Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Fang Shimian was under extremely strict control when he was young,…
Fang Shimian was under extremely strict control when he was young. He was not allowed to use electronic products. He was isolated and excluded for a long time in junior high and high school. He went to the same place every day. Most of the anecdotes he heard were from the fragments of words heard by his classmates when they were playing.
So Fang Shimian is more accustomed to listening and doesn't like to talk.
His world is monotonous and simple.
Even now, the recommended content in Fang Shimian's short videos is mostly metaphysics and health and wellness. His exploration of human desires is basically still in a blank stage.
He couldn't clearly understand the specific meaning of control that Huo Zhongshan mentioned, but he hoped that his boyfriend could feel safe enough, so he was willing to cooperate fully.
This is Fang Shimian's way of expressing love, hoping that the person he loves can remain happy.
Huo Zhongshan could certainly understand what Fang Shimian meant, but he still couldn't help but think of other things.
After highly concentrating their energy, some people will feel tired and need to rest, while others need to find some stimulation to release their repressed nerves.
Huo Zhongshan obviously belongs to the latter.
After a morning of intensive decision-making, he actually just wanted to see Fang Shimian at first, but later he wanted Fang Shimian to stay with him.
But now, at this moment, Huo Zhongshan really wanted Fang Shimian to lie on the bed obediently, blindfolded, handcuffed, and cry pitifully.
The elevator door opened.
Huo Zhongshan pinched Shi Mian's earlobe gently and chuckled, "Bad boy."
Like a little fox that has just transformed into a human form, it pretends to be innocent and ignorant to seduce people.
Fang Shimian looked at him blankly, not knowing what he had done wrong, and still tried to please him foolishly, "I'm not a bad person, I want to be good to you."
Huo Zhongshan was speechless. The sharpness between his brows disappeared, leaving only softness.
Fate took pity on him and eventually cast a ray of light into his life which was as dark as the abyss.
After the HR department screened the resumes in the afternoon, Ming Ke began to interview the tutors in Hai City who had a good reputation, including some senior teachers from public schools. In the second round of interviews, Ming Ke would review the resumes once, and Huo Zhongshan would also review them personally.
With six teachers and an after-school tutor for all subjects, Mingke’s face was frozen from smiling.
To be honest, this was the least challenging job he had ever done in his career.
He thought he had completed the task successfully, but it turned out that out of the more than 30 best veteran teachers he had carefully selected, President Huo took three hours to sort through them, leaving only one to be confirmed.
Let’s not talk about the only seedling, it is still to be determined.
Ming Ke learned from his mistakes and watched the entire second interview. He finally figured out what kind of talents the moody boss wanted.
Don’t want a strict teacher to produce a good student, don’t want a teacher with a tough speaking style, and even don’t want a teacher who looks too serious.
But if the teacher is not a little fierce, how can he control the students? Especially in a place like Hai City, it is common for experienced teachers with high level of skills to have a temper.
Huo Zhongshan is like the most unreasonable and most troublesome parent in the new era.
Sending your children to school and not wanting them to suffer, but wanting them to enjoy a good study, this is not acceptable.
In ancient times, he would be a complete tyrant who didn't care about the lives of others.
However, Huo Zhongshan has strong financial strength, and any teacher who enters the second round of interviews will be given a considerable amount of hard work fee. If they are successfully selected, the remuneration will be even more generous, not to mention the bonus after passing the exam.
For a time, it caused quite a stir in Hai City's teacher circle, and even teachers from other provinces came specially to participate in the interview.
Huo Zhongshan took time out to interview teachers for a week and finally decided on four teachers.
The original plan was to find seven teachers to be responsible for their respective subjects, but Huo Zhongshan was worried that Fang Shimian would feel uncomfortable with so many unfamiliar teachers in a short period of time, and the teachers interviewed could basically teach several subjects.
With the million-dollar bonus remaining unchanged, the fewer teachers there are, the greater the dividends. The teachers selected by Huo Zhongshan used all kinds of tricks to teach one more subject.
Fang Shimian was completely unaware of this. During the week when the teacher had not confirmed the decision, he tied Huo Zhongshan's tie in the morning and went back to sleep. When he woke up, he went to the second floor to find Qin Liu. If Qin Liu was not there, he went to the monitoring room to find Xu Long.
The kittens born by the adult cat in the community were taken away by an old lady to be raised by her relatives.
During the time when Fang Shimian was recovering from his injury, Xu Long adopted two cats in the community and named them Dafang and Xiaoshitou.
While Fang Shimian felt at ease, he also felt a little secretly lost.
It's not like he hadn't thought about taking the two cats home before, but he was in a daze and was on the verge of collapse at the time, and he really couldn't bear the weight of two lives.
Xu Long simply took a leave and took Fang Shimian back to see the cat.
He moved to a bigger house closer to Yunjin, in an upscale residential area.
The apartment has three bedrooms, one of which has been converted into an e-sports room, and another guest bedroom is empty, which is fully equipped with daily necessities.
Xu Long looked at the boy surrounded by two cats, cleared his throat, and handed him a glass of warm water.
"This little one is very clingy."
"I'll go out and record the fingerprints for the front door. The password is 654321. You have a bad memory, and this password is simple. Don't forget it. This room will be yours from now on. When you have time... come and see the cat more often."
"They all like you very much."
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At noon, he was picked up by the driver to have lunch with Huo Zhongshan. In the afternoon, Fang Shimian went to the hospital to accompany Zhao Shun. Huo Zhongshan came to pick him up after get off work.
The days are quite peaceful.
However, a small incident occurred on the afternoon of the third day.
He met Zhu Ze in the hospital. To be precise, it wasn't meeting him, but being caught by Zhu Ze.
This hospital happened to be the Anhe branch that Zhu Ze took him to when they first met in the monitoring room.
Zhu Ze had worked in Hengshi for so long, so it was natural that he must have acquaintances in the hospital. Zhu Ze received the news on the first day Fang Shimian went to the hospital to see Zhao Shun, but he was on a business trip abroad at the time and could not come back immediately to arrest the person. He finally freed up his hands today, so he naturally made sufficient preparations and would not come back empty-handed.
Because Zhu Ze went directly to Zhao Shun's ward, Fang Shimian was watching Grandma Zhao knitting at the time. He was stunned when he saw Zhu Ze.
"Xiao Mian, let's talk." Zhu Ze still looked like a handsome young man. He was very polite to Grandma Zhao and even showed concern for Zhao Shun's situation.
Fang Shimian walked out of the ward at Grandma Zhao's urging.
The moment the ward door was closed, Zhu Ze's face instantly turned gloomy, and without saying a word he grabbed Fang Shimian's hand and walked out of the hospital.
Fang Shimian struggled a few times but failed to break free. Just when he wanted to ask Zhu Ze to calm down, he saw Zhu Ze's face darkening and staring back at him, "Xiao Mian, are you going to throw a tantrum here?"
His brows were lowered, his hands were cold, and his eyes were even more terrifying.
The patients and their families who came and went glanced at him slightly. Fang Shimian hesitated for a moment, lowered his head, and left with Zhu Ze.
But seeing that he was about to be taken to the underground first floor, Fang Shimian quickly pressed the button for the next floor. He looked at Zhu Ze and said, "If you want to talk, just go outside and talk openly. There is a garden on the first floor and there are not many people there. I won't go to other places."
Zhu Ze looked at Fang Shimian for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled with a cold look on his face. Just at this moment, the elevator on the first floor opened, and Fang Shimian was almost knocked down by Zhu Ze's angry pull. He staggered a few steps and barely stood firm before continuing to be pulled away.
Fang Shimian looked at the patients who were going through the formalities on the first floor with a slightly inquiring look, and could only jog to keep up with Zhu Ze's pace. Only when they reached the garden where there were fewer people did Zhu Ze let go of Fang Shimian.
"I blocked your phone calls and didn't reply to your messages. Fang Shimian, am I some kind of trash? You said you don't want me and now you don't want me anymore." Zhu Ze said this with almost resentment, but there was also a hint of invisible resentment.
Seeing Fang Shimian didn't say anything, Zhu Ze spoke again, "Did you hear something? Are you going to sentence me to death without telling me about the misunderstanding? I know Uncle Fang came to you some time ago. Were you beaten again? You didn't contact me after that. Someone must have said it was related to me, right?"
Fang Shimian lowered his head and was silent for a while, then said, "Is it really none of your business?"
When he said this, he didn't look at Zhu Ze. He wanted to leave a last bit of dignity for the two of them, but he didn't expect Zhu Ze to understand it as he was uncertain and hesitating with guilt.
Zhu Ze suddenly stepped forward and hugged Fang Shimian's shoulders, "Shimian, am I that kind of person in your heart? Did Huo Zhongshan tell you something?"
Fang Shimian sighed, but only felt extremely tired. He didn't like arguing with others and had been trying to avoid such situations. He was afraid of conflicts with people he was familiar with, which would cause him to fall into a continuous breakdown and self-blame after the conflict.
Not to mention, this person was indeed someone who had brought him warmth at a certain time.
He tried to understand and he has forgiven.
"No one has ever told me anything." Fang Shimian looked up at Zhu Ze, "But I know everything... Can we just put this matter behind us?"
The words 'know everything' made Zhu Ze's heart skip a beat. He looked at Fang Shimian carefully for a while, but could not see anything unusual.
"What do you know?" Zhu Ze asked.
Fang Shimian stopped talking again and only whispered, "Brother Zhu, let's stop here."
"That's it?" Zhu Ze laughed softly, veins bulging on his forehead, making his gentle and handsome face look a little hideous. "Fang Shimian, tell me, what did I do wrong? How did I let you down again!"
"You know you are very important to me, right? You definitely know it, everyone knows it."
Zhu Ze suddenly stepped forward, stretched out his hand to pinch Fang Shimian's chin, lifted his face up, his eyes filled with madness of wanting something but not getting it, he whispered, "It was that monster Huo Zhongshan who turned you bad, you were not like this before, you hurt my brother's heart like this, how can I protect you in the future?"
Fang Shimian pushed Zhu Ze hard, his eyes suddenly reddened, "Huo Zhongshan is not a monster, and I don't need anyone's protection."
Zhu Ze was like a wild wolf that had been stimulated. He ignored Fang Shi Mian's struggle and hugged him tightly. "You have changed, Shi Mian. Why have you changed? You have changed so much that your brother doesn't recognize you anymore."
Fang Shimian lowered his head and bit him hard. Zhu Ze not only did not let go but hugged him even tighter. He even laughed, "Bite me, tear the flesh apart, bite the bones inside, and break them into pieces. Even if I die, there will be traces of you in my bones!"
After saying this, Fang Shimian broke out in a cold sweat. He let go of Zhu Ze and said in a dull voice, "Please let me go, Zhu Ze, please let me go. I have never offended you before."
Zhu Ze lowered his head, his eyes filled with pain and hatred, "You are mine, and mine alone."
Fang Shimian calmed down and listened to his own rapid and fearful heartbeat.
He loosened his struggling hand and said slowly, "During the elementary school quiz, you saw me hiding the test paper in the cover of the Chinese textbook on the way. I begged you not to tell my mother, but I was still beaten after I got home. In fact, I heard that day that Aunt Zhu specifically asked my mother to check the Chinese textbook."
Zhu Ze was stunned, let go of Fang Shimian, opened his mouth, and said nothing.
He remembered that day because it was a very strange day. The slapping sound did not come out mixed with crying at first, but after a few sharp insults, a shrill wailing suddenly broke out.
His heart trembled when he heard it, and he was so panicked that he couldn't stand steadily.
"There was a period of time when I was in junior high school when I secretly learned painting from Grandpa Zhao. I went to his place to read books and he gave me a picture album. You saw it when you were looking through my schoolbag. Not long after, my books were found and burned. All the books. You and your mother came down to see them at that time, right? They were burned downstairs. After that, I still used your old books in school. You should still remember it because you waited for me on purpose that day and hugged me for a long time."
"There was another time, when I was beaten badly and ran away from home. I actually heard you telling my mom that there was another unified exam in elementary school and the questions were very simple. Those who scored below 90 points didn't listen carefully. But in that exam, there were only a few people in the class who scored above 90 points. You weren't afraid of being exposed because you knew mom wouldn't believe me."
Fang Shimian spoke very seriously and calmly, and didn't look like he took it to heart.
If he wasn't shaking.
Zhu Ze finally realized that Fang Shimian’s words “But I know everything” were not a lie.
"Time to try..." Zhu Ze murmured.
If he knew everything and had known it since elementary school, then with what mentality did he accept all the comforts?
Hate him? Why not just kill him?
Why not kill him!
Fang Shimian turned around and just as he walked around a big tree, he heard Zhu Ze calling him from behind.
bother.
Just as he was about to run away, he saw Huo Zhongshan, wearing a black coat, and several burly bodyguards at the intersection of the roads.
The man had an extraordinary aura, his eyes half-closed, and even from a distance one could not fail to detect his emotions.
The people around them all retreated.
Fang Shimian's eyes lit up, and he quickly ran to Huo Zhongshan, "Brother Huo, let's go, I'm so hungry."
Huo Zhongshan did not move, he lowered his eyes and looked at Fang Shimian, Fang Shimian pulled Huo Zhongshan's arm again, "Let's go, brother."
Fang Shimian didn't think Huo Zhongshan could hear their conversation. At this moment, he just wanted to leave.
After a long while, Huo Zhongshan finally said, "Okay."
The man frowned slightly and pinched Fang Shimian's face lightly. When he turned around, he raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Ze.
Sometimes, just a look can make people feel like they are falling into an icy cave.
Zhu Ze was distracted for a moment, and watched them leave with an increasingly gloomy expression. When he could no longer see their figures, he slowly sat down on the ground.
driven to distraction.
It turns out he knew everything.
Why did it turn out like this? Zhu Ze began to recall that at the beginning, he was the one who was most heartbroken about Fang Shimian's injury.
He would hug his crying little boy and secretly swear to take him away in the future.
It was that time, Fang Shimian was scolded for not doing well in the exam, and the door was not closed. He couldn't bear the beating anymore, so he rushed out and threw himself into the arms of Fang Shimian who was passing by.
Fang Shimian’s eyes were so beautiful, and the look he gave him was like that of a savior descending upon him. He relied on him wholeheartedly, and he felt unprecedented happiness, as if Fang Shimian at that time belonged to him alone.
Later... he avoided his mother's excited gaze, and under some extreme psychological conditions, said that the test questions for Fang Shimian's elementary school were not difficult.
Again and again.
He thought he had disguised himself very well, but he never considered that he was the only friend around Fang Shimian at that time, and he was the only one who knew those little secrets.
He was only obsessed with the hug mixed with endless tears.
He completely forgot about the trembling and scarred body beneath the thin clothes.
I also consciously ignored the fragile soul that was on the verge of collapse.
He could not have expected Fang Shimian to give up the college entrance examination, let alone that the former model couple would divorce so decisively.
The fall apart of a family was so peaceful.
He wanted to get Fang Shimian and was eager to play the role of savior.
But the power he had at the time was not enough to pull him out of the quagmire, so he allowed himself to indulge in his cruel and bad nature as a child, causing Fang Shimian to fall into greater pain and fear.
Complete the rescue at the lowest cost.
Or maybe… in front of his parents of low status, after being crushed from all sides by Huo Zhongshan, his soul had already become foul.
He had long hated the fact that there were always so many people around Fang Shimian, even though he was the one who treated him best.
He is the only one who is willing to stay with Shi Mian forever after he becomes a "bad boy".
Why, he doesn't belong to him alone, he should be his.
Obviously, he was the first person to protect Shi Mian.
He has told countless lies in his life, but the only thing he has never lied about is his love for Fang Shimian.
He wanted to dig out his heart, carve Fang Shimian's name on it with a knife, and have someone send it to him.
He actually just wanted to apologize. He did something wrong and he wanted to say sorry.
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