Chapter 4 Lie!

After returning home, Su Yumian immediately locked herself in the bathroom and vomited violently.

Roommate Zhou Xubai stood at the door of the bathroom, listening to the sound of vomiting inside and knocking on the door repeatedly.

"Yumian, Su Yumian, are you okay? Why didn't you come back last night?"

Zhou Xubai, who was leaning against the door, heard the sound of running water and asked worriedly, "What happened? Are you taking a shower?"

"Yu Mian, answer me..."

Su Yumian sat under the shower, letting the cold water soak him all over, and turning a deaf ear to Zhou Xubai's worried voice outside.

He hugged himself tightly, his cries drowned out by the sound of water, as if this could wash away the fact that he was already dirty.

Outside the door, Zhou Xubai's voice continued, "Yu Mian, where did you go last night? I can't get through to you on the phone. Please open the door..."

Zhou Xubai's words were interrupted by the opening door, and Su Yumian walked out of the bathroom with red and swollen eyes.

"I'm fine. I was drunk yesterday and my phone ran out of battery and turned off."

He tried his best to force a nice smile, but this smile looked extremely creepy with his eyes and cheeks red and swollen.

Zhou Xubai was startled and covered his mouth in shock, exclaiming: "Yu Mian, you, what's wrong with your face..."

"Oh, I just... fell down." He said it lightly, but his clenched fists told otherwise. It was obvious that he was lying.

Zhou Xubai stared at Su Yumian blankly, you are lying!

This clearly means no injuries.

But Su Yumian obviously wanted to hide it, and he couldn't keep asking.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get the medicine."

Zhou Xubai pulled Su Yumian to sit on the sofa, took out the medicine box and carefully applied medicine to him, "Bear with it, it may hurt a little, huh——"

Zhou Xubai moved gently, applying medicine to him while blowing gently, and finally putting a Band-Aid on him.

Zhou Xubai was his college classmate. He met him when he first came to this city alone to work hard. Because the rent was expensive, Zhou Xubai said without hesitation that he wanted to share the rent with him and share half of the rent.

Su Yumian was very grateful to this person who was both a classmate and a friend, and would share his worries with him whenever he had them.

But now, he couldn't say it.

A trace of tears welled up in his eyes. He turned his head away and tried to make his voice sound calmer. "Xu Bai, I'm tired. I'm going to sleep."

Zhou Xubai's hand stopped in mid-air, looking a little embarrassed. "Oh, is that so? Then you go and have some rest. I have to go to school later."

"Um……"

He walked past Zhou Xubai and went straight to his room.

He walked back to the room and closed the door, then slid down against it, fell to the ground, hugged his legs and sobbed silently.

He was tired, really tired. If possible, he really wanted to escape from here without looking back.

Perhaps he was tired of crying, so he fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already dark.

But his whole body ached and he didn't want to move even a finger.

Soon, the sound of the door opening was heard, and Zhou Xubai's voice came through the crack in the door.

"Yu Mian, I bought some snacks to go with the wine, do you want to eat some?"

Hearing no movement, Zhou Xubai put down his things, walked to Su Yumian's door, and knocked lightly: "Yumian? Are you still sleeping?"

The room was quiet, and only faint breathing sounds could be heard.

He turned the doorknob and said, "Can I come in?"

Zhou Xubai pushed the door open and walked in. The room was pitch black. "Why aren't the lights on? Are you still not awake?"

He pressed the switch and saw Su Yumian lying flat on the bed, his cheeks flushed and his breathing heavy.

Zhou Xubai was startled, and quickly walked over to shake him gently: "Yu Mian, wake up, what's wrong with you?"

Reaching out to touch his cheek, he was startled: "It's so hot?"

He quickly turned around and went out to find some antipyretic medicine, picked out a pill and put it in his mouth.

But at this time, Su Yumian was already unconscious and unable to swallow on his own.

"Yu Mian, wake up. You have to swallow the medicine before you can get better, okay?"

However, Su Yumian still did not react. Apart from his eyes being tightly closed and his body shaking violently, there was no other reaction.

"I can't go on like this, it will burn my brain..."

He looked down at the water cup in his hand, then at Su Yumian who still hadn't woken up, and said softly, "I'm sorry."

After saying that, he tilted his head back and took a big sip of water, then leaned over and gently touched his soft red lips, feeding the water in. He didn't pull away until he heard the sound of him swallowing.

Seeing water flowing from the corner of his mouth and wetting his collar, he hurriedly took out a tissue to wipe it.

But when he opened his collar and saw the red marks on his neck, he was stunned. He secretly clenched his fingers holding the tissue, and his eyes were complicated.

He used his thumb to rub the kiss mark vigorously, as if trying to erase it.

Su Yumian groaned in pain and slowly opened her eyes, but when she touched Zhou Xubai's hand, she reflexively slapped it away.

"What are you doing?"

Zhou Xubai then realized that he was blinded by anger and quickly withdrew his hand to explain, "You have a slight fever. I'm giving you medicine."

Hearing this, Su Yumian withdrew his gaze and turned over.

Zhou Xubai thought for a moment, then asked hesitantly, "Yu Mian, you..."

"go out."

Zhou Xubai was startled and swallowed back the words he hadn't said. "...Okay, you rest first. Call me if you need anything."

When the door closed, Su Yumian's sobs finally broke out from under the muffled quilt.

He didn't leave the house for two whole days, and didn't eat a single bite of the food Zhou Xubai bought. He just lay in bed for two days.

On Monday morning, Su Yumian washed and dressed and prepared to go out to work. Just then, Zhou Xubai came out of the room.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and the air was filled with awkwardness.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Xubai spoke first: "Yu Mian, I... I'm sorry..."

Su Yumian felt a pain in his heart. After two days of self-indulgence, his wounds had almost healed.

Thinking of his attitude towards Zhou Xubai that day, Su Yumian said a little embarrassedly: "It's nothing, I'm fine now, thank you."

Hearing this, Zhou Xubai breathed a sigh of relief and asked tentatively, "Are you going to work?"

"Well, it's time to go back to work after lying down for two days. Otherwise, what will I eat?" He said it lightly, but only he knew how much resistance he had in his heart.

"Then wait for me, let's go together."

After parting with Zhou Xubai at the intersection, he went to school, while he walked towards HG Company.

Every Monday, HG Company holds a weekly discussion meeting, and all departments must attend.

As a professor in the specimen restoration department and the grandson of the chairman of HG Company, Fu Quezhou will naturally participate.

Su Yumian made up her mind to stay away from him today and must not be noticed by Fu Quezhou.

The auditorium was quiet. It was only eight o'clock and there was still half an hour before the meeting started.

As he pushed the door open, he thought to himself: Just treat it as a dog bite, and be as quiet as if nothing happened...

However, the opposite happened. When he opened the door, there was no one else in the auditorium except one person sitting at the back.

Even if that person turned into ashes, he would still recognize him.