81. Face
I heard him gasping, "Jia Xiaoru, you deliberately want to burn me." ”
I paused in my hand, and just shook my mind and accidentally burned his scalp, so I simply turned off the hair dryer, "Okay." ”
He didn't take it to the bathroom, he put it on the bedside table and came to hug me, frowned and scolded: "Let go, it's inconvenient today." ”
"What did you think of me, how could I behave with you tonight?"
I was stabbed in my heart, and I didn't think deeply about the meaning of the words.
There is a variety show on the TV, laughing and laughing, but it is difficult to convey it through the screen.
"Jia Xiaoru, don't show such eyes."
Turning his eyes, he looked at Zhou Yu's gaze, "What kind of eyes do I have?" ”
"Hollow, not a little bit of temperature." He commented in a low voice, tightened the arm around my waist again, and said softly, "You know what? On weekdays, you arm yourself without leaking, like a female warrior, and you are not afraid to do anything against me. But today you are not a little angry, I have followed you all the way, and it is really distressing to see your numb and helpless expression. ”
I was silent, resting my head a little on his shoulder.
After a while, he said vaguely: "It's not like this every year." ”
During the years of his absence, I would deliberately keep myself busy on Christmas Eve, so busy that I would go home and fall asleep when I was exhausted.
But this year is different, Mom did it on purpose.
Sure enough, I heard Zhou Yu say on the side: "Actually, my mother came to me a few days ago and talked to me a lot, and we both thought it was time to pull you out of Dad's shadow." Jia Xiaoru, that's not your fault, it's an accident, you have been carrying the responsibility on yourself for so many years, it will be too heavy, let me help you share a little, okay? ”
He tugged at the corners of his mouth and closed his eyes.
My mother thought that I had found Zhou Yu, so I had the courage to uncover the scar, and how could I heal it if I didn't dry it thoroughly?
Perhaps, it's time to fulfill my mother's freedom.
"Did you sleep?" Hearing Zhou Yu ask in a low voice, I didn't respond, so I let my breathing be as even as possible.
After a moment of silence, he felt the warmth on his forehead, and after thinking for a while, it suddenly dawned on his lips. Originally, this room was cold, but his arms were warm, and the familiar breath invaded every inch of my skin, like, he never left me.
Zhou Gongjin is a man, he can be a scoundrel, he can be very irritable, or he can be gentle and bone-eater.
This sad and painful night, because he was there, I finally slept peacefully.
But the nightmare didn't let me go.
The deserted road, which had been silent, suddenly heard the sharp creaking of car wheels grinding against the ground, and then something flew high into the air and fell down again. The thud was like a hammer slamming into the heart, and the whole nerve was numb and unconscious.
See, the bright red blood under the street lamp is slowly flowing, and a peace fruit rolls into sight.
I stopped breathing, and I felt an invisible hand pinching my neck, and my eyes were full of red, red blood, red apples.
"Jia Xiaoru ......" The distant voice floated from nowhere, and I was like standing in the deepest part of the well, and I couldn't climb the mouth of the well. The feeling of suffocation became more and more intense, and my body began to convulse, and at this time, there was a slight pain in my cheeks, and the voice penetrated into my eardrums again: "Jia Xiaoru, I'm Zhou Gongjin, you wake up." ”
The power of the choke disappeared, fresh air came in, and I took a big breath and slowly opened my eyes.
Zhou Yu's anxious face was close by, and the ghostly light in his eyes seemed to be distressed: "You have a nightmare." ”
yes, I'm having nightmares again. Ever since my dad left, I've had nightmares every few days of the year, and the most I dream about is the blood apple, which is already a nightmare that I can't get rid of.
He brought a towel to wipe my sweat, and my back and forehead were covered with cold sweat, but I felt sticky and uncomfortable after wiping it.
He suggested, "Why don't you take another hot shower?" ”
"No clothes to change."
He tucked his shirt into me, "Put it on first." ”
I glanced at his gray shirt, didn't hesitate, and went back into the bathroom. I felt much better when I washed it, his shirt was just big enough to cover my legs, and I opened the bathroom door to see him leaning against the wall next to the door.
I don't know if it's my delusion, there was a flash of nervousness on his face.
Silently walked past him, waited for a moment to find that he didn't follow, turned around, there was a slight movement in the bathroom, went to the bathroom? After a while, I got up and walked outside the bathroom door, and saw Zhou Yu scrubbing my clothes in the sink.
On weekdays, he is a standard uncle at home, and he throws away the clothes he changes, even if I wash them in the washing machine, he won't dry them. It is rare to see him have such a "virtuous" side.
"Put it out the window and blow it in a while, and you'll be able to wear it in the morning."
This is the rare look of Zhou Yu with a slightly embarrassed face and a flushed face. And this moment of time is quiet and gentle.
Lying back under the covers, I slipped straight into his arms, quickly found a comfortable position, and listened to the powerful heartbeat to close my eyes again. This time, I slept until dawn, and there were no nightmares to intrude again.
When I woke up, the people around me were still asleep, breathing long and even, the long eyelashes covered the dark eyes, and the stubble that came out of the chin seemed to add some mature man's breath.
Lightly put his feet on the ground, washed and went to collect his clothes, and he was still a little wet to the touch, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
I took my clothes back and put them under the air conditioner, and it didn't take long for the warm air to blow and dry. As soon as I changed my clothes, I heard movement behind me, and when I turned around, I bumped into dark eyes.
After Zhou Yu finished combing, the two went downstairs to check out, and ate something in the town at will, Zhou Yu went to look for the car, and if we couldn't find it, we had to walk back to the bus station. After only waiting for a while, Zhou Yu came back and said that there was a van willing to take us.
I didn't think much about it at the time, and followed him into a white van, and the driver was a middle-aged man, saying that he was going to bring goods to the city.
Along the road, I listened to Zhou Yu chatting with the driver, and it was not embarrassing in the carriage. After driving for a long time, I saw that I hadn't arrived in the city yet, and I couldn't help muttering to myself, this Luoyang Town is really far enough from the city.
However, a few minutes later, the car stopped.
I looked out the window and was a little confused, why did I stop here?
Zhou Yu pulled the door and got out of the car first, and when I got out of the car, he greeted the driver, and the driver drove away on his own.
"What are you doing here? Do you have official business to do? ”
It was currently a detention center, and my first instinct was to wonder if there was any case that he needed to deal with here. But seeing him holding my hand, his eyes stared at me deeply, "Jia Xiaoru, there are some things that must be faced." ”
At first I was at a loss, but when a cluster of sparks rose in my heart, I suddenly changed my face.
turned around and was about to leave, but was tightly held by Zhou Yu, and I didn't look back: "Zhou Gongjin, you let me go." He didn't let go, his fingers wrapped tighter, "I couldn't see before, but when I saw it last night, I couldn't tolerate it." I can't tolerate you forcing yourself like this, and if you don't completely hurt once, your heart will never heal. ”
"Even my mother doesn't care about me, how do you decide my life?" At this time, I was like a hedgehog who foresaw danger, and I erected thorns all over my body, and no matter who I was, I would not hesitate to stab them.
But Zhou Yu is tougher than me: "I am your husband in the legal sense!" ”
"Huh? Husband? Zhou Gongjin, where were you during my most desperate time? It was you who abandoned me first, and you can't smooth it out if you say that you can erase it in the past four years, and you are not qualified to take care of me. ”
"I hate myself too! If I hadn't thought too simple and acted impulsively, I would have lost you later. I don't want to say how much regret I have in the past four years, and I don't want to smooth it out, I just want to watch you do well and not make people feel so distressed. ”
When I saw tears flashing in his dark eyes, I immediately lowered my head, sniffed, and tears welled up in my eyes.
After that, he took him by the hand and walked all the way into the detention center, where he negotiated, and then went all the way to a room where two prison guards were on duty. One of them told us to wait a little before we went in, and after a while we heard movement inside.
I raised my eyes and watched as the guards escorted a prisoner into view.
The man saw us and looked at it carefully, but he was still at a loss, he didn't know us.
And I, the moment this man came into view, my mind stopped.
Nightmares poured out of the nest and overwhelmed me.
This person is the hit-and-run driver back then! It didn't take long for him to be arrested, and his family also went to my house to ask for privacy, a human life, a broken family, how could it be private?
I sat in the last row of the court and watched the desperation of this man as he was sentenced. The thought in my heart is that it's not enough, you can get out of prison for a few years, but I'm in hell.
"Are you ......," the man asked.
Zhou Yu glanced at me, and when he saw that I had no intention of answering, he spoke on my behalf, but his tone was cold: "We are the family members of the deceased who were involved in your car accident back then. ”
The man's face changed, and his eyes flashed in disbelief.
I tugged at the corners of my mouth and smiled sarcastically, "Xu Fei, don't come unharmed." ”
He looked at me in a daze, "Are you...... The man's daughter? Why are you coming to visit me? ”
Withdrawing back the cold hand held by Zhou Yu, I slowly walked to the iron fence and stared into the other party's eyes, "The person in your mouth is a great magician, he has a name and a surname. Why did I come to visit you, of course," he paused, and the cold light was in his eyes, "to see if you live like a human being." ”
The man was shocked, and his eyes began to dodge, "You go, I don't want you to visit." ”
I suddenly clapped my hands on the table, looked at him in fright, and said word by word in a volume that only the two of us could hear: "You scumbag of society, why aren't you the one who died?" ”
Seeing that the face of the person in sight twitched, his body trembled, and he thought that he would explode in the next moment, but he suddenly slammed his head on the table, and he was heavier than ever.
A whimpering voice was heard coming out of his mouth: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”
I narrowed my eyes and watched coldly.