Good Night, Liang Xiao

1,

The worst time even entered the emergency room.

At that time, Ye Ji’an had just graduated, and he started school early. He was only 24 years old, and the first company he interviewed was a well-known large group, controlled by the state, involving real estate, military trade technology, cultural relics collection, etc. , had been an intern before, and after three rounds of interviews, he was finally hired to do risk control in an investment department under the group.

Of course, he can't be a director. He is just a red-card soldier with layers of leaders on top of him. They are in charge of making decisions, and he is in charge of doing things.Risk control is a troublesome job. There are not many colleagues at the same level around me. One of them is on maternity leave and the other is suspended for inspection. Every day, I either make reports or write paperwork, or I go online to understand policies and sort out dry goods and then hand them over to the leaders.

It is normal to stay up until you can't get on the last bus.

It is not uncommon for me to lie on the table and squint for a while when I am tired after not going home for a week.

As for overtime pay, no one mentioned it.

Ye Ji'an deeply doubts that people are willing to hire such an inexperienced stupefied young man like himself just to do whatever they want, so he has a lot of "inside affairs".

Fortunately, the salary level is above average, the five insurances and one housing fund are complete, and other benefits are also good, and even the household registration problem has been solved for him.Compared with other classmates, Ye Ji'an felt that he was lucky.

If you are tired, just drink coffee. There are freshly ground coffee in the tea room, and there are also concentrated ones if you want to drink, and they are all free.

Ye Ji'an is content and happy.

As for the subsequent accident, it happened too quickly, so it seemed fake. I just joined the job in August, and the accident happened only in February of the following year.Ye Ji'an stayed up for three days and two nights, drank countless cups of instant coffee, and fell to the ground on the way to submit the report.

It was only six o'clock in the morning, and there were very few people in the company, at least there were no cleaning aunts on this road.He originally planned to stuff the documents under the boss's door and then go back to his workstation to sleep for two hours, but seeing that, even this is not enough.

Ye Ji'an found that he couldn't stand up.

So he simply lay down.

There was a dusty smell on the carpet, and it was dark in front of my eyes. I could see the air outlet of the central air conditioner on the ceiling, the louvers were light gray, and the lights were bright white.Ye Ji'an felt that he was spinning or falling. A building was a hurricane, and he became the calm eye of the storm. He took out his mobile phone and dialed 120. He wanted to report his exact location, but he didn't know what he meant when he said it. what.

Then maybe fell asleep.

When he woke up, the nurse was by the bed, changing the infusion bag for him.

He got such an explanation: the blood supply to the cervical spine is insufficient, and the lack of sleep is serious. This is the case at the age of 24. If he hangs on coffee like this, he will almost die suddenly at the age of 34.

Or die suddenly and lie in bed for a lifetime.

Ye Ji'an said he understood, and asked the nurse for a glass of boiled water.He turned on his cell phone to look through text messages, and saw that he had been lying down for two days, one after another, the glorious deeds of him reporting first aid by himself had spread throughout the department.

Ye Ji'an pressed his phone under the pillow, staring nervously at the white wall.

Can this be regarded as the afterlife?The sense of unreality still lingers.In short, it was the first time he asked himself so seriously, do you really want to die?

In the end, I came to the conclusion that it is okay to die, but when and how to die, you have to decide for yourself.Death from overwork in front of a glare computer screen is as stupid as it sounds.

Shortly after he was discharged from the hospital, he quit his job.

2,

It's not that Liang Xiao didn't work overtime when he was working abroad.

To be exact, his colleagues are working too hard, especially the few Indians and Japanese in the same period. They are full of enthusiasm. Although they are often in a daze during working hours, they will never make excuses after get off work. Let's go first, so that he doesn't want to be lazy.Work is not a punishment for him, most of the time it is quite interesting, although often what he does in extra time is not his original work, but it is also tolerable.The biggest trouble that working overtime brought to him was actually disrupting the time rhythm of life.

For example, if he wants to see a movie, if he is in a hurry, he has to miss the premiere and watch another one, and he does not rule out the risk of being spoiled.

For example, the guard egg that is hatching at home, if it hatches a small thing while working overtime, it will still be a problem.

For another example, if you meet someone and want to get to know them in depth, so as to get rid of single life, at least try to have a little sex life, but you are delayed by overtime, and when you leave the company with your bag in your hands, Liang Xiao often suddenly loses all control over everything in an instant. interest.

Movie?never mind.

Shougong?Resign yourself to fate.

Meet up for a date?Don't want to add anyone to my life, it's too crowded.

The ten minutes of returning home can be said to be the time when Liang Xiao’s mind was at peace. He clenched the steering wheel, stopped before the red light, and looked at the never-stationary streets of Manhattan. Behind the buildings, there was sometimes morning light, sometimes sunset, and sometimes rain. Sometimes it's dark and nothing at all.He occasionally feels that his life is being wasted.

At this time, he often misses domestic food, hot dishes, and lively restaurants, as if this can rekindle his enthusiasm for life.However, most of them are not impressed. It is just a generalized concept, which represents "delicious".

Liang Xiao thinks it doesn't matter, people don't have to love life.

In the end, he chose to resign when he received the news of his promotion because he wanted to return to China to eat authentic boiled mutton.The Americans said he was crazy, Liang Xiao thought about it, and felt that they were the ones who were crazy.

3,

Ye Ji'an was convinced that he was Liang Xiao's first closeted partner in the whole department.

It seems that you can't just be a familiar junior and fan friend?People confide in him.Then be a brother?Ye Ji'an also felt that something was wrong, and it wasn't that there was anything wrong with Liang Xiao. This something was only reflected in Ye Ji'an's own mental state.

Liang Xiao said, "The person I like", "It must be him", "It's a man".These three elements are tied to Ye Ji'an's heart all the time, like a fire that only owes the east wind. Whenever Liang Xiao appears in front of him again, these three elements seem to become audible, floating in Ye Ji'an's ears, constantly reminded him.

Liang Xiao smiled at him, he thought, is it me?

Liang Xiao took him to try a Mexican restaurant, picked out the barbecue, and put it on his plate first, he thought, is it me?

Liang Xiao approached him in the smoking room and said, Senior's tie today is very energetic, but he still thought, is it me?

Ye Ji'an sometimes felt that being paranoid all day long was boring.

But if he didn't doubt it, he was unwilling.

At that time, a colleague in the department fell ill and was lying in the hospital with his appendix cut, and that person happened to be in charge of the same project as Liang Xiao, so all the burdens naturally fell to one side.After thinking about it, Ye Ji'an realized that it was the busiest time for the department, and everyone was dying. He didn't want to put stones on anyone, so he finally decided to do it himself, so that he could have enough food and clothing.

Now that you are a boss, you have to be responsible for the bottom line.

He and Liang Xiao naturally became the latest overtime partners.

On the closing day, something happened to Ye Ji'an, so he called the sick and unconscious guy to ask about the situation again. Sure enough, there was a mistake, and if he corrected it again, the progress would fall behind.But it was more than enough to finish in one night, he found Liang Xiao in the tea room, "Thank you, I will do the rest."

"It's okay, senior, hurry up, both of you." Liang Xiao was tinkering with the coffee pot, and a new cup rushed in. He turned his head and smiled at Ye Ji'an, "I'm not very sleepy, and I can hail a taxi when I get home."

"I'm not going back, you can still catch the subway while it's still here."

"If I don't leave now, then both of us can go back." Liang Xiao insisted.

The living Lei Feng is you.Ye Ji'an muttered silently.

Then the one you said...is it me?He began to think so again.

Feeling really speechless to himself, Ye Ji'an realized that he was really afraid of being sentimental, so he took away Liang Xiao's black coffee and warmed him a cup of whole milk with brown sugar, "Then lie down for a while," he lowered his eyes, Looking at the decreasing numbers on the microwave, "You can't drink coffee like this, it's a lesson from the past."

"But you also drink a lot."

"You good young man can't be like me." Ye Ji'an smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and took out milk and handed it to him.Liang Xiao opened his mouth but didn't say anything. He stretched out his hands to take it, and the fingers of the two touched the glass wall, touching each other.Except for the sound of the air conditioner working, the night was very quiet, maybe they could hear their hearts beating quite fast at this second.Perhaps an illusion.

Ye Ji'an was stunned for a moment, perhaps less than half a second, but the stupefaction did exist.This kind of insignificant physical contact must have happened before, maybe just a few days ago, before Liang Xiao came out of the closet.But he couldn't remember even once, because his heart didn't skip like that.

So now, here, what the hell is there?Ye Ji'an almost stubbornly thought, here are two poor people whose heartbeats are too fast because of caffeine and staying up all night, maybe they are about to die suddenly.

After thinking about it, I knew I was lying to myself.

He looked at the young man who was silently drinking milk in front of him, took a sip and drank very seriously, and had the urge to put his forehead on his shoulder and lean on it, so Ye Ji'an turned around and went back to the office to work.

Liang Xiao leaned on the dining table, looked at his back, and made up his mind for the umpteenth time that before taking over his own company and being able to support this person, he must work overtime with him until the end.

The milk is very sweet, and there is a layer of milk skin on the lips, which is very thin and soft.

Sometimes people still have to love life.

4,

Cloudy and smoggy days seem to be standard in early spring. Liang Xiao has been in this city for nearly two years, but he is still not used to it.The two of them didn't work overtime too late that day, it was just after nine o'clock, and many colleagues were still there, but they ran into each other in the bathroom, washed their hands, and glanced at each other in the mirror.

Later, all his colleagues left, and Liang Xiao spent the night in Ye Ji'an's office.

With glass walls, I dare not turn on the lights, and I do everything secretly, even if some hardworking people come back suddenly, but it is also very exciting.

Early the next morning, Ye Ji'an woke up on the sofa, while Liang Xiao was still sleeping on his lap.Looking at the time, there is only more than an hour left before going to work. It is definitely too late to exercise, but I still have to eat breakfast. I am very hungry after tossing all night. The two of them are going to have a hearty meal, such as Cantonese morning tea, shrimp dumplings with chicken feet.

Last night, after washing up in the bathroom next to his eyes, Liang Xiao was still a little out of bed when he was walking towards the elevator, frowning and flipping through his phone. Ye Ji'an was walking in front of him, but suddenly stopped, "It's so early." He told The colleagues who are also waiting for the elevator say hello.

"Ah, yes," the little girl was a little trembling, as if she didn't dare to look at the two of them, "I forgot something, I'll go downstairs to get it... Director Ye also came very early."

Ye Ji'an smiled and said, "Yes, yes." He pressed the elevator door and let the girl go in first, but he almost understood in his heart that the child's desk was facing his office, and he probably saw something when he came to work, such as Inside the glass wall, Liang Xiao lay on his lap and yawned, so he ran away in a panic trying to pretend nothing happened. After all, he ran into his boss's explosive private affairs. For a newcomer who just joined the job, he was more frightened than excited, but it was not a coincidence , The elevator came too slowly, and it ran into it again at this moment.

To Ye Ji'an, being seen is not a big deal, anyway, he puts on his clothes after finishing work the night before, and wraps his gloves in several layers of toilet paper and throws them into the trash can. There is no such thing as disheveled clothes that are unsightly, so he is more worried What's more, this girl is stuttering now, will she still be more afraid of herself in the future, and her nervous sensitivity will affect work communication and so on.

But from his standpoint, it is not easy to take the initiative to explain anything.

Looking back, Liang Xiao had already put away his mobile phone, put it in his pocket, pursed his lips and looked at the numbers that were falling on the screen, with a little smile in the corner of his eyes.

You are quite beautiful, Ye Ji'an thought.

Then I don't have to worry about it anymore, he thought again, how about thinking about what kind of porridge to drink later, is it sashimi or pumpkin millet?

Sure enough, as soon as they reached the first floor, the frightened girl trotted away. Ye Ji'an covered his face with inexplicable guilt, and reminded Liang Xiao to put on the mask, and the two walked out of the building fully armed.

The smog was overwhelming, and the wind was very cold. The morning tea shop was just across the road, and the green light was still on. Ye Ji'an was ready to rush.

Liang Xiao grabbed his sleeve, "I've saved enough money." He said so.

"Today is Senior's birthday." He said again.

Ye Ji'an still didn't react, turned to look at him, only saw a pair of smiling eyes, and a small piece of skin that looked extraordinarily fair under the cold weather, "I forgot about it."

"Look back." Liang Xiao cupped his cheeks and twisted slightly back. Ye Ji'an followed his strength and turned around, looking up——

On the LED screen of the company building, the advertisement of XX Bank, which had not changed for several months, disappeared.

Instead, there is a line of big characters, red, brightly lit, more than ten floors high, each character is as big as several rooms, especially conspicuous in the dusty and fuzzy air, "Happy birthday, forever and ever."

Ye Ji'an was a little out of breath, and Liang Xiao was at a loss for words for a moment, and the two stood side by side at the bottom, continuing to look up.

The words make them seem small.

The morning rush hour has already started, and there is a lot of traffic behind them. These pedestrians and vehicles pass by this huge screen, and may go to any corner of the city.

Can it be said that this screen and these eight characters have passed through the entire city of Beijing?Ye Ji'an thought about it this way.

"250 million." He broke the silence.

"Well, you can leave it for a whole day, or you can turn it off now. I didn't put the name in the end, and I feel that many strange people will find it that way," Liang Xiao's voice was muffled by the mask, and he paused, and he said again , "Wait until the evening and the effect will be better."

"I've seen the one at the Citi Building. It's really good evening." Ye Ji'an took out his phone to take a picture, "I think I'm going to faint, should we post a circle of friends? Don't have news from other places on the Internet by then. Nothing happened."

"...I think it's a bit silly." This time it was Liang Xiao's turn to cover his face.

"I like it very much, I have already posted it," Ye Ji'an raised his voice, "Or do you want to refute the above two sentences?"

"But it's just silly."

Ye Ji'an pulled off the mask, ripped off a part of Liang Xiao's, and gnawed at him ferociously. Liang Xiao was caught off guard, but hugged him to prevent him from leaving, and softly licked his lips.Ye Ji'an finally opened his mouth, took Liang Xiao's hand, put it into his pocket, and held the phone. He said in a low voice with a smile on his face, "You have to send it too."