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With a ding, the elevator door slowly opened. Shen Ci wanted to help Song Jing carry something, but the man refused with a smile. There was still some distance from the door of the house, and the people around me began to chatter, "I will be responsible for picking you up and dropping you off work in the future." β
Shen Ci asked why, but the other party didn't feel tired carrying large bags of things, as if he was very relaxed, and said, "Do you want to experience crowding during rush hour?"
"Then I don't have to learn a driver's license. Thinking like this, Shen Ci breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Ah Ci, you're thinking too much. You still have to take the driver's license test, so I'll take it during the winter vacation, and I'll urge you. Song Jing's face immediately changed, and Mr. Shen thought that because he would, he wanted to be lazy and not study. Skills that are essential for life must be learned.
"You're too strict. "She rarely has a skill that kills and doesn't want to learn, she wants to be a salted fish.
"I can't be by your side all the time, of course it's up to you at this time. β
Shen Ci suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
The lights in the hallway are not noticeable, and the voice-activated lights are clearly off, but they have no effect. Shen Ci took out the key and was about to open the door, when he caught a glimpse of a figure in his afterglow, and couldn't help but feel strange.
"Ah Ci, you're back. β
His voice was a little hoarse, I don't know if it was because he didn't have a good rest.
Huh? Song Jing hooked his lips with an expression hidden in the dim light.
"It looks like there's a guest at home. Song Jing's tone was "friendly", and he came from the darkness and looked at this farce with a smile.
Hearing an unfamiliar voice, Xu Zhiyuan was shocked in place.
Shen Ci glanced at him and said unceremoniously, "It's a pity that this is a guest who is not treated by the host." β
Too lazy to pay attention to him, Shen Ci opened the door and asked Song Jing to hurry in. Xu Zhiyuan, who was left behind, faced the closed door, and his hands hanging by his side were clenched into fists, unable to stretch.
He came early, but there was no one at home, so he waited here for her to return. She was busy, and he asked a friend to ask her where she had gone, but she didn't get any response.
Now separated by a door, it seems to be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.
After entering the house, Song Jing sorted out the things one by one and put them in the refrigerator, and asked Shen Ci, who was watching the TV series, what he wanted to eat.
"Braised fish. β
No one knew the situation outside the door, Song Jing raised his eyebrows, "Ignore him?"
Who is coming, Song Jing didn't ask, only picked other topics and asked Shen Ci.
"Oh, it's not a three-year-old. "Xu Zhiyuan is willing to wait, then wait, what's the matter with her.
Song Jing narrowed his eyes, if he guessed correctly, it should be Xu Zhiyuan who he saw in Shen Ci's chat record last time.
"Ah Ci, why don't you eat sweet and sour fish tonight?"
"Are you jealous?" Shen Ci tugged on the sleeve of Song Jing, who was standing beside her, a little gloating.
"What do you say?" Song Jing was unmoved, pinching her face, "How are you going to dispel my anger?"
"It's better to wait for the photos we took today to come out, print them out, frame them, and put them in the living room. Next time he comes, invite him in and sit down, and him off?"
Shen Ci gave him a roll of his eyes, "What are you thinking about in your head." β
Is there this kind of behavior of the ex who specially invited the other party to the house to show him the "wedding photos" with the current one in order to be angry? It sounds too suffocating.
Shen Ci removed his hand holding her face, and said angrily, "It's good that he doesn't dangle in front of my eyes, otherwise I'm afraid I want to hit someone." β
She is not a saint, she was deceived by someone and was green by Xiaosan, and she didn't have a temper in her heart. This feeling will not dilute the previous things just because she has experienced life and death, and she feels that the previous things are trivial in the face of life and death.
Never forgive, never forgive.
"Cook quickly, I'm going to starve. Shen Ci shook his hand and said coquettishly.
But Song Jing really made sweet and sour fish, and proved that he was jealous today with practical actions. Shen Ci bit his chopsticks, "Okay, okay, I'll explain everything." β
Someone looked at her with resentful eyes, and Shen Ci's scalp was numb. After hearing this, sure enough, Song Jing immediately became normal.
Between Shen Ci and Xu Zhiyuan, they are classmates, friends, and childhood sweethearts.
Too many people think that they can go from school uniforms to wedding dresses, but perhaps it is because of this that there will be problems between them.
Shen Ci trusted him too much, and because they were busy with their studies, she didn't notice the other party's abnormality at all.
"He's cheating?" Song Jing narrowed. It seems that the reason why many people break up with their ex is because of cheating/cheating.
Shen Ci shook his head, "To be precise, it was Xiao San." β
During the two years when Xu Zhiyuan went abroad for exchange, Shen Ci stayed in China to work and worked in the First People's Hospital of Rongcheng. The two are in a different place, and they are busy with each other.
It was also at this time that Shen Ci learned that he had a fiancΓ©e who was studying abroad. She called, and the other party answered. declares sovereignty every sentence, showing that they have a good relationship, and her real girlfriend has inexplicably become a mistress.
Not long after, his fiancΓ©e made a special trip back to China to find her, dumped her with a check for two million, and asked her to leave Xu Zhiyuan.
Shen Ci's single-parent family, Qin Yan usually has no shadow. It was probably Xu Zhiyuan who mentioned it to her, so it caused the other party to misunderstand that Shen Ci was very poor and especially needed money.
"Look at your situation, you didn't agree. β
Shen Ci rolled his eyes, "Who didn't believe in a scumbag when he was young." β
A few days after being thrown at the check, Shen Ci suffered an accident and injured his right hand, which was completely insulated from the operating table. At this time, Xu Zhiyuan called and mentioned breaking up.
How much I loved at the beginning, how much I hated later. She is too lazy to hate now, but it doesn't mean that she has to give a good face when she sees the other party.
From thirteen to twenty years old, the growth of many years of companionship, the natural childhood sweetheart, in the end it was all self-inflicted, and it hurt another innocent person. Shen Ci was angry at Xu Zhiyuan's concealment and hated his peace of mind for so many years.
She couldn't accept this kind of change, and then the blow after the accident, she was always confused and couldn't get out.
The walking dead who lived every day, depressed and haggard, constantly overwhelmed by guilt and pain.
Song Jing pulled out a chair and walked to Shen Ci's side. He opened his hands and hugged Shen Ci, "Ah Ci, I will never fail you." β
He's always missing out on her past, but not in the future.
Shen Ci's face was pressed against his arms, feeling the beating heart in his chest, and Shen Ci's index finger drew a cross on her heart, "What if you break your promise?"
"There won't be a day. β
If he had, he wouldn't forgive himself.
"Remember your promises. Shen Ci pinched his waist as a warning.
*
After eating, Shen Ci washed up, put on a mask, and went to the study to correct the students' papers.
It's time to throw away the garbage at home, Song Jing finished cleaning the kitchen and opened the door to put things in the trash can downstairs.
The door in front of him opened a crack, and Xu Zhiyuan stood up straight, with a little more tenderness in his eyebrows.
But it wasn't Shen Ci who opened the door.
Seeing that this person hadn't left yet, Song Jing's face turned a lot colder. The two just looked at each other, and they could feel the strong hostility from each other.
"Shen Ci is already very clear, do you need me to drive you again?" Song Jing put down the kitchen waste in his hand, his eyes were like torches, and his face was mocking.
"This is a matter between me and Ah Ci, and it has nothing to do with you. Similarly, Xu Zhiyuan didn't look at Song Jing very well.
Ah Ci?
Song Jing twisted his fingers and sneered, "I'm curious, when you call Ah Ci, will you remember what hurt her." β
Shen Ci is a person who loves and hates clearly. When you love, you trust with all your heart, and when you hate, your selfishness is nullified, and only pure hatred remains.
When he called Ah Ci, didn't he think that Shen Ci would be disgusted and disgusted in his heart?
"That's none of your business. Xu Zhiyuan's face was as cold as ice.
It's funny. This is his girlfriend, his future wife, everything about her is closely related to him, how can it not be related to him?
"Really? Then you'll have to keep an eye on her. Xu Zhiyuan didn't move like a mountain, looked at him coldly, and didn't say anything more.
He wanted to see if it was the deep relationship between him and Shen Ci for ten years, or the short relationship between Song Jing and Shen Ci that lasted for a long time.
It was not early, and Xu Zhiyuan couldn't stay for long. After this time, he left without saying hello to Shen Ci.
He came silently, and no one cared when he left. Song Jing, who was left in place, narrowed his eyes. If you want to grab someone with him, you might as well try.
Downstairs, the light in Shen Ci's study was still on. Xu Zhiyuan smoked a cigarette from the cigarette case. The flame on the lighter ignited the stars, the smell of tobacco choked into his throat, and his consciousness became more and more awake.
*
Walking in the cold wind, the moonlit night is long. Neon flashed in his eyes, and Xu Zhiyuan overlooked the city from a high platform without saying a word. There is no end in sight in front of him, and boundless loneliness behind him.
He suddenly understood why Xie Sinian did not directly oppose him and Shen Ci back then, but stopped him by holding down his life and going to a roundabout and painstaking way to set up a game.
At that time, his grandfather's company went bankrupt, and he was riddled with lawsuits and debts. He wanted to save it, but it was too late to save it. He has a specialization in the art industry, and his specialty is not right, so it is not easy to talk about.
Under heavy pressure, his grandfather committed suicide by jumping off a building. He left nothing of warmth, but he left an astronomical amount of debt.
His mother did not have a good relationship with his maternal grandfather. Xu's mother is an only daughter, but she has no plans to take over her father's family business, and her family does not agree to her marriage. For many years, the father and daughter quarreled when they met and could not reconcile.
His maternal grandfather was a pure businessman, a philistine who was a profit-seeker and a wealthy man. As for the means, they are not very clean.
The quality of the products produced is not up to standard, which has caused public opinion/not to mention, and it has also been found to have bribed high-ranking officials, colluded with politics and business, and was reported.
Xu Zhiyuan is the heir and needs to be held responsible. But he was still a student at the time, and he was too weak to pay it back.
At this time, Shen Ci's brother somehow knew about his existence and found him.
"You investigate me. "When the two met, they were-for-tat, and they didn't have a good face. Xu Zhiyuan always knew that Shen Ci had a stepbrother, and she said that the relationship between the brother and sister was stiff. Now it seems that her brother has been paying attention to her in the shadows.
Instead of caring about such inconsequential trifles, think about how you can solve your current dilemma. Xie Sinian looked at the person in front of him playfully.
Xu Zhiyuan has a good skin, looks gentle and elegant, and is particularly likable.
He is the person who made Shen Ci fall in love with him from a young age, and this realization made Xie Sinian's good mood dissipate without a trace in an instant.
"You didn't come to me just to talk this nonsense. Xu Zhiyuan sneered, his eyes cold.
It's easy to talk to smart people, and you don't need to be hypocritically polite. Xie Sinian smiled, "I can help you solve the trouble, but you have to ......"
He didn't say the rest of the words, but he didn't need to continue to find out what it was.