For the favor of Mr. Shen

Great Monk Uncle Shen

Shi Yiqing's heart froze and he didn't react for several seconds.

He hasn't seen Grandpa Jiu for a long time, and he will call Grandpa Jiu during the Chinese New Year. He has always been in good health, how could it be so sudden.

Shi Yiqing called Shen Mu, but he didn't answer the first time, and when he was about to make the second call, Shen Mu called back.

"Uncle Shen, I didn't look at my phone today, are you okay?"

Shen Mu was busy there, and he was in a bad mood, so he said in a low voice, "Well, how are you studying recently? I wanted to say don't disturb your exam preparation, but you can be regarded as the ninth grandfather who watched you grow up, or To let you know."

Shi Yiqing's heart ached unceasingly: "Study is not as important as you, I will go to the dormitory manager to ask for leave to go home, and go back to find you."

"It's too late, you should rest first and talk about it tomorrow." Shen Mu advised him.

Shi Yiqing felt Shen Mu's physical and mental exhaustion, and said yes, let Shen Mu not worry, let him pay attention to his body.

After hanging up the phone, I called Tan Xiaoli immediately and asked her to ask for leave for me.

"It's late at night, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning." Tan Xiaoli was anxious after hearing that.

She and Grandpa Ninth still have kindness, but in the middle of the night, they don't need to rush there overnight, just go tomorrow.

Shi Yiqing insisted: "I'm going there tonight."

Tan Xiaoli: "You are a senior in high school now, and the exam is less than a month away, so you have to figure out the priority."

"Mom! For you, I don't know what is the main and what is the second, but for me, relatives are the main and everything else is the second!"

After finishing talking, Shi Yiqing went to ask the dormitory supervisor to ask for leave, and coaxed and lied that the head teacher didn't answer the phone because it was too late, and her mother was on the way here, and left the dormitory with the call records as evidence.

There was a note from the dormitory manager who left the school smoothly, Shi Yiqing stood on the side of the road and hailed the car, finally hailed a taxi and rushed to the train station.

There is no high-speed train at this time, but there is a passing train at one o'clock. It takes a little longer, but it can still reach Yongnan City before dawn.

Shi Yiqing had never been so organized on a train before, and he didn't feel sleepy when he got on the train. He sat by the window and kept looking out the window.

Most of the time, it is pitch black outside and you can’t see anything. Occasionally passing by small towns and villages, there are sporadic street lights on, making the night even darker.

At five o'clock in the morning, Shi Yiqing got off the car and took a taxi directly to Grandpa Jiu's house.

A blue shed has been set up downstairs in the old community, and there is a table with an incense table inside, indicating that someone here has just passed away.

Shi Yiqing went upstairs with his schoolbag on his back. The door of Grandpa Jiu's house was open. When he walked in, he saw many people sitting in the living room, most of them were from the community.

"Oh! Isn't this Ah Qing? Why is Ah Qing coming back at this time?" an aunt said.

Shi Yiqing forced a smile and said, "I happened to have a car, so I came back directly."

Auntie came up and patted him on the shoulder: "Your Uncle Shen is in the room, go and see him."

Shi Yiqing said yes, and walked to Grandpa Jiu's room, and heard the uncles and aunts behind him discussing things like "This kid has a conscience, it's not in vain that Grandpa Jiu and Xiao Shen treat him well".

This is a good word, but Shi Yiqing felt guilty.

He had to admit that it was not so much because of Grandpa Ninth that he rushed home all night, but to be honest, it was because of Uncle Shen.

The doors in Grandpa Jiu's bedroom were half-hidden, but Shi Yiqing opened it with a light push.

The person on the bed was covered with a white cloth, and there was no movement.

Uncle Shen was sitting on the edge of the bed, with his hands on his forehead, and it could be seen from his red ears that he was enduring in pain.

"Uncle Shen." Shi Yiqing called him softly.

Shen Mu was taken aback for a moment, he thought someone else came in and ignored him, but when he heard Shi Yiqing's voice, he turned around and saw his Ah Qing standing at the door, looking at him with loving eyes.

Shi Yiqing walked over and knelt down beside him: "Uncle Shen..."

"Ah Qing..." Shen Mu's nose soured, and he almost lost his composure and shed tears in front of Shi Yiqing.

Shi Yiqing looked at Shen Mu, felt that he needed some tissue, and wanted to get up to get it for him, but just as he stood up, he felt a person bump into his arms.

Uncle Shen threw his head into Shi Yiqing's arms like a child.

Shi Yiqing quickly stretched out his arms to hug him, and just stood there straight, no one said a word.

After a few minutes, Shi Yiqing felt that the fabric on his stomach was wet, and his heart softened into a puddle of water. He raised his hand unconsciously, and stroked his head like Uncle Shen used to comfort him.

"Uncle Shen, go to the next room and take a rest." Shi Yiqing said.

Shen Mu shook his head, and said in a muffled voice after a while, "I have to guard."

When Shen Mu raised his head later, he looked at Shi Yiqing from bottom to top, and smiled embarrassedly.

Shi Yiqing also laughed, and Shen Mu got up to open the window to breathe.

It was only then that Shi Yiqing noticed that there were a lot of medicine injections on the table in the room.

Only then did I realize that I had probably been sick for a while, but everyone didn't tell him.

It was dawn soon, and Aunt Xiangjun also rushed back from Beijing. Grandpa Jiu had no children, so Uncle Shen and Aunt Xiangjun took care of the funeral like sons and daughters.

Shi Yiqing didn't know how to do it, so he followed Uncle Shen all the time, whenever he wanted to look for him, he could see it when he turned around, make a call for him, get something, record something and so on.

At noon, the funeral home's car came to pick up Grandpa Jiu, and the guests would also rush to the funeral home.

Shen Mu put on the filial piety made of white coarse cloth, Shi Yiqing helped him tie his belt, it had been a long time since he stood with Uncle Shen like this, Shi Yiqing suddenly found that he was already as high as Uncle Shen's lips.

"I want to wear it too." Shi Yiqing said.

Shen Mu turned around: "No need, Mr. Xiang and I will wear it."

But Shi Yiqing insisted: "Grandpa Ninth watched me grow up, and I am no different from his grandson."

God Pants knew that this was Shi Yiqing's intention, but worried that Tan Xiaoli would be unhappy if she found out.

In the end, Shi Yiqing insisted on putting it on.

Sure enough, when Tan Xiaoli appeared at the gate of the mourning hall in the evening, her first words were: "Ah Qing, come with me."

She also knew that she couldn't say those words in the mourning hall.

Shi Yiqing glanced at Uncle Shen, motioned for me to go over, followed Tan Xiaoli for a while, and stopped beside the parking lot.

"Why didn't you answer your mother's call?"

Shi Yiqing: "My phone is on silent, so I didn't hear it."

Tan Xiaoli: "Then you didn't listen to the arrangement and ran away in the middle of the night. I went to school to look for you in the morning and didn't find you. Do you know how anxious I am?"

"Mom, didn't I send you a WeChat message, saying that I have arrived in Yongnan City?"

Tan Xiaoli was so angry that she couldn't tell, they just didn't see any news from anyone.

"Why are you wearing this dress?"

Shi Yiqing raised his eyes to look at her: "Mom, Grandpa Jiu has no children and treats me very well. It's okay if I wear filial piety clothes and keep watch for him. We can't be so ungrateful as human beings."

Now Tan Xiaoli was speechless again, the phone just rang, she picked up the phone and walked out while talking.

Shi Yiqing sighed, and when he turned to leave, he saw a car parked beside him, and a man in a black suit got out of the car, his hair was combed back delicately, holding a bouquet of chrysanthemums in his hand.

For no reason, Shi Yiqing felt that he must have had contact with this person.

The next second the man also looked over, and when he saw Shi Yiqing, he smiled and even waved at him.

Shi Yiqing:?

That man came over: "Are you Ah Qing?"

Shi Yiqing: "Who are you?"

"We haven't met, but I know you, hello, I'm Shen Mu's friend Jiang Chenyi." The other party stretched out his hand.

Shi Yiqing frowned, already recognized who he was, he should be the one who answered Uncle Shen's call on New Year's Eve.

He nodded and said hello coldly, without taking his handshake.

Who wants to shake your hand.

Shi Yiqing turned around and walked towards the mourning hall, the man followed him, he didn't speak again, but Shi Yiqing always felt that he was always watching and appraising himself from behind.

Feeling very uncomfortable.

Finally walking to the mourning hall, Shi Yiqing turned around, the man was still behind him, and when he saw Shi Yiqing turned around, he smiled at him.

Shi Yiqing remained expressionless, walked into the mourning hall and left him alone.

Shi Yiqing knelt on the futon in the mourning hall, saw Jiang Chen waited at the door for a while, after Uncle Shen came back, he stepped forward to give Uncle Shen a hug, Uncle Shen brought him in, put flowers and lit incense.

"My condolences." Jiang Chenyi said.While speaking, he stretched out his hand to rest on Shen Mu's arm.

Shen Mu nodded, then looked at Shi Yiqing for some reason, and met his gaze, and then turned slightly uncomfortably to the side, letting Jiang Chenyi's hand slip down.

He didn't know why he did this, he just felt guilty.

Busy at the funeral until late at night, at eleven o'clock in the evening, the guests had almost left, Shi Yiqing went to the bathroom and came back, only to find that Uncle Shen was not here, and Aunt Xiangjun was so tired that she fell asleep on the chair.

The night in May was still a bit chilly, Shi Yiqing took off his coat and covered Aunt Xiangjun with it.

Shi Yiqing himself was too tired, but he didn't feel sleepy, so he took an apple and walked around while chewing on it.

Today, only their family held the funeral, and the garden was very quiet. Shi Yiqing walked, and then came to the parking lot. There are several pavilions here, and Shi Yiqing thought about going to sit in the pavilions.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached, he heard a familiar voice. Uncle Shen was at the entrance of the parking lot.

And Jiang Chenyi.

Shi Yiqing couldn't help approaching slowly with light steps.

Hearing a thud, he looked up, it was Jiang Chen who lit the lighter and lit a cigarette for Shen Mu.

"When you rest for two days, I'll invite you out to play? Relax." Jiang Chenyi said.

Shen Mu took a puff of smoke: "No, there are still many things to be busy."

Jiang Chen smiled, took a step forward, approached Shen Mu very ambiguously, and said, "Things are always busy, don't hold yourself back."

Shi Yiqing frowned, feeling that Jiang Chenyi's words were obscene.

"Chen Yi, I've been really busy recently, I've made arrangements, thank you for your kindness." Shen Mu stepped back politely, took another puff of cigarette and said, "Go back quickly, it's getting late."

"Okay, great monk, let's see when you are going to go down the mountain. Do you want to wait until your precious nephew graduates, works and has a family before you want to go down the mountain?"

"Don't say that."

"Okay, let's go, goodbye."

"See you."

Shi Yiqing watched from a distance, saw Jiang Chen get into the car and leave, saw Shen Mu's back, saw Shen Mu lower his head and sigh.

Then when Shen Mu turned around, he ducked down and hid in the small pavilion.

What the hell does this mean?They discussed themselves, and Jiang Chen seemed to know him very well, what did they say?

And why does Jiang Chenyi look like... like Uncle Shen?Is he gay?Is Uncle Shen... gay?