Getting angry, Sheng Xinghe went back to Lingjiang to sweep the tomb, but Shu Jin went with him.
Sheng Xinghe used to go back alone. Lingjiang was more than an hour's drive away from the city. Sheng Xinghe had nothing to do except sweep graves. .
But this time, probably because it had been two months apart, Shu Jin got up early and reluctantly told Sheng Xinghe that he was going too.
The two went to the station to buy tickets. After getting on the bus, Shu Jin also looked out the window and did not speak.
Sheng Xinghe knew that he was still angry because of what happened yesterday, so he took the initiative to hand him the snacks he bought: "Don't be angry."
Shu Jin turned around, looked at him and said, "Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable? That's a newspaper, it's like telling the world what happened to you!"
"It's a fact that my uncle has funded me for more than ten years. It's not a shame for me." Sheng Xinghe said, "If it wasn't for him, I might really have problems with going to school. It's just an interview, I can help I should do it.”
Shu Jin was speechless, he thought that Sheng Xinghe was embarrassed to reject his father for the sake of face, but who knew that Sheng Xinghe was actually in the mood of "repaying his kindness". He suddenly remembered that Grandpa Sheng Xinghe used to supply eggs to their house continuously, just because he wanted to express his gratitude.
Shu Jin couldn't continue to be angry, but his heart was still gloomy.
For some reason, he just wanted to let others see how good Sheng Xinghe was, but he didn't want people to show pity and contempt for Sheng Xinghe.
Fortunately, Sheng Xinghe was able to ease his mood. During the one-hour drive, he specially picked out some events that happened in the school and the customs of that city to tell Shu Jin. Before he got off the bus, Shu Jin forgot everything. Talking and laughing with him again.
When the car arrived in Lingjiang Town, Sheng Xinghe first bought some memorial items on the street, and then took Shu Jin to his neighborhood.
It was an old street. Walking along the bluestone road into the alley and upstairs, it was Sheng Xinghe's home.
There were also distant relatives of Sheng Xinghe who went to worship. It was inconvenient for Shu Jin to go, so Sheng Xinghe gave him the key and asked him to go to the house first.
Shu Jin found that it was very close to Shu Zhaoyuan's factory.
There are few streets in the town, as long as you go to the end of the street and cross a field, you can reach the gate of the factory.
Shu Zhaoyuan left in the early morning, not knowing whether he was in the factory or not, Shu Jin thought about it and planned to talk to his father about the interview. He put what Sheng Xinghe gave him into his coat pocket and walked slowly over there.
Shu Jin had been to the factory before, but there was nothing to do here. He would rather paint at home alone than come here with Shu Zhaoyuan.
Years old, he only had a little impression of this place.
After entering the gate, Shu Jin reported his identity to the security uncle and said that he was looking for his father, but the security uncle recognized him immediately and said enthusiastically, "Xiaojin, you are so grown up, when you came It's only so tall, and now he's taller than me!"
Shu Jin asked embarrassedly, "You know me?"
Uncle: "I know! Why don't you know me! When you were young, you often played with my son and the others. A large group of children liked to go to the open space outside—"
The uncle pointed out.
Shu Jin looked in the direction of his fingers. There was an open space outside the factory. Trees were planted beside the road, like a natural fence. It was safe for children to play there.
Shu Jin doesn't remember that place.
The uncle said cheerfully, "It's been so many years, you haven't been here since something happened."
Shu Jin wondered, "What's the matter?"
Uncle: "Hey, it's about the Sheng family's child. You were also frightened that day? So President Shu won't bring you here."
The uncle didn't elaborate, but Shu Jin immediately understood what he was talking about.
His face changed slightly, and he asked suspiciously, "Was I there that day?"
The uncle said casually: "Yes, a group of children. You don't remember normal, how old were you at that time!"
Shu Jin pursed his lips.
Why had he never heard anyone say this
The uncle chatted with him a few words, called the office, and then told Shu Jin that his father had left the workshop and was busy checking, so he should wait for a while.
Shu Jin stayed at the door for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, he was afraid that Sheng Xinghe would not be able to enter the house, so he greeted the uncle and said that he would not wait.
When he returned to the alley, Sheng Xinghe had come back and was calling him with his mobile phone.
"Brother!" Shu Jin stepped forward.
Sheng Xinghe raised his head, half of his clear face were deep black eyes and half were gray residual eyes.
For some reason, Shu Jin was taken aback.
He chased away the strange discomfort in his head and asked, "So soon?"
"Well." Sheng Xinghe said, "I'm afraid you'll be in a hurry. Why didn't you go up?"
Shu Jin said, "I walked around and even went to the factory."
The two went upstairs together, and Sheng Xinghe opened the door with the key.
The closed house smelled of dust, but the light was very good, and the sky reflected the furnishings in the house. It was not as dilapidated as Shu Jin imagined, but full of the charm of the age.
Sheng Xinghe's grandfather used to be a teacher when he was young. Later, he became ill. He quit his job at the age of 40 and lived on his wife's meager salary, so the family can still see some traces of the old culture.
Although they chatted very little, Sheng Xinghe mentioned some family matters. He was the unmarried son of his mother and had never met his father. His mother was rebellious, and he threw him to his parents when he was born, and he never came back.
Since he came back, Sheng Xinghe checked the facilities in the house and cleaned the dust.
Shu Jin wanted to help, but Sheng Xinghe refused, so he had to look around. First went to Sheng Xinghe's room, quietly imagined how Sheng Xinghe grew up here, then went to the kitchen and the patio outside.
There are some chickens in the patio, which are probably distributed according to households. The well water in the shed does not cause river water. Shu Jin guessed that Grandpa Sheng Xinghe's chickens were also raised there before, but now the place has been occupied by others.
His heart was full of soreness, and he looked up to see a large hole in the window of a family, and the guardrail was rusted.
"Is there no one living on the other side?" he asked.
"Moved." Sheng Xinghe said, "It used to be lived in."
Shu Jin said: "Oh, it looks like a haunted house, it might as well sell it."
Sheng Xinghe put the bucket on the wooden floor and glanced outside: "The houses in the town are not easy to sell, they are all acquaintances."
Sheng Xinghe's expression was very light.
But Shu Jin felt that something was wrong. After standing for a while, he suddenly remembered that Shu Zhaoyuan had told him that the family who blinded Sheng Xinghe was working in his factory and was Sheng Xinghe's neighbor.
And Sheng Xinghe also said that the family moved out of town because of this incident.
Shu Jin's throat was suddenly dry, and when he looked at the dark window again, he became a little angry: "It's their house, isn't it?"
Sheng Xinghe nodded: "Yes."
Shu Jin said, "You deserve to be able to sell their broken house." Then she said, "No, I heard from my dad that their family didn't pay you much money, so they should sell the broken house and then put it away. I'll pay you all the money."
Seeing his anger, his eyes were about to burst into flames, Sheng Xinghe smiled and rubbed his head by the way: "You're going to ruin your family."
Shu Jin followed behind him: "Aren't you angry?"
Sheng Xinghe: "It's not easy for them either. The family still owes foreign debts and they are not doing well."
Shu Jin: "…"
Sheng Xinghe added: "When my grandfather was still around, every year when they came back from other places, they would bring a lot of things home."
Sheng Xinghe stood there, thought of something, and said, "That person didn't dare to see me, and every time he met me from a distance, he walked away. That incident... should have a great impact on him. "
Shu Jin knew that the person he was talking about should be the child who stabbed him in the eye.
It was an accident that year.
Both sides were about the same age at the time, and in fact, the damage to each other was not small.
So even though Shu Jin was very angry, after hearing Sheng Xinghe say this, he still felt a little pity.
Back in the city, Shu Jin fell asleep leaning against the car window.
When he woke up, Sheng Xinghe still closed his eyes, his long eyelashes covered his eyelids, his brows were sharp, and he looked like an ordinary person. Sheng Xinghe grabbed one of his hands, and because he was fast asleep, the strength of his fingers was very light.
Shu Jin looked at Sheng Xinghe's face for a long time, and when he closed his eyes again, he felt the wetness in his eyes.
So uncomfortable.
He likes Sheng Xinghe, so he thinks sadly and distressedly, it would be nice if... that didn't happen.
He was there that day, if only he could stop that.
Then his Sheng Xinghe will have a more perfect life.
After a while, Shu Jin opened his eyes again.
Sheng Xinghe had already woken up and was looking at him.
There was a lot of noise in the car, and other passengers were playing on their mobile phones and chatting, but at that moment Shu Jin felt that the world was very quiet.
Except for his growing heartbeat.