howling breath

The last day before the National Day holiday is a western film and television appreciation class.

Most of the students with travel plans in their minds were not in the mood to attend the class, and the teacher simply didn't talk about anything dry, but just played a French literary film.

Lin Lang couldn't see it either, and deliberately chose a seat in the back row to type with a notebook.

I don't have much work lately—even the "Composition with Full Marks in the College Entrance Examination" has been written by myself.

It was supposed to continue to repay Tang Yushu's 200 yuan, but now the bank card balance is only in double digits.The next draft fee was said to be paid after the National Day, the boss politely asked Lin Lang if he could?Lin Lang thought for a while and only replied.

After cooperating for so many years, it is impossible to deduct a little money from myself; since someone asked me for a one-week delay, there must be some financial knots stuck.Instead of arguing about the time of arrival, it is better to just push the boat along the way and forget it.

It's just a pain for myself—the seven-day long National Day holiday, even if I don't plan to go out of school, at least I have to make a living.The basic food and drink have been sharply reduced to a double-digit budget, and Lin Lang still has a bit of a headache after doing the calculations.

If there is anything that makes Lin Lang feel more relaxed recently, it is that the old problem of enuresis seems to have suddenly...never happened again.

It started with the night when Tang Yushu found him on the street when he talked about the case with Lu Liye and failed to go back to school.Because he slept very late that day, he "didn't wet the bed", Lin Lang only thought it was an "accidental product" that his routine was broken.

But since then, although Lin Lang put on the diapers step by step every night, he didn't wet the bed after waking up the next day.

Because of this disease, Lin Lang was brought by his family's elders to see all kinds of "miracle doctors" and tasted all kinds of "good prescriptions" since he was a child, but he never got better.The small town I lived in when I was a child didn't have good sanitary conditions, and enuresis was not life-threatening, so the elders gradually lost patience and gave up treatment.

Lin Lang himself had times when he was impatient with himself.

Lin Lang had been a boarding student for a while when he first came to the provincial capital to study in middle school. "Enuresis" is too difficult to hide in a group living environment - after the roommates found out, one day when Lin Lang was not around, they smashed Lin Lang's hot water bottle on Lin Lang's bed.It was also covered with a quilt - the euphemistic name is: "boiled water for disinfection".

Lin Lang, who didn't know that day, went back to the dormitory at night to go to bed. Unprepared, he lifted the quilt, and his right hand was cut by the shattered water bottle liner in the quilt.

Those tiny fragments cut dense wounds on Lin Lang's hands.It hurts, itches, but I can't pick it out - very much like the lingering malice in life.

It was so painful that Lin Lang couldn't help crying, but no one paid any attention to him.

After 12 o'clock, the lights in the dormitory were all turned off, but Lin Lang's bed was still not made up.

That night he squatted in the corridor, picked a piece of debris from the garbage he picked up, and slashed the artery like a madman until it was bloody and bloody.

So when he realized that he hadn't wet the bed for more than 20 days, Lin Lang was very happy, but he didn't dare to be happy—maybe it was "completely cured" or a "temporary cure" caused by other reasons, for fear that it would be in vain I am happy, but the stubborn illness will recur someday in the future.

When the movie was in the middle, Lin Lang wanted to go to the bathroom.

Just when I wanted to get up, I realized that my laptop was left unattended.Lin Lang looked around, the students came to class in small groups, and there were not many cases of "lone ranger" like himself.

Although there is monitoring in the classroom, and although his laptop is old and dull... But in case of loss, even if he can get it back, Lin Lang feels that he cannot bear the cost of time and energy.

No matter how shabby it is, it is also my only means of making money.

After thinking about it, Lin Lang put the laptop in his schoolbag and sneaked out from the back door of the classroom.

The bathroom is not far from the classroom.

While washing my hands after going to the toilet and wondering whether I should go back to the classroom or not, I heard a voice on the phone in my ear canal—a familiar, deep but not dull, Chengdu dialect accent.

With anticipation in mind, Lin Lang quickly looked back: the source of the voice came in, clamped the phone between his ears and shoulders, lifted the hem of his T-shirt, and talked seriously with the phone while unfastening the waistband of his sweatpants. Communicating on the other end, he didn't notice himself by the sink at all, and went straight to the urinal.

It was Tang Yushu.

Lin Lang looked at him.

The expectations in my heart did not fail.

The distance was not far, so Tang Yushu could see that he was frowning. He should be discussing some difficult matters with the person on the other end of the phone.Lin Lang couldn't digest most of the Chengdu dialect, but Tang Yushu said before ending the call, "I don't live here often, I keep one computer in the company and one in your house"——Lin Lang understood up.

When the boy put away his phone and pulled up his pants, Lin Lang puffed up a little, and said quietly, "Are you in a hurry to use the computer?"

Tang Yushu turned his head following the sound, looked around, and was happy: "Lin Lang!"

"Yeah." After only looking at Tang Yushu for a while, Lin Lang looked away and looked elsewhere casually: "Do you want to use it? I brought... a computer."

There is an on-campus cafe just downstairs of the teaching building, which is fully air-conditioned.

Tang Yushu ordered a cup of hazelnut latte, then turned to ask Lin Lang what he would like to drink.

Lin Lang didn't know anything about coffee. After standing awkwardly at the bar for a few seconds, he quietly chose the cheapest drink on the menu called "American Coffee".

After the two sat down, Lin Lang took out the computer from his school bag and turned it on; Tang Yushu took it, connected to the coffee shop's wifi, logged in to Weibo and browsed several forums for a while.

Because he was looking at some messages engrossed, "Why haven't you come back to the dormitory recently?" This question has been bouncing on his lips for a long time, but he couldn't find the right time to say it-it is true that he hasn't seen Tang Yushu for a long time Already; a week?Or more than ten days...the two are not in the same major, and they don't meet each other in class, and Tang Yushu hasn't returned to the dormitory after class.

Probably because he has always kept silent and kept the distance between the two extremely strict, so Tang Yushu gradually put away his excessive enthusiasm and began to keep some sense of proportion towards himself.

Although he always warned himself not to get too close to Tang Yushu, let alone have too many intersections with Tang Yushu...but when Tang Yushu was really far away from him, Lin Lang could clearly realize that he seemed not so happy.

Tang Yushu looked at the computer and looked at him himself.

After such a long time, Tang Yushu pushed the computer away a little, pulled away from the unknown information, and sighed deeply.

——Still not a good time to chime in.

Drinks were served in good time.

Only then did Tang Yushu get out of his contemplation, thanked him, took the cup of latte and took a sip, leaving a ring of gray foam on the edge of his upper lip.

Lin Lang has never drank coffee.In Lin Lang's perception, a coffee shop must be a very expensive place.So Lin Lang glanced at the bill secretly: the two cups cost more than 50—almost equal to his two days' food expenses.

The cup in his hand cost 28, Lin Lang picked it up and took a sip.

extremely bitter.

But Lin Lang tried his best to hold back his expression.

On that side, Tang Yushu immersed himself back into the computer screen again, studying very seriously.

After a while, he took out his mobile phone from his trousers pocket and dialed it, turned on the speakerphone and put it on the table: "I borrowed a computer, and I've finished reading it—then what are you going to do now?"

It should be Tang Yushu's...colleague: "Lizi Technology is really too bad--I came out to find fault when Leiyin Technology launched a new product, and mocked that the CEO of Leiyin Technology has no education level and insisted on coming to technology. It’s a circle of money. Now we are going to fight a public relations battle and fight back against Lizi Technology—we also plan to make a post to scold them back!”

"Let's do it." Tang Yushu nodded through the phone.

"But if you plan to catch up with the 12:[-] noon hot spot... now there is only one and a half hours left. The point is that we haven't found a topic that can be used to counter Lizi Technology."

Tang Yushu glanced at the time: "Do I have to catch the hot hour at 12 noon?"

"Yeah bro! We're in a PR battle. There are only two hot spots every day: one at 12 noon and one from 8 to 10 p.m. — but remember what time it is? There are no hot spots on Friday nights! "

Tang Yushu glanced at the time again: "Isn't today Wednesday?"

"Today is Wednesday, yes—but today is the day before the National Day holiday!"

"The day before the National Day holiday"... In terms of new media communication, it is the same as "every Friday".

Because the traffic of social media depends on the fragmented time of users - the lunch break period from 12:1 noon to 8:10 pm on weekdays and the bedtime period from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm are both popular periods with relatively large traffic.However, on the eve of holidays, the traffic of social media will show a sharp drop compared with usual times-because as a "good start" for a holiday, a large number of people will choose more "real-time" activity arrangements.

Tang Yushu's colleague said that "there is no hot time on Friday night" is somewhat exaggerated, but if you have to operate public opinion activities on social media today, at the same cost, noon is indeed much more cost-effective than evening.

Lin Lang listened to their conversation, and silently understood the logic - first, there is indeed a logic to follow; second, as a small "writer" with more than [-] followers on Weibo, Lin Lang has more or less noticed that different time periods drop in flow.

Being able to understand Tang Yushu's circle of conversations at work... somewhat made Lin Lang feel that there was no unreachable distance between himself and Tang Yushu.

Work just got stuck.

Tang Yushu pondered for a long time over the phone.Probably because a lot of thoughts were running in the brain, which caused excessive memory consumption. The boy rubbed his swollen temples and arranged to the other end of the phone: "Then this-don't worry. Let's think about it for another 10 minutes. Two 10 Call again in a few minutes."

"we can only do this……"

Hang up there.

Temporarily escaping from work, Tang Yushu picked up his hazelnut latte and turned to look at Lin Lang.

The Americano coffee in Lin Lang's hand was too bitter, he took more than ten sips, but the liquid level did not drop.

"Don't you like to drink?"

"Bitter... not used to drinking." Lin Lang put down his cup.

"Then you can drink my cup—my cup is too sweet! It should suit your taste." Tang Yushu pushed the cup over with his hand, picked up Lin Lang's American cup and swallowed it with a straw in his mouth. half.While drinking, he looked at Lin Lang and smiled.

Lin Lang didn't know what Tang Yushu was happy about.If I am faced with such an urgent and difficult task, I will probably become a landmine, whoever touches it will explode.

"Are you going back to the classroom?"

Silently picking up the handle of the cup that Tang Yushu held, Lin Lang thought for a while before shaking his head: "How long do you need to use the computer?"

"Can... use until 12 o'clock?"

Lin Lang took a sip of Tang Yushu's latte: "Sure."——Use it as long as you want.

Lin Lang was very honest with himself: for Tang Yushu, a radiant existence, Lin Lang knew that he had desires.

Want to stay with him, for as long as you can.Even though Tang Yushu was preoccupied with this matter, he couldn't focus on himself.

"We just show movies and don't give lectures. You can use the computer, I won't go back."

"Thank you so much!" Tang Yushu was grateful to Dade, so the smile on his face became even stronger: "How should I thank you?"

Lin Lang took the opportunity to pretend to be relaxed and said, "Forgive my 200 foreign debt."

"What?" Tang Yushu couldn't figure out the "foreign debt" immediately.

Lin Lang, who was already guilty, quickly put down his cup: "I'm just joking. I... will transfer it to you later."

He really didn't want to take advantage of him, but the tight financial situation made Lin Lang really unable to afford this "heavenly debt".

Unexpectedly, Tang Yushu was puzzled only: "When did you owe me money?"

Lin Lang reminded him: "The hotel."

"Oh." Tang Yushu, who was confused, remembered that there was still this problem, and said happily: "You are really too polite. If you have to make it clear with me, then I will deliberately take advantage of you—I Duoduo asked you to go out to drink, just the two of us, and I will take you to a hotel while drinking. I will charge you 500 for one stay, and once a week, then I will have 2000 extra money every month!"

Lin Lang was amused by him, and although he didn't smile, he teased him: "You really don't know how to do business - you earn me 2000 yuan, and you have to pay more than 2000 yuan yourself? Not to mention every time you want to plot against me The little money I have, and I have to spend it on wine for no reason.”

Tang Yushu, who was ridiculed, was a little embarrassed: "You are still smart!"

After making jokes, Tang Yushu finally remembered that he was still a person with a job, and after looking at the screen for a while, Tang Yushu became dejected again.

Like a dog that has lost its bones—even the pair of drooping dog ears almost materialized in Lin Lang's eyes, so Lin Lang couldn't help but sneer.

Attacked by Tang Yushu's angry and mournful eyes: "Aren't you smart? Come and help me find out what to do about this matter..." As he spoke, he turned the computer into a screen that both Lin Lang and himself could see. angle.

Lin Lang thought that you think highly of me too.

However, because of Tang Yushu's request for help, he simply swipe through the posts on the screen: the incident was that the CEOs of two technology companies had a quarrel on social networking sites.Leiyin Technology has developed a smart learning machine for children. As the CEO of Lizi Technology, a competing company, he stood up and ridiculed the CEO of Leiyin Technology that "he wants to teach middle and high school students homework with only a primary school diploma."

What Tang Yushu showed himself was a Weibo post from the CEO of Chestnut Technology: an essay of about a thousand characters.

Both Lizi Technology and Leiyin Technology Lin Lang know that they are two electronic equipment brands with high national popularity.

It's just... Lin Lang was a little at a loss: "What is an intelligent learning machine for children?"

Tang Yushu explained: "It's a small device similar to a smartphone, specially for students. It contains teaching materials, question banks, etc.; it can also scan homework and grade students' homework—my sister has one, but She uses that as a Walkman!"

"So... you are a public relations company serving Leiyin, and you want to scold Leiyin's CEO?"

Tang Yushu nodded: "Yes."

"Why... scolding back?" In Lin Lang's eyes, "Two respectable CEOs scolding each other... don't they look like boring children? It's out of style and it's ridiculous."

Tang Yushu shook his head: "Actually, the purpose is not to scold each other. The thing is like this: both Leiyin and Lizi have made smart learning machines for children, but Leiyin's learning machines are on the market quickly, trying to use the first-mover advantage to Carve up the market. Lizi Technology cannot keep up with the production speed of Leiyin Technology, but it is not willing to let Leiyin Technology dominate the market, so it stands up and competes for the sense of presence. The subtext of Lizi Technology's CEO's whole set of actions is actually shouting, "Everyone, don't forget us Lizijia is about to go on the market!'. However, Leiyin is not willing to spend millions of dollars to create a momentum that is swayed by Lizi Technology, so of course he must seize this opportunity to promote his new product with all his strength. , to regain the public's attention!"

The explanation seemed to have bluffed Lin Lang.He was silent.

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