"Shu'er, you promised me to come!" Bian Xinglan yelled, and the background sound was noisy, which made Lin Shu's ears hurt.

Lin Shu took the phone away, and kept the receiver away from his ears, "I'm not going, that's it, hang up."

Before Bian Xinglan could respond, Lin Shu immediately hung up.

Two seconds later, Bian Xinglan called again, but Lin Shu simply refused to answer and turned off the phone.

The world is quiet.

Her heart rate increased inexplicably. Lin Shu clutched his chest and sat slumped in the office chair, feeling like he was alive after a catastrophe.

Bian Xinglan's entertainment company "Nan Ying Entertainment" only signed a two-year contract with Qin Yuchi.

In other words, in the next two years, as long as he was absent from Bian Xinglan's parties and receptions, he would most likely be able to avoid Qin Yuchi.

Anyway, he is an amateur, so it is impossible for him to meet big stars while walking on the main road.

In this life, Qin Yuchi will never know him, will not be threatened by him, and will be able to be with the person he really likes.

There will be no more Lin Shu in Qin Yuchi's life.

fair enough.

Lin Shu sighed, turned around with the office chair, and looked at the night scene outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

His office is on the highest floor of Lin's, and the group buildings are surrounded by modern high-rise buildings. It was cold in late autumn, and the cold air outside formed a thin layer of water mist on the glass windows.

Lin Shu stood up and pressed his palms against the glass, letting the cold eat away at his body temperature.

"Boss Lin, all the directors are still waiting for you to go back in the conference room." It was his first-level assistant Gao Jingge who spoke.

The headache was throbbing, Lin Shu rubbed the center of his brows, "You send them away, the meeting is postponed."

Gao Jingge stood by the office door, wearing a neat suit, her voice was as capable as her clothes and makeup.

"You will go to Ruichuan to inspect for half a month from tomorrow. If you insist on postponing today's quarterly meeting, you won't have time to clean up the mess left today before Mr. Xiaolin complains to Director Lin."

In the new life, Gao Jingge still had this strong posture, without the respect that his subordinates should have, but Lin Shu was not angry, but felt kind and even a little bit sore.

"Miss Gao, is this the way you talk to your boss?" In order not to reveal his flaws, Lin Shu asked in a low voice on purpose like in the past.

Gao Jingge raised a formulaic smile, meeting the power in Lin Shu's eyes.

It seemed that as long as Lin Shu didn't change his words, she would stand by the door and stare at him until he obediently went to the meeting.

After a moment of confrontation, Lin Shu sighed, finally compromised, and walked out of the office, "You are waiting for the demotion."

"This is the seventh time you've said that this month."

"Shut up."

Under Gao Jingge's supervision, Lin Shu obediently walked back to the general conference room and sat at the head of the conference table.

The middle-aged director who spoke just now continued: "Boss Lin, Sheng Shi values that batch of goods very much. If something goes wrong this time, Sheng Shi will not renew the contract with us."

That batch of goods was full of illegal and contraband, and it was an eye-opening miracle to be able to cross the border.

Lin Shu was annoyed and didn't want to use his personal connections to get goods. "This kind of trivial matter is for you to deal with yourself. If you can't handle it, the contract will be terminated. Who else needs to report? Improve efficiency and stop talking nonsense."

The middle-aged director was unwilling to be dismissed by Lin Shu casually, so he had to look at Lin Qixin for help.

Lin Qixin nodded reassuringly at the director, as if he was the backbone of the group, and Lin Shu was an ignorant and stupid king.

Lin Qixin said unhurriedly: "Mr. Lin, if you really want to go to Mr. Bian's reception to have fun, you can end the meeting now. But I remind you that Mr. Lin will arrive at the company in two hours.Just don't let him down."

For a moment, because of Lin Qixin's words, the other directors looked at him not only with fear, but also with a trace of imperceptible contempt.

Once again, Lin Qixin's tricks are still low-level, first accuse him of unnecessary crimes, make him a target of public criticism, and then bring out his father to suppress him.

Those contemptuous and evasive eyes fixed on Lin Shu, he didn't feel sullen, but rather bored.

These old stubborn people can't understand him, but still count on him.

How cheap.

His temples twitched and ached again, and the smell of eustoma made him even more nauseated.

Nervous fatigue to the extreme.

Lin Shu suddenly felt tired and didn't want to fight with Lin Qixin anymore, he didn't even want to manage the company.

Lin Shu rubbed his stinging temples, "In my opinion, Mr. Xiao Lin will never let Mr. Lin down. Why don't you take my place from today?"

Thinking that he was playing tricks, Lin Qixin frowned slightly, "Boss Lin, please don't make jokes."

Lin Shu stood up indifferently, loosened the tie around his neck, and walked straight out the door, "I'm not joking. Everyone, from now on, I will quit."

Unexpectedly, Lin Shu would put down his burden and leave. These directors were obviously stunned, and sat silently in their respective positions, thinking that he was acting like before.

They didn't realize it until the door of the general meeting room opened and closed, and Lin Shu's back completely disappeared without looking back.

Lin Shu was not joking, but really left!

After leaving the meeting room, Lin Shu didn't go back to the office directly, but went to the top floor through the safe passage.

Few people come to the top floor of the group company.

Most employees only go to the open-air garden on the middle floor to rest, because the top floor is not decorated, it is just a bare concrete floor.

Lin Shu took out the lighter and cigarette from his jacket pocket, put the cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

The wind in late autumn was unsatisfactory. Every time Lin Shu turned the ignition wheel, the wind blew out the flame as soon as the fire was lit.

Lin Shu lit the fire several times, but he still couldn't light the cigarette.

In the past, Lin Shu would have thrown the lighter on the ground, crushing the smoke to vent.

But now, perhaps because of the countless electric shocks in the previous life, it seems that his ability to be angry has been taken away, and he is filled with depression from head to toe.

Just forget it.

Lin Shu put away the lighter, held the cigarette between his fingertips, leaned his elbows on the railing, and looked at the giant LED screen on the opposite building.

Coincidentally, Qin Yuchi's public service advertisement was displayed on the LED screen.

The big screen was far away, Lin Shu couldn't see clearly, but he knew every word Qin Yuchi said in the advertisement.

Even the upward curve of Qin Yuchi's mouth, he remembered clearly, because he had seen this advertisement countless times.

Qin Yuchi's iconic diamond-shaped face has three-dimensional and tough facial lines, a high nose bridge, bright eyes, decent and energetic eyes, and always has a cold feeling of not disturbing strangers.

It is precisely because of this cold feeling that Qin Yuchi's face is also called an advanced modeling face by fans, and it is also the darling of major brands and producers.

Cold and indifferent, unreasonable.

These are Qin Yuchi's attitude towards Lin Shu.

When facing others, Qin Yuchi always smiled gently, just like the public service advertisements on the LED screen, no different.

In late autumn, the temperature in city B gets colder earlier, lower than other cities in winter.

Lin Shu stood in a daze in the autumn wind, with his fingers sticking out of his cuffs, almost losing his temperature from the wind.

Ding - Ding -

The bell rang at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, resounding through the sky, heralding the arrival of a new day.

The carousel period of the public service announcement ended, and Qin Yuchi's face disappeared from the LED screen.

Today was completely over, and he avoided meeting Qin Yuchi in time.

All painful entanglements are completely cleared.

There was a dull pain in the heart, as if the back of a knife was grinding on the heart, there was no bleeding, it was just a pain like a ripped flesh.

His elbow was numb, Lin Shu stood up straight and let go of his fingers.

The cigarette held between his fingertips fell, and the tobacco crumbs scattered all over the ground, like his love for Qin Yuchi that had been ground to pieces long ago.

That's fine.

As long as Qin Yuchi never knew him again.

At night, artificial lights scattered across the sky, like invisible silk, completely covering the stars and the moon.

"Boss Bian, are we still together today?"

Bian Xinglan sat up from the bed, turned on the phone speaker, "Ju, just in time to show you how cute my new love is."

"Then... Where's Boss Lin?" The person on the other end of the phone asked tentatively, "Is he free?"

"I don't know," Bian Xinglan said with a yawn, "Shu'er can't get through on the phone these days, so I'll go to his house later."

"Mr. Bian, this time I have prepared a lot of handsome men and women. You must bring Mr. Lin." The man repeatedly asked.

Bian Xinglan sneered, "Shu'er is not a masculine woman, but a monk, so don't get distracted by him."

"What do you say, how dare I change my mind? I just want to make friends with Mr. Lin, but I dare not have other meanings."

Bian Xinglan said some polite words as usual, and quickly hung up the phone.

When the phone was hung up, Tao Xiaotian, who was sleeping beside him, opened his eyes, dizzy with water, shining like a frightened deer, "Boss Bian..."

Tao Xiaotian has the appearance of pure desire, his skin is so tender that water can be squeezed out, and his almond eyes are slightly curved, which can easily arouse the desire to be bullied by those who want to be bullied.

Bian Xinglan's throat was slightly astringent, and his eyes were calm, "I said yesterday, what should you call me?"

Bian Xinglan got closer and closer, his lips were only a centimeter away and he was about to kiss her.

Tao Xiaotian panicked, thinking he wanted it again, blushing and said: "Brother Bian, I really can't do it anymore, I can't..."

Having succeeded in playing tricks, Bian Xinglan chuckled, and the lust in his eyes faded away.

Bian Xinglan rolled off the bed, "What are you thinking? Get up and get ready, I'll take you to meet some friends."

Hearing this, Tao Xiaotian quickly got out of bed, "Okay, President Bian...Brother Bian."

When the two went out, night had fallen for a long time.

Bian Xinglan's house was far away from Lin Shu's residence, and it took nearly an hour for the car to arrive.

On the way, Bian Xinglan called Lin Shu several times, but no one answered.

Suspecting that Lin Shu had blocked him, Bian Xinglan called Tao Xiaotian's cell phone again, but there was still no response.

The car drove to the garden gate of Lin Shu's house.

Tao Xiaotian was waiting in the car, while Bian Xinglan got out of the car alone.

Bian Xinglan entered the password with ease and opened the door of Lin Shu's house.

The night was heavy, and Lin Shu's house did not turn on the lights, and the room was shrouded in darkness, silent.

His vision was obscured by darkness, and when he walked in the door, Bian Xinglan almost tripped over an obstacle on the ground.

Bian Xinglan frowned slightly, found the smart control board on the shoe rack in the dark, and turned on the light.

The light from the ceiling illuminates the view.

There were piles of empty wine bottles in the living room, of different kinds—whiskey, tequila, vodka, all hard liquor.

And it was a bottle of high-grade liquor that almost tripped Bian Xinglan just now.

Lin Shu's house was burglarized?

Bian Xinglan put on slippers, walked lightly, and walked cautiously to the bedroom.

The quilt on the bed in the bedroom was bulging and undulating in a small way regularly, and there was obviously someone in the quilt.

Before Bian Xinglan walked in, Lin Shu's voice came from inside, "Who?"

Lin Shu's voice was hoarse, and a single word revealed a deep sense of exhaustion.

"Are you awake?" Bian Xinglan felt relieved, and strode to the bed, "I have made dozens of phone calls in the past few days, but you didn't answer any of them. I thought you were kidnapped, but it turned out that you were justsleeping at home?"

Bian Xinglan's questioning did not receive a response, Lin Shu hid under the quilt and remained silent.

"Tsk, what's the matter with you?" Bian Xinglan threw off the quilt.

Lin Shu's breathing was weak, his eyes were wide open, and his eyes were dull, without blinking.

If he hadn't spoken just now, Bian Xinglan might have thought that lying here was not a living person but a corpse at first glance.

Bian Xinglan had never seen him like this before, and he panicked, "Shu'er...what's wrong with you?"

Lin Shu focused his eyes slowly, and spoke slowly, "It's okay, I'm tired and want to rest."

Lin Shu didn't look like he was tired, but more like he was dying.

Bian Xinglan grabbed Lin Shu's wrist and pulled him up. Lin Shu sat up on the bed like a boneless person, and leaned limply on the head of the bed.

Lin Shu's condition was not right, Bian Xinglan raised his voice, "Are you sick? Why don't you go to the hospital?"

Lin Shu was irritated by the noise, and pretended to be impatient in his previous life, "If you have nothing to do, get out quickly, and stop bothering me."

After being scolded by Lin Shu, Bian Xinglan felt very familiar, and felt refreshed, so she was relieved.

"I don't care about you." Bian Xinglan smiled frivolously, "I originally wanted to show you my new love, but it's fine if you don't want to."

Xiaoqinger?

Lin Shu's temple throbbed sharply, and his right eyelid twitched with frenzied nerves, which was an ominous omen.

"Which young master have you offended again?" Lin Shu asked with widened eyes.

Bian Xinglan insisted: "How can this be called provocation? This is all your wish..."

Lin Shu's face turned colder.

Bian Xinglan felt guilty, "The Tao family's second son, Tao Xiaotian, you should have met him."

Tao Xiaotian?!

Lin Shu's heart sank when he heard the name.

In the last life, Tao Xiaotian chose to commit suicide precisely because he was abandoned by Bian Xinglan.

After Tao Xiaotian's death, Tao Lian tampered with his body, and with the perjury of Lin Qixin and Qin Yuchi, he was imprisoned.

In the end, Lin Qixin forged his schizophrenia diagnosis report, and he was locked up in a mental hospital and tortured with electric shocks.

The pain in the brain increased sharply, and the nausea surged up again.

Lin Shu immediately jumped out of bed, covered his mouth and ran to the bathroom.

Since his rebirth, Lin Shu has always suffered from headaches and retching, his spirits are listless, and his body feels tired like lead.

The electric shock from the previous life did not seem to act on his body, but on his soul and consciousness, so even if he was reborn, the sequelae would follow closely.

Lin Shu leaned on the sink and vomited. He couldn't vomit food because he was hungry, so he could only vomit some vodka he had sipped in the afternoon.

"Shu'er, are you really sick?" Bian Xinglan hurriedly followed, patting Lin Shu on the back to comfort him.

Fortunately, the headache didn't last long this time, and Lin Shu retched a few times before recovering.

Lin Shu turned on the tap and washed his face, "Where is Tao Xiaotian?"

"What do you care about him now?" Bian Xinglan pulled Lin Shu's arm and walked out, "You are sick, I will take you to the hospital."

Lin Shu shook off Bian Xinglan's hand, glared and shouted, "I ask you, where is Tao Xiaotian!"

Bian Xinglan saw Lin Shu get angry, it was quite a scary scene.

Although he was Lin Shu's closest friend, if Lin Shu was really angry, he would not dare to speak more and continue to provoke him.

"Outside the door, he was sitting in the car," Bian Xinglan quickly explained, "The old man Sheng Shi urged me for several days, saying he wanted to see you, but you never answered the phone, that's why I wanted to come home to find you."

Lin Shu breathed a sigh of relief, "Who will be there soon?"

Bian Xinglan answered a few names, except for Sheng Shi's boss, Chen Qi, the others were Bian Xinglan's drinking and meat friends, and they loved to "have fun" with the artists in his company.

The entertainers of Nan Ying Entertainment are glamorous on the surface, and all of them seem to come from prominent families, but in fact most of them are unfavored children of the family.

The legitimate son, the illegitimate son, the adopted son.

Most of these children are born beautiful. Once they enter the entertainment industry, they will not collapse even if they fuck the rich second generation. They can use the name of the family to tear up resources, and follow Bian Xinglan's lead to find financial backers and backers.

In his previous life, he had met Tao Xiaotian several times.

In the first meeting, Tao Xiaotian was still a shining boy.

In the last meeting, Tao Xiaotian was already depressed, like a broken glass doll.

If Tao Xiaotian was allowed to face those nasty dudes alone...

Lin Shu didn't dare to think about what Tao Xiaotian would be like after tonight.

His few consciences were at work.

Lin Shu took a deep breath and calmed down, "I'm going, wait for me for five minutes."

"You're sick and still going to drink?" Bian Xinglan persuaded, "Otherwise next time..."

"Shut up."

Lin Shu chased Bian Xinglan out, took a shower, changed into a casual sweater and went out.

Tao Xiaotian stood by the car door, folded his hands in front of him, a little cautious, and asked Lin Shu to sit in the back seat, "Boss Lin."

Lin Shu nodded, and instead of following his intention to go to the back seat, he sat directly in the passenger seat.

"Hey, what are you doing sitting in the front?" Bian Xinglan was dissatisfied, "Taozi, you change seats with Shu'er, how can you let him sit in the co-pilot?"

"Shut up and stop talking nonsense." Lin Shu fastened his seat belt and signaled the driver to drive straight away.

Bian Xinglan couldn't figure out what Lin Shu meant, but felt that he was very angry today, and didn't want to make him unhappy by talking too much, so he shut up and sat in the back seat with Tao Xiaotian.

The meeting place is at the Sacred Heart Senior Club.

When Lin Shu arrived at the private room, several other people had already taken their seats, with handsome men and women around them.

Lin Shu was not dressed formally, only wearing a loose sweater and jeans, and his soft hair was not gelled, with long bangs hanging down his forehead.

Without a suit and leather shoes, Lin Shu looked more like a handsome college student who strayed into a club.

The waiter at the reception was stunned. At first glance, he thought he was a starlet brought by Bian Xinglan, and thought that this little girl had exquisite facial features. If she could work in Sacred Heart, she might become the clubhouse's sweetheart.cake.

When the distance got closer, the waiter took a closer look and recognized him as Lin Shu. He quickly bowed his waist and said hello respectfully, "Mr. Lin, Mr. Bian."

Hearing the sound, Chen Qi stood up and greeted, "Boss Lin! Come and sit down."

They had clearly never met, but Chen Qi pretended to be extremely familiar.

Lin Shu nodded coldly, did not answer, and sat down in the middle of the couch with his upper body upright, like a giant Buddha not to be trifled with.

Before Lin Shu came, the atmosphere in the private room was lively.

As soon as he came, the attitude of those dudes became a little more careful.

Chen Qi winked at the waiter at the door, and a well-behaved boy entered and sat beside Lin Shu.

The waiters in the Sacred Heart Club are all young, and this boy looks like he is eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Serve Boss Lin well, if you neglect him, you can't afford the consequences." Chen Qi said to the boy.

Like a frightened rabbit, the boy nodded quickly, took a cigarette and handed it to Lin Shu's mouth, and said softly, "Boss Lin..."

Lin Shu took the cigarette, waited for the boy to light the fire, and took a sip of the scorched sweet nicotine.

Smoke exhaled from the tip of the nose, forming a barrier like white mist.

"Boss Lin, I'm short on time today, I didn't prepare well, next time I'll take you to a good place, you will definitely like it." Chen Qi still wanted to talk nonsense and get closer to Lin Shu.

Lin Shu ignored him, and said straight to the point: "If you come to me for Sheng Shi's shipment, I'm sorry I can't do anything. I abdicated a week ago, and now Lin Qixin is in charge of the Lin family."

The atmosphere stagnates.

The Lin family changed hands?

Lin Shu values power the most, how could he abdicate?

Thinking that he was out of his mind and talking nonsense, Bian Xinglan hurriedly smoothed things over, "Drink and drink, no one is allowed to mention work matters tonight."

"Yes, yes, no one is allowed to talk about work matters while drinking." Several other people chattered to make amends, and the atmosphere in the private room improved slightly.

The waiter at the door would look at him and wait for the guests to relax before recruiting the male singer waiting outside the door into the private room.

Lin Shu recognized that this was the male singer of Nan Ying Entertainment, who had just become popular in the first half of the year.

The male singer came in and stood in the middle of the private room with a smile on his face, not as cold as in the show, like a commodity selling laughter.

Perhaps he was instructed, the male singer looked at Lin Shu and asked, "What song does Mr. Lin want to listen to?"

Lin Shu took another puff of smoke.

A scent of eustoma came out of nowhere, mixed with the smell of tar smoke, and he almost retched.

Lin Shu took the cigarette away and put it in the ashtray to extinguish the sparks, only then did the fragrance of the flowers dissipate a bit.

Lin Shu pursed his lips and did not answer.

The male singer smiled again and asked, "Boss Lin, what song do you want to hear?"

Lin Shu didn't like to listen to popular songs, so he couldn't think of other songs at the moment, so he subconsciously said, "Oxygen, can you sing?"

"Yes." Lin Shu ordered a song he could sing, and the male singer heaved a sigh of relief.

The familiar piano prelude sounded, the stereo sound system was operating, and the singing sound surrounded Lin Shu's ears.

"Down deeper and deeper into the sea, I began to miss you..."①

The male singer sang the down-key version without the suffocation of the original female voice.

The singing sounded, and my heart began to ache.

Lin Shu didn't know why he chose this song.

Perhaps it is to commemorate the love that has returned to zero.

Lin Shu laughed at himself.

As soon as his heart hurt, he wanted to smoke, but he was afraid of smelling the ubiquitous eustoma.

The boy beside him was very clever, Xu could see what he meant, and immediately poured a glass of low-alcohol rum and handed it to his palm.

Lin Shu raised his head and toasted.

The wine entered the throat, and the pain in the heart was relieved by the alcohol.

The last drop of wine trickled down his throat.

Out of the corner of his eye, Lin Shu saw the door of the private room opened and someone came in again.

Thinking that Bian Xinglan didn't think the show was enough, he found another popular singer to perform, Lin Shu frowned, trying to make Bian Xinglan calm down.

But when his eyes fixed on the visitor, Lin Shu's pupils shrank, and the wine glass in his hand almost lost its grip and fell to the ground.

"Sorry, I'm late." Qin Yuchi stood at the door with a anxious voice.

The author has something to say:

Lin Shu: I'm walking on the main road, but I can't meet big stars.

Qin Yuchi: Not necessarily.

Note: ① is the lyrics of "Oxygen".