between heartstrings

While Chu Jiahe was cleaning the glass tank, Wei Sizhe answered the phone. It was Qi Qian who called and asked him to go online later to help advise on the partnership company's share agreement.Chu Jiahe listened carefully and learned that Wei Sizhe had to work overtime and had to leave in the evening.

After hanging up the phone, Wei Sizhe took the initiative to explain to Chu Jiahe: "I usually don't talk about work on weekends, but it's just not easy to refuse a friend's request."

Chu Jiahe asked, "About what time do we leave?"

Wei Sizhe replied, "Around 05:30."

Turning on the faucet, Chu Jiahe shook his hand to the side, and took out his pocket watch from his trouser pocket: "The lecture ends at five o'clock, please take the old man back to the room, I will go to the back kitchen to cook two dishes now."

Wei Sizhe asked directly: "Is it for me?"

Chu Jiahe deliberately said: "If I answer 'no', will you lose face?"

Wei Sizhe shrugged and confessed: "I have a thick skin, it's fine."

"The previous pumpkin soup didn't show my cooking skills very well." Chu Jiahe smiled, "I've already prepared the ingredients."

Wei Sizhe asked out his doubts: "Does the back kitchen of the cafeteria allow the nurses to enter casually?"

"It needs to be approved by the dean." Chu Jiahe said truthfully, "His condition is that if there is something delicious, he must leave a copy for him before allowing me to use the kitchen."

Wei Sizhe nodded, and the two walked back side by side.Stepping into the gate of the main building, Chu Jiahe was facing the cafeteria. Before leaving, Wei Sizhe stopped him, slightly bent his back to his ear, and said softly, "Thank you, Chu Jiahe, I'm looking forward to it."

The Adam's apple slid up and down, Chu Jiahe didn't respond, but just deepened his gaze at Wei Sizhe, his eyes slightly swelled.

The front and back doors of the lecture theater were open, and the old people who had finished listening to the lecture left one after another. Wei Qiaowo sat still in his seat. Wei Sizhe came to him and sat at his front table. He tapped the table with his index finger and deliberately teased: "Dad ,After school."

Wei Qiao glared at him, "Don't bother your father."

Obviously feeling that Wei Qiao's mood is not high, Wei Sizhe worried: "What are you thinking?"

"I miss your mother." Wei Qiao sighed heavily, and raised his chin towards the podium. "When I was young, I took her tea art class, and I was so impressed. The whole class, my eyes were fixed on her. I watched your mother turn around, her mind went blank, and she didn't remember a word of what she said."

Wei Sizhe smiled: "I know, she was your goddess before."

Puffing up his chest and taking a longer breath, Wei Qiao said, "It's still the same now."

Returning to the room, Wei Qiao thought deeply, holding the white tea pot on the bedside table in a daze for a moment, looking out the window, gazing at the warm sunset.Wei Sizhe stayed by the bed and accompanied him quietly. When it was time, he held Wei Qiao's hand and said softly, "Dad, I'm going back to work. I'll see you again in two days."

"I'm fine." Wei Qiao's voice was steady, he bent his eyes, and suddenly sighed, "Son, Dad is very proud of you."

Wei Qiao has an outgoing and bright personality, and always likes to play around with Wei Sizhe. On weekdays, father and son are more like brothers. Until this moment, Wei Sizhe finally had a deep understanding that his father is really old. .

Leaning over Wei Qiao's shoulders and giving him a hug, Wei Sizhe sighed softly, "Hey, I'm not in the mood to work anymore, I want to be with you."

"Hurry up." Even though he said so, his raised hand still patted Wei Sizhe's back dotingly, and Wei Qiao muttered, "It makes me feel so hypocritical."

The door opened, and Chu Jiahe stepped into the room with a lunch bag. Seeing the scene in front of him, he retreated outside the door as if feeling something, and moved lightly, trying not to disturb the tender moment of the father and son.

Seeing the bag in Chu Jiahe's hand, Wei Qiao asked Wei Sizhe, "Is the thing that Xiao Chu brought for you?"

Wei Sizhe let out a "hmm" and said frankly: "My dinner."

"It's giving away pets and making dinner." Wei Qiao lowered his voice, "Son, take people's short hands and eat people's mouths softly."

Wei Sizhe felt deeply in his heart: "Should I return a gift?"

"It's quite enlightening." Wei Qiao grinned gratifiedly, "That's right."

After taking the lunch bag, Wei Sizhe thanked Chu Jiahe, walked out of the room and still kept looking back, a little worried about Wei Qiao's state.Chu Jiahe lightly closed the door and followed, the two stood face to face in the dark corridor, raised their eyes to meet Wei Sizhe's, and said, "I will take good care of the old man."

Wei Sizhe said: "With you here, I don't worry."

"Don't miss work, and don't forget to eat." Chu Jiahe said, "I won't see you off."

The automatic doors of the main building slowly opened to both sides, Wei Sizhe turned his head before stepping into the twilight, Chu Jiahe was still waiting in place watching him, and waved to him.

The evening wind was cool, but Wei Sizhe felt a sense of peace of mind in his heart, and his whole body was warm.

At twelve o'clock in the morning, when the video window was closed and the four-hour online meeting ended, Wei Sizhe leaned back against the back of his chair, with an unfinished cigarette burning in the ashtray.

When the screen light was completely dimmed and the room was pitch-black, Wei Sizhe sat quietly in the darkness for a few seconds, picked up a cigarette and smoked a couple of tasteless puffs, and then completely crushed it.

Today is Monday, and Wei Szhe feels exhausted, and his daily work is the same, step by step. The older he is, the more he understands what it means to be involuntary.Trapped in Vanity Fair, often in a dilemma, one after another, one after another, the backlog of projects in hand is gradually wearing down his willpower.

If you devote all your energy to work, your life will seem too sloppy. When you finally get some free time, you are lazy and don't want to do anything, and everything is simple in eating and entertainment.Wei Sizhe is conscious, he knows that he has reversed his priorities, but he doesn't know how to improve his life, and how much fun he can gain after improving.

He has long been used to letting nature take its course and being pushed forward by time.

Suddenly hearing a soft "dong" in the living room, Wei Sizhe's thoughts came back, he stood up with the armrest of the chair, and turned on the corridor lights along the way, and on the ground beside the dining table, there was a living creature in a bulging plastic bag. It kept flapping its paws.

The tired look on his face disappeared, Wei Sizhe said to himself: "I almost forgot about you."

Picking up the dropped bag and temporarily putting it on the sink, Wei Sizhe wiped up the water splashed on the ground with a mop, and pulled out a round fish tank from the cabinet with great difficulty.Simple cleaning, first spread moss and stones on the bottom, fill half of the tap water, Wei Sizhe looked at the tortoise leisurely paddling, bent his knuckles to poke the tank wall, and said with a smile: "You are quite leisurely."

Holding the fish tank, he chose a few places to put it aside, but he was not very satisfied. Wei Sizhe finally put it on the coffee table in the living room, next to the unfinished puzzle, probably because Chu Jiahe once said, "Let the turtle accompany you You put together a puzzle."

Sitting on the sofa and borrowing a beam of corridor light, Wei Sizhe picked up a jigsaw puzzle and compared the patterns, but couldn't find the correct position for a long time.The protruding corner was pressed against his chin, and Wei Sizhe stared at the messy pieces. He was always concentrating on his work, but this time he was rarely distracted, and his thoughts suddenly became difficult to concentrate. —He missed Chu Jiahe.

The two seemed to be telepathic, the phone vibrated in their pockets, Wei Sizhe took it out and slid open the screen, Chu Jiahe asked: Have you had dinner yet?

Wei Sizhe replied: I just finished my work, now eat.

Chu Jiahe answered quickly: I didn't bother you, did I?

Wei Sizhe typed with both hands: No, just to report to you, the supercar has been arranged.

The next message was a photo, Chu Jiahe took a clear picture of Da Ben's face, Wei Sizhe looked at Da Ben with a fierce look on his face, and raised his phone in front of the supercar: "Do you still want to fight with it? "

The supercar stopped paddling, floated for a few seconds, kicked its paws, turned around and continued swimming.

The two elders stayed up in the middle of the night, tossing the tortoise. Wei Sizhe had never done such a "boring" thing in his life, so he made himself laugh.

Open the bento bag and take out the transparent lunch box, which contains meat and vegetables.Tomato beef brisket, garlic broccoli, white rice sprinkled with black sesame, Wei Sizhe's attitude towards three meals a day is "as long as it can fill the stomach", he rarely has an appetite, but at this moment he really wants to time to eat.

He heated it up in the microwave, took it to the dining table and sat down, and ate a full meal in a serious manner. Wei Sizhe touched his stomach comfortably. The lunch box was empty, but his heart was full.

After clicking on Chu Jiahe's WeChat, Wei Sizhe said: Your cooking skills are great.

Chu Jiahe came back: The old gentleman also commented in the same way.

He added: After the meal, I made a cup of white tea for the old man, massaged his shoulders and back for 10 minutes, and went to bed at [-] o'clock. His mood and condition are good.

Wei Sizhe said: Got it.What are you doing

Chu Jiahe: I am sending a message to Mr. Wei.

Wei Sizhe smiled: What do you plan to do next?Still not sleeping?

Chu Jiahe: I plan to say good night to Mr. Wei before going to bed.

Wei Sizhe finally realized that Chu Jiahe is indeed a bit capable, he is not ready to take a step closer, the relationship has not yet made progress, the post-it notes on the refrigerator, the turtle in the glass jar, a delicious dinner, This family seems to have Chu Jiahe's shadow for a long time.

He has the sensitivity to emotions. Although it is not as precise and clear as analyzing the movements of the financial market, at least he can detect that Chu Jiahe also has some affection for him.

The moon was dim outside the window, Wei Sizhe replied: Thank you for your hard work, go to bed early, good night.

Chu Jiahe said: No hard work, good night, have a good dream.

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