There is still hope
At the Mujin station, there were people coming and going, and Lan Mu walked out with the crowd.
Qi Yue waved her arms: "Mom, Mom, I'm here."
Hearing her daughter's voice, Lan's mother came over, and the mother and daughter took a taxi back to their residence.
When she got home, Lan's mother began to tidy up the house, sorting the things she brought into different categories and looking her precious daughter up and down carefully.
"Yueyue, you've lost weight recently. Is it because you haven't been eating well?"
"No way, I've always eaten on time. Look, I've gained weight."
"Then I can't tell. Why don't you weigh yourself? I'll see how much you weigh."
"Get on the scale. Why do you all like me to weigh you so much?" Qi Yue scratched her head and walked towards the scale.
"Look at you, a mother who still doesn't believe in her own precious daughter. I'm going to show you right now."
While speaking, I stood on the scale and weighed 41.2 kg.
"Daughter, you are here to lose weight, right? Where did your ten pounds of flesh go?"
Ever since Lin Lei's last incident, Qiyue had spent the past month working and studying, staying indoors even on holidays and relying on takeout for meals. Three meals a day, on time, Qiyue didn't skip meals; on the contrary, she ate a lot, but she felt a lump in her stomach while eating and vomited afterward.
During this period, Qiyue felt that coffee was a really good thing and loved American style, so much so that during the physical examination, the urea index was high.
Seeing that her daughter didn't answer, Lan's mother asked again: "Are you too tired from work? If you are tired, ask for leave from the studio. Mom will take you out for a walk and get more sunshine."
Seeing Lan's mother's nervousness, Qi Yue smiled and said, "Oh, you're not that squeamish. It's probably just that the intensity of work and study has increased recently. I want to make progress, so I feel pressured."
Lan's mother comforted him, "Don't worry about work, take your time. Your health is the most important thing. Our family doesn't need you to accomplish anything big. As long as you are healthy and safe, I will be relieved."
Mother Lan was worried and continued, "Yueyue, you've lost too much weight. Mom is worried. I'll take you for a physical examination so that I can feel at ease."
Qi Yue laughed out loud: "Mom, we just finished the physical examination not long ago. We just drew three tubes of blood. Why are you still drawing more? Even pigs wouldn't allow you to do this."
Seeing the uneasiness in her mother's eyes, Qi Yue could only pretend that nothing had happened: "Don't worry, there's really nothing wrong. I'm sure I'll gain weight back after the exams are over at the end of the year."
"Okay then, if you don't want to go, then don't go. Mom will stay here for a while and won't go back. She will stay here with you and take good care of you."
"Mom, are you sure? My conditions are very difficult. I only have one bedroom and one living room."
"What's so hard about it? The past wasn't any harder than this, but we got through it."
"That's right, Mom. You stay in the bedroom and I'll sleep on the sofa bed in the living room."
In this way, with her mother's company, Qiyue ate well on time, paid attention to rest, and time moved forward non-stop.
Qiyue sat in the office, looking out the window at the sky. Every day was filled with difficult and complicated tasks, and everyone was as busy as ever. Even asking for advice with an open mind became an extravagance. The constant response was the same: "You're young, you're getting paid well, so work harder."
Every day I feel like a headless fly, running around aimlessly, and I never know when I’ll hit the right path and solve the difficult problem of the day.
Endless friend verification and broken relationship experiences.
The difficulty at work is only physically tiring, while the difficulty in emotions is mentally tiring.
"Whenever I miss him so much, I choose to look at the sky. It's almost my father's memorial day again."
Qi Yue often wonders why we are "alive" and what the meaning of "life" is. Why does it seem that people of my parents' generation always have endless yearnings and expectations? Faced with an unpredictable future, even if life is difficult, it seems that life is not very difficult. Now life is better, but life seems to be even more difficult to endure.
"I feel like I'm going to see you." This thought pops up in my mind from time to time every day. However, even if it flashes countless times, Qi Yue has a reason to persist.
"Qiyue, it's a good thing you're in the office."
Qi Yue turned around and said, "What's wrong, Team Leader Li? Is there anything you want me to do?"
"That's right, Qiyue. We're going to be inspecting all the surrounding health and wellness or tourism-related places as a preliminary survey. Get ready."
"Then how long will it take us and what tools do we need to bring?"
"Bring a notebook and pen. The other work groups will bring them. You'll be responsible for taking photos. Then pack up quickly. We're leaving now. Also, I'm not sure what time we'll end today. We'll see what happens then."
"I..."
"I'm carsick. Can you please not go? Or wait until I take some medicine before going?"
Before Qi Yue could finish her words, Team Leader Li had already run out of sight. This kind of temporary work was not the first time, but it was also the first time that the time and situation were uncertain and it all depended on improvisation.
"Mom, we are on patrol today and can't go home at noon. I don't know when I will get off work in the evening. You don't have to wait for me. Take care of yourself." Qi Yue quickly sent a message to her mother.
"Okay, be safe."
The heat of autumn was not only scorching but also oppressive. Qiyue had no idea what she was filming the entire time. All she could feel was her stomach churning and her head spinning. She suffers from motion sickness, which even medication doesn't always help, let alone without it.
At noon, Team Leader Li took everyone to eat the local specialty gluten noodles. Everyone ate like wolves and tigers, but Qi Yue, who loved noodles, found it tasteless and finished lunch early.
"If you're full and get carsick and vomit, that would be a different story."
In this way, Qi Yue and her colleagues took a van, bumpy all the way, and patrolled until five in the afternoon. It was almost six in the evening when they returned to Mujin. After the meeting, they went home.
Friday is supposed to be a day worth looking forward to, but today’s Friday seems like one of the 81 trials that Sun Wukong encountered.
After washing up, Qi Yue wrapped herself in the quilt early to isolate herself from the world. The autumn night was still very cold.
There are always some disharmonious factors that will break the temporary tranquility.
Dudu
"Boss, I'll be arriving in Mujin tomorrow morning. Please come pick me up. I can't find you anywhere."
"I really should have blocked the cell phone number as well." Qi Yue regretted secretly.
"Leader, why don't you reply to me? I'll ask everyone I meet tomorrow. The county town isn't big anyway, so I'll always be able to find out."
"I'm really convinced. If you want to embarrass yourself, go ahead." Qi Yue turned over impatiently.
"Leader, I'm unfamiliar with this place. If I get hurt, please remember to come and see me."
Lin Lei's three consecutive questions made Qi Yue's anger level soar.
"What could possibly happen to a grown man like him? But if something does happen, and it happens at my workplace, wouldn't it be difficult to explain? After all, he's the only son his mother has."
Although most of what Lin Lei said did not need to be taken seriously, this time it was definitely true because he told Qiyue the arrival time of the train.
As a mortal being, I will eventually become soft-hearted.
"This is a county town. It's inconvenient to do anything here. It's not suitable for you city people. Go back."
"Boss, if you don't reply to me, I will report to the police station myself tomorrow and issue a missing person notice."
Seeing Qi Yue didn't reply for a long time, she said, "I came from the county town, how could I not be used to it?"
"There's no hotel for you to stay in, and no one wants to see you, so don't come."
"Boss, don't worry, I didn't come to see you on purpose. I just happened to have a classmate in Lin County. I was going to attend a wedding and stopped by to see you."
"As long as it's not for me, it doesn't matter who you do it for." Qi Yue thought.
"Okay, let's meet in the square. Let me know when you get there."
Lin Lei, sitting in the car, smiled, sent the train schedule and time, and looked out the window: "There is still hope."
Qi Yue tossed and turned, unable to sleep, her mind full of questions.
"Who owed whom in the past life? Why are they entangled over and over again?"
"Why are you so free after getting married? You can leave whenever you want. Doesn't your family care?"
"Su Li knows who she's marrying. If she does, it's true love."
Just as Qi Yue was daydreaming, her stomach started to ache. Without thinking, she got up and ran to the bathroom.
There will always be such a thing once a month. I'm used to it, but tonight will be very sad again.
After finishing the tidying up, I took a painkiller, put a hot pack on my lower back, and prepared to go to sleep.
At three o'clock in the morning, Qi Yue, who was already in unbearable pain, finally succumbed to reality and went to the bathroom to squat on the toilet. She didn't know why menstrual pain was so magical that it would be relieved by squatting. But why did she choose the bathroom? Because it was convenient. Girls all understand, but it also varies from person to person.
Due to the effect of the medicine, I finally fell asleep slowly. It turns out that being able to sleep peacefully is also a kind of happiness.
Seeing Qiyue getting up early, Lan's mother wondered, "Yueyue, today is your day off. Why don't you get some more sleep? You've been busy all night."
"Mom, Jiang Yiheng passed by here on a business trip today and said he wanted to come see me."
"I haven't heard you say that before. Come on, come for a few days. Have you found a place to stay?"
"I just told me last night. Don't worry, he's a grown man. He won't get lost."
After saying that, Qi Yue hurriedly washed up and took some medicine before going out.
"There's no need to let Mom know about someone I won't see again."
As expected, Lin Lei was very obedient and waited in the most conspicuous place in the square. "When was the last time I saw him alone? It seems like we have rarely been alone together."
Qi Yue walked over and touched Lin Lei with her umbrella: "Let's go."
Qi Yue's behavior at this moment was no different from that of a thief.
Lin Lei was very happy to see Qi Yue, just like before: "Leader, why did you come just now? I've been standing here for a while. Are you surprised and happy to see me?"
"There's still a lot of nonsense. There's nothing to be happy about. It's more like a shock." Qi Yue glanced at Lin Lei.
"Look, Mu Jin is only this small, and I don't know what you have to see. Tell me, where do you want to go? I'll take you there."
When friends come from afar, we should always do our best to be a good host.
Yes, just being a good host.
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