Chapter 61 After a long wait,

he arrived at the address Feng Qing mentioned and knocked on the iron door. The door was rusty, and when he knocked, the iron sheet shook and rustled, making a noise that made him uneasy.

It was Shen Yuan who opened the door. When he saw him, his expression was as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

"You...how come you..." He couldn't form a complete sentence.

Feng Ran said, "Why, are you not welcome?"

Shen Yuan said humbly, "No, no, it's great that you can come. I, I really thank you. He fell asleep."

Just as Feng Qing said, this room was similar to an apartment, old and small. Feng Ran followed him into the house and took two steps to the bedroom door.

Shen Zhi was lying on the bed. Feng Ran

was like an ice cube in an instant, his whole body was cold, and he froze on the spot.

It was Shen Zhi, the Shen Zhi he hadn't seen for a long time.

Shen Zhi was as thin as a piece of white paper. When the sun shone on him, his skin and flesh seemed transparent, and disappeared at the touch.

Feng Ran held his breath and stepped into the door. The body lying in the thin blanket looked extremely emaciated, with a deeply sunken neck and weak rise and fall of the chest, as if even its breathing was broken and vulnerable.

No one was exaggerating, anyone who saw it could see that Shen Zhi was terminally ill.

Was he gloating? Was he heartbroken? Was

he overwhelmed with emotions? - None of them. He himself couldn't explain what kind of mood he was in.

He just felt that he couldn't leave.

Not just today, not just his body.

Shen Zhi was a manipulative person. He locked his legs with a lock and locked his soul with his illness.

The phone rang loudly.

It was He Chuan calling. He hurriedly turned off the sound, but Shen Zhi still woke up, the quilt moved, and he opened his eyes in confusion.

The moment he saw Feng Ran, his pupils trembled, revealing a wet light, and he forced himself to sit up.

Shen Yuan stepped forward quickly. "Brother, brother, you're awake. Don't move. Lie still."

He was always clumsy and didn't understand what Shen Zhi was trying to do. Seeing his strange expression, afraid he'd blame him, he hurriedly explained, "I didn't ask him to come. He came on his own. Just now, he knocked on the door and came in."

"Get out," Shen Zhi whispered.

Shen Yuan paused. "Me?"

"Out."

"...Okay." Shen Yuan stood up and left.

In the small bedroom, a few meters apart, both men held their breath.

Their heartbeats were deafening, each worried the other might hear them. They looked away, tried to catch their breath, didn't know what to do... It was as awkward as a teenage lover's first time in the same room.

Shen Zhi recovered from his shock. Feng Ran had really come, so close. He'd been far away that day, so seeing him now wasn't as clear as it was now.

His perfume had changed, and his hair was longer. She also wore earrings and a ring, which looked really nice... Chen Zhi raised his hand slightly towards him, and smiled with difficulty.

Shen Yuan saw this situation at the door and was about to rush over. When he pushed Feng Ran over, Feng Ran squatted in front of the bed at a faster speed, holding Chen Zhi's hand tightly.

"Sorry for the long wait." He said softly.

Chen Shuze visited the silver shop again.

He Chuan was busy reconciling the accounts, and when he saw him coming, he stopped what he was doing, his face became more and more listless, and he almost wrote the three words "not welcome" on his forehead.

Chen Shuze smiled and said, "Boss He, long time no see."

He Chuan did not agree.

"Feng Ran left my place this morning without a word. He said he was going to look for his ex-boyfriend and wouldn't let me go with him." With every word Chen Shuze spoke, He Chuan's face darkened. He acted as if he was completely oblivious. He inquired earnestly, "How much do you know about his ex-boyfriend?"

He Chuan asked, "Why did you look for me?"

"Aren't you very familiar with him?" Chen Shuze said, each word eloquently. "After all, we've known each other since childhood."

He Chuan: "...You checked me out."

Chen Shuze sneered. "I'm just curious. I know who was around him in college. How did you suddenly appear? We were from the same hometown as him when we were little. We went to elementary school, junior high school, and high school together, but we didn't go to the same university together. You were an intern at the company he took the blame for. After he was released from prison, you opened a shop in his hometown. After he returned to Jiang City, you're in Jiang City again. Tell me, is this fate or human will?"

He Chuan's face paled. He didn't know how Chen Shuze knew all this. He was exposed, like a piece of meat on a chopping block. Feng Ran was the sharpest knife; Chen Shuze wounded him with ease.

"You have done so much for him and even lost your dignity. Has he ever looked at you? He didn't even know you before he came to Jiang City!" Chen Shuze's expression was not sure whether it was pity or contempt. "You still expect him to love you one day... He won't love anyone else."

He Chuan said weakly: "What about you, what are you expecting? To be his number one sex buddy, or to wait until he has had enough fun and then take him to meet his parents?"

Chen Shuze was choked by him and fell silent. After a moment, he said: "I didn't expect you to be so good at talking. Hiding here every day is really a waste of your talent."

He Chuan thought, everyone can say hurtful words, and what is the difference between you and me.

He Chuan said, "Just leave if you have nothing to do. We're closing."

"I was a little excited just now. I'm so sorry. I just feel it's not worth it for you," Chen Shuze softened his tone and put on a nonchalant smile, "Tell me, who is his ex-boyfriend? Even if you don't tell me, I can still find out. But since I'm a big client of yours, please tell me a little."

He Chuan said very readily, "He's my half-brother, named Shen Zhi."

Chen Shuze's face changed immediately when he heard the name.

The two hands were tightly clasped together. The skinny hand was held in Feng Ran's palm, cold and lifeless. The finger bones were so hard that they could prick people, like building blocks that would fall apart if squeezed. He almost didn't dare to use force.

"Why, why are you... like this?" He whispered, "Why didn't you go to the hospital? What are you doing in Jiang City?"

Shen Zhi smiled, tears falling one by one.

"Don't cry." Feng Ran sighed. At that time, it was Chen Zhi who used endless means to force him to leave. Now, why is it still Chen Zhi who has suffered such a great injustice? He sighed again, "Chen Zhi, ah, Chen Zhi, I don't know what to do."

Chen Zhi wiped away his tears and asked, "Have you thought about me?"

"More than that." Feng Ran said.

There was a silence. Those countless sleepless nights, the faces that appeared when he was intimate with others, the endless memories and dreams, and the shoulders that ached slightly when it rained... How could he just "thought about" them.

Chen Zhi understood.

"Are you working?" he asked, "You have some dark circles under your eyes. Did you not rest well?"

"Yes. I'm in the company of someone I knew before, and I'm doing accounting for him."

"If you don't enjoy working, don't go. I have enough money for you and your sister."

"Are you giving me money for this?" Feng Ran said, with a bitter smile on his face, "How can you be so stupid. How do you want me to spend the money you gave me? What about yourself?"

Chen Zhi said softly, "I won't live long. I don't need it."

Feng Ran shook his head and said, "You'll live a hundred years."

"I don't..."

Feng Ran stopped him with his finger and said, "Just trust me."

He stood up and walked towards Shen Yuan.

Shen Yuan had been peeking at the door. Seeing Feng Ran approach, his face was wary.

"You didn't arrange for him to be hospitalized?" Feng Ran asked.

"Of course not!" He was very angry when Feng Ran questioned him like this, "He refuses to go, what can I do?"

Feng Ran was simply convinced by his idea, and said in a high voice: "He is a patient. If he doesn't go, you can call the emergency number and let the doctors and nurses carry him to the hospital. If you are afraid of taking up medical resources, you can tie him up and take him to the hospital yourself, tie him to the bed. Does he have the ability to escape? He refuses to go, and you just let him do it?! Are you going to watch him die?"

Shen Yuan felt very aggrieved. He had spent so many days, but was said to be worthless. He said, "It's easy for you to say, I really..."

Feng Ran said, "Contact the hospital this afternoon and send him to the hospital tomorrow."

Shen Yuan couldn't stand him giving orders to himself, so he walked around him and looked at Shen Zhi, accusing: "Brother, listen to how he talked to me." Shen

Zhi said, "Feng Ran, I don't want to be hospitalized."

Shen Yuan: "Look, look. It's not that I don't let him go, it's that he doesn't want to. I have to respect his wishes. He scolded me when I asked him to go..."

"No." Feng Ran said, "I don't believe either of you. I have to see what the doctor says in person."

After a lot of trouble in the afternoon, he finally settled the hospitalization. Feng Ran returned to He Chuan's place in the evening.

"You called me this morning? What's wrong?" He asked while changing his shoes.

He Chuan: "Nothing." He looked back at Feng Ran, "You didn't go to work today?"

"No. I went to see Chen Zhi."

He Chuan's thoughts froze.

"He's in the hospital tomorrow, in the First Hospital of Jiang City. Do you want to go see him?" Feng Ran said, "After all, you are... brothers."

"Okay." He Chuan tried to hold back, but finally couldn't help it and asked, "Have you reconciled?"

"How is that possible?"

He had a sleepless night.

The next day, Feng Ran asked Chen Shuze for leave, but Chen Shuze refused.

Feng Ran frowned while talking on the phone, cursing him as a bastard in his heart, but he still said, "Can't you deduct it from my annual leave?"

Chen Shuze was very powerful and said in a pretentious manner, "You have deducted your annual leave a long time ago, don't you know it?"

"Then take personal leave. If it doesn't work, deduct my salary. Anyway, I can't go today."

Chen Shuze was quiet for a moment and said, "What's the matter? Is it your ex-boyfriend?"

"The employee's private life has nothing to do with President Chen, do you have to understand this?"

Chen Shuze said coldly, "Feng Ran, don't be so stubborn with me. If it were someone else with this attitude, I would have fired him long ago."

Feng Ran also got angry: "Fire me if I want to. Do you think I want to work in that crappy class? Chen Shuze, you have the nerve to say that. I've been too lazy to tell you so many times. It's you who can't distinguish between public and private, not me."

After that, he hung up the phone.

He Chuangang just came out of the shower and saw that he was furious, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Feng Ran took the opportunity to scold him, "Chen Shuze is such a coward. He is a leader but he plays hegemony with me. He thinks he is the emperor! He turns his face against me as soon as he gets out of bed. He is like a man of gunpowder. Did I provoke him?"

He Chuan was silent.

Feng Ran suddenly remembered something: "If he fires me, can I still ask you for help?"

He Chuan ruthlessly refused: "No."

"Ah? Why?" "

You only have one chance."

"..."