Chapter 71 Storm

Feng Ran pushed him off the bed.

Shen Zhi didn't hold on firmly and hit the railing of the bed, gasping in pain. Feng Ran fumbled to turn on the light, pushed away his hand that was covering his forehead, and a small red spot appeared on his skin.

Feng Ran hadn't recovered yet, and he was dizzy, and whispered: "...You are so brave to play this trick on me." Shen

Zhi finally succeeded, and was greedy: "Do you like it?"

"I don't like it at all." Feng Ran said with a smile, "I won't come to you again in the future."

Shen Zhi didn't move, carefully distinguishing the truth from falsehood in his tone.

After confirming that he was okay, Feng Ran lowered his head to put on his shoes, stood up and walked out.

It happened that the rain had also subsided, and it was drizzling.

Shen Zhi caught up with him at the door, took his hand, and the nurse on duty was startled by the sound and looked up.

Shen Zhi shook his hand and whispered, "Come back."

Feng Ran glanced at him and said, "Let go."

Shen Zhi looked at him, not daring to touch Qiao, and reluctantly let go.

After two seconds of stalemate, Feng Ran still went out and went downstairs. The nurse asked them where they were going, and Feng Ran said, to smoke a cigarette.

He turned to look at Shen Zhi, "You go back."

Shen Zhi said nothing. Seeing that Feng Ran was very determined, he stepped back a few steps and returned to the ward. The nurse lay down on the table to rest again.

The night was silent with only the sound of rain. Feng Ran stood under the eaves and took out a cigarette.

He thought he was sick and was cured by Chen Shuze, but now it seems that he was not. He was no longer at the age where he would react when someone held his hand. Being too sensitive and too slow were both diseases.

Embarrassing. He hated himself like this, like an animal. Could

it be that Shen Zhi drugged him - he was frightened by this idea. But after all, it was not like this before.

On second thought, no, that was not the feeling. It was not so easy to come and go.

After a cigarette, his emotions calmed down. He turned around and saw Shen Zhi standing not far away, staring at him for an unknown amount of time.

The breeze was blowing and the rain was drizzling, the night was dark, and they looked at each other in silence.

Finally, he spoke again: "Go up." His tone was normal.

"You're not mad at me anymore?"

Feng Ran smiled silently: "What's there to be mad about? It's just a kiss, it's not like you'll lose a piece of flesh."

In the second half of the night, Shen Zhi didn't do anything else, and Feng Ran slept on the folding bed. Shen Zhi said "good night" but no one responded. It's unknown how many people slept well.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day before discharge from the hospital. Shen Zhi had improved visibly. Although he was still very thin, his complexion became rosy and beautiful, and he had strength. The doctor said that he would be healthy after two or three months of rest.

While Shen Yuan was rushing around to pay the bills, he sat on the hospital bed in a daze.

Feng Ran stuffed the towels and pajamas into the big schoolbag one by one: "What's wrong?"

Although no one told him, Shen Zhi was not stupid enough to do that. He knew that they were deliberately hiding it from him. He was listless and forced a smile: "Nothing. Where's Shen Yuan?"

"I don't know."

"Feng Ran."

"Hmm?"

"Can I see you tomorrow?... Besides tomorrow, there's the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow..."

"Tomorrow," Feng Ran thought for a moment and answered truthfully, "Okay. As for the days after that, I'm not sure."

It seemed that everyone in the world knew that Shen Zhi had been discharged from the hospital, and only he was pretending not to know. Even Chen Shuze came to ask Feng Ran if he wanted to visit him with a basket of flowers and supplements, and to apologize.

Feng Ran didn't know where he got the news from, so he sympathetically said forget it. Chen Shuze was surprised and asked why. Feng Ran said: "He Chuan is going too."

Chen Shuze fell silent when he heard that.

He and He Chuan seemed to have reached some kind of secret agreement. As far as Feng Ran was concerned, they tacitly agreed not to ask each other questions and not to bother each other.

That day, Feng Ran took half a day off, and He Chuan drove him to the hospital on a motorcycle.

Chen Zhi sat quietly on the hospital bed. When Feng Ran appeared with a large bouquet of flowers in his arms, his eyes lit up and he said thank you in a gentle voice.

Then He Chuan came in with a fruit basket in his hand and said, "Get well soon."

"Thank you." Chen Zhi smiled faintly, "Is the shop not busy?"

"Yeah."

Feng Ran said, "No, he hates it most when you say you're not busy. Whenever he says he's not busy, he's busy right away."

He Chuan glanced at him silently, and Chen Zhi smiled without saying anything.

Not long after, Shen Yuan came and took them to the rental house. Feng Ran noticed that He Chuan was frequently checking his phone with a hesitant look, so he asked when no one was paying attention, "Don't you want to go? Is there something wrong?"

He Chuan said, "My dad sent a message. He said that Chen Zhi blocked him."

Before Feng Ran could speak, He Xun called and He Chuan walked aside.

Shen Zhi noticed what was going on and asked, "What's going on?"

Feng Ran shook his head. "You guys go first, I'll be there in a minute."

"Then hurry up."

The call was unusually long, and He Chuan's expression grew increasingly grim. He remained silent until he hung up.

Feng Ran waited until the balcony died down before walking over and asking, "What's going on? Are you still going to Shen Zhi's?"

He Chuan shook his head. "I can't go. He's at the door."

"What's he going to do?"

He Chuan clutched his phone in silence, his mind heavy.

"Call me if you need anything."

"Yes."

So Feng Ran went to look for Shen Zhi alone.

As soon as he arrived, Shen Yuan hurried off.

Feng Ran fiddled with the various pieces of food on the floor. "Just let him stay a little longer. What's the big deal?"

"I just want to be with you."

"He'll be sad if he hears." Feng Ran smiled helplessly and changed the subject. "Did you block He Xun?"

"He's annoying."

"Why?"

"He's just annoying," Shen Zhi refused to say.

Feng Ran didn't ask any more questions, but simply tidied the house for him and made him a bowl of porridge.

Chen Zhi surrounded Feng Ran, standing or sitting, touching hands and waists, looking rather disingenuous.

Feng Ran treated him like a patient and didn't bother to complain.

He had to go to work in the afternoon, and Chen Zhi was reluctant to leave, but there was nothing he could do. Feng Ran promised ten thousand times that he would come after work, and Shen Zhi finally let him go.

And so, after work, the hospital became Chen Zhi's rental apartment.

Chen Shuze had been there with him once, and Chen Zhi was all smiles and gentleness. But when Feng Ran wasn't around, his demeanor changed, and he implicitly complained about Chen Shuze for making Feng Ran work overtime.

Chen Shuze wasn't very forthright, and he couldn't vent his anger, so he went back to the company and secretly vented his anger at his subordinates.

Jiang Huiyi was inexplicably criticized, and she went to Feng Ran to complain at dinner. Feng Ran understood what was going on, and joined the girl in scolding Chen Shuze. The girl fell silent, her face strange, and Feng Ran was the only one left to respond. The girl covered her face and coughed, and he suddenly woke up. He turned around and saw Chen Shuze standing behind him.

"It seems that you are very dissatisfied with me." Chen Shuze leaned back in his chair and took a sip of coffee.

"No, no." Feng Ran forced a smile. "How dare I, Mr. Chen? Besides, what could I be dissatisfied with? It was you who got angry, and I was venting my anger on the girl. What if I pissed her off and she left?"

"Don't be so giggly." Chen Shuze said with a stern face.

He had finally caught Feng Ran, so how could he let him go so easily? Sure enough, he started to talk about his work flaws one by one, no matter what, he just put the blame on him.

Feng Ran ignored him with a sincere expression, but he was thinking about what to make for dinner for Chen Zhi.

Finally, Chen Shuze noticed that he was distracted and put the cup down heavily.

Feng Ran thought he was thirsty, so he filled it with water for him and put it down: "You continue."

Chen Shuze was speechless.

The two of them stared at each other for a while, and Feng Ran pointed to his workstation and said: "Then I'll get busy?"

Chen Shuze looked at him: "Don't you have anything to tell me?"

"I know everything you said. Don't worry."

"What do you know!" Chen Shuze suddenly became very irritable.

Feng Ran was silent for a moment: "I know everything."

Chen Shuze's eyes darkened: "I ask you, did you tell Shen Zhi that we are now--"

"Nothing, what should I say? Isn't Mr. Chen talking about work? What does it have to do with others?"

"That's enough, Feng Ran," Chen Shuze said with a risk-taking attitude, "My parents want to see you this week. They are anxious for me to go on a blind date, and I told them that I am with you."

Feng Ran laughed: "I work for you, and I have to confirm my office romance with you and help you solve family disputes."

Chen Shuze knew he was in the wrong, and said with his eyes downcast: "I can't help it."

"I won't go. Just say you broke up."

"It's just a meal. Do me a favor."

"Why do you have to find me." Feng Ran was reluctant. This was much more troublesome than Chen Shuze finding fault. "Aren't there a lot of people around you?"

Just last month, just the faces around Chen Shuze that he ran into were never the same.

"Those are... they don't have proper jobs and spend their days hanging out in bars. If they see me, they'll definitely kill me." Chen Shuze held his forehead and said, "Feng Ran, I've been worried about this for a week. Just think of it as me hiring you to act in a play. Once it's finished, I'll agree to anything you ask."

Chen Shuze's arrogant attitude had completely extinguished. Sitting in the boss chair, he was no longer the glorious Mr. Chen. He was dejected, like an elementary school student who was caught by his parents for not finishing his homework.