In the golden cage

Ji Shaoting noticed something was wrong while swiping his phone, the darkened display screen was like a black mirror, reflecting the strange car behind him.

It was almost late at night, and Ji Shaoting's residence was not close to the bustling area, and there were only a few scattered people in the whole street, and the further you walked, the more empty it became.

Ji Shaoting deliberately took a few more turns, and the car kept following him not too far or too close.At the third street corner, Ji Shaoting confirmed that he was being followed. He thought about hiding in an alley where cars couldn't drive in, but he was worried that there would be other dangers inside, and what's more, the driver would abandon the car and follow him. Put yourself in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

He had stayed in the UK since college, and this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he couldn't help but sweat.

Ji Shaoting's conclusion is that he dressed too formally today, causing people to misjudge his assets. In fact, he is just a poor young man whose family still owes tens of millions of debts.

He got nothing from Li Chen, only one kind of growth: his tolerance to fear has been greatly improved.

After all, there is nothing in this world that is more terrifying than Li Chen.

Ji Shaoting secretly took a deep breath, stabilized his weak legs, and continued to walk forward steadily.He kept telling himself to calm down in his mind, then turned on his phone again, and sent Berg a message: Are you sleeping at your boyfriend's house tonight?

The answer came back quickly: Yes, what's the matter?

Ji Shaoting immediately shared his real-time location, and then explained the situation concisely in one sentence: I am near here, can you come over and help me as soon as possible?I am being followed.

Berger came fast, running, panting when he stopped.

The second after he appeared, the car in front stopped, and the wheels rubbed against the ground and made a sharp sound, which was very murderous.Ji Shaoting's heart that had just let go suddenly tensed again, and he was almost about to press the call button to call the police.

Berg was equally nervous, and his left arm crossed Ji Shaoting's back directly, put it on his shoulder, and led him in his direction.

The gesture was pure goodwill between friends, and neither of them thought much of it.

They walked forward side by side, and in the silence of the night, Ji Shaoting gradually could not hear the sound of the wheels rolling over the gravel. He raised his mobile phone and looked at the right angle, and the sneaky car that was following him had disappeared.

After he got home, he thanked Berg repeatedly. Berg finished the phone call with his boyfriend and reported to Ji Shaoting.

Then he frowned, and asked Ji Shaoting that the law and order in this area was not bad, why did this happen tonight?

Ji Shaoting had no idea at all, and only said that maybe he looked rich tonight.

Berg put the tea on the table, took a step back, and looked Ji Shaoting up and down. When he spoke again, he had already shifted the topic from tonight's matter: "Why is your husband so relieved that you are out alone?"

The air became quiet. Firstly, Ji Shaoting hadn't completely recovered from the accident, and secondly, even if he recovered, he didn't know how to answer this question.

"Jonas," Berg's expression became a little more serious, "Is it really just because the original one is too expensive that you changed the ring?"

Ji Shaoting touched his left ring finger subconsciously. There was a silver ring without any pattern. He bought it from a grocery store at a low price of two pounds to maintain the appearance of marriage.

"The meaning of the wedding ring is very special," Berg sighed, "it's not something that can be changed just by changing one."

Ji Shaoting just kept silent, and the two talked silently for a while.This relativity served no purpose other than killing time, and Berger eventually left.

Before he left, he stood outside the door, and the shadows in the corridor came down. He said to Ji Shaoting: "We have been friends for so many years, don't talk about anything else, I just want you to be happy."

Ji Shaoting avoided Berg's eyes, only stared at his neckline, nodded and said softly, "Don't worry, I'm very happy."

Li Chen froze in the driver's seat.

The moment he saw Berg put his hand on Ji Shaoting's shoulder, he wanted to rush out.In fact he thought he had rushed out, grabbed Berg by the collar and punched him hard before kicking him to the ground.

Grabbing Ji Shaoting's wrist, he dragged him back to the car, closed the car door, sealed his lips with a kiss, making him unable to breathe, and his mind was blank except for his own kiss.Apart from him, Li Chen, Ji Shaoting has nothing.

But after the illusion ended, he was still sitting in the car, staring blankly at the direction where Ji Shaoting had disappeared.

It wasn't because he restrained himself, but because of something else, it took all the strength from his body and paralyzed his limbs.It took Li Chen a long time to feel that it was fear, it came so violently that he couldn't recognize it.

The most extreme and purest emotion in his 34 years of life, without any impurities, [-]% fear, shrouded the whole, from the hair to the nails, all trapped in this dark world.

Earlier, Ji Linzhang also said that Ji Shaoting would marry other people. At that time, it was just a verbal remark, which made Li Chen go crazy. Now this sentence has been concretized, and it has become a picture that can be witnessed with one's own eyes: there are new people around Ji Shaoting. people.

Ji Shaoting's body temperature, which he was thinking like crazy, was absorbed by others at will.He will fall in love with other people, buy other people children's meals, warm other people's quilts, and give them supper.

From then on, in Ji Shaoting's life, he, Li Chen, was just a scar that had been removed, leaving only a pale and wrinkled wound with the passage of time, which would not be found without careful inspection.

When Li Chen returned to the hotel, he could hardly recognize the blood-stained face in the mirror, the pupils of his eyes were as empty as two holes, and his lips were pale.

The thing he was least willing to think about still appeared: so what if he knew he was wrong, so what if he cured himself, Ji Shaoting would not give him a second love.

The motivation that supported him to keep going, the only reason for him to actively cooperate with the treatment, was burned into white smoke by a fire, and dissipated completely.All his efforts for the past three months had been in vain, all his hopes for the future were empty.In just one night, he returned to the state that Ji Shaoting had just left three months ago—even worse.

He came looking for Ji Shaoting with a heart trembling with excitement, but after seeing that picture, he ceased to exist.

He lay paralyzed on the bed, facing the dim crystal chandelier, thinking that it would be better to let it fall down, smash this body, this mentality that has been completely defeated by Ji Shaoting, then there will be no pain at all.

——No, you can't.

Do you want to give up on this?

Li Chen opened his eyes suddenly, struggling to get up from the abyss. "Impossible," he began to murmur as if casting a curse, "Ting Ting, Ting Ting, Ting Ting..."

Ji Shaoting is his soul. This perishable body can be discarded at will, but he cannot abandon his soul.

At least he knows that Ji Shaoting still has contact with his old colleagues—in fact, he should have thought about where else Ji Shaoting could go. He is so timid, and running away is his limit. He will still choose to remain unchanged in other things and leave himself. In the future, he will indeed return to the old life pattern.

At least he now knows that Ji Shaoting should still work in the former children's organization.