Chapter 3 003 The puppy was injured.

Tang Sijia stood at the door in a trance, and the first thought that came to her mind was: she had gone to the wrong place.

She even looked at the living room behind her for confirmation, and finally confirmed that this was indeed where she lived.

"Sister, come in!" Shi Chuan called her with a smile, and there was still some embarrassment in his brows.

Tang Sijia quietly put on cotton slippers and walked into the warm light.

Shi Chuan placed two plates of food on the small dining table, plus the staple food and a bowl of white fungus soup, filling the table.

The pear-shaped glass table lamp was on, and a folding chair and a simple soft cushion made up two dining chairs.

Shi Chuan appeared in Tang Sijia's eyes again, holding two pairs of chopsticks in his hands, with a slightly uncomfortable expression: "I don't know what sister likes, so I used the money you gave me to buy some simple dishes."

Tang Sijia finally looked at him.

Compared to the unfamiliar atmosphere of yesterday, the boy today was like a clean, snow-white, beautiful puppy that had just been brought home by its owner. When he saw his owner coming back, he wagged his tail to show his affection, fearing that he would be sent away again.

Tang Sijia said "hmm", took off her coat, and went to the bathroom to wash her hands.

When she came out, Shi Chuan had already pulled out the folding chair and was looking at her expectantly.

After Tang Sijia sat down, Shi Chuan sat on the soft stool.

The stool was soft and short. Shi Chuan was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and sitting on it, he was shorter than her, looking well-behaved and funny.

Tang Sijia retracted her gaze and took a bite of the stir-fried dish without saying a word.

Only after she finished eating did she notice the burning gaze from the opposite side.

"Sister, how does it taste?" Shi Chuan asked.

Tang Sijia nodded: "Very good."

Shi Chuan laughed and said excitedly: "The refrigerator is empty, and there are only two or three eggs left. I bought some more and put them away."

"There are two stains on the carpet. I brushed it. It may still be a little damp. Sister, please don't sit on the carpet for the time being."

"I also sorted the clothes in the laundry basket by color and washed them."

Tang Sijia felt that the food in her mouth became tasteless and chewed unconsciously.

Except for the refrigerator, she didn't check what Shi Chuan said. In fact, she had noticed the others when she entered the door.

The stains on the carpet were spilled when she was sitting there drinking coffee and working. She had wanted to clean it up a long time ago, but she hadn't dealt with it until now because of busyness, procrastination and other reasons.

On her way home from work today, she was still tiredly thinking that the clothes in the dirty laundry basket were about to be full again, and she had to sort them by color and wash and dry them.

However, when she returned to the rental house, the two glaring marks on the carpet were gone, and her clothes were floating on the balcony.

It was like a snail girl who appeared out of nowhere, sharing everything with her attentively, but she couldn't be happy.

She had long been accustomed to being alone.

When another person rushed into her life without her being prepared, her first reaction was not joy, but panic. She

was panicked that she would want to have him, and she was also panicked about losing him in the future. She

was even more panicked that a beautiful person would one day find that he could have more and better love, which was an unknown field for mediocre people.

The world is always like this.

"There are some receipts on the refrigerator. Are they your sister's name and mobile phone number? Your sister's name is Sijia..."

"What are you going to do?" Tang Sijia suddenly interrupted him softly.

Shi Chuan's voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes were uneasy: "Sister?"

Tang Sijia put down the dishes and looked at him calmly and seriously: "My place is too small. It's already crowded for me to live alone, and I don't plan to accept another person."

As she spoke, she walked to the door and searched for the bag hanging on the hanger.

Shi Chuan stared at her back, his eyes were filled with a bit of inexplicable coldness, but the moment she turned around, he regained his previous innocence.

Tang Sijia put a few banknotes in front of him again: "It's late today, you can stay one more night and leave tomorrow morning."

"Thank you for the dinner today, this money is not much, you take it first, you won't have to sleep on the streets in the next few days."

Shi Chuan looked at the banknotes, the faint blood on his face gradually disappeared, but he didn't say anything else, just pursed his lips and nodded gently.

Such a good-looking face, stained with a bit of a depressed look, can't help but make people soft-hearted, and they can't wait to bring everything to him.

Tang Sijia hardened her heart, lowered her eyes and didn't look at him again, only whispered: "Although the live broadcast industry is saturated now, you have superior innate conditions, you can give it a try, maybe there will be unexpected gains."

She really thought so.

At work, she has also come into contact with some male actors in online dramas and short dramas. It can be said that the photos of those people who have been retouched are not as good as one-tenth or one-twelve of the boy in front of her.

Even...if Shi Chuan appeared in her mobile phone screen instead of her rental house, she would be willing to stay for that face.

Shi Chuan didn't know if he listened to her or not, and nodded casually.

After that, the two of them were very quiet until they finished dinner. Shi Chuan got up to clean up the dishes, and Tang Sijia hurriedly said, "Let me do it."

Shi Chuan lowered his head, did not respond, and quietly took the dishes back to the kitchen. Not long after, the sound of running water came from the kitchen.

Tang Sijia fell silent, and finally said nothing.

For the rest of the time, the two of them did not respond again. It was not

until Tang Sijia went back to the bedroom to rest that she said, "Your injury has not healed yet, take the medicine on the coffee table."

Shi Chuan seemed to finally come to his senses at this time, raised his head and looked at her, but quickly lowered his head: "...Okay."

Tang Sijia returned to the bedroom in a trance, lying on the bed, she couldn't help but cover her face with the quilt and exhaled gently.

——Just now, she seemed to see the boy's red eyes.

A few traces of emotion and guilt surged in her heart, but she suppressed them in the end.

The next morning, Tang Sijia woke up on time at seven o'clock as usual.

The living room was empty, the sofa blanket had been folded neatly, and everything returned to its original empty appearance, as if no one had ever appeared.

Only the money and medicine bags that she took out last night were left intact on the coffee table.

——Shi Chuan did not take them away.

Tang Sijia looked at the money and medicine, and after a while, she retracted her gaze, brushed her teeth, washed her face, and prepared breakfast.

On the way to work, looking at the billboards that appeared from time to time in the subway station, Tang Sijia was still thinking that maybe one day when she was watching short videos or in a film or TV series, she would see that unique face again.

At that time, she should not mind contributing a like or a play.

Tang Sijia was amused by her own thoughts, and the aunt next to her looked at her strangely.

She quickly put away her smile and looked away.

The appearance of the boy was just a small episode, and Tang Sijia's life soon returned to normal.

On Friday, Tang Sijia attended the audio-visual industry summit forum with Manager Sun. This kind of occasion is nothing more than listening to a few experts give a few speeches and the top executives of various companies flatter each other.

Tang Sijia has no career plan, and she can't do what Manager Sun said: take the initiative to make connections.

She habitually holds a "muddling through" mentality.

After finishing the content of the forum, Tang Sijia found a corner of the rest area and waited for Manager Sun, who was accompanying General Manager Jiang to socialize, to finish work.

At this time, in the VIP lounge on the second floor.

The blond and blue-eyed man stood in front of the single-sided floor-to-ceiling window, carefully looking at the woman in the corner.

After looking for a long time, he turned his head to look at the boy on the sofa, and his Chinese pronunciation was obviously foreign: "Chris, is that the woman who rejected you and kicked you out of the house?"

Shi Chuan sat there casually, glancing out the window. His eyes, which used to be dark and bright, showed a charming blue color after taking off the contact lenses used for camouflage: "I just learned that Yale University originally taught gossip."

William laughed, turned around and leaned against the window: "I'm just curious, finally there is a woman who is not deceived by your face."

When he first heard that Chris was going to approach a woman, he didn't care.

After all, with a face like that, he should be successful.

But when he heard that he failed, he couldn't help it. It was rare to see him laugh, so he specially asked his uncle for the forum invitation.

It was beyond his expectation that the woman was not as bright and glamorous as he imagined, but a little... ordinary.

"What are your plans next?" William raised his eyebrows. "Your sister has been transferred to the Middle East. To be honest, Chris, even without Miss Tang's help, I don't think your incompetent brother will be your opponent. Although he is looking for you all over the world now, it seems that he intends to make you disappear physically."

Shi Chuan sneered: "This kind of drama has happened countless times in Cambridge City. I am back home safely now. He should be scared, and besides..." He pondered for a moment and asked harmlessly, "Why not take the shortcut if there is one?"

William shrugged: "Maybe, this will hurt Miss Tang's heart."

Shi Chuan looked at him and raised his eyebrows. He didn't understand why he would hurt Tang Sijia's heart, nor did he understand why he cared about whether she would be sad.

He did not respond to this question, but said lazily: "Jiang Huaian said that when I grow up, I will come to him with my own ability. Before that, he will not see me and my mother again." "

This year is his 60th birthday, and it will definitely be held together with the charity dinner. As a son, I must always send a birthday gift."

William thought of Chris's cold-blooded father and sighed: "Are you going to attend under the name of Miss Tang?"

"How convenient." Shi Chuan tilted his head and smiled, innocent and harmless.

William stood up: "But Miss Tang rejected you."

"Yes," Shi Chuan's eyes fell on the plain face of the woman outside the window, "You should have heard this sentence, William."

"Really powerful liars don't lie when they deceive people."

William frowned: "What are you going to do?"

Shi Chuan smiled: "My mother just returned to China, and I'm afraid she hasn't adapted to life in China yet, so go visit her."

*

After attending the forum, Tang Sijia was busy preparing for the script seminar on Friday.

After all the materials were finalized and the time was confirmed with the participating screenwriters, he reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the company plans to produce a suspense web drama and invest in several niche movies.

The company started late and has not yet been able to form its own professional team, let alone a large IP that supports the entire company. At present, it can only start with niche projects.

Watching several highly paid screenwriter consultants arguing over the script in the conference room, Tang Sijia quietly withdrew.

From ten o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the afternoon, the theme of the script was finally determined.

After working overtime to organize the meeting content, it was only a little after seven o'clock.

Tang Sijia walked out of the company. The night in late February was still a little cold. She wrapped her coat tightly and walked towards the subway station.

An hour later, the subway arrived at the station. Tang Sijia looked at the residential building in the distance. The windows on the sixth floor were dark.

A dog barked in the dim alley.

Tang Sijia looked over and saw the shiny black puppy limping and stopping when he saw her.

It didn't know what happened to it, it must be injured.

Tang Sijia thought.

In such a place, such a night, the injured stray puppy would probably have a hard time living.

A person and a dog stared at each other across the only street lamp. Suddenly, the dog whimpered softly and ran towards her with its injured right hind leg.

Tang Sijia subconsciously took a half step back.

The dog seemed to notice her escape and stopped running. Its dark round eyes looked at her for a long time, then turned its head and dove into the grass and trees on the roadside.

Tang Sijia pursed her lips tightly and did not move for a long time.

It was also at this time that the phone rang. After ringing for a long time, she took out her phone. It was a number without any notes.

After the call was connected, the voice of a strange man sounded, and the pronunciation was a little strange, like the accent of a Chinese who had lived abroad for a long time: "Excuse me, are you Shi Chuan's family?"

This was the first time Tang Sijia heard Shi Chuan's name again after more than a week. She frowned: "You must have called the wrong number, I..."

"Do you know Shi Chuan?" The other party interrupted her anxiously.

This time Tang Sijia did not deny it.

"We are at the Azure Hotel. When Mr. Shi Chuan checked in a few days ago, he did not leave his mobile phone number. He only left an emergency contact number, which is you."

"Mr. Shi Chuan has not left his room for four days. We are worried that something has happened to him, so we want to contact you. Can you come over?"

The other party spoke very quickly. Tang Sijia didn't realize what the other party said until he finished speaking.

Azure Hotel is the youth hostel that Tang Sijia and Shi Chuan mentioned. It is not far ahead.

But...

"Shouldn't there be a spare room card at the front desk?" Tang Sijia asked back.

The other party was silent for two seconds and continued: "We have regulations that we cannot open the guest's room without authorization." Then he added, "When checking in, Mr. Shi Chuan seemed... injured."

Tang Sijia was stunned. Thinking of the money he didn't take away, the red eyes of the boy that night suddenly appeared in her mind.

I thought it would fade with the passage of time, but it was too clear at this time.

She said, "I know."

After hanging up the phone, Tang Sijia looked at the hotel not far away.

Just going to take a look, she thought, after all, it was a meeting.

At the front desk of the Azure Hotel, there was a girl wearing light makeup, and there was no sign of the man on the phone.

But when the name "Shi Chuan" was mentioned, the girl obviously knew it. After simply asking her name, she handed her the spare room card.

It was ridiculously easy.

Tang Sijia frowned, stepped on the thick carpet in the corridor, went up to the fourth floor step by step, and stopped at the door of Room 604.

The room card made a "beep" sound, the lock wheel turned, and the door opened.

The room is quite spacious, with a sofa and a computer. It should be a relatively good room in the whole hotel.

But there was no one here, and the white sweatshirt on the bed was very familiar.

There was a slight movement in the bathroom, and Tang Sijia's eyes fell on the frosted glass door, but she couldn't see anything inside.

Tang Sijia knocked on the door, but no one answered. She waited for a while, and gently pushed the door open.

Then, she froze at the door.

The boy was shirtless, lying quietly in the bathtub, his eyes lightly closed, and his long eyelashes spread on his eyelids.

There was a bloody mark on his wrist, which was faintly red in the warm water.