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

Chapter 54 I hope you are well

The next day at work, Pei Yizhou came to pick me up again.

For breakfast he brought vegetable and shrimp pancakes and pumpkin millet porridge. The pink shrimp pancakes were extremely fragrant, and there seemed to be several kinds of vegetables in them.

This meal takes quite some time to prepare. How long in advance did he get up?
While eating, Lin Lu observed Pei Yizhou out of the corner of his eye.

He looked unchanged, with straight shoulders and clean stubble. His shirt and coat were new, and he had a light woody scent. It was obvious that he was a man who paid great attention to his image.

However, from these aspects, there is no way to analyze whether he is suffering from insomnia or headache.

Lin Lu could only stare at his face for a few seconds and saw the faint blue color under his eyes.

Then he noticed it keenly.

"Why are you looking at me? Do you have something to say?" Pei Yizhou smiled, as if he was happy that she was willing to pay attention to him.

"I don't have to make breakfast specially and bring it with me in the future. I can buy it on the way or eat in the cafeteria after arriving at the company." She took a bite of the shrimp biscuit and said casually.

Any normal person can understand how peaceful and considerate this sentence is, but Pei Yizhou interpreted it differently.

He frowned for a moment and said, "The food sold outside is unhealthy, and there are not many varieties in the cafeteria. Don't you want to eat the food I cook?"

“……”It’s really a fate of hard work that I brought upon myself.

She rolled her eyes and picked up the third pancake.

Because he has to travel between two places, Pei Yizhou now drives himself on his way to work instead of his assistant or driver.

Compared to the atmosphere of the previous two days which was so gloomy that water could drip out, the car was unusually peaceful throughout the journey today. Lin Lu did not slam the car door with a cold face when getting out of the car.

Even though he got off the car and left as soon as he arrived at the destination, he couldn't be stopped even if he was called.

But this was a good change - Pei Yizhou unbuckled his seat belt in the driver's seat and watched Lin Lu jogging away with a satisfied smile on his face.

He will suppress his anxiety and take it slow. What belongs to him will always return to him.

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Today's work is still boring.

Lin Lu completed his task and found a tracing software to search for information about the small bottle on the Internet.

In the browser's search history, the latest one is the recruitment website information, followed by Linzhou Technology's office positions in other provinces and other countries.

According to the plan, she was going to search for these two pieces of information again today, but with the painkiller incident, she could only change the priority of the events.

The small bottle had no special features, and I couldn't find any accurate information after searching for a long time. I could only browse through the precautions of several commonly used painkillers in clinical practice.

Among them, the two most common problems are that it affects the digestive tract and causes sleep disorders after taking the medicine.

The more Lin Lu looked, the deeper his frown became.

Sister Chen came back from the bathroom and saw that she looked very serious. She walked closer and asked, "Xiao Lin, what are you thinking about? When you frown, you look three years older."

She turned her gaze to Sister Chen, and closed her eyes, which were uncomfortable with the stimulation of the computer screen. Then she remembered something and asked, "Sister Chen, have you seen Pei... Mr. Pei take any medicine?"

Sister Chen paused. What a coincidence! Everything the boss did and said in front of her seemed to come in handy in the past two days.

"Yes. He ate it yesterday. I took it from the medicine box."

First aid kit?
"What medicine is it? Do you always keep it ready?" she asked again.

Sister Chen nodded. "Always keep it on hand. Mainly for headaches. In addition to the common cold and fever medicines, medicines for sore throats and hangovers, there are more gastrointestinal medicines and painkillers in the medicine box."

It really relieves headaches.

"Are the painkillers in the medicine cabinet in small bottles?"

Sister Chen shook her head: "It's in a box. Bottled medicine is usually liquid. If it's in tablet form, then the dosage should be larger?"

Lin Lu now even pursed his lips tightly.

She looked very serious, and Sister Chen looked at her for a few more times, as if thinking about something. When it was time to go across the street to hand in the leadership assessment form, Sister Chen was going to check if there were any bottles of painkillers left in the medicine box.

However, when I entered, Director Xu from the marketing department was already there.

Probably because the business was not very important, Pei Yizhou let her into the office as usual.

Xu Jiayan didn't care and continued to tell the information in a low voice.

"She asked me yesterday... I was afraid I'd said something wrong... I wonder if you guys are... have you really taken the medicine again? This is not what I told you to remember to take..."

Sister Chen put the information on his desk and suddenly said, "Boss Pei, Xiao Lin just asked me if you were taking painkillers."

Pei Yizhou and Xu Jiayan looked up at her at the same time.

"She seemed very worried and kept frowning," Sister Chen added.

The lines on Pei Yizhou's face softened visibly and he nodded to show that he understood.

Sister Chen left tactfully.

As soon as she left, Xu Jiayan stared at the air in thought for half a minute, then turned back and looked at Pei Yizhou with squinted eyes.

"You didn't do this on purpose, did you? In order to prevent our sister from being mad at you, and because she's worried about you, she asked you to go back and live there?"

Pei Yizhou picked up the assessment form and looked at it, but did not answer directly: "I am indeed taking medicine."

But Xu Jiayan had been friends with him for so many years and knew the subtext of his various expressions and actions, so he understood it instantly.

Taking medicine is true, and taking the opportunity to do something cunning is also true.

"As expected of a capitalist who runs a company, you have a lot of tricks up your sleeve," Xu Jiayan wanted to applaud him. "If the stocks I bought were as good as yours, I wouldn't have to cheat Ding Zitong out of her gambling money."

Pei Yizhou pulled out the performance appraisal form for the marketing department and tapped his fingers: "You failed one of the appraisals."

Xu Jiayan: "But I have given so much to your love journey, and I want to continue to shine in the future."

Pei Yizhou changed the subject: "I'll pay for the restaurant bill."

"Good boss, here are the bills accumulated for a year." Xu Jiayan walked out of the office with a card.

Lin Lu had no idea about the "dirty" deal on the other side.

She had a plan in mind, and when she was called into the office again during lunch time, she asked directly: "Where is the bottle of painkillers you mentioned yesterday? Take it out so I can see it."

Since Pei Yizhou didn't move, she just started searching.

He didn't have any on him, but what was found in his desk drawer were not only painkillers, but also a box of sedatives for treating insomnia and anxiety.

She took all of them and put them in her pocket, then sat down again and said, "Eat."

Pei Yizhou looked at her, sighed after a moment and asked: "If you take everything away, what should I do if I can't sleep at night?"

"I don't know whether your symptoms are serious or not, and I don't know whether you are really taking medicine or taking the opportunity to deceive me and gain my sympathy," Lin Lu poked the meatballs in the bowl with chopsticks, raised his head and looked at him calmly for a long time, "but I hope you are well and free from illness and disaster. Do you remember the wish I made for you on your last birthday?"

Pei Yizhou still looked at her, his eyes deep, as if he wanted to stubbornly see into her heart.

"Okay," he lowered his eyes and passed a box of cigars over, "I understand."

In fact, the decision of whether the method is useful and how useful it is has always been in her hands.

Lin Lu thought he had conveyed the warnings, so he patted his butt and left after the meal.

As she walked into the corridor, her cell phone vibrated. She thought it was Pei Yizhou doing something again, so she picked it up and saw that it was Duan Chengyu, who she hadn't contacted for a while.

[Are you free these two days? I want to meet you. ]

　Happy New Year 2025! May all your wishes come true, and may you be healthy and prosperous in the new year!

　　OMG, the update time prefix I sent out has become 2025. I feel like I haven't done much in 2024 and it's just been washed away under the faucet. It's hard to describe my mood at the moment, but if I have to summarize something, I can only say that it's a bit hard to describe...hahahahahahahaha

　　
　　
　
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