After I was kicked out by the benefactor

The alarm clock rang, and Xu Shuming opened his eyes.The newly rented one-bedroom apartment is only [-] square meters in size, and the bedroom is only [-] square meters in size, and a bed takes up most of the space.

Opening his eyes and looking at the narrow ceiling above his head, it took Xu Shuming a while to realize that he had returned to Hong Kong Island, not the single apartment in the mainland.

Fortunately, the rented high-rise is not disturbed by noise. Although the rent is a bit more expensive, it is still within the acceptable range.

In the morning, I made an appointment for an interview with an accounting firm. At noon, I had to go to Queen Mary Hospital to see my father, and by the way, meet my old classmates.

It was also this old classmate who gave him a lot of help when he submitted the application.However, these days when I came back, I was busy mortgage the house, looking for a house, and moving, so I was so busy that I didn't have time to treat him to a good meal.

I originally planned to let my father live in a private hospital, but the house could not get cash for the time being. Intensive hospitalization in a private hospital is expensive, and a large sum of cash needs to be paid at one time, otherwise the application for a hospital bed would not be possible.

His old classmate said that like his father's situation, it is more cost-effective to live in a public hospital, and his father is a teacher, enjoys high welfare, and has a lot of expenses reimbursed.

Xu Shuming also prefers public hospitals, but public hospitals have always been difficult to apply for. If you make an appointment for a long time, you may have to wait for two years.

Thinking of this, Xu Shuming was more grateful to this classmate who was studying in junior high school with him, and made up his mind to treat him to a meal.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xu Shuming seized the time to get up and get dressed.When I went out, it was not past 07:30, which was still early.The weather was sweltering today, Xu Shuming walked out of the elevator, anticipating how intense the sunlight would be outside.

If it's too hot, I'd rather go to the subway to squeeze in than wait for the bus.

Before going downstairs, I met Mrs. Shen who was taking the children out for activities.Mrs. Shen lived on the same floor as him, and met him a few times when they moved. For some reason, every time she saw him, she was very enthusiastic.

She is a full-time wife, and her husband works in the Health Bureau. She has to go out at 06:30 every morning and doesn't come back until [-] o'clock in the evening.

In order to take better care of her daughter, her family trustee introduced a Filipino maid to do the housework, and she was able to escape from the heavy housework and devote herself to taking care of the child every day.

At this moment, it was she who took her daughter to the nearby community playground to exercise.

Mrs. Shen still greeted him enthusiastically this time, "Mr. Xu, good morning." Then, she brought her daughter forward and said, "Vivian hasn't said hello to anyone yet, how did Mommy teach you?"

"Brother Xu, morning." The child, who was not even as high as Xu Shuming's knees, said shyly in a small voice.

Before Xu Shuming said anything, Mrs. Shen immediately said, "Vivian, it's not brother, it's uncle. Didn't Mommy correct you yesterday, child?"

Seeing Mrs. Shen teaching her daughter, Xu Shuming couldn't help smiling.Children who haven't entered kindergarten can't tell their seniority clearly.He looked at Vivian's cute and bewildered face, squatted down on one leg, put his eyes on the same level as the child, and said to her with a smile, "Vivian is so beautiful today, is this the newly bought princess dress? "

Although children are young, they naturally don't like to listen to admonitions, but love to listen to praise.

"Yes, brother!" I said happily, forgetting my mother's education in a blink of an eye.

Xu Shuming saw that Mrs. Shen was very embarrassed when she heard the child called the wrong name again, and said to Mrs. Shen with a smile:

"You can call the child whatever you like, Mrs. Shen, please take your time."

After finishing speaking, Xu Shuming stood up, bent down and touched the child's head, and said, "Vivian, I'm going for an interview, wish me the best of luck, okay?"

The child glanced at his mother, nodded greatly, raised his hand and made a superman gesture: "Brother, FIGHTING!"

Seeing that the child was so sweet, Mrs. Shen also smiled, and said to Xu Shuming: "Mr. Xu, are you going for an interview today? Then don't be late, I won't delay you!"

"Thank you, Mrs. Shen," Xu Shuming didn't delay, and waved to Vivian again, "Vivian bye!"

"Bye, brother!"

After bidding farewell to the mother and daughter, Xu Shuming deliberately made an extra detour to the street not far from their building.Compared with the place he rented, this street is a little messier.Xu Shuming is handsome and tall. Today, he wore a more formal black suit pants and white shirt for the interview, which is very eye-catching.

When passing through the crowd, many people walked past him and stopped to look back at him.

Xu Shuming didn't know it himself, but he moved to the newly rented place, and he quickly captured the neighbors just by his looks.In addition, Mrs. Shen purposely made friends with him, inquired about his background, pityed him, and liked him very much.

A high-achieving student, his parents are innocent, he is young, and he looks so good, so what is the future?

Of course, there are also a lot of gossips, but those teachers and wives who like to listen to trivial matters.There are many pretty guys on the street, but it's rare to see them talking so kindly, why don't you cherish them?

Xu Shuming has received a lot of attention because of his appearance since he was a child, but he didn't pay much attention to this aspect.He took two steps, and as expected, he saw an old man sitting on the concrete steps binding cardboard on the side of the street.

The old man was so busy with his own livelihood that he didn't notice that Xu Shuming was looking at him. He didn't notice until Xu Shuming walked over and handed him the cardboard box he didn't need after tidying up.

The white-haired old man, with a thin body, saw the cardboards that had been packed together in front of him, and quickly put down the work in his hands to take them over. He kept bowing his head and said, "Thank you, thank you kind people."

Xu Shuming knew that the old man hadn't recognized him yet, so he raised his voice with a smile and said, "Auntie, I'm Shuming, how are you doing today?"

The old man was old and his ears were a little deaf. He raised his head when he heard Xu Shuming's words, and saw Xu Shuming's smiling face, and said with a smile on his dry face: "It's you, good boy, I'm fine! I'm in good health! "

Xu Shuming was relieved when he heard his loud voice and ruddy complexion, and put the mineral water he just bought beside the old man, "Abbot, it's hot today, drink more water, and don't come out at noon."

"Okay, okay, you young man, you spend a lot of money, a bottle of water is worth my early wages, don't want it, you take it!" The old man is self-supporting and does not easily accept other people's charity.

Seeing that he misunderstood himself, Xu Shuming quickly said, "Abbot, I didn't buy this. It's a gift from yesterday's purchase. It doesn't cost money, and I don't like to drink this brand..."

The old man saw that Xu Shuming had a long talk with him, his head was getting bigger, he still had work to do, how could he have time to listen to him, so he could only say: "Hey, I accept it, only this time, not next time! "

Xu Shuming knew that the old man didn't like to listen to people's pestering, so he stopped talking when he saw his goal was achieved, and got up to leave.

The subway at eight or nine o'clock is always crowded with office workers.For the interview at [-] o'clock in the morning, you need to report downstairs half an hour in the morning.

After finally squeezing into the subway, I could only stand against the edge of the car door.Holding his mobile phone, he began to choose a place to treat his old classmates to dinner in the evening. The better restaurants need to be reserved in advance.Xu Shuming didn't know if his classmates who were doctors were busy, so after thinking about it, he looked for some restaurants in the southern district that tasted good and couldn't wait for a table.

It takes half an hour to take the subway from the place he rents, and after exiting the subway exit, he has to walk for more than ten minutes to get downstairs for the interview.

When he was studying, Xu Shuming didn't often come to the CBD in Central. He was a student and had a lot of homework, so he didn't have time to come and play.

Later, when he grew up, he left this land instead.He has always felt that Hong Kong Island cannot keep up with the trend of the world. When the Internet was developing rapidly, Hong Kong Island was obsessed with real estate. When it came back to God, Hong Kong Island wanted to develop again, but found that it had no foothold and could only continue to develop the financial industry. .

The company that Xu Shuming interviewed was also an accounting firm with relatively old qualifications in Hong Kong Island. He thought that his resume, which had been vacant for almost half a year, would make this firm look down on HR, but unexpectedly, it was still Received an interview invitation.

I think the companies I worked for before coming here are all very good stepping stones.There were quite a few people who came for the interview. When Xu Shuming passed by, there were already five or six people seated.

In addition, there were a few college students who wanted to be interns. The front desk lady was very capable, and so many people were arranged in an orderly manner.

Having worked as an assistant by Zhong Wentian's side for a long time, Xu Shuming didn't feel nervous about the interview.He has mortgaged the house now, and his father's hospitalization expenses are not outrageous after being reimbursed, but now it is more than enough.

Just renting a house, daily household, and wanting to hire a good nurse for my father, all aspects are expenses, I have to hurry up to find a job, and first relieve the sense of urgency in my heart.

Xu Shuming looked at the applicants who competed for the same position with him, four women and two men. This is a very typical status of the audit industry. Compared with financial professionals like investment banks, audit salaries are like porcelain.

There are at least two or three rounds of interviews in an established company like this. The first interview is just to get the bottom line on the HR side. Xu Shuming is familiar with the process and answers all HR questions in a thoughtful manner.

Seeing that a man and a woman HR looked satisfied with each other, Xu Shuming felt confident.One side is over.

Sure enough, they directly informed him to come back tomorrow, and another senior executive came to have a one-on-one interview with him.

Xu Shuming breathed a sigh of relief, and went out of the company to check the time. It was getting late, so he immediately continued to catch the subway without stopping.

When I arrived at the hospital, the time was just right, and the doctor in charge of Xu's father hadn't finished get off work yet, so he hurried over when he saw Xu Shuming.

He brought him a glass of water and put it in front of him.

The doctor's surname is Lin, wearing a pair of glasses, he is very gentle and friendly.Doctors on Hong Kong Island have a high income and only accept patients by appointment every day, so the number is controllable and they will never be overloaded.

"Thank you, Dr. Lin." Xu Shuming sat in front of Dr. Lin, took a sip from his cup.

Dr. Lin saw that he was bright and generous, and liked him very much, and said, "Your father's condition has been relatively stable these two days, don't worry."

After returning from the mainland, Xu Shuming was also worried that his father's health would be unbearable, so he was relieved to hear Dr. Lin's words.

Because there were not many patients, Dr. Lin was very meticulous about each patient, and asked about Xu Shuming's father in detail.It was Xu Shuming who saw that the clock hanging in his office was past twelve o'clock, so he interrupted Dr. Lin and reminded him to take a lunch break.

"Doctor Lin, I'm still free in the afternoon, you can ask slowly, don't worry." Xu Shuming said with a smile.

Dr. Lin heard his joking tone, smiled and shook his head to look at him, and said, "Do you want to have dinner together? You haven't eaten since you came over at noon, right? I invite you."

Xu Shuming shook his head: "I'll go see my father first, I haven't talked to him for two days."

Dr. Lin knew that he was always filial, so he nodded and said goodbye to him.

Xu Shuming left Dr. Lin's office and immediately went to Father Xu's ward.He looked at his father lying peacefully, ignorant, and felt very sad for a moment.

His parents' things at home, he had packed once before when he came to Hong Kong for his mother's funeral.Parents like to help others since they were young, so donate useful things if you can. He only left a few personal items of his parents and kept them.

When I came back this time, even the house where my parents lived was mortgaged. I don't know what my father would think?

They might also say that he did the right thing, and maybe ask him to donate all the money to let more children go to school.They have hands and feet, and they have pensions when they retire, so they don't need the hard work of being a son, and even...

For a moment, Xu Shuming's expression couldn't help but darken.

"Shuming!" A male voice suddenly rang in his ears.

The sudden voice startled Xu Shuming, he turned his head suddenly, and saw Chen Bangyan in a white coat standing behind him.

"Surprised?" Chen Bangyan said with a smile, grabbed his shoulders, dragged him up from the seat, and said, "Uncle Xu is in good condition, and I'm here to watch, don't you feel relieved? Come on, accompany me to dinner first."

"Hey, can you walk well?" Xu Shuming pushed him away politely.

Chen Bangyan didn't care, and continued to squeeze cheekily beside him, saying: "It's been a long time since I saw you, wow, I didn't say that, you are really disrespectful. You were very polite when you approached me before. Just cut off contact with me. You have been back for almost a week, I remember correctly, right?"

"Looking for a house, moving, looking for a job, you're very busy, okay? Besides, are you surgeons free?" Xu Shuming distanced himself from him. The air conditioner was turned on in the hospital, but it was too hot to be too close, okay?

Chen Bangyan didn't realize it. He continued to pull Xu Shuming's shoulder and said, "No matter how busy you are, you still have time off work. I'm not a workaholic."

"Okay, I'll treat you to dinner that night, what do you think Dr. Chen wants?"

Chen Bangyan was just joking with him, but seeing Xu Shuming's expression did not seem to be fake, he said in a daze, "Are you serious?"

Xu Shuming nodded: "I've already booked a seat, will you go?"

Xu Shuming issued a formal invitation, but Chen Bangyan felt a little embarrassed, "Go, go, treat me, how dare I refuse."

"That's good. However, it's a temporary reservation, the place is not very high-end, don't you mind?" Xu Shuming said.

Chen Bangyan yelled strangely: "Who do you think I am? We lived in public housing together since childhood, and you still don't know me?"

Xu Shuming laughed when he heard it, and Chen Bangyan narrowed his eyes when he saw him laughing, only then did he realize that Xu Shuming was narrowing him down.He was angry and funny at the same time, but the way Xu Shuming laughed made Chen Bangyan unable to express his anger.

This has been the case since he was a child. Xu Shuming pretended to be a good student in front of others, but in fact he had a weird temper in private.But he also has a lot of ghosts, and when he does bad things, he always takes the blame for Xu Shuming.

For lunch, Chen Bangyan and Xu Shuming ate a simple meal in the hospital restaurant, and Chen Bangyan was called away by the copy machine just after eating.Xu Shuming didn't dare to disturb him, so he hurriedly let him go.

After eating, Xu Shuming went back to the ward to give his father a muscle massage.This is what he learned from the nurses in front of him.

This is also the reason why Xu Shuming hired special nurses for Xu's father. Although there are nurses in the hospital, the scope of services is limited to daily life. It is not their duty to give father a massage.

This kind of massage requires a professional, and the massage is very labor-intensive. Even Xu Shuming is sweating when he sits down.

Therefore, it is not easy to find a nurse, and the price is expensive. He has no connections. Both Chen Bangyan and Dr. Lin said that they will help him find suitable candidates.

When the lunch break was almost over, Dr. Lin came back.

"Ryan found you at noon. He ran into him on the way to dinner, told him to come over, and immediately turned around and left, scaring his companion. What a brat." Dr. Lin is older than Chen Bangyan and has a higher position level one.

Xu Shuming could think of that scene. Chen Bangyan, who has a lively personality, chose medicine or clinical surgery, which also surprised him.

However, Chen Bangyan's father died in a car accident when he was very young. Although Chen Bangyan seemed to never mention it, and he grew up happily, it still had a profound impact on him. .

"When I came here, I forgot to tell him that I planned to find him at noon, who would have thought that he would come here first." Xu Shuming said.

Dr. Lin shook his head with a smile. He called the nurse over, copied out all of Xu's father's data today, and continued talking about the noon topic with Xu Shuming.

When returning home in the afternoon, Xu Shuming told Chen Bangyan specifically.However, Chen Bangyan did not reply, probably still undergoing surgery.

However, I couldn't help but also worried about whether Chen Bangyan could attend the appointment at night.Chen Bangyan complained to him, saying that being a doctor, especially a surgeon, seems to be cut off from the outside world.

They can ask you out. If you want to ask them out, you have to check their schedule. It’s common to release pigeons. Even if you leave halfway through the meal, you can’t complain.

You can't find a more noble reason to stop someone from saving lives and healing the wounded.

Over time, outside friends stopped asking them out, or couldn't think of asking them out.

In the evening, Xu Shuming went to the restaurant on time, but there was still no news from Chen Bangyan.Xu Shuming looked at the time that was getting closer and closer. He hadn't ordered food yet, but the waiter had come to look at him several times and asked him if he wanted to order food.

It wasn't until nearly 10 minutes past the appointed time that Xu Shuming finally gave up waiting.He thought of the poor history of the surgeon that Chen Bangyan had cried to him before, and finally had a personal experience.He called the waiter and ordered a meal for one person.

By the time we finished eating, it was still early.I didn't go home right away, but walked slowly on the road. I was so busy these days that I didn't have time to see the changes in Hong Kong Island.

After walking for a while, he saw someone performing on the side of a small square. He stopped to watch the young man perform the drum set, and suddenly the mobile phone in his pocket rang.

Xu Shuming was afraid that his mobile phone would disturb the people watching the show, so he quickly took out his mobile phone and went to the side to answer it.

He has only returned to Hong Kong for a short time, his mobile phone number is new, and he only has a few contacts, many of whom are intermediaries.It is estimated that only Chen Bangyan, who broke the appointment, is calling at this hour.

"Hello?" Xu Shuming said, "It's Bang—"

However, before the words were finished, a crisp female voice came from the other end of the phone:

"Hi, Mr. Xu, hello, I'm Yan Shuling. You're so out of touch. Why didn't you tell me when you returned to Hong Kong? I haven't thanked Mr. Xu properly yet."