reverse trapping

Cheng Mu turned the camera away and refused: "No kiss, I will ignore you next time if you do this again."

"I was wrong."

Shen Jinzhi immediately bowed down and apologized, but the smile hidden in the corner of his mouth grew stronger.

Faced with this attitude of admitting his mistake, Cheng Mu's anger, which he hadn't shown much before, was instantly extinguished. He glanced at the camera and changed the subject: "Why are you eating so late?"

Shen Jinzhi walked down the steps given by Cheng Muze: "The business trip is for work, not for enjoyment. It's normal to eat late."

Cheng Mu frowned.

A high-spirited person like Shen Jinzhi has always been revered even when he stepped out of the campus, but the other party started working without even giving him time to eat

Cheng Mu suppressed the corners of his mouth in distress: "Is Party B so mean this time?"

"No." Shen Jinzhi explained, "I haven't met them yet, I did something else myself."

"That's it." Cheng Muze's displeasure faded a bit, "Then you eat quickly, I won't ask."

Shen Jinzhi unpacked the takeaway, and showed Cheng Muze his dinner through the camera.

It was a meal with no local characteristics.

Shen Jinzhi straightened the dinner box, raised his eyes and said, "Okay, I inspected the dinner too, should I rest?"

Cheng Mu stared at the camera, not wanting to hang up the phone.

Shen Jinzhi stretched out his hand and touched him from the air: "I really don't have the kind of service you want, you can sleep in peace."

"I'm not……"

Seeing the exhaustion on Shen Jinzhi's face, Cheng Mu swallowed the words that were on his lips.

If you don't hang up the video, Shen Jinzhi will be distracted talking to him, so it's better to finish eating early and rest early.

Cheng Mu nodded knowingly: "Understood, I'll go to sleep right away."

Shen Jinzhi picked up the phone, and the originally fixed screen circled a larger field of vision.

"I heard that if someone misses you, that person will enter your dream. I hope to dream of you tonight." Shen Jinzhi smiled softly, "Good night, Axia."

"Good night."

After the video was hung up, Cheng Mu felt a sense of loss. He stared at the screen for a long time until the light went out.

I'm really going to be in a long-distance relationship.

Two days passed by, but Cheng Mu still couldn't get used to the fact that Shen Jinzhi was not by his side.

He would think of Shen Jinzhi when doing almost everything, so he clearly realized how much he depended on Shen Jinzhi.

But Cheng Mu didn't want to overcome this "difficulty", but got used to reliving his longing for Shen Jinzhi in this feeling.

It was almost six o'clock, and Fang Shuo had already left.

Shen Jinzhi was away, and Cheng Mu didn't want to cook at home, and planned to go to the shop on the side of the snack street to have a bowl of noodles with fried sauce.

Before leaving, he touched the brooch in his pocket.

After Shen Jinzhi left, Cheng Mu wanted to take something with him, and after much deliberation, he found the sapphire brooch that Shen Jinzhi gave him casually.

But this brooch didn't fit well with his usual dressing style, and Cheng Mu could only keep it in his pocket close to his chest.

After confirming that the things were still on him, Cheng Mu locked the door and walked towards the snack street.

The street is still very lively, because it is adjacent to the university, and there are relatively more young faces here.

There are lively street stalls on both sides of the road, Cheng Mu is not very hungry, he slows down his pace, and his eyes linger among the dazzling array of goods on the side of the road.

Cheng Mu passed by a stall, which was different from the bustling stall next to it, this place was quite deserted.

The booth was empty, only a dozen toys made of three-dimensional jigsaw puzzles.

After standing in front of the stall for a while, Cheng Mu accidentally discovered that the mother-in-law selling things seemed to be a visually impaired old man.

Cheng Mu picked up one of the items, and the mother-in-law immediately introduced it with a smile on her face: "It's not expensive, it's [-] a piece. My grandson spelled it out with his own hands. I brought it home for the children to play with. The children like it."

Cheng Mu let out a "hmm" and was about to pay when a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside him.

"Grandma."

The mother-in-law immediately stood up from the stool: "Oh, my eldest grandson is back, come to grandma quickly."

Cheng Mu turned around and saw Shi Xun.

Shi Xun is an orphan, and like him, he is from Beichi, where did his relatives in Jinsong come from?

Cheng Mu looked at Shi Xun suspiciously, Shi Xun took off his schoolbag, took out a package of things from the bag, and handed it to Grandma: "I bought something you like, I met a friend on the street, let me say hello , come back later."

The mother-in-law fumbled to pick up the thing, and heyed a few times.

Cheng Mu picked up the puzzle in his hand, scanned the QR code for payment, and followed Shi Xun to leave without saying a word.

The two of them walked away for a certain distance, Shi Xun just finished his schoolbag and talked.

"Grandma is what I met when I came here to work. Her children are all earning money in other places. After the only grandson who accompanied her before died in a car accident, she became mentally abnormal. Her eyesight is not good, so she mistook me. .

"I helped her support the stall. If I visit her every once in a while, I can ensure her emotional stability and prevent her from being forcibly sent to a mental hospital."

Hearing Shi Xun's last words, Cheng Muze's back couldn't help but tremble.

A gust of cold wind blew past, taking away most of the warmth from his body, Cheng Mu stopped in his tracks, and asked Shi Xun thoughtlessly, "Xiao Xun, do you think this world is kind?"

Shi Xun turned around, frowned and said, "Why do you ask such a question?"

Amidst the bustling voices, Cheng Mu half-jokingly said, "Maybe it's because I'm not kind enough to hurt me?"

"Brother."

Shi Xun's address took him back to the time when he was a volunteer in the orphanage for a second.

"Have you forgotten what you once said to us?"

Cheng Mu was slightly stunned, and had no impression of what Shi Xun said: "What did I say?"

Shi Xun raised his eyes and stared at him, as if he was looking at the past through him: "Tell me, maybe we are all children who have been hurt by unkindness, but if we can only see the unkindness in this world, we will ignore the existence of more kindness , the world is black and white, if you can only see black, you are destined to live in a black world.”

"Have I always said this to children before?" Cheng Muze had a wry smile on his lips, "I hadn't experienced anything when I said these words, but now... I'm a little fuzzy."

"Maybe I'm just an adult and I don't know enough about adults' troubles, but I know you will always be the same you." Shi Xun pointed to Cheng Muze's mobile phone, "It's like you bought a puzzle for grandma even though you didn't need it." her stuff."

Cheng Mu raised his hand, unintentionally resting his fingertips on the fingerprint unlocking position, and the reminder that the payment of several hundred yuan was successful clearly reflected in his pupils.

The jumping icons on the phone interrupted Cheng Muze's trance.

He picked up the phone casually.

"Mu Ze, it's father, don't hang up the phone in a hurry, I have something to tell you."

Cheng Mu didn't want Shi Xun to worry about his affairs, so he gestured to him, telling him to contact him next time.

He left in a hurry, moved his fingertips quietly, and pressed the recording button for the call.

"Listen to me, the company's situation is really difficult, the capital chain is broken, a big order is hanging over my head, and the supplier won't get the money and refuse to provide materials. What do you want me to do?"

"So you can sell me to someone else."

Cheng Ye's voice was obvious, and he prevaricated: "It's just a meal together, how can you say it so seriously."

"Really?" Cheng Mu frowned, "Three years ago, you imprisoned me just because I didn't do what you wanted, and now throwing me to sleep with you doesn't sound new."

"You... remember everything?"

Cheng Mu didn't tell the truth, trying to get as many words out of his mouth that could be used as evidence: "Part of it."

There was an inexplicable laughter from the other end of the phone: "It was my father's fault that you were kept at home back then, and I shouldn't have thought of sending you to have dinner with Boss Ma. For the sake of your deceased mother, can you help father Do you do me a favor?"

Their relationship had come to this point, yet Cheng Ye had the audacity to mention his mother in front of him.

Cheng Mu secretly clenched his knuckles.

Cheng Ye continued: "I know about you and Shen Jinzhi."

Cheng Mu interrupted him angrily: "Don't make up his mind."

"Listen to me." Cheng Ye stopped his voice, "Father has no other intentions, I just hope you can persuade Xiao Shen to help me."

"What are you talking about? What is Zai?"

Cheng Ye snorted: "Didn't he tell you?"

Cheng Mu was shocked.

Could it be that Shen Jinzhi has been in Beichi these days?Are you still helping Cheng Ye with the company's affairs?

Suddenly, the weight in Cheng Muze's hands emptied, and the heavy mobile phone was pulled from his palm.

"Remind you one last time, don't call me again."

Shen Jinzhi's voice paused every word, and every syllable contained obvious threats.

He cut off the phone.

Cheng Mu turned around abruptly and looked at Shen Jinzhi in shock: "Why are you back?"

Before his sight could stabilize, he was forced to crash into the opponent's arms.

Shen Jinzhi's body carried a dusty aura, and every strand of it touched his hidden thoughts.

The whispering voice stuck to his ear: "I miss you, I can't sleep at all."

The feeling of surprise didn't last long, and Cheng Mu remembered the content of the call with Cheng Ye.

He pushed Shen Jinzhi away and put his hands on his shoulders: "You went to Beichi? Did you go to see him?"

Shen Jinzhi was noncommittal.

"Axia, give me a little more time. This year, I will give you back the warmest winter, I promise."

Cheng Mu understood that Shen Jinzhi didn't want him to ask any more questions, nor did he want to participate in it himself.

He knew Shen Jinzhi's good intentions, and worries came to his mind several times, but he didn't know where to start.

The phone rang with his restless heart beating.

Shen Jinzhi picked up the phone, leaving only a bar of the volume on the phone.

Shen Jinzhi picked up the phone, leaving only a bar of the volume on the phone.

"Teacher, I've inquired about it. It seems that they are still hesitating. Do you need me to do anything else?"

Shen Jinzhi raised his hand as if nothing had happened, stroked Cheng Muze's soft hair with a smile, and also avoided important information in his reply: "Just wait."

"What if they don't vote?"

Shen Jinzhi smiled confidently, he closed his eyes and kissed Cheng Muze's forehead.

"It will be fine."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Jinzhi lowered his palm and led Cheng Mu to walk forward.

Cheng Mu didn't have time to react, and almost missed his footsteps: "Where are we going?"

Shen Jinzhi stopped on purpose, and waited for someone to bump into his arms before he said leisurely, "Eat, eat."