inferior possession

The resident singer of the bar would come to work every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights. He was always alone, with the old guitar on his back, silently set up the microphone, and sat down with a stool.

Before the guests came, the resident singer would pluck the strings and sing a few lines casually, that is, sometimes the deer could call the names of those songs, and sometimes he didn't know what he was singing.

Standing behind the bar, holding a clean white cup towel, vigorously wiped off the fine dust that fell on the counter, then folded the towel squarely and put it in the pocket, that is, the deer raised its head and stared across the dance floor of the bar. Looking at the people under the light in the distance.

He still remembered what he saw in the living room when he rushed home that day.

Since then, the resident singer has been avoiding him. Occasionally, he really can't escape. When they meet each other in the corridor of the bathroom, they also scribbled past him, greeted him in a hurry, and walked past him without stopping.

The man's eyes seemed to be always red, bloodshot from exhaustion, his eye sockets were slightly sunken, his face was rough and full of vicissitudes, but Ji Lu remembered that he was obviously only 35 or [-] years old.

Maybe this kind of down-and-out old man will make Duan Congzhen more excited.

After staring at the man for a while, the deer drooped his eyes, picked up the cup that had just been wiped, and started to wipe it again.

When he's anxious, he does the same thing over and over again, even though he knows it's pointless.

The mobile phone in the pocket vibrated, and the deer paused first, then reacted suddenly, took out the mobile phone, looked at the beating name on it, and his heart suddenly trembled.

"Brother Duan?" Ji Lu's voice was filled with surprise, "What's the matter?"

There was silence on the other side, and there was a faint and inexplicable thumping sound. After a long while, a lazy and hoarse voice sounded, "Buy a cup of coffee and send it to the research institute."

Ji Lu was slightly stunned, glanced at the entrance of the bar where customers were pouring in, hesitated, "Brother Duan, I now..."

"Fu Ruibai, add sugar but not milk." Duan Congzhen ignored his embarrassment, his voice was quite impatient, he waited for a while, then said, "Hurry up." He hung up the phone.

A busy tone came from the receiver, that is, the deer's mouth was half-opened, and his throat was blocked without saying a word, extremely dry.

With a curl of his lips, Ji Lu put his phone back, looked at the guests in the bar hesitantly for a while, and then put the "leave temporarily" sign on the table, and hurried out.

I took a taxi and rushed to the outside of the Institute, carrying coffee, the deer was facing the afternoon sun, his back was soaked in sweat, and when he entered the elevator, he was shivering from the cold air.

The research institute has not been exposed to light all year round. Fortunately, the ventilation equipment is perfect, and the whole basement is filled with a harsh and cold smell of artificial fresh air, which makes Jilu feel a little uncomfortable.

After entering the research institute, I went to Duan Congzhen's laboratory by memory. Through the glass, I saw a man sitting on a chair, idly looking at the animals on the laboratory table, reminding the assistant around him to record the data from time to time, and occasionally smiling, it seemed that he was not happy. Like angry.

The deer breathed a sigh of relief.

After knocking on the door, Ji Lu cautiously walked in sideways through the crack of the door and called out, "Brother Duan."

Duan Congzhen raised his head in response, turned his chair around, propped his head listlessly, and looked at him expressionlessly.

When Ji Lu took such a lukewarm glance at him, his movements became stiff immediately, and his voice was lowered by half, "The coffee you want."

Staring at him for a while, Duan Congzhen looked away, looked at the coffee in his hand, remained silent for a while, and then said calmly, "Is there no straw?"

Ji Lu was a little startled, and said puzzledly, "You didn't want it."

"Oh." Duan Congzhen smiled and stared at him leisurely, "I didn't ask for it, so you won't give it, will you?"

His fingers stiffened, slightly hurt by the weight of the coffee, Shi Lu pursed his lips, lowered his head slightly, "Sorry, I'll get it for you."

Hurrying back to the coffee shop opposite Kelin Biotechnology, under the puzzled eyes of the clerk, he took a straw, but the deer didn't dare to delay, fearing that the coffee would get cold and Duan Congzhen would get angry again, so he kept walking back.

Panting, he handed him both the coffee and the straw, even the deer's cheeks were sickly red, and he looked at the person sitting on the chair for a moment, with a flattering look in his eyes, "Here."

Duan Congzhen still didn't answer, rolled the chair wheel and moved over, looked down, then turned and left, "No milk?"

"Huh?...Didn't you say that you added sugar and no milk...?"

"Oh." Duan Congzhen leaned back on the chair, biting a cigarette, and looked at him calmly, "Are you going to talk back to me?"

Ji Lu was stunned on the spot for a moment, unable to react.

"Go and change." Duan Congzhen frowned slightly, waved his hand, "Go and go."

"... Oh." Ji Lu lowered his eyes, recalled the previous incident, and quickly added, "I'll go right away."

When Ji Lu brought back the new Fu Rui Bai with milk and sugar, Duan Congzhen didn't want it anymore.

"I don't want to drink anymore, you can keep it for yourself."

Duan Congzhen held a cigarette in his mouth, put one hand in the pocket of his lab coat, said this lightly, pushed the person away, and walked straight to the elevator.

Ji Lu froze on the spot, the coffee in his hand was like a hot potato. At that moment, he suddenly realized that maybe Duan Congzhen didn't want coffee from the beginning.

Maybe he just wanted to humiliate himself.

The phone vibrated, and it was the boss who called and asked why no one was in the bar. Only then did Ji Lu realize that he was still working.

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Xiao Yang finished asking for leave in the evening and came back to work.

It also means that deer don't have to go to work for a long time.Holding the cup of coffee that had been cold for a long time, Jilu pushed open the door wearily, and glanced at the kitchen light from the corner of his eye.

Tao Ying was serving food to the restaurant, and when he saw him coming back, he glanced habitually, looked away, then froze suddenly, looking at the things in Ji Lu's hand with some surprise.

"Fu Ruibai, add sugar but not milk." Tao Ying raised her eyebrows slightly.

Ji Lu gave him a strange look, "How do you know?"

"It's an old trick." Tao Ying shrugged lightly, with a look of indifference, "Brother Duan likes to play with others like this sometimes."

"What are you playing?" The deer showed no expression on his face, took out the coffee, and sat down on the sofa.

"Watching people do useless work." Tao Ying said, "Brother Duan likes to do it when he's in a bad mood." He pointed to Fu Ruibai in his hand, "Brother Duan actually never drinks coffee."

The hand holding the cup tightened slightly, and when Lu remembered the teasing and embarrassment this afternoon, everything became clear.

"Did he let you buy it too?" Ji Lu asked casually.

Tao Ying laughed suddenly, "He asked everyone to buy it, it's just the princes of Fenghuo Opera, but he only pleases himself."

"Where's Qi Ran?" Ji Lu raised his eyes, "Did he also ask Qi Ran to buy coffee for him?"

Duan Congzhen also asked Qi Ran to buy him coffee, busy back and forth, did he say "I don't want to drink anymore" at the end?

If so, then he is no different from Qi Ran, right?

Tao Ying looked at him and moved her lips, "If you want to live a happier life, it's best not to compare yourself with Qi Ran, it's quite self-defeating."

Ji Lu didn't speak, just sat cross-legged in the corner of the sofa, drinking the coffee that had gone cold long ago.

"In my memory, there is only one boy who splashed coffee on Brother Duan's face when Brother Duan asked him to change it for the second time." Tao Ying said.

Ji Lu rolled his eyelids and became a little interested, "Then did he kill that boy?"

Tao Ying was silent for a moment, then shrugged slightly, "Later, that boy became brother Duan's longest lover."

This made Ji Lu a little unexpected, staring at the glass coffee table absentmindedly for a while, then smiled helplessly and bitterly, "I don't know why he is like this."

Tao Ying looked at him hesitantly for a while, then turned and went back to the kitchen.

"Because I'm a bitch, is that enough reason?"

A low and indifferent voice suddenly sounded in the entrance, and Ji Lu was taken aback. He almost spilled all the coffee in his hand on the sofa. When he looked up, he saw Duan Congzhen walking in from the door.