Chapter 60

  That evening after finishing the cleaning, He Sheng went to Liao Shi's office as usual to squeeze a stress ball, while the other sat at his desk drinking tea and reading the newspaper.

  Nothing has changed, and just as it was about to end, Liao Shi suddenly said, "My mom called me today."

  "Huh?" He Sheng was taken aback, "What did you just say?"

  Liao Shi folded up the newspaper and put it aside, looking at her, "Pinch! Don't stop!"

  He Sheng hurriedly continued to pinch the cotton ball.

  He also said: "I'm the youngest in my family, I have an older sister and brother above me, they are already married, I also have a niece, now that I'm not young anymore, so my mom starts to worry about me."

  He Sheng nodded in understanding, "Are you getting married?"

  "You want me to go on a blind date!"

  Ah! He Sheng didn't know what else to say either, so he nodded again and glanced at the time, saying softly: "It's time!"

  Then he stopped and neatly placed the cotton ball in front of Liao Shi.

  The other person's indifference made Liao Shi laugh and cry, so he directly said: "I'm a very slow-tempered person, so I have no interest in meeting strangers of the opposite sex, what do you think of me?"

  Today's weather is still very good, the evening light has a strand of falling in just right on his face, the handsome man looks exceptionally warm.

  He Xiang swallowed her saliva, somewhat understanding his meaning, but also feeling that it was not very possible. After being torn for a while, she said, "It's pretty good!"

  "Do you have someone you like?"

  In an instant, Yuan Zhi's face, which was exquisite to the point of being unparalleled, flashed in his mind. With a frown and a smile, he was a stunningly handsome man, but the more clearly he felt the suffocating pain in his chest, the more depressed he became, his face gradually turning pale, his eyes flashing with visible fear.

  This fear is just a rejection of that memory, not representing the ugliness of the memory, but rather because it was so beautiful, it's even more unbearable to accept that something so precious no longer belongs to oneself.

  Liao Shi unknowingly walked to her front, squatted down until his line of sight was level with hers, and then said in a soft voice: "Even if there is that person who should have been yours three years ago, can you still go back to three years ago?"

  He Shuang stared blankly at him, and tears quickly welled up in her eyes. She had tried hard to hold on, but when she returned, everything had changed. She couldn't remember their phone numbers, and the landline at home was no longer reachable. The small white house that hadn't been visited for a year was also empty, while newspapers and magazines showed Yuan Zhi embracing another young girl with a smile. Her hesitation about going to Yuan Chongyang's company vanished in that instant.

  A year can change a lot of things, and Yuan Zhi already has someone else by his side to replace himself. It's not that Yuan Zhi doesn't care about himself anymore, it's just that life has its boundaries, she is on one side, and he is on the other.

  It seems like she's nobody to anyone, but she hasn't forgotten how she was driven out. She doesn't doubt Yuan Zhi's concern for her either. However, without Yuan Zhi, she can still live a good life. How could she bear to appear again and make that once kind-hearted youth feel embarrassed, and make him oppose that ruthless man?

  Her boyfriend is already gone, how can she go back to three years ago?

  Liao Shi pressed her eyes with her fingers, and scalding tears fell down instantly. "Since we can't go back, let's just stay here well. We've been living quite well for the past few years, haven't we? Many years in the future can also be spent like this."

  He Sheng's nose was red, her hands moving non-stop as she said, "But... I don't like you." She glanced at Liao Shi quickly, her expression apologetic. "You're not bothered?"

  "Of course I mind!" Liao Shi laughed out loud, "You have to try hard to like me, because I really like you!"

  He Sheng's eyes widened slightly as he stared at him in surprise, "You...you never said, I...I didn't know."

  "It's still not too late now!"

  He nodded slightly, his expression becoming even more dazed with his words, "I... I really like someone, I won't be able to forget him, so..."

  "He Sheng." Liao Shi interrupted her, with a smiling face that had the magic of soothing people's hearts. "I know you have someone deeply buried in your heart, I won't drive him away, we'll take it slow, you can't be alone for this lifetime, and for you, I should be the best companion, besides, we've lived together for three years, we have a foundation, do you want to start anew with another stranger?"

  "But it's not fair to you." He Song looked at him softly and said, Liao Shi was too good. If they were really together like this, she would feel guilty. Shouldn't one person be wholeheartedly with another? What did she count as for Liao Shi?

  "You being by my side is the fairest. Liao Shi raised his hand and gently stroked her hair, "At least I don't have to deal with other strange women, you know, I don't like it."

  He Qian didn't speak, after a while he said: "Will you agree? Everyone has to start a new life, or are you going to live in the past forever, three years ago?"

  He Sheng quickly shook her head this time, how dare she live in the past three years? That was a place that would hurt even to think about, and she would never deliberately remember it, nor would she ever have the luxury of going back.

  "Then... let's be together!"

  He Shuang's clean eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of fog, and his voice was hoarse as he said, "Good!"

  Liao Shitian leaned in and hugged her, smiling: "If you don't like me, it's fine, but please don't let others like you either, got it?"

  "Hmm!"

  The agreement was reached in such a slightly absurd atmosphere, Liao Shi quickly leaned over to He Sheng's stunned mouth and touched her lips, "Let's go! Go home!"

  The non-kiss kiss made He Sheng's face flush, she furrowed her brow and slightly lowered her head. Although it felt a bit strange, the not-so-unfamiliar scent on him didn't make her feel disgusted, just unaccustomed to it.

  There will never be a new life with Yuan Zhi again. I had this realization a long time ago, but it's especially clear today.

  He Sheng was nervous about how to face Liao Shi after that day, and whether the way they interacted with each other would change. However, after several days passed, he was still him, and she was still her, and their previous conversation seemed like a dream!

  If it weren't for the fact that he's now holding her left hand and giving it a squeeze every now and then, nothing would have seemed out of the ordinary.

  The people in the hospital did not know that the two had become half-hearted lovers. The parties involved were not high-profile people and tacitly kept their mouths shut.

  Finally, it was accidentally broken by Big Mouth Yaoyao when she came back to the clinic to pick up something that had fallen. She stared at the two hands clasped together and shouted dryly: "Ahh! j□jj□j!"

  He Sheng felt a bit embarrassed and smiled awkwardly, but didn't think of pulling his hand back.

  Liao Shi gave Yaya a faint glance, "Hurry up and get what you need, I'm locking the door!"

  "Oh! Good!" Yao Yao came back to her senses and hastily put down her bicycle and rushed in, "Quickly, quickly!"

  He came back with a phone in his hand, making a weird face and winking at He Song, silently saying: "You're something else!"

  Then Dog Leg smiled and ran away on his motorcycle.

  The relationship between the two was unexpectedly revealed in front of everyone.

  He Sheng was besieged by several people in the medical building for a few days, and life returned to calm again.

  She repeated her daily life and went to the restaurant on time every day.

  But meeting Chen Jiayin was unexpected, on the bustling roadside, a woman with her hair tied up sat at the door basking in the sun, next to a stroller.

  When the two people, separated by a few meters, looked into each other's eyes, it was as if they had returned to their youthful recklessness of many years ago. However, neither person was still the same as before; after years of trials and tribulations, amidst familiarity, an irresistible strangeness had crept in between them.

  There was a moment when He Song felt inexplicably sad and wanted to cry, but his eyes were dry and no tears fell.

  She took a few steps closer, looking at the child sleeping in the car, her voice seemed to be squeezed out hard, "I remember he was full moon recently."

  "Uh-huh." Chen Jiayin smiled slightly, her somewhat plump face with a hint of pallor, "Like his father."

  He Sheng's hand on the stroller tightened, remembering that He Shou Si was still looking for her when she left, and didn't come back once that summer.

  She wanted to ask if the two had met again afterwards, but looking at the child in the car, she suddenly couldn't ask.

  "How did you end up here?" Chen Jiayin spoke first, "Alone? Where's Yuan Zhi?"

  He Xiang smiled and said, "One person, I haven't been in touch with him for a long time."

  Chen Jiayin gazed at her face intently, then got up and gently hugged He Sheng. The time they spent apart was neither long nor short, but in this period of time, each had undergone a transformation that made them almost unrecognizable to the other.

  She didn't ask further, just like her own years didn't want to be mentioned either.

  The child suddenly burst into tears, Chen Jiaoyin let go of He Sheng and took her son out of the car to coax him, smiling at He Sheng and saying, "I guess he's hungry again, this kid has a particularly good appetite."

  "Eat well to grow well!"

  The child's cry was very loud, and Hu Shifu, who was cooking in the kitchen, anxiously shouted: "What's wrong?"

  "Mind your own business! Cook your own dish!" Chen Jiayin also shouted, and the man immediately shut up.

  He Sheng looked at her, as if he saw the energetic Chen Jia Yin again.

  Afterwards, He Sheng came to buy vegetables every day, and Chen Jiaoyan would accompany him. Hu Master knew that He Sheng and his wife were old acquaintances, so he gave her a discount on purpose.

  Once upon a time, Chen Jiayin said this way: "Love is too luxurious a thing, there are not many people in the world who can own it."

  She pointed to the busy man inside, "Do I love him? No, but it's impossible to find another man in this world who would get out of bed in the middle of the night and brave the cold to make me a midnight snack when I'm hungry, or kneel on the ground and pray to Buddha when I'm dying from menstrual cramps. What more could I ask for?"

  He Xiang smiled and didn't say anything.

  The author has something to say: This article is already coded and will be updated daily after this. The reunion won't happen so soon, there are still a few chapters left!

  Your questions in the comments are really hard for me to answer, each one requires a spoiler, I can only say that Cat's guess is correct, PP's guessed ending won't happen, and then Yuan Zhi and He Shuang will definitely end up together, happy reading! ^_^

  PS: Don't rush me, guys! I'll post it all at once because the ranking list requires it, and that's absolutely impossible! o(n_n)o~

  Excuse me, I'm doing an ad here!

  In a few days, if there's no special situation, I'll start a new article as a follow-up, which is a pure romance and completely different from this one. It won't be so slow-burning, and personally, I don't think it's as abusive as this one. Of course, everyone has different tolerance for abuse, maybe for you guys, it will have the same effect.

  I'll first post a brief introduction here:

  Liu Nian had been living a carefree life without anyone to take care of her, until one day a man suddenly appeared and said he wanted to be her "sugar daddy".

  What nonsense!

  Later on, she not only agreed to let him be her "sugar daddy", but also tried every means to make him her man. Unfortunately, he didn't become her man, and instead became her enemy.

  She only then realized that the other party's meticulous care was just a pit dug for her, a pit that had been dug for four whole years, and she not only didn't notice, but also stupidly jumped into it, jumping to a miserable extent, regretting it afterwards, and finally living a hellish life...

  The beginning of this article is bright, the middle is gloomy, and the end is as the title says (a desperate rhythm). Due to the varied style, please protect your heart when jumping into the pit, let's play something exciting!

  The formal article introduction may be changed, and then... Comrades who are interested, please collect the column, the article will have a reminder, and it is said that the number of column collections can increase the work points, after all, I am still a superficial person, haha!