The difference between cloud and mud

Jiang Tong was kicked awake by Xiao Fengtai.

"Your phone." Xiao Fengtai slept in a chicken coop with short hair, and couldn't even open his eyes. He muttered and pressed the vibrating phone roughly to his face: "Go to the bathroom and don't disturb my sleep."

Holding the phone in his hands, Jiang Tong watched helplessly as he pulled the quilt to the top of his head, revealing only the top of his dark hair.

Being kicked awake from a sweet dream and rushed to the bathroom in a daze, even a good-tempered Jiang Tong would inevitably get angry.However, it was clear that the call was from Fangyuan, and the flames were just ignited before being doused by ice water.

Fangyuan was born in a domestic-funded enterprise, and was hired by Jiang Tong to be in charge of government affairs with a high salary.It is impossible for an old Jianghu who lives by observing words and observations to make a living, making the mistakes of a fledgling fool.He must have something to tell him.

Before dialing the phone, Jiang Tong took a deep breath.

He hoped it was good news.

"Cd30 got the approval document!" The call was connected, but before he could speak, Fangyuan's rough voice mixed with strong Mongolian dialect filled the bathroom: "Mr. Jiang, I will call you as soon as I received the news this morning. The CD30 clinical approval document is now in front of me!"

Relaxed after the tension, Jiang Tong lost his strength for a while, leaning on the wall and sitting on the toilet.A small pharmaceutical company with a weak background and a history of clinical failure in the first phase has won the clinical approval of innovative therapies in such a short period of time. Fangyuan deserves great credit.He should have said some words of encouragement and praise, but there was a boulder in his throat, and Jiang Tong found that he couldn't say anything.

After so many ups and downs, Huaqing and his life tied to it seem to have finally started to stumble on the right track.

The quilt on top of his head was lifted suddenly, and Xiao Fengtai flinched from being pierced by the sky.

"...you're sick." He frowned and stared at Jiang Tong, but the latter didn't think he was disobedient, and beamed something in front of his eyes.

"Take it away." He turned aside without looking at it, and buried his head under the pillow: "I'll talk about it in an hour if there's anything to do."

"Cd30 got the ind approval document." Jiang Tong's voice was a little dull, but he couldn't hide his trembling through two layers of Egyptian cotton and a large ball of down.

"Kenneth, I... I've never felt so close to my dream."

Xiao Fengtai pulled his head out from under the pillow, his eyes were piercing, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

"Hurry up and bring me my phone." He instructed Jiang Tong: "I'm going to call Fang Zhixing right away—by the way, when will you start the C round of financing? Huayu will not lead the investment this time, but you must leave me the share." Foot... um, let go, let go... hiss..."

Jiang Tong raised his head, looked at the eye-catching red mark on Xiao Fengtai's slender neck with satisfaction, and blew lightly behind the ear of the man who was still struggling.Xiao Fengtai was shocked, the color of the base of his ears changed rapidly, and the redness spread to his cheeks.

"This is what you asked for." Jiang Tong paused, as if he was a little embarrassed, turned his head and laughed silently.

"What's the matter... Let's talk about it in an hour."

One month after Cd30 obtained the clinical approval, Huaqing opened the C round of financing. With the Btk phase I clinical and CD30 clinical approval documents in hand, Jiang Tong and Li Qianqian, the temporary investor relations director, deeply realized how forgetful the capital circle is.Countless doors that were once closed in Chaoyang CBD were knocked open, and calls were no longer answered.The research and development colleagues had to temporarily find their college cousins ​​to work part-time at the front desk to cope with the constant stream of investors who came to visit every day.

However, there are troubles in the sweetness. Li Qianqian, the polished commander, replies to investors' requests for coordination every day. Fa is so busy that she works overtime continuously to the point that she can't wait to put a camp bed in the office.At her strong request, Jiang Tong recruited her an intern.Li Qianqian was proud at first that she was no longer the youngest little potato in the company, and then felt helplessly frustrated—the "little" intern returned to China after studying two graduate students overseas, and she was actually one year older than her.

The company is busy, Jiang Tong can only continue to foster Jiang Zhen at Beibei's house.However, he still struggled to keep his promise, spending at least half a day a week with his little friends.It's just that after Jiang Zhen entered school, the number of extracurricular classes gradually increased. The big ones were busy with their careers and the small ones were busy with their studies.

"I originally asked you to spend more time with Zhenzhen, but why did you go around and become with me?" The two sat in the window seat of KFC next to the Children's Palace, Beibei complained while munching on hamburgers.Her husband is on a business trip again. Jiang Zhen and Xiao Yu have four extra-curricular classes of painting, martial arts, piano, and English on Sundays. Housework is not mentioned, and just picking up and dropping off the children is enough for adults to drink a pot.As soon as Jiang Tong and Beibei opened their eyes, they worked like spinning tops until the afternoon, watching the two little bean dings run into the Children's Palace holding hands, and finally they were able to catch their breath and have a late lunch.

Jiang Tong emptied the French fries, patted the salt on his hands, pretended to wipe his hands and dared not look at his sister: "Now Zhenzhen and Xiaoyu are busier than me... Do you consider enrolling the children in a few extra-curricular classes?"

"Brother, look at what you said, did you not read the WeChat article I sent you last time?" Don't mention it, when it comes to parenting, Beibei slapped the half-eaten hamburger on the table, and her momentum rose sharply : "What's going on in the high school affiliated to x university now? What's the price of x government high school? The proportion of independent extra points in the college entrance examination and quality education is getting higher and higher every year. What's the use of regretting it if you don't start from a baby? Hmm? What's the use? When the time comes Zhen Zhen has grown up and is sensible, and blames you for not nurturing him well, where are you going to reason?"

"Zhenzhen is an American..." Jiang Tong retorted weakly.

"What's wrong with the Americans?" Beibei took out her mobile phone and put the screen in front of his eyes: "Look at it—'Chinese students have experienced American elite private high schools and lamented that the course pressure is too great to keep up with'. They are good schools in the United States. My children also wake up earlier than chickens and go to bed later than cows, and they often go to third world countries for social practice during vacations!"

Jiang Tong finally disarmed and surrendered: "Just pretend I didn't say it, pretend I didn't say it. You are an expert in educating children, and everything is up to you."

"Is it easy for me?" Beibei said and felt wronged: "Su Lin is always on a business trip, and you don't know where to go all day long. I pull two little boys by myself, and you still find fault with me."

I ain't I don't!Jiang Tong was terrified by his younger sister's crying appearance, and his desire to survive made him rack his brains to change the subject: "Say, speaking of it, your colleague...is called Lucy? How is Lucy's wedding preparations going?"

"We're getting married next month, and even sent us an invitation." Beibei glared at him, "I even hooked up with you when you were single. Now Lucy is married in a blink of an eye, and you're still wandering around all day long." of."

"I missed a good girl because I was blind." Jiang Tong bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "When is the wedding? I'll see if I can attend."

"Don't go, one more person will give you a red envelope." Beibei's eyes lit up as if she suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I almost forgot to tell you a gossip. You have to keep it secret from your colleagues at work. There is no one to talk to at home, and it has suffocated me for the past few days."

"what's up?"

Beibei made a mysterious expression and leaned towards Jiang Tong.

"Lucy slipped the tongue when she told me at dinner a few days ago. Guess what, she and her husband met on Tinder! The two 'didn't know each other', and they were really together after going back and forth."

Jiang Tong choked on half a mouthful of Coca-Cola, his face flushed from coughing.

"It was quite unexpected." Beibei understood his reaction, and quickly handed him a few tissues: "Lucy didn't think it was right after she finished speaking, and she was scared... Fortunately, I met me, and others didn't pass it on. The whole building knows."

After sharing the gossip, Beibei still had more to say: "I have a friend with rich experience who told me that three times is the limit. After three times, the vagina can go straight to the soul. It's a pity that I can't verify my early marriage... What do single people think about this ?”

Jiang Tong kept coughing loudly, buried half of his face in a tissue, and dared not look at her.

Even though Beibei still wanted to continue the conversation, the two children had already bounced and pushed open the door of KFC.Relieved, Jiang Tong tried his best to avoid being alone with Beibei for the next few hours.

After a day of running around, the adults were exhausted, so they just cooked some quick-frozen dumplings for dinner.Zhen Zhen and Xiao Yu were halfway through eating, their heads were bouncing on the table, they were so sleepy they couldn't keep their eyes open.The brothers and sisters then put down the bowls and chopsticks to wash and rinse for the children, and when they sat at the dining table again, the dumplings were already in a mess.

After Jiang Tong took a few bites, the phone buzzed on the table.He opened WeChat and took a look, put down his chopsticks and got up.

"I have something to do with the company. I'm leaving first. I'll see you next week." While speaking, the man had already walked to the entrance.

"Brother!" Beibei stood up and called him to stop.

"Is there something wrong with you recently?" She tilted her head and smiled ambiguously.

"When will you take it home to have a look?"

Jiang Tong's eyes wandered: "Don't talk nonsense... Can you still hide it from you?"

However, a woman's intuition is sometimes unbelievably sharp.

"Could it be 'that' friend? Tinder or Momo?" Beibei covered her mouth: "Brother! You've learned badly!"

Jiang Tong suppressed his beating heart, his face remained motionless, leaving Beibei with an impatient look, and fled in despair.

There was a traffic jam on the road for 10 minutes. By the time Jiang Tong hurried into the screening room, the movie had already started.Fortunately, there are not many people in the cinema, so there is no need to huddle up and wade back and forth between legs.Jiang Tong finally found his seat, and found that Xiao Fengtai was already sitting next door, staring at the screen with his chest folded and frowning impatiently.

"I can't believe you chose this movie." When Jiang Tong was seated, he leaned his body and whispered in Jiang Tong's ear: "A mainland horror movie?! Do you have some unknown spirit? Question, want to commit suicide slowly and be afraid of being alone, so you pull me on the back?"

"Keep down." Jiang Tong looked around, only to see that there was no one around to retort in a low voice: "You said you wanted to watch a movie."

"Kill me and I wouldn't have thought you chose a horror movie! To be precise, it's a low-budget horror comedy absurd pornography!" Xiao Fengtai gritted his teeth: "Romance movies, action movies, documentaries, literary movies...everything is better than this stuff ! Oh my gosh look at the heroine's face! Is she going to poke the screen with her silicone chin?"

Jiang Tong was unmoved: "When it is convenient for both of us to come out, filter with a radius of three kilometers from the hotel. This film is the only choice."

"Besides watching movies, there are many things we can do." From bottom to top, he quietly covered Xiao Fengtai's arm that was casually resting on the armrest. Under the thin fabric, the man's muscles were visibly tensed.

"When I was in school, I was always No.1 in the class, because I was good at guessing the professor's intentions." Jiang Tong whispered in Xiao Fengtai's ear: "I guessed what you want to see, right?"

Angry or ashamed, the body of the young man beside him seemed to tremble slightly.Xiao Fengtai turned his head away from looking at Jiang Tong, who suddenly regretted that the horror film was lit too darkly, making it hard for him to see whether his ears were red again at this moment.

Although neither of them remembered what the movie was about, Xiao Fengtai was still aggrieved until he walked into the hotel lobby—Jiang Tong guessed that there was an element of saving face for himself mixed into it.

"The first time and the last time!" He warned Jiang Tong in the elevator: "Let's not see each other again when we watch this kind of money laundering film! The three views are different!"

"What did we watch in the cinema together back then?" Jiang Tong answered irrelevantly.

"Spiderman." Xiao Fengtai said casually.

Jiang Tong smiled: "You still remember."

"So what?!"

"I don't remember." Jiang Tong saw Xiao Fengtai's face froze, and his heart was inexplicably filled with the pleasure of a successful prank.

"I don't remember at all what the movie was doing because when I sat in the theater, my mind was filled with... not very healthy things."

Xiao Fengtai's face turned from white to red. Fortunately, the elevator door opened with a ding at this moment, and Jiang Tong walked out first, leaving him a little time to digest and hide his emotions.

"To be honest, I quite like this movie." Jiang Tong said as he walked, his voice was so soft that he wasn't sure Xiao Fengtai could hear it.He hoped that Xiao Fengtai wouldn't hear it.

"Spider-Man's attendance is too high."

When swiping the card to open the door, he remembered what Beibei said today.

Maybe she's right.From Jiang Tong's personal experience, carnal love can indeed penetrate the soul.But whether it is a little bit of long-lasting affection that makes them attract each other secretly, or the intense secretion of hormones that finally influences their decision-making, Jiang Tong, a doctor of biology, can't tell why.

So be it.While panting to unbutton Xiao Fengtai, Jiang Tong said to himself.Partners, friends, lovers, need-relieving partners, anything.At least for the moment they are happy.

This time, as long as Xiao Fengtai doesn't call to stop, he won't quit halfway.