Mr. Zhao Fei's house squatting neighbor

08

After getting acquainted with Xu Chaoran, Zhao Fei realized that he could live like this.

Xu Chaoran doesn't go to work, and takes the code work that can be done remotely at home every day.Apart from going to the supermarket to buy, he hardly ever leaves home.

It is completely different from Zhao Fei who has to run around for work every day. He is a "squatting at home" that can be judged by the naked eye.

However, Xu Chaoran is very satisfied with his current state and has no intention of changing at all.

"Why do I have to go to work from [-] to [-]? I can also pay the five insurances and one housing fund myself."

This is quite straightforward.Zhao Fei is engaged in financial work, and he can roughly estimate how much a person's income will be from his attitude towards money.Xu Chaoran is obviously the kind with a relatively well-off life.

If this is okay... Zhao Fei was lying on the bed late at night, but couldn't fall asleep.

He is very envious of Xu Chaoran's life and his "transcendence" attitude.

"Is it because of the name..." He murmured, his head was full of various thoughts, and he closed his eyes in a daze.

weekend.Zhao Fei drove to the Ningkang Hospital in a corner of the city just like the end of every month before.

He had made an appointment and registered the day before, and the nurses at the front desk were all acquaintances.She smiled at Zhao Fei: "Mr. Zhao, Dr. Cheng is already waiting for you."

"Thank you." He didn't need the little nurse to lead the way, he walked straight to room 307.

Dr. Cheng is a middle-aged man who is almost 60 years old.The kind eyes are hidden behind the round lenses, and the whole person looks very scholarly.

"How do you feel this half a month?" He said the usual opening remarks.

Zhao Fei sat down in front of the doctor, habitually resting his hands on his lap, a little cautious. "It feels... not bad."

Doctor Cheng looked at him carefully.

"The dark circles under the eyes are lighter, and the face is a little fatter."

Zhao Fei blushed unknowingly as if his secret had been exposed.

Doctor Cheng chuckled. "Have you made any friends? Congratulations."

He still uses old-fashioned terms.Zhao Fei hastily waved his hand in denial. "No, no...just a neighbor."

Doctor Cheng let out an oh in disbelief. "Today is the end of the month. As before, do a hormone and brain wave check first, and then go to Xiaozhang."

"Okay. Thank you, doctor." He took the checklist, said goodbye to the doctor, and walked downstairs to the examination room.

Blood was drawn, and a head examination was done.Zhao Fei climbed to the third floor again.This time he walked into Room 319, the deepest part of the corridor.

The room was much larger than that of Dr. Cheng.Mild and bright powder blue walls, clean white furniture, and a relaxing light wheat floor.

The woman sitting on the white armchair heard Zhao Fei's knock on the door and looked up with a smile. "Xiaofei! Hello."

"Hello." Zhao Fei sat down on the chair opposite her.The armchairs are large and wide.After sitting on it, the whole person involuntarily sank toward the back of the chair.

Very comfortable chat atmosphere.

Dr. Zhang is a psychotherapist.Every time Zhao Fei came to make a diagnosis, he would chat with her for an hour, and then return to Dr. Cheng to prescribe the medicine.

Every time we chatted before, Zhao Fei would definitely fall asleep in less than 10 minutes.Today, however, he looked very energetic, and there was a hint of a smile in his eyes looking out of the window.

Doctor Zhang smiled. "Some good things have happened in the past half month."

Zhao Fei was a little embarrassed to be told this by two doctors one after another.He relaxed and leaned against the back of the chair, and told Dr. Zhang about Xu Chaoran and Huazai.

"For you, there are new changes in your life, and they are positive changes. Just accept it happily." Doctor Zhang paid attention to Zhao Fei's expression. "Don't have a psychological burden."

Zhao Fei's smile was slightly restrained, he habitually lowered his head, clasped his hands, and looked at the wound on his left thumb that he had buckled.The bloody horror had long since disappeared, and now, even the last bit of the wound had healed to such an extent that it was almost invisible, leaving only faint white scars on one side of the nail.

"I don't know...should I accept it." Zhao Fei whispered. "If it's still the same as my father was at that time, his condition finally got better, and he passed away within half a month after being happy..."

He looked into Dr. Zhang's eyes. "Doctor. Do you feel that you don't deserve happiness?"

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Xu Chaoran knew nothing about Zhao Fei's return visit to the hospital.On a rare occasion, he dragged out the cardboard box under the bed that he hadn't opened since he moved, flipped through the books, and finally found the "Abnormal Psychology".

At that time, the college roommates joked that "the fate of a code farmer is twisted and perverted in the heart", and the whole dormitory took the elective course of mental hygiene and health with a joking mood.The course is very simple, the exam is open-book, as long as you prepare the teacher's handouts, you can pass with a high score, but Xu Chaoran somehow bought this book that was in the list recommended by the tutor at that time.

What was driving him, he had long forgotten.After finding the book, he pushed the box back to its original position, half-lyed on the sofa, and looked from the catalogue.

Huazai, who had just taken a nap, stood up staggeringly, stepped on the floor with all four feet, lifted her buttocks and stretched.It looked at the master immersed in the book.Nothing happened.As if asleep.Huazai began to lick his hair meticulously.

After reading for an unknown amount of time, Huazi interrupted Xu Chaoran's reading with a meow.He put down his book when he heard someone knocking on the door.

He looked at the small room, and finally quickly turned the spine of "Abnormal Psychology" inward, among his pile of original programming textbooks.

Opening the door, it was indeed Zhao Fei who appeared at the door.He rarely raised his head to look at Xu Chaoran, and he was still carrying a white plastic bag in his hand.

"...I bought black fish." Zhao Fei said, and unconsciously lowered his head slowly. "You can give it to Huazi, and you can... make soup."

Xu Chaoran couldn't help laughing, and turned slightly to let him into the room. "But I'm not very good at cooking fish..."

Zhao Fei, who lowered his head to change his shoes, didn't see Xu Chaoran pretending to be embarrassed - otherwise he would have exposed his lies on the spot.

"I've done it once or twice." Zhao Fei stepped on Xu Chaoran's slippers placed in the entrance.Both of them froze for a moment.

"Then, can I lend you the kitchen?" The man couldn't hold back his smile anymore, and his words were full of ridicule.

Zhao Fei put on slippers one size bigger and hurried towards the kitchen.Huazai followed behind him, meowing enthusiastically.

"Ah, that's the bathroom over there. The layout of our two houses is symmetrical!" Xu Chaoran held onto Zhao Fei who was in the wrong direction, but immediately let go. "Sorry to meet you..."

Zhao Fei's lips moved slightly, but he didn't make a sound.Probably saying "it's okay".He turned around and continued running quickly.

This time Xu Chaoran didn't speak again.He leaned against the wall and quietly looked at Zhao Fei's thin back.

-tbc-