my friend

On Monday, Marvin crept into his office with a gloomy face.

Manager Lu was already waiting in the office.

"Boss, Zhang Fumao refuses to sign a contract with us. He only talks about an oral agreement. If you can trust it, let it go. If you don't trust it, let it go."

"The old fox." Marvin tossed his coat aside.

"Let him go, I have other arrangements."

"Ok."

When Marvin was the only one left in the office, he took out his mobile phone and dialed a series of numbers.

"Are you all ready?"

The other end of the phone obviously gave him an affirmative reply.

"Well," Marvin continued, "Let's get started."

Marvin hung up the line, fiddled with the phone for a while, and then called to the Styling's hotel room.

"Ms. Sterling!" He exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then said in a rather embarrassed way: "I had some unpleasant conversations with Mr. Fumao Zhang."

"I know I know...

"It's all for business!

"You two are old friends...

"Ok ok!

"Then please!"

After hanging up the phone, Marvin rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "Who wouldn't play dumb."

Just as Marvin was proud of himself for a while, Assistant Qin came to report to Marvin.

"A Miss Tan came here just now."

"Oh." Marvin flipped through the documents in his hand without looking up.

"The company's employees have signed their insurance policies for next year."

"it is good."

After waiting for a while, Marvin realized that Assistant Qin hadn't left, so he raised his head and looked at him suspiciously.

"How do you..."

"what happened?"

"Aren't there experts Lin... Why are you..."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Marvin closed the folder heavily.

"Nonsense? Are you referring to Expert Lin...or Ms. Tan..." Assistant Qin caught up without fear.

Marvin slapped the folder on Assistant Qin's body.

"Go out and do something!"

"Okay." Assistant Qin pouted, and left the door with the folder in his arms.

Marvin exhaled, leaned hard on his boss chair, thought for a while, and called Tan Jialin.

"Ha! I still want to thank you, but you called first." Tan Jialin's voice on the phone was very pleasant.

"Yeah. I'd like to trouble you to tell Sewon about it."

Tan Jialin naturally understood what Marvin was referring to.

"Ah..." She hesitated for a moment, "It's eleven o'clock now, the museum has been working for two hours, I don't know if Shiyuan will tell..."

Marvin hung up the phone before she finished speaking, a parabola, and the mobile phone was thrown to the floor by him.

At 06:30 in the afternoon, Marvin stood guard at the door of Lin Xiao's house. He had smoked most of a pack of cigarettes before he saw Lin Xiao driving back to the community.

"Why did you go?"

"Me?" Lin Xiao looked at Marvin in surprise.

"I'm going to perm my head."

"Huh?" Marvin didn't expect Lin Xiao to have such a need.

"You..." He couldn't help reaching out to touch Lin Xiao's hair, but Lin Xiao dodged it.

"You still need a perm?" Lin Xiao's hairstyle seemed to be the same as before.

"Otherwise? You think I'm a self-made paper."

"Haha... I almost thought..." Marvin suddenly stopped being angry and started laughing.

It was a little warmer today, Lin Xiao only wore a light yellow drop-shoulder jumper with a navy blue down vest on the outside, and he looked like a college student who was still studying.And Marvin came from the office, wearing a thin dark gray woolen coat and a neat suit inside, which made him feel aggrieved inexplicably.

Lin Xiao didn't know Marvin's sudden strange feeling, he explained:

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon. If you want to pay New Year's greetings at someone's house, you must tidy up yourself."

"Well..." Marvin nodded, "It's fine that way," he added.

"By the way, I was about to call you."

"What's the matter?" Marvin's heart tightened suddenly, afraid that Lin Xiao would ask about what happened last night.

"Our center will be on holiday tomorrow. I'll go to your place to bring Sixth Brother back. I'm bothering you these days."

"Also... No trouble... Let's go pick up Brother Six now, haven't you eaten yet? Let's go together..."

"Tomorrow, I have other things to do today."

The two stood at the door of Lin Xiao's house, and Lin Xiao had no intention of inviting Marvin in at all.

"...You...and Shiyuan..." Marvin hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help asking.

"Shiyuan is still a child, I regard her as my younger sister, but she says I look like an elder, maybe she thinks I'm too old..." Speaking of Shiyuan, Lin Xiao put on a smile on his face.

"What a silly girl..." Marvin also laughed.

"Well, then I will contact you tomorrow."

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he turned and went into the door.

Marvin followed familiarly and squeezed sideways into the living room.

"What shall we have for dinner?" He threw off the coat that was confining him, sat down on the sofa, and looked at Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao smiled, as if he was accustomed to Marvin's actions, he turned and went into the kitchen.

Marvin stretched out on the sofa of Lin Xiao's house, looking very satisfied.

The phone in the living room rang, and Lin Xiao came out of the kitchen with wet hands, and was about to find something to dry his hands. Marvin rushed to the phone first, pressed the hands-free button, and Lin Xiao had no choice but to shake his head helplessly.

"Lin Xiao." Chen Wei's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Well, senior."

"at home?"

"Hehe...here I am!" Chen Wei Mingming called Lin Xiao's landline, and asked without thinking. Likening his hand to a pistol, Marvin shot himself in the temple.

"That's good..."

"What is it?"

"Your...your report is back."

"Oh..." Lin Xiao put away his smile, and Marvin also became serious when he heard this.

"Do you have time tomorrow, I'll bring you the report."

"I'll go find you."

"No... we... Tomorrow is the Spring Festival, let's get together... and Joyce..." Chen Wei's voice sounded uneasy, which made Marvin's mood more complicated.

"Alright." Lin Xiao responded.

Chen Wei closed the line after leaving the time and place.

Lin Xiao shook his hand and continued to work in the kitchen.

Marvin leaned back on the sofa, wondering what to think.

"Hey, I have something to tell you too." Marvin came to the kitchen door, folded his hands on his chest, and leaned against the door frame.

"What's the matter?" Lin Xiao asked without turning his head.

"When will you pick up Sixth Brother tomorrow?"

"Go after seeing the senior. What, you have to go out tomorrow? By the way, tomorrow is the Spring Festival. Why did I forget? You must be busy..."

"No! Don't go out!" Marvin amplified his voice and said in a very affirmative tone.

"The company is... already on vacation. Let's do it," Marvin suggested.

"I asked Qin to send the sixth brother here. Let's watch the year together tonight. I will accompany you to meet your senior tomorrow. We can still..."

"Why bother you like this!" Lin Xiao decisively interrupted Marvin's plan.

"Besides, I already have an appointment, so I'm really sorry."

"Then..." Marvin lowered his head, cursing Assistant Qin secretly in his heart. He was not sensitive to Chinese festivals, and Assistant Qin never reminded him, causing him to miss the great opportunity to get along with Lin Xiao.

"Then I'll drive you to the appointment tomorrow afternoon." Marvin could only take a step back, and said with an emphatic tone, "Don't reject me again."

Lin Xiao knew that even if he did not agree, Marvin already knew the time and place of the dinner party tomorrow. If he wanted to go, he could still go, so he could only respond in the affirmative with silence.

On New Year's Eve, Chen Wei came out from Uncle Joyce's house, and the two walked side by side on the road.Fireworks continued to light up in the distance, reflecting the faces of the two people flickering.

"Don't pay attention to what my uncle said," Joyce said.

"I'm sorry, Joyce." Chen Wei kept his head down.

"It's nothing, I'll take care of it with Uncle, you have more important things to do now."

"Hmm..." Chen Wei nodded.

At five o'clock the next day, Lin Xiao went out and saw Marvin waiting at the door.

Lin Xiao is doing casual attire today.A dark green bomber jacket, camel slacks, and lace-up desert boots are all ordinary. Marvin looked Lin Xiao up and down without concealing his eyes.

"We have a tacit understanding." He is also dressed casually today.The jacket with simple cut and fitted denim trousers are worn by Marvin very vigorously.

Lin Xiao only smiled.

Marvin saw that two small red lanterns were decorated at the entrance of Lin Xiao's house, which was in response to the festive atmosphere, and even Lin Xiao's whole person seemed warmer.In fact, the community where Lin Xiao's family is located is the entire Taipei City, and the festive atmosphere is very strong, but Marvin has no intention of paying attention to it.

"Lin, Happy New Year"! Marvin cupped his hands and said in a straight voice.

"Happy New Year, be safe every year." Lin Xiao returned the gift with a smile.

"Brother Six is ​​with you, causing you trouble."

"Yes, with a master like you at the stall... Fortunately, Brother Six still has me."

Even though Marvin said so, he should really be thankful that he had Brother Six to accompany him on New Year's Eve.In the past, he was abroad during the Spring Festival. Even if he spent it alone, he didn't feel too much. He didn't expect that the nanny, Assistant Qin and others would announce their return home overnight, leaving him alone and a freezer. rations.This made Marvin feel deeply lonely for the first time in Taipei.Fortunately, there is a sixth brother, fortunately, there is a sixth brother.

The two set off, with Marvin as the driver, and they went to the hotel that Chen Wei had booked together.It happened that we met Chen Weitong Joyce at the door.

"The big boss is the driver today!" Joyce greeted with a smile when he saw Marvin and Lin Xiao walking together.

"My pleasure." Marvin shrugged with a smile.

When Chen Wei saw Marvin, his face became cloudy and uncertain again.

The four said Happy New Year to each other, and then entered the restaurant to sit down, Lin Xiao asked:

"Is the report out?"

"Let's order first, there's no rush." ​​Chen Wei sat opposite Lin Xiao and said softly.

"Yes! Let's talk about feeding our stomachs." Marvin also picked up the menu, flipping through it in front of Lin Xiao.

"I invite you today." Marvin said while watching.

"No need, today..." Chen Wei stopped him.

The two became polite.

"Stop, stop, no one is allowed to fight today, please." Joyce said.

"Whatever you want, don't be shy."

"Well, what you earn is foreign currency." Marvin looked through it more vigorously with a smile on his face.

"Come to my house tomorrow?" Joyce said to Lin Xiao.

"No." Lin Xiao replied: "Master Uncle and Brothers, you should also take advantage of these few days to move around."

"That's what it should be." Joyce could only nod.

The food came out quickly, and Marvin ate it up.The other three chatted while eating.

After finishing the meal, Lin Xiao ordered a pot of tea.

"...Lin Xiao." Chen Wei murmured, motioning for Joyce to take out a file bag from the bag.

"I received a fax from the United States yesterday, please take a look."

"Okay." Lin Xiao took the file bag and opened it to read. Marvin quickly leaned his head over.Marvin can barely recognize the dense English on the document, and he can't understand what it means when they are connected together.

Lin Xiao looked at it for a long time, then raised his head to look at the two people on the opposite side.

"Is there such a thing?"

"What's the matter?" Marvin looked at it in a cloud, and turned his eyes to the opposite side.

"It's consistent with what I guessed."

Joyce also lowered her head, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"What does it say?" Marvin asked.

Chen Wei didn't say anything, Joyce replied:

"In the cells captured in Lin Xiao's heart, two different sets of DNA were found, representing two different people. The only possibility is that when Lin Xiao was still an embryo, he was actually twins, just another embryo The poorly developed embryo was swallowed by the well-developed one, and later this poorly developed embryo became a part of Lin Xiao's heart."

"This is... what... the situation..." Marvin was stunned, showing a silly face.

"But even so..." Lin Xiao still had doubts.

Chen Wei went on to say:

"I know, although this is not enough to explain why cardiomyocytes have irregular and abnormal discharges, causing arrhythmia, and a series of dysfunction. But my intuition tells me that these two sets of different DNA are probably the reason. It's just that now The detection methods are not up to the level I expected.”

Lin Xiao didn't say anything, just nodded.

"It doesn't matter if the heartbeat is irregular. My grandfather has irregular heartbeat all day long, so he is still alive and well." Marvin said loudly.

"Arrhythmia is just a symptom. The problem is that it occurs without rules and causes. If it develops for a long time, the heart muscle will become fatigued and induce heart failure... If it is not corrected in time, it may happen at any time..." Chen Wei looked down. On the table, the voice gradually lowered.

"I have already prepared." Lin Xiao said calmly.

"No, you guys are too exaggerated..." Marvin still couldn't believe it.

"Lin Xiao." Joyce said, "I think you should arrange the work at hand as soon as possible, and it would be better to live in the hospital."

Chen Wei followed suit and nodded.

"Where is it so serious?" Marvin became anxious.

"Marvin, accompany me outside to smoke a cigarette." Joyce took out a cigarette and waved to Marvin.

"I...Okay..." Marvin was a little reluctant, but felt that Joyce's tone seemed to be pointing, so he got up to accompany Joyce out.

"Lin Xiao, come to the hospital and let me take care of you."

Now there are only two people left at the table, Chen Wei said.

"How much time do I have?"

"I... It's hard to say... You have to come to the hospital, and I'll do ECG monitoring for you."

"Okay..." Lin Xiao nodded.

Chen Wei gathered his courage and held Lin Xiao's hand, "Things are not that bad, I will always be with you."

"Senior, this is..." Lin Xiao looked at the hands of the two with a little surprise on his face.

"I haven't had the courage to tell you..." Chen Wei looked a little nervous.

"I want to take care of you and be with you, is that okay?"

"Senior...you..."

"I definitely didn't do it on a whim, don't you never feel it?"

"No..." Lin Xiao withdrew his hand and shook his head lightly.

"Give me a chance? I've missed too much..." Chen Wei said very sincerely.

At this point, Lin Xiao finally understood Chen Wei's intentions, he was still surprised, he thought for a while, and said: "Senior...you are a senior...and also my good friend, Joyce...and also my good friend... .”

"That's okay, as long as you understand what I mean..." Chen Wei was very generous.

"Senior..." Lin Xiao finally raised his head and looked directly at Chen Wei.

"I don't know how much time I have left, I don't want to be distracted anymore."

Chen Wei stared at Lin Xiao for a long time, and finally, he nodded.

"Okay...it's me...too late..."

"But." Chen Wei suddenly said again: "People like Marvin are not suitable for you."

Lin Xiao smiled lightly and said, "I know."

Outside the hotel door, Marvin looked back into the store frequently while smoking a cigarette.

"So worried?" Joyce said with a smile.

"Aren't you worried? Isn't Chen Wei your boyfriend?"

"We're just good friends."

"Good friend?" Marvin turned to look at Joyce, "Oh...good friend."

"That coward Chen Wei deserves to be your good friend?"

Joyce took a drag on his cigarette and didn't answer.

"My doctor friend in the United States recommended a specialist to me."

"What is your name?"

"Dr Andrew."

"Oh." Joyce nodded, "Chen Wei has contacted him a long time ago."

"So...is it really that serious?"

"It's not a matter of severity, it's that the cause has not been found for many years." Joyce lit a second cigarette. "Without a reason, there is no way to treat the symptoms, and each attack is irregular, which is very dangerous. In addition, I feel that Lin Xiao has always had knots in his heart, although he has seen a psychiatrist before... However, we all have to Think positively, there will always be a way.”

"Yeah." Marvin nodded heavily.

"Do you know why Lin Xiao dropped out of school?"

"Is it because of the situation at home?"

"That's one aspect," Joyce said.

"I think..." Marvin looked in Lin Xiao's direction, "I think he is afraid of seeing indifference in the hospital, and even more afraid of seeing warmth."

Hearing this, Joyce's eyes softened.

"Lin Xiao has always been careful and restrained in his life. It's good to be with you, it can make him feel more relaxed."

"Wow, senior, it's so late to meet you!" Marvin happily stretched out his long arms to shake hands when he got Joyce's approval.

"Go! Who is your senior, you are older than me." Joyce patted Marvin's hand away angrily.

"What do you like about Lin Xiao?"

"Like it? It's hard to say... I always seem to be a little afraid of him." Marvin said as he shrunk his shoulders, acting cautiously, making Joyce laugh.

Lin Xiao and Chen Wei walked out of the restaurant, and Marvin quickly stamped out the cigarette butts.

"Shall we go home?" He walked up to Lin Xiao and said.

"Okay." Lin Xiao nodded.

"Senior, can I go to the hospital after the Chinese New Year?" Lin Xiao asked Chen Wei.

"As soon as possible."

"Are you leaving?" Joyce also came over.

"Yes, I still have to pick up Sixth Brother." Marvin replied.

"Who is the sixth brother?" Joyce didn't realize who the sixth brother was.

"Oh..." She immediately smiled, "Then you guys have fun."

"Goodbye."

"Byebye!"

Chen Wei and Joyce watched the two leave before slowly walking towards their car.

"Did you say that?" Joyce asked.

"Hmm..." Chen Wei nodded absent-mindedly.

"Too late..." he added.

"Just say it." Joyce didn't seem to hear.

"Just say it." She repeated.