When Shen Ran opened his eyes again, it was already the morning of the next day.

The first thing I saw was a jet-black head resting on his arm.

Subconsciously, his first instinct was to withdraw his hand.

But then, the head moved.

Shen Ran saw clearly that the owner of the head was Lu Cheng.

Shen Ran couldn't help but stop there for a while, looking at Lu Cheng's face in a daze.

He remembered yesterday's events, and remembered that in the previous dream, Lu Cheng protected him all the way and helped him persevere to the end.

How could he be here? It looked like he had stayed all night.

Shen Ran observed carefully.

In the previous contact, Lu Cheng gave him the feeling that he had always been very cold, with a high nose bridge, serious eyebrows and eyes, especially when he didn't speak, he looked like he was not close to anyone.

Sleeping quietly with my eyes closed like now, I have a little bit of a gentle breath.

As if sensing Shen Ran's gaze, at this time, Lu Cheng shook his neck and head, and raised his head slightly confused.

In a trance, he saw Shen Ran's arm swaying in front of his eyes, and after saying something, he tried to move his body to sit up, and smiled politely, "Did you bring me to the hospital?" Thank you. ”

"You're welcome, I should thank you for helping us a lot." Lu Cheng was basically awake at this time, and he hurriedly reached out to support Shen Ran and help him stand up the pillow.

However, when his hand touched Shen Ran, Shen Ran immediately politely refused: "Thank you, no need." ”

Lu Cheng sensed this resistance, and he remembered that when they first met, Shen Ran seemed to be hesitant to shake hands with him.

It seems that it is not an illusion, he thought that Shen Ran was hurt by his grip before.

Now it doesn't seem like it?

A second of staring.

Shen Ran saw his doubts.

Shen Ran didn't want to hide anything, he said calmly: "My sense of touch is extremely sensitive, you know what I mean, I can sense the other party's emotions and thoughts, so I won't touch others." ”

Shen Ran explained his situation in simple language, after yesterday's incident, Lu Cheng's meaning to him could not be clearer.

He remembered that when he saw Shen Ran for the first time, in addition to Shen Ran's reluctance to shake hands with him, he also showed abnormalities when he saw the victim's body.

At that time, Shen Ran looked at the corpse and thought in his mouth. Palace, but he didn't touch the corpse at that time. And the corpse is not a living person, does the corpse also have its own emotions and thoughts?

Lu Cheng also asked this question.

Shen Ran explained: "In addition to direct touch, I can also see schemas with imagery expressions. In other words, if there is a painting, or a symbol, a work of art, as long as the work carries the creator's strong intention to express itself, and he is trying to convey a certain meaning, I can also receive it. It's just a matter of how much information is received.

That corpse is such a work. ”

Looking at Shen Ran's eyes, Lu Cheng felt the penetrating cold gaze. For a moment, he glanced away.

Under the gaze of ordinary people, most people don't want to get close too much, coupled with Shen Ran's own explanation, no one who knows his situation should dare to approach him. Even if you don't say it on the surface, you will gradually become estranged from him.

This is probably the reason why Xu Guangyuan always tries to stop him in public and not let him be exposed too much.

However, Shen Ran himself didn't care, or rather, he was used to it.

Since people will always stay away from him after knowing the truth, it is better to tell each other the truth as soon as possible, so as to save unnecessary troubles and troubles to each other in the future.

However, what Lu Cheng was thinking about at this time was another question.

In fact, when Shen Ran touched others, what exactly he would see, he didn't say, and others wouldn't know. He chose to explain in advance that this was a gentleman's doing.

Shen Ran is indeed a good person.

This was his first reaction after listening to Shen Ran's explanation.

Just as he was about to say the idea, his phone rang.

The fat man's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Team Lu, I found the place you said, they took a few photos, I'll send them to you to see." ”

After Lu Cheng saw the photo, his eyes lit up.

"Okay, I'll go over right now, you can find out if there are any suspicious houses nearby, check the householder, it will take more than an hour for me to go here."

Hanging up the phone, Lu Cheng turned his head to look at Shen Ran.

Shen Ran said lightly: "I'm fine, thank you Lu Team, you go get busy." ”

"You're leaving in a moment? Do you have a ...... driving" Lu Cheng just wanted to ask, and immediately paused again, Shen Ran was brought here by him, how could there be his car here, besides, he had just been discharged from the hospital, and he might not have the energy to drive.

"I don't have a car. But ......" Shen Ran was about to answer him, but Lu Cheng had already taken out his mobile phone and dialed the phone again.

"Xiaomei, what are you busy with? …… I worked too late last night and want to go back to rest? That's not busy, so you come to the hospital, drive the car, and help me drop off someone. ”

“*&%¥#@！ ……”

Shen Ran vaguely heard a shrill cry coming from the earpiece of Lu Cheng's mobile phone.

Lu Cheng was silent and did not respond, and the other side immediately closed his voice. Probably because this trick never worked for Lu Cheng, the other party gave up decisively. I haven't seen him pity the fragrance and cherish the jade.

"I'll give you half an hour to get here."

"I'm fine, I can go back alone." Shen Ran didn't want to offend the police officer on the other end of the phone, so he hurriedly added.

Unexpectedly, Lu Cheng had already hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Lu Cheng replied to the gentle look just now, looked at Shen Ran and said, "It's out of the way." Today's girls just lack exercise and are squeamish. Don't be too tired, let her send you back. ”

Shen Ran felt that something sounded wrong with his words. But since he was so insistent, Shen Ran felt that he couldn't say anything more.

Lu Cheng asked Shen Ran to send him a message when he got home, and then he left with confidence.

Shen Ran thought that when the people came, he would tell the other party that if he didn't stop by the way, he could go back first and call a car for him. He saw that the man was quite reluctant, and maybe he would be happier this way.

However, the imaginary reluctance did not happen.

As soon as Gu Xiaomei arrived in the ward and saw Shen Ran, her originally godless eyes instantly lit up.

She confirmed with a little excitement: "You are, that friend of Professor Xu, the ...... of the Marines in Rio in private."

"I'm Shen Ran." Shen Ran felt that this girl seemed to have a special attention and understanding of his interpersonal relationships. However, Shen Ran didn't mind, and just politely reported his name.

"Shen Ran, yes! Hello hello, it turns out that you are a marine...... Do you have to go through the discharge procedures? I'll help you. Xiaomei stopped talking and changed the topic.

It seems that Lu Cheng and her mentioned me, Shen Ran speculated.

Sitting in the car, Xiaomei was still in high spirits, without the slightest embarrassment of needing to find a topic when they met for the first time.

Shen Ran was a little suspicious at this time that what Lu Cheng said was right, the girls now are too energetic and need to exercise.

During this period, she asked many questions related to Lu Cheng.

"Teacher Shen, what do you think, how is the land team?" Shen Ran told her that he was now a freelancer and used to be a psychological counselor, so Xiaomei called him Teacher Shen.

"What do you mean......" Shen Ran originally wanted to ask her what kind of evaluation she was asking, but after thinking about it, if she wanted to evaluate her leader, at best, she would definitely not be wrong, "Team Lu, others are very enthusiastic." ”

Shen Ran didn't deliberately tout, but just confessed his feelings.

Unexpectedly, it was immediately denied by Xiaomei: "Not enthusiastic, not enthusiastic, the others in the land team are not enthusiastic." Xiaomei hurriedly reorganized the language: "He is usually very cold to others, and he doesn't care so much about his colleagues, today, he specially explained to me." You...... Understand? ”

Doesn't care about co-workers......

Is it really good to talk about your superiors?

Shen Ran frowned puzzled.

Talking about the superior so badly, what does she want me to understand?

"You mean, he's taking special care of me today?" Shen Ran thought for a while and asked.

"Yes, yes, yes. I know you're more enlightened than him. ”

Opening? Now, Shen Ran really didn't know what she meant.

"Well, I'm grateful to him." Shen Ran responded to her words.

Along the way, Xiaomei's topic would always go back to Lu Cheng, and test Shen Ran with different questions.

Shen Ran thought at first that maybe this little policewoman liked her superior, so she always wanted to inquire about what others said about him from the side.

However, as he chatted, he felt that it was not like that.

She seems to be saying that Lu Cheng doesn't like girls at all, he may prefer men?

This......

Shen Ran had no intention of inving into other people's privacy, and understood the meaning, but for some reason he was a little embarrassed, and the roots of his ears were a little hot.

Trained as a counselor, he is keenly aware of changes in his body.

It should have been affected by this hint of Xiaomei. Shen Ran reminded himself.

You shouldn't gossip about her superiors with this policewoman, these are all false speculations.

Lu Cheng's sexual orientation has nothing to do with him. He tried to straighten his mind and return to his usual state of being pure and indifferent.

"Where is your home?" Xiaomei asked, pointing out the car window.

"Hmm."

"This is a good community, I have seen the advertisement, the house is exquisite, all the smart home decoration is used, and the security is very high. Eh, do you live here with your family? ”

Shen Ran smiled, but didn't answer, "Thank you for sending me back, when I arrive, I won't invite you to sit down when the family is in turmoil, I have the opportunity to treat you." ”

Xiaomei knew that Shen Ran had no intention of chatting with her anymore and wanted to get out of the car, so she put him down at the gate of the community and said goodbye after a few words.

Shen Ran walked towards the community.

The neighborhood where he lives is a well-known high-end neighborhood nearby, although it is not a rich house, but it is also the first choice for many middle-class families.

The units here are mainly three-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments of one or two hundred square meters, which are suitable for a family of several people to live together.

However, Shen Ran is here and is one of the few outliers.

One thing Xiaomei is right, the reason why Shen Ran lives in this community is that the first thing he likes is the safety here.

Opening the door, he whispered, "Turn on the lights." ”

The lights in the entrance are faintly on.

He was the only one living in the whole suite.

There is no family, there was none, and there is none.

He knew that he was destined to live like this, alone.