Chapter 52 His and Her Story

When Lin Shuliang got out of bed, she immediately went to the bathroom and fastened her inner belt again. Then she came out and threw her clothes to Shen Xinghe, "Thank you, I didn't even know when you came."

There is still her scent on the clothes, very light and fragrant.

Shen Xinghe looked at the crowd and said, "You can do it. You can make a name for yourself anywhere."

"Just kidding~By the way, have you seen Xu Chen? Why can't I see anyone?" Lin Shuliang asked.

"I didn't notice. Maybe he left."

Lin Shuliang made several calls, but no one answered. After a while, Xu Chen sent her a text message: I have something to do at home, so I’m going back first.

Only then did she leave with peace of mind and replied: Okay, I'll go back too.

In fact, Xu Chen was standing not far away, watching them.

The group of people wanted to invite him over to play with them, but he declined, saying that he was not feeling well.

When he returned home, he lived in a small district in the city. At first glance, it was an area where rich people lived, but in fact, this house was left by his father. After his parents divorced, he followed his mother to study here.

Before his mother got divorced, she stayed at home all the time. Later, when she found out that his father was cheating on her, she decided to divorce.

Xu Chen got used to it. At first he would throw tantrums like a child. He ran away from home, beat people, smoked and drank. He hoped to get a little attention from them, but he got nothing.

He remembered that there was a time when they were arguing about divorce so fiercely that in order to stop them, he ran away from home and went to a nearby island, declaring, "If you dare to divorce, I will jump into the sea."

He did write a note on the table, but no one came to see him.

He was hungry for two days on the island. He deliberately did not take his cell phone with him so as to leave no way out. He thought that the two of them would at least feel a little distressed. Unexpectedly, there was still no news after two or three days.

He fainted from hunger at the beach and was rescued by a passerby who took him home. When he got home, he found the house was filled with smoke and his mother was having a party.

I asked him, "Where have you been, kid? I was just trying to ask you to buy some wine."

"Where's my dad?" he asked.

"I left after getting the divorce certificate. I'm celebrating my singleness now. If you think it's noisy, just go out and play for a while."

He was so angry that he stared at his mother, his hand on the door, "Since you two don't want to be together, Wang Jinhan, and since you can't give me a complete family, why did you give birth to me?"

Wang Jinhan was stunned for a moment. She turned her head and shook the wine glass. "In the beginning, I wanted to be with him forever. It was your father who cheated on you. Did you know that he cheated on you? He worked overtime for several days and nights, but in fact, he was fooling around with a woman outside. What can I do? It makes me sick just thinking about it."

Only then did Xu Chen realize that his father had cheated on his wife. He suddenly felt a little sorry for Wang Jinhan, but he couldn't say anything.

He saw the note he had written was still on the table, but it was pressed by the wine glass and wet by the spilled wine, so the handwriting could not be seen clearly.

His self-righteous declaration was actually just a joke; they simply didn't see it, or rather, they pretended not to see it.

He staggered out of the house, trying to escape from this place.

He hoped that everything would disappear and nothing would be left.

Sure enough, his home became quiet, because Wang Jinhan often worked the night shift and rarely saw people during the day. He just put money on the table at regular intervals and occasionally left a few words.

He hated the way he was born, but didn't know how to get rid of it. He did nothing all day long and fought to vent his dissatisfaction.

At this time, he met Li Panxi. It was because of Li Panxi that he studied hard, took the exam for a place far away, and never came back.

However, just as he was persisting, Li Panxi also changed.

Xu Chen walked along, thinking about the past all the way, and didn't even notice Li Panxi standing in front of him.

"Xu Chen." Li Panxi spoke.

"What's the point?"

Except for the first time they met, Xu Chen had never spoken to her like this before.

Li Panxi followed her and asked, "Are you angry with me?"

"no."

"You have it." Li Panxi held him and refused to let go in a threatening manner.

"Okay, if you say yes, then yes. I'm going home." Xu Chen was very impatient.

"Do you think I deceived you?"

Xu Chen sneered, "Haven't you been lying to me all along? Before I met Lin Shuliang, I really thought she was the scheming woman you said. Now you ask me if I think you've lied to me, don't you think it's redundant?"

Li Panxi always thought that she and Shen Xinghe could go to the same university, be together, take the postgraduate entrance examination together and study abroad, so after Lin Shuliang came, she always complained to Xu Chen.

She said that Lin Shuliang never liked her asking Shen Xinghe questions and would deliberately make things difficult for her. Sometimes she would even deliberately monopolize Shen Xinghe's time, leaving her no extra time to ask questions.

Even more exaggerated, Xu Chen saw Li Panxi crying alone in the classroom. After asking her, he found out that she said that Lin Shuliang deliberately pushed her down and she fell to the ground, which was why she was like this. While crying, she said that she didn't care about Lin Shuliang.

From that time on, Xu Chen couldn't stand Lin Shuliang and deliberately found her and made her fall off the stairs.

He thought Lin Shuliang would curse at him, or take the opportunity to ask for his contact information, or cry coquettishly, but none of these three situations happened. She just stood up, continued to run forward, and said: No need to apologize, I know you didn't mean it.

He began to doubt, are the Lin Shuliang mentioned by Li Panxi and the Lin Shuliang in his eyes the same person?

Through getting along with each other, he slowly discovered that Lin Shuliang was not at all what Li Panxi said. He figured it out that the reason why Li Panxi was like this was entirely because of Shen Xinghe.

Before this, he approached Lin Shuliang because of Li Panxi.

But one day, Li Panxi ran to Xu Chen and told him to pursue Lin Shuliang and make sure to get her.

Xu Chen couldn't figure it out, "Why?"

"This way Shen Xinghe won't be thinking about her anymore. If you catch her, you can dump her. It won't affect you at all."

Xu Chen had always regarded her as his white moonlight, but his white moonlight had only been using him from beginning to end and even wanted to hurt an innocent girl.

Now he realized that he might have been blind at the time. How could he have treated such a person as an unspeakable concern in his heart and even lost a very important basketball game for her? From then on, Shen Xinghe no longer participated in the school team and was expelled from the team.

Now that I think about it, all of this was just his wishful thinking.

Xu Chen asked back. Li Panxi was a little embarrassed, but still kept her goddess smile, "Xu Chen, you know, I..."

"No need to tell me, I don't know. There are many things about you that I don't know and I don't understand. I don't want to know from now on. I really want to go home. The road is dark and unsafe. Remember to take a taxi." After saying that, he shook off Li Panxi's hand and left without hesitation.

Li Panxi burst into tears, "Don't you remember what you said before? You said you would always be by my side, would never leave me, and would protect me forever."

At that time, Xu Chen met Li Panxi at school. She talked a lot with Xu Chen and gave him study materials. "No matter what your story is, learning is the best way to get rid of the status quo."

He believed it.

Li Panxi was always by his side, occasionally counseling him, listening to him, and even bringing him breakfast and other things.

Xu Chen lacked companionship and warmth, so he placed a lot of emotion on Li Panxi, and said: "No matter what happens in the future, I will always be by your side, a simple guardian."

The vows made in youth are always so beautiful, but they only apply to situations within a certain period of time and cannot be used as a lifelong criterion.

Life is so long and we will meet so many people, how can we just say forever?

Xu Chen turned around, looked at her and said, "Just pretend you didn't hear those words, or I can take them back."

Li Panxi thought that he would be a little nostalgic when talking about the past, but she didn't expect him to be so decisive and not even look back.

The only people who will not leave you even if you hurt them over and over again are your parents. And your parents may also leave you, but compared to others, the probability of them staying is much higher.

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Shen Xinghe left some dumplings for her, and they went directly to his house. Shen's father was still sitting on the sofa, and he said in a gloomy tone, "You know you're back?"

Lin Shuliang poked her head out. "What's wrong with you? You're so resentful."

When Mr. Shen saw her, he smiled and said, "I was wondering why he came back. It turns out you are here too. Come and sit down."

Shen Xinghe pointed at the dumplings on the plate and said, "If you want to eat them, cook them yourself."

There were already some left, so Lin Shuliang nodded, "Uncle Shen, I'll go make some dumplings, will you join us?"

"That was specially reserved for you. I won't eat it." said Shen's father.

Lin Shuliang put the water in, "It's okay, there's so much, let's eat it together."

Shen Xinghe's eyes softened a lot as he listened to their conversation.

He deliberately sent Lin Shuliang to the kitchen because he was afraid that his father would say something nonsense and scare Lin Shuliang.

"Don't you want to play chess? Come on." Shen Xinghe placed the chessboard between the two of them and started placing the chess pieces.

They were playing fiercely here, and Lin Shuliang was also sweating in the kitchen. When she came out with the dumplings, their chess game had already reached a white-hot stage.

She had learned chess, taught by Shen Xinghe, so she watched quietly. When she saw Uncle Shen about to be defeated, she didn't dare to say anything and could only worry.

After Shen Fangzhong lost, she said, "Uncle Shen, you shouldn't have done the horse jump just now, you should have done the flying elephant."

"You are such an hindsight girl, why didn't you say so earlier?"

She dipped the dumpling in chili and said, "Your son taught me that a true gentleman watches chess without saying a word. This is a good habit of mine!"

Shen Xinghe looked at her with admiration, "You are a teachable kid."

"So can we skip the math test today?"

He immediately frowned and said, "No."

Lin Shuliang's heart was beating fast...