Ch14 - “You are going to break up with me again, aren’t you?”

In the end, Shu Jin could breathe freely.

The light is not bright, but Shu Jin’s overflowing tears shone slightly against the liquid on the hand that left from his mouth. 

The sofa was too narrow and hard, so they went back to the room, and Shu Jin fell on an equally not-so-big bed. Shu Jin raised his head to accept the kiss, then put his arms around Sheng Xinghe’s neck. He touched the thick black hair on the back of his head, and he could smell the same shower gel on them.

This kiss lasted for a long time, so long that everything was silent. Looking back in time, it was full of long-lasting affection.

When he suddenly felt the coolness, Shu Jin was taken aback, as if he didn’t know where the things came from.

Sheng Xinghe also did not explain. 

He might have bought them when he came out to pick his luggage, or he might have brought them inside the suitcase, or he bought them without Shu Jin’s knowledge when the two of them went to the supermarket together.

Sheng Xinghe is not the same as before. In those days, Shu Jin felt that he could see through him at glance, because Sheng Xinghe had no reservations in front of him.

But now, Sheng Xinghe has become so unobtrusive that it has become difficult for Shu Jin to read his thoughts. This made Shu Jin feel unfamiliar, but even more attracted.

Sheng Xinghe’s overindulgence are even worse than the previous few times. Shu Jin was ashamed and angry, and couldn’t help crying: “Where did you learn to do that?”

At this time, he didn’t even take into account that Sheng Xinghe had never had anyone else at all.

Sheng Xinghe then said: “Think about what you just learned.”

Shu Jin could not even say anything, and bit Sheng Xinghe’s shoulder viciously, then he heard Sheng Xinghe say: “You wear it.”

Shu Jin was about to faint, so he didn’t understand. He only reacted when he was stuffed with something he wanted to buy but didn’t dare to buy. And of course, Sheng Xinghe reminded him: “I’m not free.” 

Finally, Sheng Xinghe grabbed his hand, then he closed his eyes, and let him touch his eyelids.

Sheng Xinghe’s adam’s apple slid slightly: “You still want me.”

Shu Jin was paralyzed with sweat, feeling that he was going to break, then he trembled abruptly when he heard his words.

What he had said five years ago was being overturned by this one sentence. 

He wanted to pull his hand away, but Sheng Xinghe didn’t let go. He opened his eyes and looked at him.

Two pairs of eyes are facing each other.

As if falling into a gray sea, Shu Jin kept his face away and whispered: “Brother, don’t look at me.”

Sheng Xinghe kissed his finger. 

The next day, his colleague called to inform Shu Jin that the place had been booked, so he had to show up.

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Sheng Xinghe heard the content of the call and said that he was also having something tonight, and was planning to visit his teacher in Star City. Shu Jin hesitated for a while, but then he saw that Sheng Xinghe was the same as usual and did not get angry, in the end, he still agreed.

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The two said goodbye downstairs, then Shu Jin took a taxi. He looked back at the figure of Sheng Xinghe standing on the street from the rear window of the car.

For some reason, he felt a little uneasy.

But before going out just now, Sheng Xinghe kissed him in the hallway. 

He saw the group of his left-behind colleagues, Lin Wang was also there. His family was local, so he ran out to join in the fun. It’s no wonder that aliens like Shu Jin are constantly being “coerced and lured” to participate.

Lin Wang asked Shu Jin: “I heard that someone ran into you and your brother in the lobby of the cinema yesterday. Your family came?”

Lin Wang didn’t expect it to be Sheng Xinghe, after all, according to Shu Jin, they should not be close to that extent.

But before Shu Jin answered, Lin Wang said again: “I heard that your dad is also here.” 

Shu Jin: “…”

He didn’t know what Lin Wang’s brain is made up of, but he also added a sentence as the mature one: “Let’s stop having trouble with family members in the future ha.”

Speaking of Shu Zhaoyuan, Shu Jin was a little concerned.

Shu Zhaoyuan said that after meeting his friends they didn’t contact him again. Just now Shu Jin called him on the road, but no one answered him. He called a taxi to go to the hotel to find someone, but the front desk told him that Shu Zhaoyuan was not there. 

Halfway through the gathering, this anxiety began to amplify inexplicably.

Shu Jin’s eyelids began to jump, and he became absent-minded.

Then suddenly, his phone rang, startling Shu Jin. Sheng Xinghe’s number was displayed on the screen.

He picked it up with a sigh of relief and heard Sheng Xinghe on the phone saying: “Shu Jin, when are you coming back?” 

Shu Jin looked at the table full of people and said: “It should be soon, have you gone back already?”

“En.” Then  Sheng Xinghe said: “Someone came to the house looking for you.”

There seemed to be a sound in his ear, and Shu Jin was stunned: “…who is it?”

It took a few seconds before he heard Sheng Xinghe’s voice on the phone clearly: “I don’t know him. He said he was your father’s friend.” 

Shu Jin felt that Sheng Xinghe still had something to say and only vaguely replied: “Oh.”

“He said that uncle is hospitalized.” Sheng Xinghe’s tone sounded unusual, “I’ll go over to the hospital and wait for you first.”

…

Shu Jin took a taxi to the hospital and even forgot to take his coat in a hurry. 

When he arrived at the hospital, Sheng Xinghe, who was waiting downstairs, was wrapped in a warm coat, only then did he realize that his body was cold.

Sheng Xinghe did not ask when Shu Zhaoyuan came to Star City, nor did he ask anything else. He just briefly told Shu Jin that there was a fight, and Shu Zhaoyuan was kicked in the waist. There was no major problem. He was admitted to the hospital this afternoon, and only needed to check whether that kick ruptured his spleen.

Shu Jin feels cold. Shu Zhaoyuan has a criminal record, so he doesn’t know how to deal with it.

“You…” 

He didn’t know how to ask.

Sheng Xinghe knew what he wanted to ask, and said: “I didn’t meet him.”

Even so, the two did not feel relaxed at all.

Because they all know that even if Shu Zhaoyuan doesn’t see Sheng Xinghe’s face now, sooner or later, he would know that they were together again. 

Shu Jin was in a daze.

Sheng Xinghe reached out to him and wrapped his jacket tightly, then he touched his face with a great restraint, then arranged: “You go up and see him first, then sign or something, and I’ll pay the fee.”

Shu Jin immediately said: “No need——”

Sheng Xinghe interrupted him: “It’s okay. Although I don’t like him, he has taken care of me and grandpa for so many years. I still remember these.” 

Shu Jin’s eyes were red, the words were on the edge of his mouth, but he couldn’t say anything.

For Sheng Xinghe, Shu Zhaoyuan did something that can be regarded as annihilating his own conscience, but in his youth, Shu Zhaoyuan really did care about him, took care of him, and even took the place of his seriously ill grandfather, filling in the vacancy when he needed parents to show up at school, and almost playing the role of a father.

Sheng Xinghe is clear in his grudges. He remembers revenge as well as kindness.

“Go.” Sheng Xinghe said. 

Shu Jin looked at him, and took a few steps backwards before walking into the elevator.

After he went to the nurse’s station and asked where Shu Zhaoyuan was, Shu Jin walked through the long corridor to the hospital room.

Opening the door, Shu Zhaoyuan was lying on the bed with no expression. Hearing the door open, the father and son looked at each other, and Shu Jin only had time to call “Dad”, when Shu Zhaoyuan grabbed the cup of water on the bedside and smashed it in his face.

With a “pa” the ceramic mug broke into pieces, and everyone in the ward was shocked. 

Shu Jin was hit by the cup, and his forehead immediately began to bleed.

Shu Zhaoyuan was going crazy and cursed: “You get out! You eat inside while giving things outside! Get the hell out of here!” 

Shu Jin just stood there unmoving.

Then a middle-aged man pushed him out, half-coaxed and half-persuaded him, probably Shu Zhaoyuan’s friend he spoke of.

The middle-aged man said to him: “…your father has this temper. He was so angry at first, as soon as he heard that your half-blind, cough, that it’s for that friend. Shu Jin ah, it’s like this, your father’s fight with someone was purely an accident. Uncle just took him to dinner, but who would have thought that he would meet his enemy.”

“That person was originally a worker under your father. He then started doing his own work in the field, and in the past few years, he has flourished.” 

“I later learned that he was the one who reported your father when he went to prison. What is this called…”

…

Shu Jin’s brain buzzed.

His face was pale, and it took several minutes to turn back again. The world is really so small. 

The passing nurse scolded them and sent Shu Jin to an outpatient clinic to treat the wound on his forehead.

After coming out of the clinic, Shu Jin did not go upstairs again.

He stood by the flower bed in a secluded part of the hospital for a while, then took cell phone and dialed Sheng Xinghe’s number.

Neither of them spoke immediately after being connected. 

In a brief silence, Sheng Xinghe spoke first: “Shu Jin.”

Shu Jin: “En.”

Sheng Xinghe: “You are going to break up with me again, aren’t you?”

Obviously he was still wearing Sheng Xinghe’s coat, his temperature was still there, but Shu Jin’s hand resting on his cheek was frozen like ice. Then he heard Sheng Xinghe say: “There’s no next five years.”