Chapter Ninety-Three: Ice Cream
The entrance of the hospital.
Can we meet again?
I have been praying in front of the Buddha for thousands of years
When I was before I stepped on the Nai Ho Bridge
Let me kiss you on the face one more time
The sky was clear, there was not a trace of clouds, the sun was high above it, and the autumn heat was baking the ground hot.
Not far away, in the one-yuan shop, this song called "Seeking Buddha" was playing, the singer sang heartbreakingly, the store seemed to like this song very much, so it was played back and forth, so this sad love song was poured into Xu Aqi's ears over and over again, perhaps, this is the deliberate arrangement of God in the dark.
Xu Aqi stood at the gate of the courtyard with a plastic bag in his hand, watching Lin Chen run over with fruit out of breath.
"Why is it so slow!"
Sweat slipped from Lin Chen's forehead and dripped on the concrete floor, Lin Chen wiped a handful of sweat with the back of his hand, rubbed it on the placket, and said, "There are many people queuing up in the mall!" I've kept you waiting, but isn't it nice here! And music for you! ”
As he spoke, Lin Chen took out an ice cream from the bag and handed it over.
"Give!"
Taking the ice cream, Xu Aqi dug a little with a small spoon, put it in his mouth, and ate it carefully. The cool and greasy sweet smell slid down the esophagus to the stomach, and the cold sensation hit, and she couldn't help but feel excited.
"What's wrong?" Lin Chen asked.
"It's okay! It's cool! It's so cool! ”
"Oh!" Lin Chen smiled bitterly, "I thought I had eaten my fingernails again!" ”
Lin Chen put his hand on the pergola and looked at the sky, "It's so hot today!" ”
"Well, standing in the sun, I'm almost vomiting blood! Also, as long as I'm standing alone, I'm inexplicably nervous! ”
"I'm also often nervous!" Lin Chen paused, the music was very loud, he hummed two sentences along, and continued: "I still like this song very much, maybe... Perhaps, one day, I will reverently kneel in front of the Buddha, fold my hands, and tell the gratitude after the calamity. ”
"Alright, alright!" Xu Aqi bumped him with his elbow, "You are such a pessimistic person!" How do you know you're in trouble? Because of the words of a blind fortune teller? Or the appearance of the six-fingered woman? Isn't it fun to be alone? It's hard to make a prophecy! ”
"I'm not pessimistic, I'm objective! Who will never encounter such or such things in their life, let it be, I believe that the will of heaven cannot be violated, such as illness, Master Hongyi said, minor illness from medicine, major illness from fate. So, worship the Buddha and pray. I still believe that everything in the world has a cause and effect. I imagine that the Buddha might hand me a small mirror, and in it, I can find the answer to my life, and I can see my own life and life, the cycle of cause and effect! Even if you die, let me die to understand! ”
Lin Chen said what was in his heart. Over the past few days, too many things have happened that even a man feels unbearable, let alone a woman! Lin Chen knew that Xu Aqi's heart was actually in chaos for a long time.
"The Buddha walked down from the stage? Your imagination is so rich! ”
"No, the Buddha will enlighten you in some other way, for example, a page of a book you open, and the sentence you happen to see, maybe the answer you want, the plot of the movie you are watching, or, just now, the song you heard, maybe the answer."
"That's what the Buddha told you?" Xu Aqi asked lightly.
"I realized it myself!" Lin Chen said.
"This ice cream doesn't taste right!"
Xu Aqi ate, ate, and suddenly stopped, staring at the half-eaten box of taro ice cream in a daze.
"Does it taste wrong?" Lin Chen put his nose on his nose and sniffed, "Why do I feel normal!" ”
"It smells sour! This box of ice cream is bad! ”
Lin Chen took the small spoon, dug a small point, and tasted it.
"It's tasteless!"
"Didn't you taste it? This tastes really wrong! Xu Aqi pointed to the ice cream and suddenly exclaimed, "There are worms wriggling in here!" ”
Nausea, she couldn't help but rush to the trash can on the side, lay on it, and vomited.
Seeing her like this, Lin Chen rushed to the cold drink cabinet to buy water, Xu Aqi took the water, rinsed his mouth for a long time, and then slowly raised his head, glanced at the box of ice cream that was still in Lin Chen's hand, and said, "You don't smell this thick sour smell?" Don't you see these tiny bugs? ”
Lin Chen was puzzled.
This box of ice cream, he looked at it carefully, smelled it, and tasted it. Not only did there not have a trace of sourness, but there was also no sign of insects, he didn't understand why Xu Aqi said this, and he had such a big uncomfortable reaction.
Through the flow of people, Lin Chen glanced over there, and the stall owner selling ice cream was gone.
Lin Chen looked at the empty stall over there and didn't speak for a long time.
This is strange!
Which side went wrong?
Ice cream, Xu Aqi, or... Himself?
A couple walked past with a smile and a smile, and Lin Chen took two steps closely, chased after them, and blocked in front of them.
"What? Why are you in our way? The man asked.
Lin Chen subconsciously lowered his hair, "Don't do it!" Excuse me, but would you like you to help me smell this box of ice cream? Help me see, are there any bugs in there? ”
The man looked at the box of ice cream and said, "You don't know how to smell it yourself?" ”
"Me, I've got a bit of a problem with my nose!"
The man and woman looked at each other for a moment, and just after taking the ice cream, they were blocked by the woman with her hand. The woman looked nervous and said to the man, "It's not like you haven't seen any bugs in this ice cream!" Isn't this talking nonsense with your eyes open! I want you to smell it! He wants you to smell it, and you really want to smell it! You're not afraid of what ecstasy he put in this ice cream! ”
Hearing this, the man looked Lin Chen up and down scrutinically, handed the box of ice cream back into his hand, pulled the woman away, walked a few steps, and turned around and threw over a sentence:
"You're fine, right?"
Lin Chen, who was exhausted, was not angry, and did not leave immediately, but took the half box of ice cream and sniffed it, and then set his eyes on Xu Aqi, who was walking towards him.
Different from the embarrassing situation just now, the sun hit her face, dyeing her delicate face with a warm luster, and her long silky hair, soft and light, draped casually over her shoulders, dancing and flying in the air as she walked.
"They don't speak well, but they should be right!" Lin Chen said.
Xu Aqi nodded, smiled slightly, and sighed deeply, "That is to say, this box of ice cream is fine, and it is me who has hallucinations!" The abnormal person is me! ”
Lin Chen's face seemed to be calmly raised, and the half box of ice cream drew a standard parabola in the air, and fell squarely into the trash can on the side of the road.
"How's the level?" Lin Chen asked.
Xu Aqi gave a thumbs up, "High!" ”
Lin Chen relaxed and mischievously squeezed his eyes, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "When I was a student, I was the main force of the school basketball team!" ”
A cat that rubbed the root of the wall attracted Xu Aqi's attention, the cat was dark, with slender limbs, a narrow face, a pair of big ears thin, and a pair of branches, seeing that someone was looking at it, it stopped, and lay quietly in the corner of the wall, with bright yellow round eyes blinking, looking a little shy.
Since the last time he saw the bloody black cat corpse in the drawer of the office, Lin Chen had a natural vigilance towards the black cat, but this did not affect his curiosity and love for cats, and he also stopped and watched with Xu Aqi.
At this moment, a small black car slowly stopped on the side of the street, the window was lowered, and the woman sitting inside turned her face sideways, looking at the two of them silently through the window.
The sudden intuition made Lin Chen turn his head to this side, and as far as his eyes could see, he shivered, his eyes stared at the front, and his face was like earth.
The long black hair like sharp knives hung down on both sides, the half-covered white face, the bright red lips like blood, and the eyes under the half-open and half-closed eyelids, a cold light shone through.
She!
The woman in black who made Lin Chen terrified appeared again!
In the blink of an eye, it fell silent, and the flow of people around it, along with the noise, disappeared without a trace.
In the blink of an eye, everything was back to normal.
When the woman in black disappeared, even Lin Chen himself couldn't tell, they felt like they jumped in and out of a picture in the middle of a movie screening, and the transition was so fast that the audience didn't have time to react.
His face was pale, and his heart was beating like a drum, and it took him a long time to recover his taste.
"Hey! What are you in a daze? Xu Aqi asked.
"Oh, no. Not... It's nothing! ”
Lin Chen obviously felt that his mouth was not very sharp, maybe there was no need to tell Xu Aqi what he had just seen! After all, the woman's nerves are more fragile, and the panic caused by the sour ice cream has not disappeared, so it is better not to stimulate her anymore, so she forced a smile out of her hand, "The visiting time should be almost over, let's go in!" I guess the fat man should have arrived! ”
"Let's go!"
….
Walking into the ward, the fat man had already come one step earlier.
Because the visiting time has passed, Xu Aqibai went on a trip last time, so today she had to ask for leave from the unit again and come over again.
She carefully took the shoe out of her bag and showed it to everyone.
"What age is this! There are really people who pick up broken shoes! I still have a lot of them, do you want them? ”
The fat man had just finished answering the phone call from the head of the man, and was snorting, watching Xu Aqi carefully take out a shoe that was wrapped so seriously, and wrapped it in a plastic bag with three layers inside and three layers outside, he felt very funny, so he said with a smile.
"Come on, you stinky feet! Put the eggs in, and the Songhua eggs come out! Can you stand with those socks? Ye Jiangchuan said, opened the drawer at the head of the bed, rummaged for a long time, and finally found a piece of candy, peeled off the candy paper, put the sugar in his mouth, and added: "It's better to be dad, I know that I love sugar!" I really suffered from being hospitalized, I took medicine every day, and my mouth was bitter! ”
"Don't you still have to buy candy? Don't you have to spend money to buy sugar! I can give you a sock to put in your mouth, and your mouth won't be bitter, which is called fighting poison with poison! The fat man smiled, turned his head to Xu Aqi, and said evilly: "Am I right? Miss Angela Hui! ”
Xu Aqi glanced at the fat man and opened the package, "What I told you is this!" ”
Several people turned their heads together.
"Yo! Rare indeed! This style of embroidered shoes, I remember my grandmother seems to have worn! ”
"Yes! It's antique! ”
Everyone was talking. Suddenly, Xu Aqi showed an expression that seemed to be a little surprised, and said to Lin Chen: "Hey, do you remember if this shoe is blue-faced, broken flowers?" ”
"Yes! What's wrong? Lin Chen looked at Xu Aqi and then at his shoes.
"What about the embroidered pattern? It's gone! ”
"I'll see!"