According to the news, Beijing will usher in the hottest summer in nearly 50 years starting this month.
There is no air conditioner in the old hut, and it is baked into a living steamer by the scorching sun, and even the air is steamed thin.
Ji Ruan was awakened by the vibration of the mobile phone, he opened his eyes, but he didn’t intend to answer the phone, he just stared at the ceiling blankly.
Still the same.
A cramped room of less than five square meters, with yellowed and peeling walls, a calendar of an unknown year pasted on the wooden door, the edges are severely damaged and faded, and a corner hangs down after being degummed by the hot air.
Ji Ruan was lying on the bed, the bed under his back was so hot that it was about to catch fire, the sticky wetness all over his body made him have to admit that he was indeed wearing a book.
It’s still an old dog-blood abuse novel, and the poor little girl who agreed to marry Gong was abused eight hundred times.
I don’t remember the name of the article, but I only know that the poor little protagonist Shou shares his name, and the old Gong who agreed to marry him is named Gu, and his name is Gu Xiuyi.
In the last two years of Ji Ruan’s life, she was seriously ill in bed, and almost cut off all communication with the outside world. Her only pleasure was listening to her cousin tell various goofy novels.
The protagonist of one of the books, Shou, has the same name and surname as him. At that time, my cousin teased that his name was like Shou, saying that in traditional goofy novels, the tyrant’s surname must be Gu, and the weak shou’s name must be Ruan.
At that time, Ji Ruan still had some strength, so she stood up and gave her the back of the head. The cousin covered her head angrily and cursed him for wearing a book.
Unexpectedly, the word became a prophecy.
Ji Ruan really crossed over after his death.
Although he only lived to be 20 years old, Ji Ruan’s family was well-off and well-fed. He had never lived in such a dilapidated hut, and he had never experienced a summer that was as hot as a sauna when he slept.
The high temperature made Ji Ruan’s brain stop spinning, and the cell phone next to his pillow was vibrating non-stop, and he mechanically reached out to touch it.
–Song Tezhu.
Gu Xiuyi’s most capable assistant, in his memory, when the marriage agreement was signed, this assistant always led the lawyer to talk with the original body, and the protagonist, Mr. Gu, never showed his face once.
The mobile phone is a very old model, it has been broken several times, and the touch screen is extremely insensitive, Ji Ruan tapped several times before hanging up the phone.
I got a signal over there, and then a few WeChat messages popped up.
[Mr. Ji, have you packed up? I’m on my way to pick you up. ]
[Arrive in about 20 minutes. ]
Ji Ruan stared at the screen for two seconds before realizing that he was going to take him to Gu Xiuyi’s house.
Although Ji Ruan can have the memory of the original body, but not all of them, it will only be activated when he comes into contact with the relevant plot, it seems that the world in the book is also lazy, Ji Ruan can’t see it, so he doesn’t bother to complete it.
He and Gu Xiuyi got married by agreement, which meant that after he was taken to Gu Xiuyi’s house, he would soon have a marriage certificate with this man he had never met.
Ji Ruan’s fingertips holding the phone trembled slightly.
In the end, he picked up the plastic-packed agreement at the end of the bed and quickly flipped through it. Although Ji Ruan used to be from a wealthy family, he couldn’t help but open his eyes slightly when he saw the string of numbers he could get after the agreement expired followed by a zero.
For a moment, Ji Ruan typed calmly.
[I packed it up, thank you. ]
Song Tezhu returned him with a big smile.
Putting down the phone, Ji Ruan lowered his head and exhaled. The thin T-shirt on his body was wet and wrinkled after a night of heat. He pulled the neckline in disgust, got up and walked to the bathroom.
The bathroom door closed for two seconds without the sound of the shower, and then the door was opened again. Ji Ruan stepped out with bare feet in a panic, leaving a row of wet footprints on the floor tiles.
He plucked a small thing from his right ear, black and shaped to fit the contours behind it perfectly.
Ji Ruan pulled two napkins to wrap the little thing, pressed it, put it back on the ear, and felt it for a few seconds, the slightly tense shoulders relaxed, and then took the little thing and put it on the table. And then into the bathroom.
He is deaf.
Hearing damaged in one ear and almost completely deaf in the other, he scrapes by with a cochlear implant implanted as a child.
Part of the cochlear implant is implanted into the body through the skin behind the ear, and the other part is a behind-the-ear external device. You can hear when you put it on, and you are almost deaf when you take it off.
This kind of precision parts is expensive and fragile, and it cannot be bumped or wet. Ji Ruan just took over this body and was not used to it, so he went to take a bath directly wearing it.
And the conditioned reflex of his body told Ji Ruan that this little toy was very precious, almost the moment the water splashed on his body, his heart tightened, and he bounced away in a hurry and even almost slipped, he was shocked.
The hot water poured down, covering Ji Ruan from the beginning to the end. He closed his eyes and wiped his face, secretly remembering that he should not wrestle or get wet in the rain in the future, and he must protect his little ears. After all, he can hear the sound. A little thing that looks inconspicuous.
Song Tezhu said that he would be there in 20 minutes, but Ji Ruan didn’t delay, so he took a hasty shower and came out.
The world without the cochlea is completely silent, even the sound of the hair dryer is vague, and the ear seems to be blocked by a stone, not too tight, and some cracks can be revealed, but this little crack can only be heard by Ji Ruan The voice was distorted and weird, better than nothing.
The completely unfamiliar feeling made Ji Ruan’s back go numb, and he speeded up blowing his head, but when his fingertips touched the back of his ear, it bounced off like an electric shock.
Ji Ruan stood there in a daze, her chest rose and fell slightly, and after a while she raised her hand to touch the skin behind her right ear again.
The hard, slightly raised circular outline is extremely clear on the fingertips.
-is a cochlear implant implanted in the body.
The original body’s hair was long, not reaching the tips of the ears, and usually even covered the small black external device, so it looked no different from ordinary people to the naked eye.
Ji Ruan didn’t expect it to be so obvious to the touch.
An unfamiliar part was fused into the flesh and rooted in the blood, and it was only at this moment that Ji Ruan truly felt that this was indeed a new body, and he came to another world.
Ji Ruan put down the hair dryer, raised his hand to wipe the mirror, and the mist-covered mirror suddenly became clear, reflecting a boy’s face.
It is exactly the same as Ji Ruan’s original appearance.
To be precise, it is exactly the same as eighteen-year-old Ji Ruan.
He was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the age of eighteen, and his physical condition deteriorated rapidly. Before he died at the age of 20, his family did not allow him to look in the mirror for a long time.
Ji Ruan could probably guess that he must have been very unattractive at that time, lying on the hospital bed covered with tubes, lifeless and haggard.
But now the young man in the mirror, although thin and malnourished, has plump cheeks and extremely clear eyes, which is Ji Ruan’s most lively appearance.
Ji Ruan’s eyes were hot. Although he was wearing a book, it seemed that God gave him another life in the dark.
When Ji Ruan returned to the small room, there was a small silver suitcase standing beside the desk. Yuan himself packed up the things he was going to take away, and there was only a little in total.
A blue doll was buckled on the trolley of the suitcase. Ji Ruan glanced at it. It was the mascot of Peking University, and the badge of Peking University was also printed on the box.
The character set of the original body is a poor and tough little white flower, who studies very well and was recommended to the Chinese Department of Peking University.
Ji Ruan was admitted to such a good university back then, but was unable to report because of illness.
He sat on the spot, lying on the suitcase, with his head resting on his arms, and he could see the towering trees outside through the small window when he raised his eyes.
This is a very old community. The trees have grown thick and strong over the years, and the leaves are luxuriant. The green leaves are scorched and wilted by the scorching sun. The cicadas should be loud, but they are distorted in the ears.
Ji Ruan closed her eyes and pressed her forehead against the back of her hand.
It doesn’t matter if you have bad hearing, at least you can survive.
This time, I want to live a little easier and be happier…
Ji Ruan was thinking aimlessly, after only sitting for a short while, the floor tiles under her body seemed to start to feel hot.
It’s too hot.
Ji Ruan was so stuffy that he couldn’t breathe, dizzy and dizzy, he took out Huoxiang Zhengqi Water from the drawer according to his memory, and inserted a straw to drink it.
Just after taking a sip, the phone started to vibrate, and there seemed to be a knock on the door outside. Ji Ruan got up and went out to open the door, only to see Song Tezhu’s familiar face in his memory.
Those who sit in the office wear suits all year round, and today is no exception, but probably because it was too hot to climb the stairs, Song Tezhu’s coat was taken off, a small part of the shirt collar was soaked, and sweat was all over his forehead.
Ji Ruan froze for a moment, pulled out two pieces of paper and handed them to him: “I don’t have an elevator here, thank you for walking up.”
Song Tezhu was well-educated, and upon hearing this, he just took the paper towel and said with a smile: “This is my job. on
such a hot day, of course Ji Ruan would not invite him to drink tea in his stove-like room, nodded to Special Assistant Song, and went back to the room to get the suitcase without delay.
Song Ling stared at Ji Ruan’s back. The young man was wearing an old T-shirt and shorts. He lived in a desolate house. He hadn’t had a good life since he was a child, but his skin was still fair.
It was the first time that Song Ling noticed that Ji Ruan had a nice walking posture before signing the agreement. He didn’t try to straighten his back, and he wasn’t as timid and cautious as the information said. Instead, he had a different kind of natural relaxation. It’s out of place with the dilapidated cottage.
Song Ling felt inexplicably that when his boss took Ji Ruan away, it was like pulling out a white radish from the mud, and after taking it back to wash it, he was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a piece of suet jade.
The car was parked downstairs, Ji Ruan was blown by the air-conditioning after sitting in, and got goosebumps all over his body, but at least he finally cooled down, and even the headache caused by the heat improved a lot.
The high-end black car drove Ji Ruan out of the dilapidated neighborhood, shuttled through the steel-framed city, and finally drove into a villa area in the west of the city.
This place is very different from the community where I used to live. Surrounded by green trees, the roads are spotless, and there are many single-family villas, each of which is separated by a considerable distance to ensure sufficient privacy.
The car drove all the way to the innermost area before stopping. This is an emerging wealthy area. The villas are built in their own way. The appearance of the building in front of them is very unique.
-it has no edges and corners.
The sharp corners required by normal buildings are replaced by smooth curved surfaces, and the overall appearance is off-white. A section of gray stairs extends from the open-air balcony on the left side of the second floor, sinking into the backyard in a perfect arc.
Against the background of the green forest, the whole villa is like a radiant gray moonstone.
“There is an open-air swimming pool at the back,” Song Ling followed Ji Ruan’s gaze, and said, “If it’s on the second floor, it’s much closer to go down there.” The sun was scorching hot,
Ji Ruan stood for a while, and his cheeks were tanned. Dry red lips.
Holding a black umbrella, Song Ling accelerated and led Ji Ruan across the well-manicured lawn.
In fact, they could have entered the underground garage through the side door, and then took the built-in elevator up, so that they would not have to bask in the sun.
But Gu Xiuyi specifically instructed Ji Ruan to enter through the main entrance.
Song Tezhu didn’t understand that it was just an agreed marriage with no emotional basis, why should he follow the etiquette of a big wedding 800 years ago, and let the little wife whom he had never met in front of him go through the front door, making him feel uncomfortable in vain.
But Mr. Gu has always liked to compete in these details.
The interior style of the villa is completely unified with the exterior, all in a cool and minimalist style, without any extra decoration.
There was a woman in her fifties with a kind face standing at the entrance. Song Ling introduced, “This is Aunt Zhao. She has been taking care of Mr. Gu and is now in charge of your daily life.” The people around Gu Xiuyi are very polite, and Aunt
Zhao He called out with a smile: “Mr. Ji.”
This body was only eighteen years old, and even Ji Ruan was only twenty when he died that year. Ji Ruan was a little uncomfortable being called Mr. So politely by the elders.
He touched the tip of his nose and said with a smile, “Hello, Aunt Zhao, you can call me Xiaoruan.”
Aunt Zhao didn’t shirk after hearing this, she smiled and replied, “Oh, by the way, this is Mr. Gu’s cat, named Xiao An.”
She said and rubbed the head of the big cat next to her legs, it was a huge light silver Maine Coon cat, squatting almost to the height of Aunt Zhao’s knee, Ji Ruan almost thought it was a medium-sized dog at first glance .
Xiao An looks fierce and noble, under the guidance of Aunt Zhao, she only rubbed Ji Ruan’s calf symbolically, and then walked away leisurely.
Aunt Zhao glanced at the big cat with a smile, and took Ji Ruan upstairs to look at the room.
In all fairness, Gu Xiuyi didn’t treat himself badly to his marriage partner – his room was very spacious, brightly lit, with a cloakroom and a bathroom. In terms of the cloakroom alone, the area was already larger than that of Ji Ruan’s hut.
It has also been specially decorated, the style is completely opposite to the sexually frigid style of the whole villa, very–Ji Ruan looked around and couldn’t help laughing-cartoon.
There are two big doll bears on the bed, the floor is covered with khaki plush carpets, even the fabric curtains are printed with silly cartoon bears, and there is a Q-version lucky cat that doesn’t look very smart on the desk.
Seeing that Ji Ruan didn’t speak, Song Ling couldn’t help being a little embarrassed.
At that time, Gu Xiuyi only told him to decorate the room a little warmer, but when he explained to the decoration company, he added: the owner of the room is young, and the colors should be more lively.
Unexpectedly, the final result is exactly like a children’s room.
Song Ling coughed, and threw the pot to the boss without changing his face: “Mr. Gu hopes that you will live comfortably, and specifically told the room to be warm.” Ji Ruan’s fine white fingers touched the
lucky cat’s paw, not knowing what to expect. What, a faint smile overflowed his lips: “Thank you, I like it very much.”
Three
days later, in the car.
The man in the back seat rested his eyes with slightly closed eyes, his tall body hidden in the shadows.
Song Ling, the co-pilot, turned his head and looked, knowing that he was not asleep, and reported in a low voice: “Madam knows that you are going to get married, so I can’t hold back anymore.” The dark light outside the window reflected the
corner of the man’s cold lips, and Gu Xiuyi’s expression was uneasy. Even the fingers on her thighs did not stop at all, and said lightly: “When will she be able to calm down, I will take a high look at her.” Hearing this, Song Ling pursed his lips and stopped
. Talk too much.
After a while, Gu Xiuyi’s deep voice came from the back seat: “Ji Ruan, what do you think of him?” How
?
This question is too broad.
Song Ling nodded. Ji Ruan was one of the many impoverished students supported by Gu Xiuyi. He was hearing-impaired, frail, and his parents died, but his grades were excellent.
Gu Xiuyi hated all troublesome and procrastinated things. Even choosing a marriage partner was only left to his subordinates. Just like selecting employees, resumes were screened layer by layer, cold and impersonal.
But Ji Ruan is excellent but weak, and he knows that he has no relatives and can avoid all worries. He is the perfect candidate.
Song Ling hesitated for a moment, then said carefully: “It’s very quiet and doesn’t talk much. It’s been three days since I’ve been home. I’ll say thank you to Aunt Zhao before eating, and I’ll push the chair back very gently after eating. I wipe my mouth from left to right. Right…”
Gu Xiuyi frowned.
Song Ling paused: “…What’s wrong?”
Gu Xiuyi pressed his eyebrows: “There is no need for such details.”
He doesn’t care at all whether his future partner wipes his mouth from left to right or right to left.
Song Ling let out an “ah” and said awkwardly: “Okay.”
Gu Xiuyi put down his hands: “Is there nothing else?”
Song Ling thought for a while: “By the way, Mr. Ji changed the bed yesterday morning and said it was… …Slept uncomfortably.”
There was only one bed on the left and right, Gu Xiuyi didn’t ask Song Ling for a while and didn’t think about it, so it shouldn’t be a big deal.
Sure enough, Gu Xiuyi closed his eyes again, obviously not worried.
Song Ling looked ahead and asked, “We’re here soon, do we need to contact the inside first?” “
No, just go in.”
The open kitchen on the first floor of the villa, Gu Xiuyi could smell the faint scent of mung bean soup when he stepped out of the elevator, Aunt Zhao Just about to start making dinner.
Xiao Anbai has a tall and tall body, but he is actually very clingy to acquaintances, rubbing wildly on Gu Xiuyi’s trouser legs.
Gu Xiuyi rubbed the big cat’s head, took off his suit jacket and handed it to Aunt Zhao, glanced at the living room, and asked casually, “Where’s the person?”
Aunt Zhao understood, and took the suit: “I took a nap in the room before, but now it’s probably gone Wake up.”
Gu Xiuyi nodded, with no emotion on his face, and washed his hands at the counter, “Is he easy to get along with?”
Aunt Zhao has been in charge of taking care of Gu Xiuyi since he was ten years old, and she has a close relationship. The child is very good, but I think my body is a little weak, it may have been too hot a few days ago, and I have lost my appetite recently, and I prefer to eat fruit.” She said with a smile, “
But I still eat very seriously, it should be very serious. I like my cooking.”
Aunt Zhao has good cooking skills, and the happiest thing is that others like her food.
Gu Xiuyi also smiled, and dried his hands: “I’ll go up and have a look.”
“Oh, good.”
Taking advantage of the boss’s turning around, Song Ling quickly stuffed a piece of apple that Aunt Zhao had cut, and quietly followed.
The room that Gu Xiuyi chose for Ji Ruan had really good lighting, the door was half-closed, and there was also hazy natural light scattered through the cracks.
Gu Xiuyi glanced through the crack of the door, and wanted to raise his hand to knock on the door symbolically, but he didn’t know what he saw, so he suddenly stopped.
Seeing that his boss was not moving forward, Song Ling was suddenly curious, and bravely moved forward.
The bed had indeed been changed, and Ji Ruan was lying on it in a short-sleeved pajamas, with her right hand constantly touching something behind the pillow.
Then, he was shocked to see that Ji Ruan took out a small remote control, pressed it twice, the head of the bed suddenly rose slowly, moved forward together with the wooden table at the end of the bed, and stopped at an appropriate position.
It is completely a bed for critically ill patients in the hospital, which can minimize the amount of activity.
Ji Ruan turned on the TV, but did not turn on the sound. It seemed that he only needed to watch the subtitles.
There is a bowl of juicy cherries on the bed table, and the lucky cat that was originally used as decoration in the room, but the claws of the lucky cat were removed, and a wooden stick was connected, which looked like a clip in a claw machine.
A thin string is attached to the wooden stick. Ji Ruan only needs to move his fingers, and Lucky Cat can grab a cherry from the glass dish and feed it into his mouth accurately.
Song Ling opened his mouth wide in shock, and quickly looked at Gu Xiuyi.
Mr. Gu frowned so much that he could strangle a mosquito to death.
Gu Xiuyi has always been a self-disciplined and hardworking person. Ever since Song Ling became his assistant, he never got up after 6 o’clock.
He was almost certain that this was the laziest scene his boss had ever seen in his life.
Gu Xiuyi turned his head, expressionless, but his eyes were frighteningly cold, as if silently questioning.
Song Ling’s back was chilled by the sight, and he tried his best to maintain his composure.
Ji Ruan was selected by their secretarial team, the most suitable marriage partner for Gu Xiuyi, he can’t let the boss question his ability to work.
Song Ling bit the bullet, glanced at Ji Ruan who had been repeatedly fed by the lucky cat, and said without changing his face: “Quiet, you don’t turn on the sound when you watch him watching TV. It’s not a big deal, and if you want to eat cherries, you don’t bother others.” Song
Ling Ling bowed: “It fully meets your requirements for the other side, boss.”
Gu Xiuyi glanced over the assistant, took a deep breath and pushed open the door.
The young man inside noticed that someone was coming, so he quickly sat up straight, with his legs resting on the edge of the bed, and looked at Gu Xiuyi with watery eyes.
His pajamas are off-white with a loose neckline, and the fabric looks extra soft on his body.
The sitting posture changed, but the lucky cat that was trying to feed Ji Ruan didn’t stop. Another cherry was thrown up and bounced on the side of Ji Ruan’s neck. He stretched out his hand to catch it with a cry of surprise.
But did not receive.
The bright red cherry slid across the snow-white skin and fell into the neckline from the thin collarbone. The boy frantically intercepted it all the way, but it escaped from under the hem of his clothes and fell to the ground.
Then rolled all the way to Gu Xiuyi’s feet.
Gu Xiuyi could see that the young man was stunned for a moment, but his eyes were no longer as slow and loose as when he was lying on the bed.
Gu Xiuyi bent down to pick up the cherry, and walked up to Ji Ruan step by step. The boy had to raise his head to meet his gaze.
His hair is very soft, and his forehead is exposed when he raises his head, and the ends of his hair brush the tips of his ears. The skin on the side of his neck touched by cherries is white and thin.
Gu Xiuyi glanced at the cherry in his hand, put it back on the table, and met the boy’s light-colored pupils: “Ji Ruan?”
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Mr. Gu: Ji Ruan, how are you doing?
Everyone: cute and cute!
Ruan Ruan: Huh? … paralyzed >_<
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