silent age

Bai Sihuan bought a ticket, took a random train, and went to a place he didn't know.

The place he arrived was a small county town, where he lived temporarily and had to work two or three jobs a day to make ends meet.

The pace of life in a small county is very slow. Although the people I meet during the part-time job are not well-educated, they are all simple and down-to-earth. Some people may not have a good personality, but their hearts are not too bad.Being a "bottom person" in the eyes of others, Bai Sihuan has a long-lost sense of security.

During the day, I work as a cashier in a convenience store in the morning, hand out leaflets or act as a puppet in the afternoon, and work as a helper at food stalls in the evening.

Working at food stalls at night, I often have to work until one or two o'clock. After closing, the cook Lao Li will hand him a cigarette and sit on the steps with him and chat for a long time.

The "upper class" stories he told Lao Li covered up many bad things, and only told some insignificant trivia or some special interesting things.

Old Li could only hear envy over and over again. He knew that Bai Sihuan had gone to college, but he didn't.After putting out the cigarette, he asked him: "You are still so young, what do you plan to do in the future? Just work like this for the rest of your life? Have you ever thought about getting married and starting a family here?"

Bai Sihuan fell into silence, and he didn't know what he should do in the future.He never thought about getting married and starting a family. He felt that he might not be able to be an ordinary person.

"If there is a chance in the future, I should still want to read some books." After he finished speaking, he smiled, thinking that this seemed a distant and extravagant wish.

The world is small, at the beginning of the second month of working in a convenience store, Bai Sihuan ran into an acquaintance.

Gu Zhen's predestined relationship with him is really not superficial, they met once in Macau, and unexpectedly they met once in this small county.

"Bai Sihuan?" When he took a bottle of drink to check out, Gu Zhen looked at the man in the uniform of the convenience store in front of him, and the disgust in his eyes almost spilled out of the corner of his eyes, "How did you get into this virtue?"

When encountering such an embarrassing situation before, Bai Sihuan would definitely bow his head and blush, feeling ashamed.

However, now, after experiencing a lot and thinking through a lot, Bai Sihuan's mood is very calm at the moment.

He didn't take Gu Zhen's words, and brushed the barcode to register the cash according to the rules: "It's five yuan in total, cash by card or Alipay WeChat?"

Gu Zhen opened his mouth slightly for a long time, then sneered, and threw away a piece of five yuan cash and a business card: "I'm here on a business trip, if you need to find me."

Bai Sihuan felt that he would not have that need, but in order to avoid leaving rubbish at work, he still put the business card in his pocket.

The weather turned cold, Bai Sihuan didn't change a quilt in time, the temperature suddenly dropped at night, he sneezed, and woke up the next day with a headache, fever and weakness.

Seeing that he was coughing non-stop while working, the store manager was afraid of affecting customers, so he forced him to ask for leave and go back to rest.

Unable to do the work in the afternoon, Bai Sihuan lay at home all day.At night, he was considering whether to call the owner of the food stall to ask for leave. Suddenly, an unfamiliar number called in, and the caller ID was Shanghai.

Bai Sihuan was sober at once. Ever since he changed his phone number, no acquaintances in Shanghai had called him. He was afraid that the caller would be Lin Heng.

He looked at the unfamiliar number for a while, pressed the answer button, and said "Hello" vigilantly.

"Is it Sihuan?"

The friendly and familiar voice made Bai Sihuan sit up abruptly, and asked in surprise, "You, are you Ah Yan?"

"You can still hear my voice." Lin Xianyan laughed twice.

"Ah Yan, it's really you!" Bai Sihuan trembled with excitement, "How did you know my number?"

"I accidentally saw your job-hunting resume on the Internet. The time was recent. I tried to call this number with the mentality of trying. I didn't expect it was really you."

"It turned out to be like this, it's such a coincidence..." After taking a few deep breaths, Bai Sihuan calmed down his over-excited mood, "How are you doing now? Are you doing well?"

Lin Xianyan was silent for a while, then said with a sad smile: "Okay? How can I have a good life. As long as those people live a good day, I can't have a good life!" Every word she said seemed to come out of her teeth. "Do you still remember our secret? Dad held a birthday party at the Baizhou Hotel the day after tomorrow, and invited many relatives, friends and high-level people. I'm going to tell the secret. Sihuan, if you have any hatred in your heart, come and see It's a good show."

Bai Sihuan's heart shuddered, and he hurriedly shouted: "Ah Yan!"

Lin Xianyan hung up the phone, not giving him a chance to dissuade him.When I called again, the other party's mobile phone was turned off.

Bai Sihuan recalled the secret they discovered together back then, recalled that terrifying fact.

Announcing this incident on such an occasion, Lin Xianyan is simply making fun of his own safety!

When he became anxious, Bai Sihuan even forgot about his own cold, and immediately asked for leave from work.Early the next morning, book a ticket to Shanghai.

It was noon when we arrived in Shanghai, and because we didn't have a good rest all night, and we caught cold on the way, Bai Sihuan's cold got worse.

Feeling very dizzy, he boarded a taxi in a daze. Bai Sihuan forgot that the birthday party would be held tomorrow, so he directly told the driver to go to Baizhou Hotel.

Arriving at Baizhou Hotel, Bai Sihuan paid to get out of the car, the cold wind hit him, he wrapped his thin coat tightly, shivering from the cold.Looking up at the semi-arc Majestic Hotel, I felt dizzy even more, and felt hot all over.

The luxurious decoration of the lobby dazzled Bai Sihuan, just as he was about to go to the front desk to ask the waiter about the Lin family's birthday party, a waiter walked towards him.

"Hello sir, do you have an appointment?" Their hotel does not allow random people to enter at will.The waiter saw that Bai Sihuan was dressed in shabby clothes, he didn't seem like someone who wanted to stay and had an appointment, but because of the rules, he had to ask politely first.

Bai Sihuan's temples throbbed and hurt, and it took him a long time to see the waiter's face clearly.He took a few breaths and said in a daze, "Lin Huan, I want to find Lin Huan."

The waiter kindly reminded him: "Sir, the Mr. Lin Huan you are looking for is not here now... Are you drunk?"

At this time, the elevator door opened, and three people came out of the elevator. The person walking in front said: "Manager Zhang, the layout of your meeting place is a bit lacking in atmosphere. It's a birthday party, not a business dinner. Be happy. Don't be so rigid."

Bai Sihuan was no stranger to this voice, it was even terribly familiar.For a moment, I couldn't remember who it was, and wanted to follow the voice to see, but my eyes were filled with tears, and the scene I saw was blurry.

Manager Zhang nodded with a smile and said, "Well, I'll let them make changes later."

"Lin Heng, why don't you speak? You also give me some advice."

Bai Sihuan felt like he was dreaming, he seemed to hear Lin Heng's name.Immediately, Lin Heng's voice penetrated into his ears, telling him that this was not a dream.

The teenager replied casually: "I have no objection."

Bai Sihuan raised his right hand and rubbed his eyes, then fixed his eyes on the elevator entrance.The tears were wiped away, the picture became clear, the eyes of the other party moved, and the four eyes met.

Bai Sihuan saw Lin Heng's mouth slightly opened and his shocked face, and he yelled in disbelief: "Brother..."

The person standing beside him was Lin Siying, who was equally surprised: "Sihuan?"

Bai Sihuan was stunned, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Don't go!" Lin Heng rushed up and grabbed his arm, pulling him to his side.

His body was suddenly pulled, and Bai Sihuan instantly felt his mind go blank, the entire ceiling fell towards him, and his eyes were completely dark.

When he regained some consciousness, Bai Sihuan found himself lying on a big soft bed, the bright crystal lamp was turned on in the room, and two or three people were talking beside him.It was as if the whole seawater was poured into the ears, their voices rumbled in Bai Sihuan's ears, and he couldn't understand anything.

A strange man sat on the edge of the bed, pulled his arms out of the quilt, and rolled up his sleeves.

Suddenly feeling a tingling pain in his arm, Bai Sihuan vaguely saw the man injecting him with medicine.

"Give him a fever-reducing injection." The man said, "This medicine will make him a little drowsy. Let him sleep for a while, wake up and rest for two days before taking some medicine."

Maybe it was because the medicine was too powerful, Bai Sihuan felt his eyelids became heavy again.It took him a long time to get a headache before he remembered that important thing.

He opened his lips and tried to speak with all his strength, but he couldn't say anything.

"What do you want to say?" Lin Heng came over, leaned over, and put his ear close to his lips.

"Ayan..." After a long time, he finally said two words and fell asleep again.

He felt like he had slept a long time.When Bai Sihuan became conscious for the second time, Bai Sihuan slightly raised his eyelids, but his body seemed to be still awake, still unable to move.The surrounding lights are dim, only one dark light is on, and the door is vaguely opened, and a light comes in.Lin Siying stood at the door and said, "Lin Heng, the banquet is about to begin, why don't you prepare it quickly?"

The man sitting next to Bai Sihuan's bed didn't move, and Lin Siying at the door said, "You didn't sleep last night, and you watched him for another day today. How can you explain to your parents when you're in this state? Hurry up and tidy up."

"You do not know."

Bai Sihuan heard Lin Heng's hoarse voice.

"Don't know what?" Lin Siying asked.

"You don't know how long I waited until the day I saw him. What if he leaves again?"

Lin Siying, who was standing at the door, was silent for a while: "I just know that Mom will come up to see him later, and you will never want to see him again in your life."

Maybe this sentence played a role, Lin Heng had a little reaction.He stretched out his hand and touched Bai Sihuan's face for a while, then got up and went out.The moment the door closed, all the lights in the room went dark.

Bai Sihuan's will was clashing with his brain, after struggling for an unknown amount of time, he finally forced his body to move.

He rolled out of bed, almost fell to the ground, and climbed up with the bedside table, a series of coughing made him almost out of breath.

Bai Sihuan was completely awake, his fever was gone, and his mind was much clearer.He quickly remembered that he had something important to do—to prevent Lin Xianyan from revealing that secret at the birthday party!

The electricity in the room was cut off, there was no light, no mobile phone, it was pitch black, and the time was completely unknown. Bai Sihuan had no idea how long he had been here.

Suddenly remembering that Lin Siying said at the door just now that the banquet was about to begin, Bai Sihuan immediately became flustered.

He pushed and pulled the door, but the door didn't move at all, and couldn't be opened no matter what.

While knocking on the door vigorously, he yelled in his hoarse voice: "Is there anyone! Is there anyone!" He longed for someone to let him out.

At the same time, in the venue on the third floor of Baizhou Hotel, a famous western band played brisk music in the corner.

Lin Huan shook hands with the guests who entered the venue one after another, and Cheng Sutang received the guests with him in an elegant dress.

Lin Siying and Lin Heng stood behind them, Lin Siying kept a smile on her face, but Lin Heng looked absent-minded.After a while, Lin Musheng and her husband Liu Sheng appeared.Lin Musheng cowardly presented a gift to Lin Huan, and said with a cheeky smile, "Happy birthday, Dad."

Liu Sheng raised his head and didn't look at anyone, with an air of arrogance. It was not until Lin Musheng poked his arm that he reluctantly said, "Happy birthday, Dad."

When the family saw them, their expressions were not very good.Only Lin Huan accepted their presents with a kind smile, and said, "Okay, okay, hurry up and find a seat."

Lin Musheng nodded gratefully, and half pushed Liu Sheng to take his seat.

Not long after the two sat down, Lin Siying reminded, "Cousin is here."

Cousin Shen Ying came with a generous gift and a smile.

When Cheng Sutang saw him, he immediately curled his lips and said to Lin Huan: "If there is any good thing, you, your nephew, can always help."

Lin Huan was still smiling and didn't express any opinions.

Most of the guests have arrived, the greetings are over, and when the time is up, the waiter will close the door of the venue.As the big birthday star, Lin Huan took the microphone and spoke a few words on the stage. He had just finished his speech and was about to start the banquet when the two heavy doors were pushed open.

Seeing this late visitor, everyone had different expressions, some were surprised, some were puzzled, some were confused.Cheng Sutang, on the other hand, pulled her face down in an instant, her face was ashen, and there was no blood at all.

Lin Huan asked suspiciously and surprised: "Xian Yan?"

Lin Xianyan, with short ear-length hair, wore a golden mermaid dress, with a charming smile on her delicately made-up face: "Dad's birthday, of course I want to come to offer my blessings. Why, dad doesn't welcome me?"

Lin Huan laughed immediately, and said, "How could it be! Dad is very happy that you can come! Hurry up, go and sit at a table with your elder brother and younger brother, the food will be served soon!"

"Don't worry, Dad. I also have something to tell you." She twisted her slender waist and walked towards Lin Huan with a smile.

Passing by a banquet, seeing Mr. Zhu at the banquet staring at her in a daze, Lin Xianyan deliberately gave him a wink in front of everyone.

Lin Xianyan came up to take Lin Huan's microphone, Cheng Sutang immediately stopped in front of her, blocking her hand.Tilting her chin slightly, she smiled but said, "Xianyan, the guests are all hungry. If you have anything to say, wait until you get home after the banquet is over."

Lin Xianyan sneered, and pushed Cheng Sutang away politely: "They just eat theirs, and I just talk about mine. When to talk is my business, whether to listen or not is their business."

She strode onto the stage, reached out and snatched Lin Huan's microphone, stood on the stage, glanced at all the tables, and said with a smile: "Everyone is here, not bad. Eldest sister and elder brother-in-law are here, too. Cousin is here too."

Lin Musheng smiled awkwardly, Shen Ying waved to her generously, Liu Sheng snorted coldly, turned his head and ignored her.

"As for me, I came here today to tell you a story." Lin Xianyan stepped off the stage holding the microphone and walked slowly in the aisle, "Everyone here should know my identity, I am the second daughter of the Lin family, Lin Xianyan , the one sitting over there is my elder sister Lin Musheng, the one sitting on her left is my elder brother Lin Siying, the one sitting on her right is my elder brother-in-law, the one sitting opposite him is my cousin Shen Ying, and the one sitting on my left is my elder brother-in-law. Next to my cousin is..." His fingers landed on Lin Heng, Lin Xianyan suddenly smiled, and did not continue.

Lin Heng frowned, not knowing what tricks she was playing.

Some people thought that what she said was boring, so they ate the dishes on the table with chopsticks, and a few people were talking about their own things, completely ignoring her.

Lin Xianyan was not influenced by the outside world, and continued to speak: "Our Lin family seems to be a famous family in the eyes of outsiders. The Lin family's foundation has become more and more stable year by year for decades. When it comes to my father's generation, the family business is even more prosperous. The Lin family will be like this In addition to my father, I would also like to thank his powerful and virtuous helper, that is, my mother, Ms. Cheng Sutang. If Ms. Cheng Sutang had not used her authority to help my father solve so many obstacles, my father would not have Such a glorious day."

Such implying words that couldn't be more obvious came out of Lin Xianyan's mouth, and those who still had a little voice on the field suddenly became quiet, and they realized the purpose of Lin Xianyan's speech.

Cheng Sutang's face became paler, and she wanted to stop Lin Xianyan from speaking.The guest who was eager to see a good show deliberately came up to stop her, and pretended to boast: "Your daughter speaks very well, let her continue."

"Of course, this credit is definitely not only due to Ms. Cheng Sutang, but also her children who are willing to sacrifice themselves and dedicate themselves, including my elder sister, my elder brother, and me." Lin Heng was still not mentioned this time, "Yes At that time, I had to thank my cousin for his help, if my cousin hadn't come to the Lin family to scoop up oil and water many times over the years, the Lin family might not have the ability to meet so many distinguished guests."

Shen Ying didn't expect that he would also be tricked, his face turned pale, and he lowered his head and coughed.

"Lin Xianyan!" Cheng Sutang was a little angry, she stared at Lin Xianyan and warned, "You are not clear-headed, put down the microphone and eat your banquet obediently."

Lin Xianyan's expression turned completely cold, the microphone was still on his lips, and he said loudly: "Everyone, listen carefully, what I'm going to tell next is the big story of the Lin family. The relationship between our family members is harmonious. It’s so good that outsiders can’t envy it.”

Walking to the middle of the aisle, and ensuring that everyone in the audience could hear clearly, Lin Xianyan narrated: "Lin Musheng, the daughter of Lin's parents, lived in Taiwan for half a month with her cousin who was ten years older than him when she was 14 years old. After two months at home, she was sent abroad. A year later, Cheng Sutang personally went abroad to pick up her eldest daughter. When she came back, she held a three-month-old baby boy in her arms. She said it was the second son of the Lin family, that is, A Heng, was born. That year, my aunt's family, who had a bad relationship with the Lin family, suddenly agreed to cooperate with the Lin family because my cousin Shen should be the lobbyist in the middle. Why was my cousin willing to help the Lin family so much back then?"

She turned to look at Cheng Sutang, grinned, and then walked to a table of banquets, walked towards the fat Mr. Zhu, and said, "Mom often does this kind of thing. In my third year of high school, She sold me to Chairman Zhu for a piece of foreign land, and let me be the "mistress" of this fat pig for three days." At this point, Lin Xianyan had already come behind Mr. Zhu, leaning down to hug him Mr. Zhu's back, blowing in his ear, "Mr. Zhu likes to play like this... right?" The slender hand touched his bottom and pinched it hard.

Mr. Zhu, who was still obsessed with Rulan blowing air, suddenly yelled in pain, and his face became very strange.The people sitting at the same table with him showed different expressions, and they all slightly moved their chairs away from him.

When Mr. Zhu recovered from the pain and went to look for Lin Xianyan's figure, Lin Xianyan had already left the table.

"Big sister too, when she was 14 years old, she was sold to a pedophile cousin because she needed a lobbyist for cooperation with my aunt's family..."

As soon as Lin Xianyan finished speaking, there was a burst of sobs.Liu Sheng slapped the table hard, got up angrily and left.

Shen Ying suddenly jumped up and anxiously defended herself: "You! You are talking nonsense! How could I be with my cousin..."

Lin Xianyan sneered coldly: "For someone like you, cousin, even if the elder sister is really your cousin, you can still do it, right? What's more, she has no blood relationship with you at all."

The whimpering grew louder.

"I can't count the men in my mother's life with ten fingers. I'm afraid there are only four people in the family who know who drove the eldest sister out of the house. One is the elder sister, the other is the mother, the other is me, and the other, It was the father who advocated driving her out."

Everyone's attention shifted to Lin Huan, and only then did everyone realize that Lin Huan, who had been smiling all the time, had long since lost his smile, replaced by an unsightly expression.

Back then, many people thought that Lin Musheng severed ties with her family in order to marry a poor boy, while the family thought that Cheng Sutang drove her out of the house.But who would have thought that it was Lin Huan, who was usually gentle with everyone, who said from Lin Xianyan's mouth that he advocated driving Lin Musheng away.

"Of course, it's understandable for dad to drive the eldest sister out of the house. Who would want to raise a daughter for someone else? Do you think the elder sister looks nothing like you?" Lin Xianyan looked at the fleshy quilt on Lin Huan's face. I was so angry that I convulsed, but I still had to suppress my anger, and I was really happy.

"Enough!" Cheng Sutang finally couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed up to snatch Lin Xianyan's microphone.

Lin Xianyan raised the microphone high and pushed Cheng Sutang away fiercely, his expression was suddenly as fierce as that of Cheng Sutang in the past: "What? Are you afraid that I will continue to talk? Are you afraid that I will tell you about the fact that you accompany ten or eight men a year?" , or are you afraid that I will tell you a secret that you don’t want others to know? Cheng Sutang, how many people sitting here don’t know your little secret? You are not afraid of me going on, you are just afraid of letting Ah Heng Did you hear that? A 14-year-old girl was found to be pregnant for two and a half months. The hospital certificate was hidden in the album in the eldest sister’s room. The eldest sister was pregnant and gave birth to a child when she was 14 years old. Then the child, finally go to Where's the..."

Her eyes finally fell on Lin Heng.The tone became lighter, and Lin Xianyan said the most shocking words in a very relaxed tone: "Mom is amazing, she should be grandma, but she became Ah Heng's mother. We, uncles and aunts, all became his brothers and sisters. As for the real mother, Ah Heng can only call her sister."