Wintering

Mo Dong caught a cold.

Lying on the bed, he was woken up by the mobile phone beside him. He picked it up. It was the boss's call.

The boss asked him why he hadn't come to the company yet, but his mind froze for a while, and he said that he was sick and forgot to take sick leave.

"That's it, then you should take a good rest first, TK will let Xiao Zhang replace you."

After hanging up the phone, Mo Dong remembered that today is the date of meeting with the person in charge of TK.

Holding a sweater by himself, he staggered into the living room to find some medicine, sat on the sofa and swallowed it with cold water, and vaguely remembered that person came to C City three years ago to look for him, and went out to eat with him , After coming back from the rain, he also fell ill, so he just lay on this sofa, coquettishly and roguely towards him.

After thinking about it, he crumpled the white sweater in his hand into a ball, hugged it to his chest, and fell asleep on the sofa in a daze.

***

When he woke up in the afternoon, the cold was better. He grabbed his phone and checked WeChat. Several colleagues sent him messages. He replied one by one from top to bottom. I sent two messages, one was sent around 7:12 this morning, and the other was sent at [-]:[-] noon, both of which were "Remember to eat on time."

It was only then that Mo Dong remembered that he hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch.

Although he was not hungry now, he still got up and went to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and found that the ingredients were almost gone, only some eggs and a handful of green onions that were about to wilt, which were left by Du Guo the day before yesterday.He closed the refrigerator, changed his clothes in the room, put on a mask, and planned to go to the supermarket downstairs to buy some boiled noodles with vegetables.

After sleeping for most of the day, Mo Dong's footsteps were weak when he walked. He walked out of the elevator with his head down, and came to the first floor of the apartment.

The light-colored sunlight at four o'clock in the afternoon in autumn still has a little heat, and it shines brightly through the glass door, and dizzy streamers are reflected everywhere on the marble floor.

He squinted his eyes and walked slowly towards the door.There is a row of palm trees planted by the roadside, green and verdant, and there is a man squatting under the tree in front of the supermarket opposite.

The man looked at him, stood up suddenly, and walked towards him step by step amidst the heavy traffic and the noisy crowd.

Mo Dong stood there blankly, thinking he was hallucinating.

The man was wearing black trousers, and the hem of the white shirt was tucked into the waistband, making his legs look extraordinarily slender.When he got closer, Mo Dong realized that his forehead was covered with sweat, and he was wearing a black suit jacket on his left hand, and the collar near his neck had slightly sweated.

"Hi, Mo Dong."

Mo Dong slowly opened his eyes wide.

Chen Yue lowered his head and looked at the person in front of him. The hair on his forehead had grown a bit, hanging down to half cover his dark and moist eyes. He was wearing a white mask, and he looked the same as before.

"Don't you know me?" He laughed, the corners of his eyes curved downward in a small arc.

***

Mo Dong didn't know how he led Chen Yue up.

When Chen Yue looked at him with his big smiling eyes and asked, "Can I go up and sit down?", he couldn't control his feet.

Chen Yue sat down on the sofa, and Mo Dong stood beside him in a daze, unable to even speak.

Chen Yue moved out an empty seat, and was about to let Mo Dong sit, when a familiar white sweater piled up next to him caught his attention.

Before he could pick it up, Mo Dong on the side snatched it before him, and put his back behind his back like stealing the bell, his face was flushed red because of illness or something else.

But Chen Yue had already seen the pattern of a little corgi sticking out on the sweater, which was the one he asked Mo Dong to throw away three years ago.

He was really taken aback for a moment, and when Mo Dong came out of the bedroom, he had already returned to his normal expression, and he didn't mention the matter of that dress again.

"Did you come to City C for something?" Mo Dong asked him.

Chen Yue loosened his tie, looked up at him, and smiled, "Mo Dong, if you are not sick today, we should meet at your company this morning."

Mo Dong was a little surprised, but not that surprised.He knew that the object of discussion today was the pet hospital where Chen Yue worked, but he really didn't expect that the person in charge there was Chen Yue.

The information that the boss gave him only said Mr. Chen, the deputy director of the investment and development department of TK Pet Hospital.

"I haven't congratulated you on your promotion yet." Mo Dong reacted.

"Thank you, you too." Chen Yue patted the seat next to him, "Sit down, let's talk, we haven't seen each other for three years."

This sentence is actually a lie. His mobile phone still has a photo of Mo Dong from a week ago.

For the past three years, he would take the high-speed train for a few hours almost every weekend, sneak to City C, and stay in the coffee shop on the second floor of the building opposite Mo Dong's apartment, from where he could directly see the area of ​​Mo Dong's bedroom. There was a small white window, and most of the time the window was tightly covered by curtains, and he could only see a vague and fleeting shadow occasionally.

At night, he is most focused.The night light in Mo Dong's room is moon-white, placed on the left side of the bed, every night around 11:30, the small window will always reflect Mo Dong's elongated and deformed small upper body, with his head hanging slightly, It seems to be looking at something.After twelve o'clock, the lights went out and the shadows disappeared.

Fortunately for Chen Yue, he never saw other people's shadows in that small window.

Mo Dong didn't go out in the morning on weekends. He didn't go to the supermarket opposite to buy food until near noon. Most of the time he was alone, and occasionally his roommate would come to accompany him.

He knew it was wrong for him to do so, but he just couldn't help it.

He is like a hungry wolf, guarding the secret place in the deep forest, peeping nervously through the gaps between the branches and leaves, watching his beloved little rabbit roll and sleep on the grass unconsciously.

Chen Yue didn't dare to disturb him, so he could only extinguish the burning fire in his heart in this way.

When Jiang Yanzhou mentioned that he wanted to cooperate with a software company in City C, he almost immediately recommended Mo Dong's company.

Of course, apart from his own selfishness, to be honest, the company Mo Dong works for has achieved outstanding results in recent years, and it is a rising star among the many Internet companies in C City.

Jiang Yanzhou had no objection, "It seems that you are quite familiar with the situation in City C."

There are several well-known colleges and universities in City C, with rich human resources, coupled with policy support, Internet companies have gathered together.

In today's society, no industry can derail from the Internet.

Jiang Yanzhou considered this point when setting up chain stores, so he planned to open a branch in City C to connect with the business of this hospital.He has not yet decided on the person in charge of the branch, but Chen Yue is indeed a good candidate, with a strong sense of responsibility and excellent professional ability. The most important thing is that he trusts Chen Yue.Although the relationship between the two fell to zero after Chen Yue helped his sister pretend to be her boyfriend last time after he found out, he still chose to forgive him, which proved that the trust between the two was unbreakable.

"Then I will send you to sign the contract this time."

Chen Yue had plans to transfer his work focus to City C. There was no other reason. The 126 hours of missing him a week was too tormented. Jiang Yanzhou's move was exactly what he wanted.

Of course, these words must never be mentioned in front of Mo Dong.

He could only put on the shell of his old friend and find an excuse that would not be rejected by Mo Dong to cover up his ambition.

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