Chapter 59
Shen Tingzhou was very uneasy because of Zhou Zitan, "What's wrong?"
Zhou Zitan said in panic: "Doctor Shen, my brother and sister are fighting!"
Shen Tingzhou couldn't connect the two faces of He Yanting and Xie Ning with the fight, and asked hesitantly, "How could it be?"
Zhou Zitan: "My sister just used tarot cards to tell my brother's fortune. She told him that he would be alone for the rest of his life. My brother was not happy about it and said that the divination was not accurate and asked her to do it again. My sister said that she only did it once."
Shen Tingzhou: "And then?"
Zhou Zitan: "Then my brother threw away my sister's tarot cards. My sister asked my brother to pick them up, but my brother refused, and the two of them started fighting."
Shen Tingzhou: ...are you such an elementary school kid?
Zhou Zitan asked anxiously, "Doctor Shen, what should we do? Should we call my mother over?"
Shen Tingzhou was puzzled, "Did he fight very hard?"
Zhou Zitan glanced towards the living room, "My sister is riding on my brother's waist and hitting him on the head. She can't continue hitting him. My brother's forehead is red!"
Hearing Zhou Zitan's tone, I feel that "red forehead" is a very serious injury.
He clearly hit Yu Jurong's head and made it bleed, but he just said that the person was not dead yet, as if it didn't hurt or itch. His double standard is so obvious.
Although Xie Ning was small in stature, he was very strong and had a natural blood pressure control, which allowed him to hold He Yanting down and tap his forehead repeatedly.
She asked with a sweet face, "Is it wrong?"
He Yanting would rather die than surrender, his lips tightly pursed.
Zhou Zitan was standing by anxiously, wanting to go forward to help but afraid of being scolded by Xie Ning, so he could only place his hopes on Shen Tingzhou.
"What should I do, Doctor Shen? You can't fight anymore. If you fight again, something bad will happen."
It's not necessary to use such serious words as "something wrong" to describe a few brain bangs. However, considering that Xie Ning is a big shot in the game of Kapala, Shen Tingzhou is not sure whether her brain bangs are the kind that crack walnuts open.
Shen Tingzhou hesitated, "How about you give the phone to your sister?"
Zhou Zitan walked over quickly and said, "Sister, the phone is calling."
Xie Ning held He Yanting with one hand and reached out with the other hand to take Zhou Zitan's phone.
Xie Ning: “Hello?”
In fact, Shen Tingzhou was not very familiar with Xie Ning, so he said dryly: "Hello, Miss Xie, I am Shen Tingzhou, Mr. He's doctor."
Xie Ning obviously remembered Shen Tingzhou. "What's wrong, Doctor Shen?"
Shen Tingzhou said tactfully: "Mr. He has a head injury, it's best not to..."
Xie Ning got it instantly and smiled, "Got it, Doctor Shen. I'll spank him then."
Shen Tingzhou: ...It's okay, after all, there's a lot of meat on my butt.
While Xie Ning was on the phone, Zhou Zitan boldly dragged He Yanting out, hugged Xie Ning's arms with a spirit of sacrifice, and shouted to He Yanting: "Brother, run!"
Shen Tingzhou hung up the phone silently.
Seeing that Shen Tingzhou looked tired, as if he had experienced a turbulent life, Xu Xun handed him a glass of juice and asked, "What's wrong?"
Shen Tingzhou shook his head. "It's nothing. It's just Thomas the Train from Ant-Man."
You think you are experiencing a fierce battle to slay a dragon, but in fact it is just Thomas the Train falling over.
Xu Xun:?
Shen Tingzhou did not explain. Seeing Xu Xun clenching the fingers of his right hand, he couldn't help but wonder, "What's wrong with your hand?"
Xu Xun didn't say anything, but quietly extended his hand to Shen Tingzhou.
Shen Tingzhou looked down and saw that the fruit knife had left a shallow mark on Xu Xun's fingertip, which was between broken and unbroken skin, revealing a little scarlet.
Shen Tingzhou didn't care about this minor injury at all, but when he met Xu Xun's dark and shining eyes, Shen Tingzhou couldn't help asking, "Does it hurt?"
Xu Xun was about to nod when he suddenly felt something wrong behind him.
The housekeeper came over with a cup of tea. "Are you being squeamish again?"
Seeing a straight line slowly forming at the corner of Xu Xun's mouth, Shen Tingzhou immediately defended him, "He was cut by a fruit knife."
The housekeeper said, "Then Dr. Shen, please call a surgeon to perform the amputation. Remember to find a good doctor so that the young bastard's finger can be amputated beautifully."
Doctor Shen, who was never sharp-tongued, backed off and left sadly with his patient Xiao Xu.
Perhaps he felt that he could no longer stay in this home, so Xu Xun did not eat at home at noon and took Shen Tingzhou to a Cantonese restaurant.
This seemed to be the first time they went out for a date and dinner. Shen Tingzhou looked through the menu and asked the picky eater Xiao Xu what he wanted to order.
Xu Xun still said, "I'm not picky about food."
Shen Tingzhou did not tease him. He chose two signature dishes and ordered a portion of steamed egg with shrimp for Xu Xun.
After ordering the dishes, Shen Tingzhou called the waiter over. When he handed the order to the waiter, his eyes inadvertently caught a glimpse of the table behind him and he paused.
It turned out to be Yu Qin, and the twin brothers.
The older brother with glasses put a shrimp dumpling on Yu Qin's plate, and the younger brother, not to be outdone, put a piece of crispy roast goose on it.
Yu Qin picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up something when the two brothers looked at him intentionally or unintentionally.
Shen Tingzhou was so familiar with this kind of gaze that he couldn't help but worry for Yu Qin.
Under the watchful eyes of two people, Yu Qin hesitated for a long time, and finally stuffed both the shrimp dumplings and the roast goose into his mouth, puffing up his cheeks and chewing hard.
Xu Xun put the hot bowl and chopsticks next to Shen Tingzhou, "What are you looking at?"
Shen Tingzhou said subconsciously, "Brother, I'm just eating... No, I'm just looking at what people around me are ordering."
Xu Xun asked: "Do you want to eat rice?"
Shen Tingzhou grumbled, "Ahem, no."
Xu Xun glanced at Shen Tingzhou, who was obviously looking strange, and then looked in the direction he had just glanced.
There was a fair-skinned boy sitting at the back table, with a pair of twin brothers sitting on either side of him. The atmosphere between the three of them was very strange.
Xu Xun retracted his gaze and said calmly: "Some rice dishes really can't be eaten casually."
ah?
Shen Tingzhou looked up at Xu Xun cautiously. He suspected that the other party knew something, but Xu Xun looked calm and poured him a cup of green plum tea.
Yu Qin and his friends arrived first. When the dishes ordered by Shen Tingzhou came, the three of them had already stood up to pay the bill.
Shen Tingzhou glanced at the three people outside the window, wondering what his younger brother was doing. Yu Qin tilted his head and spoke to him in a gentle voice. His brother, who was wearing glasses, hooked Yu Qin's finger.
Yu Qin paused noticeably but did not turn back. He just continued talking to his brother somewhat uncomfortably.
The elder brother held Yu Qin's hand, and the younger brother was also coaxed into silence. He turned around and saw their hands holding together, and became angry again.
Seeing this scene, Shen Tingzhou sighed sincerely, Xiao Xu is still the best!
Shen Tingzhou picked up a piece of sea bass for Xu Xun, his eyes full of care, "Eat more."
Xu Xun couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, thinking to himself, he really loves me.
After peeling a shrimp for Shen Tingzhou, Xu Xun said, "Don't always pick up vegetables for me. Eat more yourself."
Shen Tingzhou:?
Didn't he only pick up food for Xu Xun once? There's no need to use the word "always" to describe him, right?
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After dinner, Shen Tingzhou and Xu Xun walked to the cinema in front.
Xu Xun ordered two movie tickets and also bought popcorn and Coke.
Shen Tingzhou accidentally spilled Coke on his hands. When he went to the bathroom to wash his hands and passed the escape passage, he heard a humble and flattering male voice:
"Weiwei, I really know I was wrong. Can you forgive me this time? I really love you."
"Don't hate me! Why didn't you say you loved me when you slept with someone else?"
"I really drank too much that day, and I was so scared when I woke up the next day. That's when I realized how much I loved you."
"Oh, let me sleep with someone else. I'll come back and tell you if I realize how much I love you."
After saying that, the door to the passage opened and a girl in work uniform walked out.
The man begging for mercy chased out and tried to hold the girl's hand, but the girl slapped him in the face without saying a word, "Get lost!"
Shen Tingzhou pretended that he saw nothing and walked quickly into the bathroom.
A teenager wearing a baseball cap was talking on the phone in front of the sink. He said impatiently, "I was just joking that day. Did you take it seriously?"
Shen Tingzhou walked over to wash his hands, and the boy walked out while talking on the phone.
"Even if he lives and eats in my house, he is not my servant. If I ask him to be your boyfriend, will he agree?"
At this time, a boy wearing black-framed glasses came over. The boy handed him his phone and said coldly, "He likes you. Tell him yourself."
The boy was a little dazed, holding the phone like a hot potato.
After a long while, under the boy's unfriendly gaze, he put the phone to his ear and politely declined the call, "Sorry, I just want to study hard now."
The boy showed a satisfied look, put the baseball cap on the boy's head, took away the phone, and said to the person on the other end of the phone, "I told you that he is a nerd who only knows how to study."
The boy lowered his head, with the brim of his hat pulled low over his face, so his expression could not be seen clearly.
The boy left the bathroom. "I'm the only one going there. He? He must be doing his homework at home. He doesn't know anything. He's just holding a book and reading it."
The boy stood there, listening to the voice gradually fade away, then walked out.
Shen Tingzhou glanced at the boy and found that he had dropped a furry keychain, so he called him.
The boy turned around, Shen Tingzhou picked up something on the ground and asked, "Is it yours?"
The boy pushed up his glasses, walked over and said, "It's mine, thank you."
Shen Tingzhou suddenly said: "I was also called a nerd before, but when you are in school, you should study hard. Being good at studying is also a kind of talent."
The boy was startled, looked up at the handsome and gentle Shen Tingzhou, and said again, "Thank you."
As they were talking, the young man came back with hostility towards Shen Tingzhou.
The boy saw his bad intentions and hurriedly pulled the boy.
The boy glared at him, then said to Shen Tingzhou, "You should be collecting your pension at this age, so stop dating young boys. It's better to take good care of your life than anything else."
Twenty-eight-year-old Shen Tingzhou: ...Does he look that old?
The boy was about to continue firing when he was suddenly grabbed by a hand on the back of his neck. The force was so strong that his entire neck felt numb and sore.
The young man clenched his fists, turned around and saw the person behind him, and the cruelty on his face froze instantly.
Xu Xun frowned, his aura overwhelming, and asked coldly, "Who do you want to protect your life?"
The boy was speechless for a moment, and his neck was sore from being pinched by him.
The boy wanted to save the boy, but was frightened by Xu Xun's aura and could only look to Shen Tingzhou for help.
Seeing that Xu Xun knew the boy, Shen Tingzhou said, "It was just a misunderstanding. Let him apologize and forget it."
Xu Xun pinched the boy's neck and forced him to turn his face towards Shen Tingzhou, "Say sorry."
The young man seemed to be feeling guilty and whispered, "I'm sorry."
Xu Xun increased the strength of his hands, "Didn't you eat?"
The young man felt pain in his neck and was forced to lower his head in front of Shen Tingzhou. He struggled subconsciously, but was soon pressed lower by Xu Xun.
The young man could only raise his voice a little and said to Shen Tingzhou, "I'm sorry."
After he apologized, Xu Xun turned against him and said, "I'm sorry, so forget it?"
Shen Tingzhou: ...
juvenile:……
Xu Xun sneered, "At your age, you haven't even grown all your hair yet, so don't come out and play the hero and save the damsel in distress. Taking good care of your brain is better than anything else."
The boy swallowed his anger.
Xu Xun continued to speak venomously, "Instead of wasting time on showing off in front of little boys, you might as well do a few math problems so that when your brother comes back, he won't take off his shoes and beat you."
The boy couldn't stand it any longer. "I've already apologized, what else do you want?"
Xu Xun: "Is an apology useful?"
Boy: "They said just apologize and forget it!"
Shen Tingzhou testified that he did say this, but he couldn't expose Xiao Xu's mistake at this time, so he remained silent and pretended that he had not said it.
Xu Xun sneered, "How dare you talk back."
The boy's knees ached and he almost fell to the ground. He gritted his teeth and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Xu Xun said, "If you can recite "Xiaoyaoyou" once, I will spare your life."
The boy's pupils trembled, "How is this possible?"
The boy next to him said hurriedly, "Can I carry you on my back?"
Xu Xun glanced at him and said, "Okay, tell him that at your age, when your hair hasn't even grown out, don't come out to play the hero and save the damsel in distress. Taking good care of your brain is better than anything else. Say it three times."
Shen Tingzhou: The murder made Xiao Xu very upset.
The boy glared at him, threatening the boy with his eyes.
Seeing this, Xu Xun kicked the young man again. He felt pain in his knee and half of his leg fell to the ground.
The boy with glasses panicked and was about to help him, but Xu Xun grabbed his collar and pulled him back.
Seeing the strangled marks on the boy's neck, the boy could only stutter and say, "You are at this age and your hair hasn't even grown out yet, so don't come out and play the hero and save the damsel in distress. Taking good care of your brain is better than anything else."
The young man closed his eyes angrily.
After the boy said it three times, Xu Xun slowly pulled his hand back and said, "Get lost."
The boy took the boy's hand and left angrily.
Shen Tingzhou asked, "Who is he?"
Xu Xun said, "My friend's younger brother."
Shen Tingzhou couldn't believe it. How could Xiao Xu, who was such a homebody, still have friends?
Xu Xun didn't explain much and took Shen Tingzhou's hand and walked into their movie theater.
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After watching the movie, Shen Tingzhou received another call from Zhou Zitan.
He thought that He Yanting and Xie Ning had fought again, but he didn't expect that He Yanting was missing, or to be more precise, he ran away from home, taking away some clothes and cash.
Zhou Zitan suspected that He Yanting had gone to find Jiang Ji, and prepared to go to Jiang Ji's house to wait for He Yanting.
Shen Tingzhou: "Wait a moment, I'll call Jiang Ji."
Zhou Zitan: "I'm on my way now."
Shen Tingzhou was surprised, "Do you know where Jiang Ji lives?"
Zhou Zitan said as a matter of course, "I knew it a long time ago."
Shen Tingzhou suddenly had a guess, "You haven't told your brother, right?"
"How could I tell him?" Zhou Zitan frowned at first, then thought of something, "I think I mentioned it when we had a fight some time ago."
The case is solved. No wonder He Yanting was able to find Jiang Ji successfully last time. It was all because of Xiao Zhou, the stupid teammate!
When He Yanting didn't lose his memory, it was normal for Zhou Zitan to be unable to handle him. Even though his IQ has regressed to that of a few years older, he can still get words out of Zhou Zitan. This is very...
Fearing that Zhou Zitan and Jiang Ji would quarrel, Shen Tingzhou advised: "Don't go. Let me ask first. What if he has a new address?"
Zhou Zitan muttered, "Why do you keep moving? You're like a thief."
Shen Tingzhou rarely got close to him and said, "Maybe they are guarding against you He family!"
Zhou Zitan's tone suddenly changed, with a hint of pride in his voice that he couldn't hide. "How did he know that I was going to change my last name? So many people know about it now. I guess I should change it sooner rather than later."
Shen Tingzhou’s quota support, is this the key point?
After hanging up the phone, Shen Tingzhou had no choice but to call Jiang Ji, but the other party was at work and said that if he met He Yanting, he would send him back.
Shen Tingzhou talked to Zhou Zitan and asked him to look for him somewhere else, just in case He Yanting went to some other place. Recently, he had not been clamoring to see Jiang Ji all day long like before.
Although He Yanting's IQ has declined, he is not a real child after all, and he occasionally performs exceptionally well. Shen Tingzhou is not worried that he will encounter danger.
So when Jiang Ji called in the evening and said that He Yanting was sent to the operating room, Shen Tingzhou's mind buzzed.
Xu Xun drove Shen Tingzhou to the hospital. Jiang Ji stood alone in the empty corridor, staring at the lit operating light in a daze.
Shen Tingzhou walked over quickly and saw Jiang Ji, who was covered in blood and had a pale face. He asked, "Are you okay?"
Jiang Ji closed his sore eyes and shook his head at Shen Tingzhou.
"I'm not injured." Jiang Ji whispered, "The blood is all his."
Shen Tingzhou asked, "What's going on?"
Jiang Ji was silent for a few seconds before he spoke. His thoughts were confused and his sentences were incoherent. "Lin Xueyan's father came to me to ask for money. He threatened me with a knife. He Yanting suddenly came out and blocked the knife for me."
Since Jiang Ji and He Yanting broke up, Lin Xueyan, who was living in the hospital, had to be discharged.
Half a month ago, he died at home due to extensive lung infection.
Lin's mother also became crazy and often talked nonsense. She would suddenly wake up in the middle of the night, hold down Lin's father while he was sleeping, and slap him in the face, muttering, "One slap in the face saves my life for ten minutes."
Father Lin was tortured terribly. He felt that Jiang Ji was the one who caused his family to become like this, so he went to him with a knife to ask for medical expenses.
Lin's father had been arrested, and the police had just finished taking Jiang Ji's statement and left.
Shen Tingzhou was silent for a while after hearing this.
How could there be such a shameless person in the world who takes other people's sacrifice for granted and even holds a grudge against them when he takes back the favor?
Looking at the red bloodshot in Jiang Ji's eyes, Shen Tingzhou said, "Go back and take a nap. I'll call you when Mr. He is okay."
The bloodstains on his clothes hurt Jiang Ji.
Understanding his struggle at the moment, Shen Tingzhou said, "Don't be driven by emotions to make decisions. Emotions are only temporary, but some things last a lifetime."
Jiang Ji understood the implication of Shen Tingzhou's words and pursed his lips, saying hoarsely: "Then I will now..."
Shen Tingzhou interrupted him, "Go back to sleep now, it will be the next day when you wake up."
The He family will be here soon, and Shen Tingzhou is worried that Jiang Ji will not be able to escape unscathed.
Xiao Zhou is kind and loyal only to his trusted family and friends; to outsiders, he is a real vicious dog.
Xu Xun helped to send Jiang back.
Not long after, He Ranjie, Zhou Zitan and Xie Ning came together. No one dared to tell Mr. He who was not feeling well.
He Ranjie's voice trembled, "What's the matter, Doctor Shen, is Yan Ting okay?"
Shen Tingzhou picked up the key points and did not say that He Yanting was protecting Jiang Ji, but only said that He Yanting was trying to save people.
Zhou Zitan listened while chewing his nails, then stood up in anger, "Where is the murderer?"
Shen Tingzhou said, "The person has been taken away by the police."
He Ranjie was afraid that Zhou Zi would find out what was going on, so she instructed, "Since the person has been brought to justice, do not conduct any more private investigations, and do not cause any trouble for this person's relatives. Do you understand?"
It was difficult for Zhou Zitan to agree, but He Ranjie kept looking at him, so he could only nod.
Xie Ning, who was playing with dominoes, suddenly said, "Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him."
After saying that, he pointed to the seat next to him and said to Zhou Zitan, "Sit next to me, I'll tell your brother's fortune."
Zhou Zitan hurried over and asked, "Are you sure, sister?"
"If you are calm, it will work. If you are confused, it will not work." Xie Ning put the shuffled dominoes in front of Zhou Zitan, "Draw."
Since praying to God to "wake up" He Yanting, Zhou Zitan is not so materialistic anymore. He rubbed his palms, closed his eyes and devoutly picked up a card.
Looking at the poker-sized dominoes in Xie Ning's hand, Shen Tingzhou couldn't help but wonder, this was different from traditional dominoes.
Traditional dominoes are supposed to be larger than mahjong tiles, but not as large as poker tiles. They are a little thicker than poker tiles and have a curved shape.
Shen Tingzhou asked, "What kind of bone is this?"
Xie Ning asked Zhou Zitan to draw another card and replied casually, "Shoulder blade."
Hearing that it was the shoulder blade, Zhou Zitan was not frightened. He put the cards together between his hands, kissed the top of the cards, and said silently: "Good cards, good cards, it must be good cards."
Shen Tingzhou: ...
When Xu Xun came back with the car keys, Shen Tingzhou silently pulled him away from the brother and sister and made the cross gesture on him.
Although he is a staunch materialist, Xiao Xu's horoscope looks weak.
It is better to believe this kind of thing. After all, there are more than thirty scapula cards. If a pair of cards represents a person, that means more than a dozen lives.
Shen Tingzhou drew a cross on Xu Xun's body and silently said: May the Lord bless you.
Then he took Xu Xun's hand, put his hands together, and continued to silently recite: May the Buddha bless you.
Shen Tingzhou recalled the Taoist fist-holding gesture, pulled Xu Xun to continue doing it, and silently said: May the Three Pure Ones bless you.
Xu Xun:?
Xu Xun didn't understand what Shen Tingzhou was doing. Seeing that he kept touching himself, he pinched Shen Tingzhou's palm.
Shen Tingzhou: ...Xiao Xu, this is not the time to be sad.
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He Yanting's operation lasted more than four hours before he was pushed out of the operating room and taken to the intensive care unit where he needed care.
When the doctor was communicating with the family, Shen Tingzhou stood aside and listened.
After the doctor left, Shen Tingzhou carefully explained again the parts that He Ranjie and the others did not understand.
After calming He Ranjie down, Shen Tingzhou sent a message to Jiang Ji, telling him that nothing serious had happened and asking him to have a good rest.
Soon Jiang Ji replied with a thank you.
Shen Tingzhou glanced at the time. It was already two o'clock in the morning. Xu Xun was waiting for him without complaint. Shen Tingzhou felt warm in his heart and walked towards Xu Xun.
He asked, "Are you sleepy?"
Xu Xun said, "Not bad."
Shen Tingzhou: "Let's go back."
Xu Xun: "Are you done?"
Shen Tingzhou nodded, and walked out of the hospital side by side with Xu Xun. His hand was suddenly held by Xu Xun.
Shen Tingzhou turned to look at him, his pupils shining under the streetlight, "Mr. Xu, your hands are a little cold."
Xu Xun held Shen Tingzhou tightly, "So I have to hold your hand tightly to warm it up."
Shen Tingzhou was in a good mood, "Okay."
On a cold night in late winter, their hands were held together and their shadows were lengthened by the light.
After returning home, in order not to wake up the housekeeper, Shen Tingzhou went upstairs with light steps.
But when I passed the butler's room, the door was still opened.
Shen Tingzhou suddenly became like a student who was caught skipping class. He stopped where he was and held his breath.
The housekeeper's eyes swept over Shen Tingzhou and finally stopped at Xu Xun, "I thought you had kidnapped Doctor Shen and would not come back."
Shen Tingzhou spoke up to help Xu Xun explain, "I have work tonight."
The housekeeper's disdain for Xu Xun became more obvious, "Useless thing."
Having said this, he closed the door again.
Xu Xun was unwilling to accept the defeat and said to the closed door, "I have my own plans, so don't worry about it."
Shen Tingzhou:?
What's your plan?
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