After the door opened, a restaurant decorated in an ancient style was revealed.
Rong Zhouzhong and Shi Weichong, who were sitting on the sofa near the door, turned their heads and looked over when they heard the sound, and then met the eyes of Lian Jun who was just pushed to the door by Shi Jin.
"Good evening." Lian Jun greeted politely with a shopping bag in his arms.
The air was instantly quiet.
Shi Weichong frowned, Rong Zhouzhong curled his lips, the two looked at each other, and then tacitly cast their eyes on Shi Jin who was standing behind Lian Jun.
"Why do I feel that you seem to be a little hostile to the family members I brought with me." Shi Jin's expression fell, and he supported Lian Jun's wheelchair and turned back, saying, "Forget about welcoming us. Happy birthday, Third Brother. You guys enjoy your meal. I'm leaving first." After saying that, he took a step and wanted to slip away.
He was still in a hurry to go on a date.
Xiang Aoting, who was standing by the door, was anxious. He quickly reached out and pressed his shoulder, and advised: "It's not that you are not welcome, Xiaojin, don't think too much. The eldest brother and the third brother just didn't expect Mr. Lian to come, and they were a little surprised." After saying that, he glanced at Shi Weichong and Rong Zhouzhong in the room.
Shi Weichong also came back to his senses, and reluctantly suppressed his expression and emotions. He stood up and walked towards Shi Jin, saying: "Xiaojin, come in first... Mr. Lian, you are welcome to come."
"Thank you." Lian Jun's attitude was still polite, but his expression was cold, as if it was up to Shi Jin to decide whether to leave or stay.
Shi Jin was stopped by Xiang Aoting. He looked at Shi Weichong who was walking over without saying a word. Then he looked at Rong Zhouzhong who was still sitting steadily on the sofa. It was obvious that he wanted this birthday boy to express his opinion.
Rong Zhouzhong was not as obedient to
Shi Jin as Shi Weichong was. When he saw him looking over, he asked with a dark face, "What did you just say about Lian Jun to you?" "A family member." Shi Jin answered as a matter of course, and put his hand on Lian Jun's shoulder intimately, and introduced him solemnly, "Let me introduce you all, this is my boyfriend, Lian Jun, who I am dating for the purpose of marriage. I hope you brothers can be more friendly to him." As soon as
these words came out, Lian Jun curled his lips, Shi Weichong frowned, Xiang Aoting frowned, and Rong Zhouzhong exploded directly, asking, "For the purpose of marriage? Dating? Shi Jin, are you crazy?"
Shi Jin deliberately frowned, pushed the wheelchair and walked away.
Rong Zhouzhong choked, and got up angrily and wanted to "talk reason" with him.
Shi Wei Chong turned around to stop him, Xiang Aoting pressed Shi Jin's shoulder again and said, "Xiao Jin, don't leave yet. Today we are together. In addition to celebrating the birthday of the third brother, we also have something to discuss with you. Don't be impulsive." Sure
enough, it was not just to celebrate the birthday. He said that Fei Yujing, a busy man, would never leave his work for the reason of celebrating his brother's birthday.
Shi Jin found out their true purpose, stopped and asked sideways, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Xiang Aoting frowned in embarrassment, looked back at Shi Wei Chong and Rong Zhouzhong in the room, and replied, "Talk..."
"What are you all doing standing outside?" Fei Yujing's voice suddenly sounded not far in front.
Xiang Aoting stopped talking and looked towards the source of the voice.
Fei Yujing, still dragging his suitcase, walked over from the corridor with a frown on his face, followed by Li Jiuzheng, who was still dressed casually like a student. The two approached quickly, Fei Yujing glanced at Shi Jin and Lian Jun, who was being pushed by Shi Jin, and then at Xiang Aoting's hand on Shi Jin's shoulder. Hearing the voices of Rong Zhouzhong and Shi Weichong coming from the private room, he roughly understood the current situation. He ignored Shi Jin and Xiang Aoting, but looked at Lian Jun and said, "You came at the right time. What we want to discuss with Shi Jin today is more important. You can help Shi Jin with some checks. Shi Jin is going to college soon, and he needs some protection."
Protection?
Lian Jun's eyes moved when he heard this, and he tilted his head and called Shi Jin.
Shi Jin's eyebrows twitched, and he responded to his call. He looked at Fei Yujing and couldn't help but glared at him - this guy really knows how to grasp the key points. He knows that as long as he convinces Lian Jun, he will definitely stop making trouble. How cunning!
Fei Yujing was glared at, and his wrinkled brows relaxed instead. He said, "You are so smart... Go to the private room." After that, he walked towards the restaurant first.
Shi Jin turned his head and watched him go into the house. He hummed weakly in his heart, and turned around with the help of Lian Jun's wheelchair - to be honest, he still wanted to know what these brothers were up to.
Li Jiuzheng quickly walked to his side, took a look at Lian Jun, and suddenly asked, "Are you receiving treatment?" Shi
Jin was startled and looked at him warily with his head tilted.
"You just went to the sanatorium a while ago, and his complexion has changed too much. It's easy to guess the treatment. After all, I'm a doctor." Li Jiuzheng said, taking out a business card and handing it to Shi Jin, saying, "This is the business card of my senior brother. He is very good at solving neurological problems and is very strict. Here you go."
It's no secret that Lian Jun was poisoned by a neurotoxin. Outsiders can find out with a little inquiry. Shi Jin
hesitated for a while, but still took the business card and asked, "Why?"
"I'm returning the spring rolls and dumplings for the New Year." Li Jiuzheng replied, turning his head to meet his gaze. After the murderous intent in his eyes was no longer hidden, he actually looked a little soft, and suddenly asked, "I heard that Fourth Brother has eaten the dumplings you made by yourself?" After saying that, he quickened his pace and entered the restaurant without waiting for Shi Jin's answer.
Shi Jin turned his head to look at Xiang Aoting.
Xiang Aoting was a little embarrassed and explained, "I didn't tell him on purpose, I just mentioned it in the group by accident..."
"You guys still have a group?" Shi Jin couldn't believe it, and suddenly realized it in his heart.
No wonder as long as one brother knew about his movements, the rest of the brothers would all know. It turned out that they actually created a group! Really... Really too gossipy and too despicable!
Seeing him staring at him with wide eyes, Xiang Aoting became more and more uncomfortable. He took out his mobile phone and said, "What's your account number? I'll add you in too. We can chat more often. Communication is very important."
Shi Jin directly refused and said expressionlessly, "No need. I don't have an account." He has not joined the group yet, but he has been harassed by phone calls and text messages from time to time. If he joins the group, won't he be shocked by messages every day? It's too scary, stay away, stay away, you must stay away.
...
Under the coordination of Shi Weichong and Fei Yujing, the six brothers and Lian Jun, a total of seven people, finally sat down smoothly in the inner room of the restaurant. The poor follower Gua Er was left in the outer room, with a table of delicious food to himself.
The dishes were served one after another. Shi Jin glanced at the dishes and found that most of them were not edible by Lian Jun, so he called the waiter and added two dishes for Lian Jun.
Li Jiuzheng saw this and a flash of understanding flashed in his eyes.
In the eyes of Li Jiuzheng, a doctor, Shi Jin's behavior of ordering dishes for Lian Jun alone was to help Lian Jun avoid certain foods, but in the eyes of the other brothers who did not know the truth, Shi Jin's behavior was a blatant display of affection.
Rong Zhouzhong, the person who was hosting the banquet today, was furious when he saw Shi Jin's behavior. He simply turned his head away and said, "Thank you all for coming. Let's eat."
This birthday banquet was just a random excuse to get Shi Jin to come over to talk about something. Although it was indeed Rong Zhouzhong's birthday today, Rong Zhouzhong himself didn't have any special ideas about celebrating his birthday, so his attitude was not very positive. Everyone also understood it in their hearts, so there was no intention to really celebrate Rong Zhouzhong's birthday. Hearing this, they picked up their chopsticks and prepared to talk to Shi Jin while eating, hoping that the food could ease the atmosphere of the conversation.
"Wait, why are we eating now? Where's the cake? Where's the birthday present? Nothing?" Shi Jin suddenly spoke up to break the silence in the room, with a righteous look on his face, and said, "Aren't you being too casual about your birthday party? Third brother is getting older again. This is such an important matter! Waiter, bring up a cake!"
Click.
Rong Zhouzhong's chopsticks tangled together, making an unclear sound, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You little bastard, who did you say is older--"
"Happy birthday, third brother, here, a birthday present!" Shi Jin suddenly stood up and stuffed the shopping bag into Rong Zhouzhong's arms, retorting all his words.
Rong Zhouzhong was hit in the face by the shopping bag, and when he came to his senses, the first thing he saw was the trademark on the shopping bag. The trademark was easy to recognize. It was the trademark of a famous brand of men's handbags. Rong Zhouzhong just happened to like this brand of handbags.
Rong Zhouzhong's mood suddenly became a little complicated, and he couldn't get rid of the anger on his face. He pulled down the shopping bag, twisted it with a strange expression, and touched the things in the shopping bag while saying awkwardly: "I didn't expect you to know what I like. Did you go to my fan site again... Um, what is this?"
Xiang Aoting, who knew the truth, lowered his head and concentrated on counting the sesame seeds on the sesame ball in front of him.
Lian Jun turned his head to look at Shi Jin, who had a serious expression but surprisingly bright eyes, and couldn't help but hold his hand.
The other brothers all looked at Rong Zhouzhong, their thoughts were surprisingly the same - they didn't expect Xiao Jin to prepare a gift for the third brother, but this is indeed what Xiao Jin would do, I wonder what Xiao Jin bought for the third brother -
Rong Zhouzhong pulled out the things in the shopping bag with a puzzled look on his face.
A cartoon colorful centipede pillow broke free from the restraints of the shopping bag and was held in Rong Zhouzhong's hand.
Rong Zhouzhong's expression froze for a second, and the expressions of the other brothers at the table also froze. Li Jiuzheng even raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and asked aloud: "Is this... a centipede?" Is there such a fat and colorful centipede in the world?
The word centipede came out, as if a robot was switched off. Rong Zhouzhong suddenly came back to his senses, his expression changed, he threw away the pillow, covered his mouth and rushed into the bathroom.
Everyone at the table looked at Shi Jin.
"Fear can be overcome." Shi Jin shook his head and sighed, with an expression of "I'm doing this for his own good", and said seriously, "Isn't it just that a centipede crawled on his face while he was sleeping? It's nothing. This kind of thing can be forgotten quickly."
Shi Weichong & Fei Yujing & Li Jiuzheng: "..." How can you forget something that can be classified as a childhood shadow? Are you a devil?
Xiang Aoting held his forehead with a headache and sighed silently - Third Brother may have forgotten it before, but with that pillow, it is estimated that he will never forget it for the rest of his life.
Fifteen minutes later, Rong Zhouzhong came back with water on his face and a very ugly expression. He returned to his seat, bent down to pick up the centipede pillow on the ground, looked at Shi Jin, suddenly sneered, and said: "Little bastard, your birthday is in a few months, just wait for me."
Shi Jin was fearless and even continued to make trouble: "Third brother, I have already thought of your birthday gift next year. How about a centipede pendant that can be hung on the mobile phone."
Rong Zhouzhong's face darkened, and he called the waiter in a deep voice, and added five or six dishes with cucumbers in one breath. Shi Jin
snorted coldly and said: "Childish!"
The other brothers: "..." Are you mature? We are all brothers, can you stop hurting each other?
...
After a commotion, the cake that Shi Jin ordered came up, and the cucumber dish that Rong Zhouzhong ordered also came up, and the atmosphere on the table became inexplicably a little more harmonious.
"Let's cut the cake first."
Shi Jin finally found his conscience and gave the birthday boy some face. Rong Zhouzhong looked at him coldly, stood up, picked up the knife, and stabbed the cake hard as if he was killing an enemy, then sat down with a bang and said, "It's done, let's eat! Shi Jin, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will post the naked photos of you when you were a child on Weibo!"
Lian Jun frowned and looked at him sideways.
"He is a liar. He doesn't have any nude photos of me." Shi Jin quickly turned Lian Jun's face back and asked him to drink soup. "Eat quickly. You must eat regularly. It's past six o'clock now, which is later than usual."
Lian Jun took his eyes away and drank a sip of soup obediently.
When Shi Weichong and others saw this scene, they inexplicably felt that the dishes on the table became unpalatable.
...
During the meal, everyone tacitly did not talk about business, but just pretended to chat and asked Shi Jin about the college entrance examination and filling in the application form. Shi Jin picked out what he could say and did not specifically target them.
It was already past seven o'clock when they finished their meal. Shi Jin was still thinking about his date, so he took the initiative to ask, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
The brothers ate together, and finally Shi Weichong took charge. He called the waiter to remove the dishes on the table and served some drinks. After the waiter left, he sorted out his words and said, "It's like this. Last time I wanted to transfer my shares to you, but you were unwilling to accept it. It was also my inconsiderateness at the time. I thought I was doing it for your own good, but it caused you some trouble. So I thought about it, contacted Fei Jing and the others, and came up with another plan."
Fei Fei Jing cooperated by opening the suitcase at his feet, took out a thick stack of documents from it, and said, "I rushed this out, you can sign it directly."
The expressions of the remaining brothers also became serious, and they sat up a little straighter.
Shi Jin frowned, looked at the pile of documents that Fei Yujing took out, and asked, "What is this?"
Fei Yujing replied, "It is the transfer and gift documents of all the real estate and personal savings of my father. In addition, my eldest brother and I have jointly invested in a trust fund for you. In the future, you can get money from the fund for schooling, employment, property purchase and other life needs."
It's actually a fund?
Shi Jin was surprised, and then frowned even more tightly, asking, "Why are you giving this to me? I don't need it."
"This is not given to you by us, but by your father." Fei Yujing pushed the document in front of him and explained, "At the beginning, you divided the inheritance equally among the five of us. We only accepted the equity part at that time. The real estate and savings were not touched at all, so these still belong to my father."
"Do you think I'm a fool? I don't want it." Shi Jin still refused.
Fei Yujing looked at his resistance, suddenly took off his glasses, leaned back in his chair, and asked a question he had always wanted to ask: "Shi Jin, what are you afraid of?"
"Fei Yujing." Lian Jun called him in a deep voice, making it clear that he didn't like his attitude when talking to Shi Jin now.
Shi Jin stretched out his hand to block Lian Jun, then looked directly into Fei Yujing's eyes and replied, "I'm afraid of many things. These are not the money that can make my life worry-free, but the death warrant that will shatter me. Let me put it bluntly, I'm no longer afraid of you, but I am afraid of your mothers, or the people who have a vested interest in you."
Everyone frowned when they heard this. Shi Weichong, who had heard such remarks once, had a darker face. He said slowly and soothingly, "Xiao Jin, you are too sensitive. These things will not hurt you." Shi Jin
put on an attitude of "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen" and insisted on not cooperating to the end.
The atmosphere was a bit tense for a while, Rong Zhouzhong couldn't help but speak up, saying: "Shi Jin, have you gone crazy because of love? My mother opened such a big company, she has money and free time, she lives happily with a gigolo every day, how can she have time to touch your life."
Li Jiuzheng also spoke up: "My mother won't, because she has passed away."
Everyone: "..."
Xiaosi trembled and said: "Jinjin, Li Jiuzheng are you joking, so cold."
"...Anyway, I don't want these things." Shi Jin insisted on not signing the document.
Xiang Aoting saw Shi Jin's defensive look, guessing that he was hurt too deeply by the past, and was afraid that he would be hurt after getting benefits from them. He felt a little distressed, and just as he was about to speak to comfort him, a mobile phone rang.
Everyone looked towards the source of the sound. Shi Weichong frowned, took out his ringing cell phone from his pocket, glanced at the caller, and hung up.
Fei Yujing rarely showed his displeasure and asked, "It's her again?"
"Well, I'll have a good talk with her." Shi Weichong replied, and the cell phone rang again as soon as he finished speaking. He seemed to have no other choice. He stood up and looked at everyone apologetically, saying, "Sorry, I have to go out to answer a phone call."
Shi Jin had already guessed who the caller was based on Shi Weichong's reaction. He glanced at the progress bar in his mind, and suddenly stood up and said, "Brother, as long as you answer that call here, I will sign these documents. I will sign them as long as you talk."
Shi Weichong stopped and looked at him sideways.
"Do you agree?" Shi Jin dragged the documents and picked up the pen.
Shi Weichong looked at him deeply, tightened his palm, took out his mobile phone, and pressed the answer button.
"Hello, Weichong, where are you?"
Xu Jie's voice was particularly clear in the amplified hearing. Shi Jin made up his mind and directly opened the first document, letting Xiaosi quickly scan the content. After confirming that there were no traps, he signed.
Seeing this, Shi Weichong picked up his phone and started chatting with Xu Jie, lying to Xu Jie that he was out talking business with someone and would be back a little later. Shi Jin
quickly signed all the documents one by one, looked up at Shi Weichong, and said, "I will take all these real estate and money. You can set up a fund if you want. I can't stop you. Just be happy." After that, he put down the pen and pushed the document back in front of Fei Yujing.
Fei Yujing looked at him, then at the phone in Shi Weichong's hand, thinking.
Shi Jin's voice was neither loud nor low, and it was very clear in the quiet room. Xu Jie on the other end of the phone obviously heard what he said.
Her voice immediately rose, and she said in a sharp voice: "Weichong, where are you? What did you give that bastard?"
Xiao Si reminded nervously: "Jinjin, your progress bar has increased, 800!"
It increased directly from 600 to 800. Xu Jie really has a problem!
Shi Jin looked at Shi Weichong with a blank expression.
Shi Weichong closed his eyes tightly, hung up the phone with Xu Jie, looked at Shi Jin, and asked: "Is this what you want?"
"Yes, this is what I want." Shi Jin answered affirmatively, and said: "Brother, didn't you say that these things won't hurt me? Then I'll let you see whether these things will hurt me in the end. Third brother, thank you for the hospitality, goodbye." After that, he pushed Lian Jun's wheelchair and left the box without looking back.
Gua Er, who was outside, saw them coming out and hurriedly followed.
The inner room fell silent. Fei Yujing looked at Shi Weichong and asked, "Are you hiding something from us? Why is Xiao Jin so hostile to your mother?" "
...My mother was the first to show hostility to Xiao Jin." Shi Weichong dragged a chair and sat down, raised his hand to support his forehead, his expression gloomy, "It's my problem... Yujing, you're right, I shouldn't have insisted on going to see Xiao Jin that time."
Everyone frowned and looked at him, thinking of Xu Jie's character and Shi Jin's stubbornness, and suddenly felt that today's dinner was a bit stupid.
"What a trouble." Rong Zhouzhong leaned back in his chair, looked sideways at the centipede pillow that had been stuffed back into the shopping bag, reached out and pulled it out, and saw a small box with low-key and noble packaging at the bottom of the shopping bag. He was stunned for a moment, took out the box, opened it and took a look. He saw a simple and elegant men's wallet inside. His expression froze, and he looked at the centipede pillow again. He scratched his hair a little irritably, and sighed, "You are really... troublesome."
...
Shi Jin helped Lian Jun get into the car, and he got in too. He closed the car door and looked towards the restaurant door.
Xiao Shi suddenly said: "Jin Jin, your progress bar has dropped again, to 790." Shi Jin
was stunned, and his mood became a little complicated. He leaned back in his chair with a long sigh, looked at his progress bar, and said in his heart: "Xiao Shi, do you think I am doing this right or not?" After
guessing that it was Xu Jie who called Shi Weichong, an idea immediately came to his mind - instead of avoiding the unknown danger of speculation, it is better to find ways to intensify the conflict and increase the danger.
It's really tiring to guard against thieves for a thousand days. If you want to solve these bad things quickly, it seems to be a good idea to find a way to force the thieves out and clean up all at once. But in this case, Shi Weichong will definitely be saddled with a lot of negative things.
Xiao Si comforted him awkwardly: "It's okay, Jinjin, wait until the progress bar disappears, and everyone will be fine."
Will they really be fine?
Shi Jin's eyes unconsciously fell on Lian Jun's progress bar. Thinking of Lian Jun's treatment plan that was progressing steadily, his eyebrows relaxed - it seemed that he would really be fine...
"Shi Jin." Lian Jun suddenly held his hand and spoke soothingly.
Shi Jin came back to his senses and looked at him. Thinking of his unfinished dating plan, he slowly cheered up and shook Lian Jun's hand and asked, "You will listen to me all day today, right?"
Lian Jun reached out and touched his face, nodded, "Yes, I will listen to you." As long as you are happy. Shi Jin
smiled and pulled out a bag from under the seat like magic, and said expectantly, "Then you change into this outfit first."
Lian Jun was stunned, looked at the bag of clothes in his hand, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have jumped into a pit.
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