bedtime counseling

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The Mid-Autumn Festival is not over yet, and work is pressing down like a mountain.

Qi Siyu, who worked overtime and was irritable, drove out to buy dinner, and went straight to the "Juqi Restaurant", intending to take care of Liang Ze's business, but there was no sign of Liang Ze inside or outside the shop.

He asked the cashier: "Where's your boss?" Tang Miao pointed to the door: "Isn't that right?" Greeting customers.

"Is that your boss? How many bosses do you have?"

"Just one."

"What about Liang Ze, what does he do?"

"Passing the food." Tang Miao made a gesture of carrying the plate, "otherwise what else could it be?"

A dish passer who dares to call himself the boss, really has everyone.But how could such a person be Wu Ke's friend, and it seems that the two of them still have a close friendship.

Qi Siyu couldn't figure out the depth of the water, and after walking away for a few steps, he turned around and asked, "Where are the others?"

"I'm sick. I'm lying in the dormitory. Are you looking for him?"

sick……

He waved his hand, "Forget it."

Haohan Consulting.

During the holidays, everyone's motivation is insufficient, especially the fifth group, which is still short of major generals.Seeing Wu Ke's diligent back sitting there alone from a distance, Qi Siyu went over and knocked on the table, "Come with me."

Wu Ke didn't move.

"It's really something, about your old classmate."

The keyboard tapping pauses.Wu Ke took his mobile phone and cigarettes, and followed him to the safe passage.

Speaking of the process of the two of them getting to know each other, it was actually a bit dramatic.In the first year of employment, everyone is still a newcomer, and they don't have a few dollars in their pockets.Qi Siyu's mother needed a lot of money for the operation, and the department launched a fundraising campaign. Wu Ke, who had never met before, did not participate, but lent him [-] yuan without saying a word.

In fact, Wu Ke himself was having a hard time at that time, but he knew what the word family meant, so he was willing to help.From then on, Liang Ze knew that he had met a kind fool.

"Let me ask you, how many years have you not seen that high school classmate of yours, do you know what he is like?"

Wu Ke leaned on the armrest, his back slightly hunched, and he lowered his head to touch the cigarette.

With a soft bang, the lighter ignited.There was no wind in the corridor, and the smoke spiraled up, and finally mixed with the blue and white lights.

"Don't focus on smoking, I'm asking you something."

"Why do you ask that?" Biting the cigarette into his mouth, his taste became astringent.

"I just don't think he's reliable. I haven't heard you say that there is such a classmate before. It suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Could it be with a purpose?"

"Don't take it seriously, let me tell you, there are people like this now, who put on a glamorous fake identity, in fact, just to cheat money from acquaintances conveniently."

Wu Ke said slowly: "You have been to a restaurant."

is an affirmative sentence.

"You know? Why didn't you say that when you were eating that day, I thought—"

"Is it important?" His brows and eyes were hidden in the rising smoke, "He is him."

"That's true, but this kind of low-level person's background is too complicated. After all, he is not in the same world as you, so you should be more careful."

"No, I understand."

Qi Siyu didn't understand this sentence: "Huh?"

"You asked me if I know what he is." Wu Ke looked at the little soot on the upper of the shoe, "I said that no one knows better than me."

It is somewhat surprising that such words come from his mouth, after all, he seldom judges people or things so emotionally or even arbitrarily.Qi Siyu wanted to remind him something more, but after glancing at him, he just nodded slightly in the end: "Okay, as long as you know what's in your mind."

In that glance just now, Wu Ke had a willing expression.

Finish this cigarette and go back to work.

When he reached the door of the safe passage, Qi Siyu suddenly put his arms around Wu Ke's shoulders, and smiled meaningfully.

"What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I just feel..." He put his face closer, "You look so handsome in defending your old classmate, Manager Wu, I'm about to fall in love with you."

Wu Ke curled his lips and turned his head, "Get lost."

After joking, I returned to my work station. Not long after I worked, a pop-up window suddenly popped up in the lower right corner of Wu Ke's computer: "Ah, I forgot to tell you, your old classmate is sick."

—

It's not too late to get off work that night.

In the past two days, the supermarket still has the aftertaste of the festival, and there are mooncake stalls with discounts and promotions everywhere.Wu Ke came to buy toothpaste, but unknowingly walked into the snack area.

In the past, he had a lot of pocket money, but Liang Ze couldn't even eat enough, so whenever he wanted to eat, he would pester him to buy it. Later, he knew Liang Ze's taste better than Liang Ze.

Once when Liang Ze was ill with gastroenteritis, his younger sister took care of him alone, but she was too young to cook.Wu Ke went to see him after class, he nestled on the bed and said pitifully and funnyly: "A Ke, my sister gave me ten pieces of candy, will I get diabetes?"

From then on, whenever Liang Ze fell ill, Wu Ke would take him to the attic of his home.Grandma always wonders how her grandson's appetite suddenly increases, and she suddenly wants to eat something like fermented glutinous rice eggs, which tastes like a child.

Wu Ke packed the finished meal in an insulated lunch box, immediately took it to the attic, and helped Liang Ze up to eat.Liang Ze often smiled feebly: "This time, I owe you and grandma, all of which will be recorded in the account, and will be paid back to you when you get rich."

The future always comes so late.

Liang Ze has Liang Ze's selfishness, and Wu Ke has Wu Ke's bottom line.Now Liang Ze is unwilling to owe any more, so Wu Ke can't even receive a bad check.

Next to the freezer is a health tea stand, with an induction cooker.The young salesman wanted to strike up a conversation with the handsome guy: "Do you need me to recommend you?"

Wu Ke looked at the glass bottle in his hand: "I want to heat this up, and I've already paid for it."

"This is simple. Bring it here and I'll warm it up for you. It just so happens that there is a food plastic box here."

He thanked her and handed her another egg, "Please cook this in too."

"This way of eating is strangely familiar. We are fellow villagers, right? Why, are you sick?"

"My friend is sick."

"girlfriend?"

He doesn't speak and is taken as the default.The other party immediately calmed down: "You are really careful as a boyfriend. Would you like to buy some more tea? It is especially suitable for patients to drink."

When he came out of the supermarket, Wu Ke carried food and tea.

In fact, Liang Ze lived not far away, but it took some time to find out Gao Chenyang, so it was past ten o'clock at night when he got there.

There is no elevator, the corridors are dark, and the lights are broken or not installed at all.There are cigarette butts everywhere on the ground, footprints and mildew on the walls, and it smells like old domestic garbage.

The third floor, the one on the left.Usually at this time, the people in the restaurant are still off work, but now it is a holiday, and half of the people are taking turns to rest. There is the sound of the TV inside, as if they are watching some movie.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Who is it!"

The TV flicked off, but no one came.

He tapped twice more.

"Who the hell!"

"Hi, I'm looking for Liang Ze."

It took a while for the door to open a crack, and a pair of narrow eyes could be seen through the crack, and the two hands underneath were still holding up the pants and buckling the belt: "Looking for Liang Ze?"

The living room shouted impatiently: "He's not here! Close the door quickly."

"Where did he go?"

Seeing that Wu Ke's clothes didn't look cheap, the person behind the door cleared his mouth: "I don't know, we are not his father, so we don't care where he goes."

Wu Ke is serious about his words and smiles, but his gesture of passing cigarettes is familiar: "I'm his friend."

The other party took it, raised his eyebrows and looked at it, his attitude was obviously much better: "Come in, he's in the back room..."

At night, the living room didn't turn on the lights, so Wu Ke walked in with food, and saw two or three men inside, and there were cigarette butts and used toilet paper all over the floor.Walking to the TV, he paused for a moment——

The woman on the screen is bare-chested, riding a special wooden horse with her legs open, her expression extremely slutty.

Wu Ke's nerves seemed to be burned by cigarette butts.He walked quickly to the bedroom door and knocked a few times, "Liang Ze, open the door."

"This kid, if you tell him to watch it together, he won't be hiding in there to enjoy it." A malicious laugh came from behind.

Under such a situation of disgust and astonishment, Qi Siyu's words suddenly broke into his mind: "The backgrounds of low-level people are too complicated, and they are not in the same world as you."

Wu Ke in suit and leather shoes is out of tune with everything here.He took a deep breath, put down his food, turned around and left.He only took two steps but stopped immediately, remembering Liang Ze's words "I owe you this time", and directly opened the door.

The room was silent.

There was no light inside, only light near the curtains.Liang Ze on the upper bunk was covered with a thick quilt, his head was tilted to the side of the wall, obviously he fell asleep because he was not feeling well.

How open-minded should I be to fall asleep in such an environment?

Wu Ke frowned, put the fermented glutinous rice eggs on the table, and turned his head to hear a vague and hoarse voice on the bed: "A Ke..."

Liang Ze, who was sick, was unconscious and shouted his name intermittently.

Wu Ke's hand muscles were tense, and he reached into his trousers pocket with his right hand, and touched the hard-edged lighter.It took him a long time to calm down, and he turned around and walked back to the bed, calling out in a low voice, "Liang Ze."

Liang Ze seemed to have heard something, and slowly turned to his side, his pale face was covered with fine beads of sweat, his consciousness was chaotic.Wu Ke stretched out his hand and shook it twice: "Liang Ze?"

Still no response.

With a stretch of his long arms, he directly crossed the side rail to lift off the quilt, and hugged the person nervously into his arms.

Liang Ze's forehead was hot, and his face and body were covered with sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.Wu Ke didn't even think about it, he directly carried the man down on his back, without even realizing that his jaw was scratched by the corner of the bed.

Those people in the living room have already nestled into another bedroom, so one can imagine what they are doing.

When going down the stairs, Liang Ze's head was tilted on Wu Ke's back, and his hands were so soft that he couldn't hang them up.When he reached the first floor, he put the person down, took off his suit jacket and wrapped it tightly, and then he carried it firmly on his back again.

It's cool outside.

Liang Ze was huddled in the large coat, his chin was completely covered, only a pair of eyes with long black eyelashes remained.While blocking the car, Wu Ke turned his head and glanced at him, feeling that he was small and very obedient.

After finally getting a taxi, Wu Ke let Liang Ze lie on his lap, but turned his head abruptly, staring at the scenery outside the car window.

"Ake..."

It is said that among the five senses, hearing is the most sensitive.

Wu Ke's back was stiff, and the veins on the back of his hands were prominent. A few seconds later, he pulled his coat over Liang Ze's face, preventing himself from continuing to listen.

—

Hospital, infusion room.

Liang Ze opened his eyes, but at first he didn't realize where he was.The hall was dimly lit, the simple hospital bed and the reclining chair were crowded together, and a TV was hung on the opposite white wall, only the picture and no sound.

"you're awake?"

Turning his head, Gao Chenyang got up from the chair next to him, leaned over and looked at him with concern: "How do you feel, feel better."

His mind was in chaos, he didn't understand what happened, so Liang Ze sat up propped up.

"The other day I told you that if you don't change your clothes, you're sure to catch a cold. How about it, tell me? Fortunately, I left your address last time. If you go half an hour later, your head might burn like a fool."

Gao Chenyang called the nurse to take the temperature.

"The fever is gone," the nurse adjusted the drip, "keep watching for a few hours and leave after dawn. This is your order."

Liang Ze took it and flipped through the receipt naturally, focusing on the payment amount in the lower right corner.

"Your friend has settled the fee for you." The nurse left after speaking.

Liang Ze was silent.

"Thank you Chenyang, I will transfer the money to you later."

Gao Chenyang went to the side and poured a glass of water and came back: "Hey, it's a small matter, you won't be in a hurry to pay back the money, and I won't wait to use it anyway."

Liang Ze took the water and didn't speak for a while.

Most of the people around are asleep, the patient is lying on a chair or bed, and the family members just find a place to lie on their stomachs, there are ups and downs of snoring and teeth grinding.Gao Chenyang didn't get too close, and sat next to him with his hair down and text message.

"Morning Sun."

He raised his eyes: "Huh?"

"Did you come to see me tonight?" Liang Ze asked.

"Oh, there's something wrong, I wanted to ask you for help, but it's fine if you're sick."

"I'm better, you say."

It was up to Gao Chenyang to send him to the hospital tonight, and Liang Ze would certainly be obliged if he could use his place.

"It's really a trivial matter." Gao Chenyang thought about it for a while, and said, "Don't you know how to cook? It happens that I'm moving next weekend and I want to invite some friends to have a gathering. If you are free, can you come and cook for a day? The cost will be covered by the hotel I will give you the price of the seat."

"No, no, you don't need to pay." Liang Ze waved his hand, and the infusion tube dangled, "We are all classmates, and I didn't prepare gifts for your housewarming. Cooking a few dishes is nothing."

Gao Chenyang waited for his words: "It's not considered a housewarming, an old house. That's fine, I'll save the money. I'll prepare the materials when the time comes, and you can come directly. But since I'm not polite to you, then you also Just don't be polite to me, if you dare to give me medical expenses or something, I dare to rush with you!"

Liang Ze pursed his smile: "Yes."

After dawn, I returned to the dormitory from the hospital, and those who were off work and on vacation were all sleeping.

After washing up briefly, Liang Ze pushed open the bedroom door, and could smell a faint smell of fermented glutinous rice.Turning around, there are leftover takeaway boxes on the folding four-corner table against the wall, and the smell is coming from there.

He walked over and threw it away without thinking.