Chapter 2 Autobiography
Sheng Shixian left a particularly vivid mark in Pei Du's memory, even though Pei Du had always had a bad impression of him.
Pei Du had seldom interacted with him when he was alive. Now that he was dead, when he thought of him again, he could only remember the cold and obviously provocative look in his eyes when he glanced at him with envy during his prime.
He seems to be a man with only a good appearance, and there is never a smile in his eyes when he squints.
Like a snake spitting out its tongue, it is very measured in its behavior and speech, but when it gets close, it will bite into the flesh of others with its carefully disguised malice and venom.
All that glitters is gold and jade, but inside is rotten cotton. This is the most appropriate way to describe him.
He turned out to be the protagonist.
Pei Du's understanding of Sheng Shixian mostly came from Baidu Encyclopedia. The illegitimate son of the Sheng family who was living abroad seemed particularly different when he first appeared in the public eye.
At the age of fifteen, he returned to his family and announced his entry into the business circle after graduating from university. In just one year, Sheng Shixian used his ruthless tactics to acquire other industries, buy up stocks and start companies, and successfully made the Sheng family one of the big players in the business circle in a short period of time.
Throughout his life, Pei Du could often see news reports about him on the Internet, and the headlines were all full of praise and admiration for this new rising star in Beijing.
However, Sheng Shixian was also infected with the virus later, and after being hospitalized for treatment, he cut off all contact with the outside world. Pei Du only went to the hospital to see him once symbolically, and then lost contact with him.
But looking back at the past of Shengshi Yan, starting with an illegitimate child, the family's honor and disgrace and counterattack development went hand in hand, and finally climbing to the peak of business. The male protagonist's buffs at the beginning were already stacked layer by layer.
"Uh." Pei Du finally realized the awkward position he was in. He pointed at himself and said, "So I am an ATM."
Gou Qie Tou Sheng nodded: "Yes, yes."
Pei Du: “…”
Pei Du and An Jia's engagement was maintained entirely by their elders. Pei Du had no one he liked, and was open to their engagement. If An Jia had no intention of breaking the engagement, Pei Du would have maintained his attitude and treated her as his fiancée.
As a result, when Anjia's family fell into poverty and owed a huge debt, Pei Du paid back three quarters of it for her.
A few months after paying off the debt, he was found frozen to death naked in the bathtub.
He is not only the heroine's ATM, but also the focal point of the conflict between the hero and heroine, and even the additive that warms up their relationship, leading to his early death in the end.
To put it simply, Pei Du was just a part of the jealous play between An Jia and Sheng Shi.
Pei Du had a subtle expression. He looked up at Gouqiu Toutousheng who was holding a sign in the air and asked, "Little Gouqiu, can you tell me who scattered my ashes after I die?"
The blue panel was retracted and spun in the air. A child's voice floated out: "I don't know either. It should be written in the book."
Pei Du frowned: "How come you don't know anything?"
"Why! I'm only one year old, how can I remember so many things?" Gouqie Toutoushen was very dissatisfied. The color on his blue ball turned bright red again, and he continued, "It's a great benefit for me to give you this book!"
"Okay." Pei Du sighed, lowered his head, and didn't waste any more time with Gouqiu.
Pei Du reached out and opened the black book in his hand. When he was in the black hole space, he only read the beginning and did not have time to take a close look at the specific contents.
In this book full of “I am the dog” and “he is the master”, there is not a single person’s name appearing for dozens of pages.
[I am no longer the same person I once was, and neither is he. He says he is my master and I am his dog. This is the pet name between us.]
[…Where should I go? I squatted on the street, the cold wind rustled the leaves, and gangs of hooligans whistled at me across the street…disgusting. The trash can next to me was overturned, and rotten leaves mixed with slop, filthy and smelly, spilled all over the ground. Flies were buzzing on it, and I almost vomited.]
[Am I unworthy? Am I unworthy? Why am I unworthy? ... Master, I am wrong. I want to go home.]
Pei Du: “…”
What kind of book is this?
Although it is an autobiography, the language is confusing and there is no logic between the lines. The whole content can be described as "master and dog".
Pei Du guessed that the person who wrote this book was also a madman or a madwoman.
Pei Du flipped through seventy or eighty pages in a row. He scanned the fields in the book but found nothing related to his name.
"On page 2736." Gou Qie Tou Sheng was floating in the air. He watched Pei Du flipping through the papers and reminded him at the right time.
Pei Du's fingertips paused. He looked up at Gouqiu Toutousheng and turned the black book in his hand to the designated page.
[Pei Du said, this was originally mine, and he was willing to give it back to me. I didn’t know how to reply. He had been in poor health and had taken a lot of medicine since he got sick. When I heard his voice, I felt even more sorry for him.]
[He and I never had much to say to each other. We were silent for a while and finally hung up the phone in a hurry.]
When Pei Du saw the words on the paper, his calm expression changed slightly.
According to the content of the book, he had contact with the author and the author gave him something - something that originally belonged to the author himself.
...what?
Pei Du recalled that his circle of friends was small. Apart from a few fellow students in the studio, he rarely interacted with outsiders and would never take other people's things on his own initiative.
His role is to be Anjia's ATM. He gives away a lot of things, but takes almost nothing away on his own initiative.
Moreover, in Pei Du's memory, there is no fragment of him returning something to someone.
Pei Du's brows wrinkled and he continued to look down.
[The day after the call ended, Pei Du was found dead at home. I don't know the details, but I heard from someone who knew him that he suddenly became ill while taking a bath and drowned in the bathtub.]
[No one collected his body. I wanted to collect his body, but the master would be unhappy. The master seemed to know what I was thinking. He comforted me for a long time, and finally put aside the past and scattered Pei Du's ashes into the sea.]
Pei Du: “…”
He emphasized marking the "master" in the book.
Let bygones be bygones.
His ashes were scattered into the sea.
This "master" also looks abnormal.
All the content about Pei Du ends here. After Pei Du’s death, “I” never mentioned him again.
Pei Du closed the book and sorted out the information in his mind, temporarily focusing the suspicion on an item he had taken and returned.
This is also the key for Pei Du to know who "I" is.
...the items he got
Pei Du stood up, his eyes wandering aimlessly as his thoughts wandered, finally stopping on a jade pendant on the counter.
Pei Du walked forward and picked up the jade pendant. The texture of the jade pendant was delicate and the whole body was as warm and moist as mutton fat, but the color had become dull and old due to the accumulation of years.
The carved dragon was exquisite. Pei Du stroked the surface of the jade pendant with his fingertips, his eyes fixed on the pattern in the center.
The word "envy" is engraved there.