He left Zhu Jin for several months, and during these months, Shi Shangbai had been by her side, helping her through the most difficult period...

"No matter how many reasons there are, it's my fault. I got too close to Ishigami Kashiwa." Zhu Jin smiled bitterly. The distance between her and Ishigami Kashiwa was indeed more than that of friends. "I'm sorry, Chonglou."

Sorry, she said sorry...

Outside the ward, Ishigami Bai, who was reaching out to push the door, stood stiffly for a moment, then turned and left.

In a trance, it seemed that he bumped into someone. When he came to his senses, Shi Shangbai found that the person in front of him looked very familiar.

"…Everyone has changed a lot in the past two years, especially you. If I hadn't seen you on TV a few days ago, I wouldn't have recognized you." The man, who had gained a little weight, was full of emotion. "At the beginning, a group of us went to intern, and you were the only one... Tsk tsk, even now, the new students still ask about your deeds."

"If they saw you now, they would not recognize you...haha." The man smiled and looked up and down at Ishigami Kashiwa, "You have changed so much!"

Ishigami Kashiwa asked back a beat later, "Really?" What was he like before?

After more than ten years, he almost forgot what he was like.

"That's right. Back then, we never thought that you would become what you are now..." The former classmate gave an affirmative answer after hearing Ishigami Kashiwa's question.

"So, what do you think, is it better as it was before, or is it better now?" After the classmate finished expressing his feelings, he heard Ishigami Kashiwa ask.

"It's all good. It was good like that before, and it's also good like this now. Isn't it like this for everyone? Every stage is different." The classmate thought for a moment and shook his head.

"But I think it was fine before..." Ishigami Bai shook his head.

What's the good of losing yourself?

Ishigami Kashiwa said goodbye to his classmates, walked slowly back to the shuttle, sat quietly for a while, and then went straight home.

Behind him, the conversation in the ward continued.

"Zhu Jin..." Chonglou looked straight at Zhu Jin, "Why do you want to say sorry?"

"Because we are lovers, no matter in the eyes of others or in our hearts, we are lovers." Zhu Jin sighed, "It's my fault that I got so close to Ishigami Bo even though I had a lover, so I say sorry."

"I know you didn't mean that." Chonglou shook his head, "So don't say sorry."

"I have to say it. I was wrong. How can I not say it? In ancient times, it was a capital crime. The end result was a cup of poisoned wine and a white silk..." Zhu Jin shook his head, "Besides, I will have dealings with the Shi family in the future."

"…You have to interact naturally and openly. Not interacting is a big deal, as if there is something wrong." Chonglou paused for a moment and nodded. After speaking, he looked at Zhu Jin and laughed, "You don't know how many people will like you in the future. It's not your fault that they like you. Unless you change your mind and fall in love with someone in the future, don't apologize."

Today there is Shi Shangbai, and that Ye Banxia, ​​and there will be more Li Shangbai and Qi Banxia in the future. If he were a man, he should not blame Zhu Jin.

How can one not be moved by such a Zhu Jin, and how can one bear to let go.

He couldn't let go, and naturally no one else could either. When he was away, Shi Shangbai took care of Zhu Jin, and it was natural for Zhu Jin to continue to have contact with their Shi family. He had no right to object.

After two days, Zhu Jin finally returned to prison. Chonglou only sent her to the door of the ward and watched her and prison guard Qiu leave.

After Zhu Jin left, Chonglou closed his eyes and sat quietly for a long time. When he opened his eyes again, the nurse suddenly found that Chonglou seemed to have changed into a different person. He was still the same person, but he was different. Facing the smiling Chonglou, the nurses and doctors did not dare to speak loudly. He spoke casually, but the doctors and nurses who spoke to him could not help but become serious.

The doctors and nurses didn't dare to say anything, but Yu Liren, who was called back by Chonglou, did not dare to say anything.

"Tell me the truth about what you have done in the past six months. You have changed like a different person, but you are still pretending in front of Zhu Jin. How long can you pretend? For a lifetime?"

"Why are you pretending? I'm always like that in front of her." Chonglou didn't say much, and looked up at his friend who knew each other best. "I asked you to come back because I wanted to ask you, when I was not here, did you say anything to Zhu Jin about her and Shi Shangbai?"

"What did I say? I didn't say anything. It was all said by others. There are so many reports. You can go and read them yourself. So, what did she say?"

"She apologized to me." Chonglou looked at Yu Liren and smiled, "She sincerely apologized to me, saying that she and Ishigami Bo had been too close in the past few months."

"Don't smile at me. It makes me feel ashamed." Yu Liren shook his head and confessed, "I did misunderstand her at first, but I really didn't say anything."

"Why do you really need to say anything? A look from you is enough." Chonglou closed his eyes, "The General Hospital fired her directly, right?"

"Yes." Yu Liren found a place to sit down. He could find out about these things by checking the news, but since Chonglou asked him, he couldn't help but answer.

"The General Hospital is really capable." Chonglou opened his eyes and looked at his friend who was sitting on the ground with his head resting on the bed. "And you are capable too. I asked you to help me take care of Zhu Jin, and you took such good care of her. Seeing how many people teamed up to bully Zhu Jin, you are really capable."

"Chonglou, don't speak against your conscience!" Yu Liren frowned.

"I'm going to say this to you again. Don't speak against your conscience!" Chonglou closed his eyes. "Because she is close to the Shi family, you deliberately ignored her, because of the last meal...so you deliberately didn't help her, you know it in your heart, and I know it even better. No one of you said it, but you all thought in your heart that Zhu Jin and I are not suitable."

“Zhonglou…” Yu Liren turned around to look at Chonglou, his tone helpless.

"You don't need to explain. It will only make both of us look bad. We all understand each other. Just because you don't say it doesn't mean I don't understand." Without opening his eyes, Chonglou's hand landed accurately on Yu Liren's head. "I understand your thoughts, and I can't blame you. But what you don't know is that I don't want her to go back to prison the most. I finally waited for her to be released from prison, and when I came back with all my strength, I saw her in prison again."

"She felt sorry for me, but I felt sorry for her even more. Do you know how I felt when I came back with such joy, only to see her in jail again and still unconscious?" Chonglou laughed out loud, his chest rising and falling. "If she hadn't woken up soon, I would have taken my anger out on everyone... You know, I'm petty, I've been petty since I was a child. If she had had an accident, I would have taken my anger out on you, saying that I had no loyalty or anything else. Our friendship might have ended."

"Chonglou, do you know what you said? Just for a woman, even if this woman is Zhu Jin, you are going too far, aren't you?" Yu Liren slapped his hand away, his voice becoming colder and colder.

"I haven't finished talking yet." Chonglou was not affected at all. "You are unfair to me and didn't even help her, but you don't know that if Ishigami Bai can prevent her from going to jail and being bullied, I would rather she be with Ishigami Bai."

"Zhonglou." As soon as Chonglou finished speaking, Yu Liren grabbed him by the collar and lifted him up, staring at him intently, "Zhonglou, what have you been doing these past few months? How could you say such a thing? I can believe that you took drastic measures to snatch back the woman who had cheated on you and then abandoned her, but I absolutely will not believe these nonsense you said!"

"Brother, aren't you afraid of being silenced?" Chonglou opened his eyes lazily, "You know me so well, don't blame me if you are silenced one day."

"Don't change the subject!"

"Okay, let's not change the subject." Chonglou freed his collar first, "What can I do? Kill people to save people. What can I do?" It's just killing people to save lives. What's so exciting about it.

"Zhonglou!" Yu Liren got angry when he saw his nonchalant look.

"Stop yelling, I'm telling the truth." Chonglou was a little impatient, "Don't talk nonsense, tell me about Zhu Jin, and what Helian Zhen and Sumu Shanglu did, tell me in detail."

Yu Liren suppressed his anger and spoke briefly. After he finished speaking, he was ruthlessly driven out. Night had fallen. He walked angrily to the entrance of the district hospital. Yu Liren's steps became slower and slower, and finally he squatted directly at the entrance of the hospital.

As the afternoon passed, the uneasiness in his heart was more serious than if Chonglou had not returned. Chonglou had changed a lot, and became too weird. He was still smiling, but he had completely lost his former sunshine. His smile changed from being naughty to being evil now.

It can be clearly felt that his character is getting worse and worse. It would be more normal for Chonglou to have murderous intentions towards Shi Shangbai at this time, but he actually said in the end that if he could really protect Zhu Jin, he would rather Zhu Jin and Shi Shangbai be together.

Yu Liren knew that something was wrong with Chonglou. It was normal that Chonglou had changed. What was abnormal was that he treated Zhu Jin as if everything was still the same as before. This in itself was abnormal.

Yu Liren finally stood up, shaking his numb legs and contacted several of Chonglou's friends.

Shi Wei also staggered back to the Shi family. Looking disheveled and sweaty, he looked at the lights on in the Shi family's house with disbelief in his eyes.

He thought that his father would go looking for him and there was no way he would return home.

Shi Wei rushed back home as if to verify something, and finally he saw Shi Shangbai reading a book in the living room.

Shi Wei stared at Shi Shangbai blankly, unable to believe his eyes.

"I'm back. I left some food for you. Go wash up and have an meal." Compared to Shi Wei's expression, Shi Shangbai's expression was extremely calm. When he saw Shi Wei come in, he just said something as usual and continued reading.

Shi Wei's breathing suddenly became heavier. "Why didn't you stop me? I really wanted to be your son."

"I've told you before, you are my son, Ishigami Kashiwa, for the rest of your life, no matter what you do." Ishigami Kashiwa didn't even raise his head, "and it doesn't matter if you admit it or not."

"No, you are not my father at all. I went to the Chu family today, and I went for an identification. I also looked into my mother's case thirteen years ago. It's obvious that you and I have nothing to do with each other, and you should want me to die, but why did you raise me in the end? Why did you become my father?" Shi Wei looked at Shi Shangbai's attitude and inexplicably calmed down.

After hearing what he said, Shi Shangbai finally put down the book, turned around and looked at Shi Wei, thought for a while and said, "Why? Indeed, I started to raise you just for revenge."