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Lu Chen used the software to book a car while going out.When he got into the taxi, he began to mutter in his heart, maybe he made a mistake this time.Shen Yi said today that he would tell him something after his birthday.Maybe he should wait until Shen Yi finished speaking before dealing with Li Xiao's matter.

That's right, that call was made by Li Xiao.Li Xiao's first sentence made Lu Chen's head "boom".

"I said that Li Mingwei's downfall and Yang Mei's jumping off the building were arranged by Shen Yi, do you believe it?"

Probably because he was afraid that he would hang up the phone, Li Xiao's first sentence went straight to the point.

Holding the mobile phone, Lu Chen put his rumbling head on his head, and said unconsciously, "What do you mean?"

Li Xiao's voice was choked and said excitedly: "You should come to the hospital to see this chess piece that Shen Yi used up and threw away. He owes her an apology."

Lu Chen's head thumped, but the Lingtai still maintained a trace of clarity.He maintained his superficial composure, his mind was in a mess, and he didn't forget to say hello to Shen Yi and pack up his simple luggage before leaving - wallet, mobile phone, key and ID card, necessary for going out.

He didn't quite understand what Li Xiao's words meant—of course, maybe he didn't want to understand from the bottom of his heart.But Li Xiao's words were too powerful, he didn't care to wonder if this was a trick to lure him out.So Lu Chen accepted this invitation for the first time without telling Shen Yi.

"You should come to the hospital to see this chess piece that Shen Yi used up and threw away. He owes her an apology."

These words echoed in Lu Chen's mind all the time.

With a "ding dong" sound from the mobile phone, against the backdrop of the bright neon lights on the side of the road in the quiet night, it seemed a bit lonely in style.

Lu Chen slid his right thumb while holding the phone—it was Li Xiao's friend request.Lu Chen never accepted her friend application, and he didn't intend to accept it this time either.He knew that as long as Shen Yi was around, there would be no room for Li Xiao in his life.

Shen Yi couldn't tolerate sand in his eyes.Lu Chen never thought of getting Shen Yi out of his life.It is easy to accept applications, but it is more difficult to block and delete.

Lu Chen pretended not to see it, and put the phone in his pocket.

Ten minutes later, the taxi stopped at the entrance of the Municipal Hospital.

Lu Chen called and asked for the detailed address.

Enter the outpatient hall, walk through the long corridor, and the top floor of the second inpatient department is the surgical operating room.

When Lu Chen rushed over anxiously, Li Xiao was sitting on the bench at the door of the operating room, crying pear blossoms with rain.

Lu Chen looked up at the operating lights that were on.

"What did the doctor say?" Lu Chen asked as calmly as possible.

Li Xiao wiped his nose, "...not life-threatening."

If it's not life-threatening, is it still healthy?

This sentence floated through Lu Chen's mind, but he didn't ask it.

"What do you mean by what you said on the phone?" Lu Chen cut to the point.

Li Xiaozhan took a few breaths, sounding like he was trying his best to suppress his crying.

Li Xiao didn't answer directly, she took out her phone and clicked a few times, picked out a picture, and handed the phone to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen frowned slightly, and took a look, the picture was a distant view, full of people—I don't know what monster is buried in the picture.

Doubts and worries surged into his heart at the same time, and at this moment, he could only take over the phone and look at this secret that he didn't know whether he should know or not.

Lu Chen took the phone.In the crowd, a girl on the top floor of the Penang University Library stood on the roof, holding something unknown in her hand.From a distance, it looks like a yellow envelope—this is the live picture of the day Yang Mei jumped off the building.

"What do you mean?" Lu Chen was irritated and inexplicably panicked. Although his tone had tried his best to endure, he could still hear the hidden badness.

Li Xiao stretched out his index finger and middle finger, and tapped on the phone, and the picture was magnified several times.Then the index finger slid a few times, and the picture settled on a boy wearing a black peaked cap.

Lu Chen's expression froze instantly, and his eyes were full of disbelief, as if Tianling Gai had been slashed by thunder.

Shen Yi...

When did he go to the scene?

What is he doing there?

Li Xiao pressed her red and swollen eyes, "Yang Mei...I was hospitalized this time. I wanted to expose Shen Yi, but she refused, and we had a dispute on the side of the road...and then an accident happened... ... crashed into a car".

Li Xiaoxiao started to choke up again as he spoke.

Lu Chen was at a loss, and had no intention of comforting her.He murmured, "Speak clearly."

Li Xiao understood what Lu Chen meant by clarifying, she touched her nose, and took a few long and slow breaths, as if she was going to make a long speech but didn't know where to start. "We are young." After a while, she waited for the buzzing in Lu Chen's head to subside before she spoke, "Later, we separated after being admitted to different universities..."

……

Lu Chen quietly listened to her appeal to her heart, and the story gradually developed in a direction that she didn't want to face.

After more than half an hour, Li Xiao's story was finally finished. She looked at Lu Chen's pale face and said, "Teacher, I came here to seek justice for Yang Mei. But I didn't expect that I would go back to uncle I met you in advance. You care too much about him. I never thought that a person could... like a person to such an extent. It seems that there is no one else in the world except him. "

Li Xiao looked at Lu Chen seriously, his eyes washed by tears were particularly bright and clear, "So I hesitated, I thought, if something happened to Shen Yi, you would definitely suffer more than him. That's why I thought Let’s tear you apart first.”

She smiled wryly and shook her head helplessly, "But I underestimated your feelings for him. You... It's just, tsk, you can't get in. Did Shen Yi give you the ecstasy soup?"

Lu Chen's expression remained frozen. He wanted to say something, but found that his facial muscles were not working well.His disorganized facial muscles returned to his sanity.

Lu Chen closed his eyes and moved his lips, "Who else did you tell about this?"

Li Xiao said with a serious expression: "You are the only one."

Lu Chen: "Thank you."

Li Xiao smiled immaturely, admiring the gray sky through the glass window.Even though it was night, the thick fog still felt like it was coming.

Lu Chen didn't come back for three days.

During these three days, Shen Yi made a major decision—to apply for early graduation.

The University of Penang, like some other colleges and universities, completes the required courses in advance, and the credits meet the graduation requirements. If you pass the dissertation defense, you can graduate one year in advance.

Shen Yi submitted the application form.Although he still needs to go through the approval process of the director of the Academic Affairs Office and the dean in charge, he knows that as long as no one deliberately embarrasses him, he is enough to qualify for graduation.

He didn't tell anyone about it, and asked the director to keep it secret, because he didn't want to appear too out of the ordinary.

Huo Siyuan is not a nosy person, it's just a matter of little effort, and he fully respects the wishes of the parties involved.So he respected Shen Yi's wishes and suppressed the matter.

Shen Yi sat on the sofa, staring at the reflection of the chandelier on the coffee table for more than two hours, without moving, not even blinking his eyelids.

He has been wandering and living in isolation since he was a child, which has tempered his precise intuition.He knew in his heart that Lu Chen would not come back, no matter what the reason was.In short, something must happen next to separate them, and there is nothing he can do.

Fatty always comes back very late recently.Not long after he opened his online store, he was too busy taking care of the physical store by himself. He was recruiting people these days and redeploying his business.

The sound of the fat man opening the door shocked the veins on Shen Yi's forehead, and subconsciously clenched his fingers.

As soon as the fat man opened the door, he saw Shen Yi sitting on the sofa, his body seemed to be stiff, and he didn't know how long he had been sitting on it.

"Lu Chen hasn't come back yet?" the fat man asked concerned.

Shen Yi wanted to shake his head, but felt that his neck was already stiff, and he couldn't move.He could only utter an "um" from his throat.

The fat man sighed, "He left after answering the phone call that day, and I didn't ask if he was in a hurry. Tsk, from what it means, it seems that something happened to a student." The fat man took the phone call from the water dispenser while talking. He poured a glass of water and put it in front of Shen Yi.

student?

Something must have happened to Li Xiao - this was his first instinct, and he was very sure of it.

No wonder I didn't have a good impression of her from the first time I saw her. It turned out that there were signs of everything.It's just that these signs are always playing with people as an afterthought.Whether there are signs or not, there is always no way to avoid it.

"En", Shen Yi let out another sound from his throat.He froze for a while.

Fatty took advantage of this gap to enter the washroom, and when the fatty came out wrapped in a bath towel, Shen Yi's posture remained motionless.The fat man didn't know how to comfort him.I had no choice but to replace the cold water with hot water for him, then poured myself a cup, and sat next to him, which was a comfort.

The fat man sat for a while before continuing, "If you're really worried, give him a call and ask."

Shen Yi's already dim eyes dimmed a bit.This time he finally found that Fatty had been sitting with him in the living room for quite a while.With his half-dead appearance, the fat man couldn't hide in the bedroom to rest by himself.

He tried his best to bring his mind back, and when his mind was brought back, his penis gradually became more flexible.He stood up slowly on his knees, "Well, thank you", and went back to his bedroom.

Fatty saw that Shen Yi had returned to his own bedroom, and was startled, "He...hasn't called you in the past few days since Lu Chen left?"

Shen Yi stiffened his back and did not move.

"Are you... having a conflict?"

Shen Yi still didn't speak, he knew that he should say something like "No, thank you for your concern" at this time, or make a few perfunctory jokes.But his throat seemed to be choked and he couldn't open his mouth.So he gave up this idea, anyway, he is not a good person to get along with, so it doesn't matter if he is a little ignorant.

Shen Yi shook his head with a stiff neck, and went back to the bedroom he hadn't been in for several months.

Because it is lying in the north, it does not see the sun all year round, and it has not been popular for several months.There was a heavy stale smell in the air and in the bed.

Shen Yi put on his clothes and nestled under the quilt, his hands and feet curled up together.I don't know when I fell asleep.

Dream--

This is a quiet world, no matter how rough the waves are, they are churning in the sea of ​​clouds.

This is not night, but it has a thick darkness, but it is not dusk, because there is no dusk yellow, and there is no sunset red.It is not dawn either, because there is no vitality and freshness of dawn.

Here is like a cloudy day with thick smog floating, no animals and plants, and the ground is sandy and rustic.

There seemed to be a slight wind blowing by the ears, but the skin and flesh did not feel the coolness of the wind.He didn't know why he thought it was windy.

This "wind of imagination" awakened him.Shen Yi slowly opened his eyes, the first feeling was that there was an indestructible force holding his wrist, the warm body temperature was particularly sensitive in this quiet and weird world.

He raised his head to see clearly the force holding his wrist, but unfortunately, he couldn't see clearly what was holding him.A cloud of black mist covered it tightly, including the hand holding him—it should be a hand, only hands have the strength to hold.

Shen Yi lowered his head and took a look.There is endless chaos underneath, and the turbid objects scatter and collide with Xuan'er.Below is a mass of thick turbidity, darker than the turbidity in the air, and lighter than the black air on the man's body.

Really curious what's underneath.

What lies beneath this bottomless turbidity?

He moved his wrist, wanting to jump down to have a look.But the hand holding him was really firm and strong, as firm and strong as a pair of mechanical hands, no matter how he moved, this hand remained motionless.

Shen Yi struggled for a long time to no avail, he had no choice but to suppress the curiosity in his heart.

He looked up at the source of the power again, and tried to talk to him.

"Who are you? Where am I?"

The source of strength didn't answer him.

Is he unable to speak?Shen Yi thought.

But the warmth on the wrist...well, it was indeed the body temperature of a living thing.

Between 36°C and 37°C.

Shen Yi lowered his head to look, and struggled for a while.Still can't make money.Reluctantly, he could only observe his surroundings—his whole body/body was being hung on a cliff by this hand, the cut surface of the knife was sharp and smooth.If you accidentally fall down, you will never be ground by the protruding stones halfway.

It's amazing, with just one hand, he can hang his whole body motionless!

A gust of wind was blowing—although he didn't feel it.The wind blew away the shadows in the black mist, revealing a face that made his heart warm and moved.

"Lu Chen..."

Shen Yi looked at him in a daze, and slowly revealed his name in his heart.

Besides this face, Lu Chen's other body and even his neck were still buried in the thick black mist.

But the moment Shen Yi saw his face clearly, the strength on his wrist disappeared instantly.The indestructible force seemed to be blown away by this insignificant wind--Pandora's box?

And the temperature on the hand is still...

Shen Yi was awakened by the weightlessness of falling from a high altitude.Before waking up, the last picture in my mind was still falling in mid-air.Until 2 minutes after he woke up, that picture still stayed in his mind.It's just a third perspective.

Don't know where it will end up?

He seems to have fallen for a long time, but he still hasn't seen the bottom.

Shen Yi sat on the bed and took a few breaths, licked his chapped lips, raised the back of his hand to wipe away the cold sweat on his forehead.

Lu Chen still hasn't come back, it's been the third day.During these three days, Lu Chen did not contact him once.But it's okay, he doesn't want to face Lu Chen now.

It's best never to show up again, Shen Yi planned, it would be fine if Lu Chen never showed up in front of him.Since then, the main road has gone halfway toward the sky.

He has submitted an application for early graduation, and Wang Yun invited him to participate in the production of a new magazine, and is currently looking for a partner.

He planned two paths for himself, one is to participate in the project of Wang Yun's company, and the other is to be a wandering traveler, writing while walking, maybe he can learn to take pictures by himself, and write while taking pictures.

From then on, I have no roots, no roots, no cares, no cares, the ends of the earth, life or death.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are inevitable for the world.

He is not afraid of death, he is afraid of sickness and old age.If he is alone, it is really inconvenient if he is sick, no one will sign for an operation, and his life will be handed over to the country and the law.

However, it's okay if it's terminally ill.What I'm afraid of is that if I can't take care of myself.But if he still has consciousness, he doesn't mind spending money to find a nanny to take care of his sick and paralyzed self.

But...it's better not to be like this.He doesn't like others to interfere in his private life.

old?It's no different from a disease.It is said that raising children for old age will not have offspring, and old age can only be handed over to insurance.But he didn't plan to buy insurance.I don't plan on going to a nursing home either...

Tsk... This is more troublesome, but it's still early, there are still three to forty years left.

Hmm... Is there anything else you haven't thought about?

Yes, there is still more than a month before graduation. If Lu Chen comes back, he has to think about how to deal with him in advance.

"After all, there are differences in acting skills between family members and outsiders, and between hometown and other villages. Even Jesus, the Son of God, cannot explain the difference. For an actor, the most difficult place to perform is the theater in his hometown, where he has three relatives Relatives and old acquaintances are all gathered together, no matter how good the acting skills are, the famous actress will surely fall short of the standard." (Note)

"Three relatives and six relatives, old acquaintances", for Shen Yi, there is only Lu Chen alone.

People live for a lifetime, with different people, different things, with different masks, and show different levels of acting skills.When the performance is over, this life is over.

And Lu Chen...they have been entangled for seven years - three years together, three years apart, and a year of teacher-student relationship that they dislike each other.

Lu Chen has long been rooted in his blood and soul.He had trouble convincing his brain to perform to the blood flowing in his body.Because the blood is also under the jurisdiction of the brain.

Difficult doesn't mean it can't be done.

Shen Yi got up from the bed, the stale air in the quilt blew his nose.He didn't eat for a few days, and he was a little dizzy because of hunger.Enduring his discomfort, he went to the kitchen to make some oatmeal.

Shen Yi came to the living room with oatmeal - the soft sofa is much more comfortable than the wooden dining chair.

The palm-sized bowl was steaming hot, and my stomach felt warm and full before I even put it in my mouth.

The instant oats, which are full of water, are stirred with a porcelain spoon, and the whole oats are quickly broken into a bowl of slag under the stirring of the porcelain spoon.

Lu Chen came back at this time.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Shen Yi paused for a moment with the hand holding the spoon, and randomly restored the "natural" state.The slender fingers looked flexible and meaningless.

After entering the door, Lu Chen stopped in front of the coffee table, stood motionless and stared at Shen Yi.

Shen Yi never raised his head, he was not interested in the expression on Lu Chen's face at all.

"You said the other day that you have something to tell me after my birthday." After a long silence, Lu Chen spoke first, "What's the matter?" He paused and continued.

Shen Yi stirred the oatmeal a few times unhurriedly, took a spoonful and tentatively put it to his lips to test the temperature.

"Forgot," he said casually.

Lu Chen moved his back molars a bit, with a thick and complicated expression.

"How did Li Mingwei fall from power?"

"I figured it out."

Shen Yi's tone was as calm as saying what he ate today.

"How did you calculate?" Lu Chen choked for a while, and then tried to speak in a calm tone.

"He and the former headmaster planned to use me to achieve their... well, certain goals. They cut it first and then played it. I will do it."

"...Yang Mei didn't touch you, right? You knew about it a long time ago. Someone discovered their plan and notified you in advance. That's why you planned to take the opportunity to get Li Mingwei down."

"Well, it was a reporter from a newspaper who notified me. I met a friend from my former employer a few times. He didn't want me to be a victim, and he didn't dare to provoke the director, so he secretly tipped me off."

"Yang Mei didn't touch you, you knew it clearly, but you still continued with your plan. You found someone to secretly film the video, spread the news, operated in secret... You put yourself and her innocence, and even... her life, Just to bring down Li Mingwei?"

It turned out that he thought Yang Mei's death was plotted by me?

"En", Shen Yi nodded indifferently, the bottom of the bowl of oatmeal had already been drained.

Shen Yi was about to stand up and carry the bowl to the kitchen when Lu Chen suddenly rushed over and grabbed him by the collar, the force of the impact and the strength of his hands smashed him into the sofa.

Shen Yi resisted the urge to vomit in his fragile stomach.

"Look at me talking!" Lu Chen stared, his eyes were bloodshot, and there were thick dark circles under his eye sockets.

Shen Yi felt a sudden pain in his heart.He stared straight at Lu Chen's tired eyes expressionlessly, his gaze was so calm that Lu Chen found it inconceivable.It seemed that it was no big deal whether a person died or not, it was just his own fuss.

one life...

Lu Chen grabbed Shen Yi by the collar and looked straight into his eyes, "What if... what if Yang Mei jumped off at that time? What are you going to do? Carrying the shadow of a sinner for the rest of your life? That is a human life!"

Shen Yi blinked, "Isn't she not dead?"

What a natural tone, Lu Chen was so choked that he couldn't speak.He felt incredible, how could Shen Yi be such a person?He should be sensitive and fragile, cold on the outside but hot on the inside, how could he be so unscrupulous and deep in the city?

Lu Chen violently let go of Shen Yi's collar, and Shen Yi fell back onto the sofa following his strength.His eyes were still looking directly at Lu Chen calmly.

Lu Chen felt angry when he saw his cold-blooded appearance.He turned his eyes away abruptly, "Yang Mei is hospitalized, she is in the municipal hospital." Lu Chen took a deep breath, "Inpatient Department II, 13th floor, bed No. 8. You should go see her."

After speaking, he turned and went into the bedroom.When he arrived at the door, he suddenly stopped, "Don't you want to know why Yang Mei jumped off the building and still has a report letter?"

Shen Yi didn't speak.

"Because she discovered your purpose. When she was in the bathroom, she saw the person who secretly took the picture through the reflection of the mirror. She discovered your purpose, so she will help you, jump off the building, and... cooperate with you. Undress and do the show!"

If she didn't find out, she wouldn't necessarily touch you.

Lu Chen stood at the door and took a slow breath before pushing the door open.

When he entered the bedroom and took a look, he found that Shen Yi had already packed his things and moved out.

Lu Chen stood at the door with his hips crossed for a long time, kicked hard at the computer chair, one of the wheels on the chair hit the wall and knocked one off, and following the inertia, Xuan'er ran under the bed.

Shen Yi listened to the movement in the bedroom with dull eyes, then moved his facial muscles slightly, and went into the kitchen with the bowl in his hand.