under the spotlight

Chapter 106 That Lotus
For a person who knew so early that crying is the most useless thing, crying bitterly has become the best way to vent.

Lu Beicen didn't know when he started to accumulate these bad emotions in his heart.

Was it from the moment that enchanting woman came out of Li Jiantao's office?
Or forced myself to change jobs, from familiarity to unfamiliarity, standing in the vortex of public opinion, the moment everything started from scratch?
Or was Chen Fang slapped him inexplicably, but he could only swallow that moment silently?
Or if you went out to interview with Wen Mengran and encountered such a painful case, but you could only pretend to be professional and let those people bury it deep in the end of memory?

Or maybe there is pity and sorrow for Lan and Qin Tian's love and sorrow?
Or is it Wen Qing and the piles of bouquets, and the person who didn't show up at all, and today's party with an obvious purpose?
Lu Beicen was in a complicated mood, but after crying bitterly, he took a bath and dressed mechanically, and began to sort out his recent thoughts in his mind. During this time, he has indeed experienced a lot...

Lu Beicen opened the bedroom door with wet hair, and the first thing that came into view was Jiang Zhongze leaning against the door with a worried face, and A Hao stood opposite him, leaning on the other side with the same worried face, if it weren't for their faces With expressions, they are just like the two door gods.

Lu Beicen was stunned, as if Jiang Zhongze was also one of the messy emotions in her complicated emotions, but she didn't want to bear it, so she burst out those hostility in an instant, although it was like punching cotton at that time, it was strange What's more, this man, who is obviously not easy to bully, just accepted it like that. Since when did he actually coexist peacefully with him, and it's strange that he let himself break through like this?
Crying bitterly, Lu Beicen faced two red and swollen eyes, but his heart became much clearer.

Ah Hao was obviously taken aback when he saw Lu Beicen like this. In front of Jiang Zhongze, he didn't dare to ask casually for a while, but pretended not to see it, but his tone was concerned: "Sister, are you okay, we will see you I haven’t come out for so long, I’m afraid you’ll slip and fall in the bathroom, and it’s not easy to go in and see.”

Lu Beicen shook his head: "It's okay, it's just that my feet are inconvenient, and my speed is a bit slow. You have been tossing around all night, so help me get some medicine, so go back and rest quickly."

Seeing that A Hao didn't ask, Jiang Zhongze didn't want to open his mouth. He just stretched out his hand to help Lu Beicen go to the sofa, but Lu Beicen pulled Ahao very naturally: "It's not convenient for me to move around, Ahao, you go!" Bring me ice cubes and medicine, and pour me a glass of water."

Jiang Zhongze was slightly surprised, why did this girl feel awkward again after taking a bath.

Ah Hao glanced at Jiang Zhongze, and naturally felt the change in his sister's attitude towards Jiang Zhongze, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and hurriedly went to get medicine and ice cubes to pour water.

Jiang Zhongze stood at the door, watching the siblings clumsy, and finally did not make a big mistake, sprayed medicine and tied an ice pack on the ankle, Lu Beicen also told Ah Hao: "Don't tell your parents that I have a sprained ankle. Tomorrow, I will say that I am on a temporary business trip, so as to save my parents from making a fuss."

"Sister, can you do it alone? How about I stay with you tonight." Ah Hao was very worried.

"No, you guys hurry up, I can't move, besides, I fell asleep after drying my hair, it's more comfortable to be alone at home." Lu Beicen really wanted to be alone for a while, and think about this paragraph clearly. time happens.

After hearing what Lu Beicen said, Ah Hao couldn't hold on any longer, so he went out with Jiang Zhongze and went home.

The two of you looked at me and I looked at you in the elevator. They were silent for a long time. After getting out of the elevator, Ah Hao still couldn't help asking: "Brother Ze, when I went to get the ice cubes, did you say What, made my sister unhappy?"

Jiang Zhongze shook his head sullenly.

Ah Hao was stunned for a long time before continuing: "Brother Ze, did my sister cry just now?"

"Girls are afraid of pain, and it's normal to be a little emotional." Jiang Zhongze said casually.

A Hao shook his head: "It's not normal, it's so abnormal, I've thought about it for a long time, it seems that I haven't seen her cry for so many years."

Jiang Zhongze stopped for a moment, and reached out to A Hao: "Give me the key, I'll go back and have a look."

Ah Hao hesitated: "How about we go back together, my sister is quite stubborn sometimes."

Jiang Zhongze shook his head: "When you go, she won't say anything. In front of you, she automatically becomes a protector."

A Hao's heart moved slightly. Although he was still very worried, this seemed to be the best opportunity.With Brother Ze's reaction now, Ah Hao still feels that the dawn is looming in this matter.So he handed the key to Jiang Zhongze with a look of embarrassment: "Brother Ze, just take a look, just take a look, if she doesn't want to say, don't ask, I'm afraid she will be sad..."

Without saying a word, Jiang Zhongze took the key and walked back. He couldn't explain his current emotions clearly, but he only remembered that he had received the thick stack of investigation and execution reports shortly after returning from the northwest.

Back then, in order for Lu Beicen, who was still in his third year of high school, to sign and renounce Lu Xusheng's property inheritance rights, not only his aunt, but also the entrusted law firm did cooperate and used some disgraceful means.

The report was vague. At that time, Jiang Zhongze only felt that the method was a bit nasty.When I was on a business trip for the past few days, I happened to read a newspaper. It described a school bullying case at length. The details that made such a young child panic all day long, making Jiang Zhongze's scalp numb and his heart pounding Accelerate, Lu Beicen's experience at that time may not be much better than this.

Jiang Zhongze was even more puzzled, why the elders in the family would hand over the matter of Lu Xusheng and A Hao to the eldest aunt, and what happened back then that forced Lu Xusheng to take A Hao back to the country like fleeing ?
What is hidden under this superficial tranquility?
Is it uncovered?Or let it remain as it is now?After all, the past has passed, the damage has already been done, and when it is revealed again, who knows what kind of bloody reality it will be?
Jiang Zhongze didn't want to ask any more about the elders, but for Lu Beicen, as long as he put it in and thought about it, he would have all kinds of complicated emotions in his heart, including anger, sympathy, vaguely, and Distressed.

Yes, it was heartache. When he saw her red and swollen eyes just now, he felt this emotion again.

He doesn't know why, and he doesn't know when he started, but he just couldn't help wanting to stay with that girl, maybe it's like what A Hao said, his sister has a kind of magic power, which makes people unable to resist The magic that wants to be close.

But how dare Jiang Zhongze express such thoughts?He didn't dare, so he could only use the key to open the door quietly...

The light was on in the kitchen, and the light leaked into the dining room. Jiang Zhongze took off his shoes, stepped on the somewhat cold marble floor, stood at the corner of the entrance and the dining room, and saw Lu Beicen, whose hair was still wet, leaning against the kitchen in a daze at the cooking counter.

Jiang Zhongze didn't give Lu Beicen any time to react, he said straightforwardly, "Why are you crying?"

Lu Beicen saw the man standing in the half-light, his forehead seemed to be wet with sweat, he didn't know what to say for a moment, he just stared at him blankly.

"Aren't you going to tell me? I think Ah Hao can definitely stay up until tomorrow morning at the most. I was going to call your mother just now..."

"The foot hurts." Lu Beicen answered quickly.

"Impossible, this kind of injury should hurt the most at the moment of injury, and you didn't cry at that time." Jiang Zhongze looked at Lu Beicen with a face of disbelief, waiting for her to continue to explain.

Lu Beicen supported the cooking table and stood up straight, took the empty cup at hand and prepared to pour water.

Jiang Zhongze snatched the water glass from her hand, and walked to the electric kettle on his own: "Ah Hao said that he never saw you cry, something must have happened..."

Lu Beicen really felt a little tired, and really wanted to get rid of the person in front of him as soon as possible: "Go to the study and talk, it's a bit hot here."

Jiang Zhongze poured two glasses of water, took the lead to enter the study room and turned on the light, saw Lu Beicen limping in, helped her to sit on the wicker chair, and moved the distance wisely, sat behind the desk, So that she can talk comfortably.

"I just think of a sister I knew before. The last time I sprained my ankle, it was because I borrowed her bicycle to learn to ride a bicycle. When I was moving downstairs, I sprained my ankle and dropped her bicycle. She not only Instead of going to our house to file a complaint, he even helped me cover up."

Lu Beicen licked his lips, took a sip of water, and said with a hint of sarcasm: "At that time, I might be beaten up by my adoptive father for no reason, let alone such a thing. So I am very grateful to her , I call her Sister Dorian."

"I also don't want to burden my adoptive mother. At that time, my adoptive parents were laid off."

Lu Beicen realized that the person in front of him might not understand what it means to be laid off, and he explained: "It's unemployment. My adoptive mother was a cook and had good cooking skills, so she opened a small restaurant to support our family. And let me read."

"My adoptive father beat me, never just beat me alone, but would definitely beat my adoptive mother again. I was very afraid. Sister Duo Lian lived alone in the tube building of my adoptive parents' factory, so It was summer vacation, so she asked me to go to her house every day to get medicine, and then do my homework and sleep in her room, trying to avoid my adoptive father."

Lu Beicen's knuckles turned white, and he clutched the water glass tightly, his eyes were slightly red.

Lu Beicen sniffed slightly, and continued after a long time: "Sister Duolian is a very good person, very gentle, she is not the most beautiful, but she has many suitors, but she doesn't seem to be very I like it. I was not very sensible at the time, but I could occasionally feel some sadness between her brows and eyes."

"Later, in my third year of junior high school, in late autumn, because I was too busy going to school, I didn't go to sister Duo Lian's place for a long time. Suddenly, one day, I heard from my adoptive mother that sister Duo Lian jumped off a building, from the roof of their unit. I fell down and fell into a bloody mess..."

"Maybe her death was very strange. There was no suicide note, but there were many empty wine bottles on the roof. The police got involved in the investigation. I heard that she had a three-month-old fetus on her body, and then they came from her room. , I found a lot of photos, a photo with a middle-aged married man, that man used to be a man who sang Xiaosheng in the theater troupe, I met him, and ate in my adoptive mother's restaurant."

"I was not sensible at the time, but I just felt very sad. Sister Duo Lian definitely committed suicide. On the day she was cremated, I cried for a long time. Probably since that day, I really haven't cried much. I suddenly remembered it today. , I feel pain in my heart, I miss her very much, and I don't deserve her."

After Lu Beicen finished talking about this experience in a sad tone, he didn't control his emotions, his eyes were a little red, but he found that Jiang Zhongze was just looking at him with a dark and unclear gaze, and explained: "You grew up abroad. , I may not understand why people jump off a building when they are unmarried and pregnant, we used to be relatively conservative here."

"Especially a girl like Sister Duolian, she is really a beautiful person, maybe she just can't accept her imperfection..."

Jiang Zhongze just didn't say a word, got up and left the study, and came in with a hair dryer.

Lu Beicen watched in astonishment as Jiang Zhongze plugged in the hair dryer and was about to dry his hair, so he quickly avoided: "I can do it myself, I will do it myself."

The injured foot bumped against the chair again, gritted with pain...

Jiang Zhongze said softly: "Don't move around, blow dry early and go to bed early."

The wind of the hair dryer rang, and Lu Beicen had nowhere to hide, so he could only let Jiang Zhongze move.

The wind blew his hair up high, but Jiang Zhongze's finger landed on the scar on Lu Beicen's head, rubbing it lightly. At a certain moment just now, he could no longer control his emotions. I am concerned about how that sister Duo Lian died, but I just think about the shock in her eyes when she was beaten by her adoptive father...

Lu Beicen didn't dare to move, but her heart was beating drums. This scene was too weird. She couldn't figure out which song Jiang Zhongze was singing.But she began to comfort herself again. Anyway, she never seemed to see clearly what this person wanted to do, but she couldn't help but smile bitterly. It was really hard work. While she had to be wary of him, she still told him so many things about the past. A little split?

After a long time, the thick black long hair was dried. Jiang Zhongze turned off the hair dryer, and did not forget to smooth her hair with his fingers.

Lu Beicen hurriedly dodged and looked at Jiang Zhongze with some suspicion: "Although I am very grateful to you today, I can still do things like combing my hair by myself. Go back and appease Ah Hao, I don't want to be carried away by my mother." Go home, I have a lot of work to do next week."

Jiang Zhongze suddenly reached out to Lu Beicen's forehead: "Do you feel it? You seem to have a low fever."

Lu Beicen laughed in surprise: "No, I'm fine, but I just cried a bit, and my head is a little dizzy, and the hair dryer is a little hot, isn't it normal?"

"I'm telling the truth, do you have a thermometer at home?"

"It's really not true. I haven't had a cold for many years. It's okay. I'm in good health. Drink more boiled water and sleep well."

Jiang Zhongze pondered for a while before saying: "Then you go to bed and lie down, I'll take a shower when I go home, and I'll bring the thermometer over here, according to your symptoms, plus the fact that your hair wet your back just now, you may have a high fever at night. Don't lock the door, or I will tell Ah Hao."

Lu Beicen pursed his lips: "I said, Mr. Jiang, can you use other tricks?"

"Well, I can also call your dad directly." Jiang Zhongze went out without looking back.

　In view of the fact that the system has been pumping continuously, it will be released in the future.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)