Ch21 - Confession

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The first time he said he was leaving, Shu Jin made a mistake. He lost his cell phone in the first service area after he got on the highway. 

He didn’t remember when he lost it. He just went to buy water and food. Only after the car drove dozens of kilometers on the road again, did he realize that his phone was missing.

He borrowed the driver’s phone to call, but it was already turned off.

Maybe someone picked it up.

The phone Shu Jin has been using for almost three years, was an old model, and it’s actually worthless. 

So when the driver asked him if he needed to turn around at the next exit to go back and look for it, he chose to give it up—— He knew that Sheng Xinghe would work overtime at the company the next day, and he had already checked the address of the office building where Sheng Xinghe was located on the Internet.

When he arrived at his destination, he stood under the unfamiliar building. Looking at the building that almost rose into clouds, only then did Shu Jin realize that he rushed over so hastily. He didn’t know if this would be a shock or a surprise for Sheng Xinghe.

Today is the last day after the Spring Festival holiday, so the interior of the building was slightly deserted.

Shu Jin did not have a work card and the security guard on duty refused him entry, so he had to report the name of Sheng Xinghe’s company and ask the security guard to call to inform him.

The person who came to pick up Shu Jin was the woman he met last time, Sheng Xinghe’s assistant.

“Shu Jin!” The assistant’s eyes lit up when he saw him and greeted him enthusiastically, “What brings you here? Do you still remember me?”

“Hello.” Shu Jin said shyly, “I remember.”

Sheng Xinghe mentioned that his assistant’s name is Jiang Jiang. 

“Why are you so early? You should have said in advance, I could have come to pick you up when your plane landed.” Jiang Jiang smiled and pressed the elevator, “It looks like you didn’t sleep well. The early flights are the worst! You won’t be able to sleep well on the plane at all.”

Shu Jin’s face is small and white, his hair is messy, and he looks very young: “Thank you, there’s no need to bother you. Will it interfere with your work if I come all of a sudden?” He thought for a moment, “He doesn’t know I’m coming, in fact, I only need to say a few words to him.”

Jiang Jiang laughed: “No! Don’t worry, there are only three or four people in the company, and everyone else hasn’t even started yet.”

Noticing that Jiang Jiang was also dressed in civilian clothes, Shu Jin relaxed a bit. 

It was not his intention to come to the place where Sheng Xinghe worked, and it made him feel reckless and unable to do anything right.

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This time she certainly didn’t have to ask.

Because of the short one month transition, Shu Jin has re-entered Sheng Xinghe’s life.

Shu Jin still remembers Sheng Xinghe’s expression that day. Sheng Xinghe’s eyelashes were drooping, his thin lips were pressed into a thin line. His eyes were very faint. As the elevator moved, he calmly looked at the numbers displayed on the screen, while one of his hands was casually tucked inside the pocket of his pants, which made Shu Jin feel strange. 

What was Sheng Xinghe thinking that day?

However, after only a few days of seeing each other, Shu Jin’s heart started beating uncontrollably when he thought of  seeing each other soon

When he followed Jiang Jiang out of the elevator, his heart beat even more, as if it was about to burst out of his chest in the next second, causing him to clench his fists tightly, wanting to act calmly.

He walked through the door of the company that had a legendary monopoly on several market materials. Then he passed through long corridors and offices, and then stopped at the door of a room. 

Jiang Jiang only knocked skillfully on the door before pushing it open: “Mr. Sheng, Shu Jin is here.”

In the huge office, Sheng Xinghe lifted his head from his desk with a cold face, his expression was momentarily astonished.

Shu Jin’s face flushed red.

As soon as he walked in, Jiang Jiang closed the door. There were only two of them in the office. He felt stupid all over his body: “…” 

Neither of them said anything.

Sheng Xinghe stood up and the chair made a sound of sliding backwards. Before he could even start, Shu Jin strode over to him and hugged him.

After being knocked back, Sheng Xinghe reversed their position, and held the person in his arms.

Shu Jin’s face was leaning on his shoulder, and his body still carried the outside chill. His hair was cold, and he also had the smell of inferior perfume on his body that he didn’t know where he got from. 

“Why did you turn off your phone?” Sheng Xinghe spoke in a hoarse voice, “I called many times, from last night to just now.”

“I lost my phone…” Shu Jin was frustrated and suddenly felt aggrieved. “Lost it in the Qinghe service area. Who would be interested in such an old phone, ah? Even if you find it, you won’t be able to sell it much.”

Sheng Xinghe was taken aback, and quickly understood: “You came by car.”

“Well, there are no more tickets.” Shu Jin said, “There are no plane tickets or high-speed train tickets, so I can only take a car quickly.” 

Before Sheng Xinghe could even react, Shu Jin moved back a bit, but didn’t let go of his hand, then he raised his head and said: “You lend it to me first, I have to buy a phone.”

But after seeing Sheng Xinghe’s expression clearly, he immediately felt a severe pain in his heart.

His gray eye was obscure, while his other quiet and bright eye was looking at him intensely. At a time when their relationship was still so fragile, what did his sudden loss of contact mean to Sheng Xinghe? Why didn’t he think of it before?

He should have memorized Sheng Xinghe’s cell phone number. 

“Okay, go buy it at noon.” Sheng Xinghe said naturally, “Why did you suddenly come here?”

Shu Jin said: “I just wanted to come over, so I came.”

In the office environment, Shu Jin was too embarrassed to speak some confessions.

But when he came, he could clearly feel that Sheng Xinghe’s mood had become a little bit happy, which made him very happy. 

Sheng Xinghe touched his face and asked him if he was tired.

Shu Jin said he was a little hungry, so Sheng Xinghe went to the pantry and got the lunch Jiang Jiang had brought and warmed it up for him to eat.

Shu Jin was shocked, he didn’t know that the boss would exploit his employees like this. Sheng Xinghe then said: “I’ll treat her to something else at noon.”

Shu Jin: “Is that okay?” 

From the distance, he heard Jiang Jiang’s prolonged “Yes——” word. Sheng Xinghe curled his lips, then pushed the person back to the office with the food.”

While Shu Jin was eating in Sheng Xinghe’s office, another young colleague came in. This colleague ignored the fact that someone dared to eat on the boss’s desk and only smiled politely at Shu Jin to say hello.

After discussing work, the colleague also took away two chocolates on Sheng Xinghe’s desk before leaving the office. They appeared to be delivered during the Spring Festival since the packaging is red. The colleague looked at them with a grin and asked: “Is Mr. Sheng treating you tonight?”

The result was, of course, he was driven away by Sheng Xinghe. 

The outside world evaluated Sheng Xinghe as nothing more than indifferent and harsh, but here, it was entirely different from what Shu Jin had thought.

Shu Jin choked on a mouthful of rice, and his cheeks puffed up in a ball: “…do they all know who I am?”

Sheng Xinghe tapped the keyboard and asked rhetorically: “Oh, who are you?”

After asking, he looked at him with interest, waiting for him to say the answer himself. 

Shu Jin: “…”

He still didn’t have the courage to make things clear, so how could he have the nerve to say who he was? He had to keep his head down and continue eating, planning to talk to Sheng Xinghe about it when he got back.

There is a small compartment in Sheng Xinghe’s office, which is used for resting when working overtime.

After eating and washing up, Shu Jing was taken inside to catch up on his sleep. Because there was no one, the whole company was quiet, Shu Jin could vaguely hear Sheng Xinghe talking to his colleagues outside. Then he slept for an unknown period of time. His back was pressed up against a familiar scent, his waist was encircled, and his hand was also caught. 

“Brother?” Shu Jin asked blankly.

“Go to sleep.” Sheng Xinghe said rulefully, “They are sensible and won’t come to disturb.”

Shu Jin’s eyelids were heavy.

He could feel that Sheng Xinghe didn’t take off his clothes, but just wrapped into a quilt with him, intending to sleep with his clothes. 

“Sleep a little longer, I set the alarm clock.” Sheng Xinghe added, “I didn’t get much sleep last night.”

Shu Jin turned over, and after finding a comfortable posture, he grabbed the front of Sheng Xinghe’s shirt with one hand.

On the first morning when he came to Sheng Xinghe, he buried his head in Sheng Xinghe’s chest and mumbled confusedly, “Brother, I love you” in the place where Sheng Xinghe was working.

He couldn’t wait till night. 

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It’s not over yet. Things have not been explained to the end, so don’t panic. It’s just that I can’t write today.