Mr. Zhao Fei's house squatting neighbor

05

A week later, another Friday afternoon.

Xu Chaoran, who had not sent Zhao Fei a message during the day before, sent him a WeChat message at two or three o'clock in the afternoon.

"I'm out of the hospital! I'm going home now. Come to my house for dinner tonight! I'm sorry to trouble you these days."

Zhao Fei rubbed his frowning brows, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.He was thinking of replying to Xu Chaoran "you don't need to eat", but a shadow fell in front of him.

His general manager was standing by his desk, looking at him with a half-smile.

"Is there still time to read private messages during working hours? Have you finished your work today, Xiaofei?"

Colleagues around lowered their heads one after another, not daring to take a breath.Zhao Fei pursed his lips, letting the smile fade from his face.He respectfully apologized, then put the phone on the edge of the desk, and looked back at the computer screen full of report numbers.

He didn't know when the sinister gaze behind him disappeared, he just felt his heart sinking.Although the surrounding colleagues didn't say anything, the glances they gave to each other were like a dense net, covering the sky and covering the sky.Zhao Fei even had difficulty breathing. He had to control himself as much as possible to suppress the urge to rush out.

He suddenly missed Huazai's soft and warm fur, his small hard head, and his snorting throat sound.

But at night, Huazi will be returned to its original owner.

Before he knew it, Zhao Fei began to pluck the skin around his thumbnail again.It wasn't until the bell rang that he got off work that he suddenly realized that there was a glaring bloodstain on the neat and clean desk.

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After staying in the hospital for seven days, Xu Chaoran can finally be discharged.

He was sent to the hospital by ambulance, and no one came to deliver any luggage, so he was completely relaxed when he was discharged.The less gray-haired doctor handed him a pamphlet.

"What is this?" Xu Chaoran flipped through it.

"Precautions in daily diet after cholecystectomy." The doctor said seriously. "It is also very important for your future life. Be sure to read it carefully and follow the instructions above. If you live alone, you should pay more attention to developing good eating habits."

Because the doctor said it seriously, Xu Chaoran couldn't help but pay attention to it, and carefully stuffed the booklet into the back pocket of his jeans.

"It is best not to touch too oily food for the next month, and the diet should be light, easy to digest, and liquid."

"what?"

Looking at Xu Chaoran's bitter face, the doctor patted him on the shoulder comfortingly—although it felt more like gloating. "Although I can see that you like eating meat very much, you still need to give your liver and stomach some time to adapt. After the bile secretion is normal, your diet can resume. But don't overeat."

"In short, I just can't eat meat..." Xu Chaoran suddenly felt that life was gloomy.

"Then I wish you good health." The doctor finished his duty and waved goodbye to Xu Chaoran with a smile.

On the way home, Xu Chaoran racked his brains and couldn't think of a dinner menu—he had subconsciously included his neighbor Zhao Fei in it.

"I can't let others drink porridge together..." Xu Chaoran frowned and muttered to himself.

The passing kindergarten is playing the song of a duck in front of the door, and the chirping voices of children.Xu Chaoran suddenly had an inspiration.

"By the way, stewed chicken! Plus fresh mushrooms and fungus!" Having the inspiration, he hurriedly talked to the taxi driver, and went to the supermarket first after turning a corner.

After deciding on the menu for dinner, Xu Chaoran was relieved.He sent Zhao Fei a WeChat message about having dinner together at night, but Zhao Fei still didn't answer him until he got home.

Maybe he was too busy with work, so he didn't see it... He closed the door with two bags full of vegetables.

Without Hua Zai's home, I always feel empty and less angry.Xu Chaoran habitually stood there, waiting for Huazai to come to rub his legs, but it took several seconds to realize that Huazai was at Zhao Fei's house next door.

He smiled helplessly and put on his slippers.Walk into the kitchen slowly and start to process the ingredients for dinner.

Although recovering from a serious illness, Xu Chaoran just felt a little weaker, but still had some strength.He is used to living alone, and his cooking skills are average.Many dishes are only known by name and eaten in restaurants, but do not know how to make them.But usually he was the only one to eat, good or bad it was all in his mouth, but thinking that Zhao Fei would come over to eat tonight, he became inexplicably nervous.

"Mushroom stewed chicken..." Xu Chaoran had no choice but to cram, searched for recipes on the Internet, and started with the simplest one.

Fortunately, although his craftsmanship is mediocre, the ingredients and condiments for cooking are very complete.He found peppercorns and star anise from the side door of the refrigerator, and found the cinnamon bark and bay leaves that he had used once last month in the cabinet, and started making dinner like this.

With Xu Chaoran's cooking skills, all he can do is to wash the bought broiler chicken inside and out, throw it into the pot, add seasoning according to the amount stated in the recipe, add washed fresh mushrooms, and cover with electric rice Cover the pot and press the switch to start stewing.

Then he took out the old rice cooker that had been in the cabinet for a long time.This pot is a little small, but it is just right for cooking rice.Rice is one of Xu Chaoran's strengths.Pour in rice grains for two people, add water, and turn on the power to cover the lid.

The next step is to wait until almost the same time to pour the soaked fungus into the rice cooker and simmer until it is cooked.Xu Chaoran looked at his watch, it was 05:30 in the afternoon.When does Zhao Fei leave work?

He took out his phone and looked again.Still no reply.He really doesn't reply to others very much... Xu Chaoran comforted himself in this way, pacing back and forth in the living room and the hallway.

Suddenly the phone rang.

"Hello?" Xu Chaoran hastily picked it up.

"Old Xu! Did you see the email I sent you?"

Xu Chaoran sighed, relaxed and sat down in the office chair in front of the computer desk. "Didn't see it. I just got out of the hospital today."

"Discharged?!"

After chatting with colleagues in the project and explaining that he was hospitalized due to gallstones, Xu Chaoran learned from his colleagues that there was a logic error in the code review that another team was writing, and now the progress of the entire module was blocked. Forced to stop.

"When did this happen? Three days ago? But no one sent me an email." Xu Chaoran turned on the computer while talking, ready to check his inbox. "Although I am in the hospital, I still check my mailbox every day."

"That's because our group was the last to be notified. I thought it wouldn't have such a big impact." The colleague sighed. "It is estimated that next week's meeting will also be postponed. Don't let us rush to the end and be thankful."

"So it's a blessing in disguise that I didn't write a line of code this week?" Xu Chaoran couldn't help laughing. "Logic errors are not so easy to fix. Maybe it will affect other modules."

"That's right! It's better to outsource it like you do. Now I have to stay in the company until 12 o'clock every day..."

"But your salary is twice as high as mine, so be your overtime dog."

The two laughed at each other.Xu Chaoran suddenly heard the notification sound of the elevator door opening outside. "Old Xie, let's talk next time." He hurriedly ended the conversation, rushed to the entrance as fast as his body could do, and opened the door.

Just walking in front of his door, Zhao Fei who had not had time to turn left into his own home was startled by him.

"Zhao Fei! Come here! I'm ready to cook." Xu Chaoran greeted him warmly.

Not knowing whether it was due to the dim light or other reasons, Xu Chaoran felt that Zhao Fei seemed very tired.

"Thank you, I'm not very..." Before Zhao Fei finished speaking, his stomach groaned.

Realizing what happened, Zhao Fei's ears turned red visibly.

"Come and eat at my house. Treat it as a thank you gift. Is that okay?" Xu Chaoran took a step and stood in front of Zhao Fei.Compared with his tall and strong figure, his voice is particularly gentle.

Zhao Fei lowered his eyes.He seemed to be hesitating about something.Xu Chaoran couldn't help holding his breath.

Finally, the thinly pigmented eyes looked at him again. "Then I won't disturb you." Zhao Fei said softly.Xu Chaoran showed a happy smile.

"Then let's feed Huazi first, and then come over for dinner!"

"……Um."

-tbc-