In the golden cage

Chen Pei's condition is well under control, but this blow itself is a huge wear and tear on his health.Ji Shaoting only felt that her sheets were extremely pale, as if what was covering her was not a flesh body, but a ghost.Sometimes he had to lean his ear to her mouth to hear her words clearly: "How did Ting Ting and Ah Chen know each other?"

Li Chen had ordered that, in order to avoid discrepancies in the confessions of the two, Ji Shaoting was free to display all his love experience.Ji Shaoting sat back in the chair with a smile, took advantage of Li Chen's character, and made up a convincing encounter with Chen Pei: "It's a bit embarrassing to say, but I chased him first."

In Ji Shaoting's eyes, Li Chen would not condescend to pursue someone actively.Ji Shaoting even doubted whether Li Chen would like people, he even restrained his love for his mother.

Arrange the most comfortable ward, use the most expensive medicine, invite the most experienced doctor, and come to visit the doctor on time every evening after work, but every time there is only one sentence "Mom, I am here", and then sit by the bed and let Ji Shaoting talk to her.

Li Chen is not a man of few words either, it's just a matter of emotion, he doesn't seem to know how to express it in words.

"It took me a long time to catch up." After Ji Shaoting finished speaking, he quickly glanced at Li Chen.Li Chen said in his heart that this person acted very well, even his ears were red.

He didn't know that Ji Shaoting was really embarrassed, he rarely lied.

After getting along these few days, Ji Shaoting has already confessed himself to his "mother-in-law", his family background, education, work, interests and hobbies.And just as Li Chen expected, his excellent resume gave Chen Pei a very good impression, especially his work.

"You know, I do charity work," Ji Shaoting made up a story, "I met Ah Chen at a charity auction party."

"Our foundation put up a children's painting, and Ah Chen bought it. When I took a group photo on stage, the stairs were a bit narrow, and the red carpet was not fixed properly, and it slipped. I gave it a shot, and then we got to know each other."

Ji Shaoting rubbed his hot ears, lowered his eyes a little, and said with a smile, "It's love at first sight, I guess."

"That story."

Li Chen spit out these four words suddenly on the way home, Ji Shaoting turned his eyes from the ambilight outside the car window, "What?"

"The story you told my mother," Li Chen stared at the front without moving, "has it actually happened to you? The details are very real."

Ji Shaoting felt that there was nothing to hide, and he said yes.Li Chen's face flickered under the changing lights, and after a while he asked: "So you fell in love with the person who helped you at first sight?"

Ji Shaoting was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing out loud: "Mr. Li, the person who helped me is the child who painted that painting, her name is Harria, we invite her to be our guest."

Li Chen's irritated heart finally calmed down, and then he felt that he couldn't hold back his face, so he pretended to be flat and asked, "Really?"

Ji Shaoting started and continued.When he talked about the child, his tone was as gentle as when he talked to Chen Pei, but more lively: "Harria was 16 years old at the time. She was very tall, but she was very thin, with a long and thin strip. We only found her after we took her in. She is a genius with a very good sense of color, and she can paint with more than [-] kinds of colors without getting dirty or messy. Later, I contacted her for a long time, and finally sent her to an art academy. Do the math, she will graduate in a year gone."

Ji Shaoting leaned lightly on the cushion of the car seat, and even his breathing was as soft as water: "I promise her that I will go to her graduation ceremony."

Li Chen hesitated for a while, but still turned his face to meet Ji Shaoting's eyes.The light outside cast light, and Ji Shaoting slightly bent his lips towards him in the warm orange light.Li Chen's chest throbbed suddenly, as if something was breaking out of the ground in his heart.

He quickly turned his gaze back, and the air in the small compartment fell silent.

The cloud cover was heavy that night, and the moon was blocked from the left and right, and only a little silver-gray light flowed out from the gaps in the clouds.The night was dark and stagnant, like a dark blue burnt ink.

The way back was not too far away, but there was a traffic jam, so Li Chen changed to a detour.Two beams of light from the headlights rushed out, piercing several feet of darkness.Ji Shaoting occasionally heard the sound of wheels rolling over gravel.

The streets and alleys are dusty, with occasional light, but gradually blending with shadows, blending together, sinking into a dream.

When Li Chen drove the car into the warehouse, Ji Shaoting was already in the middle of his dream.It should be a sweet dream, his sleeping posture is peaceful and sweet, his eyebrows are stretched, and a cinnabar mole is dotted at the end of his well-defined eyebrows.

Ji Shaoting, he seems to be a phantom from outside the mundane world, and this mole on the eyebrow and tail is the trace left when he lodged in this perishable body.

Li Chen stared at it for a long time, his breathing gradually deepened, and then he finally stretched out his hand and let his fingertips gently touch it.

When the two went to visit Chen Pei the next day, the attending physician came to discuss follow-up treatment with Li Chen, and Ji Shaoting entered the ward alone.Chen Pei was listening to the radio, his expression was very empty, when he heard Ji Shaoting calling auntie, a smile filled his face.

"I made soup today," Ji Shaoting pulled a chair from the corner, "Didn't auntie say that her throat was dry last time? I made white fungus, which is very nourishing."

Ji Shaoting's one-on-one cooking class went smoothly.He is a person who is willing to learn, and he has a lot of time to practice, and he has made great progress.Chen Pei couldn't stop after taking a sip, and drank all the portion brought by Ji Shaoting.Ji Shaoting lightly wiped away the remaining soup around her mouth, his eyes were full of joy: "Is it so delicious?"

"Of course," Chen Pei said with a sigh, "hands are very skillful."

Ji Shaoting was really happy to be on top, and his temper also came out, taking advantage of Li Chen's absence, he secretly complained: "But today I let Ah Chen taste it, his face is like drinking boiled water, I still wonder if I wasted It worked."

Chen Pei asked: "Then has he finished drinking?"

"It's just a small bowl, and it can be finished in two mouthfuls." Ji Shaoting meant such a small amount, and it doesn't mean that Li Chen likes it after drinking it.

But Chen Pei smiled and said: "Then he likes it very much. If he doesn't like something, just take a taste and then don't want it. Tingting, you go back and cook a big bowl for him. Auntie promises you that he will definitely drink it." Finished."

In fact, Ji Shaoting also felt that Li Chen was an awkward person who lacked the ability to express emotions directly, but understanding is one thing, getting along with him is another: "Ah Chen's personality..."

"There are some problems." Chen Pei was more blunt than him.

Li Chen's life was not easy when he was a child.

Ji Shaoting is well aware of the complex family structure of Li's family. His elder brother gave him a popular science, but Chen Pei's narration is more soft, following Li Chen's growth trajectory.

Chen Pei is an ordinary university lecturer, and his love for Li Chen's father was not recognized by the Li family, and he was kicked out of the Li family after giving birth to Li Chen.Later, Li Chen's father remarried and gave Li Chen many siblings.As the illegitimate son of his eldest brother, Li Chen didn't get much favor at all, and was bullied by his siblings all the time.

"He often comes to me, but that's all. I can't take him away from Li's house." Chen Pei still blames himself, "After his father passed away, he got a fortune and used it for several years. Time will make it bigger. Now he is the most promising one in the Li family, but he is still very insecure and always wants to hold on to something firmly, so he works so hard."

Ji Shaoting sat quietly, listening to Chen Pei say: "Tingting, you are a good boy."

Ji Shaoting's facial features are very clean, without the impetuousness caused by the extravagant world outside, his eyes are clear, allowing others to see through his thoughts, when he talks to you, every word carries the warmth in his belly.

Such a child is rare, and Ji Shaoting is even rarer.He has a great empathy and is a natural giver.

Chen Pei knew that his time was numbered, and he was depressed for a long time in his life, but he was relieved at the end. He felt that the world is fleeting, death and soul disappear, love, hatred, love and hatred are finally reduced to ashes, and there is nothing unforgivable.

The only person who was worried was his only son, Li Chen, until Ji Shaoting appeared.

In fact, Chen Pei also doubts whether there will be more complicated reasons for Ji Shaoting's appearance, after all, things are too coincidental.She just said to Li Chen, "But you don't have anyone to accompany you yet", and Li Chen said to bring someone back to show her after a few days.

But she didn't want to and didn't have the energy to study it carefully.It doesn't matter how you met, what matters is how the two will live in the future.Ji Shaoting is a good boy, more importantly he is suitable for Li Chen.Li Chen often asks for it, but Ji Shaoting is willing to give it.She has lived in the cold and warm world for more than half a century, so of course she can clearly see these things.

And as a mother, she instinctively wants to leave good things to her children.She had to keep Ji Shaoting for Li Chen.

After discussing the follow-up treatment plan with the doctor, Li Chen heard his mother call "Ting Ting" when he returned to the room.

Although Ji Shaoting said that he can also use this title, but he is still unwilling, even when acting in front of others.It's too close, Li Chen is faintly fearful deep in his heart, such an intimate connection is difficult to cut off, and he knows that he and Ji Shaoting will eventually end one day.

But Chen Pei's next sentence was: "When will you get married?"