In the golden cage

"Why don't you come in and sit down?" Ji Shaoting glanced into the yard, the light reflected through the curtain was light yellow, very warm tone, "The light is on, Mr. Li should have just arrived home."

Ji Linzhang shook his head and couldn't say: "I'm in a hurry for the second half, it's not formal to meet him like this."

The Ji family has always wanted to save the first meeting with Li Chen for a formal occasion, but the company has only just come back to life, there are too many financial issues to worry about, and they dare not disturb Li Chen, so the meeting has been delayed again and again.

Ji Shaoting has been with Li Chen for a while, and he knows his schedule well, so he said to his brother with a smile, "Actually, Mr. Li is not as busy as you think, he has quite a lot of time to accompany me recently."

The dusk light dimmed quickly, and Ji Linzhang's complexion changed in the dark, and his words were a little more tentative: "Mr. Li treats you very well, right?"

"Very good." Ji Shaoting didn't understand the meaning behind his words, and still reported the good news but not the bad news, "Mr. Li is very filial, and a filial person will not have a bad character."

Apart from not knowing how to take care of other people's feelings, Ji Shaoting thought to himself.

Ji Linzhang sighed: "Brother, I am seven years older than you and haven't married yet, and you are too much ahead of me."

"How dare you, you have more experience in love than me," Ji Shaoting turned on his phone and looked at the time, "I really have to go, I told Mr. Li that I must go back before six o'clock."

"Is it so strict?"

Ji Shaoting excused that it was because he was going to visit a doctor, then changed the subject and sighed: "Oh brother, the next time we meet is probably when I get married."

"No, no, our family has to treat Mr. Li to a meal first. If you say he's not too busy, try to arrange it. It will be next week or the end of the month."

Ji Shaoting said OK and said yes, then took a step forward, turned to Ji Linzhang, and hugged him naturally.

Hugging is not awkward in their family, even brothers are very affectionate.Ji Linzhang hugged Ji Shaoting's back with one hand, rubbed his soft hair with the other, and whispered in his ear that he must tell his family anything.Ji Shaoting was born prematurely. He was weak and sick since he was a child, and he has not grown tall until now. His family has always regarded him as a baby and raised him.

"Be sure to tell me, did you hear?" Ji Linzhang was still worried, he knew Ji Shaoting's character, and he kept all the big things in his heart.Ji Shaoting let go of him, raised a pair of smiling eyes, and repeatedly reassured him.

When they were about to end this short reunion with a final "goodbye", they heard the clang of the iron gate.Ji Shaoting's whole body was shaken, and when he turned around, he saw Li Chen standing in the shadow of the porch, like a sinister god.

Ji Shaoting later recalled that his fear of Li Chen was not without reason.These pieces of evidence, these pictures, have long been rooted into his subconscious mind, warning him of Li Chen's danger.Li Chen is an abyss, and it is impossible to climb up after jumping off.There is no chance of turning back.

Ji Linzhang obviously did not expect to meet Li Chen in this way, but he quickly realized that he wanted to shake hands with Li Chen to say hello. As soon as he stretched out his hand in the air, he first heard Ji Shaoting say "ah", so Ji Linzhang was almost a conditioned reflex He turned around and grabbed Ji Shaoting's wrist.

It was immediately opened by Li Chen.

Ji Shaoting stumbled and was dragged home by Li Chen. Before that, he had only noticed Li Chen's desire for monopoly from the details. It was only at this moment that he was able to face it directly. It was so strong that it was unreasonable.

Locking up means first locking yourself up and going to your home.Li Chen's desire for monopoly is at the top of all his desires, even the anger of interrogation is behind.

Ji Linzhang caught up and called out to Mr. Li twice but Li Chen ignored him. In the end he got really angry: "Mr. Li! Please let go of my brother!"

The word "brother" was like a basin of water pouring down, pouring Li Chen back to sobriety.

He looked down at Ji Shaoting in his arms.He was like a frightened little animal, with pale face and bewildered eyes, he was more confused than anyone else about the situation.

"Is it your brother?" Li Chen asked.

Ji Shaoting raised his head to look at Li Chen, the first time he touched him, he lowered his head again, afraid.With just one glance, Ji Linzhang immediately knew that Ji Shaoting had lied, and that his getting along with Li Chen was by no means as pleasant as he said.

"Yes." Ji Shaoting's answer didn't contain any extra words.

Li Chen did know that Ji Shaoting had an older brother, but he never had time to formally meet him.Only then did he take a closer look at Ji Linzhang. The two people's eyebrows and eyes were indeed somewhat similar, but Ji Linzhang was obviously more heroic, and the anger on his face had not yet dissipated, and his whole body was exuding a sense of oppression, which Ji Shaoting would never have. aura.

But Li Chen remained calm, stretched out his hand and said, "Hello."

Ji Linzhang was secretly upset at his attitude of turning the matter over so far, but after all, he was a person rolling in the business field, and Ji Linzhang quickly adjusted his formulaic smile, and shook hands and said yes.

"I thought it was someone else." Li Chen held Ji Linzhang firmly, "You two are very close."

"Tingting is more clingy."

Li Chen paused, then asked softly, "Really?"

"Yeah, after all, it's been a long time since I saw you," Ji Linzhang continued, "I'm sorry to have misunderstood you, Mr. Li."

"Sorry." Ji Shaoting repeated parrotingly, his voice still timid.

Li Chen's hand was still on Ji Shaoting's waist, even if the two sides clarified, he didn't intend to let go, but hugged him even tighter.

He asked Ji Shaoting: "It's already at the door, why don't you invite your brother in?"

Ji Linzhang answered first: "We still need to discuss business, so I won't bother you. To tell you the truth, I was discussing with Tingting just now, and next week or the end of the month, we invite you to have a formal dinner together, and you will be honored."

Li Chen politely said yes.Ji Linzhang raised his hand and looked at his watch, saying that it was almost time.The accident seemed to settle down, Ji Shaoting said goodbye to his brother, and followed Li Chen back to the house, he finally came back to his senses.

And Li Chen was still thinking about the "sticky" that Ji Linzhang said.Ji Shaoting never complained at home all day, how could he be clingy, until he heard Ji Shaoting muttering: "Mr. Li..."

He used to have an aggrieved tone.

"What?" Li Chen unconsciously lowered his voice.

"I sent you a message," Ji Shaoting said in a low voice, "I said that my brother is here to do business, I will meet him, and I will be back before six o'clock. I left after I told you."

"Which phone?"

"It's not the one for work." With Ji Shaoting's 1 guts, he didn't dare to disturb Li Chen's work.

Li Chen receives quite a lot of information every day, so he has a private number to deal with private affairs, but his private facts are very few, in the final analysis, there are only his mother and Ji Shaoting.

Maybe Ji Shaoting is really clingy, but it's not Li Chen who is clingy.He seldom, almost never, sent a message to Li Chen.

This is the only time, and Li Chen missed it.

"I didn't watch it," Li Chen said, "You never sent me a message, so I didn't watch it."

So all of this is still my fault, Ji Shaoting thought, blame me for never sending messages.

He has already figured out the way, Mr. Li can't make mistakes, all mistakes are his own fault.

Ji Shaoting lowered his head and said sorry.

All relationships are interdependent, if Ji Shaoting makes such a concession, Li Chen will attack unscrupulously.

He didn't think Ji Shaoting made any mistakes at first, but since he said he was sorry, he seemed to be the forgiver, so he said: "Okay, this time is over, and before I get an answer, You can no longer go out casually."

After returning from the hospital, eating, and finishing the housework, Ji Shaoting lay on the bed, only feeling that his whole body was exhausted after such a farce.The phone kept ringing like death, he knew that the caller must be his brother, but he didn't want to answer it.

At the age of 26, in the prime of life, there are still a lot of things to do, but day by day flows by like this, with no end in sight, and it doesn't matter day and night.

After Ji Linzhang called twice, he stopped the urging empathetically.Ji Shaoting's heart was gloomy, his body was very heavy, he even gave up on washing, and he used the remaining strength to press down the chandelier.The curtains Li Chen chose for him blocked out quite a bit of light, and when the lights went out, he was wrapped in the dark night, and even the faintest ray of light disappeared.

While half asleep, he heard someone calling his name.

But it stopped at the second word, with an abrupt "Ji Shao—" and then a blank paragraph, which became "Ting Ting", which was tentative.

There was a gentle force traced from the corners of his eyebrows, and Ji Shaoting heard the person call "Ting Ting" again solemnly, and he was too obsessed with the pronunciation of each word, which made him look weird, and he lost the intimacy of calling nicknames, and he didn't connect with each other. The seriousness of the first name and the last name have become two different things.

He opened his eyes and saw someone standing up from the bed.The room was still dark, only the open door was stealing the light from the wall lamp in the corridor outside, only a vague face remained in Li Chen's tall silhouette, Ji Shaoting looked at him, vaguely discerning the name of this person, and himself Why are you with him.

"Get up," Li Chen said, "Why don't you go to bed without changing your clothes?"

Then the light turned on, and the bright light in the room was like needles, which made Ji Shaoting close his eyes immediately.

Li Chen heard him hey uncomfortably, and quickly turned off the light again.The darkness came back, and Ji Shaoting didn't know whether he was in the light or in the dark for a moment, he suddenly felt funny, sat up, turned on the light by himself, and then his eyes touched the neatly folded dark brown sweater on the bedside table.

He raised his head to look at Li Chen.

"It's autumn," Li Chen seemed to be still at a loss when he accidentally turned on the light and made Ji Shaoting feel at a loss, his tone was hurried, "You only wore short sleeves when you went out today, that's wrong."

He clenched his heart when Ji Shaoting saw it. He pointed to the clothes and ordered bluntly: "You wear it, you can't be cold."

This person is Li Chen, Ji Shaoting thought, but what kind of person is Li Chen?

He can be fierce, he can be gentle, he can deal with absurd farce calmly, and he can send an ordinary heart without knowing what to do.He is a complex of various contradictions, making Ji Shaoting's feelings towards him a mess, fearing him, respecting him, and disgusting him.

"Did Mr. Li buy it for me?"

Li Chen didn't answer directly, he just said: "It's not the best, I'll take you to make some coats another day."

Ji Shaoting smiled at Li Chen and said thank you.Li Chen said no, he still stood still.Ji Shaoting felt that he knew what he was waiting for, and he said, "The ones you choose for me always fit me well."

"No," Li Chen said stubbornly, "You put it on, I want to see it."

Ji Shaoting was holding the soft fleece, and he didn't know why, maybe it was because he received a gift, maybe it was because he had slept lightly for a while, maybe it was because of this childish moment that Li Chen showed unintentionally, anyway, Ji Shaoting was full of frustration and dissipated Mostly.

Fear him, respect him, resent him.

At this time, I think he is very cute.