Shen Antu seemed to have suddenly forgotten where he was. He looked around blankly, only to see pairs of malicious, prying eyes.
The chill began to spread from the soles of his feet upwards, wrapping around him tightly like a snake. When the chill finally reached his head, Shen Antu strode forward amid the dull pain of suffocation.
The first step was to turn off the phone, the second step was to pull out the SIM card and throw it into the trash can on the roadside, and the third step was to smash the phone to the ground and step on it hard until the screen was completely shattered.
"No need to look for me, go to Heaven Bar, see you at the usual place."
A foreign man was standing in the alley behind the Heaven bar. His Nordic ancestry made him tall, with neat short blond hair, a pair of deep blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and facial features as three-dimensional as David.
Simon waited until nightfall, not even having time to eat dinner, and did not leave.
Shen Lin never answered the phone. He hung up two or three times and then turned off the phone. But Simon called him again, but it was in vain.
Simon held a cigarette in his mouth and smoked it slowly. He was imagining the scene of meeting Shen Lin later, and he felt nervous and excited.
Simon followed him for a total of three and a half years, but he knew the name Shen Lin as early as five years ago. At that time, he was just an intern in a branch of the Finmeca Group, and Shen Lin was just Miss Yu's new boyfriend in people's eyes. But later, after he helped Yu Keyan regain the inheritance rights and seized one-third of the power of the Finmeca Group, people began to call him "Mr. Shen."
Later, Simon slowly learned that Mr. Shen was not an unknown person without an identity, but the illegitimate son of a large Chinese group. In order to regain power, he needed to return to China to develop. For this purpose, he had to choose a trustworthy secretary to bring back to China, and Simon was the one chosen.
"Simon, although I am a rather cold-blooded person, since you have followed me, you are my friend. If you want to leave China and go home, please tell me at any time. I will prepare air tickets and taxis for you."
This is what Shen Lin said to Simon on the night he left Country A.
Simon maintained the courtesy and distance that is unique to European gentlemen and replied, "Thank you very much, Mr. Shen. I will."
Since then, Shen Lin has become the center of Simon's life. He has become a planet, revolving around the star Shen Lin all year round. The star did not ask the planet to revolve around it. He thought it was the planet's own will. He could not see or did not care about his fatal gravitational pull on the planet. After all, there are so many celestial bodies revolving around the sun, and there are eight planets alone. Simon is just the most inconspicuous one.
The sky had darkened completely. The night in the quiet alley was darker than in any other corner of the city. Simon finished his cigarette and did not smoke a second one.
At this moment, a sound of footsteps approaching from far away echoed in the alley. Simon stood up and looked in the direction of the footsteps.
His star is coming.
Chapter 53 Because I Love Him
The result of being immersed in darkness for a long time was that Simon recognized the black outline at a glance. He put his hands in his trouser pockets and took every step quickly and steadily.
Shen Antu finally came closer, and Simon saw him clearly. He was only wearing a thin turtleneck sweater, but his face was tightly covered by a mask and overly long hair.
After not seeing each other for more than two months, Simon was surprised to find that he was a little tongue-tied. He thought quickly for a second and asked Shen Antu, "Why are you wearing so little?" He took off his coat and draped it over Shen Antu's shoulders with skillful movements.
"Someone was following me, so I had to change my clothes."
Shen Antu summarized the three-hour difficult journey in just one sentence. His eyes hidden in his hair were dark. He glanced at Simon, then glanced at the coat on his shoulders, stretched out his index finger, and lightly lifted it with his fingertips. The coat slipped from his shoulders and fell on the dusty ground.
After doing all this, he pushed open the back door of the bar and left without looking back.
Simon was stunned for a second, picked up his coat and hurried to catch up.
Heaven is a bar invested by Shen Antu in his personal name. The first floor is the bar, DJ and laser lights, and the second floor is the private rooms and reception rooms. Shen Antu has a separate room here. Only his confidants know about this place, and only his confidants can stay here.
After going up to the second floor, Shen Antu didn't care much about it. He threw the mask on a tray of a passing waiter. The waiter took a few seconds to remember to call out "Mr. Shen".
Shen Antu strode along the red-carpeted corridor, followed by Simon. He heard countless calls of "Mr. Shen" along the way, and everyone smiled at him respectfully, but he didn't even bother to give them a glance.
Under the dim light in the corridor, Shen Antu sneered in his heart.
Mr. Shen? Who is Mr. Shen? He should have died two months ago.
As early as three years ago, when Shen Antu had just taken over Jinsheng, he discovered an antagonist in the crumbling tower of Jinsheng—Zhang Sheng, the manager in charge of finance, secretly misappropriated part of the public funds for gambling.
At that time, Shen Kaiping was seriously ill and Jinsheng was having difficulty walking. It seemed that they would not be able to hold on any longer. Everyone was in danger. Zhang Sheng did not take much money and did it secretly, so no one noticed.