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date="2021-11-08"

title="Chapter 16"

weight="145879"

series = ["Please, Don’t See Me"]

mode = "manual"

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When he became angry, Sheng Xinghe went back to Lingjiang to visit the grave, and Shu Jin still went with him.

In the past, Sheng Xinghe went back alone. Lingjiang was more than an hour away from the city by car. Sheng Xinghe had nothing to do except sweeping the grave. He could go back and forth once a day. Often when Shu Jin went home for a day, Sheng Xinghe had already returned. .

But this time, it may have been two months apart. Shu Jin got up early and reluctantly told Sheng Xinghe that he would also go.

The two went to the station and bought tickets. After getting on the bus, Shu Jin also looked out the window and did not speak.

Sheng Xinghe knew that he was still suffocated because of yesterday's events, and took the initiative to hand him the snacks he bought: "Don't be angry."

Shu Jin turned his head, looked at him and said, "Don't you feel uncomfortable? That's the newspaper, it's tantamount to telling the world about you!"

"It is a fact that my uncle has supported me for more than ten years. It is not a shame for me." Sheng Xinghe said, "If it weren't for him, I might really have problems with school. It's just an interview, which can help. I should do it."

Shu Jin was speechless. He thought that Sheng Xinghe was embarrassed to reject his father for the sake of face. Who knew that Sheng Xinghe was really in the mood of "repaying kindness". He suddenly remembered that Grandpa Sheng Xinghe had continuously supplied eggs to their home because he wanted to express his gratitude.

Shu Jin couldn't continue to be angry, but he was still bored.

I don't know why, he just wants others to see how good Sheng Xinghe is, and doesn't want people to show mercy to or belittle Sheng Xinghe.

Fortunately, Sheng Xinghe would ease his mood. During the one-hour drive, he specially selected some things that happened in the school and the customs of that city to tell Shu Jin. Before getting off the bus, Shu Jin forgot everything. Talking and laughing with him again.

When the car arrived in Lingjiang Town, Sheng Xinghe first bought some memorial items on the street, and then took Shu Jin to his neighborhood.

It is an old street, walk into the alley along the bluestone road and then upstairs, which is Sheng Xinghe's home.

There were also distant relatives of Sheng Xinghe who went to worship. It was not convenient for Shu Jin to go, so Sheng Xinghe gave him the key and asked him to go to the house first.

Shu Jin found that it was very close to Shu Zhaoyuan's factory.

There are few streets in the town, and you can reach the gate of the factory by walking to the end of the street and crossing a field.

Shu Zhaoyuan left in the early morning and didn't know if he was in the factory. Shu Jin thought about it and planned to talk to his father about the interview. If he put Sheng Xinghe into his coat pocket, he walked slowly there.

Shu Jin had been here before, but there was nothing fun here. He would rather paint and paint at home alone than he would come here with Shu Zhaoyuan.

He is so old that he only has a little impression of this place.

After entering the gate, Shu Jin reported his identity to Uncle Security, saying that he was looking for his dad. Uncle Security recognized him immediately and said enthusiastically: "Xiao Jin, you've grown up like this, when you came here It’s only so tall, and now they are taller than me!"

Shu Jin asked embarrassedly: "Do you know me?"

Uncle: "Yes! Why don't you know! When you were young, you often played with my son and them. A large group of children loved to go to the open space outside—"

The uncle pointed out.

Shu Jin followed the direction of his fingers and looked at it. There was an open space outside the factory. Trees were planted on the roadside, like a natural fence. It was safe for children to play there.

Shu Jin doesn't remember that place.

The uncle happily said, "It's been many years, and you haven't been here since something happened."

Shu Jin wondered: "What's the matter?"

Uncle: "Hey, it's about the Sheng family's child. You were also frightened that day? So Mr. Shu won't bring you here."

Uncle didn't elaborate, Shu Jin immediately understood what he was talking about.

His face changed slightly, and he asked suspiciously: "Am I there that day?"

The uncle casually said: "Yes, there are a group of children. You don't remember being normal, how old you were at that time!"

Shu Jin pursed his lips.

Why has he never heard anyone talk about it?

The uncle chatted with him a few words, called the office, and then told Shu Jin that his dad had gone to the workshop and was busy checking, and asked him to wait a while.

Shu Jin stayed at the door for a while. Seeing that the time was almost the same, he was afraid that Sheng Xinghe would not be able to enter the house, so he said hello to the uncle.

When he returned to the alley, Sheng Xinghe had returned, and was calling him with his cell phone.

"Brother!" Shu Jin stepped forward.

Sheng Xinghe looked up, half of Qinglang's face was deep black eyes, and half was gray residual eyes.

Somehow, Shu Jin was taken aback.

He drove away the strange discomfort in his head, and asked, "So fast?"

"Yeah." Sheng Xinghe said, "I'm afraid you will be anxious. Why didn't you go up?"

Shu Jin said, "I went around and went to the factory."

The two went upstairs together, and Sheng Xinghe opened the door with the key.

There is a smell of dust in the enclosed house, but the light is very good, and the skylight reflects the interior decoration, which is not as dilapidated as Shu Jin imagined, but full of the charm of the age.

Sheng Xinghe's grandfather used to be a teacher when he was young. Later, he suffered from physical illness. He resigned at home in his forties and relied on his wife's meager salary to support his life. So the family can still see the traces of the life of some old cultural people.

Although there is very little talk, Sheng Xinghe mentioned some family matters. He is the unmarried son of his mother and has never met his father. His mother was rebellious and threw him to his parents when he gave birth, and never came back.

Now that he came back, Sheng Xinghe checked the facilities in the house and cleaned the dust.

Shu Jin wanted to help, but Sheng Xinghe refused, so he had to look around. First, went to Sheng Xinghe's room, quietly imagined how Sheng Xinghe grew up here, and then went to look at the kitchen and the patio outside.

There are some chickens in the patio, which are probably distributed according to households. The water in the shed does not interfere with the river water. Shu Jinchai's grandfather Sheng Xinghe's chickens were also raised there before, but they are now occupied by others.

His heart was sore and swollen, and he looked up and saw a large hole in the window of a household, and the guardrail was also rusty.

"Is there no one on the other side?" he asked.

"Moved away." Sheng Xinghe said, "Someone used to live."

Shu Jin said, "Oh, it looks like a haunted house, so I might as well sell it."

Sheng Xinghe put the bucket on the wooden floor and glanced outside: "The houses in the small town are not easy to sell. They are all acquaintances."

Sheng Xinghe's expression was very pale.

But Shu Jin felt that something was wrong. After standing for a while, he suddenly remembered that Shu Zhaoyuan had told him that the family who blinded Sheng Xinghe's eyes worked in his factory and was Sheng Xinghe's neighbor.

And Sheng Xinghe also said that the family moved to another place because of this incident.

Su Jin's throat was suddenly dry, and when he looked at the black hole window, he became a little angry: "It's their house, isn't it?"

Sheng Xinghe nodded: "Yeah."

Shu Jin said: "It deserves to be unable to sell their broken house." Then he said again, "No, I heard my dad say that their house didn't pay you much money, so they should sell the broken house and then sell it. I will lose all the money to you."

Seeing his angrily, his eyes were about to breathe fire, Sheng Xinghe smiled, and rubbed his head by the way: "You are asking people to bankrupt your family."

Shu Jin followed him: "Aren't you angry?"

Sheng Xinghe: "It's not easy for them. The family still owes foreign debts, and their lives are not good."

Shu Jin: "..."

Sheng Xinghe added: "When Grandpa was still there, every year when they came back from other places, they would send a lot of things to home."

Sheng Xinghe stood there, thinking of something, and said: "That person didn't dare to see me. Every time he met me from a distance, he walked away. That incident... should have a great impact on him, too. ."

Shu Jin knew that the person he was talking about was the kid who stabbed him in the eye.

It was an accident that year.

Both sides were about the same age at the time, and in fact, the harm to each other was not small.

So even though Shu Jin was very angry, after hearing Sheng Xinghe say this, he still felt a little compassionate.

Back in the city, Shu Jin fell asleep leaning on the car window.

When he woke up, Sheng Xinghe still closed his eyes, with long eyelashes covering his eyelids, and his brow bones were erect, which looked no different from ordinary people. One of his hands was grasped by Sheng Xinghe, because he was asleep, his fingers were very light.

Shu Jin looked at Sheng Xinghe's face for a long time, and felt the dampness in his eye sockets when he closed his eyes again.

It's too uncomfortable.

He likes Sheng Xinghe, so he thought sadly and distressedly, if... that didn't happen, it would be fine.

He was clearly there that day, if he could stop it, it would be great.

Then his Sheng Xinghe will have a more perfect life.

After a while, Shu Jin opened his eyes again.

Sheng Xinghe was already awake and was also looking at him.

The car was noisy, and other passengers were playing on mobile phones and chatting. At that moment, Shu Jin felt that the world was quiet.

Except for his increasingly heavier heartbeat.