After hanging up the phone, about ten minutes later, she called his number again and told him, Zhou Qiyang called, saying that his father, that is, her cousin, was in Beijing and wanted to meet her, and she decided to rush back the next morning.

The reason is sufficient, and it is a sudden turn of events after the two have just exchanged guò on the phone, and the gap between the front and back is short, which is reasonable.

Shen Feibai had enough sober judgment, but this time, he didn't hear anything unusual from Zhou Jiyou's simple and calm words.

She was not happy, he knew it; She wanted to leave early, and no matter what the reason, he would not object.

"My phone is fully charged, so keep in touch with me at all times."

Zhou Jiyou on the other end: "Hmm." ”

The right hand hung down weakly, and the corner of the mobile phone also knocked lightly the moment the back of the hand touched the ground, making a thumping sound.

Zhou Qiyang's father is just about to come to Beijing, not that he is already in Beijing.

She scavenged an excuse, who could she deceive?

Maybe tomorrow, tomorrow, as soon as he returns to the Shen Mansion, he will know what happened tonight through the mouth of someone in the family.

What kind of "truth" will they tell him?

Leaning her head back against the door panel behind her, she closed her eyes in weariness.

In the hospital, Shen Xinyu saw Shen Feibai answer the phone again, and when he came back, he asked in a clear heart: "It's Xiaoyou again, right?" ”

Shen Feibai put the mobile phone on the low table next to the bed and said, "She has something to do temporarily, so she will go back tomorrow." ”

"What's the matter?"

Shen Xinyu didn't realize that something was wrong at first, but the person sitting on the edge of the bed looked at her calmly, she was embarrassed and a little concerned at the same time.

She lowered her head: "Brother, whether you admit it or not, you are indeed biased." ”

Shen Feibai's expression did not change, he was thinking, or rather reflecting. During Shen Xinyu's disappearance, he had already deeply reviewed it, and at this moment, he looked at her, raised his arms, and rubbed the back of her head with his palms like he did when he was young.

Shen Xinyu raised his head, he looked at her, and slightly touched the corners of his lips, as if to reassure, but also to assure: "I didn't take care of you, it's my dereliction of duty." You're my sister, and I want you to be happy more than anyone else. ”

Shen Xinyu whispered: "Brother......"

Shen Feibai raised his index finger to the side of his mouth, signaling her not to speak yet.

"For the past few years, I've set you free and let you live the life you want. Now I want to ask you, do you want to continue living this life? ”

Shen Xinyu was at a loss: "Brother, I ......"

"You don't have to rush to answer. Think about it and tell me when you think it through. Shen Feibai didn't urge, his eyes were comforting, "There is less than a semester to graduate, how do you want to go in the future, I still respect your ideas." ”

After a pause, "However, you have to be mentally prepared, no matter which path you choose to take, I will not give you all the freedom again, and in some aspects, I will restrain you." ”

Shen Xinyu blinked, he said restraint, and she couldn't help but think of what she was encountering.

"Do you mean feelings?" She was humble and vulnerable, "I'm not reassuring you, am I?" Elder brother...... I'm sorry. ”

A belated apology, accompanied by her choking, made the whole ward extremely quiet.

Shen Feibai has never been a person who is good at coaxing girls, both for Zhou Jiyou and for Shen Xinyu.

He was silent for a while, bent down, pressed his forehead to hers, and stroked the long hair behind her head with his palm.

"You're not sorry for me, and you're not sorry for anyone. Xin Yu ...... "His breathing was suddenly audible, as if there was some kind of different emotion fermenting, "Grandpa's words don't have to be taken to heart, it's not your fault." ”

"Brother......" Shen Xinyu cried, but he didn't know what he wanted to express, and he couldn't even form a sentence, "Grandpa...... Grandpa he ......"

Shen Feibai straightened up and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a tissue.

"Brother......" she grabbed his hand.

He was silent.

Shen Xinyu looked at him with teary eyes: "Will you quit your job in Beijing and come back to live?" ”

"No, it won't." His unwavering gaze was close at hand.

"Are you going to make your home in Beijing?"

He didn't reveal much, just bowed slightly: "Hmm." ”

The wet eyelashes drooped lightly, Shen Xinyu bit her lip, and when she raised her eyes again, she made up her mind: "Brother, I will also go to Beijing after graduation." ”

The corners of Shen Fei's white eyebrows raised slightly, and he thought for a moment: "Do you rely on your family, or do you support yourself?" ”

"Self-reliance." Shen Xinyu pursed her lips, "Brother, do you also think that I have always been terrible?" ”

"It's not." He handed her a new tissue.

Shen Xinyu took it, wiped his nose, and looked at him reverently, as if waiting for redemption.

Shen Feibai originally had nothing to say, but she looked at her like this, and raised her eyebrows: "You just adapted to the life of the ivory tower and don't want to come out." ”

He was indifferent and calm, Shen Xinyu leaned his neck, and all the troubles and sorrows that he kept shouting about died down at this moment.

She suddenly realized that she always blamed her brother for not being good enough for her, but in fact, she never calmed down to understand and explore him.

Before dawn the next day, Zhou Jiyou had already packed up and went downstairs before the others got up.

She didn't have the slightest nostalgia or reluctance. This scene is like going back six years.

In the middle of summer that year, she also left quietly alone, but there was still a bulky box at that time. I didn't think I'd come back at the time, and I don't think about it now.

The earliest flight back to Beijing had to take off an hour later, and she sat in the waiting hall until she boarded the plane, when she ate a little in the cabin, and then kept her eyes closed, unable to sleep, and kept closed.

Aunt Lin specially made a recuperation soup, and Shen Feibai went back to Shen's house in the morning, taking a bath and changing clothes by the way.

Seeing him, I inquired about Shen Xinyu's physical condition, and seeing him go upstairs, Aunt Lin couldn't help but muttered to Lao Cai on the side: "You say, Feibai shouldn't be anything to Jiyou, right?" ”

The pants stuck under the stomach always fell down, Lao Cai lifted the waist of his pants and asked wonderingly, "Why did you suddenly think of this?" ”

Aunt Lin sighed: "I'm worried." Ji You's child looks like that, no wonder he will be tempted as an uncle, isn't this not related by blood after all. I'm afraid that Feibai will ...... her in my heart."

Lao Cai shook his head and said: "Don't think nonsense, if you really have something in your heart, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the chairman arranged for them to get engaged, Ji You was unwilling on the spot, he could not react at all?" ”

"But......" Aunt Lin wanted to refute, but she couldn't find an argument.

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and it is useless for you to worry about it." Lao Cai inadvertently remembered something, his pupils darkened, "What's more, how can we interfere in the matter of Feibai." ”

There was a sound of slow footsteps above the stairs, Aunt Lin had been at home for many years, and she had already judged this, she motioned to Lao Cai to silence, and the two of them silently bowed their heads and cleaned up.

Shen Guoan went down to the corner of the last floor, stepped on the stairs, caught a glimpse of their figures under his field of vision, and instructed neither high nor low: "Aunt Lin, go up and see if that girl is still there." If she's still there, blast her out for me. ”

The husband and wife glanced at each other, and Aunt Lin spoke: "Don't look at the master, it's already gone." ”

was condescendingly scrutinized by Shen Guoan's cold eyes, Aunt Lin's spine was stiff and a little dull, but Lao Cai snatched the stubble over and explained for her: "Mr. Shen didn't find anyone in the morning, and asked if we saw her." ”

Shen Guoan's face suddenly gloomy, he stood on the penultimate step, his elderly palm clasped the handrail, inch by inch, and the loose and wrinkled skin stretched out thin and brittle blood vessels.

Without thinking deeply and saying what he shouldn't have said, Lao Cai lowered his head and secretly clapped his mouth.

For a time, on the first floor of the huge villa, there was a layer of low pressure that could not be ignored.

"How many years has Shen Kai been gone?" Shen Guoan's old voice suddenly asked.

Lao Cai and Aunt Lin were both stunned, Lao Cai counted years in his heart, and he didn't squeak when he knew each other.

"Ninety-eight years gone, twelve years." Shen Guoan muttered hoarsely, his muddy voice was like a drop of blood, "Twelve years, huh...... Twelve years ......"

He smiled lowly, laughing so hard that Aunt Lin was numb.

"He thought he was something." The big palm slapped on the armrest fiercely, and the sudden aggravation of the tone made Aunt Lin and Lao Cai even more unguarded.

Aunt Lin was at a loss, but Lao Cai's eyes were bright.

This "he" refers to Shen Ke. If Shen Kai is still alive, how can it be his turn......

"What about the flying whites, still in the hospital?" Shen Guoan stared at the two of them in a deep voice.

Aunt Lin couldn't help his formation, and her throat was already stuck; Lao Cai replied secretly: "I'm back, I'm in the room." ”

"Call him to my study." He didn't go down the other three steps, but turned around and slowly went up again.

Lao Cai looked up at his back.

No matter how strategizing the characters are, they can't avoid an "old" word after all.

Shen Feibai took a quick shower, dried his hair, and didn't blow it, allowing the water stains to evaporate naturally. He opened the door and walked out, intending to go into Shen Xinyu's room to pick up the two books she wanted to read.

The door was open, and when he turned around and closed, Lao Cai just went upstairs, shouting as he walked this way: "Feibai." ”

He followed the prestige, and Lao Cai exhaled anxiously: "The chairman told you to go to the study." ”

Shen Feibai saw the worry on his face: "Something's wrong?" ”

Lao Cai scratched his fat belly with a layer of woolen sweater, wandering: "Feibai, this time...... Mr. Shen is afraid that he has really annoyed the chairman. ”

He didn't say why, and Shen Feibai didn't ask. Shen Feibai walked to the third floor and came to Shen Guoan's study.

Every time I come up, I don't feel good, and the memories I leave behind are not good.

But there was no way, there was no way at all, he was like walking in a huge labyrinth, trying to find a way out every minute, there was a door in front of him, as long as it was opened, he could get out immediately, but he couldn't, it was precisely because he couldn't that his pain would expand wantonly.

Shen Guoan sat by the window with his back to him, and after a few days of continuous sunshine, the weather turned cloudy again, and the sky was gray and white, quietly brewing rain.

"I'm going to push you to the board." He didn't hesitate, as if he had thought it through.

Shen Feibai was silent, breathing as smoothly as he could.

"I won't force you to quit your job, I'll hand over the Beijing branch to you, and you will make achievements within half a year." Shen Guoan still faced out the window, without looking back, his hair was white and black, neatly combed, just like his style.

The ink color in Shen Feibai's eyes gradually deepened, he didn't care about anything else, only one thing: "How long do you need to use me?" ”

Shen Guoan finally turned his head, he squinted slightly, his gaze was like a sword: "Are you impatient?" ”

"You think I should be grateful?" Shen Feibai's expression was gloomy, "Grandpa, you overestimate me, I'm not here." ”

"No, where is it?" Shen Guoan panted up and down, and roared in a hoarse voice.

Shen Feibai was silent.

Shen Guoan got up suddenly, but he was a little unstable, his body shook, and he fell back abruptly.

Shen Feibai stepped forward a few steps, "Grandpa......"

Shen Guoan grabbed his arm hard, and his chest rose and fell violently.

Shen Feibai subconsciously touched his trouser pocket, not in it, he didn't bring his mobile phone with him when he came out of the shower. He looked at the landline on Shen Guoan's desk, and raised his foot to go over, but Shen Guoan grabbed his arm and didn't let go.

He was only wearing a black pullover sweatshirt on his upper body, and the strength of each of Shen Guoan's fingers was transmitted through the slightly thin fabric.

"Grandpa, I'll call Dr. Liang to come over."

Dr. Leung is the personal physician of the Shen family.

Shen Guoan stared at him, word by word, slowly and deeply: "If you listen to me, it will only be good for you, and I will not harm you." ”

Shen Feibai's lips pursed into a straight line, his eyelashes drooped, he breathed in and out, and his voice was hoarse and obscure: "You are forcing me." ”

Shen Guoan palpitated and shortened his breath, and his speech was intermittent: "My old man's life ...... In your hands. ”

He was determined to be kind to others.

Shen Fei's eyes turned red, he had never hated it so much.

He looked at Shen Guoan intently, Shen Guoan opened his mouth slightly, constantly panting, but his eyes and his left hand locked him firmly.

Zhou Jiyou's stubborn face crossed his mind, and his ears seemed to hear her ask in an extremely patient voice--How long will it take? A year? Five years? Decade......

He closed his eyes with difficulty, landed one hand on his arm, and his voice was hoarse and cold: "Life is your own, there will be no next time." ”