Eight o'clock in the morning.
In Beijing, the taxi drove into the city.
They found a random department store and got out of the car. Dong Xuebin and Zhong Lizhen went in to buy clothes. Dong Xuebin bought a jacket that was not very expensive. After all, the suit he had stolen from someone else could not be worn. I was used to it, and it was dirty the second time. But when Dong Xuebin found Zhong Lizhen and saw the clothes she was putting on her body, he was speechless for a long time. It turned out to be a new white coat. Fortunately, this department store was a bit old. , otherwise there really would be no such work clothes sold anywhere else, and no one would buy them.
"You want this?"
"Well, that's it."
"Well, isn't this a bit rigid?"
"It doesn't matter. I'm used to it. Let's pay."
Zhong Lizhen didn't have any money with her, so she naturally asked Dong Xuebin to pay, so he took out his wallet and counted the bill. It was quite expensive, eighty-five.
When Dong Xuebin turned around, Zhong Lizhen had already put on her white coat. She didn't look like a scientist, but like a complete doctor.
"Let's go?" Dong Xuebin said.
Zhong Lizhen took out a notebook from somewhere, nodded, took a pen and wrote on it a few times, "Guazi, eighty, I'll pay you back later." After a pause, she put the invoice away and went back to business. Dong Xuebin asked for the invoice for his clothes and wrote: "Your coat is 399. This is because I threw away your previous clothes, so it is also counted on me, and the previous taxi fare is also on me." Yes, one hundred and fifty-six, a total of... "
Dong Xuebin said hurriedly: "Oh, oh, oh, don't be polite."
Zhong Lizhen didn't listen. I jotted it down and said, "One code leads to another. Well, although there are some things that I can't figure out clearly, I have written them all down."
Dong Xuebin smiled bitterly. He was not used to calculating clearly with others, but he also understood Professor Zhong's character. People who deal with research data all year round must not make any mistakes. If a number is wrong, the experiment will fail. That’s why I developed this character. Dong Xuebin stopped being serious with her. Zhong Lizhen was relatively rigid-minded, so it was useless for him to be serious.
After a while. Zhong Lizhen finished memorizing it and said, "That's it."
"Then let's go to the bathing center?" Dong Xuebin asked.
Zhong Lizhen frowned and said, "I don't like that kind of place very much. Let's go to the hotel to wash up."
"That's alright. I just want to take a shower anyway. Then let's find a hotel nearby."
Both of them were covered in dust and their hair was sticky. It was impossible not to take a shower.
…
At the entrance of a hotel.
Dong Xuebin and Zhong Lizhen walked in.
In front of the service desk, the female staff member said with a professional smile: "Is this accommodation?"
Dong Xuebin nodded, took out his wallet and swiped his card. However, I don’t know if he bumped into it while fighting with someone, but the bank card inside was actually broken. Dong Xuebin was stunned, blinked, and then rummaged through the remaining RMB in his wallet. There are only more than four hundred.
Dong Xuebin asked, "How much does a single room cost per day?"
The female staff member smiled slightly and said, "It's two hundred and sixty-six."
It's not expensive, it's an express hotel after all, but cash...
Dong Xuebin looked at Zhong Lizhen helplessly. Zhong Lizhen also saw his broken bank card and hesitated. Then he said to the front desk: "Get a single room."
The female staff member looked at them both strangely.
Dong Xuebin was a little embarrassed and handed over his ID card.
The staff member said: "You two live together? That requires two people's ID cards. If there are two people, a single room is fine..."
The main reason was that Zhong Lizhen had no documents and was taken away by the research institute. Dong Xuebin immediately said: "I live alone."
"Oh." The staff immediately registered him, but they still looked at them strangely. One was in his forties and the other was in his twenties. It would be strange not to look at them.
Zhong Lizhen was also a little unnatural and pretended to look to the side.
After the formalities were completed, the female staff member gave the room card to Dong Xuebin.
After Dong Xuebin put it away, he went upstairs with Zhong Lizhen, but was stopped by the female staff member. The little girl smiled bitterly and said: "You have a single room, the two of you..."
Dong Xuebin was a little annoyed, "What's wrong with the two of you?"
The little girl said: "Then this lady's valid ID must also be..."
Dong Xuebin said: "My eldest sister doesn't live in the house, why don't we go up and have a chat? Why do I have to give you ID? I'm staying here and my friends are not allowed in?"
The female staff member remained silent.
Zhong Lizhen pulled him and said, "Let's go quickly."
Only then did Dong Xuebin notice that with his voice, many people in the hall were looking at the two of them. Dong Xuebin wiped his sweat and quickly got into the elevator with Zhong Lizhen.
Oh, what a shame.
I can't even afford two single rooms, so I have to get a new bank card quickly.
…
In a single room.
A bed, a bathroom, and basically nothing else.
After entering the room and seeing the bed, Dong Xuebin always felt a little arrogant, the atmosphere was too that.
"You wash first." Dong Xuebin said.
Zhong Lizhen said yes and entered the bathroom.
Dong Xuebin was waiting outside smoking a cigarette. Listening to the faint rushing sound in his ears, his mind couldn't help but feel a little wandering, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.
Half an hour later.
Zhong Lizhen came out, still wearing the same white coat, with wet hair, and a delicate feeling on her skin, which was much cleaner. The white coat was not fastened, and she did not wear the suit that Dong Xuebin had stolen for her. She just wore her own white shirt. However, Dong Xuebin always felt that the bulging chest of her shirt could It looked like two red dots were exposed, indicating that Zhong Lizhen's bra was broken.
What a vacuum!
Dong Xuebin is thinking wildly!
I don’t know if Zhong Lizhen noticed it or something, but she stretched out her hand and tied up the white coat.
"Go ahead."
"Ai."
Dong Xuebin also went into the bathroom to take a bath.
He washed quickly and came out in more than ten minutes. When he came out, he saw Zhong Lizhen lying on the window in a daze. There was a notepad and a pen on her chest. He glanced at it and seemed to see many more things underneath. There was a line of text that seemed to say something like two hundred and sixty-six for accommodation.
Alas, the calculation is so clear.
Dong Xuebin said: "I'm fine."
"… Um."
"What are you thinking about?"
Zhong Lizhen looked at the scenery downstairs sadly, "I haven't been back for a long time. I drifted here and there. Finally I realized that this is my home. It feels good."
"Welcome back, Professor Zhong."
"Yeah." Zhong Lizhen turned around, "You still have more than a hundred dollars in your wallet. A taxi should be enough. Let's go. I'll take you to meet Sister Han and return the money to you. By the way, thank you for sacrificing your life this time. Help."
"Sister Han?"
"Well, didn't you mention Xie Huilan last time? Did you learn about me and my interpersonal relationship here from others or from information? To determine whether I am Zhong Lizhen herself? Then you should have heard of Sister Han, Sister Han is her mother” (To be continued) RQ.