Chapter 32: The reward for nourishment is the fragrance that Liumi gives to Daddy...
One, two, three... twelve.
Chi Liuai counted silently, and Lu Suiyue sat next to her, brushing back Chi Liuai's long hair. The two of them sat close together in the coffee shop on campus, sharing a mobile phone screen.
"What are you counting?" Lu Sui Yue asked.
Chi Liuai was stunned. She didn't answer, but she was thinking. She had spoken to her brother twelve times during this period, once a week. Twelve weeks was more than three months.
Every time I tried to find out whether my brother was willing to come back to me, I would hint at it.
From the initial silence, to the sudden hang-up, Chi Liuai couldn't get through the phone at all after that.
But just this morning, before Meng Yuzhi left, he told Chi Liuai that there would be a fighting class this afternoon. Chi Liuai suppressed the excitement on the corners of his mouth and pretended to mention casually whether it was his former teacher.
Meng Yuzhi nodded.
It was rush hour, and Chi Liuai, chin pointed, gazed at the school gate. Luxury cars drove by in an orderly fashion, each one carrying fewer and fewer students. This strange feeling brought Chi Liuai back to kindergarten. No matter how busy Lin Zhun was, he would always be the first to appear at the school gate, waiting for Chi Liuai to run through the small gate into his arms, smiling and saying, "Slow down."
Just like today, she will soon see her brother again after a long wait.
"Sui Yue, let me give you an example." Chi Liuai gestured with his hands, "If you have a very important relative whom you love so much that you can't leave, and you suddenly separate, when you meet again, you always feel that person doesn't want you and always wants to keep you where you are, why is that?"
Lu Suiyue: "Could it be your parents?"
Chi Liuai shook his head and said that he had no parents.
For a moment, Lu Suiyue wanted to slap himself twice, and then said, "Are you on good terms?"
"We depend on each other."
"Well..." Lu Suiyue wanted to change the sad topic, "It should be for your own good. Your life is going so smoothly now. Anyone who wants to take you away is a bastard."
A stone struck and created ripples.
At this time, someone waved at them from a distance. It was a slender and elegant woman. Lu Suiyue patted Chi Liuai on the shoulder and said, "I'm leaving first. Someone will pick me up. Come to my house next time."
Chi Liuai twirled the fork in her hand for a long time, and then she left.
When the waiter was closing the dishes, he saw that the chestnut cake had been ruthlessly crushed by a cold knife and fork, and its beautiful shape was no longer there.
He took a photo.
Report any abnormalities.
When Meng Yuzhi noticed this photo in the report, Chi Liuai also changed into his training clothes.
Meng Yuzhi, the servants, the housekeeper, and Chen Hui in the main hall were all slightly distracted by Chi Liuai.
Chi Liuai, who has always been picky about life and regards face as more important than anything else, wore a training suit that could be considered polite to ordinary people. It was dark in color and had a small irregular tear because it was newly bought and had been deliberately rubbed.
Meng Yuzhi thought that Chi Liuai went to the mall before going home and created a new wound for himself.
If this pity is not for Meng Yuzhi to see, then it must be someone else.
During these short three hours, Chi Liuai thought a lot about how she should shed tears, how she should create wounds that never existed, and if she continued to appear bright and beautiful, when she deliberately disguised herself, Chi Liuai realized that the marks on her ribs that were once prominent due to her thinness had also faded. She gained some weight, her eyes became brighter, and her world had fewer worries. She no longer needed to focus on Chi Baoyuan, Chi Cheng, and any disturbances in the Chi family.
Chi Liuai couldn't understand why this was happening.
Especially when he received Meng Yuzhi's gentle smile downstairs, even though Chi Liuai appeared in tattered condition, his admiration was beyond words.
Her chest, near her ribs, where her heart was, felt faintly swollen. Chi Liuai let out a breath and felt like crying again for no apparent reason.
She shed many tears here.
Maintaining this emotional momentum, Chi Liuai was in the training room, looking very depressed as if he had been thinking too much, when he met Lin Zhun, whom he had been thinking about day and night.
All of this was too unnecessary. Compared to Chi Liuai's pathetic words, what came first was the piercing pain in my heart.
No matter how much she pretends to be pitiful, she can never compare to the truly pitiful Lin Zhun.
In just a few months, Lin Zhun lost a lot of weight. More than just thinner, she saw the scabbed wounds, the tight jaw, and the bluish crew cut. At this moment, Chi Liuai couldn't help but confirm her guess.
Why can Lin Zhun only talk to me on the phone every week?
Why does Lin Jun always refuse to meet with me?
Why is it always unexpected when Lin Zhun hangs up the phone?
There was an external force between them, like a ruthless and strict machine, monitoring them, and the time of their conversation was accurate to the second.
Chi Liuai lowered her voice, choking with bitterness, and spoke word by word: "You, you, have you committed a crime?"
"What?" Lin Zhun was still counting how many surveillance cameras there were here, and was stunned by Chi Liuai's question.
Chi Liuai didn't care about that: "I knew you were in jail for a short time! Don't lie to me, no matter how stupid I am, I know that selling fried rice won't lead to jail. Isn't it Meng, Meng Ran?"
His bravery that night did not help his brother at all.
Chi Liuai messed up again.
"What should I do? I'm a little afraid that you will die." Chi Liuai took a breath.
Forty-five.
Lin Zhun couldn't bear to see Chi Liuai cry, it had been like this since she was a child. He used his body to block his sister under the forty-five surveillance cameras that Meng Yuzhi had installed extra and that he had personally determined.
It wasn't that he was blocking the camera, it was that Chi Liuai was standing in the air vent of the air conditioner just now.
Lin Zhun was afraid that his sister, who was wearing thin clothes, would catch a cold.
Chi Liuai's tears had not yet fallen.
He stood in front of her, using his fingertips and words to make the tears disappear.
"Why not? If I go to jail, it will be Blue Mountain Prison."
Lanshan Prison is in Hangzhou. It was in the news yesterday because of the execution of a death row prisoner. The prisoner was a former gang leader who was sent in by his own younger brother.
Chi Liuai was frightened and told Lin Zhun to "Pooh" and then asked why.
Lin Zhun said solemnly: "Didn't I promise you that even if we were apart, we would stay close."
"But, but you still..." Chi Liuai didn't ask anymore. Even if he asked, his brother would not tell the truth. It was always Lin Zhun who said it, and Chi Liuai believed it. "Forget it, brother, don't worry, I've hidden this wooden sign on me."
Chi Liuai secretly showed the wooden sign to Lin Zhun.
Lin Zhun was stunned. This was the wooden plaque he had dropped at the scene. Chi Liuai even pointed at the four words on it, "Safe and Prosperous," proving that this was the wooden plaque they had worn since childhood.
As if to take credit: "Now they won't suspect you anymore."
Just as Meng Yuzhi said, from that night on, no one would doubt that Chi Liuai was involved in Meng Ran's murder. Chi Liuai also wanted to reassure Lin Zhun and prove his worth.
"Aren't you afraid?" Lin Zhun also understood that Chi Liuai knew about Meng Ran's evil deeds and said, "What will you do if they come after you?"
Lin Zhun's voice was a little loud.
Chi Liuai punched Lin Zhun in the chest. Lin Zhun made a muffled sound, but his eyes were always fixed on his sister.
Chi Liuai's voice became louder. She felt wronged and hurt. Her eyes were red. "Why don't you believe me? Why are you yelling at me? You don't even know what kind of life I've been through!"
These words came out of nowhere. They were talking about the wooden sign, and Chi Liuai was emphasizing the trust between them.
Meng Yuzhi played with the pen with his fingers, then tapped a stack of documents on the table and ordered to continue checking. The computer contained every move of the two in the fighting room, Chi Liuai's sorrow and anger, and Lin Zhun's redundancy.
Lin Zhun told her not to take any risks.
Liuai talked about trust in a roundabout way.
The conversation is illogical.
When Liu'ai talked to him, she always liked to ask about today's meals, tomorrow's schedule, and trivial matters at school. She would stretch out her hand and look eagerly, saying that she needed a gift. Everything was a normal interaction with life moving forward in an orderly manner. When he was angry, she would act coquettishly, and when he was happy, she would become more and more demanding. They communicated mechanically in the way ordinary people did.
Lin Zhun's casual concern.
Chi Liuai seemed to have suffered a great betrayal, revealing emotions that Meng Yuzhi had never experienced before.
They were tugging and bickering like a couple in love.
Lin Zhun was angry: "He treated you badly! Did he make you cry?"
At this time, Chi Liuai was stunned for a moment. She didn't want to say anything bad about Meng Yuzhi, but she was not without conscience.
"That's not the case, Brother Yuzhi. You are usually very nice to me." She almost couldn't help but call him daddy.
"But, but you don't have a wedding, no marriage certificate, and many things cannot be guaranteed. What if..." Lin Zhun thought, what if his brother is gone, and he abandons you, you will be left with nothing, and you will cry bitterly, Liuai.
Chi Liuai excitedly showed her finger: "I have a ring, Brother Yuzhi gave it to me."
Then, he comforted Lin Zhun in a normal tone: "Brother, why don't you understand? This is a good thing."
"If we get a marriage certificate, I won't be able to run away when the time comes, and I'll be doomed!" Chi Liuai said softly, and this must not be heard by any third person.
Chen Hui was sweating profusely, watching the boss who seemed to be lost in thought. He then casually knocked on the table, and after a crisp sound, he heard the boss's instructions.
"Tell Mr. He that there is a clue about the child."
Meng Yuzhi's eyes darkened slightly.
"Some people should pay attention to the distance that brothers and sisters should have, right?"
Chen Hui felt that Lin Zhun was really looking for death.
Under Meng Yuzhi's patience, he pushed further and further. Chi Liuai clearly inherited Lin Zhun's strength. Only when death is imminent does one know the feeling of fear. He still remembered that three days ago, although it was not a good time to visit the patient, Mr. Meng still showed mercy and brought a few people to Lin Zhun's sanatorium.
The best medical team and the most strictly supervised hospital.
Lin Zhun recovered quickly, and according to Meng Yu's order, he was ready to see people as soon as he was safe and sound. After Lin Zhun was able to get out of bed, he received a bouquet of flowers and a fruit basket sent by Mr. Meng to visit him, along with a message.
"Only a brother can appear in front of his sister."
Lin Zhun snorted coldly at the bouquet of chrysanthemums on the windowsill.
He asked the bodyguards to put away their guns and said that he already knew the limits.
His sense of propriety was to hold Mr. Meng's wife in his arms and comfort her personally.
Not comforted yet!
The girl cried and broke free from his arms, getting very angry.
Lin Zhun was not angry at all and continued to coax her with great patience.
Before I could comfort him, he started to make even more noise.
Chen Hui listened to the sounds from the surveillance camera. Mr. Meng continued to handle his work slowly and methodically, not affected at all. From time to time, he would stop and look at the girl in the surveillance camera, quietly admiring her and watching their deep brotherly love as an outsider.
Look at how Chi Liuai exaggerates and describes how miserable his life is.
She gets up early and goes to bed late, worries about her grades, and even gets punished for trying to stay sleepy. Her busy daily classes have to be checked for results, and there are many other things: meals she doesn't like, drinks she wants but can't drink, and a carefully planned time. She is like a robot with a bow, working non-stop day and night.
It's so tragic.
If you don’t have someone to talk to, you won’t feel that life is difficult.
Isn’t it?
The wooden sign left a deep mark on Lin Zhun's hand. He relaxed his brows, asked Chi Liuai to hold the sign, looked up at the surveillance camera, and said nothing more.
Chi Liuai nodded and obediently stuffed the wooden tag into his clothes. It retained Lin Zhun's warmth, not too cold, and had a faint sandalwood scent.
She muttered, "Brother, you always don't believe me."
Lin Zhun answered patiently and repeated, "You are the one my brother trusts the most."
"Really?" Chi Liuai looked at Lin Zhun with bright eyes, "Then you should know that I am very brave. I am not afraid of them."
So don't worry about me, and don't refuse my protection.
The younger sister can also stand in front of the older brother.
Lin Zhun responded, but disagreed.
Then he heard Chi Liuai naively covering the location of the wooden sign on his chest and using this item to tell Lin Zhun.
"I can die for you."
As he finished speaking, the door was pushed open, and dazzling sunlight refracted from the top floor. They were in the underground training room, which was cool and illuminated by lamps. Natural light dominated the original space. At this time, the flickering incandescent lamp where the two of them were seemed insignificant, only casting the shadows of the two people overlapping, and stretching to the soles of the man's leather shoes at the door.
The hand-made custom-made leather shoes stepped firmly on the shadow's first step, as if stepping on the girl. She jumped down from the rest platform and pushed Lin Zhun away. It turned out that Chi Liuai had been held on the rest platform by Lin Zhun, sitting there swinging her feet, supporting herself on the edge of the rest platform with her hands, telling her brother her heart, and the shadows were intertwined.
"Why are your eyes red in class?" Meng Yuzhi patted the girl's waist, wanting her to get closer to him. Chi Liuai did not respond to this hint, but nervously pulled Meng Yuzhi's sleeve, and her fingers slipped and dug into the man's palm.
He looked back at Lin Zhun from time to time.
The weather wasn't what we'd hoped for, and it rained heavily. The rumble of thunder was so loud that Chi Liuai shivered, letting go of the panic of having been caught. She said she was too tired today and wanted to end the class now.
Meng Yuzhi agreed and told the servants to prepare the meal.
Lin Zhun clenched his fingers tightly and watched Meng Yuzhi holding his sister's hand. There was a little tooth mark there. His fingertips were also rubbing the base of his left hand, as if Liu'ai had left a bite in the same place. The tooth mark was mixed with the girl's saliva and the grief and anger that seemed to come from it.
It bit the base of Meng Yuzhi's right hand.
Lin Zhun felt a stuffy and itchy feeling in his chest again.
There was a slight itching sensation as if a needle had pierced countless holes in a net. The figure outside the spacious door was gradually getting smaller, and it could no longer block the howling wind coming from the gorge, making Lin Zhun's wounds leak air and feel cold.
Chi Liuai pinched Meng Yuzhi's sleeve, turned her head, and looked at her brother's lonely back. She felt that she couldn't go on like this, sneaking around with her brother and deceiving Meng Yuzhi.
Two people who were very kind to her were deceived because of her timidity.
Chi Liuai's sudden sense of conscience gave her a little more courage.
She kissed the back of Meng Yuzhi's hand in a flattering manner. The bodyguards around her all looked calm. Chi Liuai was afraid that others would say she was shameless again, so she could only kiss him softly, making sure that only Meng Yuzhi could hear it.
"Daddy's hands smell so good, I love them." Chi Liuai's peach blossom eyes moistened the winding scars on the back of Meng Yuzhi's hand, and as she kissed him, she tapped along the lines. "Can you invite the coach to have dinner with us?"
Meng Yuzhi's dark eyes were bottomless. He watched the girl clinging to his hand for a long time. When Chi Liuai's eyes faded, he leaned over, held her face in his hands, and said, "As a reward, of course."
Repay? Chi Liuai didn't understand.
Meng Yuzhi also gave her a kiss in return, raised his eyes and glanced at the man who had been standing behind Chi Liuai for a long time, speaking in a loud voice.
"It's the scent that Liu Ai gave to Daddy."
Meng Yuzhi gave Liuai a lot of happiness, and for this, Chi Liuai also gave Meng Yuzhi. He attributed everything to Chi Liuai's generosity.
"Any request is fine."
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