Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Love

The sight of a gun accidentally fired in the air, Feng Ran was one against five, and his momentum was not lost at all. The enemy finally lost, waved his hand, and fled.

Feng Ran turned to look at the boss's expression, no, he still had no expression, nodded, and said: "I'll get the goods for you."

Feng Ran sat on the window with his legs crossed, looked at the backs of several people through the gap in the curtains, and said: "Are you from another place? Do you know anyone here?"

"No."

"Then why did you come to Jiang City? This place is not so easy to stay, there is fierce competition in every industry, and the prices are high."

The boss didn't say anything.

He took the red silk cloth bag handed to him, opened the ring box, and his heart was thumping. The floor plan became a real object, which could be grasped in the hand, feeling the temperature transfer, and perfectly fit with the fingers... Thinking about how surprised Shen Zhi would be when he saw it, his heart instantly floated up, jumping on the cotton candy cloud.

The boss said, "I'll give you the silver chain tomorrow."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Feng Ran turned the rings over and over again, and couldn't let go. He wanted to string them together into a necklace, mainly because he was worried that Shen Zhi didn't want to wear the rings in a high-profile manner, and wearing a necklace would be more concealed.

Feng Ran paid the balance and was about to leave when he remembered something.

"What are you going to do if that group of people bother you again?"

"Call the police."

"Well, if you have any problems, you can come to me. I have experience dealing with gangsters."

The boss showed a trace of embarrassment. The last time Feng Ran saw this expression was when they first met, on the highway on a rainy night, in his rearview mirror .

The boss said, "Thank you, you have helped me a lot."

"This is nothing, maybe I will ask you for help in the future. I don't have many friends here either."

He didn't realize it until he got home. Although he said so, he still didn't add the boss's contact information.

The boss didn't mention it either.

He called Shen Zhi, but the other party didn't pick up as quickly as before. He waited patiently for a while and called again, but the result was the same.

It was already 10:30 in the evening.

Apart from calling and texting, he had no other way to contact Shen Zhi. In the past, he could start with friends or acquaintances to find someone, but not Shen Zhi. Their social circles were completely separated, and he didn't even have Shen's father's mobile phone number. If he wanted to find him, he could only drive to his home or downstairs of his company and try his luck.

Feng Ran touched the ring box in his hand and grabbed the car keys and wallet.

"I'm here."

"Yeah."

The rich aroma of food came with the opening of the door. He quickly glanced around and found that there was no food that suited his taste.

It was strange that he was not picky about food, but he always had no appetite when he returned home.

There was no such trouble today because no one at home called him to eat.

He changed his shoes and came in. The two people at the dining table didn't look at him, or rather, since he entered the house, only Aunt Lin, who was cleaning, greeted him.

He walked over and said, "Dad, why did you call me here so urgently? What's the matter?"

Shen's father seemed not to hear and ignored him.

Shen Zhi keenly noticed that there was a special small bowl in front of him, which contained some soft porridge.

And he had lost a lot of weight.

Shen Zhi stood by the dining table, waiting patiently. The woman next to his father winked at him, motioning him to sit on the sofa. He smiled without saying a word or moving.

His father finally put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a tissue.

"Are you going back to the study? I'll help you."

"Xiao Lin, come here." Shen

Zhi's raised hand froze in mid-air. Xiao Lin said "Hey", bent down and helped Shen's father up. Shen Zhi watched them move clumsily into the tea room on the first floor, and the woman's voice rang in his ears.

"Your father is not very happy today. Is it because of your work? He is not in good health. In my opinion, you might as well listen to him..."

Chen Zhi smiled and said, "Auntie, you don't have to worry about my affairs."

The woman shut up, her face changed slightly, but she still smiled and said, "Yes, Auntie, I just want to make a suggestion, and I don't have any bad intentions."

"Why don't you care more about Feng Ran. What job has he done all these years? Do you know? Oh, sorry, I forgot that you and he haven't seen each other for many years."

The woman had nothing to say, and her smile froze on her face. Chen Zhi glanced at her lightly and turned around: "Let's talk to you next time."

He pushed open the half-closed door of the tea room, and something whistled in front of him. He instinctively dodged sideways, with only a crisp sound, and something hit the wall behind him and broke into pieces. It was a white porcelain cup.

Chen Zhi raised his eyes: "I'll get the broom."

Just after entering the storage room, Aunt Lin flashed out from nowhere. Chen Zhi said: "Aunt Lin, what's wrong?"

Aunt Lin was a little anxious and said: "Xiao Zhi, your father is in a bad mood. Didn't he send a text message to tell you not to come? Didn't your cousin tell you?" She snatched the broom from his hand, "Go back quickly, don't run into the gun."

"Shen Yuan has been here? When?"

"Yesterday."

Chen Zhi smiled: "No wonder."

Aunt Lin pushed him and urged: "Okay, go back." She glanced outside the door, "Your aunt is coming, I'll talk to her and she'll go today."

"Forget it, if Shen Yuan finds out, he will blame me for being afraid of this old thing that can't even eat."

Aunt Lin was helpless, as if she was used to him being so outspoken, and said: "Oh, you kid, keep your voice down... No matter what, that's your dad."

Chen Zhi took the broom and said: "Yes."

He had been used to enduring the storm from that man for so many years.

However, when he saw the woman in the room, his eyes changed. It was the first time that there were other people present.

Shen's father asked, "What did you do the past few days? Why were you not at home for several days in a row?"

"I went to the next city to visit some friends."

"Who did you go to? You didn't care about the things that were given to you?"

Shen Zhi was silent, thinking about how to respond.

The woman said, "Xiao Zhi, just apologize to your father and admit your mistakes. It's not a big deal. Your father is in poor health. Don't be angry with him."

"He knows nothing!" Shen's father suddenly glared at him, choked, covered his chest, and coughed heartbreakingly. The woman hurriedly took the spittoon and paper, and called Sister Lin again. For a while, there was a mess.

Shen Zhi stood aside silently. He was wearing a white casual suit, as if he was excluded, a white that didn't fit in with the chaotic scene. Sister Lin hurriedly helped to clean up. After a long time, the noise ended. Shen Zhi stood there with his eyes downcast, like a piece of wood. Every time he was in front of his father, he forgot all his skills in pleasing people.

He didn't understand. His father clearly didn't want to see him or talk to him, but he always forced him to come here and scolded him.

The phone vibrated in his pants, and his brain became clearer. At this time, there was only one person who would call.

Father Shen scolded, "How many times have I told you not to bring your phone in? Your brain has been kicked by a donkey! Go, bring his phone!"

Shen Zhi quickly turned off the phone and handed it to the woman.

Shen's father didn't get angry because he couldn't see who called, but he noticed his strange behavior and said, "Do you think I don't know that you are secretly doing something else? I tell you, throw away those idle thoughts as soon as possible. I tell you, you will never be able to do it in this life." Shen

Zhi said, "Yes."

"You don't look smart at all! You are the same as your mother! It makes me upset just looking at you!"

Shen Zhi didn't say anything.

Shen's father noticed that Shen Zhi was different from before. With the woman around, he wanted to maintain his pitiful self-esteem.

He sneered immediately, "Things born of bitches have a bitchy smell in their bones and blood. They stink. Do you think that you can become a great artist and achieve success just by doing some art and winning some small awards? Dream on! You don't deserve to be born at all. You are just a debt collector. I really regret not strangling you to death! And your mother, she deserves to die! Why don't you take her with you to die!"

Shen Zhi thought that he had already trained himself to be as strong as a copper wall and iron wall in the face of his nonsensical insults and abuses over the years, but why were these words still so sharp and harsh today, making him vulnerable. His heart seemed to have a crack, and something bitter liquid flowed out.

He whispered, "Stop talking."

"What?"

"Stop talking, he's been gone for so many years."

The woman said, "Okay, okay, stop talking."

Shen's father slammed the table and cursed, "You know it's been so many years, why haven't you made any progress! You can only go against me! Why did I raise you!"

Obviously, they are his blood relatives, his only relatives... Why...

The two people who should have love the most, don't have a little love, hatred has eaten away at them for more than 20 years, and there is nothing left even from their bones.

How can there be such a father, and how can there be such a son.

Shen Zhi said, "Whatever you want me to do, I'll do it, you take a rest."

His father runs a small company, and Shen Zhi sometimes handles some odd jobs. The company doesn't intend to give it to him, and he doesn't want it. The things he handles are also troublesome and boring.

There are dozens of employees in the company, and anyone can do it, but as if it's a bad taste, it's handed over to him.

It was already early morning when he finished checking the materials and various lists. He came out of the room exhausted. His father and the woman were asleep. Aunt Lin turned on a small light in the living room and said, "Are you hungry? Aunt Lin will cook you some noodles." Shen

Zhi shook his head: "Forget it... What if I wake them up?"

Aunt Lin wanted to say something, but he turned and left.

He left the house exhausted and heavy, blending into the night.

Shen Zhi's house was pitch black. Feng Ran knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered. He stepped back and looked up. No room was lit, including the studio.

This was almost impossible. He had never seen the lights in the studio turned off after being with him for so long.

Shen Zhi never explained the reason. He regretted not asking more questions. He knew too little about him. At this moment, he had no idea how to find someone.

He reached into his trouser pocket to feel for a cigarette, but touched a hard box. It was chilly in spring, and the box and the ring were as cold as water.

He put the ring on the middle finger of his right hand and leaned against the car. It was a windless and moonless night. He could only stare at the stars and wonder whether he should go to work tomorrow.

He had no way of calculating how long he had been waiting - or perhaps not for long at all. In any case, when Shen Zhi walked towards him, he felt as fragile as a piece of weathered wood, which would turn into dust if the wind blew.

When Shen Zhi saw him, he paused, then ran over and said, "Why are you here?"

"I can't contact you." Feng Ran said softly.

"How long have you been waiting?"

"Not long."

"I was at my dad's place and didn't look at my phone much all night."

Feng Ran said, "Are you tired? Why are you so listless?"

"Yes, very tired." Shen Zhi said truthfully, "Why don't you go back first? I'm... very sleepy and tired. I just want to sleep."

In fact, he didn't want to see Feng Ran at this time. It was undoubtedly despised by him to transfer his anger towards his father and the woman to others, but he was not magnanimous enough to face the woman's son with pleasure.

Feng Ran came up to him: "Are you really at Uncle Shen's? You don't even have time to answer the phone?"

"Yeah."

"Okay," Feng Ran was confused, "You haven't eaten yet, have you?"

"Yes, but I don't want to eat. Go back, I really want to rest by myself."

Feng Ran ignored his obstruction and followed him into the house. Shen Zhi went straight to the bathroom without saying a word, and he went to the kitchen to start the fire to make porridge.

When Shen Zhi came out wrapped in a bath towel, the porridge was ready. Feng Ran served a bowl and said, "There are oats and corn kernels. It's a little hot. Wait a little longer."

He was busying himself, humming a song, as if enjoying something.

Chen Zhi stood there for a long time: "Why are you so nice to me?"

"Are you kidding?"

Chen Zhi walked up quickly, pulled up his hand holding the spoon, and asked: "Why?"

"Because I am willing, because you are my boyfriend, because you are hungry, because you are in a bad mood... There are too many reasons to say, anyway, I have the obligation to treat you well."

"You..." Chen Zhi's chest rose and fell, staring at Feng Ran's eyes, which were very beautiful, always frank and free, and now they were looking back at him.

It was a look that everything was under control. He tried to find something different from it, but he was defeated in the end. He lowered his eyelids, and his heart beat like a drum.

Feng Ran remembered the business, turned his wrist lightly, broke away from his palm, and held him again.

"Hey, look, what is this?"

Chen Zhi looked in the direction, and on the crossed middle finger, a silver ring flashed with a brocade-like luster.

He recognized it at a glance. It was a design work he loved two years ago, and he had mentioned it once. A string in his heart broke crisply.

"I really like the watch you gave me. I have always wanted to give you a gift in return, but I couldn't think of a suitable one. Finally, I stole the design from your computer and gave it to a silversmith. It happened just a few days ago. I want to see you and put a ring on you, so I came to you. It doesn't matter if you don't want to, you can make it into a necklace or collect it."

There was a gentle chuckle on his lips: "Anyway, give it a try."

The lights went out, and the moonlight shone through the windows and trees onto the ground and their bodies. Under the mottled shadows, this person's eyes were surprisingly bright, his breath was burning, his sight was burning, and his obsession seemed to be burning.

In the surging heat wave, he heard the wild vibration in his chest, and something broke through the shackles, covering the sky and the earth, sweeping everything.

He said, "Okay."

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