Chapter 34
At noon the next day, as usual, Shi Nan was called by Song Linsheng to the office for dinner.
Shi Nan has become accustomed to it now. He pushed the door and went in without saying a word. He sat in front of the tea table and picked up his chopsticks to eat. He hurriedly finished eating and turned to leave.
“It’s for you.” Song Linsheng handed over a red velvet box.
Shi Nan had just received a bunch of white lilies from him in the morning. Now that he heard something was delivered, he glanced at it and felt that the box was a little familiar.
Before Shi Nan could understand, Song Linsheng had already opened the box and taken out a piece of jade.
For the first time in his life, Shi Nan felt what it was like to have a bolt from the blue.
The braised pork in his mouth fell directly on the table with a bang.
What Song Linsheng took was a piece of Hetian jade in the style of Pixiu.
Shi Nan unconsciously touched his chest, and he still had an identical piece hanging here.
“Do you like it?” Song Linsheng leaned forward to put it on for him.
Shi Nan stepped back abruptly and stood up, waving his hand, “No merit, no reward, how can I accept such an expensive thing?”
“Is it expensive?” Song Linsheng looked at him incredulously, “I bought it from a roadside stall, three for a dollar. It’s not expensive”
You fart.
Shi Nan cursed in his heart. He had read the receipt last night, and it was written clearly.
“I can’t accept it if it’s not expensive,” Shi Nan retreated to the door. “Mr Song, can you stop sending things in the future? I’m really ashamed of it.”
“Don’t like it?” Song Linsheng frowned as he looked at the pendant in his hand. He frowned slightly, and seemed a little regretful, “So you don’t like this.”
Song Linsheng’s tone was a little low, and Shi Nan’s heart moved inexplicably.
Then he shook his head quickly, this is not his Song Linsheng, make no mistake.
Song Linsheng sighed suddenly, then raised his hand and threw the Pixiu directly into the trash can.
Shi Nan: “…”
Prodigal thing.
After Shi Nan left the office, he felt uncomfortable when he touched the pendant on his chest.
This afternoon, Shi Nan couldn’t get interested in anything, and he always thought of Song Linsheng’s loss when he left the office.
When he was about to get off work, Shi Nan secretly came to the garbage room, and the cleaning aunt had just collected the garbage from the president’s office.
Shi Nan found the jade pendant inside.
Throwing it away, prodigal son!
Shi Nan looked at the two identical jade pendants and was quite puzzled. How can these two buy the same thing?
It was so weird.
At seven o’clock in the evening, Song Linsheng went to the coffee shop to meet the capped man.
“What, is there any progress?”
“Not yet.” The capped man shook his head.
Song Linsheng lowered his eyes slightly. “That year, that is, eighteen years ago, there was a murder case in that city, and the wife killed her husband.” The capped man looked up at him in surprise.
Song Linsheng was expressionless: “They have a son. There should be news reports about their missing son, and the neighbour’s son was also missing.”
Song Linsheng took out a photo from his pocket: “This is the child. The information should be accurate enough this time.” The man with the cap took out his mobile phone and took a picture of the child in the photo.
Song Linsheng left the cafe and returned to the car, put his head on the steering wheel, and took a deep breath.
There was a call on the phone, and it wasn’t until the third ring that Song Linsheng picked up the phone with trembling hands.
“Why haven’t you come back yet?” Shi Nan’s clear voice came from the phone.
“I…” Song Linsheng’s voice trembled as soon as he opened his mouth. After a moment of silence, he calmly said, “I have something to do tonight, so I won’t go back.”
“Ah…that’s it.” Shi Nan asked him in a low voice, “Song Linsheng, are you not feeling well?”
“No, I’m fine.” Song Linsheng made his voice sound as normal as possible, “I just have something to deal with, don’t worry.”
“Okay, then you can do your job. “
After hanging up Shi Nan’s call, Song Linsheng drove back to Crown Mansion.
This night, Song Linsheng experienced the longest night that he had not experienced in a long time.
In the dream, it was all blood.
“Xiao Sheng, it’s not that your mother doesn’t love you, but you are too young. You can’t survive alone in this world. Mom will take you away, she won’t leave Xiao Sheng alone…” The boy stared blankly. Facing the man who fell in a pool of blood in the distance, was his father.
And the woman with the rope around his neck was his mother.
“Mom is sorry for you, mom shouldn’t have given birth to you.” The woman was covered in blood, her hair was messy, and she was crying and laughing.
The boy thought she was crazy.
She should have gone mad.
“Xiao Sheng, don’t blame mom. This is also the last resort for mom. If you stay in this world, you will be looked down upon and won’t be able to survive.”
The rope around the boy’s neck became tighter and tighter, and his consciousness began to sink…
“Xiao Sheng, you are father’s son, father will be good to you. Come and see what father bought for you.” The man handed the boy candied haws with a loving face, then turned around and stared blankly at the woman. He kicked her, “Why are you standing here, not going to cook yet?”
“Don’t be afraid, Xiaosheng, Dad won’t beat you. You are Dad’s good son. Dad’s everything will be yours in the future.”
“What about the money you made today? Take it out, don’t even think about running away. I’ll catch you back even if you run to the end of the horizon.”
“Don’t even think about taking my son away. This is my son, and it will always be my son.” The boy’s hand grabbed the rope around his neck, he wanted to live, he wanted to live.
He didn’t want to die.
“Xiaosheng, believe in mother. Life is very painful. Mother can’t protect you, you can go with mother.” The boy’s hand fell weakly, he saw that the cherry tree outside the window was blooming, and it would soon bear fruit. The annoying spirit next door will knock on his window and ask him to pick cherries for him.
With a “bang”, the boy saw that the child next door smashed the woman with a vase in his hand, and the woman fell to the ground.
“Brother, run quickly…”
“Brother, run quickly…” The child took his hand and ran out of the room. Song Linsheng turned around and saw the woman lying on the ground smiling at him.
The boy curled up in the corner with his arms shivering. He pushed the child away: “Don’t follow me, go home.”
“Come home with me.” The child squatted down and hugged him, “Brother, don’t be afraid. “
“Go away, you go away. Don’t follow me…”
“I’m not going,” The child hugged his arm desperately. “You’ll be afraid when I leave. Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid.”
…
In the bedroom, Song Linsheng curled up in the corner of the bed, trembling all over. He shouted, “Xiao Bei, don’t follow me, don’t follow me, go home…”
“Xiao Bei, don’t follow me…”
…
Song Linsheng was woken up by the doorbell.
He got up from the bed, staggered to the door, opened the door, and then fell to the side.
Xiang Yang quickly supported him: “Brother, are you alright?”
Xiang Yang planned to help Song Linsheng to sit on the sofa. But Song Linsheng rushed to the bathroom and vomited.
“Brother…” Xiang Yang was worried, “Why don’t you go to the hospital?”
After Song Linsheng vomited, he washed his face with cold water.
Song Linsheng sat on the sofa and looked at the clock on the wall, it was half past nine.
In the dream… was that Xiaobei?
Song Linsheng’s hands trembled a little. He remembered the lost memory, it was Xiao Bei.
“Brother, are you all right?” Xiang Yang crouched beside him anxiously.
Song Linsheng reached out and patted him on the shoulder: “Give me a moment and let me be quiet.”
Xiang Yang turned his head and left the room one step at a time. The door was closed. Song Linsheng lay there feeling like he was struggling to breathe.
“Xiao Bei, don’t worry, I will find you before I leave.” Song Linsheng whispered, “Xiao Bei, I’m sorry.”
Today’s flowers were sent by Xiang Yang, the blue enchantress 1 Blue Enchantress: 
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Shi Nan was quite used to it, he waved his hand: “Put it down.”
“Why do you still have the temperament of a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water 2dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water: The Chinese catchphrase “the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water” refers to the fact that the dead have no fear of anything. It means to hold no scruple over things or to care nothing about the consequences. ?” Xiang Yang was lying on Shi Nan’s desk and smiled at him.
Shi Nan glared at him: “Then what else do you think of me?”
“You don’t want to refuse directly.” Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, “Why do I feel that you are not very firm in refusing? If you don’t like the flowers, you can directly throw them into the trash can in front of him.”
Shi Nan: “…”
That’s absolutely right.
“Look at you. You refuse like playing hard to get. It smells like green tea. 3 green tea: An internet slang used to describe someone who likes to dress and act in a certain fashion in order to portray themselves as pure and innocent “
Shi Nan rolled up his sleeves: “Would you like to have a fight?”
“Forget it.” Xiang Yang waved his hand, “I’m a good boy, I never fight.”
After Xiang Yang left, Shi Nan brewed a cup of green tea. He never thought that he would be able to be a green tea in his life.
Alas, it was so difficult for him.
During lunch, Shi Nan was called to the office again. As soon as he entered the door, Shi Nan first glanced at Song Linsheng. After all, the two of them didn’t see each other last night, so he missed him a bit.
No, it was this face, not the soul under this face at this time.
At this glance, Shi Nan was startled. He didn’t see him all night, how was he so haggard!
Song Linsheng’s face was pale. There was no blood on his lips, and the whole person looked very bad.
Shi Nan didn’t look away for a long time.
What the hell did he do last night?
How did he torment himself like this?
“Eat.” Song Linsheng beckoned to him.
When Shi Nan walked over, he finally didn’t hold back: “Are you all right? I think your face looks pale.”
Song Linsheng pressed his forehead: “It’s a little uncomfortable.”
Song Linsheng usually said that he was “all right”, never saying that he was “uncomfortable”. Now saying the word “uncomfortable” meant that he was really uncomfortable.
“Do you have a fever?” Shi Nan wanted to reach out but felt uncomfortable.
“I don’t know.” Song Linsheng frowned, “I can’t tell my temperature myself.”
Shi Nan sighed.
Shi Nan probed Song Linsheng’s forehead, the temperature was hot. He must have a fever.
“You have a fever, go to the hospital.” Shi Nan frowned.
“No.” Song Linsheng refused without hesitation.
Shi Nan turned around and left.
Song Linsheng: “…”
Five minutes later, Shi Nan came back with a thermometer and poked Song Linsheng’s head, good, thirty-nine degrees.
Shi Nan gave Song Linsheng two pieces of antipyretic medicine: “Take it.”
Song Linsheng took the medicine obediently, and then said, “Do you care so much about me?”
Shi Nan glanced at him. “I am a person who has a problem, that is love.”
Song Linsheng curled the corners of his lips upon hearing this and then chuckled lightly.
Song Linsheng’s hoarse laughter, due to his fever, was the only sound in the quiet space. Shi Nan felt his heart skip a few beats uncontrollably.
Thinking of the “green tea” Xiang Yang said, Shi Nan felt annoyed for a while, and sat down on the sofa and began to shut himself off.
“What, are you unhappy?” Song Linsheng looked at Shi Nan with his forehead propped up, his eyes traced his face a few times.
Shi Nan didn’t want to talk to him, he just said: “You better sleep for a while. Otherwise I’m afraid you won’t be able to bear it.”
“I won’t sleep. I hate sleeping.”
Shi Nan looked up at him. Song Linsheng half-closed his eyes, looking like he was very sleepy.
Shi Nan sat up straight and asked him in a soft voice, “Why do you hate sleeping?”
“Scared.” Song Linsheng lifted his eyelids to look at him, “I would be scared when I sleep.”
He came to the desk almost uncontrollably, laying on the desk and looking at Song Linsheng: “Then what are you afraid of?”
Shi Nan’s voice was very nice, with a little gentleness in it. When he deliberately lowered his voice, it made one feel comfortable.
“I’m afraid…” Song Linsheng closed his eyes and said in a low voice, “of living.”
Shi Nan’s heart twitched suddenly. Such Song Linsheng was like a small animal trapped in a lonely boat, injured, helpless and frightened.
Shi Nan wanted to hug Song Linsheng at this time.
“Song Linsheng…” Shi Nan called out his name softly.
Song Linsheng opened his eyes and looked at Shi Nan. His eyes were warm, and Shi Nan saw his own reflection in his eyes.
As if being bewitched, when Song Linsheng reached out to him, Shi Nan actually forgot to dodge.
When Song Linsheng pulled out the pendant hanging from Shi Nan’s neck, Shi Nan was stunned for ten seconds before he could react.
Song Linsheng looked at the Pixiu pendant in his hand, his eyes were unclear.
Shi Nan: “…”
He was unnecessarily worried and fed the dog.
This dog thing was thinking about plotting against him all the time.
“Huh?” Song Linsheng held the pendant in his hand and looked at Shi Nan, “Aren’t you going to explain it?”
Shi Nan: “…”
I’ll explain a f*ck.
Song Linsheng rubbed the pendant in his hand, but there was no expression on his face.
Shi Nan’s brain was running fast, thinking about how to explain it. But after thinking for a long time, he couldn’t come up with a reasonable explanation.
Song Linsheng let go of his hand, returned the pendant to Shi Nan, and laughed at himself: “Don’t worry, I didn’t misunderstand. This is not the piece I gave you.”
Shi Nan: “…”
Then you are too smart.
“Your piece is the best, keep it well, don’t drop it.” Song Linsheng stood up, “Let’s eat, I am hungry.”
Shi Nan sighed with mixed feelings.
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