Chapter 29 Love Cannot Be Greedy
The early morning wind blew into his collar, causing Song Kang to shiver. He could only shrink his neck, stand up, and pace back and forth in the corridor to exercise and relax himself.
He stayed on duty all night and happened to encounter a family dispute and a convenience store theft. He was dizzy dealing with both things at the same time.
After a night, he realized that none of the text messages and phone calls he had made to Shi Mingguang had been replied to.
Shi Mingguang is not like this usually. No matter how busy he is, after the court session and after reading the authorization documents, he will definitely reply to his message no matter whether it is early in the morning or just after dawn.
Shi Mingguang had been preparing for the case for a long time, but was ultimately defeated by the Luo family's money and tactics.
Song Kang knew very well how much of a blow this incident had been to Shi Mingguang. He should have been with Shi Mingguang, encouraging and supporting him, but unfortunately the team members had something urgent to do, so he had to stay on duty last night.
It was such a busy and chaotic night that I could only send a few messages in a hurry and try to make two phone calls in between.
Early in the morning, when the team members came to hand over their shifts, Song Kang ran to Shi Mingguang's house. Worried that he was hungry after not eating all night, he bought him a variety of breakfasts.
"Oh, it's all cold. If I had known, I should have eaten something while it was hot." Song Kang glanced at the pile of food placed at the door. It was all cold, just like his current body and mind.
What happened to Shi Mingguang, where did he go, and why didn't he come home all night?
Of course, Song Kang went to Chongguang Law Firm in advance to confirm that Shi Mingguang was not there, but there was a new trainee lawyer who was already in the office. When Song Kang asked about Shi Mingguang, the trainee lawyer was confused.
"Lawyer Shi? He's not back. He hasn't come back since the court hearing yesterday. It seems someone drove him away. Hey, it was other colleagues gossiping and I overheard it."
The trainee lawyer tried hard to clarify that he had no intention of gossiping about his boss's private affairs. However, his hearing was so good that he even heard clearly that the person who took Shi Mingguang away was driving a luxury car.
Song Kang recalled what the trainee lawyer said, smiling meaningfully, and felt annoyed.
So, Shi Mingguang didn’t go to the law firm to work overtime last night, and didn’t even come home. Was he with that person?
He rode in that person's luxury car. Where did he go with that person? What did they do together? Was he and that person in a relationship where they could spend the night together? Then why, as a good friend, had he never heard him mention this person's existence?
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became. Song Kang didn't even know someone was approaching.
"Song Kang? What's wrong with you? My phone died last night—"
Song Kang had never tried to "raid" at home without calling or sending messages, and without contacting in advance. Shi Mingguang immediately realized that the problem was on his side.
"You haven't been waiting here all night?"
Song Kang's face looked very pale, and his dark circles were very obvious. Shi Mingguang felt guilty for some reason.
He went drinking with Chi Tiansheng and was drunk unconscious. He slept on the super comfortable big bed in Chi Tiansheng's house all night and had a hearty breakfast prepared by Chi Tiansheng's chef this morning.
Song Kang might have been worried all night because he couldn't contact him. The weather was so cold that it would be uncomfortable to wait here for an hour.
"Come inside first, I'll make you some hot coffee!"
Shi Mingguang hurried to open the door, but was stopped by Song Kang: "Don't worry, I just got off my night shift and saw that the breakfast shop you like is open and has introduced new flavors of snacks, so I bought some on the way over and wanted to have breakfast with you."
Song Kang was reluctant to let Shi Mingguang show even the slightest bit of guilt. No matter who Shi Mingguang was with last night or where he went, wasn't he right in front of him? Wasn't he back?
That's good. As long as I can confirm that Shi Mingguang is safe and sound, as long as Shi Mingguang still appears in front of me and can have a cup of coffee with me, that's enough.
Song Kang reminded himself: Isn’t this the simple companionship and relationship you’ve always wanted?
In love, more people can only watch silently, and more people can only put away their greed.
Shi Mingguang will fall in love with someone sooner or later, and it is impossible for him to respond to everyone's love. He cannot be greedy for the love of more people, but can only hide it in his heart and exist in his life as a friend.
Song Kang has always been very clear that he is one of such people.
However, sometimes jealousy gets the better of me and I have the urge to cross the line.
Fortunately, Shi Mingguang always respected him as a friend. The first thing he did was to ask him to come into the house quickly. He hurriedly made coffee for him and kept asking him about his concern. "Could it be that another serial crime happened last night, and you were handling the case alone?"
The friendship given by Shi Mingguang was able to comfort and heal Song Kang, and all the jealousy and anxiety that surged in his heart disappeared.
As usual, he treated Shi Mingguang's kitchen as his own and began to heat up breakfast, frowning and smiling bitterly: "Hey, you guessed it right, I seem to have a bit of a strange physique? Every time I'm left alone on the night shift, doesn't something similar always happen? Do you remember the last time-"
They chatted casually, laughed easily, the aroma of coffee wafted in the air, and the reheated breakfast snacks also earned Shi Mingguang a smile.
Well, that's enough. I'll be satisfied with just a moment like this.
Song Kang drank his coffee and listened with a smile as Shi Mingguang evaluated the workmanship and ingredients of the new category of dim sum, trying hard not to imagine or be curious about Shi Mingguang's experience last night.
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