Seven years after my death, the male protagonist of the substitute novel was criticized

Chapter 53 Are his symptoms serious?

The true identity of the small bottle is still in doubt, but Pei Yizhou doesn't seem to want to talk about it and turns the topic to the coat.

"I've been kicked out and I can't hang my clothes on the racks at home?"

Lin Lu said coldly: "That's something only my brother can use."

Slippers, sofa pillows, thin blankets, and water cups were all for her brother to use, and Pei Yizhou was refused access to them.

The same person, with different identities and statuses, will be treated very differently.

Pei Yizhou was silent for a while, said nothing, and went back to the kitchen to continue cooking.

After he left, Lin Lu's cold face was replaced by a frown. She looked at Pei Yizhou's back with an inquiring gaze, scanning his body, wanting to know where he put the small bottle.

Painkillers? Psychotropic drugs?
No matter what kind of medicine it is, there is no need to hide it from her. She fell into deep thought.

The dinner was still very sumptuous. Pei Yizhou placed the only clay pot rice in front of her, took off his apron, and instead of sitting down, went to the stool to pick up his clothes.

"I still have things to do at the company, so you can eat first. Just put the bowl in the dishwasher after you finish."

Saying that, he was about to leave.

This is really strange. Recently, he has been wanting to tie the two of them together and not leave until she has eaten and drunk her fill and goes back to her room to sleep.

Is there really something going on at the company? Lin Lu used a spoon to pry up the rice crust on the edge of the clay pot rice, put it into her mouth and chewed it, staring at his back thoughtfully.

Although he was puzzled, he did not ask him to stay.

Pei Yizhou put on his coat and looked back at her when he walked to the door.

"Don't eat too much beef. You have a bad stomach. Eating too much meat at night can cause indigestion and discomfort."

Lin Lu withdrew his gaze and did not respond.

Pei Yizhou sighed: "Lulu, don't you want to say goodbye?"

She still had her head down, her chopsticks reaching for the beef.

The door was closed after more than ten seconds and Pei Yizhou left.

After finishing the meal slowly, Lin Lu leaned back in his chair and looked at his own reflection in the floor-to-ceiling window.

This was the first time that Pei Yizhou didn't have dinner with her since she traveled here - she was a little confused, and kept emphasizing that "brothers and sisters are like this, they always go their separate ways in the end", but in fact this was the first time she really realized the meaning of this sentence.

They will not live under the same roof in the future, will not eat together every day, and later on, when each of them has their own lover and family, they will have even fewer opportunities to meet each other. The place in each other's hearts is gradually being taken away to be filled by other people.

I wonder if brothers and sisters in other families can also clearly recognize this pain among the complex and numerous pains when the pains of growing up come.

Perhaps this pain was too much for Pei Yizhou, which caused him to fall into inappropriate thoughts and unable to extricate himself.

Lin Lu rubbed his face, quietly cleaned up the dishes by himself, and then called Ding Zitong.

"Zitong, I want to ask, you said before that my brother has seen a psychiatrist, so has he been taking medicine?"

Ding Zitong didn't know much about this matter and suggested that she ask Xu Jiayan.

So Lin Lu called Xu Jiayan again.

But the first thing he asked about was not medicine, but overtime.

"Brother Jiayan, is there anything important at the company tonight that requires my brother to work overtime?" It was the first time Xu Jiayan received her call to check on him. In a daze, he thought that Pei Yizhou had taken his sister away in three days and returned to a normal and happy life. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.

"Oh, your brother? It seems... it seems that there is one tonight. But I don't know what it is exactly. After all, he is the boss. He knows what I am busy with, but I don't know what he is busy with."

She didn't speak for a while.

Xu Jiayan thought he had said something wrong, so he quickly tried to make amends: "But I'm still in the company, how about I go to his office to see if he's there? Don't worry, if he said he was going to work overtime, then he's definitely working overtime. Your brother isn't the kind of person who makes excuses to mess around."

"..." It sounded like he was covering up for his friend's wife. Lin Lu sighed, "Brother Jiayan, do you also know how my brother treats me..."

Xu Jiayan could fully understand the unspoken meaning and coughed: "Who said that? Love, cough and poverty cannot be concealed. And he didn't try to hide it during the years when you were away."

"Don't you think... think..." She couldn't say it to the person who had always been her brother's friend.

"No, no, no, I don't think so. Anyway, you are not related by blood, and as his friend, I will definitely consider his mental health first. As long as he can live a normal life, this matter is nothing." He spoke so sincerely and with so much emotion that Xu Jiayan himself was moved.

I hope Pei Yizhou can find a reason to give him a bonus.

Lin Lu was silent for a few seconds, changed the topic, and asked about "mental health".

"I heard from Zitong before that my brother is seeing a psychiatrist. Does that mean he has been taking medicine?"

"He is taking medicine, but he can't take too much psychiatric medicine. He only takes it occasionally. Why, did you see him taking medicine?"

"No, I just saw a small bottle and he said it was painkillers."

"Painkillers?" Xu Jiayan's tone was a little more serious. "I remember his main symptoms were insomnia and headaches. He even drank alcohol to sleep well, but I didn't hear him say that his headaches were so severe that he needed to take painkillers."

Lin Lu frowned.

She did not know the specific details of Pei Yizhou's physical condition in the past few years. It was conceivable that his health had deteriorated due to grief and sadness. However, after meeting him, except for the first two days when he looked a little haggard, he was normal at other times and she did not observe any insomnia.

If all the symptoms were caused by her disappearance, then now that she is back, Pei Yizhou should also get better, at least he won't need to take any painkillers to fight the headache.

Then why are you still taking medicine recently?
Is it because he has been thinking about it for so many years, not just looking forward to her coming back?
She took a long time to think, and Xu Jiayan called out "hello" twice tentatively.

"Lulu? Do you think your brother has been taking painkillers recently? Has he had insomnia or headaches recently?"

Lin Lu pursed her lips and said after a moment of silence: "He moved out these days, I don't know."

Xu Jiayan exclaimed "Ah" in shock.

"But when we're together during the day, including when we're on vacation, he shouldn't have insomnia or headaches." She took a deep breath and added.

"So it means it happened in the past few days? It happened in the past few days... Ahem, maybe it was caused by him moving out?"

This is really targeted, Lin Lu snorted coldly.

Xu Jiayan is very good at being a third party and immediately deflected suspicion: "Of course, I know moving out is not the main reason. But I don't know what happened between you two. I can only advise him to see a psychologist as soon as possible after seeing him. He will feel a little better after a visit. Tell him not to take the medicine. Taking too much may affect his appetite."

Affects appetite?

Lin Lu frowned again, remembering that Pei Yizhou left without eating.

Someone who has been busy all afternoon would definitely not refuse a sumptuous and delicious dinner, but Pei Yizhou didn't even look at the dishes.

Is it really serious enough that he has to take painkillers?
(End of this chapter)