Goldberg Variations

Gu Kai and Shi Yangming are not familiar with each other, they got connected because of Pei Wen.

But these two people are not very familiar with Pei Wen, and they don't know where to start if they want to talk.

Shi Yangming could only blink and wait for Gu Kai to speak.

Obviously, Gu Kai would not let the two of them fall into an awkward silence, and unknowingly checked Shi Yangming's household registration and resume during the chat.

Shi Yangming was still unaware.

But Gu Kai didn't have any malicious intentions, he just wanted to find out about Shi Yangming's situation, so that he could help Pei Wen to repay Shi Yangming's life-saving grace.

After chatting, Gu Kai discovered that Shi Yangming has a happy little family, and what he is most dissatisfied with about his life is his job and leadership.

Gu Kai then asked: "Since you don't like this job and the leader is difficult to get along with, why don't you change jobs?"

Shi Yangming glanced at him inexplicably: "What do you do?"

Gu Kai: "Open your own shop."

"..." Shi Yangming: "Well, then you may not understand the distress of our poor."

"If I couldn't find another suitable job, I would have resigned a long time ago! Who would look at his face all day long."

"I always suddenly say that I have to work overtime when I have to leave work, never pay overtime pay, and pick my thorns every day, endlessly."

Once Shi Yangming complained, he couldn't stop talking.

To be honest, Gu Kai is not very empathetic.

After graduating from a bachelor's degree, he set up a storefront with start-up funds from his parents, and then started to build his own store in a big way, without being angry with the leaders.

But this did not prevent Gu Kai from expressing sympathy for Shi Yangming.

"If you could change jobs, what would you like to do?"

Shi Yangming said: "If you can change jobs, as long as the salary is decent, don't be so rude to the leader. I will do whatever job you choose."

Gu Kai couldn't help but pat Shi Yangming on the shoulder: "Okay, I got it. I'll help you pay attention another day."

Shi Yangming was taken aback: "Pay attention?"

Gu Kai said: "That's right, don't you want to change jobs? I'll take a look for you. If there is a suitable one, let me introduce you."

Shi Yangming: "How dare you..."

Gu Kai smiled and said, "I'm just introducing you, not just stuffing you in. Whether it will work or not depends on you. There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

Although Shi Yangming wanted to decline again, but thinking of his current boss, he swallowed his decline.

"Then thank you in advance."

"fine."

When the two returned to the ward after chatting, Shi Yangming saw Pei Wen lying sideways on the bed with the quilt covering his face, seemingly asleep, so he stopped disturbing him.

"I'm leaving first, and I'll come back another day." Shi Yangming said softly to Gu Kai, "Take good care of him."

"I think he still seems to be in a bad mood."

Gu Kai smiled and nodded: "I will."

He thought to himself: You can still see that people are in a bad mood, so it's hard for you.

After Shi Yangming left, Gu Kai gently pushed the door in and asked Yu Shuangshuang in a breathy voice, "Is he asleep?"

Yu Shuangshuang shook her head: "Infusion."

Only then did Gu Kai realize that Pei Wen's left hand was sticking out of the quilt with needles stuck in it.

Although the retained needle saved Pei Wen from being pricked every day, the retained needle had to be changed every few days.Therefore, there were still quite a few needle holes on the back of Pei Wen's hands, one after another, which looked very miserable.

The sun shone in and fell on Pei Wen's face, a little glaring.Pei Wen pulled the quilt up again to block his eyes.

Gu Kai walked around the hospital bed, walked to the window, and closed the curtains for him.

"Put down the quilt, don't cover it." He pulled the quilt down.

Pei Wen didn't make a sound, but just lowered his head again.

His slender eyelashes trembled slightly, like a butterfly wing, flapping in Gu Kai's heart.

Gu Kai stared at Pei Wen for a while, only to feel that he couldn't look back, but suddenly he heard a knock on the door.

Yu Shuangshuang winked at Gu Kai and asked him to open the door.

Gu Kai went without any complaints.

But when he opened the door, it was Hou Xuesong standing outside.

Hou Xuesong had the usual gentle smile on his face: "Is Xiao Pei in there?"

Before Gu Kai had time to cover his mouth, he had already said this, and the two people in the ward heard it.

Yu Shuangshuang turned around abruptly, staring at the person outside the door with vigilance.

On the hospital bed, Pei Wen frowned.

Hou Xuesong politely asked Gu Kai who was blocking the door: "Excuse me, let me in?"

Yu Shuangshuang glanced at Pei Wen, as if she wanted to say something, but when she saw Gu Kai, she closed her mouth again.

Gu Kai stepped aside unhappily.

Smiling at Yu Shuangshuang, Hou Xuesong entered the room, went straight to Pei Wen's bedside, looked down at Pei Wen's side face, and said warmly:

"Xiao Pei?"

Gu Kai frowned and emphasized: "He is resting."

Hou Xuesong said, "I know he hasn't slept."

He couldn't be more clear about what it meant to fall asleep and what it meant to act.

Gu Kai: "..."

Hou Xuesong asked: "Your complexion is not very good, is there something uncomfortable?"

Pei Wen didn't make a sound, nor did he open his eyes.

Hou Xuesong persevered: "I know you haven't slept, I just came here to see you and chat with you, nothing else."

Gu Kai noticed that Yu Shuangshuang's face was ugly, and she was staring at Hou Xuesong's back. It seemed that she was going to pounce on Hou Xuesong and tear him apart in the next second.

Pei Wen still didn't speak.

Seeing that Pei Wen didn't pay attention to this person, Gu Kai reminded: "Mr. Hou, Pei Wen is not in a good spirit today and has been resting."

"If you want to chat with him, you'd better come back another day. It's not a coincidence today."

Hou Xuesong sighed, looking helpless.

Gu Kai found that even if he excluded the fact that this person might have done something wrong to Pei Wen, and that this person liked Pei Wen, he still couldn't like this person.

Hou Xuesong always has a gentle and polite look, and his expression seems to be semi-permanent. If you watch it too much, you will feel fake.

After Gu Kai finished speaking, he caught a glimpse of something moving out of the corner of his eye.

Taking a closer look, it was Pei Wen's quilt shaking.

Pei Wen trembling?

"Pei Wen?" Gu Kai was taken aback.

Yu Shuangshuang's expression changed suddenly, she stood up abruptly, grabbed Hou Xuesong's sleeve, and said in a stern voice:

"Get out of here, immediately, immediately!"

"Miss Fish..."

"Mr. Hou."

At this time, Gu Kai also reacted, holding Hou Xuesong's shoulders with both hands, and pushing him outward.

"You'd better go out, you are not very suitable to stay here now."

There was a smile on the corner of Gu Kai's lips, his tone seemed gentle, but his movements were very tough, which made Hou Xuesong unable to break free at all.

After all, Gu Kai is younger than Hou Xuesong, not to mention taller than Hou Xuesong, and has been exercising for a long time.But Hou Xuesong was over forty years old, his physical strength was weak, and his shoulders were pinched and painful.

Hou Xuesong's complexion changed slightly, and his semi-permanent smile couldn't hold back: "Gu Kai..."

"I hope you can think about the patient." Gu Kai said earnestly.

After finishing speaking, Gu Kai pushed the person out of the room door.In the next moment, the door mercilessly closed in front of Hou Xuesong, with a "bang".

Hou Xuesong stood at the door, staring at the closed door, his thin cheeks twitched slightly, appearing a little distorted.

Being kicked out like this made him a little bit embarrassed.

Wasn't he still his fan last time? How can you turn your face back?

A nurse happened to pass by and gave Hou Xuesong a strange look.

Hou Xuesong smiled habitually, pulled up the corners of his lips, and said softly with a slight sarcasm:

"Young people nowadays are really rude."

I don't know who to tell.

Of course, the people in the ward obviously didn't know.

After Gu Kai cleaned up the irrelevant people, he turned his head and found that Yu Shuangshuang was sitting beside the hospital bed nervously and worriedly, while Pei Wen was completely covered in the quilt, with only a little bit of black hair exposed.

He curled up into a ball, his thin body shrunk to a small size, trembling violently as if extremely cold.

Gu Kai was a little confused, but also a little at a loss.

This is the first time he has encountered such a situation.

Gu Kai opened his lips, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"...What's wrong with him?" Gu Kai's voice was a little dry.

Yu Shuangshuang bit her lip and shook her head, not knowing whether she was expressing not knowing or nothing.

Gu Kai rubbed his fingers, his claws were a little numb: "Should we call a doctor?"

Yu Shuangshuang shook her head again: "...it's useless even if the doctor comes."

"Why didn't it work?" Gu Kai asked.

Just after asking, he got the answer himself.

Is it an emotional problem?

It is really useless to rely on doctors alone for emotional problems.

But what kind of emotional problem does Pei Wen have?Could it be that his suicide had something to do with this man named Hou Xuesong?

No, if it was relevant, it was impossible for Yu Shuangshuang to let him in.

"But is he... all right?"

Yu Shuangshuang said nothing, just looked at Pei Wen silently, Pei Wen was still shaking.

Gu Kai suddenly remembered the day he first came to the hospital, when he saw this person in the monitoring room.

At that time, Pei Wen was like a withered gardenia, lifeless.

And now, this gardenia fell into the mud and trembled in the wind and rain.

Gu Kai looked at Pei Wen and then at Yu Shuangshuang, feeling a little irritable suddenly.

So what exactly happened?

Both of them guarded against him and didn't tell him anything.

If he had known that Pei Wen's reaction was so strong, he would never have let Hou Xuesong into the house.

Forget it——Gu Kai comforted himself, he didn't know each other very well in high school, and now they haven't stayed for a few days since they reunited. It's normal not to tell him about things that are too private.

He's just irritated by the feeling that he's the only one left in the dark.

The ward was silent and oppressive like never before.

Pei Wen trembled for several minutes before gradually calming down.

Gu Kai's tense heart was also able to take a breath.

"Do you want me to go out for a while and give you some space?" Gu Kai asked Yu Shuangshuang.

Yu Shuangshuang was very depressed, nodded and said, "Thank you."

"fine."

Gu Kai left the ward and led them to the door.

The two should have something to say by now.

After walking out of the ward, Gu Kai went around a long way to find the smoking area.

He was not a heavy smoker, except for one occasionally, such as when he was upset.

Standing in the smoking area, Gu Kai held a slender cigarette between the index finger and middle finger of his right hand, and slowly exhaled smoke rings from his mouth. He squinted his eyes at the sky outside the window, and began to think again.

Ever since he reunited with Pei Wen, he especially likes to recall the things in high school.

After graduation, as Gu Kai gradually lost contact with his high school classmates, the past was forgotten in his memory.

I think of more and more these days, and Pei Wen in my memory is becoming clearer and clearer.

To put it vulgarly, Pei Wen is like his white moonlight.

Now Bai Yueguang was standing in front of him, making him unable to touch or see through.

But the more this is the case, the more people want to understand him and open his heart to have a look.

See what this person has experienced over the years, and see what this person is thinking.

When they returned to the ward after smoking, Pei Wenwen and Yu Shuangshuang had already finished talking.

Gu Kai didn't know what they talked about, but he only knew that Yu Shuangshuang's expression looked much better.

Pei Wen also managed to pull himself together, and smiled at him, "Sorry, did I scare you just now?"

"I'm just a little worried about you." Gu Kai said, "Do you have any physical problems? If so, you must see a doctor, and you can't carry it by yourself."

Pei Wen smiled and said, "Yes, I know."

He sensibly didn't ask about Hou Xuesong. He knew that Pei Wen didn't want to talk about it, so he respected him.

Pei Wen secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and his affection for Gu Kai increased a bit.

After this time, Hou Xuesong came to the hospital several times, but every time Gu Kai directly blocked the door.

Others also came to visit one after another, but none of Pei Wen's relatives came.

As his condition improved day by day, Pei Wen's daily infusion time became shorter and shorter, and his physical strength and spirit became better and better.

His mood didn't change again, as if everything had returned to normal.

At the end of September, Pei Wen was discharged from the hospital.