At night, in three bedrooms. I"m in the middle, the master bedroom on the left and the guest room on the right.
I lay on the bed; listening intently. There was no movement on either side. I touched my phone and sent a text message.
Me: [can"t sleep.]
Doctor: [count sheep.]
Me: [I can"t sleep even after counting sheep.]
Doctor: [I don"t have any sleeping pills on hand.]
Me: [You prescribe sleeping pills to patients who can"t sleep?!]
Doctor: [Direct intravenous injection.]
I could almost imagine him bowing his head and laughing until his eyelashes covered his eyes. So, I quickly jumped out of bed, opened the door, and looked around. The doors of the three bedrooms were closed, and the living room was dark. All clear.
I turned to the door of the guest room. As soon as I opened the door, I was amazed.
The Doctor was wearing dark green pajamas, with skin like white jade. He took off his gla.s.ses and covered himself with a quilt only to his waist. The whole person was laying on his side on the bed in the standard beauty sleeping picturesque posture, holding his head in his left hand and his cell phone in his right hand. With the naughty smile I imagined he had on his face. He looked a little dumbfounded when he saw me come in so suddenly.
I closed the door, held my waist, and said with a righteous voice, “comrade Gu Wei, how can you be so calm!?”
The Doctor sat up and said, “what"s the matter?”
Me: “You are here to meet your old father-in-law and mother-in-law!”
Doctor: “Ah… ”
Me: “Shouldn"t you feel uneasy?” (It"s not that I"m thinking too gloomily; but my parents" att.i.tude is too vague. My heart feels too uneasy. Students who have experienced it would know … Besides, there are “lessons learned” at home.)
The Doctor lost his smile: “I"m going to marry a wife, not robbed a bank.”
The words “marry a wife” instantly calmed me down.
The Doctor took me to bed, wrapped me in a quilt, and combed through my hair with his fingers. I just remembered that I had just buried myself in my quilt and must have turned my hair into a bird"s nest …
Doctor: “Just now, with your father… I said what I should have said. ”
Me: “Teacher Lin didn"t embarra.s.s you?”
Doctor: “No, but there is a problem. He should be discussing it with your mother right now."
Me: “Then–should we also discuss it?”
Doctor: “What are we discussing?”
“… clearing up things?” Well, there is really nothing to discuss.
I was in a trance, looking at the oil painting hanging on the wall. The rural farm, the suns.h.i.+ne just right. It made a person"s heart feel soft.
“Doctor, sing me a song. Just the one from the last movie. ”
“I don"t remember the lyrics. ”
“Then hum it. ”
The Doctor"s voice is very beautiful. Not many people know. Anyway, I enjoy it very much. So, I fell asleep…