Chapter 45: The Most Familiar Stranger
I looked at Lu Li, who was standing across from me, in a daze.
I hadn't seen him for seven years, but I still recognized him at a glance. The years seem to have stayed on him too much, and he is still the cold and indifferent appearance in the school uniform in my memory.
If you have to say that something has changed, it may be that he is not used to eating foreign food over the years, his face is much thinner, but the contours of his face have become harder, and the whole person looks more mature and calm.
There are a lot of questions I want to ask him, why did he leave without saying a word? Why do you come back and don't want to see us? You didn't go abroad to study piano, why did you become a school doctor here? Don't you play the piano anymore?
But when the words came to his lips, they became "Long time no see." ”
Lu Li obviously didn't expect me to suddenly appear here, his expression was dull, and he didn't reply for a long time.
Just when the two of us looked at each other speechlessly, Yang Jingjing took my hand and called me weakly: "Teacher Ye......"
Patronizing and immersed in the atmosphere of reunion with Lu Li, he completely forgot about the student who was sick.
"Lu, Doctor Lu," I couldn't call out Lu Li's name, "you can help me take a look at her." ”
Lu Li walked to the side of the bed, glanced at the stains on my clothes, and then looked at Yang Jingjing, "How many times did she vomit?" ”
"Twice, and my stomach hurts terribly."
Lu Li gently pressed Yang Jingjing's stomach, and then took a stethoscope and listened to it in front of her chest, "It should be acute gastroenteritis." I prescribed her some painkillers, and if she didn't feel well after taking it, she would take her to the hospital. ”
I watched Lu Li take out a medicine bottle from the medicine cabinet next to him, pour out a few pills in the palm of his hand, hand them to Yang Jingjing, and then walked to the water dispenser and poured a glass of water and put it on the chair at the head of the bed.
I watched him go through a series of inspection processes skillfully, obviously he was Lu Li, the person who had been in the same class as me in high school for three years and I liked for almost ten years, but why did I feel so strange to him at this moment?
After Yang Jingjing finished taking the medicine, her face softened slightly.
Lu Li turned around and put the medicine bottle back in the medicine cabinet, but his elbow accidentally touched the medical records on the table, and a pile of medical record papers fell down with a clatter, scattering all over the ground.
Lu Li squatted down, I don't know if he deliberately wanted to avoid contact with me, he picked it up one by one, and picked it up very slowly.
I couldn't stand it anymore, so I squatted down to help him pick up the rest, and then shoved it into his hand.
"Thank you." He spoke politely.
I was a little angry, walked to the side of the bed and asked Yang Jingjing softly, "Are you better?" Let's go back to the classroom. ”
Yang Jingjing nodded, I helped her get up, and Lu Li came over to take a hand.
"Thank you." I responded with the same politeness.
When I was about to pass by, Lu Li stopped me, "Ye Zhenzhen." ”
People who are good friends with me usually call me "Zhenzhen".
Except for Lu Li, he almost always called me by name and surname in the three years of high school, but I didn't feel raw at all.
I love the sound of his voice when he calls me, and the slightly raised corners of his mouth when he calls me by name.
I turned my head to look at him, patiently waiting for his next step, hoping that he would tell me about the past seven years.
But he just pointed to the stains on my clothes, "Your clothes are dirty." ”
I looked down in disappointment at a large patch of conspicuous dark yellow on my clothes, "It's okay, I'll just change it when I get home." ”
"You're a teacher after all, pay attention to your image." As he spoke, he took a white casual coat from behind the door and handed it to me, "Wear it." ”
I didn't reach for it, my eyes fixed on him, "Don't you have anything to say to me?" ”
Maybe I wasn't used to being stared at, Lu Li glanced away, "No." ”
I smiled wryly, yes, if he had something to say to me, he wouldn't have waited until now.
I was discouraged and about to leave, when someone at the door suddenly called me, "Zhenzhen." ”
Pei Xuan strode to me with his luggage, his originally fair skin was now malt colored, his hair had grown a lot, and a few handfuls of bangs were messily attached to his forehead, and his face was dusty.
I looked at him in surprise, "Pei Xuan, why are you here?" ”
"I rushed over as soon as I got off the train, and I just went to look for you in your classroom, and the student said you came to the infirmary."
There is no direct flight from Lanzhou to Longcheng, only a 12-hour express train. Although Pei Xuan was smiling at the moment, he couldn't hide the tiredness in his eyes.
I couldn't bear it, "Why don't you go home first?" ”
"I want to see you right away, let me see if you've gotten fat?" Pei Xuan raised his hand and gently pinched my cheek.
Pei Xuan's sudden intimacy made me a little uncomfortable, and I peeked at Lu Li with a weak heart, and he looked at Pei Xuan expressionlessly.
I mentioned Pei Xuan to Lu Li in text messages, if Lu Li had read those text messages, he should have known that he was my blind date.
Although I haven't confirmed any relationship with the two of them, the current situation makes me feel like a bloody love triangle in a TV series.
I don't want to stay here any longer, "Well, I'm going to send the students back to the classroom first, Pei Xuan, you can go with me." ”
My afterglow swept to the clothes that Lu Li still handed over, but I pretended not to see it angrily, and pointed to Pei Xuan's coat, "Can you borrow your coat from me?" My clothes are dirty. ”
Pei Xuan happily took off his clothes, draped them on me, and said gently, "Let's go." ”
I pulled my coat, didn't look at Lu Li again, and helped Yang Jingjing walk out quickly.
Pei Xuan stubbornly wanted to walk home with me, and along the way, Pei Xuan talked about the situation in the past six months with great interest, and I listened absentmindedly, but the wheels of the suitcase rubbed against the ground and made a harsh sound, which made me feel irritable.
Lu Li, who went to the Curtis Institute of Music in the United States to study piano seven years ago, why is he now a school doctor?
Becoming a pianist is not only Lu Li's dream, but also Lu Li's grandmother's wish. Lu Li loves his grandmother so much, but why did he let his grandmother's wish come to naught?
Although Lu Li didn't say it, I vaguely felt that something had happened to him.
"Vera?" Pei Xuan called me softly, interrupting my thoughts.
"Huh?"
"What are you thinking? It's home. ”
It turned out that I had unconsciously walked downstairs to my house, and I smiled apologetically at Pei Xuan, "It's nothing, you've been traveling for so long today, go back and rest." ”
Pei Xuan blinked, "Zhen Zhen, don't you have anything to say to me?" ”
I have a headache and want to hold my forehead, and today's unexpected meeting with Lu Li has made my brain a mess.
I really didn't have the heart to pay attention to my relationship with Pei Xuan anymore, so I shirked again, "I'm slimy and uncomfortable now, I want to go upstairs and take a shower." Pei Xuan, let's talk about it next time, okay? ”
Pei Xuan didn't force it, and kept his usual smile, "Okay, let's go, have a good rest on the weekend." I watched you get into the elevator. ”
The more Pei Xuan was so gentle as jade, the more I felt guilty about him.
"I'll return your clothes to you after I've washed them." I didn't dare to look at him any more, so I turned around and ran quickly into the elevator.
Lying on the bed after taking a shower, I stared at the ceiling with a sneer, my mind repeating the clip of today's meeting with Lu Li: his indifferent expression, his cold tone, and his complicated eyes when I finally left.
What the hell is going to do, Lu Li is willing to tell me about what has happened over the years?
Let Gu Zijin think of a way tomorrow, she can always easily persuade Lu Li when she was in high school.
Thinking about it, I fell asleep because I was too sleepy.
The next day, before I could go to Gu Zijin, she came to the door by herself.
While I was still at the elevator entrance, I heard Gu Zijin exaggeratedly shouting, "Zhen Zhen, do you know? Lu Li is back? Still sailing as a school doctor? That kid has been hiding for seven years, and he still has the face to run to Yangfan to meet you. ”
Fortunately, my mom accompanied my dad to the park for a walk, otherwise her words would definitely make my parents think that I was abandoned by some negative man.
I gave her a roll of the eye and went into the bathroom to wash up.
Gu Zijin leaned against the door and looked at me, "Zhen Zhen, why aren't you surprised at all?" ”
I spat on the toothpaste foam, "I saw him yesterday in the school doctor's office. ”
I vaguely told Gu Zijin about yesterday's incident.
She held her chin in her right hand and made a thinking motion, "So Lu Li just refused to say the reason why he didn't say goodbye back then?" ”
I wiped my mouth, took Gu Zijin's shoulders and walked to the living room and sat down, "Yes, I haven't seen him for so long, I feel like he has changed back to the way he first saw him in high school, so cold that people can't get close." The kind of people who have known each other for a long time but feel very strange, how to sing a song, we have become the most familiar strangers in the world. ”
"That's not because you, the little sun, aren't with him. Zhen Zhen, "Gu Zijin suddenly looked at me seriously, "Lu Li is back, what should Pei Xuan do?" ”
I leaned heavily on the back of the sofa, "Don't mention it, Pei Xuan asked me what I was going to tell him before he went to Beijing last night." ”
"Anyway, now I'm on Pei Xuan's side, who made him my Chen Yao's buddy."
I straightened up and grabbed Gu Zijin's hand, "Zijin, why don't you ask Lu Li." ”
Gu Zijin shook off my hand and looked at me like a madman, "What do you want?" Lu Li didn't even want to say it, how could he say it to me? ”
"When Lu Li was in high school, I listened to you, and you didn't persuade Lu Li in the basketball game and the time I went to the beach."
"At that time, it was because I thought Lu Li liked you, so I used Gu Zipei to stimulate him. Hey," Gu Zijin's eyes lit up, "Why don't you try this method again this time." ”
"What's the solution?"
I had a vague bad premonition, sure enough.
"We asked Lu Li out for dinner, called Pei Xuan too, and said that you and Pei Xuan are boyfriend and girlfriend. If Lu Li really cares about you, he will definitely show something. As long as he has you in his heart, everything will be easy. ”
In many moments with Lu Li, I have the illusion that Lu Li actually likes me.
But that's just an illusion, Lu Li is so good, how could he like me who is so ordinary.
Take 10,000 steps back, if he really likes me, how can he bear to leave me for so many years.
I shook my head, "Let's go out for dinner together, forget the unreliable method you just said." ”
Unexpectedly, I received a call from Lu Li after school on Monday afternoon.
"Hello, may I ask who you are?"
"Lu Li."
I wasn't surprised that Lu Li knew my number, and he took the initiative to call me, which surprised my little snack.
"Oh, Lu Li, is there anything to find me?"
Lu Li hesitated on the phone for a few seconds before saying, "Is the girl named Yang Jingjing better last week?" ”
I was a little disappointed, "Well, it's okay, thank you for your concern." ”
"It's just a routine."
Lu Li's ability to make people speechless is still there, and I am silent.
Lu Li saw that I didn't speak, "If it's okay, then I'll hang up." ”
"Lu Li," I hurriedly stopped him, "let's find a time to have a meal together, Gu Zijin and they will go too, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time, and when I thought Lu Li would just refuse, he suddenly spoke, "Okay." ”
(I've been writing this chapter for a long time, and I'm wondering how to abuse Lu Li.) Yesterday there was a little cutie and I thought about going together, we Zhen Zhen looked for him for seven years, he said that he appeared, huh!
But I kind of want to spoil the small plot later, they may live together! Expect no, look forward to no! )