Just after the sixth day of the New Year, Liang Suici bought a ticket back to M City as soon as his holiday was over.
Obviously, no one had lived in the apartment for several days. There was a faint smell of dust in the air. It took an afternoon to clean the house a little bit. In the afternoon, Liang Suici bought some vegetables and meat and made a simple dinner. Because he had to go to work the next day, Liang Suici cleaned up the table after dinner and prepared to wash and rest.
While brushing his teeth, Liang Suici looked down at the pale red blood on the marble sink. After a pause, he stretched out his finger and rubbed it gently around his gums. Sure enough, he found a little trace of water mixed with blood.
So, next, this body will experience this symptom frequently… bleeding from the nose, bleeding from the gums… Liang Suici sighed and unscrewed the water to dilute the blood.
When he came out of the bathroom, Liang Suici heard a buzz of mobile phone vibration. He walked over, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, and took a look–-it was Li Xi.
Sliding his finger over the answer button, the sound of the phone came through the earpiece, but there was silence there, and only a slight electric current could be heard from the earpiece.
The moment he connected to the phone, the other party did not speak immediately, but paused for several seconds, which made his voice suddenly speak in this silence, particularly cold and clear, “Where are you now?”
Liang Suici opened the quilt and lay down, “In the apartment.”
Li Xi pressed the key, and the lights not far away flashed twice. Li Xi walked over and opened the car door and sat in. “This time, you’re conscious.”
The eight-hour train made Liang Suici’s spirit very tired, and as soon as he touched the pillow, his consciousness even began to blur. He turned on the phone hands-free and put it on the pillow, and then said ”Umm” to indicate that he was listening to his call.
His voice was actually very perfunctory. After listening to it, Li Xi snorted and started the car, “What is your attitude?”
But there was a soft “um” over there, as if it was a response to hearing the voice subconsciously. Then there was a slight movement of turning over. Li Xi was startled, then took the phone away from his ear and looked down at the time–-8:35.
At eleven o’clock in the evening, Li Xi originally thought that the other party must be sleeping when he arrived, but to his surprise, the headlight in the bedroom turned out to be on.
There was a sound of rushing water in the bathroom. Li Xi took out the charger from the bedside table to charge his mobile phone. He read his work email for a while. When he raised his eyes, five or six minutes had passed, and the sound of water inside still didn’t stop.
Li Xi was puzzled, walked over and knocked on the door and asked, “What are you doing in there?”
But there was no response except for the sound of water inside. Li Xi was about to reach out and twist the door handle, but the door opened from the inside with a click.
“What are you doing in there for so long?” Li Xi looked at him steadily, his gaze passing through the tips of his watery hair, his slender dark eyebrows, and finally fell on his pale lips without a trace of blood.
Liang Suici didn’t answer him immediately, but looked at Li Xi with a sad expression for a while. His hair was very dark, but his skin was too white, and there was a shocking fragility under the bright light.
His fragile posture actually made Li Xi’s heart tighten a bit, as if the softest part of his heart had been touched. He heard himself ask, “What’s the matter with you?”
“Li Xi, I feel so uncomfortable…”
There seemed to be a little tear in his eyes all the time. Li Xi closed his fingers and tried his best to suppress the inexplicable emotions that suddenly surged in his heart. He asked him to lie down on the bed and cover him with a quilt. He stretched out his hand and probed his forehead. He leaned down in a calm voice and asked, “Uncomfortable? Where is it uncomfortable? I’ll take you to the hospital…”
The skin was warm and cool, and there were no symptoms of fever.
But he looked at Li Xi steadily, and when he got on the pillow, his eyes closed, but he didn’t speak anymore. Li Xi looked at him quietly for a while, but it didn’t take long for him to breathe evenly.
Li Xi paused, stretched out his hand to cover the quilt for him, and then snapped off the bedside lamp.
Outside the window was a thick night. Li Xi walked to the balcony, found a cigarette and lit it. He said he was uncomfortable… Was it because of himself? Li Xi took a long breath, and the clear curling smoke slowly spread out in the night, and an indescribable emotion gradually appeared in his heart, which made him confused.
What if you are sad? Aren’t I also suffering? Then take it step by step…
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In the pantry of the hospital, Liang Suici poured himself a glass of warm water. Before he drank it, he heard someone behind him say, “Dr. Liang.”
Liang Suici turned his head but saw that it was Yang Li, holding a stainless steel vacuum flask in his hand with a smile on his face.
“Director Yang.” Liang Suici put down the cup in his hand. “Is there anything wrong?”
“It’s nothing, just last time I heard that you were sick. How are you? Are you feeling better now?” Yang Li walked to the water dispenser and took a glass of boiling water.
“It’s just a little cold, and I’m embarrassed. At the end of the year, the hospital was busy…”
“You have to take a good rest when you are sick, and you can’t tire your body out when you return to work. If you want to ask for leave next time, just tell me directly, and you don’t have to go through so many procedures.”
“Director Yang…”
Yang Li patted him on the shoulder and said, “Actually, according to me, it’s not easy for us to be doctors. We don’t even have time to eat when we are busy. Since we are all from the same department, it is also appropriate to take care of each other.”
After he said these words, people came in from the pantry one after another. Liang Suici picked up the cup and drank it, then glanced at the time, the lunch break was almost over.
“Ah, the holidays have passed too fast; it’s the same as not letting it go.”
“Isn’t that right? We worked hard and worked overtime until we were 30 in the new year to get that little salary. Some people are amazing, so it goes without saying that they don’t go to work at the end of the year, and they get their wages. Even the year-end awards are more than us.” Wang Ye stood by the coffee machine. There was obvious ridicule and disdain in that voice. Every sentence contained a gun and a stick, meaning something.
“Wang Ye, forget it…” The colleagues next to him heard his meaningful words, and quickly persuaded him in a low voice. Although they didn’t know how many times they complained to each other about this matter in private, no one dared to take it to the table to talk about it, let alone even in front of Liang Suici.
“What is it…? What are you afraid of him for? Where is there such a good thing, we work hard and are tired, and he takes all the money and credit?” His tone was full of righteous indignation, and he seemed extremely angry, but after he finished speaking, the entire pantry fell into a suffocating silence.
The colleagues around him looked at each other and turned to look at Liang Suici, who was leaning against the table.
The white coat on his body had not been replaced; there was no expression on his handsome face; his thin lips were gently pursed; and he looked extremely cold and quiet.
“Are you dissatisfied with me?” Liang Suici looked at him. “Since you think it’s unfair, it’s better to adjust the attendance record by yourself.”
The colleague next to him saw that the atmosphere was wrong, and hurriedly came out to make a round, “It’s all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, Wang Ye, you are really… Dr. Liang’s serious and hard work is obvious to all. Everyone is a colleague. There is no need to make such a fuss…”
Wang Ye glanced up at Liang Suici, but was slightly startled when he saw his pale face. Because the crystal wall lamp above his head was too bright, from his own point of view, there was a sickly blue and white on his cheeks.
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