Home in Zurich

Chapter 1 New Year's Eve

Half-dream and half-awake, Su Li woke up in a panic. Following a burst of palpitations, the familiar suffocation pain in his chest gradually became clear. His whole body was engulfed in a nightmare, unable to move at all. Su Li felt as if he had opened his eyes, because there were balls of The changing light and shadow kept surging in front of my eyes.

It seems that after a long time, it seems that it is only a moment, and the sight is blocked by the black mist again.Although Su Li became more and more out of breath, his mind slowly regained consciousness and he regained some control over his body.

My heart was unexpectedly peaceful.

Counting the rhythm silently, he tried to adjust his breathing little by little over and over again. Finally, the black mist in front of him dissipated, and the strange neon lights outside the window projected in. , trying to lick the hands that were tightly clutching the front of his chest.

I tried again to concentrate slowly, and sure enough, the back of my hand felt a little hot and humid.

After a while, Xiao Miao's anxious meowing sound gradually became clear, and occasionally, there were bursts of fireworks and firecrackers exploding outside the window.

Yes, it should still be New Year's Eve.

It may not be long since he faced his father's wrath and his mother's dissatisfaction, almost fled, left the restaurant, and returned to his bedroom in a trance.

Holding on to the last bit of strength to lock the door of the house, he lost his personnel.

Maybe it wasn't just his hallucination, he vaguely remembered that Su Xu seemed to sneer at that time.

Can his embarrassment make him so happy?

why?

He thought that in this family, he and he had always gotten along fairly well, at least, no different from other brothers.

That's right, since he was a child, he has always been the one hated by everyone.

How would he know what other brothers should be like?

Xiaomiao realized that he was awake, so she acted coquettishly.

The corners of Su Li's lips were slightly raised, as if making a smiling expression, but a string of tears fell down his cheeks, silently, maybe even he himself didn't notice it.

He looked at the kitten and thought, "I still have you."

Lying quietly on the floor of the bedroom, he tried to distinguish the sound of the watch hands on his wrist.

Palpitations and choking made it difficult for him to concentrate.

I really want to sleep, but not now.

This provincial capital city in the south-central part of the country is very cold in winter, but the municipal government does not have central heating. Since the popularization of air-conditioning, almost every household has been relying on air-conditioning for heating.

The room he is currently in was a spare guest room and storage room before yesterday, and it was only after he moved in that he found that the air conditioner was broken.It was freezing cold everywhere, and there was a faint, long-uninhabited, decaying smell in the air.

Before going to university, he and Su Xu both lived on the second floor of this three-story single-family villa. They lived in a suite with their own separate bedrooms and shared a bathroom.

He has contacted all the pet shops in the city where the school is located, who can find contact information and look reliable, but none of them accept pets as foster care during the Spring Festival holiday.

He had no choice but to take Xiao Miao home.

On the first night back home, Su Xu said that he was allergic to cat fur, so in the middle of the night, he pushed Su Li and the kitten out and locked the door.

Mother Su happened to pass by, heard the movement, and gave him a complaining look, saying that your brother has always been in poor health and had asthma symptoms when he was a child.Seeing the nanny rushing over upon hearing the sound, she was a very face-saving person, so she didn't continue talking and asked the nanny to go to the third floor to tidy up a guest room for him.

The air conditioner was broken, and he couldn't find a spare electric blanket for a while, so he hugged the kitten for the night.

The next day, the nanny took down the electric blanket from his room and spread it on the bed in the guest room. It seemed that this winter vacation, maybe, not just this winter vacation, in this family, he would stay in this guest room.

It may be because the Spring Festival is approaching, the nanny has not contacted the air conditioner maintenance personnel.The third day was New Year's Eve, and the nanny went home for the holiday.He found the maintenance phone number of the relevant brand in this city on the Internet, and dialed the number with his mobile phone, but he couldn't get through.

So he can't sleep now, the winter night is really too cold, at least, he has to lie on the bed, and he has to cover himself with a quilt, and it's best if he has the strength to turn on the electric blanket.

Adjusting his breathing with the ticking sound of the watch, he felt as if he had regained some sense of his body.

Because he felt that the suffocation pain in his chest, whether it was the position of the heart, became more intense.According to past experience, an attack of this level may pull him into the darkness again at any time.

In order not to fall asleep, he forced himself to slowly disassemble the action of sitting up in his mind, which was so difficult and almost impossible for him at this time.

Then, while talking to myself, like a machine that has been in disrepair for a long time, bit by bit, according to the preview in my heart, first raised the wrist, bent the elbow joint, and slowly touched the end of the bed with the palm solid wood frame.

Now, I know, yes, you're exhausted, but all you have to do is turn your hand slightly sideways and grab the bedpost...

Yes, it didn't take much effort, didn't you do it well before?This must be much easier than the last one, and then you can take a break...

Look, haven't you already done it, Su Li, next, there is only one action left...

So, he bit his lower lip, focused all his attention on the arm holding the bedpost, and moved himself onto the bed with force.

But it's still cold.

Su Li thought.

Once again, he fell into darkness.