passion story

Ke Xiang frowned slightly.

"Stop it," Xue Lizhen didn't want to recall that disgusting thing: "I'm leaving."

Of course Xue Lizhen didn't repeat the story of Zhou He beating him, he was simply too tired to think about it.

The work at KTV was much more tiring than he imagined. He had to stand all night, talking and bowing...and then go to school during the day.He lied to his mother that he was staying at a friend's house for a few days, but he had to go to school, and after these three months, he would be fine with his junior high school diploma.

Xue Lizhen heard his mother and Uncle Li arguing this morning, but he hid in the house and listened for a long time without saying a word.It's still about those old sesame seeds and rotten millet. Uncle Li's ex-wife is a gambler. Whenever he loses money, he will come to Uncle Li for money.

It seems that Uncle Li gave five hundred to his ex-wife behind his mother's back yesterday.

Xue Lizhen thought to himself, after finishing this month, he will get 2400 yuan—when the time comes, he will directly give 1000 yuan to his mother, will she still be angry with Uncle Li for the 500 yuan?

Make money make money make money.

Xue Lizhen fell asleep on the table in a daze.

But I don't know if it's because he was thinking about making money. He had a dream all morning. For a while, he was being chased all over the street by his dead father, and for a while, he was fighting with Uncle Li's curly-haired ex-wife...

Woke up at noon with a terrible headache.

Xue Lizhen ate a bowl of noodles casually, and couldn't fall asleep even if she wanted to sleep. She kept her eyes open all afternoon - he couldn't understand the teacher's lecture, and even if he could understand a little, it was just a Chinese class.There is no Chinese class in the afternoon.

Finally, at ten past five, he put his schoolbag on his back, climbed over the wall and left.

four

"Look at those few, I see there is something in the bag." The foreman came over and said to Xue Lizhen in a low voice.

KTV prohibits take-away alcohol, but there are always people who think they can bring alcohol in without anyone noticing—in fact, the waiters are sharp-eyed.

Xue Lizhen silently followed the students in school uniforms in front of him, and when he saw them entering the private room, he stood at the corner of the corridor not far away. There was a narrow strip of glass on the door of the KTV private room. Xue Lizhen was standing at a position where he could see the situation in the room through the glass.

The foreman explained that when encountering such a situation, the guest's drink would be confiscated if he couldn't go up - he didn't drink a sip, and it was easy to cause conflicts.

Of course, you can't wait for them to finish drinking.

Xue Lizhen stood for a quarter of an hour, then walked towards the private room.

He bowed first, and then said: "Sorry, we have a rule that you can't bring your own drinks. I have to take the ones you brought."

Several boys and girls looked at each other, embarrassed.

"You said you won't take it if you don't want to take it?" Suddenly, a tall boy stood up "teng", pointed at Xue Lizhen and shouted.

"This is our rule. It's posted in the lobby as soon as you enter the door. I'm sorry." Xue Lizhen knew that he could say as little as possible at this time, so he went straight to put the messy beer bottles on the table into the box he brought.

"Did you move!" The boy actually picked up a wine bottle and smashed it hard at Xue Lizhen's arm!

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Xue Lizhen dodged it.

"I..." Xue Lizhen wanted to kill this idiot in his heart, but the shop was very strict, absolutely, absolutely not.

Fortunately, at this time the foreman came in with two waiters.

"Hello, our regulations here do not allow outside drinks, how about this, I will store it at the front desk for you first, and you can get it after you finish playing later, is that okay?"

After all, I am a student, so I was a little scared when I saw that there were too many waiters, not to mention that they brought their own drinks, which was at fault first.This solution is obviously suitable for the moment.

A girl with a ponytail stood up and nodded: "Yes, we will take it when we leave."

"Thank you for your cooperation." The foreman bowed to the girl, and the two waiters behind him walked to the table and put bottles of beer into the box.

"Sorry to bother you, have a good time."

After the foreman finished speaking, he winked at Xue Lizhen.

Xue Lizhen followed behind them and walked out of the private room.

"You stop!"

Suddenly there was a shout from behind.

Xue Lizhen turned her head and saw the tall and burly boy pointing at him.

"Is there anything you want?" the foreman walked over and asked.

"I didn't say you," the boy looked at Xue Lizhen angrily, "I said him."

"You have to apologize to us!" The boy shouted, "Did you touch our things just now?"

Xue Lizhen felt that the swearing was about to come out, so he took a deep breath and said to the foreman, "I just went to collect drinks..."

The foreman may also feel that the boy's request is a bit rude, so he defended Xue Lizhen: "He won't touch other things, he just accepts some drinks that you bring."

"I have to agree with that! We bought it with our own money!" The boy insisted: "You have to fucking apologize, hurry up!"

Xue Lizhen had already clenched his fists, he felt that he could pounce on him in the next second, and beat that idiot until he couldn't see the sun of tomorrow.

But he has to bear it.

The scene was deadlocked, and after a few seconds, the foreman lightly bumped Xue Lizhen's arm.

Xue Lizhen knew that he was implying that he would soften and apologize.

Xue Lizhen didn't speak.

"You don't fucking apologize, do you? Shameless, you idiot..." The boy took out his phone from his pocket while talking: "Just wait!"

"Don't be impulsive, we have something to talk about, he's new here, I'll let him know right away..." Seeing that things were going to get serious, the foreman hurried forward to stop the boy from calling.

"Get out!" The boy pushed the foreman away and pointed at Xue Lizhen: "You fucking stand here, don't move, I'll call Sister Wen over!"

Xue Lizhen didn't know who Sister Wen was, but seeing the foreman's expression changed.

The boy's phone went through.

"Sister Wen, it's me, Zhang Jihao, I'm in the Green Forest... something happened here, a waiter stole my things... I'm fine, that waiter caught me, I let him He didn't even apologize, and he almost did it with me... um... okay... thank you, Sister Wen."

After more than ten minutes, the door of the private room was pushed open again.

Xue Lizhen's heart skipped a beat.

"Jihao, who provoked you?" Zhou He asked calmly with a cigarette between his fingertips.

"Hey. Zhou He!" The boy walked over and hugged Zhou He's shoulder very affectionately: "Why are you here?"

"Sister Wen is not here today, and I happen to be eating next to you." Zhou He's eyes circled around the private room, and finally stopped on Xue Lizhen: "Sister Wen said your things were stolen?"

"That's an idiot!" The boy sneered and gave Xue Lizhen a look.

"Hey, what did you steal?"

"Our wine."

Xue Lizhen had been in a daze since Zhou He entered the private room, but now she barely realized that Zhou He's family opened the green forest?

fuck!

"Wine..." Zhou He nodded, and said to the foreman, "Calibrate his wages and let him go. It's too ignorant. Jihao finally came to play once, so he made such a mess?"

The foreman could only nod repeatedly.

"He has to apologize to us!"

"Apologize," Zhou He put out the cigarette butt on the wall indifferently, walked towards Xue Lizhen, and turned his back to everyone: "Then apologize."

Xue Lizhen's fist shook again and again, and finally couldn't help it, and slammed it at the boy!

... Then Zhou He stubbornly stopped him.

Zhou He locked his arms like iron chains, and the foreman and two other waiters quickly surrounded him to stop him.

"Fuck you idiot, you fucking dare to fight me, I can't beat you to death today!" The boy took two steps back and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Jihao," Zhou He turned his head and said to the boy, "He apologized and gave Sister Wen some face."

Xue Lizhen stared at Zhou He with bloodshot eyes.

Zhou He looked at him calmly.

After a while, Xue Lizhen walked over and said to the boy, "I'm sorry."

Apparently Zhou He's phrase "give Sister Wen some face" had an effect just now, the boy nodded arrogantly and didn't say anything else.

五

Xue Lizhen followed Zhou He into an empty private room.

"What do you mean?"

When Zhou He stopped him just now, one hand actually patted his back lightly several times, and even pinched his waist.

Through the dim light in the private room, Xue Lizhen saw Zhou He's bright peach blossom eyes narrowed.

"You can't fight in KTV," Zhou He lit a cigarette, and said softly, "But you didn't say that you can't fight in KTV, did you?"

☆, Fanwai - Xue Lizhen and Zhou He (3)

一

The morning sun shone on Xue Lizhen's face. A few seconds later, his eyelashes trembled and he opened his eyes.

"...Zhou He?"

Zhou He had already dressed, and said flatly, "Get up, it's a quarter past nine."

Xue Lizhen looked at Zhou He with his back turned to him, and was in a daze for a moment.

"Now...how many months?"

Zhou He turned his head to look at him, and smiled: "Why are you being fooled?"

Xue Lizhen moved her waist, feeling sore.

Thighs are also sour.

Xue Lizhen shook his head vigorously, and reached for his mobile phone from the small table next to the bed—March 2016, 3.

Zhou He had already gone to the bathroom to wash up. Xue Lizhen threw the phone by his hand and let out a long breath.

He thought, is it really old?Recently, I always have dreams, and the dreams are all about the past.No way, I'm only 25.

"Xue Lizhen," Zhou He walked to the door, holding a toothbrush in his hand: "The toothpaste is used up."

"...I forgot to buy it last night." Xue Lizhen sat up from the bed.

"Can you stop being so poor?" Zhou He frowned: "Last time, the electricity bill ran out, and last time, the lubrication ran out—is it just short of money?"

Xue Lizhen blinked and thought, yes, it was just a dream, and this is reality.

"I'm going downstairs to buy it now. I'm going to buy breakfast by the way. You should play the game first."

Zhou He nodded and walked back to the bathroom without saying anything.

Xue Lizhen went to the kitchen to wash his face with cold water, dipped in some water and brushed his messy hair, took his wallet, and went downstairs with the bowl.

The location of this house is very good, there are both Wal-Mart and vegetable markets around, and you can see various breakfast stalls within a few steps.Xue Lizhen went straight to the Chongqing noodle shop across the road.

"Boss, put a bowl of pea noodles for me." Xue Lizhen handed the bowl to the boss.

"Okay, I'll be fine soon."

While waiting for the noodles, Xue Lizhen went out of the noodle shop and turned left, bought two cups of mung bean soup and a drawer of steamed buns with fennel.

Ten minutes later, Xue Lizhen walked into the convenience store downstairs to buy toothpaste, with noodles in one hand and buns and mung bean soup hanging on the wrist of the other.

Then he went upstairs, stood at the door and shouted, "Zhou He, open the door."

There is no response.

Xue Lizhen stopped shouting. He looked at the noodles in the bowl and thought, luckily it's spring now, and it doesn't get cold so fast.

A few minutes later, the door opened.

Zhou He was still holding the phone, and Xue Lizhen heard a loud "Defeat".

Well, you shouldn't say that you let him wait while playing games. After losing, Mr. Zhou should be in a bad mood again.

Xue Lizhen put the breakfast on the dining table, took out toothpaste from his pocket and handed it to Zhou He: "Are you still going to the company in the morning?"

Zhou He glanced at the toothpaste in his hand, and threw the toothpaste on the ground without answering Xue Lizhen's words: "I don't use mint flavor, don't you know?"

Xue Lizhen groaned in his heart, scolding himself, he was so out of his mind dreaming!

"No need," Zhou He said with a dark face, "I'm going back."

"Uh, that's fine." Why are you so angry today, and you performed supernormally...

Zhou He put his phone wallet into his pocket and left.

Xue Lizhen stood in front of the window, watching him walk out of the corridor and get in the car. The white Mercedes slowly drove out of his sight.

Xue Lizhen picked up the toothpaste from the floor, brushed his teeth, and sat down at the table.

He is a native of Gancheng, and he can't stand the hotness of Chongqing noodles.Zhou He, that Changsha native, always eats happily.

But if you buy everything, you can't throw it away.

Fortunately, the mung bean soup was chilled, and one mouthful of noodle and one mouthful of mung bean soup finally finished eating the pea noodles that night.

Xue Lizhen ate a few more buns, and finally there were three left. He really couldn't eat any more, so he planned to save it for lunch.

After breakfast, Xue Lizhen took off the bed sheet and quilt cover and stuffed it into the washing machine, and then tidied up the messy living room and bedroom last night. Looking at the watch, it was past ten o'clock.

Xue Lizhen sent Zhou He a WeChat message: "Are you home?"

After waiting for 10 minutes, Zhou He didn't reply.

Xue Lizhen put down her phone and went to take a shower.

two

As the warm water flowed over the messy marks on his body, Xue Lizhen scolded Zhou He in his heart, a dog is still a hungry dog.

Thinking of this makes me feel a little uncomfortable, last night... If Zhou He hadn't been so anxious, he wouldn't have forgotten to buy toothpaste.

Xue Lizhen stood under the shower, twisting her waist left and right... Oh, it started to hurt.

After twisting, he wanted to laugh a little - when he realized that he wanted to laugh, he wanted to laugh even more.Maybe that dream was too clear, and he couldn't help thinking of himself nearly ten years ago: always upset, and would strike at the slightest disagreement, especially with Zhou He, yes, in the first year of senior high school, he and Zhou He together.At that time, I often fought with Zhou He, most of them were just for fun, and occasionally they were serious. As for the ending, it seems that there are more cold wars?Then it's okay to be cold and cold.

All right, Xue Lizhen thought, he really is old.

Now he and Zhou He basically had no conflicts, and even if they did, there was no need to fight to resolve them.Usually he gave in, apologized, and then rolled Zhou He onto the bed—in rare cases, Zhou He gave in.

How many of these rare cases are there... Xue Lizhen rubbed his temples and began to trace back.

2016, 2015, 2014... By the way, the last time was 2014.

He managed to get an afternoon out of Mr. Zhou's busy schedule, and wanted to play billiards and watch a movie with Mr. Zhou.

As a result, Mr. Zhou released his pigeons. He thought that he would buy all the movie tickets, and if he could save one wasted, he would waste one less... Then he met Mr. Zhou in the movie theater. A beautiful little girl.

That time, for a full 36 days, he and Zhou He did not contact or meet each other.

Fortunately, Zhou He took the initiative to find him in the end. Although he didn't explain anything, he threw a key to him and said, "We have been together for so long, and we haven't given you anything."

It was the house that Xue Lizhen lived in now.

After that time, he never had any trouble with Zhou He because of the little girl.

It would have been ten years ago that he had to beat Zhou He to death.

Xue Lizhen turned off the water, pulled the towel off the clothes drying pole next to her, and rubbed it on her hair.

He laughed silently, laughing that when he was recalling that incident just now, what he was thinking in his heart was "Fortunately Zhou He took the initiative to find me in the end".

"Fortunately", when did he start using this word frequently?

Fortunately, Zhou He took the initiative to find me in the end; fortunately, Zhou He didn't fire me; fortunately, Zhou He and that woman were not married; fortunately...

Xue Lizhen changed into pajamas and walked out of the bathroom.

He turned on his phone and took a look, Zhou He still didn't reply to WeChat.

Fortunately, although I can no longer call him casually, I can still send him via WeChat.Xue Lizhen thought.

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☆, Fanwai - Xue Lizhen and Zhou He (4)

一

Xue Lizhen didn't go to work all morning, and he couldn't skip work in the afternoon even though he had nothing to do during this time.

He works as the secretary for the chief of the security department of Zhou He Company, and the chief is recuperating at home this week.It's quite funny to think about it. When Zhou He said, "You come to my company", he was still thinking about it, maybe he would be Zhou He's assistant, then... Will their relationship be possible? Be seen by others.Later, it turned out that he was overthinking, Zhou He sent him to the security department.

Zhou He recruited a beautiful returnee with a dimple in her smile as an assistant.

Later, Xue Lizhen heard that the reason why the woman said she was a returnee was because she went to the United States to give birth to a child, and then got divorced.

Zhou He, Xue Lizhen thought, the taste is getting more and more eccentric.

two

"Hey, Aunt Zhang, how is my mother today?" Xue Lizhen asked with a cigarette between his fingers.

"It's better than yesterday, and I'm in good spirits..." Aunt Zhang paused, her voice became softer, and she said, "Lizhen, the money for buying medicine last time has been used up."

Xue Lizhen simply agreed: "Okay, I'll come over at night."

"Hey, good, good..."

After hanging up the phone, Xue Lizhen thumped his forehead wearily.

I slept too late last night and didn't sleep at noon, so I'm a little dizzy now.I didn't see Zhou He this afternoon, I don't know which gentle town he went to catch up on sleep.

After finally staying up until 05:30, Xue Lizhen first went to withdraw 2000 yuan, and then took a taxi to go to his mother.

My mother has been paralyzed for almost six years, and her consciousness is also very vague, and she can only speak some simple words.This is the sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage.

Xue Lizhen sat in the back seat of the taxi with his eyes closed. He recalled that at that time, he was an intern in a factory.It was Zhou He who ran to the factory to look for him. He drove all the way from the company in Gaokai District to the factory in the suburbs. Come with me... something happened to your mother."

Xue Lizhen was taken aback: "What?"

Zhou He stepped forward and grabbed his wrist tightly, leading him to run outside: "Cerebral hemorrhage, emergency treatment is underway, let's go to the hospital."

cerebral hemorrhage.

Xue Lizhen couldn't figure it out, he always felt that this kind of thing would only happen to those who drink and eat meat every day.His mother goes to bed at 04 o'clock every night, gets up at 30:[-], and rides a tricycle to sell fruit—how could he have a cerebral hemorrhage?

Fortunately, she was sent to the hospital in time and rescued - but since then, my mother has been paralyzed on the bed. When she sees Xue Lizhen, she will call "Lizhen", but the next sentence is "You are out of school".

More than 5 yuan was spent on emergency treatment in the hospital, hospitalization and drug purchase.

My mother had more than 2 yuan in deposits, and Uncle Li took out another card to Xue Lizhen—his private money—and asked Xue Lizhen to withdraw the money on it.Xue Lizhen immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that fortunately there is still a sum of money here.As a result, Xue Lizhen stood in front of the ATM and counted four or five times, and finally had to admit: there are three "2"s between the "0" and the decimal point, three.

two thousand.

He had no choice but to take out the [-] yuan that he owed to pay for the medicine. After paying the money, he ran back to the ward, but there was no sign of Uncle Li.

I never saw him again.

The day after Uncle Li disappeared, a new reminder came again.The hospital's reminder slip was sent to the ward by the nurse. At first several times, the nurse reminded him gently that it was time to pay the fee, but then she threw the reminder slip on the table and said coldly: "No more. You can’t live without paying the fee, look at those people in the aisle outside, they are all waiting for beds.”

On the third day after Uncle Li disappeared, Zhou He came.

He was carrying a carton of milk and a carton of apples in his hand.

"Thank you, my mother...can't eat now." Xue Lizhen smiled at him.

"I know." Zhou He put down his things, and patted Xue Lizhen on the shoulder: "I'll give you something to eat—how did you lose so much weight?"

Xue Lizhen's nose suddenly became sore. For so many days, he could only think about his mother's illness and money over and over in his mind, and even the pain had to be sidelined.

But every night, when everyone else in the ward was asleep, he looked at his mother's closed eyes and the tube that went into her nostrils, and his heart ached to death.No one can tell, and there is no comfort.

Zhou He touched Xue Lizhen's face, but said nothing.

Thousands of words, as if one action is enough.

Zhou He sat with him for a long time that day, and there were other people in the ward, so there was nothing he could do.Before leaving, Xue Lizhen sent Zhou He downstairs, fetching hot water by the way.Passing by a small garden, Zhou He suddenly grabbed his hand and dragged him under a thick ginkgo tree.

Zhou He moved closer and touched Xue Lizhen's lips.

Then he took out a card: "There is some money in it, you can use it."

Xue Lizhen didn't move, looking at Zhou He.

"You don't need to pay it back. Of course, if you insist on paying it back... just now, it's worth it."

Xue Lizhen laughed, but the smile was uglier than crying: "You have lost a lot."

Zhou He smiled and leaned over again.

A deep and long kiss.

When they separated again, both of them were panting slightly.

"It's not a loss now," Zhou He said, then gently embraced Xue Lizhen's shoulders: "Call me if you have anything to do, don't go to the internship, and I will help you find something else later... Take good care of Auntie, Take care of yourself, do you hear me? I have to go to Qingdao with my dad the day after tomorrow, maybe a week."

Xue Lizhen tightly held the card in his hand and nodded.

There is 10 yuan in that card.Xue Lizhen walked out of the bank quickly, covering her eyes with her hands.Tears were still streaming down her cheeks.

"Boy, here we come!"

"Ah." Xue Lizhen collected himself and found that the taxi had stopped.

Pay, get out of the car, go upstairs, open the door.

"Has Xiaoxue eaten yet?" Aunt Zhang held a bowl of vegetable porridge in her hand: "There's still some in the pot, would you like some?"

"I've eaten, Auntie." After eating the leftover cold buns from breakfast at noon, his stomach felt uncomfortable all afternoon: "Let me feed it."

"Hey, good."

Xue Lizhen took the bowl, entered the room, and sat by the bed.

"Mom, I'm back."

"... Li Zhen."

"Well, Mom, shall we have dinner?"

"... Li Zhen."

"I'm here, Mom."

"you……"

"Ok?"

Mom has no more text.

Xue Lizhen was used to this situation. He took a spoonful of porridge and brought it to his mother's mouth: "Mom, open your mouth."

Mom obediently opened her mouth and swallowed the porridge that came in.

After a few mouthfuls of feeding, my mother coughed, and the porridge in her mouth sprayed everywhere.She wore a piece of cloth around her chest, but Xue Lizhen didn't, and there were a lot of porridge dots on her shirt.

Xue Lizhen didn't care, and patted his mother on the back lightly: "Mom, swallow slowly, swallow slowly."

When she stops coughing, start feeding again.

Just like this intermittently, I finally finished feeding a bowl of porridge.

My mother always went to bed after dinner. Xue Lizhen wiped her mouth clean, tucked in the quilt, and did not leave the house until her breathing became steady and long.

"Auntie, here is 2000 yuan, 1500 of which is your salary for this month, and the remaining 500 you can use to buy medicine for my mother... Next month, my regular deposit will be due, and I will bring the money again."

Aunt Zhang took the money with a hesitant expression on her face.

"what happened?"

"Little Xue, are you... tight on money?" Aunt Zhang's family is also in the cotton spinning factory's courtyard, so she naturally knows about Xue Lizhen's situation.Xue Lizhen works in a construction company. I heard that the company pays five social insurances and one housing fund. He has no family, so money should not be tight.

"No, I just bought a new washing machine this month..." Xue Lizhen lied, a little embarrassed: "Auntie, I will go to withdraw money on the first of next month."

"Hey, don't worry, 500 is enough to buy medicine, I just see that your complexion is not good, are you tired from work?"

"No, it's fine—I'll answer the phone, Auntie."

The phone in his trouser pocket rang, and it turned out to be Zhou He.Xue Lizhen walked quickly to the balcony and picked it up.

"Zhou He?"

There was no answer from the other end, but the sound of loud music came in.

"Zhou He?" Xue Lizhen raised his voice and called out again.

"...Xue Lizhen, come pick me up."

"where?"

"Blue Island Bar, on Bright Street, 203."

"Okay, I'll come."

"quick."

"Ah."

Xue Lizhen hung up the phone, grabbed her coat, and said softly to Aunt Zhang, "Auntie, I'm leaving."

"Okay, slow down on the road."

"Well, my mother, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Don't worry, just go about your business."

Xue Lizhen changed her shoes, went downstairs quickly, and luckily got a taxi.At first the road conditions were good, but the further we went to Mingliang Street, the more traffic jams became severe.

"Can you drive faster? I'm in a hurry."

"It won't be soon, it's a little late to catch up with the off-duty time, there is no way," the driver said while shaking his head: "The brightest street is the most congested, there are many restaurants and bars, and young people go there after get off work!"

After another 10 minutes, the taxi finally drove onto Mingliang Street, but it was completely blocked and unable to move.

Xue Lizhen looked at the long queue of cars in front of him and asked the driver, "How far is it to Blue Island Bar?"

"Three or four miles."

Xue Lizhen lowered his head to look at the leather shoes on his feet - he bought them "with a huge sum of money" last month - he was heartbroken and said, "I'll just put them on here."

three

Xue Lizhen leaned on his knees with both hands, bent over, panting at the entrance of the Blue Island Hotel.

Run a little hard.

Because he was really worried about Zhou He—if it was normal, Zhou He would never let him pick him up. Zhou He has a special driver.Therefore, something must have happened to Zhou He, and even the driver was inconvenient to participate.

Xue Lizhen wiped the sweat off his neck, opened the door and walked into the bar. He went up to the second floor and found room 203.

Singing and laughter came from inside the door, and it didn't sound like anything unusual.

Xue Lizhen pushed open the door, and although the lights were dim, he could still see Zhou He at a glance.

He was leaning on the sofa, his shirt had been unbuttoned twice, and he was holding a girl in suspenders in his arms.

"President Zhou." Xue Lizhen met everyone's gaze and walked towards Zhou He.

But before he got to his side, he was staggered by the oncoming glass.

"I paid for the money to raise you guys, and ended up raising a group of idiots?"

"...I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou, this time it was an accident."

"Accident, your mother, accident! Get out of here!"

"Mr. Zhou, calm down. You must sign the contract. Lingyun Company is in a hurry. I'll send you back after signing, okay?" Xue Lizhen said, walked over to support Zhou He, and raised him up.

"Well...then hurry up, I will come back to sing after signing."

"Okay, okay, no problem."

Xue Lizhen didn't look at anyone else, and directly supported Zhou He out of the room.

All the way without a word, after leaving the bar, Xue Lizhen took out the car keys from Zhou He's trouser pocket, and carefully put Zhou He on the passenger seat.Then he sat in the driver's seat and shook Zhou He's shoulder: "Are you going to the hospital?"

"No... go home."

"Okay..." Xue Lizhen added: "Tell me what you vomit."

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☆, Fanwai - Xue Lizhen and Zhou He (5)

The traffic jam on the highway was still there. Xue Lizhen held the steering wheel and moved a little forward with difficulty, but it was blocked again.

"Zhou He?" Xue Lizhen called him nervously, "Are you okay?"

Zhou He frowned and didn't speak.

Xue Lizhen lowered his head and asked him, "Want to drink water?"

Zhou He still didn't answer, his lips turned white.

Xue Lizhen knew that Zhou He was often drunk - there was always one meal after another, and he needed to call those middle-aged men with big bellies as brothers and sisters.Does he drink like this every time?Xue Lizhen thought, he was not at Zhou He's dinner, and he hadn't seen Zhou He drunk for a long time.

When Zhou He didn't answer, Xue Lizhen was even more worried. He boldly stretched out his hand to pinch his shoulder and shook it: "Can I pay back?"

Zhou He's tightly closed eyes opened a crack, and when he opened his mouth, there was a strong smell of alcohol: "...the hospital."

Xue Lizhen was so frightened by his words that his heart trembled, and he immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed 120.

"There is a traffic jam on Mingming Street...Okay, I'll carry him to Wuyi Road."

Xue Lizhen hung up the phone, got out of the car, picked Zhou He up from the seat, grabbed his arm with each hand, and let him throw himself on his back.

Zhou He was as heavy as a sack, Xue Lizhen gritted his teeth, and stood up tremblingly.

Then he pushed the car door with his knees and began to trot all the way with Zhou He on his back.

——Afterwards, Xue Lizhen himself found it unbelievable that Zhou He was taller and heavier than him, yet he was able to run.

Soon Zhou He was sent to the nearest hospital.Maybe it was because of shaking on Xue Lizhen's back too hard, Zhou He vomited in the ambulance, but after vomiting, he became a little more awake, clutching his stomach and screaming for pain.

"Stomach ulcer still drinks like this, I really think I'm living too well!" The doctor yelled at Zhou He ferociously.

Zhou He had just come out of the emergency room, and now he was lying on the hospital bed, frowning and receiving fluids.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Xue Lizhen was terrified: "I will definitely stop drinking from now on."

The doctor ordered a lot of taboos before he nodded and left.

"Is it better?" Xue Lizhen asked Zhou He.

"I'm fine."

"……Um."

Xue Lizhen's hands were still shaking.

Another sudden illness, another hospital—he replayed the day his mother had a cerebral hemorrhage in his mind.

If his cell phone happened to be out of battery today and he didn't receive a call from Zhou He... Xue Lizhen pursed his lips, his eyes fixed on the back of Zhou He's needled hand.

Zhou He said hoarsely, "Give me that glass of water to rinse my mouth."

"...I'll go downstairs to buy a bottle." Xue Lizhen stood up, took two steps, stopped again, turned her head and said, "Forget it, I'll go to the nurse's station to get a glass."

Zhou He didn't answer.

After a while Xue Lizhen came back with a paper cup, Zhou He rinsed his mouth, he walked quickly to pour out the water, and then sat back on the chair beside the hospital bed.

Zhou He opened his eyes and looked at Xue Lizhen.

Xue Lizhen also looked at Zhou He.

"To trouble you today." Zhou He turned his eyes away, his tone a little unnatural.

"Who made you drink?"

"Yes..." Zhou He paused, and Xue Lizhen could see that he was hesitating.

But he still said, "It's Zhou Wen."

Xue Lizhen was speechless for a while: "Is she looking for trouble again?"

"I can't see An Sheng, and I called Tai'an's second boss again, so I can't drink." Zhou He smiled.

The fleeting smile on his face made Xue Lizhen feel sore.

Zhou Wen is Zhou He's older sister, half-brother.Zhou He told him these things a few years ago when he and Zhou He were the most affectionate: Zhou Wen's mother was Zhou Liye's—that is, Zhou He's father—'s first wife, and she was by her side at the beginning. Zhou Liye ran from Hunan to Gancheng, a place he was not familiar with, and started from scratch.It's a pity that Zhou Liye died of illness not long after her career developed, leaving only a seven-year-old Zhou Wen.After that, Zhou Liye married Zhou He's mother, Qiu Li, and had Zhou He.When Zhou He was ten years old, Zhou Liye and Qiu Li divorced. After that, Zhou Liye never got married, but the women did not break up... In short, Zhou He's family is a bad debt.

"Theoretically speaking, I am... well, the eldest son, so if there are no accidents, the old man's property will be inherited by me. At most, Zhou Wen will share some shares. She is not balanced." Zhou He said to Xue Lizhen.

At that time Xue Lizhen didn't understand: "Eldest son?"

"Who knows how many sons the old man has outside, anyway, I am the only grandson recognized by my grandparents."

"Then what if he brings his... son home from outside?"

"What can we do, let's fight," Zhou He smiled and squeezed Xue Lizhen's face: "It's a lot of fun to fight with others, but I don't think he will bring those wild species back. It’s good if you don’t get it, I guess he just gave some money.”

"Uh, then, if your sister is willing to share some shares?"

"She's a girl, ordinarily she shouldn't accept business, but she..." Zhou He frowned: "I have a good relationship with my grandpa and grandma, and she is quite capable. The Green Forest KTV you worked for before is her. I opened it myself when I was a sophomore in high school and made a lot of money, the old man was very happy."

"what."

"Stop talking, the more you talk, the more disgusting you get," Zhou He said with a sly smile in his peach blossom eyes, "I played a game yesterday that was really fun, why don't you leave tonight?"

……

Zhou He closed his eyes, wondering if he fell asleep.

Xue Lizhen stared at his face intently. He knew Zhou He when he was 15 years old, and he is almost 25 now.Ten years seems like a blink of an eye.

Zhou He is good-looking, really good-looking - Xue Lizhen knows that his education level is limited, and he can't come up with any elegant words, anyway, he is good-looking, really good-looking.Not to mention his straight nose bridge, sharp lips, just those pair of peach blossom eyes that are looking forward and shining, people can't take their eyes off.

Compared with the 15-year-old, the lines of his face are deeper and more mature, like a carefully carved building, cold and delicate.

And I also changed from his boyfriend to his "partner".

Xue Lizhen couldn't feel sad anymore when she thought of this, and moved a little closer to Zhou He, thinking to herself why should I stay here?