Do not lie to me

Yuan Li'an looked at Shang Xuechen, who was leaning on the sofa with his head tilted back, staring at the ceiling without blinking, and wanted to persuade him but didn't know how to persuade him.If he told the truth, wouldn't Shang Xuechen have to be angry with himself for tipping off the news?Yuan Li'an struggled for a long time but still didn't dare to say that he called Ji Shuping and made a deal with him on matters related to Shang Xuechen.

"Tsk." Brother Zhou made a noise, breaking the awkward silence, but he didn't try to persuade Shang Xuechen, but only accused Yuan Li'an, "Xiao Yuan, didn't I say that the sofa was bought for a lot of money? How are you doing?" Don’t learn, just learn some bad things from Shang? You still pick and pick, stop now!” Brother Zhou bent down to pick up the slippers on his feet as he said, trying to slap Yuan Li’an.

Yuan Li'an reluctantly withdrew his hand, thinking that Brother Zhou really doesn't know how to read the atmosphere, and he deserves that he has been single for so many years, "What's wrong with Brother Shang, I don't think there is anything wrong with him."

Brother Zhou pointed at Yuan Li'an's nose with a slipper, "You can be poor with me, you, he used to go to nightclubs every day, drink and dance to tease little boys, what is this called? This used to be called a bastard. Let me warn you first, You are still in school, if I find out that you are studying with him, I will take your skin off."

Lying upright, Shang Xuechen stared at the ceiling and asked Brother Zhou, "Am I that bad?"

Yuan Li'an was still making faces at Brother Zhou, who was holding the slipper in his hand and trying to hit him in the air, when he heard Shang Xuechen's question, he said casually, "You used to be a bit messy. "

Shang Xuechen seemed unconvinced, so he sat up and took away the slippers from Brother Zhou's hand, blocking Yuan Li'an, pointed at Brother Zhou's nose with the slipper he snatched, and asked loudly, "No matter how much I used to mess around, I am righteous enough to you! The previous meeting with someone, if it wasn’t because of you, my ribs would have been broken?! What about you at that time, if I hadn’t covered you running with a camera, you would have earned that order Money? I broke a rib and lay down for a few months, and you broke a little finger. You didn’t get beaten, but you broke your little finger when you fell while holding the camera. You still say that I was not good before?!”

The slippers were dangling in front of Brother Zhou, and he felt guilty after being yelled at by Shang Xuechen, "You are still loyal to your friends. But you are not in love with me."

Shang Xuechen's hand holding the slippers hangs down, Brother Zhou reaches for his own slippers, but Shang Xuechen pats his hand, looking annoyed.

Brother Zhou didn't dare to take the slippers that Shang Xuechen was holding in his hand, so he only dared to mutter beside him in a low voice, "Who wants to fall in love as hard as you. Either two people who are as good as glue hug each other. The hospital is not even willing to give me a shoulder to lean on, or it looks like it is dying like it is now. Is it tiring after a while."

Shang Xuechen took the slipper in his hand and slapped Brother Zhou's thigh, "Then you still want to fall in love? You do the same when you fall in love."

Brother Zhou retorted unconvinced, "I'm not like you. If Jiajia is with me, I will definitely let her go. If she makes trouble for no reason and bosses me around, I'm willing to accept it. But it's all because Jiajia is a girl, and girls are like this in love, so the man must be tolerant. But you two are big men, which one of you will give in to the other?"

Shang Xuechen lowered his head, and he couldn't tell whether he was giving Ji Shuping more, or Ji Shuping was giving himself more.

Brother Zhou saw that Shang Xuechen was silent again, snatched back the slippers in Shang Xuechen's hand, and started to show his prestige to Yuan Li'an again, "Xiao Yuan, do you see that it is so difficult for men to fall in love with men. You have to Be careful."

"Cough cough cough."

"Tsk, Xiao Yuan, I'm talking to you seriously, why are you coughing?"

Yuan Li'an looked at the gate and whispered, "Brother Zhou, it's not me who is coughing." Yuan Li'an pointed at the door, "Someone is here."

Brother Zhou and monk Xuechen all turned their heads to look towards the door, and saw two people, one in a suit and leather shoes with a briefcase in his right hand and a takeaway bag in his left, and the other older man with takeout bags in both hands.

Brother Zhou got up a little embarrassed and stepped forward, reckoning that the one carrying the briefcase should be a lawyer, he wanted to shake hands with the lawyer as soon as he reached out, but Brother Zhou forgot that he was holding a slipper in his hand, He stretched out his hand and sent the slippers in front of the family.When he reacted, he quickly threw the slippers on the ground and put them in his feet.

The lawyer with both hands full of things smiled awkwardly, looked at Brother Zhou who was rubbing his hands on the hem of his trousers, raised the things in his hands, and signaled that it was not convenient for him to shake hands, "When I arrived, I saw that the door was open, so I left without permission." Come in."

"Oh, don't get in the way, don't get in the way. Come in and sit." Brother Zhou greeted, then turned his face and immediately shouted at Yuan Li'an, "Xiao Yuan, get out of the way and let the guests sit."

Shang Xuechen didn't get up like Brother Zhou to greet the two who came in, he glanced at the door and then lowered his head, listening to Yuan Li'an beside him muttering and unwillingly moving his position.

Brother Zhou was still warmly greeting the lawyer, but the person next to the lawyer who had been watching Shang Xuechen walked up to Shang Xuechen with a takeaway bag, took Yuan Li'an's original seat, and held the bag in his hand without saying a word. Things were put down and opened one by one.First, he opened a bowl of soup and handed it to Shang Xuechen along with the spoon.

Shang Xuechen lowered his head, seeing that the soup was handed over, he reached out to take it, "Uncle Kang, why are you here?"

Uncle Kang turned around and continued to open the takeaways on the table one by one, "Master asked me to send Lawyer Fang over."

"Oh." Shang Xuechen didn't speak after saying "Oh."After Uncle Kang unfolded all the food and handed Yuan Li'an a pair of chopsticks, he turned around and saw Shang Xuechen still holding the bowl of soup, "Stop..."

Uncle Kang originally wanted to say that the young master ordered him to drink the soup first, but he remembered that Ji Shuping told him not to mention himself in front of Shang Xuechen, in case Shang Xuechen would be unhappy.But now that Uncle Kang saw Shang Xuechen's current appearance, he felt unhappy that Ji Shuping's name was not mentioned.

"The soup is specially made by the chef of the hotel. It nourishes the liver and nourishes the stomach. Drink it before it cools down." Uncle Kang reminded him, seeing that Shang Xuechen still didn't respond, he stretched out his hand to lift Shang Xuechen without moving. hand, and brought the bowl of soup to Shang Xuechen's mouth.

"Just drink it." Shang Xuechen couldn't stop being taken by Uncle Kang's sudden movement, and raised his head.When Uncle Kang stopped, he looked down at the warm bowl of soup in his hand, and remembered that when Ji Shuping got off work late, he would always order dinner for himself at the hotel, and there would always be a bowl of soup every time.When the hotel delivered the meal, Ji Shuping seemed to be sure, and would call him and ask him to have a couple of mouthfuls of soup before eating.

Shang Xuechen lowered his head to drink the soup while thinking about it, he couldn't stop thinking about Ji Shuping after taking the first sip, the soup that Uncle Kang bought seemed to be the hotel that Ji Shuping usually ordered for him, the taste of the soup was as usual Drink exactly the same.

Uncle Kang watched Shang Xuechen drink the soup, and after he took two sips, he took the soup from Shang Xuechen's hand again.Before Shang Xuechen had had enough, the soup was suddenly taken away by Uncle Kang, who looked at Uncle Kang who took the soup from his hand with a bewildered expression.

Uncle Kang looked at him, resisted the urge to shake his head, and just said, "Don't drink too much soup, or you won't be able to eat for a while."

Shang Xuechen was stunned, this is what Ji Shuping often reminded himself.Sometimes the stewed soup is too tasty and Shang Xuechen drank too much, Ji Shuping would take away the soup from his hand to make him drink less.

Uncle Kang looked at Shang Xuechen, who had run away in spirit, and let out a long sigh of relief from the nasal tube. This was actually what Ji Shuping told him to do, in case he drank too much soup and would fill his stomach.

Yuan Li'an, who was sitting at the corner of the sofa biting his chopsticks, looked at Uncle Kang who kept telling Shang Xuechen to eat this or that. Ji Shuping must have specially ordered it.Yuan Li'an bit his chopsticks and looked down at the dishes in front of him. He thought they should be very attentive to each other.

Shang Xuechen was thinking about Ji Shuping in a daze, and he couldn't see clearly what was in front of him. He only heard Uncle Kang saying which dish to serve, so he took his chopsticks to pick which direction in a daze.When Yuan Li'an asked him, "Brother Shang, do you still like these dishes?"

Shang Xuechen's vision gradually became clearer, he stopped his chopsticks to look carefully at the dishes in front of him, only to find that Uncle Kang brought all his favorite dishes, he looked at these dishes and murmured, " Coincidentally, it’s all my favorite food.”

Hearing what Shang Xuechen said, both Uncle Kang and Yuan Li'an shook their heads in disgust, it was so obvious that they still couldn't see it.

Shang Xuechen looked at the dishes spread out on the table, even though his favorite food was in front of his eyes, but his eyes were attracted by the bitter melon stuffed with meat on the side.He doesn't like bitter gourd, but Ji Shuping always cooks this dish, even if he doesn't like it, Ji Shuping always says that bitter gourd has many benefits.

He also remembered the first time Ji Shuping cooked for him, the bitter gourd feast was deliberately difficult for him.Thinking of this, Shang Xuechen smiled lightly, and stretched out his arms for the first time to grab a bitter gourd to eat.When I entered, my face was all wrinkled together.Shang Xuechen chewed on the bitter gourd, and couldn't help thinking, why Ji Shuping can swallow bitterness so well?Shang Xuechen swallowed the bitter gourd, and from the corner of his eye, he saw the winter melon sticks soaked in orange juice. He took the chopsticks to pick up the melon sticks, which were crisp and refreshing, and chewed loudly.

When Ji Shuping forced him to eat bitter gourd, he was always unreasonable, like an old woman with a broken mouth, full of words about what is good about bitter gourd, it can clear the spleen and nourish the stomach, but Shang Xuechen never listened, he was afraid of suffering.But in the end, he couldn't bear Ji Shuping's coercion and coaxing, holding his nose and eating bitter gourd.After eating, Ji Shuping would feel distressed and immediately stuff a melon stick into his mouth, stroke his head in relief, and say that it would be awesome.

Shang Xuechen didn't hold the chopsticks steady, and the chopsticks fell to the ground with a ding-dong.Uncle Kang and Yuan Li'an both turned their heads and looked at him fearlessly.Shang Xuechen bent down to pick up the chopsticks on the ground, and only said, "I'm full, I don't want to eat." Just bent down so that others could not see the lonely expression on his face.At that moment, Shang Xuechen suddenly remembered the promise he had made to Ji Shuping. He obviously loved sweets like Ji Shuping, and he had promised him that he would make his life sweet in the future, but now he reneged on his promise.

"I'm really sorry, I asked you to come all the way, and you have to bring us food." Brother Zhou and the lawyer just stood and greeted each other for a while, and now he led the lawyer to the sofa. He handed the chopsticks to the lawyer sitting beside him, "Have you eaten? Why don't you eat some more now?"

Lawyer Fang waved his hand, "No, no, this is specially ordered..." Lawyer Fang almost said that it was specially ordered by Ji Shuping for Shang Xuechen, but before he finished speaking, Uncle Kang, who was sitting, flew over with a sharp eye , Lawyer Fang stopped talking, and quickly changed the subject, "Let's just talk about the lawsuit."

Brother Zhou was confused by Lawyer Fang, but when it came to Jiajia's divorce lawsuit, he didn't have time to think about it.Only Yuan Li'an could guess the situation after listening to half a sentence, he knew that the meal must be ordered for one person.Yuan Li'an turned his head to look at Shang Xuechen who was unresponsive, wondering if he didn't understand the half of what the lawyer said just now?

"Well, it is like this. The lawsuit is not difficult to fight. Now the man is going to jail, and the woman proposes a divorce. If the man agrees, the two parties will first file with the Public Security Bureau and request to arrange divorce procedures. If the man does not agree, then file a lawsuit with the court. Divorce proceedings."

Brother Zhou and Shang Xuechen didn't seem to understand the lawyer's words. They glanced at each other and then looked at lawyer Fang suspiciously, "The man is going to jail? Isn't he only whoring? Isn't prostitution more than administrative detention?"

Lawyer Fang looked at the document in his hand, "You don't know? I just went to the bureau to ask questions today, and I was convicted of drug trafficking."

"Drug reselling? Didn't they just open a house?" Brother Zhou couldn't believe it. He had been staring at Jiajia's husband and Hang Qing for so long, and he had never seen anything else. In Ye Zi’s case, it’s prostitution and drug use at best, so why was he assigned to drug trafficking?”

"The woman who said she was arrested together is the drug head."

"Drug head?" Shang Xuechen asked immediately, "You said Hang Qing is the drug head? Did she distribute the drugs on the market?"

Lawyer Fang shook his head, "I'm not sure about this, and they didn't tell me any more. In short, these two people will definitely be imprisoned. If the man does not agree to the divorce, the woman files a divorce lawsuit, and the court will follow the procedure. There must be mediation first, but because the man is now involved with drugs, mediation is just a formality, and the divorce will definitely be granted immediately. So I say this case is not difficult."

As soon as Lawyer Fang finished speaking, the room fell silent again. Brother Zhou was worried that if Jiajia found out, it would affect her cultivation. Did you get it from that cafe called Ushuaia?But it still doesn't make sense, obviously Xu Xueshi said that the medicine flowed out from the activities organized by Ji Shuping's company.When they first met Hang Qing, they were still at the reception, and Xu Xueshi also met Hang Qing at that reception. If Hang Qing was really a medicine, Xu Xueshi shouldn't ask her to launder money, but should ask her to cooperate with the drug outflow. yes.Shang Xuechen felt that it didn't make any sense that Hang Qing was the drug leader.

"Will it be..."

Brother Zhou looked at Shang Xuechen, "What are you going to say? Could it be something?"

"Could it be that Hang Qing was framed?"

As soon as Shang Xuechen finished speaking, the room fell silent again.Only Uncle Kang didn't quite know what they were talking about, but Uncle Kang remembered the young master's explanation, so Uncle Kang reached out his hand according to Ji Shuping's explanation, and slapped Shang Xuechen's hand biting his nails away politely. .Ji Shuping told him that he had to remind him when he was thinking about something and biting his nails, but Uncle Kang's reminder was not so gentle.

Shang Xuechen was slapped on the back of his hand by Uncle Kang so suddenly, and he rubbed the back of his hand inhaling, but he didn't blame Uncle Kang, but just looked at Uncle Kang and asked, "Ji Shuping, does he know?"

"Know what?" Uncle Kang didn't quite understand what was going on here, "Young Master just asked me to send Lawyer Fang here to give advice to your friend who is going to file a divorce lawsuit."

Lawyer Fang nodded and looked at Brother Zhou again, "I heard that the lady is not in good health. So when are you going to take me to communicate with her directly?"

"Let's wait for two days. When Jiajia is in better health." Brother Zhou said in a deep voice.

"That's fine, then I'll go back today." Lawyer Fang got up from the sofa, and gave Brother Zhou another business card, "When you guys have a good date, you can call me directly and let me go over to discuss the details." talk."

Uncle Kang saw that Lawyer Fang got up and was about to leave, so he didn't plan to stay any longer. He followed Lawyer Fang and went out. Shang Xuechen caught up with Uncle Kang and asked, "Are you leaving now?"

Uncle Kang glanced at the food on the table, "You have already eaten, and the matter is almost done. Lawyer Fang was brought here by car, so of course I have to drive him back."

"That, that..." Shang Xuechen hesitated, "What about Ji Shuping? I mean, don't you have to send Ji Shuping to and from get off work?"

"Master, he drove to the company today. He said that he just asked me to send Lawyer Fang back to the law firm. He drove back by himself."

"Oh." Shang Xuechen could no longer find an excuse to ask more about Ji Shuping.

Seeing that he didn't have anything to ask, Uncle Kang turned his head and was about to go out. He turned around and looked at Shang Xuechen after two steps, "Master, he seems to like you quite a bit."

It doesn't need to be talked about by others, of course Shang Xuechen also knows that Ji Shuping likes him in his heart, it's just that he has somewhat failed his liking.

Seeing that Shang Xuechen bowed his head and said nothing, Uncle Kang continued, "I mean, the young master not only likes you in that respect, but also relies on you a little bit. The young master has no friends since he was a child, and he can't make friends at school. As long as he doesn't go to school He was restricted from going out. So he has never had a satisfactory playmate. You may be more than just to him, not just...so simple." Uncle Kang is getting old, so he is embarrassed to use the word "bed partner" directly. Say it.

But Shang Xuechen's focus is not here, "Why was he restricted from going out since he was a child?"

Uncle Kang sighed, "One winter, the young master was playful, and when he was punished for confinement, he ran out secretly, saying that he was going to play in the park. When he was discovered, he had already run for five kilometers by himself."

"He's going to play in the park? How old was he?"

"I don't remember clearly. He went to elementary school at the age of six or seven. In fact, the young master was still young at that time, so it was understandable that he was fond of playing. But since then, the wife forbade him not to go out, and the young master gradually became more mature. He was not born so mature and stable."

Shang Xuechen was stunned, it turned out that Ji Shuping didn't break the appointment on purpose at that time.Shang Xuechen stayed at the door for a long time, until he heard Brother Zhou's voice behind him, "You say that rich people are too polite. When we met for the first time, we asked if we had eaten, and even brought us a meal. I feel so embarrassed about this, I just think they are being polite, who knows that they insist on bringing food, I have never seen such a polite person. But this dish is very good, it is said to be the craftsmanship of the hotel chef."

Shang Xuechen was brought back to his senses by the yelling from Brother Zhou behind him, and when he looked at the gate again, Uncle Kang had disappeared.He turned around and walked into the house. Brother Zhou had been talking to the lawyer just now. When he and Yuan Li'an were eating, Brother Zhou didn't eat. Now he was holding his rice bowl and eating with chopsticks.

Brother Zhou saw Shang Xuechen coming in, and tapped him with chopsticks, "I think, maybe it's not that the lawyer is being polite. When we met for the first time, he was worried about whether we were hungry. Maybe it wasn't because of us, but because someone was thinking about it." with you."

Shang Xuechen listened to Brother Zhou's words, but didn't respond, just lowered his head and stared at the messy dishes on the table that Brother Zhou had scratched.Yuan Li'an watched from the side, and even a rough man like Brother Zhou could tell, why Shang Xuechen still seemed to be unable to see through his face?Yuan Li'an couldn't stand it anymore, "Brother Shang, actually, I think sometimes you don't have to be afraid so much when you like someone. Just rely on the mood you like, and see you when you want to. Don't shrink back."

Shang Xuechen looked up at Yuan Li'an, as if he had realized something, he turned around and ran out the door.

Brother Zhou looked at Shang Xuechen running outside the door, and lowered his hand holding the chopsticks. Yuan Li'an looked at it and persuaded Brother Zhou, "Brother Zhou, you too, go if you like, don't be afraid so much." Yuan Li'an looked at the gate, and Shang Xuechen had already disappeared, "It's better than not being able to like it, not being able to take a step closer, and just staying where we are."

He spoke so clearly that no one heard it, Shang Xuechen who ran away couldn't hear it, Brother Zhou who had his own thoughts couldn't hear it, only he heard it.