Can I like you

Xiao Peng didn't understand the meaning of Xiong Weining's words for a while: "What?"

There was a moment of silence on the phone, and Xiong Weining could only repeat again: "An accident happened in Xicheng."

The decorative candles on the table flickered on and off, Xiao Peng listened to Xiong Weining's words in a daze while holding the phone.

"Hai Jiajie called me and said that Xicheng was involved in a car accident this morning and had been rescued for a day. Just now the hospital announced that the rescue was invalid..." He couldn't continue after that, and he paused for a while before continuing, " Hai Jiajie just arrived in Beijing and won't be able to make it back in a while, I have to go to Xi's house for him, your side..."

Xiao Peng's mind went blank, he couldn't believe it was true, how could the person who was talking on the phone a few days ago to make an appointment for dinner just say something happened.

After a long time, Xiao Peng came back to his senses and asked: "Are you going over now? Do you need me to accompany you?"

"It's fine if you want to be free." Xiong Weining replied.

Five minutes later, Li Shuhe ran out of the bathroom with wet hair on his head. Seeing the number on the phone screen, he couldn't help but curl his mouth. After connecting, he asked fiercely, "Did you make it clear?"

Xiao Peng on the other side of the phone didn't speak, Li Shuhe immediately became dissatisfied: "Have you not made it clear yet? Wait for me! I'll go find him right now!"

"I can't find it..." Xiao Peng murmured.

Li Shuhe was puzzled: "Huh?"

"Xicheng, he..."

At around 9:[-], Li Shuhe drove Xiong Weining and Xiao Peng to the funeral home.

In order to ensure the stability of the group, the group has concealed information from the outside since the accident in Xicheng. The whole afternoon of rescue failed to save the person from the ghost gate. The Xi family and the group did not announce the news of the death until the hospital confirmed the death.The outside of the funeral parlor is now tightly surrounded by various media, Xiao Peng and the others have no way to get in, so Xiong Weining had no choice but to contact Hai Jiajie.

After a while, a young man wearing sunglasses came to them from the wall: "You are Mr. Xiong, right? Miss Xi asked me to take you in, follow me."

Followed the young man around the wall of people, and entered the funeral home through the back door.

Xi Juanlin was weeping in the corner of the hall leaning on the Roman pillars. The young man walked up to her and whispered something in her ear before turning around and walking towards Xiao Peng and the others.

Xi Cheng was lying in the ice coffin in the middle of the hall, and the staff were busy setting up the mourning hall with solemn faces. A thin young man was kneeling in front of the coffin, that was Xi Cheng's younger brother Xi Feng.

Looking at Xi Cheng's pale face, Xiao Peng felt that he probably fell asleep in the restaurant, and everything in front of him was as unreal as in a dream.It wasn't until someone gently held his fingertips and looked up to see Li Shuhe's concerned eyes that he realized that all this happened for real.

Xi Juanlin walked to them, and Xiong Weining stepped forward to chat with her: "Mr. Xi, my condolences are changing."

Xi Juanlin pursed her lips reluctantly. Li Shuhe didn't have a close relationship with her, so she couldn't say much and could only bow to persuade her to mourn.

"Hai Jiajie's plane landed in Beijing last night, so he won't be able to make it back." Xiong Weining said, "He is worried about you, let me take a look."

Xi Juanlin nodded and thanked: "Please take a trip. I have nothing to do. The elders of the Hai family have already been here. Brother Cheng's incident was too sudden and the group is now in chaos. Uncle Hai and the others have gone back to the board of directors."

Xiao Peng just stood there, looking at Xi Cheng without saying a word.

Xi Juanlin walked to his side: "I know everything about Brother Cheng and you. In fact, no matter what is going on between you, Brother Cheng must be very happy to know that you came here as soon as possible."

Xiao Peng said softly: "I contacted him for a day today, and thought he was busy..."

Xi Juanlin said lightly: "There was something wrong with the board of directors last night. Brother Cheng made an appointment with everyone for a meeting in the morning. It was fine when I went out. When the car drove to the Linhe Bridge, it collided with an oncoming truck and lost control. rushed out..."

Xicheng was driving by himself today. Although the truck driver called an ambulance immediately after the collision, the road was extremely congested today. The ambulance, which could have arrived in 10 to [-] minutes, took an hour to arrive at the scene.By the time the rescue arrived and the car was salvaged, everything was already beyond repair.

"Crash and drowning, we didn't expect Brother Cheng to be rescued, but we still hoped for a miracle to send him to the ICU." Xi Juanlin murmured, "At eight o'clock, the doctor in the emergency department told us that it was pointless to stay in the ICU. When the person came, the pupils had already dilated and the heart stopped, and the struggle now is just that we family members are not reconciled." Tears dripped down her cheeks, and she choked tremblingly, "But we are just not reconciled! Brother...he is still so young! Why..."

Xi Juanlin cried bitterly, Xiao Peng patted her shoulder lightly, and stood silently by the side to comfort her.

Li Shuhe inadvertently glanced at Xi Feng on the ground. He knelt there mechanically throwing straw paper into the brazier, watching the flames swallow a piece of straw paper with dull eyes, and then mechanically put it back, looking a little sad nod.

On the way back, Xiao Peng sat in the co-pilot looking at the street lights in a daze, Xiong Weining talked to Hai Jiajie in the back row, and everyone in the car was silent except for the hum of the phone vibrating.

Li Shuhe stretched out his hand to the co-driver, and gently squeezed Xiao Peng's fingertips, giving him a little comfort just like before.

It was already late at night when we returned to the apartment, Xiong Weining called and went back to the room before he had time to explain, Li Shuhe dragged Xiao Peng into his room.

Pushing the absent-minded person down on the bed, Li Shuhe squatted down with worry in his eyes.

Xiao Peng shook his head lightly to him: "I'm fine, it's just...too unexpected..."

"Although I never thought about the close relationship between Xi Cheng and me, he is also a humble and polite person, and we can be regarded as friends." Xiao Peng closed his eyes in pain, "Obviously we have an appointment for dinner tonight. Man, why..."

Li Shuhe hugged him on his knees, and buried his head in his arms: "Although I don't want to admit that Xi Cheng is indeed an attractive person, I'm still a little unhappy to hear you praise him." Arms tightened, and he said sadly, "However, even if I hate Xi Cheng, I never thought of saying goodbye to him in this way..."

Xiao Peng caressed his curly head, caressing unconsciously, but his heart that was suspended suddenly let go.

in another room.

However, within a day, Hai Jiajie's voice changed a lot, Xiong Weining asked cautiously, "Are you okay?"

Hai Jiajie teased with a chuckle: "Worried about me? Don't worry, I'm fine."

He was still comforting himself at this time, Xiong Weining suddenly felt very distressed, and even a little annoyed that he was not by his side: "You must be very sad..."

Hai Jiajie stopped talking, Xiong Weining sighed softly: "But I can't accompany you."

Hai Jiajie laughed: "It's enough to have you, just stay with me in my heart."

"Don't be bored by yourself, I'll talk to you, you can say whatever you want." Xiong Weining whispered, his soft voice brushed against Hai Jiajie's ears, and the chaotic emotions were gradually calmed down and he became quiet.

"Brother Cheng is the biggest among our group of children. He is like a big patriarch, taking care of us just like taking care of children." Hai Jiajie recalled with a smile, "He was too precocious when he was young and couldn't keep up with our group. Children's trend, when we grow up, we often laugh at it because of it."

Hai Jiajie said it easily, but Xiong Weining felt very sad when he heard it: "It seems that every older brother has endless responsibilities, and he has shared too many things for the younger siblings."

"Yeah... Especially the eldest son of a big family, Brother Cheng is having a hard time." Hai Jiajie sighed, "If it wasn't for Brother Cheng, I wouldn't be so chic. He has taken a lot of pressure from the board of directors for me. Although I I have a stubborn temper but dare not disobey him, the only one who can rule me in this world is my second grandfather, and only Brother Cheng."

Hai Jiajie talked about how Xicheng took care of them, and because of the calculations the group and the family had suffered, how many risks he had faced alone, and how hard it was to secure his current position.Xiong Weining knows that Xicheng is a patient person, and he can guess the hardships he has endured to reach the top. From Xi Juanlin to Hai Jiajie, in the eyes of these juniors born in the group, he is an absolutely strong and absolutely reassuring existence.

However, even gods will fall, not to mention that Xi Cheng is just an ordinary person, no matter how strong and great he is, he is not a god after all.

The two chatted in the dim moonlight outside the window until the sky turned pale and Xiong Weining fell asleep.Hai Jiajie, who was far away in Beijing, wiped away the tears seeping from the corners of his eyes with his thumb, and said softly to the steady breathing on the other end of the phone: "Good night..."

Xicheng's funeral was scheduled for three days later, and Xiong Weining was entrusted by Hai Jiajie to attend with Xiao Peng and Li Shuhe.

As a junior, Xi Feng took on the work that should have been done by his sons and nephews. Xi's parents supported each other and stood aside, feeling so sad that they couldn't help themselves.Xi Juanlin stood far away with dull eyes, until the first shovel of soil to cover the coffin fell, and the tears fell down like a broken thread.

After the funeral, Xiao Peng found Xi Juanlin and handed her a blue velvet box.

She was a little puzzled when she took the box, Xiao Peng explained: "It's a gift from Xicheng, I've been looking for a chance to return it, but... just leave it to you."

Xi Juanlin took out the watch in the box to have a look, then handed it back: "This is yours, take it."

"You are Xicheng's family, so it should be returned to you." Xiao Peng explained, "It is too precious to me."

"No matter how expensive a luxury item is with its name engraved, it has no collection value, and that's what Brother Cheng means." Xi Juanlin pursed her lips and explained: "The watch with your name engraved on it is yours, and Brother Cheng just wants to give you something. It's irrelevant. Keep it! Just keep it as a souvenir."

Xiao Peng took the watch and looked at it, and sure enough, she saw the English abbreviation of her name on the back of the dial. Xi Juanlin smiled wryly: "It's a pity that Brother Cheng couldn't get together with you. I really want Teacher Xiao to be our family member." Yes, but... fortunately... this way you don't have to be too sad..."

The heart throbbed a little, Xiao Peng muttered sorry, Xi Juanlin laughed: "Emotional things are fate, there is nothing to be sorry for, Mr. Xiao, don't mind."

On the way back home, Li Shuhe sent Xiong Weining to the studio first, and then walked back to the apartment with Xiao Peng side by side.

After walking quietly for a long time, Li Shuhe suddenly stopped, with a serious expression on his face, he struggled for a while before saying: "Let me keep that watch for you."

Xiao Peng was stunned for a moment, and after a while he understood what he meant and shook his head with a helpless smile: "Vinegar essence."

Li Shuhe looked around, made sure no one was there, and pulled him into his arms suddenly, and said aggrievedly: "I'm a jealous man! Although Xicheng... is gone, I just don't want you to keep his things .”

Xiao Peng knew that during this period of time, his depressed appearance made Li Shuhe uneasy, and he began to fear that he was in love with Xi Cheng, so he didn't even mind a watch.Patting around the young man's waist, Xiao Peng pushed him away and handed over the box in his pocket: "I'll leave it to you."

The author has something to say:

Ah... the story of Chairman Xi can be read in the article of Xianyu. Although the writing is not very good QAQ, it can still give some comfort to Xi Cheng's uneasy Jimei.