Money brings convenience to life, but Yin Xian doesn't get a better rest.
After he was promoted to supervisor, he started to get in touch with the big customers of the lighting company, and gradually began to work another form of overtime: entertaining with leaders and entertaining customers.
During the overtime work before, Wang Jiexiang could roughly know when he would go home, but the entertainment was different.
Sometimes when she clearly agreed to have dinner together, she waited and waited, and after overtime, he still didn't come back.
nine o'clock.
Wang Jiexiang got a little hungry after waiting. Checking her outbox, the text message she sent at 8:30 was successfully sent, but Yin Xian did not reply. She checked her inbox, and at six o'clock she asked: [Can I get off work on time today? I made braised pork ribs], at 6:20 he replied: [um].
Guessing that he had a meeting or was delayed, Wang Jiexiang decided to wait a little longer.
ten o'clock.
She was so hungry that her stomach ached, she stuffed two pieces of bread, and couldn't help but text Yin Xian again.
[Are you in a meeting? Is it not convenient to reply to the message? If you see the text message, just reply me with a symbol or something, okay?]
eleven o'clock.
Time passed so slowly, the phone didn't ring, and Yin Xian didn't come home. Wang Jiexiang walked around the house with her mobile phone in her hand, and when she edited text messages, she felt that she was annoying. If he was busy, wouldn't it be good to keep arguing with him like this? After struggling for fifteen minutes, she still sent a message: [I'm worried about you, is nothing wrong? Respond quickly when text messages are received.]
twelve o'clock.
After twelve o'clock, there should be no one in the company. Wang Jiexiang thought, Yin Xian should come back by now at the latest. She saw that it would arrive at twelve o'clock, so she called him immediately. The phone went through, but no one answered there.
"It's okay. After all, he has to come out of the company now, and he will be home in a while."
Wang Jiexiang comforted herself and reheated the hot food. In her mind, she imagined him leaving the company at that moment, and then she imagined every street he passed by and every street light he waited for.
One o'clock.
The phone ran out of battery, and Wang Jiexiang kept calling Yin Xian's phone while it was charging. There was a long beep from the phone, and she prayed that the call would be picked up in the next second, but what she always received was "the number you dialed is temporarily unavailable."
Will something happen? Wang Jiexiang couldn't help thinking in this direction.
Halfway through work, he suddenly passed out and was sent to the hospital
The mobile phone was stolen, and he was looking for the thief everywhere, unwilling to go home
The phone fell into the sewer, and he couldn't take it out, and he couldn't walk away. He was thinking of various ways
Too tired to work overtime, accidentally fell asleep in the company
Encountered bad guys on the way home, and drew their swords to help when they saw injustice
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It's two o'clock in the morning.
There were dozens of calls at least, and Wang Jiexiang was anxious like ants on a hot pot. She was sure that something happened to Yin Xian. She left a note at the door of the house, and she planned to walk to his company to have a look.
The location of their house is good. When they come out late at night, there are food stalls open outside, and there are street lights and lights of some shops everywhere. Wang Jiexiang walked towards Yin Xian's company with her mobile phone in her pocket. It was raining lightly outside, she was wearing thin clothes and felt chilly.
The further you walk, the fewer people on the street, and occasionally you will meet drunks, or a group of teenagers who haven't returned home. She deliberately walked around them, looking left and right to see if there was Yin Xian on the street.
When he arrived at his company, the building was completely dark. Wang Jiexiang thought about going upstairs to have a look, but the door was locked.
"Yin Xian! Yin Xian!" She yelled several times downstairs.
Staring at the dark windows upstairs, she panicked.
Unwilling to go home like this, Wang Jiexiang made a few more phone calls. The last time he dialed, a different prompt came from his mobile phone: Hello, the phone you dialed has been turned off.
Three o'clock in the morning.
When Wang Jiexiang returned home, the note was still pasted at the door. When she opened the door, the lights in the house were not turned on.
She took an umbrella, locked the door, and waited for him at the gate of the community. She had already rehearsed all kinds of bad things happening in her mind. If the phone rang, it might scare her more than if it didn't.
It might be a call from the hospital.
At 3:30 in the morning, a taxi stopped at the gate of the community.
Just as Yin Xian got out of the car, he saw a figure running towards him.
As soon as she approached, she could smell the strong smell of alcohol on his body. Wang Jiexiang dragged Yin Xian to the streetlight, touched his face in a panic, and checked every part of his body.
"What's the matter with you? What happened?"
"It's okay." He said, the smell of wine was stronger, but his tone of voice was calm.
Wang Jiexiang clenched her lips, and all the worries that had accumulated throughout the night turned into anger. Her hands were shaking, she stared at him, and yelled at him in a vicious voice.
"All right? You have nothing to come back so late! I was scared to death by you!"
Yin Xian came over to hold her hand, and she patted him away forcefully.
"Tell me, why did you go? Why didn't you answer the phone? You're happy when you make people anxious!"
The excessive volume attracted the security of the community, and he walked out from the security booth.
Yin Xian rubbed his swollen and sore temples, his eyes signaled that there was someone beside her.
"go home."
Wang Jiexiang also didn't want to quarrel in public, embarrassing her and Yin Xian. Before the security guard came over, she took a step and walked towards their apartment building.
The two entered the elevator one after the other. She held hands and stood one step away from him.
Yin Xian pressed the elevator button.
All the way home in silence. He caught a glimpse of a note pasted on the door, and before he could see clearly, Wang Jiexiang went over and tore it off.
She took out the key to open the door, and it took a long time for the keychain to fit.
Entering the house, she turned on the light in the entrance, and she closed the door.
Yin Xian still didn't talk to her, after changing his slippers, he went straight to the toilet.
Wang Jiexiang followed him, chased after him, and asked the question just now: "Why did you go all night?"
The toilet door closed in front of her, and the faucet inside was turned on.
Yin Xian's voice was muffled by the sound of water rushing down.
"On business," he said.
Wang Jiexiang wanted an explanation. She waited all night, sitting on pins and needles all night, terrified, how could she be dismissed by these three words.
"Business doesn't mean you don't answer the phone for so many hours, don't you have no time at all? Don't you remember that I was waiting for you? Why are you back so late?"
The sound of running water became louder, and she stood outside the door and waited for five minutes.
"Is there no reason? Don't you plan to say it?"
"Pa—" the faucet was turned off, and then she heard his answer.
"I'm in a hurry, I forgot my unit on my phone."
After saying this, the shower in the bathroom was turned on, and the sound of water flowed again.
Before Yin Xian came home, Wang Jiexiang thought that he could connect to the mobile phone to talk to him, but at this time he was at home, but she suddenly felt speechless.
She stood at the toilet door without saying a word for a long time.
After a long time, Yin Xian probably thought that she was no longer at the door. Wang Jiexiang heard the sound of vomiting coming from the toilet, the suppressed sound of vomiting amidst the sound of rushing water.
The moment she heard that voice, her stiff and straight back was exhausted by the sudden trance.
Wang Jiexiang was suddenly withdrawn from her anger and grievance, and she realized: Yin Xian was very uncomfortable, so he went to the bathroom as soon as he got home.
Subconsciously raising her hand, she wanted to turn the doorknob and go into the toilet.
The doorknob was not turned.
The door was locked on the inside.
The sound of the door opening made him stop vomiting. The two of them were separated by a door, neither spoke, only the sound of water flowing.
In fact, Wang Jiexiang was really angry.
When she returned home, she had already made up her mind that no matter how Yin Xian explained, she would always find fault with him.
It's just that she heard the sound of water, she heard him vomit, and she couldn't open the door. Then at this moment, Wang Jiexiang suddenly realized that she would rather listen to his lame casual explanation and help him clean up the dirty floor full of spitting, than be locked out of the door.
Talking about business, entertaining, it was hard to refuse, so I went home late.
She can understand, there is no reason not to be considerate.
"Have you eaten yet?" she asked him in a low voice.
Yin Xian returned quickly this time.
"Eat, you go to sleep."
According to his usual temper, Wang Jiexiang must refute him persistently: sleep? I thought you had an accident outside. If you didn't come back after four o'clock, I would go to the police station and call the police. I'm in shock, do you think I can sleep now!
Now, her heart is empty, and she doesn't even have the mood to lose her temper.
Doing what he said, Wang Jiexiang left the bathroom door and walked towards the bedroom.
Her legs were a little sore from standing still, she went into the bedroom, sat on the edge of the bed to relax for a while, and then remembered that she hadn't eaten tonight's food and had to put it in the refrigerator.
Braised pork ribs and the rice in the rice cooker can be eaten tomorrow, but vegetables like greens cannot be eaten overnight.
Wang Jiexiang didn't have much appetite, but she didn't want to waste it, so she took a few mouthfuls of vegetables with chopsticks.
The vegetables were cold, and she chewed them a few times, but they tasted bitter, which was really hard to swallow.
She tossed the plate away and sighed again.
Wash the dishes, wrap the rest of the dishes in plastic wrap, wipe the table, and wash the rice for tomorrow's breakfast.
Wang Jiexiang looked out through the window, and the sky was slightly white.
The sound of water in the toilet stopped, but Yin Xian didn't come out.
In less than two hours, she will get up and start putting on makeup. This night, which made her feel like a year, just passed away.
Wang Jiexiang turned off the lights in the restaurant and went back to her room.
She almost fell asleep on the pillow.
When the alarm clock rang, she got up with a big yawn, her eyes were dry and her back was sore.
Yin Xian lay beside her, not woken up by the alarm clock.
Wang Jiexiang went to the bathroom to brush her teeth.
The floor, sink, and bathtub in the toilet are all clean and even dry.
He cleaned out the tub and sink, and dried the floor, as he did every day after using them.
Today is not a working day, and Yin Xian does not need to arrive at the company early, Wang Jiexiang left him a meal and a pot of hangover soup.
When she was having lunch, she looked at her phone, and there was a text message from him in her inbox.
[I'll be back later, don't worry, eat first and sleep first.]
Pressing down, he replied to the one she sent yesterday: [I'm worried about you, is nothing wrong? Respond quickly when text messages are received.]
Wang Jiexiang thought for a while, but had no idea what to write.
She clicked into the outbox, and the text messages she sent to him were densely packed. The content of the text messages ranged from a few sentences to more like a short composition. As for the inbox, the words "um", "work overtime", "don't wait", and "know" appeared the most. The message he just sent was quite a lot.
This is their way of getting along, in text messages, in daily life.
[good]
She edited the reply, prepared to send it, and added another sentence.
[good. Are you sober? Are you dizzy?]
Looking at the screen, she finally deleted the added words.
Only replied: [OK].