Chapter 18: Believe Me

Three days later, Shen Yin finally didn't have to go to work, and she planned to stay here for two days now, and then go home after finishing the comics in her hand.

But as soon as she woke up, her mobile phone rang, showing Zhou Fansheng's mobile phone number. She answered, his tone gentle, "Do you have time now?" I'd like to talk to you. ”

"Well, what's the matter?"

"It's a very important thing for me, I hope you can come to my house as soon as possible, you should know the address of my house, right?"

"Okay, I guess I'll be there around eleven o'clock at noon." Shen Yin didn't want to see the scene of that day, and hoped that he could prepare in advance, so he told the exact time.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Zhou Fansheng hung up the phone after speaking.

Shen Yin first booked a high-speed rail ticket to the city online, and then quickly went downstairs to buy breakfast, and it was past 8:40 after she packed up.

It was already eleven o'clock when Shen Yin arrived at the door of Gao Fansheng's house, she rang the doorbell, and this time it was him who opened the door, but he was wearing a white sweater, a pair of dark blue jeans and gray slippers, and his hair seemed to be cut short.

"Come in first." He said politely.

Shen Yin changed into another pair of gray slippers at the door, the air conditioning was turned on in the room, it was a little hot, she took off her coat and scarf and hung it on the hanger at the door, and sat on the sofa where she sat before. Zhou Fansheng took out two cups of coffee and put them on the table.

"It's cold outside, isn't it?" He handed her a hand warmer.

"Yes, but I'm warmer." Shen Yin took the hand warmer and smiled at her, "Thank you!" ”

He took a sip of coffee and said lightly: "Actually, I need your help with something very important this time, I read your comics and found that you are very good at detailing and thoughtful." Recently I had a work that was being serialized, and I thought you would be a good fit for the protagonist in that novel, but I suddenly ran out of inspiration recently, and I thought of you. ”

"And how can I help you?" Shen Yin had a bad premonition.

"I need to observe your life, if you don't live in my house these days, I'll take you out for a few days." He said lightly.

"I'm going to live at your house?" Shen Yin exclaimed.

"Well, I've packed up the room you're going to live in." He pointed to a room and said, "Will you help me with this?" Of course I'll pay you, and you don't have to pay anything. ”

Shen Yin thought for a while, and she asked tentatively, "Can you find someone else?" ”

His expression was visibly disappointed, and he was silent.

Shen Yin couldn't understand his thoughts in her heart, but she could also understand a little, after all, it was a pity that a famous writer like him encountered a bottleneck for a while, "Okay, I promise you." ”

He was as happy as a child, "Great, you can live here now." ”

"Wait, I've got to go back and pack some things."

"Okay, can you clean up this afternoon? I'd like to see where you live, can I? He asked expectantly.

"Well, I live in a rental house in a small county town, and there's nothing to see in that place." Shen Yin felt that the place where he lived was too simple, and it was not as good as the place he lived in.

"It's okay, I also like to travel around and enjoy different landscapes." He is very happy to say that he is completely immersed in his own world, "I have also been to some small villages and find life there very interesting. ”

Shen Yin had no choice but to agree to take him back to the county seat with him. As a thank you gift, Zhou Fansheng invited her to lunch at a hotel. Although it was just the two of them for lunch, he ordered five dishes, and he only ate a bowl of porridge with mushroom ribs.

Zhou Fansheng has a private driver named "Zhang Zhehai", Shen Yin booked two tickets on his mobile phone on the way to the hotel, and they went directly to the high-speed rail station after eating.

When they came out of the county's high-speed rail station, there was light snow in the sky. It's the Spring Festival travel period, the high-speed rail station is crowded, the exit is full of students and young people who are going home for the New Year, and there are many taxis parked on the road not far away.

Shen Yin was afraid that Zhou Fansheng would lose him, so he whispered beside him: "You have to follow me, I'll call a taxi." She turned her head to meet his chest, he was about 1.8 meters tall, Shen Yin was wearing high heels to reach his chest, and just as she was in a trance, Zhou Fansheng pulled her into his arms.

"Be careful! You have a suitcase behind you. ”

"Ah, thank you." She turned around, and a middle-aged uncle walked past her with two large suitcases.

Zhou Fansheng simply grabbed her arm and squeezed out of the crowd.

Walking to a place where there were few people, he let go of her arm, and there happened to be a taxi parked nearby, Shen Yin told the taxi master the address, she opened the co-pilot's door and asked him to go in first.

"You go in first!" He put his hand on the door.

Shen Yin had no choice but to sit in, and he sat alone in the back seat.

When he arrived near where she lived, there happened to be a coffee shop, Shen Yin pointed to the coffee shop and said to him, "You wait for me there, I'll go back and pack my things first." ”

Zhou Fansheng looked around, nodded and walked in.

Shen Yin returned home, packed a few clothes, took a notebook and went downstairs, and as soon as she entered the elevator, the mobile phone rang, it was Wang Mengliang's phone.

She took her luggage while answering the phone.

But he had already heard the sound of the suitcase, thought she was going home, and said he was going to drive to pick her up. Shen Yin told him that she was going out for a few days because of work, so she didn't have time to meet him these days.

He gently comforted her on the other side of the phone: "It's okay, I'll wait for you." ”

When Shen Yin heard this, she felt a little guilty inexplicably, but for the sake of her work, she couldn't give up such a good opportunity.

She had already gone downstairs, so she hung up the phone, and Zhou Fansheng had already come out of the coffee shop and stood at the door of the community where she lived.

"How did you get here? How cold it is outside! ”

Zhou Fansheng just smiled, he was embarrassed to tell her that he had finished drinking a cup of coffee, "The scenery outside is very good." He said, looking up at the bare branches.

"Oh, now let's go!" Shen Yin followed his line of sight and saw nothing, a few snowflakes fell on her face, cold and cold.

"Wait, I've already called Tetsuhae, and he'll be there soon." He gently patted off the small snowflakes on his head.

Shen Yin remembered that when he took the high-speed train just now, he had been chatting with his mobile phone, and it was estimated that he called his personal driver at that time.

"Just now Zhehai said that there is something at home, so it is inconvenient to send us over." He explained.

At this time, a black Buick stopped in front of them, and a man about forty years old got out of the car, walked up to Zhou Fansheng and said with a smile: "Mr. Sheng, Miss Shen, have you waited for a long time?" ”

"No, the time is just right." Zhou Fansheng smiled slightly, walked directly to the co-pilot's seat, and got into the car.

Zhang Zhehai took the suitcase in Shen Yin's hand to the trunk, and Shen Yin thanked him and sat in the back seat.

It only takes eleven minutes to take the high-speed train from the county seat to the city, but it takes half an hour to drive, and in this half an hour, Shen Yin did not say a word, she only heard Zhang Zhehai say to him: "Mr. Sheng, your cousin just called and said that he has arrived at your door." ”

He calmly said only one word, "um".

When they returned to Zhou Fansheng's house, Zhang Zhehai brought Shen Yin's suitcase into the house, and Shen Yin saw a man sitting on the sofa in the living room, who was playing games with a tablet.

The man raised his head after hearing the sound of them coming in, and Shen Yin recognized him as Yan Pei, Yan Pei didn't seem surprised by her arrival, he walked up to Shen Yin with a smile, glanced at Zhou Fansheng, and said to Shen Yin with a smile: "Shen Yin, we meet again." He saw Shen Yin's somewhat surprised expression and continued, "This is my cousin, you already know each other." ”

Zhou Fansheng took off his coat and entered a room.

Yan Pei motioned for Shen Yin to sit down and poured her a glass of water.

"Yan Pei, you are Mr. Zhou's cousin, it is indeed a bit of a surprise." Shen Yin felt a little hot in the room, so he took off his down jacket.

"Well, actually, I introduced you to my cousin." Yan Pei felt that his expression was a little strange, and immediately explained: "That's right, I have seen the comics you drew before, and I think your style is quite similar to the style of the novels written by my cousin, so I gave him a suggestion, thinking that you can cooperate and dabble in different fields with each other." Actually, to be honest, I just want my cousin's novels to be seen by more people, after all, his writing is very good. Shen Yin, you won't mind, right? ”

Shen Yin immediately waved his hand, "No, I still want to thank you." ”

"Don't be so polite, as long as you don't blame me. My cousin is good at everything, but he is not very sociable, so he is too straight to talk or do things when he has something, just don't take it to heart. ”

"Well, thank you." Shen Yin picked up the cup on the table and took a sip of water.

"I've heard my cousin say that you're going to stay here for a few days, your boyfriend won't mind, right? It was your boyfriend who was next to you when we met that day, right? Yan Pei said with a smile.

"Oh, no...... Yes. Shen Yin smiled awkwardly.

"Okay, I'll show you around now, my cousin doesn't know when he's going to be idle as long as he's busy." Yan Pei stood up and put down the tablet in his hand.

Yan Pei wore a gray coat and went out with Shen Yin. He walked very slowly, and as he walked, he introduced her to the surrounding environment, telling her that there were supermarkets, restaurants, KTVs, bars, barbershops, etc. He pulled out a business card from his coat pocket, "Do you remember my cell phone number?" ”

"Hmm." Shen Yin remembered the last time he handed him a business card, she had saved his mobile phone number in the address book.

"This is my cousin's driver's phone number, you can call him if you have something to do. He generally does not show up at his cousin's residence unless he calls him. He took a key from his coat pocket and put it in her hand, "This is the key to my cousin's door, and now I'll give it to you." ”

At this time, his mobile phone ringed and he answered it with an apologetic smile. Shen Yin wanted to stand farther away, but he didn't expect him to hang up immediately, "Shen Yin, I'm very sorry, my girlfriend has something to look for me, and you can walk around the rest of the place by yourself." By the way, my cousin usually orders takeout, so if you eat, you can solve it yourself or order takeout, and you can call me if you have something. He hurriedly finished speaking, and left.

Shen Yin walked around this community alone, and was probably familiar with the layout of this community. She didn't talk to Wang Mengliang properly in the afternoon, she wanted to explain to him what she was doing now. A minute after she woke up with the mobile phone number she dialed, she heard his voice when she was about to hang up, "Shen Yin!" His gentle voice was heard.

"Are you busy?" Shen Yin asked.

"No, I was just a little busy repairing a laptop."

"I want to tell you something, I don't think I should hide it from you." Shen Yin plucked up his courage and said.

"Well, what's the matter?" His tone was calm.

"I have a friend at work who is a novelist, and now he has a 'bottleneck' and can't write novels, and I want to help him." She took a breath and said, "I'm going to stay at his house for a few days now, you won't mind, right?" ”

Shen Yin's heart was very worried, she was afraid to hear his angry voice, she held her breath and quietly listened to the voice on her mobile phone.

"Well, when are you coming back, I'll pick you up." He said softly.

Shen Yin breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly realized that he hadn't made it clear just now, and added: "Wang Mengliang, he is a man." ”

"I know!" His tone was still calm.

"How do you know, I didn't say it just now." Shen Yin asked suspiciously.

"I heard that." He smiled slightly, "Shen Yin, you said you hate lying, so please believe me too, have a little confidence in me, okay?" ”

"Well, I'm sorry, I know wrong." She was really touched and pouted like a child.

"Shen Yin, you are my 'fiancΓ©e', I don't allow you to like other men except me." He said very seriously.

"Don't worry, we're just friends at work." Shen Yin also smiled.

"Well, no matter where you are, you must eat well, and when you come back, I will cook you a big meal."

"Okay, I'll wait." Shen Yin hung up the phone, the picture of him cooking appeared in her mind, she took out her mobile phone and opened the photo, it was the back of Wang Mengliang cooking, she remembered that this was the day he was sick, she secretly took it.

She felt a little hungry, so she went to the supermarket to buy some snacks, and wanted to call Zhou Fansheng to ask if she wanted it, but she resisted the impulse.

She saw that it was good to buy some preserved eggs in the supermarket, and planned to make some preserved egg and lean porridge at night, and bought other ingredients.

When she returned to Zhou Fansheng's house and saw that his door was closed, she gently walked to the kitchen and started to get busy, planning to make her own dinner. She saw that his kitchen was well stocked with utensils and a refrigerator, which she opened to see that there was nothing but a loaf of bread and three eggs.

After an hour, she made a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a plate of green vegetables, and boiled porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork. , She brought the meal to the table in the living room and wanted to ask Zhou Fansheng to dine together.

As soon as she walked to the door of his room, she just raised her right hand, the door of the room suddenly opened, and Zhou Fansheng stood at the door, "What's the matter?" He said with a blank face.

"Ah, I used your kitchen and made dinner by the way, would you like to eat some?" She said embarrassedly.

"Okay!" He smiled slightly, walked out of the room, came to the dining table, and sat down.

"I'm not very good at cooking, I can only make simple ones." Shen Yin handed him the spoon and sat down.

He took a sip of porridge, "Well, it tastes pretty good." ”

After they finished eating, Shen Yin began to clean up the dishes, and Zhou Fansheng came to the kitchen, "Is there anything I can do?" ”

Shen Yin looked around, took a dry towel and handed it to him, "You can help me wipe these clean dishes." ”

He picked up the towel and carefully wiped the dishes, and suddenly, he asked, "Do you like to watch movies?" What type of movies do you like to watch? ”

"It's okay, it's just that I don't have time after work, I prefer the ending to be happy for all."

"Oh." He still did what he was doing seriously and did not speak again.

At night, she was cleaning up her room, the rooms were ajar, and Zhou Fansheng was standing outside knocking on the door.

Shen Yin turned his head, "Is there something wrong?" ”

"Are you going to paint tonight?" He stood in the doorway and asked, "I want to see you drawing, is it convenient for you?" ”

"Oh, yes, but I'm packing up now, can you come back in twenty minutes?" Shen Yin said embarrassedly.

"Hmm." He finished and left.