Rebirth of the Uncrowned King

so hot...

In a daze, I felt heavy on my body, like being pressed by something big and thick, and my whole body was covered in sweat, sticky and greasy.

I opened my eyes and looked: Good guy, there are two thick quilts wrapped around my body!This is only September, my God, it’s still around [-] degrees, it’s my luck not to be suffocated to death!

I pushed away the quilt, sat up cross-legged, and shook my head slightly.The dizziness is gone, and there is no other sad feeling except hunger and emptiness.

The door of the room was opened, and Xiao Ping leaned halfway in. When he saw me, he was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled: "So you're awake, are you feeling alright?"

"I'm fine now, thank you." I nodded, remembering that I called Xiao Ping last night to ask him for help.I don’t remember very clearly what happened after that, I just remember talking to Xiao Ping, then lying in the back seat of his taxi and being driven away by him... Also, what comes to mind immediately, is the dimness Under the light, his hazy figure walking towards me covered in lights.

That figure, shrouded in a shallow halo, actually made me feel a little divine.

"Xiaoye, Ye Shuzhen, Ye Shuzhen—" Hearing my name appearing repeatedly, I came back to my senses and realized that I was thinking of Xiao Ping's figure in a daze.

I smiled apologetically at Xiao Ping: "Thank you very much yesterday, otherwise I would have slept in the parking lot all night. You should have been working yesterday, I think since I know you, you have often let you delay for me You lost a lot of work, right?"

Xiao Ping handed me a glass of water: "Why are you still arguing with me about this? Didn't I tell you? For a veteran like me, half a day's income is equivalent to someone else's one day's income. Don't worry, I won't I thought I would go bankrupt after picking you up a few times."

As soon as I touched the water, I took another cold medicine, and then the feeling of empty stomach became more obvious, and I also made a very dissatisfied grunt.Hearing this sound, Xiao Ping immediately went out and served me a bowl of porridge with meat floss. I ate it up in less than 5 minutes.

Alas, how can a little liquid be enough to fill the stomach, and it feels weird in the mouth.I put down the empty bowl and began to miss the taste of boiled fish and dry pot bullfrog.

"Are you going to sleep a little longer, or are you getting up?" Xiao Ping walked into the room after packing up the dishes and asked me, "Your clothes have been washed and dried. If you plan to get up, I'll bring them for you."

I looked down at my appearance, only to realize that my upper body was naked, and my lower body was only wearing a pair of underwear... Maybe it was because it was too hot just now, so I didn't notice this embarrassing look at all.

"I'd better get up. I'm ashamed to stay on your bed all this time. I really troubled you last night. It must be very tiring to take care of me." I pulled up the quilt to block myself, a little embarrassed.

Xiao Ping went to the balcony to get clothes, and said, "When I brought you home last night, you were completely asleep, unconscious, and couldn't be woken up. I had to help you take off your wet clothes first. I dropped off my coat and trousers, then wiped you with a dry towel, and then gave you medicine and covered you with a quilt. At first, I only covered you with a thin quilt, but you were trembling there, and your face was terribly red. I just asked The two thickest quilts in the monk's house are all covered on your body. At first you struggled and moved around, but after a while you calmed down, and sweat slowly came out on your face, so I was relieved. Otherwise, I was thinking about sending you to the emergency room!"

"No wonder, when I woke up, I almost didn't die from the heat, but if it wasn't for the two quilts sweating, I guess I wouldn't have recovered so quickly." I put on my clothes, followed Xiao Ping into the hall, I saw my luggage bags neatly placed in the corner.

Xiao Ping's house is not big, with a structure of one bedroom and one living room. Although there are a lot of things, it doesn't look disorganized.If Wang Jiawen was here, he would definitely praise him and demote me, maybe he would pull my ears and make me learn from others.

Thinking of Wang Jiawen, my heart felt a little sour.

Sitting down on the sofa, I watched Xiao Ping turn on the TV, and then watched the family's short TV series for a while, and then heaved a long sigh.

Xiao Ping turned down the volume of the TV, looked at me sideways, and asked, "Xiaoye, I'll ask you, it's okay if you don't want to say it, I'm just curious, why did you come back suddenly?"

The hand on the sofa was clenched suddenly, I couldn't maintain the smile on my face, so I had to look down at my knees.

Xiao Ping finally asked. I knew he would ask sooner or later. I came back yesterday after making myself like this. As the only person besides Ren Min who knew where I went, how could he not care?

But I can't tell the truth, I can only tell him: "After much deliberation, I still can't let go of my job as a reporter, so I came back."

Xiao Ping picked up an apple and peeled it, and said, "That's right, you are a dignified Ye Da reporter. We are still waiting for you to uphold justice and speak for the common people. How can you not do it?"

"I'm not as capable as you said! I just don't want to part with this job. Although it's good to do other jobs, I don't feel that way."

Xiao Ping nodded clearly: "Then what do you plan to do next? Can the newspaper office go back? Wang Jiawen's house hasn't been rented out yet. Do you want to move back? I'll let Zhao Wei talk about it."

"No, no need!" Seeing Xiao Ping taking out his mobile phone to make a call while talking, I hurriedly stopped him: "I don't want to see him yet, you know, his temper, it's not enough for him to see me." It exploded! I want to live a few more days."

"Then where do you live?" Xiao Ping asked.

"I want to rent a house by myself, let's rent a house similar to yours." I replied, already thinking about it.Living alone can at least prevent things between me and Ren Min from harming innocent people.

Xiao Ping stroked his chin and said, "Well, let me help you find out. There should be people renting out houses in this community. How about it? Since you don't want to meet Wang Jiawen, why don't you meet me in the next two days?" Squeeze, you can go to work with peace of mind, and I will take care of the house for you."

I felt very sorry, but I didn't have a better suggestion. If I stayed in a hotel outside, half a month's rent would be paid in a few days. I could only thank you a thousand times and follow Xiao Ping's suggestion.

With another peeled apple stuffed in his hand, Xiao Ping patted me on the shoulder: "I know you cultural people like to be polite, don't play with me like that, treat it like you are at home, don't be hypocritical! "

I nodded, put the apple in my mouth, then snatched the fruit knife from his hand, picked up another apple and began to peel it.

The haze in my heart has dissipated a lot. In front of Xiao Ping, I seem to be really easy to relax, and I will not be restrained at all.

I handed him the peeled apple, and each of us had an apple. We gnawed and chatted, and we didn't know what we said. I actually laughed heartily for a long time.