Golden Boy

After recuperating at home for more than a month, Su Pei went to the hospital for reexamination.The results are good and he can slowly return to his normal diet.However, the doctor still told him to quit smoking and drinking, and to work and rest reasonably.

Su Pei felt it himself.This more than one month of rest is probably the longest and best rest he has had in the past few years. He doesn't have to worry about financial matters for the time being, and he gave himself a long vacation openly and aboveboard.

After surgery and rest, he felt much lighter physically, no more insomnia, fatigue and cold sweats disappeared.

On the day Little Cookie started school, Su Pei personally sent her to school.

At the beginning of this semester, Su Pei wants Little Cookie to start day school and stop living on campus.Before, because of his work and his health, he spent too little time with Cookie.

This time because of his operation, Little Cookie is even more reluctant to live in school.So after Su Pei communicated with the teacher, he decided that he would send cookies to school every morning in order to urge him to go to bed early and get up early.

He takes a taxi online every morning, sends Cookie to school, and then takes the subway back by himself, takes a nap at noon, and picks up Cookie in the afternoon.Sometimes he would bring his notebook and sit in the library or coffee shop near the Little Cookie School.

He bumped into other parents more than once in the coffee shop, and he would chat with others about the children and the school, as if he was a completely laid-back stay-at-home dad.

But He Yiming soon began to compete with online car-hailing drivers for business.

He parked the car downstairs at Su Pei's house on time at 07:30 in the morning.

He called Su Pei, "I'm downstairs at your house. Come down."

Su Pei said, "You made a mistake, the car I booked was not yours."

He Yiming said, "Then cancel the previous order. I'll wait for you."

Su Pei could only carry the little cookie's schoolbag, took the little cookie downstairs, and got into He Yiming's car.

In front of Little Cookie, Su Pei didn't say anything to He Yiming.

He misses his old car a little now. Although he has been driving it for a long time, it still carries a lot of memories.Especially now that Little Cookie resumed day reading, it is much more convenient to have a car.

At first he sold the car because of heart disease and financial constraints.Su Pei thought, if his condition remained good in a few months, he would buy another car...

Thinking of this, Su Pei raised his forehead in his heart - if he had known this, he might as well not have sold the car back then.He is a real mess with money management and financial planning.

"Dad, there is something I forgot to tell you." Little Cookie seemed to remember something.

Su Pei's thoughts were interrupted, "What's the matter?"

"Xu Zixuan's birthday is on Saturday, so I don't want to go." Little Cookie said.

When children celebrate their birthdays, parents hold parties, and they often invite students who have played well to join them.Su Pei had already promised Little Cookie that she would be sent to this birthday party.

"Why? Did you quarrel with Xu Zixuan?" Su Pei asked, "Didn't you have a good time with her?"

Little Cookie said, "Because she went too far, she said not only to be good friends with me, but also to be sisters with me!"

Su Pei laughed and said, "Where did you come from?"

He Yiming's ears were pricked up, and he tried his best to hear every word clearly.

Little Cookie said, "Maybe two days ago, you and Xu Zixuan's mother picked us up together and brought us a small cake..."

Su Pei immediately corrected her, "I happened to meet Xu's mother at the coffee shop that day. Nothing happened, you and Xu Zixuan quickly reconciled, did you hear me? Don't make others sad."

When Little Cookie arrived at the school, Su Pei sent him into the school gate, and came back to sit in the co-pilot.

He Yiming immediately asked him, "What happened to Xu Zixuan's mother?"

Su Pei laughed at himself, "I have to explain to you?"

He Yiming smiled and said, "You just take it as satisfying my curiosity."

Although his tone was joking, there was no relaxation in the corners of his eyes, instead there was a trace of tension.

Su Pei said, "It's nothing. It's a good friend of Little Cookie, who is also a single-parent family. The child lives with his mother. When I picked up Little Cookie that day, I chatted with her. The child may have thought too much when he saw it. You You know, for a child of this age, the wind is the rain."

He Yiming thought to himself, he really has to hurry up.In just a few days, there was another single mother on his threat list.

"Don't take a taxi in the future, I'll take Cookie to school." He Yiming said firmly.

Su Pei shook her head, "I don't have time to argue with you this morning, but you really don't want to come tomorrow. How can I explain to Cookie? I don't want to have any bad influence on her."

He Yiming was driving the car, looking straight ahead, his voice was very calm, "Is being with me a bad influence on her?"

Who said before that they are not homophobic and will not discriminate against homosexuals.

Su Pei smiled wryly, "You know that's not what I mean. I mean, I don't want her to think that friends can give her unlimited sacrifices, and that it's only natural for others to help. This will not be good for her concept of choosing friends and social skills in the future."

The corner of He Yiming's mouth twitched, "Then there is a way to solve this problem. You know what it is."

That is to go one step further, he is not some "other" or "friend", he wants to be Su Pei's partner.

Su Pei pretended not to understand.He said, "Put me down. If you continue to drive, you will take me to the company."

He Yiming said, "If you don't mind, you can go to work with me."

Now he can't wait to keep Su Pei by his side all the time.

Su Pei refused.

Since he was discharged from the hospital, He Yiming has shown that ability to lead others away again.And it's not as secretive as before. Now He Yiming has no scruples and wants Su Pei to accept him, so he is getting stronger.

If he is not paying attention, he will be surrounded by He Yiming, and he will not be given a chance to calm down and think.

He Yiming still listened to Su Pei, and instead of forcing Su Pei to go to the company, he sent him home.When Su Pei was about to get out of the car, He Yiming grabbed him and said, "Your birthday is coming soon, let's do it this year."

Su Pei said, "It's not my birthday, I don't want to do it."

He Yiming persuaded him, "But a lot has happened this year. You published a new book, your movie was successful, and now you have had an operation. It is worth celebrating."

Su Pei actually thought about this before, and he said, "Then invite some friends to dinner and get together."

He Yiming nodded and said, "Okay."

He has prepared a birthday present for Su Pei, which will definitely make Su Pei unforgettable.

On Su Pei's birthday, he reserved a small hall in his favorite restaurant and invited two tables of friends.There is Wen Xinlan with a small cookie in the family, and two cousins ​​who get along well.Among the friends, Yao Zhicheng and his wife, Li Yan and his wife, and Lin Muyun all came, and Su Pei also invited Dr. Xu Zhiwei and Dr. Xu.

Everyone was very happy during the dinner, and because we have known each other for a long time, the chat was not formal.From time to time, the topic of discussion during the meeting was about Su Pei's novels and movies.

Speaking of "Xiang Bei" finally beat Zhang Meng's "Seven Stars Falling" to a horrible level, everyone laughed.Yao Zhicheng smiled especially happily, and said, "Zhang Meng is really angry this time. I have a student who is doing an internship in his company. Because there is a copy of your novel on the table, the internship period ended early."

He Yiming said calmly, "He should be aware of his weight. It's already a big luck to be able to be here today. Where did he get so angry? Is the puffer fish reincarnated?"

Everyone laughed, and Su Pei laughed too.

He Yiming and Su Pei looked at each other across the people.

He originally wanted to sit next to Su Pei, but Wen Xinlan and Little Cookie are both here today, and since Wen Xinlan is sitting, Little Cookie must sit next to Su Pei.Sitting on the other side of Su Pei is Dr. Xu.

Because Dr. Xu was different from others, he was not an old man in their circle, and he just met others, so Su Pei specially invited him to sit beside her so that he could chat and take care of him.

He Yiming could only stay next to Yao Zhicheng.

When the banquet was about to end, Little Cookie was already full and was sitting on the sofa watching TV. Wen Xinlan was leaning on the sofa with her arms around her.

Everyone chatted casually in twos and threes, sorted things out, or made appointments for the next round.

Su Pei gave the prepared gifts to the guests.

Su Pei chatted with Dr. Xu again.

He didn't know if Dr. Xu saw anything.But at the banquet today, He Yiming didn't say too much, and he didn't show anything explicit—He Yiming still knew how to hold his own.

"I'm also very conflicted now, and I don't know how to proceed." Su Pei said in a low voice.

Dr. Xu asked, "Have you talked to him about this?"

Su Pei paused and said, "After my operation, I have been avoiding it."

Dr. Xu said, "The longer it takes...it's not good for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, He Yiming had already walked over. He stood beside Su Pei and said to Xu Zhiwei with a smile, "I often heard Su Pei mention that Dr. Xu was very inspiring to him. The effect, did not lie to me."

Su Pei raised his eyes and glanced at him.

They seem to communicate silently.

Don't bully Dr. Xu

Where did I bully him?

Dr. Xu noticed another small detail——He Yiming's hand seemed to be casually resting on the back of the chair, but it happened to touch Su Pei's shoulder. A few fingers stopped on Su Pei's shoulder, and then swipe at random. Pass.

It was just a small movement of a few seconds, silently.The guests in the hall chatted and laughed, but no one noticed.

But Xu Zhiwei saw it, and he took another look at He Yiming—Su Pei's old classmate, with a successful career and a strong personality, there is nothing wrong with this person.As for the outside evaluation of how straight He Yiming is, he is not as convincing as this small gesture - no straight man would caress the body of his old friend with such ambiguous movements that suppress his lust.

What Xu Zhiwei was more concerned about was that Su Pei didn't seem to be aware of it, and he didn't get nervous or resist.

Xu Zhi smiled and sighed, every day in the world there are people who are disheartened, but there are also people who are fulfilled.

He stood up, "I'm leaving first. Let's talk slowly."

Su Pei was a little surprised, he wanted to get up, Xu Zhiwei held him down, and said, "Don't send me off... As for what you said just now, let me think about it, in fact, many things, just let nature take its course, don't think too much, think too much If there are too many, it will be very tiring.”

As soon as he left, He Yiming sat across from Su Pei and asked with a smile, "What did he say?"

Su Pei said, "You are so smart, why don't you use your clever little brain?"

He Yiming just smiled.

Su Pei likes to see him smile... He has always liked the way He Yiming laughed, extremely confident and charming.

But he has always known that there are many pains behind this self-confidence.Since college, he always knew that He Yiming was suffering for his family and his father's death.

But he never thought that He Yiming was hiding another kind of pain.

"Yiming..." Su Pei said.

He Yiming looked at him, "I have a gift for you."

Su Pei said, "I have already received it."

When He Yiming came, he brought a gift box for him.

He Yiming shook his head, "That's an original antique book. I have another gift. Let's go for a drive in the evening. I didn't drink."

After all the guests had left, Su Pei called a car for Wen Xinlan and told her to go back first with the cookies.

"I'll play with my friends for a while, maybe we'll play cards," Su Pei said.

Wen Xinlan looked at He Yiming who was waiting for Su Pei, she hesitated to speak, Su Pei was obviously lying.But today is Su Pei's birthday, she doesn't want to spoil the fun.

"You come back early, your body is just right, come back early to rest." She said.She plans to talk about business in two days.

Su Pei followed He Yiming to the hotel parking lot.

He Yiming led him to a parking space, a few steps away, Su Pei had already seen - a Cadillac was quietly parked there, exactly the same as his original car.

Su Pei lightly touched the rearview mirror, yes, this is the second-hand car he sold.