middle aged

Xiaoman discovered that her husband's insomnia has become more and more serious in the past few months. Even if she sleeps in a separate room, she can still hear the sound of Qi Yunze getting up in the middle of the night and opening the bathroom door. What's more, the smoke in the bathroom is getting stronger and stronger. The smell became more and more unbearable for her.When Qi Beibei got up several times in the morning, she was unwilling to go to the main bathroom to urinate, but ran to the bathroom in their bedroom, complaining to her mother in a childish voice while going to the bathroom, saying that her father must have smoked in the bathroom again in the middle of the night.

Even the child can see it so clearly, why can't she see it.Xiaoman has always felt that her husband is not a person with a lot of worries. Although she knows that Yunze always likes to take care of things by herself, even if there are difficulties, she is unwilling to say a word to her family, but so far, she has not seen anyone What could torture him like this.However, the man was still unwilling to say a single word to her. Xiaoman wanted to open his mouth to ask, but he still couldn't say that word.

Finally one day, at five o'clock in the morning, Xiaoman woke up from her sleep. She could smell the familiar smell of smoke across a corridor. When Qi Yunze opened the bathroom window and was puffing, three or four cigarette butts had already been wiped out in the trash can.

Qi Yunze didn't expect his wife to wake up at this hour, he was stunned for a moment, and then extinguished the cigarette in his hand.

"Yunze, what's the matter with you recently? I see you can't fall asleep all the time."

"...It's nothing," Qi Yunze turned his head, seemingly inadvertently, avoiding Xiao Man's questioning eyes, and threw the stubbed cigarette butt into the trash can.

"Is it because you've been too busy at work recently?" Xiaoman didn't realize that her husband was avoiding subconsciously. When she saw her husband go to the sink to wash his hands, she followed her. Qi Yunze in the mirror frowned tightly, and his eyes were full of Bright red bloodshot eyes, swollen eyes, and scary dark circles.

"Hmm..." Qi Yunze replied while washing his hands. He picked up a stream of water and washed his face, his swollen head seemed to wake up a little.

"Don't pay too much attention to work matters. It's not too stressful for us to raise two children, and our parents can help. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. The same is true for the leaders of your unit. Those with nepotism have no ability. , if you can pass it by sloppy eyes, go there, otherwise it won't be worth it if you burn your body."

Qi Yunze's hand washing his face was stunned for a moment, he looked through the mirror at Xiaoman's aggrieved look behind him, he couldn't bear it, and said: "Don't worry, I have my sense of proportion, it's still early, I'll go to sleep later, you Let's take a break too, I have a class reunion at noon, so I won't be home for lunch." After speaking, Qi Yunze walked back to the study and lay down on the bed, Xiao Man couldn't sleep even after waking up at this point, so he simply changed his clothes and went to bed in the morning. Went to the city to buy food.

Qi Yunze who was lying on the bed still felt groggy. Since the Chinese New Year, he has often had trouble sleeping. Being able to sleep from 11 o'clock to 6 o'clock is already a huge luxury. For him now, it is often two or three o'clock in the morning Then I woke up, and then I couldn't sleep again, because once I woke up in the middle of the night, there was the shadow of that person in the dark room, the voice of that person, the way that person hugged him and smiled at him.There was also that person who told him cruelly that when they were finished, there was a look of determination in his eyes.

When he really couldn't sleep, he would get up and go to the bathroom to smoke. While smoking, he wanted to forget the figure of that person in the smog. He would often stare in a daze at the mirror in the bathroom in the middle of the night, Listening to the breathing of the child and his wife sleeping soundly, he blamed himself for his dissatisfaction in the depths of his heart, but often at this time, even if he forced himself back to bed, he would still think of that face, when he used to ride a broken bicycle The way he bumped into himself, and the way he looked at himself with a low eyebrow and a slight smile.

Qi Yunze forced himself to fall asleep, but he saw Mo Pingfan's shadow while he was half asleep, he wanted to hug him, but Mo Pingfan kept avoiding him, Qi Yunze wanted to run to chase him, but his whole body seemed to be pressed by a stone Yes, he couldn't even move, and in a panic, Qi Yunze kicked his legs hard, waking himself up from the dream.

After waking up, I realized that Qi Beibei had crawled onto his bed at some point, leaning half on his chest, sleeping soundly, drooling, Qi Yunze moved his head lovingly to Qi Beibei, Put her on the mat beside her, wipe the drool off her mouth, and cover her belly with a blanket.

Looking at the phone, it was already past nine o'clock. This sleep was too restless, and he couldn't breathe due to the overlapping of messy dreams, but it was better to fall asleep than not to fall asleep. Qi Yunze walked to the main guard's room At the sink, look at yourself in the mirror, your complexion seems to have improved a bit.

After a simple breakfast, Qi Yunze shaved his beard, changed his clothes, and left home. Although it was still early, Li Wei called yesterday to say that he wanted him to come and help earlier. There is no reason not to go.

"Hey, you're the boss, it's okay." Qi Yunze was shocked when he walked into Li Wei's restaurant. The whole hall was decorated with magnificence, almost comparable to that of his wedding. There were not many tables in the hall. , Seeing that there were four or five tables of banquets, there was a banner hanging in the middle of the hall: I wish the 2001th anniversary party of the 3 Senior Three (15) Class of Z City No. [-] Middle School a complete success!

"I said Boss Li, can you be more exaggerated?" Qi Yunze joked with Li Wei.

"I haven't had a gathering for more than ten years, isn't it? The first meeting must be grand and important. Besides, our teacher Li is also here this time. Can't we make it more decent?"

"Ms. Li is here too? Didn't she go to the south to do business with her husband?"

"Her daughter took the college entrance examination this year. Two days ago, she finished the exam and said that she wanted to go to Z University. Teacher Li brought her daughter over to have a look. Isn't she in our classmate group? I added her on WeChat to see the photos she sent, and I knew her In City Z, I invited her here, although she was very fierce to us before, but she has grown up so much, and it is really rare to meet such a responsible teacher."

Qi Yunze nodded, and while talking to Li Wei, he went to help him. There will be more than 40 people in this class reunion, which is rare. Some of the classmates who are currently in other places came back after knowing it. There were only a few who were abroad, and the journey was really far away, so Li Wei prepared five tables of dishes, several boxes of beer and liquor, and was busy with Qi Yunze when he saw Ouyang Xiaoxiao coming from the hall.

Although Ouyang Xiaoxiao was not in the same class as them, because of Gao Ranran's relationship, Li Wei also invited her over. Besides, at that time, the class next door was taught by a teacher, so the relationship was naturally not bad.

There were also a few classmates who came early, and they all came to help one after another. Li Wei even found the most beautiful waiter in the store in the costume of Miss Manners, and made a sign-in book at the entrance of the hall.

"It's as if you're receiving gift money for a wedding. Why, are you preparing in advance to collect full moon wine money for your son?" Ouyang Xiaoxiao joked.

"Where, Yunze, look at her, she still speaks like this, isn't this our first meeting, I wonder how commemorative it will be for every meeting in the future."

"Your idea is quite unique." Qi Yunze picked up the sign-in book and flipped through it casually to see which ones had arrived and which ones hadn't. But suddenly, the name that haunted him appeared in his in front of you.

The most familiar font, the most familiar three words, fell on Qi Yunze's body like a fixing spell. At this moment, there was only one voice in his mind: "He's here? Why didn't I see it?"

In fact, Mo Pingfan has been here for a few minutes, but after signing in, he went straight to the hall, because he was with Teacher Li all the time, and Teacher Li was surrounded by classmates who came to say hello, sitting on the side He was completely blocked by everyone's figures, that's why Qi Yunze didn't see him.

"Yunze? Yunze? What's the matter with you? Give me the book, Lao Wang is here, hurry up and ask him to sign in." Li Wei tugged at the sign-in book in Qi Yunze's hand, only to find that the book was tightly pinched by Qi Yunze, There are even some wrinkles around the corners.

"What's the matter, old Qi, think I'm late? Didn't you come to help earlier?" Wang Hu also poked Qi Yunze and said with a smile

"Huh?" Qi Yunze gradually regained his composure, "...Yeah, you don't know how to come early to help us at the party, and you won't give a lottery, haha" He pretended to take the notebook farther away, joking with Wang Huyi , but the corner of his eyes had already scanned the entire hall, and sure enough, in a small corner, he saw the familiar figure of that person.