Shen Liang froze for a moment, a little surprised. He blinked, then slowly reached out his hand to take it, “Why buy it if you don’t eat it…it tastes pretty good, do you want to try it?”
After he finished speaking, he handed the other half of the untouched ice cream to Shao Qinhan, indicating for him to eat.
Shao Qinhan didn’t move, staring at the ice cream, looking a little hesitant. But before he could say anything, a waiter reported the table number. Shen Liang forgot about the ice cream and hurriedly dragged Shao Qinhan to sit down.
The ice cream was not eaten in the end, and the second before it turned into water, it all went into Shen Liang’s stomach.
Then, Shao Qinhan discovered that sometimes indecision slows things down.
Soon after they sat down, the waiter brought the menu, and Shen Liang ordered a few light dishes, while Shao Qinhan ordered a few spicy dishes. So when the dishes were served, they were separated.
Sunlight fell on the table along the large windows, and the restaurant’s air conditioner emitted cool air. You feel the warmth of the sun while being insulated from the scorching heat outside.
Shao Qinhan does not eat spicy food, so these dishes are only for Shen Liang.
It was not until this moment that Shen Liang realized that the other party had changed a lot without realizing it. He looked up and observed the lone man calmly eating on the other side of the table. He suddenly remembered what Han Shaobai had once said at the bar.
“The door wasn’t locked, but he didn’t want to go out by himself.”
It was he who didn’t want to go out.
Shao Qinhan always thought that if you loved someone, you should keep them by your side and stay with them forever. To him, the people lying inside that room were perhaps not two cold corpses, but the people closest to him.
It was a shame that his mother loved the painter and his father loved his mother. In the end, they both died for the love of their lives, and Shao Qinhan seemed dispensable.
To live, perhaps, was another sense of abandonment.
Shen Liang suddenly understood where Shao Qinhan’s stubbornness came from. He slowly squeezed his chopsticks, then gave the other party food and said, “Eat more.”
Shao Qinhan looked up and followed suit, giving him food, with a serious expression.
Shen Liang suddenly laughed.
Shao Qinhan automatically interpreted it as a mockery and immediately put down his chopsticks, “What are you laughing at?”
Shen Liang played dumb, “I’m not laughing. I think you are about to graduate.”
Once you have graduated, you can go after Shen Yan.
Shen Liang had carefully calculated the plot. If there is no mistake in the development, Su Qingyan should be under family pressure to break up with Shen Yan and prepare to get engaged to a woman.
Shen Yan will wither for a while, and Shao Qinhan will be able to take advantage of the situation. The chances of success are quite high.
As the saying goes, don’t talk about people behind their backs. Just as Shen Liang was calculating in his heart, he saw a man rushing down to the second floor of the restaurant and leaving in a hurry. If he had to describe it, it was as if he had been hit by something, covering his face and crying.
Down came another man in a suit, and he followed.
Shen Liang’s eyes were sharp, and when he discovered that those two people happened to be Shen Yan and Su Qingyan, he was dumbfounded.
Damn, what kind of dog blood plot is this, how can it be that we find these two people breaking up when we go out on a date, is the world so small?!!
Once again, Shen Liang had a more intuitive sense of the dog blood of his work and was shocked beyond words.
Shao Qinhan frowned when he saw this and seemed to want to look behind.
Shen Liang hurriedly turned his face to him, “Don’t look around, put your head down and eat.”
Su Qingyan and Shen Yan had not gone far, they were standing at the entrance of the restaurant. One was devastated and the other trying to comfort, hugging and crying not knowing what to do. From the restaurant’s window, which was wide, he could see everything.
Shao Qinhan sensed something was going on, “What are you looking at?”
Shen Liang was afraid that his blackening would increase again, so he didn’t let him see anything, and moved his position to Shao Qinhan’s side, “Nothing, a couple arguing.”
Shao Qinhan didn’t believe him, “Why won’t you let me see?”
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They finished their meal awkwardly.
During this time, Shen Liang kept looking out and finally found that this breakup drama ended with Shen Yan slapping Su Qingyan, and the two finally left the entrance of the restaurant.
Funny and bloody.
Shen Liang finally let go of Shao Qinhan and asked as if nothing had happened, “Are you full? Let’s go watch a movie when you’re done.”
Shao Qinhan, “Well, I’m done.”
The movie theater was on the seventh floor of the mall, they went straight up in the elevator. Before they left the restaurant, Shao Qinhan’s gaze wandered to the street not knowing what to think.
Shen Liang had no preference when it came to watching movies, he watched anything that had a high rating. He chose one of the most popular thriller and crime movies of the moment.
It was the first time Shao Qinhan came to such a place. At the beginning of the movie, he stood in the dark, not knowing how to find the seats.
Shen Liang stood behind him and reminded him loudly, “The seventh row.”
Shao Qinhan was used to the dark and could find his way around without any problems, so he headed for the seventh row. Shen Liang was afraid he would fall, so he also followed him.
They took their seats at the back, and by then the movie theater was gradually filling up. Shao Qinhan looked around and found that they were the only two people in this row, they didn’t fit in with the surroundings.
“Are we in some bad seats?”
Shen Liang, “What’s wrong?”
Shao Qinhan, “Why is it just us?”
Shen Liang let out an ‘oh’, “Because I bought all the seats in this row, don’t you dislike being next to strangers?”
“…”
Shao Qinhan said nothing, his body slowly slumped on the back of the chair, the big screen in front of him was playing an advertisement. White dots of light jumped before his eyes, very conspicuous in the dark movie theater.
“Hey.” Shen Liang sat down beside him and suddenly said, “What else do you want to do? I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll do it.”
Shao Qinhan didn’t even look up, “Does breaking your legs count?”
This was the thought that had been haunting Shao Qinhan’s mind when Shen Liang left him alone.
Brutal and cruel.
Shen Liang had a bucket of popcorn in his hand that he was eating, but for some reason, he didn’t want to eat it again. Smiling, he reminded Shao Qinhan, “Just say this to me, not to others. It’s easy to scare people.”
They both knew in their hearts who he meant by ‘people’.
Hearing this, Shao Qinhan began to get irritated again for no apparent reason. He closed his eyes and adjusted his posture, forcing his attention on the screen, but the movie started with a dark, claustrophobic room with blood slowly flowing across the floor.
Shao Qinhan’s hand holding the armrest slowly tightened.
The film begins with a man killing his wife and methodically disposing of the corpse.
Probably because of the gory image, the director blurred the scene and kept the camera on the ground, so that the audience could only see the killer’s footsteps walking back and forth and the bloody ground.
It was easy for people to guess what had happened.
Shen Liang’s eating action stopped, he did not expect the movie to be this kind of content. He looked to his side in the darkness slightly, frowning, inexplicably a little worried about Shao Qinhan.
But because of the darkness, he could not see the man’s expression.
The movie continued.
While the man was disposing of the corpse, his six-year-old daughter was behind the door witnessing everything.
Subsequently, she suffers from aphasia due to shock, unable to say a word when the police come to investigate.
The whole film revolves around this case.
Shen Liang just felt that every frame was like an invisible knife, and he suddenly regretted a little bit that he had chosen this movie, and slowly put down the popcorn bucket.
“It’s no good, why don’t we go to…?”
He just likes to watch the fun, not rub salt in other people’s wounds.
Shao Qinhan stayed where he was, his dark eyes fixed on the flickering, shifting images in front of him, as if each frame had slowed down.
“… When it’s over.”
The tone is the same as always.
Shen Liang just had to accompany him. They watched the whole process of the police guiding the girl, telling the truth, and finally arresting the murderer. During this time, Shao Qinhan had not reacted much, but his excessive calmness made people feel uncomfortable.
Two hours later, the movie ended and the lights were hurriedly turned on. The audience was still saddened by the tragedy of the film and came out whispering.
Shen Liang stood up, saw that Shao Qinhan was not moving, and gently reminded him, “Come on, the movie is over.”
Shao Qinhan finally came back to his senses upon hearing his voice. He slowly rose from his seat, and for a moment it was as if all his strength had been taken away. His body trembled, making it difficult to even stand.
Shen Liang rushed to help him, “Are you all right?”
Shao Qinhan took a deep breath, his face almost transparent under the light. He looked at Shen Liang, and said, “The movie is pretty good.”
Even if Shen Liang lacked heart, he knew he can’t joke as usual, “Yes, yes, it’s pretty good.”
He wanted to fight with the person who recommended the movie to him.
“Let’s go.”
Shen Liang saw the cleaning aunt come in and pulled Shao Qinhan out of the movie theater. It was now dark outside and it was the rush hour at the end of the working day, the streets were full of crowded pedestrians, who would scatter you if you were not careful.
The car was parked on the other side of the road.
Shen Liang took Shao Qinhan’s hand, only to find that the palm was sticky and cold. After a pause, he hugged him and continued walking down the street, not letting go despite the crowd.
“Hey, if you hug me tightly, you won’t get lost.” Shen Liang said.
Shao Qinhan kept an unprecedented silence, allowing Shen Liang to hug him, saying nothing from beginning to end. Only after getting into the car did he lean against the window with his eyes closed and suddenly asked, “Do you have a mother?”
Shen Liang’s hand trembled as he started the car and he couldn’t help but look at himself in the rearview mirror in confusion; did he look like someone without a mother?
This question was impolite.
Shen Liang looked at Shao Qinhan with a subtle expression and raised his eyebrows, “I have no mother. You won’t believe me, but I came out of a crack in a stone.”
Shao Qinhan laughed at his words, not a cold laugh or a sneer, but a kind of indescribable complexity mixed with deep meaning that people could not understand, to quickly return to expressionlessness.
Shen Liang started the car, two hours ago he regretted watching that movie, and now he still regretted it.
However, Shao Qinhan took the initiative to speak, “The movie is good, what do you think?”
Shen Liang nodded, “It’s good.”
Shao Qinhan added, “It’s my first time watching a movie, my first time holding hands, my first time kissing, my first time sleeping with someone. It seems like all my first times are with you…”
The scenery outside the window receded, and the crowd was steadily piling up… he said these things without thinking, not knowing what he wanted to say.
Shen Liang rubbed the steering wheel as he heard him, his throat inexplicably dry. His Adam’s apple rolled up and down. He hadn’t realized he had done so much, but he kept his joking tone, “Believe it or not, if this happened in a novel, we would be a couple.”
When Shao Qinhan heard those words, he slowly turned his head to look at him, the glare of the setting sun giving an extra layer of golden light to his thick eyelashes. He said in a serious tone, “Is that so… ?”
Shen Liang smiled ruthlessly, “No, I lied to you.”
Shao Qinhan pursed his lips, “I hate being lied to.”
Shen Liang changed his words, “It’s not a lie, it’s a joke.”
They made their way back home in a delicate atmosphere, and as usual, Shen Liang accompanied Shao Qinhan to the door of his room. He was about to leave when suddenly his name was called.
“Shen Liang.”
“Hmm?” Shen Liang unconsciously turned around, “What’s wrong?”
Shao Qinhan stared at him, his gaze dark and his left hand on the doorknob, hesitating for a while before asking, “Do you think the girl’s mother would hate her?”
“When it happened, she could have called the police, but she didn’t…”
“She could have told the police the truth, but she couldn’t because she was afraid…”
Shao Qinhan twitched his lips with a pale expression.
“Would she hate her?”
His approach was different from that of the entire audience, others were sighing at the cruelty of the killer and what had happened to the girl, only he was asking a meaningless question.
“No.”
Shen Liang did not even hesitate and said slowly, “The murderer’s crime should not involve innocent people. If the mother was the first victim, then the girl is the second victim.”
Shen Liang had a rare moment of seriousness.
“Shao Qinhan, there are no perfect people in this world, we are all afraid. But that is not a sin.”
The sky was completely dark, and the light drew an oblique shadow behind Shao Qinhan, twisted and distorted.
Shao Qinhan said no more. He was silent for so long that Shen Liang’s legs went numb before he finally smiled.
“Is that so?”
His voice was very soft, not knowing who he was asking.
After he finished speaking, he opened the door, revealing the darkness inside, and was about to enter when a familiar voice sounded behind him.
“Shao Qinhan, the month is over. I have nothing more to teach you… I’m right next door if you need anything, feel free to call me.”
Shao Qinhan did not look back until he heard Shen Liang returning to his room and closing the door. Only then did he turn his head slowly, looking at the door with wide, bloodshot eyes and struggling to catch his breath…
It was as if there was an invisible hand around his throat, preventing him from breathing for twenty years. He had tried to escape but was grabbed by the ankles and pulled down, making it difficult to get out. Finally sinking into the mud little by little.
Shao Qinhan entered his room as if escaping, with hurried steps and full of panic. His chest was rising and falling, he was breathing heavily and finally slid slowly to the floor leaning against the cold wall. The familiar darkness gave him a trace of calm and infinite desolation.
Ignoring the doctor’s instructions on dosage, Shao Qinhan reached for the pill bottle from inside the drawer, then poured the pills into his shaking hand and took them directly without counting them.
But he did not taste the familiar bitterness.
A bittersweet taste came to his tongue, spreading silently between his lips and teeth, growing sweeter and sweeter. It was like the candy he had eaten as a child, an old, familiar feeling that had long since faded from his memory.
“…”
Shao Qinhan felt something was wrong and his body froze for a moment. His eyelids trembled slightly, he lit the lamp slowly, and poured the rest of the pills into the palm of his hand, only to see that it was filled with colorful candies.
Light pink, translucent, orange…
The pills he should have stopped taking a long time ago had been replaced by sugar…
Ny heart is aching so bad 😭
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he’s trembling because of his memories? has he been blaming himself this whole time? oh precious child!!