Chapter 28
Ji Fei took Mo Yousen out of the restaurant.
After graduating, Ji Fei took the teacher qualification exam and the teacher recruitment exam, and is now a Chinese teacher at No. 7 Middle School. Ji Fei doesn't usually live in the teacher's apartment. He rented a house nearby. He first took Mo Yousen back to his home and ordered some takeout for lunch for the two of them.
Mo Yousen never thought that his previous act of kindness would actually be rewarded. Ji Fei's appearance was like a godsend to him. Mo Yousen diligently opened all the takeout boxes and placed them on the dining table, then unpacked the chopsticks and handed them to Ji Fei.
Ji Fei took the chopsticks and looked at the huge change in Mo Yousen in front of him. He was speechless for a moment. He wanted to ask what had happened to him over the years, but it would be inappropriate to speak rashly. Mo Yousen looked at Ji Fei's face, which was distorted by the complex tangle, and solemnly put down his chopsticks, "Ask whatever you want to ask."
Ji Fei put down his chopsticks, and nervously tugged at the fingers of his left hand with his right hand. He asked worriedly, "Why did you suddenly stop studying? What have you been through these years? How did you become like this?"
Mo Yousen shrugged, picked up his chopsticks and put food into his lunch box. His eyes wandered as he recounted everything that had happened to him in the past few years, his tone as if he was telling someone else's story. "My father cheated on me and killed my mother and grandfather. I hit his other son with my car and made him a cripple. He spent two years in jail and three years in a mental hospital. I don't have a penny on me now, and I can't get any documents."
Ji Fei's eyes widened as he listened to him speak, until by the end his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "That...it's okay, you can just live at my house. My salary is more than enough to support two people, and you lent my family 600,000 yuan before. I've saved 400,000 yuan over the years, just for you."
Mo Yousen felt a lump in his throat and tears fell uncontrollably. He lowered his head and mechanically stuffed rice into his mouth. Ji Fei sighed and put some dishes into his lunch box.
After lunch, Ji Fei cleaned up the leftovers on the table and was about to go out to school. Mo Yousen, who had been nervous all day, finally relaxed. He took a shower, lay on Ji Fei's bed, and fell asleep in less than two minutes.
The hospital was in chaos when Mo Yousen was taking a nap. The cause was that Mo Yousen's fellow patient couldn't wait for Mo Yousen to come back, so he ran to the nurse's station crying. The cleaning lady also woke up from the toilet and rushed out of the bathroom wearing Mo Yousen's hospital gown.
The head nurse trembled as she called the director, only to be scolded and quickly retrieve the surveillance footage. Mo Yousen had been gone for a long time, and if she wanted to retrieve the street surveillance footage, she would need the approval of the local police station, which was absolutely impossible. If Mo Guozheng found out, he would definitely bring charges against the hospital. After all, Mo Yousen had nothing on him and couldn't cause any trouble.
The dean immediately decided to keep the matter a secret, telling no one to tell anyone. If Mo Guozheng asked, he could just say his son had been behaving well recently. Since Mo Guozheng hadn't visited his son once in three years, he decided to stick to it.
It was just 4:30 when Ji Fei finished his class and got off work. He first went to the business hall to apply for a mobile phone card with his ID card, and then bought the latest model of Apple phone and installed all the software. When he got home after everything was done, it was already 6 o'clock.
When Ji Fei opened the door, he saw Mo Yousen with a slightly hunched back, holding the remote control in his hand and watching the TV series intently. When he heard the sound of the door closing, Mo Yousen shuddered and looked towards the door in horror. When he saw that the person coming was Ji Fei, he relaxed and turned to look at the TV.
"You're back?" Mo Yousen said casually while watching the TV intently.
Ji Fei walked over to the sofa and sat down with Mo Yousen. He took out his phone from his pocket and handed it to Mo Yousen. "I've downloaded all the software for you. They're all linked to my ID card. The bank card linked to Alipay and WeChat is also mine, but the money belongs to you. The 400,000 yuan in that card was originally lent to me by you, and now it's returned to its original owner." Seeing Mo Yousen stunned and looking at him with dull eyes, Ji Fei said, "Just tell me if you need anything. My father passed away two years ago. You can live in my house forever. The two of us will just...just...depend on each other."
Mo Yousen quickly understood the implication of his words, but he didn't point it out and just continued to play dumb. "Fortunately, I was a good person back then. Doing good things will be rewarded." Mo Yousen took the phone handed to him by Ji Fei, opened WeChat and took a look. There was only one contact, Ji Fei.
Ji Fei lowered his eyes, his heart pounding. He took a deep breath and asked the question that Mo Yousen feared the most, "Do your childhood friends know about this? I remember that you and Yan Yuheng were the closest..."
Mo Yousen's face darkened, and he pursed his lips. When he turned to look at Ji Fei, Ji Fei felt as if his eyes had thorns that were piercing him. Mo Yousen said in a hoarse voice, "They don't know about these things, so don't tell anyone where I am."
Because she cared about them, she didn't want them to suffer the pain she had experienced. Moreover, because she felt sorry for Yan Yuheng, she hoped that Yan Yuheng would just forget about her and live a good life, away from this jinx.
Ji Fei nodded silently. He could tell from Mo Yousen's expression that he cared deeply about them. What about him? Why could he speak so freely about those things, yet Yan Yuheng reacted so strongly when he simply asked him about them?
Mo Yousen slept in Ji Fei's room at night, while Ji Fei moved to the guest room next door.
The next morning, Ji Fei left for work, and Mo Yousen went out to a nearby small shopping mall. He first went to Uniqlo to buy himself a few sets of clothes, and then bought some daily necessities for the family, and happily returned home with two bags full of things.
Four hundred thousand was still too little. The little money he had never considered before became his last straw. He could no longer spend lavishly like before. Mo Yousen wrote down every expense in his memo. Excluding today, he would only spend a hundred yuan a day. After all that had happened, Mo Yousen was still able to live a beautiful life.
He thought for a while and felt that he should find a job that did not require an ID card to save some money for himself. In a few years, he would let Ji Fei use the money to buy him a property. He couldn't always live in someone else's house. He didn't have any such feelings for Ji Fei, he just regarded him as a friend, so it was more practical for him to rely on himself.
Unable to find a job, Mo Yousen stayed at Ji Fei's house for two months, idling and eating. Every day, he'd watch short videos on his phone. At first, he'd been willing to chat with Ji Fei, but then he grew increasingly withdrawn, unwilling to speak. Occasionally, he'd find Mo Yousen sitting blankly on the sofa, tears streaming down his face. After crying, he'd retreat to his room like a zombie, locking the door and going about his business.
Sometimes when Ji Fei woke up in the middle of the night and went to the living room to drink water, he would see Mo Yousen standing in front of the balcony. His black pajamas blended into the night, and the expression on his face was lost in the darkness, making it difficult to see.
After class that day, Ji Fei quietly walked into the psychological counseling room of No. 7 Middle School and told the psychologist about Mo Yousen's situation, but simplified a lot of Mo Yousen's information.
The doctor analyzed Ji Fei's words and said, "Your friend was very active when he was first discharged from the hospital because he must have taken some medicine or had an injection on the day of his discharge. He hasn't taken any medication for so many days living at home, so this is normal. The initial inference is that he is depressed, but the possibility of bipolar disorder cannot be ruled out. You still need to observe him more. It would be best to take him to a regular hospital for a checkup and some medication. This is just a consultation room for students, so I can only provide some advice and psychological counseling."
Ji Fei nodded, thanked the doctor, and left. However, Mo Yousen couldn't go to the hospital. What if he died from taking any random medicine he made himself? Forget it, he should pay more attention to his various conditions, then record them and take them to a specialist doctor to prescribe some medicine.
Mo Yousen was very happy today and bought a bunch of snacks from the convenience store and put them on the dining table. When Ji Fei came back and saw Mo Yousen with a big smile on his face, he was shocked. Mo Yousen might be suffering from bipolar disorder. He looked it up online and found that bipolar disorder is much more serious than depression.
Mo Yousen watched Ji Fei go home and waved to him, "Ji Fei, come here."
Ji Fei swallowed his saliva and said, "Why are you so happy today? You even spent a lot of money to buy so much food."
“I found a job!”
Ji Fei momentarily forgot about Mo Yousen's illness and was overjoyed. "Really? You found a job? Where? What do you do? Is it hard?"
Mo Yousen waved his hand with a smile on his face, signaling Ji Fei to be quiet, and then began to talk nonstop about his adventure today. "When I went to the convenience store to buy oden today, a bar manager was on the phone. Then I found out they were hiring waiters. I asked if I could go, and he asked about my education level and whether my family would object. Guess what I said? I said my mother was dead, my father ran off with his mistress and took my ID card to prevent me from going to school. I haven't even graduated from high school, I have no money and no skills, so I begged him to give me a chance. Hey! He actually agreed! He said a lower education level is better so there won't be too many problems. I can go to work tonight!"
Ji Fei was confused and asked hesitantly, "Which bar?"
Mo Yousen responded, "It's the very popular NK."
Mo Yousen was already envisioning a bright future: buying a car worth around 100,000 yuan, then taking out a loan to buy a small apartment of 50 or 60 square meters. Ningcheng's housing prices were high, with even the best locations costing around 50,000 yuan per square meter, not to mention the nicer places in the city center. It seemed he'd better rent a place for now. He couldn't find a place to rent yet, so he had to rely on Ji Fei.
In this battle between life and death, Mo Yousen reshapes his soul time and again. Life is a journey of constant breaking down and reassembling, constantly breaking down and reassembling to become a better self. Mo Yousen never gives up on himself. He may feel depressed and even collapse, but he will always remember Tang Miao's final wish: for him to live well.
Every dark night shrouded in fear, I can find a little comfort by imagining the pleasure of killing my enemies with my own hands.
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