Chapter 40 Young People Can't Stand Loneliness
Seeing Li Wenjing suddenly lose her temper, everyone fell silent. In the dead silence, Li Wenjing stood up and pushed Gu Weiyi to the door. He kissed her cheek and said goodbye. Back in the office, everyone's eyes were on her.
"I plan to talk to her tonight. Brother Chuan, you know how to comfort people, right? You should come with us and think about what to say."
Li Wenjing sat down at her workstation and asked Zhao Haoran to come help her, but no one came. He had always been her assistant when organizing documents, but when he heard he was sick and on leave, Zhang Zhaochuan, seeing she needed to work, arranged some work for her and took the initiative to sit next to her to help. Li Wenjing asked him to help open folders, files one by one, typing, copying and pasting, organizing a new file.
Zhang Zhaochuan couldn't do any more after just a little bit and said, "In the accident report, the director said the owner didn't care anymore and they should clean it up themselves. The responsibility is not ours."
"No, we still have to do our job," Li Wenjing said. "If I hadn't pointed out their foundation problems before, they'd still be blaming us for this incident. We all have to do our job well. If someone does investigate, it won't be our fault. It will affect our company's reputation, and how will we get future projects? People will think that so-and-so's company ruined the French oil field, and I can't take the blame."
Li Wenjing's words were so resolute that Zhang Zhaochuan didn't know what to say. He simply said he would talk to her boss on her behalf. The job was dispensable anyway, and since she was still on sick leave, she still had to think about her health. Speaking of health, he hesitated, asking if Li Wenjing wanted a checkup since she'd been sick so often lately.
"Aren't we supposed to check next year?"
"You work hard, so go get checked out soon. You have malaria and an injury. Didn't Doctor Gu also say you have anemia and aren't in good health? You should get checked out."
"I went to the doctor, and he said it wasn't a big problem. I just needed to eat more protein and get enough rest and I'd be fine."
"Go check it out. Everyone has been there recently. You're free recently. Let Dr. Gu take you. It will be quick."
"No, what am I checking for? I check this and that every day. Why are you like Dr. Gu, hoping that I can find something wrong?"
His words left Li Wenjing baffled and she started to get angry. "If you don't want to help me with the work, forget it. It's not your job anyway, so it's useless for you to do it. When Zhao Haoran comes back, you can arrange for him to work for me."
"he……"
Zhang Zhaochuan hesitated again. He looked around the office and saw that everyone was busy working. He told her to go out and talk. He made a cup of tea in the corridor outside. Li Wenjing didn't drink it and waited for him to speak.
"He has AIDS and is planning to resign and return home for treatment."
Li Wenjing opened her mouth and couldn't help but jump up, "What's going on? What did he do?"
"It's just... well, you know, young people can't stand loneliness, especially for top students. It's really a shame."
"What do you mean by can't stand loneliness? Didn't his girlfriend just get her period a while ago? When did he get it? What if he passed it on to someone else? What would a healthy girl do if she got this disease?"
Zhang Zhaochuan didn't respond, only telling her to go get a physical exam. Li Wenjing was even more confused. "What should I check? What's there to check? I didn't have sex with him. What do you mean?"
"Oh, don't get excited. What I mean is, I know you have Dr. Gu, so it's impossible for anything to happen between you and him. He's just been working with you all this time. If he gets hurt or something, you can go get him checked out. Your workstation was disinfected yesterday."
Li Wenjing asked, "Did you check it too?"
"I checked, I'm fine."
"Then what else should I check? Can the virus be transmitted through the air?"
"Just to put your mind at ease, Wenjing, don't be so stubborn. It's better to be safe than sorry!"
"No... you just said everyone went to check it out?" Li Wenjing stared at him. "When did it happen? Did you all go together? For a foot bath? Or a massage? Did Xiao Qiao know about it?"
"That's not true! Don't talk nonsense!"
"You know exactly what I said, why are you like this? You always told me you had a wife and that you were going for a massage after get off work. Brother Chuan, I always treated you as my senior and my master, but you really disappoint me. You can't control yourself, and you lied to me and Xiao Qiao!"
Zhang Zhaochuan kept saying no at first, but Li Wenjing didn't say anything, just stared at him. Beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but he finally admitted it. He said it was just once, and he got drunk at a social event with Mr. Wu and others, and asked her not to tell Qiao Sen. Li Wenjing sneered, still feeling bitter in her heart.
"I won't hide it from Xiao Qiao. She should know. She's my friend. She helped me many times when I was studying." Li Wenjing stood up, leaving him sitting alone on the sofa with his head in his hands in pain. She said to him, "I can talk to Yu Di myself tonight. Don't come."
Li Wenjing was in a state of confusion. Of course, she didn't know how to explain things to Yu Di, and she didn't want to see Zhang Zhaochuan's hypocritical face. She suppressed everything and told no one. One arm could move, but it ached vaguely. She dragged that arm to work, typing one-handed. Zhang Zhaochuan called for help, but she didn't need it and politely declined. Before leaving work, she opened WeChat and sent a message to Xiao Qiao, whom she hadn't contacted in many days. It was evening in China, and she had delayed until evening because she was really tired. She had to face a broken Yu Di and a broken Xiao Qiao that night, and she couldn't afford to be distracted by so many things.
When she got home, Li Wenjing opened the door and turned on the light and was shocked. In the living room, Yu Di was sitting alone on the sofa. There was nothing in her red eyes, and her two black pupils were motionless. Toilet paper was thrown casually on the ground. Li Wenjing stood at the door for a while and felt her arms hurt more.
"Doctor Gu told me everything."
Li Wenjing complained in her heart about Gu Weiyi's impatience and spoke out. On the other side, her cell phone was buzzing in her pocket. She took a look and saw it was Gu Weiyi. She hung up the phone and didn't know what to say. She could only sit next to Yu Di and pat her on the back.
"Have some water."
She suddenly hugged Li Wenjing and started crying again. Her head was pressing on her arm, which was very painful. Li Wenjing couldn't bear to push her away. She didn't know whether it was because of pain or discomfort, but she also started crying. Seeing that Li Wenjing was crying, she wiped her tears and smiled embarrassedly.
"Don't cry, you are doing so well now. It's great to have Dr. Gu."
Li Wenjing couldn't explain why she was crying. Perhaps it was the pressure of the past few days that was making her feel uncomfortable, like a string stretched to its limit, about to break. Yu Di gently held her hand, "Don't cry, get some rest early, I'm going back to my room."
She stood up, tears still in her eyes, "Wen Jing, I'm going to resign and return home."
"What are you going to do next?"
She shook her head, went back to the bedroom and closed the door. From inside came the sound of low crying and choked voices. Li Wenjing stood by the window. The world at night was dimmed under the dark blue sky. The cell phone was buzzing again. She had just hung up the call with Gu Weiyi. Before she could explain, she immediately picked up the phone. It was not Gu Weiyi calling, but Xiao Qiao.
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