Promised period

Song Ke never knew where Chen Jue went or how long he was going.

It was a colleague who was clearly not looking up, but a person who was less than ten meters away from the office disappeared without even saying hello.

Occasionally when he came to the company in the morning, he would be in a daze for a moment when he saw the open door next door, thinking that Chen Jue had come back.As a result, as he approached slowly, he saw the assistant Xiaoling coming out of it with a watering can: "Morning, boss."

"morning."

It turned out that the assistant just went in and sprayed the potted plants.

After five or six days like this, things are still complicated and tense.On Wednesday night, I thought that I would be alone when I went back, so I stayed a little later at the company.As a result, a certain landline phone outside kept ringing, and no one listened to it after ringing for a long time.

It belongs to Xiaoling. She has already left work.

Worried about something urgent, Song Ke went out to pick it up: "Hello?"

"Xiaoling."

The work area was quiet and empty, the lights were dim, and his voice almost echoed.The helical phone cord is a little stiff and requires a little force to pull it tight.

It's Chen Jue.

Song Ke was taken aback for a moment before saying, "I'm not Xiaoling, I'm Song Ke."

There was a moment of silence.

"Song Ke, why is it you?"

Obviously Chen Jue never thought of calling him, let alone that he would answer the call.Song Ke stood sideways in the aisle, the bone in front of the waist bar was tightly pressed against the edge of the table, and she didn't know what to do for a while, and couldn't get up or down.

"Let Xiaoling answer the phone."

Song Ke said "she's not here", briefly told about her going on a date tonight, and then asked Chen Jue: "What can you do with her?"

"I encountered a typhoon, and I need to change my return ticket."

I don't know what kind of bad weather it is, the laptop and mobile phone can't connect to the Internet, and the airline service desk has a long queue due to delays.In desperation, Chen Jue wanted to find someone to help contact the switchboard, but the assistant was on a date at the movie theater again, and the private phone call couldn't get through.

"Let me change it for you." Song Ke sat down, her heart swollen strangely because she hadn't heard his voice for a long time, "Which class do you want to change? Tell me."

He looked up and saw the post-it note, hurriedly tore off one and got it ready, picked up the pen and heard Chen Jue say, "Change it to open for me."

This word is obviously very commonly used, but Song Ke is a little slow: "What is that?"

"It's just that the itinerary is pending." Through the signal, Chen Jue coughed in a low voice, but his voice was still calm and pleasant, "I still have some personal matters, I will leave after finishing."

Song Ke let out an "oh", unable to explain what it felt like.

"Then let me fix it for you. I'll just do what you said and tell you when it's changed."

"Well, thank you."

A yellow post-it note in a boxy shape, on which he slowly wrote Chen Jue's name, crossed it out silently, crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can.

There was silence on the phone for a while, and Chen Jue asked him, "Why haven't you got off work yet?"

He sat in a seat that didn't belong to him, feeling empty in his heart, but smiled normally: "Who knows? It's so late because I'm busy."

"Pay attention to your body, don't stay up too late." After a pause, Chen Jue said again, "Be careful on the way back."

"Okay, so are you."

Just after finishing speaking, there were sounds of shoving and bumping on the other end of the phone, which sounded a bit chaotic, as if Chen Jue had been knocked down by someone.Song Ke was stunned: "What's wrong with you?"

It took a long time for Chen Jue to answer him: "It's nothing, I was pushed."

"Are you okay?"

"fine."

Mingming said so, but someone shouted over there: "What's wrong with you, young man? Do you want to sit down?"

During the period after the breakup, Song Ke's illness has indeed improved a lot, and her feelings for Chen Jue have also become much calmer, but all of this is based on the foundation of calm.During the flurry of movement just now, he could almost feel his heart beating slightly, and he even held his breath for a short while.

He asked, "Chen Jue?"

It took a while to get a reply: "I am here."

"What's the matter?"

As a result, Chen Jue said: "I fell down and was in the waiting hall."

"It doesn't matter if you fall."

"no big deal."

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief: "Where are you resting tonight when the typhoon blows?"

"VIP lounge."

At least a place to sleep.

He can ask almost as much as he can ask here, but he still feels uneasy in his heart. In fact, he doesn't know, it's just that he hasn't seen Chen Jue for too long.

Chen Jue remembered: "Do you need me to bring something back, the cigarettes and alcohol here are cheaper, you can buy them back and give them away."

"No, thank you." Returning to a polite and polite attitude, "Just buy it for yourself."

"I don't buy it either."

"why?"

Chen Jueyan said insincerely: "There is still a lot of red wine at home." But he didn't mention anything about the cigarettes.

It was only then that Song Ke remembered that he only smoked that kind of cigarette, and he didn't touch anything else.So he smiled silently, laughing at himself for asking why, it seemed really silly.

Somehow, he said, "Your umbrella is still with me."

In fact, it's just an umbrella, it doesn't matter if you throw it away or forget it, but he is willing to mention it.Chen Jue heard it, but he was silent for a long time before responding: "Let it go to you first, and I will pick it up another day."

"I'll take it to the company another day." Song Ke said, "It's easy for Xiaojiu to scratch and bite at home."

Chen Jue breathed slowly: "If it likes it, let it play."

"That's okay, your things must be very valuable."

It seems that separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, separated by a long telephone line, separated by illusory signals, the two of them are more cautious.Maybe it's because of cherishing, cherishing these rare few minutes, we can't even look at each other, we can only listen to each other's voice, so we must be more careful to maintain this tranquility.

In the end, it was forced to end, because Song Ke's cell phone kept vibrating, so loud that even the other end of the phone could hear it.Chen Jue said: "Qin Binkai, you pick it up, I'll hang up first."

Song Ke wanted to say no, the call reminder was from an unfamiliar number, but she moved her throat a few times and refused to say anything.

In the precious last few seconds, Chen Jue called his name again: "Song Ke."

"Ok?"

"It's nothing, I just feel like I haven't called you for a long time, let me call you."

long?He was a little dazed, and after a moment of silence, the call was disconnected.

Putting down the handset to pick up the cell phone, it is not surprising that it is a harassing phone call.But for some reason, he suddenly felt unbearable, and couldn't breathe for a while: "Can I stop calling? Please don't call again."

However, it soon returned to normal, because I knew that this would not change anything.

Later, Chen Jue never came back.

The avatars in the OA system are all the names of the employees. Sometimes the name "Chen Jue" will appear from the lower right corner of Song Ke's screen when he is on duty, which makes him startled.However, Chen Jue usually does not talk to him, but follows up the progress of the project in the group, holds morning meetings and so on.

Regardless of his identity and background, Chen Jue is also a trusted colleague and partner.You can always rest assured about the things entrusted to him, because he is always confident and calm, and he will never shirk even if he messes up.So this time he left for so long, someone asked Cheng Yi'an in private: "Director Chen won't leave our Ruiyan suddenly, right? It was like this last time."

Cheng Yi'an relayed this to Song Ke, with a rather jealous tone: "It's been a few days since you've been away and everyone thinks of him like that. It's really unbalanced, kid. But what the hell is he doing? Why hasn't he come back for so long? ?”

Song Ke didn't speak for a long time, and he asked himself and answered: "Even you don't know, it seems that only Chen Nian may know."

I don't know if there is a real telepathy, that night Chen Nian called Song Ke and invited him to come to the house for a gathering on the weekend.She had mentioned it several times before, but Song Ke declined all of them on the grounds that she was busy with work.This time, Heming's project was over, he had no choice but to finally agree.

Now that the distance is farther than before, Song Ke did not choose to drive there.After taking a taxi to the villa area, get down and walk. The sunny sun in late spring is shining through the leaves, like broken gold.Walking along the lake, I suddenly looked up and saw a group of swans playing leisurely on the lake.

Just like this, I remembered that Chen Jue once said that I wanted to take a look at them for him, and I don't know if I have.

Go to the villa and ring the doorbell, and Aunt Gu opens it.I haven't seen her for many days and she doesn't look old. On the contrary, she looks more radiant because of the change of hairstyle.

"Aunt Gu, long time no see." He handed over the fruit he bought.

"Hey——" she hurriedly ushered him in, then turned around and shouted with a smile on her face, "Come out, Xiao Nian."

"coming!"

Song Ke saw Chen Nian dressed so beautifully for the first time. She was dressed in delicate lotus root white, and the hand-stitched Chanel suit was elegant and chic.When she stood by while changing shoes, he could not help smiling at her: "You are so well dressed at home, what is today's big day?"

She also smiled, but said nothing, as if she had regained a bit of girlish reserve.

Then I realized that today is her birthday.

From noon onwards, the "carrier pigeons" came in an endless stream, those who gave gifts gave gifts, those who gave flowers gave flowers, and some even came to the door to send a birthday greeting in person.Chen Nian went out to pick up things one after another, and brought them back one after another. In the end, the carpet in the living room was almost out of place, and he was so worried that he didn't know what to do.

Song Ke was inevitably ashamed.

It's too late to go out and buy now, so after much deliberation, I can only say to her apologetically, "My gift will be replenished to you in two days, don't take it for granted."

Fortunately, she didn't care about this at all, and turned around and started to pull him together to assemble a desktop computer, and told him very proudly: "Recently I stayed up late to read a lot of teaching posts, and I picked out the accessories myself."

Good guy, the radiator is still split and water-cooled. Song Ke couldn't help laughing at it: "No wonder it's so flashy."

"Hey, hey." She smiled and raised her eyebrows. "Why are you so harsh? People say that beginners should be treated with encouragement. My brother also said that I made a good choice."

"Then ask your brother for help."

"If you don't go, I'll find you."

She turned over nimbly on the carpet, reaching for the mobile phone on the sofa like a rascal.In the end, Song Ke couldn't stand it anymore, and reached out to take it for her, "Do people in Mingtu know that you are so lazy?"

She squinted her eyes, leaned on Song Ke's shoulder and swiped her phone, just watching some cutting-edge business developments or gossip about competitors.

Later, when it was getting late, Aunt Gu asked the two of them to have dinner.I thought this meal must be extravagant and luxurious, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly simple and simple.The most expensive item on the table is a piece of East Star Spot, and the rest are all home-cooked stir-fries, served with homemade cheese sweet potatoes and hand-made white wine, which is very warm.

"The birthday star asked for it." Aunt Gu served them rice, and each bowl was pressed very solidly. "It is said that it is too much to eat, so it is better to keep it simple."

Song Ke thought it was so delicious, and she was a little reluctant to stop chopsticks after eating it. It was not until she was dragged by Chen Nian to play poker that she got up full of enthusiasm.

The battlefield moved to the living room.

"A note for losing." Chen Nian was in high spirits, intending to kill everyone.Even Aunt Gu became lively and ran upstairs to get new cards and glue sticks.

At first, Song Ke wanted to think about birthday stars, but later she realized that she was thinking too much, and there was no need for birthday stars.After playing ten games, he must have lost five or six games. In less than an hour, he was covered with white paper strips, and he had to lift up the strips before looking at the cards.

Chen Nian looked at him and said happily, "Song Ke, you seem to be Bai Wuchang."

He simply stretched out his hands to pretend to be a zombie, which made her laugh out loud, but he could only smile and shake his head helplessly, "Shuffle the cards, my luck should have bottomed out."

This old villa hadn't been so lively for a long time. There was laughter and chest beating, so that no one heard the doorbell outside.

Until the door on the first floor was pushed open, the three of them were still replaying the one that just ended.Chen Nian and Song Ke accused each other of bad card skills. Aunt Gu was shuffling the cards with a smile. She turned her head and looked at the door first.

"Oh, when did you come back?"

Chen Nian and Song Ke were both startled, and turned their heads in unison.Aunt Gu has already hurriedly greeted her: "You don't say anything when you come back, hurry up, change your shoes and enter the house."

Chen Nian immediately got up and ran over.

Only Song Ke was still sitting there stupidly.

There were more than a dozen white papers as wide as fingers pasted in front of his eyes, and he looked out through the cracks with difficulty, and saw a tall and thin Chen Jue carrying luggage.

Maybe it was because he was too embarrassing, Chen Jue also looked at him, frowning slightly.He reacted for a while before standing up, and hurriedly turned his back to pull the ones on his face, but Chen Jue strode over and took off the two that fell to the back of his neck for him.

Chen Jue's fingers were a little icy, and he didn't have time to change his shoes.Song Ke quickly said "thank you" and went to the bathroom to wash off the glue on her face.

You can still hear chatting outside while the water is on. Chen Nian asked why her brother came back suddenly. Chen Jue said that he came back to celebrate her birthday. Chen Nian was very happy and asked him loudly, "Where is the gift?" I know what to answer.

Later, Song Ke still bit the bullet and went back to the living room.

Chen Jue has already changed his clothes, but he is still very suave in casual clothes, but he has lost weight again.Chen Nian took a set of jewelry from her brother upstairs, and Aunt Gu went into the kitchen to make supper. There were only the two of them sitting on the sofa, and the atmosphere was a little silent.

"Come here to celebrate Chen's birthday?"

"It can only be regarded as a mistake." Song Ke explained softly, "I didn't know at first, and she didn't tell me."

"It doesn't matter, she is very happy if you can come."

Then there was no more words.

Chen Nian packed his things and came downstairs, still thinking about the poker event just now: "It just so happens that four of you can play and level up. If it's too late, you can sleep here, Song Ke, anyway, you can go to work together tomorrow."

Song Ke found an excuse to decline: "I still have to go back and add food to Xiaojiu." After a pause, she glanced out of the window again, "I think I'm leaving first, it's too late to take a taxi."

Chen Nian said "ah", and turned his head eagerly, wanting Chen Jue to help keep him.Song Ke didn't know what she was thinking, and hurriedly got up and put on her coat.

"I'll see you off." Chen Jue said.

"No, no, stay here." He lowered his head and put on his shoes, and said towards the kitchen from a distance, "I'll go first, Aunt Gu, and I'll bother you next time I have a chance."

Where did Aunt Gu expect?She was still wiping her hands when she ran out of the kitchen, but Song Ke had already left the door.

It is indeed very late.

The sidewalks in the community are quiet and silent, and the villas are hidden behind the trees. Occasionally, there is a dog barking, and occasionally a little distant chatting and laughing.Song Ke walked slowly along the road by the lake, planning to take a taxi outside, not in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jue would chase him out.

"Song Ke—"

The night wind was blowing gently, and when I turned around, I saw him walking quickly from the depths of the street lamp, his shadow stretched obliquely.

When I came to him, I realized that he didn't even have time to put on his coat: "I forgot to give you something."

Song Ke lifted her lips, but didn't ask anything after all.In the end, Chen Jue took the initiative to hand over the thing: "The typhoon stopped two days ago, and I accompanied the client to Putuo Mountain to ask for it. Why don't you take it, I don't believe it."

Thousands of places pray for thousands of places to answer, and the sea of ​​suffering is often used as a boat to cross people.

He begged Song Ke for a small amulet, which looked very simple, and I don't know if it would work.