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.
少年掄着拳頭，回頭看到身後的人，臉上的狠戾瞬間凝固。
許殉壓着眼睫，氣場迫人，冷冷地問，“要誰保養壽命呢？”
少年一時語塞，脖子又被他掐得酸疼。
男生想要救少年，但又攝于許殉的氣場，只能求助地看向沈亭州。
看出許殉跟這個少年認識，沈亭州出聲，“一場誤會，讓他道個歉就算了。”
許殉掐着少年的脖頸子，逼着他将臉轉向沈亭州，“說對不起。”
少年有所忌憚似的，低聲道：“對不起。”
許殉手上力道加重，“沒吃飯？”
少年脖子一疼，被迫在沈亭州面前低下頭，他下意識掙紮了一下，但很快被許殉壓得頭更低了。
少年只能聲音大了一點，對沈亭州說，“對不起。”
等他道完歉，許殉反水了，“對不起就算了？”
沈亭州：……
少年：……
許殉冷嗤，“像你這個年紀毛都沒長全，就別出來上演英雄救美了，好好保養保養你的腦子比什麽都強。”
少年忍氣吞聲。
許殉繼續毒舌，“有功夫在小男生這裏表現，不如去做兩道數學題，等你哥回來了也不至于脫鞋抽你。”
少年實在忍不了了，“我都道歉了，你還想怎麽樣？”
許殉：“道歉有用嗎？”
少年：“人家都說道歉就算了！”
沈亭州作證，他确實說了這句話，但他不能在這個時候拆小許的臺，所以保持沉默，假裝自己沒有說過。
許殉冷笑一聲，“還敢頂嘴。”
少年膝窩一酸，差點沒跪到地上，他咬了一下牙，“那你想怎麽辦？”
許殉說，“把《逍遙游》背一遍，我就放你一條狗命。”
少年瞳仁一震，“這怎麽可能？”
一旁的男生忙說，“我背行不行？”
許殉掃了他一眼，“行吧，你對着他說，像你這個年紀毛都沒長全，就別出來上演英雄救美了，好好保養保養你的腦子比什麽都強，說三遍。”
沈亭州：殺人誅心了小許。
少年瞪過來，用眼神明晃晃地威脅男生。
許殉見狀又踢了少年一腳，他膝蓋一痛，半條腿跪到了地上。
眼鏡男生一慌，剛要去扶他，許殉拎着他的衣領又提了回來。
看到少年脖子被勒住的印子，男生只好磕磕絆絆地說，“你這個年紀毛都沒長全，就別出來上演英雄救美了，好好保養保養你的腦子比什麽都強。”
少年恨恨閉上眼睛。
等男生說了三遍，許殉不緊不慢地抽回手，“滾吧。”
少年拉上男生的手，憤然離開了。
沈亭州問，“他是？”
許殉說，“朋友的弟弟。”
沈亭州不可置信，小許這麽宅居然還有朋友？
許殉沒多解釋，牽着沈亭州的手進了他們的影廳。
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看完電影，沈亭州又接到周子探的電話。
他還以為賀延庭跟謝凝又打起來了，沒想到是賀延庭失蹤了，準确地說是離家出走，帶上換洗衣服跟現金離開了賀家。
周子探懷疑賀延庭去找江寄了，準備去江寄家蹲守賀延庭。
沈亭州：“你等一下，我給江寄打個電話。”
周子探：“我現在已經在路上了。”
沈亭州驚訝，“你知道江寄住哪裏？”
周子探理所當然，“我早就知道。”
沈亭州忽然有了一個猜測，“你沒告訴過你哥吧？”
“我怎麽會告訴他？”周子探先是皺眉，随後想到什麽，“好像前段時間吵架的時候，我提了一句。”
破案了，難怪上次賀延庭能順利找到江寄，就是因為小周這個豬隊友！
賀延庭沒失憶的時候，周子探搞不定他很正常，人都退化成幾歲智商了，還是能從周子探嘴裏套出話，這就很……
怕周子探跟江寄吵起來，沈亭州勸道：“你別去了，還是我先問問吧，萬一他換了新地址呢？”
周子探嘟囔了一句，“老搬什麽家，做賊似的。”
沈亭州難得貼臉開大，“或許人家防得就是你們賀家人！”
周子探語調一下子變了，有幾分掩藏不住的得意，“他怎麽也知道我要改姓了？原來現在這麽多人都知道嗎，看來我得早點改了。”
沈亭州扶額，這是重點嗎！
挂了電話，沈亭州只好給江寄打過去，對方正在上班，說如果遇到賀延庭會把他送回去的。
沈亭州跟周子探說了一聲，也讓他去其他地方找找，萬一賀延庭去了其他地方呢，最近他也不像之前那樣整天嚷嚷着見江寄了。
雖然賀延庭智商退化，但畢竟不是真正的孩子，偶爾還會超常發揮，沈亭州不擔心他會遇到危險。
所以當江寄晚上打來電話，說賀延庭被送進了手術室那刻，沈亭州的腦袋轟鳴了一下。
許殉開車把沈亭州送到醫院，江寄一個人站在空蕩的走廊，盯着亮起的手術燈發愣。
沈亭州快步走過去，看到滿身是血，臉色蒼白的江寄，詢問道：“你沒事吧？”
江寄合了一下酸脹的眼睛，然後沖沈亭州搖了一下頭。
“我沒受傷。”江寄低聲說，“血都是他的。”
沈亭州問，“怎麽回事？”
江寄靜了幾秒才開口，他思維很亂，句子也不連貫，“林學嚴的父親來找我要錢，他拿着刀威脅，賀延庭突然出來，幫我擋了一刀。”
自從江寄跟賀延庭斷了之後，住在醫院的林學嚴也只能出院。
半個月前，他因為大面積肺部感染死在家裏。
林母也變得瘋瘋癫癫，經常說一些胡話，還會半夜突然驚醒，摁住睡夢中的林父，狂打他的臉，嘴裏還念叨着，“一個巴掌續命十分鐘”。
林父被折騰的苦不堪言，他覺得造成他家變成這樣的人就是江寄，這才拿着刀找他要醫藥費。
林父已經被抓，警方剛給江寄做完筆錄離開。
沈亭州聽完一陣沉默。
世上怎麽會有這麽無恥的人，把別人的犧牲當做理所應當，甚至等他收回這些恩惠，還會記恨對方。
看着江寄眼裏拉出的幾條紅色血絲，沈亭州開口，“你回去睡一覺吧，等賀先生沒事了，我會給你打電話的。”
衣衫上的血跡刺痛着江寄。
明白他此刻的掙紮，沈亭州說，“不要被情緒帶動着做決定，情緒只是一時的，有些事卻是一輩子的。”
聽懂沈亭州言外之意的江寄抿了一下唇，沙啞道：“那我現在……”
沈亭州打斷他，“現在回去睡一覺，醒來就是第二天了。”
一會兒賀家人就要來了，沈亭州擔心江寄不能全身而退。
小周的善良和忠誠只對信任的家人跟朋友，對外他可是一頭實實在在的惡犬。
許殉幫忙把江寄送了回去。
沒多久賀然婕，還有周子探跟謝凝一塊來了，誰都沒敢告訴身體不太舒服的賀老爺子。
賀然婕聲音發顫，“怎麽回事沈醫生，延庭沒事吧？”
沈亭州撿着重點說了說，沒說賀延庭是為江寄擋刀，只說賀延庭是為了救人。
周子探啃着指甲聽完，暴怒而起，“兇手人呢？”
沈亭州說，“人已經被警察帶走了。”
賀然婕怕周子探鬧事，囑咐道：“既然人已經歸案了，不要再私下調查，也不要找這個人親屬的麻煩，知道嗎？”
周子探很難開口答應，可賀然婕一直看着他，他只能點點頭。
一旁用骨牌占蔔的謝凝突然道：“放心，我會看着他的。”
說完指了指自己旁邊的座位，對周子探說，“坐我旁邊，我給你哥占蔔一卦。”
周子探趕緊湊過去，“準嗎，姐？”
“你要是心靜就準，心亂就不準。”謝凝把洗過的骨牌放到周子探面前，“抽吧。”
自從求神拜佛把賀延庭“喚醒”後，周子探沒那麽唯物主義了，他搓了搓手掌，閉上眼睛虔誠地抓了一張牌出來。
看着謝凝手裏那把跟撲克牌大小的骨牌，沈亭州不禁疑惑，這跟傳統的骨牌不一樣。
傳統的骨牌應該是比麻将牌大，但也沒有大到跟撲克牌差不多，比撲克牌厚一點，還有彎曲的弧度。
沈亭州問，“這是什麽骨頭？”
謝凝又讓周子探抽了一張，随意回道：“肩胛骨。”
聽到是肩胛骨，周子探并沒有發怵，将牌合在雙手間，親吻牌的首端，默念：“好牌好牌，一定是要好牌。”
沈亭州：……
許殉拿着車鑰匙回來時，沈亭州默默拉着他遠離那對姐弟，并且在他身上做十字架的動作。
雖然他是堅定的唯物主義者，但小許的八字看起來很弱。
這種事還是寧可信其有，畢竟那可是三十多張肩胛骨牌，如果一對牌是一個人，那就是十幾條人命。
沈亭州在許殉身上劃下十字架，默念：願主保佑你。
然後拉起許殉的手，雙手合十，繼續默念：願佛祖保佑你。
沈亭州回憶了一下道家的抱拳手勢，拉着許殉繼續做，默念：願三清天尊保佑你。
許殉：？
許殉不懂沈亭州在幹什麽，見他老摸自己，于是捏了捏沈亭州的手心。
沈亭州：……小許，這不是膩歪的時候。
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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?