Sediment rises

Chen Zui sat next to Lin Congxuan, keeping a distance that the other party would not resist. He turned on the computer, looked at Lin Congxuan and opened the comic that Lin Congxuan was serializing on the comic website.

Liang Yiwan first contacted the editor of this website to inform Lin Congxuan of the situation, so there was a leave note on the webpage saying that the author temporarily stopped editing due to illness, and many readers in the comment area were concerned about Lin Congxuan's health And ask him when to update.

Chen most carefully read a few comments, and then said to Lin Congxuan: "Xiaoxuan, many readers are very concerned about you and ask when you will continue to draw."

This is a job that Lin Congxuan is good at and loves, and Chen most hopes that this method can stimulate him to think of something.

Lin Congxuan slightly raised his head to look at the monitor, then quickly lowered his head, and then raised his hand to cover the screen. Chen Zui saw that his reaction was not right and immediately closed the webpage.

He stared at the handsome hand in front of the computer screen, and saw the scar on the palm, which was stabbed by the glass that night. The wound has healed, but left a hideous scar on the palm of Lin Cong's beautiful hand.

Chen Zui stretched out his hand, but he didn't dare to touch it. He choked up and said, "Xiaoxuan, can you show me your hand?"

Lin Congxuan withdrew his hand and sat sideways to avoid Chen Zui's gaze and approach.Chen Zui sighed lightly, and secretly scolded himself for acting too hastily, because he just picked up the person yesterday and scared him today.

He took a step back and took out a botanical watercolor album from the office drawer. The cover was faded and white, and the corners of the book were frayed. It looked very old.This picture album was bought by Chen Gao when he was a sophomore and coaxed Lin Cong to select it.

Once he and Yu Cong were playing football and forgot to pick up Lin Congxuan. When he remembered and hurried to go, Lin Congxuan had been waiting at the school gate for more than two hours.Lin Congxuan was not angry that day, and he was very happy because he had waited for Chen Zui.But after that incident, he didn't wait for Chen Zui to pick it up. He called the driver Uncle Zhao every time to ask him to pick it up.It takes days, months or even years to build trust with Lin Congxuan, but it may only take a moment for trust to collapse.

Later, Chen Zui went to more than a dozen bookstores to buy this botanical watercolor album, and it took him several days to coax Lin Congxuan into forgetting about it.

Before going abroad, Chen Zui hid the picture album in his room. Some time ago, he went back to his home and found the picture album. He found that there was a line written on the last page of the picture album.

"Don't be angry with Xiaoxu."

Only then did Chen Zuo understand that Lin Congxuan chose to forgive instead of forgetting.

Chen Zui pushed the picture album in front of Lin Congxuan, and then poured him a cup of warm milk from the thermos he brought.

Lin Congxuan slowly stretched out his hand without Chen's excessive attention, flipped through the picture album obediently, and drank half a glass of milk after a while.

Chen Zui's gaze was on the computer screen but his attention was on Lin Congxuan. Seeing that Lin Congxuan was relaxed, he was relieved to start working.

The two of them were doing their own things in the morning, and Chen Zui never thought that going to work was such a comfortable and happy thing.

Near noon, Lin Congxuan, who was originally quiet like a silent movie, began to move the chair back and forth, making some very light friction sounds.Chen Zui withdrew from his work and asked him what was wrong in a warm voice. Lin Congxuan didn't answer, but just grabbed the hem of his clothes with both hands and kept rubbing them.

Chen Zui was stunned for a moment, looked at the milk cup that was empty at some point, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He straightened his clothes and asked, "Xiaoxuan, I want to go to the bathroom, can you accompany me?"

This time Lin Congxuan reacted faster than ever before, standing up immediately.

While waiting for Lin Congxuan outside the toilet, Chen Zui thought a lot. He hoped that Xiaoxuan would remember what he had forgotten and return to normal as soon as possible. I couldn't breathe for a long time.

When it was time for lunch, Chen most wanted to take Lin Congxuan out to get some air, so he led him upstairs to the company's internal cafeteria.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, Chen Zui bumped into a very unexpected person—Yu Cong's father, Yu Sheng.

Like his father, Yu Sheng took up a false position in the company due to health reasons and no longer has to deal with heavy work content. Although Chen Zui's current position is the general manager, he has basically taken over his father Chen Zhensheng's work as the chairman.

In the past, Chen Zui regarded Yu Sheng as an elder, Yu Cong's father, and an uncle who watched him grow up, but after knowing the truth of Yu Cong's death, Chen Zui's view of Yu Sheng became very complicated.

In order to protect his son's reputation, a father who lost his son told a lie that didn't seem to hurt anyone, but Chen Zui angered Lin Congxuan for seven years.

Chen can't blame anyone. One is the father who lost his son and is getting old, and the other is the boy who has been lying in the mud for seven years.He can only blame himself for being stupid at the beginning, being bound by the pain of losing his best friend, buried deeply in guilt, and torturing himself and Xiaoxuan for seven years.

"Xiao Xu, are you coming to eat?" Yu Sheng approached slowly and greeted him gently.

"Uncle Yu, are you coming to eat too?" Chen replied most respectfully.

Yu Sheng laughed. He seemed in good spirits. He missed Chen Zui and glanced at Lin Congxuan. The look in Lin Congxuan's eyes suddenly sank, and he asked, "I heard you brought someone to the company this morning?"

Sensing Yu Sheng's gaze, Lin Congxuan subconsciously took two steps back, almost burying his head in his chest.

On the night of Yu Cong's death, there was a riot. Yu Sheng slapped the survivor Lin Congxuan severely that day, and asked him why he took Yu Cong to the swimming pool to set off fireworks. Lin Congxuan, who had been so frightened, even forgot to cry.

Thinking of this incident, Chen Zui felt pain like a needle prick in his heart, he took a step calmly to block Lin Congxuan and replied in a neither humble nor overbearing way: "Xiaoxuan has been ill recently, don't worry about him being at home alone."

Yu Sheng snorted, still smiling, and said, "You've always taken good care of this half-stupid child."

"Uncle Yu, Xiaoxuan is clean or not stupid, let's go eat first."

Chen Zui frowned, not hiding the disgust on his face, and led Lin Congxuan into the restaurant.

The two took their meals and found a seat by the window to sit down. After what happened just now, Chen Ji didn't have any appetite at all. He chose a good dish for Lin Cong and stared at Lin Cong as he chewed quietly.

"Snapped!"

Bean-sized raindrops hit the glass windows, and it began to rain.

Chen Zui looked at the rain that was getting heavier and heavier, and remembered that once he couldn't pick up Lin Congxuan from the rehabilitation center because of something, Uncle Zhao accompanied his father on a business trip, so he could only ask Yu Cong to pick him up.It was also raining heavily that day. When Chen Zui got home, he found Lin Congxuan squatting under the eaves outside the gate waiting for him, his pants were soaked by the rain, and he looked aggrieved.

Chen Zui asked him what's the matter, Lin Congxuan shook his head and threw himself into Chen Zui's arms acting like a baby.

At night, when he was brushing Lin Congxuan's hair, he discovered that he had a hematoma on the back of his head, but no matter how he asked Lin Congxuan, he kept silent, and then went straight to bed and pretended to be asleep.

The next day, I ran into Liang Yiwan in the rehabilitation center. Liang Yiwan told him that he saw Yu Cong hit Lin Congxuan on the head yesterday. One was a friend he grew up with, and the other was someone he hated. Wan's words are extremely skeptical.He confronted Yu Cong, and Yu Cong said that Lin Congxuan bumped into him accidentally.Later, Chen Zui never asked Yu Cong to take over Lin Congxuan, so the matter was left alone.

Thinking about it now, in fact, everything is traceable.Yu Cong has never liked Lin Congxuan very much, and always targeted him everywhere. He has revealed countless times in front of Chen Zui that Chen Zui cares too much about Lin Congxuan and ignores him.Chen most thinks that it is because Yu Cong's personality is too selfish, so he can't stand being ignored by others.But now it seems that it is clearly the secret jealousy caused by the person he likes being robbed.

Lin Congxuan and Uncle Zhao guarded his friendship with silence, and he was deceived like a fool. If he had found out earlier, if he had intervened earlier, if he could have maintained a sliver of reason to investigate after Yu Cong's death, All tragedies will not happen.

Yu Cong asked the gangster to block Lin Congxuan in the toilet. Yu Cong badly wanted to push Lin Congxuan into the swimming pool. Maybe he had done many things to hurt Lin Congxuan. Thinking of these things, Chen Zui's guilt piled up with sympathy has long since dissipated. Hate is the limit.

Chen Zuizheng was in a daze, and stretched out an arm, and then there was an extra piece of beef in the empty small bowl in front of him.Chen Zui was stunned for a moment before realizing that it was Lin Congxuan who picked up the food for him, but the person opposite him lowered his head and concentrated on eating as if nothing had happened.

Chen Zui stared at Lin Congxuan's hair whirling, raised the corner of his mouth, and said softly, "Xiaoxuan, thank you."