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The alarm bell of the early morning suddenly rang in his ears, waking Roger from a sweet dream that was halfway through.

He opened his sleepy eyes and fumbled to find the PED (Portable Electronic Device) placed next to his pillow, and the head of a young girl popped up on the flickering screen, winking at him playfully and saying, "Master, it's 7:20 in the morning, you should get up!" ”

"Hmm." Roger answered in a muffled voice, but remained still.

The girl on the screen grimaced and said with a smile: "Master, you seem to be very tired, do you want to sleep a little longer?" ”

"Hmm." Roger replied vaguely again.

"Okay, then I'll wake you up in ten minutes!"

The girl's avatar winked at him, and then disappeared quietly.

Roger threw the PED back to the pillow, rolled over and changed to a more comfortable position and continued to lie down.

A new day is about to start again, and there is no doubt that it will be another busy and boring day.

Roger is a psychological counselor, and in modern society, there is a lot of pressure to survive, and more and more people are suffering from mental illness, so he is very busy every day and has to receive a lot of patients. In fact, the so-called psychological counseling, the main work is just listening and comforting, which can solve some problems, but it is far from all.

When he first got his psychiatrist qualification, Roger used to be full of passion, thinking that it was a very new and challenging job, but now he feels more and more bored and disgusted with what he is engaged in. Some people say that the counselor is the trash can of the human spirit, and this sentence can only be deeply understood by those who are really in it.

It's not just a garbage can, it's just a vomit bag. But there is no way, who said that he chose this path in the first place?

Several more patients have appointments today, and Roger has to finish breakfast before eight o'clock, and then use about half an hour to review the basic information of the patients before he can officially start work.

But he really didn't want to get up, and he didn't want to face all kinds of perverted patients anymore.

Whatever he does, lie down a little longer, even if it's for a few minutes. Maybe the world will end in the next second, so you won't have to work.

Roger was thinking this to himself, when he heard the music next to his pillow again.

"Ten minutes have passed so quickly?"

Puzzled, Roger picked up the PED again, but this time it wasn't the beautiful girl who flashed on the screen, but his mother's head. Roger swiped his finger lightly across the screen and connected the phone: "Mom." ”

His mother looked at him and said, "Roger, why haven't you gotten up yet?" ”

Roger rubbed his eyes and said, "I worked overtime last night and was busy until late." ”

The mother sighed and said, "Son, you have worked hard, but you should pay attention to take care of your body!" ”

Roger smiled bitterly and asked, "Mom, is there anything wrong with calling me so early?" ”

The mother said: "It's nothing, just to see if you are busy today, can you get off work on time?" ”

Roger thought for a moment and said, "It should be possible." ”

The mother said, "That's good." Aunt Liu in our community introduced you to a girlfriend, you can go meet her in the evening and have a meal together. ”

Roger frowned, and said a little angrily: "Mom, can you leave my business alone?" ”

The mother said, "How can you ignore it? You're almost thirty years old, why don't you find a wife to marry, do you want to be a bachelor for the rest of your life? ”

Roger said nonchalantly: "What's wrong with being a bachelor for a lifetime, now there are more people who don't get married!" ”

When the mother heard this, she was anxious: "You child, talk nonsense! Men should get married, women should get married, this is a natural thing! If you don't get married and don't have children, won't humanity become extinct? ”

Roger smiled, "Mom, where are you going?" If I don't get married, can it have anything to do with the extinction of the human race? ”

The mother said, "You kid, you're really angry with me!" You said that your father and I are just a child like you, and generations of the family are watching you! Those children who are as old as you in our yard, other people's sons can make soy sauce, you say that you are such a big person, why are you still so willful, so worry-free......"

Roger saw that she was so emotional that he was about to shed tears, so he had to sigh and say, "Okay, okay, Mom, don't cry, I'm joking with you!" ”

The mother turned her worries into joy and said, "I've seen the girl's photos, she looks pretty beautiful, you go see it first, what are you afraid of!" ”

The screen flickered, and the mother's avatar was switched to a picture of a young girl. Although the appearance is not superb, it is indeed passable.

Roger stared at the photo carefully for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

His mother told him again and again before he hung up the phone. Roger looked at the time, it was already 7:40, quickly got up from the bed, hurriedly washed up and ate breakfast, and then rushed to the counseling center to go to work.

The day's work went well, but by the time he got the last patient away, it was already past 5 p.m. Roger didn't even have time to change his clothes, so he hurried to the pre-agreed meeting place.

It was a small restaurant, less than a 10-minute drive from his residence, and the environment was quite tidy. When Roger entered, he quickly found the girl he had seen in the photo in the morning, sitting at a table near the corner, looking down at a popular TV series with her PED on her own.

Roger stepped forward and said with a smile, "Miss Liu?" ”

His mother told him that this girl's name is Liu Zihan, and she is actually Aunt Liu's niece, who just graduated from college and now works in a sales company. The real person is a little uglier than in the photos, but it's okay.

Miss Liu raised her head and glanced at him: "Why did you come so late?" I've been waiting for you for a long time! ”

"Sorry, I'm late." Roger said as he sat down across from her.

Miss Liu pouted, her eyes turned back to the PED's screen, and she seemed to ignore his apology.

As soon as they met, they posted a cold ass, and Roger couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, but for the sake of being a girl, he had the right to endure it. He opened the recipe on the table and continued to smile: "Miss Liu, are you hungry?" Let's start ordering! ”

Miss Liu said: "You order, I'll do it." ”

Roger asked, "And what kind of flavor do you like?" ”

Miss Liu said: "I said, I'm casual." ”

Roger had no choice but to order the recipe himself. It can be seen that this girl has a limited affection for herself, so the investment in her is likely to be wasted. Roger ordered a few very ordinary dishes and then closed the menu.

"Do you leave work so late every day?" Miss Liu asked.

"yes," Roger smiled, "often." ”

"I heard that being a psychiatrist earns quite a lot?"

Roger smiled and shook his head, "No, that's a rumor." ”

Miss Liu's face suddenly filled with a smile: "Hey, how much income do you have every month?" Tell me, I'm curious! ”

"Damn, you're really straightforward, come up and ask for income!"

Roger scolded in his heart, but he still smiled on his face and said, "It's really not much, it's just one or two thousand." ”

A strange expression appeared on Miss Liu's face, I don't know if she felt incredulous or disappointed: "No, so little?" ”

Roger smiled faintly and said, "Yes, it's so little!" ”

Miss Liu was still a little unwilling to say: "But I heard that the cost of psychological counseling is very high now! ”

Roger said: "Actually, it's not high, deducting commissions, rent, and personal income tax...... There are also all kinds of miscellaneous expenses, and the real income is very small. ”

Miss Liu nodded: "Oh, that's not easy!" ”

Roger said: "No way, it's difficult to make a living!" So I've always hoped to find a girl who shares my interests, doesn't pursue material comforts, and is willing to work with me! ”

"Really?" Miss Liu picked up the tea cup and said with a smile.

"Yes." Roger nodded, and added, "If I can find a girl who is willing to treat me with sincerity, I will give her everything I have!" ”

"Poof!"

Miss Liu seemed to choke and sprayed a mouthful of tea on the table.

"Excuse me, I'll go to the bathroom." She stood up and said to Roger with a smile.

"Please." Roger also smiled and nodded graciously.

Miss Liu picked up her small and delicate kun bag and walked quickly in the direction of the bathroom.

A minute after her figure vanished, Roger got up and left his seat.

- Is there anything ridiculous about what you just said? Today's girls are always so realistic and self-righteous. Roger was already sure that they wouldn't be each other's dishes, and when she came out of the bathroom, the pointless blind date would be over, what a waste of time.

Roger suddenly felt a little annoyed and wanted to find a place to be quiet.

He looked around the lobby until he saw a small door next to the corridor leading to the bathroom, and when he went up and opened it, it turned out to be a fire escape, with a staircase on the right hand side and a small platform on the left hand side, which looked empty and there was no one in it.

That's it.

Roger carefully closed the door and was about to walk in the direction of the platform, when he suddenly heard a faint voice from there.

The voice was familiar, and it was quite distinctive. Roger's heart moved, and he tiptoed a few steps in the direction of the sound, hiding in the corner of the wall and looking carefully, and could see that Miss Liu was standing on the platform with her PED and talking to someone on the phone. Judging from the content of the call, the other party should be one of her best friends.

My best friend asked, "Hey, where the hell have you gone?" ”

Miss Liu sighed and said, "Alas, don't mention it, I was forced by my mother to come on a blind date!" ”

The girlfriend smiled: "Really? Handsome or not? ”

Miss Liu said: "Don't mention it! The sharp-beaked monkey has gills that look like that...... Alas, let me put it this way, you won't be able to find it in the crowd! ”

The girlfriend asked, "What does he do?" ”

Miss Liu said: "It's a psychiatrist. ”

The girlfriend said: "The psychiatrist is good, he should be very rich, right?" ”

Miss Liu said: "No, it's a poor sling!" ”

My best friend said, "No, I heard that doctors are very rich!" ”

Miss Liu said: "He said that he earns one or two thousand a month!" ”

The girlfriend smiled: "Who is it!" ”

Miss Liu said: "I guess he's talking nonsense, but looking at his outfit, it's only three or five thousand a month at most." ”

My best friend smiled: "Three or five thousand is not bad." ”

Miss Liu snorted very disdainfully and said, "Not bad, last time that Mr. Lei said that he would give me 20,000 yuan a month, but I didn't promise him!" Hey, you don't know how funny this guy is, he actually told me that he hopes to find a girl who doesn't pursue material comforts and is willing to work with him to be his wife! ”

"Hahaha......" the girlfriend laughed out loud.

"Hahaha......" Miss Liu couldn't help but smile and leaned back, rubbed her stomach and said: "Ouch, I really didn't expect to see such a strange thing in these years, I almost didn't spray a sip of tea on his face!" ”

The girlfriend said: "Come on, don't waste time with him, come back quickly, let's find a new place to play tonight!" ”

Miss Liu said, "Well, I'll be back soon, wait for me!" ”

Roger sneered quietly when he heard this, then gently opened the door of the fire escape and returned to his seat to sit down.

After a long while, Miss Liu came back and smiled at him: "I'm sorry to keep you waiting!" ”

Roger smiled and said, "It's okay, soon." ”

Not long after Miss Liu sat down, she suddenly took out her PED and looked at the time and said, "Oops, I almost forgot, I have to go to a cram school in the evening!" Or ......"

Roger said: "It's okay, it just so happens that I have some things to work overtime at night, so let's get here first." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, scanned the e-bill with his PED, and paid for the meal.

Miss Liu smiled, got up and said, "Okay, thank you for inviting me to dinner, goodbye!" ”

Roger said, "Goodbye." ”

Miss Liu carried her little kun bag and left first, and Roger waited until her back disappeared completely, and then slowly walked out of the door of the restaurant.

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