"Then what to eat, spring rolls? Or glutinous rice balls? Oh, it's okay, I can make them all." Shi Jin pulled hard, using almost all his strength, but his physical condition was not good, his limbs were weak, and he couldn't pull it up no matter what. Finally, he simply gave up, grabbed Li Jiuzheng's arm, turned his head and shouted to Lian Jun who was approaching, "Young Master Jun, I want to take my fifth brother back home to celebrate the New Year together. I can't pull him, can you help me tie him up and take him back?"
Li Jiuzheng's brows frowned even more when he heard this, and he pulled his hand away.
Lian Jun, who was close to him, turned black when he heard what Shi Jin said. He didn't even look at Li Jiuzheng. He glanced up and down at Shi Jin's ferocious appearance. He waved his hand to signal Gua Yi, who was pushing the wheelchair behind him, to stop. He took off the blanket from his knees, and with a long step, he stood up. He took the blanket and walked two steps slowly. He stopped when he could touch Shi Jin, stretched out his hand to grab Shi Jin's arm, and pulled him over to hug him. Shi
Jin: "!!!"
"I'll deal with you when I get back." Lian Jun's face was as dark as water. He pressed Shi Jin's head on his shoulder, and with his other hand, he wrapped the blanket around him and tightly held his body. He looked at Li Jiuzheng coldly, turned around and took Shi Jin to the wheelchair. Gua Er
and his men, who had been ambushing the surroundings at some point, rushed out in unison and restrained Li Jiuzheng who was standing still.
Shi Jin passively followed Lian Jun's movements and walked forward. He was stunned when he smelled the faint scent coming from him.
"Lian Jun is walking! He is walking!" he shouted wildly in his heart.
Xiao Si was also going crazy: "Baby is taller than you! He is actually taller than you! That's great!" Shi
Jin: "..."
He grabbed Lian Jun's clothes and gritted his teeth: "Xiao Si, what did you just say?"
Xiao Si was stuck, humming and pretending to be dead. Seeing that Shi Jin was sure to be safe, he simply took back all the buffs that blocked pain and mobilized body functions on Shi Jin, letting his body rest.
So the next second, Shi Jin, who was still questioning Xiao Si with great energy, suddenly became limp. He didn't have time to say a word and fell into Lian Jun
's arms with his eyes closed. Lian Jun staggered under the weight of his body. He stopped to steady himself. He looked down and found that Shi Jin had fainted. He pursed his lips, tightened his hands around him, and stepped forward to carefully place him in a wheelchair.
Gua Yi reached out to help. After settling Shi Jin, he saw that Lian Jun's face was pale and sweat oozed from his forehead due to the pain. He worriedly called out, "Jun Shao, you..."
"It's okay, push another wheelchair over." Lian Jun interrupted him, his tone still the same, but his body was slightly bent, and he stood steadily with his hands on the armrests of the wheelchair. He reached out and touched Shi Jin's face, turned his head and looked at Li Jiuzheng who was controlled by Gua Er and others, and ordered, "Take him back and inform Shi Weichong that his two brothers have been found. Tell him to go to the military hospital in Rongcheng to find me."
Gua Er responded and took out a gun and pointed it at the back of Li Jiuzheng's waist, and said, "Let's go, Mr. Li."
Li Jiuzheng turned his head slightly to look at him, his eyes swept over Shi Jin who was unconscious in the wheelchair and Lian Jun who was obviously in a very unwell condition, he suppressed his emotions, and obediently followed the direction indicated by Gua Er.
…
Shi Jin woke up again and again to the smell of disinfectant. He opened his eyes and looked at the bedside. Great, this time there were four people staying by his bed. He immediately turned his head away with a look of despair, wanting to faint again.
“Awake?” Lian Jun’s voice came, dim and cold.
Here it comes, as expected.
Shi Jin sighed and resignedly turned his head to look at Lian Jun who was closest to him. He forced a smile at him and flattered him: "Mr. Jun, you look so handsome when you walk. You have broad shoulders, a narrow waist and long legs. Your body proportions are great. It's just that you're too thin. It hurts when I hug you. You should eat more... "
Lian Jun had a blank expression on his face. He reached out and pinched his mouth as he kept talking, sneering: "You talk so much, it looks like you're fine
now." Shi Jin felt a chill on his back from being laughed at. He closed his eyes and coughed muffledly, using his actions to show that he was not feeling well. His acting was very exaggerated.
Uncle Long, who was standing by, couldn't stand it any longer. He stepped forward, squeezed Lian Jun's hand, checked Shi Jin's condition, gave him some water, and said, "Don't bother yourself anymore, be careful of the wound." Shi Jin
immediately calmed down and drank a mouthful of water. He immediately felt that his dry and itchy throat felt much better. He looked at the other two people standing farther away in the room and called out, "Big brother, fifth brother..."
"You have a good rest and don't talk for now." Shi Wei Chong comforted him, and then patted Li Jiu Zheng who was silent beside him.
Li Jiu Zheng looked at Shi Jin and said stiffly, "I'm sorry."
Shi Wei Chong looked at him unsatisfiedly.
Li Jiu Zheng turned his head away from his sight, looking like he didn't want to talk anymore.
Shi Weichong frowned, wanting to say something but holding back, he tilted his head and gave Shi Jin a look that said "I'll give you an explanation", and dragged Li Jiuzheng out of the ward. Shi Jin
stared at the excitement with wide eyes.
Lian Jun couldn't bear it anymore and reached out to pinch Shi Jin's cheek and pulled him towards him.
Shi Jin was forced to turn his gaze back to Lian Jun. Seeing his unfriendly expression, he immediately forgot about watching the excitement and explained guiltily: "It's not that I didn't obey orders, I was just worried about you. That day I was only going to go to the Tuanjie community to check the situation. I didn't want to get involved in your actions. As a result, when I arrived there, I saw that you were in danger. I got excited and shot directly. I didn't expect the sniper to aim at me. I called you for help as soon as I was injured, but unfortunately I was confused by the pain and dialed the wrong number..."
Lian Jun took back his hand, his face darkened and he didn't say anything.
"I'm sorry, I will take the punishment myself." Shi Jin lowered his head and eyes, his face was pale and weak, and he looked so pitiful.
Lian Jun wanted to scold him but couldn't bear it. He frowned and looked at him for a long time. Finally, he could only utter one sentence: "You admit your mistakes very quickly every time, but you will make the same mistake next time. Shi Jin, do you want me to lock you up?" Shi Jin
retorted awkwardly: "There is not every time..." "Do you still want every time?" Lian Jun asked back. Thigh was very angry and seemed to have lost his mind. Shi Jin knew to shut up and stretched out his hand under the quilt to touch Lian Jun, preparing to flatter him in a roundabout way. Lian Jun's hand was on the armrest of the wheelchair, not far from the edge of the bed, but Shi Jin felt it was very difficult - too hungry and had no strength. Lian Jun sat still and watched him. Finally, when he saw that his hand was about to become weak, he finally reached out and held his hand, very firmly, and said, "There won't be a next time." Shi Jin nodded quickly, and on the surface he was very obedient, but his hand was restless and continued to hold it. Finally, he moved his body and stretched out his arm. He took Lian Jun's hand and put it on his leg, pinched it gently, and asked with concern, "Does your leg hurt?"
Lian Jun was pinched so hard that his expression darkened again. He took his hand and put it back into the quilt, saying, "Go and rest. You have to observe the situation before you can eat. Just bear with it."
Why did it suddenly turn cloudy again? Shi Jin
was nervous and called out, "Jun Shao, I..."
Lian Jun reached out and pinched his mouth again, looking at him expressionlessly, and said, "Shi Jin, if you can't give a response, don't show your concern. This is not fair." After saying that, he withdrew his hand, motioned Uncle Long to come forward to guard Shi Jin, and then turned around and slid the wheelchair away.
Shi Jin didn't understand what he said, and looked up at Uncle Long, looking for an explanation.
Uncle Long reached out and patted him on the forehead and said, "Don't ask, shut up, and go to sleep."
"But..."
Uncle Long took out a pair of headphones and put them on, took out his mobile phone and started listening to music.
Shi Jin: "..."
"Xiao Shei, I think Uncle Long and Mr. Jun have a secret, but they are not going to tell me." He retreated and chatted with Xiao Shei.
Xiaosei played a lullaby for him in his head.
Shi Jin choked and was so angry that he actually fell asleep.
When he woke up, Shi Jin found that the person sitting next to the bed had changed, from Uncle Long to Shi Weichong.
Seeing that he was awake, Shi Weichong stepped forward to help him shake the bed a little, then poured a glass of water, inserted a straw into it and handed it to his mouth. He said warmly, "Drink some water first."
Shi Jin tilted his head and took a sip of water, looked around the room and asked, "Where are the others?"
"I'm going to do something else." Shi Weichong replied, and then he set up the bedside table for him, then picked up the thermos on the bedside table, took out a bowl of vegetable porridge and a few side dishes from it, and said as he put the tableware on him, "Eat something to cushion your appetite first. If you need to go to the bathroom, tell me and I'll help you go to the bathroom." Shi
Jin only had a shoulder injury. He had no strength before because of a fever, but now the high fever has subsided. After another good sleep, he felt much better. He smiled and said, "Why do I need your help? I'm not seriously injured."
Shi Weichong frowned and said nothing. After helping him put all his things in place, he sat down beside the bed and said, "Eat first, and then we'll talk." Shi Jin
sighed in his heart when he saw his expression. He knew that he couldn't avoid it, so he picked up the spoon resignedly.
After eating and drinking, Shi Jin looked a little better. Shi Weichong saw it and his expression also improved.
Shi Weichong stood up and helped Shi Jin clean up the table. After settling him down again, he sat back down. After a pause, he said, "Xiao Jin, Lian Jun has told me everything about your injury this time. You were too reckless."
Shi Jin admitted his mistake: "I'm sorry, brother, I made you worry."
"No, you're not sorry for me." Shi Weichong tucked the quilt for him and was silent for a long time before continuing, "I've talked to Jiu Zheng and he promised not to mess with you again. It was my negligence. I didn't care about him during this period of time. I didn't even know that his mother had passed away, and I let him go on a rut. And you... I'm not a good brother, Xiao Jin, I should apologize to you, I'm sorry."
Shi Jin frowned and called, "Brother."
"I'm not worthy of being your elder brother." Shi Weichong lowered his eyes with a tired look on his face. "There are some things you may not know... Although Shi Xingrui abandoned me and the second brother's mother, he gave them a large sum of money to support us and to compensate them."
Shi Jin was stunned and sat up straight unconsciously.
"It's not just money. All of our maternal families have also received more or less resource assistance from Shi Xingrui. He invested in us as if he were investing in a business and was not stingy with money at all...but this changed after you were born. When the mothers of us brothers found out that Shi Xingrui was going to stop and shift all the resources to you, we had a secret gathering. Since then, at the instruction of our respective mothers, we have learned to 'love' you, our younger brother. It was also from that time that Shi Xingrui began to allocate resources to our respective maternal families according to how close you were to us...This was a deal, a deal that everyone was tacitly aware of, a deal that the second oldest and I knew about, but the third, fourth, and fifth oldest didn't." Shi Jin
was stunned. He had never expected that there was such a hidden story here.
Shi Wei Chong looked into his eyes, as if he saw a mean and hypocritical self in his eyes. His tone was a little harsh, "In the first few years, we were all young, and we did whatever our mother asked us to do. Later, we grew up and had our own ideas and pursuits, so we wanted to change this situation. But I stopped them."
Shi Jin asked, "Why?"
"Because I need Shi Xingrui's closeness, I want to take revenge on him... There are too many of my own selfish desires and conflicts of interest involved. I have tied everyone to the revenge on Shi Xingrui. I used you as a tool to get close to Shi Xingrui and continued this play of brotherly love."
Shi Wei Chong said, his expression gradually becoming gloomy, with some self-mockery, and said: "Everyone could have been freed a long time ago. Shi Xingrui has become less ambitious as he gets older. Except for you, he doesn't even care about business. Everyone has grown up and can stand on their own. They no longer need to fear or rely on Shi Xingrui's power. They have the capital to get rid of Shi Xingrui's shadow. , but I forced them to continue to be trapped in this drama, and let them slowly walk into a dead end. Jiu Zheng's behavior got out of control this time, and I have to take most of the responsibility. Now I am extremely fortunate that Shi Xingrui died before I took action myself, otherwise everyone might be dragged into a deeper nightmare by me. "Shi Jin
's heart skipped a beat and asked, "If Shi Xingrui didn't die, what were you going to do?"
Shi Weichong raised his eyes and looked at him, and replied word by word: "Take away everything he has, trample him into the dust, and then destroy the things he cherishes most, and let him live in pain for the rest of his life. "
The most cherished thing... isn't that the original owner?
Shi Jin leaned back on the bed in a daze, looking at Shi Weichong. He had never realized so clearly as now that the person sitting in front of him was a murderer, even if it was only a possible, potential one.
This man who was relied upon by the original owner as an elder brother, in fact, he never regarded the original owner as a younger brother in his heart. He had previously thought that Shi Xingrui might have simply disliked the original owner's younger brother in the past, but now it seems that it was completely wishful thinking.
"Shi Xingrui was indeed not good to you and abandoned your mother. I can understand that you want to retaliate against him, but... but what did I do wrong?" He asked, no longer acting, but really felt wronged and unfair for the original owner.
The original owner was just born and passively appeared in this world. In his short life, the most outrageous bad thing he did was to contact his father's old subordinates and try to trap Shi Wei Chong.
He was not even 20 years old when he died. He lived under the strict protection of his father for the first 17 years and did nothing bad. When he became an adult, he lost his father, his appearance, and his freedom. He cruelly discovered that his previous life was just an artificial illusion. After he became an adult, he even lost his life.
Even if he had some bad habits like being spoiled and arrogant, or not caring enough about his brother, did he really need to pay the price of his life for these mistakes? Although he was not very outstanding, he was really not a bad brother.
Facing his question, Shi Weichong was silent again, then reached out and touched his face, and replied: "You did nothing wrong, it was my fault, I am not worthy of being your big brother."
Shi Jin turned his head to avoid his hand - what Shi Weichong said was too utilitarian and too subversive to his cognition. As the original owner, he really couldn't accept Shi Weichong's concern at this time.
Shi Wei Chong's eyes darkened, and he slowly clenched his fist and drew back his hand. He stood up and said, "You should have a rest... I will have a good talk with Lao Wu and the others, and I will not let them bother you again. If you don't want to recognize me as your brother anymore, I respect your thoughts... Xiao Jin, I'm sorry." After saying that, he paused for two seconds. Seeing that Shi Jin didn't respond, he bent down to pick up the coat on the chair, turned around and left.
Shi Jin waited until he left before looking up at the door of the ward. He was in a daze for a while with mixed feelings. After a long time, he came back to his senses, let out a long breath, collapsed on the chair, and pulled up the quilt to cover his face.
Xiao Si was a little worried and called out, "Jin Jin..."
"I'm fine." Shi Jin spoke in a muffled voice, "In fact, after all, I'm just an outsider who got in without knowing what was going on. I have no right to comment on the Shi family's affairs... Xiao Si, I think I've missed a lot of things. Am I too concerned about the progress bar?"
"No." Xiao Si replied. Seeing him so depressed, he couldn't help but blame himself and said, "I'm sorry, Jin Jin, I dragged you into this world."
Shi Jin shook his head and said nothing. He closed his eyes and recalled everything he had experienced since his rebirth, and sighed deeply.
Not long after, Gua Er pushed the door open and walked in, replacing Shi Weichong to guard Shi Jin.
Shi Jin chatted with him for a few sentences, and then he knew that he was living in a military hospital in Rongcheng. The reason why Lian Jun and others had not come to see him until now was because Lian Jun was also ill, and the others were helping Lian Jun. Shi Jin
frowned when he heard this, and he stood up and wanted to get out of bed, and asked anxiously: "How is he? I'll go see him."
"What are you looking at? Young Master Jun is already asleep. He just has a cold and lacks rest. Just hang some water and have a good sleep, and he will be fine." Gua Er pushed him back, patted his forehead, and sighed, "Look at you, you should be honest when you are injured, and you think this year is not hard enough. Get well soon, otherwise Young Master Jun will be worried."
Shi Jin frowned and lay back, deeply realizing his mistake in his heart, his eyebrows and eyes all fell. Gua Yi paused and said, "I won't be so impulsive again. I'm sorry."
Gua Er saw him like this and couldn't bear to say anything more to him. He comforted him, "Okay, don't think too much. Actually, you were in trouble that day. Otherwise, we would have suffered casualties. Although Gua Yi parked the car to avoid the attack angles of most snipers, there were other people on the street. As long as the enemy opened fire, accidental injuries were inevitable."
"You don't have to comfort me." Shi Jin sighed, stared at the pale ceiling for a while, and suddenly asked, "Gua Er, am I too emotional?"
Gua Er was helpless, covered his face with a quilt, and said: "I told you not to think too much, you are fine like this... Rest, get well soon, let's go to the island to dig crabs." Shi Jin
was unable to express his emotions, nudged him through the quilt, and closed his eyes.
After this day, Shi Jin never saw Shi Weichong again.
According to Gua Yi, Shi Weichong was actually still in the hospital, and he would go to the doctor every day to care about his physical condition. Even Li Jiuzheng was there, but the two of them never came to the ward again.
Shi Jin thought about the twists and turns in the plot, and took a look at the progress bar that had dropped to 500, and did not take the initiative to find them.
Lian Jun came to the ward to accompany Shi Jin the next day after he felt better. He looked fine, but the fat on his face had completely disappeared, which broke Shi Jin's heart.
Fearing that Lian Jun would be infected by the disease if he stayed in the hospital for too long, Shi Jin began to cooperate with the treatment actively. Within a week, he was full of energy again, and then he clamored to be discharged from the hospital.
Lian Jun forced him to stay in the hospital for seven days, and only discharged him after confirming that there was no problem. On the way back, he was afraid that Shi Jin's wounds could not withstand the damage, so he gave up the convenient and fast plane and got an RV, preparing to drive back to City B.
On the morning of the departure day, Shi Jin bought a bunch of dumplings and spring rolls and had them sent to Li Jiuzheng's private hospital, fulfilling his promise.
In the afternoon, everyone got on the RV at the hospital gate. Shi Jin looked out the window boredly, and with a glance he saw Shi Weichong and Li Jiuzheng standing side by side in front of the fruit shop across the street, looking at this side.
He was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and still waved to them, mouthed goodbye, and then closed the car curtain.
In fact, he should have figured it out long ago. He is not the original owner, so why bother with all these true and false brotherhoods? He is struggling in this world, and all he wants is to survive well and clear the progress bar. Now that it has been confirmed that the five brothers of the Shi family are most likely not the ones who really want to kill the original owner, that is, him, then he doesn't need to care too much about the authenticity of certain feelings. Let those fragmentary survival factors he has fought for be lost, after all, there is a ready-made golden thigh standing by his side.
Thinking of this, he moved his eyes to Lian Jun who was reading a book across from him, reached out and pressed the page of his book, took out a tablet, and said, "Jun Shao, let's play a round. If I win, can you help me check something?"
Lian Jun looked at his hand pressing down on him, his eyes swept over the needle marks on the back of his hand, put down the document and looked up at him, and asked, "What if you lose?"
Shi Jin smiled with a crooked brow, with a hint of obscenity: "Then I will massage you every day. I tell you, my massage skills are at the master level, and ordinary people can't enjoy it!" The
real master Xiao Si: "Huh."
Lian Jun looked at him for a few seconds, and actually put down the book and said, "Okay." Shi Jin
was very happy, and attentively took out another tablet, opened the mahjong software, and stuffed it into his hand.
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