Chapter 20

Song Ling and Shen Zhao drove back to the villa together, and no one said a word along the way. The conversation in the hospital at night made their relationship seem to have returned to freezing point.

The car drove to the garage, Shen Zhao didn't wait for Song Ling to park the car, and got out of the car and went up to the second floor from the garage elevator.

Song Ling followed behind her and went upstairs together.

The moment Shen Zhao pushed the door into the room, and turned to close the door, Song Ling suddenly stood beside the door and reached out to press the closed door. She was startled and said calmly, "I'm going to bed."

Song Ling lowered her long eyes, didn't answer her, pushed the door slightly with her hands, and squeezed into the room.

Shen Zhao stood beside the door in a daze, clenched his fingers tightly, and asked her through gritted teeth, "What are you doing here?"

Song Ling turned around and looked at the person who was still standing by the door. She took two steps towards her, shrouded her whole body between her body and the door, looked at her silently, and asked, "Can't I come in?"

Shen Zhao watched Song Ling walking towards him, and subconsciously took two steps back. Finally, she was unable to retreat and reached the door. She trembled uncontrollably, and there was a cry in her voice. She begged for mercy: "Song Ling, don't. This is for me."

When Song Ling slowly approached her, she was suddenly stunned. Seeing tears welling up in the eyes of the person in front of her, she could see the fear in Shen Zhao's eyes.

She is afraid of her.

Song Ling raised her hand, cupped her face with one hand, and wiped the tears at the end of her eyes with her thumb. The wet dampness smeared her fingertips, and then gently rubbed against her trembling lips.

Song Ling stared at the rosy lips, and suddenly leaned over and lowered his head to touch her. Shen Zhao pursed his lips tightly, unable to restrain the trembling in fear, and finally cried out with a whimper.

Song Ling stopped all movements, she put one hand on her shoulders, and looked down at her like that.

She has been this low-profile twice tonight, once in the hospital just now, she told her, let her pursue her in a normal way, and the other time is now, she is crying and begging her for mercy.

I don't know since when, Shen Zhao has started to be at a disadvantage, no longer fighting against her.

Song Ling is a person who eats soft but not hard. Looking at the person who was crying sadly and scared in front of her, she was suddenly overwhelmed in the deepest part of her heart.

After all, she didn't have the heart to bully someone who had nothing.

Song Ling didn't speak, and reached out and went around her back to open the door. Shen Zhao understood and stood on the other side, watching Song Ling leave the room.

The door clicked shut, and the room fell silent. Standing there, Shen Zhao suddenly collapsed, leaning against the door, her body gradually slumped, and finally she slumped on the carpet in despair.

She sat dazedly, with no expression in her eyes, and finally held her face in her hands and cried out mournfully.

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The next morning, just as it was dawn, Shen Zhao had already woken up. She was lying there staring at the top of her head. In the dark room, there was no light at all.

Never like this moment, Shen Zhao hopes that the sky will never be bright.

That way, she wouldn't have to break up with Sier.

She heard the sound of the door opening in the opposite room, and knew that Song Ling had left.

In the past few days, Shen Zhao had figured out what time Song Ling went out and what time he got off work.

The phone screen on the bedside turned on and off, off and on again.

Shen Zhao raised her hand and picked it up. It was a message sent by Sier. As always, she told her the itinerary, time, and location.

But this time, there was no joy or excitement in her heart.

She thought about it all night, but still didn't know how to break up with Sier.

She took a long and deep breath, then sat up, and got out of bed feeling decadent and powerless. Without turning on the light, she walked to the bathroom in the dark, and by the dim light, she stood in front of the mirror and looked at the person in the mirror.

Her hair was messy, her cheeks were concave and thin, and her eyes were bigger than before, full of exhaustion.

The eyelids were a little swollen from crying, the bags under the eyes were heavy, and the dark circles under the eyes were also heavy.

If Sier saw her like this, would he not recognize her, or would be startled.

But she guessed that Sier would feel more distressed for her.

Raising her hand to turn on the light, Shen Zhao took a shower and chose a coat. Her chestnut hair was long and hanging down. She carefully and delicately put on a make-up to cover up her fragility and try to make herself not look so haggard.

When going out, Ji Mingshu was surprised when he saw her standing at the door.

Shen Zhao rarely wears makeup, but she is better at being young. Even without makeup, her skin is fair and flawless. Her facial features are not particularly outstanding, but once she puts on makeup, especially this kind of rich makeup, it will make the originally not so outstanding facial features delicately grab people's attention.

It's a handsome face.

The more look at it, the more it tastes.

Shen Zhao looked up at her and said in a low voice, "I'm not going to the hospital today, you don't have to pick me up."

Ji Mingshu retracted the surprise in his eyes, coughed lightly and said, "The boss said that no matter where you go, I will be your driver."

It's blatant surveillance.

Shen Zhao didn't have the heart to argue with her about this issue anymore. She didn't refuse, and said in a low voice, "Okay, go to the train station. When you get there, go away, don't follow me."

Ji Mingshu was about to speak again, but Shen Zhao interrupted her, "I'm going to see Sier, tell Song Ling that if she wants things to be resolved quickly, don't send anyone to follow me."

Shen Zhao didn't wait for Ji Mingshu to answer her, and walked directly to the car, opened the car door and sat in the back seat.

Ji Mingshu paused for half a second, then got into the car and drove her to the train station.

At the train station, Ji Mingshu didn't follow her anymore, but he didn't leave either.

The boss told her to follow Shen Zhao all day today, for fear that something might go wrong.

Ji Mingshu drove the car to the other side of the train station to make sure that Shen Zhao didn't find her and that Shen Zhao was always within her sight.

The train station in the morning was still crowded with people. Shen Zhao stood at the exit and waited for a long time, and saw waves of people coming out. Finally, in the crowd, she saw her Sier at a glance.

This time, instead of rushing into her arms as usual, Shen Zhao was wearing a beige coat with a smile at the corner of her mouth, and walked to Rui Sier.

Raisel reached out and hugged her, calling her in her ear: "Zhao Zhao."

She cried out her tears in one sentence. Shen Zhao felt sour in her heart. She closed her eyes and wiped the tears on her shoulders. At this moment, she didn't want to do anything. depend on each other.

Raisel let go of her, unaware of the change in her eyes, but was taken away by her thin body, she asked distressedly, "It seems to have lost a lot of weight."

Shen Zhao pulled his lips and smiled. He didn't want to worry the people in front of him, so he just deliberately joked: "I'm losing weight, does it look good if I lose weight?"

Raisel looked at her big sunken eyes with heavy eyeshadow on them. She raised her hand to cup her face and said, "It's better to be fatter."

Shen Zhao smiled, stretched out his hand and tapped her shoulder, "Fuck you! People say they look good if they're thin."

Raisel grabbed her beating hand, put it in her palm, and said with a smile, "I like to be fat."

The two looked at each other like this, standing in the crowded train station, as if time was passing.

Raisel took her hand, pulled her and said, "Let's go, go to the hotel first."

Shen Zhao lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and hummed, but in the end he was not willing to speak now, and let Sier lead her away from the train station.

They still booked the hotel where they stayed before, and the two took a taxi and went to the hotel.

In the car, Rui Sier kept holding Shen Zhao's hand, putting it in her coat pocket and covering it, she asked her in a slow voice, "Have you asked for leave today?"

Today is Wednesday, as usual, there are classes in Shen Zhao's school.

Shen Zhao hummed lowly and said nothing else.

She didn't plan to tell Si Er's father about the hospitalization, or about Song Ling.

Along the way, Rui Sier told her a lot of trivial things and shared her life these days. Shen Zhao leaned his head on her shoulder and listened to her gentle voice.

I don't know how long this sweet moment will last.

Rui Sier was talking about the company's interesting story, and suddenly looked down and saw Shen Zhao leaning on her shoulder, her eyes were closed, her long eyelashes were slightly raised, and she had fallen asleep at some point.

Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, she could still see that Shen Zhao's eyes were tired and weak, and she didn't believe what she said about losing weight, something must have happened.

She knew her well. They had been together for two years. Although they didn't spend much time with each other, she had this ability. From the tone of her eyes, she could tell that she had something hidden in her heart.

A person has a person in his heart, and he only needs a look to perceive each other.

Raisel didn't wake her up, didn't speak anymore, just cuddled with her like this.

It takes about 40 minutes from the train station to the hotel.

When she arrived at the hotel, Shen Zhao woke up, she opened her sleepy eyes, and said confusedly, "Are you there yet?"

"It's here." Raisel hummed and said.

The two got out of the car, and Raisel dragged her luggage. The two entered the hotel together and registered at the front desk.

Two minutes later, a black Volkswagen also pulled up across the road from the hotel. From the train station, Ji Mingshu followed the car of Shen Zhao and Rui Sier all the way to the door of the hotel.

She looked at the two who entered the hotel, and waited for two hours, but did not see anyone coming out. She hesitated for a moment, and finally called the boss.

After half a minute, the call was connected.

"boss."

Song Ling stood in front of the office window, looking at the gloomy sky outside, it seemed that it was going to rain again.

She responded lightly and asked, "Have you seen it above?"

Ji Mingshu said, "I saw you, but..."

Song Ling took the call and asked in a low voice, "But what?"

"Miss Shen and Rui Sier entered a chain hotel." Ji Mingshu said truthfully, and added at the end, "I haven't come out for more than two hours."