Ni Jiu (Intoxicated) - Chap 31

That night, Lian Jue didn’t sleep very well, and the dream seemed to return to that summer.
Lian Jue had just finished an inexplicable interview. After walking out of the cold and beautiful building, he got on the return bus with a few boys who participated in the interview together.
Children in the welfare home rarely have the opportunity to come to such a grand place, not to mention the exaggerated pomp that was only seen on TV during the interview just now.
Lian Jue felt a little motion sick. She had found a seat in the first row by the window, but she felt too noisy, so she got up and walked to the corner of the carriage.
The bus took the country road, which was very slow. It was already the next afternoon when he returned to the Wenyang City Child Welfare Center.
Wenyang was originally a rainy city, but now it’s summer, and there are hardly any sunny days.
He got off the bus and stepped into the mud puddle with one foot. He frowned at the pair of white-washed sneakers on his feet.
At that time, he was not even called Lian Jue, or even worthy of being called “Lian” Jue.
According to the dean, he was not two years old when he was thrown at the gate of the orphanage, and he couldn’t speak clearly, let alone his name, let alone his surname. The people in the hospital called him “Xiaojue”.
He is fifteen years old this year, and he is already very old in the orphanage, and he is also tall. Most of the clothes sent by the donors are for some younger children, so the clothes that fit his hand are not a big deal. More, and there is no room for nitpicking.
The shoes were sent by volunteers last spring, and the toe was a little squished, but it was the closest size he could wear.
When he returned to the dormitory and put down his clothes, someone came to call him, saying that the dean was looking for him.
“Little Jue.” The dean put the meal brought from the cafeteria on his desk and beckoned him to sit down, “Just come back, eat some food first.”
Lian Jue had been in the car for a day and a night, and actually didn’t have much appetite, but he thanked him anyway, and sat down to pick up his chopsticks.
The dean first asked “how is it over there”, and then asked him “who have I seen?” Lian Jue shook his head, unable to explain clearly.
The dean asked again, “Then how do they feel about you?”
Lian Jue recalled the expressions of the adults in the opposite row during the interview, and deduced, “It should be satisfied.”
The dean nodded thoughtfully and said he understood.
Later, the dean dragged him and rambled a lot, probably because when he first came, he couldn’t speak well, and he was so tall in a blink of an eye, and why he was so smart and healthy, why he was repeatedly retired for so many years.
Lian Jue said nothing, finished the meal, said goodbye to the dean, and left with the empty plate.
Rather than listening to the dean say this, he now wants to go back to sleep better.
He was so tired, and he ate a cold meal in a very uncomfortable situation, and now he felt sick.
Lian Jue was granted permission not to participate in the daily activities of the welfare home in the afternoon. He lay in bed and felt dizzy.
He recalled how the dean asked him about the interview just now, and the people who seemed to be very satisfied with him, and then his stomach tightened unbearably, and he lay on the edge of the bed and began to vomit.

Lian Jue made a lot of preparations for this interview at the request of the dean. Before leaving, the dean repeatedly emphasized: “This is an opportunity that only the best children can get. You must seize it.”
The dean’s words are not exaggerating. Lian Jue knew a month ago that he had won a good ranking in the nationwide examination after the new year. The adoptee takes to the hospital for a comprehensive medical examination. After receiving a notice to go to Yi City for an interview, he thought in a trance, why? No one explained it to him.
It wasn’t until a week after the interview that an expensive car drove into the orphanage, and he realized that it was just a more special way of adoption than others.
Lian Jue was asked not to bring anything, and got into the car alone, and said goodbye to the dean and the nurse calmly through the car window.
The person who came to pick him up asked curiously, “Don’t you want to talk to them for a while?”
Lian Jue said, “No need.”
The man gave him a somewhat unexpected look and urged the driver to leave as soon as possible.
The time it took to go to Yishi again was much shorter than that of the bus he took before, perhaps because the car was fast, or because he took the high-speed this time.
The car drove into the Chen family compound, and Lian Jue followed him to the person who got off the car, walked through the corridor that made him feel unusually long, went up to the second floor, and entered a large study.
That was the first time Lian Jue saw Chen Chulian.
At that time, Chen Chulian was still young, at least with a straight back, sitting behind a large desk, looking down at the documents in his hand.
It may be because he has been adopted and abandoned a lot, and Lian Jue didn’t have any special thoughts when he saw his new adopter. Chen Chulian was obviously the same, just raised his eyes and glanced at Lian Jue roughly, and said, “Here it is.”

Lian Jue didn’t know what to say, so he simply didn’t say anything. The person next to him spoke for him and said to Chen Chulian: “My name is Xiaojue, I’m fifteen years old, and it’s time to start the second year of high school.”
Chen Chu even said “um”.
“The school has already found it, and I will take him to the account tomorrow.” The man paused and asked, “Sir, what’s your name? Chen Jue?”
“It’s fifteen?” Chen Chulian asked.
“right.”
Chen Chu didn’t even raise his head, still focused on his work, and said coldly, “It’s not a child anymore, it doesn’t matter what your surname is.”
The man understood what he meant and said, “Then…”
The phone on the table rang, and Chen Chulian raised his hand to stop him and answered the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Chulian suddenly stood up, as if he had something urgent to go out, he hurriedly left a message of “It’s fine, you can do it as you please” before leaving.

Before going out, Lian Jue passed by, and Lian Jue turned slightly, trying to make way for the door.
Chen Chulian stopped for a while, and for the second time he set his eyes on Lian Jue. He frowned and asked, “Afraid of me?”
“Don’t be afraid.” Lian Jue stared at him.
Perhaps it was his attitude of being neither humble nor arrogant to please Chen Chulian. Chen Chulian smiled, patted his shoulder, turned his head and said to the man just now, “What did you just say his name was?”
“Little trick.”
“Well…” Chen Chu thought for a while and asked Lianjue, “What’s your father’s last name?”
Lian Jue said I don’t have a father.
Chen Chu even “um” for a while, and asked the man behind him as if seeking advice: “Your name is Chu Jue?”
The man opened his mouth and hesitated. After Chen Chulian asked him “if you have something to say”, he hesitated and said, “Execution, it doesn’t seem very auspicious…”
Chen Chulian didn’t bother much about this matter, and quickly made a decision: “That’s Lianjue.”
“Ok sir.”
…
This dream was so detailed that when Lian Jue woke up, he felt his stomach cramping, like when he just got off the bus that year.
He turned on the lamp by the bedside and sat leaning against the bedside for a while, and found that his stomach pain was not relieved at all, and then he suddenly remembered that he didn’t eat anything last night.

Even Jue is not a person who likes to toss with his body very much, and his three meals are fairly regular, so there is no stomach problem that is standard for successful people – at this moment, there is a high chance that you will be hungry.
He suddenly remembered that when he went to the villa in the evening, Shen Tingwei seemed to have just cooked the vegetables, which made the house smell.
I didn’t notice it at the time, but now that I think about it, I think that Shen Tingwei should be a good cook. When Shen Ting didn’t go upstairs to change clothes, Lin Chen couldn’t help but boast that this crucian carp tofu soup smelled very fresh. .
But does he eat this?
Lian Jue was inexperienced in taking care of pregnant women, and felt that it was too simple to have only one soup for dinner, so she thought that she had to find a nanny to take care of her.
The phone screen on the bedside turned on.
Lian Jue picked it up, and there was a WeChat message from Chen Ningxue lying in the message prompt.
– I went back.
At the time of unlocking and opening the chat window, that message has become [the other party has withdrawn].
Lian Jue looked at the time, it was less than five o’clock, it was obvious that she hadn’t slept well that night.
He didn’t reply right away. During the time to get up, Lian Jue opened her circle of friends and saw an article that seemed to be quite happy. Sent five minutes ago, in the photo is a glass of iced Americano and a plane ticket. The background is in the waiting room, and he said, “I don’t have any nostalgia. Friends from country B will wait for me to land and miss you.”
It was not the usual breakfast time, but Lian Jue was very hungry and decided to make something to eat.
Maybe it was the sound of walking that disturbed the aunt. The aunt came out of the room and said, “Yeah”, “Why did you get up so early today, sir?”
She took the ingredients just taken out of the refrigerator from Lian Jue: “Give it to me, I’ll make it, it will be ready soon.”
At breakfast, he sent a message to Chen Ningxue, saying that the journey was smooth sailing.
But he has been blocked.
This did not affect Lian Jue’s mood to eat. He put his phone aside and suddenly asked his aunt, “What should pregnant women eat?”

Auntie froze for a moment: “Sir, this is…”
“There will be an extra child in the family next year.” Lian Jue said, “If there is no accident.”
Auntie’s thoughts were still stuck in the environment she was born in. After reacting to Lian Jue’s meaning, her expression was a little weird, as if she couldn’t understand his bad behavior. After answering Lian Jue’s question, he asked worriedly, “Do you need my help?”
Lian Jue originally planned to hire another aunt for Shen Tingwei, but then he thought that Shen Tingwei had quit his part-time job earlier, maybe he just didn’t want others to know his physical condition, so he decided to ask Shen Tingwei. Opinion.
“Not for now,” he said.
Seeing that Auntie was still standing still, Lian Jue asked, “What’s the matter?”
Auntie looked at him for a while, and couldn’t help but reminded politely: “You should find a chance to talk to Tongtong. It’s hard to hide such a big thing from the child.”
Lian Jue accepted her suggestion and said, “Let’s take a while.”
Today is the weekend, and Lian Jue consciously gave himself a vacation.
He hasn’t had a good rest since graduating from college, and he plans to spend today’s time on sleep supplementation and exercise.

But this tranquility didn’t last long and was interrupted by a cross-ocean phone call.
Lian Jue frowned as he listened to the slightly rushed report from the other side, and completely shut down the slowing treadmill.
After hanging up, Lian Jue called Lin Chen: “Help me book the fastest flight to country S.”
Lin Chen was keenly aware of something, and quickly asked, “Is there something wrong with the overseas company?”
Lian Jue has worked for the Chen family for many years, and now he is determined to break with the Chen family, so naturally he will not be left behind, and the “backhand” has problems at this juncture, and the behind-the-scenes hand is self-evident.
Lin Chen asked, “Mr. Lian, do you need me to accompany you?”
Lian Jue thought for a moment, and said, “You stay, and be optimistic about Shen Tingwei.”