The ivory tower has no autumn

Lin Zhiyuan signed the book as if she had lost her soul. At the beginning, she really signed it with the mentality of giving it to fans, but after signing a thousand copies, her heart has long since been exhausted.

Finally, after several hours of continuous signing, Lin Zhiyuan's hands cramped, and she grinned in pain. Before the marker fell to the ground, she still did not forget to draw a black mark on her white trousers.

"You're going to have hand disease soon." Ji Huaizhi looked worriedly at Lin Zhiyuan who was lying on the table with his face buried in his arms.

Her shoulders trembled, and she looked as if she was crying.

"Give it to me, I'll take a look for you."

Lin Zhiyuan was still lying on her stomach, but she reached out to Ji Huaizhi, and saw her five fingers bent stiffly like chicken feet, because her fingers were very long, and they seemed to be the most sought-after ones in the eyes of customers.

She held her hand, gently kneaded and massaged, slowly pinched her stiff fingers upwards, and gradually cycled until the tendons of the five fingers were completely loosened, and she massaged her again palm.

Because it was very comfortable, Lin Zhiyuan raised his head halfway, his eyelashes were wet, and he looked like he was indeed crying.

"I don't think you are a person who is afraid of pain."

After all, she could already pinch a cigarette with bare hands, and cramps were nothing short of pediatrics.

"I'm not dead, I have pain nerves, okay?"

Ji Huaizhi seemed to have misheard, she heard a little grievance in her tone.

But only a little bit.

"I'm afraid that my shoulders will also twitch, why don't you squeeze it?"

"Crack!" Ji Huaizhi patted her palm hard, making a clear and loud sound.

"It's over, it's over, it's pumping again!" Lin Zhiyuan exclaimed, looking at his five fingers that were originally healthy, he saw that the middle finger slowly bent again.

Subconsciously, Ji Huai pinched his middle finger to prevent it from bending down, but found that...

Lin Zhiyuan was lying to her.

Suddenly someone broke in from outside, Shen Youyan stared at the miraculous scene in front of him and asked, "Are you playing with her middle finger?"

Lin Zhiyuan showed a meaningful smile, and answered under Ji Huaiyi's bewildered expression.

"Well, good fun."

"Tsk! It's in broad daylight..." Shen Youyan sincerely disliked it for a second, and was about to leave some space for the two of them, when he suddenly remembered something, turned his head and said, "By the way, you have to sign an additional five hundred Book."

Lin Zhiyuan almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, she stared wide-eyed as she looked at the table full of new books.

"I'm just about to sign!"

"Ah, it's like this. The first edition was sold out during the pre-order, and I'm about to reprint it. As a bonus, I prepared [-] autographed copies." Shen Youyan stretched out five fingers.

"Don't you think about it for me?" Lin Zhiyuan stretched out his cramped hand, the middle finger was still bent.

"Don't think about it, it's a big deal and you lie down." There was something in Shen You's words, when the phone rang, she answered it.

Ji Huaizhi only heard her say to the other end of the phone: "Yes, I did not place the wrong order, fifty catties of garlic and fifty catties of spicy, a total of one hundred catties..."

"Look, this is the face of a powerful boss. He wants money but not his life. Don't look for a job like this in the future." Lin Zhiyuan muttered, and glanced at the pen marks on his white pants.

"I'll wash it for you when you go back." Ji Huaizhi glanced at it, and there was no problem.

Two hours later, Shen Youyan called on all the employees who were free to go to the front desk to pick up crayfish through the radio. Everyone brought several bags back to their respective departments, and then asked Lin Zhiyuan to go to her office through the radio.

When I came to Shen Youyan's office, I saw that she had already opened the wine, and Yang Lei who didn't know when was sitting on the other sofa.

"Hi! I heard that the new book is selling well, and I knew there must be a celebration, so I came here."

Yang Lei shook her fingers gracefully, and the nails painted with red nail polish produced phantoms in the shaking. The color that was difficult for others to control was in line with her temperament on her body.

"Break the record, let's celebrate!"

With a bang, Shen Youyan opened the fourth bottle of beer.

Ji Huaizhi realized that it was for himself, and hurriedly said, "I won't drink it until I drive."

"You can find a substitute driver." Yang Lei had already blown on the bottle, and the liquid level had reached the middle of the bottle.

"I still hope that someone can send me to bed safely." Lin Zhiyuan moved the wine bottle in front of her to his place, expressing that he would drink it for her.

Shen Youyan shrugged, then straightened his back in a solemn manner, and said, "We are gathered here today to celebrate the great sale of new books in the Twelfth Autumn Festival, and the pre-orders have broken records. We Zhiyuan will write more good stories in the future and continue to break records!"

"Cheers~" For some reason, Yang Lei, who was also congratulated, raised the wine bottle first.

Seeing her posture, Ji Huaizhi must have lost the half bottle of wine.

Then in the next two hours, Ji Huaizhi peeled and ate crayfish like this, and then watched the two middle-aged women who were drinking happily making ugly appearances. Fortunately, the curtains were drawn on the external window, but I don’t know if the sound insulation is good. good.

After Lin Zhiyuan was drunk, she looked even more dull. She lowered her head and looked at the green wine bottle she was holding in her hand. Ji Huaizhi looked down at her but she didn't notice.

Her eyes were clearly open, but she didn't seem to be looking at this world, as if she was looking at another world through an unknown barrier. She was surrounded by the high-spirited singing of the two bosses, but she built a The wall keeps all the hustle and bustle out.

Everyone called her outside, saying how wonderful it was outside, but Ji Huaizhi knocked on her door with his own hands and walked into her enclosure.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Zhiyuan raised his head slightly, his eyes blurred, and said, "Think about something from my childhood."

"Let's listen." Ji Huaizhi adjusted his posture, leaning his arms on the back of the sofa and looking at her sideways.

Lin Zhiyuan opened his mouth, but he didn't say a word for a long time, and finally those lips that were hesitant to speak were closed tightly again.

"have nothing to say."

Many good memories of her childhood are just to remind her how cruel the reality is.

Ji Huaizhi glanced at the time, she thought it was evening, but in fact it was only evening.

"Do you want to go home?"

"Ah."

On the way home, Lin Zhiyuan kept staring at her hands. She gently rubbed her left thumb and index finger. The fingerprints on them had been scalded by her many years of snuffing out cigarette butts. Thick, hard scars.

The afterglow of the setting sun outside is always looking for opportunities to cast light from the gaps between buildings, trying to shine light on passers-by. With his eyes closed, Lin Zhiyuan can clearly see the sun trying to penetrate her body through her eyelids.

The car stopped at the door, Ji Huaizhi turned off the engine and said, "Can you walk? Or should I help you?"

However, Lin Zhiyuan just asked abnormally: "What time is it?"

Ji Huaizhi took out his mobile phone and glanced at it. It was showing [-]:[-] on the screen.

"Don't go in." Lin Zhiyuan retracted his shoulders and neck, and retracted himself into the seat.

"why?"

Ji Huaizhi didn't understand why he didn't enter the house when he got home.

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer..."

With Lin Zhiyuan's back turned to her, she buried her face in the shadow so that Ji Huaizhi could not see her expression.

Ji Huaizhi could only see the scar of her index finger with the thumb of her left hand, which was so strong that she seemed to be trying to pick off the entire scar, she subconsciously stretched out her hand to hold it.

Lin Zhiyuan's body froze, and after a long time he didn't continue to pick it, and just let Ji Huaizhi hold it.

Ji Huaizhi's embarrassment finally came long overdue. She withdrew her hand and said as if nothing happened: "Don't pick it, it will bleed."

After a long time, there was a faint "hmm".

Ji Huaizhi thought that she might be tired, so he let her take a rest in the car, and turned to play with the phone by himself.

It didn't take long before she heard Lin Zhiyuan's even breathing. She looked sideways, but couldn't see anything, so she moved over to look closer, but saw Lin Zhiyuan suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "What are you doing?" I have an idea?

Ji Huaizhi couldn't argue with a hundred words, it was useless to argue with his current posture, so he could only step back and say, "I thought you were asleep, and I was about to drag you out of the car."

"I think you can be gentler, use the back, or hug the princess."

Lin Zhiyuan rubbed his eyes, stretched out his hand to grab Ji Huaizhi's hand holding the phone and turned it towards himself, glanced at the screen, and said, "Help me, I can't walk straight."

Ji Huaizhi watched as the three numbers 640 went off after a few seconds, and the screen returned to pitch black. She put away her phone, resigned herself to her fate and got out of the car. When she stood up straight, someone slapped her and said, "Lower."

Lin Zhiyuan's arms hung on Ji Huaizhi's shoulders, and Ji Huaizhi was forced to walk with his knees bent. Obviously Lin Zhiyuan almost put his weight on her body, but she didn't feel the weight.

Lin Zhiyuan's first impression of her was not only decadent, but also thin, looking like she would collapse when the wind blows, but she didn't look like a malnourished and thin person.

Although she doesn't know what's going on inside.

"I didn't take a shower, so I can't lie on the bed..." Lin Zhiyuan was almost dragged away, his legs stepped on the ground as if he didn't step on anything, and Ji Huaizhi brought him to the edge of the sofa in an instant.

"Then lie on the sofa!" After putting her down, Ji Huaizhi didn't want to bother with her anymore.

Anyway, after getting drunk and sleeping, it will be better.

Ji Huaizhi stretched his waist, but heard Lin Zhiyuan say: "Hey...Ji Huaizhi, can you help me take it off..."

"Take off what?" Ji Huaiyi looked at it, and took off everything that should be taken off, such as shoes and socks.

"Underwear...I don't wear it at home..."

Ji Huaizhi blushed, she was so embarrassed that her toes were digging out a palace, Lin Zhiyuan didn't know what to say, she asked someone she had just met for two days to help her take off her underwear.

There are too many people with bad intentions these days, is she just so defenseless?What if she is the one with bad intentions?

"I'm not your nanny, take it off yourself!"

"Hand, I can't reach it..."

In the end, Ji Huaizhi kindly helped her take it off, she asked her to lie on her stomach, and then unbuttoned her through the clothes, Lin Zhiyuan just fell asleep on her stomach.