Without the presence of other people, Cheng Ke seemed to be out of the script. He subconsciously wanted to reach out and hold Shi Jin's arm, but Shi Jin dodged him by moving sideways.

The young boy’s fair face puffed up unwillingly: “Shi Da…” Brother.

"Ahem." The executive director who was in charge of filming Cheng Ke coughed to remind him.

Cheng Ke looked at him and reluctantly returned to the role of Cheng's son.

"Lawyer Shi." Cheng's son stopped him and said, "About my father's will..."

“Ka——”

The door of the study opened from the inside and Dr. Zhao walked out.

This time she didn't wear a white coat, but a pale apricot dress with the two buttons at the collar undone, revealing a small part of her snow-white collarbone.

Her hair wasn't tied back like she would have been when eating, but instead was curled into smooth waves and draped behind her.

Seeing the two people outside the door, she seemed a little surprised, her eyes wandered for a while, and finally greeted them calmly: "Master Cheng, Lawyer Shi, are you here to see Master Lin?"

Young Master Cheng stared at her for a long while with his eyes narrowed, which made Doctor Zhao at a loss. He snorted, glanced upstairs, turned around and left without saying anything.

"Are you going in, Lawyer Shi?" Doctor Zhao tucked up the hair hanging down beside her ears and smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Lin is not feeling well. If Lawyer Shi wants to see him, he might as well come back later."

Shi Jin looked over her shoulder towards the study.

The door of the study was not closed, leaving a gap of about ten centimeters.

Through the crack in the door, Shi Jin saw Mr. Lin sitting at the table with his head lowered, seemingly resting with his eyes closed. The golden Pixiu that he had seen at noon and that was originally placed on the corner of the table was now lying quietly on the ground.

"Lawyer Shi?" Doctor Zhao moved her feet, inadvertently blocking his view. She raised her voice a little: "Mr. Lin just went to bed. Let's go back to our rooms first and talk about it tomorrow."

Shi Jin lowered his eyelids and responded obediently, "Okay."

When he returned to the room, Shi Jin glanced at the clock on the wall.

The short, thick pointer slowly moved to between the numbers 7 and 8, while the longer one landed at the 6 position.

7:30.

According to the script, his next move was at night.

Shi Jin took out her clothes and walked towards the bathroom.

Warm water droplets fell from the shower head, and the rising hot steam swirled up in the bathroom. Shi Jin closed his eyes and sorted out the details he had discovered today in his mind.

At a certain moment, he opened his eyes.

The knock on the door reached his ears through the thick water curtain and bathroom door. Shi Jin frowned and turned off the faucet.

When he walked out of the bathroom, he looked at the time and frowned slightly.

7:50. None of his dramas happened at this time.

So who is outside the door?

Shi Jin pursed her lips and went forward to open the door.

The door opened, revealing the fair and tender face of a young man: "Brother Shi."

Cheng came alone, without the photographer provided by the director team following him.

Shi Jin looked at him: "What's the matter?"

Cheng Ke tilted her head, revealing a dimple on her cheek: "Can't I come to see you if I'm fine?"

He took a step forward and squeezed into the room before Shi Jin closed the door: "Brother Shi, are you unhappy to see me?"

Shi Jin's eyelids drooped slightly, and he simply let go of the door handle and let him walk into the room.

Cheng Ke looked around his room with a curious look on his face: "The decoration of this room is similar to mine."

He touched the decoration on the low table beside the bed and sat down on the single sofa by the window.

As if he had found a suitable seat, the boy curled his eyes in satisfaction and looked at the photographer beside him: "Big brother, can you please leave first? Brother Shi and I are not recording now."

The photographer subconsciously glanced at Shi Jin, and after getting Shi Jin's consent, he turned off the camera and walked out.

Shi Jin poured a glass of water and placed it in front of the boy: "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

Cheng Ke looked up at him, his dark eyes unblinking: "Brother Shi, why are you moving?"

"And who was that peacock uncle you were with at the pet store last time?"

Shi Jin's attention was inevitably drawn to a word in his words: "Uncle Hua Kongque?"

Cheng Ke nodded: "It's the one I saw in the pet store last time. Don't you think he looks like a peacock with bared fangs and claws?"

Flower peacock?

The man's flamboyant features suddenly appeared in Shi Jin's mind.

Well...it's a bit like that.

Shi Jin lowered his eyelids to hide the slight smile in his eyes: "He is my roommate."

"Roommate?" Cheng Ke's tone suddenly became a little anxious. He frowned and spoke louder: "Do you live together?"

He picked at his nails, but his emotions did not ease. He became visibly more impatient.

Cheng Ke turned around and started chewing his fingernails again: "How can you live together? Why do you want to live together? You can't..."

Shi Jin frowned and was about to step forward to comfort him when Cheng Ke raised his head.

The boy's larger-than-normal black pupils stared at him, straight and straight. The dilated pupils took up most of the eyes, and at first glance, the whites of the eyes could not be seen at all.

He stared at Shi Jin without blinking, his expression slightly paranoid: "Did you move because of him?"

Without waiting for Shi Jin to answer, Cheng Ke took another step forward and asked persistently, "Why do you want to move?"

"Don't you like me anymore?"

"Didn't we agree that it would be just the two of us? Why are you——"Knock knock——" The knock on the door interrupted the boy's questioning, and Zhong Sisi's voice came from outside the door: "Teacher Shi Jin, is Cheng Ke here with you?"

"Here." Shi Jin responded, staring at Cheng Ke without moving.

Zhong Sisi breathed a sigh of relief: "Can you open the door? We have something to discuss with Cheng Ke."

Cheng Ke tilted his head, and his eyes slowly moved from Shi Jin to the door, as if he was thinking about something: "...Who is Cheng Ke?"

Shi Jin said calmly: "Cheng Ke is you."

"It's me?" The boy blinked, as if he suddenly woke up: "Yes, Cheng Ke is me."

He loosened the half-wrinkled corner of his clothes, looked around, and finally fixed his eyes on the door: "I heard someone knocking on the door, Brother Shi, aren't you going to open the door?"

The boy's tone returned to normal, and his dark pupils became watery again, and he looked like the sunny and cute boy again.

Shi Jin's brows relaxed slightly and he turned around to open the door.

Zhong Sisi stood at the door. Seeing Cheng Ke standing inside the house, she finally let go of her worries: "Cheng Ke, follow the director downstairs first. Wei Yu is here to see you."

Cheng Ke blinked twice and said "oh" obediently.

He bent down to pick up the water cup on the table, and when he passed by Shi Jin and left, he did not forget to say goodbye to him: "Brother Shi, good night."

Zhong Sisi looked at him in confusion: "There is also a water cup in your room." So he wouldn't take the water cup from Shi Jin's room away, right?

Cheng Ke ignored her words and walked out the door holding the cup of water.

Zhong Sisi looked blankly at the boy's back as he left, then looked at Shi Jin and apologized carefully: "I'm sorry, Teacher Shi Jin, for disturbing your rest."

Shi Jin shook his head: "It's okay."

Zhong Sisi listened to his cold voice, and her mind, which was already not clear due to the panic just now, was completely stuck.

She blinked silently, trying to remember what she was going to say.

It's strange. She was very eloquent when talking to the young lady at the airport, but she was so scared when standing in front of this big brother who looked exactly like the young lady?

Zhong Sisi scratched her head, puzzled.

But if you can’t remember, forget it. I’ll come back to it when I remember it.

Thinking of this, Zhong Sisi looked up and said, "Then you should have a good rest. You will have to work hard for the recording tonight."

"Please wait a moment." Shi Jin stopped Zhong Sisi who turned around: "I want to ask... about Cheng Ke's situation."

He pursed his lips and looked serious: "Does the program team know about this?"

"What's Cheng Ke's situation?" Zhong Sisi's mind raced.

What about Cheng Ke? What was going on? Was it because he was underage?

Thinking of the specific instructions Wei Yu had given about Cheng Ke's age when she brought him here, Zhong Sisi felt that she had guessed right.

So she nodded calmly: "I know."

She glanced at Shi Jin's expression and understood: "It's okay, don't worry, it's nothing."

Although there are restrictions on minors appearing on TV programs now, Cheng Ke is already seventeen years old, and is a star author recommended by Wei Yu, so he doesn't have to worry about appearing on TV.

Besides, it’s not easy to find such a famous and well-behaved guest, and she won’t give up on him just because of his age.

Shi Jin hesitated for a moment, but finally said nothing.

Maybe Cheng Ke’s condition was not as serious as he thought.

When he sat down at the table, Shi Jin suddenly remembered what Zhong Sisi had said to him mysteriously before she left.

She said there would be a surprise tonight.

surprise......

“Dongdong——”

The door was knocked again, and the voice of Butler Chen sounded outside the door: "Lawyer Shi, are you in the room?"

Shi Jin came back to his senses, stood up and opened the door: "Yes."

Butler Chen was standing outside the door holding a bowl of sugar water. When he saw the door open, he handed over the tray: "The master is worried that everyone didn't have enough dinner, so he asked me to bring some midnight snacks to everyone."

Shi Jin took the porcelain bowl and thanked him politely: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Butler Chen smiled, fine lines crawling up the corners of his eyes, and reminded softly: "By the way, Lawyer Shi, please don't open the door before ten o'clock."

Shi Jin looked at him.

Butler Chen explained: "The villa is disinfected from 9 to 10 every day. The disinfectant powder smells a bit pungent. A guest didn't know this before, so he opened the door to get water and was choked by the smell and sneezed non-stop."

"The master happened to ask me to deliver some sweet soup to you today, so I just reminded you."

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

The wooden door closed, and Butler Chen's face disappeared behind the mahogany door.

Shi Jin stood by the door and did not turn around immediately, so he noticed that Butler Chen did not leave immediately after closing the door.

The sound of metal collision sounded outside the door for a moment, and then footsteps were heard outside the door, and Butler Chen left.

Shi Jin listened to his footsteps stopping outside each door, saying the same words he had just said to him, and finally walked all the way to the door of Chen Ge's room at the end of the stairs.

Shi Jin tried to listen, but unfortunately the distance was too far and he couldn't hear anything.

He looked up at the time.

Nine o'clock.

Shi Jin tried to reach out to open the door, but found that it was locked from the outside.

It was the door that Butler Chen had just locked.

He stood there for a moment, then turned around.

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