If you are still together when you wake up

Chapter 3 Interview and Consultation

At the beginning of the new semester, Xia Huixi received a job invitation quite unexpectedly.It was a TV station director who invited her to be a special guest on a talk show.As for why the director found her, it was quite a coincidence.In short, we met at a campus event, and it happened that the other party felt that her image and conversation were suitable for going abroad, so they took care of her.

The first reaction in her brain was to refuse, and finally she said "Let me think about it".

This show has become very popular over the years.First broadcast a story in life.The content is nothing more than common family disputes such as conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, newlyweds quarreling, or property division.Then invite a psychiatrist to analyze for the client, and finally the conflict is resolved, and everyone is happy.

In fact, this is a very good job, because the program is fixed, once a week.The subjects of the parties need to be found, but there is always only one special guest.In the words of others, it is a double gain of fame and fortune.

Xia Huixi admitted that the reward was what attracted her in the end, so she agreed after consulting her mentor.

There are few real people in the recorded programs, and many of them are performed by actors who find "scripts" and perform them in a serious manner.She sat on the sidelines and watched it amusingly, those tears, those disputes, it is difficult for untrained uncles and aunts to act out.At the end of the program, according to the manuscript that had been passed to her long ago, she commented a few words with the eyes of a professional, and she was done.

Also because of this program, Xia Huixi had a celebrity addiction in a moderate way.There were suddenly a lot of students in that class, and some people sent long emails expressing their concerns.Even many colleagues and classmates will call her "Dr. Xia" when they meet.That was her title in the show, Xia Huixi felt very awkward, and always felt that she had imposed a specific identity on herself.But sometimes I feel that this is not bad, at least this identity can distinguish reality from the screen.It's like she likes the heavy makeup painted by the makeup artist every time, and she hides behind, feeling at ease.

School life is also business as usual.Just after the National Day holiday, Xia Huixi had a task that needed to count clinical symptoms.She was sitting in her office, typing and comparing patiently, without even noticing someone knocking on the door.

She was startled when she turned her head, Su Ruhao stood behind her, bent slightly, and was looking at her statistics.

He was wearing a white shirt that looked good. Because he was close to him, the refreshing breath was like lime, which gently penetrated into his body along with the sense of smell.

He frowned: "You input and compare one by one? How long will it take?"

Xia Huixi also sighed: "It's been two days. I've only typed less than half of it." She pressed her temple with some headaches, "Is there something wrong?"

Su Ruhao didn't answer the question, looked at her with a smile, and said, "What was the result of yesterday's episode?"

Their program has recently been revised, and they don't directly tell the audience whether the matter is resolved or not. Every time they leave a tail for the next episode.She couldn't remember it all at once.The programs were all recorded long ago, and she was not interested in the broadcast time, and she didn't even know which episode he was talking about. After a while, she said calmly: "I didn't persuade the reconciliation, we divorced. The child belongs to the father. "

He let out an "oh", and saw her slender, pale fingers dexterously beating on the keyboard, with a look of undivided attention.I couldn't help but think of her appearance on TV, half of her face was hidden behind black-rimmed glasses, her hair was tied up in a smooth bun, she was four or five years older than usual.When commenting, the tone is flat and calm, with a convincing sense of authority.

There was only the sound of typing in the office, and Su Ruhao seemed to see that she was not interested in speaking, so he stretched out his hand to support the back of her leather swivel chair, and with a slight push, sent her out of reach keyboard range.

Then he closed the window for her: "Let's go, let's eat."

Xia Huixi didn't speak for a while, and when she raised her head again, her gaze almost killed her: "Are you crazy! I didn't save it!"

He was not nervous, and took the time to turn off the monitor for her: "I'll help you in the afternoon, it will definitely be done in three hours." He laughed again, "Really. When I was abroad, I used to have a set of dedicated frequency calculation software. I'll copy it to you after dinner. Including the time I spent going home to copy the software, three hours."

She was still dubious, and looked at the computer reluctantly, her tone still a little uncertain: "You didn't lie to me, did you?"

He opened the door for her, with a half-smile: "You don't believe me?"

Not really.Xia Huixi remembered that he needed a few professional English original books before, but couldn't find them anywhere. Later, he knew that there were several lonely copies in the university he studied abroad, so he asked him with the idea of ​​giving it a try.

The next day, he gave her the materials, scanned the clear original work, and the neat Chinese translation, which was incredibly detailed.

Really powerful.

At that time, I asked him: "Is there a Chinese translation?"

As a result, he said lightly: "I translated it, you just have to read it."

It's just extremely detailed.She thanked him again and again and invited him to dinner.Su Ruhao didn't refuse, but only half-jokingly: "I dare not fail to fulfill my senior sister's order."

Did you mean to laugh at her?Xia Huixi already knew that he was older than herself and had a lot more experience. If she could, she would take back the words of asking him to call her "senior sister" that day.

They ate in the restaurant on the second floor of the cafeteria.After ordering a few dishes at random, Su Ruhao asked her, "Did you receive that email?"

is an international symposium on psychoanalysis, held in St. Petersburg in November.The sponsor sent an invitation letter to Professor Peng Ze, and the professor forwarded it to them respectively.

"Professor Peng will go. How about you?"

Xia Huixi held the cup of warm water, took a sip slowly, and finally said: "You need to take care of yourself. It's so expensive."

This sentence is very surprising.Su Ruhao leaned back in his chair, as if he didn't know how to respond.After a while, he smiled and said, "Your income isn't low, is it?"

She seemed to be dazed for a moment, then smiled: "The opportunity is rare, Professor Zac will go, I will think about it."

Because he was going to record a program on the TV station in the afternoon, Xia Huixi went to his house to copy the software first.She didn't know that Su Ruhao lived in such a high-end apartment before, and the car was parked downstairs, so she asked casually, "Are you staying in the garage?"

He walked beside her: "I'll see you off later, it's convenient to stop."

She looked at such a beautiful environment patronizingly, and it took a while to realize: "No, no, I will go by myself in a while."

Su Ruhao smiled lightly and did not argue with her.After entering the elevator, the door was gradually closed, and it took him a while to press on the seventh floor.

Although it was broad daylight, it was still a little awkward to go to the young man's apartment, so she brought up a topic: "Could it be that you have forgotten which floor you live in?"

Unexpectedly, he nodded quietly: "Yes. It's only been a few days since I moved in, and I'm still a little strange."

When he went to the study to copy the software, she sat on the sofa and looked around the room with slight curiosity.

What a brand new home.

The decoration is low-key and smooth, and it is also suitable for a single man, but Xia Huixi doubts that he doesn't care what it looks like here.The simplicity is unbelievable.If it is a model house, no one will believe it.Because in order to be close to life in the model room, the staff will put some fruits or flowers in a pretentious manner.

But there is not even a breath of life here, just like that wall, there are no decorative paintings, or photo frames, nothing, just a piece of white paper.

Su Ruhao came out quickly, handed her a USB flash drive, and smiled apologetically: "I won't treat you to tea. There is nothing here."

Xia Huixi smiled incomprehensibly in such a scene of "a house with bare walls" in the new era: "It doesn't matter."

He still insisted on sending her to record the show.When he was about to arrive at the TV station, he joked: "Take me in next time and see the scene."

"You want to watch? You can watch it anytime. But it's very boring. Everyone's formulating words together is all fake." Xia Huixi gently put his right hand on his forehead, as if he was a little tired, "Are you really watching such a show?" ?”

Before Su Ruhao could answer, her cell phone rang.

It's a very strange number.When Xia Huixi picked it up, she responded politely as usual: "Hi, hello."

The voice over there was a bit cold and noble, and after waiting, he said, "Is it Miss Xia Huixi?"

She didn't remember the voice: "Excuse me?"

"Pei Yueze."

She was a little dazed and at a loss for what to do, so she could only reply: "Mr. Pei, hello."

"I watched your show and thought it was very good. I have some personal questions about psychological counseling. Can I have dinner with you?"

In fact, his tone was quite polite.

But for some reason, even before her brain made a decision, Xia Huixi had already spit out a sentence: "I'm really sorry, I'm very busy these days, let's talk about it when I have a chance."

After hanging up the phone, I felt my heart beating like a drum, pounding.Unknowingly, he took another deep breath to finally regain his composure.The space in the car suddenly felt a little small. Xia Huixi knew that the sound of her mobile phone was always a little loud, so she was not sure if Su Ruhao heard this short conversation.I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, and then comforted myself, it was a normal conversation, even if it was overheard, it was nothing.

Su Ruhao was driving, and he didn't seem to hear anything, so naturally he didn't react.As soon as he turned the corner, he saw the building of the TV station. Xia Huixi started to unbuckle his seat belt, but he suddenly stepped on the brakes and leaned towards her: "You asked me why I wanted to watch that show just now?"

Because she was a little surprised, she raised her eyebrows, which were as slender as willow leaves.

"The show is really boring." He still had the same clear and handsome eyebrows, his eyes were heavy like a black hole, absorbing the slightest trace of her expression in it.

In the end, there was a smile in the corner of his eyes, and his words were teasing, half-truth, "But, I'm here to see you!"

With little time left for himself to tell whether he was joking or serious, Xia Huixi fled in despair.After running to the corner in one breath, I remembered to stop to catch my breath.When I was in the elevator, my phone was still ticking, and I received a text message: Your expression is so cute.

It was still in a half-joking and half-serious tone, making it hard for people to figure out what this person was thinking.Xia Huixi was inexplicably annoyed, she was already the age of a mature woman, and she was still upset when she encountered such a thing.His face didn't live up to expectations, and he turned red, which was reflected on the not-so-clear elevator wall, and he could vaguely see a blush like a cloud.

In fact, she didn't think about it before, she was very frank.Once, I saw a pairing post of students helping teachers on the school forum, and saw my name and Su Ruhao's name hanging on it with honor, I laughed so hard that I almost didn't send him the address.Now that I think about it, it's a good thing I didn't post it, otherwise it would be a deliberate provocation, and I can't explain why.

She walked into the usual dressing room and began to put on makeup. A staff member came over and handed her a CD: "Miss Xia, here is the video of the show you want."

She took it and put it in her bag, thanking her with a smile.A thin slice has no weight to her.

The makeup artist applied blush to her and smiled, "Miss Xia, my parents love this show very much!"

She looked back at the little girl from the mirror: "Thank you."

"It's really beautiful. What you said is also very reasonable." The makeup artist stopped moving, "Your family must be watching the TV waiting for you to come out, right?"

After Xia Huixi was stunned, she smiled with crooked eyebrows: "They don't live here. I'll take the CD back and show them."

The themes of these issues have become more and more interesting.It's also hard to know how the staff came up with it.

Today, a foreign daughter-in-law and a Chinese mother-in-law came to the scene, and they confronted each other in two languages.The son who returned from overseas looked like an elite, sitting in the middle with a headache, unable to speak a word.The audience in the audience made various expressions in cooperation, worrying about such a plot.

Xia Huixi watched from the side, and suddenly remembered that a magazine had asked her to write a column for a column.She was lazy, so she just sent her an unpublished short article on the comparison of Chinese and Western consciousness.The editor almost fell to the ground, and the phone called: "We are a leisure column. We need something like chicken soup for the soul. This article...is too profound."

I bit my pen and thought about it for a long time, and finally posted an article sourly. During this period, I mentioned extramarital affairs and material desires several times.The editor was overjoyed, and immediately said: "We will all want this style in the future."

This is the era.

Because no one can sit still and think anymore.So I would rather catch people's attention for a moment.

During the final commenting time, Xia Huixi adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and began to tell the story calmly.Word by word, the camera caught the audience in the audience several times, and everyone nodded in praise.

Typical instant coffee taste.It slides softly to the end with a cloying aftertaste.

Fortunately it was over quickly.The box lunches are already being distributed in Taili. Xia Huixi has eaten them a few times, but the rice is too hard, and the grains are like rice crackers. With the scent of a room of braised rice paddies, I remove makeup there.Finally, he touched his clean face, combed his hair again, and took the elevator downstairs.

It was still dark when we went out.The afterglow of the setting sun shrouded the city, bringing a little warmth.Kazuki's sycamore is decorated with golden and green leaves that look like adults' palms, rubbing against the setting sun, and the shadow spots split the smooth road like incomplete bomb craters.

Xia Huixi lowered her head and searched for the traffic card, suddenly a young man stopped her: "Miss Xia?"

She was stunned, and found that there was no such person in her memory bank.

The young man bowed slightly: "Please get in the car." He pointed to the car not far away, courteous and polite.

Xia Huixi looked in the direction he pointed, the window of the back seat of the car was half open, she saw Pei Yueze's side face, it seemed that someone hit him with the only remaining and all the bright light in this city On the side, there is an indescribable beauty.As if he felt her gaze, he tilted his head slightly, and nodded lightly without being noticed, as if he was paying her respects.

She got into the car at last.

When I opened the door, I felt cold, as if a layer of cobwebs densely covered the space, and the vines spread inside, making it difficult for people to see the path under their feet, with a hint of coolness.

Xia Huixi barely restrained the trembling in her heart, and sat in.

"Has Miss Xia got off work? Have you eaten yet?" His thin lips moved slightly, and he uttered a few words, humbly and calmly, as if he had never called her before, and this was the first time he uttered it ask her.

Xia Huixi nodded: "I've had dinner on the stage." She was a little uncertain about such a conversation skill, but she still held back and didn't ask the other party anything.She thought in her heart, maybe this way she could have more initiative.

Pei Yueze didn't tell the driver to drive. After a while, he turned his head and glanced at her face inadvertently, and said lightly: "So, are you free tonight?"

She said it neatly: "I'm sorry, there are still classes tonight."

The headband didn't hold all of her hair in place, and some small, soft forehead hairs were still on the hairline, as fluffy as dandelion ears.He stared at her intently, and when he finally spoke, his tone of voice contained a smile, seemingly infinitely soft: "It's okay, then let's do it next time."

When I caught this smile, I felt as if I was soaked in the blue and cold sea water for an instant, and even my breath felt chilly.Inexplicable fear.Regarding this man, in fact, she has been unable to grasp what she is thinking in her heart.It seems that since that dream, she has had an inexplicable resistance to him.But she didn't even know where those subconscious resistances came from.

Maybe it's just intuition.

As one of the four functions of consciousness, intuition is the most difficult to explain.Xia Huixi unconsciously slid over those professional terms in his heart, and heard Pei Yueze order the driver: "Go to Nanjing University."

"Miss Xia is so busy, I don't have much time left. In fact, I came to you this time to ask you to be my psychological counselor. I don't know if you can spare time." He said simply, with his hands on the Knees folded, eyes moved over the fleeting street scene, "The number of consultations will not be too frequent, and the time will not be too long. I don't know the price of the salary, you can talk to my assistant. "

Xia Huixi listened carefully, but didn't answer, and lowered her head to look for something in her bag.

The driver thoughtfully turned on the light.When the light yellow light came down, it was like pouring a spring of running water on the fair skin of her neck, and there was a kind of water vapor like a clear lotus flowing warmly.

Pei Yueze watched her movements intently until she handed herself a business card.

"This is the business card of one of my senior sisters, she is now a well-known psychological counselor..."

The last sentence stopped awkwardly in the middle without finishing.

Because Pei Yueze was not even interested in reaching out to pick up the business card, he said lightly, "I didn't come here for you to introduce me."

"That's it, Mr. Pei. I'm quite busy now. You saw it, and you just came back from recording the show, and you have to go..."

"Well, that's the case." He thought for a while, and seemed to think that this was not a problem, "So, what if the show stops? Can you still spare time?"

He leaned forward slightly, observing her reaction carefully, with a kind of undeniable toughness.

Xia Huixi was speechless for a moment, and took the business card back.There was some emotion in her mind, and she smiled instead of anger: "Mr. Pei, I can't make the decision whether the show stops or airs. To be honest, I don't care. But my own schedule, no one can make decisions for me."

She looked at Pei Yueze without fear: "Psychological counseling is two-way. No one can force anyone. I just advise you that if you have such an attitude, even if you find Freud, the effect may not be as good as no consultation. "

Pei Yueze was not angry, he slowly looked away.That kind of gaze was like a huge fishing net, enveloping her with nowhere to escape.He looked at her pink cheeks from excitement, and said softly, "I don't need anyone else."

——The subtext is: as long as she?
The air was like flocs soaked in water, suddenly heavy and pressed down hard.

The word "crazy" was already on the tip of her tongue, and Xia Huixi was about to blurt it out, but the other party seemed to know what she was going to say, and stopped her just right: "Don't get me wrong, I mean psychological counseling."

Xia Huixi felt aggrieved and forgot all the words she had prepared, as if she was a general who had been thrown into disarray, staring blankly at the battlefield that was about to collapse. How to respond to the opponent's attack.

But now, Xia Huixi has nothing to say about formations, so he imitated his rhetoric and posture, bit the tip of his tongue slightly, and insisted: "Sorry."

He seemed a little troubled, and rubbed his brows: "May I ask a question? What made you keep rejecting a client who needs consultation?"

She retorted: "I don't see the need for you to consult."

Both sides were silent for a while.It was time to get off work, and unexpectedly, there were no red lights or obstacles. It was extremely smooth, and I could already see the lush greenery of the century-old NTU campus in front of me.

Pei Yueze relaxed slightly: "You can still think about it for a few more days."

Xia Huixi snorted softly, and suddenly heard the phone ring.

"Finished filming? Do you want to have dinner together?" Su Ruhao's voice seemed to have been baked by the spring sun, revealing a warm warmth, temporarily driving away the heavy depression in Xia Huixi's heart Haze and anger, "Where are you?"

She forced a smile: "I'm on my way back to school. I still have work tonight."

He said easily, "That's fine."

On the road to NTU, Su Ruhao's car was stopped by a red light, and he watched the car in front slowly drive away, like a drop of water, merged into the traffic flow, and soon disappeared .In fact, at the beginning, it was only half a step away, and I saw her get into the car.

With one hand on the steering wheel, he glanced at his phone again.In fact, even the slide cover is not closed, the number is like a little star jumping: the talk time is 20 seconds.The corners of his lips curled up little by little, like thin threads - soft like a girl's hair when it wasn't tight.But once it is tightened, it clanks like a knife, and can easily cut through human flesh—just like his sharp smile at this moment.

(End of this chapter)