his mermaid

***

The force from the collision caused Shijie to fall.

The other almost tore off the bronzing pattern on his jacket.

Falling to the ground, with a rusty taste in his mouth, Shijie knew that he had been kicked in the face again.

At that moment, his thoughts were on Yue Guo, and he had no chance to react. Fortunately, his arms were strong enough to support his fallen body.

"Shijie, are you okay?"

Yue Guo bent down and almost fell out of the wheelchair.

"Uh……"

"Wait, don't hit him!"

Yueguo felt something was wrong, he raised his head in surprise, looked at the man's chin, and finally his timid eyes slid down to the ground.

At some point, Yaochen was listening to their conversation by the side of the road.Today he didn't drive his Bentley, but the driver drove another gray Mercedes, so Yueguo didn't recognize that car, nor did he know the driver.He rushed over aggressively and pushed Shijie away, probably under Yaochen's instigation.

"What were you doing just now?"

"Nothing was done...you misunderstood."

"Then why do you look scared? I thought he was harassing you."

"He didn't harass me."

"Is it your ex-boyfriend?"

Yaochen pretended to be stable, but his deep voice was full of jealousy.

The man leaned over and approached just now, as if he wanted to kiss Yue Guo, and he had already cornered Yue Guo.

"Yes, we met by chance on the street." Yue Guo lowered his head, not daring to move or deny it.

"I heard Xiaohui mention it."

Although, it's not just as simple as mentioning it.

From the day he heard that Yue Guo had a boyfriend, he asked someone to check Shijie's background, but later pretended not to know.

"Well... don't hit him..." Yue Guo frowned, tilted his head and said, almost crying out of anxiety, "Shijie, are you injured..."

"fine……"

Because the inside of his mouth was injured, Shijie made an indistinct sound.He got up slowly, and only then saw a man in a smoky gray windbreaker standing by the wheelchair, who looked a few years older than himself, and about the same age as Yue Guo.

He was dressed so tightly, how could he exert such strength?When Shijie was wondering, he realized that the collision and kick just now did not come from him, but he ordered the driver beside him to do it.Shijie wanted to fight back unwillingly. Seeing Yue Guo's worried eyes, he knew that fighting back would not win Yue Guo's favor, so he resisted to stop.

"Sorry, I misunderstood." Yaochen said indifferently.

Just as Yue Guo was about to continue talking, Yao Chen pushed the wheelchair aside, and then he talked to Shi Jie alone.

"Remember? I told you not to inquire about the Gao family again."

Shijie pondered the meaning of these words in a daze.

"Is it you... Yue Hui's fiancé?"

A flash of memory reminded Shijie. ——After the Yueguo car accident, he also called Yuehui at the same time. Her "fiancé" who answered the phone warned very seriously: Yuehui has passed away, so don't disturb their family anymore, don't inquire about the Gao family again The funeral, and nothing else was said.Shijie knew that he was partly responsible for the car accident, so he didn't call again.

Shijie didn't take that so-called fiancé seriously either, and Yuehui had nothing to do with him.He contacted Yue Guo privately, but found nothing.

After finally finding out the hospital where Yueguo was located, the registration office categorically denied that there was such a person as Yueguo, presumably someone had tampered with it, that's why it happened. He really suspected that this man was the resistance behind it.

"I did say so then."

"What do you mean?"

"In order to facilitate various procedures at the hospital, I had to use that identity to come forward. Actually, I am not Yue Hui's fiancé."

Shijie mocked, "So who are you? Are you a friend of Yueguo?"

Yaochen handed out his own business card.

He wanted his attitude to be more polite. After all, he asked someone to punch Shijie just now, but he showed unconcealable hostility. Shijie was the same, and he didn't bother to accept his business card.

"Yueguo and I live together now."

"living together?"

What?Didn't Yue Guo say that he lives in an orphanage?Shijie realized immediately that it was to cover up his relationship with this man.

"I have been taking care of Yueguo since he was injured."

"When did you get together?"

"After you broke up."

Shijie gritted his teeth slightly.

"understood."

No wonder he would be beaten, if he saw someone attacking his target, he would go up and stop him for no reason.

However, after Yueguo broke up with him, there was a car accident. How could he still fall in love? Moreover, no one would easily be with the disabled, all kinds of inexplicable problems came rushing in.

Maybe the two were already related.Shijie didn't want to ask, he was worried that if there was a conflict here, he would definitely suffer.

Unexpectedly, Yueguo actually had a new boyfriend, who might even betray him before they officially broke up, he clenched his fists furiously.

Yaochen continued indifferently: "Sorry, I beat you up just now. If you need medical expenses, you can contact my lawyer."

After he finished briefly, he took out more than a dozen banknotes, and stuffed the banknotes and business cards into Shijie's hands.

Shijie took out the business card by himself and read it again.

Jiang Yaochen... a name he had never heard of.

Why did Yue Guo stay blank and let him make arrangements.Not so with myself.

***

The car slowly drove towards the coastal boulevard. There are many commercial buildings and high-end hotels in the port, and the water near the shore is reflected brilliantly.

Seeing is almost home.The two sat together in the back seat, Yue Guo kept looking out of the window, the mottled night light shone on the car window, slightly reflecting his sad face.

Yaochen covered his wrist, pinching it tighter and tighter, almost deforming his wrist, Yue Guo endured the pain at this moment, his face was extremely calm.

He suddenly looked sideways at Yaochen, trying to break the frozen air at the moment: "That...I didn't buy a piano today."

"Why not buy it?"

"Hmm..." Yue Guo said in a sticky voice, "After choosing for a while, I met Shijie, so I left and talked to him a few words."

Hearing Shijie's name, Yaochen looked at him, and the sharp light disappeared in an instant.

Because in the car, his face is reflected alternately by the light of neon lights.

"No need to buy it."

"Ah, why?"

"Because I'm not interested in the violin."

Yueguo guessed that he might still be angry, so he changed his words: "Why, haven't you studied for many years?"

When he proposed to buy it yesterday, Yaochen said yes and would accompany him.But today they are not very happy, and if they ask to accompany me, it may seem selfish.

"After studying for so long, it's a pity to give up like this. Your father doesn't seem to want you to give up either."

Yaochen took a deep breath.

This was the first time Yueguo mentioned his father, and it was so harsh.

"Because I have learned it for a long time, I must stick to it. Is it a pity that a person who has learned to eat feces since he was a child will not want to eat it one day when he grows up?"

what does that mean……

Yaochen even compared learning the violin to eating feces, which sounds disgusting and painful.

It is indeed terrifying if you have been immersed in such disgusting things since childhood and become numb.Yue Guo's complexion also became ugly.

Yue Guo didn't make a sound anymore, and Yao Chen said impatiently: "...your rhetoric is exactly the same as his."

"with who?"

"Nannian."

Yaochen suddenly thought of him.Because such words are like moral kidnapping, unless it is that person, they will say such words.

As long as his father was mentioned, he would become extremely disgusted.

"I didn't mean that. If you don't like it, just give up." Yue Guo hurriedly explained.

As soon as he explained, Yaochen became more irritable and continued to drive.

Yueguo hates being compared with Ban Nian, but it is precisely after listening to Ban Nian's opinion that he intends to persuade Yaochen.It's a pity that I am not qualified for this task, and I can hear the disgust from Yaochen's words.

Yue Guo was a little sad, he vaguely felt that something taboo had been broken by him.

They didn't speak for a while longer.

When he was about to get off the car, Yaochen asked:

"Why did you go to that piano shop today?"

Yue Guo didn't think too much, he replied truthfully: "I don't know where I'm going, I'm more familiar with it, and the boss will give me a discount."

"I thought you went to meet him on purpose."

"No." Yue Guo retorted softly, shaking his head, "How is it possible, today is just a coincidence... Shijie has also resigned for a long time, I didn't even know he would come."

"You didn't know he was coming?"

"do not know……"

"I'll give you a chance to tell me what else is involved with him."

"Nothing at all."

Yue Guo was stunned, he realized that he wasted this opportunity when he blurted out.

The car stopped, and he was dragged by great force, and he staggered out of the car.

It turned out that Yaochen had been restraining his emotions all the time, and when he arrived at his home, he was finally able to vent with peace of mind.

"Yaochen, wait...it hurts."

Yue Guo dragged his body and wrapped it around the lawn, his whole body was in constant pain, and it took all his strength just to whimper in pain, let alone talk.

When he got to the pool, Yaochen let go of his wrist. The moment he let go, he found that he didn't even have the strength to support himself, and lay on the ground gasping for breath.

Recently, there was no one at home, and Aunt Li had also fired her job. The house was pitch black, as terrifying as a haunted house, and Yue Guo was too frightened to make a sound.

In the silence, Yaochen squatted in front of him: "Don't contact him anymore, if you are short of the 20, I can give it to you."

His fingers were stronger, and he was able to pinch Yue Guo's jaw with ease, and raised his head in this posture, Yue Guo's face turned red.But he didn't exert himself so hard that he couldn't breathe.

Those eyes that widened in horror seemed to be asking: When did you know?

Yue Guo has the habit of concealing things, and Yaochen sees all of them.

Including the previous pranks and threatening letters, Yue Guo did not tell him immediately, but based on his character, Yaochen was not surprised.Because of the 20 entanglement, he understood it early in the morning.

Half a year ago, on the day he went to the concert with Yuehui, he found that Yuehui mentioned Shijie's attitude was very bad, so he asked her why.

Although the family ugliness is not publicized, Yuehui did not treat him as an outsider, but told Yaochen quite trustingly: "He owes my brother a lot of money and has not paid it back. He is called buying a car so that he can pick me up later." Brother commuting to and from work is actually an excuse. His character is really bad, if it wasn't for not paying back the money he owed, I would definitely let my brother kick him."

Yaochen asked her: "Do you owe a lot?"

"There are quite a lot of books for our family." Yue Hui muttered, "20."

He would sometimes ask about Yueguo's boyfriend in a nonchalant manner, in order to test their relationship.

Yueguo actually paid for that kind of person, and gave all his savings. This alone was enough to make him angry. In addition, he felt that Yueguo's feelings for him were not wholehearted, but with some concealment. And lies, which made him even more irritable.

He let go of his neck, and Yueguo's head fell down and buried in the ground.

Using the same method as last time, Yaochen took off the belt, tied Yueguo's hand and fixed it by the escalator of the swimming pool, he stood up, and kicked the rest of Yueguo's body into the pool without even splashing, Yueguo It was too light, and he hung on the water, unable to even struggle, like a wounded mermaid.

Mermaid?

Perhaps it was hallucinations, Yaochen felt that this was a relapse of his bipolar disorder, he often felt that Yueguo was a pet.

No matter how much he resisted, he was still tainted with the shadow of his parents' character.The atrocities he committed against Yue Kingdom were the epitome of the dark side of his father and mother, and he couldn't understand why he did this.

He felt that Yueguo didn't rely on him wholeheartedly, but had a slight possibility of leaving, so he was very anxious and didn't know how to solve it.Isn't the effort during this period not enough to prove my sincerity?Or maybe it was too indulgent to control the Yue Kingdom, which led to this.Yue Guo is not a person who is out of touch with society, he naturally has his friends, but it is more and more difficult for Yaochen to bear the fact that Yue Guo has friends.

He will be satisfied only when Yue Guo can no longer leave him and he is the only one in the world.

In the process of doing it, Yaochen kept panting, and his voice was very heavy.

"Because you lied to me, this is punishment."

"I'm not lying..." Yue Guo muttered words that only he could hear.

The immobilized hand moved, and there were red marks on the wrist.

The water in the swimming pool had penetrated his entire body, and his sweater was also soaked. The icy cold felt like being pricked by needles, but he had experienced more heart-piercing pain and bruises all over his body.So it's nothing - he consoled himself.

***

The meeting took place at a dark, quiet retro bar where they had never been.

The atmosphere here is suitable for conversation.

They haven't been here for seven or eight years, and haven't seen each other for three years.

The memory of playing truant to drink here in high school is still fresh in my memory. Shijie raised his pineapple cup and collided with the cup on the table next to him.

"The decoration should be changed, boss."

"For a fart, you give me money." The middle-aged woman standing at the counter yelled at the two of them. These were the two little kids who used to come to her to play the guitar in high school.

Chu Quan didn't like to talk. After Shijie teased her a few words, the topic shifted to what they wanted to talk about.

"So what are you looking for me for?" Shijie supported his head and said, "Don't say it's for reminiscing about the old days..."

They used to be brothers who loved music and formed a band together in high school, and they had a very strong relationship with another Lesbian girl lead singer.

The band formed in high school, and joined the bass player and drummer one after another in college. They also became famous in the local urban live circle.

[Ra!nbow] is the name of their band, implying the sexuality of the band members. At that time, they wanted to appear in a more tough and punk image, without giving people the illusion of femininity.

Chu Quan drank two full cups of draft beer before he started talking: "Do you know how Yueguo is doing now?"

"I broke up with him."

It was also because of his relationship with Yue Guo that Chu Quan alienated them and even quit the band.But Shijie didn't think it was Yueguo's fault, it was the differences in music that led to their parting ways.Coupled with the poor conditions of Chu Quan's family, there is no more funds for the band, and he is not willing to spend money for the band again.

"He was in a car accident."

"After the car accident, we couldn't get in touch with him, so we officially broke up." Shijie said with a wry smile.

"Do you know how he is doing recently?" Chu Quan asked again.

Probably with a very rich man, Shijie wanted to answer, but he didn't say it.

He was silent for a while, and said, "Yueguo...has amputated."

"Don't you know? He is with a man named Jiang Yaochen."

"I barely heard of it, but it has nothing to do with me."

Chu Quan nodded, and then changed the subject directly.

"My dad passed away."

"How is this going?"

Shijie was a little shocked, he didn't expect to hear this kind of news after not contacting him in the past few years.

"suicide."

"Suicide? Your dad... your dad committed suicide?"

"Come on, can you keep your voice down?"

"Sorry, how are you doing now?"

It’s just that there will be another car accident like Yueguo, Chu Quan thought miserably, but he is different from Yueguo, he has a lot of friends, he has friends to help him, working everywhere, eating and drinking is not a problem, although Down and out, the income can support myself to rent a house and eat.

What about Moon Country?He thought that Yueguo was very lonely, even if he was with that man, it was like a design.

Afterwards, Chu Quan began to say that Yueguo's car accident was caused by his father, and then his father committed suicide, and that Yueguo was threatened and intimidated.

So far he doesn't know who is behind it, but he finally has a clue.

"I found out that my father used to work as a private driver for a wealthy family, and their grandson, Jiang Yaochen, was actually in a relationship with Yueguo."

He sighed, with a kind of fear, "The Yue Kingdom is like that, and they can be together, don't you think... a little incredible?"

They held the glasses in unison, and probably had the same thoughts in their heads.

It was nothing more than Jiang Yaochen's involvement in the car accident.

"On the day of the car accident, I was the one who sent Yueguo home."

Shijie raised his head, feeling dizzy because of the alcohol.

"That day, there was one thing I didn't tell anyone...I was afraid that if I said it, it would cause more pressure."

"If you trust me, you can tell me."

Chu Quan patted him, "In order to get closer to the truth of my father's suicide."

"What's the use of knowing the truth? Your father is gone too." Shijie shook his head, he was a little mocking.

"It's also for the safety of Yue Kingdom."

Chu Quan sincerely said that at least they have known each other for so many years, and they are still the one they both liked.

Shijie put down his glass and said, "As you know, the district of Yueguo is the outskirts of the old city. There are often demolition and road repairs there, and there are a lot of trucks."

"Yueguo and I are both in Omi District, you forgot."

"Oh, yes, he used to take your motorcycle home together."

Shijie smiled.

Then, I was jealous at that time, so I decided that one day in the future I must buy a car and personally pick up and drop off Yueguo.

He paused for a moment, as if struggling.

"So... Actually, on the day of the accident, I was followed by a truck."

At this time, the memory became clearer because of alcohol stimulation.

"Because that area is full of industrial bases and there are many trucks, so I didn't think much about it. I just thought it was a coincidence that the earth-red truck entered the rearview mirror many times."

Unexpectedly, after seeing the news that Yueguo and Yuehui were injured in a car accident, they were also run over by a soil-red truck, and he felt something was wrong at the time.But this thought of something wrong has never been able to make him deduce that it is stalking.

Until I heard from Chu Quan that the car accident may have been man-made, and even Chu Quan's father was involved.

He just realized it.

It turned out to be like this, no wonder there was an illusion of being followed.

He was in an extremely bad mood that day, and he was rushing to the company again, so he didn't tell Yueguo about his abnormal feeling.He already felt that the car accident had his own reasons.If he didn't quarrel with Yuehui, how could she rush to the side of the road in excitement?If he was more sensitive and reminded Yueguo of being followed, he could even avoid everything.

☆、Chapter 26