Mindful

The taxi stopped at the entrance of the community, and Qiao Yuanlin sat on the watch for a quarter of an hour before getting off.

Walking downstairs, there was no Liang Cheng's car around, he opened the door to enter the house, and there was no extra pair of shoes on the shoe rack in the entrance.He wished they would never meet again, and he got it, but he didn't feel easy.

Inexplicably, he felt guilty.

Qiao Wenyuan was talking on the phone in the living room, talking about business, and his tone was more serious than the news.He Jie was cutting oranges in the restaurant and said, "Yuan Lin is back."

"Yeah." Qiao Yuanlin went to put the bag away, showing no worries, "It's such a big box."

He Jie said: "Liang Cheng had a patient who opened an orchard in his hometown. Because of the heavy damage caused by the flood, he bought a few boxes and distributed them to colleagues in the department. This box was brought over for us to eat."

Qiao Yuanlin tasted a piece, the juice was sweet, and asked, "Has he eaten yet?"

"Don't mention it, I'm full after eating three, and I'm going back to the hospital to be on duty." He Jie wiped her hands and got up, "I knew I wouldn't pack so much, let's go, I'll cook it for you."

Qiao Yuanlin was embarrassed to trouble He Jie, but he never knew how to cook, so he went to the kitchen to learn.Waiting for the water to boil, he said, "I won't be at home for dinner tomorrow night."

He Jie said, "Working overtime again?"

"I have an appointment with a colleague." Qiao Yuanlin thought for a while, "I shouldn't be back too late, maybe before eleven o'clock."

He Jie didn't expect that he would report, and it was with her heart.At this time, Qiao Wenyuan came over the phone and said, "Don't come back if you dare to drink again, go to sleep on the street."

After eating the dumplings, Qiao Yuanlin took a shower and went to bed, read the online messages about this episode with the iPad in his arms, and wrote down the pertinent suggestions in the memo.

A message popped up on WeChat, he clicked on it, and Lei Junming sent a restaurant review link.

After promising to have dinner together tomorrow night, Qiao Yuanlin hung up the phone. As for what to eat and where to eat, he had a blank mind and let Lei Junming decide.

Open the link, it is a Beijing restaurant, and Lei Junming sent another message: You want to treat, then senior brother treats you to drink after dinner.

Qiao Yuanlin replied: OK.

Lei Junming: The evaluation of this restaurant is very authentic, especially the signature roast duck, what do you think?

Qiao Yuanlin: Pretty good.

Lei Junming: After graduation, I really miss the days of studying in Beijing. The first time you talked to me was in the second canteen of the school, remember?

Qiao Yuanlin lost his memory and said: Wasn't it an interview with the news agency?

Lei Junming: Sure enough, you forgot, I was queuing at the restaurant, and you asked me stupidly, brother, is the duck leg rice a torn leg of a Peking duck?

Qiao Yuanlin vaguely remembered that it was the first day of school.He thinks that the first meal in college is very meaningful, and he asks which restaurant has a lot of people in line, so he doesn't remember who he asked.

In the end, he bought the beef pot helmet from the shop in the corner.

In the middle of the night, in the inpatient department of Ruotan Hospital, Liang Cheng came out of the ward.The baby with tetralogy of Fallot has been hospitalized, the pulmonary artery segment is severely depressed, and he had an acute hypoxic attack an hour ago, and now he is stable.

At the nursing station, Nurse Liu said, "Dr. Liang has worked hard."

"It's nothing." Liang Cheng warned a few words.

There was a plum on the table, and he took one by the hand. He gritted his teeth so hard that he couldn't retch. After a bit of self-torture, he was so stimulated that he became a lot older.

Nurse Wang flipped through the duty list and said, "Dr. Liang, today is Dr. Feng's shift."

"I switched with her." Liang Cheng said.

"Then you'll be free tomorrow." Nurse Wang said, "You can go as soon as you get off work, do you have an appointment?"

Liang Cheng pushed Mei He'er from left cheek to right, the time reserved was meaningless, he deserved it, so he laughed at himself frankly: "If you don't have a good character, you can't get an appointment."

A long night passed, and early in the morning, the outpatient department was full of people.

Liang Cheng took a nap in the dressing room, was woken up, and came out to meet Sun Zhuo.That program has not been shelved. After all, the TV station and the hospital have agreed that it will be officially filmed today.

Sun Zhuo said, "Doctor Liang."

Liang Cheng nodded. After he quit, the show had nothing to do with him, but at least he agreed, and Sun Zhuo was always Qiao Yuanlin's leader, so he recommended another doctor.

After saying hello, Liang Cheng went to the surgery center.He was busy until the afternoon and was about to leave work. He took a shower and changed his clothes before going to the ward again.

There were many people in the elevator, Liang Cheng touched the handrail, went to the inpatient department and turned into the bathroom first, and a person came out from the cubicle head-on, it was Lei Junming.

"Doctor Liang." Lei Junming still smiled politely.

Liang Cheng said "Mmm" indifferently, bent over to wash his hands, the two stood side by side in front of the sink, he looked up at each other in the mirror, his shirt was ironed, and he sprayed on cologne.

Lei Junming looked back at him, looking for something to talk to: "Doctor Liang, are you and Yuan Lin cousins?"

"No." Liang Cheng was not sure whether Qiao Yuanlin would like to disclose the family affairs, and said, "We used to be neighbors."

Lei Junming was quite surprised, and said with a smile: "It's a distant relative and a close neighbor, maybe even closer than elder brother."

Liang Cheng rinsed off the foam and asked, "Did you know each other well in college?"

"We are quite destined." Lei Junming replied, "Yuan Lin struck up a conversation with me in the cafeteria, and I remembered him. Later, he joined the news agency. After getting to know him, he is a very likable kid."

Liang Cheng dried his hands, glanced at his watch, and said, "Aren't you off work yet?"

Lei Junming said: "I'm here to help, just tell Sun Bieren and you can leave."

The program team moved to the ward for filming. Afraid of noise, they huddled in the fire exit to discuss things. Liang Cheng passed by and seemed to hear Qiao Yuanlin's name.

The team leader of the second group said that there were not enough manpower, and it had been half a month, and he guessed that Sun Zhuo had calmed down, so he took the opportunity to remonstrate, hoping to transfer Qiao Yuanlin back to the interview department.

Sun Zhuo disagreed, and the scene was deadlocked.

Liang Cheng walked towards the ward, halfway there, he turned his head when he heard something.

At the beginning of the lights on the commercial street in the west of the city, Qiao Yuanlin was wearing a cream T-shirt and frayed white jeans, which looked very soft on the cherry wood Chinese dining table.

Lei Junming called and said that he was left behind by Boss Sun, and that he would be there later so he could eat first.

Qiao Yuanlin looked through the menu several times, and the roast duck was tempting, but he thought of the seafood at Xiaoyu's food stall, as well as the birthday candles that exploded and bloomed, and the cake that was divided up.

After waiting for nearly an hour, he felt that it was almost done, but Lei Junming didn't come over after the meal.He packed half a roast duck and sent a message saying: Brother, why don't we make an appointment another day.

Lei Junming replied: I am about to finish work here, and I will go to you right away.

Qiao Yuanlin: I'm done eating, it's not good to sit in the restaurant all the time.

Lei Junming: There is a bar street next to it, you can find one, and I will treat you to a drink when you arrive.

Qiao Yuanlin wanted to remind the other party that he couldn't drink alcohol, but today was already a disappointment, so he replied with "OK".After leaving the restaurant, he wandered into the next street without much interest.

The road sign reads: Vatican West Street.

Isn't it the street where Ying Xiaoqiong wants to invest in the bar?Qiao Yuanlin walked around watching the flowers, and when it got dark, this was the place with the largest flow of people in the city, men and women, feasting and feasting.

All kinds of signboards were shining brightly, and the sound waves flowed along the street. Qiao Yuanlin didn't know which one Ying Xiaoqiong was going to vote for, so he picked a less noisy one and walked in.

The booth needs to be reserved, so he had to sit on the high chair at the bar. For the first time, in order to appear proficient and mature, he put on a world-weary expression that had been scolded by Bao Chunshan.

The bartender asked: "Haney, are you a member?"

Qiao Yuanlin was surprised, it turned out that the bar called him so friendly, he pretended to be calm and said: "Not at the moment, but it can be considered."

The bartender didn't make a sale and said, "What would you like to drink?"

The jazz is melodious and relaxing, men and women are chatting in the dark halo, and each has a glass of foreign wine, only Qiao Yuanlin sips Coca-Cola alone.

It was so boring, he took out his mobile phone and listened to Yao Fu scolding difficult customers, refreshed his circle of friends, Tian Yu held a party in Canada, he liked it.

There was a roar of engines on the street outside, and off-road vehicles roared by.

Qiao Yuanlin tilted his head to look around, and suddenly a man blocked his view.

He looked at the other party, in his forties, with a sleek back, a custom-made suit, and a yuppie beard on his chin, like an investment bank elite in a TV series.

The man accosted him: "Little friend, are you alone?"

Qiao Yuanlin hated the words "little friend" and "little kid" the most in his life, and said, "Uncle, what's the matter?"

The man said that he was naughty, and asked: "You are an adult, uncle treats you to drink."

Qiao Yuanlin asked, "Are you gay?"

"You are very straightforward." The man put his hand on his back, "youthful and beautiful, you are my type."

Qiao Yuanlin straightened away: "But I'm busy, a reporter, and I'm making an unannounced investigation." He patted his bag, "It's not a normal shooting, you understand, don't bother me, otherwise I won't give you a code."

The man laughed and said he was cute. Before leaving, he said to the bartender: "Give this kid a glass of wine, it's mine."

Before Qiao Yuanlin could refuse, the man left.He inexplicably got a glass of cocktail, red with a berry aroma, it should taste better than beer.

Just take a sip and you won't get drunk, he found a reason for himself and sipped lightly.

The off-road vehicle was parked at the bar next door, Liang Cheng got out of the car, glanced at the signboard, and opened the door to enter.Ying Xiaoqiong asked him how he was thinking about the partnership, but he was not very interested, so he had to come and experience it, saying that he would definitely be tempted.

Now that the person is here, I don't feel tempted, and I get a headache from the deafening noise.He occupies the large circular booth by himself, wants a glass of ice water, does not drink or dance, and indifferently sweeps around Yingying and Yanyan under the light.

Really bored, Liang Cheng took out the blessing bell and silently weaved a small piece of ending.

Songs and dances followed one after another, and Liang Cheng felt that it was far less pleasant than the chanting in Le'an Temple, so he finally finished compiling, and the day was about to end in three hours.

What is Qiao Yuanlin doing? Is Lei Junming here?

The two of them are together, chatting about their time in college and about their ideals as a reporter. They must be speculative and at ease.

Liang Cheng drank the crushed ice at the bottom of the glass, chewed his mouth full of ice, and walked out of the bar facing the busy street. From this year on, he no longer has to think about the day of the fifth.

What about the bell, and what to do with it?

Liang Cheng took out his mobile phone, like a despicable villain, he spent the whole night thinking about making this unsightly call, dialing the number, he predicted whether Qiao Yuanlin would be calm or bored.

No one answered, but after a while, a bell came from nearby.

Liang Chengxun turned around, and at the entrance of the bar next to him, Qiao Yuanlin half leaned in the arms of a strange old man, tugging and tugging, and was taken away from the phone and hung up.

"You are sick..." Qiao Yuanlin pushed him away.

After a few sips of the cocktail, he became very dizzy.It's not the same as the last time I was drunk, my hands and feet are weak, and my chest is tight.He was lying on the bar, and the man appeared again, nagging to take him home.

Qiao Yuanlin was unable to break free, and was brought out half-hugged and half-dragged. The wind blew soberly, and said, "Let me go, stay away from me..."

The man coaxed him: "Hey, let me take you to play, okay?"

Liang Cheng had already strode forward, grabbed the man's collar from behind and pushed him out, Qiao Yuanlin staggered, he stretched out his hand to grab it, his arms were protruding with blue veins.

Qiao Yuanlin was so dizzy that he couldn't see clearly. He could only smell the familiar smell of disinfectant, and he calmed down instantly.

The man stood still and cursed: "Who the hell are you?!"

"I'm his elder brother." Liang Cheng said, "Who are you, do you want to go to the police station to get to know each other?"

The man was skeptical, and covered it up: "He promised to be happy together tonight, but I didn't force him."

Qiao Yuanlin Mimi stared at half a sentence, and shouted: "I'm not happy at all tonight!"

Liang Cheng held the man in his arms, stroked his back, and said to the man, "Haven't seen enough, have you? Either I'll cure you if you're disabled, or get out."

The man cursed and retreated to the side of the street, beckoning, a taxi pulled over, the passenger's door opened, and Lei Junming was late.

Liang Cheng laughed angrily, and lost strength in his hands, causing Qiao Yuanlin to struggle in pain.

Lei Junming ran over and said in surprise, "Doctor Liang, why are you here?"

Liang Cheng said coldly: "I would like to ask why you are not here."

"I'll stay and help..." Lei Junming saw Qiao Yuanlin's state clearly, "Yuan Lin, have you drunk too much?"

Before Qiao Yuanlin could call "Senior Brother", Liang Chengxian said, "Don't ask him out, why did you let him go? He can't drink, why are you still dating him on Bar Street?"

Lei Junming felt terrified in his heart. At this time, Liang Cheng's fierce light was overwhelming, and the flash of hostility was even a bit terrifying. He explained: "I..."

Liang Cheng said: "You can go, today's date is over."

Lei Junming said: "I'll send him off."

Liang Cheng took off the takeaway lunch box from Qiao Yuanlin's hand, and threw it to Lei Junming like a trash, he couldn't help resisting: "Take your duck, I will take it away."

After finishing speaking, Liang Cheng supported Qiao Yuanlin to leave. After walking a few steps, Qiao Yuanlin fell dizzily.

Liang Cheng had no choice but to let go of him and stood aside, unable to vent his anger: "Eight years have passed, I'm not as smart as a 16-year-old, who went to a bar to drink alone, and got drunk like this, and was picked up by dubious people shrimp!"

Qiao Yuanlin raised his face, and answered his mother: "What do you mean by picking up drunken shrimp?"

Liang Cheng felt disgusted when he thought of the man just now, he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "It's your drunken shrimp that was picked up, peeled off the shell, exposed the meat, and eaten from the beginning to the end."

Qiao Yuanlin hiccupped and laughed, "You're stupid, you can't eat shrimp heads!"

Liang Cheng couldn't stand him at all, he covered his face with his big palm, and rubbed it vigorously, but it made his hands scald hot.

The Mercedes-Benz stopped on the side of the road, Liang Cheng left Qiao Yuanlin where he was, took out the car keys and walked over, opened the car door and took a bottle of purified water.

Turning around, he paused.

Perhaps it hurt from rubbing, or maybe he was very drunk, but Qiao Yuanlin's face was a bit pitiful. He pulled his collar, and his cheeks to collarbone showed an unusual blush.

He lost his gaze and stopped making trouble.

Liang Cheng called him: "Qiao Yuanlin?"

He was confused and ignorant, and murmured: "Brother, I'm so hot."