Xu Sheng noticed that Tang Zhi ate very little for dinner.
He barely touched the main course, only drank the soup, took two bites of snacks and fruits, and then told Xu Sheng that he wanted to go upstairs to rest and asked Xu Sheng for his opinion.
Xu Sheng originally wanted to ask him why he ate so little, and whether he secretly ate something he liked in the afternoon, but thinking of Xu Keyu's message call in the afternoon, Xu Sheng did not ask, nodded to Tang Zhi, and watched him stand up. , walked upstairs.
Tang Zhi didn't look at his phone in the car or while dining, but Xu Sheng still planned to figure things out as soon as possible. After Tang Zhi disappeared, he put down his knife and fork and followed him.
Watching Tang Zhi walk into the room and close the door, Xu Sheng went to Xu Keyu's room without hesitation.
On the way to Xu Keyu's room, Xu Sheng stopped thinking too much and just told himself firmly that Tang Zhi was not in a very good mood today. If Xu Keyu gave Tang Zhi anything that would irritate Tang Zhi, Xu Sheng would give him those things. Take it away.
If it had been anyone else, Xu Sheng would not have answered the phone in the first place, let alone acted according to the recording.
But Tang Zhi is different, Tang Zhi is different.
They will set off back to Xicheng tomorrow, and Xu Sheng will take Tang Zhi out of the house again.
Therefore, before entering Xu Keyu's room, Xu Sheng made a decision in advance: take away the things his sister left for Tang Zhi.
Keyu suffers from mental illness. One day, when she wakes up from the hospital, she will probably regret what she did after she recovers. Taking it away will be good for everyone.
Xu Keyu's room was between Tang Zhi's and Xu Sheng's, closer to Xu Sheng's.
A few years ago, the room was remodeled according to her wishes. There was a large dressing room and dressing room at the entrance, and then the door inside was opened, which was the bedroom.
Xu Sheng passed the two huge mirrors on the left and right and Xu Keyu's dressing table that had been vacant for a long time, and opened the bedroom door.
Before entering the bedroom, Xu Sheng paused and turned off the lights in the dressing room before walking in.
The decoration style of Xu Keyu's room is completely different from the rest of the home. It is light blue and white and full of soft furnishings, like the blue sky after a light rain in spring.
There was a lot of commotion during the transformation, and her mother complained a lot, but she was always gentler to Xu Keyu than to Xu Sheng, and Xu Keyu was rarely very insistent, so she didn't object much.
Xu Sheng stepped on the light-colored wool carpet, passed the grand piano covered in light beige velvet, and came to Xu Keyu's bedside. He leaned down and opened the drawer of the white bedside table.
There is an iron box in the drawer, and a small combination lock is hung on the box.
Xu Sheng took out the box and found a note under the box that said "The password is your birthday."
Xu Sheng put the note back and called Jiang Yan to ask.
Jiang Yan searched there for half a minute and told Xu Sheng: "Tomorrow, June 20th."
Xu Sheng was stunned for a moment, then changed the password to 0620, and the lock opened.
The box is divided into two compartments: the left and right compartments. The left compartment is larger and displays a bunch of very old things.
Each old item is sealed in a plastic bag with a note on the bag stating the origin of the item.
A black button with signs of wear was marked on a certain day six years ago, "I was very happy when I received the second button for the first time."
There is also a sticker on the reverse side, "Representing that Xu Keyu and Tang Zhi will be together forever."
A piece of yellowed homework paper folded, "the first note passed" one day seven years ago.
Xu Sheng opened the sealed bag and unfolded the homework paper. There were two kinds of writing on the paper. The top was Xu Keyu's "Thank you", and the bottom was very delicate words. He replied with a black pen, "You're welcome, Wu Yang is an idiot, don't worry about him." ".
Then Xu Keyu wrote, "Can I treat you to dinner tonight?"
Tang Zhi replied to her: "If you don't want to eat, I won't eat. I have to study for the exam the day after tomorrow."
The paper was very old and looked a bit old. Xu Sheng folded it and put it back again.
There was also half a piece of eraser cut off, a few pencil leads, Tang Zhi’s full-scoring test paper. “Because of this exam, he once again didn’t agree to eat with me, so he secretly hid the test paper home,” and a small plastic iodine wine bottle.
The date on the iodine bottle was six years ago, "Tang Zhi got into a fight with someone outside school and was punished, it must be because of me." There was a blank line, and Xu Keyu wrote "I'm sorry."
Xu Sheng briefly read the grid on the left and then looked to the right.
There were only two envelopes in the right grid. Xu Sheng opened the upper envelope and unfolded the letter paper. Xu Keyu handwritten a letter to Tang Zhi.
"Tang Zhi," she wrote, "when I read this letter, I may have been away from you for a long time. Tomorrow is your birthday, and this is my birthday gift to you.
"Actually, I know that if my brother wants to break us up, he will never let us be together.
"If he wants to take me to the hospital, I won't go. If he wants me to forget you, he might as well kill me.
"Don't be too sad for me. I have achieved the greatest happiness in life, which is to marry you.
"When I was alive, my mother and brother never cared about me. Only you cared about me. Although we were separated for a short period of time, I know that you have always loved me.
"I have left you many souvenirs of our love. You can take a look at them when you miss me.
"My mother will not live long. Half of her property belongs to me. If I die, the money should be given to you. You and my brother must have half of the money and stocks she left behind. No one can take away our things.
"When my mother leaves, you go to my brother and get back the things that belong to us. I have something about my brother here. As long as you show it to him, my brother has wanted to inherit my grandfather's business since he was a child. If I die, I will definitely give you the money. Don’t worry, we all deserve this.
"You don't want to get married anymore, and you don't want to get married either. We love each other so deeply that no one can separate us.
"Tang Zhi, I love you."
It was signed Xu Keyu, and the time was the night of her wedding to Tang Zhi.
Xu Sheng put down the letter and opened another envelope.
The other envelope was larger and thicker. Xu Sheng took out a stack of notes that looked older than Tang Zhi and Xu Keyu's and folded them in half.
The paper has an unpleasant feel to it.
He found the folded center and opened it to see a paternity test result.
The examiner wrote down what Xu Sheng thought he would never see again, his former name, and the name of the man who had been his father for eight years.
Xu Yin had promised Xu Sheng that she had already disposed of the originals, copies and scans.
"They are all gone now," that was the only time Xu Yin cried in front of Xu Sheng, "it is impossible for anyone to know about this."
"It's over," she said.
Xu Sheng turned to the last page and saw "It does not support that sample 1 is the biological father of sample 2."
Xu Sheng's mood didn't fluctuate much. He just felt that Xu Keyu might have suffered too little, and his thoughts were all laughable.
In fact, when Xu Sheng was twelve years old and heard Xu Yin tell him the real reason for her divorce from her father, he felt very calm.
As a child he was very good at diverting attention.
Xu Yin said that she listened to Xu Hefu and became pregnant with the child of Xu Sheng's biological father. He still refused to marry Xu Yin, but wanted to keep the child and forced Xu Yin to marry his most valued subordinate. Xu Sheng was actually thinking The aviation model Xu Sheng brought back from the capital was dismantled by Xu Hefu.
The International Space Station and the space base, with astronauts connected by plastic lines outside.
When astronauts perform extravehicular activities, they must have two people who can help each other and take care of each other.
So another astronaut was at the cabin door, with his upper body exposed, but he hadn't fully come out yet.
Xu Sheng calmly folded the inspection report again and put it back in the envelope.
He thought with some laughter that if Tang Zhi came in with a UV flashlight and looked at the box and paper, he would be able to find many of Xu Sheng's fingerprints.
Xu Keyu left such a meaningless and ridiculous thing to Tang Zhi.
Xu Sheng thought.
He pretended that he had not made the decision to take the things away, put the envelope back, put it in its original position, and put Xu Keyu's so-called evidence of love back to its original place.
But for some unknown reason, Xu Sheng took out the small bag of the iodine bottle and put it in his pocket.
Then, he locked the box for Xu Keyu, scrambled the combination lock, and pressed the note with the box.
When closing the drawer, Xu Sheng suddenly heard a sound outside the bedroom, so he subconsciously turned off the light. Using the moonlight outside the incomplete curtains, he walked behind the wooden screen next to the piano, looked through the gap in the screen towards the door. Look.
Not long after, the bedroom door was opened again. Perhaps because he wasn't familiar enough with Xu Keyu's room, Tang Zhi took a while before turning on the light.
Tang Zhi was wearing a silk pajamas suit and looked like he had taken a shower. After looking around for a while, he walked in quietly, his sneakiness was a bit funny.
Tang Zhi walked the same path that Xu Sheng had walked, leaned over and took out the box, sat on the carpet, and found that the box had a combination lock. He stuck his head over and took out the note, looking very silly.
Opened the combination lock, put the lock on the ground, and opened the birthday gift.
Tang Zhi looked at the evidence of love more carelessly than Xu Sheng, Xu Sheng could see his face.
After reading the instructions on the button seal bag, Tang Zhi showed a frightened expression, pursed his lips, and quickly put the bag back as if he couldn't stand it, and opened the letter without looking at the rest.
He grabbed the letter and read it hesitantly for more than a minute, then opened Xu Sheng's paternity test.
After a few seconds, Xu Sheng heard him read Xu Sheng's previous name very softly.
"Who is it?" Tang Zhi said a little confused.
Then he turned to the second page of the appraisal and was stunned.
Xu Sheng thought he must have seen the photo of Xu Sheng's childhood posted on that page.
Xu Sheng clearly saw Tang Zhi smiling.
"Why were you so stupid when you were a kid?" Tang Zhi made a very dangerous speech.
But soon, Tang Zhi stopped laughing. He turned to the front and read the first page, then sat on the floor and stared blankly at the report for a while.
After a while, Tang Zhi seemed to have made a decision, put the things aside, stood up and went out without turning off the light, as if he was going out to get something.
Xu Sheng didn't move and only waited for a short period of time before Tang Zhi came back.
Tang Zhi grabbed something unknown with his right hand, picked up the box with his left hand, emptied the contents of the box, stuffed the appraisal report in, and stood up with the box.
After looking around, he walked to a position very close to the screen where Xu Sheng was standing.
Xu Shengsheng didn't know why Tang Zhi came over at first. Tang Zhi dropped the soft cigarette case on the ground and exposed the plastic lighter in his palm. Then he realized that there was only a small area with marble floor exposed next to the screen in the whole room, and Tang Zhi You may want to find a place where there are no flammable items.
Tang Zhi squatted half-crouched and rubbed the original report in the box with his thumb a few times, sparking a flame. The flame was very small and caught fire soon after it touched the sharp corner of the paper.
Xu Sheng was actually very close to Tang Zhi, and he could even see the slightly flat corners of Tang Zhi's lips.
Look clearly at his eyes, eyelashes, and his very white and thin hands.
See Tang Zhi throw the burning paper into Xu Keyu's iron box on his own initiative.
The fire started to burn, making a small crackling sound, and the fire rolled inward, illuminating Tang Zhi's hand red.
Tang Zhi picked up the cigarette box on the ground, poured out a cigarette, lit it while biting into it, and squatted down to smoke like a gangster.
After taking a few puffs, Tang Zhi suddenly put down the cigarette, coughed a few times, cursed a few times, and continued smoking.
Xu Sheng smelled of ashes and soot.
Soon, the burnt paper was gone, but Tang Zhi hadn't finished smoking yet. He squatted down to finish the cigarette, put the cigarette butt out in the iron box, and stared blankly for a few seconds, then picked up the iron box and went to the bathroom.
Xu Sheng heard the sound of water flowing, and then the sound of water stopped.
After a while, Tang Zhi came out with the box, humming a strange song, passed the screen, walked to the bedside table, put all the love tokens and letters back to their original places, and put the box back again.
Tang Zhi was humming as he leaned over. Xu Sheng saw the bulging spine on his back and suddenly remembered that one night, probably the night before the wedding, Xu Keyu pressed Tang Zhi into the sofa downstairs.
Xu Sheng asked Xu Keyu to go upstairs, and she left obediently.
Tang Zhi raised his face, covered his eyes with his hands, and sat blankly for a long time.
At that time, Xu Sheng felt that Tang Zhi was very troublesome, as he seemed to be the only one with many people.
What if I touch him a few times
Xu Sheng remembered asking Xu Keyu "What do you like about him?" Xu Keyu said "He is very kind" and "very powerful".
Then Tang Zhi walked out, and the lights in Xu Keyu's room went out.
Volume 2 Tower of Babel