In contrast to the second brother Fei Yujing, the fifth brother Li Jiuzheng actually had more contact with the original owner after Shi Xingrui's death.
Li Jiuzheng was a young genius who studied medicine at an early age. Although he was not as busy as Fei Yujing, he was just as busy as Fei Yujing. He was basically unreachable for half a year in a year. He was either catching up on his studies or doing research. Nine out of ten times he was called, his phone was turned off. In the later period, he opened his own private hospital. Although the phone could be reached, it was difficult to make an appointment with him. He always had a lot of critically ill patients to save. When asked when he was free, the answer was always no.
Among the five brothers, he has the weakest presence and the strangest concern for the original owner. Every time they meet, he will give the original owner some rare gadgets he has researched, and will also take the initiative to help the original owner with homework. He seems very considerate and attentive, but outside of tutoring, he never takes the initiative to say a word to the original owner. In his spare time, he reads a book by himself, isolating others from his own world.
He speaks little, likes to be quiet, does not take the initiative to participate in anything, goes with the flow, and silently wanders outside the group, like a ghost that appears and disappears from time to time.
The original owner had complicated feelings towards this fifth brother. He liked all the strange, mysterious or exquisite gadgets that he gave him. He secretly thought that he was amazing and admired him, but he was also afraid of him. In the spare time of countless tutoring sessions, when he had a hard time solving a problem and wanted to seek affirmation from him, he would find that he was sitting quietly in the corner, looking at him with a very strange look.
The original owner did not understand the meaning of those looks at the time, and thought that Li Jiuzheng was just daydreaming out of habit. It was not until he was disfigured, had a car accident, and was sent to Li Jiuzheng's private hospital twice, and got along with Li Jiuzheng for a long time, that he understood what those looks meant - there was a hint of murderous intent hidden in it, not strong, but always there.
During the time when the original owner was waiting to die in agony after the car accident, Li Jiuzheng would always appear by the original owner's bedside at some very strange times, doing nothing but watching the original owner quietly. His hands would occasionally be placed on the instruments that maintained the original owner's life, and his desire to turn them off was so undisguised.
This was the original owner's deepest nightmare, and it was also the reason why he blamed everything on his five brothers - the murderous intent seen with one's own eyes is always more frightening than the unknown murderer.
Buzz buzz buzz.
The phone suddenly vibrated, and a text message came in. Shi Jin
came back to his senses from his memories of the plot, picked up the phone and took a look, and was surprised to find that the two New Year text messages he had just sent out had actually received responses, one after the other, as if the two people who replied had agreed.
Fei Yujing: Who?
Li Jiuzheng: Thank you.
Shi Jin was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that Fei Yujing and Li Jiuzheng didn't know his current mobile phone number. He also forgot to sign his name when he sent the text message just now, so he quickly sent another text message to introduce himself.
Then Fei Yujing's message fell into the sea, and there was no new text message. Shi Jin was prepared for this, and even suspected that Fei Yujing had blocked his number.
Li Jiuzheng replied to the new text message quickly. The content was short, with only one word: Oh. Shi Jin
stared at this word, and the picture of Li Jiuzheng standing beside the original owner's bed like a ghost unconsciously emerged in his mind. He shuddered, exited the text message page, rolled into the quilt, and opened a game of mahjong to suppress his surprise.
He was now very sure that part of the fatal factors in his remaining 600 progress bar were definitely from Li Jiuzheng. He had to plan how to get along with this fifth brother.
On New Year's Eve, Shi Jin ran into Lian Jun's study early, dressed warmly and sat opposite Lian Jun, without saying a word, just staring at him.
Lian Jun couldn't bear to read the document any longer, so he looked up at him and said, "If you want to spend the New Year with your brother, you can leave now. Let Gua Er take you there. Remember to keep your phone open and report safety every night. You must be back before the seventh day of the New Year. After we deal with Chen Qing's matter, we will prepare to leave City B. We must prepare early." Shi
Jin was puzzled and shook his head and said, "No, I'm not going to my brother's place. I'll spend the New Year here with you. I've told my brother about it."
Lian Jun's eyes moved, and he asked, "Has it been agreed?"
"Yes, my eldest brother already agreed when he came to see me last time. Didn't I tell you about this at dinner that day?" Shi Jin replied, then leaned on the desk and continued to look at Lian Jun with that look that obviously had ulterior motives.
Lian Jun's tense voice slowly relaxed, and he put down the document and said, "I forgot... what do you want to do dressed like this?"
"It's stopped snowing outside." Shi Jin pointed out the window.
Lian Jun suddenly followed his train of thought, looked out the window, and asked, "So?"
"So today is New Year's Eve, can you not work? Let's go build a snowman, I've prepared a scarf and hat for the snowman, and look, there are also carrots that can be used as a nose!" Shi Jin took out the things he had prepared early and looked at Lian Jun with hope.
Lian Jun glanced at the cleanly washed and distinctive carrot in his hand, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, then quickly suppressed, picked up the document again, and said coldly: "Go by yourself, I'm busy." Shi Jin
put the carrot on the table and continued to look straight at Lian Jun - it's not his fault that he is so childish and shameless, it's really because Xiao Si said too badly about Lian Jun last night, saying that Lian Jun has been in poor health since he was a child, and he specially rushed to warm places in winter. He has never seen snow, nor made a snowman, and his life lacks a lot of fun, leaving a lot of regrets. If Lian Jun can see more beautiful things, maybe his mental state will be better, he can face life more positively, and adjust his physical condition.
What else could Shi Jin say to Xiao Si who sighed and recited poetry? Of course, he immediately ran to the kitchen to wash a carrot and promised to go to Lian Jun tomorrow to make up for his childhood. He also contributed his scarf and hat - thanks to the bald years, he really had a lot of hats.
Lian Jun looked at the documents, Shi Jin looked at Lian Jun, and the study was very quiet.
Ten minutes later, Shi Jin said faintly: "You didn't read the documents at all. Usually you turn the page every five minutes. Now ten minutes have passed, and you are still on this page without moving."
Lian Jun's hand holding the document froze, and he looked up at him. Shi
Jin conjured up a thick coat and a thick blanket, pointed to the snow-covered world outside the window, and his eyes were full of encouragement.
Lian Jun lowered his eyes, put down the documents and slid out. He turned his side to Shi Jin without moving or speaking. Shi Jin
's eyes lit up, and he happily went forward to help Lian Jun put on his thick coat, and then covered him with a thick blanket, and said happily: "Don't worry, you won't freeze. You stay in the room and I'll go to pile them. If there's anything wrong with the pile, tell me and I'll fix it."
"Don't play too long." Lian Jun instructed, letting him wrap himself with the blanket, and said, "It's windy outside today."
"It's okay, I'm not afraid of the cold." Shi Jin smiled happily, wrapped him up, and pushed him out, a little fast.
So everyone on the sixth floor saw Shi Jin pushing Lian Jun through the corridor, into the elevator, and down the hallway at a speed as if he was kidnapping someone. He was as happy as a mouse that had stolen rice.
"What are you doing?" Gua Er looked like a demon.
Gua Yi was silent, put down the small red envelope he was wrapping, stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look."
Gua San and Gua Wu responded immediately, dropping their work and standing up.
The three of them disappeared quickly. Gua Er did not move, but looked at Gua Jiu who was paralyzed on the sofa, poked him with his hand, and asked, "Why don't you go?"
"I'm not hungry." Gua Jiu spoke with his eyes half closed, his voice was vague, and he looked like he was talking in his sleep.
Gua Er looked at him silently, and thought that he actually understood what he meant. He stood up and said, "I'm hungry." Then he turned around and ran to the elevator, fearing that he would miss any important shots. It was
indeed very windy outside. The trees in the yard were blown crooked, and the snow on the branches was all blown away.
After Shi Jin arrived on the first floor, he chose a lounge facing the yard. He settled Lian Jun behind the movable French window in the lounge, put a bunch of snacks in front of him, made a cup of hot milk tea, and then walked out of the house in high spirits... and was quickly frozen back.
Lian Jun looked at him, as if he was looking at a silly child who knew that the outside world was very dangerous, but for the sake of face, he insisted on going out to play.
"Forget it." He put down the milk tea and handed Shi Jin the ladder.
"It only happens once a year, how can I just let it go? I'm just not used to such strong winds..." Shi Jin twisted his neck and made excuses. He put on a mask again to prevent his face from freezing. Then he took a deep breath, stepped out of the house again with a heroic look, and quickly closed the window and ran to the yard covered with snow.
The yard of the club is very large, with a large flat open space in the middle. At this time, the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, soft and fluffy like a cream cake.
"So this is the winter in the north..." Shi Jin stood in the snow with tears streaming down his face.
His hometown is in the southern part of the country. Although it snows in winter, it has never snowed so heavily and the temperature has never dropped so low. He has been covered by the heater during this period of time and subconsciously has a little misunderstanding about the winter in City B. Now that he goes out, he feels like the shit is about to be frozen out.
Xiao Si didn't expect that he was so weak against cold. He felt a little regretful for encouraging him to build a snowman, and said, "Why don't you go back? The temperature has been abnormally low these days. Don't get cold."
"It's okay. Just give me some buffs. Besides, I haven't built a snowman for many years. Seeing such thick snow makes my hands itchy." Shi Jin comforted him, walked a few steps to the side, squeezed out a smile through the French window, waved to Lian Jun, and then turned and ran to the middle of the yard.
Xiao Si's buff took effect quickly. After Shi Jin moved around for a while, he felt that his body was no longer so cold. He took off his mask and began to really enjoy the fun of building a snowman.
He didn't plan to build a fancy snowman, just a simple one to suit the occasion, so he first rolled a snowball to make a big, round snowman body and put it in the middle of the yard, then rolled a slightly smaller snowball and ran into the house with it in his arms.
Lian Jun put him in the wheelchair, and regardless of whether the wind was cold, he touched Shi Jin's face and said with a frown, "It's too cold, forget it."
"It's not cold, I'm still a little warm." Shi Jin turned around to make the gap between the window and door smaller, took off his gloves, took out the carrots and two buttons, handed them to Lian Jun and said, "Here, the nose and eyes of the snowman are yours, so this snowman is made by us together."
Lian Jun was stunned, looking at the buttons and carrots without moving.
"Hurry up, the heating in the room is too strong. If you delay for a while, the snowman's head will melt." Shi Jin urged, and carefully touched the snowman's head in his arms, as if he was afraid that it would really melt.
Lian Jun looked up at him, his eyes swept over his red cheeks and nose, pursed his lips, took the button and carrot, and pressed them on the snowman's face a little clumsily. When doing this, because he was not used to the hard feeling of the frozen snow, he also buttoned it off once, and accidentally poked a hole in the snowman's head.
"It's okay, just get some snow to fix it later." Shi Jin wiped the hole, picked up the button and put it back into Lian Jun's hand.
The two people's fingertips touched, one was very cold, and the other was very icy. Lian Jun reflexively squeezed Shi Jin's hand, but when he found that he could not warm him up, he slowly let go, raised his hand to put the button back, and said, "It's done."
"Young Master Jun, your technique is not bad. The facial features are so distinctive. Just wait, I'll put them together." Shi Jin was very happy. He carefully picked up the snowball and ran out. He put the snowball on the body of the snowman, then picked up some scattered snowflakes to fill in the uneven places of the snowman. After the whole snowman was round, he put a hat and scarf on the snowman with satisfaction.
After he finished, he stepped back to admire it. He felt that the snowman was too bald and ugly, so he picked up two forked branches and inserted them into the snowman's body, giving it two hands.
The round body, bald arms, a small hat on the big head, and a big nose under the small eyes, Shi Jin was first amused by this ugly and cute snowman. He turned around and looked inside the house. He saw Lian Jun looking straight at him. He smiled and waved at him, pointed at the snowman's round belly, and tactfully told him to eat himself fat like this snowman.
Lian Jun directly opened the French window and slid out. Shi Jin
was startled, and hurried forward to meet him, standing in the wind to help him block the wind, and anxiously said: "How did you get out?"
"There was fog on the glass, and I couldn't see clearly." Lian Jun answered, looked at the snowman carefully, then raised his hand to hold one of Shi Jin's hands, and slid the wheelchair with the other hand, turning into the house and saying, "Come in, the wind is getting stronger." Shi Jin
responded, went around behind him to help him push the wheelchair, and unconsciously pulled out the hand he was holding.
Lian Jun's hands were empty, and he looked at Shi Jin's reflection through the French window, slowly withdrew his hand, and let Shi Jin push him into the house.
Gua Er, who was hiding at the door and peeking, had a very complicated expression, and sighed: "No wonder Shi Jin's fantasy can come true. Why does he have so many crooked ideas every day... Just now, the expression on Jun Shao's face when he looked at the snowman... Oh, I think I'm about to cry. After
all, Jun Shao is younger than us." Gua San and Gua Wu didn't say anything after hearing this, and their expressions were a little gloomy - they knew better than anyone what kind of life Jun Shao had lived for so many years.
"Let's go." Gua Yi spoke and turned around first, "At least we can have a good New Year this year. Let the kitchen prepare a rich reunion dinner tonight."
After building the snowman, Lian Jun and Shi Jin simply stayed in the lounge facing the yard, set up a table of snacks, made a pot of hot drink, and admired the snowman while playing mahjong.
Shi Jin was very pleased that Lian Jun took the initiative to ask to play games to relax, so he had two tablets sent over, downloaded the mahjong software, gave Lian Jun his account with a lot of game coins, applied for a new account for himself, and taught Lian Jun how to play mahjong step by step.
Lian Jun got the hang of it quickly. After only a few losses, he began to lead Shi Jin to win. Shi Jin patted his thighs and rubbed his pillow happily. His mahjong personality emerged and he was so excited that he seemed to be ten years younger.
This should have been a rare warm reunion year, but things did not go as planned. At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Qing called - he once again invited Lian Jun out for dinner as an old friend.
This invitation might be strange for others. After all, who would not go out to reunite with family during the Chinese New Year and instead invite old friends to dinner together? But Lian Jun was alone, and Chen Qing invited him to dinner as an old friend at this time, which seemed very warm and considerate.
Lian Jun pretended to decline, saying that if Chen Qing was also alone, he could come to the club to celebrate the Chinese New Year with him.
Chen Qing refused to go, saying that he had borrowed a good friend's house and cooked a big meal himself, wanting Lian Jun to taste his cooking skills. He also hinted that he had something secret that he hadn't told Lian Jun about a mission they had done together.
At this point, Lian Jun naturally accepted the invitation, asked for Chen Qing's address, and said that he would be there on time. After
the call was hung up, Shi Jin's game had been automatically taken over by the mahjong system because he hadn't played a card for too long, so he was sure to lose.
He frowned and said, "The dinner location is a residential area. There are many people there, the terrain is complicated, and it's easy to get in but difficult to get out. I don't recommend you to go. Besides, the dinner is at six, but the appointment is almost at five. We don't have time to prepare too much."
Lian Jun put down his phone, sent a text message to get the divination, and soothed him, "An hour is enough time to ambush people, don't worry."
"What if this is just a trap? Chen Qing may not be in that residential building at all. If you go there, you may not only fail to rescue him, but also get yourself involved." Shi Jin was still worried.
"I will ask Chen Qing to come downstairs to pick me up. I won't go upstairs by myself. I have also made arrangements at the Black Rose's lair. If the situation really goes wrong, we will not lose if we attack head-on. Don't worry." Lian Jun continued to comfort her and prepared to leave in his wheelchair. Shi Jin
held the armrest of his wheelchair and said with a stiff face, "I'll go with you."
Lian Jun looked at him sideways, his brows relaxed, and suddenly reached out and touched his head, saying, "You stay in the club, I'll come back early to spend the New Year with you." Shi Jin
always felt uneasy, and still shook his head, insisting, "I'll go with you, I'm worried about you going alone."
"Not alone, Guayi and the others will accompany me." Lian Jun still refused, looking at Shi Jin's face full of worry, he actually leaned over and gave Shi Jin a light hug, patted his back, and said, "You stay in the club, be obedient." After that, he stepped back and saw Guayi appear at the door. He gently pulled away Shi Jin's hand that was pressing on the wheelchair and went to meet Guayi.
Gua Yi stepped forward and held Lian Jun's wheelchair. He exchanged a glance with Shi Jin who looked over, nodded at him, and pushed Lian Jun away.
The lounge, which was originally warm and lively, quickly became deserted. Shi Jin was unwilling to give up and wanted to find Lian Jun, but was stopped by Gua Jiu who appeared out of nowhere and said that if he insisted on not following orders, he would have to lock him up. Shi
Jin knew that Gua Jiu was serious, and returned to the sixth floor with a heavy heart. He watched everyone coming and going to prepare various things, and he was completely unable to help. Finally, he watched Lian Jun, who had changed his clothes, being pushed into the elevator by Gua Er and went to the parking lot on the underground floor.
"Remember to eat well." Lian Jun actually said before leaving.
Shi Jin couldn't eat. After watching everyone leave, he sat down at the big table prepared for the reunion dinner. He watched Lian Jun's progress bar slowly increase after he left the club. He felt very upset.
"Baby must have prepared it. Don't worry, Jin Jin." Xiao Si said to comfort him.
"I know." Shi Jin sighed and stared at Lian Jun's progress bar. Finally, when the progress bar value rose to 800, he couldn't help but sit up and said through gritted teeth, "No, I can't just sit there and watch. Lian Jun's progress bar's death judgment method is different from mine. I have to make sure that I'm near him when Lian Jun's progress bar rises to the point of death."
Xiao Si asked, "Jin Jin, what do you want to do?"
"If Lian Jun doesn't let me follow him, then I won't follow him. They've been gone for a while. If I follow them now, it might disrupt Lian Jun's plan, but Lian Jun doesn't necessarily have to stay by his side." Shi Jin strode back to the room, took his weapon, thought for a while, and stuffed the chicken leg pendant Lian Jun gave him into his pocket. Finally, he took out the doll clothes he prepared for the New Year and stuffed them into his big backpack. This thing was also bought by Xiao Si, and he was going to put it on during the New Year to give Lian Jun a surprise.
Now think about it, he has worked hard to make up for Lian Jun's childhood.
When Xiao Si saw him taking this, he was dumbfounded and asked, "Jin, Jin, what are you doing with this?"
"I won't interfere with their rescue plan. I'll just go to the community where they eat and hand out love candies. It's Chinese New Year, and everyone should have a little hobby." Shi Jin found a high-sounding excuse for his disobedience. He put on his big backpack, sent New Year greetings to all his brothers in advance, and said angrily as he walked out of the club, "Anyway, I can't eat the family reunion dinner alone. I'm going to eat at a hundred families!"
Xiao Si: "..."
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