Do not lie to me

After seeing off Yang Lian, Ji Shuping returned to the room on the second floor, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at the man with furrowed brows, and pointed his index finger on the center of his brows.He only withdrew his hand after he frowned again.

The phone rang, causing the person on the bed to frown again, Ji Shuping hurried out of the room, closed the door, and answered the phone.

"Mr. Ji, you ordered me to check Shao Ling's phone records. I found out. The fact that he hurried to you to ask Yao Caier may not be as simple as confirming it. Not long after Yao Caier disappeared, he seems to have received a call from the kidnapper."

"A kidnapper?" Ji Shuping remembered that Shang Xuechen had told him that Xu Xueshi had just chatted with Yao Caier and then let him go. How could Shao Ling still receive a call from the kidnapper?Was it Xu Xueshi who deliberately blackmailed Shao Ling?So what kind of enmity exists between Shao Ling and Xu Xueshi?

"He came to you probably because he wanted to raise money to redeem Yao Cai'er, but he didn't want to be too eager and sell his Shaw shares at a low price, so he just went to test it out."

"Did the kidnapper mention Zhou Yuan?"

"No."

Ji Shuping felt a little strange, why did the kidnappers take Zhou Yuan away?Zhou Yuan disappeared these days, except for Shang Xuechen, it seems that no other relatives and friends came to inquire about her whereabouts.

"Has Zhou Yuan's household registration information been investigated?"

"Not yet."

"No?!" Ji Shuping raised his eyebrows.

Xu Xueshi's background information couldn't be found out, and Zhou Yuan's background information couldn't be found out either. The only thing that couldn't be found out was intentional concealment.In this way, Zhou Yuan really has some problems.

Today I was worried about Shang Xuechen because I received a call, so I went directly to the hotel to find Xu Xueshi.At that time, the people who looked at Yuan Li'an at the door could easily tell that he was a thug, and there was a gun in the room. Xu Xueshi could roughly guess where he came from, and his net worth was probably not clean.

On the day of the press conference, he and monk Xuechen were followed, and he chased him to the hotel where Xu Xueshi was staying.So was Xu Xueshi's stalking target himself or Shang Xuechen that day?Looking at today's situation, Xu Xueshi is pestering Shang Xuechen, and it is very likely that the target of stalking that day was Shang Xuechen.However, Shang Xuechen's appearance at the hotel where the press conference was held was arranged temporarily by himself. It is impossible for Xu Xueshi to ambush in the underground parking lot of the hotel so early in such a coincidence, just to follow Shang Xuechen.If the follower is himself, he doesn't seem to have much communication with Xu Xueshi.

He thought of Shang Xuechen going to Xu Xueshi to ask Yao Caier's whereabouts?Shang Xuechen seemed to have told himself that there seemed to be something wrong with Yao Caier's black-clothed assistant that day.Xu Xueshi chatted with Yao Caier, the assistant in black that day was Xu Xueshi's person, Xu Xueshi's fixed target that day was Yao Caier, was Xu Xueshi's temporary intention to follow him and monk Xuechen?

Ji Shuping cleared his mind, the biggest question now is, what is the relationship between Xu Xueshi and Yao Caier?What is the relationship between monk Xuechen?

And what about his secretary Zhou Yuan?

Ji Shuping found out that the secretary who properly arranges the itinerary for himself and makes coffee seems to be more than just a secretary.

"President Ji?"

"I have a house opposite the place where Zhou Yuan lives now. You can keep an eye on it for me for the time being. Also check whether Xu Xueshi has contacted Shao Ling recently, compare the number of the kidnapper with Xu Xueshi's number, and look at the two. Is there any connection?"

"Okay, one more thing."

"Well, you said."

"You asked me to re-investigate the kidnapping."

"What did you find out?"

"Because the mastermind who kidnapped you was quite powerful on the Tao, and your relatives were involved in this incident, they were suppressed back then, and nothing can be found out. However, the family that kidnapped you disappeared from the Tao. It took many years to find some clues."

Ji Shuping interrupted the tirade on the other end of the phone, "Just tell me the results of your investigation."

"The person who kidnapped you is named Shang."

Ji Shuping hung up the phone and leaned against the corridor wall for a long time.Sighing deeply, he entered the room, stood by the bed and looked down at the person lying down.

"Oh it's you."

What did he see when he was grumpy?

He seemed a little afraid of flashes.

I thought it was me who arranged to get close to you, but it turned out that it was not, it was arranged somewhere in the dark.Was the illness caused by the explosion 11 years ago?

The person lying down was still frowning tightly, as if he had not slept peacefully, and he was grinding his teeth, and the sound of "creaking" grinding teeth was mixed with dream talk.

Ji Shuping stood still and couldn't hear the words in his dream clearly, so he stood for a while before sitting down by the bed, bending down/body to listen to his uneasiness.

"Ji Shuping..."

It turned out to be calling myself in a dream.

Ji Shuping took off his shoes and got on the bed, lying beside him.There was a rustling sound from the bed sheet that was brought to the bed, causing Shang Xuechen to grope restlessly on the bed sheet.Ji Shuping turned sideways to help him cover the quilt.Shang Xuechen's hand was still stretched out from under the quilt and kept groping.

Mouth mumbled, "Ji Shuping... where are you?"

Ji Shuping was stunned, was he looking for him in a dream?

Stretching his hand into his palm, Shang Xuechen held it tightly, as if grasping An Xin, raised his brows, and stopped the muttering in his dream.

Ji Shuping lay flat beside him, letting him hold his hand tightly, looking at the curtain above his head, "Shang Xuechen, what should I do with you?"

In the second half of the night, Shang Xuechen had a high fever and was sweating non-stop. He was so sleepy that he couldn't take any medicine. Ji Shuping could only sit by the bed and wipe his sweat with a towel soaked in warm water.Shang Xuechen, who was drowsy with fever, finally struggled to wake up from his long-sleeping sleep. He half-opened his eyes and looked at the person sitting by the bed wiping his forehead.Ji Shuping bent down/body wiped for him, as if he was very close to him.But he was running a fever, his eyes seemed to be placed in a hot fire, and his grasp of the distance was distorted. He only felt that he was only looking close, but in fact he was far away.Feili raised his hand, grabbed his hand and asked him, "Is this a dream?"

He held Ji Shuping's hand tightly, and he could feel the heat coming from his skin, so he asked him, "What do you want?"

"I think it's real, but I just feel like a dream right now."

After speaking, he closed his eyes again in a daze, but did not let go of Ji Shuping's hand.Ji Shuping helped him put his hands back under the quilt, took a towel and wiped off the fresh sweat on his forehead, leaned down and kissed the corner of his hot mouth, even this light kiss became hot, "But this is real, not a dream."

Shang Xuechen dreamed again, this time there was nothing in the dream, no time flow, or going backwards to the past, or making up the future, no father, no uncle and no red high heels.But he was still afraid and sad, because even Ji Shuping was gone.The blackness in the dream wrapped around his lying body, and his body no longer felt light.He heard voices, very close at the beginning, he heard someone saying that he was sick, it sounded like Ji Shuping's voice, he tried to open his eyes to take a look, but the drooping eyelids were the same as his body, too heavy.

Later, he heard a series of voices, with a bit of reprimand, talking too much that he couldn't hear all of them, only at the end he heard a sentence, is he the one you plan to use as bait?

After this sentence, the voice went away from him, and he was lying alone and quietly in the darkness again, he was afraid, it felt like floating in a bottomless pit, he finally tried to speak, his teeth were heavy, he was unable to open, finally After exhausting his strength, he gritted his teeth and shouted, "Ji Shuping?"

No one answered him, but he heard the sound again, like the friction of clothes, and felt that it was not far away from him, right beside him.So he stretched out his hand to feel for it, but there was nothing left, so he had to use all his strength to speak again, "Ji Shuping... where are you?"

Finally, a hand touched his palm, and he touched the wooden ring on his ring finger. That's right, it was Ji Shuping, so he tightened his five fingers and grasped him tightly.As if a long-cherished wish had come true, although the dream was still dark, he felt a kind of secret joy, the heaviness on his body was relieved by the ease in his heart, he found Ji Shuping, and then he was relieved.

The hand he was holding on to was suddenly pulled away, and he became uneasy and anxious again. This time, he didn't just call out, he opened his eyes with difficulty, but fortunately, he opened his eyes and saw the person he wanted to see.Ji Shuping was right in front of him, wiping his forehead with a towel, he looked at Ji Shuping's expression a bit heavy, and remembered that he was actually not very good at laughing, but he was always pretending to laugh, but he had a dimple on his cheek, if he could It would be nice if my son could smile to himself, even if it was perfunctory.But I also felt that people should know how to be content, so I gave up my demands on him and watched him continue to wipe his sweat.

When he was about to withdraw his hand with the towel, Shang Xuechen grabbed his wrist and asked him, "Is this a dream?"

Because he really couldn't tell the difference.He heard Ji Shuping ask him, "What do you think?"

This question is really Ji Shuping's style. He remembered the last dream, which seemed to be the only good dream he ever had. In that dream, Ji Shuping told him that it was indeed a dream, a good dream, and only do what you want. .Although he suspected it, but now he compared it, and found that the original dream was the real dream, and the current one is the specious dream.

He wanted to pull the corners of his mouth into a smile, but he had exhausted all his strength even to hold his eyelids, so he couldn't use any more effort to pull the corners of his mouth. He could only use his last effort to answer Ji Shuping, "I think It's true, but it just feels like a dream to me right now."

Then fell asleep for a long time, and sank back into the darkness again.

Shang Xuechen was awakened by the sunlight, and felt dizzy when he woke up, as if he had slept for a long time.Ji Shuping, who was sitting next to the sofa, asked him, "Are you awake?"

He thought, isn't this nonsense?He opened his eyes, but he just woke up.

Originally wanted to open his mouth to answer him, but after opening his mouth for a long time, he yelled out a word hoarsely, "Water."

He heard Ji Shuping go out in a hurry, he lay down and didn't get up, he was too tired and didn't have the strength to sit up.

Ji Shuping re-entered the room with a water glass in his hand, put the water glass on the head of the bed, and reached out to him, as if he wanted to help him up.Shang Xuechen opened his mouth to reject his hand, "I get up by myself."

Then he sat up with difficulty propping himself up on his elbows and leaned against the head of the bed.Ji Shuping didn't say anything, just handed him the water glass.

Shang Xuechen took the cup, raised his head and drank the water, drank too fast, choked on the nasal tube, the water sprayed out directly, and coughed violently.Ji Shuping patted his back with his hands, "Don't drink in such a hurry."

When the breathing became stable and the cough stopped, Shang Xuechen returned the water glass to Ji Shuping and asked him, "What's wrong with me? Why am I lying here, as if I've slept for a long time."

"You..." Ji Shuping paused before continuing, "You developed a fever later."

"Fever?" Shang Xuechen thought about it for a while. After finishing in the car, he felt stuffy and uncomfortable. He just wanted to get out of the car and go back to his rented room to rest.But he didn't remember anything after that.

Before he could think clearly, he heard Ji Shuping ask him, "Does your stomach still hurt?"

"Stomach?" Shang Xuechen reached out to touch his stomach, shook his head, "It doesn't hurt, I'm just hungry."

"Then wait for me. I'll go cook."

Ji Shuping got up to go downstairs, but was held by Shang Xuechen's hand, he was startled, and turned to look at the person leaning on the bed.Shang Xuechen curled his lips, "I don't want to eat bitter melon."

Ji Shuping nodded and replied, "Understood." Then he slapped his hands and went downstairs.

Shang Xuechen's hand was still hanging in the air, empty.Withdrawing his hand to look at the palm of his hand, and then tightening his fingers, he felt as if he had grasped something and then forgotten something.

Forgot again?

Shang Xuechen leaned against the head of the bed, thinking, what did he forget this time?

But this is real, not a dream.

The words that sounded in his mind were Ji Shuping's voice, touching the corner of his mouth as if there was still warmth from a kiss.

Ji Shuping came back after a while, and put the wooden plate on his lap.Shang Xuechen picked up the bowl, scooped up the porridge with a spoon, and complained, "It's so vegetarian."

After taking the first mouthful of porridge, Ji Shuping picked up a piece of melon stick with chopsticks and brought it to his mouth.Shang Xuechen looked at him, although he was full of doubts, he still opened his mouth, chewing on the crispy melon sticks, he didn't think the porridge was too vegetarian.He stared at Ji Shuping's face, remembering that when he was in the hotel last time, he reached out and touched his dimple, and then Ji Shuping came over and kissed the corner of his mouth.

But now, the corner of his mouth felt like someone had kissed it, and he wanted to verify it, so he reached out to poke Ji Shuping's cheek.Ji Shuping glanced at him, didn't smile, and didn't lean over like last time, just glanced at him and then turned around, picked up the water glass on the serving tray, and handed it to his mouth.This time there was a straw in the water glass to prevent him from choking again.

Shang Xuechen withdrew his hand resentfully, feeling lost for no reason.He doesn't seem interested in himself anymore.Thinking of this, I feel an indescribable feeling in my heart.

He was really hungry, he could eat a whole bowl of porridge.After the porridge was finished, Ji Shuping left the water glass behind and asked him, "Are you full?"

Shang Xuechen chewed the melon sticks and nodded at him, and Ji Shuping asked again, "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"Anything is fine, as long as there is meat." After finishing speaking, he asked again, "Can you find me a suit? I want to take a bath."

This time Ji Shuping disagreed, "You just have a fever, so you can't take a bath."

"But it's sticky."

Ji Shuping didn't budge, "Be patient."

"Then you have to give me a set of clothes too." He reached out and pointed at himself, it was still the torn black clothes.

It was only then that Ji Shuping remembered that he had forgotten to change his clothes, "I'll give you clothes later."

"No pajamas, just bring me a loose and comfortable T-shirt." He always felt that he was still wearing pajamas while sleeping here, as if he lived here all the time, creating this illusion for no reason, what if he got used to it?

Ji Shuping went out with a wooden tray, and while Shang Xuechen was biting on a straw to drink, Ji Shuping came back with his clothes, went to the bed and asked him, "Do you still have strength? Do you want me to change it for you?"

Shang Xuechen put down the water glass, "I'll do it myself."

After taking the clothes, I originally wanted to raise my arms to take off the pile of tatters I was wearing, but there was an injury on my shoulder, and it hurt to lift it up.Anyway, the clothes on his body were also torn to pieces, so he simply tore them off to avoid raising his arms.After tearing off the clothes, he found that the wound on his shoulder had been bandaged. He looked at the gauze on his shoulder, tilted his head and thought for a while, and put the T-shirt that Ji Shuping gave him on his arm, trying to pull it over his head.

Still because of the injury, the shoulders are limited, and it is very difficult to put it on the head.Seeing this, Ji Shuping sat down beside the bed and helped him, pulled the back collar of the clothes to put on his head, and then pulled the sides of the collar to let him out from the hole in the clothes.

Shang Xuechen's clothes were on top of his head, and his face was still stuffy under the clothes. After Ji Shuping helped him pull off the clothes, he poked his head out from the hole, just touching the tip of Ji Shuping's nose, and his eyes met.

The two of them just looked at each other, Ji Shuping avoided his eyes for a moment, Shang Xuechen was afraid that he was going to leave, so he held his hand with his own and asked him, "Did I forget something?"

Ji Shuping's eyes focused on the face facing him again, how should he answer?At this time, if he looks away, he probably admits that he has forgotten something. Now that it has happened, it is meaningless for him to struggle with what he has forgotten. After thinking about it, it will be another torture in his heart.

He thought for a while, and still answered, "No. You got out of the car and fainted because of stomach pain. I carried you back, and you had a fever in the middle of the night."

Shang Xuechen let go, "Is that so?" Then he stepped forward and said to him, "Ji Shuping, give me a kiss."