bedtime counseling

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The silence was endless.

Liang Ze regretted it on the way, he shouldn't let himself eat this meal.But now it's hard to ride a tiger, and if you leave rashly, it will make it more difficult for Wu Ke, so he has to follow all the way.

He talks less, and Wu Ke talks even less.Fortunately, that colleague is very talkative, he introduced himself as Qi Siyu, and chatted with Liang Ze a lot about things.

In less than 10 minutes, a group of people walked to a high-end shopping mall, and arrived at the Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine restaurant on the top floor.The private room is very large, and it is more than enough for twelve people to sit at a table.Qi Siyu wanted to order the menu, but he handed it to the opposite side: "Ladies first." The two ladies smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Liang Ze, "Let this younger brother order first, he is a stranger."

Qi Siyu chuckled: "He just looks young, but he is actually older than you. If you don't believe me, ask."

"what?"

They stared at Liang Ze, as if they wanted to find some secret recipe for maintenance from his melon-seeded face.Liang Ze could only say, "I've been with Wu Ke for a year."

"Which one of you is older?"

"He's three months older than me."

Wu Ke's birthday is in January, and Liang Ze's birthday is in April.

"Remember so clearly, it seems that you have a very good relationship."

Liang Ze didn't know what to say, so he stood up and poured water for the ladies.

Although his education and income are far behind others, he has a lot of social experience, and he is very measured in doing things.But everyone here is a smart person, and when they don't know the details, they all politely decline, and the scene of coming and going is a bit embarrassing.

"Introduce him." Qi Siyu secretly touched Wu Ke's elbow, "He doesn't know anyone, what do you ask him to do?"

Wu Ke got up: "I'm going out to smoke a cigarette."

"Hey you!"

Liang Ze sat down slowly and remained silent.

Qi Siyu shook his head: "He doesn't know what's going on these days, he's always in a trance, and he smokes a lot." He lowered his voice again, "I was reprimanded by the boss this afternoon."

Liang Ze has never worked in the company, but he also knows that offending the boss can be big or small.He forgot the discomfort just now, and his heart tightened: "Why did you train him?"

"There are so many reasons, let's take it out on him." Qi Siyu tapped on the phone screen, "Look, he's being urged to go back again, and he won't be at peace even after eating."

The dishes were served one by one, and the presentation was exquisite, but Liang Ze didn't have the heart to taste them, so he had to look at the door of the private room from time to time.

Unexpectedly, Wu Ke drank alcohol when he came back.

"What are you doing!" Qi Siyu almost jumped up, "How can you drink like this with just two cigarettes?"

"Elvis is next door, I can't push it away." Wu Ke spoke normally, but his face was slightly red, and his expression was obviously drunk.

"If you can't push it away, drink less. If Lao Zhu finds out, he will definitely get angry again. Didn't you see that he told you to go back quickly in the group?"

Liang Ze focused all his attention on Wu Ke. Seeing that Wu Ke was uncomfortable, he hurried over and pushed all the windows open.

The evening wind blew in suddenly.Wu Ke lowered his head slightly, his eyes were deep and blue, "I didn't pay attention."

"You..." Qi Siyu nodded at him from the air, "Your phone is just a decoration!"

Wu Ke smelled of cigarettes and alcohol all over his body, and the wind sent them to Liang Ze's nose.His lungs were filled with this breath that belonged to him, Liang Ze's thoughts were completely confused, and he couldn't listen to what they said.

After a short discussion triggered by drunkenness, everyone soon started chatting with each other, only Qi Siyu was still lamenting that he lost a labor force at night.

"Liang Ze."

Wu Ke spoke suddenly.

Liang Ze suddenly raised his head, only to find that Wu Ke wasn't looking at him, nor was he calling him.Wu Ke said to the other people at the table: "The beam of the pillars, the blessing of grace. My high school classmate."

After going out to smoke and drink, he still remembered this incident.Everyone was slightly taken aback, and soon began to introduce themselves one by one, and their attitude towards Liang Ze became much warmer.Liang Ze's heart was slightly hot, his hands were tightly grasping the kneecaps under the tablecloth, and he nodded in greeting one by one.

There are too many names, he remembers being dizzy, but his heart is clear and warm, and he is more relaxed and calm.

Halfway through the meal, some people thought it was fishy, ​​put down their chopsticks, shook their heads and complained: "The food here really gets more and more unpalatable."

"Who told you to come here, this is the retribution my friends." Qi Siyu joked, "If you want me to say don't come here next time, go directly to Liang Ze's restaurant, Wu Ke and I have eaten there, the taste is very special Great."

He had good intentions, but Liang Ze, who was drinking water, coughed.

"Just you big eaters, if you go there, you still won't eat up other people's restaurants."

"We don't want to eat for nothing, we'll settle if we don't pay as much as we want." Qi Siyu winked at Liang Ze, "But Boss Liang has to give us a discount."

Liang Ze lowered his head, his face was hot.Looking up again, he was facing a pair of dark eyes.Wu Ke's gaze seemed to be emotionless, but there were many incomprehensible things hidden in the depths, Liang Ze thought it was contemptuous.

For Liang Ze, the dignity that is tightly held in his arms and refuses to let go, even if thousands of people step on it, is not as lethal as this casual glance.

What I wanted to say frankly, I gave up because of this glance.He closed his lips tightly, trying his best to get rid of the tingling feeling in his heart.

"By the way, Liang Ze, you also studied high school abroad? I remember that Wu Ke never attended classes in China before university."

"We met during winter and summer vacations." Liang Ze whispered, "The year he returned to China."

The colleague looked at Wu Ke without knowing it: "Your way is too wild. Others are studying compulsory education in China and then going abroad to study in university. How come it's all reversed here."

The red glow outside the window has turned into blackness, faintly extending to the end of the sky.

Wu Ke didn't speak, his outline was extremely silent.

Liang Ze's heart seemed to be crushed, he changed the topic and said, "This soup is a bit bitter, can I ask them to change it?"

When he mentioned the people next to him, he also felt that the taste was weird: "I said that the crab is not fresh, you still don't believe it, call the boss and let him..."

The surrounding voices seemed to disappear, Liang Ze only looked at Wu Ke.

At the age of 16, Wu Ke's mother died of cancer. Less than three months later, his father grandly continued. The new wife is the female secretary who is about to give birth.Wu Ke returned to China in despair and lived with his grandmother in his hometown ever since.

This incident has always been a scar in Wu Ke's heart, Liang Ze knew it, so not only did Liang Ze not mention it himself, he also hoped that others would not mention it.

But Wu Ke still sat there like that, silently exuding the smell of alcohol and indifference.Liang Ze seemed to be on an isolated island, surrounded by sea water named Wu Ke, which seemed to submerge him at one moment, and float him at another.

In the second half, everyone chatted more and more enthusiastically. It was hard to hide the nature of the boss and the client by complaining about it.

"Let's go, go back and work as a cow or a horse for the company."

Everyone else had to work, only Liang Ze was left alone, who was entrusted by Qi Siyu with the important task of sending drunks home.Liang Ze felt that Wu Ke didn't need anyone to send him off, but before he could tell, Wu Ke had already gone downstairs.

He chased after him.

In the silent night, the lights and shadows are dim.

After stopping the car on the side of the road, Liang Ze wanted to help Wu Ke, but Wu Ke didn't give him this chance.Liang Ze couldn't tell whether Wu Ke was drunk deeply or lightly, but felt that he was more silent than before.

The two sat in the back row, and Wu Ke's face was always facing out of the window.

Liang Ze lowered his head, put his hands between his separated knees, and rubbed the tiger's mouth with his left hand: "I remember that you vomit when you drink alcohol, you should drink less in the future."

Perhaps because of the smell of alcohol, the driver lowered the window calmly, and Liang Ze's words were scattered in the wind.Wu Ke untied his tie, leaned back, breathing heavily.

Liang Ze took out a bottle of water from his bag and handed it to him: "Drink some water, it won't be so uncomfortable after drinking some water."

Wu Ke looked at his hand.

A dark blue sports cup with the name of a certain toothpaste brand printed on it.Liang Ze's expression became unnatural: "It's my cup..."

Wu Ke turned his head away, closed his eyes, and the meaning of rejection was very clear.Liang Ze pursed his dry lips, "Then you can rest."

After more than 20 minutes, the taxi arrived at the destination, a mid-range community with an average price that is not cheap.Wu Ke walked down holding the car door, his head was still a little dizzy, so he stayed where he was for a few seconds.Liang Ze hurriedly went around from the other side to support him, he was pulled away, and then supported again, but he didn't let go.

Liang Ze even raised Wu Ke's arms, letting most of his body weight rest on his shoulders.Not heavy, not heavy at all, just feel at ease.

The house is on the sixteenth floor, with two households on one floor.The elevator dinged, the sensor lights in the corridor shone on them, and there were two more shadows cuddling closely on the wall.

At the door, Wu Ke stopped and did not move.Following his gaze, Liang Ze saw a touch-type black combination lock.

"What's the matter, can't you remember?" Liang Ze thought he was so drunk that he even forgot his password.

From 0 to 9, a total of ten numbers, how many combinations are there?

Wu Ke turned his head and breathed in and out slowly. The mild alcohol smell hit Liang Ze's face, but his eyes were absolutely clear.

"Turn your face away." His voice was hoarse.

Liang Ze was slightly startled, then turned his body away to face the white wall, his heart was in a mess.A little uncomfortable, but also understand that this kind of defense is a matter of course.

The sound of pressing the password finally sounded.

The door opens.

Wu Ke took two steps towards the dark living room, and was about to turn on the light when he realized that the people behind him hadn't followed.

"Then I'll go first."

Liang Ze was still outside the door, staring at his toes.

Wu Ke's back froze suddenly.He took a deep breath without even changing his shoes, and went straight into a certain room: "Take your things away."

Liang Ze was stunned.

It didn't take long for him to come back, carrying a heavy canvas bag in his hand, and the muscles of his right arm were prominent due to the force.He bent down and put it at Liang Ze's feet, with a bang, the edges and corners of the bag looked extraordinarily sharp.

Wu Ke looked at Liang Ze who stood there dumbfounded: "I have kept these things for you for six years, and now they are returned to their original owners. Throw them away or sell them, it's up to you."

The door slams quickly.

Liang Ze froze for a moment, then squatted down to look through the bag, and when he saw clearly what was inside, his body was about to sink.

There are a total of eight or nine tutorial books in the canvas bag, plus three exercise books, all of which belonged to him when he was in high school, and were bought by Wu Ke for him.

"In the future, I will take an exam with you, swipe your meal card, and sleep in your bed."

"Your grades are so poor, what kind of daydreams are you doing?"

"Idiot, you don't know how to teach me when I have poor grades? Students should help each other, don't just make rapid progress by yourself."

"I'm not literate."

"What do you mean...Damn! You are only illiterate..."

It is impossible for Liang Ze to catch up with Wu Ke's excellent grades, but he can try to pass Linjiang together.Even on the title page of one of the workbooks, there is Wu Ke's high school struggle plan for him.

There are a total of 52 students in the class, and Liang Ze is 39th in the senior high school entrance examination.Wu Ke said that it can be divided into three steps: 30, 20, 15, a step up every four months.As long as you can squeeze into the top 15 before the college entrance examination, there is no problem in taking the second exam.They even chose the specific university, the two schools are next to each other, every day Liang Ze can come over to swipe Wu Ke's meal card.

Liang Ze opened his eyes with difficulty, and after a long while, he slowly slid to the ground and sat down.The floor tiles were cold, and the dim light hit the top of his head from one side, making the shadow on half of his face extraordinarily heavy.

He gritted his teeth and opened the exercise book.

Someone took good care of it, so the paper of the booklet is still very flat, but the color has turned yellow like a dead leaf.Under the flamboyant "Grade 7 ([-]) Class Liang Ze", the three steps drawn by Wu Ke himself are still there, and the three numbers on the steps are still there.

30, 20, 15.

Because it was written in pencil, it was a bit playful, so the color faded over time.But there is a line of small script with pens at the bottom of the steps, which Liang Ze had never seen before, but it has not faded over the years.

"Climb to Qingyun together, and see the world together."

The handwriting is modest and correct, and the writing is smooth and steady, just like Wu Ke's state of mind when he wrote it.

After closing the exercise book, Liang Ze bent his thin back against the wall, buried his head deeply into his knees.A few drops of water soon fell on the ground, and he had to bury his head even lower.

He couldn't guess, couldn't figure it out, and didn't dare to think why Wu Ke wrote this sentence, and why he kept these memories that belonged only to the two of them.

The good friends who once had the opportunity to enjoy the unknown scenery together got separated because of the fault of one of them, and they went on two completely different life journeys.The pain that afflicts one of them may not necessarily make the other feel better.

What should I do, is there a chance to do it again?

Leaning against the wall, Liang Ze held the bag of books tightly with both hands. The sensor light above his head dimmed and was awakened again and again, repeating countless times.

I don't know how long it took before the whimpering gradually subsided.He stood up against the wall, his eyes were so swollen that he couldn't even see the steps clearly, but he still mustered up the courage to knock on the door.

No one should.

He wiped away tears on his sleeves vigorously, and then slapped himself hard on the face a few times, but his voice was still hoarse when he spoke.

"Ake..."

"Ake, open the door, open the door, okay?"

"I have something to tell you."

The voice was low and inaudible at the beginning, and gradually became clearer later.He clenched his hands tightly, knocked a few times and stopped for a second, his tired body resisted to leave.

"I--"

"What are you doing late at night?" A half-bald head poked out from the next door, "The kids are already asleep, who are you knocking on the door for?"

Liang Ze's lips were pursed into a straight line, and the baggy T-shirts were propped on both shoulders. Just as he was about to bow his head to apologize, the door behind him suddenly opened.

"Sorry Uncle Wei, he is my friend, he came to see me."

"Your friend..." Of course the neighbor uncle knew Wu Ke, so he couldn't say anything more after hearing this, so he went back to coax his grandson after chatting for a while.

The corridor was silent, and the breathing behind him was heavy.

With his back to the door, Liang Ze lowered his head and pulled the cloth on his chest to wipe his face. Before he wiped it dry, he was suddenly dragged into the door by a hand.