Signs of heartbeat
Jin Zhou waited for a whole day but received no news from Song Shuyang, and he did not accept the money transferred to him. He had no patience and just called him.
On the phone, Song Shuyang was hesitant. I don’t know what was wrong. He hung up the phone without saying a few words.
He frowned at the name on his phone.
Song Shuyang's recent reaction was very strange. He avoided me like a monster. He really wanted to draw a line between us temporarily before he figured out his sexual orientation, but that didn't mean he would let go.
The feeling that Song Shuyang was in a hurry to escape from him made him feel uncomfortable.
He sat in the living room and thought for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, he took the car keys and went to Helios.
He went to resign.
When the resignation letter was handed to Li Yushan, he was also surprised, "You want to quit?"
Jin Zhou sat down in front of Li Yushan's desk, his eyes cold, "Yes."
Li Yushan frowned, "Why, are you not satisfied with your income?"
"It has nothing to do with that. My family doesn't like me doing this. They think the place is too messy."
"Stop kidding, Jin Zhou," Li Yushan slammed his resignation letter on the table. "We discussed this business model back in college, and now you think it's messy? Let me be honest with you. If you hadn't insisted on operating the clean bar model, the profits would have been at least three times what they are now!"
"That's perfect. People with different ideals can't work together. Wouldn't it be better if we split up and each do our own thing?"
Li Yushan quickly calmed down. He knew that half of Helios' popularity came from Jin Zhou. Without this pillar, the loss of customers would be immeasurable.
He said, "This is a big deal. Find Jiang Ying and let's have a meeting when we have time."
"No need to look for me," Jiang Ying pushed the door open and walked in. "I've been waiting outside for a while."
“What are you doing…”
Jiang Ying leaned against the door and said, "Li Yushan, do you still remember what we talked about when we first opened this store?"
They said they would never forget their original intention and would persist in creating a music label that belonged to the three of them.
As a result, Li Yushan tasted some of the sweetness of running a nightclub, but he immediately forgot all about it. He is still not satisfied with the current Saturday carnival special and plans to transform it into a pure nightclub.
The three of them had held a meeting to discuss this matter before, but it ended in a bad mood as no one could convince anyone else, and the issue of transformation has been shelved.
Li Yushan was a little tired of trying to accommodate them. He was no longer the passionate young man who always talked about his musical dream. Now he was just a businessman.
"In that case, let's part ways amicably."
Coming out of Li Yushan's office, Jiang Ying bared her teeth. "This guy is so stingy, giving 800,000 to a beggar."
Jin Zhou said calmly: "That's enough."
Jiang Ying stood in front of him and asked, "Have you really thought it through? Do you want to go to Han City with me?"
Jin Zhou looked down at the document he had just signed and said, "There's nothing to consider."
Song Shuyang is always his first principle.
"You're really infatuated, Old Jin. You chased him all the way to Han City just because he passed the exam. Aren't you afraid that he'd think you were too clingy?"
Jin Zhou didn't say anything.
When they walked outside the building, Jiang Ying took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and handed one to Jin Zhou.
"I've already found the shop over there. I'll take my wife back first and then we'll officially sign the contract when you come over."
Jin Zhou hummed, put the cigarette in his mouth, and didn't light it.
In the next few days, Jin Zhou completed the handover, and the money Li Yushan received for his shares also arrived. Together with Jiang Ying's part, the initial capital turnover was more than enough.
Going to a completely unfamiliar city to start a business does indeed involve huge risks, but Song Shuyang is in that city.
He couldn't restrain himself any longer.
When Song Shuyang was not around, he could hardly sleep well. He tossed and turned all night long, missing the chattering voice that was always around him.
It was already unclear when he started to fall in love with Song Shuyang, but he still remembered the moment when he made up his mind to possess him.
It was the second semester of the junior year, and the students had just returned to school after the winter break. Coincidentally, Jin Zhou’s birthday that year fell on the day they returned to school.
In fact, Song Nian had already celebrated his birthday in advance. Jin Zhou didn't have much anticipation for such a day, so he just celebrated it symbolically.
His university is the most famous one in Jiang City. Although they are in the same city, it still takes more than an hour to drive back to No. 69 Qingmei Lane. Even so, Jin Zhou still goes home every weekend without any trouble, just to see the one he expects in his heart.
Originally, he wanted to quit smoking that semester, and he had agreed with Song Nian that he would go home once a month.
He had to figure out what was going on with his lustful thoughts about Song Shuyang.
He still remembered that he arrived at school at four o'clock that day, and it was already past six o'clock when he had packed his bed and luggage. His roommates all went out to eat, and he stayed alone in the dormitory, staring at the photos on his phone.
He saved a lot of photos of Song Shuyang, cute, handsome, and funny ones. He actually had severe separation anxiety towards Song Shuyang. He would suffer from insomnia if he was not with him. Sometimes he would even sit alone facing his photos until dawn.
During that time, he suspected that he was crazy, otherwise how could he be so obsessed with someone.
But if you think about it carefully, everything has a clear path. When he first arrived at the Song family, he was still recovering from the abuse by the nanny. It was Song Shuyang who monitored whether he ate well every day, saying with a stern face, "If you don't eat well, you won't grow tall in the future."
He was amused and came out of his desire to live.
He liked to argue with Song Shuyang, liked to bully him, and liked to see him get angry when he was speechless. That way he would feel that he was alive.
He also didn't know when the second feeling was born. This feeling was still controllable when Song Shuyang was immature. As he grew older, his body got rid of his juvenile characteristics and released signals of maturity step by step. Everything was finally out of control.
At first it was just a fantasy, an uncontrollable fantasy. When I saw that face, I would imagine him crying because he was bullied by me in some way, his fleshy lips were ravaged until they were red, swollen and bleeding, and he was shouting for mercy from his brother in a hoarse voice.
Later, he became obsessed and took action, and was caught by Song Shuyang.
The other person knew nothing and came over to ask him curiously what it felt like.
He was completely consumed by guilt, and for a long time, he masochistically refused to communicate with Song Shuyang, forcing him to draw a line between them, and even had a big fight with him over this matter.
He really couldn't bear to see Song Shuyang cry, so he took the initiative to make peace, ending the cold war that lasted only one month.
Jin Zhou still couldn't find a way to stop his fantasies, so he could only force himself to quit. Now that he was away from home to go to college, it was the best time to quit. But that night, Song Shuyang walked into his world completely in the wind and snow.
In the winter when the temperature was several degrees below zero, eighteen-year-old Song Shuyang skipped evening self-study and took a two-hour bus ride across half the city. She appeared in front of him with a red nose and a cake in her hand.
Jin Zhou hugged him uncontrollably and asked in a hoarse voice, "Why are you so silly, Zai Zai? I don't really care whether it's my birthday or not."
Song Shuyang smiled at him smugly, "You're so touched, you bastard! I came here just to make fun of you for getting another year older."
Jin Zhou covered his frozen face with his hands, unable to hide his admiration in his eyes, "Well, you're one year older."
At that moment, he had no intention of letting Song Shuyang go.
Whether it's waiting for him to grow up or watching him interact with all kinds of people, as long as he is within his control and as long as he has not met the person who can really teach him how to love, he can keep sitting back and waiting.
Until he was seen by Song Shuyang.
"Have you really decided to develop in Han City?" This was the last time Song Nian confirmed with him.
"I've made up my mind, Aunt Song. Don't worry, my classmate is a local from Han City. She's there to protect me."
Song Nian sighed, and said half complainingly and half teasingly, "Jiang City is so big, it's not big enough for you two to make trouble. Why do you have to run so far away and leave me here alone?"
Jin Zhou smiled along with her, but he was saying sorry in his heart.
It is necessary to change the scene where he and Song Shuyang are together from Qingmei Lane to another city.
In the small Western-style building where they grew up together, Song Shuyang would feel ashamed and resist changes in the relationship. Most importantly, there was Song Nian, who was always a haven for him to escape reality.
He needed to use some "anonymity effect" to force Song Shuyang to redefine their relationship in an unfamiliar environment.
He pushed a thick envelope towards Song Nian, "Aunt Song, thank you for your care over the years."
Song Nian returned it to him without even looking at it, "Don't play this trick on me. Going to a new city to develop requires money everywhere. Keep it for yourself. Besides, I was counting on you to take good care of Yangyang when you get there."
She refused to accept it, and Jin Zhou didn't force her.
He whispered, "Aunt Song, if I make a serious mistake one day, will you forgive me?"
"Of course, Xiaozhou. Auntie has already treated you as her own son."
After saying this, Song Nian's face was filled with anticipation. "Xiao Zhou, can you call me, that..."
Jin Zhou raised the corners of his lips and called her softly, "Mom."
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