SD Chapter 9: Because of You

Previous | Table of Contents | Next

The quality of the food in the company cafeteria has always fluctuated greatly. When it is delicious, it is really delicious, but when it is bad, it can be so unpalatable that it breaks the limit that carbon-based organisms can withstand.

The lemon grilled fish rice bowl served in the cafeteria at noon today was enough to set a row of teeth straight away, so Tao Mingzhuo and his group chose to buy lunch at the convenience store downstairs of the company.

"Come with me to the comic show next week." While waiting for the elevator, Yang Kening said, "I beg you, it's very lonely and embarrassing to cosplay alone, you two come and accompany me!"

When Yang Kening originally submitted her resume, she actually wanted to join another game project of the company, but that team's art staff was relatively saturated at that time. Instead, her painting style was favored by the current project's lead artist, and she can be regarded as someone. A strange combination of circumstances in this sense.

Despite this, she still produces online games for her favorite games, and occasionally cosplays her favorite characters.

Xu Yi looked embarrassed: "Xiao Ning, it's not that we don't want to accompany you, it's that we have never done this kind of thing..."

Yang Kening said: "You don't have to go out, just stand by and accompany you. Me!"

Tao Mingzhuo said leisurely: "Wouldn't you feel more embarrassed if we two men in normal clothes stand next to you?"

Yang Kening said matter-of-factly: "No, and you two can do it? Help me get my bag."

Tao Mingzhuo: "This is your real purpose, isn't it?"

Yang Kening saw that the two of them didn't let go, and knew that they couldn't stand her coquettish behavior, so she started He shook Tao Mingzhuo's arm and raised his voice to deliberately disgust him: "Please..."

Tao Mingzhuo's scalp was numb and he was about to say something when the elevator door suddenly opened and he subconsciously raised his eyes.

Jing Ci and his secretary were standing in the elevator.

Their eyes collided subtly in the air for a second, and Tao Mingzhuo's Adam's apple moved up and down.

Jing Ci didn't speak, just stared at Tao Mingzhuo's face calmly, and then his eyes moved slightly downward, falling on Yang Kening's hand holding Tao Mingzhuo behind him.

Tao Mingzhuo subconsciously shrank his arm.

Yang Kening also saw Jing Ci in the elevator, she naturally let go of her hand and said hello: "Mr. Jing, good afternoon!"

Jing Ci smiled lightly at her and said, "Good afternoon. "

Different from her usual simple and easy-going outfit, Jing Ci is wearing a more formal light-colored suit today, and the secretary behind her is also wearing a small dress, as if she is preparing to attend some occasion.

Jing Ci was smiling, but Tao Mingzhuo felt that his complexion was not very good and he looked a little tired.

Tao Mingzhuo was in a trance, and then he saw Jing Ci walking in front of him step by step, and his throat suddenly became tight again.

He thought Jing Ci was going to say something, but Jing Ci just raised his face slightly and said to him, "I borrowed it."

Only then did Tao Mingzhuo realize that he was standing upright and blocking the elevator door, so he hurriedly He shifted his feet and said, "Sorry."

Jing Ci shook his head and just said, "It's okay."

His tone was gentle and polite, and he continued to walk forward, just passing by Tao Mingzhuo.

Tao Mingzhuo walked into the elevator, turned around, and watched the elevator door slowly close, and Jing Ci's figure disappeared from his sight little by little.

"Mr. Jing looks like he stayed up three nights in a row." Yang Kening sighed, "But when he wears a suit, his waist looks really thin. It's like a famous painting..."

Tao Mingzhuo was a little absent-minded.

In fact, since he rejected Jing Ci's daily lunch invitation with lies, Tao Mingzhuo has been inexplicably uncomfortable these days.

Tao Mingzhuo still remembers Jing Ci's expression that day very clearly. He looked extremely disappointed, to the point where even the light in his eyes dimmed.

Although he was extremely disappointed, Jing Ci finally asked in a well-educated manner: "What if... I only treat you to lunch one day a week? Even just for one day?"

In fact, Tao Mingzhuo really couldn't hold it in at that time. , but he felt that since he had come to this point, he should refuse it to the end.

Finally, Tao Mingzhuo said to Jing Ci: "I'm sorry."

Tao Mingzhuo did not accept Jing Ci's money for the small oil painting of Hamburg.

There was a big gap in their positions, and they didn't have much time to spend together. So from that day on, they naturally had no intersection in their lives.

Tao Mingzhuo expected that there would be some embarrassment when they met again, but he didn't expect that after not seeing each other for less than a week, Jing Ci would look so... haggard.

Perhaps because of something on his mind, Tao Mingzhuo's work efficiency was very low throughout the day.

After get off work, his colleagues left one after another. Tao Mingzhuo worked on his drawings for a while longer. He looked up at his watch and found that it was already eight o'clock in the evening.

After hesitating for a moment, Tao Mingzhuo stood up and decided to go downstairs to buy drinks and lunch from the convenience store and stay in the company for a while tonight.

After carrying his things out of the convenience store, Tao Mingzhuo saw a car parked in front of the company.

When the car door opened, he saw Jing Ci walking out from one side of the car, while Jing Ci's secretary got out of the car from the other side, jogged a few steps, and came to help him.

Tao Mingzhuo remembered that at noon, although Jing Ci looked tired, at least he was awake.

However, at this moment, he seemed to be staggering even when walking. The secretary beside him tried to help him walk, but he shook his head, as if to indicate that he was okay.

Then he pointed to the car behind him and said something, as if to tell the secretary to go back quickly.

The secretary's expression was obviously hesitant, but Jing Ci's attitude was firm, so the secretary hesitated for a moment, and finally turned around and got in the car.

Tao Mingzhuo stood at the door of the convenience store with his lunch box. He watched Jing Ci stand there for a while, then slowly turned around and walked toward the company's door with a somewhat sluggish pace.

After returning to his work station, it was obvious that no one was staring at him anymore, but Tao Mingzhuo was halfway through eating his lunch box and he couldn't swallow it anymore.

He put down his plastic fork, stood up, and prepared to go upstairs.

Recalling Jing Ci's appearance just now, Tao Mingzhuo felt that he needed to talk to him. At least Tao Mingzhuo needs to make sure that his current state is not caused by what he said over the weekend.

When the elevator arrived at the floor where Jing Ci's office was located, Tao Mingzhuo was stunned as soon as the door opened.

Jing Ci was standing in the corridor. He was slightly bent, holding the wall with one hand, and his face looked very bad.

The lights in the corridor were a little dim, but Tao Mingzhuo could still see that Jing Ci's lips were a little white, her whole body was covered in cold sweat, and she was obviously unsteady on her feet.

There were still a few steps away from the office, but he seemed to be completely unable to walk.

Tao Mingzhuo felt something was wrong, so he walked quickly to his side and supported him.

As soon as he got close, he smelled a relatively strong smell of alcohol on Jing Ci's body. In addition, Jing Ci's hands were cold and she was covered in cold sweat. These should be symptoms of hypoglycemia after being drunk.

Tao Mingzhuo asked him quickly: "Have you eaten tonight?"

Jing Ci no longer had the energy to speak, so he just lowered his head and shook his head slightly.

Tao Mingzhuo felt that he was not in good condition, so he hurriedly helped him into the office and placed him on the sofa chair in the corner. Just as he was about to run downstairs to get some food to relieve himself, he heard Jing Ci gasp and say: "On the table ...There is sugar in the express box."

Tao Mingzhuo was stunned and walked quickly to Jing Ci's desk. Sure enough, he found a lot of sugar in a express box, all of which were grape or green-flavored.

Tao Mingzhuo's hand paused.

However, there was no time for him to think too much now. Tao Mingzhuo finally picked up a box of grape-flavored fruit candies and hurriedly opened the package.

After feeding Jing Ci the sugar, Tao Mingzhuo hurried downstairs and brought up the juice he had just bought, and fed him half a bottle more.

Five minutes later, Jing Ci finally recovered and opened his eyes with some difficulty.

After seeing Tao Mingzhuo's face clearly, he said: "...I'm sorry."

"Did you drink on an empty stomach?" Tao Mingzhuo frowned, "Didn't you eat anything at night?"

He seemed to have recalled something. Good thing, Jing Ci frowned, he raised his hand, covered his stomach, and finally gave a somewhat vague answer: "...It seems that I forgot."

Tao Mingzhuo said in surprise: "Why did I forget ? ? "

With a status like Jing Ci's, she must have much more experience attending cocktail parties or dinner parties than herself. How could she be so careless as to drink heavily on an empty stomach?

It seemed that alcohol briefly broke Jing Ci out of his usual polite and gentle attitude toward others, so he didn't speak for a long time.

He just stared at Tao Mingzhuo's face for a while, blinked for a while, looked away, and murmured to himself: "It's all because of you..."

Jing Ci's voice became louder and louder at the end. Tao Mingzhuo didn't hear clearly at all: "What?"

Jing Ci seemed to have just realized what he had just said.

He was stunned for a moment, his body slowly shrank in the sofa chair, and finally looked into Tao Mingzhuo's eyes, just shook his head and stopped talking.

Tao Mingzhuo was a little anxious: "Speak clearly!"

Tao Mingzhuo's voice increased a little, and Jing Ci's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Perhaps because he was drunk, Jing Ci's eyes were a little red. He looked straight at Tao Mingzhuo with a moist light in his eyes.

Inexplicably, Tao Mingzhuo felt that Jing Ci looked a little angry.

Jing Ci held on to the armrests of the sofa chair and sat up again with difficulty, gradually approaching Tao Mingzhuo who was squatting beside the sofa chair.

He turned his face slightly, and the distance was very close, so close that Tao Mingzhuo could feel Jing Ci's warm breath and the smell of alcohol coming from his body.

Tao Mingzhuo heard Jing Ci ask himself softly: "Didn't you ask me...why I forgot to eat?"

"What I just wanted to say is," he said to Tao Mingzhuo slowly and clearly at the same time. said into his ear, "Because you are not with me, I can't eat at all."

Tao Mingzhuo's eyes widened suddenly, and then he heard Jing Ci laughing vaguely and gently in his ear. For a moment.

"Do you hear clearly now?" he asked.

Previous | Table of Contents | Next