scalpel, soft around fingers

Chapter 6

The cramped corridor was pitch black, and the lighting had been broken two days ago.In communities with low rents, even properties are not used.Xie Moji has lived here for two years and is very familiar with the environment, so such a trivial matter as a broken lamp is not a problem for her.In fact, she is so adaptable that she can find a home even with her eyes closed.

It had been a while since she came out of the teahouse, her mind was still in a mess, her feet were stepping on the dark steps, and even her steps were a little messy.

Facing Li Lushuang's question just now, she didn't say a word.Li Lushuang thought he had hit her heart, so he wisely didn't ask any more questions.But her heart became heavy because of it.

How much she wanted to give an explanation to her past self.But no one can tell her what happened.

After calming down and thinking about it, she felt that what happened just now was even more unbelievable.The hand that Dr. Shan stretched out in the tunnel was like a sharp sword at this moment, piercing through the fog in her heart, making her more sure that their relationship was not as easy and simple as he said.

When she remembered the parting, she kept asking him if he had any impression of her.He stood under the street lamp and looked at her. The orange light made his face calm and warm, and his voice was also warm, but the content was cruel and sober: "Ms. This way of getting close to me. I think you should give up as soon as possible. I will not develop relationships with patients outside of work, even if they are just friends."

At that moment, her face was burning hot, and a ball of anger was burning in her heart.If it wasn't for Li Lushuang being by her side, she would have cursed.Who gave this man such arrogance and made him speak so condescendingly?

She sighed softly, suppressing the emotions gushing out of her heart, and walked up the stairs step by step.When Mo Hei walked to the door, his foot touched a soft object, and he reached out to touch it, only to find that it was a squatting person.

"Mo Ji, it's me." Lu Yu's voice was hoarse and confused, and he reeked of alcohol as soon as he spoke.

Xie Moji took out his mobile phone, and with the faint light, he saw Lu Yu's flushed face and blurred eyes.She helped him up silently, feeling even more disturbed, and even a little... guilty.Just now, just now, she shed tears at a man other than her boyfriend. How could she do this?

"Today a graduate student invited some of our teachers to dinner, and everyone was drunk..." Lu Yu stumbled into the house following Xie Moji.

There is a grass-green fabric sofa in the living room, and a stack of newspapers and some fruits are placed on the cabinet beside it.

"You lie down first, I'll squeeze some juice for you to sober up." Xie Moji picked out some fruits, took out the fruit squeezer from the cabinet, and quickly squeezed mixed juice for Lu Yu.After everything was settled, she washed her hands and was about to leave the kitchen when Lu Yu, who came in quietly, hugged her waist from behind.

"Are you still angry? The reason you were not allowed to come home that day was because your parents were getting old. What would you do if you contracted the disease? I don't really care about it myself." Lu Yu was still not very drunk, so he started talking Clear thinking.

Xie Moji smiled wryly, and patted his hot hands away.

In fact, I wasn't angry at all, it was just my poor self-esteem at work.Why should she, Xie Moji, take the initiative every time they go on a date or quarrel?She's really that bad, so isn't it worth Lu Yu taking the initiative?
Lu Yu put his arms around them again, and said in a rough voice: "Any day in the future, as long as you are free, you can come to my house."

"Lu Yu, actually I don't care if I can go to your house or not, I just want to spend more time with you." Xie Moji broke free from Lu Yu's embrace again, turned around, and stuffed the juice into his hand.

Lu Yu took the juice and drank it down, then turned the cup upside down as if asking for credit, and looked at Xie Moji with a smile.

Xie Moji looked helplessly at his childish actions.When her eyes touched his piercing eyes, she somehow thought of the man who made her cry.My heart suffocated suddenly, and that inexplicable sense of guilt gradually spread.In the end, I leaned forward first, took the cup from his hand, and hugged him.

"Mo Ji, I will treat you better than anyone else." Lu Yu's voice was full of temptation, and he took advantage of the situation to embrace Xie Moji, wandering around her body dishonestly.

"Don't do this..." Xie Moji pushed him away.He didn't resist any more, retreated to the sofa, sat down and squinted at her.After a long time, I lowered my head and said, "Okay. Anyway, you will be mine sooner or later."

In the evening, Xie Moji put Lu Yu in the bedroom to sleep, while he made his living on the sofa outside.When Lu Yu's mother called, she had just fallen asleep and picked up the phone with her eyes blindfolded.

"Mo Ji, is Lu Yu with you?" Lu Yu's mother's voice was kind and sweet.

It's not the first time Xie Moji talked with Lu Yu's mother on the phone, so it wasn't surprising, he just explained carefully: "Auntie, I saw that he was drunk, so I let him stay at my house..."

"Then you have to worry a lot." Lu Yu's mother hung up the phone politely.

Just after falling asleep, the phone rang again.Xie Moji thought it was from Lu Yu's house again, so he forced himself to say, "Auntie, I gave him fruit juice to sober him up and let him fall asleep, so don't worry."

After she finished speaking, she realized that the other end of the phone was surprisingly quiet, with no human voice.She fed it several times, but there was still no response.Just when she began to wonder if someone was playing a prank, someone suddenly shouted: "Old Dan, the patient from 411 has disappeared, did he go to inhale oxygen?"

Then there was a woman's shrill voice: "The patient left a note saying that she is gone, and we will meet again naturally..."

She sat up from the sofa suddenly, her brain was fully awake: "Doctor Shan?"

At this moment, the phone hung up with a bang, and Xie Moji was left with beeps.

When he woke up the next day, Lu Yu had already left.Xie Moji looked at the neatly folded quilt in the bedroom, and his heart felt sour for no reason.

As soon as she arrived at the newspaper office, she was called into the office by Zhao Rongsheng.Her hair was disheveled back from her haste.The whole person's mental state is not very good.After sleeping on the sofa all night, I felt that all the bones in my body were misaligned, and it hurt everywhere.

"There is good news or bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Zhao Rongsheng's body was hidden behind the huge desk, and his voice was clear and powerful.

"Whatever." Xie Moji was already immune to Zhao Rongsheng's tricks.Anyway, both good and bad are editor-in-chief Zhao's own thoughts. For her, everything is a job, and she has to work hard.

"You suspend the follow-up of Dr. Shan's interview. Letting Xiao Gao do this is also giving her a chance. The benefits are all good. From next week, you and Xiao Zeng will be responsible for interviewing a group of cured infected people. It's good to dig up some clues. "The sharp eyes almost penetrated Mo Ji's brain.

"Okay!" Dr. Shan's gloomy eyes and that familiar face flashed past her eyes, with complicated emotions.

"The good news is that you will be given three days off from next Monday to Wednesday. I promised you before." Zhao Rongsheng said.

After walking out of the office, Xie Moji called Lu Yu immediately, and the two quickly agreed on a three-day vacation arrangement on the phone.After the phone call, she was in a good mood.Even facing Gao Yaqin's cold eyes, she was not at all unhappy.

Gao Yaqin's mood was a little delicate.When Xie Moji was called in by the editor-in-chief, his brows and eyes were listless, but when he came out, he was already in good spirits.Such a big contrast will inevitably make her cautious, wondering if the editor-in-chief has given her a better chance.

She typed absently for a while, but finally couldn't suppress her inner curiosity, she leaned over and asked Xie Moji, who was next to her, "Mo Ji, what task did the editor give you?"

"Interview with Zeng Liang on those cured patients."

"The editor-in-chief asked me to follow up with Dr. Shan and continue the interview." Gao Yaqin smiled, obviously feeling that her task was more newsworthy, and finally relieved.

Doctor Shan... Xie Moji's heart skipped a beat, thinking of the inexplicable phone call last night.Gao Yaqin at the side saw it, thought Xie Moji was envious of her, and smiled for a while longer.

Xie Moji leaned back in front of his computer, and re-entered the work of sorting out the interviewer's data.Although I tried my best to stay focused, Dr. Shan's clear face and my own tears at that moment appeared in my mind from time to time...

She put down the materials, ruthlessly dialed Dr. Shan's number.

There was a lot of voices on the phone, and there seemed to be the rush of the wheels of the trolley rolling over the floor.A few seconds later, Dr. Shan's voice came from the receiver: "Miss Xie, what's the matter?"

"Last night's call..." After dialing, she felt that she was looking for trouble again.

"Accidentally pressed the wrong button, sorry for the interruption!" He hurriedly apologized.A man next to him was talking, his voice was very vague, as if he was saying "someone saw her running towards the newspaper office".

She contacted the phone call last night, faintly feeling that something big happened.

At this moment, Dr. Shan lowered his voice on the phone and said, "Miss Xie, a patient infected with an unknown virus has escaped. He may have gone in the direction of the newspaper building. Hurry home now and take a taxi as much as you can." .” The serious tone made the atmosphere suddenly tense.

"Okay, I got it." Xie Moji was terrified by his words, and somehow thought of the AIDS needle that he had seen in the news.

(End of this chapter)