After greeting the night shift staff at the club, Shi Jin walked out of the gate carrying a bowl of steaming dumplings and headed towards the only military jeep parked at the entrance of the club.
Seeing Shi Jin appear, Xiang Aoting pushed the door open and got out of the car, standing by the car and watching him approach.
Shi Jin stopped two steps away from Xiang Aoting, handed the dumplings over and said, "Here, eat it. This is a good time for a midnight snack. I made the dumplings. I cooked them once before, and this one has just been heated up, so the taste may not be as good as the first time. Have some."
Xiang Aoting was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on the paper bowl in his hand, paused, reached out to take the thing, put it on the hood of the car, and said while unpacking the chopsticks, "I didn't know you could make dumplings."
"Making dumplings is not difficult, you can learn it." Shi Jin put his hands in his pockets, watched Xiang Aoting unpack the bowl and chopsticks, picked up a dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth without any disgust, and couldn't help asking, "Aren't you afraid that I'll put laxatives in your dumplings?"
Xiang Aoting swallowed the dumplings without hesitation and asked, "Will you do that?"
"Of course I will." Shi Jin answered, speaking sincerely and honestly, "I used to think you were very fierce, and I was very angry that every time you came home, you would say that I was too fat and asked me to exercise. I thought of many ways to play pranks on you, but you never came, so none of the ways I thought of worked out."
These were the original owner's thoughts, and Shi Jin said them without any pressure.
Before everything was torn apart, the original owner was facing this least friendly fourth brother, and his heart was both eager for closeness and afraid of closeness. The original owner was just an ordinary boy, and Xiang Aoting, a brother who could fly a fighter plane, simply satisfied all the original owner's fantasies about heroes.
It's a pity that this hero occasionally plays the role of a villain in front of the original owner.
Xiang Aoting didn't respond when he heard this. He lowered his head and picked up another dumpling and stuffed it into his mouth. He seemed indifferent, but his slightly hasty movements and the soup that accidentally splashed on his clothes showed his inner unrest.
"Do you know about the deal?" Shi Jin asked.
Xiang Aoting tilted his head and coughed, swallowed the dumpling, wiped the soup off his body, lowered his eyes to look at the white and plump dumpling soaked in the soup, and suddenly remembered the scene when he first met his younger brother Shi Jin.
It was in the magnificent but deserted house where Shi Xingrui lived in Country M. At that time, Shi Jin had just lost his mother. He was less than one year old, white and plump. He was held in Shi Xingrui's arms. When he saw him come in, he suddenly smiled at him.
The child was innocent. This was what he learned in the army.
"I don't know." Xiang Aoting suddenly felt that he couldn't face Shi Jin. He felt that the dumpling he had just eaten was stuck in his throat, and he felt a little uncomfortable. "But I guessed something. I joined the best army, followed the best instructors, and got the best resources. These were all after I went to see you every time... I don't know how Shi Xingrui did it. I just hate the feeling of using a backdoor. The army is a place where strength speaks, and most people look down on guys who use backdoors." Shi
Jin suddenly realized: "So you came to see me less and less later. Every time you asked, you had a lot of unavoidable training and tasks that you had to do."
Xiang Aoting didn't say yes or no. He stirred the soup in the bowl and asked, "Xiao Jin, do you hate us?"
“I didn’t hate you when I didn’t know the truth, but I hated you once I knew it. But you are different. I don’t hate you.” Shi Jin replied.
Xiang Aoting's hand holding the chopsticks froze. He looked sideways at him and asked in a harsh tone, "Why am I different?" Shi
Jin remembered the original owner's thoughts at the end of his life, sighed in his heart, and replied, "Because you are a hero. It doesn't matter if a hero makes mistakes occasionally, as long as his heart is always upright."
Xiang Aoting put down his chopsticks and lowered his head, resting his hands on the hood of the car. After a long while, he spoke, his voice a little hoarse: "I'm sorry, I think I disappointed you... No one is upright. From the moment we stepped into that house again with false feelings, no one is upright."
It was a really bad conversation. The two people who were speaking were analyzing their inner hearts for themselves or others, and then they both got some information that they didn't want to hear.
Shi Jin suddenly didn't want to go on and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about? I'm going to go back and take a shower. Tell me what you want to say."
Xiang Aoting lowered his head and sorted out his emotions. He stood up and faced him. He looked at his appearance carefully, forced a smile, and said, "I just heard that you were injured and wanted to come and see you... It's too late and cold outside. Please go in."
This was obviously not what Xiang Aoting wanted to say. Shi Jin looked at him trying to stay calm and didn't bother with anything more. Anyway, he had said everything the original owner wanted to say, so he nodded to Xiang Aoting and turned around and walked towards the door of the club.
After walking a few steps, Xiang Aoting's call suddenly came from behind. He stopped and looked back.
"If you want, I will always be your brother." Xiang Aoting said, with a little embarrassment in his smile, "Of course, it's okay if you don't want to... Xiaojin, I'm sorry."
"I should thank you." Even if it's just for the rescue in the original plot.
Shi Jin said nothing more, turned around and continued to walk towards the door. After entering the door, he looked out through the translucent printed glass door and saw Xiang Aoting turned around and picked up the bowl of dumplings. He lowered his eyes and suppressed his emotions, and walked towards the elevator without looking back.
When he came out of the room after taking a shower, Shi Jin found that there was an extra text message on his mobile phone. The sender was Rong Zhouzhong. The content was still brief and unfriendly: Little bastard, did you not watch the Spring Festival Gala program I starred in.
Shi Jin, with his half-wet hair on his head, scrolled through the text message page, remembering the original plot where Rong Zhouzhong was always sharp-tongued. He moved his fingers and replied to a text message: Yeah, I don't want to read it, you big bastard.
Then he deleted all the text message records, didn't read the subsequent text messages from Rong Zhouzhong, lay down on the bed, rolled up the quilt, and fell into a deep sleep.
...
After more than ten hours of flight, everyone landed in a coastal city in Country M. Shi Jin looked at his progress bar nervously, and found that the value did not increase, but decreased a little, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It didn't increase, it seems that Ruixing and Chengchang Country are no longer your death factors, and leaving City B has reduced your death factors a little." Xiao Si cheered happily.
Shi Jin was also very happy. Seeing that his progress bar had dropped to 490, he breathed a sigh of satisfaction and said, "It's been a long time since I felt so relaxed and safe. Leaving City B is really a happy thing."
"Yes, yes." Xiao Si agreed.
Shi Jin leaned against the car pillow and thought about his progress bar that had not changed after he and Shi Weichong had a falling out. He pondered the survival factors he had won from Shi Weichong and others. He was a little absent-minded, and finally shook his head and put all these things behind him. Why bother
doing so much? It's all right as long as you are safe now.
Thinking of this, he took out a piece of candy from his pocket, unwrapped it, and handed it to Lian Jun who was sitting next to him, saying, "Come on, eat a piece of candy when you wake up, and you'll be in a good mood all day." Lian Jun, whose
face was a little pale from the torment of the plane, looked at him sideways, grabbed his hand and ate the candy,
then leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to rest. Shi Jin withdrew his hand with satisfaction, took out his mobile phone and started playing mahjong.
In the front seat, Gua Er silently withdrew his gaze from the rearview mirror and put a lollipop in his mouth.
...
The car drove forward and came to a private port. Shi Jin followed the crowd with curiosity and boarded a medium-sized cruise ship docked at the port. He sighed, "I thought we were going to go to the island by helicopter, but I didn't expect to take a boat."
"There is a flight route, but Young Master Jun's body probably can't withstand the flight, so Gua decided to take a boat. Everyone can have a good sleep on the boat." Gua Er answered. He glanced at Shi Jin's strange look and couldn't help asking, "You used to be a rich family's young master. Haven't you seen a cruise ship?"
"Uh... of course I have, but I was addicted to studying and couldn't extricate myself. I haven't taken a cruise ship to play." Shi Jin tried to save his image.
Gua Er had a look on his face that said "I'm stupid if I believe you". After he got on the deck, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Are you seasick? It will take a while to get to the island from here. If you are seasick, you'd better take some seasickness medicine now." Shi
Jin thought about this question seriously and replied confidently, "No, I have a good sense of balance. I heard that only people with poor sense of balance will get seasick."
Gua Er raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and stopped persuading him, leading him to the passenger cabin.
Ten minutes later, the cruise ship set sail. Shi Jin slumped on the sofa in the lounge with no desire to live, and felt that the whole world was spinning.
"This is not scientific." Shi Jin was half dead, covering his mouth and wanted to vomit.
Xiao Si was very sympathetic: "You may have never been on a boat before, so you are not used to it for the time being. I will give you some buffs, you are too uncomfortable like this."
After a few minutes, Shi Jin gradually recovered his breath. He was grateful to Xiao Si for this golden finger. After thanking it, he took out his tablet and opened the mahjong software.
So Gua Er, who came back after getting the seasickness medicine for Shi Jin, saw that Shi Jin, who was half dead before leaving, was now playing mahjong happily.
"Mahjong can also cure seasickness?" He was full of surprise.
Uncle Long, who followed him, took a look at the lively Shi Jin, turned his head and rolled his eyes at Gua Er, put his hands in his coat pockets, turned around and left.
"Master Jun asked you to come, why are you rolling your eyes at me?" Gua Er was puzzled. He looked at the happy Shi Jin, then at the seasickness medicine in his hand, threw the medicine into the trash can unhappily, and left.
The cruise ship stopped for a short rest during dinner. Shi Jin saw that the sun was setting, and excitedly set the dinner on the deck, and then pushed Lian Jun on board.
Lian Jun slept on the boat, and his spirits improved a lot. He was in a good mood and let him do whatever he wanted. After he went up to the deck and saw the "candlelight dinner" in the middle, his eyes moved slightly, and he looked sideways at Shi Jin behind him and asked, "Did you do it?"
"No, I asked someone to do it. The air is good at sea. The sun was too strong in the afternoon, so it was not convenient to go out. Now that the sun has gone down, it must be comfortable to enjoy the breeze outside."
Shi Jin settled Lian Jun to the dining table while speaking. Then he sat down next to him and dragged over the tableware that the kitchen had placed opposite Lian Jun's seat. He reached out to lift the cover of the food and said, "The kitchen was originally planning to serve us an authentic Western meal, one dish at a time. I can't stand this, it's too slow, so we asked them to change it to a table of fresh seafood. Don't worry, they all use the ingredients that Uncle Long said you can eat, so you can eat it with confidence."
Lian Jun curled the corners of his mouth slightly, picked up the chopsticks, and said, "You are thoughtful. How are your homework review going?" Shi Jin's
smile collapsed in an instant, and he lowered his head to eat, pretending not to hear the question.
Lian Jun was slightly satisfied to see that he finally stopped laughing so foolishly, and stopped teasing him. He ate this exquisite dinner in the cool night breeze. They finished the
meal quietly. When the table was cleared, it was already completely dark. The cruise ship set sail again, and the sky was full of stars, so close that it seemed to be within reach.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such a beautiful starry sky." Shi Jin sighed and slumped on the sofa chair. The sea breeze blew, the boat swayed, and the beauty was so beautiful that it almost made him drunk.
Lian Jun leaned back in the wheelchair, also looking up at the starry sky, his eyes were calm, his hands supported his head, and his posture was lazy and casual.
The whole world seemed to be quiet, with only the sound of wind and waves in his ears.
Shi Jin turned his head to look at Lian Jun, his eyes following the rhythm of the night wind, sweeping over Lian Jun's black hair and the corners of his robes, then slowly moving down, secretly following the hem of his robes that were blown open by the wind, and looking inside his robes.
"What are you looking at?" a clear, low and soft voice asked slowly.
Shi Jin seemed to be deceived, and answered honestly: "To see if you are wearing pants. The wind is blowing so hard, if you are not wearing pants, you should be able to see your legs."
Lian Jun: "..." Shi Jin
, who realized it belatedly: "..."
Xiao Si, who was watching the whole process: "..."
The warm and relaxing atmosphere was instantly broken, and the cruel reality came.
Shi Jin raised his eyes stiffly, met Lian Jun's gaze, and tried to make amends: "No... I mean, I'm curious, why do you only wear robes and no other clothes? Is it to show off? But you look really good in this..." He didn't forget to flatter him as he spoke. However,
Lian Jun didn't think this was flattery. He lowered his head and looked at him expressionlessly, covered his legs with a thin blanket, and replied: "Because for people with poor walking, this kind of robe is easier to put on and take off. It doesn't have so many complicated knots and zippers, which can save a lot of time." After speaking, he turned around in the wheelchair and left without looking back.
Shi Jin was choked by this simple answer.
Xiao Si couldn't believe it: "Jinjin, you actually thought that the baby dressed like this just to look cool, you are so superficial!"
Shi Jin covered his knees, lowered his head and nestled in the chair, feeling very ashamed - sorry, he has watched too many second-year animations, and his mind is a little bit free. In
the early morning, the cruise ship docked at the island port. Shi Jin slept like a pig. Seeing this, Gua Yi and others simply didn't call him and went off the ship to arrange things on the island.
When Shi Jin woke up and walked out of the cabin, it was already daybreak and the ship was almost empty. Only Gua Er was left in the lounge, waiting to take him to the island.
The sea breeze blew gently. Shi Jin walked onto the deck and looked at the beautiful crescent-shaped island surrounded by blue water not far away. He couldn't help but whistle and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful here. What's parked over there in the bay? Is it a jet ski?"
Gua Er said, "You have a very sharp eye. It is indeed a sea scooter. I will take you to play it after it is packed. There are so many fun things on our island. Enjoy it. From now until the end of March, if nothing unexpected happens in the middle, this month will be considered our vacation and you can have fun to your heart's content."
Shi Jin's attention was drawn back when he heard this, and he asked, "Only until the end of March? What do we have to do in April?"
"No work. We have to attend a meeting of an official organization. Every April, the official has to re-register the major legal organizations in the country, and then discuss the cleansing of illegal organizations with the leaders of the major organizations. Jun Shao has to go and help to maintain order, otherwise some people will not listen." Gua Er explained as he took him off the boat.
Shi Jin followed him down and asked, "Where is the meeting place? In the country?"
"No, it's on the high seas. The government has a large cruise ship used for meetings, and everyone will go on the cruise ship. You know, people in the underworld, although they are a legal organization, they are still worried that the government will take advantage of the meeting to catch everyone in one fell swoop, so they never dare to gather on land." Shi
Jin nodded to show that he understood, and took a look at Lian Jun's progress bar in his mind, which had returned to 500 when Chen Qing was rescued, and mentally put a big red cross on the meeting in April.
Lian Jun's private island is called Crescent Bay, named after the small bay surrounded by small islands. Because it is a private island surrounded by the sea, there is no need to worry about sneak attacks, so after arriving on the island, everyone's attitude has become more relaxed, no longer as cautious as in City B and Province Y.
Everyone's residence is a building complex built in the center of the island. The entire building complex includes three super-large villas, a viewing platform, two swimming pools, one large and one small, three restaurants with different styles and supporting independent kitchens, a training hall, a shooting hall, a comprehensive building, a tennis court, a basketball court, and a multimedia entertainment building.
Shi Jin was like a bumpkin from the countryside who had come to the city. He listened to Gua Er's introduction while looking at the beautiful buildings around him. He sighed silently in his heart - the happiness of rich people is indeed unimaginable to ordinary people. Compared with Huahuaguoyuan and the club from City B, the place
we stayed this time was simply heaven! "These are all the things where we live. There are other entertainment projects in other parts of the island. Go back and get a map of the island and take the island tour bus to see it yourself. Remember to ask Gua Liu to get you a pass." Gua Er finished his explanation and led Shi Jin into the largest villa in the middle. Shi Jin
came back to his senses and asked, "Gua Liu?"
Gua Er then remembered that Shi Jin had never met Gua Liu, so he explained, "Gua Liu is the administrator of this island. He comes here every winter to take care of things on the island and spend the winter with Jun Shao. However, because Jun Shao stayed in City B for a while longer this year, he came later this year and arrived just after us. He has a gentle temperament and is good at logistics and other work. I will introduce him to you when I see him later."
Shi Jin nodded to show that he understood, and followed Gua Er through the warm and generously decorated villa lobby and walked up the wooden stairs to the second floor.
The second floor of the villa is very large, with two spacious master bedrooms with super views, two study rooms, one large and one small, a small living room, and a terrace with a comfortable layout of reclining chairs and swings.
Gua Er took Shi Jin into one of the master bedrooms, pointed at the closet and said, "The new clothes I prepared for you are in the closet. Take a look in the room. If you need anything, call me. I'm going to do something else." He wanted to leave. Shi
Jin stopped him and asked, "Where do you live? Next door? I see there are only two rooms on this floor. Where do the others live? And what about Jun Shao?"
He had already subconsciously accepted that Gua Er was his neighbor. Although the first sentence sounded like a question, his tone was very affirmative.
Gua Er looked at him sideways, was silent for a while, and said, "No one lives on the third and first floors of this villa. I live in the villa on your left. If you call me on the terrace here, I can hear it in my room. You will only have one roommate here, and it's not me." Shi
Jin was stunned and asked in confusion, "Who is that, Gua Jiu?"
Gua Yi, Gua San and Gua Wu usually live close to Lian Jun because they always need to help Lian Jun deal with things. He instinctively excluded them.
Gua Er looked at him deeply and deliberately kept him in suspense: "It's not Gua Jiu. You will know when you see him. Go pack your things first. I really have to go. I have other things to do." After that, he turned around and walked towards the door again.
Shi Jin watched him leave, briefly wondering about the neighbors, then quickly put it behind him, happily threw himself on the fluffy and soft bed, rolled comfortably, and looked out the window at the beautiful sea view.
"This is really a paradise." He sighed with satisfaction, thinking of Lian Jun, whom he had not seen since waking up. He glanced at the time and saw that it was past breakfast time. He quickly took out his cell phone and called Lian Jun. After the call was connected, he asked, "Jun Shao, where are you? Did you have a good breakfast?"
"Did you get off the boat?" Lian Jun asked, with a little water sound in the background.
Shi Jin replied, "I got off. Gua Er just took me to the room where I live and asked me to pack my luggage. Where are you, Master Jun? If you haven't had breakfast, I'll go find you now."
It was quiet for a while, then there was a sound of a door opening, and then the door was pushed open. Lian Jun appeared at the door, holding a mobile phone in his hand, and said, "I'm here, you--" Shi Jin
was so scared that he twisted his head and stared at the door.
The two stared at each other.
Lian Jun shut up and looked at Shi Jin lying on the bed, his clothes all rolled up because of rolling, revealing most of his waist. He decisively lowered his eyes, stepped back, closed the door again, and picked up the phone: "Put on your clothes, and go to the restaurant for breakfast."
Shi Jin looked at the door, then at his phone, jumped up from the bed, ran to the door in three or two steps, opened it, and asked: "Mr. Jun, why did you come so quickly, did you..."
Lian Jun looked at his clothes crooked, turned around, and decisively went back to his room. He slammed the door in front of Shi Jin and picked up the phone again: "Put on your clothes before coming out, what does it look like?"
"..."
Shi Jin glanced at the door in front of him, then turned back to look at his own door behind him, and silently changed the interrogative sentence into an affirmative sentence: "So you live next door to me." This should be the time when the two of them lived closest to each other.
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