Chapter nine

Chapter nine

Sui Si felt a faint chill on his body.

He raised his hand and tapped the microphone twice, and the echo of the knocks echoed in the office at the other end.

Yu Tang is usually the most sensitive to this. Sui Si often has to appear in front of the camera. When it is inconvenient to call someone, he will knock twice without leaving any trace on the edge of the table or the armrest.

Yu Tang followed him without missing a beat.Sometimes even the people around Sui Si don't notice, and Yu Tang has already responded to him.

But this time, Yu Tang didn't move at all.

...how could it become like this?

Sui Si's throat felt sore, and he moved his fingers and slowly tightened them.

These days...not only the driver and Nie Chi, but also the hospital repeatedly reminded him that Yu Tang's condition should not be as normal as it seemed.

Yu Tang's condition is not suitable for him to work as his assistant full-time.

Nie Chi came to ask him if he should take a sick leave for Yu Tang in the last few months.Sui Si felt that there was nothing he couldn't do. He had already hired a new assistant. Anyone could do the errands, not necessarily Yu Tang.

The studio's model has matured, all work is on track, and there have never been any problems.Sui Si has always believed that whoever leaves and who stays, one more person and one less person, will not actually have much impact.

He originally thought that when Yu Tang got better, he would take him back home to stay for some time.

In the hospital, in order to make Yu Tang obey, Sui Si deliberately threatened him with "I have a job temporarily, so I can't find anyone", but in fact, he didn't really want Yu Tang to do anything.

There was obviously someone responsible for every specific work matter, but Sui Si couldn't figure out why Yu Tang seemed so busy every day.

Perhaps it was because Yu Tang was not accustomed to taking time off by nature. Sui Si thought at that time that he could use work as an excuse to escort him back and rest peacefully for a while.

Yu Tang has a psychological problem, maybe because he has been too busy these years. He can always adjust after relaxing and taking a rest.

"Yutang." Sui Si didn't want to deny this possibility. He took a cigarette, reached for the lighter, and slowed down his tone as before, "Yutang, I have something to do-"

The person in the picture trembled slightly.

This sentence seemed to have triggered some kind of switch. Yu Tang suddenly stood up when he heard this sentence on the screen of the video phone.

Like some kind of established program that had been entered, Yu Tang moved extremely smoothly. He clicked on the work memo on the electronic screen, sorted it by time and importance, and checked the notes one by one.

While checking the time, he called out Sui Si's possible needs, split the screen and was on standby. He even seemed to want to get up to get his keys and coat.

But after all, he had just walked on the line of life and death, and had not even returned to the hospital to receive proper treatment. When he stood up, he groaned unconsciously, swayed with a pale face, and held on to the edge of the table.

"Yutang!" Sui Si was startled by him and his throat tightened, "What are you doing?!"

"Teacher Sui, I'm here."

Yu Tang slumped his shoulders slightly, his forehead hair was a little loose, and cold sweat broke out on his temples, but his tone was still stable: "What do you need? Please wait a moment, I will be there..."

Sui Si looked at him with a stunned expression, unable to speak.

Yu Tang waited quietly for a while, but without waiting for his instructions, he slowly stood upright while holding on to the edge of the table, and asked softly: "Teacher Sui?"

Sui Si clutched the cigarette, his fingers stiff and did not move.

Compared with the figure just now, Yu Tang now seems too normal.It was as normal as every night in the past, when Yu Tang received a call from him to deal with emergencies urgently.

Exactly the same, not even the tone has changed.

Sui Si never felt anything was wrong.

Yu Tang worked as his assistant. He was obedient, sensible, neat and easy to use, and would not let him worry more about anything.

He didn't know that Yu Tang had trained himself into a machine when he had never noticed it.

A machine that can react programmed at any time, needs no modifications, has no mood swings, and cannot make mistakes.

"Sit down, I have nothing for you to do."

Sui Si's voice was a little hoarse: "...Yutang."

Yu Tang seemed a little confused, but still didn't ask any questions, just sat back meekly.

Sui Si squeezed the cigarette hard. He didn't want to scare Yu Tang anymore, so he controlled his emotions and asked slowly: "If you don't go back to your residence, why did you come to the studio?"

"I remembered some work, but I haven't finished it yet."

Yu Tang answered smoothly: "I've been delayed a lot these days, and I still have some arrangements to make. I want to take care of it..."

Sui Si interrupted him: "Don't do it."

Yu Tang paused slightly and raised his eyes to look at him.

Yu Tang's facial features are actually very gentle. He has read too few books and does not have the innocence that only students have. He sits like this dull, neither sharp nor eye-catching. His temperament is ordinary and unnoticeable. It is a waste.Such a good appearance.

"Don't do it." Sui Si didn't want to listen to him anymore and spoke quickly, "It's nothing that important. You go back to the hospital now and have another physical examination. You will rest in the hospital tonight. I asked Nie Chi to accompany you, you -—”

Yu Tang listened quietly for a while, then shook his head: "I'm fine, Teacher Sui."

Sui Si's eyebrows furrowed even more tightly.

"Mr. Nie's work will be reported to our family, and the hospital is also controlled by the Sui family."

Yu Tang said: "The matters between you and Mr. Ke have not been settled yet. Our current marital status is known to the Sui family, which is not good for you..."

"If you don't like me in the studio, I'll go back." Yu Tang thought for a while and said warmly, "Come back tomorrow morning."

Sui Si asked in a low voice: "Where are you going back?"

Yu Tang replied: "My residence..."

"Address." Sui Si said, "I want to see where you live. Give me your address."

On the other side, Yu Tang suddenly lost his voice.

Sui Si's face was ugly, and he tore the cigarette into pieces little by little, looking at Yu Tang who was silent through the screen.

Sui Si asked: "Where is the address?"

Yu Tang couldn't answer.

The color disappeared from his face again, and he sat motionless, his chest rising and falling slightly with his breathing.

Sui Si seemed to see that pale shadow again.

This realization almost stuck in Sui Si's mind. He suddenly woke up, frowned almost in annoyance, and tried his best to adjust his tone: "Yu Tang... Yu Tang."

Yu Tang said nothing and looked at him quietly.

"I didn't mean to hurt you, I did - don't get me wrong."

Sui Si spoke awkwardly. It was the first time for him to explain to Yu Tang and he didn't know how to say it: "I want to say that you can come home to live."

Sui Si thought of Ke Ming in the bedroom and added: "Wait until tomorrow. I will pick you up tomorrow."

Yu Tang said softly: "Okay."

He answered gently and calmly, which made Sui Si feel even more uncomfortable. In vain, he got closer to the screen.

"Stop running around and go to my office tonight. There is a rest room there with a bed." Sui Si said, "Don't do this, Yu Tang. I won't lie to you. I will treat you well."

Yu Tang nodded obediently: "Okay."

Sui Si closed his eyes.

For some reason, Yutang responded to every word he said, and couldn't fault every word.

Every sentence has no focus at all and is completely out of control.

Sui Si leaned on the sofa, and after a long pause, he whispered: "Go ahead, hang up the call, there's no need to reply."

Yutang listened to every word he said, and as expected the other end didn't speak again.

After two seconds, the hang-up busy tone sounded.

Sui Si opened his eyes and moved his arms.

The call interface was turned off, the screen was still on, and the studio's remote monitoring automatically popped up.

Yu Tang did not go to his office, still sitting motionless at the table.

There was no overhead light in the office, and the edge of the desk lamp illuminated Yu Tang's figure hidden under his white shirt.His waist is narrow and thin, so thin that his spine sticks out bit by bit through the fabric.

Yu Tang just sat quietly like that. Maybe he didn't need to rest, or maybe he had forgotten how to rest.

Just like he did to Sui Si, and just like he promised, he would no longer be entangled when the contract was over, and he gradually forgot what happiness and sadness were.

On Yu Tang's desk, there is a photo taken in the studio.

Five years ago, nineteen-year-old Yu Tang, who had just come to Sui Si's side, was shy and smiling.

…

Sui Si sat in a daze for nearly half an hour.

Ke Ming walked out of the bedroom and saw the figure on the sofa. He was a little confused and called him softly: "Brother?"

He shouted a few times before Sui Si finally came to his senses and raised his head.

"What happened?" Ke Ming came over, "What happened..."

Ke Ming stopped talking and looked at the surveillance video on the screen in front of Sui Si.

"I have some work arrangements and I'm a little tired."

Sui Si rubbed his face vigorously and turned off the monitor: "Why are you awake?"

"Come out and get water." Ke Ming said, "Assistant Yu Te——"

Sui Si seemed to be pricked by the name, and his body stiffened. He stood up and walked over, taking the water glass from Ke Ming's hand: "What's wrong?"

Ke Ming likes to drink honey water, and Sui Si has been learning to take care of Ke Ming. When the two of them are together, Ke Ming rarely asks Ke Ming to do these little things by himself.

Sui Si took the linden honey, added two small spoons, and poured boiling water.

"This time." Behind him, Ke Ming asked softly, "He's not going to give it to me again, is he?"

Sui Si was stunned.

He didn't understand what Ke Ming was asking, so he put down the kettle and turned around, half-jokingly: "What this time...Xiao Ming, what else did you fight with my assistant?"

Ke Ming didn't answer, the ends of his delicate and delicate eyes tightened, and he reached out to take the glass of honey water.

"It's not mixed yet, wait a minute."

The cup was very hot. Sui Si was afraid of hurting his hand, so he avoided it: "Xiao Ming, listen to me... things are not what you think."

"I have no relationship with him, but he is sick, is still seeing a psychiatrist, and he did some harm to himself some time ago."

Sui Si said: "I'm afraid of irritating him. He has followed me all these years, and he has worked hard without any credit."

"You don't know, he is a little younger than you, and he is not a native of the imperial capital. I don't even know where his family is or what his family does."

Sui Si said warmly: "I think that in his current situation, he needs someone to take care of him. Even out of obligation, I should send him home safely..."

Ke Ming looked a little weird: "He didn't tell you about his life experience?"

"No." Sui Si handed him the water glass, "Do you know?"

Ke Ming took two sips of honey water, held the water glass, and slowly tightened his fingers around the wall of the glass as if he couldn't feel the scalding heat.

He will make up for Yu Tang well.

He doesn't want anything but this selfishness.

"I don't know." Ke Ming whispered, "He is an adult and will go home by himself."

Sui Si felt helpless and smiled softly.

It's still dark, and Ke Ming's birthday hasn't passed yet. He doesn't want to discuss Yu Tang's issues with Ke Ming at this time.

Sui Si took the honey water, pulled Ke Ming's hand over, and asked softly: "Are you still sleepy? I'll sleep with you for a while."

Ke Ming nodded and followed Sui Si back to the bedroom.

Sui Si hugged the person and lay down. He knew how to coax Ke Ming. He went to get a collection of poems and came back, turning on the night light: "Xiao Ming..."

Sui Si stopped and looked at Ke Ming, who was curled up in the shadow on the other side of the double bed with his back to him.

Ke Ming did not turn back, resting his arms on his head, as if he was asleep.

Sui Si stood quietly for a while without saying anything, put down the poetry collection, and lay down on the other side.

He opened his eyes and reached out to turn off the light.

Staff Club.

In the special constant-temperature Hawaiian-style king-size bed room, Yu Tang was wrapped in a quilt and slept comfortably until midnight, when he was woken up by a sudden loud siren.

The system was shaken by the shock, and with the small red light flashing, he and he came to the data board.

It is a warning that the protagonist's favorability between attack and reception is abnormally reduced.

"what happened."

Yu Tang clicked on the favorability of Sui Si and Ke Ming, and looked at the dazzling warning that dropped to the warning level: "Should I go over now and repair the electric switch for them?"

The author has something to say:

"Yu Tang's Work Notes"

Yu Tang: The power outage has a huge impact on favorability.

Yu Tang: I can’t figure it out.