CH 149

Chapter 149 Take the initiative

It was getting colder and colder. If it wasn’t for the calendar on the wall before going out, Jian Chi would find it hard to imagine that it was already December. The good news was that Ji Huaisi can already get out of bed and walk. When he arrived at the hospital in the afternoon, Ji Huaisi came to open the door.

“I thought you wouldn’t come today, the weather forecast said that it might snow at night.”

After entering the room, Jian Chi took off his oversized coat and swept away the cold from outside, “I was delayed for a while before going out, will it snow today? It was sunny in the morning.”

Ji Huaisi closed the door gently, “The weather forecast said so. If it’s not too late, we can go out and watch the snow. There is a very empty lawn behind the hospital. “

“You even know this?” Jian Chi heard Ji Huaisi’s thoughts and stifled it in a timely manner, “No, you are not in good health, the temperature is low at night, if it snows, it will be even colder, and you will catch a cold. No, the doctor will definitely blame me.”

“I won’t tell the doctor that I went with you,” Ji Huaisi turned back and smiled narrowly, “I can say that I couldn’t sleep in the middle of the night and rolled in the snow, two laps.”

Sometimes, Jian Chi didn’t know whether he came here every day because Ji Huaisi who was sick needed care, or whether he just enjoyed the feeling of chatting with Ji Huaisi. He couldn’t help laughing, but he didn’t let go, he just took a step back, “I can accompany you to see through the window.”

Ji Huaisi was a little disappointed, “Okay.” His eyes fell on the coat that Jian Chi casually hung on the back of the chair, and paused.

“Is this your new coat?”

Jian Chi wanted to say ‘no’, where did he get in the mood to buy new clothes. The word ‘no’ stuck in his mouth as soon as he said it, and his heart was beating fast.

He took Shao Hang’s coat by mistake.

The whole thing was complicated, Jian Chi didn’t know where to start, but it was also very simple to summarize. Shao Hang was freeloading with his family again. Last week, Jian Chi came home from the hospital. Jian Chengchao and Shao Hang were sitting in the living room with the TV in a harmonious atmosphere. When they saw him, they both raised their heads and said hello, completely ignoring Jian Chi who was at the door.

“Xiao Shao is very pitiful. His parents have ignored him since he was a child. Now that he is on holiday, their family is arguing every day. Sometimes it is obviously the problem of adults, yet it all falls on the child’s head,” Jian Chengchao mentioned, feeling very distressed, as if he was there when these things happened, “You are all friends, it’s okay to let Xiao Shao stay at our home for a while. He told me that you took good care of him at school and praised you, even I was a little embarrassed to hear it.”

Jian Chi twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at Shao Hang on the sofa outside. He was noticing the movement here and grinned at Jian Chi with a sullen smugness. His tail was about to go up to the sky, and Jian Chi wanted to go and pull him down.

“How did he compliment me?”

“Xiao Shao said that you look indifferent, but in fact you are very kind-hearted, helped him with his subjects before the exam, comforted him when he was in a low mood, and you were roommates for a while. Why didn’t you tell me about this?”

It all sounded true and could not be refuted. Jian Chi was tired and helpless, and it took a long time for him to say, “Dad, don’t be deceived by him.”

“How can you say that to Xiao Shao?” Jian Chengchao expressed his disapproval to Jian Chi’s behavior of speaking ‘bad words’ about his classmates. He pulled Jian Chi a little closer, and lowered his voice, “When he came here, Xiao Shao brought a lot of things, and I knew it was not cheap by looking at the packaging. Don’t hurt people’s heart in vain, do you agree?”

Jian Chi understood now, and looked at the boxes of supplements and delicately packaged alcohol on the floor of the kitchen, and at Jian Chengchao’s guilty smile, “… why do I have a feeling that you are just using me?”

“This alcohol is not cheap, I am usually reluctant to buy it,” Jian Chengchao said with reluctance, “I only agreed when I knew you had a good relationship, how can you look at me as if I was a traitor?”

Jian Chengchao’s stance was just as unsteady as the grass on the wall, and Jian Chi knew it early on.

So Shao Hang stayed at his home for no apparent reason. With one more person, the family will be as lively as Chinese New Year every day, especially if the person was Shao Hang. His effect was comparable to a group of people having a party at home. When Wen Chuan brought Jingjing over for dinner, he saw Shao Hang who looked like a male host. After dinner, Wen Chuan also began to come here every now and then.

Jian Chengchao was overjoyed to see this, and felt that both of them were Jian Chi’s good friends, and they should have more connections. Jian Chi had a hard time saying that he had to guard against Shao Hang’s body from time to time every night. Although the weather was cold, it was very comfortable to have a natural heater, but Jian Chi still resisted the temptation and looks from Shao Hang. The scumbag’s resentful eyes resolutely draw a line.

Although sometimes, this ‘line’ had little effect.

Shao Hang knew that he would go to the hospital to visit Ji Huaisi in the afternoon, so he created all kinds of obstacles from noon to prevent him. Jian Chi’s delay earier was that Shao Hang had hid his phone, so after dilly dallying a while could he come.

Before he left, he took the coat that Shao Hang handed him over. He didn’t even look at it due to the time, and Shao Hang didn’t say a word. If it wasn’t for Ji Huaisi’s sudden question, Jian Chi would not have realized that he was wearing the wrong coat.

He didn’t know how to explain it. He felt so guilty that it was like evidence that Ji Huaisi caught him messing around outside.

Seeing Jian Chi’s expression, Ji Huaisi guessed it, looked away, and smiled lightly on his lips, “You don’t need to explain to me, I’m not angry.”

Jian Chi felt even more guilty.

“Actually, I took Shao Hang’s coat by mistake. For some reason, he is staying in my house now,” Jian Chi explained, unconsciously bringing some complaints, “I could have gone out on time if he hadn’t made trouble and I wouldn’t have gotten the wrong coat.”

Ji Huaisi sat back by the bed and looked at Jian Chi who was nervous, his eyes darker than before, “Do you hate him?”

Hate? Jian Chi was startled for a moment, “No, it doesn’t count…”

It’s hard to say what kind of feeling this kind of feeling should be classified into. He can’t avoid arguing with Shao Hang every day. Sometimes it’s just a small matter. In turn, he would tease him in a low voice. Jian Chi didn’t know whether to continue to be angry, or to forgive him. It seemed that it would make Shao Hang gain an inch if he let things go too easily.

The only certainty was that this feeling was not ‘hate’, it was subtly suspended between like and hate. Jian Chi thought that if Shao Hang left, he might feel that the house was too quiet. People were always changing, and Jian Chi was no exception to his own heart.

Jian Chi’s thought made Ji Huaisi’s eyes droop, and he suddenly spoke, gently and peacefully: “Do you remember what I said the night I woke up? At that time, you said that if I didn’t wake up, you would never tell me again. The answer you didn’t have time to say in the car that day, I didn’t miss this opportunity, can you tell me now?”

“I…” Jian Chi slightly tightened his hand on his lap. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes fixed on Ji Huaisi, on the window behind him. Ji Huaisi followed him and looked over.

It was snowing.

“It’s only after six o’clock.” 

The sky was completely dark, and the white snow fluttered in the dark night. A few landed sparsely initially, and then it completely blurred the vision outside the glass, lighting up the entire night sky in a trance. Ji Huaisi felt a slight pull on his sleeve, turned his head, and looked at him. Jian Chi asked in a low voice, “Can you do one thing?”

“What?”

“I want to hear you play the violin.”

Ji Huaisi paused for a moment, and his lips curled upward, “Now?”

Jian Chi thought he was asking himself, and tentatively tried: “Can’t you do it now? Then forget it, when you’re healthy…”

“Okay,” Ji Huaisi interrupted him, “When did I say no?”

Without waiting for Jian Chi to answer, Ji Huaisi held his hand and looked at Jian Chi earnestly and joyfully, “This is the first time you have asked me to do something, I am very happy. After my body recovers, I can play whatever you want to listen to. I’ll choose a few simpler pieces in a while, and I’ll have someone bring the violin over.”

“Okay.”

Just now, when he saw the snow falling outside the window, Jian Chi suddenly wanted to listen to Ji Huaisi’s violin again, and wanted to see these hands lift the bowstring.

Wanting to answer Ji Huaisi’s answer stayed in his heart for a long time, just like the urge to see Ji Huaisi playing the piano again. The opened violin case was placed on the bedside. Ji Huaisi stood by the window, lowered his eyes, and played the first note mixed with his heartbeat.

The first snow swept away the filth of the old year and ushered in a new world.

Ji Huaisi will never repeat the original mistakes again, they were all here, okay, waiting for a new start.