silent age

After this incident, Bai Sihuan locked himself in the room and didn't come out for a whole day.

Lin Siying asked the servant to knock on the door and ask what happened, but he didn't answer the door either.In the end, it was Lin Heng who knocked on the door for a long time before he reluctantly opened it.

"Why are you hiding in your room without eating or drinking?" Lin Heng walked into his room, and closed the door with a smooth push.

"You still have the nerve to ask me." Bai Sihuan glared at him sideways, his voice was a little hoarse, his eyes looked red, and he walked with a slight limp.I don't know, I thought he was beaten by someone again.

Lin Heng showed no sign of remorse, and said with a smile: "It can't be my fault, it's my brother who said he likes me."

Bai Sihuan was furious: "You are simply shameless!"

He has always been gentle, and he has never lost his temper to anyone before.Seeing his angry and excited appearance, Lin Heng actually found it quite novel.

Once in a happy mood, Lin Heng took the initiative to apologize: "Okay, it's my fault, I won't be so impulsive next time. Can't I apologize to you?"

Bai Sihuan was flattered, but seeing Lin Heng's face was smiling, as if he didn't intend to apologize sincerely at all, his heart that originally wanted to forgive him temporarily fell away.

Lin Heng walked slowly to his side, stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his shoulders, suddenly his tone became cold and his voice was deep: "It's just that I want to tell you that no one will touch you like this except me in the future."

Speaking of the last few words, Lin Heng pinched Bai Sihuan's shoulder so hard that it hurt.

Lin Xianyan came back once.

In the afternoon of this day, I quietly took the key to enter the house.

Lin Heng was forced by Lin Siying to buy peanuts again, and Bai Sihuan was the only one left in the family.

Having learned the lesson from last time, Bai Sihuan became more concerned about receiving Lin Xianyan this time.

Lin Xianyan's image has changed a lot, his hair is cut short to the temples, and his clothes are also casually dressed. He really has the flavor of a wandering artist.

When he came back to Lin's house, the first person he saw was Bai Sihuan, Lin Xianyan felt very relieved.She came back this time with a purpose: "I looked for the eldest sister once, and wanted to get the key to her room, but she said that the key was accidentally dropped at Lin's house, so I came to you."

Bai Sihuan remembered the bunch of keys that his eldest sister dropped by the cellar that day. He wanted to return it at that time, but he didn't want to run into Liu Sheng's affairs, so the bunch of keys couldn't be returned to Lin Musheng in the end.

Bai Sihuan took Lin Xianyan back to the room, found the bunch of keys, and when he was about to hand them to Lin Xianyan, he suddenly recalled the cellar, he paused, the keys were tightly held in his palm, and he didn't give them out.

The day the Lin family sent money to Lin Musheng to return the painting, Lin Xianyan happened to be there, so he probably knew what happened.She saw Bai Sihuan's worry, sighed, and persuaded: "Don't worry, I'm different from Eldest Sister. There are some things I don't know how to do, and even if I do, I won't hurt others. Even if I hurt others, I will definitely not hurt you." .”

Bai Sihuan still believed in Lin Xianyan, after hesitating for 2 minutes, he finally handed over the key to her.

Out of worry, Bai Sihuan followed Lin Xianyan to the elder sister's room.The eldest sister's room is on the third floor, facing the corner of the balcony at the end.

Since Lin Musheng moved out of the Lin family, no one has used this room again.

Lin Xianyan opened the door, and a strong smell of dust filled his nostrils.

The room is completely a girl's room from the previous era. There are many yellowed posters on the walls, such as Lin Zhiying, Zhou Huimin, Tao Zhe, beyond, and in some places there are song scores drawn with colored ballpoint pens.

Lin Xianyan seemed to be looking for something, but couldn't find it after searching around, and finally found a diary.

She opened the diary, and Bai Sihuan stood by and read it too.

In Lin Musheng's diary, in the past few years, he has been writing about some girl's thoughts, occasionally including a few pages of lyrics, like most girls of that era, nothing special.

But suddenly, from a certain day 18 years ago, she kept writing "I am in pain" and "What should I do", and then there were about a dozen pages of the diary, all of which were painful sentences like this, but did not write them down to the end what's going on.Several pages were torn out in the middle of the diary, and the last page wrote: "Should I give it to my mother? Is she reliable? But if I don't give it to her, what can I do, but I am very reluctant to give it to her..."

Lin Xianyan closed the diary and put it back in the drawer. At this moment, she found a beyond album in the drawer.

She took out the album and opened the case.After taking out the disc, I found a piece of paper stacked two or three layers underneath.Lin Xianyan's eyes brightened, as if he finally found what he was looking for, he immediately took out the list.

It was a list from the hospital. Lin Xianyan looked at the words on the list and became more and more excited, while Bai Sihuan turned pale instantly.

Just a few words on the list caused Bai Sihuan's brain to be greatly impacted.

In an instant, thousands of images flashed through his mind.He remembered the days when Mr. Zhu came here for dinner, talking amidst the laughter; he remembered that on the way to Deer Park, when Cheng Sutang mentioned Lin Heng, everyone's smiles gradually froze; he remembered what Liu Sheng said when he beat Lin Musheng talk.

Many things that he thought were awkward and strange before were explained at this moment.

Bai Sihuan thought in his heart that it is impossible, this is impossible, it is impossible at all!

Lin Xianyan held the list in his hand, tightened his grip on the bargaining chip for revenge, and burst out laughing, the more he laughed, the crazier he became.

Now she really looks like a crazy woman desperate to destroy everything. Bai Sihuan had only seen this kind of madness in Lin Musheng before.

She smiled and laughed, and suddenly burst into tears, and said to Bai Sihuan with a strange expression: "Sihuan, if one day I feel sorry for my family, I must be forced to do so. Don't hate me, don't hate me!"

It took a long time for Bai Sihuan to accept what he saw. He didn't feel afraid of Lin Xianyan's weird expression and laughter, but regret and heartache.He calmed down and said softly: "Ayan, I won't hate you, I just hope you don't be impulsive, that will hurt yourself..."

"Don't be impulsive?" Lin Xianyan thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, I won't be impulsive, because now is not the time. I will wait for that bitch to be at her best before hitting her with that hypocritical and disgusting card." Face!"

After saying this, Lin Xianyan took the hospital slip and left.

On the second day after Lin Xianyan left, Cheng Sutang and Lin Huan called everyone to the main living room again.

Bai Sihuan said "Oops" again from the bottom of his heart, thinking that they had also discovered that Lin Xianyan took away the hospital slip.

When he came to the living room, he saw Lin Heng standing beside him, and wanted to ask Lin Heng what happened, but he saw Lin Heng with a pale face, tight lips, and dull eyes, as if he had lost his soul, how could he be called him? Can't hear it either.

Bai Sihuan became more certain that it was because of the hospital bill, and his heart was beating rapidly.

Lao Pei stood up and said to everyone: "There are few things in the cellar. The red coral Bodhisattva statue that was to be given to Mrs. Chen is also gone, and there is Karen's body inside. Whoever did it, stand up."

Bai Sihuan was shocked, and looked at Lin Heng again. This time, he understood why Lin Heng was acting like this.

Someone went into the cellar to steal something, Karen probably wanted to stop it, and ruined the thief's good deed, so she was beaten to death by the thief.

Needless to say, the thief knew that he must be a member of the family.

Ukiyo-e paintings may not be considered valuable paintings to the Lin family, but this red coral Bodhisattva statue is different.This Bodhisattva statue was nominally given to Mrs. Chen, but in fact it was for Mrs. Chen to help clear up the relationship.

If a painting is gone, another one can still replace it.But this Bodhisattva statue, which was built with thousand-year-old red coral and spent more than half a year, is not so easy to have again.

So Cheng Sutang was completely angry this time, she must find out the thief, and get back the Bodhisattva statue no matter what.

Since what happened last time had a lot to do with Bai Sihuan, everyone naturally locked him as the biggest suspect this time.

They asked where Bai Sihuan was and what he was doing yesterday afternoon.Ask if Lin Musheng is back?

Bai Sihuan couldn't say anything other than "Eldest Sister hasn't been here". He and Lin Xianyan were in Eldest Sister's room yesterday afternoon, and he discovered the big secret of the Lin family.

This secret is far more shocking than any bodhisattva statue being stolen.As a matter of fact, he would rather be suspected than give his alibi.He won't lie, so he can only choose to remain silent.

Lin Heng's entire face was pale, and Bai Sihuan knew what Karen meant to him. It was his most beloved baby, his pet dog, and his family.

No matter what happens this time, Lin Heng will not make a sound anymore, he wants to find the murderer who killed Karen more than anyone else.

He interrogated Bai Sihuan repeatedly, interrogated him back and forth among the servants.Finally, Aunt Liu came down from upstairs, holding a red statue of Bodhisattva in both hands, and said loudly, "I found it, I found it!"

Old Pei asked, "Have you found everything?"

Aunt Liu said: "I didn't find anything else, but the statue of the Bodhisattva was found! It's... in Master Sihuan's room. There are bloodstains on the statue of the Bodhisattva..."

Bai Sihuan was startled, looking at the kind-looking Bodhisattva statue that he took out from his room, all his words were destroyed in his stomach.

He chose silence again, but made the wrong choice again.

At this time, Bai Yuancheng, who was hiding in the corner, suddenly jumped out: "Brother, don't hide it, admit it! Although you have been threatening me and telling me not to speak out, this time I can't bear it anymore, I have to speak out." The truth is here!" This time, without waiting for Cheng Sutang's questioning, Bai Yuancheng said to himself, "You went to the cellar to steal something yesterday afternoon, and that dog tried to stop you, so you hit it with a Bodhisattva...a Bodhisattva! If it's not enough, hit it! Two hits, if two hits are not enough, hit it three times until it can't even move!"

Bai Sihuan stared into Bai Yuancheng's eyes, the blood on his face gradually faded.

Bai Yuancheng looked away from him, then lowered his head and sighed, recognizing his mistake: "Actually, I was also at fault. At that time, I wanted to stop my brother, but I saw him beat that dog so hard that it was bloody... ...I was so scared at the time...I was scared! Hey!"

Bai Sihuan is not stupid, just listening to Bai Yuancheng's description, he already knows what's going on.

If it wasn't at the scene, if it wasn't done by himself, how could Bai Yuancheng know so clearly?He might have sold other valuable things long ago. Maybe he didn't dare to sell this Bodhisattva statue, maybe he couldn't sell it, or maybe it was just for framing, so he put it in his brother's room.

Well, the matter has been revealed, this brother should take the blame for his brother.

Bai Sihuan can definitely say all these things, argue with Bai Yuancheng, and let the Lin family find out.

But he chose not to.

How can the people of the Lin family listen to what he said?Isn't there enough jokes about him?

There was such a corrupt younger brother who was framed by such a younger brother, who was arguing with this younger brother in the Lin family's territory.How ugly this must be.

Cheng Sutang was not annoyed this time. She sneered and said to Lin Huan: "See clearly? Do you still want to protect your son? I still remember clearly what you told me back then. Chu, you shouldn’t have forgotten it, right? I hope you can still make it happen.”

Lin Huan let out a big sigh, and slowly closed his eyes.

Cheng Sutang and Lin Huan didn't intend to investigate the truth, they found the Bodhisattva statue, they didn't care about the lost things and the dead dog.

They seemed to confirm only one thing, Bai Sihuan was not suitable to stay in the Lin family, nor was the Lin family suitable for Bai Sihuan.It doesn't matter whether he really made a mistake or was betrayed and framed by his own brother.In short, it was because he stayed in the Lin family that so many things happened continuously in the Lin family.

No one said a word, and Lin Siying was silent.

Cheng Sutang raised her chin slightly, and looked at Bai Sihuan like a proud winner: "Bai Sihuan, we will not pursue the other lost things, including Karen's matter. Now, please leave the Lin family immediately, and you will never set foot on it again." Half a step into Lin's house."

The result of the treatment was within expectations, but Bai Sihuan froze and didn't act immediately.He seemed to be waiting for something.

Lin Huan opened his eyes, and seemed to feel that he should say something, so he reluctantly said, "Si Huan, go back to your mother."

After a moment of stiffness, Bai Sihuan slowly turned around.He turned his gaze to Lin Heng, and whispered: "Lin Heng..."

Nothing else matters, and it doesn't matter what you get misunderstood.He just wanted to let Lin Heng know that Karen was not killed by him.

However, upon hearing this call, Lin Heng ignored it.He turned around, walked up the stairs slowly with ethereal steps, and refused to give him a single glance.