Self-touching youth
Yangbin City
"Sister, guess where I am?"
Qi Yue, who was writing furiously, didn't really want to pay attention to this little sister.
"On a date."
"Every day, you just keep talking nonsense and spreading rumors."
"Dear sister, I have memorized 4,450 words so far."
Qi Jia understood what her sister meant, which was "I'm studying, please don't disturb me."
Recently, Qiyue has been in a crazy mode of studying, working from 5 am to 10 pm, using all the fragmented time to study.
This year, my weight has not increased, but my physical examination index has become higher and higher.
Because she gets up early and goes to bed late, she is always sleepy during the day. Qi Yue follows the same routine she did in high school and drinks coffee to stay alive.
Qiyue's year-long coffee habit had already led to a high uric acid level on her physical exam. Even so, she refused to give up this caffeine-fueled energy boost, remaining dependent on it. During study time, she refused to allow anyone to interrupt her, maintaining a state of high mental tension. Those who knew she was preparing for postgraduate entrance exams might have assumed she was preparing for the Olympics.
When she is tired, Qiyue will think about the paper-cut calendar she has torn up.
"Yueyue, wait for me, let's go together."
Seeing that Qi Yue didn't respond, Qi Jia continued.
"Sister, let me make it short."
"allow."
"I'm at Jinshu City."
"Where did you go and what did you do?"
"I'm not a lady, but I'm a maid. Don't I have to serve my silly sister?"
Seeing that Qi Yue didn't say anything, Qi Jia knew that his sister's mind was not on him at all except for studying.
"A scholar is good for nothing."
"Why are you making personal attacks on me?"
Qi Jia didn't try to be mysterious anymore: "I'm an overseer here. I never thought that many years later I would still be doing the same job as my uncle, but I just can't do it as well as he does."
"That's for sure. Most people's skills are not as good as my old Lan."
Qiyue was particularly happy to hear her father being praised. Time is indeed a good medicine. Compared with before, Qiyue is no longer opposed to people around her occasionally mentioning her father. It seems that she is really accepting this fact.
"After the transfer was completed last time, my aunt gave me the key and said that everything else was fine. I just needed to clean it up, disinfect it, and replace some furniture. But this bathroom had to be renovated. So, she sent my brother-in-law over. I'm here to keep an eye on him."
Yes, everyone who is familiar with Qiyue knows that Qiyue has always been very strict about the bathroom. No, "strict" is a more appropriate word.
"Hey, sister-in-law, let me tell you, you have to treat me to a meal when the time comes. I can't work for nothing." As she spoke, a big face rushed in front of the screen.
Hou Ping, Qi Fang's husband, Qi Jia's cousin-in-law, and Qi Yue's cousin-in-law, grabbed the phone and spoke.
"Brother-in-law, you are still out of your mind. Give me the phone quickly and get back to work." Qi Jia grabbed the phone.
"I have the urge to hit my brother-in-law." Qi Yue clenched her fists and said to Qi Jia.
Although Qi Yue and Qi Jia are always disrespectful to their elder brother-in-law, they really respect him from the bottom of their hearts. Hou Ping is really worthy of respect from his sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law. He loves the elderly and respects the young, shoulders the burden of a large family, and enjoys and works hard year after year.
"Sister, what did you say?"
"I say my brother-in-law is so annoying." At this time, the screen was filled with the sounds of construction, and it was very noisy.
"Sister, I won't talk to you anymore. It's too noisy."
"Okay, get busy. I'll make good arrangements for my brother-in-law when the time comes. Don't let him get too greedy." Qi Yue said as she made a "bye" gesture to Qi Jia, indicating to her sister that she understood.
After hanging up the phone, Qiyue started to rush through the sea of questions again. During her study days, she always felt that studying was her main job, and this job? It could only be considered a side job.
It was always at this time that Qi Yue expressed her immense gratitude to her boss, Zero, for being so kind and generous that she was hired and given a comfortable and natural job.
Similarly, only when studying can Qiyue be quiet and not think about random things.
It was another working day. Qi Yue reluctantly sat down at her workstation, all she could think about was studying and reviewing the content.
"Qiyue, what have you been busy with recently? Why are you always so restless?"
"No, maybe I haven't had enough rest recently."
"Has your department given you more work? How about I go talk to them and ask them to give you less work?"
"No, my current minister treats me very well. He knows it's not easy for me to be assigned overseas, and he takes good care of me. Don't say anything."
"Not bad, now you're speaking up for the department. That's very unlike you."
Qi Yue glared at Chu Zhiyi and said, "Why, you're free again and come to my place?"
"No, I simply missed you and came to see you."
"I think you're just idle."
While speaking, Chu Zhiyi picked up the star bottle on Qiyue's desk.
"Sure, Qiyue, with this craftsmanship, you should make me a bottle too. It looks really nice."
Qi Yue was worried that Chu Zhiyi would be clumsy and break the bottle, so she quickly took it, wiped it with a tissue, and placed it carefully.
Seeing this, Chu Zhiyi said indignantly: "Qiyue, that's too much. I didn't go to the scene today, and you still think my hands are dirty."
"You really need to work on your mysophobia. Look at your desk, it's covered in either hand sanitizer or alcohol. This is the aftereffect of it."
"Don't talk nonsense. I can tell you're not from the scene. You're dressed like a celebrity."
After hearing the word "star", Chu Zhiyi smiled widely, completely forgetting Qi Yue's "disdain" for him just now.
It would be great if everyone could be as simple and clear as Chu Zhiyi, but why is it that people’s hearts are so hard to guess?
As time passed, the news about Lin Lei became less and less.
It had always been like this. As long as Lin Lei didn't send a message, Qiyue would never initiate contact. Qiyue was like that. It took a long time for her to warm up, but it didn't take long for her to cool down. After all, Qiyue herself was someone still struggling to move forward in time. Compared to An Jing, no one could compare to Qiyue right now.
Look at your star bottle. Is it almost full?
"Qiyue, can you organize the information from the past two years?" The team leader came over and said to Qiyue.
"Hasn't Sister Li always sorted this out before?"
"Qiyue, it's like this. Xiaoli still has some unfinished work, so you take over."
Qi Yue thought about her many unfinished study plans and thought to herself, "I might not be able to finish my Master of Laws without working overtime, and I'm even less likely to finish it if I work overtime."
Qi Yue mustered up her courage and said, "Team Leader, I haven't finished last month's construction report, the recent material supply schedule, or the next budget. Besides that, I haven't finished the construction design drawings for the library and lounge that I'm following."
"Qi Yue, young man, overcome it. That's it." After saying that, he walked out of the office.
"Qiyue, the team leader has given you more work to do. Can you finish it?" This is the concern from my colleague Sister Fan.
Qi Yue is extremely anxious now. If she hadn't been trying hard to hold back her tears, they would have already fallen uncontrollably.
"Sister Fan, to be honest, I really can't finish it. There's too much backlog, but the team leader also said that there seems to be no way."
"Qiyue, I'm old, and I can't help you with technical work, but if you need to deliver or receive documents, or do inventory or counting, just give it to me and I'll help you."
"Thank you, Sister Fan. I'll tell you if I need anything."
At this moment, Qi Yue seemed to have all her strength drained away. She looked at the star bottle again, folded a star and put it in.
"I feel like I can't hold on any longer."
The office was still brightly lit at night. After Qi Yue locked the door, she had already worked overtime until 10 o'clock. She looked up at the documents that had not been sorted out yet, and finally tears fell.
It’s hard to say whether it was grievance, fatigue, or fear. After all, in this dark building, the girl herself was somewhat scared.
"Yueyue, you're still working overtime. You should rest more and be careful about your own safety. If you have any problems, call your mother."
After seeing the news about my mother, tears started to flow uncontrollably. My hands began to rub against each other unconsciously again, and my heart began to ache.
"I miss home."
"I missed you a little too."
Qiyue opened Lin Lei's conversation window.
"Are you there?" This is the opening line that Qi Yue hates the most.
After staring at the phone screen for a while, Qi Yue chose to delete it.
"What's my stance? After all, we're not even friends. Even if we just return to being classmates, it wouldn't be appropriate."
Sometimes, Qi Yue doesn’t understand why things have come to this point.
"Am I not good enough?"
Sure enough, only when facing "like", even the excellent Lan Qiyue will become less confident, and only when facing "like", Qi Yue will be willing to put herself in a difficult position.
Qi Yue, you still care about Lin Lei.
Outside the dark window, in the dim light of the office, Qi Yue kept tapping on the keyboard even though she was crying.
"Lin Lei, do you know? My first star says: 'I love you, it's always you.'"
"But you don't want to know right now."
Qi Yue has always known that she was deceiving herself, but she just didn't want to admit it. She didn't want to admit that she met such a person in her youth, because when she denied this man, she was also denying Qi Yue's entire youth.
That is a girl’s best time, a complete youth.
In the eyes of the parties involved, it is a youth of "self-touching".
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