Stand-in self-cultivation

"...Do you want to notify the rest of the departments, Mr. Ma? Mr. Ma?"

"What?" Ma Qiming came back to his senses, turned to look at the secretary standing in front of the desk, "Notify the director, and let them take care of it."

Cassy lowered her eyes and looked at Ma Qiming's hand covering her chest, gritted her teeth and said, "Then what, you...I have a quick-acting heart-rescuing pill here, take some?"

The man gave her a speechless look, and waved his hand to signal her to leave. Cassy stuck out her tongue playfully and closed the door disheveledly.

There was a light knock on the door, and he was the only one left in the huge office.

Ma Qiming gently pressed his chest, stretched his body in a relaxed manner, and let out a long breath.He traveled to three cities in two days, and he hasn't slept for a few hours until now. The exhaustion made him look a little sluggish.After sending it for a while, the man took out his mobile phone, looked at the string of numbers he had called recently, hesitated for less than a second, and then dialed again.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is off..."

Two hours ago, Han Che called and narrated an incident to him incoherently, and the protagonist of this incident was Jia Ran who was about to be spoiled by him recently and didn't even answer the phone.At first he didn't take it seriously, he could see Jia Ran's strength, he should be able to solve these things by himself.After all, school affairs are no big deal. If you fail to get into S University, you can change to other things. He has money and power. As long as Jia Ran thinks about it, there is nothing he can't do.

But he was a bit bored when he was listening to the report during the meeting, so he still clicked on the URL provided by Han Che in the text message, and he was a little surprised to see it.The current students really shouldn't be underestimated. You just pieced together the truth with every word, and even brought him into trouble. Fortunately, no one dared to touch him after eating a leopard.As for Jia Ran, as the fuse of this series of events, it was mentioned quite frequently, but the part about being kept was vaguely mentioned.

Ma Qiming straightened the tie that made him breathless, and felt a little uncomfortable with the idea of ​​"going to see him" that suddenly popped up in his heart, but after a moment he thought that this kid dared not answer his phone the day before yesterday, so he simply He called the driver to be in place, and by the way, told his subordinates to quickly delete the information that had been circulated on Weibo, so he took the opportunity to "take a break" as an excuse to go to the dilapidated rental house that he had only been to once.

Jia Ran's phone was always turned off, and when he went downstairs, he couldn't find a parking space. Even if Lao Wen didn't make a sound, Ma Qiming also felt his grievance. "All right, all right, stick here." Ma Qiming pointed at the narrow gap between the two crooked cars while holding the phone.

"It's too narrow, it's not easy to let people go in." Old Wen said aggrievedly.

Ma Qiming frowned impatiently, "If it is damaged, I will pay for it and drive in."

Old Wen glanced at Ma Qiming through the mirror, and drove the car in with a muffled sound.I felt sorry for the Volkswagen next to me, the car door was knocked into a hole by Ma Qiming, who was almost unable to get out.Panting and climbing four floors, Ma Qiming propped up his back and knocked on the door based on his impression.

"What to shoot, what to shoot..."

Ma Qiming looked at the old lady who opened the door in astonishment.

"What are you knocking on? I see that the person you're wearing doesn't look like a dog at all... Who are you looking for? I don't buy insurance or health care products. What's the matter, do you think we old people are easy to deceive?"

Sell, sell insurance? !Ma Qiming apologized with a straight face, then turned and knocked on the opposite door.

The old lady muttered to herself, "I'm about to move away. Who are these people... A young man with heavy makeup is enough to make me feel good, but here comes another unqualified one..."

Ma Qiming squinted his eyes and listened calmly, and his men kept knocking on the door.After waiting outside for a full 10 minutes, just as he was about to call the unlocker impatiently, the door finally opened.

The young man with a greasy bird's nest head opened the door, and was momentarily at a loss when he saw Ma Qiming.While he was rubbing his eyes, Ma Qiming looked at him from top to bottom: a white long-sleeved sweater with letter printing, dark gray jogging pants with cuffs, and white sneakers.It looked refreshing, but the rancid smell on his body made him take a step back.

"Why are you dressed like this?" Ma Qiming asked, frowning.

Jia Ran stared blankly at Ma Qiming, his eyes were bloodshot and there was some suspicious paste at the corners of his eyes, the corners of Ma Qiming's mouth twitched, "Jia Ran, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Ran lowered his head in a daze and whispered, "It's nothing."

Taking advantage of the young man's unpreparedness, Ma Qiming reached out and touched Jia Ran's forehead, the temperature on the back of his hand was astonishing, "Fuck, it's burning again?"

"Don't make a fuss..." Jia Ran lowered his head, turned around and pulled the suitcase aside, started to lock the door with the key, bent down and stuffed the key under the floor mat after locking. "You let me live, thank you."

Reminiscent of what the old lady said just now, Ma Qiming immediately realized the problem. Who would move when they have a fever? "What's wrong with the house? The landlord asked you to move?" he asked.

"I want to live in another place." Jia Ran finished hoarsely, dragging the suitcase with difficulty and walked past Ma Qiming, without noticing that the man's face was turning black to carbon.

"Why don't you take medicine when you're sick?"

"Ate."

"Where are you going now?"

"nearby."

"... Jia Ran."

"What?"

Standing by the stairs, Ma Qiming looked condescendingly at the young man who was holding on to the handle and looked up at him, so angry that he wanted to eat him into his stomach, so that there was not even scum left.The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and he quickly walked to the young man's hand with an embarrassed expression, grabbed the suitcase with his right hand, held Jia Ran's arm with his left hand, and said in a low voice, "Follow me."

"Where are you going?" Jia Ran's footsteps were flimsy, and he was trying to hold on. After being grabbed by Ma Qiming, he had to follow the man down, "I will find a house by myself, but you, why are you here?"

"Passing by, there are still some...some jobs I want to find you." Ma Qiming mumbled a few words, looked at the young man's listless look from the corner of his eye, and said, "Stay with me first."

Jia Ran pushed Ma Qiming away, leaned against the cold plaster wall unsteadily, raised his hand to scratch the pimple on his neck, "No, thank you, I just need to find a place to live by myself... hey!"

Ma Qiming didn't give Jia Ran a chance to speak at all, he threw away the box, bent down and picked him up, and walked down steadily.

I thought Jia Ran would struggle again, but to Ma Qiming's surprise, the young man closed his mouth tightly and curled up in his arms obediently like a quail.Could it be?A thought suddenly jumped into his mind - is Jia Ran afraid?Neither of them spoke.The young man leaned softly in his arms, which made Ma Qiming suddenly feel a strange feeling, trust, it was a feeling he had never experienced before.

Interrupting Old Wen who hadn't even finished a cigarette, Ma Qiming put Jia Ran in the back seat of the car, and then turned to pick up the box he had thrown away in the corridor.After running twice, the man's sweat had already soaked his shirt, but he still embraced Jia Ran, who couldn't sit still and shivered a little, and hugged him in his arms.Old Wen silently glanced at the two snuggled up in the back seat, the turmoil in his heart could no longer be described in words.

When he got home, Uncle Wang had already received the news that the preparations were ready in advance. Ma Qiming went into the study alone to deal with the delayed work, and only took a moment to catch his breath when it was time for dinner.And Jia Ran finally took the medicine and woke up a lot after sleeping.

It's a pity that after waking up, Jia Ran started to twist again.

Ma Qiming looked at the sleepy young man who refused to eat, and his two sword eyebrows were knit together, with a hint of resentment.Where is the usual self-improvement look? Why is she so fragile now?He can deceive others but not himself. He is really worried about Jia Ran's current situation, and part of the current situation is also caused by his own carelessness. If he had been more careful at the time, he would not have been exposed so easily. .

But caring belongs to caring. For him, whether it is a boss, teacher, or even a friend, the time that each identity can allocate to Jia Ran is limited, so after eating hastily without appetite, he took the young man Back to the study, trying to untie his knot as quickly as possible.

"Tell me." Ma Qiming signaled Jia Ran, who insisted on standing in front of the desk, to speak.

"What?" Jia Ran's voice was hoarse, with a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat.As if aware of his own problem, he held his chest and coughed a few times, reached out and took out a piece of paper from the paper bag on the desk, spit it out without hesitation, wrapped it up, threw it aside, and then looked directly at Ma Qiming.

Ma Qiming watched his series of actions indifferently, thinking about a question repeatedly in his heart.

Who gave him such courage?

"Didn't you say that there are tasks assigned to me? I can work without taking a break. Anyway, now I... Now I have a lot of time."

Squinting his eyes and looking at his watch, Ma Qiming stood up, grabbed Jia Ran who was still stubborn and pressed him on the sofa, while he sat on the side, pointed to the clock hanging on the wall and said: "10 minutes, After finishing speaking, you can go back to rest, and you can live with me if you want after rest, if you don't want to, the conditions remain the same."

"What do you mean?" Jia Ran looked at Ma Qiming vigilantly, struggled a bit, but still couldn't free his wrist from the man's big hand.

"It means that if you choose to leave, we will restore the previous relationship, and we will still be able to count on what we said before. I will help you rent a house and give you a scooter, but you have to change to another school, and of course there is a new one. In addition, I will give you [-] yuan every month, which is my compensation to you."

"It doesn't sound bad," Jia Ran smiled. He stretched out his other hand and forcefully opened Ma Qiming's fingers, finally pulling out his own wrist.He looked down at the red fingerprints, and tears almost fell down, "Yes, I accept. But you don't have to choose to make up for me because you feel guilty, I chose the path myself, and this result I..."

Ma Qiming quietly looked at the sobbing Jia Ran and the dizzy water stain on his knee.

"...I deserve this result. I chose to take a shortcut, so...I, I accept."

"Heh." Ma Qiming sneered. In the past, he had to evade and struggle for a long time when he said anything, and in the end it seemed that he forced him to agree. But now, he accepted the second assumption without listening to it.

He guessed right, Jia Ran was really scared.

"Are you laughing at me?" Jia Ran asked sobbingly while reaching out to wipe away tears. When he raised his head, the red nose and sticky snot made the man almost unable to hold back his laughter. "I don't go to school anymore, and I don't need money." Jia Ran said.

Ma Qiming relaxed his body, leaned comfortably on the sofa cushion, took a few pieces of paper and reached out to wipe off the snot that almost flowed into the young man's face.

"Don't think I can't hear you complaining about me."

"Don't complain," Jia Ran turned his head away, took the paper in Ma Qiming's hand and wiped his face, "It's bad luck, who is to blame. You let me make a choice, and I'll make it."

"The other choice is not to listen?" Tears still hung on Jia Ran's slender eyelashes, her slightly pursed lips were a little white from being bitten by teeth, and the snot that was not wiped off her lips was like a layer of lip oil, shining brightly .One must know that this innocent look had never appeared before Jia Ran. Ma Qiming felt it was novel, but at the same time he couldn't help scolding himself for lusting over a snot-nosed boy.

Jia Ran's expression was gloomy. This matter was brought up constantly, causing the evaluations of those strangers to flash in his mind uninterruptedly: "Mr. Ma, can you stop mentioning this matter? I'm miserable enough already. , can you let me go?"

"Jia Ran, listen to what you are saying. Deserved, bad life, miserable enough, these are your true thoughts?!" Ma Qiming leaned forward, his anger rose instantly, he broke off I touched Jia Ran's face and said, "You are afraid that I know, but you have to know, I am here! I have the ability to pull you out, why don't you come out?! There must be a limit to self-abandonment, if this continues, it will only make me Feel blind."

"President Ma, you have been blind for a long time." Jia Ran sneered, "You just don't want to admit it, do you need me to remind you?"

Ma Qiming let go of Jia Ran's chin, and gently rubbed his thumb against the red mark on his chin, but he didn't realize it, and said stiffly, "I'm not blind."

"You are blind, so you choose to help me."

"You are different from them, Jia Ran, you should know that you are different. So stop talking angry and calm down."

"No, I'm very calm, and I want to tell you, I'm a total loser, no, people who haven't even succeeded can't be called failures at all... But what's the use of talking so much? You don't understand, You don't understand at all. You don't know how miserable I am..."

"..."

long silence.

Ma Qiming's fingers trembled imperceptibly, he sighed, looked up at Jia Ran's haggard but still full of hopeful eyes, the words that lingered in his mind countless times trembled uncontrollably.

"I'm a bastard."