The three of us soon started talking about other things.
We polished off all the beer at Fatty's place, ordered takeout, and then the three of us got so drunk we passed out.
When my phone rang and woke me, my head hurt as if it were about to split open.
I looked around. Skinny and Fatty were both sprawled on the floor, with bottles and scraps of drinking snacks scattered all around them.
I fumbled for a while before finding my jacket and pulling out my phone.
It was my younger sister calling.
Rubbing my head, I answered, "Hello. Cough, cough."
"Brother?"
"Yeah. Why are you calling? Mm..."
"Where did you go yesterday? I kept calling, but you never picked up..."
"Oh, I went drinking with Ah Rui and the others. I'm fine. Don't worry."
"Good. I'm glad you're okay. Did you just wake up?"
"Yeah."
"Aren't you going to work today?"
"Huh?" Only then did my sluggish brain remember work.
I checked my phone. It was Tuesday, and it was already eleven.
There were also several missed calls on my phone, all from Chen Xiaoqiu and Guo Yujie. There were quite a few messages in the group chat, too.
I hurriedly hung up and woke Fatty and Skinny.
They were both still groggy.
"Work, work..." I nudged them.
"Take the day off... We already called in sick yesterday," Skinny muttered.
"Nothing much left to do anyway. The agreement's signed, so now it's just demolition, the construction crew... and moving the household registrations... That's about it." Fatty mumbled along, rolled over, and went back to sleep.
It would have been fine if only one of us took the day off, but all three of us doing it seemed pretty irresponsible.
But it was an awkward time to head in,