Out of place

Cheng Boyan sat in front of the table, on which were a lunch box and a plate of Chinese cabbage fried minced meat.

The casserole rice is delicious, but although the boss has tried to put as little oil as possible, for Cheng Boyan, this dish is still too oily, he made all the dishes out, and ate up the rice with the Chinese cabbage he fried.

Cheng Boyan basically didn’t watch TV when he went home. When Xiang Xi wasn’t there, the TV in the living room was turned off. There was no sound from the TV, nor Xiang Xi’s voice. cry.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, the birds spend more time outside the balcony, singing more and more cheerfully, making the room a bit deserted.

When Cheng Boyan was washing the dishes, when his cell phone rang in the living room, the ringtone startled him.

The ringtone was not so loud before, because Xiang Xi always turned on the TV very loudly like a deaf person, so he had to turn up the ringtone of his mobile phone to the maximum, and even changed it to heart-piercing music with gongs and drums.

Cheng Boyan wiped his hands and took a look at the phone. Lin He called, and he answered the phone: "Hello?"

"Bo Yan! Are you at home?" Lin He's voice came out mixed with the chaotic background sounds on the street.

"Here, why?" Cheng Boyan looked at the time.

"Come out and sit for half an hour. I didn't call you a busy person at the temporary meeting today, but now I have to meet you when I pass by your house," Lin He said. I haven't seen you, I want to see you to relieve the pain of lovesickness, if you don't come out, we will kill you directly at your house."

"Didn't we meet during the Chinese New Year? It's only been a while since I've been missing you again." Cheng Boyan smiled, "How can a scumbag like me miss you so quickly."

"Cheng Zhanan said you guys go to cool off..." Lin He didn't know who to talk to over there.

"Cheng Boyan, you are heartless!" A female voice rang through the receiver, "If you don't come out, I will bring our children to the door to ask for an explanation."

"Xiao Lang?" Cheng Boyan immediately recognized the voice. This was his front desk when he was in high school. After graduating from university, he followed his family to Australia, and he hadn't seen him for a long time.

"Can't we come out?" Xiao Lang said, "We are at the door of your house where there is a statue of Guo Nan. If we don't come out this time, the chances of meeting again after I leave will be really rare, scumbag."

Cheng Boyan changed his clothes and did not drive. He walked to the north gate of the community and saw two cars parked on the side of the road, and several people standing beside the cars.

They were all acquaintances of him and Lin He. Xiao Lang's long legs were still very eye-catching. When he was 178 tall and ran towards him with high heels, he felt the pressure.

"Oh, if you're too lazy to come out, we can really go in," Xiao Lang rushed to him and hugged him vigorously, then stepped back and looked at him up and down, "How can you be so handsome forever?"

"When did you come back? Don't even make a phone call." Cheng Boyan smiled.

"There are too many things to do when I come back this time." Xiao Lang brushed his hair, "I want to contact you after I deal with it. I am afraid that you are busy. I called you when I came back last time. Your tone that is almost cold to the Antarctic I should make a recording for you."

"I had a patient at the time, so you call me when I'm the busiest." Cheng Boyan grabbed her shoulder and walked to the car, and greeted several people, "Where are you planning to go?"

"I've eaten too much. I plan to find a place to rest my stomach first, and then sing a nursery rhyme." Lin He opened the door. "If you don't sing, come with us and find a coffee shop to chat for a while."

Cheng Boyan got into the car, and the two cars drove out one after the other.

Today Song Yi was driving, and Lin He was sitting in the co-pilot, all the way reminding Song Yi that he was about to turn and merge, pay attention to the distance between cars, Cheng Boyan couldn't help it behind him: "Stop."

"Why?" Lin He turned his head.

Song Yi laughed: "Someone can't stand you anymore, those who drink and direct those who don't drink drive."

"And it's still so long-winded," Cheng Boyan said, "I'm going to stay in Fatty Chen's car."

"No," Lin He laughed, "Chen Fatty has been possessed by a stock god recently, and he has been singing all the way."

"That's right," Cheng Boyan thought for a while, "Yes, he made a lot of money from the south car north car... Forget it, I'll bear it here, you shut up."

A group of people entered the cafe, found a corner booth and sat down, Cheng Boyan and Xiao Lang sat on the far side, listening to their chat.

"What are you doing this time?" Cheng Boyan looked at Xiao Lang.

"Ah," Xiao Lang smiled, took a sip of coffee, "I'm getting married."

"Married?" Cheng Boyan was stunned.

"Well, get married," Xiao Lang waved his left hand in front of him, the engagement ring on his middle finger was shining, "He proposed, and I agreed."

"I didn't tell me about this..." Cheng Boyan sighed, then smiled again, "Congratulations."

"I want to tell you, but I feel... I don't know how to describe it," Xiao Lang shook his head, "I feel like once I say it, it's really over. I mean in my heart, in terms of form."

"Okay," Cheng Boyan patted her on the shoulder, "I wish you happiness, you will be happy."

"Well, I love him very much and want to spend the rest of my life with him," Xiao Lang turned his head to look at him, "but you mean something different to me, you are my memory of youth, a simple first love, the scum that dumped me Scum..."

Cheng Boyan smiled and said nothing.

It's hard to define whether Xiao Lang is his first love or not. Cheng Boyan's memory is not clear, but the vague affection, Xiao Lang's initiative, they walked together together, and then chose to separate after realizing something.

"Scumbag," Xiao Lang patted his leg, "You are a good man, there is a sentence I have never said... Thank you for your honesty."

Cheng Boyan took a sip of coffee, and he brought up the breakup because he found out that he didn't like girls, and it was his fault. When Xiao Lang's friend came to him to denounce him, he never made any other excuses for himself.

For the next year or so, he faced all kinds of gazes, disgust, probing, curiosity... But he didn't feel that there was anything, it was human nature, and he could calmly accept these.

"I sincerely hope you are happy, Boyan," Xiao Lang said, "I hope you find the right person. There may be friction, there may be fierce quarrels, but they will never be separated."

"Thank you." Cheng Boyan said.

After Xiang Xi cleaned up the store, he took a shower in the back kitchen and climbed up to the attic.

The attic is really low and dark, Xiang Xi can't even stand up straight, and it's very small, with a small bed and a small bedside table, there is no room for activities.

He bent down and spread the old set of bedding that the proprietress brought him on the bed, stuffed the bag into the cabinet, then lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.

The wooden bed is not comparable to the sofa bed in Cheng Boyan's house, but he can bear it. People who have slept in self-service banks, have a job, have a small space of their own, and have a bed that does not shake, is enough.

He flipped back and forth on the bed for a while, took out his phone and looked at it, it was almost out of battery, there was only one light in the attic, and there was no plug, so he had to go downstairs to charge it.

Xiang Xi looked at the time, it was not too late to call Cheng Boyan, but he held the phone for a long time and didn't dial, he didn't know what to say when he called.

Making a phone call is different from face-to-face communication. When staying at Cheng Boyan's house, Cheng Boyan may not respond to what he says, but he won't feel embarrassed. If Cheng Boyan doesn't make a sound on the phone, it will be awkward.

But after hesitating for a while, he still dialed the number, and now he couldn't sleep, it was really painful to just lie down like this.

The phone was connected, and Xiang Xi listened to the dial tone, one, two, three... After four rings, he felt guilty for some reason.

Could Cheng Boyan be busy, reading a book, having an intracranial orgasm...

He was worried that Cheng Boyan would be annoyed by his call to talk about nothing.

"Hey." Xiang Xi sat up, put on his shoes and went downstairs with the phone and charger, put the phone on the table downstairs to charge, and then went upstairs again.

Get rid of Uncle Ping, get rid of Zhaojiayao, get rid of the life he doesn't want to live, and also get rid of friends, although he has no so-called friends who are close except for steamed buns, but he makes a phone call to talk nonsense There are still some people, and now they are all thrown away.

clean.

So clean that when he was lonely, bored and unable to sleep, the only person he could contact was Cheng Boyan, who lived in two worlds with him, and would never have been able to talk to him in this life if God hadn't eaten the wrong overnight food.

It's amazing.

sleep!

Sleeping is not something you can fall asleep when you want to sleep. After turning on the bed for a while, Xiang Xi sat up again, unable to fall asleep.

He stood up and walked back and forth in the attic, hunched over, one step across, one step back, and finally he stopped by the window.

Xiang Xi was very moved by this window that was next to the roof of the attic but was actually only at the height of his chest. The attic mainly relies on it to exchange air with the outside world.

However, the window is almost ready for ventilation, and it is basically impossible to look out. This window is a round hole, and a wooden board with many small round holes is sealed on it.

Xiang Xi stuck a finger out of the round hole, and the hole was about as thick as his finger, and there was no room for turning when the finger stuck in.

When the phone rang downstairs, Xiang Xi was trying to get his finger out of the hole.

"Fuck, wait!" He frowned and shouted anxiously. Only the boss, Fang Yin and Cheng Boyan knew this number. Fang Yin had already contacted him before, and the boss would not call him. The number must be Cheng Boyan called.

Xiang Xi was very anxious, he didn't understand that his fingers were obviously quite thin, how could he poke a hole into the one that was thinner than his finger, and there was a bigger circle next to it, why didn't he poke that one!

No no no no, why do you have to poke a hole to play!

The phone was still ringing, Cheng Boyan obviously had more confidence in calling him than when he called, the phone kept ringing non-stop, one phone stopped ringing, and the next one started ringing again.

"Can't answer the phone! Hang up!" Xiang Xi yelled helplessly, hooked his feet over the small stool next to him and sat up on it, leaning against the wall with his arms raised, suddenly feeling very discouraged, "Go to hell WTF……"

Cheng Boyan hung up the phone and frowned. When Xiang Xi called, he had just taken off his clothes and was taking a shower. The phone rang twice before it stopped. He thought it was a harassing call, so he ignored it.

After taking a slow shower, I saw that it was Xiang Xi's call, but no one picked it up when I went back.

Although Cheng Boyan didn't want to think so, but Xiang Xi's living conditions all the time made him unable to help thinking... What happened to this kid again?

Locked in the attic by the boss?

Got hit again?

He didn't know where Xiang Xi's rented house was, and there was nothing he could do now, so he had to take his mobile phone into the bedroom and put it on the table, waiting for Xiang Xi to call again while reading.

The phone rang again an hour later, and Cheng Boyan was closing his book and was about to make another call to see what was going on.

"Hello?" He picked up the phone.

"...It's me, Xiang Xi." Xiang Xi's voice came over.

"Why didn't you answer the phone just now?" Cheng Boyan was relieved to hear that his voice was quite normal, and leaned back on the chair, "I thought something happened to you again."

"No, I'm just..." Xiang Xi sighed, "I just stuffed my finger into a hole, and I can't get it out..."

"What hole?" Cheng Boyan was stunned.

Xiang Xi clicked his tongue: "The hole in the wall, it looked fun, so I stuck my finger in it when I was bored, and it turned out..."

Cheng Boyan laughed out loud after a pause of two seconds, unable to stop for a long time, and said while laughing, "Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh."

"Laugh," Xiang Xi said in a muffled voice, and he was also amused after speaking, "I feel like an idiot."

"How did you take it out?" Cheng Boyan felt worried about Xiang Xi's finger, but he still couldn't help laughing, "Did your finger hurt?"

"I don't know how to take it out, I just sat there with my arms raised, then fell asleep, and when I woke up, I took it out as soon as I woke up," Xiang Xi said, "It didn't hurt."

"The blood is flowing back," Cheng Boyan laughed again, this time even harder, "I'm sorry, I'll laugh first."

"Do you have any sympathy? You are still a doctor. Where is the benevolence of the doctor!" Xiang Xi shouted.

"What are you sympathizing with?" Cheng Boyan said with a smile, "You hung there and fell asleep."

Xiang Xi didn't speak, but after a while he also laughed, and it took him a long time to say: "It's really hanging on to sleep."

"What did you want to talk about when you called me just now?" Cheng Boyan stood up and put the book back in the bookcase.

"I don't know, I just can't sleep and have nothing to do." Xiang Xi said.

"I see that you are quite tired from working in the store. Why can't you fall asleep after running around?" Cheng Boyan smiled, "You still have pneumonia, so you still need to take a good rest."

"Well, it will take about two days to get used to it," Xiang Xi sniffed, "Actually, it's not too tired...Have you slept yet? It's pretty late."

"Just about to go to bed," Cheng Boyan looked at the time, "You go to sleep too, tomorrow will be busy all day."

"Then I'll hang up," Xiang Xi said, "Good night."

Before Cheng Boyan could reply, he hung up the phone.

Cheng Boyan only had time to think about what to eat for lunch when he was staying in the inpatient department.

Noodle?Porridge?

Why is it so uninspired...

"Doctor Cheng," a little nurse entered the office, "we have casserole rice at noon, can you come together?"

"Casserole rice?" Cheng Boyan looked at her.

"Yeah, didn't you order it last time? You said you don't want to eat it, but the one on the old street is delicious. Do you want to eat it today? You have to order it early, otherwise his house won't have time to deliver it Already," said the little nurse, "If you don't want to eat, I can order another one for you."

Only then did Cheng Boyan suddenly realize that the casserole rice that the little nurses always like to eat seems to be the one where Xiang Xi works part-time?

He hesitated for a moment: "Let's eat."

"Sausage? The sausage is delicious, add some bean sprouts and green garlic." The little nurse recommended it to him.

"Okay." Cheng Boyan nodded.

Xiang Xi happily ran into the hospital with a bunch of boxed lunches. The boss said that there are few people and they usually don't deliver meals, but two places will deliver. A nearby company and hospital have been regular customers for many years.

The boss didn't say that he had to deliver food at noon, and he was worried that he would be unhappy, but Xiang Xi didn't mind, so he made two trips, and even went to the hospital, maybe he could meet Cheng Boyan.

He ran to the nurse's station in the inpatient department, and a little nurse smiled when he saw him: "Oh my God, Xiang Xi? Why are you here to deliver the meals?"

"Hi sister, I'll take care of it from now on. I'm working here now." Xiang Xi put the lunch box on the table and quickly reported all the meals they ordered, "See if it's right."

"Yes," the little nurse nodded, gave him the money, and pointed to one of the boxes, "Xiao Li, is Dr. Cheng in the office? Take it for him."

"Doctor Cheng? Cheng Boyan?" Xiang Xi immediately asked, "I'll take it."

"Ouch," the little nurse laughed, "then you can take it."

When Xiang Xi walked into the office, Cheng Boyan was putting away the hospital admission record he had just written on the table, and when he looked up, he smiled and said, "It's really your shop that booked it."

"That's right," Xiang Xi raised the lunch box in his hand, "And I delivered it, but I didn't expect you to eat it, and I thought I'd go find you after delivering it."

"Try it, just eat a few bites," Cheng Boyan took the lunch box, "Is there any commission for delivery?"

"No, I'll give you two places as a gift. How much can you raise as a commission?" Xiang Xi said, "If you want to eat next time, tell me in advance and ask the boss to save you oil. You will definitely feel greasy after eating this." big."

"It's okay," Cheng Boyan smiled, "I'll do it when you can do it later."

"It's a deal," Xiang Xi snapped his fingers, and glanced at the clock on the wall, "I have to go back, it's time to welcome guests, there are too many people."

"Go ahead, show me the door." Cheng Boyan said.

"Okay." Xiang Xi took two steps, left the office and closed the door.

Fang Yin stood at the entrance of the hospital, and when he saw Xiang Xi coming out, he raised his camera and took two pictures, then followed him and asked, "You're in a good mood?"

"Well, it's good." Xiang Xi said, stepped on a battery car parked on the side of the road, the car belonged to the boss, and it was used to deliver meals, buy vegetables, and run errands, and the car belonged to Luyuan, but it was too broken. Getting up is not much faster than walking, and it jingles all the way like bringing a band.

"Why are you in such a good mood?" Fang Yin asked, "Work is so tiring, even when I look at your attic in the morning..."

"That's why," Xiang Xi turned to look at him, "You, and those who look at the photos, will never understand my current mood. There are high happiness, low happiness, and different goals. But some people just want to see the pain of living at the bottom, if you think I can’t shoot what you want here, just change people quickly.”

"No," Fang Yin smiled, "It's pretty good, I just have to follow you when I say these things to you."

Xiang Xi was indeed in a good mood, and it has been good for many days.

The daily work is not easy. Except for the work in front of the stove, he does not have to take care of everything else. It is very tiring and dirty, but it makes him feel at ease, and the boss is also nice. He only did less than one job. At the end of the month, at the end of the month, the boss still calculated a month's salary for him.

And he can go to the hospital from time to time. When Cheng Boyan was in the inpatient department, he would go to chat for a few words, and occasionally he would go to the outpatient clinic and hang around outside Cheng Boyan's clinic.

Because he was in a good mood, he didn't care about Fang Yin who appeared in front of him like a spy every day, and hoped that he would appear on camera with a sad face.

He felt that working here was good for Fang Yin. Fang Yin would come in every two days, and then he would order a casserole meal in the store and observe him while eating.

"You've almost eaten all the dishes here," Xiang Xi put the casserole in front of Fang Yin, "Why don't you write a story about the casserole by the way."

"Maybe I will open a shop in the future," Fang Yin said, and looked around the shop again, "Make a clean and clear environment."

"There must be no business," Xiang Xi said, "The food here is messy and looks like it has been around for a long time. You can tell it's an old shop at a glance, and it tastes good."

Fang Yin thought for a while: "There is also a certain reason."

The proprietress's casserole was almost gone, and Xiang Xi was about to go to the back kitchen to get some out, when someone shouted from behind: "Two servings of bacon, add eggs!"

"Okay, wait a minute!" The boss responded.

When Xiang Xi heard the voice, he immediately froze in place, not daring to turn around to confirm.

"The doctor said that I need to supplement my nutrition now," said a female voice very dissatisfied, "You just take me to eat this stuff?"

"Eat something casually at noon, and I'll take you to eat it in the evening." The man said.

Xiang Xi didn't continue to listen, he bowed his head and walked quickly to the back kitchen, trying to escape before the boss told him to clean up the table, but it was too late, the boss yelled at him while helping the proprietress with the dishes: "Hongtu, go Clear the table over there."