midsummer night

He Xiyuan didn't speak, and followed Lu Chengfeng to the room.There are three bedrooms and a study in the suite.The bed in the bedroom is covered with sea blue bedspread, creamy white wallpaper, dark walnut wood wardrobe, and the furnishings are simple and elegant.

Lu Chengfeng took out a small clip from the desk drawer, and took out a business card from it to him.He Xiyuan felt that the name on the business card looked familiar, an English name Lauren and the initials of the surname, without a title.

Lu Chengfeng said: "This is my housekeeper. If you can't reach me, you can find her."

Holding the business card, He Xiyuan was a little at a loss.

Before he left, Lu Chengfeng pressed a few keys on the fingerprint lock, and then asked He Xiyuan to stretch out a finger to record the fingerprint.

When driving back to Lin Xin's residence, Lu Chengfeng said: "You can move in anytime after tomorrow, the housekeeper will contact you, and the driver is also in Beidu, use it as you like."

He Xiyuan thought of the Beta driver who was in good shape, and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.Fortunately, the baffle was raised, and the driver didn't hear Lu Chengfeng's words.

Lu Chengfeng added another sentence: "Only for moving and traveling."

He Xiyuan instantly put away the smile on his face.

After Lu Chengfeng left Beidu, He Xiyuan spent three days collecting things from his friends and moved to a suite in the embassy area.

Apart from the furniture, the cabinets and lockers are almost empty, the refrigerator has a few bottles of water and an ice pack, but no food.

Both the driver and the housekeeper were very polite to him, and they could only directly say "use whatever you want" that Lu Chengfeng mentioned.

He Xiyuan chose the smaller of the two bedrooms, with a small balcony.The bedroom is in blue, gray and white tones, and when the lights are turned on at night, there is a warm white light covering the room.The sheets were a dark navy blue, and the cabinets didn't look wooden, but thick and heavy, with a smooth grain.

He walked around the room, neatly hanging the clothes he wore at work in the closet.

The rooms are quiet, the community has a large garden and is one block from major transportation routes.There are no tall buildings in the surrounding streets, and there are no uneven high and low houses in the old city.

It's so quiet at night that you don't even need noise-blocking earplugs to fall asleep.

His suitcase stood upright next to the huge bed, as if he lived in a hotel and was ready to pack and leave at any time.The layout of the room is indeed like a hotel. There is a bathroom in the house. When you get home and enter the room, you hardly need to come out.

This is the largest bed he has slept on since he arrived in Beijing, and he can turn over twice.The mattress was just the right firmness, the sheets had a clean smell and were extremely comfortable.Whether sitting on the bed reading a book or sleeping with the lights off, he can sleep until he wakes up naturally.

There was no knocking on the door, and there was no sound of couples arguing or children crying upstairs.Open the windows, and the autumn wind from outside will pour in.

After moving in, the driver asked him for three consecutive days if he needed to pick him up for work, but He Xiyuan quickly refused.

Although it is a little distance from the subway station, he is willing to walk through the garden of the community and the tidy villas.The honeysuckle trees were planted outside the walls of the community, and the fine yellow leaves fell all over the ground.

There are two pharmacies near the community, and he bought several inhibitors, and the process went surprisingly smoothly, although there is still a quantity limit like most pharmacies.

He went to another hospital on the weekend, not the usual one, but with the same result: no place for a suppressor implant.The hospital was crowded on weekends, so he missed the housekeeper's call.

When he was standing at the hospital's prescription office and making a phone call, the housekeeper explained that someone would come to clean up on weekends and asked him when he would be home.

He Xiyuan replied: "Sorry, I didn't hear the call outside, and I will go back in half an hour."

When he was talking, the radio at the medicine receiving office was announcing his name: Please He Xiyuan, No. 257, go to the second window to pick up the medicine.

The butler asked, "Are you in the hospital?"

He Xiyuan: "Yes, routine inspection, ready to come back."

Butler: "I'll ask the driver to pick you up."

He Xiyuan: "No, let him rest on the weekend. The subway station is next to the hospital, just a few steps away."

The butler came soon after he got home.He Xiyuan opened the door of the room, and the hospital bag was placed on the desk, containing half a month's dose of inhibitors.

The butler put a delicately wrapped paper bag on the dining table and said, "Young master ordered me to bring you a meal on the weekend."

He Xiyuan looked at the logo and store name on the paper bag and remembered that it was the southern restaurant that Lu Chengfeng took him to before.

He hadn't eaten yet, and he felt hungry instantly. Apart from being hungry, he also had a faint scalp numbness.It was a very subtle satisfaction.

After He Xiyuan moved into this house, he spent most of his time in his bedroom, and wanted to wait until he found a suitable house before moving out.

Maybe he thought he was just a tenant and shouldn't occupy the living room and other spaces.The bedroom door was always closed, and there was a carton of milk and two apples in the refrigerator.The durian season is almost over, but it is not convenient to eat in the office and at home, he feels very sorry.

The butler comes occasionally, and then leaves quickly, often asking him if he has anything to buy or a driver to pick him up.

He Xiyuan said that he didn't need to take him to work, but when he walked out of the gate with his colleagues after get off work, he received a call from the driver.The Bentley was replaced by a black Mercedes and stood in front of him. Seeing the sideways glances of his colleagues, he got into the car with some helplessness.

Later, more people in the office found out that he had a car to pick him up after get off work, and even Gao Qingnian came to ask him if he was dating Alpha.

He Xiyuan told the housekeeper that he didn't need to pick him up, and his attitude was polite, but he didn't say the specific reason.

In addition, he still continued to stock up on inhibitors, and kept many boxes locked in the suitcase.

Initially, pharmacies limited the quantity that could be purchased at one time, and hospitals limited the doses that could be prescribed each month.Later, the government began to supervise the purchase of inhibitors, and each pharmacy and hospital had a limited share, and Omega had to purchase with points, and being married and having children could increase points for Omega.

And He Xiyuan's points were almost only enough to maintain the dosage he just needed.

He felt that time might be running out, and the safest plan was to go to Windhaven to implant a suppressor.Because the price of the operation is much higher than that in Beijing, and there are round-trip transportation costs and visas, he needs to plan the whole process.

He asked Xu Jiu, a friend in the obstetrics department, and the other party told him on the phone: "The Fenggang hospital is almost fully booked, and it needs to be prepared a month or two in advance, because too many Omegas go south for surgery. There are few regular public hospitals." , Private hospitals are also expensive. I don’t know much about private hospitals in Beijing, but basically they are also expensive.”

He Xiyuan replied: "Then let's wait, my inhibitor should be enough for half a year."

Even though the medical insurance reimbursement ratio of inhibitors is getting lower and lower, He Xiyuan still rarely pays attention to the price when buying inhibitors, but the dosage is very economical.

Sometimes he found that the shelves of inhibitors in the pharmacy were half empty, while the shelves of lipstick in the drugstore were full.When the entire system crushes Omega's survival more deeply, Omega will divert money from other non-essential items to buy inhibitors.

What's more, He Xiyuan rarely buys other things on weekdays. He lives in a suite where the price per square meter is half a year's salary, and no one will disturb him in a short period of time. He feels very relaxed and satisfied.

Except for living, he has never worried too much. Food to him is just an energy supply for the continuous operation of body functions. Except for the restaurants with unique tastes and famous names that Lu Chengfeng took him to, most of his daily meals are at his residence and company. Nearby restaurants are settled.

He likes takeout, although he doesn't really like the way food comes wrapped in plastic.So he is willing to try his best to go out to bask in the sun every day, so as to prevent himself from staying in the apartment all weekend and not going out, and his work and rest are reversed day and night.

Occasionally he would buy a small bouquet to put in a vase on the dining table.The northern capital's landscape is dry and soily, and flowers can keep for a week in vases.

In the evening, he occasionally takes a walk in the community, hoping to meet the common cats in the old city.But except for the middle-aged man passing by with a big white dog, he had never heard a cat meow.

He thought that the cats in the community should be kept indoors, either lying on the window to watch the scenery, or jumping up and down on the three-story cat climbing frame in the house.

Lin Xin asked him how the new place was, and he said it was good, but it was a bit far away from her, so it was not as convenient as before to make appointments.

On weekends or after get off work, he buys a little food based on the weight of milk cartons left in the fridge and the amount of fruit, and there are still only a few bottles of water on the shelf.

Lu Chengfeng is right, this house has indeed been unoccupied for a long time.He seems to be boarding in a new home of a friend who is out, not so much as a tenant, but as helping to look after the house, so that the space has a little human atmosphere.

There are three photographs on the piano cover in the living room.Wearing a white ballet dress is Lu Chengfeng's mother Zhu Yannian, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand, as if after the curtain call.

An older photo should be a reprint of the original. The woman has dark curly hair and a long pearl necklace around her neck. She is probably one of Lu Chengfeng's grandmothers.

The third one is a photo of a beautiful girl who graduated from high school at the age of sixteen or seventeen.She was wearing a light-colored graduation gown, holding a bouquet of flowers in her hands, and her smile was very similar to Zhu Yannian's holding flowers, but her facial features were deeper than Zhu Yannian's. He Xiyuan knew that she was Lu Chengfeng's younger sister Leiya. .

Lu Chengfeng's flight back to Beidu landed at night, and the driver was waiting for him at the airport.

On the way back to Beijiao Yuanyang Mansion from the airport, he called He Xiyuan, but no one answered.After arriving at the villa, the butler helped him pack his clothes and luggage. He fell asleep at night and woke up at two o'clock in the morning.

Wearing light clothes and going downstairs, the butler has already returned to his residence in the city. The villas in the suburbs are very quiet at night, and there is a light in the living room, reserved for him.

He sent a message to He Xiyuan, saying that he had returned to Beijing, and then put his phone aside.

have something to say:

Q: Why didn't He Xiyuan answer Lu Chengfeng's call?

A: After get off work on the weekend, I happily watched dramas, so I put my phone aside.