On the second day of staying in Jiangcheng, news came from the salvage team.

At that time, Fu Jichen was spitting clouds and fog in the hotel suite, Lu Yanzhi was holding a laptop, sitting in a single sofa, and the computer was on his lap to deal with some official business.

The room was full of smoke and fog, and Lu Yanzhi couldn't stand an old smoking gun, coughed twice in a low voice, leaned over and took the tea on the coffee table to moisten his throat, his fingers were still on the keyboard, and his eyes glanced at the opposite side.

In less than three days, his friend seemed to be a different person, his already deep eyebrows and eyes were seriously inverted due to lack of sleep, his eyes were red and bloodshot, his three-dimensional facial features were becoming more and more distinct, his face was thin, his lines were sharp, and his chin was full of pale cyan stubble.

The clothes on his body have changed, wearing a dark black shirt, and casual trousers underneath, the hem of the shirt hangs casually, not tucked into the waistband of the pants, compared with the previous board, it looks unkempt.

After smoking a cigarette, he tossed the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

Lu Yanzhi opened his mouth, and before the words of persuasion could be spoken, the mobile phone suddenly rang.

He glanced at the call notes on the screen in a leaning posture, and the words "Xu Ting, the captain of the salvage team" were particularly conspicuous, and the fingers holding the handle of the teacup were clasped tightly, and his heart was raised first.

The captain of the salvage team called, explaining that there was news about Shen Jianian, but he was not sure whether it was good or bad.

Without waiting for Lu Yanzhi to make more guesses, the phone was picked up by a bony hand, and then, he heard the hoarse voice of the man opposite: "Hey." ”

What the person on the phone said, Lu Yanzhi couldn't hear it clearly, only saw that Fu Jichen seemed to be immobilized by a spell, and the whole person was fixed there, he didn't move for a long time, and there was no expression on his face.

Seeing him like this, Lu Yanzhi's bad premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Don't...... Found Shen Jianian's body?

"Fu Jichen." Lu Yanzhi tried to call him, but he didn't call him "Fu Da" in a somewhat joking tone as usual.

That sound recalled Fu Jichen's lost senses, he took down the phone, his pale lips tightened, and his Adam's apple kept rolling, as if he was trying to suppress some kind of emotion.

When faced with a tragedy, people's first reaction is not to believe it, even if all the evidence points to an answer, they still refuse to accept it.

It's like, as long as you don't believe it, it won't exist.

Otherwise, there would be no such thing as "self-deception".

Fu Jichen felt a tingling sensation in his eyes, as if he was smoked by the smoke in the room, and turned his head sideways to look at the blue sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

The weather is so good, will Jia Nian sit where to bask in the sun.

The screen showed that he was still on the phone, Lu Yanzhi couldn't calm down, took the mobile phone from Fu Jichen's hand on his own initiative, and asked in his ear: "Captain Xu, did you find it?" ”

Xu Ting heard that there was a different person on the phone, and gasped and repeated the words: "We found Shen Jianian's belongings in the lower reaches of the Songli River, and there were her documents in them. ”

He didn't use the word "relics" for fear of bringing a heavy blow to his family, even though everyone understood what it meant to find personal clothing in the river.

Lu Yanzhi exhaled slowly, and he couldn't say a word.

"Are you listening, sir?" Xu Ting asked.

Lu Yanzhi licked his lips, put one hand on his forehead, pressed it twice, and whispered, "Let's do this first." I'll go over and get something later, I'll trouble you. ”

The figure in front of him flickered, Lu Yanzhi raised his eyes, the man got up and walked to the window, his back was straight, and after a closer look, it was not difficult to find that he was holding on.

Lu Yanzhi put his mobile phone on the coffee table, closed the computer and walked over, standing silently beside Fu Jichen, turning his head to look at him without making a big move, but the corner of his eye caught the wet marks dripping from the corner of his eye.

The boy has tears and doesn't flick.

In the years he has known Fu Jichen, he has never seen him cry. Don't say it's crying, I haven't been sad and frustrated. He was born in a family like the Fu family, with a wealthy family and a prominent background, he is a real proud son of the sky, and thousands of people hold him. He has strong ability and ruthless methods, no one gives him anger, only he has the share of others.

Before there was any news, Lu Yanzhi could still persuade him not to be too pessimistic, but now, the facts are in front of him, and he can't say deceptive words to comfort people......

As the sun began to set in the west, the warm orange light spread on the glass, and the figures reflected on it seemed to turn into sculptures.

Lu Yanzhi secretly thought about it, and opened his mouth to break the silence in the room to the depressing atmosphere: "I'll go to Team Xu and get the things back." ”

"I'll go myself."

Fu Jichen's voice changed, compared to hoarseness, there was more peace like death.

He may not have accepted this reality, but on the surface, he has built a barrier to self-protection, and others cannot peek into his true emotions.

In the end, he didn't worry about him, Lu Yanzhi followed.

Qu Mo drove the two to the lower reaches of the Songli River.

Xu Ting took the team, just got off the boat, took off his diving equipment and sat by the river to smoke, and went into the water several times a day to salvage, and his body was so tired that he collapsed.

The three men got out of the car and walked, Xu Ting saw them from a distance, took the cigarette butt from his mouth, inserted it into the sand, stood up and patted the sand on his pants.

Without waiting for them to ask, Xu Ting pointed to an oatmeal-colored handbag and said, "This is it." ”

The wind was strong by the river, and the short hair on the top of the head was blowing like weeds. Qu Mo and Lu Yanzhi stood still, and Fu Jichen walked over to the wet, mud-stained handbag.

The wind blew the hem of the man's clothes, flipped up and down, and he crouched down and unzipped his tote bag.

There are only three or four pieces of clothes worn at this time, a toiletry bag, and a storage bag, all of which are Shen Jianian's things.

Looking at these familiar things, Fu Jichen closed his eyes, and the expression on his face did not change much, so that people could not feel his mood fluctuations.

He took out the storage bag and opened it, as Xu Ting said, it was Shen Jianian's certificate. Her ID card, household registration book, passport, and a few small two-inch ID photos that I don't know when I took them should have been extra from the previous documents.

Fu Jichen pinched one of the photos with his fingertips, his eyes fell on the small face, the girl's long black and thick hair hung down on her shoulders, she wore a blue shirt, the neckline was tied with a delicate bow ribbon, and the broken hair on both sides of her cheeks was tucked behind her ears, revealing her complete ears, her facial features were bright and her temperament was pure.

It's probably Jia Nian when he was in college, and it's something he hasn't seen before.

Fu Jichen rubbed the photo with his fingertips, as if he was caressing the girl's cheeks, and his thin lips loosened slightly, revealing a slight smile.

The people around him watched the scene and did not make a sound to disturb him. Even after many years, looking back, I still feel worried. The president of Junshan Group, thin and thin, knelt on one knee on the sand, holding a very small photo in his hand, with a smile on his lips, but his eyes were full of sadness, and the afterglow of the sunset fell on his broad back, which could not shine into his heart.

Fu Jichen slowly stood up, held the handbag in his arms, regardless of the stains on it staining his clean shirt, before leaving, he said to Xu Ting: "Keep looking, I can add money, no matter what, I want to see her." ”

He understands what he means, he wants to see people alive and corpses when he dies.

Returning to the hotel from the riverbank in the evening of that day, Fu Jichen had a high fever, and his illness was like a mountain, and the whole person collapsed.

He didn't want to go to the hospital, and Lu Yanzhi couldn't watch him get sick like this, so he had to call a doctor to the hotel to treat him.

People who burned to almost forty degrees began to talk nonsense, and the name was repeated over and over again in their mouths.

Shen Jianian, Jianian......

When Lu Yanzhi heard this, he felt uncomfortable, and it was at this moment that he really understood that Fu Jichen had a deep affection for Shen Jianian, to the point of unimaginable.

On the night he left for Switzerland, Shen Jiannian came to the airport to see off the plane, and he could see that Shen Jiannian was also sincere to Fu Jichen.

However, she died when Fu Jichen loved her the most, and I am afraid that he will not be able to forget her in the first half of his life.

*

An illness lingered for a week, and when Fu Jichen completely recovered, the whole person lost a lot.

Lu Yanzhi returned to Yicheng, the company had something to do, and he couldn't be delayed, so he couldn't stay any longer. Song Fang was sent back to Beicheng by Fu Jichen at noon on the second day of his arrival in Jiangcheng, stabilized the situation for him at the group headquarters, and followed up on several major projects.

There was no news from Xu Ting's side, whether it was good or bad.

Qu Mo booked a ticket back to Beicheng at half past two in the afternoon, and came over to talk to the boss.

When Fu Jichen heard this, he just lifted his eyelids lightly, indicating that he understood. He was holding something in his hand, and Qu casually glanced at it, it was the ID photo of Miss Shen that was salvaged that day. (End of chapter)