As a publicist, she finally didn't accept the 300 yuan. She squeezed through the crowd and turned around and left. The crowd dispersed after seeing that it was lively enough. Chu Li's hands were still grasping the hem of the man's clothes, empty.
Zhuo Chuan felt something soft and fluffy, with a scent he quite liked, leaning against his arms... He lowered his head to look at her, and for the first time ever, he did not ask "How long are you going to lean against me?" Instead, he reached out and grabbed her hand, and pushed away her tightly clenched fingertips with his fingertips. He glanced at her palm which was covered with some dust - there were also some scratches on the skin, and faint blood beads had dried up, or they might have rubbed on his clothes.
The wound has stopped bleeding.
Just when the man's fingertips accidentally touched her, she let out a small "hiss" sound, struggled slightly and tried to pull her hand back...Zhuchuan did not stop her and easily let go of her hand.
Then I heard Chu Li's voice from below: "Teacher, why are you here?"
Zhuchuan: “…”
This question is actually a bit difficult for me to answer.
In the morning, he asked Yu Yao on Q, an editor told him last night that he was working overtime in the editorial department to catch up with the online pre-sale of "Luohe Divine Book", but there was no response all night, and there was no response when he arrived at work in the morning, is this guy still alive?
Yu Yao sent him a smiling emoticon and told him, "Don't worry, teacher. Your editor is still alive and the online pre-sale is progressing smoothly. Right now, your editor is lying on the table and crying, and no one can wake him up."
I don't want to admit that my heart just settled down at this moment, I feel as if the whole person has become more down-to-earth - after replying to Yu Yao with a taunt "she is so fat, it must be nonsense", the man finally threw away his phone, went to the computer and threw the new chapter he had written overnight online, without even taking a look at the comments praising him for "updating early today and having so many words, it will rain red for days"...
Zhuochuan also went to sleep.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon when I opened my eyes again.
He got up energetically, and before he had time to wipe his shaking face, he fumbled for his phone and opened QQ. He was satisfied to see a certain avatar and then four unread messages. Someone replied to him at 10:30 in the morning, after he had fallen asleep.
[The Monkey’s hired navy: Ah, Teacher, you’ve been up all night too? ]
[The water army hired by Monkey: I just slept for a while. I was busy all night last night and didn’t watch Q… The one-handed thing can be basically confirmed. I’m not sure about the specific effect. I’m also very nervous. ]
[The Monkey’s hired naval forces: …Why am I telling you this? Forget it. Anyway, online pre-sales are very dependent on your popularity. You have to cooperate with me and don’t act like a princess.]
[The Monkey’s hired naval officer: Also, did you order takeout in the middle of the night? Don’t order takeout next time. I’ll make you some dumplings and put them in the fridge this weekend, okay?]
The above is a long and rambling speech. When he saw the word "dumpling" at the end, he curled up the corners of his lips and thought to himself, she actually knows how to make dumplings?
Then I suddenly wanted to eat dumplings.
I remember there was a noodle shop next to the community, right next to the roast chicken that Ergouzi liked to eat. They sold handmade dumplings. I thought, "Why don't we have dumplings tonight?" The man went out, ready to buy dumplings and then tell Chuli that she didn't have to cook tonight... But as soon as he walked out of the community gate, he saw a farce going on outside the community -
Zhuo Chuan has always been a person who doesn't like to meddle in other people's business. He was originally prepared to just pass by without blinking his eyes. At this moment, someone suddenly accused him of "Why are you messing with a little girl?" The man paused and thought reflexively: Little girl? What a coincidence, I have a little girl at home too.
Taking advantage of his height, the man standing outside the crowd raised his eyelids and saw the ferocious-looking promoter in the crowd, flyers scattered on the ground, and a man sitting in the middle...
Not a coincidence at all.
It really was the little girl who lived in his attic and ate and drank for free.
The man frowned at the time, thinking to himself, "This is a bit weird and inexplicable." Then, when he came to his senses, he had already pushed aside the crowd of onlookers in front of him and stood behind her.
Uh, that's all.
The above process is the standard answer to the question "Why are you here?" The man thought about it and found that there was no way to explain it, so he turned his face cold and directly used the most concise words: "I just happened to pass by."
As he finished speaking, he felt the soft thing that was leaning against him move away a little. He looked down subconsciously and found that the person in front of him also kept his head down. He didn't know what he was thinking... At this time, the lady who was selling roasted chicken on the roadside who was in charge of watching the crowd just now said, "Hey, my girlfriend can't even stand steadily. Hurry up and help her. The wound is bleeding so much that it needs to be disinfected."
Zhuochuan said nothing.
Chu Li raised her head and glanced at her aunt. She was about to say, "Auntie, he is not my boyfriend." At this moment, she caught a glimpse of Zhao Chuan casually stuffing the three hundred yuan into his pocket, then hanging Chu Li's small canvas bag around his neck. He sighed and squatted down in front of her.
First Li: “?”
Chu Li stared at the man who was squatting with his back to her after a disagreement. Because his hands were slightly bent back on his knees, his shoulder blades were a little protruding... What happened? Sudden stomachache? Or stomachache? Did I eat takeout all night and upset my stomach?
Just when Chu Li was lost in thought, she heard Zhao Chuan say calmly, "Come up."
Chu Li: “Ah?”
Zhuchuan: "I'll carry you."
Chu Li: “Ah?”
Zhuochuan: "Damn, your head is bleeding too? What? Come on, I'll carry you - don't understand - then how should I say, ride a horse, Dudu?"
“…………………………” What the hell is “riding a horse Dudu”? Chu Li blushed and said, “Teacher, this won’t work. You are so weak, how can you carry it——”
Before she could even utter the word "I", the man squatting on the ground had already turned his head and looked at her expressionlessly... Chu Li swallowed the words she had not finished saying, then staggered to the back of the man, hesitated for a moment, and reached out to hold his shoulders——
She tapped his back with her fingertips.
The hood of the sweater collapsed softly, and the black fabric was faintly filled with the warmth of the sun and the man...
Chu Li retracted his hand and stared at his fingertips, feeling that something was magical.
"——What's wrong? Hurry up, what are you dawdling for? Do you think it's nice to squat on the street? If someone doesn't know, they would think I'm peeing and defecating in public!"
Until the man's slightly spoiling impatient urging reached her ears, Chu Li uttered "ah ah" twice, and without hesitation, she climbed onto the man's back... Her hands hesitated for a moment, and her arms went around his shoulders and around his neck——
I rested my chin on the hood of his sweater, which was very soft...
The scent that permeated her nostrils was a mixture of sunlight and soap. She vaguely wondered if he had just taken a shower. Chu Li turned her head slightly and squinted her eyes. Taking advantage of the fact that the man couldn't see her, she pressed her entire face against his hat like a cat taking a greedy nap in the sun.
The next second, the whole person was empty!
"ah!"
Chu Li's eyes, which had been narrowed, suddenly opened, and the hand around the man's neck tightened consciously - until she felt the man's steps were light and steady, she breathed a sigh of relief this time, looking at the people and things around her that were rapidly retreating, she was stunned: What? Isn't this a lot of strength? Carrying a person weighing more than 100 pounds like her, he walked briskly as if he was covered with a piece of rag.
Chu Li moved his head and looked at the man curiously——
His complexion was normal, and he did not show any tendency to pretend to be a strong man.
"Teacher." Chu Li called.
"What are you doing?" Zhuochuan looked ahead, stopped at the intersection, and waited for the car to pass, his eyes fixed intently on the road ahead.
"Why are you giving money to that publicity guy? Isn't that playing into his hands?"
"He wants money, right? Give it to him. With so many people watching, will he dare to take it?"
“…”
"Just like you did to Chu Li, you just do what she wants, and then you hold her head down and force her to swallow back what she spits out...same principle, he wants money, so I will use money to humiliate him." Zhu Chuan carried Chu Li on his back, "Speaking of which, you taught me all this, you evil banana man."
Chu Li was stunned.
Then he smiled and narrowed his eyes.
She lay on Zhuchuan's strong back, her body bouncing with his steps...
"Teacher, I worked all night last night on the online pre-sale. I think it's almost done. What's left is to contact the e-commerce and Taobao stores that need to cooperate with the online pre-sale. The marketing department has already contacted them..."
"Um."
"I haven't decided on the exclusive gift yet. What do you think it would be? An autograph? I don't think an autograph is attractive enough."
"Who do you say is unattractive?"
"There's also a forwarding lottery, this is very important, what kind of prize would be good? I saw a beautiful girl online giving away her own panties, it's a bit low-level but the forwarding rate is amazing..." Chu Li carefully placed her chin on his shoulder and turned her head to glance at the man's profile, "Do you have any personal belongings——"
"Personal belongings? The dog head on my neck that I edited?"
“…”
The man saw out of the corner of his eye that the little head rubbing against his shoulder suddenly shrank back, as if his shoulder was a guillotine.
Zhechuan walked for a while with the guy on his back. In his ears were the footsteps of people leaving get off work, the honking of cars, the roar of engines... The two chatted idly. Chu Li muttered something about the online pre-sale, and when she thought of something, she said something bad about Lao Miao. When Zhechuan reached the door of his house, the guy on his back was silent.
Standing in front of the house, the man looked back and realized that the person who had been lying on his back had fallen asleep without him knowing when - under the setting sun, her chin rested on his shoulder, and with every steady breath, her long and slender eyelashes trembled slightly, like a butterfly carefully landing on a flower petal and flapping its wings.
The distance between the two people is too close.
Close enough that he could see the fine down on her cheeks.
Averting his eyes, the man took out the key, stuffed it into the keyhole as smoothly as possible, and kicked the door open with his foot. The big dog in the room jumped up from the sofa and was about to bark happily, but was silenced by a look from his master.
I followed Zhuchuan obediently, watching him carry the cook on his back and walk up to the attic step by step... He sat down on the edge of the bed, and raised his hand on the person on his shoulder, and the person who was originally tightly attached to his back slid softly onto the bed——
Rolled in a circle.
Hug the pillow and bury your face in it.
The man stood up and took the white canvas bag off his neck.
At this moment, the person on the bed turned over, and her phone fell out of her pocket. The screen was on, and someone had just sent her a new WeChat message.
[Flying Elephant: Chu Li, come with me to the printing factory tomorrow afternoon to check the color (to make sure the color of the book is consistent with the design draft and there are no mistakes)! ]
The man picked up the phone, glanced at the guy sleeping on the bed, took her hand and pressed the function key with his thumb, successfully unlocking it, entering WeChat, and typing away -
[The Monkey’s hired navy: Then I won’t be editing this morning. ]
[The water army hired by Monkey: Zhuchuan’s manuscript has not been submitted yet. I’m going to his house to get it. ]
[The water army hired by Monkey: Ahhh, he is delaying the submission again! ]
[Flying Elephant: ...What a sin! You owed him in your last life. You just need to revolve around him in this life!]
The man chuckled, a smile on his face, and threw the phone away... He thought about it again, picked up the phone again and turned it off.
Then he bent down and approached the person rolling around on the bed. He first picked up her paws and wiped them with a disinfected wet tissue - she gently let him knead her hands, and the disinfected tissue rubbed off the dirty dust and coagulated blood scabs on her hands... After a few tissues, they finally returned to their original whiteness.
Only the palms are still a little red and swollen.
The man threw away the wet tissue and tried to wake her up: "Get up, clean the wound on your knee before going to sleep, otherwise it will get infected."
“…”
No response.
"If you don't get up, I'll take off your pants."
“…”
Still no response.
As soon as his face got close, he felt a soft little hand struggling to cover his face: "Don't bother, it's better to let me die of infection than to be trapped alive."
Half asleep and half awake, she spoke in a daze and pushed his face.
The fingertips even struggled to get into his lips like an octopus... The man paused, and as if possessed by a magic power, he opened his lips, letting the soft fingertips fall into his mouth, then closed it and held it in his mouth.