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19.

"Drip-drip-"

"Drip-drip-"

The ruthless alarm clock rang again and again.

Duan Li covered his head under the quilt irritably, trying to ignore the sound of the alarm clock.But the remaining rationality told him that today is Monday and he has to go to work on Monday.

He stretched lazily, struggled to get out of the quilt, held down the alarm clock that was still beeping, scratched his hair depressedly, and went to the bathroom with dim eyes to wash.

After finally scrambling to squeeze into the morning rush hour subway at the last second, Duan Li looked up and saw the subway sticker saying "Still crowded on the subway now? Hurry up and buy a car!" There was a big head and a small body next to him, No facial features, shaking the index finger, coupled with a so-and-so car advertisement that says "You are OUT!".

buy a car?Like him, a newborn calf who has just left society and has become the target of capitalists, if he wants to buy a car, he must be after the age of 40!

Duan Li expressed deep contempt for the creator of this ad.

But despise is despise, he still has to honestly go to work for capitalists.

When they arrived at the company, many people had already sat at their jobs.

"Duan Li. Good morning!"

"morning!"

"Good morning! Duan Li, you are not late today! It's amazing!"

"Hey! I'm not late every day."

After greeting everyone, Duan Li walked to his own seat and started a new day's work.

It has been almost two months since Duan Li came to work in City B.From being alone at a loss at the beginning, to now, he has almost gotten used to the fast pace of life in this city.

Every day he came to the company from the cheap rented house, and then returned to the narrow world that belonged to him after a day of hard work. Duan Li's daily life was a repetitive, monotonous two-point line between his home and the company.

He worked very hard at work because he used to use heavy work to escape those annoying thoughts.

During these two months, Duan Li has been forcing himself not to think about Cheng Zhensheng, not to worry about that person's life, and not to allow himself to set foot in his world again.

He obviously didn't want to affect his life, but he still couldn't help asking his classmates about the other party's current situation.Knowing that that person seemed to be doing well, my hanging heart dropped again.

After get off work in the evening, Duan Li went to the supermarket to pick up a bento, and then went home.

He casually put the lunch bag on the table, then took off his coat and walked into the bathroom.

The house Duan Li rents is not too big, a one-bedroom standard single apartment, with its own kitchen and bathroom, and the rent is average, not expensive, but not very cheap either.

Duan Li felt that it was just right now.Although he is like many college students who have just left society, his wallet is empty, but fortunately, the company he joined gave him a good salary, and he just graduated, and he didn't need to worry about anything at home, so he didn't have to worry about it. I wronged myself too much and pushed myself too hard.

After taking a shower, Duan Li sat down at the table with his wet hair and prepared to finish his dinner.

He opened the supermarket bento in front of him, which was full of color and fragrance, but was actually only one grade higher than instant noodles. He couldn't help but think of Cheng Zhensheng.

In the past, because Zong and Cheng Zhensheng were together, in order to take care of each other's stomach, although the two big men always went out to eat out, they never ate unambiguously.

Now that he is alone, without anyone to worry about, he is too lazy to work on it.

Although he has been supervising Cheng Zhensheng's three meals a day, thinking about it from another angle, Cheng Zhensheng no longer supervises him.

Thinking of this, Duan Li suddenly lost his appetite.Quickly took two bites and settled down hastily.

Suddenly, the phone rang.Taking a look at the caller ID, Duan Li picked it up unhurriedly.

"Duan Li!" Brother Duan's gentle voice came from the phone.

"Brother. What's the matter so late?"

"It's okay. I can't call you if I'm okay!?"

"I didn't say that." Duan Li sighed helplessly.Ever since Big Brother Duan got together with Zheng Jie, a person who was originally such a teacher has become able to tease each other.

"Your boy, your birthday will be in two days, right?" Brother Duan changed the subject and said, "Is there any gift you want? I'll send it to you."

Duan Li didn't speak.

Birthday?Duan Li couldn't help thinking, when was the last time he celebrated his birthday?Then he inevitably thought of Cheng Zhensheng again.

His birthday was in early August. At this time last year, Cheng Zhensheng took him to a clothing store and gave him a ridiculously expensive suit.The clothes are still in his closet. I saw them two days ago, and they seemed to be a little dusty.

It was Cheng Zhensheng again.Duan Li really wanted to spurn himself, why would he always think of that person no matter what.

"Duan Li? Duan Li, talk!" Brother Duan didn't hear a response for a long time, and his voice was a little urgent.

Duan Li came back to his senses, and said with a teasing tone: "Brother, when did you learn how to think like a girl?"

Brother Duan was obviously embarrassed, and said: "It's all your sister-in-law's idea. He said that you work hard outside alone, and sometimes you will inevitably be lonely. Let me care about you more, and don't make you feel that you don't have the warmth of a family."

Duan Li laughed out loud.Indeed, the family never took birthdays seriously.

"Then thank sister-in-law for me." Duan Li relaxed his body and fell back, lazily leaning on the only single sofa in the room, and then said: "There is no need for presents. I am fine here. real."

"I really don't need it? It doesn't matter what you want, I don't need to worry about money for your brother!" Brother Duan thought he was worried about his own expenses.

Duan Li reiterated again: "I don't care about money for you. I don't need anything here, and everything is good. Really! If you want to be so thoughtful, why not coax your sister-in-law more and take care of the family." He thought of his parents at home. , I feel that my son is really unfilial.

Brother Duan seemed to have heard his worries, and turned to comfort him: "Do your job well. Your sister-in-law and I are the ones to deal with at home! You don't have to worry about it."

"kindness."

Later, the two chatted about family matters, and felt that the two men really had nothing to talk about, so Duan Li said "I have to go to work tomorrow" and was about to hang up.

"Hey! Wait!" Brother Duan said suddenly.

Duan Li stopped, waiting for the other party's next words.

"Do you know Zhensheng him..." Brother Duan obviously hesitated.

Hearing that long-lost name, Duan Li sat up from the sofa and asked: "What's wrong with him?" His voice was a little hesitant.

Brother Duan thought for a while and said, "No, it's nothing. You should go to bed early." Then he hung up the phone.

Duan Li didn't put down the phone in his hand, and when he heard the "beep beep" sound coming from the phone, he fell back on the sofa again.

Brother Duan's tone just now, it is obvious that something happened to that person.Duan Li thought, but he didn't want to tell him, was it because he thought it had nothing to do with him?

He raised the phone in front of him, turned to the contact interface, saw the string of numbers with the note "Zhensheng", stared at it silently in a daze.

How is he now?

20.

That evening, Duan Li was still writing a report at the company.A colleague who had a good relationship with Duan Li came over and asked him, "Duan Li! Today is your birthday, right?"

Duan Li thought for a while, then nodded and said, "En." Since Big Brother Duan mentioned it two days ago, he has already forgotten it.

Why does it seem that people often care about his birthday recently?He thought, still not used to this kind of thing.

Not understanding his entanglement, the man continued: "Since it's my birthday, shall we go to the bar tonight? Let's celebrate it."

Duan Li subconsciously wanted to refuse: "I can't. Why bother with such a trivial matter. And I still have work to do."

That person still didn't give up and said, "Birthdays can be big or small. And when you join the company, we haven't had a proper welcome party yet!"

Duan Li continued to shake his head: "No need, I..."

Before he finished speaking, the man went on to say: "You can go with us! The female colleagues in the company really want to get in touch with you more!" After speaking, he made a very obscene wink at him.

Duan Li's black line, then he doesn't even want to go.

"And this time the manager said he would go too!" The man resorted to his final trump card: "We will have to work together for so long in the future, and this is an inevitable social gathering! Don't you think so?"

Duan Li hesitated.It's not that I was fooled by the word "manager".I just think what he said is quite right. In this society, who doesn't need to socialize?

He thought about it, and finally nodded.

"Okay. Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient. But..." He pointed to the computer screen, "I want to finish typing this report first, and it will be ready soon. Or, why don't you go downstairs and wait for me first? I'll be down in a while .”

"Okay! Then we'll wait for you downstairs, hurry up!"

"it is good!"

Duan Li looked at the report on the computer screen, stretched his waist, patted his face to force himself to concentrate, and then heard the sound of "da da da" typing on the keyboard resounding in the air.

Five minutes later, after Duan Li confirmed that the content was correct, he pressed the save button, turned off the computer, stood up from his seat, and stretched again.

"Finally done." He said to himself.

Just then, his cell phone rang.

It was the colleague from just now.He picked up the phone and pressed the answer button.

"Duan Li. Are you alright? Everyone is waiting for you below!"

"Okay, okay. Come down now."

After hanging up the phone, Duan Li picked up his briefcase, turned around and walked towards the elevator.

As soon as he got to the door, the phone rang again.He didn't look at it this time, and said directly to the other side: "I'm waiting for the elevator, it will come down soon."

Then he heard a woman's familiar voice on the phone saying: "Xiao Li. I'm Aunt Cheng."