Chapter 29
There was a voice in Lin Shengwen's mind, urging him to pull out the storage box that Liang Xun had hidden under the bed and open it.
He did so, and two seconds later, the plastic box was lying on the floor, and the lid with four buttons had been opened and fell to the ground.
Several blue-covered folders were stuffed inside, giving it a sense of age, but the style of this folder could be said to be classic and passed down through the ages, perhaps maintaining the same or similar design for a century.
Lin Shengwen took out one of the books. There was no label on the cover, only on the side. However, Liang Xun wrote a few words on the cover with a marker. The book that Lin Shengwen took out had L3 written on it.
He didn't know what it meant, but the answer was ruthlessly revealed the moment he opened the cover.
The inner compartment contained four transparent film frames for photos, and they contained photos. It turned out to be an album. Lin Shengwen flipped through the photos one by one.
The album was full of his photos. Some were serious photos, which might have been posted on the school’s official website or on the hospital’s official account and video account. The rest were all candid photos.
Although it is a candid photo, it is not actually any candid photo with sexual connotations. It is full of curiosity, as if the people who take the candid photos or ask for these candid photos are eager to know what kind of life he lives and what places he visits every day.
He quickly finished looking through L3's album, and then Lin Shengwen took out L2 and L from the box. The photos were arranged in chronological order according to year, month and day. Lin Shengwen scanned all the photos of L2, and then opened the first page of the album named L.
Lin Shengwen looked carefully for a long time before he realized that this was a photo of himself that was secretly taken in the library when he was reviewing his lessons shortly after the start of his sophomore year.
Lin Shengwen, who has not yet turned 20, still has a hint of youthfulness on his face.
When he prepares for class, he usually organizes and summarizes the material in his mind, and also writes down some key knowledge frameworks in a notebook for review next time.
He was so focused that he had no idea what the person who was taking the photo of him was thinking in order to record him for that minute.
After entering school, Lin Shengwen discovered from time to time that some people were taking secret photos of him with their mobile phones at school. What did he think at the time? It seemed that he thought that pursuing the people who took the photos would be a waste of his time, so he simply didn't take it seriously.
Lin Shengwen never thought that Liang Xun was also included in this army of secret photographers.
He suddenly discovered an important piece of information: how could Liang Xun enter the library of Tingda University? It seemed that after Liang Xun moved in, the two of them secretly fell in love, and even after they got together, Liang Xun rarely mentioned his past.
He only knew that Liang Xun was from the Kang family and had lived with his mother as a child. If anything, he also knew through Pei Ning that they had gone to the same high school.
Apart from this, he knew almost nothing about Liang Xun.
Lin Shengwen sighed. He called Pei Ning and asked, "Pei Ning, do you know where Liang Xun studied for his undergraduate degree?"
Pei Ning picked up the phone, but there was no response for a long time. After a long while, he finally answered him in a sticky voice, as if he had just woken up: "Oh, he is from a third-level college under Ting University. You should be on the same campus. Why do you ask this suddenly? Didn't he tell you?"
Lin Shengwen murmured "thank you" and hung up the phone. Pei Ning, on the other side, was hung up, but he didn't get angry. He just threw the phone away and went back to sleep.
Liang Xun never mentioned it to him!
In a flash, Lin Shengwen took out the first photo, which was made of Kodak photo paper with a line of words written on the back with a ballpoint pen.
The characters are round and have nothing to do with being pretty, but they are very cute.
——I like Lin Shengwen.
Lin Shengwen's gaze lingered on the word "like" for a long time. Somehow, he felt familiar with the way these two words were written.
Where had he seen Liang Xun write these two words? Or had a handwriting similar to this one been imprinted in his memory long before?
His body shook violently. He put down the photo album, went to his room holding the photo in his hand, and took out a book called "Neuroanatomy" from the bookshelf.
He spread out the thick hardcover book, and opened the inner pages to a certain page - between the two pages was a piece of paper torn from a notebook, with crooked torn marks on the edge, and a line of words was written on the paper.
——I like you, I have always liked you.
It was a nine-word confession, unsigned. The pencil writing had faded after nearly twelve years.
Lin Shengwen’s sophomore year was the year he returned to his parents’ home the least.
Back then, he was either in class or studying in the library. Later in the school year, he found a lab in the academy and began researching early. His daily schedule was essentially packed with 15-minute blocks, so he spent much less time in the library.
Once, he took the authentic foreign textbook he bought, this neuroanatomy, to the library, found a seat, sat down and started reading. Lin Shengwen had long been accustomed to the occasional gazes of others in the library and could ignore them without being disturbed at all.
He read for nearly an hour and was curious about some of the content. He was about to go to the upstairs where the documents were stored to look for a journal whose title he had previously scanned.
Finally finding the article in the journal on the mobile bookshelf on the fifth floor, he took the magazine downstairs and returned to his seat.
Lin Shengwen saw that there was a piece of paper placed in the open book.
He didn't even know whether this piece of paper could be classified as a love letter because it was not signed. Lin Shengwen initially thought it was a prank by someone, but he still put the paper away.
Maybe the person who gave him this piece of paper will come to him one day and confess his love to him in person. Then Lin Shengwen can naturally explain that he is not interested in love for the time being and reject the other party.
However, the woman who had secretly spied on him, written a small piece of confession paper and handed it to him, did not come to him for twelve years.
Lin Shengwen's fingers stroked the word "Like" which was written in exactly the same handwriting on the piece of paper and the photo album.
I found you, Liang Xun, but why did you run away?
Lin Shengwen didn't have time to investigate why Liang Xun didn't take it with him when he left. He hurriedly put down the hard evidence in his hand and called Pei Ning again.
The person who answered the phone was Xu Yiming. After a while, the receiver was moved to Pei Ning's ear. Pei Ning was half asleep and half awake, and stammered to ask what Lin Shengwen wanted to do.
"Pei Ning, can you do me a favor?"
Lin Shengwen returned to the old house again. He parked the car outside the yard and entered the main house. The servant told him where Lin Xiaodong was, and he went to the study.
He stopped in front of Lin Xiaodong's study, but realized that this was not a suitable time - the quarrel between Lin Yunshen and Lin Xiaodong was so loud that he could hear it at the door.
"Father! You clearly know that even if Lin Shengwen divorces, Mei Xin will never end up in your hands!"
"I didn't order Shengwen to divorce. You should understand that the He family has always been satisfied with Shengwen, regardless of whether he has been divorced or not."
"...You haven't yet? Mother told me everything."
"I just said I don't allow it. The rest has nothing to do with me."
"You won't be satisfied until everyone in this family is under your tight control?!"
Lin Xiaodong didn't reply quickly.
Lin Shengwen raised his hand and knocked on the study door twice. Soon, Lin Xiaodong's command to "come in" came from inside. He pushed open the door and stepped into the study.
He looked at Lin Xiaodong.
"Liang Xun and I will not divorce, father," Lin Shengwen said. "I have the divorce agreement signed by Liang Xun in my hand, and I will not submit it."
Lin Xiaodong raised his gaze and met his. Lin Shengwen read a hint of disbelief in his father's eyes—this matter wasn't progressing as he had planned.
"Father, even if I really divorce Liang Xun, I will not marry the daughter of the He family."
Lin Shengwen laughed.
“I’ve always liked men.”
"Liang Xun is the person I like," Lin Shengwen paused and uttered two words in a very soft voice, "...Dad."
There was a dead silence in the study. Lin Yunshen had never thought that he would come out to Lin Xiaodong at this moment. Lin Xiaodong might be digesting Lin Shengwen's confession: Lin Xiaodong fell into deep thought for a while about his second son who had completely deviated from his control.
Outside the study, the faint sound of departing footsteps, accompanied by muffled sobs, drifted in. It was Wang Wanling. No one knew when she had begun eavesdropping on the conversation of the three men surnamed Lin in the study.
Lin Shengwen closed his eyes. At this moment, he was finally able to express his feelings openly.
He never thought that he could know what love was, but he was willing to believe that his feeling for Liang Xun was love - no other definition could fit his feelings.
Lin Xiaodong looked at him for a long time, so long that Lin Shengwen had a feeling that Lin Xiaodong might pick up the ashtray at hand and throw it at him in the next second, but Lin Xiaodong spoke after being silent for nearly five minutes.
"……what ever."
Lin Xiaodong's voice revealed fatigue. He pressed his forehead and turned his eyes away, unwilling to look at Lin Shengwen again.
"You caused this mess yourself, so you have to deal with it yourself. I'll give you 10 days. If there's no result within 10 days, I'll get rid of that person."
"Okay." Lin Shengwen replied.
Lin Shengwen knew that this was Lin Xiaodong's compromise with him. As a father, it was a belated indulgence.
"Thank you, Dad."
Recently, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Ting City responded to a real-name report. The reporter was an anesthesiologist at the First Affiliated Hospital of Ting City University Medical School.
The whistleblower report contained preliminary evidence, which the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision determined to be authentic and reliable. Considering the public outcry surrounding the medical incident, a seven-member investigation team was quickly established to investigate the First Affiliated Hospital of Ting City University School of Medicine.
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