Chapter 31: Adaptation
Zhao Lei used to live a good life before, and money was a necessity for him. You can eat one less meal, you can sleep one less night, but you definitely can't lose a bunch of money.
Two days after returning from Guangzhou, Zhao Lei was still the same as before, eating and drinking, he didn't see any unpleasantness, and his tone was much calmer than before when he talked with his roommate, and he no longer rushed to pay for the dinner.
His car was towed away ... A few days after he came back, his father sent a few people to collect the things from the "Zhao family", in addition to the car, there were also a few cards that Zhao Lei had done locally, although the name was his, but the money in it...
When the Zhao family came to sweep, I was also present, not only me, but also many students who did not attend classes came to watch. Seeing that the once brilliant rich and handsome fell into a trough, and the cool sports car also changed drivers, the eyes that looked at Zhao Lei became distorted.
"It's okay, we'll buy it again when we have money in the future!" Zhao Lei said to me, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, as if the car that was driven away had nothing to do with him, and he never owned the key chain with a shiny charm.
That is, after that day, his circle of people suddenly shrank... When he has money, he is an uncle, and when he has no money, what is he?
I witnessed his friends estranged from him one by one, and witnessed the roll of his eyes thrown to him again and again by the "good buddies" he once said. After a few days, except for Huzi, Heizi, and Xiaolei, he really didn't have any friends around him.
"I'm busy these days, and I'm free to contact." "I don't have time, I'll talk about it later." These words became the final closing words of farewell to Zhao Lei, and when the last person said something similar, I saw his helplessness.
He is no longer as cheerful as before, his smile is like the sun obscured by dark clouds, there is warmth penetrating, but he is no longer enthusiastic, his smile has become a luxury, except for a few of us acquaintances, treating strangers, as well as his admirers, all put on ice cube faces...
"It's okay, just get used to it. People are so fickle, don't worry too much. Looking at Zhao Lei, who was in a daze while wiping the glass cabinet, I also stepped forward to comfort him.
He forced the corners of his mouth to squeeze out a meaningful smile, "As long as you don't abandon me, it's enough to have you..."
It sounds beautiful, but what about it? What is the effect of these superficial words?
Life doesn't need spiritual food, looking at me Zhao Lei can't eat enough, what he needs is money, a lot of money! "Huh." Listening to his sweet words, I also smiled.
"I want to find some other job tomorrow, the candy store job is too little for you." Zhao Lei fiddled with the rag in his hand and said.
"Raise me?" I couldn't believe my ears, "Why are you raising me?" I have hands and feet to support myself, as long as you take good care of yourself. I touched his broad shoulders and replied.
There are always a lot of ambitions in the hearts of young people, and the hot-blooded youth is also swaying at this time, "No, I have to let you live a good life, although I don't know what kind of house Ouyang Ze has bought for you, but I will definitely buy something bigger than him." ”
After speaking, Zhao Lei began to devote himself to "work", and it didn't take long for the glass cabinets in the store to be cleaned by him.
The injury on his hand has not healed yet, and after being busy for such a long time, it can be seen that his hand is also a little painful, and it looks like he has bumped into it. "Let me see," I reached out to look at the stained gauze, but he was behind me.
"It's okay, it's okay." He replied...
Because of the injury on his hand, he called in sick. He used the past few days to start looking for a suitable job online, and then changed into a decent outfit to go to the interview.
Once, twice, more times, he became less passionate than at the beginning, and on the last few times, he simply stopped wearing formal clothes and went to the company for leisure.
"Rui Rui, do you think I really can't do anything?" The last time I came back from the company, Zhao Lei asked me with a red face, the whole person was like a tight string, "Why don't they want me?" What more work experience do you need? Who will work as soon as they come out? ”
I have never been as impatient as him, when I was as old as him, I was doing MB, and the money was easy to get, and then I followed Ouyang Ze, and I also easily went to work in Qin Feng and Tang Rong's company, although it was hard, I also learned a lot of things. Compared with Zhao Lei, I am really much luckier.
"Then let's wait until you graduate, after all, you're still a student, and no company will ask for temporary workers. Don't worry, there will be later. I poured him a glass of water to comfort him.
swallowed the liquid in the cup in two or three sips, and with a "click", Zhao Lei twisted the plastic cup. The remaining residual liquid also flowed down the cracked crack to the back of Zhao Lei's hand.
Looking at that cup, I only felt cautious, I had never seen Zhao Lei so serious. Money is really indispensable to him, "No, I can't wait until I graduate, I have to have a job now, and after graduation, there will be a group of people competing with me, in case I can't compete..."
"I have to see what jobs are available, but I can't do it, I drop out of school, and if I don't study, the company will always want me, right?" Zhao Lei said lightly.
"Drop out of school?" I thought of my fate, and I chose to drop out of school in order to go abroad with Ouyang Ze. Thinking about it now, it was a mistake at that time.
Zhao Lei can't follow my old path, he finally went to college, and he can't give up after reading for so long! "I don't agree, you can't drop out of school, you have to finish college!" I said sharply.
"But I need a lot of money to go to school every year, and I don't have any income now, how can I afford it?" Zhao Lei retorted.
"I have!" I raised an octave, "I can provide for you!" And your daily life, clothing, housing and food, I can support you! Don't say two years, it's a lifetime! ”
Looking at my serious appearance, Zhao Lei was stunned, and soon, his breathing became rapid, and his heaving chest was about to burst out of the anger accumulated in his stomach. He got up from his chair and grabbed my arm with both hands, and it hurt to be so hard to be grabbed by him.
"What are you and I? Yes? He pressed his face closer, a sharp dagger hidden in the depths of his pupils, "Eat rice?" I did! I'll keep you, not me! I don't need your handouts! He shook me so hard that my thoughts were almost out of my mind.
"Bang!" I felt dizzy when he shook me, and when he finally let go, I fell to the ground due to inertia, and when my head hit the ground hard, my skull was numb.
Standing in anger, he put on a face that I had never seen before, even so, his nature was still there, his gentleness was still there, when he saw that I was injured, Zhao Lei also panicked, and the whole person was trembling, "Rui... Rui Rui! He threw himself on his knees in front of me.
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, it's my fault, I shouldn't have lost my temper with you! Forgive me, please forgive me! Before I could say anything, he cried and begged for my forgiveness.
The cry was terrible, and the overturned five-flavor bottle poured all the flavor into his cry. Spicy, bitter, painful, astringent, it makes me creepy to hear, "It's okay, it's okay, I don't blame you." I took him in my arms and patted him on the back to soothe his excited nerves.
"How could I be so useless! If you can't make money, you will be wronged! "He wrapped his hands around my waist and pressed them around my body like a child.
The pressure of life is too much for him, he has not yet stepped out of school, he has not yet stepped out of society, and there is no reason to go through such days. The source of all this is because I... If I hadn't shown up at the beginning, he might have been able to live the life of a young master.
"Don't worry, money is not an issue. What's mine is yours, you can give it to me when you earn it later? I also imitated his "promise" and said, when this sentence was spoken, it sounded sarcastic, and there was no warm taste.
He was still sobbing and didn't answer my words. I could feel it, his fingers were stretching behind my back, it hurt, I could feel it without saying it...
Zhao Lei still didn't give up looking for a job, and a month has passed, and the gauze on our hands can be removed. His wound recovered well, leaving only a faint scar that could not be seen without looking closely. Zhao Lei is still as perfect and flawless as before.
And I... The long scar on the back of my hand was not much better than the one on my abdomen, with a few stitches, and it was like a miniature centipede running across the back of my hand. The body is already in tatters, and now there is another regret... Hehe...
"It looks so ugly, I really want to cut off this piece of meat!" Looking at the scar on the back of his left hand, I felt sick in my heart.
My nausea, but Zhao Lei held it in the palm of his hand as a treasure, "What's ugly?" I look good! I look at your heart, not your hands. He stroked the scar back and forth.
"Rui Rui! I got a job! Got a job! He ran in excitedly from outside, smiling so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. Next month I will be able to go to work at Pufeng Company, although it is only a small clerk, but I will have a salary in the future! ”
Although I was happy to hear that he had found a job, I couldn't laugh like him. On the one hand, finding a job can give him an income, but on the other hand, having a job means the beginning of busyness...
Can he accept such a life? Can you keep it up?