Lin Xiang heard Shu Jin's words clearly, and was so shocked that he almost couldn't control his reaction.
After Shu Jin finished speaking, he put down his chopsticks and silently picked up the drink on the table and drank it, as if he just wanted to tell the secret, so he said it.
"Really, really?" Lin Xiang asked in a low voice.
"Yeah." Shu Jin responded.
Lin Xiang digested it for a while, and suddenly remembered that when he was in the hotel last time, in front of Shu Jin, he said that Sheng Xinghe had suffered from mildew for eight lifetimes, and when Shu Jin said that he had done something that made Sheng Xinghe unhappy, He boldly comforted Shu Jin and said that Sheng Xinghe would definitely forgive him.
When the two things were combined, Lin Xiang was a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I don't know, don't mind what you said last time."
Shu Jin said it was okay.
But he doesn't look like it's really okay.
Lin Xiang comforted him and said, "Actually, don't feel so guilty. I don't think Sheng Xinghe asked you to stay last time and said he wanted to catch up with the old days. He must have forgiven you long ago. Don't think so much."
Lin Xiang didn't want to say too much about other people's complicated things. After comforting Shu Jin, he quickly opened another topic.
Seeing the two of them sitting together and still whispering, colleagues joked that they went out for a trip and their friendship grew by leaps and bounds.
"I always thought Shu Jin was an introvert, but it doesn't seem to be the case." A colleague regretted, "I knew I was going out with Shu Jin."
"Shu Jin was very cold when he first joined the company."
"Yes, I also thought that he was not easy to get along with at the time, but only later did I realize that the child turned out to be an introvert, hahahaha."
"Being said to be introverted, it's just soft and easy to bully..."
After the dinner, Lin Xiang and some of his colleagues had to go to the second party. Shu Jin said that he was a little tired and didn't want to go, so everyone didn't force it. A colleague who was not drinking drove over, rolled down the window and asked Shu Jin if he wanted to give him a ride.
Shu Jin raised his collar in the cold wind, shrank his neck and said, "No, my house is very close, so I just took a walk."
After saying goodbye to everyone, Shu Jin stood at the intersection and waited for the red light.
Tears suddenly flowed like this. He was caught off guard, wiped his eyes, and followed the pedestrians across the zebra crossing.
Before long, the sky started to rain.
Shu Jin quickly crossed the street, the crowd, walked through a deserted square, and a child with a dog cast a curious look at him.
"Too much!" The child scolds the big dog sniffing around, for fear that it will scare passersby.
It was a snow-white Samoyed, docile and well-behaved.
Shu Jin glanced at him, only bowing his head and passing by.
Half a month later, Shu Jin followed the company's arrangement and went on a business trip.
Although the Lunar New Year has not yet passed, the company's New Year's work has been arranged, and Shu Jin has become very busy. Design drafts passed through his hands, constantly checking details and data, and drank cup after cup of coffee.
Shu Jin occasionally lost his mind during such busy work, feeling that winning the company's annual meeting award was like a dream. He may have never won an award, and he has never met Sheng Xinghe again.
In late February, the Spring Festival holiday begins.
Shu Jin received a text message from her mother, inviting him to fly to her city for the New Year this year.
Luggage is packed from the first night of the holiday.
Because there was no preparation in advance, Shu Jin couldn't find any New Year's goods that he could bring, so he found the special products that Lin Xiang bought for him last time.
Someone rings the doorbell.
Shu Jin had not entertained guests in this house before, and was a little puzzled when he heard the doorbell ringing.
He guessed that it might be the property. It was close to the end of the year. When he came back from get off work, he saw that the door handles of other residents already had the New Year antifreeze cover given by the property.
So he tugged at his slippers, held the travel-sized toiletries in one hand, and opened the door in the other.
Then stupid on the spot.
Shu Zhaoyuan appeared at his door just like that, wearing a black down jacket.
The two went inside one door and the other outside, and didn't speak for nearly half a minute. It was not until a neighbor passed by that Shu Jin called "Dad" as if he had just woken up from a dream, and then stepped aside.
As Shu Zhaoyuan walked into the small room, he took off his coat and scarf and threw it on the sofa: "Why is it such a small room? Don't buy a big one."
The room was warm enough, and Shu Jin was only wearing a thin sweater.
The cold wind from outside the door poured in, and he shivered slightly, then closed the door: "I rented it."
Shu Zhaoyuan frowned in dissatisfaction: "What about the money I left you?"
Shu Jin: "It's all in Kari."
Shu Zhaoyuan was even more dissatisfied: "That's not illegal income, it's an asset that I have been working hard for, otherwise, it would have been cleaned up when I checked it, and you wouldn't dare to spend it?"
Shu Jin didn't ask him when he came out, went to the kitchen to find a cup to pour water, and asked, "Dad, how do you know I live here?"
"I knew a few friends here before, and I came here to talk business with them, so I just wanted to drop by to see you." Shu Zhaoyuan said, "Did you not say last time that you were working in that firm, I don't have you? I'll go to your company to ask for the phone number."
The small house is full of clothes, sundries, etc., and you have to go out when you see it.
Shu Zhaoyuan asked, "Where are you going?"
Shu Jin said, "Go to my mother's place for the New Year."
Shu Zhaoyuan took a sip of the water, waved his hand and said, "Don't go, I won't go back this year, we will celebrate the New Year with you."
"Okay." Shu Jin thought for a while, "but it's too small to live here, otherwise, I'll book you a room outside."
Shu Zhaoyuan turned his head sensitively and kept his eyes on Shu Jin's face for a long time.
Shu Jin looked at him, and suddenly found that he was much older, with many wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, thinning, and gray hair.
Shu Zhaoyuan asked lowly but sternly, "Are you still having sex with Sheng Xinghe?"
Shu Jin shook his head: "Don't worry, I live alone."
Shu Zhaoyuan didn't look away, trying to find clues in Shu Jin's expression, exactly the same as a few years ago: "Really?"
Shu Jin said: "Really. I haven't been in touch for many years."
Shu Zhaoyuan's arrival disrupted Shu Jin's next arrangement.
That night, he still used the bonus red envelope issued by the company to book a room for Shu Zhaoyuan in a nice hotel, not far from his residence, and by the way returned the card that Shu Zhaoyuan left to him. Shu Zhaoyuan did not refuse. He does need money now, but he is still very dissatisfied with the small place where his son lives. He said that he will work hard next year to buy Shu Jin a big house in Xingcheng.
It was very late when I took Shu Zhaoyuan to dinner and arranged everything.
Shu Jin walked home and wanted to call his mother on the way to explain the situation. When he took out his mobile phone, he realized that he did not know when it was turned off. He was busy packing his luggage and receiving people all afternoon. It may have been a mistake.
After the call was connected, his mother suggested that he settle Shu Zhaoyuan, and he still flew to celebrate the New Year with them.
"He has nowhere to go after commuting his sentence, and he is embarrassed to return to Yuecheng. He was so beautiful back then, so he still wanted face." The mother said, "Although he will definitely not harm you, you should not get involved with his affairs. Now my mind must be thinking about how to make a comeback all day long, and it will not affect you well."
Shu Jin listened quietly.
The mother added: "I was wrong in the past, but I know him very well, and I won't be willing to be ordinary, otherwise he won't lie, and he has used Xiaosheng for so many years."
Hearing this, Shu Jin gently interrupted: "Mom, I know." He closed his eyes, "How can I say that he is also my father, I'll spend a year with him."
The mother had to say: "You can do it as you please."
Shu Jin asked, "Are you going to be angry?"
The mother smiled and said, "Why, I just miss you a little."
After hanging up the phone, Shu Jin saw that a colleague who was on duty at the company on the last day had sent him two messages.
In the afternoon, a colleague said: [Xiao Shujin, why did you shut down today? Just now your father said that he couldn't reach you. He came to the company and asked for your address. Remember to turn it on. ]
In the evening, a colleague sent another message: [Is it still turned on? Don't scare me if something happened to you. Just now, your brother called the company to ask for your address. ]
The other two were concerned about him, and if he didn't answer, he would come to his house to make sure he was all right.
Shu Jin's eyelids jumped when he saw the second one.
At this time, he had already walked downstairs. The street lights were not very bright, and the snow accumulated by the roadside was a little yellowish.
There stood a man in a black coat, looking at him from a distance.