snack shop where you can order a bowl of wonton, a convenience store that sells all kinds of daily groceries, a hairdresser with a shampoo girl from Fengyu sitting at the door, and a massage foot bath shop with light and shadow blurred, like a tired fish opening its mouth to swallow the lingering loneliness of a few pedestrians.
Xia Zhi and Pan Rui passed in front of those small shops, and the cement road that seemed to be soaked in oil had a soft and slippery feeling when stepping on it.
As they walked, they gradually stopped talking, and quietly walked hand in hand into the alley, to the iron gate where they had henceforth dwelt.
When Xia Zhi followed Pan Rui and climbed to the fourth floor, she suddenly began to get nervous, and she heard her heart beating unusually fast.
She told herself that her heart was beating fast because of exercise, or because she was too tired today.
Pan Rui opened the door and entered the house, and after she entered, she reflexively closed the door. Then, before she could react to what was happening, she was hugged by him from behind. She suddenly lost her center of gravity, threw herself forward, and fell on the door.
He kissed the hair on the back of her head, and through the strands of hair, she felt the heat he exhaled burn her scalp in bursts, and the heat spread from the back of her head all the way forward until her entire face was burned.
She lifted her arm behind her shoulder to find his face, she touched his ear, and couldn't help but squeeze it gently, and when she tried to look back at him, his lips were grabbed by him.
"Summer Solstice...... Tonight, is that okay? He asked, touching her lips.
She was numb all over, as if her skin had been scraped by a razor blade. She broke free of his embrace, lowered her head and said, "I'll go take a bath." ”
She didn't take two steps before she ran to the bed, squatted down, pulled out the suitcase, and found a set of pajamas and a set of nei clothes from inside. She deliberately wrapped her nei clothes in her pajamas, saying that she was reserved or hypocritical, and she was really not used to taking nei clothes into the bathroom in front of him.
Standing up and turning around, Xia Zhi saw that Pan Rui was still standing at the door, with his hands in his trouser pockets and smiling playfully, she was a little annoyed, glanced at him fiercely, and pouted, "Look at what." Then he walked into the bathroom in front of him and slammed the door.
She took a deep breath as she hugged the blob behind the door, and the door on her back seemed to have thorns, as if his gaze could penetrate the thin PVC door and see her loosely undressed inside.
When she exhaled her breath again, she calmed down a little, and she couldn't help laughing at herself for making a big fuss.
She relieved, turned on the hot water, and while waiting for the water to heat up, she took off her dirty clothes, washed her hair carefully, and pounded herself clean.
When she is wearing pajamas in the dormitory or at home, she never wears nei clothes inside, and the night is a time to release her shackles.
This night, she somehow put it on. It's really hot to put on something like this in the steam that remains of the hot water. She struggled for a while, but decided to dress out, or she would have a sense of insecurity that she didn't have clothes on.
…… Even if it's just for a while, it's a bit of a superfluous move, it's good......
She came out wrapped in a towel and sat in front of the computer to blow her hair, she deliberately didn't look at him, and when she heard him pass behind her and walk into the bathroom, her whole spine was almost peeled.
Obviously her back was facing away from him, but she felt that every pore on her back could peek through the light material of her clothes.
He washed quickly, and luckily when he came out, she had just finished drying her hair and climbed into bed, so she didn't let him sit on the bed and watch her walk towards him. She was afraid that her knees would fight, and she was too embarrassed.
Hearing him open the plywood door, she quickly shrank into the quilt and covered herself with the quilt, revealing only a pair of eyes.
Pan Rui wiped his undried short hair with his hand, and when he saw her like that, he smiled "poof": "What's wrong with you?" The fan doesn't blow either, isn't it hot? ”
Belch...... As he said this, she remembered that she had just blown her hair, and she directed the fan towards the computer desk, where it was blowing towards the empty computer desk.
And she, in this hot summer July, wrapped in a thin blanket, just like a hen waiting for the shedding, dripping with sweat. The back of the pajamas was wet on the shoulders and back, as were the two thick pieces of cotton on the chest...... It's a big mess......
She pushed the quilt up in anger, slapped it below her waist, puffing out her cheeks and blowing for air. It wasn't until he turned the fan on her that she felt a little more comfortable.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and turned his head over his shoulder to look at her, the playful smile on his face still couldn't hide it: "Are you nervous?" ”
She turned her face away and replied in a rough voice, "You're nervous, your whole family is nervous." ”
"Then you lie down a little! Where do I sleep when you're all lying down? ”
Reluctantly, she shifted her body in, watching him lay his face flat in front of her, and the two of them lay on their sides facing each other, not speaking for a moment.
"You didn't blow your hair." Xia Zhi couldn't help but speak first, she didn't know how she paid attention to his hair.
"I have short hair and it dries out in a while." His voice was soft, as if she were a dandelion that blew hard and then dispersed.
"Don't you want a quilt?" She said so, but she still held the horns tightly in her hands, and had no intention of dividing him in half.
Suddenly he lifted up, and she was startled, and sat up with him.
"What are you doing?" She burst out.
He reached out and pinched her tense face, "I'll turn off the lights, fool." ”
He stepped out of bed and walked to the door, where the lights went out with a "click". Being in the dark made Xia Zhi's hanging heart relax a little.
She lay back on the bed, feeling the heaving of the mattress as he lay down beside her.
"Summer Solstice ......" He fumbled for her hand and clasped her five fingers.
"Can you please stop talking?" She thought it was a shame to babble endlessly on such an occasion.
She heard him laugh again: "Yes." ”
He rolled over to face her, his hand resting on her waist through the blanket. He kissed her, as if he were trying to dig some unspeakable mystery out of her teeth.
At first, she always subconsciously followed his hand, pushing him with meager resistance, but soon she gave up and adjusted her breathing instead.
The sweat on her body had dried up after calming down, and the soaked clothes were torn off by him, and she was really a little cold at the moment. Instead, a layer of slimy sweat broke out of his body.
She thought, at such a time, she still maintains such a sober sanity? Isn't that a little out of order?
She felt the heart on her body beating at a suffocating speed, as if it was about to burst through her chest and fall on her at any moment.
She bit her lip and closed her eyes, silently enduring it......