If you are still together when you wake up

Chapter 7 Unprepared
The young man's voice was deep and he spoke another language, but Xia Huixi understood that he was asking them to let her go.

Su Ruhao stood behind them. At the end of the corridor-like alley, there was a pale light and shadow, which stretched his body infinitely on the ground until it cast a mottled shadow in front of Xia Huixi.His brows and eyes still looked sharp and distinct in the mist, with a strong and sharp aura.

At that moment, she didn't know if it was because she felt the peace of mind, she almost shed tears.

The hand of the man who grabbed him loosened subconsciously.But when he came back to his senses, he held her even tighter.Even his companion became more excited after seeing this young man with a handsome oriental face.

An extremely bad premonition flashed in his mind, Xia Huixi remembered the conversation that day, and suddenly felt that his appearance might make people fall into a worse situation.

But Su Ruhao obviously didn't think so.He stared at Xia Huixi who was caught by the wrist, let the coat on his elbow slide off slowly, and slowly repeated that sentence.It wasn't loud, but it seemed to have the momentum of a thunderbolt, and it struck those men heavily and clearly.

Perhaps it was because the three thought that the strength of the two sides was too great, the leading man let go of Xia Huixi, turned to face Su Ruhao, said a few words quickly, and laughed wantonly, consciously trying to provoke him .

Su Ruhao smiled indifferently, the corners of her mouth were slightly pursed, her gaze was as sharp as a blade.Finally, it turned to Xia Huixi, and it turned into a harmonious and soft voice again, as if silently comforting.However, in the next second, he had already punched the man closest to him, and hooked the man's cheek heavily.The man was caught off guard, probably because he was in pain, he let out a strange cry, and squatted down covering his face.

Seeing this scene, the two companions rushed forward cursing.The next scene is as neat as a movie screen.Even if the opponent has the advantage in numbers, they can't let go.Su Ruhao avoided the opponent's aggressive fists, and it didn't seem too difficult to deal with the two of them. When he shot, he had both the fierceness of Western boxing and the swiftness of Chinese martial arts.However, the other man had been knocked down in a moment, and the only remaining man was forced to the corner. He kept glancing at his companions, as if he was not sure whether it was the last blow, or he might simply give up and run away.

Xia Huixi finally felt relieved when he saw how easy he was.Slowly leaning half of his body against the wall, he closed his eyes again.She could still hear the groans of those people, and maybe there were silent fights, but after all, she didn't have to be afraid anymore.

Until those warm and strong hands supported her shoulders, Xia Huixi opened her eyes, Su Ruhao looked at her intently, and asked softly: "Are you okay?"

In fact, he was still a little out of breath, and because of the violent movements just now, his forehead was even sweating slightly.But his calm tone calmed down Xia Huixi inexplicably.She opened her mouth and was about to speak, when she suddenly saw the black figure behind him, her pupils shrank slightly, and she pushed Su Ruhao aside without thinking about opening her mouth.

A glass bottle was smashed against the wall, and she turned her head quickly, feeling a pain in the corner of her forehead and a cool feeling.

Su Ruhao's face was livid, he pushed the man against the wall, stretched out his hand and grabbed his neck, the strength was astonishing.But the man had no power to resist, his eyes widened, and his tall body began to tremble.

A series of syllables were slowly spit out from his thin lips, elegant and cold, and then his two merciless punches passed over the man's lower abdomen with a muffled blunt sound, and the man's body was bent like a shrimp Arched, but because he was strangled by the neck, he could only twist painfully in place.

Xia Huixi was dumbfounded, and could hardly believe that the stern and gloomy man at this moment was Su Ruhao whom she had always known.From her point of view, his chin was raised slightly, as if he held the power of life and death over others, his eyebrows were squinting, and he was full of uncontrollable anger.

In the end, he let go of the man only because he heard Xia Huixi's soft cry.Xia Huixi was obviously staring at her fingers in a daze - she touched her cheek inadvertently, and found that her fingertips were stained with blood.

Su Ruhao walked towards her quickly, and the people behind her didn't dare to provoke her any more, they scrambled away.

He raised her face carefully with the help of a small light, as if he was looking for a wound for her.Xia Huixi forced a smile: "What did you say to them?"

Su Ruhao didn't answer, but took out a clean handkerchief, carefully pressed the wound, wiped away the blood for her, and said slowly: "It's okay, the glass shards scratched my forehead a little bit."

His tone seemed to be comforting a child. Xia Huixi blushed and did not dare to look him directly. A large piece of skin was broken and bloodshot, and it must have been very painful.But he seemed to be completely unconscious, his eyes were soft, as if he could melt jade, his gentleness was restrained.For her, it was a kind of calm and calm comfort.

Xia Huixi walked out of the alley with him, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't just walk around."

He still remembered the cup of hot drink on the ground, bent over to pick it up, and handed it to her: "Have a drink, it will be a little warmer." He picked up his coat on the ground and put it on her shoulders, smiling: "If It wasn't you, that bottle fell on my head."

Xia Huixi retracted the topic awkwardly, and really didn't know what to say.She knew that he was such a person, under such circumstances, no matter what, he would not make her feel sorry anymore.In the end, I could only say as relaxed as possible: "Do you know Russian? Are you still so good at it?"

He turned back and smiled: "Yes, a little bit."

"That... I think you are unfathomable..."

Su Ruhao's tall figure just happened to cover her, bringing a pleasant comfort. He took her hand carefully, and held it tightly, as if he was afraid that she would get lost, and whispered in an almost gentle tone: " Did you just find out now?"

The tone was too bewitching, Xia Huixi was startled, and suddenly felt warm in his palm.It turned out that before he knew it, his fingers crossed and clasped hers, and they fit together, skillfully and naturally, as if they should be like this.

The phone rang again.When Xia Huixi took out her hand, she suddenly felt nostalgic.But Su Ruhao didn't care, took the drink in her hand and reminded her with a smile: "The phone is ringing."

When she saw the number, she didn't actually want to pick it up.

To be on the safe side, and to accommodate Pei Yueze's itinerary conveniently, she reported the full itinerary to his secretary before going abroad.She will return to China in half a month, he will not be unaware.

Pei Yueze's voice on the phone was unexpectedly soft, with a touch of tiredness: "When will you be back?"

She patiently told the time again.

There was no movement for a long time. If there was no busy signal, Xia Huixi almost thought he had hung up the phone.As she walked forward, she habitually brushed the long hair on her forehead back behind her ears, but she forgot that she still had a wound. The moment she touched it, she took a deep breath and sizzled, almost jumping up in pain. .

Su Ruhao glanced at her keenly, his pretty eyebrows slightly frowned.She knew he was worried, so she could only smile and wave her hands to show that she was fine.

Pei Yueze's voice also came immediately: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, the street attack, disfigured..." In fact, this sentence was intended as a joke, and most of it was for Su Ruhao. calm down.

"What happened to you?"

She felt a little flustered, maybe it was because of Pei Yueze's shocked tone on the other end of the phone, or maybe it was Su Ruhao's complex expression that was as thick as ink in front of her.So in the end, he didn't say anything, and hung up the phone hastily.

Back at the hotel, they all kept silent about the evening and didn't mention anything to others.Xia Huixi returned to her room and carefully washed the wound with warm water.There was a slight tingling sensation, as if someone had stabbed it densely with small needles.A long and thin line was cut on the forehead, because the bleeding had stopped, and a hard scab formed on it.At this moment, the blood clot was melted by the warm water, and lightly dissolved into the clear water, revealing a pink color on the skin.As soon as the water was wiped off, it felt cool and tingling.

She simply washed Su Ruhao's handkerchief again.The brown grid feels a bit thick, but soft.After wringing it out to dry, I sat down and rested for a while.In fact, I was still afraid. When pouring a glass of warm water, my hands were trembling slightly.

She was sitting in a chair, and she had just opened the book on the table when she heard someone knocking on the door.

Seeing Su Ruhao at this time, she felt very comfortable.Staying alone in a huge guest room always feels a little flustered.Su Ruhao obviously didn't come to chat with her, he took a bottle of medicine and a band-aid in his hand, and stood at the door: "Take care of it a little bit, the infection will be fine." She turned to let him in, and saw his hand Shang also simply bandaged it, and asked him: "Is your hand okay?"

He skillfully dipped the cotton wool into the medicine, carefully brushed her forehead hair, and said with a smile, "It's just scratched the skin. It's okay."

Xia Huixi raised her face motionless, and let him smear on her face until the band-aid was put on, her expression was as if nothing had happened, as if she was just applying a few drops of perfume.Su Ruhao glanced at her, and then looked at the potion in his hand with some doubts: "Don't you hurt?"

"Huh?" Xia Huixi was taken aback, "It hurts a bit. But I can bear it."

As if in order to stick the band-aid more firmly, he increased his strength, pressed it vaguely, a faint light flashed in his eyes, and asked with a smile: "How about this?"

Xia Huixi's expression moved, but she finally said "Ouch" softly.

Su Ruhao seemed to be holding back a smile, and the corner of his mouth slightly curled up: "Is this considered being brave?"

A strange-shaped piece of cotton wool was pasted on his forehead, Xia Huixi looked in the mirror sullenly, and asked Su Ruhao casually: "Didn't that man say that he never attacks girls in violent incidents? Why did he find me?"

Su Ruhao said solemnly: "There are always exceptions. Or, you are too beautiful."

She couldn't help laughing: "How is it possible?" Finally, she sighed, "Maybe it's just bad luck."

Looking from one side, the soft light hit Xia Huixi's face, her complexion was crescent-colored white, with a kind of unconscious beauty.Or maybe she didn't even care about this beauty, so she looked very unique.Su Ruhao pursed her lips, smiled slightly, turned her eyes away, and casually took a notebook on the table: "Is this your document?"

In fact, it only opened a small angle, but Xia Huixi saw him from behind, and without thinking about talking, she quickly pushed him aside and took back the black leather book.

He had never seen Xia Huixi like this, frowning, impetuous, as if he had touched her most beloved thing.He raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at her with a little surprise.

After a long while, only the sound of her heavy breathing was heard in the room. Xia Huixi finally calmed down, stroked the black cover with her fingers gently, and said slowly: "No, that's my diary."

Su Ruhao stood up, looked into her eyes very seriously, and said slowly: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have flipped through these casually..."

Xia Huixi knew that her attitude was too rough and reckless, she was a little embarrassed, she shook her head quietly and interrupted him: "I'm too nervous, I'm so sorry."

Su Ruhao dismissed the topic very freely: "Then you have a good rest, the meeting tomorrow morning is very important." When he walked to the door, he glanced back, because the window was slightly open, and he folded her The neatly arranged papers were blown up, like blooming lotus petals, clean and clear.He stared at it for a while, then closed the door.

The room suddenly fell silent.Xia Huixi sat down at the table, opened the black notebook unconsciously, and turned to the last few pages, suddenly feeling shocking.

Dense records.That dream appeared again and again in the night that belonged to me alone.This frequency shows that the psychological rift between her and Pei Yueze is intensifying, and her unconscious compensatory psychology is also strengthening.She propped her forehead with one hand, closed the notebook blankly, and finally placed it carefully at the bottom of the box, as if she could feel at ease in this way.

The next morning, after Xia Huixi washed her face, she found that the wound hadn't opened again, but a shallow scab had formed.Going out with such a scar is always much more low-key than a Band-Aid.

Psychologists, psychiatrists or just lovers of psychology who came from all over the world crowded such a large lecture hall, and there were endless voices of private discussions.All kinds of languages ​​are like the brilliant and colorful flowers in spring, with a kind of prosperity that catches people off guard.

Professor Peng sat in the front row, leaving two apprentices behind.Xia Huixi started to look for the recording pen, searched for a long time, and pressed the button, but found that the indicator light was on and could not be turned on, so she could only mutter in despondency: "The battery is out."She shook it depressedly, as if it was a test tube, and finally threw it back into her bag in frustration: "It's obviously fully charged."

Su Ruhao glanced at him and comforted her: "It's the same if you listen carefully."

Before the words were finished, several staff members walked in with the help of an old man at the side door.His footsteps are not fast, but very steady, and his silver hair is shining, as if he has accumulated wisdom.Xia Huixi stood up halfway, trying to see the old man's appearance clearly - then found that everyone had the same idea and stood up almost at the same time.And her height, compared to those tall Westerners, is really not an advantage. She can only peek at the shaking figures from the gaps in the crowd.

Professor Zac sat down, and there was a round of warm applause.The old man waved his hand, just lowered his head and opened the notes.The applause then slowly stopped.The rotating chairman of the association walked to the microphone, said a few words of welcome, and then left the rest of the time for the old people who were already prepared.

He spoke in English, with some accent, and he spoke slowly, but the logic was very clear.

The topic of his speech today is about the principles of psychotherapy and the attitude that a psychologist should have.In fact, this topic does not involve the ontology of psychology, but because Professor Zac himself is an extremely experienced doctor, he also has very special views on the qualities and attitudes that doctors should have.

"Doctors should not deceive people, and should not deceive people with false beliefs. For example, under certain circumstances, you can keep a patient alive by instilling false beliefs. But in fact, maybe that It is better for a man to be destroyed than to be saved by wrong means."

He spoke this sentence softly and slowly, and everyone could hear it clearly.

There was a moment of silence.The vast majority of people stared at the old man with incomprehensible eyes, probably thinking that they had heard it wrong.

Even Xia Huixi put down his pen, and a great question arose in his mind - shouldn't it be a doctor's bounden duty to save people?Or is it that I didn't understand the meaning of the old professor correctly?
Next, his speech showed that he was not talking nonsense, on the contrary, he sighed slightly:
"Maybe I have a little more experience than you guys. So at the end of the day, what I can say is that - in a way, we are not the gods of the sick and can't choose their fate."

Xia Huixi leaned back on the back of the chair, and suddenly felt a confusion in her heart, as if someone had set off a fog that filled the sky. She was walking stumblingly, but she couldn't find her way.

This point of view has never been expressed in Professor Zac's previous works, but in Xia Huixi's mind, he has always been an enthusiastic but calm scholar and clinician, not as cold as his words at this moment.

Someone stood up and asked: "If you do this, won't you be morally self-condemning?"

The old man thought for a while, looked through the lens, and looked at so many people sitting quietly: "I sympathize with what happened to those people, but there is nothing I can do."

The questioner was standing in the back row of Xia Huixi, and she could tell that the middle-aged man obviously disagreed.Probably out of respect for the old professor, he didn't refute in the end and sat down stiffly.

The old professor seemed to know that most people in the audience didn't care, and said with a serene smile: "Before I realized this, I was the same as everyone here. I thought that we could do a lot in this world. Maybe at my age, Everyone will understand the meaning of today's sentence - I am a fatalist."

The discussion in the audience became more and more intense, and many people stretched out their arms, indicating that they would like to ask questions on the spot.The rotating chairman consulted the old professor's opinion, and finally stood up to announce the end of the speech.And said that if necessary, another special exchange time can be arranged.

The meeting will end soon.The meeting place is also attached to the hotel, and you only need to pass through a manor. A group of people walked over unhurriedly, chatting, Professor Peng suddenly turned his head and asked Xia Huixi: "Xiao Xia, what do you think of the question just now?"

Xia Huixi froze for a moment, then shook her head honestly: "I don't know. It may be that my experience and experience are too shallow, and I don't even have the ability to evaluate."

Professor Peng's eyes moved to Su Ruhao again.

Su Ruhao's eyes are shining like stars, the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, and his tone is direct and forceful: "Fate... I always keep it at a distance."

Professor Peng walked beside the two students and sighed: "As soon as this sentence comes out, most people will say that he is old-fashioned. But... I don't think it's that simple."

However, Professor Peng didn't go any further. Xia Huixi thought silently, was it the same when the school of psychoanalysis represented by Professor Zac began to revise Freud's theory?The so-called one word aroused thousands of waves.

Entering the lobby of the hotel, Xia Huixi was at the back alone, and took out his vibrating cell phone.

It was still a very cold voice, and said lightly: "Room 2205."

Xia Huixi didn't react at all, but just greeted as politely as possible: "Mr. Pei?"

Pei Yueze repeated calmly: "I'm in room 2205, if it's convenient, please come over."

She almost dropped her phone on the ground, her voice became louder unconsciously: "I'm not in China, Mr. Pei..."

"I know." There was a smile on the other end of the phone, as if satisfied with her surprised attitude at the moment, "I share a hotel with you."

The elevator in front had already opened, Su Ruhao held the door and was waiting for her.Xia Huixi hung up the phone in a hurry and ran over, standing in the middle of the crowd.

"Come down for dinner later, do you want to go out for a stroll?"

"Ah? No need, I'm not hungry, I'll go back to my room and sleep for a while." Xia Huixi felt a little nervous, and tried to take a deep breath to calm down, "You don't have to wait for me to eat."

Su Ruhao probably thought that she still had lingering fears about what happened last night, so she smiled gently: "Okay. I'll bring you some food."

They got out of the elevator together and separated at the corner of the same floor. Xia Huixi hurriedly left holding the documents.Su Ruhao stood there for a while, but the usual gentle smile on the corners of his mouth was gradually suppressed, and the aura condensed in his black eyes became more and more solemn.

It wasn't until she stood at the door of Suite 2205 and knocked on the thick door that Xia Huixi felt a little panic. It was hard for her to imagine. Could it be that the person in the room really came here just for her?Or so desperately want a psychological counseling?
No matter what the reason is, it is not enough to convince myself of the inexplicable panic at the moment.

It was his assistant who opened the door. After saying hello, he went out.

The room was huge, which reminded Xia Huixi of her dream. She was also standing in such an unbelievably spacious space, staring at the extravagant layout of the room, feeling unrealistic.

Pei Yueze leaned on the sofa at the end of the living room, looking a little lazy.That corner happened to be the dead corner of the light, so it was not bright, and had an obscure meaning.Behind the man is the floor-to-ceiling window, and the sky is filled with starlight falling on the slender body.His gaze, like the light refracted by diamonds in such darkness, quietly fell on Xia Huixi's body, and his lips curved slightly, seemingly very satisfied.

Xia Huixi only felt that her throat was a little dry, and she stood there without moving. Finally, she forced a smile: "Why are you here?"

He just smiled lazily at first, and before answering her, his eyes paused on her smooth forehead after a while, and he stood up slowly.

Xia Huixi wanted to back away, but he walked over step by step, his eyes seemed to have magical powers, tightly catching her movements like a chain.Until he stood in front of her, raised his wrist, and gently stroked her forehead, without giving her any room to evade, with a soft tone: "What's going on?"

His fingertips were extremely hot, like a small ball of fireworks, which could almost burn his skin.

Xia Huixi tilted her head slightly, but she still couldn't avoid it.And as if he had noticed something, he stretched out his hand to support her side face, and his eyes gradually turned cold: "Hey, tell me, who made it?"

At this moment, Xia Huixi's mind just slid through the dream, so vivid, as if it was a prophecy.

But this is not a dream after all.

Xia Huixi put her hand on his chest, and then she was taken aback, only to feel that his body was terribly hot even through the shirt.She gritted her teeth, took advantage of a push, staggered back a step, then raised her face, calmly and defensively: "Please don't do this."

Pei Yueze seemed to find it interesting, but took a step forward, without any movement, just looked at her lightly, and his eyes gradually moved to her forehead, as if looking at a flawed treasure, and brought out a trace of displeasure, " Why are you so careless?"

Xia Huixi didn't feel embarrassed at the moment, but she couldn't laugh or cry, and finally sighed slightly: "You care too much about me, don't you?"

For a long time, only Pei Yueze's heavy breathing remained in the room. The corners of his mouth curled up, as if trying to smile, and he sat on the sofa behind him.

At this moment when he was exposed to the orange light of the chandelier, Xia Huixi felt something was wrong.His face was pale, his handsome cheeks were a little thin, and he looked more and more tired.She recalled the burning and hot breath when he touched her, and saw the abnormal redness on her cheeks, as if she had been exhausted and was burning slowly, she blurted out: "Pei Yueze, are you having a fever?"

Pei Yueze raised his dark eyes to look at her, and smiled lowly: "It's okay."

She bent down and tentatively touched his forehead, it was astonishingly hot.

Pei Yueze held his breath for a while, only felt a soft and cool touch on his forehead, and because of this small kind gesture, he felt something explode in his heart, so without hesitation, he backhanded her heavily Pulled over.

Not surprisingly, Xia Huixi's whole body fell on him.Even the forehead hit his.Because she touched the wound, she let out a muffled snort.

And he unhurriedly stretched out one hand to wrap around her waist, and gently stroked her hair with the other hand, comforting her softly: "Don't move."

Xia Huixi's hands strenuously went around his neck, supported him on the back of the sofa, and tried to straighten his waist, but he still couldn't get away.Even though he was ill, Pei Yueze's strength was still so strong that it was hard for her to move, and his tone came from the scorching hair, saying word by word: "I miss you."

These words seemed to contain extremely deep emotions, and because of his slightly hoarse voice, rubbing every nerve of her hearing, he drilled into the depths of her heart with a whine.Xia Huixi forgot to struggle for a moment, let him hold her, and her thoughts drifted back to the memories of the past with him like floating weeds.It was really hard for her to imagine that just such a past could really make him unforgettable to this point?
With a click, the door behind him opened.The strength in her waist was obviously loosened slightly, and Xia Huixi took the opportunity to turn around in embarrassment, and looked at the man with a surprised face.In the eyes of others, such a posture can naturally be called ambiguous, but the assistant just looked at his nose and his heart, standing at the door like a sculpture, lowering his head slightly, as if he didn't see anything.

When she was in a hurry, her tone was already sharp: "Let me go!"

He finally let go slowly.Xia Huixi stood up, turned around and walked towards the door.When I walked past the assistant, I heard a very gentle explanation: "Mr. Pei started to have a fever after getting off the plane, Miss Xia, he may not know what he is doing... Please don't mind..."

Her footsteps faltered slightly, but she heard Pei Yueze's voice behind her, soft and calm: "Xiao Zhang."

He stopped the assistant from saying more words in good time, and then the whole room fell into silence.Xia Huixi quickened her pace and never stopped again.

(End of this chapter)