bedtime counseling

Chapter 14 Am I Still Qualified?

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Wu Ke and the others didn't eat for too long, and quickly checked out and left.

But Liang Ze's heart did not calm down.On the contrary, he was in a state of panic and was not sure about anything he could do.

In fact, he regretted it as soon as he came out of the box, and felt that he shouldn't do that, and it didn't make sense to do that.Emotionally, it was difficult for him to accept that Wu Ke was on the side of others, but intellectually, he knew that Wu Ke had every reason to be angry just now.

After pulling out his mobile phone for the tenth time and checking the news but found it was nothing, Liang Ze couldn't hold back any longer and ran to ask for leave at 01:30 in the morning.

"Do you want to be a thief in the middle of the night?" Hou Liang sat behind the cash register and squinted at him.

"No. It's just a personal matter. Can I ask for two hours less salary, boss, anyway, there are only a few customers in the store now."

"Yo, I don't want any money, it's not about dating."

"No." Liang Ze lowered his head.

Hou Liang snorted and laughed: "Go."

"Thank you, boss!" He turned around and ran, and turned back after running for a few meters, "Is there anything in the shop that shines shoes, boss?"

"Heh!" Hou Liang turned around and handed him a bottle of leather cleaner, "Your business scope is wide enough, and you also have shoeshine when you fall in love?"

"It's really not..."

Liang Ze turned around and walked away amidst the boss's expression of wanting to smile.Riding a bicycle to Wu Ke's house, he hesitated at the door.Could it be that Wu Ke has already fallen asleep, or has gone to another place with the previous group of colleagues, or sent that female colleague home?

After standing for a few minutes, I finally decided to give it a try.

knock --

The sound was not loud, but the sensor light came on.

Liang Ze has come to this place twice, and each time they broke up unhappy.He secretly made up his mind in his heart, this time it can't be like that again, and he won't argue with Wu Ke no matter what.

After waiting for a while without answering, he knocked again, waited, knocked again.As soon as the hand was raised for the fourth time, there was a slight friction sound of slippers against the floor behind the door.

"Who is it?" His voice was a little hoarse.

Probably because the sensor light went out again, so I couldn't see who was outside through the cat's eyes.

Liang Ze said softly, "It's me."

Liang Ze felt a strange comfort in his heart when he said these two words, because at least he didn't have to declare his family name, and Wu Ke would definitely be able to hear his voice, and he still had such a little confidence.

After tens of seconds of silence, the door opened.

Wu Ke was wearing all black glossy pajamas with a slightly open neckline. His hairstyle was not as rigid as before but not sloppy. The warm light from the living room shone from behind, portraying him like a silhouette.

He looked at Liang Ze, his gaze was unobstructed.

Just being scrutinized like this, Liang Ze's heart was pounding and he lowered his head: "Are you asleep? I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

Wu Ke frowned.

"Is something wrong?"

Liang Ze turned his eyes to the left and right, saw a coin-sized stain on the wall on the right, and saw a little dust on the stairs on the left.Looking around, I just didn't dare to look at Wu Ke's face.

"No, it's just..." He paused, "Why didn't you reply to my message?"

What a bad opening, the opening is questioning, as if Wu Ke must pay attention to his news 24 hours a day.

Sure enough, Wu Ke fell silent, turned his back and walked inside, "Why do you want to go back?"

Liang Ze opened his mouth and looked at his back.

Wu Ke walked to the sofa and stopped: "You can post it if you want, and I have to get back after you post it? Liang Ze, don't take yourself too seriously."

His tone was very cold, and he didn't look at Liang Ze when he said it.Although Liang Ze felt that his words were reasonable, all the anger and energy that he had pumped up for him at the door was vented all at once, and he could only stand outside the door in a dilemma.

After a while, Wu Ke turned his eyes sideways: "If you don't come in, close the door."

Liang Ze lowered his head slightly, saw the bottle of shoe cleaner in his hand, and finally walked in.

The hallway was not turned on, and the light source in the living room was a floor lamp with a milky white lampshade, and an oval halo of light quietly reflected on the gray carpet.

Wu Ke moved his eyes from his face to his hands, looked at him lightly, and didn't speak.

Liang Ze stopped at the entrance, his fingertips remained cold on the surface of the metal doorknob: "Just now I knocked on the door for a long time, but you didn't open it. I thought you were not at home."

"Then where do you think I am?"

"I thought you sent that female colleague home." Liang Ze felt that he was in a vacuum environment, his breathing became lighter, and his blood flowed more slowly, "She is quite beautiful."

This is a compliment from the heart.He really thought she was pretty, and based on his understanding of Wu Ke, that was Wu Ke's favorite type, not clingy.

Unexpectedly, Wu Ke turned his face away and said impatiently: "Really, I don't think so."

"You're too demanding." Liang Ze smiled ugly, "You won't be able to find a girlfriend if you go on like this."

"Is it because I am demanding." Wu Ke's tone became colder, even slightly mocking, "If you hadn't been making trouble all these years, my popularity as a woman would not be so bad."

He even dared to mention his girlfriend. Could it be that he forgot how many love letters he had thrown away before?

The chief culprit, Liang Ze, stood there guilty, unable to say anything to excuse himself, so he went to the shoe cabinet to find the pair of black leather shoes that had been polished.

"what are you doing."

With a stiff back, he lowered his head and carefully sprayed the cleaner on the shoe.

"What do I ask you for?" Wu Ke stood up, "When there are people, I pretend not to know me, and when there are no one, I come over to show my hospitality. What do you think of my house as a place where you can come and go whenever you want?"

Liang Ze has almost gotten used to such sarcastic remarks since the reunion, but his heart still feels numb.He lowered his head even further and continued with what he was doing.

"Don't do it, I will clean the shoes myself."

Liang Ze ignored it.

Wu Ke frowned and walked over, pulled him up from behind, and the leather shoes in his hand hit the floor with a bang.Liang Ze hissed, his wrist contracted slightly.

Only then did Wu Ke remember the injury he saw before, and lowered his gaze, "Did you take medicine on your hand?"

"It will be fine if you wash it with cold water, no need to apply medicine."

His gaze became even colder, staring at Liang Ze without saying a word.Liang Ze couldn't move under this gaze. He felt that he had been seen from the inside to the outside, that he was completely naked, so he quickly used another set of arguments to overturn what he said just now: "I came here to find you in a hurry, didn't you?" It's time to go back to the dormitory to get the medicine."

It was a very clumsy trick, which made Liang Ze feel ashamed.

But after Wu Ke heard it, he turned around and walked to the sofa, with his elbows resting on his separated knees, his expression became a little gloomy.Liang Ze looked at him from a distance, felt that his outline was stiff, and was not sure if he was about to get angry.

After a while, Wu Ke's voice sank: "Come here."

He doesn't yell or swear at people, but he is also very deterrent when he is serious.Liang Ze immediately pursed his lips, put down his things and walked over, and sat on the single sofa in an orderly manner.

Wu Ke took a deep breath, as if he was restraining some emotions that were about to get out of control, then he got up, walked to Liang Ze, and squatted down.

As soon as his wrist was touched, Liang Ze suddenly backed away: "Don't! I just touched my shoes, and I haven't had time to wash my hands."

Wu Ke said, "Let me take a look first."

Liang Ze had no choice but to stop hiding.

The gauze was not tightly wrapped, and it was easily removed from the hand, exposing the injured finger to the dim light.The front half of the index finger was swollen like a radish, the skin was red and purple due to swelling, but the fingertips were white due to lack of blood.Liang Ze didn't want Wu Ke to feel that he was causing trouble everywhere, so his mind quickly became tense.

Wu Ke raised his head: "How did this happen?"

The palms of his hands were sweating, Liang Ze clenched them, it was wet and hot, he looked away embarrassingly: "Guess."

Wu Ke got up and walked towards the bedroom with an ugly expression, "Go wash your hands first."

On the way to the bathroom, Liang Ze suddenly found a black suitcase standing in the corner, and there was a charging mobile power bank on the box, he couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

Before, because the relationship was too stiff, he didn't feel anything, but at this moment, when he thought of Wu Ke's leaving, his heart was easily overwhelmed by reluctance.

It was so hard to meet again, and to say goodbye so soon, God knows, he didn't even have time to ask Wu Ke how he was doing these years.

Liang Ze felt that it was obvious that he was so reluctant to part with Wu Ke.As long as anyone takes a look at him, he can read the reluctance from his expression.What about Wu Ke?

Liang Ze wasn't quite sure what Wu Ke was thinking.Because Wu Ke's thoughts are always deep, he has been more mature than his classmates since before, and he chooses to hide many words in his heart instead of expressing them.He said this would save a lot of trouble, but he didn't know that it would bring Liang Ze a lot of trouble.

After washing his hands and returning to the living room, Wu Ke was already sitting in front of the sofa.Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head, his chin tilted towards the medicine box beside him, and Liang Ze stood in front of him very obediently and consciously.

I don't know how many "tragic" experiences have formed such a tacit understanding that does not need to be spoken.Liang Ze thought it was a bit funny. He thought he was just laughing in his heart, but Wu Ke cast him a glance, "You can still laugh?"

I've never seen such a heartless person.

Liang Ze immediately restrained himself: "I just suddenly thought of a very funny thing."

Wu Ke turned his head to take the medicine, without raising his eyelids, he asked in a cold voice, "What's the matter." Then motioned him to sit down.

The coffee table is a solid wood long table that can sit on people.Liang Ze was worried, so he tried with his left hand, sat on it after confirming that it was strong, and then stretched out his right hand with the corner of his mouth bent: "Does Qi Siyu like that female colleague of yours?"

Wu Ke's expression turned pale, "How do you know?"

Disinfection, application of medicine, bandaging, all actions are meticulous, more professional than outpatient doctors.

"I can see that. While waiting outside tonight, Qi Siyu kept talking to her, and whenever he called you, he said that you were off work. He obviously didn't want you to come over."

Wu Ke replied sarcastically: "You really understand what he is thinking."

Liang Ze blurted out: "Of course I understand."

Who would understand better than Liang Ze the kind of cautious mood when falling in love with someone, the kind of stinginess that doesn't want others to take him away even for a second?

Wu Ke froze and didn't respond.He lowered his head slightly like that, the hair on the back of his head was slumped, obviously he had fallen asleep before and was woken up by Liang Ze's knock on the door.

It was the same way before.

Once Wu Ke slept until midnight, the window of the room was banged by something.He got up and looked, and found that Liang Ze was standing downstairs, using a long bamboo pole with cardboard glued on the top to slap the glass.

Thank goodness he figured it out.

Wu Ke felt a dull pain in his forehead, and went down to open the door.

"You didn't wake up your grandma, did you?" Liang Ze smiled flatteringly.

"Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night?"

"My arm is injured, I'm here to ask you to bandage it." He stretched out his right elbow, showing Wu Ke as if showing off some military medal, "Here, it's bleeding."

Seeing the long wound, Wu Ke turned sideways to let him in, and his face became unhappy: "Fighting again?"

Liang Ze's right hand was still dangling there, but his left hand was in his trouser pocket, with a nonchalant expression: "A few hooligans came to the Internet cafe and asked me to clean them up."

Wu Ke turned around and went upstairs without saying a word.

Liang Ze followed behind, he was a little foolish at first, but after realizing that Wu Ke was really angry, he became much more honest.After he got up, he sat on Wu Ke's bed, swayed his legs, bit his mouth left and right, and looked at the back of the drawer looking for things.

After finding the medicine and gauze, Wu Ke walked over, squatted down to debride and bandage his wounds, and sat on the floor when his back legs became numb.

"Don't sit on the floor, Liang!"

Wu Ke raised his eyes, his face full of indifference: "Why don't you do it yourself?"

Liang Ze's eyes turned into crescents with a smile: "My left hand is not flexible, you come and go."

Wu Ke lowered his head and continued.

Liang Ze played silently against his head, with a brilliant expression, and asked after a while: "Have you finished your math homework? Let me copy it tomorrow morning."

Wu Ke didn't speak for a long while.

Liang Ze felt bored and turned his head to look out the window.But as soon as his eyes moved to the treetops, he suddenly heard Wu Ke call him: "Liang Ze."

His mind fluttered slightly, he froze for a moment, "Huh?"

"If you do this again in the future, I won't care about you anymore."

The heart palpitations at that moment, Liang Ze still remembers to this day.

How much time has passed now, and I don't know if it's too late for many things, and I don't know if I still have the qualifications to stay by his side.

After a long silence, Wu Ke deliberately ignored Liang Ze's words, and did not ask why he "of course understands".There was the sound of gently inhaling and exhaling in my ear, Wu Ke didn't raise his head, just wrapped the gauze around.

"Ake..." Liang Ze was unwilling to remain silent.

"What are you doing?" Wu Ke's tone was cold.

Liang Ze became timid, and clasped the palm of his left hand: "It hurts a bit, please relax."

Wu Ke froze: "Why didn't you say it earlier."

Quickly loosen the gauze and start over.

Liang Ze hated himself for being so worthless.He couldn't even afford it, so he couldn't let it go.If Wu Ke hadn't given him any hope from the beginning to the end, then he might not have struggled repeatedly like this.But Wu Ke is so good, so good that he can't forget it, and he always has the urge to be desperate and fly to the flame.

A small bug also flew out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, circling around the little light in the corner.It thinks that it is very close to the bright light source, but in fact the barrier in between is unbreakable. If you can't see it, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.But that little bug just refused to leave, and would not stop until exhausted.

Liang Ze closed his eyes, feeling that he had nothing to lose, Wu Ke didn't belong to him in the first place, and how many days he spent together in this life would be earned.

After thinking wildly for a while, he grabbed his knees and asked softly, "Ake, are you still willing to take care of me?"

Wu Ke's body suddenly froze.

As soon as Liang Ze took a breath, he didn't care about any face, he rushed over and hugged him: "Are you still willing to take care of me?"