Chasing

After Wei Yi woke up, he was in a daze for a while, his throat was dry and astringent, and his head hurt a little. He turned on the bedside lamp, looked at the wall clock on the wall, and found that it was past seven o'clock in the evening.The memories before he got drunk came flooding back, if it wasn't too clear, he thought he was having a dream.

He felt that he was still not concentrated enough, because his ex-wife lost his composure after a phone call, and it was still when Han Jifei was a guest at home.Wei Yi rubbed his temples, saw a glass of water on the bedside table, picked it up and drank it, and finally felt much more comfortable.

He got out of bed slowly, opened the door and went out. The living room was quiet and the lights were not turned on. With the moonlight outside the window, Wei Yi noticed that when Han Jifei and his son were here, the mess had been cleaned up. It's clean, probably made by my son.There were some lights in Wei Wenxi's bedroom, Wei Yi walked over quietly, and saw Wei Wenxi concentrating on her homework through the crack of the door.

Wei Yi went to the bathroom to wash his face, and when he came back, he saw the phone screen was on.There was a missed call from Han Jifei and several new WeChat notifications on the phone. Wei Yi picked up the phone and checked, and found that they were all from Han Jifei.From top to bottom: "I see you're drunk, I'm leaving first, if you're not feeling well, just call me."

"Brother Wei, are you feeling better?"

"Brother Wei, are you still awake?"

"Brother Wei, I'm in a hurry. I, Iron Man, forgot your house. Take it to me at work on Monday."

"Brother Wei, are you still awake? The call I made to you just now is nothing wrong. Let me know when you wake up."

Wei Yi replied: "I just woke up, Iron Man will take you there. Don't worry."

Before he put down his phone, Han Jifei's WeChat came again: "That's good."

"I'm really sorry, I didn't entertain you well today. Come to my house for dinner again in the future."

"It's delicious. Brother Wei, your cooking skills are very good. I will go there often in the future. You don't have to be so polite."

Wei Yi smiled, Han Jifei really didn't regard himself as an outsider.He put down his phone, saw Iron Man on the coffee table, picked it up, packed it in a bag, and put it on the cabinet by the door, for fear that he would forget it.

Wei Yi went to the kitchen and started to clean up the mess.Wei Wenxi heard the movement, and ran out of his bedroom with his slippers on.

"Dad, are you awake?"

"Ah."

"Have a headache?"

"good."

"Brother Xiaofei is leaving first."

"He sent me a WeChat message."

"Oh."

Wei Yi noticed that his son talked a lot uncharacteristically and seemed to care about him, so he felt comforted, and he remembered his son was still crying before going to bed, so he hugged the little guy in his arms.

Wei Wenxi struggled to get out, tried hard for a while but failed, then obediently stopped moving.After a while, Wei Yi let go of his son, and his son's eye circles were red again.

"Dad won't force you to do things you don't like."

"Will you go to see her?" Wei Wenxi refused to call out those two words.

Wei Yi smiled and said, "Maybe." After all, there are some things that must be made clear. "Don't tell your grandparents that she is back, they are old, I'm afraid they will be angry."

"understood."

"Go study, I'll clean up the kitchen."

"Ah."

Wei Yi cleaned up for more than an hour, and the kitchen was restored to its previous tidy appearance. The copper hot pot was cleaned and dried and returned to its original position. He also made some dinner by the way.For the unfinished seafood, Wei Yi steamed it in a pot, cut ginger and added some vinegar, put the unfinished sauerkraut in the pot to heat up, then fried the vegetables, and stewed the rice in the rice cooker I didn't move it, because it was still steaming when I opened the lid with the insulation plugged in all the time.Wei Yi called his son, and the father and son had a casual meal.

After eating, Wei Yi took a break to take a shower, washing away the smell of alcohol and the sweat from cleaning the kitchen, feeling refreshed and refreshing.

He also felt that at such an advanced age, it was really embarrassing for him to become so decadent because of some nonsense more than ten years ago.Wei Yi rubbed his head with a towel, and turned on the TV with the other hand. He tuned the channel casually. Coincidentally, the movie channel was broadcasting Iron Man. Wei Yi called his son, who rushed out like an arrow, snatching the TV from the TV station. Sitting on the sofa with the remote control, it doesn't move.

Wei Yi watched TV one after another, and played a game of Happy Matches in his hand. Before finishing a round, Han Jifei sent him another WeChat message.He finished the game, two stars, shook his head regretfully, and clicked on WeChat.Han Jifei sent a short video, which happened to be Iron Man on TV.

He stood up and walked away, took a short video with his son and the TV, and sent it back. "Wen Xi is also watching."

Han Jifei sent a smirking expression, and Wei Yi put the face of this expression on Han Jifei's head, amused by himself.

During the interval between commercials, Wei Wenxi mainly saw her silly father smirking at his hands, so she asked, "Dad, what are you laughing at?"

Wei Yi showed the phone to his son, and Wei Wenxi exclaimed, "Brother Xiao Fei is also watching Iron Man."

"Ah."

"What's so funny about that?"

"Don't you think this expression is funny?" Wei Yi asked his son, but unexpectedly, his son rolled his eyes in exchange.

"What's so funny?"

"Stinky boy."

Wei Yi didn't understand, did the old man have a lower smile?

While Wei Wenxi was watching Iron Man, Wei Yi and Han Jifei kept sending WeChat messages back and forth, and they didn't actually chat about anything meaningful, but Wei Yi thought that Han Jifei had listened to some of his low-level chats some time ago. The divorce history, coupled with the sudden drinking this afternoon, probably because he was afraid that he would be depressed, he was always making him laugh intentionally or unintentionally.After chatting for a while, Wei Yi didn't notice that the corners of his mouth were always slightly raised. When the movie was over, his son yawned and went to wash up. Wei Yi felt that he was really much better.

He said thank you to Han Jifei, Han Jifei seemed to understand what he was talking about, and sent him a smiling expression.

Han Jifei was ten years younger than him, but he knew how to care for others. He was a little clumsy, but his meticulous movements made Wei Yi feel very warm.This is probably a comparison of heart to heart. I treat him well at work, and in exchange the other party treats me well.It doesn't feel like giving in vain.

It was another Monday, the weather was very clear, Wei Yi sent his son to school, and turned a corner to pick up Han Jifei.He put the Iron Man that Han Jifei forgot at home in a bag, and Han Jifei returned it to him after he got into the car.

Han Jifei said: "Brother Wei, you don't need to make a detour to pick me up when you go to work in the morning, for fear of traffic jams."

Wei Yi stared at the outside intently, and said indifferently: "It's not too far away."

Han Jifei was fiddling with the Iron Man bag, and said to Wei Yi, "I'm afraid you'll be in trouble."

"It's nothing to worry about. Your home is not too far away."

When he arrived at the unit, Wei Yi briefly cleaned the toilets, and Wei Hui handed him a document. "Brother Wei, it's a good thing. From Wednesday to Friday, there will be two places for comprehensive management to go to Beijing for training, and Secretary Zhu has approved them all."

Wei Yi flipped through the pages and said, "It's that time again?" This training is held once a year, and there are two places every year. Last year, after Wei Yi took over the comprehensive treatment, he went by himself. Yi doesn't have to worry so much about sharing a room with someone else.

Although he is not a particularly particular person, he still pays great attention to basic personal hygiene, but sometimes he always finds it hard to explain the people who are assigned to the same room when they need accommodation for training and meetings in other places. After staying for three or two days, there is already an indescribable smell in the room.This time is good, he can take Han Jifei who is a Virgo, they have been on night shifts these few times, and they have gradually become familiar with each other's living habits, and they have cooperated quite well.

After sending Wei Hui away, Wei Yi called Han Jifei upstairs.Han Jifei was out of breath as soon as he entered the door. Wei Yi asked him, "Why are you in a hurry? There's nothing too important."

Han Jifei smiled at him foolishly.

Wei Yi sat him down and showed him the documents: "Buy two tickets to Beijing on Wednesday, and I'll give you my ID number later."

Han Jifei looked at the document, then at Wei Yi, and said, "Take me?"

"Who will I take if I don't take you?"

"so good?"

"Okay?"

"Okay." Han Jifei was very happy.

"Hey, smoking is banned in all indoor spaces in Beijing, what a shame!" In fact, this is the most uncomfortable thing for Wei Yi.Taking the train, smoking is not allowed on the train, living in the training building, smoking is not allowed in the training building, even in the toilet. This training is the most aggrieved and difficult time for him.

Han Jifei laughed even more happily. He turned over the documents in his hand several times, and then said, "Brother Wei, let's come back on Sunday, okay?"

"Ok?"

"After the training, it will be Friday. We will spend two more days in Beijing. I will be in charge of booking the hotel."

"..." Wei Yi didn't answer him immediately.

Unexpectedly, Han Jifei continued to imagine: "Or let Xiaoxi come to Beijing too, let his grandparents pick him up on the train after school on Friday, and we can go to the train station to pick him up."

"..." Wei Yi became even more silent.

Han Jifei's brains were open enough, but Wei Yi's heart was moved. He was usually too busy to take his son out. Han Jifei's words reminded him.

"I'll think about it and tell you tomorrow."

"Uh-huh."