Wintering

Chen Yue felt that Mo Dong was drunk.

Normally, Mo Dong would be like a clam clinging to its hard lime shell, he would never say such words easily.

He said he was a failure and incompetent.Can't do anything well.want to escape.

Those self-deprecating words made Chen Yue breathless.

He bent down and raised Mo Dong's head slightly.

The usually indifferent and world-weary eyes are now red like a wronged rabbit, the whites of the eyes are bloodshot, the lower eyelashes are wet, and wisps of misty watery light swirls in the eye sockets.

Chen Yue's heart was severely scratched, he hastily knelt down beside the bed, "Mo Dong is the best in Chen Yue's heart."

He shook his pale hand sadly, "How many times do I have to tell you before you will believe that you are my baby."

He took a tissue and carefully wiped his overflowing tears, "Don't cry, please, please."

Mo Dong didn't seem to hear what he said, he turned his face away, and a hoarse voice came from under the quilt, "It's too late, it's too late."

Chen Yue went around the bed to the left, squatted down, and asked him patiently, "Why is it too late?"

"Duration...management software...too little time."

Chen Yue understood, what Mo Dong was talking about was the management system of the pet hospital.

"Fool," he gently brushed away Mo Dong's drooping forehead hair, "It's just such a small matter, it's so urgent. It's okay, take your time."

He squeezed his neck, "Does it still hurt now, here."

Mo Dong was dull for a while, and then said, "It doesn't hurt anymore."

Chen Yue helped him move his body slowly, took off his coat, pulled the quilt over and covered his neck.

Mo Dong opened his eyes and looked at him, looking a little dazed.

He touched Mo Dong's sweaty forehead and wiped it dry with a tissue, "Go to sleep, I'll leave later."

Mo Dong closed his eyes, opened them again after a while, his eyes seemed to be searching for something everywhere.

"what happened?"

"...Bai...Weiyi, puppy." Mo Dong said softly.

Chen Yue was stunned for a moment, then laughed, got up and went to the living room to get the clothes on the sofa,

Mo Dong stared at it with fixed eyes, reached out to take it clumsily, stuffed it into the quilt, and then closed his eyes with peace of mind.

Chen Yue fixed the quilt for him and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed a book dropped on the ground and it was spread out.He picked it up, and it was a fairy tale book with many colored illustrations, orange kangaroos, big and small, fluffy.

Chen Yue put the book on the bedside table, and gently closed the door for him. When he turned his head, Du Guo stood behind him.

"Aren't you going to stay overnight?" He scratched his blue hair like a chicken coop suspiciously.

Chen Yue smiled.

Du Guo didn't quite understand the meaning of his smile, so he asked tentatively, "Are you reconciled?"

Chen Yue didn't know how to answer him, so he reached out and patted his shoulder, "It's late, I'm leaving first."

"Oh." Du Guo watched him tidy up the wine and cups on the coffee table in the living room, and shook his head, "Remember to close the door."

Chen Yue walked out of the apartment gate, and was blown by the gentle evening wind, the heat from his body faded a lot.He stood by the road, looked up, and saw that the light from the small white window on the fifth floor hadn't turned on again, so he felt relieved and drove home.

Early the next morning, he drove the car and squatted under Mo Dong's building, and sent Mo Dong a message: The temperature is a bit low today, so wear thicker clothes.

Then he dialed Jiang Yanzhou's phone number.

"Hey, buddy, the hospital will open next Friday. Do you know how much the loss will be if the new system goes online one day later?" Jiang Yanzhou thought he heard it wrong when Chen Yue said that the software company's construction period was delayed. .

"I will bear the loss." Chen Yue said.

"You have too much money to burn, right?" Jiang Yanzhou took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to scold others, "If the efficiency of this company is not good, let's find another one."

"It's too late to change, and the quality can't be guaranteed in such a short period of time." Chen Yue analyzed to him on the other end.

"All right, all right, I don't care, you can figure it out yourself."

Just as Chen Yue hung up the phone, he saw Mo Dong coming out of the glass revolving door of the apartment. He got off the car and waved his arms to greet him, "Mo Dong, here!"

Mo Dong paused briefly, then walked towards him hesitantly.

"Have you had breakfast?" Chen Yue turned to look at him.

Mo Dong lowered his head and fastened his seat belt, and said, "Go and buy near the company."

Chen Yue started the car, turned on the music, the folk guitar plucked softly, and the soothing melody flooded into the car like a tide, and the trees on both sides of the street retreated one by one.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Chen Yue asked.

Mo Dong held the seat belt with his hands, and his fingertips subconsciously picked the patterns on it.

He was drunk last night, but that doesn't mean he didn't remember anything. On the contrary, he remembered everything Chen Yue said clearly.

"Ah."

"Have a headache?" Chen Yue continued to ask without letting him go.

"It doesn't hurt."

"Do you remember what I told you last night?"

Mo Dong's breathing stopped suddenly, and he replied stiffly, "I don't remember."

Chen Yue smiled, "It's okay."

After sending Mo Dong downstairs to the company, he said, "Are you still working overtime tonight? I'll pick you up."

Mo Dong should have refused, but he didn't know whether what Chen Yue said to him last night was effective or because of other reasons, he hesitated for a while, but finally he acquiesced.

After a good night's sleep, his mind became clearer. After he changed yesterday's code into a debugging environment, all the red crosses disappeared magically.

Halfway through the work, Xiao Zhang notified everyone in the group that ddl was delayed for one week.He glanced at it for a while, then shut the phone into the drawer.

Chen Yue would pick him up downstairs on time every day and often bring him some gadgets.

A pile of colorful pebbles. "For your little turtle to bask in the sun."

A pair of flat mirrors. "Anti-blue light can protect eyesight."

A white cat mouthwash cup. "You should like it."

There are other little bits and pieces.It was not something expensive, and Mo Dong was too embarrassed to refuse.

Gradually, when he got off work every day, he couldn't help but wonder what Chen Yue brought him today.

A week later, Mo Dong finally finished all the codes, handed over the program to his colleagues, and got off work two hours earlier than before.

Chen Yue waited for him downstairs as usual.

"Why is it so early today?"

"My part of the job is done."

"Congratulations." Chen Yue looked at him with a smile, "I can pick you up earlier in the future. By the way,"

Mo Dong turned his head to him, "What?"

Chen Yue turned around and took out a little fluffy doll from the back seat.

"cute?"

It was a 25cm female kangaroo with light brown hair all over, and a baby kangaroo was stuffed in the pouch, with ears the size of fingernails propped up softly, and big round eyes looking curiously.

Mo Dong glanced at it, then quickly turned his head to the window, the skin near his ears turned slightly red, "You peeked at my book."

Chen Yue didn't expect to be questioned by him instead, so he was a little nervous, "No, I... your book fell on the floor, I picked it up for you, I saw it by accident."

Mo Dong didn't speak.

Chen Yue said cautiously, "I was wrong, I will never read your book again next time."

He tentatively put the kangaroo doll into Mo Dong's hands, "Don't be angry."

Mo Dong wasn't angry at all, he just felt extremely embarrassed.A soft little doll was stuffed in the hand, and the fingertips touched the soft touch, and the heartstrings seemed to be plucked.

He lowered his head and touched mother kangaroo's fat pouch, "I'm not angry, thank you."

Only then did Chen Yue feel relieved, put his hands on the steering wheel again, "Just as long as you like it."

After driving for a while, Chen Yue suddenly remembered something, "Mo Dong, it's almost the end of the year, when are you going on vacation?"

"On New Year's Eve."

"Are there any arrangements? Are you...do you celebrate the New Year alone?" Chen Yue asked, he didn't know if Mo Dong still had contact with his family.

Mo Dong was silent for a while, then lowered his head and fiddled with the doll in his hand before saying, "Yes."

"I just want to go to Northern Europe for a while, do you want to go?" He took the time to glance at Mo Dong, and continued a little nervously, "If you don't want to go, forget it."

"Feel sorry."

"I'm sorry, it's okay, I just asked casually." Chen Yue was indeed a little disappointed, but he still smiled, "I will take a picture of you after going there, if you think it looks good, you can go to play by yourself next time .”

He sent Mo Dong downstairs.

Mo Dong held the doll in his hand and stood in front of the apartment gate.

Chen Yue lowered the car window, "Remember to eat on time. I'm leaving first. If you need something, call me. My mobile phone is on 24 hours a day."

Mo Dong nodded, then watched the car disappear from sight.

Winter is coming, the wind is a bit cold, blowing the yellow leaves falling from the ground, rustling.

Du Guo also just arrived home, and was in the kitchen to drink water, when he heard a voice, he poked his head out, "Brother Xiaodong, you won't be working overtime today? Hey, what are you holding in your hand?"

Mo Dong subconsciously carried the doll back, "It's nothing."

Du Guo thought he was weird, as if he was hiding something shady, he shrugged, and after drinking a few sips of water, he suddenly remembered something, "Brother Xiaodong, I'm going back to my hometown next week, do you want to go back to my hometown again?" stay here?"

This apartment was rented by Du Guo and Mo Dong three years ago. Du Guo's home is out of town, and he will not go back until the Spring Festival.

But Du Guo has never seen Mo Dong go home, and he has never seen him mention his family, let alone call his family.

He always suspected that Mo Dong was an orphan.

"Brother Xiaodong, if you don't have time, you can invite a few friends to come and play. Use my room as you like, otherwise it will be deserted here alone."

Mo Dong nodded to him, "Thank you."

He closed the door, sat down on the edge of the bed, put the mother kangaroo on his lap, grabbed the baby kangaroo by the head and pulled it out of the pouch.

Besides Chen Yue, what friends do I have?

Mo Dong stretched his fingers into the pouch, feeling the fluffiness and softness brought by the polyester fiber filled in the inner core.

One should get used to the desertedness of a person.

He turned his head to look at the little kangaroo that had been thrown away next to him. His big round eyes were staring at the ceiling woodenly. The light next to him gathered a small bright spot on its eyeball, like a drop of tear.