Nanke Yifu Chapter 27
byWild geese come and go (8)
When the man came back from “chasing”, Chi Fu immediately returned to his unruly demeanor. He couldn’t even walk well. He jumped twice and rubbed against Yan Laixi twice. He wanted to hold hands with Yan Laixi and walk away, so he reached out to grab it. When he touched the handle of the plastic bag, he remembered that he had squatted down at the door of the drugstore to see Yan Laixi.
“Little book.” A series of previously forgotten questions resurfaced. “What kind of medicine did you buy? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Have you been to the hospital?”
The hands that were holding each other were torn off. To be precise, the hand he was holding suddenly stopped in place, while he was still walking forward.
“Little book?”
The fingers holding his hand tightened, and Chi Fu turned around.
Yan Laixi: “What did you call me?”
“Little book.”
It was impossible for him to remember the name of such an important thing wrong. What Qiuye told him was “little book”, but Yan Laixi’s reaction… Could it be that Qiuye remembered it wrong?Impossible.
“It’s okay, I didn’t hear clearly just now.” The hand he held tightened a little, and Yan Laixi took a step forward, pulling him forward, “Let’s go.”
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but at that moment, Chi Fu seemed to see Yan Lai and smiled faintly.
“What’s wrong? Aren’t you leaving?”
Yan Laixi turned around and asked him, with a little smile still on his face.
The hand he was holding was gently shaken, and Chi Fu came back to his senses as if he had just woken up from a dream.
“Let’s go…that’s not right.” Chi Fu held Yan Laixi’s arm with his left hand and pointed to the bag containing medicine on the other side with his right hand. “You haven’t answered me yet. What’s wrong with you? What medicine did you buy? Have you been to the hospital?”
After a series of questions, he answered to himself: “I guess you definitely didn’t go. Let’s go get the things first, then go home to put the things away together, and then go to the hospital, okay?”
“Go home first.” Yan Laixi said.
Chi Fu curled his lips.
Being perfunctory, being fooled, being perfunctorily fooled.
It’s not even “we’ll talk about it when we get home”, it’s just “go home first”.
Other things are perfunctory, but when it comes to your health, you still have to ask shamelessly.
“If you don’t want to go, don’t go. Then can you tell me what’s wrong? Or show me what kind of medicine you bought?” The anxious Chi Fu just now is dead. Now standing here is Chi Fu who only remembers that he and Yan Laixi have been in love for many years and has lost the memory of their separation. “Tell me? I’ll see if I can get the same disease as you.”
“Why do you think it’s a good thing to be sick?”
The linked arms tried to break free, but Chi Fu didn’t let go, and then he was pushed on his leg.He didn’t hide either, and playfully told Yan Laixi to walk properly and not fall.
“It’s just that I haven’t eaten well or slept well in the past two days. It’s been cold recently, so I bought some medicine to prevent colds.” After speaking, Yan Laixi paused and added, “It just doesn’t look like he’s in good condition, but he’s actually fine.”
To be honest, Chi Fu didn’t believe it.Except for the one about not eating well and not sleeping well, I don’t believe anything else.
“Is it time to eat?” Yan Laixi looked at the time and asked, “Shall we go back after eating?”
“No.” Chi Fu refused decisively, “You have been separated from my cooking skills for so many days, don’t you miss it?”
“I think so.” Yan Laixi answered cheerfully, “Then let’s go to the market later?”
“Okay!” Chi Fu said, “Let’s have a big dinner tonight to celebrate that I have safely passed through the difficulties of life and death!”
Yan Laixi: “Is it a matter of life and death?”
Chi Fu put on a solemn expression and said, “I have already made up my mind. If you still don’t want to see me or talk to me this time, then I will write it down in a notebook and not disturb you again.”
He leaned his body close to Yan Laixi, maintaining the posture of holding the other person’s arm, showing a not-so-standard Xizi holding his heart: “I can’t see you again, can’t talk to you anymore, can’t stay by your side anymore, I will die in depression.”
Yan Laixi: “Then you only need to spend a day to clean up all the photos and items…”
“How can that be done!”
The arms that had been linked together separated, but Chi Fu still held Yan Laixi’s hand.
“First of all, I can’t clean up anything about you. Secondly, I don’t want to forget you.” Chi Fu held his other hand and said as if begging, “It doesn’t matter if you leave. It doesn’t matter that I will be sad. I don’t want to forget you.”
“It’s just a joke.” Yan Laixi moved his fingers and “patted” him twice in a soothing manner, “And you are destined to overcome the difficulties of life and death.”
Chi Fu: “Because you have already forgiven me?”
“What kind of forgiveness… it’s not your fault.” Before Chi Fu could refute, Yan Laixi continued, “I was going back, but it would be two days later. I promised to celebrate your birthday with you, even though you don’t remember it.”
He paused for a while and then asked: “Didn’t Qiuye tell you?”
Chi Fu shook his head. He could roughly understand Qiu Ye’s thoughts. Anyway, Yan Laixi was destined to see him again. Compared with an empty-headed Chi Fu, of course, the more he knew, the better. However, Yan Laixi would go back to celebrate his birthday with him, which was not in the past, and there was no need to let him know. Besides, Qiu Ye should have wanted him to experience the feeling of being frightened and having trouble sleeping and eating.
“So what are you going to cook for me?” Yan Laixi asked.
Chi Fu came back to his senses, threw away his previous unhappiness faster than flipping through a book, and asked Yan Laixi: “What do you want to eat?”
Yan Laixi thought for a while and said, “Let’s grill the fish.”
Amnesia will not affect Chi Fu’s troubles, “they come in a hurry and go in a hurry”. He naturally resumes his look like a young man who has grown up, and follows Yan Laixi in a skipping motion.
There was a row of trees planted on the right side. Yan Laixi was worried that Chi Fu couldn’t see the road well or walk well. He would hit his head or step on a hole or something. He changed the bag he was carrying to the other side, hoping to get Chi Fu to walk to the left.
As luck would have it, Chi Fu came to grab his hand just as the bag was changed, before he could change his position.
Yan Laixi didn’t want Chi Fu to think of the problem that had just been ignored. It was already too late to switch to the hand carrying the bag. Avoiding it directly would be counterproductive, and might even “hurt” Chi Fu’s fragile little heart again.
He could only pray that Chi Fu would completely forget those problems, but his prayers never seemed to be very effective.
Although the prayer didn’t work, he got an extra surprise.
“Xiao Shu, what medicine did you buy? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Have you been to the hospital?”
“Little book?”
Chi Fu went to ask Qiu Ye, and Yan Laixi told Qiu Ye about the change in Chi Fu’s name for him. Although Qiu Ye didn’t like Chi Fu very much now, he would definitely tell Chi Fu everything he knew, even if it was just for Yan Laixi.Chi Fu has written down so many big and small things, there is no reason for him to ignore a common name.
In other words, it shouldn’t be a big surprise that Chi Fu called him “Little Book”.
But Yan Laixi just felt like he was hallucinating.
He confirmed to Chi Fu: “What did you call me?”
“Little book.”
It’s real, not a hallucination, and I heard it right.
Yan Laixi felt that his whole body seemed to have become lighter, and his head, which had been groggy in recent days, became much clearer. He felt more comfortable than ever before: “It’s okay, I didn’t hear clearly just now, let’s go.”
“It’s wrong to go…”
The hand he was holding took the initiative to wrap around his arm, and a finger appeared in front of him, pointing to the medicine bag that he had pretended to change hands inadvertently.
It was not easy… well, it was not difficult. In short, the problem of fooling the past was still remembered. Yan Laixi tried to divert Chi Fu’s attention through things that should be more concerned about at this time, but failed.
“If you don’t want to go, don’t go. Then can you tell me what’s wrong? Or show me what kind of medicine you bought?”
As if afraid that Yan Laixi would run away, Chi Fu clung to his arm like an octopus. In the first sentence, he sounded sincerely concerned about his health, but in the next sentence, his true colors were revealed.
“Tell me? Let me see if I can have the same disease as you.”
“What good things do you do when you are sick?”
Familiar people, familiar words and deeds. As usual, Yan Laixi wanted to take out his arm to hit Chi Fu on the head, but he couldn’t pull it out. The other hand was still carrying something, so he could only do the next best thing. He raised his knee and bumped into his leg. The other person also leaned closer to him with a playful smile as usual.
For a moment, Yan Laixi felt that Chi Fu’s amnesia seemed to be cured.
But this is impossible, the abnormality cannot be cured, will not disappear, and there have been no exceptions for thousands of years.
However, if it can continue as it is now, he seems to be willing to accept it.
The premise is that it can always be like this.
Seeing that he couldn’t get over it, Yan Laixi had no choice but to say it was to prevent a cold. In order to prevent Chi Fu from asking further questions, he deliberately changed the subject and said he was going to eat.
In fact, he wasn’t hungry at all and didn’t want to eat. He had no appetite these days and often retched.Vomiting, Yan Laixi is almost used to it, but vomiting is probably impossible to get used to.Yan Laixi hated the feeling of half-digested food in his stomach flowing back into his mouth, passing through his tongue, and then being spit out. For him, it would be better not to eat. It would be more uncomfortable, but he could bear it.
“No.”
It’s been a while since I last saw you, so I’m so confused.
“You’ve been separated from my cooking for so many days. Don’t you miss it?”
Not low.
“I think so.” Yan Laixi answered very quickly, fearing that he would not be able to finish this article later, “Then we will go to the market later?”
Chi Fu also cooperated and didn’t ask about the medicine again: “Okay! Let’s have a big dinner tonight to celebrate that I have safely passed through the difficulties of life and death!”
But…
Yan Laixi was confused: “Is it a matter of life and death?”
“I have already made up my mind. If you still don’t want to see me or talk to me this time, then I will write it down in a small book in the future. You are not allowed to disturb you again.” The octopus that was already sucking on his arm tightened and said like an idol drama, “I can’t see you again, can’t talk to you anymore, can’t stay by your side anymore, I will die depressed.”
Glib tongue.
“Then you only need to spend a day cleaning up all the photos…”
“How can that be done!”
The octopus seemed to be angry and threw him away. Fortunately, a suction cup was left to prevent him from escaping and to give him peace of mind.
He said he didn’t want to forget him, but he had obviously forgotten.
“It’s just a joke.” Yan Laixi moved his fingers as if to smooth Chi Fu’s hair, and said, “And you are destined to survive the life and death crisis.”
“Because you have already forgiven me?” Chi Fu asked him dubiously.
“What kind of forgiveness…it’s not your fault.” Yan Laixi thought it was quite funny for the two of them. Everyone pushed each other to make mistakes. They were rushing to claim it from themselves. One insisted on saying it was his fault, but the other was unwilling to go down the stairs.
“I was going back, but it would take two more days. I promised to celebrate your birthday with you, even though you don’t remember it.”
Something seems wrong…
“Didn’t Qiuye tell you?”
Chi Fu shook his head.
Found the source of that strange feeling.
Qiuye must be “holding a grudge” and deliberately not telling Chi Fu that he would go back. That child – even if he knew that the two were only one year apart, Yan Laixi would still unconsciously treat each other as a child – Qiuye must have felt that Chi Fu would forget everything after lying down and taking a nap, just to make Yan Laixi feel uncomfortable, and he wanted to do some harm in such a trivial matter.Maybe not only did he not tell Chi Fu that he would go back, but he also had to use every possible opportunity to hint that “Nanke doesn’t want you.”
While secretly feeling that it was a bit funny that the child helped him “vent his anger” in his own way, Yan Laixi once again brought the topic back to food: “So, what delicious food are you going to make for me?”
“What do you want to eat?” Chi Fu asked him.
By some strange coincidence, Yan Laixi thought of the day Chi Fu went to his house for the first time.
“Grill the fish.” Yan Laixi said, “I want to eat grilled fish, and I want to eat what you cooked.”
He stretched out his hand to compare, and added: “The big one, without the little thorns, is not the barbecue kind.”
“Yeah, yeah.” Chi Fu nodded, “I understand, let’s go quickly. It’s not that fast to cook grilled fish. If we take our time, we’ll be hungry waiting for dinner.”
There were not many things, so Yan Laixi sent Chi Fu to buy groceries without letting him follow him.The three or two pieces of clothes that don’t fit together, the confiscated documents that have been thrown on the bedside, the scarf that I haven’t had time to return to Qiuye… are arranged neatly, and one bag is enough.
Yan Laixi held the packed backpack. After all, it was stuffed with winter clothes. Although they were not very thick, it was enough to hold up the bag.His arms gradually tightened, and he had to admit that he was still hesitant and still afraid.
His character determines that Yan Laixi will only be decisive at the moment he makes a decision. No matter before or after that, he will only be indecisive.
Happiness, surprise, and relaxation are not fake, but these emotions and feelings will fade, and the negative undertones will eventually be exposed.
He couldn’t tell himself that everything would get better, and he certainly couldn’t naively believe that this matter would be resolved like this.Lovers will eventually get married, and as long as they still love each other, there will definitely be a happy ending, something that even writing a story cannot guarantee.He just wanted to enjoy the false comfort for a while longer, and even he didn’t know whether the consequences of this were something he could bear.
The medicines just bought were placed on the bedside table. The second hand of the clock on the wall jumped directly above it. Yan Laixi’s eyes followed it closely, jumping to the next grid until it returned to the original point again.
It’s time to go down, Chi Fu is waiting in a hurry.
Chi Fu originally wanted to go up and help, but Yan Laixi said that there was nothing and he could do it alone, so he asked him to buy the ingredients he would use later.Chi Fu originally wanted to buy it near home, with Yan Laixi.
By saving a little time, he can feed delicious food into Yan Laixi’s mouth earlier. Thinking of this, the plaster essence let go of his hand happily.
Holding the fish in his hand and standing in front of the stall filled with vegetables, Chi Fu began to have trouble.His little book can tell him that Yan Laixi is particularly picky about food, and his intuition can tell him that there are two types of things that Yan Laixi will never accept, but if he wants to avoid them perfectly, the probability is a bit pitifully low, but if he wants to avoid them perfectly, it is possible.
After some fierce struggle and entanglement, Chi Fu decided to sell pancakes, fruit corn and fish tofu. The first was because the probability of not eating the staple food was relatively small, and the latter two were because he had seen them in the refrigerator.
Chi Fu pulled out a bag and picked four or five corns, intending to save some for cooking.There were canned corn kernels in the refrigerator. He didn’t know if Yan Laixi would find it difficult to chew. Corn kernels in grilled fish didn’t taste good. It could only be cut into small pieces that could be chewed cleanly in one bite. But when cooking corn, he could pick it off after it was cooked.
He looked up to pay, only to see a young man squatting next to the stall, playing with the little white dog tied there.
“Hello?”
Chi Fu stepped forward to say hello, and the other person looked up at him with a warm smile like the spring breeze.Obviously, Chi Fu was not the first person to greet him. The man replied before he continued to ask: “I am not the stall owner. I am here to deliver the puppy. I was detained to help look after the stall.”
He shrugged and said with a helpless smile: “But I don’t know how to sell it.”
“Your mother didn’t teach me anything either.” He held the puppy’s paw, leaned down and coaxed a child, saying, “Could it be that you are a genius puppy with a superior IQ who can help your mother sell things?”
The puppy was very clean, and its hair had obviously been recently trimmed. However, it was not a genius puppy that could sell things, but a clingy puppy that acted like a spoiled child. With its little paw in someone’s hand, it was about to jump on someone, but was pulled off by the rope tied to its body. The man quickly reached out to hug it, moved forward, and put the puppy on his lap.
“I’ll untie it for you when your mother comes back. Now be good.” The man said, raising his hand and stroking the puppy’s head. The puppy that had raised its neck and pounced on the person a second ago actually calmed down and lay on the person’s lap obediently.
He raised his head and said to Chi Fu, “She should be back in a few minutes. Do you want to wait for her for a while?”
“Then I’ll come back later. I have to buy other things.” Chi Fu put the picked corn aside and said to the man, “If she comes back earlier than me, please help her weigh it. I will pay directly when I come back.”
“Yeah, okay.”
When Chi Fu came back with two more bags in his hands, the man had disappeared and the puppy was free again. He untied the rope and was held in the arms of a girl who looked to be in her twenties, and kept climbing on the person’s shoulders.
When the woman saw him, her eyes lit up and she said in surprise: “Xiaochi?”
She recognized Chi Fu, but Chi Fu did not recognize her. The other person was related to Yan Laixi and had no other relationship with him.
Chi Fu smiled and waited for her next words.Yan Laixi probably only told Qiuye about his amnesia. He probably didn’t think it was necessary to tell the others, but to his family, Yan Laixi probably didn’t want them to know.
He had to first make sure that the girl opposite belonged to someone else or a family member, although there was no need to confirm – Yan Laixi didn’t have that many close friends, and he wasn’t the type who liked to introduce his lover to everyone he knew a little bit with photos.Apart from Qiuye, the only people who could know and recognize him were Yan Laixi’s family.
As expected, the girl bumped the puppy in her arms, held it steady, looked behind Chi Fu, and asked: “Where is my brother? Brother Xiaoxi. Aren’t you together?”
“No, Xiao Shu hasn’t woken up yet.” Chi Fu recalled the contents of the small book, tried his best to behave naturally, picked up the fish in his hand, shook it, and said, “I won’t talk to you anymore. I’m going back to cook. This thing takes time to make. How much does the corn cost?”
The girl handed over the packed corn, collected the money, and asked Chi Fu: “When will my brother go back? I haven’t seen him for a long time. Tell him to call me when you go back next time.”
She did not stand up, but used a pole to carry the plastic bag to Chi Fu. Chi Fu could not see her legs due to the blockage of the table, but she thought there must be something wrong.
“Okay.” Chi Fu poured the things into the same hand, waved to the other party, and said, “Then I’ll leave first.”
After walking around the corner, Chi Fu took steps, almost jogging.
You still have to ask Yan Laixi if you want to confess or hide it when you get back. If you want to hide it, you have to get your confession correct as soon as possible.