1
The iron gate of prison was pushed open in front of me like a time machine. Shen Li stood upright and stared in my direction from a distance. The moment he saw me, his eyes brightened slightly.
I stepped out of the iron gate and stood still, when the iron gate clanged again on my back.
He stretched out his hands from his trouser pockets and walked towards me with light steps. Every step was very cautious, as if full of a sense of ritual. Finally, he gently pulled me into his arms and whispered into my ear: "Welcome to my world, old...Jingchun."
He restrainedly called my name before the word "po" came out of his mouth.
then looked at me tenderly, and placed a shallow kiss on my cheek just like he did when I picked him up at the airport ten years ago.
He had broad shoulders, a chiseled face, and a rugged throat. I looked at him.
From the age of nineteen to twenty-three, his aura completely changed.
I was truly free. I felt extremely tired and tired of the outside world. I followed Shen Li back home to a luxuriously decorated villa. After a few bites of dinner, I climbed into bed after taking a shower.
The only difference between yesterday and today is that I haven't slept in such a soft and fragrant bed for a long time.
Shen Li entered my room about an hour later. I pretended to fall asleep. The bed on the left suddenly sank. My heart became nervous. He climbed into my bed?
His long arms came around me from behind, his chin rested on my neck, his hard and strong chest pressed against my back through the quilt, and a scent of shower gel penetrated my nose.
"Jingchun, when will you go with me to get the certificate?" His voice was soft and childlike.
I haven’t touched a man in four years. He has really grown up.
I can't help but think of that night, when the rain was pouring, a muffled thunder woke me up, and lightning tore the night apart. He was squatting at the door of my room, his body curled up tightly, his eyes looking at the cold floor, and his already haggard face was made even paler by the lightning.
I was startled, "Shen Li, why don't you sleep." My voice was tired and full of confusion.
He raised his chin and looked at me, with tears on his face, "Sister, I'm scared." His voice was pitiful and heart-wrenching.
I got up from the quilt, walked over and hugged him, patted his back and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, Xiaoli, I have a sister." His body was cold, and I was so busy during the day that I slept hard. I don't know how long he squatted at the door.
Shen Li's mother died at sea. There was a thunderstorm, clouds and waves, and everyone on the boat died. I guess there must be a shadow, "Come and sleep with your sister." I blurted out without hesitation.
At that time...
At that time, he was actually thirteen years old.
and now.
Over the past ten years, he has matured, exuding the hormones of an adult man from the inside out. Compared with the caution and respect he used to treat me, he is now more aggressive.
After four years in prison, I looked older than an average woman in her thirties.
Time is not kind to anyone, especially women.
The difference between us is not just about age.
Thinking of this, I felt sad in my heart and sighed: "Shen Li, for a person of your age, with just a move of your hand, countless young and beautiful girls will surround you. I won't let you take the joke to heart." I shrank and escaped from his arms.
I couldn't see his expression and didn't know what he was thinking. I only knew that the air between us seemed to suddenly sink.
After a while, he stood up, gently pulled the quilt on me, and heard the sound of slippers landing steadily on the ground.
Right, everyone should live a more sober life.
He seemed to stop when he walked to the door, faced my direction, and spoke slowly: "Sheng Jingchun, I don't care what concerns you have, but nothing I, Shen Li, said to you was a joke. I will wait until you turn around and look at me."
Then, the lights went out and he gently closed the door of the room.
In the darkness, I closed my eyes. I don't know whether it was joy or heartache, but a tear rolled down quietly.
2
After I slept until noon the next day, Shen Li had already gone to work. My aunt made me lunch. There was a note he left for me and a Cadillac car key on the corner of the table.
"I'm a little busy this morning and can't accompany you. If you're bored, I'll drive out for a walk. If you need anything, call me." The font is strong and powerful, and it's a bit more beautiful than before.
I drove alone to the small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing where I used to live. He took good care of the courtyard. The cactus in the courtyard seemed to have grown taller, and the palm leaves rustled in the wind.
I like cacti, to the point of madness. I have been to many courtyards, full of flowers and spring fragrance, which I find vulgar. I am rare for this small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing. The main reason is that I like the rows of cacti that look like generals in hundreds of battles and the palm leaves that open like slaps to enemies. I come back every month. Just staying in the courtyard makes my mood inexplicably much better.
I climbed up the steps and sat down, closing my eyes and looking up, feeling the wind blowing on my face.
Here, the breath of our life is everywhere.
At that time, I finally snatched a company from the Sheng family. I managed it carefully, but at the same time I was ambitious to create my own world.
I came back very late, and sometimes I couldn't bump into him. I only heard the sound of violin coming from the corridor of his room. The thing he played most was Bach's "Chaconne".
The sound of the piano is continuous, like a lonely traveler telling endless stories of the past to a distant sea.
I stood at the door and looked at him. He was taller than his peers at that time, with straight facial features, thick black hair, slightly tilted head and focused brows, and the bones of his violin playing hands were clear and fair as jade.
When I looked at him, I felt my heart was empty and painful, and I wanted to hug him. We are two people who depend on each other in the world.
Sometimes he would sit on the steps, staring blankly at the one-meter-high cactus I planted in the yard. The sunset filled the sky behind him, but there was loneliness in his young and dark eyes.
I always become very enthusiastic, babbling and praising him: "As expected of him, his hobbies are the same as mine, but at such a young age, you have a somber face day by day, and you don't look like someone who likes tropical plants ." I pinched his face. "Wouldn't it be better to be happy?" He also sat down and looked at the cactus.
Every time he heard me say "you are mine", his cheeks would turn red. He wanted to look at me but didn't dare. Finally, he said coldly: You are back.
This happened again and again. He was really cold and boring. If I hadn't been thick-skinned and knew how to care about people, given his personality, we would have broken up long ago.
Only Teacher Qin could give birth to such a cold son. It took me almost half a year to warm him up.
Teacher Qin’s name is Qin Zhenyi, and she is my stage play instructor in my freshman year. Erna Shuyuan is a graceful and beautiful girl. She seems to be a beauty carved out of the mold of this poem.
I knew that she went to France to further her studies, but how could she, a person like her who was unworldly and without any fireworks in her body, become the lover of Shen Li's father and eventually die at sea.
She knew that she was in danger, so she sent me a text message: Jingchun, if anything happens to me, please take care of Xiaoli.
I didn’t explore the story here, but I know that when she decided to entrust Shen Li to me, she definitely didn’t think about asking me to be Shen Li’s wife.
My best friend passed away. I kindly raised her child, but this kid always wanted to chase me.
3
I am more mature than Shen Li and have been through more love affairs. Love is a dangerous thing, so Shen Li and I can't.
I resisted the urge to check out Shen Li's room. When I got tired, I got up and left. I drove around the city aimlessly. I drove very slowly. Maybe it was because I was old and my hands and feet were inflexible, or maybe I was too rusty.
In short, when I was distracted, the car made a "clang" sound and I rear-ended the car. The inertia caused my body to lean forward uncontrollably.
I had been away from society for too long, and I was a little panicked. I took out my phone and called Shen Li. As soon as the phone was unlocked, a foreign face with a beard and a warm smile appeared next to the window glass. He knocked on the glass to signal me. There was no malice on his face.
I rolled down the glass and was in a hurry. Chinese was mixed with unfamiliar English, and I said I'm sorry and I will take full responsibility.
"Lady, relaxed." He pressed down with his hands, signaling me to down. This action made me feel warmer.
When he smiled, he had a small dimple on his cheek. He was wearing a brown knitted cardigan, which gave him a sense of early autumn in Beijing. I suddenly lost my mind for a moment, and that warm feeling came over me.
"I have other things to do. If there is any problem with the car later, I will call you."
"Madam, did you hear me?" He waved his hands in front of me.
I just came back to my senses, said thank you, and hurriedly looked for a business card, only to realize that I didn't have a business card now, so I entered my number into the mobile phone that the other party politely handed out.
I was very frustrated all the way back. Sheng Jingchun, who used to be resolute, decisive and steady in doing things, now just chased after me like a bereaved dog and made myself miserable.
4
The house was empty, there was no sound at all, and a sense of emptiness that had nowhere to go came to my heart. I turned on the lights in the house one by one, but it was still not enough, so I brought wine from the refrigerator, kicked off my shoes, and lazily leaned in front of the sofa to drink. After drinking by myself, I felt bored, so I turned on the TV in karaoke mode and sang like a roar.
When Shen Li came back, he saw my appearance and frowned. I held up the bottle and toasted to her: "Xiao Li, I'm back. Come drink with me."
I tried hard to see a hint of disgust in his frowning brows, but no, he hid his emotions very well.
He strode over, hooked his arms around my lower back, and picked me up from the waist. His body had a cool smell like snowy mountains, and the smell made people's hearts move.
"Put me down." I reprimanded him sternly in the tone of an elder.
Without saying a word, he threw me into the bathtub, and the hot water slid over my skin through my clothes.
The water reached my chest, and the bubbles of shower gel stuck to his suit.
I stretched out my hand to wipe away the bubbles distressedly: "My clothes are all stained."
He still had a stern face, stretched out his hand and said, "What are you going to do?" This time I was really a little panicked, and I shrank down, and the bubbles of the shower gel almost covered my neck.
He touched the hem of my skirt, and with a strong force, he took off my nightgown from bottom to top.
"Shen Li, you are crazy." I hugged myself hard under the bubble.
"You'd better take a bath and don't drink so much in the future."
"Don't mind me, I'm your sister."
His face suddenly came close to mine: "If you want to use this identity to suppress me, I'm sure I won't be able to help but do something to you." After saying this, there was a trace of heat in his eyes, like a ferocious animal aiming at its prey and waiting for an opportunity. Yes, I am naked now.
I refused to talk to him and yelled, "Get out."
It wasn't until I heard the bathroom door close that I slowly calmed down, stretched my limbs, and leaned against the bathtub relaxedly.
I clearly knew the throbbing in my heart when Shen Li said those words just now, and he couldn't calm down even if he tried. I don't know whether he wanted to be impulsive or was trying to restrain himself, but the base of his ears turned red.
But, he is young and promising now, handsome and unrestrained, and more rich and beautiful girls will continue to appear around him. The speed of his growth will be directly proportional to the speed of my aging.
Rather than making the ending ugly, it is better to extinguish it before it happens.
I will stay absolutely awake more than ever.
5
North called me and asked me right away: "How are you?"
I was confused and thought it was a sales pitch. Just as I was about to hang up, another humorous hint came from the other end of the phone: "I am the man you have chased."
I was stunned for a second and then quickly reacted, and then smiled in realization.
"I have a friend's coffee shop that opens today. Would you like to come and sit down?" He invited politely.
I readily agreed. I was worried about not being able to socialize. Most of my former friends had long since dispersed because of their own interests. The few that were there were all offended by Shen Li.
I chose my clothes carefully. In the past, I always put on delicate and glamorous makeup, but now I just want something a little more elegant and gentle. This was my first time going out on a date. I asked Aunt Lin at home, a little uneasily, if she looked good.
She said with a smile on her face: "Beautiful, as temperamental as before, even more gentle than before."
This is true, after all, there are less edges and corners. The
coffee shop is located in a busy alley, where bookstores, high-end desserts and vintage shops form their own ecosystem. North is wearing a brown apron and making coffee for a friend. The autumn sunshine shines warmly into the store through the glass. When I showed up with a bouquet of flowers, North looked at me with a very gentlemanly smile.
North brewed two cups of Moccona caramel-flavored coffee, and the cup he served me had a very cute little bear latte art on it. Then he took off his apron and sat down opposite me.
"You look much better today." He greeted her like an old friend, with a gentle tone that was neither overly enthusiastic nor alienated. It was a very relaxed and unburdened way of communicating.
I also smiled and responded; "Yes, thank you for your generosity and tolerance that day."
He told me interesting things he encountered in China, including many scenic spots I had never been to, and he acted more authentically than me.
He is funny and always makes me laugh.
The cat crawled lazily outside the store. In the autumn afternoon, North and I drank coffee and chatted casually. I suddenly felt like I was alive. I hadn’t felt this relaxed and comfortable in a long time.
Because I go out to party a lot, I go to beauty salons and go shopping more frequently, and my complexion gradually improves.
Sure enough, love makes people young.
Shen Li was still busy. Seeing that I was fulfilling every day, he gradually felt relieved. He looked at me with a look that made you happy. When he knew that I was injecting chemicals into my face, his eyes darkened and he reasoned with me in an elder's tone. "In fact, what time has given me is the most beautiful thing." You are beautiful, and you are beautiful no matter what you look like."
I suppressed my words and said, "What does a little kid know?"
In fact, I felt guilty inside. I was afraid that he would misunderstand that my change was because of him, and at the same time, I was afraid of telling him that I was dating other men.
I know I'm running away.
6
He was eighteen years old that year, and he shouted to me in the pouring rain: "Sheng Jingchun, I love you, I love you, I just love you, what can I do."
I slapped him hard and said angrily: "Do you know who I am?"
In fact, don't I have any responsibility?
When he was thirteen, I pulled him into my bed.
When I was fourteen years old, someone from the Shen family asked someone to beat him as a warning. I rushed into the Shen family angrily and slapped the head of the Shen family, who was in her thirties, directly on the face. I was later reported to the police and taken to the police station for questioning.
I came out in a state of embarrassment and saw Shen Li standing outside the police station with a worried face. Suddenly he smiled like a saint, and he rushed into my arms and hugged me tightly.
At that moment, I knew that I melted him, and at the moment when he was hugged hard, I felt the warmth of family in my heart.
The warmth like family has been something I have never had for more than 20 years.
When he was fifteen years old, he was in the first year of high school. During the violin performance, I asked a beautiful little girl to present artistic flowers in front of everyone. Because I was on a business trip, I was unable to go to the scene. I also asked company employees to come to the scene to pull up Shenli’s most handsome and best banner in the world.
He was young and ignorant at that time, so in order to thank me, he put his arm around my neck and said, "Sheng Jingchun, thank you, I will treat you well all my life."
Under my care, he grew up day by day and became dazzling.
In fact, since adolescence, something has been wrong in our daily lives, and I should have noticed it long ago.
For example: I wore high heels and bruised my feet. I was so tired that I fell down on the sofa to sleep. When he saw it, he took an alcohol swab and held my ankle with his clean and slender hands. I was startled and looked at him with a frown.
"Don't move. You don't know how to deal with it yourself if you get hurt." He didn't care about my resistance, his long eyelashes lowered his eyes, and he carefully wiped the wound clean and put a band-aid on it.
I scolded him dissatisfied: "You little brat, you are getting more and more courageous."
He held back his mouth: "I still don't mind your smelly feet."
I gritted my teeth, and my focus was instantly shifted, and I actually let him go.
Not everything went well in business. After I got home, I lay on the sofa and complained to him. My mood would rise, fall, and curse.
He sat on the side with a stool and listened quietly. Suddenly the flesh on my face sank and he pinched my face.
Our eyes were full of surprise and panic, and my voice was so dry that I couldn't even ask what you were doing.
He quickly covered up: "Such thick powder."
"My makeup skills are very good, okay?" I walked down the steps, my voice as thin as a mosquito.
"Remove makeup for you." He stood up and got a makeup remover towel.
Although I said that I would do it myself, my body was lying on the sofa and I was doing it.
His movements were extremely gentle. I looked up at him and saw that his originally round and tender flesh had spread out, like a flower-bone, stretching out his body.
Underneath the jet-black fluffy hair are dew-bright eyes, the high bridge of the nose is smoothly connected to the reddish lips, the growing Adam's apple is looming, and the breath of youth is coming to the nostrils.
I asked for no reason: "Will you dislike me when I get old?"
"No." He responded almost immediately, with a very firm tone, which actually made me choke.
I had no choice but to close my eyes and enjoy the service he provided silently.
Later on, this kind of thing happened more and more often, and he did it more and more naturally, and physical contact became accustomed to it.
But I just regarded it as a mutual care between family members. I didn’t dry my hair after taking a shower because I knew he would pull me over and dry me gently to straighten it out. I got drunk and pretended to be very drunk while socializing. I allowed him to easily carry me to bed, tuck me in, and then go to the kitchen to make sobering soup.
Shen Li said that he had never received so much care since he was born, and felt that his life seemed to be bright.
As for me, my mother doesn’t love me and I spend all my time in debauchery and debauchery. My father doesn’t care about me, and even the people over there are trying every means to target me.
I have never received so much tenderness and care in the world. Unknowingly, my feelings for him seemed to have a gray area.
We sink deeper and deeper into self-deception in the name of this family.
7
When Shen Li was eighteen years old, I took him to a party. My friend joked
, "Your Xiaoli is getting older and more handsome, and a lot of girls are going to suffer."
"At that time, you This sister is still reluctant to let go. "
I didn't care, and said with a smile to the audience: "I wish you could bring me a girlfriend back now. "
But something uncomfortable spread in my heart. Yes, suddenly, he has become an adult.
I don’t know whether it was because I was worried or because they were deliberately feeding me. Anyway, I drank a lot that day. When he carried me out of the car and crossed the yard in a daze, I was still mumbling: "Shen Li, you have no conscience, will you forget me when you find a wife?"
When he put me down on the bed, he was pulled by my heavy body and fell down together, as if falling into a meandering dream.
The bright moonlight cast a clear glow in the room. His eyes when he looked at me were as crystal clear as morning dew, and there seemed to be other emotions rippled in the crystal lake heart.
My hand suddenly touched his face: "With such a young and handsome face, I don't know who will benefit from it in the future."
"How about you benefit from it?" He said in a mute voice, with thoughtful eyebrows.
I really lost my temper, "Sister likes young people." So I went up to him and captured his lips.
Just after touching those cold lips, he fell into a drowsy sleep feeling discouraged.
In the early morning of the second day, he was in a good mood. He got up early and made breakfast. He was wearing a large milky white hooded sweatshirt, and his shiny jade collarbone was looming.
We both sat at the breakfast table, and a smile appeared on his lips from time to time.
I asked knowingly: "What are you so happy about?"
He pursed his lips: "No, I just think it's great to be an adult."
I felt more and more that what happened yesterday was not a dream, so I rubbed my head in a riddle: "My head hurts so much. It seems that I was drunk again yesterday." Then I swam back to the room to sleep as if nothing had happened.
I threw myself on the bed and buried my face into the pillow, feeling annoyed.
Sheng Jingchun, what are you doing? Although I know that my career was prosperous and I was beautiful at that time, but in the future, should we continue to be family members who accompany each other?
I can destroy myself, but I can't destroy a little kid's youth.
After learning from the experience, I clearly know that we cannot continue like this.
In the past, I had never brought a man back with me because of some interests. I started to bring men to my home, and I specially chose the kind of man with a beard, elegant and mature.
I happily introduced: "Xiao Li, the brother-in-law that my sister has found for you." After all, I am already twenty-seven, so it is normal to plan in this direction.
His eyes suddenly became alert, like a hunter hiding in the dark, but he suppressed his jealousy and just stayed in his room all day, playing the violin as if it was against the steel bars.
I can only express with embarrassment: "The little kid at home has just started learning the violin."
I know that he is in pain, and there is no way to vent this pain, so he can only suppress himself inwardly. Every time, I secretly make up my mind to get through this painful time, and it will be fine if we wake up to each other.
In order to let him know that there are immortals outside the immortal world, he will be picked up at dance parties and thrown into the dance floor where beautiful girls gather.
He accepted it and did it. During that time, we suddenly became polite and distant. We tried our best to avoid physical contact and eye contact.
At the same time, I vaguely heard some voices saying that Shen Li was my male favorite at home.
I don’t know who is spreading the rumor, I am too lazy to care about it.
Later on, there was a period of time when I was always having trouble dating. I bumped into each other, so I grabbed one of them in confusion and asked vaguely.
He spread his hands and replied helplessly: "The little brat in your family is probably not weaned yet, and he is always harassing her every now and then. It would be boring to fall in love like this."
I went home and pulled him outside. It was a hot summer day, the air was sultry, and dark clouds were gathering in the sky.
I waved my hand and asked: "Shen Li, are you crazy? Who asked you to interfere with me."
His body visibly stiffened, but it was only for a moment, and he retorted: "I checked, those are not good people."
ml0His eyes were full of the stubbornness unique to adolescence and the persistence of a kid who has never seen the world. I didn't educate him well. I couldn't bear it, but I still pointed at his nose: "I am happy with myself, so you'd better leave me alone."
Then he turned around and went back to the house.
He grabbed my wrist and struck it with a muffled thunder. His hair was a little messy, and he pretended to be an adult in his eyes: "What can I do?"
A heavy raindrop fell down, and a drop of rain rolled into the corner of my eye, making his face blurry in front of me.
"Forever! Forever! No! No! Yes!" I told him word for word through the rain curtain.
"Also, please position yourself properly." I broke free from his hand and rushed out.
"Sheng Jingchun, is it wrong to love someone?" I asked reluctantly behind me.
I paused for just a second, and then left resolutely. The moment I stepped out of the door, I saw his body that was scratched by the rain was stooped a bit, and then he slowly squatted down and curled up into a ball in the middle of the yard full of tropical plants.
8
North asked me to go to the bar, and I went.
He was sitting at the bar, holding his guitar, playing and singing an English song to himself. He was wearing a gray sweatshirt and a light blue jacket. His voice was hoarse and thick, and the deep metallic flavor exuded the deep feeling of raising eyebrows and filling his ears.
I sat down and had a drink gloomily. After the song was over, he looked into the microphone and looked in my direction with smiling eyes: "This song is dedicated to the most beautiful Spring tonight."
Whistles, wows, and the crowd were restless. I stood up unconsciously due to an accident and froze in place. He jumped off the bar and squeezed through the crowd towards me, looking at me with a smile, obviously waiting for me to say something.
I was stunned for a long time before he hesitated: "North, you are so good."
"Are you scared? Come and dance." At this time, the music had been changed to a rhythmic DJ. He led me into the center of the dance floor, and the red and green lights flowed between our cheeks, eyes, mouths and breathing.
I tried my best to raise my mood and laughed wildly, babbling in my mouth. I imagined that on the way after school, my body was spinning around and around. He suddenly approached me, put his arms around my waist, and pressed down slightly: "CanIkissyou!".
I was stunned for a moment, not sure if the hesitation in my eyes was too obvious. He let go of me with some hurt, and naturally attributed the problem to himself: "Sorry, I suddenly felt a little moved just now. You are mature and charming, but you suddenly felt like a child at that moment. You know, it is something to be proud of when a man can make a woman happy."
He even resolved the embarrassment in such a comfortable way.
North is the most emotionally caring person I have ever seen.
But why did I hesitate?
9
After coming out of the bar, I refused North to send me away and drove back alone.
unknowingly drove to Shen Li's company. I had never seen his company before, so I decided to go up and have a look at him.
The little girl at the front desk didn't know me, so she politely said to me: "You need to make an appointment to see Mr. Shen."
When I was about to call Shen Li, a handsome and familiar man came to me with a smile, nodded and said, "Madam, you are here."
I suddenly remembered that he had come to visit me on behalf of Shen Li. At that time, Shen Li had just been running the company and traveled frequently, so he must know everything about Shen Li.
"I am Mr. Shen's assistant, please follow me."
I followed him up. Shen Li was in a meeting. In the glass office conference room, he took off his coat and was only wearing a white shirt. His hair was neat and his glasses were placed on the bridge of his tall nose. When he spoke, he raised the wrist wearing the watch, feeling inexplicably lustful.
In a room full of people, he is the only one who can open and close his lips with ease.
"Do you want me to call Mr. Shen?" Assistant Li looked at me and asked.
I shook my head and asked him to go and do his work while I walked around the office. In fact, you don’t need to repost
. You only need to look at it to understand that the layout of the office, the arrangement of tables and chairs, and the color matching are all adapted to my company.
I picked up a sofa where I could see Shen Li and sat down. Some curious eyes in the office would look at me, and more eyes stared at Shen Li favorably, not daring to look more. After just one glance, I bowed my head to do things with satisfaction.
I suddenly thought of the day something happened to my company, when he was already in his freshman year. When I, several executives and lawyers were in the office trying to figure out a solution, I saw his figure rushing in through the glass window. He stopped the moment he saw me.
The two looked at each other with sadness.
Later, we didn’t even have a chance to talk, and the police came. The moment the police handcuffed me, his eyes were scarlet and the corners of his eyes were moist. He hugged me regardless of everyone’s gaze.
leaned in my ear as if to cheer me up: "Sheng Jingchun, don't be afraid, you still have me."
I laughed: "Little brat, go to school well, my sister will be fine."
I wanted to pat his back, but found that I couldn't move.
I also thought I could get out smoothly.
But what the company pays is human life.
One of my factories exploded, which caused a great social impact and caused great losses to the surrounding economy.
One of the middle-aged men died on the spot. Although he was found to have cancer afterward, because no conclusive evidence could be found to prove that I was framed, I was sentenced to eight years in prison after the lawyer's vigorous defense and a series of work on my family members. After a second round of appeals, I was finally sentenced to four years in prison.
10
In those few days, Shen Li changed completely, with a green stubble appearing on his chin.
Before he went to prison, he came to see me for the last time. I teased him: "Sister likes mature men, not beards like yours."
His voice was low and hoarse, and his voice was trembling from sobs. The blood vessels in his neck burst and disappeared, and finally he held me powerlessly in his arms.
We stood quietly like this, and I felt his ups and downs in his arms. He leaned against my ear and said, "Sheng Jingchun, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you." After a pause, he continued: "How about you be my wife after you are released from prison."
When I looked back for the last time, I saw a cold coldness and deep severity in his eyes.
Later, every time he came to see me, there would be new changes. His thoughts were more mature, his words were tougher, he could package himself, and he could speak beautiful official words... In short, he didn't seem so happy anymore.
He graduated early after I was imprisoned for two years. A year later, through the visiting glass, he picked up the phone and said to me: "Sister, I avenged you."
His eyes were burning, as if there was a fire in them, and his eyebrows were trembling slightly, which meant that he was excited. , but I cried at that time, not with tears of joy, but with heartache, a pain that swept through my body like ants gnawing at my heart. I don’t know how he stepped on the thorns to seize his own wealth from the Shen family, and then worked hard to manage it like walking on thin ice, but I know that it must be difficult.
He must be carrying a lot of arrows, and his expensive suit must be riddled with holes in his flesh and blood.
I couldn't help crying at that time. The more I cried, the more panicked he became. He didn't know whether he was doing the right thing or the wrong thing. He wanted to comfort me, but he could only hold on to the cold glass, anxious like an animal that couldn't find an exit.
Now I am watching him strategizing and running the company. Thinking of this scene, my emotions are very confused, ups and downs, and I am eager to drink a glass of wine.
11
Assistant Li probably went to tell Shen Li. After a while, he walked towards me.
"Why are you here today?" He pulled me up, and before I could react, I followed him into the office in full view of everyone.
"Shen Li." I wanted to get away, but he closed the door and pressed me against the door with his backhand. He held the back of my head with his palms and raised his face. A hot and ambiguous voice poured into my mind: "I'm very happy that you can come see me."
Me My emotions were still stuck in my previous memories, and I lowered my head and didn't dare to look at him. His shirt collar had two buttons opened, revealing a small piece of smooth skin, like a corner of spring light illuminated by the sun. With his rising and falling breathing, the chest under the shirt was looming, and my breathing suddenly became very panicked.
"Shen Li." I called him in a low voice.
"Yes." He looked at me from a distance, with a faint smile on his beautiful lips.
I raised my head and looked at him, "Thank you, it must be very hard." I didn't even expect that when I said this, a big teardrop fell down.
He was slightly startled, with a subtle expression, as if he understood. The next moment, his eyes became hot, and his eyebrows were closer to mine. Just when his lips were about to touch my eyes, the string of reason pulled me back. I hugged him, rested my head on his broad shoulders, and patted his back.
"Sister, I'm happy for you."
He hugged me in his arms as if frustrated, "Wait for me to go home together today." His voice was muffled, and then he added, "Sister."
Huh? This voice, sister, why does it sound so wrong to me?
At the beginning, he always called me "you, you, you," which I felt was too unfamiliar.
So he asked him: "Your mother is my university teacher, but she also treats me as a sister. You can call me aunt from now on."
"Aunt?" He frowned at that time, obviously unwilling.
"Hey." I don't care, I will agree first.
He rolled his eyes: "I'm not calling."
I said, "Huh?"
You'd better think clearly.
He immediately added: "You're not that old."
Well, it's okay to call me sister, but in fact, he called me sister a few times, especially after he realized what he was feeling, he called me by my first name.
12
When Shen Li dragged me to the office in full view of everyone, people below must have speculated that I quietly authorized Assistant Li to say that we had a grudge.
Special Assistant Li opened his eyes wide and tilted his head forward. Does this mean he is sure?
I nodded, otherwise the white would turn into black, Shen Li's innocence was important.
In addition to Special Assistant Li, Shen Li also has a secretary, Ye Qu. She is very beautiful. She wears a simple white business suit and has a good figure. It seems that she has been exercising a lot. From the tone of her walking and talking, you can tell that she must be very capable.
When she came in to report her work, I sat on the sofa by the window sill and admired the bustling city below the tall buildings.
I didn’t disturb Shen Li’s work. I didn’t pay attention to the people coming and going during the period, only her.
I heard Shen Li's explanation very calmly: "Put the materials aside, for the meeting the day after tomorrow, the partner said there are changes in the hotel, you need to confirm."
Ye Qu responded: "Okay."
Then Finally, her eyes seemed to be cast on me, and her tone was tentative: "Would you like to send that lady a cup of coffee?"
She glanced at me very quickly. I had seen countless people back then, so in that moment, from her eyes, I knew that she loved him.
Love is forbearing and humble.
There was prying, fear, confirmation of my identity after speculation, and a touch of sadness in those eyes.
These words made Shen Li raise his head, and he looked at me with squinted eyes.
"Don't worry about me." I replied calmly, even with a bit of airs in my tone.
"According to her." Shen Li replied succinctly, then lowered his head and got busy with his work.
I feel a little disappointed.
It was a little late to go home at night. He was very quiet, wiping the steering wheel with familiarity. The dim yellow light of the street lamp moved rhythmically, shining brightly and dimly on his tall and tired profile.
I vaguely saw what he looked like when he was sixteen years old. At that time, he was standing in a yard full of cactuses, wearing a clean and tidy school uniform. The bright sunshine slanted down through the tall cactus, illuminating the tips of his fluffy hair with golden red splinters. His whole person was youthful and dazzling.
Riding a horse and leaning on a leaning bridge, the building is full of red sleeves.
I teased him at that time: "Are there any beautiful girls chasing you in school?"
He hesitated slightly, and a blush suddenly appeared on his cheeks: "Those girls are so childish."
Things are different now.
I asked tentatively: "Has Ye Qu been following you?"
"Yes, we are college classmates, she is actually my senior sister." He turned around and looked at me calmly and answered.
Senior sister, I thought about these two words carefully. He is really like a child. He has always liked girls who are more mature than him.
Ye Qu can always stay by his side, there must be something special about him. She uses her identity as a secretary to cover up her turbulent love, silently accompanying her loved one through all the ups and downs.
I feel very happy in my heart, yes, extremely happy.
13
Until he got home, he was still cold. I thought he was tired, so I changed my shoes and was about to leave.
"Apologise." His voice came from behind me.
I turned around "?"
He pulled me over, took me to the sofa in a few steps, and pressed me, "Why." At the same time, he knelt on the sofa with one leg and leaned down towards me.
"Shen Li, what are you doing?" I instinctively put my hand against his chest.
"Why do you let Li Yan say that we are enemies, but don't want to have anything to do with me?" He looked displeased.
Special Assistant Li, this traitor.
"Is it possible to talk about lovers?" I was also anxious, because it was obvious that a joke required such a big fight.
His eyes were subtle and interesting: "It's not impossible."
How could I have tricked myself?
"Xiao Li, can you give me some time? I can't fully adapt to it yet." I compromised and regretted it as soon as I said it. I don't need to use my mouth if I don't refuse.
As expected, he let me go. The gentleman sat back on the sofa, pulled his tie, looked at me with a stern look in his eyes and said, "Okay, I've been waiting for five years, not less than this moment."
The five years he meant were from the age of eighteen.
It seems that I need to cook the raw rice into cooked rice quickly.
14
A week before Shen Li's new product was launched, North confessed his love to me, and I agreed, and then invited me to a dance party.
I had to attend Shen Li's celebration banquet, so I rejected North. At the same time, I thought that after the banquet was over, I would tell him that my sister was in love.
was busy preparing for this matter that week. When we were actually together with North, our contact became less and less, and we both gave each other free space. Adult love is so smooth.
Shen Li was very busy in those days, but also very excited. He couldn't hide his smile and would accompany me to choose clothes. I chose some light-colored clothes, but he forced me to give me the red series.
"I'm not the protagonist, so why are I wearing such red? It's eye-catching."
"How come you don't know that you are not the protagonist." The corners of his lips raised into a smile.
"Don't make any trouble for me." I warned him. Several times I couldn't help but tell him about North and I. I was always afraid of affecting his work.
On the day of the banquet, I wore a very high-quality purple sling dress, which neither looked old-fashioned nor elegant. My hair was permed into big waves, and I wore long earrings to lengthen my neck. Shen Li needed to go back to the company, so he asked the driver to drop me off first.
Everyone at the banquet had almost arrived, and Shen Li was late.
His hair was neatly styled, and Qingjun's appearance showed the unique wildness of a newborn calf. His slightly raised cheeks outlined the delicate arc of his eyebrows. With one hand in his pocket, he walked in with dignity and grace, supported by Li Yan and Ye Qu.
I don’t know who said, “Mr. Shen is here.” Those present couldn’t help but look up at the door. The eyes mixed with inquiry, admiration and admiration were focused on him one by one like a long lens. He waved, with a smile in his long eyes, and the entire reception was eclipsed.
He elegantly greeted the people who came to greet him, his eyes swept across the crowd quietly, and finally locked on me accurately. After dealing with the people next to him with a few words, he was walking towards me.
I suddenly seemed to be fixed by magic, unable to move. I stared straight at him. The insignificant sounds and people coming and going around me automatically disappeared and retreated. At that moment, I felt a solemn and solemn feeling.
Until a sudden thought of a voice broke this unique freeze.
"Spring."
North suddenly stood between us. He was wearing an elegant suit. When he put on the suit, he exuded another kind of elegance.
"We are attending the same banquet." He smiled incredulously, with a slight dimple showing at the corner of his mouth.
I tried very hard to pull a smile from the corner of my mouth.
Shen Li probably thought it was a new acquaintance who was chatting with me, so he still walked towards me. My heart was beating like thunder, and I peeked at him. Every step he took seemed to be stepping on my heart.
"Have you forgotten that we are in a relationship? You haven't contacted me for a week, huh?" North used his usual wit and humor. I think he probably wanted to flirt.
At this time, Shen Li happened to be standing behind him. As soon as North finished speaking, I saw Shen Li's face turn from sunny to gloomy, suddenly darkening, his long dark eyes twitching, and the corners of his mouth twitching. I knew he was holding back, not the pain,
"It's okay, I'm just hungry, low blood sugar, and want to vomit." I covered my chest, and at that moment, I really felt my stomach rumbling.
"Should I take you to the hospital?" His tone softened.
"No need." I forced myself.
15
I know Shen Li will definitely come back. He is the protagonist of today's banquet. He can't be so irrational.
Half an hour later, he did come back, his expression regained his composure, but it was a little more elusive and cold than before. Ye Qu followed him, and she assisted in more greetings.
I thought I would be a thorn, and my existence at this moment would be an eyesore to the entire party, but I obviously overestimated myself, I am not even air.
He would pass by indifferently wherever I was, or even look beyond my body to a farther place. Then he would pass me by like a stranger and talk to the people behind me familiarly.
North saw that I was distracted and suggested that I should go to his place to rest. I needed to be taken care of.
North's eyes seemed to have other meanings, which I didn't like. The seductive eyes seemed to want to take off my clothes.
I rejected him and ran out of the party.
I walked numbly on the street alone, my steps heavy, as if I was walking with shackles on my feet. Rows of street lights shone down on me, shrouding my sense of loss and despair.
I remembered that the time when we had a serious quarrel coincided with the Chinese Valentine's Day, and I deliberately worked overtime at the company and didn't come home until very late.
The wind in the yard was very gentle, and there was a bright moon in the sky. He was dressed in a well-fitting suit and his leather shoes were polished. He appeared at the door to greet me with a bouquet of beautifully wrapped roses.
The dim light from the street lamp followed her delicately styled hair, pouring down from her eyebrows, the bridge of her nose, her thin lips, and her smooth jawline, casting a shadow on the white bow in front of her suit.
He said cautiously: "Sheng Jingchun, can you grant me a wish?"
I thought he was going to confess to me, so I interrupted coldly: "No, you are already eighteen years old and an adult. You can handle your own affairs in the future. I have decided that if you want to move out, you also have such rights and freedoms. "
He didn't expect that I would say such decisive words. He stopped talking and just lowered his head. His long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings. The joints of the flowers turned white and the veins bulged and disappeared.
I was too lazy to care about him, so I walked around him, walked across the cactus-covered yard with high heels, and closed the door with a muffled sound.
16
When I woke up the next morning, I discovered that he had been sitting at my door all night. When I opened the door with a yawn, he looked at me with a pale face, a dark complexion, and a haggard expression. Roses spilled all over the floor.
I suddenly became angry: "Shen Li, can you stop playing such childish tricks."
"I didn't." His lips moved, and he felt aggrieved, "You didn't even listen to my wish last night. "
"Then what is your wish? If you dare to say that you like me, get out of this house." "
I probably really hurt his self-esteem. He lowered his head, swallowed again and again, and his voice became thicker and hoarse when he spoke again.
"My wish is that you will stop having random boyfriends. I know you don't like those, just to warn me."
He also knew that I was warning him. During that time, I was so promiscuous that I had a bad reputation. In fact, I was not warning myself.
"And there's more." He paused and continued, "I will be obedient. Don't abandon me. From the moment you picked me up from the airport, accompanied me, and took care of me, you have been the only light in my life. I know there are some things you don't want, and I won't mention them in the future."
After saying this, he shuffled away. The suit that was still snug yesterday was now full of wrinkles, and his somewhat curved body looked unkempt.
After that year, he went to college and began to keep a distance from me. We were distant and polite. I went home less and less, and so did Shen Li.
I know that he started to fall in love, sang at parties, learned to smoke, and started to be independent, and I didn’t even need to pay for the tuition.
until something happened to my company.
I don’t understand what I am doubting and avoiding.
I doubt love, I run away from my own feelings, and my love fades. I am afraid that one day Shen Li will get tired of me. He is only twenty-three years old now.
17
I was tired and cold from walking, so I waved and took a taxi back.
Standing in front of Shen Li's dark villa, I raised my head and looked at this place that had the atmosphere of his life. I didn't know how many times I could come back in the future, and a trace of sadness rose in my heart.
ended up sitting alone in the flower bed for a long time. The sky was pitch black and the whole world was dark. The two beams of light that I was looking forward to never broke through the darkness and hit me like lasers in front of me when I suddenly stood up.
I walked towards home as if resigned to my fate.
told himself repeatedly that this was the most perfect result.
As soon as the door opened, my body sank and then lightened, and I was lifted up completely.
I smelled the familiar perfume and strong alcohol on Shen Li.
I couldn't shout out his name at all, I just wanted to cry.
He carried me up the stairs and kicked open the door. The room was warmly decorated, with bright rose petals spread on the floor, and rows of candles swaying an ambiguous warm yellow.
He asked the driver to send me away first, just to arrange this.
Before I had time to react, he had already thrown me on the bed, ripped off his coat and jumped on me.
"Sheng Jingchun, don't you even want to go back to this home? How long are you going to make me wait." Hot breath hit my cheek.
"I..." He pressed me so hard that I couldn't move.
"You really gave me a big surprise tonight." He bit my earlobe and sarcastically said.
"Shen Li, you have been drinking."
"I am very sober. Do you know that the man you picked is already married and you are with him."
I opened my eyes wide and twisted my body. : "I don't know, I thought..."
"You thought, always you thought, you thought you would get old, you thought I would abandon you, what you thought others would think of us, why did you never ask me what I thought." He complained, becoming more and more irritable.
I was also a little aggrieved and retorted: "Can't you? You are not in my position, how can you understand my anxiety."
"I can't!" He gritted his teeth and said, "Sheng Jingchun, I solemnly tell you, I can't."
"I still remember you being so warm to me at the airport, I thought After I came back, I was just trying to survive, but your enthusiasm gave me hope in life. I couldn't get along with the other people in the class, and I would be very nervous every time I went to school, but living with you made me very comfortable. That year you went to the Shen family to relieve my hatred and went to the police station. I was waiting for you outside that night, Sheng Jingchun, do you know? No one has ever cared about me that much. "
"After realizing the feelings I had for you, do you think I didn't panic and escape? I thought I had some kind of complex. I tried to be attracted to people your age, but I found that I was not interested in them at all. I also dated girls younger than you and the same age as me, but holding their hands was like holding my own. The more I forced myself to get along with them, the more I would The more bored I am."
"But you know? Just looking at your photos makes me feel an inexplicable throbbing in my heart. I want to be close to you, hold you, and stay with you. So, I love you not for anything else, but because you are you."
He became more and more emotional, and my eyes were slightly sore when I recalled the scenes in the past.
"You don't even know." He reached out and brushed the broken hair on my forehead, and his voice became gentler. "In the past few years of running the company, every time I couldn't hold on, your presence gave me much encouragement."
"But what about you." He changed his tone, "You went behind my back to fall in love. Do you know how happy I was when I decorated the room tonight? The banquet was grandly introducing you, but you came here."
I also felt that I was in the wrong, and whispered like a mosquito, "Shen Li, I'm sorry, I'm really insecure."
"You took away my first kiss six years ago, it's time to come back." He got closer to me, his voice was filled with lust under the dim light.
"Sheng Jingchun, I love you." After he finished speaking, the kiss fell cracklingly, and his warm and heavy breath brushed my lips, cheeks, and finally fell on my earlobe. He bit my earlobe and said affectionately: "I love you very much."
My heart moved, and the dam that I had restrained for a long time collapsed with a bang. I responded to him. At the moment of my response, he hesitated slightly. In the gap of his slight pause, I turned my back on him and bullied him.
18
I went to find North the next day and asked him: "Why do you want to provoke me when you have a wife? "
He was only surprised for a moment, and then waved his hand playfully: "Oh! Spring, it's just for fun, don't take it seriously. "
I rolled my eyes, and this casual relationship with him was officially over.
After we got together, Shen Li acted extremely clingy. I made some friends again, and we usually get together to drink tea. Even though there were friends at home, Shen Li would come over and hug me when he got home. He clung to me like a kitten, but he was docile and well-behaved on the other side.
I was always embarrassed: "There are friends here.
He said nonchalantly: "It will be fine if they get used to it. Besides, you are my wife." "
I would also help with management when the company was busy. Apart from the envy and admiration, I actually didn't see any guidance or surprises as I imagined, and commented on Shen Li's professionalism even more.
I didn't care.
Ye Qu took the initiative to apply to be transferred to the public relations department. When I found out, I asked calmly: "Isn't Ye Qu doing a good job? You assigned them there. "
" You can't rely on me for this, wife. He said and came over to me again, "She took the initiative to apply. The company has been developing well in the past few years, and the position of the public relations department is very important. I feel more relieved when she comes." "
I was silent, Ye Qu's dignity moved me.
The next second I hugged Shen Li with all my strength.
There are many kinds of love in this world, and we must be brave enough to catch the one we can catch.
(Original title: "Catch My Sister's Heart")
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