please don't believe me

Vehicles are speeding on the viaduct.

Shen Xiuyuan steered the steering wheel steadily, while Dai Bowen sat in the co-pilot. The traffic rules in country C are the same as most countries in the world, driving on the right, while country E is just the opposite.This led Dai Bowen to think that even if his driver's license was valid across the country, he didn't want to drive himself into the traffic flow that he was not used to.

They were lucky. Even though it was almost noon, the traffic on the elevated road did not increase.Of course, a large part of the reason is that they haven't completely entered the urban area from the airport expressway.

As soon as Dai Bowen hung up the phone, Shen Xiuyuan smiled and said, "So, your manager didn't know that you left just now?"

"Yes." Dai Bowen patted his ears, as if he wanted to shoot out all the ramblings that manager Richard just poured in.Fortunately, Dai Bowen and his work were full of variables and excitement. Apart from complaining at length in his northern accent, Richard was not in a state of disorientation as soon as the lord left.

"Poor guy." Shen Xiuyuan smiled sympathetically, "I guess he was often the target of your pranks before."

"No, no." Dai Bowen turned on the radio on the car and slowly adjusted the channel, "It's very difficult to attack people around me. I won't take the effort to make such jokes."

Shen Xiuyuan smiled and said: "This means that once you put in the effort, they...maybe they should say us, and it will be miserable, doesn't it?"

Dai Bowen raised his eyebrows sideways: "Who are you and 'us'?"

"Everyone except you."

"...Then I will focus on and take special care of you."

The radio FM eventually settled on a light-hearted midday program, with some chatting about road conditions and ordering songs.Shen Xiuyuan usually drives, playing some music he is familiar with at most, and studying the way people speak in various places is Dai Bowen's hobby.

Shen Xiuyuan glanced at the road sign hanging high not far ahead, and asked again: "How many days can I stay this time?"

Just as Dai Bowen leaned back on the backrest, he glanced at him: "Not much, three days."

Shen Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows and said, "I thought you could spend Christmas with me."

"...Then it's almost two months away!" Dai Bowen sneered, "Do you think I'm a student on long vacation?"

"Well, I admit this is just a dream." Shen Xiuyuan smiled, "It seems that the program of Channel [-] is imminent?"

"Well, the preliminary work has been basically completed, and the producer is unwilling to drag the front into the severe cold... so it is basically set for the middle of next month." Dai Bowen picked up the car's water glass and shook it while talking, and then motioned to Shen Xiuyuan to ask if he could can not drink.

Shen Xiuyuan nodded, and said: "There are still two weeks..."

"I have to take some time to go to SRY County." Dai Bowen opened the cup and took a sip of warm water.Then he realized that Shen Xiuyuan didn't necessarily understand what he was talking about, and explained: "It's in the southwest of LD..."

"I know." Shen Xiuyuan replied, "SP Park, huh?"

Dai Bowen was taken aback, then re-screwed the lid of the cup, and said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, I'm sure these little news won't appear on the international and financial editions..."

"Yes, but it will appear in some girls' speeches." Shen Xiuyuan said, "Mr. D designed and supervised, ghost trains, psychological adventure-themed projects... My magician, are you going to build a haunted house? ?”

"It sounds like our president, Shen Da, thinks that this project will definitely lose money." Dai Bowen rubbed his arm against Shen Xiuyuan intentionally or unintentionally when putting down the cup, "But it doesn't matter, isn't it that there are 'certain girls' who will come to hold the cup?" Is it my place?"

"The girl will go, and so will the girl's brother." Shen Xiuyuan smiled.

"Speaking of Lin Tong, I brought her a gift, when is it convenient for you to make an appointment for dinner?"

"How did you bring her a gift? Did you bring it to me?"

"Hey, here is the best gift for you." Dai Bowen pointed to himself without hesitation, "Then, what should I say? Ask her out?"

"Put the gift here, and I'll pass it on for you." Shen Xiuyuan replied, "Lin Tong is not here."

Dai Bowen raised his eyebrows and said, "You're not lying to me, are you? I thought that as your right-hand man and relative, she wouldn't leave easily?"

"Am I lying, do you still need to ask me?" Shen Xiuyuan sneered softly, "It is precisely because of her status as a 'relative' and an 'assistant' that she was asked to handle some 'housework'."

"'Family affairs'...U state?" Dai Bowen still had a fresh memory of the vigorous style of Zhiyuan Group's U state headquarters.

"No, Country A." Shen Xiuyuan answered smoothly, "To be precise, she is going to deal with my nephew's affairs."

"...Nephew?" Dai Bowen felt that he had suddenly fallen into the "relative channel", and he couldn't turn the corner for a while, "It's yours...do you have sisters?"

"Is it strange? I didn't jump out of a rock." Shen Xiuyuan smiled, "It's just..."

"only?"

"It's hard to say clearly for a while, let me explain it to you when I have time."

Dai Bowen responded casually, and the two began to chat about other things.Chatting about recent developments, international affairs, art performances, and interesting topics on the radio. Gradually, Dai Bowen answered less and less frequently, with fewer and fewer words, and people became more and more quiet.

There was a slight snore in the car.

Shen Xiuyuan glanced at the co-pilot, stretched out his hand to turn down the sound of the radio, then looked at the road instructions, and drove the car steadily off the interchange.

When Dai Bowen woke up, it was past nine o'clock in the evening.

He only remembered that Shen Xiuyuan got him out of the car half-supported and half-embraced, brought him into the house, and put him on the bed in the guest room, he really didn't remember anything else.When he woke up completely, he found himself in a simple and comfortable room.The bedside table lamp was adjusted to the minimum brightness, the suitcase was leaning against the bedside table, the coat was hung on the back of the chair not far away, and her leather shoes and a pair of brand new slippers were placed side by side beside the bed.

There is also a note on the leather shoes.

Dai Bowen picked it up: "'I'm in the study room at the end of the second floor. Come to me when you wake up and have something to eat together.——Shen Xiuyuan'."

He smiled, put the note on the bedside table, pressed it with the base of the lamp, and got up to tidy up his appearance.He walked out of the room reassuredly when he checked his phone in his coat that he looked fine, just a little tired.

In the living room, dining room and corridor, there are downlights embedded in the ceiling or for landscape use, which are soft, warm and not dazzling, and enough for walking lighting.Dai Bowen took a quick glance at the first floor and found that there seemed to be no one there, so he went upstairs along the stairs.

The door lock of the study opened with a click, and a man's voice came from the crack of the door: "Come in."

Dai Bowen smiled, stretched out his hand and pushed the door, but he didn't go in.He just put one hand in his pocket and leaned against the door frame.

The style of Shen Xiuyuan's study, like his entire house, is simple and practical, with subtle hints of modern style.A man sits at a large desk with his laptop propped up on it.He looked up at the door, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Do you want to be a sculpture at the door?"

"I'm not ready to know your secret." Dai Bowen twitched the corner of his mouth, "Besides, I'm hungry."

"Well, I really should be more considerate." Shen Xiuyuan stood up, walked around the desk, and walked towards Dai Bowen, "Let's go to the kitchen."

Dai Bowen raised his chin slightly, looked at the man standing in front of him: "You do?"

"Did love make you have this fantasy?" Shen Xiuyuan joked, and then made a "please" gesture, "I will know when I arrive. Also, if you don't mind, I need you for something after dinner Help me take a look."

"'Take a look'? Is it... a video?" Dai Bowen retreated to the corridor to let out the door, and then saw the man who closed the study door look back at him, "Really? Hey, last time you asked When I made this kind of request, it was because you wanted to 'catch a traitor'!"

"So, let's chat while eating." The man turned around, put his arms around Dai Bowen's back, and led him forward, "Come on."

It is true that Shen Xiuyuan did not cook, he had the foresight to ask the part-time worker to prepare the meals in advance and keep them in the refrigerator.Dai Bowen and him worked together, and within 10 minutes, the two big men heated up all the food.

Shen Xiuyuan also opened a bottle of red wine.

They sat down on both sides of the dining table, tasted the handicrafts of the part-time auntie, and chatted... Oh, no, mainly listening to Shen Xiuyuan's "storytelling".

"Uh... Let me sum it up." Dai Bowen put down his chopsticks, "In short, your sister and brother-in-law were originally working in country A, and after both died in a car accident, they left behind a son. And this kid is not willing to leave country A, The right to supervise falls on his aunt, who is your brother-in-law’s sister. Then the child grows up to the rebellious stage, and no one can control him, so he hangs out with a group of bastards, and pretends to be kidnapped in an attempt to defraud ransom...Is it?"

Shen Xiuyuan was thinking whether to remind the other party that his words were a bit vulgar, but after deliberating for a while, he just replied: "You are right."

"So, how can I help?"

"We got some videos, so-called 'hostage videos' and transcripts of police interviews, oh, and recordings of 'extortion' calls... I hope you can help me through that."

"Hasn't the case been solved?"

"The police have indeed closed the case, but the insurance company also came after hearing the news. They thought my nephew might be the mastermind of this scam and demanded a further increase in insurance premiums. Lin Tong came forward as a family representative."

Shen Xiuyuan paused, and added: "They hired a third-party lie detector agency to study and test my nephew's role in this scam."

Dai Bowen said helplessly: "If you mobilize so many people, is it possible that you have invested a huge amount of insurance for him?"

"It's not a huge amount, but it's a family practice..."

"For your family, being kidnapped is not out of the question. If it becomes a big deal and people know that your nephew is 'whose nephew', it will be troublesome." Dai Bowen picked up the wine glass, He asked, "Even if it's just a child's prank this time, you haven't thought about letting him return to your protection net, at least until first?"

"He, like his mother, is unwilling to be bound by these relationships." Shen Xiuyuan shrugged, "That's why my older sister went to work in a museum and married a middle school teacher."

Dai Bowen swallowed the red wine: "It's not bad either."

"It's not bad, but no one can control her son now. If this continues, he can kill himself before anyone else takes action." Shen Xiuyuan sighed, "Think about country A! Drugs, guns, precocious puberty... ..."

"Calm down, my dear." Dai Bowen helped him refill the red wine, "I know you are in a hurry and have nowhere to use your energy... But everyone has been young and frivolous, and everyone has this time."

Shen Xiuyuan raised his glass to him: "Including you?"

"Shouldn't it? Although I was probably a weird guy who lived alone when I was young, but this is also a kind of youth and frivolity, isn't it?" Dai Bowen smiled and clinked glasses with the man, "To our youth and frivolity?"

Shen Xiuyuan laughed: "Respect our young and frivolous!"