Do not lie to me

Shang Xuechen carefully avoided the surveillance cameras and reached the top floor of the hotel.Before entering the bar, I took a photo against the glass wall. I hoped that if I was lucky, I would not only find someone to buy me a drink, but also take myself a ride. I would like to go anywhere as long as I can leave this hotel.It's a pity that when I took a photo against the glass wall, it showed my listless face.His face was pale, his eyes were red, and he looked sluggish and spiritless. If he went in like this, no one would come up to take care of him.

I was still hesitating whether to enter the bar with such an image, but through the glass wall, I saw a hotel staff behind me who wanted to come forward and ask me.He was afraid that Ji Shuping sent someone to look for him, so he didn't care too much, so he went around the wall and hid in the bar.

There are many people in the bar, and if you go in and turn around twice, even if you want to follow people, it is easy to lose them.When Shang Xuechen entered the bar, he didn't have any money in his pocket, so he couldn't enter the booth, and he couldn't just sit on the bar counter.You can only walk around in the bar first, maybe after two turns, you will come up to talk to yourself.

Sure enough, after walking half a circle, someone came up and handed him a slender women's cigarette.Shang Xuechen looked at the cigarette and frowned, "Dude, it's a collision."

The visitor didn't seem to believe it, he looked Shang Xuechen up and down, thinking that he didn't appreciate the excuse he made up, "Is it a hit or not, can't I see it? Your face is clearly because you were tortured all night last night."

Shang Xuechen was too lazy to tangle with him. The customer in the booth in front had just left, and there was still an unfinished plate of popcorn on the table. He was very hungry, and wanted to pick up some before the waiter came to clean it up. Popcorn pad tummy.As soon as he was about to walk to the booth, he was stopped by someone, "I see you are in a hurry, you just finished the work the night before, and you are in a hurry to come out to find a target, since you are in such a hurry, why don't you choose and just settle with me. "

If Shang Xuechen hadn't been tossed so hard by Ji Shuping last night, not to mention a little strength in his body, he couldn't even twist away the hand that was holding him, let alone violently rejecting him, all he could do was be patient. Again, "Dude, you're looking for the wrong target. I'm not here to hunt for sex, I'm just here to find something to eat."

"Come to the bar to find something to eat?" Shang Xuechen saw that the smile on the man's face became obscene, and felt nauseated. He really had never encountered such a situation. He used to go to various bars when he had no money. Running around, chatting with people who are too drunk, sitting down when others are not paying attention, and eating only snacks when others are drinking.But he has never been taken into trouble by someone who is dissatisfied with his desires. It is all because of Ji Shuping's body that he has made him look weak. Others only think that he is used to the following.

"What are you looking for? Do you want to try mine?"

Shang Xuechen really had never met such a thick-skinned person, he couldn't get rid of it no matter what, he gathered up enough strength, he shook his hand and was about to leave.Before he took two steps, he was pushed by someone who was chasing after him, "Don't you be ashamed of yourself!"

He had no strength in his hands and feet, so this push directly knocked down someone's deck.Pushing himself up from the sofa, he looked up and saw that the person sitting in the booth was none other than Shao Ling.

Shang Xuechen was eager to get rid of the people who entangled him, and wanted someone to feed him. He didn't care about the shame, so he smiled and said to Shao Ling, "It's such a coincidence that I met you here."

In this way, people who are not knowledgeable will not continue to pester him, not to mention that Shao Ling is wearing a famous brand and looks quite majestic at his age.The person who was pestering Shang Xuechen left, and before he left, Shang Xuechen heard that person swearing, "Hey, why are you pretending to be noble, you just wag your tail when you see rich people."

Shao Ling heard it too, held up his glass and drank, and then looked at the person opposite, "You don't accompany Ji Shuping, how come you come out to hook up with this kind of person."

Shang Xuechen didn't want to explain his relationship with Ji Shuping to him, so he glanced at the empty wine bottle lying on the table, it turned out that he just came out of the room to get drunk here.Seeing that he didn't order any snacks, Shang Xuechen said directly, "I'm hungry, can I order some snacks?"

Shao Ling didn't seem to expect such a request, so he beckoned the waiter to bring some snacks.While waiting for the snacks to arrive on the table, Shao Ling took the cup as if to pour him wine, but was stopped by Shang Xuechen, "I feel sick to my stomach, and I don't want to drink."

Shao Ling saw that his complexion was really bad, so he didn't pour him a drink, "Is it so bad to be with Ji Shuping?"

Fortunately, the waiter came over with food at this time. Shang Xuechen picked up a fork to fork watermelon with one hand and French fries with the other. There is really no serious food in the bar, so that's it.Apart from being really hungry, he could also pretend to have his mouth full to avoid answering Shao Ling's questions.

It's a pity it's useless, Shao Ling is still taunting him.

"Does Ji Shuping even care about your food? Thanks to you helping him make a smoke bomb for the chairman this morning."

Shang Xuechen was stabbed in the heart by him, but he still pretended to be nonchalant and continued to eat.He opened his mouth to change the subject, "Why are you drinking here alone?"

Shao Ling picked up the wine glass and shook it, poured down the glass directly, and then reached out for the wine bottle on the table to fill himself up after drinking.

"Cai'er is gone." As soon as he finished speaking, he downed another cup.

When Shao Ling said this, Shang Xuechen saw that his gaze moved down with the wine glass in his hand, his eye movement decreased, and his gaze seemed to be dull.When the wine glass was placed on the table, Shao Ling blinked his eyes, saying that the eye-closing was not too strict, because the eye-closing time was a bit long, and it took more than a minute for Shao Ling to close his eyes before opening them again. A performance that is difficult to accept the facts that have just been stated by oneself.It is said that the blinking is not too strict, and it takes about 1 minute for the eyes to close before they are opened again. This is his unacceptable performance of the facts he just stated.

Shang Xuechen looked at him silently, seeing that his brows were furrowed tightly, the upper lip was raised and stretched by muscles to the sides, the corners of the mouth were pulled down, the mental muscles contracted, and he made a curling lip. Nasolabial folds, this is a sad expression.

Shang Xuechen put down the fork in his hand, looked at Shao Ling, "Do you love her very much?"

He saw one corner of Shao Ling's mouth pulled up, a small smile, which was fleeting, and then Shao Ling sighed, holding the wine bottle and continuing to pour wine into the glass.After he took a sip, he didn't put down the wine glass, he heard Shao Ling's voice muffled in the wine glass, "Yes, I love her very much."

Shang Xuechen seldom prys into other people's secrets, because it means that you are involved in other people's lives.But right now, he really wants to know what love should look like.He saw Shao Ling's sad expression for Yao Cai'er, and he actually envied Yao Cai'er a little bit. Being deeply loved should be something to be envied.If it was normal, when he and Shao Ling met, they probably wouldn't sit down and talk about relationship issues like they do now, after all, they have different positions and there is still a difference in age.But now the situation is special, they are all sad people, people are always vulnerable when they are sad, they don't set up defenses against outsiders, they just want to find a similar person to get together to comfort.

"Why do you love her so much?"

This time Shao Ling smiled generously, as if he disliked Shang Xuechen's straightforward and naive question, then lowered his head, his shoulders drooped and loosened, and Shang Xuechen saw his reaction, knowing that Yao Caier was missing. Shao Ling was hit hard.

"Cai'er and I grew up in an orphanage."

Shang Xuechen grabbed the french fries in front of him and started eating, preparing to listen to a story.Shao Ling looked up at him, "Do you know what an orphanage is? It is a place where people are abandoned. Children who grow up in a harmonious family understand moral restraint. This is of course because they are taught. They can be abandoned. How can people understand? Who will teach them? They don’t even have enough to eat all day long. Because they don’t want to be hungry, who would ask what morality is. Go out to steal something to eat. In the winter, Caier lures away the old man who sells sweet potatoes, and I go up and put the roasted sweet potatoes in black plastic bags and take them away. When I run far away, I can hear the old man wailing behind me Cry, but who cares, we just don't go hungry."

Shang Xuechen knew that Shao Ling was a little drunk just by hearing Shao Ling's voice, but he didn't stop Shao Ling from chattering, "Cai'er and I are different from other children in the orphanage. Throwing her away at the door, she was sent here at the age of one or two and has no memory of her parents at all. Caier is the third daughter in the family. His parents wanted a boy, so they originally wanted to sell her directly. Fever, his parents didn't even want to pay for the doctor's treatment, so they kicked her out. As for me, I have a special status, and my mother took me to hide in hiding. Originally, she wanted to use me as a bargaining chip to stay in Shao's house. , who knew that she died in a car accident. When I entered the orphanage, it happened to be the same day as Caier. When I saw her, she was still flushed and had a fever, lying on the bed crying, obviously very miserable , but gave me the hidden steamed buns. From that day on, we depended on each other, and I swore to her that I would never leave her.”

Shang Xuechen thought that Yao Caier had been on the stage, and her reputation was not good when she entered the entertainment industry, and Shao Ling was already the manager of Shaw Brothers, so there was no gossip. Because she hadn't married for many years, "You are still very affectionate. With your status , if you want to get recognized earlier, you should find someone who is well-matched, and it will also help you in your career."

Shao Ling smiled again, as if mocking himself, "You think I haven't thought about it. I thought about raising her well and finding an entrepreneur's daughter to marry myself, so that I can gain a firm foothold in Shao's sooner. It's a pity , when I came back that year, Ji Shuping's mother caused a disturbance. No matter how beautiful the outside world is, the label of illegitimate child can't be removed behind the scenes. In this way, any daughter who has a little money and is favored by the family is not willing to marry into it. The Shao family has a bad life style. I originally wanted to ask the old man to come forward to marry me, but unfortunately the old man only said that as long as you have the ability to reach the status of the Shao family, no one will marry your daughter. In fact, in the end, I still hate me I came from a lowly family background, thinking about it like this, Cai Er will never leave me. When I was in the orphanage, she believed in my background. In order to make me stand out, she went to the stage to pick up guests for me to study. Think about reputation and everything. It's false, it's better to live a lifetime with someone who is willing to give for me. So I gritted my teeth and climbed up in Shao's house, with money in my hand, I paid her to support her and let her live a good life."

Shang Xuechen thought, this can be regarded as the love of each other.

"But why, why I don't want the daughter of a famous businessman anymore, and I'm not allowed to marry Cai'er. She is the only one who treats me best in this world. If I marry her sooner, let her be a rich wife, beauty all day long Dougou is guarded by bodyguards, so she doesn’t have to show her face like she is now, maybe she won’t be kidnapped by gangsters. If I hadn’t been vacillating between the Shen family and Ji Shuping, I would have sold my shares earlier and raised all the money, maybe Caier Will be released sooner. Why can't we be blessed? Why do you say?"

"Maybe it's because," Shang Xuechen paused, and his intuition told him that it didn't seem very good to tell the truth at this time, but he didn't seem to be able to say anything good to Shao Ling. He remembered that Hang Qing had told him that they lied to Wei Wei The fact that an adult girl came out to sit on the stage, "maybe because it's retribution."

"Retribution?" Shao Ling smelled heavily of alcohol when he spoke, "What retribution?"

"In order to gain a firm foothold in the Shao family, you must have resorted to many means."

Hearing what he said, Shao Ling snorted and laughed, "Why should we be punished? There are so many unscrupulous people in this world, why should we be punished?!" Shao Ling began to yell at Shang Xuechen, yelling After belching two times, he lowered his volume, "Obviously we have been through a hard time, why has no one sympathized with us, if someone had sympathized with us in the first place, and gave us a little soft heart, why should we be like this. Do you know how hard it is to be in an orphanage? You don’t have enough to eat, you don’t have enough clothes, and you’re abused. Before Cai’er grew up, she was dragged into the office by the headmaster to moles her all day long. Younger children are always adopted by adults. , but we are old, no one wants to adopt at all. I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it. I escaped from the orphanage crying and begging someone to give me some leftovers, but no one answered me. I was almost abducted by human traffickers. A hand and foot begging professionally on the street. But we all escaped, we all survived. We should start to live a good life."

Shang Xuechen didn't answer the words, he is not the only one in this world who is suffering, besides, he still has people who depend on him, so he can obviously live in peace.

Shao Ling talked to himself for a long time, as if he was tired, and slumped on the sofa, "You said we used tricks, but you didn't use tricks?"

"us?"

"Cai'er and I are sincere to each other, how about you? What do you and Ji Shuping rely on to maintain the relationship? Money? Body/body?"

Shang Xuechen couldn't answer, if he said that his relationship with Shao Ling was not as deep as his, he and Ji Shuping were not very affectionate, but he didn't want to admit to money and flesh/body.Ji Shuping was so kind and gentle to him before, which made him have expectations for him, especially when Ji Shuping told him on the top of the mountain that this would continue like this, he almost believed it.Shang Xuechen was silent for a while, he really didn't know how to define the relationship between him and Ji Shuping, perhaps a bystander would know, but now he was only facing Shao Ling, a bystander.

"What do you think of my relationship with Ji Shuping?"

Can you see that he might, might, like me a little bit?If only Shao Ling could lie to me a little bit.

Shao Ling didn't lie to him, probably because when he was sad, Shang Xuechen didn't comfort him, but said it was retribution, so he told the ugly truth, "How can I look at it, one pays money, and the other sells himself. Anyway It's not your wish."

When Shang Xuechen heard what he said objectively, his heart sank all of a sudden, but he still wanted to struggle, "How much do you know about us? Why do you say that?" This was very unfounded, and Shang Xuechen found it for himself. An excuse, because I was too hungry and my physical condition was bad, so my voice was not confident.

Shao Ling seemed to be drinking too much, he looked tired, his eyelids were clenched, and his voice was weak, "If you like me, why would Ji Shuping ask me to go to the hotel that day so why should I bring him some blissful medicine? It's obvious that he wants to make you feel better. I feel comfortable lying to him, so I can help him."

"Stimulant medicine? When did you meet Ji Shuping in the hotel?" Shang Xuechen vaguely knew what day Shao Ling was talking about, and which hotel he was in, but he would rather Shao Ling said that Ji Shuping might still be raising someone else.

"The day Cai'er made a fuss, I was at the apartment hotel on VII Street. I saw Uncle Kang when I was in the lobby, but I didn't see you when I got in the room. There were two glasses of champagne on the coffee table. I don't know. Did you arrive at the hotel after I left? Ji Shuping is really amazing, even Uncle Kang saw me entering the room, and he can still deal with the chairman." Shao Ling's voice became weaker and weaker, as if he was almost drunk asleep.

Shang Xuechen clenched his fists, his knuckles turned white. He remembered that he had met Shao Ling while waiting for the elevator.That day he thought that Ji Shuping fell asleep after being drugged, so he left in peace.It turned out that Ji Shuping was awake, waiting for him to leave patiently.By the way, after leaving the hotel, Uncle Kang immediately appeared in front of him and took him to meet the chairman.The chairman repeatedly confirmed whether they were the only two of them alone in the room.He was still confused at the time, but now that he thinks about it, he realizes that Ji Shuping has used himself as a smoke bomb since then.Also, the dream he had at that time was not a dream at all.

He sat on the sofa, his body trembling slightly, the more he didn't believe it, the more clearly the dream of that day was before his eyes.Shang Xuechen bit his fingernails, remembering that in his dream he was frightened by those feet hiding behind the wall.If what Shao Ling said was true, then the feet he saw should belong to Uncle Kang.Shang Xuechen was in a hurry to ask Uncle Kang for verification, and got up in a hurry, ignoring Shao Ling who was drunk and passed out on the sofa.