Promised period

Song Ke was in the hospital when she woke up.

When I opened my eyes, I saw a soft wall and warm air filled with the smell of disinfectant.It was still dark outside, the door of the ward was ajar, and a few people were talking in low voices outside the door.

The nurse came in with the medicine to check his condition, and when he saw him, he shouted out in surprise: "He's awake!"

The conversation stopped immediately.

It should be senior brother Cheng Yi'an.Song Ke took a deep breath and tried her best to put on an expression of "I'm fine", but it was Chen Jue who came in.

Why is he here?

Chen Jue's expression was serious, and two policemen followed behind him, "Are you awake? How do you feel?"

Song Ke moved her lips, but her voice was so dry that she couldn't speak a word, she could only clenched her hands tightly to draw some strength.

"Mr. Chen..."

But was held down by a strong hand: "Don't move around. It wasn't long after you got the stitches. Although the wound was not deep, you lost a lot of blood. Try to listen to the doctor's bed rest for the past two days."

Seeing him who has always paid the most attention to his image, wearing a wrinkled shirt, and his hairstyle was a little careless because he came too hastily, Song Ke felt indescribably sad and comforted.

"Mr. Chen, why are you here? Actually, you don't need to come here. I'm fine."

"It doesn't matter if it's a serious problem, you have to listen to the doctor." Chen Jue's tone was neither soft nor hard, "Do you know that you frightened Chen Nian, she called me anxiously in the middle of the night, saying that you were on the way He was robbed and was wounded and passed out in the hospital, so I have to come and have a look at it no matter what.”

Song Ke's heart trembled slightly: "I'm sorry."

"Save that to her."

The policeman behind coughed lightly: "You two, is it convenient for us to ask a few words?"

Passers-by who found Song Ke reported the incident, and the police came to ask what happened.One of them asked, and the other recorded. During the process, Chen Jue was on the sofa replying to the phone messages.

"How many people are there?"

"Four."

"Please describe their height and appearance."

In the quiet ward, there are only the rustling of talking and writing.

"Which one is the one who snatched your phone?"

"The one with the scar on his forehead." At this point, Song Ke suddenly regained consciousness, remembering that she hadn't seen her mobile phone until now, so she asked the nurse, "Where is my mobile phone?"

The nurse groaned and pointed apologetically: "Comrade police took it away."

The police are always business-like: "You may have fingerprints of criminal suspects on your mobile phone, and we need to take them away for inspection."

"Then when can you give it back to me?"

"It's hard to say. It depends on the specific progress of the case. Generally, it will be returned to you after the trial."

Don't ask, you know the process will be long.

Song Ke was taken aback for a moment: "Please show it to me."

Although the police found it strange, they still handed him the phone.Enduring the pain, he forced himself to stand up straight, pressed a few times through the sterile bag, and found that the screen was off, and his face turned pale with anxiety: "Why is there no response?"

"Broken? Oh, it didn't break, did it?"

When he was in a hurry, suddenly there was a steady voice: "What's the matter?" It was Chen Jue who was finally willing to stand up and walk over.

Song Ke turned her head and looked at him blankly, her lips moved first, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't know where to start.

The policeman could only express his sympathy: "Maybe it's a problem with the screen, and you can get it back to someone to fix it when the time comes."

Song Ke gritted her teeth: "I don't want to pursue it anymore, can you return the phone to me now?"

"I'm afraid that won't work. This is a public prosecution case, and it's not something you don't want to pursue if you don't want to."

"But it's mine."

The policeman smiled apologetically: "When it is in our hands, it cannot be regarded as your personal property, it is evidence."

In an instant, a strong sense of powerlessness spread in Song Ke's body.He was a human before, but now he is a mobile phone. He can't stop Chen Jue from leaving his life, and soon there may not be even the last trace of clues left.

After being silent for a while, he forced himself to sit up with his body propped up: "Mr. Chen..."

Just after saying these two words, his voice suddenly choked up.

"how?"

"Come closer, please."

Chen Jue frowned and stared at him for a few seconds, but finally complied with his request and lowered his body slightly: "Say it."

"Don't let them take it away." Song Ke begged hoarsely, "I know you have a way, please help me."

Please help me.

These few words were like an invisible claw, instantly gripping Chen Jue's heart tightly, even he didn't know why.He straightened up and looked at Song Ke, looking at this pale and helpless face, he felt that Song Ke was as fragile as a piece of paper, which might be torn to pieces in front of him at any time.

After pondering for a while, he waved his hands to the others: "The patient needs to rest, please wait outside first."

This face should still be given.The policeman and the nurse looked at each other, went out without a word, and closed the door behind them.

Only then did Chen Jue look at Song Ke again.

Song Ke's lips were tightly pursed, sweat was condensed on her forehead, her eyes fell on a blank place on the bed sheet, her dark eyelashes cast a small shadow under her eyes, and the sides of her nose were slightly red.

He was nervous, and he was afraid of being known if he had any secrets.

"If you want me to contribute, tell me what's in the phone." Chen Jue looked at him, "I have no reason to help you in a daze."

"nothing special……"

Excessive blood loss and exhaustion made Song Ke unable to think of an excuse for a while, so she could only try her best to perfunctory.

"Then I can't help you." Chen Jue said.

Song Ke moved wearily, the movement involved the injury on his shoulder, and a look of pain flashed in his eyes.

"Mr. Chen...that's not a secret, I just don't want to show it to others."

"Why don't you want to show it to others?"

"It's my personal stuff, I don't think there's any need to explain it to Mr. Chen."

private?

What can be called private.Is it a work file, or a private video?Judging from Song Ke's reaction, it was obviously not the former.But if it's the latter, then with whom were these shady things photographed?

private video, private...

Suddenly a guess flashed through Chen Jue's mind.

Could it be with Chen Nian?

His chin tightened: "Could it be you and my sister?"

Song Ke's heart shrank, and she looked up at him blankly.

With... with my sister?

The two gazes looked straight at each other, and Chen Jue's face had become stern: "Song Ke, how dare you."

"I..." Song Ke opened her mouth slightly, did not speak, looked at him like a stranger, "What dare I?"

Is this person really Chen Jue?

His brows were frowned, his expression was like frozen ice, and his hands were half clenched into fists beside the bed, as if he wanted to do it himself.

Song Ke looked at him, her eyes were slightly wet, but she almost wanted to laugh.Hey, didn't it make you frown, why do you keep forgetting.Don't let you frown, don't let you eat so many burgers, don't let you sit on the bed with your coat on, why do you always forget.

Are you really Chen Jue?

If not, why do I still feel familiar.If so, why can't I find any shadow of the past?

Looking at Song Ke, it suddenly occurred to her that in the past, the two of them bickered, dismantled each other, and occasionally engaged in cold wars, but Chen Jue never said a serious word.The only time I didn't contact him was because I cared, because I wanted to force him to admit something.

At that time, they were still friends, the company's registration procedures had been completed, and Chen Jue came up with a name by patting his head.

"Smart people speak beautiful words, so they are simply called Ruiyan, which is concise and easy to understand."

That's the final word.

Chen Jue was crying poor in front of him all day long, sometimes saying that he had no money to eat, sometimes that he had no place to live, and stayed in his rented single room all day long, refusing to leave, forcing him to often say angrily: "Take your Once the clothes are sold, I think it will be enough to eat for several years. No, you can go to the street and see, how can there be poor people dressed as well as you?"

But ridicule is ridicule, Chen Jue is really good at work.Because of his solid professional foundation and experience in the world, he is particularly stable and confident when communicating with people. The most important thing is that he can speak fluent English and French, which is amazing.

Just after the Lantern Festival, the chip computing resources that had been stuck for a long time finally made a big breakthrough. The two of them happily took this breakthrough point to find the next round of investment.

Looking for investment is similar to participating in an audition. Thousands of troops compete to cross the single-plank bridge, so he was not too disappointed when he was rejected.

It was too cold that day, so Chen Jue got a car from somewhere, and parked it in the underground parking lot of that venture capital company.The two took the elevator down and were stopped by someone halfway.

"Mr. Chen! Oh, Mr. Chen, it's really you!"

Thinking about how stupid I was bubbling back then, I thought the other party had admitted the wrong person.The two people on the opposite side were much smarter than him. They immediately recognized the famous Mr. Chen of Mingtu Group next to him. They surrounded him and asked respectfully: "Mr. Chen, how is your mother after a long time? Your sister is getting more and more capable. Just had a meeting with us two days ago!"

It turned out that the prince was playing with him in those days.

The other party was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and looked very distinguished, but he pretended to be special to Chen Jue. Until the end, he repeatedly asked if they had time to have a light meal together, so they went to the Hilton next door, but Chen Jue refused.

At that time, he said: "You go, I will go back alone."

Chen Jue looked at him deeply without saying a word.

On the way back, the two were silent all the way.He sat in the unfamiliar co-pilot, felt the soft leather seat cushion under his body with his palm, and thought that he was still worrying about the car rental fee an hour ago, he was so stupid.Turning his head to look at the orange dusk in the distance, his heart felt empty, an indescribable feeling.

Finally, he drove to the downstairs of the community, and he opened the door to get out of the car. Chen Jue was carrying those business introduction materials that were printed but not used.

"Song Ke."

"Song Ke—"

Chen Jue pulled him back: "Are you angry with me? I didn't intend to hide it from you deliberately, but I really wanted to be your friend. Since I was a child, there are too many hypocritical people around me. I'm afraid you will be like them because of me. Only the surname Chen made friends with me, so I-"

Before he finished speaking, he pulled his hand out.

"I make friends with you because we can chat. Not everyone wants to try to get something from you. Don't be so self-righteous."

Probably because of his fault first, Chen Jue didn't quarrel with him, but just stared at him with a sinking face.

At that time, he didn't know what happened. He was angry and sad. The angry thing was that Chen Jue lied to him, and the sad thing was that they became people from two worlds.

In that complicated mood, he couldn't help saying some unfeeling words.

"Don't come to me in the future, we are not the same way. Thank you for your help during this time, I will find someone to replace your job as soon as possible, and I won't lose a penny of your salary."

After finishing speaking, he didn't give Chen Jue another chance to speak, and went upstairs in a hurry.

For two weeks, they didn't find anyone.

Two weeks later, the venture capital company called and suddenly expressed its willingness to consider investing in Ruiyan, and the legal and audit staff would be there in a few days.

At that time, he was nervous, thinking that Chen Jue was looking for a relationship to settle the matter, but he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to mention: "Your partner surnamed Chen is good. He came to report to us every day this week, and he stayed for five or six days." Hours, tsk tsk, to accompany our director's little daughter to the park for roller skating in such a cold day. Our director saw that he is sincere, so he promised to give you a chance, you have to make good use of it."

He had no choice but to claim yes, and after hanging up the phone, his heart was still sore, so sore that he almost wanted to cry aloud.

Of course, he neither cried nor contacted Chen Jue.

In the dead of night, he sat alone in the room and worked overtime to sort out the materials, so sleepy that he almost fell asleep.

the phone is ringing.

Seeing Chen Jue's name, he suddenly woke up, but when he picked it up, no one spoke for a long time.

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, only the distant breathing could be heard, as if Chen Jue was smoking.

In the end, he broke the silence: "What's the matter?"

After a few seconds, Chen Jue said, "It's nothing, I'm sorry."

After finishing speaking, there was a sound of stomping feet, as if the cold was unbearable.

He asked, "Where are you?"

Chen Jue was silent again.

This kind of Chen Jue is the most unbearable, it seems that this kind of silence is an invisible pressure, which makes one's heart breathless.Under an inexplicable impulse, he said: "Don't tell me you're sorry, we're even, you'd better go back and be your prince, don't come out for private visits again."

"Song Ke."

Chen Jue's voice sank a bit, so that his heart suddenly lifted, lest he hear something that he couldn't resist.

Chen Jue said: "Song Ke, anyone can ridicule me, but you can't. Except for not confessing my identity to you, I have never told you a single lie. I am sincere to you."

No one would say that to a friend.

He was so disturbed when he heard that, he opened the window immediately, took a breath of fresh air and said, "I also sincerely regard you as a friend. Did I tell you a lie? On the contrary, you have taken the color from the very beginning. You look at people with glasses, you—"

Chen Jue suddenly turned his face: "Okay, okay, I called to apologize to you and didn't expect you to be soft. Is it necessary to be so aggressive in every sentence? Let me tell you, Song Ke, don't think I can't do without you, I have a lot of friends around me. "

He remembered that his blood was cold at that time.

Since we met, Chen Jue has never spoken to him in this tone, but whenever there is any unpleasantness or disagreement at work, Chen Jue is always the one who gives in first.Chen Jue will always have absolute patience and perseverance towards him, moistening things and capturing his emotions silently.

What did I say wrong that deserves Chen Juefa's anger?

The phone hung up suddenly, leaving only a lonely busy tone.

After being overwhelmed for a short time, he decided not to think about it. There is no time to worry about the spring and autumn with the pile of work.But the lines of small characters in front of him were all distorted, and under the orange light, they grew wings and flew around, but they refused to stay in his eyes.

He sat in a daze, and it took a long time before he realized that he had squeezed the phone in his hand, and the force was so great that it turned off the phone.

After restarting the phone, a message popped up on the phone.

Chen Jue sent it a few minutes ago, and a line of cold words got into his pupils——

"What else can you do but pretend to be stupid with me? Will you admit that you care about me one day when I really leave. "

Why wait until that day, my bewildered reaction at that time already explained everything.

The friend who had pretended for so long, his heart was about to curl up the second he touched his sincerity, so he instinctively chose to escape.But Chen Jue disagreed. Chen Jue wanted to pierce the window paper and force him to admit his intentions.

The Chen Jue at that time was the same as the current Chen Jue in appearance and body, but the shell contained a different soul.

Song Ke half leaned on the hospital bed, looking at the Chen Jue who had wronged him in front of him, dazed in bewilderment.

Why is it a secret again.

That quarrel was because they each had a secret.Chen Jue concealed his family and identity, while he concealed his true inner thoughts, blindly pretending to be stupid with him, and finally angered him.

what about now?

Now there is still a secret between them, and I want to tell him, but I can't tell him no matter what.