reverse trapping

Shen Jinzhi chuckled: "I won't go when you arrive safely, aren't you tired from the journey? Get some rest early."

Seeing that Shen Jinzhi was about to hang up the video, Cheng Mu hurriedly stopped him: "Wait!"

"Dangdangdang-"

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door.

The people on both ends of the video call were startled at the same time.

He has just arrived in Beichi, and Shen Jinzhi doesn't even know the room number he stayed in, so how could someone look for him?

Cheng Mu picked up his mobile phone and walked towards the door, lying on the cat's eye and looking out.

Outside the door, the front desk who had checked him in was standing there.

Cheng Mu breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door.

The front desk politely handed over a card: "Mr. Cheng, your ID card was left in the lobby."

Cheng Mu lowered his head in surprise, and took his ID card with both hands: "Sorry to trouble you."

"No trouble." The front desk withdrew his hand, but did not leave immediately, "There is one more thing I need to tell you."

Cheng Mu put away his ID card and waited for the other party to continue talking.

"Someone pretended to be you and called the front desk just now, asking for hotel reservation information. The other party provided your identity information and mobile phone number. I don't know if it's your friend. I just responded that I can't disclose it."

Cheng Mu moved his eyes slightly, nodded and said, "I see, thank you."

He watched people leave, and leaned heavily on the door after closing the door.

Cheng Mu couldn't think of a second wave of people who could find him in Beichi like this.

Did they put locators on themselves?To be able to get the news so quickly.

He let out a long sigh.

"Asha."

Shen Jinzhi's voice came from the room, and Cheng Mu realized the fact that the video call hadn't ended yet.

He pressed the center of his eyebrows melancholy, regretting that he stopped Shen Jinzhi from hanging up the video.

He couldn't hide it from Shen Jinzhi, so he had to pick up his phone.

While staring at each other silently, Shen Jinzhi's expression moved slightly: "Ah Xia, I still have time to board the plane."

Cheng Mu didn't want to delay Shen Jinzhi's normal life, so he hurriedly stopped him: "No, really, even if they don't look for me, I still have to go back. You work hard, and I'll go back soon."

The noisy voice of the airport came from the receiver in confusion, while Cheng Mu stared at Shen Jinzhi on the screen without moving.

After a while, the other end of the video asked, "Are you planning to go back tomorrow?"

Cheng Mu straightened his back, and immediately replied: "Go to grandma's first, I want to know what happened recently."

Shen Jinzhi nodded frustratingly, and said hesitantly, "Could you tell me in advance what you're doing these few days?"

Although he didn't have the habit of going out to report, but when Shen Jinzhi said it, he readily agreed.

After spending most of the day at the airport, Cheng Mu was indeed a little sleepy. After confirming that Shen Jinzhi had arrived home, Cheng Mu fell asleep in peace.

I don't know if it's because of Shen Jinzhi's absence, but Cheng Muze's sleep quality is not good.

After squinting in the taxi for a while in a daze, Cheng Mu rushed to grandma's house.

Speaking of which, they haven't seen each other for a long time.

"grandmother--"

The old man was watering the flowers in the yard, and he turned around when he heard the sound.

The sights slowly met, she put down the watering can in her hand with a smile on her face, and staggered forward a few steps: "Xiao Ze, I'm not old-fashioned, am I?"

"It's me." Cheng Mu walked up to grandma, "I'm back."

Grandma took Cheng Muze's hand and fondled the back of his hand lovingly: "Oh, we look good again when we are young, but we are thinner, so we need to eat more."

As if thinking of something suddenly, grandma's soft complexion tightened suddenly: "Did they call you back?"

After a moment of hesitation, grandma frowned: "This heartless bastard."

As she said that, she patted the back of Cheng Muze's hand: "Son, come back later. Your unlucky father has made a lot of moths. Go out to avoid the limelight during this time, and don't go back to Beichi. "

Hearing grandma bring this up, Cheng Mu took advantage of the situation and asked, "What happened?"

Grandma shook her head helplessly: "The business didn't go well, and there was a big mistake. He and his shameless mistress have been busy with this matter, but there has been no progress. I'm really afraid that they will make a wrong decision on you."

"It's okay, grandma." Cheng Mu comforted her, "No one can force me to do what I don't want to do."

"Can--"

"Grandma." Cheng Mu interrupted her worried words, "Actually, I still have something to ask."

As if anticipating the next topic, grandma looked away and picked up the watering can on the ground.

"I asked you this sentence three years ago, but I still want to ask you again, did you really know nothing about what happened back then?"

Grandma hesitated and lowered the corners of her eyes, and the wrinkles deepened: "My child, let the past be the past."

This kind of prevarication answer is not what Cheng Muze wanted, he continued to ask: "But I don't want to muddle through the past, even if it is a death sentence, I still need to know the reason."

The water mist sprays down from top to bottom, gathering unevenly on the withered and yellow edges of the petals.

"Father has looked for me, and he is indeed planning on me. I can't change this matter, and you can't stop it. If I don't know anything about what happened back then, I will only be more passive."

After struggling for a long time, grandma put down the watering can in her hand.

"When you came back, you had a big quarrel with your family. Your bastard father didn't allow you to leave Beichi. If you refused to listen, he locked you up.

"Grandma was in the hospital at the time, and she didn't know about these things. When I found out, you were already in a coma and admitted to the hospital."

It turned out that grandma was also in the dark, so she never mentioned the events of those years, maybe she just didn't want to know the real reason for the quarrel with her family at that time.

Cheng Mu let out a breath slowly: "Do you also think that I shouldn't like someone of the same sex, or is it better to forget about it?"

The water droplets gathered on the edge of the petals fell heavily. Grandma didn't speak, but stood quietly in place.

"The old lady is getting old. After talking about it for a long time, it's time to rest."

Several people stepped in from the door and stopped in the yard while talking.

They would stop at grandma's place to block him, Cheng Mu was not surprised.In contrast, he was more curious about another thing.

"I'm more interested in one thing." He said leisurely, "How do you know I'm back?"

"Mrs. Cheng's plane yesterday arrived at Beichi on time at four o'clock in the afternoon."

It turned out to be the same flight.

After getting the answer, Cheng Mu turned around behind him.

After comforting his grandma, he sent a message to Shen Jinzhi to report his itinerary.

Surprisingly, neither of them were in the house when he went back.

Cheng Mu was led upstairs, but was blocked when he tried to go down.

He didn't want to waste energy on meaningless things, so he went upstairs again.

Walking along the corridor, Cheng Mu stopped at the door of the grocery store at the end.

Probably because he hasn't been back for too long, he has no memory of the room at the end of the corridor.

The door of the utility room is lower and narrower than other rooms, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

Cheng Mu frowned, and stretched out his hand out of nowhere.

The moment he touched the handle, Cheng Muze groaned in pain.

The rejection from the subconscious prevented his movements, but in the end he was no match for the sober reason.

He tightened his knuckles and twisted the door open.

The room is empty, a bed, a set of tables and chairs are all there is in the room.

By the half-sealed window, the light penetrated the baffle with difficulty, casting a bright light.

The air is stuffy and damp, and there is a musty smell in it.

Cheng Mu took half a step back, and his back slammed against the door frame with a "bang".

The violent quarrel sounded in his mind, it was only superficial at first, and soon occupied all his thoughts.

"Who I like and who I'm with is my freedom, and you have no right to interfere."

"I have no right to interfere? I didn't raise you so big to make you gay."

"Your so-called raising me means that you need to make an appointment to see you two or three times a month, or do you deprive me of the right to pursue my dreams again and again? I am really sorry for not being your marionette."

"Cheng Muze!" Cheng Ye roared, "Do you really think that you can take all the garbage home!"

Cheng Mu sneered: "You misunderstood, I never wanted to bring him back. This kind of garbage dump is not worthy of him."

He turned away.

Cheng Ye glared angrily at the bodyguard beside him: "Are you all in a daze because you want to be laid off collectively? Hurry up and hold him down!"

Cheng Mu struggled to get out of the confinement, but to no avail.

"You are breaking the law!"

Cheng Ye pointed upstairs, motioning for them to send someone up.

"What kind of law did I break in disciplining my son? Cheng Mu, let me tell you, just stay at home and don't even think about going anywhere."

Cheng Mu was completely locked up.

Time passed day by day, thinking about the promise he made to Shen Jinzhi, Cheng Mu planned to escape by jumping out of the window.

Originally jumping from that height would hurt his foot at most, but the window was extremely wet and slippery that day, causing him to stumble and fall directly.

Fractures are managed at home.

After the escape failed, Cheng Mu was forced to live in a utility room with narrow windows, and Cheng Mu had to temporarily put away the idea of ​​sneaking away and recuperate first.

But with the accumulation of time, his emotions began to get out of control more and more strangely.

He wanted to get angry, he wanted to throw things, he wanted to do anything to help him vent.

Cheng Mu originally thought that this symptom was an emotional imbalance after being locked up, until he found a residue of drug powder by the side of his eating bowl.

That day, he saw his stepmother whom he hadn't seen for a few days.

She looked down at Cheng Muze and handed him the medicine he was going to take today.

Cheng Mu pushed her hand away.

The pills rolled to the ground, staining the dust and moisture on the ground.

He heaved his chest with difficulty, suppressed his breath and asked, "What kind of medicine are you giving me?"

The woman took a half step forward, and the heel crushed a pill on the ground: "You hurt your leg, of course you are taking the recuperating medicine prescribed by the doctor."

Cheng Mu pinched his fingers restrainedly: "You are the one who moved the bedroom window, and my recent out of control is also related to you, isn't it?"

The woman raised her hand close to Cheng Muze's cheek: "What are you talking about? How could mother hurt you?"

Cheng Mu patted her hand away, and drew a streak of bright red on her hand without restraint.

"The best way to give me medicine is to hide it in the medicine I usually take, but you just left traces of medicine powder on the side of my bowl, don't you just want me to see it? What else do you want to do?"

"It's not what I want to do, but to see what else you can do."

She picked up Cheng Muze's original bowl: "Let's not leave with a bright future, engage in those crooked ways, and insist on liking men, such a problem with your brain, is it inherited from your useless mother?"

The slander fell on me and I could still bear it, but it touched the bottom line on my mother.

Cheng Mu knew that the other party was irritating him, but he couldn't help stepping on the edge of collapse: "What qualifications do you have to mention her!"

"That's not enough."

As she spoke, she took a step back, raised the porcelain bowl in her hand, and dropped it heavily on the ground.

The bowl exploded on the floor, and the shards of broken porcelain cut the back of her hand, leaving an obvious bloodstain.

She "panicked" and ran out.

My father's voice came from downstairs.

"what happened again?"

"I really can't go on like this. Mu Ze's mood is getting worse and worse. He has already started a hunger strike. I consulted a doctor. The doctor said that this situation is very likely to be a mental problem. It is very dangerous. I must go to the hospital of."

"No, that's not humiliating enough."

"Then quietly, leave this matter to me, and I guarantee that no one will know."

Cheng Mu slid down against the wall, pressed his back on the switch, and turned on the lights in the room.

The sudden bright light and the sound of approaching footsteps suddenly pulled him back to reality.

Beside him, someone closed the door.

The bolt snapped back into the groove with a "click", sealing the entire space.

"Snapped--"

The sugar bag tipped over from the coffee table.

Shen Jinzhi picked up the candies that had been spilled on the floor tiles, and saw the letter hidden in the candy bag that Jiajia's mother had left for him.

He almost forgot the existence of this letter.

Shen Jinzhi put away the candy and took out the envelope.

He flipped the envelope over, only to find a photo tucked underneath.

On the back of the photo was Cheng Muze's handwriting.

"Happy birthday to my dearest Professor Shen, the beauty of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake is for my favorite person.

This is the finished product of my first landscape photography. The person who takes this photo next year can redeem Xiaocheng's 24 hours of time on his birthday.

If you ask me where is my birthday companion voucher for the next few years, I think I will hand it to you at this time every year.

Yours, Cheng Muze. "

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There is another update tomorrow.