Good Man Operation Guide

Chapter 125: The scientific maniac who lost his child (1)

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Seeing that the old lady was about to faint from crying, the two girls next to her quickly supported her.

"Grandma too, don't get excited. I don't know how my aunt is doing."

"What else could it be! Everyone is in the hospital!!"

The old lady stared at Lin Shiheng with rage and resentment, as if she could not wait to pounce on him and bite him. She was tough, and she grew up doing farm work all the time. Did not hold back.

Or Lin Shiheng stretched out his hand and waved: "It's okay, let go of your hands first."

He was an elder, so he naturally had to listen to what he said. The two girls looked at each other and let go of their hands hesitantly.

As soon as she let go, the old lady immediately rushed up and started slapping Lin Shiheng on the shoulder, scolding: "I shouldn't have brought you home, I shouldn't have provided you to school, you heartless, this is how you treat my granddaughter , My granddaughter can't be sorry!! You have no conscience, you have no conscience... "

At first, she used a lot of strength in her hands, but when she found out that Lin Shiheng didn't dodge or evade, just stood there and let herself fight, the strength in her hands gradually diminished, and a wrinkled face was old. Tears were pouring out, and the words he said were full of dejection.

"At the beginning... I shouldn't have promised you to be together, enemy, enemy!!"

"grandmother."

Lin Shiheng just stood there and let her vent, watching the old man finish venting, and finally said: "You really misunderstood, Chu Chu didn't tell me about this illness, and I just found out."

"Ah."

The old lady sneered, with tears on her face: "Did she tell you it's useful? You just stay in that broken laboratory every day, doing messy experiments. You have been married to Chuchu for so many years, and you have cared about her. How many times? After the child was lost by you, I kept looking for the child to find him and fainted at the beginning of the year. I called you to come to the hospital to take a look, but you didn't want to! What? It's not your child? It's not your own. ? You... You lost him so young. After so many years, he still doesn't know what he suffered or suffered... "

As she spoke, the old lady shed more tears, and pressed her wrinkled hand to her heart. This time, the two little girls were startled, and she hurriedly called her grandmother to pounce on her.

"You don't care about everything, everything makes me first come here... Are you like those people, you feel that the child has been lost for so long, there is no hope, and you don't want to find it... "

When the old lady said this, she felt disheartened.

Not only because of her granddaughter and great-grandson, but also because of the culprit in front of her who made her hate so much, and the child she raised alone.

How can it be so cold and thin, how can there be no reaction to the loss of the only blood relative.

The old lady looked at the man standing in front of her. He is thirty-five years old this year, which is the best age for a man. Because of his excellent appearance, he also looks younger than his actual age. Famous and expensive watch, you can see that life is very good at a glance.

At this moment, his brows were frowning tightly, and he looked at himself with worry in his eyes, but what was the use of worrying, no matter what she said, he didn't say a word, and spent the whole day in that broken laboratory, regardless of his own children of life and death.

It stands to reason that the child has been lost for ten years, and those sorrows and sorrows should be calmed down. The old lady's reaction was a bit extreme, but not only ten years later, but ten years ago, when she was just lost, Lin Shiheng, the biological father, After only finding the surveillance for less than two hours with them, I hurried back to the laboratory.

At that time, the granddaughter was stimulated to faint and fainted. After waking up, her mental state was not very good. Only the old lady accompanied her, because the police said that the child might have been taken away from the city. , and asked the passing travelers one by one if they had seen this child.

And at that time, where was Lin Shiheng

Even after that, he huddled in the laboratory silently. One time he went out to look for his child and his wallet was stolen, and his foot was swollen again. when it matters.

Is there such a husband and such a father! !

The more she thought about it, the colder her heart became, and a sharp stinging pain suddenly came from her heart, accompanied by this stinging pain, and the feeling of suffocation that she couldn't breathe.

"Grandma too!!"

"Grandma, what's wrong with you!!"

The two young girls suddenly panicked and hurried to support her who was slowly falling down, but they were still too young, and even if they worked together, they couldn't support the weight of an adult like the old lady.

Just when the old lady was about to fall, a pair of hands suddenly grabbed her hand, which was a little colder than hers.

The old lady reluctantly opened her eyes and saw Lin Shiheng in front of her.

There was anxiety in his eyes, but also helplessness and worry. He helped the person up with one hand, seemingly helping the old lady to dust off her body, but taking advantage of the moment when she stood up, he whispered in her ear quickly.

"Grandma, someone is watching here, and I can't say a few words. You believe me, I will definitely be able to get Xuan Xuan back."

The old lady was shocked and looked at the person in front of her suspiciously. Seeing that his forehead was covered in cold sweat and his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, she winked at her. Although the expression on her face remained familiar and helpless, there was a faint trace of anxiety. .

It seems that it is indeed a hidden and shackled appearance.

Although she didn't know what was going on, she became a widow at the age of nineteen, and she was naturally not a fool by pulling her son to grow up alone.

In particular, she has experienced the most turbulent times in the country, and she is especially sensitive to this kind of thing. The old lady didn't think that Lin Shiheng would make up nonsense and play with her. Countless possibilities flashed through her mind, and she stood firm. .

The person in front of her seemed to think that she was wearing thin clothes, so she took off her jacket and put it on her. Taking the opportunity to tidy up her jacket, she quickly said in a low voice, "You still treat me as you did before, and don't let people see it."

The old lady reacted instantly, and immediately shouted loudly: "Beast!! I don't want your clothes!!"

She grabbed the coat that was draped over her shoulders, threw it to the ground suddenly, and said to the two granddaughters who didn't know it: "Missing, go, follow me to see your aunt!"

"Hey! Grandma, please slow down!"

"Grandma, my aunt is here..."

Supported by her two great-granddaughters, the old lady turned around and looked angrily at Lin Shiheng, who was standing in the middle of the corridor.

He stood there, didn't pick up the coat on the ground, just watched them leave silently and quietly, obviously his expression didn't reveal any sadness, but the whole person seemed to reveal a sense of loneliness.

What the hell is going on, why is there someone monitoring, isn't he just a researcher

Is there really a reason

***

Watching the old lady leave, Lin Shiheng picked up his coat, went downstairs to the hospital and bought a laptop next door.

With the new computer in hand, he returned to the hospital, sat on the bench and began to tap on the keyboard with both hands.

The original owner had no difficulties, but Lin Shiheng could.

Quickly deducing his plan, Lin Shiheng closed the laptop.

Someone is watching or something.

Of course he made it up.

The old lady is old and cautious, and has experienced the most chaotic times in China. Even if she was young at that time, it was enough to make her remember it fresh. Therefore, young people do not believe this kind of thing, she will definitely believe it. .

And as long as she believes in the beginning, the next thing will be much easier.

The original owner's memory is relatively dull and not long.

He and the old lady belonged to the same village, and he was the same age as the old lady's granddaughter, who was later his wife.

When the original owner was about five years old, his parents died unexpectedly, and his custody went to his uncle. It was just that in a dilapidated village, it was difficult enough to raise his own children, and it was very uncomfortable to raise another child.

In particular, his parents were poor, and they left no inheritance. They all fell down the hillside and died. They didn't compensate for their own deaths, and there was no benefit at all. Who would want to help others raise their children for nothing.

But such an old child can no longer be thrown away. Uncles and aunts can only raise him with a stinky face, hungry and full, and every time they give their children something delicious, they will pay the original owner.

He wasn't stupid, and he didn't mean to hold grudges. It wasn't easy at that time, especially when it was a small and run-down village. It was good enough for aunts and aunts to be willing to support him, and we couldn't expect more.

He was hungry, so he went to the river to catch fish to eat. The river was very deep. It was too dangerous for a child to go into the river. Once, he almost drowned and was rescued by the old lady.

The old lady became a widow very early, and lived with her son. Later, the son grew up and went to work in the city. After marriage, both husband and wife had to work and no one could take care of children. They gave birth to two daughters in total, the older one. You can board at the school, but the smaller one needs to be brought.

Therefore, the old lady always took her little granddaughter. She did not prioritize sons over daughters, and she loved her granddaughter to the core. She loved the house and Wu, and was a little bit unbearable for the original owner who was so young and suffered from suffering, so she always helped him.

The original owner's aunt and uncle saw it as if they didn't know, anyway, they would be happy to have someone help them share the burden.

Soon it was the age to go to school. The original owner wanted to go to school, but his aunt and uncle were unwilling to pay, even if he wanted to make an IOU, so who would believe that he would pay back the money when he grew up.

The original owner went to the old lady. The old lady was soft-hearted, and after listening to the endorsement of the original owner who never went to school and only leaned on the window of the elementary school, she wrote a letter to ask her son's opinion. The original owner studied.

In fact, it doesn't cost much to study. The original owner has excellent grades. Since elementary school, he has never been in the top three. After that, he went to junior high school and started to receive scholarships. Since then, the old lady has basically not given much money.

He and the old lady's granddaughter Zhou Chuchu had a good time when they were young. When Zhou Chuchu was in junior high school, he was taken back by his parents, and the two reunited in the same high school. The childhood friendship and the joy of reunion were mixed together, and the two happened in their freshman year. relation.

After they became pregnant at the beginning of the week, they simply told their parents that although they were angry at having a child when they were supposed to go to school, they looked at the two who grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and then looked at the original owner's outstanding achievements since childhood. , the Zhou family still agreed to the marriage.

At that time, there were a lot of people who got married and went to college. They simply had a wedding and went back to school. After that, they took a six-month suspension of school after their belly got big at the beginning of the week, and they went back to campus after having children.

Originally childhood sweethearts, although the two sides are not good people, they are not bad people, and they both came out of good universities, so they should have a good life.

But the original owner was obsessed with doing scientific research.

His infatuation has left all the previous things behind. He has no interest in his wife, or a son who has his own blood. He just wants to focus on research.

Strictly speaking, he is not bad. He just gave up his wife and son for scientific research.

At first, no one found out that it was wrong. They only felt that the original owner liked work very much, and liked it to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat, because he knew that he had been working hard in the laboratory, and he had never had an affair. The phone went right away.

He didn't stay at home for a long time, basically leaving early and returning late, but because he was convinced that he was indeed working, Zhou Chuchu didn't take it seriously.

She studied painting. After graduation, she began to design some original jewelry and clothing to sell online. Because it is very beautiful and fine workmanship, even if the price is high, the sales volume is very good.

There is still plenty of time to make jewelry and paint at home every day, so even if the original owner basically doesn’t go home very often, their children are not lacking in company.

The original owner only took the child to play once since he was born. His research was fruitful, and he was happy that he rarely took a day off. It happened that there was something at the beginning of the week and he left the child to take care of him and went out in a hurry.

The original owner didn't get along with his son very much, and the five-year-old child could speak clearly, and he eagerly proposed to go to the playground.

Just like that, the two went to the playground.

While playing, an inspiration suddenly appeared in the original owner's mind. He hurriedly took out the notebook he carried with him and began to immerse himself in writing the series of codes, and then made various calculations.

By the time he raised his head and remembered that he had brought his son out, the child was long gone.

This was like a bolt from the blue for Zhou Chuchu, who had her son on the top of her heart. She was looking for her child like crazy, but no matter what she tried, she could only see a premeditated one by a person in black. took his child.

If she got lost, she could still hope to meet a good-hearted person who could call the police, but since the trafficker deliberately abducted and sold her, the hope of getting it back is very slim.

But just when she was most broken down, the original owner got into the laboratory and continued his inspired research.

In the following ten years, Zhou Chuchu never gave up looking for her own child. She traveled from place to place, hoping to find that child. Years of running around made her originally healthy body not very good.

She also made trouble with the original owner and asked him to put down the experiment to find her own child. The original owner was annoyed and disliked the time delaying her experiment, so she casually said that he was also working hard. Money supports the family to find children.

After all, doing things at the beginning of the week requires energy and inspiration. In order to find a child, she even slept an hour less if she could sleep an hour less, and there was no source of income at all.

Zhou Chuchu was persuaded. During that time, the original owner happened to be the most important time for research. He only slept for three hours a day. He opened his eyes and face every day and rushed to the laboratory without washing or eating. This appearance deceived the past, thinking that he was working so hard for the children.

From then on, the original owner continued to experiment with peace of mind. After dividing the money every month, he still called Zhou Chuchu. He didn't need the money, he only needed the experiment.

At the beginning of the week, he continued to walk around the country, looking for traces of his children.

She searched for ten years. In the tenth year, she was in a car accident on the way to a mountain village where many boys were said to have been bought and died.

On the verge of death, she still held the photo of the child as a child in her hand. The grandmother who loved her died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage because of this bad news.

The original owner was not so sad without his wife, and continued to immerse himself in the experiment until five years later, when the police informed him that his son had been found.

The original owner was not very interested, but he was his son anyway, so he brought him back. According to the police, the kid was so cute when he was a child that the person who kidnapped him originally planned to sell him for money, but he was crying and begging for his mother. , afraid of the police that he would provoked by crying, they kept feeding him medicine during the transportation.

Perhaps the dose was too much for this five-year-old child, and when he reached his destination, he was inexplicably unable to make a sound.

In layman's terms, it's dumb.

Naturally, no one bought a mute, so the traffickers simply turned around and sold him at a low price to an organization that specializes in controlling children to beg.

The children there are basically incomplete, this is to make them look pitiful enough to make passers-by pay for their pity.

This child is lucky. When he was sent over, the doctor in the organization happened to hurt his hand and couldn't perform surgery. Otherwise, he would have to undergo surgery for amputation for such a small child. It also made him look even more pitiful. The commonly used doctors can't perform surgery. Such a small child can't bear it, and if he is not careful, he will die. In addition, he is already dumb, and he has escaped the disaster. Like everyone else, amputated arm or leg.

After that, he began a five-year controlled begging life, basically holding a small bowl in the downtown area. When a pedestrian passed by, he looked at each other with two big eyes pitifully, in order to express himself. I am dumb, and I need to get sympathy a few times.

Usually when these children begging, there will be adults watching to prevent them from asking passersby for help or for fear that they will hide the money from begging. In those days, the management was not strict until he was ten years old. , the state vigorously cracks down on human traffickers and this behavior of begging with kidnapped children.

These children can no longer beg, and the newly kidnapped children are sold in a hurry, and they have been raised like him for a few years, and they hang out with the "boss".

Fighting, stealing, robbing, little kids are forced to do it.

After another three years, when he was thirteen years old, the "eldest" died in a fight with someone. These younger brothers in the past all went their separate ways. Children as old as them were left alone. The kidnapped children went to the police station to find their parents, and some like him, because they were too young to remember anything when they were kidnapped, they made a living by themselves.

He had been under control before, and he had no documents. After he was free, he didn't do those stealing things, but set up a stall with the money he had saved before. Zidu squatted and set up a stall at the gate of the school. After a long time, after saving a sum of money, he used the money to find someone to apply for a certificate.

Because the name Xuan was embroidered on it, he named himself Wang Xuan.

Wang is a big surname, and he was the only person in that organization who was kind to their children, but unfortunately he died with the "boss" in the fight that day.

After that, Wang Xuan kept running a stall to save money until he was 20 years old. A child who left the organization found his parents. The parents took him to the police station to register. The police tried to find the children who were abducted and sold. The list, one by one comparison, plus the records left at the beginning of the week and the characteristics of the children, found Wang Xuan.

Wang Xuan is already twenty years old, he is a mute, and he is an adult. He is living a good life now. He could not have gone back, but he still couldn't hold back and returned to his biological father's house.

He was lucky and unfortunate. Fortunately, he knew that his mother had been looking for him after he was abducted and sold. He also saw the video his mother left him, and knew that she had always loved him.

Unfortunately, all those who loved him have passed away, leaving only a father who was indifferent to him.

The original owner was very dissatisfied with this son. The child he imagined should be the same as himself, interested in scientific research, and should also bring together the advantages of himself and his wife.

But in front of him was a young man with dark skin due to the constant exposure to the wind and the sun, who was dumb and had no rules.

According to police records, he even stole something.

Difficult to climb the hall of elegance.

He disliked it very much, but because this was his own son, he didn't say let him go, but although the original owner didn't say it, how could Wang Xuan, who grew up looking at people's eyes, couldn't see the contempt and disdain of his biological father for him. Disdain.

Of course he was angry. He already knew why he was lost in the first place. In his opinion, anyone can look down on him, only this man can't.

After that, as if to fight for a breath, as if to make his biological father face him, he worked hard to learn etiquette that he had never learned before, and forced himself to read books on scientific research, he wanted to make himself excellent , so good that his father could face him squarely.

Since he was a child, he has had enough of those eyes that looked at garbage. The love left by his mother told him that he could have grown up like a little prince. He still kept the toys from his childhood. , he couldn't even think about the price of those toys, all because his father lost him.

But no matter how hard Wang Xuan tried, his father would not take him seriously, he would only concentrate on research, research, and when the relationship between father and son had dropped to a freezing point, the girl Wang Xuan liked when he was fifteen years old appeared on the scene. in front of him.

That was the girl he knew when he set up a stall at the entrance of the junior high school. He fell in love with her at that time, and she agreed to him.

This girl is a disgrace to him because after she agreed to his confession and took all his savings, she went back to campus, avoided him, and asked what happened to her when he thought At that time, she rejected her with disgust and agreed to pursue.

All the students who were watching at that time saw that scene, and no one believed that a beautiful girl with excellent grades would fall in love with a mute who set up a stall at the school gate selling skewers.

They thought the mute was making trouble, and looked at him full of contempt.

Later, the school guard was also attracted by the noise. He pushed Wang Xuan out of the school and warned him not to harass the students in the school again.

But at the beginning, it was obvious that she was the first to show her favor.

Wang Xuan has never set up a stall at that school since then, and he would rather walk more than see that woman again.

Who would have thought that they could meet again, and the way to meet again is that this woman became his biological father's student.

And he was also familiar with the look she looked at her father, it was love, the look in the eyes of wanting to be Mrs. Lin.

And his father valued this woman very much, because she was very talented, and when she proposed to get married, he agreed.

Wang Xuan slashed the woman's face with a knife, and reconnected with his former gangster friend, driving her out of the city.

After that, he began to spend his days drinking and drinking and singing every night.

He didn't know that the woman was pregnant, nor did he expect that the woman would give birth to a younger brother, a younger brother who was more than 20 years younger than him.

More than 20 years later, just when Wang Xuan thought he could get all the property of the original owner, the woman came back with her son in his twenties.

Wang Xuan, who has lived a drunken life for more than 20 years, is no longer the little boy with red eyes who was blocked and scolded by her in school. Although he is mute, he still has some means.

The biological father prefers the younger son who has the same talent for scientific research as himself. It doesn't matter, then kill him before knowing that he is going to change his inheritance.

Forge an inheritance and kick the woman and brother out of the house.

What if that woman doesn't give up? Fake another car accident, and she will die without any scum left.

After that, he frequently began targeting his orphaned younger brother.

He arranged for someone to steal his younger brother's scientific research results, and deliberately seduced his younger brother's girlfriend. In order to better suppress the other party, he began to use the black side to make money from illegal business by selling dog meat.

The other party has been suppressed by him for five years, until five years later, the younger brother made a scientific research result that is very beneficial to the society, and became the honor of the country.

And the black things that his eldest brother had done were uncovered, the company was seized, property was confiscated, and the things that killed two people in the past were also uncovered.

No one believed he wasn't for the money.

It's like the biological father doesn't believe he didn't come back for money.

He was so guilty that he was sentenced to death.

Before he died, he asked to see again the video his mother had recorded before he could find him.

Usually, on the eve of the execution, the prison guards will answer whatever the prisoner asks because of humanitarianism, and the videotape is brought to him.

Wang Xuan watched it for one night, and at dawn the next day, with a gunshot, his life ended.

But he didn't know that the original owner had been watching him in the form of a soul.

The original owner loves scientific research, and he loves these more than everything, including himself.

But perhaps not being able to do scientific research after his death gave his brain, which was so full of scientific research, more space to see his son.

In fact, he has a lot to say. For example, the younger son is not in his blood, and he wants to change his inheritance only because the younger son has a talent for scientific research. He wants to leave some resources for him so that he can concentrate on scientific research.

Maybe it was the last father's love. Looking at the son who was sentenced to death, the original owner gave his soul, just so that he could be brought home before he turned into what he looked like later.

Give him the family he wants and the love he desires most.

【Ding! Mission in this world: Guard the beginning of the week, guard Wang Xuan, current completion: 0]

Lin Shiheng checked the timeline while waiting for the calculation result.

Wang Xuan was fifteen years old. Zhou Chuchu fell ill with a high fever at home because he didn't have a good rest while driving for several days. Lin Shiheng called 120 when he got home and found out. Because Zhou Chuchu needed someone to take care of him and he was concerned about the research in his laboratory, he called. Call the old lady to ask her to help take care of his wife.

And this time, the old lady who was very dissatisfied with him directly frowned. She didn't look for her son when she lost it, and she didn't take care of her wife when she was sick. She couldn't believe that such a person was brought up by herself.

The old lady has only one son. She died in a car accident with his wife last year. Only two daughters are left. The eldest granddaughter is a teacher. Now, her husband is still so inconvenient, even though her body is still strong, this time she knew that her little granddaughter had a high fever and was in a coma, but her grandson-in-law who was supposed to be with her had to rush back because of the broken laboratory, and almost lost her breath.

She was originally intent on questioning the other party, but she was frightened by those two words that Lin Shiheng said.

Although the old lady has studied and can read, she has no education, and since she has not studied for so many years, she has no idea what Lin Shiheng is doing at ordinary times. She only knows what kind of research he is doing.

The money is quite a lot, but what is the use of more money, the child still can't get it back.

She originally made up her mind to persuade her granddaughter to divorce this guy this time. Getting married is to find someone to live with. How can the man live with the laboratory, the woman has lived by herself for so many years.

These thoughts seemed to be hidden in Lin Shiheng's words, and he promised to find Xuanxuan's words. , it completely disappeared.

"Chuchu, you haven't eaten yet. Grandma brought you something to eat."

Grandma Lin sighed and asked her great-granddaughter to put the thermal insulation box she had been carrying on the table, and stretched out her hand to open the box and take out the food inside.

"Come on, I also made a soup for you. Drink some soup to warm your stomach first, and then eat it. This meat and vegetable mix should be balanced. Your complexion will look bad."

Zhou Chuchu had put down the photo in his hand, and gave his grandma a pale smile: "Why are you here, I just have a fever, it's nothing."

"It's just a little fever, and it's still a small thing to faint!!"

Grandma Lin said in a stern tone: "You too, it's been ten years, are you still so short! If you have three strengths and two weaknesses, who will find the child?!"

She originally wanted to criticize "Lin Shiheng, you might as well be dreaming", but she suddenly remembered what her grandson-in-law said to her just now, and swallowed it hesitantly.

The smile on Zhou Chuchu's face turned bitter. She shook her head, knowing that she had worried the old man, and she had no intention of arguing, and said, "I won't do this again next time."

"Why did Sisi Niannian come along? Isn't my sister on holiday today?"

"Hey, it's not like she has some kind of tutoring in school. You know, when students have to take the middle school entrance examination, teachers like them have to work overtime for tutoring. She didn't worry about missing her, so she sent them to me."

After Grandma Lin explained, she felt sour when she saw Zhou Chuchu's eyes looking towards the door.

This silly girl, even if she has been alone for so long, why does she still trust Lin Shiheng so much.

But she couldn't say anything angry. After all, this child was raised by herself too delicately. She believed what others said, and believed her most. When she was at home, she used to say that Shi Heng was a good child every day. Can't you hear it in your ears

What's more, when Lin Shiheng was not so obsessed with scientific research, he was indeed very good to Chuchu.

"Okay, don't watch it. He probably will go back to work soon. I really don't know what he is busy with every day."

Zhou Chuchu's eyes dimmed for a moment, but he didn't want to love his grandmother, so he could only explain: "He is also trying to make money. I have no intention of making money these years. If he hadn't supported him, the family would have collapsed."

Even if he collapsed, it was because he lost the child that he collapsed.

Grandma Lin felt angry when she thought of this, but she didn't want her granddaughter to be sad, so she just revealed it and didn't mention it.

"Come, come, have some soup."

On this side, Lin Shiheng watched the results of the deduction come out, got up quickly, turned around with the notebook in his hand, and left.

Calling while walking: "Hey, Lao Qiu, I have a new idea here. I will send it to you, and you can apply for it immediately."

With that, he hung up the phone, edited a text message and sent it.

Zhou Chuchu was drinking soup when she suddenly heard a ding dong text message. She put down the soup and turned to take a look at her phone.

It seems that it is Lin Shiheng's information.

[My research results of the past ten years will be out soon, you have a good rest, and I will give you a surprise when you are discharged from the hospital. ]

Surprise?

Zhou Chuchu clenched his phone tightly, his heart beating a little faster for no reason.

What could it be?